The Irish standard., 1915-11-27
PAN-AMERICAN CELEBRATION
HELD IN WASHINGTON, D. C..

Sooner shall these mountains crum-
BILE unto dust than Chileans and Ar
gentines break the peace which, at
the feet of Christ, the Redeemer, they
have sworn to maintain"
This translation of the inscription
in Spanish, on the pedestal upholding
the statue of the Christ of Andes,"
located on the mountain borderland
between the two countries of America,
farthermost south, gives the keynote
of the Pan-American Thanksgiving Day
Celebration.
In the adorable presence of the Eu-
charistic Saviour of the world, there
knelt and stood in prayer of Thanks.
giving and appeal the accredited repre-
sentatives of all American peoples,
high officials of church and state, Off
GERS of Army and Navy, men promi-
nent in the business world, a congrega-
tion cosmopolitan in character, while
the holy sacrifice of the Mass was
celebrated with solemn pomp in Saint
Patrick's Church, Washington.
The edif1ce was appropriately deco
rated for the occasion, the flags of the
various South and Central American
Republics being suspended from the
massive granite pillars, an American
flag partly covering each of these en-
blems as if shielding them from harm
and aggression, and symbolizing in a
manner the Monroe doctrine. The
high, white marble altar, with the dove
of peace lowering over it, was banked
and surrounded with palms, ferns,
and yellow chrysanthemums, through
which hundreds of lights cleaned.
Promptly at 10 o'clock as the Or
gan and full orchestra played the
march by Mendelssohn, the procession
of church dignitaries, preceded by AGO.
lytes and choir boys filed up the cen
ter aisle to the sanctuary. The Mass
was celebrated by Rev. Francis p.
Doory, of Saint Martins Church, Balti-
more, Md; with Rev. Joseph G. NAL
lon, of Saint Johns Church, Westmin-
ster, Nd, as Deacon, and Rev. VIM.
J. Carroll, of Saint Pauls Church,
Washington, as Sub Deacon. Rev. Mar
tin P. Egan, of st. Patrick's Church,
was Master of Ceremonies.
His Eminence, Cardinal Gibbons, oc-
cupied throne to the right of the
altar, with Very Rev. James A. Burns,
C. S. c., President of Holy Cross Col
lege, Catholic University, as his Assist
ant Priest. Rev. DR.. William ]. Kerby,
Professor of Sociology at the Catholic
University, and Very Rev. John F.
Fenlon, President of Divinity College
at the University, we're Deacons Of
Honor to the Cardinal.
Right Rev. Thomas j. Shahan, Rec
tor of the Catholic University and
Bishop of Germanicopolis, occupied a
throne on the left of the altar, with
Very Rev. George A. Dougherty, Vice
Rector of the University, as his Assist
ant Priest. Grouped about Cardinal
Gibbons in the sanctuary were promf-
.nent Bishops, Monsignori and clergy
stationed in the National Capital and
other cities throughout the United
States.
The sermon was delivered by Very
Rev. j. T. O'Connell, Rector of st.
E>,oro o;e do co1o,, Cathedral ond Vioo
General of Toledo, Ohio, who spoke as
follows:
"(And he blessed the Lord before
all the multitude and he said: }
Blessed art thou, O Lord the God OF
Israel, our Father from eternity to
eternity. ....
Thine, o Lord, is magnificence and
power and glory and victory; and to
Thee is praise; for all that in heaven
and in earth is thine; thine is the
Kingdom, o Lord, and thou art above
all princes.
Thine are riches and thine is glory
thou hast dominion over all, in thy
hand is power and might; in thy HAND
greatness and the empire of all things
"Now, therefore, our God, we give
thanks to thee, and we praise Thy
glorious name.
"The King who had reigned in He
bron and Jerusalem forty years hat
come to the ending of his days
Strangely, the leader, who had been {
man of strife and had shed blood from
the day when If he could not be sol
dier he would be camp follower, tool
no thought of that march of triumph
wherein he was held greater becaus
he had slain ten thousand, when an
other, in the mind of the populace
had but a thousand slain.
Seemingly he forgot his courag
before Saul to tell proudly of his prov
ess, when as STRIPPING, but with gian
spirit, startled but unaffrighted, h
had thrown himself upon the lion an
the bear, caught them by the throat
strangled and killed them to rescue tn
meanest of his flock. And now whe
Philistia is hurried back to its narro,
confines, when the border road fro1
GahaOn to Gazera is heaying with th