Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-19
PRELATE H0N0RED
BY HOLY NAME AS
ENVOY FROM POPE
Cardinal O'ConneII Brings
Greetings From Pontiff to
Thousands at Ceremony.
:, TRIBUTE TO WAR DEAD
AT TOMB OF UNKNOWN
Visit to Mount Vernon Is Ar
ranged Tomorrow-Hear
President Sunday.

President Sunday.
In symbolic robes of regal splendor.
carrying the sacred insignia of their
high ecclcastical office, in striking
contrast to the somber black cassOcks
and simple white surplices of the
priesthood and the plain white.
black and brown habits of religious
orders, whose wearers followed in an
imposing and Impressive procession
the hierarchy of the Catholic Church
in America today paid Impressive
tribute to the personal representative
of Pope Plus NJ, his eminence, Will
liam Cardinal O'Connell, archbishop
of Boston.
This was the first public appear
ancc of Cardinal O'Connell at the
Holy Name convention, and he was
rendered exactly the same honor that
would have been accorded to the
supreme pontiff himself had he been
1t the Catholic University today. All
the glory of Vestiture and ritual that
the Catholic Church through the ages
has been noted for throwing about ITS
religious service was displayed in the
procession IN honor of the cardinal
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Laity Joins in Tribute.
The catholic laity as we'll as the
religious joined in thus honoring the
sovereign pontif through his ennis
s:try, for a select band of 100 OF the
leading Catholic men from every
State in the Union, attired In frock
coat and silk hat, attended Cardi-
nal OConnell as a special guard OF
honor
Thus escorted to the Catholic Uni
versity Stadium. the cardinal occu-
pied d papal throne of gold with
crimson canory in the field over
which displayed the papal flag,
while Il soiNnn pontifical mass was
celebrated.
with th. cardinal today delivering
the personal message of the POPE 10
the Holy Name thousands. and to the
American people as whole. admin
STEERING the apostolic benediction:
having read a message of congratu-
iatior and encouragement from the
cardinal protector of the Holy Name,
and himself addressing capacity
Gathering in the big university gym
nasium, in which he recited the
holy sees great love for the Amer
lean people ard deep appreciation
of their humanitarian and religious
zeal the impressiveness and I'M
portance of the Holy Name conVen-
tion was made real to all the people
Of the Capital and the country beyond
Honor Soldier Dead.
This afternoon the cardinal will step
aside from the religious ceremonies
of the convention, and, himself, as
representative of the Holy Name
thousands, in his personal capacity
as archbishop of the great see of
Boston and just as personally in be-
half of the Pope. will lay d floral
tribute on the tomb of the Unknown
Dead in Arlington National Gem terry.
This spectacle will folloW an i'm
pressive roll call of the hero dead OF
the Holy Name Society who partici-
pated i'll the World War. and an elo-
uuent eulogy of their supreme sacri>
flee as an inspiring example for Cath
olics for all time-whose complete
allie glance to the Government in time
of need will be pledged by Very Rev.
Ignatius Smith, o. p, considered to
he one OF the great church orators
OF the United States.
Crowds Come Early.
This being spiritual Directors
day" at the Holy Name congress, and
the formal official opening of the
congress, featured by the appear
ance of Cardinal O'Connell as legate
extraordinary of the holy see, crowds
began pouring into the university
grounds as early as o'clock to wit
ness the reception to Cardinal O'Con-
nell and later the open-air pontifical
mass in the stadium, which holds
more than 10000.
The reception to the cardinal be-
gan at $50 o'clock.
Darkening skies threatened several
times to interfere with the elaborate
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the rain held off. Fifty Oblate fathers,
% on each side of the steps, formed
n special guard of honor in black
cassocks and white surplices. while
from the university grounds there is
sued the long professional escorting
Archbishop Curley, in Cardinal O'Con
nelrS automobile. First came the
guard OF honor of Holy Name officials
in high hats and frock coats, fol-
lowed by Holy Name members, altar
boys in red and black and purple cas-
socks with white surplices, clergy in
black and white, the university choir
in white and more clergy.
Father Ripple in the white robe of
the Dominican Order rode in the car
with Archbiship Curley. On each side
of the car walked two knights of
Mount ST. Sepulchre Monastery, in
white caps decorated with large
red cross. Just ahead of the car was
a crozier bearer, attended by two candle
bearers.
Arrived at the steps of the Oblate
House, the procession halted and
formed into two parallel lines stretch
ing along the winding drive out of
the grounds. Archbishop Curley went
in to pay his personal respects to the
cardinal and then both came out with
their escorts and the formal cere.
mony of welcome followed.
Archbishop Reads Address.
Archbishop Curley, as host of the
Holy Name convention, read a pre-
pared address of greeting to Cardinal
O'Connell AID papal legate extraor-
dinary.
He said your eminence, the legate
Of the holy see, the personal repre-
sentative of Plus the Eleventh, is
most cordially welcomed to this vast
assemblage Of the Holy Name Society.
We are gathered in convention at the
National Capital for no other purpose
than to honor our Redeemer, Jesus
Christ, and to render our devotion to
that religious belief and that moral
life for which this His holy name
has stood during twenty centuries.
1T is meet and proper indeed that
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