Evening star., 1926-05-17
CHICAGO EXPECTS
million CATHOLICS
rs Cardinals and 500 BiSh.
ops to Attend Eucharistic
Congress Next Month.
aY the Associated Press

s CHICAGO, May IL For five days
next month Chicago will he second
only to Rome as the center of the
Roman Catholic world when it pro
vides the setting for the Twenty eig htt
international FuCharistic Congress
June 20-2i.
This period of religious pagentry
Eand ritual. the like of which Amer
lean members of the church have
never before known. will he devot ed
to an outward ma nifestation of the
Catholics faith in the actual pres
ence of Jesus Christ in the world
today.
The event is expected to attract
1.000.00 pilgrims from all parts of
the world. From the office of Ills
Eminence George Cardinal Mundeltln
ii was announced today that at least
Is cardinals. or a fourth of the college
of cardinals. and 400 arrhbish"ps and
bishops already had slEnitied their
.iultation of being present.
Never before. except In Rome, has
SO large a representation of the
Roman Catholic hierarchy gathered
tOe et her.
VIII Open June 20.
The ceremony is intended to in
liefS of catholic Worship. The Eucha-
liefs ofCatholic worship. The Eucha.
rist is the bread and wine which the
church teaches are changed during
the mass into the body and blood Of
Jesus Christ.
From the time the papal legate,
Cardinal Ron7ann of Rome. arrives
and the congress is officially opened
SUNDAY, June %. until he lifts the
1eweled oStens.rium before kneeling
IL. - T,,t tnt n
igan at Nundelein Thursday, June
"a and ends the congress with the
blessing from his holiness the Pope
the session., promise grandeur OF
color and music.
Soldiers Field on the lake front. in
the heart of Chicago. will be the
scene of pontifical high masses on
Monday. Tuesday and WEDNESDAY
mornings. The altar dome there VIII
rise l25 feet above ground and the
sanctuary. 224 by PA feet. will he
flanked by thrones. for the 10 cardi,
mails. and in the space between VIII
he seated so archbishops and some
500 bishops and mitred ahhots.
$1,000 Children to Slug.
On Monday 50 0n0 school children
will sing the Mass of the Angels,
1t will lie the largest choir ever con
gregated. Training these voices has
taken seven months time of 400
SiSt erS.
The liturcical color for all ponti-
ficaI masses will he gold. Nestments
will he of cloth of gold. While the
cardinals will wear their red robes.
the bishops will wear golden copes
and mitres and carry golden crozierS
Each cardinal Will have ii guard of
papal knights, Of whom there are
about ouo in America.
1'HeSday will he Woman's day at
Soldiers Field and men viii he ex-
cluded \ choir, including $500
NvalNeA SINGERS W vNNeh rhoWs AND
6 900 nuns of me United States and
Canada viii be heard. ON W ednes-
day. Higher Education day, another
choir of 80. 600 voices of catholic col
leRes. academies and high schools will
sing the mass.
Mass on Lake Front.
The Thursday SER Ice VIII be at
Mundelein. north of Chicago, named
lake front there is a natural amphi-
theater. where larre statue of the
Virgin Mary will he erected.
Preparations will he made for 750. :
600 Worshippcrs. Parking space has
been arranged for $4,000 automobiles
and one railroad has arranged for
a train every TWO minutes, sufficient
to take 900 600 from Chca so to Mum
delein before services begin at 10
am. ~
After tho mass the Eucharistic
pro, ession viii 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. monsignors in
red cassockS. bishops ana arChbishops
and then the cardinals.
Lastly will come the papal deeelate
carrying the oSt tenSorium.
This procession will move through
miles of wooded roads. ending where
II started, before the altar. There
Cardinal BOnZanO Will eNalt the
host. md the heads Of the worShippers
will bow in unison and there receive
the papal blessing and accompanying
indulgences.