Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18

the period-Charles V of Spain and
his successor. Philip II--took up the
cause themselves and ordered that il
be firmly established in every part
of their dominions. To cultivate a
true love for divine law and order
they realized, was to insure love for
law and order in their realms.
Charles V, it may be remembered,
boosted that the sun never set on
his dominions. He came nearer. per-
haps to ruling the entire world than
any emperor who ever lived. En-
peror Of Austria, King of Spain. En-
peror Of Germany, dictator of vir-
tually all of Italy and acknowledged
ruler of Europe, he wore upon his
escutcheon two globes. Upon his
coins were stamped two pillars-the
pillars of Hercules-beneath which
was written the legend. plus Ultra"
To such a famous ruler it was
early understood that the principles
and ideals of the Holy Name Society.
sworn to faith in Jesus and loyalty
to country. were the ideals with
which he might weld his scattered
dominions into one great empire. In
every part of his realms he fostered
the society, and under his inspiration
tremendous parades swept through
cities and counties.
Ancient Traditions Hold.
One of the outstanding traditions
of the Holy Name Society since its
beginning has been that its main
color should be royal blue. and its
official emblem has always been the
Christ Child. These traditions were
brought to the United States when
the society was first established in
the New World. There were slight
deviattons. but the same kind of ban
ners that those good subjects of King
Charles carried throughout the Old
World are the ones that the Holy
Name Society in America recognizes
today.
Thus the State. as well as the
began to understand the good
that such a society could do in the
march of civilization, and
from that time the Holy Name So
ciety progressed with even greater
Every country in Europe
had it's chapters by the end of the
sixteenth century and its prestige
had even traced the wake of Column
bus across the Atlantic Ocean to the
New World.
AS early as 1850. at least. Peru had
chapters of the society, for in that
year Pope Gregory XIII issued spe-
cial bull on March "a. granting spe-
cial indulgences to the confraternity
that had been established at Cusco,
in that then distant outpost of civil
ization. In the opposite direction, the
for devotion to the Holy
Name had reached China and been as
taken to heart there as in the
other nations.
Movement Reaches Orient.
The story of how that great cause
was carried to the Orient is tale
IF enrapturing devotion on the part
IF a little group of Dominican Friars.
ed by Francis ]. Capillas. occupied
weary days on land and sea travel
ng from Europe to the land of
lowers First settling in the Prov
nee of Fukien, they built bit of
rine of glory to the Holy Name of
Father and Son among the Chinese.
They never came back; their names
ire written on that long list of faith
'ul martyrs who went to their graves
covered with glory, fighting until the
asst for Christianity. Attended first
~ tremendous success, they sue
.eeded in establishing Holy Name
society, and then an unusually V1o- -,
ent persecution Of Christians started.
capillas and his companions were
lain by Mandarins, but the story of
heir end will ever be a lesson of
aith to all Christianity.
Singing hymns of honor to the
Holy Name and with the royal blue
banners of their beloved society fly |
ng gaily at their head, they marched
,ravely out to their execution just as
hough they were leading a Holy |
Name procession. Without protest
hey halted before their executioners.
lneeled one by one and, with the |
word of Jesus on their lips, died-be-
leaded by alien swordsmen.
Century Old In America.
It was with this honorable history |
,ehind-it that the Holy Name Society |
irst came to the United States more |
han a hundred years ago. The ear F!
lest American cities. in which it was [
irst established, SO far as can be as
ertained, were New Orleans and San |
francisco. There is also a fairly we'll |
record of q Holy Name |
society having been established in |
by the famous missionary, |
ather Nerinx early in the nineteenth |
century.
Three figures stand out most prom |
nently, however. in the known history |
4 the Holy Name Society in America
Rev. Stephen Byrne, Rev. P. A. Dina
IAN and the Very Rev. Charles A Nc
<enna. To, the latter rightfully be-
ongs the honorary title of "the |
apostle Of the Holy Name" for no
nan did more for the cause in this |
ountry than he. It was he who gave |
Z its great impetus here by the or
.anization and reality he injected |
nto the movement.
The first diploma or charter for a |
Holy Name Society in this country |
vas obtained by Father Byrne at the |
church of st. Vincent Ferrer in New !,
York City in 1871. The society had /
'een established three years earlier
tut the official document of organiza-
ion, without which it was not truly |
! sister society. did not arrive until |
81. BY 1882 there were five Holy |
1ame Societies cannically established |
n the city of New York.
Societies Spread 4. New York.
Father Dinahan then conceived the |
dea of forming them all into a do
esan union, and the popularity of |
he society spread even more rapidly |
through the medium of the union. !
While branches were being estab-
lshed rapidly in other parts of the
ity proper, Brooklyn and northern |
lew Jersey seized upon the plan and |
opted it, Newark being one Of the |
arliest cities to establish a union.
So jealous did parishes throughout |
he country become to establish Holy |
lame societies that in MANY places
hey. were started without the one
ocument that is absolutely essential
Same Society-the an-important d.