The Washington herald., 1911-10-08
THE TREND OF THINGS
Cardinal Gibbons Jubilee
and Memorial Room.

Baltimore will give a week to the jubi-
lee of Cardinal Gibbons, and Washing
ton viii assist it. It marks the golden
jubilee of the cardinals ordination to the
priesthood and the silver one of his ele-
walton as a prince of the Catholic Church
and member of the Sacred College. There
will be a presentation of a silver service,
a corner stone laying, a great religious
service in the cathedral and children s
jubilee besides a parade of 10000 men,
the last feature, however. a part of the
Holy Name convention.
Mayor Preston gives the silver service
on October Z. when leading business and
professional men of Baltimore and other
cities will be present. This service is
personal tribute from personal friends,
and is said to be very beautiful.
On Columbus Day, at the Catholic Uni
Tersity, the corner stone of the Gibbons
Memorial Hall will be laid. 1t is really
the tower only of this imposing Tudor
gothic dormitory that is to be memorial
of the cardinal and in it will be a cardi-
To- nails room, forty feet square, finished
in rare woods from all over the world.
In II will be preserved many personal
mementoes of the cardinal The dormi-
tory itself is 26l feet long, and its two
wings will accommodate 200 students.
Earlier plans of the university were for
slight change, and the addition of col
legiate courses additional dOrmitOries be-
came necessary at once. The cardinal
memorial one will. it is said. meet the
need only in part. A meeting OF the
university trustees will follow the cor
ner stone laying.
On October 15 will occur in the cathe-
dral at Baltimore the religious express
sion of the jubilee. Leading cathedral
preIates from Canada and Mexico Will
sit with leading ones from every part
of this country. The apostolic delegate
will represent Pope Plus Y and Arch
bishop GIennon, OF St. Louis, known as
one of the mCst progressive of the
younger Catholic leaders. will preach
the sermon The music will equal any
ever given in this cathedral where SO
many great services have been held.
There will be grand choral march, the
concluding verse OF the ode being:
Hail o shepherd. prince and Trclatc.
Filial love or song convey,
Naurhr shall from hearts dispel it.
Naught thine houorcd name erase.
Gods love md peace sUuoInd thy ways
Aud give thee health and length If dsys.
Following the mass there will be a ban
quet, with tOaStS as follows: The Pope.
by the apostolic delegate: The President
of the United States" by Archbishop Ire
land; Cardinal Gibons.' by Bishop DOna
hue OF Wheeling: The hierarchy of the
United States" by Archbishop Farley, of
New York: The hierarchy OF Canada" by
Archbishop Bruchesi. of Montreal; Sister
republics by Archbishop Jose Monte de
OCa, OF Mexico, and The Catholic Cniver-
sity" by its rector Mgr. Shahan. Arch
bishop Blenk. of New Orleans, will preach
at veSpers that evening.
The first national Holy Name Congress,
with monster street parade, will begin on
October t. and there will be business
sessions. with papers and some resolu-
tions. A vast number of Catholic lay
men will attend. PaTOChial school OF
Baltimore will furnish, on the afternoon
of October 19, a vast congregation for a
children's service in the cathedral to be
addressed by the cardinal This will be
the concluding part OF the jubilee. II
had been proposed that a legal holiday be
declared but Cardinal Gibbons expressed
a wish that this feature be omitted.