The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-16
WESTMINSTER !:
. CATHEDRAL DEDICATED
The Great Cathedral of London is
Consecrated to Service g.
of God.
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Many Notable Prelates Take Part
in the Conservation y
Ceremony. y
The Dedication is an Event Marking
Great Progress of Church
in England.

On June 2Sth the great Westminster
Cathedral, London, England. was duly
consecrated to the service of God.
to Catholics of England and Ireland
but to English speaking Catholics ev-,
erywhere. an event which will call the
attention of the Catholic world to the
great progress which the Church IL
making in England. Not many years
ago Catholics of the Empire wore out.
laws on whose heads the rigid penal
code placed penalties. But, thanks tn
the kindness of Divine Providence,
conditions have changed and the spir-.
1t of hostility toward the Catholicity
is dying out in England.
1t was Cardinal Wiseman who pro.
posed this grand monument to Cath
olic faith. Cardinal Manning secured
the site and on June 90 1895, Car
dinals Vaughan and Logue placed
their hands simultaneously on the
cornerstone Of this great structure and
committed the undertaking to the
honor of God, His Immaculate Mother,
of Blessed Peter. of st. Joseph ard
OF St Sdward, King and Confessor.,
In June, 1903, occurred the temporary
opening OF the Cathedral when tn.
first Holy Mass read within its wall1
was celebrated in the presence Of ths
mortal remains of its great founder.
The cathedral. designed by Mr. Bent
ley In the early Christian Byzantine
style, was admirably adapted to tho
impressive ritual employed in the pro-
cession Of relics. the terce and Ponti-
f1cal Mass. the conservation of the high
altar and thirteen other affairs, and
Vespers, with a "'re Deum" and SER 1
| mon. The inclosure of the relics in
| the affairs, the triple circuit of tho
| cathedral. the dedication with incense,
ashes, salt, wine and water of hyssop,
the writing of the Greek and Latin al
phabets in the form of a cross and
duced from the conservation office OF
Westminster Abbey i'm 1865 and the am
cient rites Of primitive Latin Chris
tianity The music was in accord with
the ritual, being mainly Gregorian
modes, collected at the end Of the sixth
century, and including portions of plain
song dating from the fourth century,
Archbishop Bourne otficiated at the
splendid and impressive ceremonies.
Twenty-Five Archbishops and Bish.
ops and ten Abbots participated, and
multitlldes of reverent worshipers at.
tended. The Duke and Duchess OF
Norfolk and representatives Of nearly
all the prominent Catholic noble famf:
lies were present.
The Cathedral has already cost SIS
268,33O. and possibly as much mora
will be expended in the next century
in interior decorations. n
The bodies OF Cardinals Wisemau,
Manning and Vaughan will be buried
in the vaults of the new ediflce.
That the commemoration Of the
golden jubilee of the re- establishment
by Plus TX. of glorious and happy
memory, of the hierarchy Of England,
comedies with the conservation fes-
tivities is a fact which emphasizes this
historic Importance of the event. Here
is an account showing how the Eng.
lish hated the Catholics in the time
of that venerable Pontiff:
"His Holiness Pho Mono was burnt
In efflgy on an eminence overlooking
the town. The figure was dressed III
full pontiflcals, with the triple crown
on Its head, and the addition of q
large pair of rams horns. In the
wagon was donkey to represent His
Excellency, the Cardinal Archbishop
of Westminster. After solemnly parad-.
ing the streets, the effigy was eseorted
by a large concourse of people to Musa
ley HILL where it was solemnly sus-
pended by the neck on a gallows erects
ed over a huge pile of faggot wood and
tar barrels, and then burnt amid thu
, roars and execrations of the multia
tude." Aea
But calm has since come over tho
disturbed waters and the Catholio
Church in England is coming into sita