El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-05

Catholic church from various parts OF
the world.
The following evening there will be
a grand civic reception at city hall in
honor of the cardinal legate.
AT midnight, on Thursday, fully 1905
men are expected 10 assemble within
the walls of Notre Dame. the largest
Catholic edifice in America, to attend
midnight mass. in the presence of the
papal envoy and the visiting ecclesias-
tics.
The entire CONGREGATION will receive
communion, which will be administered
by a hundred priests, who will begin
their pious labor simultaneously with
the opening of the service Cardinal
Gibbons viii deliver the sermon on this
occasion. The delegates will be well
coined to the church by the noted Sui
pician, the Rev N A. Troie, S. S. D. D.,
Who is the rector.
Spectacular Mass
ne of the greatest spectacIes in con-
nectino with the congress will be the
pontifical mass to De sung in the open
air at Mount Royal park on Friday,
September 9, at $50 o'clock.
The grandest feature of the work
however, will be the procession of the
Blessed Sacrament, Yhsdh will take
place next Sunday. AS the procession
leaves the church of Notre Dame. the
bells of the city churches will be rung
in honor of the Host, as it will be borne
by the papal legate through the city
streets under a gorgeous canopy.
The route will be magnificently dec
Grated Forty triumphal arches will
span the streets at leading points. The
famous band of the Royal Sixty-fifth
regiment will head the line. discoursfne
the inspiring music of 20 Salutarfs
Nostia"
Right behind the military band will
come $50 members of the Catholic club
of New York city, marching IL abreast
as guard Of honor to the cardinal legate
Over $50 Marcutma PreIafes.
Next in line will be upward of $50 pre-
lates of the church, all vested in their
scarlet or purple robes OF office There
will be three cardinals Gibbons of Bal
timore, LOCUS of Armagh. and Vannu-
tell, of Rome. The long line of bishops
and archbishops will include one from
Belgium, two from England, one from
France, four from Mexico, four from
South America. 1t - expected that
every diocese in the United States and
Canada will be represented by a pre-
late. There Will be thousands of priests
in the procession, the secular clergy in
black cassock and white surplice. The
priests of the various mOnastic orders
in their habits of white, brown, black
or gray will add a great variety of color
to the scene.
To the music of scores of bands, al
ternatinS with the singing of hymns in
honor of the Blessed Sacrament by the
members of the Catholic societies OF
Montreal and Quebec, the procession
will wend its way to historical Mount
Royal, from which the city takes its
name. Here, in Manse Park, which is
at the base of the mountains great
altar will be erected upon which
solemn pontifical mass will be offered
by archbishop Sbaretti, papal delegate
to Canada The sermon viii be preached
by the most reverend William H OCon-
nell, archbishop of Boston.
5000 Voices to Sing Mass.
The music of the mass will be rem
dered by chorus Of 5000 voices. ac-
companied by the band OF the Sixty
fifth regiment.
More than 100000 people will kneeI on
the mountain slopes and in the park and
with bowed heads do homage to the
Blessed Eucharist as it is raised above
them at the moment of conservation in
theA pontifical mass and in the solemn
service of benedictiOn, which IS to fol-
low the mass.
Cardinal Gibbons VIII preach the ser
mon at midnight mass in the church of