Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
Press Applauds the Spirit
OF Eucharistic Congress

Many observers look upon the
mighty Eucharistic Congress Of the
Catholic Church in Chicago recently
as more than a mere ceremonial
event. The spirit of devotion mani
tested is hailed as a force which may
tend to produce a religious revival
among churches of all denominations
and affect the modern trend toward
materialism.
The incidents of the Eucharistic
Congress inspire the statement by the
New York Herald Tribune. I'VE are
a deeply religious as well as practl-
cally minded people. 1t is only when
we drop our practical routine and turn
TO the other domain that we realize
how truly religious-minded we are. J."
The Herald Tribune believes that the
congress has profoundly impressed
the country" and that AL other
American religious groups have been
moved to sympathetic admiration by
the fervor of the religious spirit shown
and by the unity of devotion to the
ideas which lay behind the cere-
monial."
The Chicago Tribune refers to the
gathering as the first of the Kind
ever held in this country, and de-
IL
pageantry, couched in symbols which
were old when Father Marquette first
set foot on the site of Chicago. To
the mont Catholic" continues the Trib-
une. 1.-The congress offered an un-
usual opportunity to observe the
blending of faith with esthetic appeal
to which many of the worlds greatest
scholars. mystics and artists have con-
tributed through the centuries. Chi
cago, the youngest of the WORLDS
great cities. should profit from this
contact with the venerable lnstltu-
ton which gave birth to universities
and cathedrals, and has fostered all OF
the arts and sciences since the dawn
Of our era"
sympathy with and interest in
the congress on the part OF those not
belonging to the Roman Cathollc
Church." says the Springfield Union,
may be thought one of the most sig
nificant features of the congress. Car
dinal Mundelein, in whose archdiocese
the congress was held, has several
times gratefully referred to the CO.
operation of non-Catholics.' The
Trenton Times is impressed with the
thought that IAN exhibition Of belief
ligion such as Chicago sets before the
world will have a steadying influence
on Christian worshipers of every de-
nomination. In the way" adds the
Times. mot alone Catholics, but all
devout people, will be benefited.
Human nature is governed more by
example than precept, and no rea-
sonable person is proof against the
influence of a soulful uplift move
ment."
"There are prophets in America, f."
observes the Pittsburgh Sun, who
are even now proclaiming the on
coming of a recrudescence Of the re-
ligious spirit, who believe that we are
at the eve of a spiritual awakening
without parallel in our history. 1t may
be that the Eucharistic Congress will
contribute nightly to that trend"
The Buffalo Evening News also be-
lieves that "the coming of these car
dinals and their mission are certain
to stimulate spiritual interest, not
only among those of their faith, but
also among the people of all other
creeds."
These vast throngs Indicate" ac-
cording to the New York Evening
Post, "that in an age so often assailed
as materialistic and worldly the multi
tude is capable of being stirred to a
mighty. demonstration of faith and
worship. In the heart Of each or us
abides that instinct of reverence
which only requires the occasion to
call II forth; and the open-air SerV-
ices at Chicago have meant su.
preme manifestation of the universal
and ineradicable instinct whereby
men reveal their faith in an Infinite