The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-15


various quarters of the Catholic world,
that of the Bishop of Malaga causing
a wild scene of enthusiasm, for the
whole vast congregation rose crying as
one voice viva Jesus Sacramentado.' >
The Bishop of Namur, that we'll
known and devoted promoter of these
marvellous reunions of Divine Love,
Monsignor Heylen, then read a fine
discourse in Spanish, which was fol-
lowed by the singing of the Congress
hymn, Gloria a Christie" IN which
very soon the whole congregation join
ed, after which all filed before the
Cardinal Legate and kissed his ring.
League Meetings.
Particularly interesting were the
literary and artistic seances held at
the Theatre Real, where some of the
cleverest men aad women of Spain
and other lands came together in
charming converse. On Monday the
little dancers of Seville, who are SO
famous, entertained the assembly with
the national dances. The women also
had their day. Indeed it is woman,
the Infanta Isabella, who is president
of the Congress on this occasion. The
Federation of the League of Catholic
Women held their annual reunion dur
ing the Congress and it was presided
over by the Infanta Maria Theresa
The Leagues of Canada, Hungary,
Poland, United States, Luxembourg
and the Argentine sent delegates who
explained their program and were ad.
mitted with unanimous vote. At the
Second General Assembly the prese.
cuted Bishop of Beia. Portugal, ad-
dressed the gathering and was re-
ceived with applause. He recalled all
that Portugal had done for the Faith
in the past, deplored the present per.
secution, but declared his confidence
in the redemption of the country by
the power of the Holy Eucharist
Senor A. Pidal, President of the Acad.
emy, also made fine speech explain
ing the doctrine of st. Thomas on the
Holy Eucharist.
Society of Nocturnal Alteration.
One of the great devotions well or.
ganized in Spain is that of the So
ciety of Nocturnal Alteration This
pious body, which numbers more than
$4,000 members, participated en- masse
in the final act of devotion which took
place in the grand old Palace of the
Escurial on Saturday night. They
met in the chapel around the Sagrada
Forma, the celebrated miraculous
Host which was saved from the sea
in Holland, and here they spent the
night in prayer in the old Royal Mon
astery built by Philip II, while be
meath them in the mighty vaults sleep
the Kings of CASTLE. Father Zacharius
Martinez Numes, Provincial of the
Augustinians, led the devotions of this
solemn assemblage through the noe
turnal hours and at three a. M, just
as the dawn broke, there was a grand
procession of the Blessed Sacrament
and all the adorers round the vast
corridors of the ancient Palace.
Twenty Thousand Children at Com
munion.
At present. the memory which
stands out above all others is the
lovely scene of the Pare Retro as il
looked as seven a. m. on Thursday
morning when twenty thousand chill
dren gathered in the natural naves oi
its glades and alleys for general
Communion of Reparation. There is
point where all the glades meet
which is called Del Salvador, and
here three affairs were erected The
Archbishop of Taragona, the Bishop
of Madrid and another Spanish pre-
late celebrated Mass, while around
them as far as the eye could reach
were the children kneeling devoutly
on the sod, the banners of the various
schools and districts and confraterni
ties glancing amongst the leaves like
gigantic flowers, while in the back
ground several military bands sta
toned at intervals played beautiful
and appropriate music. During the
celebration of Mass priests explained
to the little ones the nature anC
grandeur of the act they were about
to perform. Just before the Agnus
Del, Monsignor Bruchesi and the
Bishop of Beia arrived, and these two
prelates dispensed the Holy Com
munion to twenty thousand little ones
When the most beautiful and mos
solemn act was over, the little one:
joined together in singing the Con
gress hymn, and having finished theil
thanksgiving they defiled before the
Papel Legate, who was seated on ;
throne of red velvet near the Par,
gates. The Cardinal blessed them al
as they passed, several groups crying
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