Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-24
CONSIDERATION
OF NEW BISHOP
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque Will
0fficiate at Ceremonies Attend
ing McGoven Elevation.
BANQUET AT THE HENSHAW
Monster Popular Reception IL to lie
Given Bishop at the Auditorium
Services at ~. Johns
Church April II.

Archbishop James J.. Keane OF Du-
buue. Ia, will be eonsecratiug prelate al
the conservation Of Rev. +, a. McGovern,
bishop-elect at st. Johns church Twenty
fifth and California streets, Thursday
morning, April II. The sermon will be
preached by Bishop J. Henry Then OF
Lincoln. Assisting Archbishop Keane will
be Bishop Richard scannell of Omaha
and Bishop Philip ]. Garrigan Of Sioux
CITY. Father Stenson of ST. Philomena )
church will be master Of ceremonies and
Father Gleason Of st. Cecilias church
will act as his assistant. THE music,
which will be rendered by the young
mems choir Of the Creighton university
will be in charge Of Father Bronsgeest.
The consecratlon ceremonies will begin
at a. m. The procession will be
tarted from the Creighton university
and proceed into the church. Leading
the procession will be the oross-bearer
followed by the altar boys dressed In
surplus and eossaeks. Following these
will be the priests and bishops and at
the close Of the procession Father Nc
Govern and Archbishop Keane.
bishops to the Altar.
The procession will march down the
center aisle Of the church, the priests
seating themselves In the front part OF
the church and the bishops. altar boys,
Father MeGovern and Archbishop Kesne
going up to the altar. Father McGovern's
chapel will be before the Blessed ',rgin
altar, and the bishops will take their
places before the altar Of 81. Joseph, the
archbishop going up to the main altar.
Father McGoyern has sent out 525 In
vitations to the priests of the Omaha,
Lincoln and other dloeeses and expects
that at least 20O will attend the cere-
monies, besides a large number Of the
bishops Of the different dioceses.
Among the bishops who will be here
are: James J. Keane Of Dubuque, Philip
]. Garrigan Of Sioux City, John Davis
of Davenport, J. Henry Then Of Lin
coin, John Hennesy Of Wichita, John
Ward Of Leavenworth, Maurice Burke OF
ST. Joseph, Nicholas Matz Of Denver,
Francis Busch of Lead. $. D.. and John
L,awler Of St. Paul. Others who have
been invited are: John Carroll Of
Helena, Mont: Matthias Lenihan of
Great Falls, Mont; Lawrence Seaman
of salt Lake City, James McGoldrick OF
Duluth, Ia: Thomas o'Gorman Of Sioux
Falls, $. D.; Thomas Lillis of Kansas
City and Austin Bowling of Des Moines,
la, blshop-elect.
Dinner at the Henshaw.
on the afternoon following the cere-
mony the bishop and others will be given
a dinner at the Henshaw hotel.
Arrangements are being made by
friends Of Father McGovern TO give him
a public reception at the Auditorium on
the Saturday night following the conse'
Grafton April 70. The affair is to be non
sectarian and a large purse will be given
the new bishop. A numbtr Of prominent
speakers will be present and deliver ad-
dresses.
A committee in charge Of the affair Is
composed OF the following men: J. A. c.
Kennedy. chairman; Frank Furay. treas
Z. O'Hern, 7. p. Redmond, Dr. 7. ].
Dwyer, T.. NJ. Garvey. c. r. Dugdale. T.
+. Swift, Phil Mcmillan, T. F. Qldnlan,
p. C. Heafey. T. r Coleman, W. J. Nc
Caffrey and T. J. MeArdle, the executive
committee.
On the following Monday. April L.,
Bishop McGOyern. accompanied by Arch
bishop Keane. will leave for Cheyenne.
where the Installation ceremonies will be
held Wednesday morning. A large num-
Der Of Omaha priests and laymen are
making arrangements to go to Cheyenne
to be present at the installation. which
will consist Of solemn high mass. and
when the priests Of the dioceses will
make submission TO their new bishop.
Beginning Easter Sunday. Father Nc
Govern will 20 into retreat for medita-
ton and prayer at the Creighton uni
versity for three days.