The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-05-19
CATHOLICS FROM
Wide AREA HERE
TO HONOR BISHOP
Head of Archdiocese Lauds 10.
cal Churchman as Father
Among Children
POPE SENDS Fluctuations
Prelate Advancement Of Church
Due to Active Cooperation
Of Laymen
POPE SENDS FLUCTUATIONS

Of Roman Catholic dignitaries and
laymen from several states and Can
ada gathered in Bismarck Thursday
to pay tribute to Most Rev. Vincent
Wehrle, bishop of Bismarck diocese
Of the Roman Catholic church, at his
golden sacerdotal jubilee program.
More than 800 persons crowded in
to st. Mary's procathedral Thursday
forenoon for the pontifical high mass
which was celebrated by Bishop Web
rle himself and during which Arch
bishop John G. Murray, st. Paul. de-
livered the sermon.
Other hundreds were turned away
at the door. Even the aisles of the
church were crowded and all avail
able standing room in the procathe-
oral was taken.
Bishop Wehrle's mass was one of
the high points on the jubilee pro-
gram. This was followed by / D. m.
by a banquet at the Patterson hotel
at which state officials and digni-
tarieS OF the Catholic church were
speakers.
AT the banquet cablegram from
Rome in which Pope Plus conferred
the Papal blessing on Bishop Wehrle
and felicitated him upon his golden
jubilee was read.
The jubilarian's mass was one of
the most impressive religious cere-
monies ever celebrated in Bismarck.
Likened TO Father
Bishop Wehrle was likened to a
father Of family by Archbishop
Murray. AS father who has "brok-
en- the bread of faith amongst his
hungry children" Bishop Wehrle
reaches the 50th anniversary of his
conservation with the comfort and
satisfaction that only the head of
the family may inherit. the arch
bishop said in paying tribute to the
17-year-old prelate. who has been
bishop of the Bismarck diocese for
% years.
Bishop Wehrle's life has been one
OF unselfishness and sacrifice, Arch
bishop Murray said, but he approach
es the end Of the road with the great
esI OF Wealth-"a pure mind. pure
/, heart. and an apostolic SOUL"
Archbishop Murray sketched the
lie OF Bishop Wehrle from the time
OF his baptism at his Swiss home, II
, years ago until the present.
{ His guiding hand, the archbishop
SAID, has played a great part in. the
: development of the Bismarck diocese,
not only in the religious aspect, but
= also IN the agricultural, political, and
industrial fields.
Streets Roped Off
So great was the crowd which as
sembled to witness the procession Of
delegates and church dignitaries to
and from the procathedral that DO
lice roped off the streets to prevent
vehicular traffic. Scores of cameras
q clicked as the procession moved for
o ward and interested spectators stood
9 on tops and tenders of automobiles
!, in order to see better.
In the procession were delegates of
: parishes and missions, priests, abbots,
f monsignori, bishops, Bishop Wehrle
:, and Archbishop Murray.
II In the church Bishop Wehrle sat on
the throne of the west side OF
# the sanctuary while Archbishop Muir
= ray sat at the opposite side.
Showing plainly the weight of his
!. advanced years, Bishop Wehrle
thanked the archbishop and bishops
for attending the jubilee. the priests
= of his diocese for their extreme faith
=, fulness during his episcopate, and the
~ laymen Of the church for their devout
:. aid.
= What can a priest accomplish
- without the aid of the people?'', Bis
! hop Wehrle asked in expressing his
- tif,Ylo 1,ic UA4o~ ~
men,"
Has Extreme Satisfaction
70 The bishop said he looks back with
10 extreme satisfaction upon his so years
~ of priesthood, most Of which were
- spent in Dakota Territory and North
Dakota.
:. Archbishop Murray declared thai
20 the magnitude of Bishop Wehrles
~ sacrifice becomes all the more appar-
y, ~ ent when one realizes that the bishop
'e left his loved relatives and all the as.
sociations of his youth in Switzerland
to come to veritable wilderness" Il
spread the word of God.
II In the front row Of the church au.
= ditorium were members Of the fourth.
degree Knights Of Columbus, in full
I'd uniform with swords at their sides
ht They acted as guards Of honor for ths
1e procession to and from the church.
he In the center Of the fore part o.
In the church were more than 70 vestes
i'd priests ana on either side Of tn
priests were almost hundred Bis
s. tiers.
We Delegates from parishes throughou
Ike the Bismarck diocese and other Cath
!. olics filled the remainder Of the Az
ais Iditorium. The choir sang the must
for the high mass from its niche higl
re, above the back Of the auditorium.
he Ordained In 1esz
nd Bishop Wehrle, O. 8. B.. D. D., N
Continued on pare eleven)
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