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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
Archbishop Dowling's Sermon

not blindly or unaware to set up a
authority which gives name to this
new Cathedral.
What means the pageantry of to-
days imposing ceremonial? Is it the
pompous ritual of religious force
that is spent? Is it the ceremented
Past that hides decay in splendor? Is
it the last cry of an exotic creed
which expires? Or beneath its forms
of beauty has it meaning that con-
tents our hearts, full of the replies our
souls demand, bright with the promise
of life? Can the stone of an altar and
the seat of a Bishop say anything that
the modern world cares to hear?
Sin: the Blight of the World.
An altar speaks of sin-the most
disquieting, the most universal, the
most obstinate fact Of history
CLOSED over, belittled, denied, but
found everywhere at all times, among
all peoples-sin, the symbol of the
perverse will, the destroyer of peace,
the blight Of the world-sin, which is
not minimiZed by education, which is
not explained by biology, which is not
annulled by silence, hideous, cruel,
degrading, cOrrupting, mOnstrous sin,
operating through all the senses, and
in the secret recesses Of the mind: far
reaching in it's consequences from gen.
GRAFTON unto generation, begetting a
fearful progeny Of hatred, revenge,
jealousy and every mad concupis-
cence, old as the heart of man, vile
parasite of liberty, venomous germ of
death.
What sceptic denies it today? Who
is so blind that he does not see it?
Who so remote from the catastrophe
of civilization that he cannot deci-
pher the great cryptOgram of ruin
that lies in heaps above the slaugh-
tered bodies Of millions Of men?
Shall we endure with patience the
proud boasts of yesterday-of those
who spoke Of progress in pitying con-
tempt for the past, who fancied that
the wild passions Of the race were
being transformed into the rudimen-
tary organs Of extinct functions, who
believed that they had achieved per
manent results and set a term to
cruelty by enlarging the dominion of
humane ideas?
A bugle blast, and the walls of the
citadel of their hopes and their de-
lusiOns fell and barbaric man leaped
out of the cages of school and uni
yersity, forsook the quiet pursuits of
ordered peace and became a frantic
madman, All the skill that the dis
coveries of the ages had given him in
teaching the forces of nature to min
lister to his comfort and his pleasure
he now turned to the uses of destruc-
ton. OF the boarded wealth of the
world he attempted to make a bonfire,
and, thing all but incredible, pro-
ceeded to devour his young! And
when at last utter exhaustion ended
the long drawn-Out conflict, still reel
ing and staggering from the intoxica-
ton of his blood-lust, with torch and
bomb and every hellish engine of
death he fits from city to city of the
Old World and the New, preaching the
gospel of destruction, of anarchy and
of wrath.
Continued on page 81
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
ST. THOMAS COLLEGE.
HIGH ALTAR ERECTED IN THE
CHAPEL OF THE COLLEGE,
FIRST MASS LAST SUNDAY
OTHER GIFTS RECENTLY MADE
TO THE COLLEGE CHAPEL.

On last Sunday the Holy Sacrifice
time at the beautiful high altar which
has just been erected in the chapel
of ST. Thomas College, this city. The
altar is of white carrara marble, and
was sculptured at the Pietra Santa
quarries in Italy. Veins and clouds
of gray and orange impart the effect
of warmth and relieve the coldness
and severity of absolute whiteness.
Simplicity and dignity are the chief
characteristics of this lovely work of
art whose admirable proportions blend
with the stately lines of the spacious
sanctuary. The reredos, with it's
graceful columns and panels and
arches, forms a noble frame for the
great bronze crucifiX which has been
designed for the niche. This crucifX
will give stamp all it's own to the
whole altar. A single gradine of mar
BILE, which takes the place of the two
or three steps usually found in
wooden affairs above the altar table,
lends a massiveness to the structure.
Two marble vases of exquisite design
add last touch of beauty.
Owing to the delays rendered in
evitable by the war, the crucifix and
candelabra which are being made in
Philadelphia have not yet been COM
pleted.
The altar is the gift of Mr. and
Mrs. John B. Meagher of st. Paul, to
whose generosity and unfiagging in
terest in every detail of the work the
College is indebted for it's greatest
treasure Mr.. Edwin H. Lundie of
Mr.. Masqueray's Office, a young ar
| tist of the highest promise, designed
the altar and furnished the specifca-
tions. Mr.. D. H. Mcbride of New
York, was the contractor.
Above the high altar stained
glass window, the gift of Miss Anna
bel McQuillan of st. Paul, will soon
| be in place. The central panel will
represent Christ as priest, holding
chalice and host, and will be balanced
by adoring angels in the panels on
either hand Drawings submitted by
the Frei Company Of st. Louis give
promise of a window which in it's sim.
plicity and grace will be in keeping
with the altar which it will surmount
| An artistic sanctuary lamp donated
by Mrs. Mary Culligan of Merriam
Park, is a handsome accession to the
chapel 1t is of cast bronze finished
| to a dull glow. Pendant from and
| framed by the sanctuary arch it is
outlined by simplicity and dignity
while in detail it is eXquisitely orna
mented in the character of the Rem
aisance period, which it recalls. II
was designed and made by the Cor
ham Company of New York.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
KILLED IN CATHEDRAL
FATAL ACCIDENT IN TRENTON.

