Evening star., 1924-09-21
MIGHTY PHALANXES
OF HOLY NAME MEN
WILL MARCH TODAY
Parade of 100, 900 Members
Starts on Avenue at 1890,
Cardinal Preceding.
COOLIDGE WILL SPEAK
ON MONUMENT GROUNDS
Pope's Representative Will Bestow
Pontiff's Blessing From Spe.
cial Field Altar.

NAOA ICiu alIdI.
Three impressive spectacles will be
witnessed in the National Capital to-
day, rain or shine, thronged as il is
with people from every state in the
Union for the Holy Name demonstra-
First. Acting for and as the PoAa
himself. for the first time in HISTORIC
native American papal legate wiz
pontificate at a solemn high pontificGl
mass.
Second More than 100, 900 men from
Holy Name branches all over tbs
country will march from the Capitol
to the foot of Washington Monumen.
in testimony of their honor for tina
Holy Name and in pledge of their
loyal devotion to their country
There they will renew their pledge t.
God and country in the presence %
the President of the United States and
in the presence of the specially dele
gated representative of the supreme
pontiff. This pledge will be broad
cast to millions of listeners.
Blessing From Pontif.
Third, the blessing OF the Supreme
Pontiff, with a plenary fndulgercc,
specially granted for this occasion,
will be impaired by the Pope's per
sonal representative, after solemn
benediction of the most blessed sac
rament on a specially built field ALTA
of which Cardinal O'Connell also viii
be celebrant, assisted by Rt. Rec
Mgr. M ]. Splaine and Rt Rev. Mgr.
r. J. Haberling.
The rain of last night, which mada
it quite certain that the ground in
the Catholic University stadium, but
recently carved from a hillside, would
be too wet for the proposed field mass,
| caused disappointment to the thou
sands who had hoped to see this open
| air service.
The pontifical mass will be cels-
| brated by Cardinal O'Connell, the per-
sonal representative of the Pope, ut
! 9 o'clock in the crypt of the new Ma
| tional Shrine of the Immaculate Con-
| ception. now under construction. Not
more than 5000 persons will be able
to crowd into the crypt.
! Assistants to Cardinal.
Cardinal O'Connell will be assisted
| by Mgr. Splaine, chancellor of the
archdiocese of Boston and spiritual
| director Of the archdiocesan Holy
! Name Union. The deacon will be the
| cardinals secretary, Mgr. Haberlin,
and the sudeaSon will be Rev. John
/ H. Sherry, d. D., of the Oblate House
| of Studies. The deacons of honor will
| be Rev. John F. Hickel and Rev. S.
| J. Brady.
At least 1 archbishop and IS bishops
will assist in this pontifcal mass,
with some 1000 priests representing
| all of the more than 100 episcopal
| sees.
! An attractive feature of this serv-
! ice will be the Gregorian chant, lei
| by the choir from the Pittsburgh
| Cathedral, which will be supported
! by the choir of more than 200 male
voices from the various colleges and
religious houses of study affiliated
with the university. under the dircc-
! tion of Rev. Abel Gabert.
Crowd to See Cardinal.
Because the cardinal will not be in
| the parade, and to satisfy the desires
| of thousands of persons from all over
! the country who will throng the line
| of march eager to catch a glimpse o.
the personal representative of tn
holy father, arrangements were mad
| last night whereby Cardinal OCon
nelrs car. in taking him from tn
Oblate House of Studies to the re
viewing stand, will swing into tl-
avenue at the Peace Monument ana
proceed slowly along the Avenue TO
| Fifteenth street.
The cardinals car will reach Peace
Monument between 1910 and 1925
| o'clock, and the cardinals only com
| panion will be Mgr. Haberling.
Mgr. Splaine, his other escort. will
march in the parade as spiritual di-
rector of the Boston Archdiocesan
| Union.
Special trains bearing parade units
| from nearby states will be rolling
into Union station throughout the
! early morning hours. AS they arrive
they will be provided with copies of
| the map that has been prepared.
| showing each outfit where TO form
and when to enter the line of march.
start From Capitol.
The parade will start promptly at
1890 O'Clock from the east front OF
| the Capitol and cover the following
route: Across the Capitol plaza to =
| street entering B street at North
| Capitol; west on b street to First
| street, south to Pennsylvania avenue,
west to Fifteenth street and south on
Fifteenth street to the Monument
grounds.
The army of marchers will be pre-
ceded up the Avenue by Maj. Daniel
Sullivan and Gordon of mounted
police Then will come Capt. Harry
Walsh, grand marshal, and his aides,
| followed by the first of the more
| than 100 bands of music that will fill
| the air with sacred anthems through
out the passing of the long process
sion.
At the head of the marching col
umns will be Very Rev. VI. J. Ripple.
| o. P, p. c., the national director OF
| the Holy Name societies in the United
| States; Most Rev. Michael j. Curley,
| D. D., archbishop of Baltimore, off
| cial host of the convention, and Pat
| rick J. Haltigan, president of the Bal
| timore Archdiocesan Union.
Members of Hierarchy.
Next will come members of the
| hierarchy. including Archbishop Joseph
T. Mausbaum of Cincinnati and
| Bishops ]. ]. Dunn of New York, Pat
rick Barry of st. Augustine. Fla:
Andrew ]. Brennan of Scranton. Ed
ward Hoban of Chicago, John Swint
| of Wheeling, w. Va. and William
| Turner of Buffalo, n. Y.
| More than 1000 priests are ex-
pected to fall in line behind the hier-
archy.
| The Catholic parishes of Washing
ton will have approximately $4,000
| marchers in line, Maj. c. Eugene
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