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GREAT RELIGIOUS FESTIVITY
Catholics from All Over the Country
Gather at Montreal.
HUNDRED THOUSAND EXPECTED
Services Begin This Week and Con-
tinue Until September II, with
the Legate of the Pope
Present.


MONTREAL, Ont, Aug &.-(speolal Tel
egram. )-Catholics throughout the world
viii eagerly view the progress of the ex2
traordinary religious festivity which will
be inaugurated In this city next week, and
which will bring to the shores Of the St
Lawrence the largest assemblage Montreal
has ever been called upon to accommodate
There are more than 25OOOO Catholics in
this section of Canada. according to a re-
cent census. and by September G. on which
day the pope's report will be formally re-
ceived at st. James cathedral by Monsignor
Bruchesi the archbishop of Montreal, and
representatives OF nearly every Catholic
center In Europe and America, the normal
population will be increased nearly half,
for the general committee expects more
than 100000 pilgrims to the city during the
ceremonies.
Cardinal Legate Comes.
The cardinal legate will land at Rimouski
early next Friday. There he will be well
coined by the bishop and the entire COM
tnunity A sleIes.eaOn os erelssi6eti esl aad
civil officers from Montreal will escort him
from Rimousll to this city. on his arrival
at the docks Mayor Guerin will welcome
him in the name of the city. The ceremony
cials win take part in it, as the cltys for
NAL reception will be one of the social
features of the congress.
sunday. September 4. prayers will be said
for the good of the congress in every Ca
tholic church in the world and on that
day Cardinal Vannutelli will preside at a
special service in ST. Patrick's church. This
lis the chief edifice attended by the Irish
Catholics of the city. The cardinal will not
off1ciate at this ceremony in the capacity
of papal envoy. His mission becomes Off
cal and public on Tuesday, September 6,
when the congress will be formally opened
with the stately ceremony of the reception
Of a papal legate
The chief features of the congress will
be this formal welcome to the popes le-
gate, the midnight mass for men at the
, famous church of the Notre Dame, the
mass In the open air at Fletcher's field, the
| public meetings, and the procession of the
Eucharist with which the congress will
be closed.
state Dinner Planned.
There will be numerous special aspects
| to the congress, dinners to the cardinal
l'legate and in turn reception by him tc
! officials; but the most important of these
/ Will De the STATE VI the pope 3 Ell
voy and the visiting dignitaries by the
provincial government OF Quebec. This
viii be given at tre Windsor on Sunday
| night, September II.
The chief d4scourses at the congress will
be delivered by Cardinal Legate Vincent
! Vannutelli. Cardinal Gibbons, Monsignol
| Bruchesi. Archbishop O'COnnell of Boston
Archbishop Glennon of st. Louis, Father
| Vaughn of London, Rev. DR.. L. A. Lam
bert, Rev. A. p. Doyle, Rev. Dr. Lam
bing Monsignor Touchette and the Arch
bishop Duchesne.
It is noteworthy that the youngest mem
ber of the American hierarchy. DR.. Glen
non of St. Louis, has been selected L
preach at the midnight mass in Notr'
Dame church. The papal legate will be th'
celebrRnt Of this mass. Cardinal Gibbons
| will be the orator at the final ceremony
in st. James on Sunday morning, septem
/ Der IL.
The procession, which Is the closing in
cident OF tho congress starts from Notr,
| Dame IN the afternoon.