One woman was killed and twelve
others, more or less injured when a
large yentilating window in ST. Mary's
Cathedral, Trenton, N. j., broke away
from it's fastening and dropped a dis
tance of fifty feet on the parishioners
Sunday afternoon, May 4. A mission
for women, conducted by the Vincen-
tian Fathers, was in progress at the
time of the accident.
Miss Margaret Kennedy, aged As,
was struck on the head and died
few, minutes afterward in the sane
.tuary of the Cathedral, after receiv-
ing the last rites of the Church.
Three others, who were cut and
bruised by the flying glass, were re-
moved to st. Francis Hospital.
The accident resulted in great. con-
fusion. . A number of those attending
the mission ran screaming out of the
edifice, while about fifteen others who
had tainted were carried to the rear
for medical attention.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
PRIEST At CONFERENCE
FATHER FOR PER-
SIAN AFFAIRS.

A Flemish religious has arrived at
the peace conference in the person
of Pere Georges Decroo, originally Of
the Bergus Priests of the Congrega-
ton of the Mission, and brother of
Dr. Decroo, who is in charge of the
hospitals of Bergus. This priest has
been appointed by the French and
American governments to take part
in the peace conference. His special
mission is to discuss the affairs of
Persia with the Assyrian delegates.
He has lived for Is years in that far
country, and has carried out impor-
tant functions there -Rs. superior of
the College of Ourmiah and the Mis-
sion of Kosterova Salinas, an expert
ence which gives him peculiar COM
petence in treating of Persian ques-
tions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
TO RECEIVE PALL|UM
MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP
OF ST. PAUL TO BE INVESTED
ON MAY 27

The pallium which will be conferred
on Archbishop Bowling arrived in ST.
Paul last Saturday from Rome and
will be conferred on the new prelate
May 27.
The pallium was carried to ST. Paul
by Very Rev. James A. Walsh, Su-
perior of the Foreign Mission Society.
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque,
Iowa, will confer the pallium on Arch
bishop Dowling at one of the most
solemn ceremonies in the ritual Of the
Church. Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux
Falls, S. D., will preach at the cere
monies.
Archbishops and Bishops from all
parts Of the United States are expect
ed in st. Paul for the occasion.
The pallium is circular band
about two inches wide, worn about
the neck, breast and shoulders, and
having two pendants, one hanging
down in front and one behind. The
pallium is made of white wool, and it
denotes the authority of the Office of
Archbishop.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
RECOVER CHURCH GOODS
AMERICAN SOLDIERS UNEARTH
TREASURES IN OCCUPIED
ZONES.

