South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-16
MANY CATHOLICS
WALK TO CHURCH
Large Crowds Attend NOtre
Dame Services in COnneC-
ton With Pilgrimage.

Larger crowds even than we're an
ticipated attended the services at
Notre Dame Sunday in connection
with the pilgrimage made by 1000
members OF st. Joseph's Catholic
church. Sacred Heart church. an edi-
fee Of cathedral proportions,
could not accommodate the numbers
of people. some OF whom found stand
ing room within the edifce while some
remained near the church on the
lawn.
Rev. Patrick J. Carroll. with two
acolytes. led the pilgrim procession
from St. JOseph's church, corner OF
Hill st. and Lasalle av.. 10 the grOttO
of Lourdes at Notre Dame. All went
afoot.
First in line after the pastor and
his acOlytes came the children OF st.
JOseph's school. These were followed
bv the young ladies' sodalities. the
women of the congregation and last of
all the men, The procession moved
up Hill St and South Bend av.. and
then north on Notre Dame av. Hymns
were sung on the way. and banners
of various societies fluttered in the
breeze.
on reaching Notre Dame, the pro-
cession wound its way TO the grottO.
where a hymn was sung and then the
pilgrims moved i'm a long line into the
church Hundreds of people in the
pews had 10 give way FOR the pill
grims when il was seen that the
church could not accommodate all.
Solemn high mass was celebrated,
with Rev =. J. Carroll celebrant, Rev.
Frederick y. GassenSmith. assistant
pastor Of St. Joseph's church. deacon.
and Rev Angus Macdonald of NOtre
Dame. subd eacon. Mr. Ulrich Hiss of
st. Joseph's congregation was master
of ceremonies Rev Thomas A. Ir-
vine, rector of Holy Cross seminary,
delivered the sermon upon the feast
of the assumption, which, he said.
though observed on that day in every
Catholic church throughout the world
was celebrated without the churchs
ever having made the assumption an
article of faith. This, he said. showed
the naturalness and the reasonableness
of the belief.
The male choir from St. Josephs
church sang LOesch's Mass. Their
excellent rendition was strengthened
with instrumental accompaniment,
Frank Hiss, violinist; Joseph Gun
ther. cOrnetist; Charles Lawyer, clar-
onet, and John Mischker. flute. The
choir was directed by Rev. John b.
Delaunay of Washington, y. c.. with
Mrs Marjoie Mccartney at the organ.
After the mass, and until half past
four in the afternoon the pilgrims
made numerous visits to the grotto. no
| longer in a body, but privately. They
lunched on the lawns and in shady
spots about the campus. lunch bas-
kets having been brought TO Notre
Dame in cOnveyances. The day was
warm, and the heat was felt by many
who had stood in line and marched
and walked several miles before rest
! ing, but no cases of illness are report
ed. AT half past four all gathered
again in Sacred Heart church for
| benediction, which closed the eXer-
cises Of the pilgrimage.
Ir former years members of ST. Jo-
seph's congregation made the pilgrim
age to the shrine at Notre Dame. but
/ for number of years past the Gus
| tom has fallen into disuse, this being
/ the first revival in about 10 years
The grOtto of LOurdes. France of
! which the NOtre Dame shrine is a
| near reproduction, is famous place
! OF pilgrimage owing to the remark
| able cures effected by its waters. These
| are believed to have sprung up upon
| the spot where, according to a very
| common belier among Catholics. the
| Blessed Virgin Mary appeared repeat
edly TO a little French gir,. Berna-
/ dette, and medical men admit that
i many cures effected there are not eX-
/ plainable in present-day medicine
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