The Washington times., 1915-04-15
NOTED CATHOLICS
IN SILVER JUBILEE
Three Cardinals Occupy Throne
at Solemn PontificaI Mass in
st. PatriCk's Church.
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church. Even the body of the church
presented a brilliant mass of color. as
the eight arChbisnops, thirty bishops,
thirty -one monslgnori, elgh heads OF
religious orders. six heads and repre-
sentatives of colleges and universities,
and over 3UU clergy. who attended the
mass, filed into the places
These representatives of the church
IN solemn procession from Carroll Hall
In q street They were seated In places
reserved for them in the center aisle In
ADDITION there were in attendance nun
dreds of distinguished Catholic laymen
and women from all over the United
states. Many of them were especially
invited guests and were honored lor SER
vices to the university
A detail of police Kept the entrance
to the church clear before and during
the service. Every inch of available
space in the church was crowded long
before the hour for the service.
Celebrant of Mass.
Cardinal Farley. archbishop of New
York, was the celebrant OF the mass.
The other officers were:
Deacons Of honor-Very Rev. Thomas
Finn, of Rockford, H.. and the Rev.
Joseph f. Smith, of New York city
Crane, of Philadelphia.
Subdeacon of the mass-The ReV.
Thomas J. OBrien, OF Whitestohe'
n. Y. ,, 9th
bons. who laid the cornerstone of the
university. preached the sermon has
voice carried full but tremulous 70
every corner Of the packed edifice. He
For the growth of the university
we are indebted above all to the COO
of Wisdom for whose glory the woIk ts
was begun. To the great Ponti1s
leo Xiii and Plus y and to their sue
ressor Pope Benedict XIV we make
public acknowledgment or our graf
itude. To the Catholics of the United
states, we return our thanks Tor their
generous support
"The experience Of these twenty-five
years emphasizes the needs winch
The university aims to supply: the
need Of divine truth to complete our
human knowledge, OF divine justice
as the highest sanction of law. the
spirit Of Christ in our ministrations
Of mercy and love. There Is no real
liberty without law. and there Is no
meaning or validity to law unless 1t
be observed.
Obligation To Duty.
The growth of democracy does not
imply that each man shall become
law unto himself, but that he shall
feel in himself the obligation TO obey.
If the enacting power has been trans
ierred from the will of the ruler to
the will OF the people, the oinolng,
coercive power has been laid with
greater stress Of responsibility than
ever before upon the indlVidual con-
science.
Unless men be taught that obedi-
Cnce is right and honorable and neces-
sary alike for private interest and the
public veal. legislation will avail but
little. the law making power will be-
come a mockery and the people them
selves will complain that legislation has
But conscience has need of higher
sanction than any merely human sense
of justice. To meet the requirements of
our religious social, and political situ-
atbn Is duty that we owe to the
church and to our country. To fulfil 1t
We must combine our efforts. and re-
joice that in the Catholic University a
center of thought and action has been
provided
Gives Papal Blessing.
Immediately after the sermon the
first letter ever received from the new
Pope was read by Mgr Thomas +.
Shahan, rector of the university. 1t
was a congratulatory epistle. address
ed to the three cardinals and the church
in America, and gave the papal bless
All of those in attendance in the re-
served sections at the mass had
luncheon at the Willard. Following
the luncheon those in attendance form
ed in academic profession and marched
to the theater.
The academic exercises were opened
with an Invocation by Cardinal Glib
bons. Bishop Shahan, rector Of the
university, followed the Introductory.
Addresses are to be made by Car
dinal OConnel, President G. Stanley
Hall. of Clark University; the Very
Rev. John Cavanaugh, and Hon. Wal
ter George Smith.
Honorary degrees are to be conferred
on twelve laYmen. as follows:
Degrees of doctor Of laws-Nicholas
Charles Burke and Charles Joseph
Bonaparte. Baltimore; Lawrence Fran
els Flick, Walter George Smith. and
Ernest Laplace, Philadelphia; Garre,
william McEnerney, San Francisco;
Thomas Maurice Mulry, New York
John Benjamin Murphy, Chicago; Han
mis- Taylor, Washington.
Doctorate Of letters-Charles George
Herbermann. New York; Frederic
CORTLAND Penfield, New York. and
James Joseph Walsh. New York.
The academic exercises will close will
henediction by his eminence Cardinal
Farley.