Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-12
Hundred Thousand, in Gorgeous
File, March Hymning; Half
Million Voices Join
PHOSPHATE TO FIERY CROSS
The Host Taken in Pomp to Re-
pository at MontreaI-Eu-
chariSt Congress Ends

MONTREAL, Sept. 11.-A religious
pageant as rich in devotional emotion
as in sacred imagery, and as orderly in
behavior as it was diverse in national
ity and huge in size, closed today the
twenty-first international Eucharistic
congress held this year for the first
time In Canada.
Visitors from the United States were
especially impressed with the magni-
tude, splendor and reverence of the
procession, which marched four miles
through the city streets. the host at
it's head, to Mount Royal, above the
city.
A modest estimate is that there were
100000 in line and that 100000 viewed it,
The city is so crowded tonight that
100000 are sleeping on the slopes OF
Mount Royal, in Dominion square, and
in other city parks.
1t took the brilliant file four and a
half hours to pass the city hall, ana
though it began to move at noon from
the Cathedral of Notre Dame 1t was Z
p. m. when the papal legate, Cardinal
Vincent Vannutelli, placed the host
housed in a golden monstrance, on the
altar of the repository built for 1t at the
foot of the mountain.
CARDINAL AT HEAD OF PARADE
The cardinal marched at the head of
the procession himself, carrying the
host the entire distance. Slowly and
majestically, hymning it's progress like
pilgrims of the crusades, the great
pageant followed. Organized choirs
sang in Latin, French and English.
Bands scattered here and there rem
dered devotional music. When the
crowd knew the air IL joined In swell
ing tones and mingled languages.
The procession had been arranged to
demonstrate the unity and universality
of the Catholic church. 1t started from
Notre Dame with a preliminary de-
tachment of mounted officers, tiremen
and papa1 zouaves, followed by choir
of 200 male voices. The state, the
church and the army were we'll repre-
sented. and there were envoys from the
missionary bodies in foreign lands.
A profound silence stole over the
spectators when the Sixty-tffth regi-
ment recruited from French-Canadi-
ans of Quebec province. was seen ap-
proaching in full dress uniform. The
government had wished to give the
regiment an opportunity to act as the
guard of honor to the host, which 1t
does at each recurrence Of the fete
Dieu, but g. technical difficulty had
arisen by reason Of the presence of a
mission from the papal see. The city
was much surprised that 1t had been
smoothed over at the last moment. The
official order of the colonel was for the
regiment to attend a Church celebra-
tion.'
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LEAD
Preceding the regiment marched the
Knights of Columbus, 1900 strong,
headed by Bishop Fallon of London,
Ont, the Catholic club of New York
with it's chaplain, Fathee Taylor, who
was heartily cheered and then squads
of Greeks, Poles, Hungarians, Lith-
uanians, Ruthuanians, Chinese, Indians
from an Iroquois reservation and
the long file of religious congregations.
Two priests clad in native costumes
marched among the Chinese. They
were greeted with special acclaim.
After this gathering of the nations
followed Dominicans and Carmelites,
Jesuits and Benedictines, Redemptor-
lists and Passionist Fathers of the
Blessed Sacrament, Paulists, Eudists,
members of the Holy Cross and Holy
Ghost and group of fifty Trappist
monks
Behind the orders strode 1000 parish
priests and missionaries in the white
surplices, and behind them another
1000 vested as for mass
Then came the prelates. They
walked in single file, seventy bishops
in cap and miter and fifty archbishops,
their chaplains at their sides in black
cassocks, each holding a corner of a.
voluminous cope.
AS the prelates drew near the null
titude grew suddenly hushed, for they
knew that the sacrament was not far
behind A moment later the ponder
GUS bell on the east tower of Notre
Dame, known for it's voice as 1.-THE
Great Bourbon" began to thunder out
its message that the papal legate was
leaving the cathedral bearing the mon
STRANGE.
Companies of the Sixty-flfth regi-
ment marched to the front and to the
rear of the huge canopy. which moved
slowly on rollers. Holding the mon
STRANGE in 10th hands, which were hid
den in a humeral VEIL walked Cardi-
nal Vannutelli under canopy. His
head was barred and as the host passed
the people fell on their knees.
CLAD IN SCARLET ROBES
Behind him, in scarlet robes, walked
Cardinal Gibbons and Cardinal Logue,
primate of Ireland, both attended by
bishops, the archbishop of Montreal,
the papal chamberlain and lay mem
bers of the Catholic church who held
pontifcal decorations.
Conspicuous among them were Gov
ernor Pothier of Rhode Island and his
staff, as well as a numerous train OF
Canadian dignitaries and officials.
So long had it taken the procession to
unfold its length that it was dusk
when the legate reached Fletcher's
field at the foot of Mount Royal. AS
he approached the repository, myriads
of lights suddenly broke out on the
face of the mountain, and over the re-
pository itself, a great cross, visible for
miles around. flashed into brilliance. 1t
had been requested that no attempt
should be made by the procession to
kneel when the benediction of the Eu-
charist was to be given, but with one
motion the immense assemblage fell to
its knees as the bearer of the host,
standing on the mountain sanctuary,
held aloft the golden monstrance.
AT the termination of the blessing the
multitude sang the te deum and the
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