New Britain herald., 1926-05-17
CATHOLICS WILL
 FLOCK ID CHICAGO
Million Pilgrims Expected There
 Next Month

Chicago. May r GPt-For five days next month Chicago will be second only 10 Rome as the center Of the Roman Catholics world when it pro- vides the setting for the pomp and ceremony of the 18th international eucharistic congress June 30-24.
 This period Of religious pageantry and ritual, the like of which Ameri- can members Of the church have never before known, will be devoted i to an outward manifestation Of the Catholics faith in the actual pres ence of Jesus Christ in the world to- day.
 The event is expected 10 attract q million pilgrims from all parts Of lthe world. From the office of His 1 Eminence George Cardinal Mund- elein, it was announced today that at least fifteen cardinals, or fourth of the college of cardinals, and five hundred archbishops and bishops already has signifed their intention of being present.
 Never before, except in Rome, has l 50 ldTSe d fSpi piFStlidIlOlI pl llLS iNp- 1 man Catholic hierarchy gathered to- gether.
 Idea of Ceremony The ceremony is intended 10 in- crease devotion for the Blessed Eucharist, which is the central fac tor of Catholic worship. The Euchar- list is the bread and wine which the lchurch teaches are changed during the mass into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
 From the time the papal legate, Cardinal Bonzano Of Rome, arrives and the congress is officially opened Sunday. June %, until he lifts the jeweled ostensorium before kneeling thousands on the shore of Lake Michigan at Mundelein, Thursday. June A, and ends the congress with the blessing from His Holiness the Pope. the sessions promise grandeur of color and music.
 Soldiers Field on the lake front, in the heart Of Chicago, will be the scene Of pontifcal high masses. on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. The altar dome there will rise 125 feet above ground and the sanctuary @24 by 214 feet will be 7anked by thrones for the fifteen cardinals, and in the space between will be seated fifty archibishops and some 500 bishops, archbishops and mitred abbots.
 On Monday 6o,000 school children will sing the Mass of the Angels. It will he the largest choir ever con- gregated. Training these voices has taken seven months time of 400 sis ters.
 The liturigical color for all ponti- fical masses will be gold. Nestments will be of cloth of gold. while the cardinals will wear their red robes. the bishops will wear golden copes, and mitres and carry golden cro- ziers. Each cardinal will have 3 guard of papal knights, of whom there are about 200 in America.
 The Thursday service will be al Mundclein. north of Chicago. named in honor of the Chicago cardinal. The lake front there is a natural anphitheater where a large statue of the Virgin Mary will be erected.
 Preparations will be made for 750 900 worshippers. Parking space has been arranged for 8G.000 auto mobiles and one railroad has ar ranged for one train every two min uies, sufficient 10 take 300,000 from Chicago to Mundelein. before serv- ices begin at 10 a. n,
 After the mass, the euchariStic procession will form. reversing the civil and military order. the highest In rank will come last. Before him will march the foreign pilgrims, papal knights, 1000 priests. mon signors in red cossocks. bishops and archbishops and then the cardinals.
 Lastly will come the papal dele gate carrying the ostensorium.
 This procession will move through miles of wooded road, ending where it started. before the altar. Thefc Cardinal Bouzano will eXalt the Host, and the heads of the worship pers will bow in unison. and there receive the papal blessing and ac- companying indulgences.