New-York tribune., 1919-04-07
HAYES Oficiates at First
Service of Kind Outside
Cathedral Since Eleva-
ton; Thousands Attend
Duluth Prelate breaches
Former ". Y. Rector Urges
Nations to Accept Church
as Ally Against Radicals

Tho Most Rev. Patrick J. Hayes,
Archbishop of New York, was celebrant
of the solemn pontifcal high mass yes
terdav in the Church Of st. Vincent
Ferrer at Sixty-sixth Street and Lex
inqton Avenue, terminating the three
days celebration Of the fifth centenary
of the Dominican saint, Vincent Ferrer.
The occasion attracted more people
than the new Gothic church would hold.
1t was the archbishop's first pontifcal
appearance outside tho cathedral since
his elevation to the metropolitan see.
The solemnity Of the mass was espe-
cally impressive to the worshippers
who crowded into the nave and chancel
Of the church, built after the mediuval
design of the old monastic order. The
symbolism Of the Roman Catholic rlt-
ual was Joined by the ancient and en-
blematic rites of the Dominicans, who
oficiated in their picturesque, flowing,
white habits.
Urges Stand Against "Reds"
Bishop John T McNicholas, Of Du-
luth. Mimi, preached the sermon. culo-
rzing the life OF St Vincent Ferrcr
and urging the faithful to stand to-
Qether against the forces Of violence
which have threatened chaos in Europe
Bishop McNicholas was formerly rector
of ST. Catherine of Siennas Church, at
All East Sixty-eiQhth Street.
The mass began with the process
sional Of the Archbishop, eacons, dig
ntaries, acolytes and choir boys into
the sanctuary. The strains of an or
gan with an orchestral accompaniment
filled the wide spaces of the church,
and the Archbishop, in the golden mi
tire, and proceeded by the train of men
and boys in the colored panoply of
their religious orders, gave his bless
ings bounteously to those in the
benches and on the extra chairs and
improvised pews that almost blocked
the asles.
When Archbishop Hayes took his
seat in the purple throne at the sane
tuary the full monastic choir began
the chanting of the divine Office, and
the mass proceeded. The ceremonies
concluded with the Recessional, in
which the Archbishop and the process
sion of priests and altar boys passed
through the aisles OF the church to
wv 4AAl4SL S44ui4pCAS.
Religion Better Than Treaties
Bishop McNicholas said in his SER
mon, after reviewing the life of the
Spanish saint: We may indeed turn
10 Almighty God and ask for another
Vincent Ferrer. AS we review the evils
that oppress humanity to-day, and as
we study the procession of events and
covenants that come from the keenest
minds, working out their own solution,
We can only cry out, How long before
the nations turn to God?' How long
before the nations recognize the
merely natural is insufficient. The
most potent influence to insure justice
Of one nation to another is religion.
This is a guarantee above all treaties,
superior to all covenants. 1t were alb
surd to talk of warless world while
men and nations go on shining God
gave covenant to the world Of only
ten provisions. The observance Of
this covenant would make war impos-
sible. The evil that brought on the
war was not failure Of Christianity,
but it was the failure Of civilization
without religion.
america has never been protected d
by higher patriotism than that fur
nished by her Catholic sons. The
greatest friend the poor and laboring
c,.ass have in tho world to-day is the
Holy See. There is no power or in
huence tnat car silence the Church in
protesting the unjust treatment Of