American troops who have been
working in the shell-torn areas of
France have been recovering many
valuables of various sorts buried in
the ruins. All these finds are turned
over to the French Ministry of FL
nance, which is endeavoring to find
the original owners or their heirs.
All unclaimed treasures go to the
state.
Among the valuables recovered are
many belonging to ruined churches.
Not infrequently when several
churches in town have been de.
stroyed and each of them has lost
similar treasures, it is impossible to
say who is the owner of the wealth
recovered. In this case it is divided
among them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
PREACHED AT THE DEDICATION
OF ST. JosEPH'S CATHEDRAL,
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., ON MAY Z

"And some of the Pharsees, from
amongst the multitude, said to him:
Master, rebuke thy disciples.
To whom he said: | say to you,
that if these should hold their peace,
the stones will cry out" (Luke xix,
39-4O)
We come today at the bidding OF
our venerable friend, the Bishop OF
Sioux Falls, whom ! delight in salut-
ing as my master of some thirty years
ago-to witness the dedication of this
noble Cathedral set up for the honor
and glory of God as the Mother
Church of the rich and fertile plains
of Eastern South Dakota. From far
and near we come, prelate and priest,
man of affairs and simple artisan,
toiler in the fields and in the shop,
Catholic and non-CathoIic and who
soevcr can read and understand the
language of the spirit which these
chiScled stones proclaim as, mounting
SkyWard toward the heaven whose
earthly portal they are, they speak OF
faith and hope and charity and that
ultimate peace which long ago was
announced to the astonished watchers
of the night in far-off Bethlehem.
1t is the voice of the past that here
finds new and living tongue-if that
be OF the past which ages not, but
ever ancient, ever new, uneXhausted
by !aborS, mbroken by defeats, un-
I,,y H. hrinuG homo and
comfort and life celestial to a world
faint with fatigue, smitten with de-
spair. For this stately edifice which
we today admire in the freshness OF
its unveiling is but a symbol of that
still statelier edifice OF which Christ
Our Lord is the Cornerstone whose
ample proportions compass earth and
heaven, whose serene beauty breatheS
the Divine Presence, whose fOunda-
tiOns are set in the everlasting hills
where the souls Of men walk with God.
The City of God fails not though
the heavens fall, though fall by hun
dreds its earthly tenements as fell by
hundreds the venerable Cathedrals
and noble churches Of Europe in the
wild cataclysm Cf the recent war
when the great guns Numbered the
doom that a modern science had long
before pronounced upon the altar of
the priest and the chair of episcopal
authority. Yet the whole world stood
in admiration while Rheims and Sois-
sons, Arras and Ypres and the mar
tyred shrines of the ancient faith gave
witness in their agony to the part they
had played in the history of a Chris
tian people and the stones that had
long been silent cried out as once the
Stone of the Corner had cried to the
Ditying women of Jerusalem, Weep
not for us the crumbling monuments
of an eXtinguished art, but rather
weep for the ruined temples of the
living God, for nations live while faith
lives and perish when it dies
Today while the SCARED earth
trembles with the impact of falling
churches and the air rings with the
angry protests of the young against
the impositions of the past, we come
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
BISHOP DRUMM
TO BE CONSECRATED IN
DUBUQUE, MAY 81.

BishGp-elect Drumm of Des Moines,
Iowa, will be consecrated in st. Ra-
phaeIs Cathedral, Dubuque, on
Wednesday. May q. Archbishop
Keane will be the consecrating pre-
late.
The installation of Bishop Drumm
in ST. Ambrose Cathedral, Des
Moines, has been fixed for Thursday,
May %, at $50 A. NJ. There will be
Pontifical High Mass. The sermon
will be delivered by Most Reverend
Austin Bowling, Archbishop of St.
Paul, whom Bishop Drumm succeeds
in the See of Des Moines.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
ANOTHER CHAPLAIN CITED
FATHER TIERNAN is HONORED
FOR BRAVERY.

Rev. l.. Curtis Tiernan, formerly
pastor at California, Mo-, now chap
lain of the 129th Field Artillery in
France, has received a divisional cita-
ton FOR courage and devotion to duty
while under heavy enemy fire in the
battle of September 26 to October /,
1913"
The citation reads:
Chaplain L. c. Tiernan worked for
two days and nights among the
wounded at the dressing station at
Charpentry under heavy shell fire.
He worked all day in the open with a
burial squad, and with utter disregard
of his personal safety.
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CATHEDRAL DEDICATION

