Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-02
Seven PullmGnS and One
Diner in Arizona Train
To Eucharistic Congress

Seven sleeping cars and a diner
will form an Arizona special which
will be operated by the Southern Pa
cific railroad this month to the 2Sth
International Eucharistic congress to
be held in Chicago, June 20 to "a,
according to the plans.
If it is found necessary, the train
will be enlarged and it is believed
that Douglas and Bisbee delegates
will share car between them. While
the party of rizonans to make the
trip will be headed by Bishop Daniel
j. Gercke of Tucson whose diocese
covers the entire state, the special
train facilities are to be open to
the general public, according TO an
nouncement of the company officials.
great number of Arizona Cath
olics from every section of the state
are to attend the religious gathering
but general canvass in this city
indicates that very few, if any, will
be able to go from here
The special train will leave Phoe-
nix on the night of June 16 and will
depart from Tucson at 4:O5 the fol-
lowing morning. There will probably
be two sleepers from Tucson, two
or three from Phoenix, one from
Globe and Miami and probably one
for the Douglas -Bsbee section.
The special will be a de luxe af-
fair, the Southern Pacific announc-
ing that it will make every effort to
rive the best accommodations possi-
BILE to the large group of Catholic
clergymen and laymen and others
/ lxry1,4 trim
THE purpose of the Eucharistic
congress is to pay public tribute of
faith to the real presence of Jesus
Christ in the great sacrament of His
love, and in conferences find new
ways to honor Him the more and
profit from such a bequeathment--
it is calculated to foster gratitude
reverence, devotion, unity and peace
among His followers" says an of
fetal announcement issued by the
headquarters of the Eucharistic con-
gress.
From the very beginning of Chris
tianity the blessed sacrament has
ever been in the Catholic church the
great reality, the revered mystery
of faith, the central rite of religion,
the principal means of divine wor-
ship, the surest channel of divine
favors, the object not only of fear
and love, but of supreme alteration.
1t is the outstanding fact around
which all the beauty of her ritual
clusters.
"The spirit of the age has come TO-
be one of conference, of conventions,
of getting together on an issue for
general benefit. The modern social
and business world has made won
derful progress adopting these prac-
tical methods. Religion, with her
divine mission, is no less alert to
everything that is best.
''The inauguration of these Eu-
charistic congresses is of compare
lively recent origin. They began in.
France in the year 1881. and since
that time have been celebrated in
nearly all the capital cities of Eu-
rope. Only once before has the hon
or been accorded to the western
continent, when Montreal celebrated
in the year 1910. Only once before
has the congress been held under
the auspices of the English-speakin
members of the church, when Lon
dontown turned out with no such
gathering of ecclesiastics as has ever
been seen outside of Rome in mod
ern times. The movement has grown
in popularity till today, when all the
Catholic world is at attention..