The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-05
Three Cardinals Take Part in I'm
posing Ceremony at tie St.
PatriCk's Cathedral
New York
THOUSANDS IN AlIiNDANCf
Estimated That Nearly 10000 People
Were Crowded Into Spacious Edi-
face at Opening OF Three
Days Program.

New York, oct. with princes OF
the church, bishops, monsignori and
scores Of priests as active participants
or intereestd spectators in the inn
pressive ceremonials of a solemn pom
tifcal mass. of which Cardinal Glib
bons was the celebrant the three
days ceremonies attending the con-
secration of St. Patrick's Cathedral
began this morning.
The ceremonies brought together an
Iassemblage of prclatcs of the Church
only a little less notable than that
which marked the sessions OF the re-
cent Eucharistic Congress i'm Mon
treal. Heading the list of partici-
pants were Cardinal Vannutelli. Papal
Legate; Cardinal Logue, Primate of
Ireland. and Cardinal Gibbons of Bal
timore. Among the many other dis
| tinguished prelates were Archbishop
Farley of New York. O'Connell of
Boston, Ryan of Philadelphia Glen
non of st. Louis and numerous bish-
ops from various parts of the United
States and Canada.
Consecration at b O'Clock.
The ceremonies began with the con-
secration at o'clock this morning.
one thousand persons composed the
procession, which moved around the
great cathedral before taking part in
the solemn service. The procession
was headed by acolytes, choristcrs and
the diocesan clergy, who are follow
cd by the monsignori. bishops, arch
bishops and cardinals. all clad in thd
! gorgeous vestments of their respec-
tive offices. The officers of the mass
brought up the rear, headed by the
archiespicopal cross bearer
A detail of one hundred police was
required to keep in check the enor-
nous crowds that congregated in the
vicinity of the cathedral almost at
dawn of day, anxious to obtain at least
glimpse of the eminent participants
! i'm the ceremonies. even though de-
prived of the opportunity To witness
the ceremony itself. st. Patrick's has
seating capacity of $4,000. but it is
estimated that nearly 10000 persons
were crowded into the spacious edi-
flee, being admitted only by ticket. In
the congregation were many specially
| invited civil officers. members of the
vestries of the local churches, officers
of Catholic societies and others.
Cardinal Gibbons Offioiates.
Cardinal Gibbons officiated at the
| high pontincal mass, which began at
If O'Clock and was designed to be the
most important and imposing of all
the functions of the three days pro-
| gramme. Cardinals Vannutelli and
Logue were seated in the sanctury,
where episcopal thrones, elaborately
draped had been arranged on either
side. Archbishop Falconio, Archbish-
op Glenton, who breaches the conse-
Grafton sermon; Bishop Gabriels OF
I Ogdensburg Bishop Beaven of Spring
field Mass, Bishop Mcdonnell Of
Brooklyn, Bishop Fitzmoris of Erie,
Bishop Monaghan of Wilmington, and
the many other visiting prelates were
seated on either side of the two
thrones. while the parish priests occu-
pied seats reserved for them i'm the
body of the church.
After the pontifical mass the clergy
proceeded to the Diocesan House I'm
Madison Avenue. whore dinner was
served. The noted prelatcs from Eu-
rope were guests of honor at this
function and were greeted with elo-
quent addresses delivered by the ven
crable Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop
Falconio, Archbishop Farley and 9TH
ers.