The Washington herald., 1911-06-04

procession shall be formed. The King
and Queen, having been received at the
west door. shall. in the meantime, pass
up the body of the church. into and
through the choir and so up the stairs
| to the theater, and having passed by
their thrones. they shall make their
| humble alteration.
Then follow with the Litany. to be
sung by two bishops vested In copes and
kneeling at a fold stool on the middle
| of the east side of the theater.''
| Later on:
! The king shall sit In King Edwards s
chair. Z. The Dean of Westminster,
taking the ampulla and spoon from off
| the altar, shall hold them ready, pouring
some Of the holy oil into the spoon. and
with 1t the archbishop shall anoint the
king in the form Of a cross.
| Il On the crown of the head. saying
| -. On the breast, saying
'3. On the palms OF both hands, say
| ing"
And OF like character to these are
| other rubrics until the coronation Of the
| King Is complete. Also similar rubrics
| are to be observed In the coronation of
\ the Queen, which Immediately follows.
The archbishop. as ,primate of all Eng
land. crowns their matecties.
The Archbishop OF York will preach the
sermon.
| What is the aim and purpose Of this
coronation? 1t cannot obviously be to
make the former Prince Of Wales King,
for he is King already. He became
King the moment King Edward died.
\ by right Of succession: he was recognized
as King at once: he was proclaimed
! King with all due solemnlty and for
| mality two days later, and both church
and state have long acknowledged him
| as such. So the question is often asked
why does he need crowning or amounting ?
| The answer is. to confirm him in his
throne and to hallow his person with all
| the sanctions of religion. The coronation
| is a religious service. and its object is
to stamp the King as Gods chosen
King. and TO procure for him Gods
grace.
The members Of the Ladies' Altar So
ciety OF ST. Teresa's Church have been
presented with gold medals by the Rev
Charles NJ. Bart, as a remembrance Of
their faithful work during the past year
The medals bear the form OF the altar
on one side and a likeness OF Christ on
the other. The words Altar Society"
appear at the top Of the medal.
Catholics OF the United States continue
to increase their gifts to the world mis-
sions under Catholic auspices. One Of
the great missionary societies of the
world is the Propagation of the Faith,
founded in Lyons. France. in 1922. Last
year its income was 81. 342, OO0 an increase
of $4,000 over the previous year. In
spite OF political troubles France con-
tinues to he the society's source OF
financial strength. the French people con-
tributing last year s6CS. coo, or practically
as large a sum as ever. The United States
came next with s26SOO0. an increase OF
S2l. 600 over last year. Catholics of Ger
many gave last year sl5l. .O3u ItaIy S53,-
on. the Argentine $500. Spain $35 900.
and distracted Mexico $4,000 The Arch
diocese OF New York gave a good deal
more than a third OF the whole sum given
by the United States. its offerings being
an even $4,000. Boston came next with
$4,000. while Baltimore where is the
American headquarters. and where the
cardinal resides. gave only $3.50. The
work OF the society Is general COW
tration involves one novel plan that other
societies might we'll adopt. 1t is that OF
first collecting the money and then meet
ing and distributing it. Most others
pledge sums on paper. raise what they
can. and often fall into debt.
Pope Plus y has given a new order OF
examinations to the Pontif,cal Biblical
Institute. founded by him two years ago
There visit Rome each year thousands of
young men from all over the world. in
Guiding fair quota from the United
States. Supplementing the many colleges
in Rome already. the institute offers ex-
ceptional facilities for Bible study. This
study Is from early texts. and often in
originals, and is not only for students
who sometimes are to become priests
but also for laymen who have leisure and
inclination. Within the two years re-