The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-03-31
ARCHDIOCESE Of ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL.


On Holy Thursday morning there
will be Solemn Pontifical Mass
The blessing of the Oils takes place
at this Mass After Mass the Blessed
Sacrament will be carried in Solemn
Procession to the Altar of Repose.
The Mass of the Presanctified will
be celebrated on Good Friday morn
ing at 8 o'clock.
The services on Holy Saturday
morning will begin at 1880. They
will consist of the blessing of the
new fire, the blessing of the Paschal
candle, the chanting of the Prophe-
cies, and the blessing of the Bap-
tismal font. Solemn High Mass will
be celebrated at o'clock.
The Masses on Easter Sunday will
be at 6, Z, 8, 9, 10, and II o'clock
The Most Reverend Archbishop will
celebrate Solemn Pontifical Mass at
IL o'clock.
On Good Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock the Cathedral Choristers will
give the sacred oratorio, The Seven
Last Words of Our Lord on the.
Cross" by Theodore Dubois. This
oratorio was first given in Paris in
1873. Dubois was a French musician
and Organist who died in 1913. The
oratorio will be sung Immediately
after the Way of the Cross.
The Hibernians and the Ladies'
Auxiliary attended the o'clock
Mass at the Cathedral last Sunday.
Over seven hundred received Holy
Communion.
st. Thomas Alumni: On Tuesday
evening, March 81, there was a joint
meeting of the Twin City members of
the Alumni Association of ST. Thomas
College. The meeting took the form
of a smoker and was held at the K of
c. club rooms in Minneapolis. About
one hundred and fifty members were
present. A stirring address was de-
livered by Mr.. j. G.. Melaven, manager
of the LoOse-Wiles Biscuit Company.
He emphasized especially the personal
character of the salesman and his at
tention to business. Captain r. l. Rees,
Commandant of st. Thomas College,
gave a very strong talk with regard to
the officers of the reserve corps. Rev.
Michael OBrien reminisced on the
"olden days Mr.. Fred Mccarthy adj
dressed the meeting on the necessity
of patrOnizing the advertisers in the
Alumni Bulletin, and the Rev. Michael
A. Ryan followed this up by strong
personal appeal to the members to con-
centrate their energy along this same
line. A committee was appointed to
receive the names of alumni who
might apply for commission dis officers
on the reserve corps of the army. Mr..
Ray Scallen will represent Mime
apolis, and Mr.. Emmett McKernan, st.
Paul. All names submitted to these
gentlemen will be reported to Captain
Rees, who is the chairman of the COM
mittee of officers on the reserve corps
appointed by the government for the
State of Minnesota. The St. Thomas
orchestra furnished the music for the
evening, and a number of pleasing yo-
cal selections were rendered by Miss
Daggett. Mr.. Louis +. Henry was
chairman of the meeting.
Cretn High School: The Cretin
wireless plant is being utilized in
explaining the intricacieS of wire
less telegraphy to the sixty enthusi-
astic members of the Radio club,
many of whom expect to be prof.
Cient operators before long.
Interest in the play to be staged
April II is growing apace. The adj
vance sale of tickets gives assurance
of large attendance. The rehearsals
promise a pleasing surprise for the
many friends of the young actors.
The last basket ball game of the sea
son resulted in a victory for Cretin.
The Alumni was defeated by score
of 80 to II. Marcus Tierney, of Gre
tin, scored sixteen points. Captain
1saacs finished up the season in
great form
After the senior examinations next
week, the class of the old three year
course will be ready to enter the
business world.
Inc FRESHMAN Cret1n Literary SOC1-
ETY. held its weekly meeting on Fri
day, March % The enthusiasm was
as great as ever.
Church of ST. Mark: On Monday
evening, April 2, Rev. James A. Byrnes,
of ST. Paul Seminary, will give an il
Illustrated lecture on the Passion Play,
in the parochial school hall, corner of
Dayton and Moore avenues. Father
ByrneS spent week in the little vii
lage of Oberammergau during the time
the play was enacted, and was thus
fortunate in being able to get snap
shots of the leading characters. Be
sides, he has slides of some of the
most famous masterpieces of the Cru
cifixion which will be thrown on the
screen during the lecture There will
also be a program of sacred songs
The lecture is under the auspices of
the League of the Sacred Heart and
the Rosary Society.
Church of st. Mary: The order of
services for Holy Week at the
Church of st. Mary, corner of Ninth
and Locust Streets, is as follows On
Palm Sunday the palms will be dis
ar;I~,,4od hofnro late Mace Tho