The New York herald., 1922-01-31
TRIBUTE TO OPONTIFF
PAIDIN ST. PATRICK'S
Archdiocese Prays at High
Mass of Requiem Around.
Catafalque.
ARCHBISHOP breaches
Brilliant Congregation of
Clergymen and Officials in
Great Cathedral.
ARCHBISHOP breaches

The archdiocese of New York paid it's
tribute TO Pope Benedict XIV. yesterday
by the celebration az ST. Patrick's
Cathedral of pontifical high mass of
requiem. The congregation filled all
of the pews and overflowed into the
aisles of the edifice. 1t included rep
resentatives of the municipal, State and
Federal Governments and practically
the entire consular corps.
towering catafalque-a repro1uc-
tion of the bier on which the body of
the Pontiff rested in st. Peters in Rome
last week-stood before the altar rail
1t was draped in purple and surmounted
by the papal crown and keys, around
which blazed candelabra. The brilliant
vestments of the clergy and the epau-
let's and gold lace on the uniforms of
the Consuls and their staffs added a
touch of color which somehow enhanced
the solemnity and impressiveness of
the scene.
The Irish. German and Italian clergy
all were represented in those who of.
ficiated The Very Rev. Daniel Burke.
pastor of the Church of st. Philip
Neri, The Bronx. was the assistant
priest. The deacon was the Rev. Joseph
r. Rummel, pastor of the Church of
st. Anthony of Padua.> The Bronx The
Rev. Joseph Condego. pastor of the
Italian Church of the Sacred Heart,
Manhattan, was subdeacon. Mgr
Michael j. Lavelle, rector of ST. Pat
rick's; Mgr. James II. Mclean, pastor
OF St Peters, the oldest Catholic church
in the city. and Mgr. William Living
ston, pastor of st. Gabriers. were the
deacons of honor to the Archbishop
The chancel was filled with clergy from
all over the archdiocese, including
Jesuits, Dominicans and Franciscans.
Half an hour before tho mass began
at 1880 the Cathedral bells began toll
ing A special detail of thirty police
men under Capt. Hurley of the East
Fifty-first street station. and twenty
mounted police under Capt Ahern of
Traffic 3. kept Fifth avenue clear as
the crowds filed through the Cathedral
entrances. Joseph A. Boyle. the sacris-
tan. ushered the consuls to pews TO.
served at the front OF the church
Among the consular representatives
were Capt. Fl. Gloster Armstrong, Brit
ish Consul-Generai: CASTOR Liebert
French Consul-General; Pierre Mali
Belgfan Consul-General; Dr. Borivoj
Prusik, Consul Of Czecho-Slovakia, and
Ten1istocie Bernardo. the Italian Con-
sul-General.
Mayor Hylan was represented by
George J. Gillispie of the school board,
John p. O'Brien. Corporation Counsel.
represented the municipal government,
and Commissioner Enright the police.
Seats also were reserved for details o T
Uniformed policemen, firemen and lette
carriers. Mgr. Joseph p. Dineen, chancel-
lor of the archdiocese. who has been out
of the city for some days. had planned to
return for the service. but was unable
70 reach the city because of snow blocked
rcads. II was said at the Archbishop's
house.
It was apparent that Archbishop
Hayes, who was the first prelate whose
election Pope Benedict confirmed. was
deeply moved as he pronounced the
eulogy. He was appreciative, he said
OF the large outpouring of people and
of the presence of the foreign Consuls
and governmental representatives. He
aisc extended thanks to the nom Catholics
who had extended sympathy through the
press and to him. He took his text from
The Thirty~ninth Psalm:
Il have declared Gods justice in the
great church."
our sorrow reaches the depth of our
souls and it is perfectly human for us