The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-13

His Eminence Cardinal Nagl, Arch
bishop of Vienna, Austria, was received
in private audience by the Emperor
last week and gave an account of the
various preparations for the Eucharis-
tic Congress of September next. With
his accustomed thoroughness, the aged
Emperor Francis Joseph, has not only
accepted the nominal presidency of
the Congress, but also all the cares
and duties which should pertain to
such title. Therefore, the arrang-
ments concerning the Emperor HIM
self, the Court, the Army, the Digni-
taries of the Crown and State, have all
to be placed before him. His Imper-
ial Majesty informed the Cardinal
that he was quite satisfied with the
progress of the work, and particularly
appreciative of the wise understand
ing and perfect harmony shown by the
different nationalities comprised in
the Empire regarding this great event,
while the news received from the vari-
GUS Christian countries, not only of
Europe, but of the world, promised an
immense participation of the faithful
Tentative Arrangements for the Con-
gress.
An approximate idea of the sequence
of events at the Congress can now be
obtained and some very interesting
details were given by Monsignor Null
Ter recently when he addressed five
hundred ladies, the elite of the most
exclusive society in Europe, who had
met together in the Confraternity of
the Mothers, to arrange their several
parts in the work still to be done. Var
ious Churches have already been alot-
ted to the different nationalities. Thus,
the Churches of st. Augustine and of
the Capuchins are reserved for theHun-
garians; the magnificent fame known
as "Am Hof'' is specially reserved for
foreigners, and the Archbishop of Leo
pol will celebrate the High Mass there.
There also sectional meetings will be
held. in addition to the Cathedral of
st. Etienne, and the Church of the
Scotch. The Cardinals present will
celebrate their High Masses at the
Cathedral, and the Bishops will ad-
dress mass meetings there. Great
care is to be bestowed on the music
to be rendered. On the opening day
of the Congress, when the Papal Leg
ate will be received with the custom
airy ceremony, the music will be Gre
gorian chant of the fifth century; on
the second day Palestrina will be re-
quisitioned; and on the third the COM
positions of Mozart and Haydn: On
the last day the grand Eueharistic
Procession will take place with mill
tary Mass in the open air. This is
called the ''Feldmasse" or Mass for
the country, and will be celebrated by
the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna. 1t
| was at first intended to erect the altar
in the Park of the Emperor's beauti
full Palace at Schonbrunn, but this has
| been abandoned for several reasons
| While it would have permitted sever.
al hundred thousand persons to follow
the ceremony with their eyes for the
Park is immense, it was felt that as
| Schonbrunn lies outside Vienna the
ordinary means of transport would be
sufficient to convey the thousands who
wished to be present, and again il
might be thought that the ceremonies
had been arranged for the convenience
of the Emperor, rather than for the
Capital, and the people, or theil
guests. The choice is now made il
favour of the Grande Place which ex
tends before the Burg. This gate O
the Burg is that of the Citadel, and the
walls are of such immense thickness!
that there is carriage drive between
lfootpaths within them. This massiv,
wall has fat surface, and this is be
| ing supplemented by a terrace which
is now under construction. On thi
mighty bastion of the city wall, tht