Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-09-18
1900 HOLY NAME
IN c. AS
CONVENTION OPENS
$500 Delegates Attend
PontificaI Mass at Catholic
U. Opening Meeting.
10000 ARE EXPECTED
AT SERVICE TOMORROW
Special Trains and Auto Caravans
to Add Thousands to Visitors
During Day.

with about 5000 Holy Name
visitors in Washington: with moro
than $500 official delegates Seated in
the Catholic University gvnnnasiur,
winch is the convention hall. at the
opening meeting, with solemn pontih
cal mass celebrated in the crypt Of
the National Shrine of the Inmaf,I
late Conception; with members of the
catholic Church hierarchy arriving
on every train. and with thousands
making the sightseeing trips about
the city today, the National CapitaI
TO-DAY welcomed the Holy Name hosts.
The first appearance of the person-
al representative of the Pope, Car
dinal O'Connen, archbishop of Boston
who arrived here yesterday, Will he
tomorrow morning, when there will
be an eccleastical procession formally
greeting the Papal legate. following
which he will preside at a pontifcaI
mass IN the new university stadium.
at which 1t is expected there will be
an attendance of more than 40 nnO
persons.
Special trains and auto caravans
from all parts of the country are
bringing in Holy Name delegates.
marchers and their families. There
is a committee of "greeters" at
Union Station welcoming all visitors
and directing them to their hotels
and to the scene of the convention
and the various special ceremonies.
Ceremony Picturesque.
The opening ceremonies this morn
ing constituted picturesque spec
tacle. Dignitaries of church and state,
including the hierarchy Of the Catho-
lie Church, in their purple, scarlet
and gold robes and vestments, with
nearly 1000 priests and members of
religious orders. united in the pro-
cessional from Caldwell Hall to the
crypt of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception. on Catholic
University campus preliminary to the
celebration of the pontifical mass
opening the national Holy Name con-
yention.
The crypt, yet uncompleted. is al
ready an architectural and religiously
symbolic gem, and represents the
zeal and untiring labors of Bishop
Thomas J. Shahan. rector Of the Cath
olic University. and his secretary,
Rev. DR.. Bernard a. Mckenna, S. T. l.,
who is in active charge of its erection.
Bishop Shahan, as host to the Holy
Name convention, celebrated the pom
tifical mass, with DR.. Mckenna as as
sistant priest. The deacons of honor
were Rev. Walter G. Scanlon. o. P,
and Rev. John c. Geale, S. J. The
deacon of the mass was Rev. George
j. Bryant OF San Francisco, and the
subdeacon was Rev. John J. Bowens
of Holy Comforter parish, Washing
ton. The master of ceremonies was
Rev. Carroll Millholland of st. Mary's,
Baltimore, and his assistant was Rev.
H. ]. Quinn of Tauneytown. Md.
$50 Voices in Choir.
The Gregorian chant was by the
Catholic University Choir, made up of
priests and ecclesiastical students
from the 10 houses of study and
colleges affiliated with the univer-
sity. under the direction of Rev. Abel
Gabert. Rev. A. NJ. Bolduc of the
Marist College was at the organ.
There were more than $50 male voices
in this choir.
first bishop to arrive and he attended
the mass accompanied by several
monseignori. More than 500 priests
and representatives from approx
mately 40 orders of religious sister
hoods from the Sisters College also
attended. The crypt was crowded to
more than it's capacity by the incom-
ing Holy Name visitors. While there
were more than 1000 in the crypt for
the mass, there were at least as many
more on the campus to witness the
occasional procession of the hier
archy and clerics.
Address Postponed.
Out of courtesy to Cardinal O'Con-
nell, personal representative or the
Pope, who will make his first ap-
pearance at the Holy Name conven-
ton tomorrow, the address of well
come to the convention by Most
Rev. Michael J. Curley, D. D., Arch
bishop of Baltimore, and official host
to the Holy Name gathering, which
was scheduled for today at the open
ing meeting, was postponed.
With $500 official delegates seated,
representing virtually every catho-
lie diocese and parish throughout the
length and breadth of the United
States, Very Rev. Michael J. Rip
Pile, o. p, p. G., the national director
of the society, announced that this
was only half of those who are to
participate in the meetings
There were more than $50 bishops.
monseignori and priests, spiritual di-
rectors of the Holy Name bands. seat
ed on the platform when the conven-
tion opened.
Explains society Aims.
The only speech today was made by
Father Ripple. who emphasized that
1.-The Holy Name Society always fol-
lows ecclesiastical lines. 1t is aimed
principally at the moral improvement
of the individual" he explained. lie
pointed out that cit has never at
tempted to be a public reform organ
ization in the sense that it wrEld ever
attempt to reform all the rest of the
world besides its own members"
There would be no departure from
these old traditions during this con-
vention, he said. Because there are
a great many important messages to
be given and much bus-.ess to be
he told the delegates that
no question could be considered from
the floor and that the only way any
one could get a question up was
through recommendation of the exec
utive committee.
He reminded the delegates that it
was customary to connect conven-
tions of this kind with gales of ora
tory. Any one looking for oratorical
thrills at this Holy Name convention
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