The San Francisco call., 1910-04-18

BISHOP DELEGATES
ELNHURST EDIFICE
Church of st. Louis Bertrand Is
Blessed With Impressive
Ceremonies

OAKLAND, April 17-With the i'm
puessive ceremonies of the dedication
ritual, witnessed by more than 1000
persons, the Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Connell
Of San Francisco~formally dedicated the
new Roman Catholic church of St. Louis
Bertrand in Elmhurst this morning
Prominent dignitaries of the church as
sisted the bishop in the dedication of
the edifice. the ceremony marking the
elimination of a year of hard work and
toll on the part of the pastor, Rev.
James Kiely. Every pew was filled and
the steps and sidewalks were crowded
long before the services commenced.
At 1890 o'clock the pontifical pro-
cession, headed by Bishop OConnell,
with Rev. Father Victor and Rev.
Father Koran as deacons of honor, fol-
lowed by the visiting clergy and at
tended by altar boys with crucifixes and
censors, left the doors of the edifce.
Walking slowly around the building,
chanting psalms and sprinkling holy
water upon the edifice. the procession
carried out the impressive Catholic
ceremony OF blessing the church. The
ritual was repeated in the interior and
the edifice was declared formally dedi-
Gated TO God.
Following these ceremonies a solemn
high mass was celebrated, with Rev.
Thomas Phillips of st. Raphaels church,
san Rafael, as celebrant; Rev. J. A. But
Ter and Rev. Robert Sampson as dea-
cons and Rev. J. J. Cantwel and Rev.
Father Powers as masters of ceremo-
nies. The choir rendered Bordese's mass
IN +, with Mrs. W. c. Bills, soprano;
Mrs. H Magee, contralto; Herbert Ma
gee, tenor. and Luis Peralta and S. j.
this Rev. Father Phillips gave the Gre
gorian chant, in the singing of which
he has won state wide fame. Luis
Peralta also sang "Veni Creator by
AIercadanti.
TRIBUTE PAID RELIGION
Rev. Father Terence Caraher of St.
Francis church, San Francisco. deliv-
cred the dedicatory sermon. In an elo-
quent address he paid high tribute to
the Catholic religion and dwelt upon
the great influence Of the church upon
every individual from the moment of
birth until the final sacrament and
death. He declared that the three great
means Of salvation were the sacraments
Of the church, the sacrifice OF the mass
and the word Of God. He congratulated
the members of the parish on the erec-
ton Of a church worthy of Him, and
thanked the congregation on behalf Of
Rev. Father Kiely. his former assistant,
for their generous contributions. He
closed with declaring that this day sal
walton had come to the church OF ST.
Louis Bertrand.
During the beautiful ceremonies of
entrance TO the altar" and ''sanctus"
the offertory Willards Ava Verum,
was sung by Mrs. W. Z. Dargie, accom-
panied by Mrs. Nora Sandy Adams, At
the conclusion of these ceremonies
Bishop O'Conneu addressed the congre-
cation, as follows:
But a short year ago you started
to build this edifice, and yet / see
no signs of haste in these beautitul
surroundings. You today have this
sweet little church because there
was energy behind the movement
energy Of determination and en-
ergy Of generosity.
The selection Of st. Louis Ber-
trand as patron saint OF this Ala
media county church is OF peculiar
SIGNIFICANCE. St, Louis was, by
by choice, by labor and by toll, he
was an American He came from
Valencia, Spain, TO America. and
for third Of century labored sue
cessfully to convert the natives
He returned TO Valencia to die and
now sleeps there
trand you have chosen more than a
patron saint-you have chosen
much needed model to live by St
Louis was strong in his faith; self
sacrificing to the highest degree
and consumed by one passlon-tne
welfare Of his neighbors. Had all
the priests, monks and bishops
lived as he did there would have
been no reformation and the west
ern nations would have been undi-
vided in religion.
And yet ST. Louis. as noble as he
was. was afraid to die, for he
voted his life to the welfare of his
neighbors, feared to die, what shall
we think of ourselves? How many
l. - 10 ArIo IN of 1Ffdc
ment? [ wonder If there is any
such thing as justice in this world?
What we call justice is simply a
happy cOntrivance, sublimination
of our duties. We can evade the
operation Of our laws. representing
our justice. though be who does so
IS an unworthy citizen. But there
IS one thing certain-God is JUS
tice. Before him all are equal and
meef-we can not evade it. So St
Louis was right TO fear death.
What we need in this country to-
day more than anything else is a
fear Of God and his judgment and a
greater respect for human laws.
Following this address the pontificaI
benediction was given. 20 Saluturis,"
by Williams was sung by Mrs. w c.
Bills, while Rosewig's trio, "Tantum
Ergo" was rendered by Mrs. Bills,
Mrs. Adams and Professor Sandy. At
the conclusion of the ceremonies the
visiting clergy was entertained at
luncheon by Rev. Father James klely
and his assistant, Rev. Michael
Powers.
MUSIC BY PARISH CHOIR
The music and singing during the
mass. a special feature of the cere-
monies, was under the direction of
Prof s. J. Sandy Of Oakland, and was
rendered by the parish choir, composed
of the following;
Soprsnos-Mrs. ". c. Bills. Miss Lydia Sag
law Miss Rose Stenens Miss Edna Steffens,
Miss Grace Calvin, Miss Mary Silva, Miss Annie
Sloss
Contraltos-Niiss Aurelia Risl Miss Lillian
Bills. Miss Annie Cramer, Miss Margaret Sag
law. Miss Violet Sloss.
Tenor-Herberr Magee.
Bassos-Ius Perslta and S. J. Sandy.
Msgee, Mrs ". I. Bills, Mrs Nora Sandy
Adams Herbert Magee, Luis Peralts, S. J.
Sandy.
organst-Miss Tessie Grsmspaeher.
The visiting clergy who participated
in the ceremonies in addition to Bishop
O'Connell. were as follows:
From Oskland-Rey. J. A. Butler Of ST. Co
lu1nbsss church, Rev. P. McKinnon Of St Au-
rustine's Rev Robert sesnon Of St Am
brose's Rev. r. P. Dempsey of st. Mary's
Rev Father HOran Of st. Andrews. Rev. Father
Serds Of Sacred Heart, Rev. Father Cranwell
Of ST. Msry's college, Rev. Father ke6ne Of st.
Francis de Sales, Rev. Father GALL Of ST Jo-