The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-22
MANY GIFTS FOR
 BISHOP-ELECT
 REV. ). ). MURRAY
Vestments Represent Alice tions Tn Which He Is
 Held By Friends

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 When Rev. John G. Murray is con- secraIed auxiliary bishop of Hartford s4Td titular bishop of F'1avias, Arme- .zsia, in St. Joseph's Cathedral on the morning of April 2S, his vestments magnificent in texture and workman ship, his bishops ring, bishops cross, crozier and other articles to denote his high office, worn and carried in connection with his duties, will repre- sent in a way the affection of some of his friends, for they are gifts to him.
 The bishops ring is a large Syrian amethyst presented by Mrs. Bartaolo- new Dwyer, who died last week. There is engraved on the upper sec tion an eagle, representing St. John, the evangelist, in blue on a. white field. In the center there is a dove rep resenting Gregory the Great. In the art of the Middle Ages St Gregory 1s represented with a dove over his head or on his shoulders. This com es from the story that when Gregory was selected to be Pope he hid and when a search was made for him it was a, dove that showed his hiding place. Three silver stars surround the dove on a field of blue, represent ing the arms of the Murray family. This is Celtic family of Ireland and Scotland and the branch of the bish- op-e1ect came from Ireland On the ring there are engraved the words Agnus Dei, meaning Christ the Man and bearing a cross taken from the capitol of columns of a Venetian church of the eleventh century. This was reproduced by the engraver from a cut. There is also engraved a rose to represent Mary, the Mother of God, and a lily to represent St Joseph, the patron of the cathedral here.
 The bishops cross to be suspended from the neck was presented by MT and Mrs. Thomas F. Garvan. It is copied from the Cross of Cong, 1123, now in the National Museum in Dub lin. It is a professional cross with a central emerald of large size and for ty-four small emeralds. It is made of green gold and is enbellished with Celtic tracery. In the interior there is a receptacle for the relics of mar tyrs and the relics of two martyrs will be traced in this receptacle upon the day of conservation
 The crozier for the bishop, the sign of the episcopal office, is of gold and is about five feet long. Because of it's length it is jointed and can be carried conveniently. The box that holds it has handle of gold. The crozier was presented by MT. and Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady of New York. Mrs. Brady was formerly Miss Gene vieve Garvan. The crozier has a shepherds crook supporting a cross and with a large amethyst on each side. These amethysts are of deeper color than the one in the bishop $ ring.
 The alb, white seamless robe made of hand-made lace, was made by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Le Puy, in the southern part of France, and it's making required over a. year. It is a gift by the Sisters of St. Jos eph's Convent, the mother house oi the sisters at St. Francis hospital The alb is worn over the cassock and the red silk in the cuffs designates the bishop. An amice is worn over the rochet, over the amice is the alb anG around the alb is a silken girdle o1 cincture. Over all is the pectora cross. A stole of silk is worn ovel the shoulders and a tunic is over the stole. The outside tunic is the kint worn by the Dalmatians.
 And over all of these garments i! the chasuble which reaches to thc knee It is the gift of Mrs. Nichola.
 
 Brady of New York. This is 8 mag nificent garment, made of whit, watered silk and embroidered witt gold bullion. The f1eur-de-lis is en1 broidered all over the chasub1e anc in the center there is the monogram of Christ. It was made by the Domin ican Sisters of Hunts Point, Bronx New York.
 There are two mitres, the preciou and the plain. At the time of tn consecration, the bishop-elect will g to his chapel and put on the neces sary vestments, the amice, alb, cine ture and stole. crossed as it is wor1 by priests When led between tw' assistant bishops before the conse orator at the middle of the altar, tn bishop-elect will wear his biretta-
 There are clerical hats of a pecu liar pattern for bishops of the Ro man Catholic Church but they ar worn only in Europe.