Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-05
ABBOT ERNEST INSTALLED
WITH MUCH CEREMONY
Prelates and Priests in Sacred
Garments Assist at Pom
tifcal High Mass.

Imposing md impressive We're the
ceremonies at the formal installation
this morning in St. Mary's Church, at
High and William streets, of the Rt.
Rev. Ernest Helmstetter, o. S. b., who
was recently elected abbot of st.
Mary's Abbey in High street by his
brother monks of the Benedictine or
der. Prelates and priests began to
arrive early at the rectory, the abbey
and ST. Benedict's College. in which
places the priests put on cassocks and
SUPPLIES. Admission to the church for
the laity was by ticket and the side
aisles were reserved for them. The
pews on each side of the centre aisle
were kept for the priests and Bene-
dictine Sisters of st. Mary's and st.
Benedict's churches.
At $50 o'clock. when the church bells
rang notice that the procession was
about TO start from the rectory, more
than a score of Benedictine priests en-
tered the church, went up the centre
aisle to the sacristy, where the pre-
1ates and priests who were TO assist
at the pontifcal high mass were rob-
ing. The priests soon returned and, led
by a cross-bearer. marched down the
north aisle, followed by the prelates
and priests who were to assist at the
mass in their vestments of white and
gold. At the entrance to the church
they formed in line on one side of the
centre aisle to receive Bishop John j..
O'Connor, Abbot-elect Ernest, several
bishops n abbots.
When the grand procession entered
the church from High street the men
and women in the church stood up. In
the line were Franciscan, C~apuchin,
Carmelite, Dominican monks. jesuit
priests, bishops and abbOts. The Sec
ular priests and the monks of the sew
eral orders, each wearing the habit of
his order, went to the peWs reserved
for them. There were upward of 200 of
them. They came from several New
Jersey cities, from New York, New
England. Pennsylvania and the alb
beys and churches of which Abbot
Ernest will nave control. Many New
ark priests were in the pews. The
bishops and abbots went to the sane
tuary ahead OF Abbot Ernest and his
assistants. The Rt. Rev. John j.
O'Connor, bishop of the diocese of
Newark. who had on his full vestments,
came last.
Bishop O'Connor ponti1cated at the
solemn pontifcal high mass. The Rt.
Rev. Monsignor Isaac p. Whelan, rec
tor of st. Patrick's Cathedral, was
a~rch-priest. The deaeons of honor We're
the Rev. Maurice p. O'Connor, rector
of Holy Cross Church. Harrison, and
the Rev. Eugene P. Carroll, rector of st.
Bridget's Church, Newark. The deacons
of the mass were the Rev. Alexius
Gross, O. s. b., of Baltimore, and the
Rev. Maurus Hartmann. of st. Vim
cents ARCHAEOLOGY. Latrobe, Pa. The
assistants to Abbot Ernest were the
Rt. Rev. Abbot Charles Mohr. O.. S. b.
of st. Leo's Abbey, Fla, and the Rt.
Rev. Abbot Bernard Menges. o. S. F.,
of st. Demands Abbey, Alabama. The
master of ceremonies was the Rev.
Charles A. Smith, chancellor of the do
cese of Newark. He was assisted by
the Rev. Bernard Gerstl, o. S. b., of st,
Benedict's Church, Newark. The RI.
Rev. Bishop Leo Haid, of st. Mary's
Help Abbey, North Carolina, preached
the installation sermon. 1t was able
n eloquent.
Among the prelates seated inside the
sanctuary rail We're the Right Rev.
James A. McFaul, bishop of the diocese
of Trenton; the Right Rev. John F.
Monaghan, bishop of Wilmington. Del.
the Right Rev. Arch Abbott Leander
Schnerr. o. S. b., of st. Vincent's Arch
Abbey. Latrebe, Pa; the Right Rev,
Innocent Wolf. o. s.. b. of st. Bene-
diets Abbey, of Atchison, Kan; the
Right Rev. Monsignor George Kau-
pert. vicar general Of the diocese OF
Brooklyn; The Right Rev. Monsignor
John F. Brady, of Perth Amboy; the