The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-04-17
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OF THE NEW cATHE
ORAL.

Right Reverend Bishop O'Gorman of
Sioux Falls; Right Reverend Bishop
| Lenihan of Great Falls; Right Rever-
end Bishop Scannell of Omaha, and
| the Most Reverend Archbishop Keane
of Dubuque. Then followed the officers
of the Mass and the celebrant, Right
Reverend Bishop McGoIrick of Duluth
At the end of the procession came the
Most Reverend Archbishop, wearing
| the Cappa Magma. AS soon as the pro-
cession reached the sanctuary the
Seminarian choir Of sixty harmoniZed
voices stationed in the choir loft under
the direction of the choirmaster, Fa-
| Their Missia, sang the Professional,
"Ecce Sacerdos Magnus." When those
who walked in the procession had
taken their places in the sanctuary
the Solemn Pontifcal Mass began with
! the Rev A. Ziskovsky of st. Paul
Seminary, as master of ceremonies,
assisted by Father DAILY of the Ca
thedral staff, and two seminarians,
one OF whom acted as master of cere-
monies for the members of the congre-
CATION.
After the Gospel, Right Reverend
| Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls,
assembled the pulpit and read the three
! letters which had been received from
Rome, from His Holiness the Pope,
the Cardinal Secretary of State and
Cardinal Falconio. During the read
ing of Pope Benedicts letter every
one in the church stood with reverent
attention. The sermon preached by
Bishop O'Gorman will be found else
where in this issue. At the conclu-
sion of the Mass the procession re-
formed and returned to the sacristy
after which the Archbishops and
Bishops were entertained at dinner
by the Right Reverend Bishop Lawler.
During the Mass the seating
capacity of the Cathedral was taxed
to the utmost. 1t is estimated that. in
addition to the three thousand who
were accommodated in pews, more
than one thousand persons stood in
the aisles and ambulatories and filled
the space about the sanctuary. 1t was
splendid gathering, comprising not
only the Catholics of the Cathedral
parish and city of st. Paul, but many
/ from Minneapolis and the neighboring
towns, as well as a large number of
non-Catholics prominent in the civic
life OF the state and city. All were
Impressed with the architectural
beauty Of the new Cathedral and fol-
lowed the ceremonies with great at
tention.
In the evening at eight o'clock the
Cathedral was again filled with a con-
gregation eager TO participate in the
concluding service of the dedication
day. In the sanctuary we're a num-
Der of priests and the following
prelates: Bishop Lawler, Bishop
lO'Gorman, Bishop Lehman, Bishop
McGolrick, Archbishop Keane, and the
Most Reverend Archbishop of st. Paul.
The Right Reverend Bishop Trobec
officiated at the Pontifical Vespers,
after which the Most Reverend Arch
bishop Keane of Dubuque, preached a
sermon on "The Divine Guest of the
Living Temple" which we reproduce
in this issue. The service was brought
to close with Benediction of the
Most Blessed Sacrament by the Right
Reverend Bishop Trobec.
Thus ended memorable day in the
history of Catholicity in the Diocese
of st. Paula day to which it's Catho-
lie people had looked forward with no
small amount of yearning for more
than q decade of years, a day which
witnessed the realization of the hopes
and ambitions that had animated
them in their efforts to build Cathe-
dral worthy of the virile faith which
is their inheritance and the material
prosperity with which they had been
blessed. The feelings that thrilled
their souls might be fittingly ex-
pressed in the words of the psalmist:
This is the day which the Lord hath
made; let us be glad and rejoice
therein"