The Washington herald., 1921-03-27
Solemn Rites for Cardinal Planned
As Dignitaries of Church in America
Arrange to Attend Services Thursday

--BALTIMORE. March 26.-The con-
sultors Of the Baltimore archdio-
cese of the Catholic Church. after
an executive session yesterday eve
ming at the residence OF the late
Cardinal Gibbons, would not divulge
the name of the administrator Sc
lected.
1t was generally conceded. how
ever, tina. Bishop Owen b. Corrigan
was the choice of the members. In
view of the fact that he had as
sumed the duties OF that ONCE dur
ing the late illness of the Cardinal.
and until the latters death was
auxiliary bishop Of Baltimore.
Clad in vestments and miter. the
body of James Cardinal Gibbons re-
posed in the room of the archiepis-
copal residence In North Charles
street, where he had rested in life,
while younger men take up the
tasks which he had long performed
or directed and. in addition. handle
the multitude of details in prepara-
tion for the funeral next Thursday.
City Mourns Noted Man.
Over the door of the residence
and above the stately portico of
the cathedral nutter heavy hang
ings of black and purple against
the gray stone. Flags at half staff
on buildings throughout the city.
black and purple draperies around
the cardinals picture in shop wln5
dows, augmented throngs Of wor-
shippers at the cathedral. ever
shifting groups that linger about
the entrance to the residence dis
close the deep and widespread sor-
row of Baltimore people over their
loss.
kilograms of coincidence came
pouring in, expressing the high re-
gard and esteem in which the prelate
was held.
Entire Church Represented.
From all over the United States
and Canada, .prelates, bishops and
priests will gather at the funeral on
Thursday to pay last honors to
James Cardinal Gibbons. The papal
court will be represented by Mgr.
John Bonzano, apostolic delegate to
the United States from Rome. the
Pope's nuncio at Washington. He
will celebrate the pontifical mass of
requiem with which the funeral will
be solemnized.
In the assemblage probably will
be Cardinal O'Connell from Boston
and Cardinal Begin of Canada
More than 100 bishops, fourteen
archbishops, almost every priest In
the diocese of Baltimore as we'll as
representatives of every religious
and monastic order in the country
will likewise be present.
The funeral procession will take
on all the solemnity within the
power of the ancient church to give.
In the cortege will be seen the red
OF the cardinals. the purple of the
archbishcps and the somber brown.
black and white of the abbots of
the various monastic orders. The
academic body of the Catholic Uni
versity at Washington. under the
leadership of Bishop Shahan, the
rector. and wearing its scholastic
robes, also will take part. The pro-
cession will form either at St.
Mary's Seminary or at Calvert Hall
and march to the cathedral.
The funeral sermon will be
preached by Archbishop ]. ]. Glen
non, of the archdiocese of st. Louis,
who preached the sermon at the
cardinals golden jubilee at the ca
thedral in 1911.
Mass for Children First.
The first mass on Monday, cele-
brated by Father Stickney, will be
for the school children, and ten rep
resentatives from each parochial
school and college in the diocese
will attend. On Tuesday. Father
Connolly will celebrate mass for the
sisterhoods and brotherhoods of the
diocese. and on Wednesday Bishop