The Washington herald., 1912-02-10
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4hsF' NiofAnnl bonzano, rector OF the
College Of the Propaganda at Rome. sue
ceeds Cardinal Falconio as apostolic dele
gate Of the Catholic Church at washing
ton. The last delegate served eleven
years, an unusually long term. and now
as cardinal returns to Rome TO take IN
work in the curia- The appointment OF
Mgr. bonzano means that he. in turn,
VIII be recalled and elevated TO the Sa-
cred College.
The apostolic delegation at Washington,
created only about twenty years ago, is
the second Of four -anks Of delegates
maintained by the Catholic Church in
countries OF varying importance from
that church's membership list. The first
grade, rapidly diminishing. is the nuncia-
ture maintained till now at Vienna, Brus-
sells, and Madrid, but until recently also
at Paris and Lisbon. The second grade
Is that Of the United States There are
nine in this class, among them Canada
Constantinople, Greece, and Persia. In
the first grade political relations pre-
vail. In the three others. including the
United States, the delegation is purely
ecclesiastical
The third and fourth grades of Cath
Ole emissaries are vicariates and pre-
lectures. They are far more numerous
than the first and second. and are, for
the most part, 10 Catholic mission fieIds
in many quarters Of the globe. The du-
ties OF the Washington delegation are
administrative, dealing with Rome and
the church in this country, but doing so
through the archbishops only. All dele
gates to Washington, save the first one,
were made bishops upon appointment, but
utular bishops only, without Jurisdiction
and all have eventually been raised to
the Sacred College. Bishop BonZano. the
new delegate. Is the fourth since the
delegation came into existence.
The first meeting OF the archdiocesan
union Of the Holy Name Society, repre-
senting the united Holy Name societies
of Baltimore, Washington, and Western
Maryland, will take place in Baltimore
on Sunday. February II. The formation
of this union Is the outcome of the re-
cent first national convention OF the Holy
Name societies that was held in BaIti-
more last October during the cardinals
jubilee, and 1t comprises representatives
from the various Holy Name branches
in Baltimore, known as the Baltimore
section; Washington. known as the
section, and Western Mary
land, known as the Western Maryland
section
The meeting will be opened with solemn
high mass at st. Gregory's Church. Balti-
more, at II o'clock. and the business
session will be held at Calvert Hall. Null
berry and Cathedral streets, Baltimore,
beginning at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Washington section decided at a re-
cent meeting to send delegates from each
parish, and they will leave Washington |
on the o'clock train in order to attend |
the opening mass. Business OF i'm
Dortance will be transacted at the after |
ingent Is expected to take a prominent |
,art
At the last meeting Of the Washington
section, held at St Dominic's Church,
he following efficers were elected for the
,nsuing year:
Spiritual director. Very Rev. Father
Meagher. prior OF ST. Dominic's Church,
ice president OF the archdiocesan union
md presiding officer OF the Washington
lection. Mr.. Michael d. Schaefer. st. Jo-
;eph's Branch; recording secretary, Mr.
?. J. conlon, Holy Name Branch: man
ial secretary and treasurer. Mr.. Michael
]. Driscoll. st. Dominic's Branch; mari
hal, Mr.. Patrick J. Haltigan. st. Paul's
Branch.
The delegates from the various
branches reported splendid conditions at
ending the societies Of their respective
parishes.
AHC uuiOu lS TOW composed OF repre-
entatives from nearly every parish In
he city having Holy Name societies, and
t aims to enroll IN membership during
he cVgrent year Representatives from
II parishes where Holy Name societies
ave been established.
Mass will be said in the church OF
K. Thomas, Twenty-seyenth street and
avenue, tomorrow morning at
O'Clock. This mass wiz be low one,
nd will be said by the new pastor, the
lev. Thomas A. Walsh.
The Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality will
ecelve holy communion in body in
he Church Of the Immaculate Conception
{ the 7 o'clock mass. tomorrow. The ,
leeting VIII be held as usual on Tues
ay evening for the recitation Of the Of
ce.
The Immaeuiase Conception Dramatic
Tub win present the farce, '.Josiah's
ourtship : on Friday evening, Febru-
ry 16 at s O'Clock. in the immaculate
conception auditorium The proceeds are
Or the benefit OF the school fund, to
Id In defraylng expenses recently In
ufred by the Installing OF a new heating
pparatus, and other improvements
The club has been so successful In pre-
enting play each year since its or {
anlzation that this event is looked for /
-, xuffi, s.s.,.t. ~.f.~ -,,.-.. II.