Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-06
STATE CATHOLICS TO
VISIT WASHINGTON
Holy Name Societies to be Well
Represented in Pageant
on October 8.

! The Catholics of Delaware will he
in the Holy Name Society
pageant at Washington. October g.,
by at least six parishes. and possibly
by many others. Dover liz the first Of
the Delmarvia peninsula towns TO
promise n delegation OF 90 men. They
will join the city parishes at the Penn
~sylvania station. this city. OF the Will
mington city parishes four are already
selling tickets for the trip; namely.
Cathedral, st. Mary's. st. Patrick's
and st. E~lizabeth's. The ticket COM
mtttee for st. Peters Cathedral has
already signed up more than 100 men
for the trip. This committee II COM
posed of Hugh J. Collins. Charles A..
McAteer, Sr., and Dominick Pizzala.
St. AIMS parish has at present a
splendid mems organization, and they
decided last night to make the trip.
Their committee is energetic and bust
nesslike. and they will probably carry
the biggest representation of any
parish in the city. Their committee
last night consisted OF Messrs. O'Neill.
Clark and Lynch. New Castle has a
Holy Name Society of many years
standing. and Judging from reports.
they will have 100 men I'm line.
Father Campbell has taken the affair
in hand. and II is his intention to
have the Dominican Fathers come to
New Castle and help with the work.
At the Cathedral drilling ground
last night a picture was taken Of
about 100 men. under charge of Col.
Doherty and Capt. Berl. The great
parade IL yet almost five weeks off
but the photograph shows that prog
ress has been made, and II will be
printed in some OF the city papers.
ST. AIMS expects to begin drilling next
Wednesday evening. and their COM
mittee last night extended an invita-
ton TO Col. Doherty 10 be present, and
give HON any instructions or data
necessary for a parade at the national
capital.
The Washington parade WI: take
, three hours to pass a given point. AS
1t starts at . p. m, It is expected that
the religious exercises at the Wash
ington Monument vii! take place al
: o'clock. The men will march IL
arrest and in double columns.
II was explained today that many
symbols and pious Christian practices
eve their origin to the Holy Name So
ciety INC its apostles. Such for ex
ample is the monogram "IHS" so Otter
found on vestments. a~ltar-breads
chalices, and in many other place:
throughout the church. This is the
monogram that st. Bernardine OF
Siena carried with him on his mis-
sions throughout Italy. 1t was
painted on a wooden tablet and sur.
rounded with rays of gold, and witt
this symbol he blessed the people il
the name of God. Like the Brazer
I Serpent of Moses, he blessed the sicl
: with this monogram n worked
miracles. So stirred were the peopl,
, of Italy at his preaching that the,
took this monogram n nailed it owe
the doors of their homes. They di'
raore; they took down the coats-of
= arms of their nobility, and the.
fastened the monogram OF Christ owe
the gates of their cities. Some trans
= late these letters-I II S-into Englisl
and read IT.: II Have Suffered.
Others put it into Latin, and call it
Jesus Hominum Salvator"-"Jesu
Saviour of Men" When the Jesui
Order added a cross over the III" an
placed three nails under 1t. and mad
this monogram the. emblem of thei
society, the monogram was given an
\ other translation; they say hat tn
J three nails were originally the lette
"V." Hence. they translate the fou
letters II II S with a cross abov
these four letters-"In Hoe Sign
Vinces TN this sign you sha
conquer" These are the words whic
legend says Constantine saw in tn
heavens under the sign Of the Cros
Just before the Battle Of the Milvia
Bridge. The more probable explana
ton is that these three letters star
simply for the name Jesus" {
'Ihesus." as it was written in II
- Middle Ages. The monogram Is
! great antiquity, and is found on go
ie coins of the eighth century.