church whence, preceded by the Cross
bearer, Father O'Meara of Watertown,
and the altar boys, they moved in
procession down the center aisle to
the front of the church Following
them came the Right Reverend
Thomas O'Gorman, Bishop of the Dio-
cese, and his assistants in the cere-
mony. In the meantime the public
had been excluded from the church
and the outer doors closed. The Off
ciating prelate surrounded by the
clergy grouped before the main en-
trance chanted the prescribed prayers,
after which the procession slowly en-
circled the church while the Bishop
sprinkled the foundations with holy
water and the choir of priests sang
the "Miserere" On entering the
church the Bishop blessed the inner
walls and sanctuary while the Litany
| of the Saints was chanted At the
conclusion of the ceremony the
Bishop and assisting priests returned
to the sacristy to prepare for the cele-
bration of Mass. The priests were
assigned to seats in the front pews
bordering the middle aisle, and on the
| Epistle side space was reserved for
the Dominican Sisters who teach in
| the parochial school and the repre-
sentatives of the various religious
communities assembled to witness
the sacred rite. The rest of the
church was thrown open to the public
and under the direction of the Fourth
Degree Knights of Columbus, who
acted as ushers, it's seating capacity
of twelve hundred was soon filled to
overfiowing.
Mass and Sermon.
| Pontifical Mass was celebrated by
the Right Reverend Bishop O'Gorman
assisted by Mgr. Nolan of Garretson
as archpriest; Fathers Desmond OF
Huron and Weber of Salem, as dea
cons of honor; Father Link of Yank
ton, and Father O'Meara of Water
ltown, as deacon and subdeacon of the
Mass. Father Walsh, the Chancellor
land Secretary, was master of cere
monies assisted by Father Schillins
Continued on page 81
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
HOME NEWS" FOR BOYS
THOUSANDS OF NEWSPAPERS,
BOOKS, AND MAGAZINES FUR.
NlSHED TO SOLDIERS.

Next to game of baseball or some
other athletic contest the American
soldier likes a good book. Fiction,
history and science are most sought
in books and of course, newspapers
are always in demand. During one
recent month the Knights OF Colum-
bus supplied the various camps over
seas with $4,000 newspapers. In ad-
dition to this the Knights also sup
piled 10000 magazines and periodi-
Gals; works of fiction, history, science,
ETC., 10000 other magazines, $4,000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
FOR FATHER HARRINGTON
BANQUET AT THE ATHLETIC
CLUB.

On Thursday evening, May p, at
eight o'clock, a banquet will be ten
dered at the Athletic Club to Rev. w.
J. Harrington, Chaplain of the 151st
Field Artillery The affair is being
presented by the members of ST.
Luke's parish where Father Harring
ton acted as assistant before being
assigned to the army two years ago.
Attendance at the banquet is limited
to $50 persons.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
HONOR FATHER DUFFY

Saturday, May 10, was'' Father Duffy
Day in the Bronx, New York. A
reception, second to none ever held in
that borough, honored the priest hero
of the Gallant 69th. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 soldiers and civilians
marched in the parade
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
K. c. HELP SCHOOLS

The Knights of Columbus of Evans
vile, Ind, have endowed the Catho-
lie boys high school of that city with
nine scholarships for the opening
term. The boys making the highest
average in each of the parochial
schools of the city will be the re.
cipients of the scholarships.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
WEDDING IN VATICAN
POPE OFFICiATES AT WEDDING
OF PRINCE DEL DRAGO.

On Wednesday morning, April 80,
in the Vatican the Pope said nuptial
Mass, and blessed the marriage of the
noble Roman Prince Del Drago with
the niece of Prince Ruspoli, Grand
Master Of the Sacred Hospice. After
Mass the Holy Father invited the
happy couple, with a few privileged
relatives, to breakfast
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
GRATEFUL TO POPE
NEW BELGIAN ENVOY TELLS MA
TION'S THANKS.

