Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-18

Rev. Patrick Cody, the Dean OF New
ark, and at the same time to per-
sonal friend of mine.
81 am gratified to inform you that
the Holy Father has seen At to add
to the glory of this jubilee by making
your very reverend dean a member of
the papal household. 1t is an honor
to the diocese of Newark to hear that
Father Cody has been elevated to the
monsignory.
Therefore, we will now participate
in a solemn high mass that will be the
first of Father Cody as a monsignor,
He is to be intimately associated with
the Holy Father from now on"
Read PapaI Edict.
Monsignor Macl1el then read the
official document from the Pope to the
parishioners. 1t was in Latin, but
translated as follows:
ITO our beloved son, Very Rev.
Dean Cody, Vicar Forane of the
diocese of Newark, in the United
States of America, Plus X, Pope,
sends greetings, health and apostolic
benediction.
Beloved Son--In terms of esteem so
replete with praise and admiration for
you that they have given Joy to our
paternal heart, our venerable brother,
the Rt. Rev. John Joseph O'Connor,
bishop of the see of Newark, has
communicated to us these welcome
tidings that for fifty years of un-
firing labor in the service of our
Divine Master you, Very Rev. Patrick
Cody, as priest, pastor and dean, have
merited to be regarded in truth as
one whose priestly life is distin-
guished for the highest virtue and in
tegrity of character, illustrious for
works of piety and steadfast devotion
to duty Respondent for ardor and
zeal in promoting religion, education
and charity among the people en-
trusted to your pastoral care.
And Ii is a source of special JOY
and qualification to us to learn from
your reverend bishop that amid your
innumerable labors for the salvation
of souls you have never ceased to he
eminently conspicuous for your sub
mission and obedience to lawful au-
thority and that you have been
notable among your brethren for that
| reverence and loyalty to the holy see
in which as a youth you were nur-
tured when student at the American
| College in Rome.
Your bishop has furthermore sub
Joined that during forty of the fifty
years of your Jealous career in the
priesthood you have ministered with
unfailing fidelity in the fulfilment of
| the duties of the pastoral office to the
| devout and grateful people of one and
the same parish, the faithful and de-
voted parishioners of st. James, In
Newark, with honor and credit to
yourself and with abundant fruitful
ness of graees and blessings to them
and that now laden down with merits
deservedly won by your successful
achievements in the service of our
Divine Lord and His church you are
about to celebrate with Thanksgiving
to God and amid the joyous congratu-
| lations of the clergy, of the people OF
your parish and of all your fellow
citizens your golden jubilee, or the
/ fiftieth anniversary of your ordina-
| ton to the holy priesthood.
! I'm view of these considerations, SO
| manifold, admirable and edifying, we
| desire that you should receive from
| this holy see reward OF your merits
| and recognition OF your services in
due proportion to the praises be-
| slowed on you by your bishop. We
wish to testify personally to ouI
| hearty participation in your JOY and
| in the Fluctuations of your brethren
| by bestowing on you as specia
! token of our affectionate congratula-
| lions and good wishes an honor. title
dignity and rank of which your noble
and useful life has rendered you fully
| deserving.
in virtue, therefore, of our supreme
authority as the successor of st. Peter
and the vicar of Christ on EARTH we,
Plus X, do here and now by this
pontiflcal brief, elect, designate,
create and publicly proclaim you,
Rt. Rev. Patrick Cody, Roman dig
nitary and domestic prelate of the
holy see.
"To you we hereby grant. impart
and concede the right and privilege
to be soemn1y invested with the
robes, rochet and other insignia of
the rank, title and dignity of a
prelate, to be used and enjoyed at
win even in this our Roman court
and in our presence. In consequence
whereof you are henceforth ernpow-
cred and entitled to possess, use or
joy all the honors, privileges, prerog-
atives and indults which other &c
cleslastical dignitaries endowed with
the same rank, title and dignity are
entitled to possess, use or enjoy at
present or which they will be au-
thorized to possess, use or enjoy in
the future. All things else whatsoever
TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
"Given at Rome, near St Peters,
signed and sealed under the ring of
the fisherman, this thirteenth day of
November, In the year of our Lord
1918, and the eleventh year OF our
pontiflcate.
(Signed) "PIUS X. Pope,
"R. Cardinal Merry Del Val, secretary
of State"
The jubilarian then received the in
vestiture of the purple robes of his
new rank, Bishop O'Connor officiat-
ing. Monsignor Cody then offered the
mass.
Rev. J. J. Morrissey assisted. The
deacons of honor were Very Rev
~. J. Cunneely and Rev. j. J. Nc
Keever. Rev. J. M. Nardiello acted
as deacon and Rev. j. r. Boylan OFF,
eiated as sub-deacon. The master of
ceremonies was Rev. r. ]. Dyer. Rev
John H. O'Rourke, s. j., president of
Brooklyn College. delivered the SER
mon.
Sermon by Jesuit.
Father O'Rourke delivered re-
markable sermon on the priesthood.
He said, in part:
''In the words OF Christ, "a true
priest is a fisher of men, but Father
Cody has been such for the fifty years
of his ministry. No one can question
that in his labors at Seton Hall, in
his tolls at Englewood and Fort Lee,
In his ministry at Jersey City and
at Elizabethport he was a fisher of
men. During the more than forty
years of his incumbency at ST. James,
who can question that he has been
fisher of men-7a fisher who toiled
hard and toiled patiently, who toiled
unselfshly in season and out of sea-
son to catch souls into the apostolic
metz He labored like O true apostle
for one end, for one purpose, the glory
of the Father. Were / to sum UP in
one nhraSA from the pnanel an