The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-03-30
BROTHER F. Fl. DETERMAN SEES
PoPE's CORONATION.

/ The following extract from an arti-
Gle in the Sac City, Iowa, Bulletin win
be of particular local interest because
Frank III. Dctterman, a wen known
| farmer of this vicinity, is brother
and son of the Determens therein re-
ferred to:
The eyes of the world were focused
upon Rome, the ancient city of the
old world, ON Sunday, February ~,
when a new pope was crowned, and it
will be of countrywide interest to
know that Brother Benedict Deter
man, an Early, Ia, young man witness
sed the attending ceremonies which
concerned people of the entire world.
Mr.. Determan is studying for the
priesthood in Rome and in a letter
written to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B
H. Determan, of Early, under date of
Feb. Is, he says, in part:
ssSunday. Feb. 12, was great day,
as on that day the new pope was
crowned. A large crowd witnessed the
ceremony and we had to start early in
that morning and started for st. Pc
ter 3 church at about 6:15. The cars
were all crowded by then. After
couple had passed with people hang
ing on the outside we decided that the
best thing for US to do was walk. 1t
was little after when we got there
and s by the time we got into the
church. About Is minutes after we
were admitted they closed the gates,
as every available space was occupied
/ would guess that there were $4,000
people inside and thousands waiting
on the plaza for the pope to come out
on the balcony. Well, of all the SHOW
ing and pushing, I never saw the likel
Everybody wanted to see as much as
he could so all tried to get up in front.
was pretty well to the back and
could not see much of the procession
of cardinals, bishops and religious or
ders, ETC., but the pope as he was car
ried in seated on a chair ON the shoul-
ders of some of his guards, could be
seen from nearly any place in the
large church AS he was being car
ried along he kept blessing the people
as they cheered. The trumpeters. us
ing silver trumpets, played a march.
First he was carried to one of the side
chapels, where they had some kind of
ceremony, of which 1 saw nothing, al
though L had managed to work my
way pretty well up to the front. Dur
ing the conservation and elevation
solmen hush filled the church, the
soft peals of the organ being the only
sound. All heads were bowed. Soon
the mass was ended and the pope was
again taken on the shoulders and car
ried to high platform in front of the
altar so that all the people could see.
Here the real ceremony of the corona
tion took place and the triple crown
of the tears was placed on his head.
ffThey now carried him out again
amid the trumpets and the shouts and
cheers of the people. He was taken
up to the balcony, where he blessed
100000 people who had
gathered on the piazza upable to get
inside. i surely was tired, standing
7 hours, soaking with per
spiration, but happy at having seen
the pope. He is middle aged man in
medium height, and an
clined to be stout.
"The official opening of st. Susan
ma, as the church for the American
colony in Rome and tourists, will be
held the last Sunday in February, so
we will have to go.
"Three of our men have the job of
singing for benediction at O'Clock
every Sunday. Two of our italian
brothers have to go to the army to-
In this way we lose many
men, for when they are in the army
year or more very few come back and
if they do they have lost year or
perhaps two of school. You certainly
can see the need of schools in Italy"