The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
Celebrates Ordination to Priesthood 50 Years
 Ago
ARCHBISHOP GLENNAN
 PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIM
In the Same Cathedral Where He Was Ordained the Cardinal Cele- brates Dual Anniversary.
 Many Are Present

| here, where 50 years ago he was or dained priest. then successively conse- | crated a bishop, invested with the pal
 Hum of an archbishop and 25 years after his ordination received the red beretta | of a cardinal, James Cardinal Gibbons,
 archbishf Of Baltimore, today received
 homage ssn illustrous prelates and lay
 men n all parts of this country and
 foreign lands.
 Tie ecclesiastical celebration of the
 cardinals dual jubilee began this morn
 ing with pontihclal high mass. celebrated by the cardinal, with the Rev. Dr. Will
 liam A. Fletcher rector of the cathadral,
 as deacon, and the Rev. P. C. Gavan, l the chancellor of the archdiocese, sub deacon.
 1 The music was chiefly gregorian. though there were intervals of figured music and | orchestral instruments were employed in l the choir, relieving the Pale srina har- | monies.
 Decorations were confined to the sanet- uary. The main altar was blaze with l hundreds of candles and radiant with | thousands of Bermuda lilies. Over the altar wer the arms or the
 church with the days of the jubilee 1861. | 1888 and 1911. Undeh them was the Latin l | ''let Us rejoice unto God, our Savior
 Procession Impressive | In the procession which for impressive- | ness probably never has been surpassed
 in this country. were nine of Americas ;2 | archbishops and about 30 bishops. ln- | cluded among the archbishops were Dio-
 mede Falconio, the apostolic delegate and l Paul Bruchesi, of Montreal. Among the
 bishops was Hugh MacSherry of South | Africa.
 There were three civilians in the line. 1 They were ". F. Mankins, of New York | who received the decoration of knight | hood in the Order of St. Gregory at the | hands of the Pope He wore 8 scarlet
 waist coat on which sleamed several jew | eled decorations. g T.Ye other two civilians | were Aristdes Leonardo of Rosfs, and Edward Du Mee. of Philadelphia, both of whom wore the scarlet coats of apostolte
 chancellors and marched beside the apos-
 tolic degeate
 J Following the mass dinner was served I to the visiting clergy at St. Mary's semi nary. In response to toast proposed for Pope Plus. Archbishop Falonio, the papal 1 delegate, said that up to the time of the | present pontiff's leection," society at l large was distracted by spirit of inno- vatlon and unwholesome liberty; that vastly extended and most dangerous or- | ganization of modernistic idea was ua- | dermning the most fundamental truths of l the Christian religion and that problems | of the highest importance for the welfsre
 of the church and of society were await
 ing a speedy solution" tt There was required then, said the archbishop, a man of apostolic zeal: d
 man coming from the ranks of the pep 1 pie who could fully understand theit | wants and direct the movements of .ile 1 advancing democracy; a man of Chris | tian courage and or stern determination able to protect the rights of the church | and religious liberty against irrelgious
 legislation and atheism. And God pro
 vides the church with such providen- | tial man in the person of Plus x. whose | energetic action in the administration of l the church has been beneficial to re- | ligion.'
 The papal delegate thanked the Ameri-
 can Catholics for their well known loy-
 alty to the Holy see'' and offered to Car | dinal Gibbons his felicicatons on .he ! occasion of his two fold jubilee giving
 him high praise for his glorious career.'
 Archbishop Lauds Cardinal l Archbishop John M. Farley of New | York in lauding the cardinal for what he | had accomplished for the Catholic faita | In America, expressed the hope that
 eventually he would be made pops. | In response to a toast to the President
 of the United States, Archbishop John l Ireland of St. Paul said President Taft l mad rot diseriminated against Catholics, 1 and that while he had given them no
 more than their due. they were grateful ! to him. 1 The cardinal. rising at the end of the dinner said the prejudices which for
 merly existed against Catholicism in this | country were almost exterminated. He
 charged the bishops and archbishops l around him with the command to gar ner by the end of another 50 years 10o,oeo, GOO souls for the Catholic church in this | country.
 i Archbishop FalconIo presided at .he verspers in the cathedral. The sermon was delivered by Archbishop James IT. 1 BenS of New Orleans.
 ] Archiboshp Blenks sermon was a com l prehensive and eulogistc review of the | cardinals priestly life, treating of lis | eminence's personality. his influence. Lis
 American spirit, the cardinal on church l and state. on political morality: his books l and his attitude on liberalism. | God meant him for a leader" said | the archbishop of Cardinal Gibbons. He | could not speak as your pastor only. o 1 Catholic people of Maryland, as cardinal,
 as primate of the American hierarchy. as
 bishop of the national capital. he belongs l to the whole country Many indeed ls- | ten to him to the voice of religion for prejudice dsarms when the cardinal speaks. He, more than any other amongst | ism in our land. But above all he has | expressed most truly and most clearly 1 the Catholic thought and sentiment of
 America and thereby crystalized them. l His love of country, spontaneous in | it's origin. has become through reflec- | ton and experience the fixed principle of | a mature mind, and close observation of | conditions here and abroad has but in tensified his love. But Americas 1 best gift to her children he has held to l be religious liberty. We understand it's | eaning in this country at least most | of us do; it is still written on our hearts | as well as on our statute books. Nothing l is more precious to us as Americans ana | as Catholics; and Cardinal Gibbons. who | is best known here and abroad for his | utterances on religious liberty, speaks not | for himself only, but for us all. Religion | here is untrammeled. thanks to our sep- aration of church and state. and what-
 ever the future may bring. we would
 desire no change here in the relations | of church and state. That is one ;cs- son, surely. taught us by European nss-