Evening star., 1932-05-30
CATHOLIC j. MASS
ATTENDED BY $4,000
NotabIes Witness Bicenten-
niaI Tribute Paid to
Washington.

centennial tribute to George Washington
in its most sacred fashion-by the holy
sacrifice of the mass.
Sixty thousand persons blanketed the
stadium at Catholic University and the
surrounding hillsides, while Most Rev.
Michael j. Curley. Archbishop of Balti-
more, celebrated a solemn pontifcal
high military field mass.
Scores of notables, including officials
high in the United States, State and
international governments, headed the
vast congregation. DR.. Peter Guilday.
professor of church history at Catholic
University, offered a plea for the
recognition of the lesson of George
WaShlngton's life as means of combat
ing and solving the problems of the
country today In sermon, George
Washington: His Catholic Friends and
Allies"
Pope Sends Blessings.
At the outset Of the mass a message
was received conveying the special
blessings of Pope Plus In his cable,
which was sent by Cardinal Pacelli. the
PontlH expressed desire to partici-
pate in some appropriate manner in
the solemn religious commemoration
OF the second centenary of the BIRTH
day of the first President of the
United States Of America, the illustri-
GUS George Washington, which is to
take place in the Catholic University,
established in the Capital City of the
country, which city bears his glorious
name"
Cardinal Pacelli cabled that Pope
Plus willingly bestows a special apos-
tollc blessing on the Archbishop of
Baltimore, present at the observance,
and all prelates, clergy and other per-
sons attending these commemorative
exercises"
The mass itself, the most brilliant
scene ever witnessed at Catholic Uni
versity, was preceded by colorful pro-
cession of Catholic students from the
denomlnation's schools in this part of
the country. Band music cadenced the
marching thousands as they proceeded
TO NIL the Stadium to overfloWing The
public itself occupied every remaining
niche in the gTass-covered natural bowl.
Notable Guests Attend.
Prominent among the notable guests
at the celebration were Gov Ritchie Of
Maryland and members of his official
family. Secretary of Labor Doak and
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest
Lee Jahncke represented the executive
department of the Federal Government
while Congress was represented by
large delegation OF both houses, includ-
ing Senators Arthur Capper of Kansas
and James Couzens of Michigan for the
Senate and Sol Bloom, associate direc-
tor OF the George Washington Bicenten-
NAL Commission, and a score of others
from the House.
The embassies and legations here
were represented by high-ranking Off
clals of the foreign governments. As
sisting Archbishop Curley in the mass
were Very Rev. Cuthbert Dittmeier. as
sistant priest; Rev. w. Carroll Millhpl-
land, master of ceremonies; Very Rev.
Louis B. Pastorelli and Rev Leo G.
B:-ke, deacons of honor; Rev. Milton
King, deacon, and Rev. Herbert T RIM
lrnger subdeacon.
"A Lesson in Tolerance"
In the sermon of the mass DR..
GuLcay reviewed the contributions
which Wash. .ngton made in Ameri,a to
tolerance and the contributions which
his Catholic contemporaries MADE to
the founding of the Nation itself He
said:
We need the lesson Of Washngton's
religious attitude at Cambridge. Of his
spirit OF prayer at Valley Forge. Of the
memory of his affection for his Cath
olic friends and allies.
While George Washington endeared
himself to Catholics in Colonial America
by insisting upon religious liberty, DR..
Guilday said, the First Presidents life
was guided by Catholic PRINCIPLES.
Washington's famous copy of the ll0
rules of civility," which he wrote in
his own hand at the age of IA. Dr.
Guilday said were taken from an
English Jesuits adoption of a manuel
of conduct for schoolboys which q
French Jesuit priest had written.
George Washington, the priest said.
struck the first note for religious free
dom in the rising republic" Ths vcs-
CURED, the priest related, at Cambridge,
when Washington. then general Of the
Colonial American Army, forbade the
ridiculous and childish custom" Of
burning an effigy of the Pope en- the
Observance of traditional anti-Cath-
olic Colonial holiday
Reviews Founders Work.
DR.. Guilday reviewed the contribu-
tons which Catholics made 10 the
founding of the Nation Foremost
among these, he said undoubtedly"
was Charles Carroll of Carrolltcn. the
Catholic signer of the Declaration of
Independence. Thomas Fitz Simons of
Philadelphia, who DR.. Guilday said. his
torians are only now recognizing as
equally responsible with Robert Morris
and Fitz Simons' father-in-law, another
Philadelphia Catholic, George Meade,
the grandfather of the victor at Gottys-
burg, for the successful financing of
the war"
Commodore John Barry, father Of
the American Navy" was another
Catholic patriot named by the priest as
prominent in the building of the Nation.
Others who made contributions to the
cause Tor which Washington stood in
cluded Col. Francis Vigo, who sacrificed
a fortune to enable George Rogers
Clark to carry out the conquest of the
Northwest; Timothy Murphy, most
romantic of all soldiers of the Revolu-
ton; Patrick Colvin, humble Catholic
ierryman," who guided Washington's
boats to safety across the Delaware for
the victory at Trenton; Orono, the
catholic chief of the Maine Indians,
VINO neId the balance of power against
Canada for the American cause. and.
Z
Poles who gave brilliant military aid to
Washington in the Revolutionary War.
The mass was the traditional military
sacrlhc1al ceremony of the Catholic
Church. The altar was erected at the
east end of the stadium and before it
stood the Cadet Corps in uniform as
military guard of honor At the solemn
moment of the mass-at the ele:ation
OF the Blessed Sacrament-field artil-
lery guns doomed out their signals
while the throng bowed in rhythm
The parade at the beginning of the
exercises covered a 12-mile front. A
choir OF 1000 school children sang the
mass. The proceedings were broadcast
over a Nationwide radio hook-up.
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