Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-06-19
PEOPLE
IN PROCESSION
Ideal Weather Conditions for
Feast of Corpus Christi
Yesterday
A PUBLIC ACT OF FAITH
Cherubic Looking Children In
Snowy White Strew Flowers
Before Host.

~ Over seventeen hundred Roman
the Cathedral parish took part in the
Corpus Christi procession yesterday
morning and made public act of
faith in the real presence of God in
the Blessed Eucharist.
1t was a remarkable demonstration
and one which elected the admiration
! OF those who understood its motif and
at least the respect of fair minded
people who did not fully comprehend
it.
The feast Of Corpus Christi falls on
Thursday after Trinity Sunday and
was instituted in 1864 by Pope Urban
lV. but as 1t is not convenient TO hold
these professions on a week day they
are usually held here the Sunday fol-
lowing Trinity. Great preparations
are made for the event. cedar trees
being placed along the route to be
ftraversed by the priest carrying the
Sacred Host and large quantities OF
flowers and rose petals being placed
in baskets 10 be strewn in front of
the host.
One of the beautiful sights on this
occasion is the presence of little girls,
clad in snow white, their beautiful.
innocent faces reminding one of the
cherubim as depicted by Rafael
Their tiny, baby hands are plunged
again and again into the baskets of
flowers and petals bringing out these
little offerings of devotion to the
Blessed Sacrament.
The Procession Begins.
The procession began right after
the high mass or shortly before noon
and wended its way from the Cathe-
dral up Canon road where the first
| stop was made at the house OF Fran
cisco Delgado. There at an improvised
altar, benediction was celebrated.
The procession then continued over
to Palace avenue and down that ave
nue. to the Sena residence where an
other service was held Then it
wended its way back to the cathedral
where the final service took place and
the Sacred Host was placed in the
tabernacle. The central figure of
the procession was the Very Rev. An
tonic Fourchegu, vicar general of the
archdiocese, who carried the host.
With him walked the Rev. Chancellor,
Joseph Pugens, the Rev. Jules De-
raches, master of ceremonies, and the
| Rev. Carlos Bobst, of the cathedral.
The procession was rendered all
the more solemn by the music of the
| First Regiment band which played
suitable hymns, and the saying of the
rosary by the faithful.
Order Of Procession.
The following was the order of the
procession as it left the cathedral:
Cross bearer and acolytes
The children of the Sodality of
Mary.
The children of St Vincent.
The girls of the parochial school.
The children of st. Catherine school
The ladies of the Confraternity of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The ladies OF the Cathedral parish.
The children of the association OF
st. Joseph
| The First Regiment band
| The men of the Cathedral parish.
The alumni of st. Michael's college.
| The little girls with flowers.
The altar boys.
| The guard of honor to the Blessed
Sacrament consisting of Hon. A. l..
Morrison, Frank Gormly, Antonio Jose
Rael, Simon Vigil, Manuel Sandoval,
David Rodriguez, Julio Sena, Juan
Jose Rodriguez, Manuel Rito Otero,
Jose Manuel Gonzales, Manuel Val
dez and Gavino Ortiz.
The Blessed Sacrament, celebrant
and priests.
| The choir and Christian Brothers.
j The Pallium bearers: Trinidad Ala
rid, Jose Amado Gutierrez, J. B. Wood.
Carlos Abreu, Jacobo Chavez, Manuel
Baca y Campos, Carlos Digneo, Higi-
nio Martinez, Benito Rodriguez, Jose
Dolores Garcia. Luis Moya, J. B. Lamy
and John V. Conway.
The directors of the procession:
Nicolas Sena. Hilario Garcia. Hilario
Baca. Manuel Delgado, Agustin Delga-
do, Gregorio Rael, Seferino Alarid, Ig.
nacio Moya, Ramon M. Martinez, Pc
dro Ortiz and William Salazar.