The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-13

Tears were WlnkeQ away Dy
those to whom Bishop Char
trand had been friend as well
as spiritual father when they
heard the Most Rt. Rev. John
McNicholas, archbishop of
Cincinnati, extol the dead pre-
late as "a man, a priest and
bishop of great faith" in the
funeral sermon.
Archbishop McNicholas took his
text from John v, 24-"Amen, amen,
I say unto you that he who heareth
nv word, and believeth him that
sent me, hath everlasting life; and
cometh not into judgment, but is
passed from life to death
Responsive chords were struck IN
the hearts of many who mourned
Bishop Chartrand when the arch
bishop said:
so convinced was Bishop Char
trand that the whole face Of the
earth must be renovated by the
priesthood that he left nothing UNI
done to encourage every good boy
of his diocese who desired to become
a priest
magnet of Souls"
To these, the archbishop's re
minder was a personal message, Tor
they recalled the substantial aid to
which the bishop had coupled his
spiritual zeal in helping them OBJ
tain their Iife's objective.
But the thousands who thronged
the cathedral and listened TO the
radio broadcast, the archbishops
perhaps most meaningful words
we're when Bishop Chartrand was
Iikened to a magnet of souls
Not only this city and the do
cese, but the whole country knew
him for his labors in the sacred
tribunal of the confessional" said
the archbishop.
Each morning before daybreak
he was found there as the loving
father, the merciful judge, the
skilled spiritual physician. Many
hours of each day were given to
this court of self-accusatiop and
mercy. His place there shall not
be filled, because it is given to few
priests to attract souls in such num-
bers, and to make them joyful self
accusers and grateful penitentS.
Will Bless Memory
What an army of those cleansed
by the blood of Christ in the sacred
tribunal will bless the memory OF
Bishop Chartrand until the last
breath of life"
All of the somber majesty and
dignity of the centuries-old fornulae
marked the last rites Of Bishop
Chartrand beginning with the office
of the dead at $50.
Every available public seat in the
cathedral was taken early, and row
after row Of the reserved sections
filed with surpliced priests and ton
sured abbots as time for the office
Of the dead neared.
Left-hand section was reserved
for nuns. There were Sisters Of
Charity, their flaring, stiffly-
starched white headdresses con-
trasting sharply with the somber
garments Of the Sisters of Provi-
dence and the Sisters of st. Francis.
Monks of Every Order
To their right were the priests
and monks Of every order-Capuchin
monks with the emblem of their Or
der embroidered on their left sleeves;
Franciscan monks of both subdi-
visions of their order in black and
brown cassocks; Dominioans and
Benedictines in black and black and
white, and a number of visiting
Jesuites from outside the province.
The Dominicans' enrapture and
interest in the ceremonies was in
tensif1ed by the fact that the Arch
bishop McNicholas, who preached
the funeral sermon, is the only
Dominican archbishop in the United
States.
The procession of prelates, with
honor guards Of deacons, moved
into the cathedral promptly az TO-
First came the cross bearer, hanked
by two acolytes. Followed the
monseignori, their black gowns
crowned by the flaming baretta.
Next came the officers of the mass
in their gray and silver vestments
and then the apostolic delegate.
representative of His Holiness.
Black Coffin Closed
His robes made vivid splash of
color with his crimson gown sur
mounted by-a cape of ermine. Two
bearers held aloft his train.
The procession deployed at the
altar railing with the apostolic dele
gate being dressed at the throne
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