Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-26
SOLEMN SERVICES
. FOR POPE BENEDICT
!. At. THE CATHEDRAL
Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
Pays Tribute to Memory
of Holy Father.
CEREMONY WAS IMPRESSIVE

With all the solemnity for which the
ritual of the Roman Catholic Church
services is noted, the Wilmington
Diocese this morning I aid reverent
tribute to the memory of the late
Pope Benedict XIV, when a solemn
pontifical high mass of requiem was
said in st. Peters Cathedral at Sixth
and West streets for the happy re-
pose of his soul. The edifice was
crowded with the members Of the
congregation and many devout people
from other churches in the city. In
addition leo boys from the Salesianum
Catholic High School, at Eighth and
West streets. attended in a body. The
boys and girls of st. Peters ParochiaI
School also attended In a body, to-
gether with the little girls from st.
Peters Female Orphanage, at Sixth
and West streets.
The Cathedral had been draped In
the sombre black emblematic of the
sorrow of the Catholic world. because
of the death OF the Holy Father, and
these marks of mourning will remain
for 80 days in all the Catholic church
es throughout the world. Before the
main altar rested a. catafaluue on
either side of which burned six candles
the same as is done at a funeral SER
vice where the body is actually pres
ent.
Rt. Rev. John J. Monaghan, bishop
of the Wilmington Diocese, was the
celebrant at the mass. Rev. John
j. Dougherty, pastor at the Cathedral.
was the assistant priest. The deacons
of honor were Rev. John McElwee
and Rev. Paul Fournier, both OF the
Salesianum High School. The deacon
of the mass was Rev. John j. Bolen
and the sub deacon was Rev. Charles
Dougherty. Rev. Martin NJ. Ryan,
assistant pastor at the Cathedral, was
the master of ceremonies.
In the sanctuary during the mass
We're several priests, among them
being Rev. Leonard Walter, pastor
of the Sacred Heart Church: Rev. ].
Francis Tucker, Rev. Thomas Lawless.
Rev. Francis Kleiber. Rev. Joseph +.
Butler, all of the Salesianum.
The. mass itself was identically the
same as the mass which will be said
today in Rome in connection with the
N''iN'oA StA fANtS anu the DQIldl OF the
late Pontiff, except that the mass there
will be said by a cardinal, while a
bishop was the celebrant here. The
music also was the same here as will
be sung at the services in Rome. II
consisted of the solemn Gregorian
chant throughout, and was sung by
the boys choir of the Cathedral, under
the leadership of Harry X. Walsh
Miss Mildred Mason was the organist
Following the mass there We're the
usual services for the dead at the en-
lblematic catafalque.
Mass at st. Thomas
AT st. Thomas Church, Fourth
street and Grant avenue, this morn
ing, a solemn high mass of requiem
was said for the happy repose OF tn,
soul OF Pope Benedict XIV. The pasto
OF the church, Rev. John j. Connolly
was the celebrant at the mass. HI
assistant Rev. John j. Lynch, was tn,
deacon and Rev. Andrew Cunning o
Buffalo, n. Y. was the sub-deacon
\ Father Cunning preached a sermon
during which he eulogized the lat
Pontiff. The services were attended b,
the children attending st. Thomas pa
rochial school and by a large numbe
tof the members OF the parish.