Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-04-15
On Easter sunday Night the
Adult Members OF Parish
Will Entertain.
Real Celebration Will Take
Place On Easter Tuesday
Morning.
BISHOP WILL ATTEND CEREMONY

The iridium in honor of the sacer-
dotal jubilee of the Rev. Father
Andrew J. Thome will begin at s
O'Clock tomorrow evening when the
adult members of his parish will as
semble in st. Vincent de Paul's
school hall at Shelby and Kentucky
streets. Rev. r. c. Ruff, assistant
pastor of St Vincent de Paul's, will
make the opening remarks, after
which the church choir will sing an
anthem. Jacob Walser will deliver
an address in behalf of the men of
the parish, and Mrs. +. Buchert VIII
speak for the married ladies. Miss
Mary label will represent the young
ladies and girls of the parish. Father
Thome, the jubilarian, will deliver
the closing address. Between each
address the church choir will render
selections from Ludwig Wildes,
Opus 6. At the close of the recep-
tion all will join in singing the "Te
Deum."
On Easter Monday morning at
$3.50 o'clock the children of st. Vim
Get de Pau's parish will have their
inning. After the junior classes sing
a hymn in honor of the jubilarian,
Miss Leola Ratterman will deliver an
address in German. The iGniors and
minims will offer congratulations
and Master Arthur Krippenstapel
will deliver an address in English.
The seniors win sing Jubilee Bells"
and then a pleasing little drama,
"Minnie Burton's Secret" will be
given. Those who will take part in
the drama are Loretto Osterholt,
Alvinia Hoeferle, Johanna Eberle,
p. Hermann, G.. Huber and Edna
Merrifeld. Father A. ]. Thome will
deliver the closing address. In con-
clusion the children's choir will sing
the "Te Deum."
Easter Tuesday is the real ami
versary OF Father Thome's ordina-
tion. The choir has prepared a spe-
cial musical programme for the jubi-
lee mass at 10 o'clock. F. X. Arens
Mass in "E," "Exultate Deo," will
be sung. At the offeratory the choir
viii render "Jubilate Deo," by
Father Ignatius Wilkins, o. F. NJ.
The singers will be:
Soprano-Mrs. George Krippen-
stapel. Misses NJ. Strubel, G. Me
mann, G.. Kremer and M. Hickman.
Alto-Misses r. Zaepfel. c. Voll,
T. Werner, J. Heitkemper and Mrs.
Joseph Twickler.
Tenors-M. Pfau and A. Soluble.
Bass-H Blumers and j. Schuler.
The Right Rev. Bishop O'Donag-
hue will occupy throne in the
sanctuary His deacons of honor will
be the Very Rev. James p. Cronin,
V. c., and Rev. Father B. H. Wester-
man. Father Thome will celebrate
the mass. The Rev. DIR. George w.
Schuhmann and the Rev. Father
George Weiss will be deacon and sub
deacon respectively, while the Rev.
Fathers p. A. ]. Berresheim and
James Assent will be the first and
second masters of ceremony. The
sanctuary will be crowded with
priests and the church will be APP
propriately decorated for the occa-
sion.
The sermon will be preached by
the Rev. Father Rudolph Charles
Ruff, who has been Father Thome's
assistant for several years. Father
Ruff is we'll qualified for the task
assigned him. He is a Louisville
boy, and the term boy is not irrev-
erent in this sense. SO is the rev.
erend jubilarian a Louisville boy
and Fathers Schuhmann and Weiss
are Louisville boys. The three lat
ter were born and received their
early schooling in st. Mary's parish.
They were schoolmates more than
thirty years ago and are still main
tanning the friendship Of boyhood
days Father Ruff is native OF
Louisville and was born in st.
Martins parish.
All Louisville Catholics unite in
wishing Father Thome many more
years of health and usefulness. After
the jubilee mass Father Thome will
lentertain the clergy at dinner.
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