New-York tribune., 1921-03-25
Many Mourn
AS Cardinal
Gibbons Dies
Cardinal. and It's rituals for that season
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will not be changed.
Through the dark hours OF Good
Friday and Holy Saturday and Easter
ths body of Cardinal Gibbons will lie
= sh;s own rooms where ne died. but
l.te on Easter Sunday night it will be
,roved to the Cathedral to lie there
thYouxhout the masses of Monday,
tuesday and Wednesday, where the
neoplc may view the body through the
solemn requiem mass that will be his
snneral on Thursday, and from there
10 be borne to its niche in the crypt.
At the funeral will gather one of the
greatest companies of churchmen ever
assembled in the United States. In
the mass of kilograms and cablegrams
that members of the Cardinals house
hold sent all over the world yesterday
we're messages to 100 bishops, fourteen
srchbishops and countless monsignori
snd priests everywhere.
Two cardinals may come to Balti-
morc-Cardinal O'Connell from Bos-
ton and Cardinal Begin from Canada.
Monsirnor John Bonzano. Apostolic
Delegate to the United States, will
come from Washington to pontifcate
at the solemn requiem mass ON Thurs
day, which will be the funeral. Arch
bishop Edward j. Hanna, of the arch
diocese of San Francisco, also may
come, If he can get to Baltimore in
time.
The funeral procession will form
either at Calvert Hall or at st. Mary 8
It will include the cardinals, if they
the Apostolic Delegate and virtually
all the priests in the diocese of Mary
land, which includes the District of
Columbia.
City Bells Toll
Archbishop J. J. Glennon, of the
Archdiocese Of ST. Louis, will preach
the funeral sermon.
News OF the Cardinals death spread
through the city and practically all the
courts in the city adjourned when the
tolling of the bells announced death.
Judge Gorter suspended proceedings in
the Superior Court for five minutes and
there was profound silence in the court
room during that period. The same
solemnity was observed in other courts.
Mayor Broening called a special Joint
session of the City Council for
o'clock Monday afternoon to take suit
able action on the Cardinals death
As soon as news of the Cardinals
death reached him the Mayor ordered
the bell in the dome of the City Hall
tolled eighty-seven times, once for each
year of the Cardinals life.
- 11t-
twenty-ffth anniversary of the elevation
OF all the tributes paid him His Emf
nsnce expressed himself as most af-
fected by that of William Howard Taft
his intimate friend, then President.
Through his long and useful life
Cardinal Gibbons has spared no effort
in the cause of good citizenship and the
uplifting of his fellow men,"
Responding. the Cardinal said:
You have portrayed your subject
not. fear, as he is, but as he should
be. One merit only can | claim, and
that is an ardent love for my native
country and her political institutions
| consider the Republic of the United
States one Of the most precious heir
looms ever bestowed on mankind down
the ages. It is the duty and should be
the delight of every citizen te
strengthen and perpetuate our govern
ment by the observance of its laws
and by the integrity of its public life.
James Gibbons, who for MANY wear.
enjoyed the distinction Of being the
enly American Cardinal of the Roman
Catholic Church. was of Irish ances
try. OF American nativity. and of Irisl
education and early training He was
Born IN Baltimore, the city with which
for so many years he was associated
July 23, 1884, but in his infancy he was
taken BY his parents back to their ole
home in Ireland. It was there his
schooling began, and, as he then
thought, was finished.
When he was fourteen years old l.,
returned to America with his family
and settled in New Orleans, where he
acted as a 'punctual" grocer's boy. Soor
afterward the family removed to Balti.
more, where he became a clerk in .
store.
Believed in School of Hard Labor
look back Upon those early days
o. nard work with pride" he said re.
Gently in speaking of his boyhood. a
am firm believer in the school of hard
and honest labor"
WITHIN a few years he determined to
iease business for the priesthood. and
- Iwenty-one, he entered st. Charles
Coiiege, IN Maryland, under the direc.
toh OF the Sulrician Fathers. Two
years later ne was transferred to St
Marys theological Seminary, in Balti-
more, and June 80, 1861, when he was
.Wenty- seven years old, he was or.
institution. si1
Inc young priest was promptly sci
~ WORK as assistant to the Rev. James
Ooian, at st. Patrick's Church. Ralti-
Nore. A few months later he was made
pastor OF st. Bridget's Church in Can
sou, suburb of Baltimore, and in that
p."ce ne displayed degree of admin
xsaelve ability which attracted the
.asofarie attention of his ecclesiastical
..uperlors. As result he was called
ene cathedral at Baltimore as pri.
~ ass secretary to Archbishop Spaldine
sno chancellor of the archdiocese. This
S.olno.ion saVn marked him as a clergyman
snu sntue.inhg I'm upon carer of great promise
,.a .u ssere was no surprise when, at the
STeeoh9 pienary council Of the Roman
uss.hoiic ssc Church in America, at Balti.
aaore IN 1856, he was made assistant
snancellor of that body, which repre-
ssnteQ the entire hierarchy of the
camrch in North America.
i"o years later, with only seven
years experience in, holy orders. he
vas made Victor Apostolic of North
ppaIoiina. with the rank and title OF
Sasl.p S1asnop OF Adramytum in partibus in
Mue.lum. lie was consecrated to that
moIk IN the Baltimore Cathedral. and
snsered upon his duties with charac-
.siistlc devotion and efficiency. Those
sualleies We're much needed, for there
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