Count Leo Dursel, the new Belgian
Minister to the Holy See, in present
ing his credentials and letters, took
occasion to express once more the
undying gratitude Of his king and his
country to the Pope for all he had
done for Belgium.
The Holy Father, in replying, re-
peated his assurances of unfailing
sympathy and benevolence for the
martyred country.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

Wednesday, May I, was a memor-
able day for the Bishop, priests and
people of the Diocese of Sioux Falls.
1t witnessed the realization of their
desire to have in the see city Ca
thedral worthy of the virile faith,
generous hearts, loyalty and devotion
of the Catholics Of Eastern South Da-
kota. And they have reason to be
proud, as indeed they are, of the mag
nificent church which, from one OF the
highest locations in the city of Sioux
Falls. looks down in silent benedic-
tion. as it were, over the entire busi-
ness section and is visible from afar
to all who approach the city.
Long before the nour set Tor the
benediction the people of Sioux Falls,
irrespective of religious affiliations,
and many from the surrounding. dis,
tricts began to move towards the
sacred edifice in which, from an early
hour, Masses had been celebrated by
the priests of the diocese and OF Other
localities who had assembled Tor the
ceremony. The Cathedral had been
informally opened for religious serV
ice last December and since then had
replaced its predecessor as a home
for divine Worship but the formal
dedication had been postponed until
the seventh of May, the feast of the
Patronage of St Joseph, titular Saint
of the Cathedral.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

ST. JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL, SIOUX
FALLS, S. D., BL c S ED BY
BISHOP O'GoRMAN WHO ALSO
CE EBRATED PONTiFICAL
MASS-SERMON BY ARCHBiSH-
OP DOWLlNG-MANY PRELATES
AND PRIESTS ATTEND CERE-
MONY - CATHEDRAL, ROMAN
ESQUE IN DESIGN, is IMPOSING
STRUCTURE - BANQUET FOL-
LOWS CEREMONY.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17

STATE OFFICERS AND DELE
GATES FROM FiFTY-ONE CoUN-
CItS MET IN ST. PAUL ON MAY
13-REPORTS OF OFFICERS
SHOW ORDER IN PROSPEROUS
CONDlTION-J. c. WHELAN OF
MINNEAPOLIS ELECTED STATE
DEPUTY-ARcHBiSHoP DoWL-
ING AND OTHERS ADDRESS THE
CONVENTION - MINNEAPOLIS
CHOSEN FOR NEXT YEARS
MEETING.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
The Dedication.

At half past nine o'clock the priests
vested in cassock and surplice assem-
bled in the sacristy at the rear OF the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-17
Membership of the Order.

The Knights of Columbus war fund
collected in Minnesota between July,
1917 and May, 1919, amounted to
s289,616.27. This amount was re-
ceived from the Councils of the State
and from private contributions.
The total insurance membership of
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-30

and camouflaEr their ears. lift thctr
skirts or bare their threats to WiutTy
blasts thcs" are only the cNlTaNa-
Eanc"s OF fantastic tastes that have
always been the Concumitint Of the
great struggles of history. Excess IN
one direction Is sure to bring its re-
action, Tho suggestion tnot all
women are Dr1Shs because OF the
present day silk stocking plradrs IS
an absurd reflection on slightly pro-
cessiun"
Mrs. Grace $ FOrsythe. district
perintendcut OF school In Ncw
York, is not hair az much disturbed
over 'hc styles as she rs over rouge
and lip sticks GIRLS between the
ages OF IA and 20 she SAYS. may he
seen calmly displaying their paint
boxes and red pencils IN crowded
subways
THE fault is with the mothers "
she explains II have great praise for
those schools that have adopted dress
restrictions
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-30
PLANS TO
AID THE IRISH
Arthur Henderson Declares
Celtic Explosion May
Come at Any Time.

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! plans Ia pIesa continuously for home
irule
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h',"''H"h d''"''d IN NAlcm'h.
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''"''i"'hI can com" from 4 ""dN
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lh' pam Ii'i Us mat li'lhnd
wants s'H G'N'Iuln'ni ana "'l' h'-
'P' hn '"lhpi"u'HH Nhl'h d"r. ~"
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-30
GOSHEN POLICE BATTLE
WITH SKUNK INVASION

, GOSHEN. y. y. Nov. "a Skunks
ere 80 numerous here that members
uf IN" police force were called upon
by the residents to- come to their
rescue aud shoot two Of The animals
hat were promcnading up Main
street
Goshen boys. who had been wait
ing for November 10. when the law
went on on these animals, have boen
rewarded for their patience by trap
ping tho largest number In the mem
ory of the oldest inhabitants. The
beasts have been running about the
streets SO much at night that each
morning the residents wish they had
gas masks. The pelis brings 81 each.