The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-02
CORONATION SERVICE
HELD At ST. MARY'S
Beautiful Ceremony in Which
Children of Cathedral
Take Part.
VIRGIN MARY HONORED
Little Ones, Flower-laden,
March to Altar and Lay Gar
lands at Foot of Statue.
VIRGIN MARY HONORED

The annual coronation ceremony took
place in st. Mary's cathedral last
night. The touching and beautiful SEN
timent of the man Of GaGlee, who
said, "Suffer the little children to
come unto me-" was the spirit that
predominated in the beautiful and i'm
pressive ceremony OF the crowning Of
the statue Of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
More than 100 children, ranging in
ages from to IA years, bore garlands
| Of sweet flowers to the altar, lifted
| flower wreatbs from their. own curly
heads to lay at the foot of the statue
and closed the month of May with the
| sweetest of tributes to the mother Of
| the Savior.
The children marched from the ca
| thedral hall into the cathedral led by
the procession leaders, Anna Aures,
| Beyrl Gray, and the banner bearers,
| Grace Hogan, Ethel Hogan, Laura
Heinz, Gertrude Wescher, Anna Cali
gan and Nora Ahern. Aftor the
rosary and litany, the coronation serv-
| ices began with hymn to the Blessed
| Virgin, sung by the children and the
| cathedral choir.
Celeste Laramie and Margaret Owens
read tho Acts of Conservation, their
distinct childish voices being heard all
Iuc great MdTEueT-
ite Locke, the sweet child soloist of the
junior choir, next sang the coronation
hymn, Z" Hail Mary"
Children Sing Refrain.
AT the close of the solo the 100 little
voices took up the refrain and the pro-
| cession to the altar began, led by the
Rev. Father James McNally and the
sanctuary boys. The little girls,
dressed in white, wearing wreaths and
wells, followed.
On reaching the altar, Gladys Cecilia
Reilley mounted the white ladder and
placed wreath Of fresh flowers on the
head of the statue. She was followed
by her cousins, James Rellley, Jr., Enid
and Helen ReiIley, who left exq quisite
wreaths at the foot Of the statue. The
little flower girls, Maude Shriber, Lr-
ellie Mclean, Mary Mellon, Gladys
Mellon, Margaret Burke, Margaret Mo
ran, Dorothy Lynch, Grace McMartin,
Laurine McEnany. Katherine Broder-
ick, Margaret Connors, Vivian Nc
also left baskets and wreaths Of
flowers.
The assisting maids of honor Were
Oriella Brooks, Helen Chance, Mar
guerite Kelley, Margaret Owen, Ger
trude Owen, Florence Springer, Celeste
Laramie, Grace Mooney, Marie Shep~
hard Margaret Duffy, Eldene Buck
ley, Leona Fitzgerald, Mildred Ingalls,,
Anna Daley and Jean Hanson.
Miss Mary Owens, president of the
Children of Mary sodalitv, placed an
exquisite bouquet of peonies on the al
tar. After the coronation the Rev. Fa-
ther James McNally delivered an elo-
quent sermon on the Blessed Virgin.
End of Ceremony.
After the sermon, benediction of the
blessed sacrament was given and the
beautiful ceremony was ended.
Great credit for the training Of the
children is due to the officers Of the
Children Of Mary sodality, VINO were
Miss Katherine Owens, president; Miss
Ruth Killeen, Miss Mary North, Miss
Katherine DrscolI, Miss Genevieve
Fitzpatrick, Miss Kathleen Graves,
Miss Marguerite Scott and the Misses
Margaret Butler, Rose Goggin, Anasta-
sia Butler, Eleanore Crawford, Kath-
crime o 'Rourke. Lille Whelan, Annie
Lannon ard Margaret Connelley
Frank Taney, leader of the Altar
Boys league, had entire charge of the
lighting of the affairs and did his diff.
cult work creditab bly,. Charles II. Nc
Gurrin, P. ]. Owens, !. Markus, w. J.
Ahern and J. w. Firman were tho
ushers who directed the seating OF tho
oor GRO tion hot ho