The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26

aturday.
two thousand laymen, five
abbots, twenty monks, more
than one hundred surpliced
priests, and scores of nuns, a
Jewish rabbi, and Protestant
clerics.
They joined not only in paying
their last respects to prince of
the church, but to one of Indian
apolis' bestowed citizens--a man
whose loss brought to those who
viewed his face in the repose of
death a deep feeling of personal
bereavement.
Long before $50 a. M, the hour
for the start of the funeral cere-
monies, ST. Johns church was
packed with mourners from every
walk of life.
Form Intending Line
While squads of police directed
traffic in front of the church on
Capitol avenue, others aided church
ushers at the doors in enabling
those who had called him friend to
take one last look at Monsignore
Gavisk.
Those mourners formed an I'M
ending line down the center aisle
of the church, where the coffin of
Father Gavisk lay in front of the
altar.
Frail and aged women braved a
singing rain and wept in sympathy
with the skies. There were tattered
nondescripts and men and women
of wealth and position. There were
leaders in governmental and civic
affairs and contemporaries of
Father Gavisk in the philan-
thropic activities which made him
such a beloved and integral part of
Indianapolis.
AisIeS, Crypts Crowded
There we're visiting priests and
nuns from almost every order in
the church. There were the Sisters
of Charity from st. Vincent's hos
pital, with their snowy headdresses;
Sisters of st. Francis de Sales, Sis
tiers of the Sacred Heart, Sisters of
Providence and the Little Sisters of
the Poor.
Aisles and crypts of the church,
which has a normal seating capacity
of 1,40O, were so crowded that
many, after viewing the body of
Father Gavisk, left the church to
make room for later corners.
The procession past the casket
facontinued through the litany for
the dead until the casket was nailed
and priests started dressing with
vestments of his Office Bishop
Emanuel Ledvina of the Corpus
Christi (Texas) diocese, who cele-
brated the pontifical requiem mass,
which preceded the sermon by the
Most Reverend Joseph Chartrand,
bishop of indianapolis.
Section Is Reserved
Because of Father Gavisk's legion
of friends outside the church, with
whom he had been associated for
years in civic and charitable &C
tivities, a reserved section was ap-
portioned to which admission was
by card.
A few of these many who either
called to pay their respects, or to
stay for the bishops sermon, were
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, his
father, Thomas Sullivan; James A.
Collins, former criminal court
judge: Eugene Foster of the Indi-
annapolis foundation; William j.
Mooney, Walter Myers, Speaker Of
the house of representatives; State
Representative John F. White;
Rabbi Morris Feuerlicht; Congress-
man Louis Ludlow, Chief Mike Nor
rissey, Fred Simon, detective chief,
and other city, state and county Of
hcials.
Using the story of Lazarus and
Dives, Bishop Chartrand cited the
life of Father Gavisk as an example
of one who never forgot the bag
gar at the gate"
Cause of Chaos Today"
Remember. what Christ preached
regarding the rich man." the bishop
said He said it was easier for a
camel to get through the eye of a
needle than for rich man to
reach heaven.
Christ himself preached the
sermon for the rich man who for
got Lazarus at the gate. 1t was
short and vigorous. He merely
said, He was buried in hell
did Christ condemn that rich
man because of his Wealth. Be-
cause of his fine clothes and fine
food or house? No. He condemned
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