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Ordinaries For Porto Rico
and Delaware Conse
crated by Cardinal.
Philadelphia.—The Rt. Rev.
Edmond J. Fitz Maurice, D. D.
became fourth bishop l5f Wil
mington, Dela., and the Rt.
Rev. Edwin V. Byrne, D. D.,
first bishop of -Ponco, Porto
Rico in an imposing duel con
secration ceremony in the Ca
thedral of St. Peter and Paul
here on November 30. His
Eminence, Cardinal Dough
erty. Archbishop of Phila
delphia, was the consecrating
prelate, assisted by the Rt.
Rev. John J. Swint, Bishop .of
Wheeling, and the Rt. Rev.
Andrew J. Brennan, Auxiliary
Bishop of Scranton.
First of its kind ever held.
The double rite was lent all
the promp and solemnity the
church bestow r s on the eleva
tion of its priests to the epis
copate. Clergy and laymen
throughout the See were par
ticularly interested since both
of the new bishops were Phil
adelphia priests.
In addition to Cardinal
Dougherty, there were present
two archbishops, thirteen bis
hops and one mitred abbot.
The prelates were: Arch
bishop McNicholas, O. P., of
Cincinnati, and Archbishops
Curley of Baltimore: Bishops
Brennan of Scranton, Gannon
of Erie, Howard of Covington,
Keyes of Savannah Mahoney
of Sioux Falls, McCort of Al
toona, Murray of Portland,
Me., McDevitt of Harrisburg,
Molloy of Brooklyn, Shahan of
the Catholic University, Swint
of 'Wheeling, Bohachevsky of
the Ruthenian Rite, and
Walsh of Trenton and Abbot
Vincent Taylor, O. S. B, of
Belmont Abbey. In addition
many hundreds''" of priests
Were present.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr George
L. Leech, secretary to the
Apostolic Delegate to the
United States, also attended.
The Rev. John J. Burke, C. S.
P., General Secretary of the
National Catholic Welfare
Conference the N. C. W. C.
delegation also, including the
Rev. Dr. James H. Ryan, Ex
ecutive Secretary of the De
partment of Education: Miss
Agnes G. Regan, Executive
Scretary of the National
Council of Catholic Women,
and Mr. Ernest Boddington,
Assistant Director of the De
partment of Literature, Press
and Publicity.
Archbishop McNicholas pre
ached an eloquent sermon at
the consecration, and the Very
Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan, D.
D., Rector pf St. delivered the
address of the clergy. The
priests’ choir and the stu
dents’ choir of St. Charles
sang the Mass music.
Following the consecration,
a dinner was given in the
Cathedral school hall, attend
ed by the cardinal the visit
ing bishops and about 400
priests. Cardinal Dougherty
spoke in response to the toast
“The Holy Father;” The Cler
gy,” and the Rev. William
Temple of Wilmington, “The
Clergy of Wilmington.” Bis
hops Fitz Maurice mid Byrne
responded briefly. The Rev.
William J. Lallou of Phila
delphia was toastmaster.
Taking as the text of his
sermon the words of the Gos
pel of St. Luke, “He that re-
cciveth you rcceiveth Me, and
he that receiveth Me re-eiveth
Me receiveth Him that sent
Me.” Archbishop McNicholas
dwelt on the great dignity and
responsibilities of the episco-
£ acy, to which the two new
ishops have been called.
Diplomats at Pan-American Mass
Pope s Holy Year Christmas Greeting
PUBLIC THIBUIE PAID TD
LAIN FRAN
TD NOTABLE GATHERING
Geoi’getown President Says
Nation’s Basic Doctrines
Must Be Preserved
By Msgr. Enrico Pucci
(Rome Correspondent, N. C. W. C. News Service)
OME, Dec. 1.—His Holiness, Pope Pius
XI has been pleased to deliver personally
to the Most Reverend Edward J. Hanna, Arch- 4
bishop of San Francisco and Chairman of the
Administrative Committee of the National Cath
olic Welfare Conference, the following message
for publication in the Christmas Supplement:
)t itolp Pear of 1925 Ijas brought ineffable
consolation to tfje fjeart of tfje ^olp father. f£lje
multitude of pilgrims tofjo come from all parts to
gain in tfje fjolp &oman basilicas tfje spiritual
treasures of tbe Jfyolp Jubilee, fcas giben tfje most
Striking anb eloquent proof of tbe bibine prerogatibe
of tbe ^olp i&oman Catholic anb Apostolic Cburcb*
“Cbeir coming from all parts of tbe toorlb, eben tbe
most remote; from countries separateb from 3SXome
bp tbe greatest bifficulties of trabel, Ijas Sboton in
impressibe manner tbe ?HniberSalitp of tbe Cburcb.
Gt^n tfjeir arrtbal at &ome, tfjtp babe felt one thing
onlp—the lobe of the iHottjer Church, tb* lobe of the
Common ^father, the Vitav of Jesus Christ, anb so
the? babe real^eb, feeling it tbemselbes anb letting
it be Seen bp others, tbe fjolp unit? of tbe bibine anb
perfect i-mietp that Jesus founbeb on $eter, promis*
ing him assistance until tfje consummation of the
fcoorlb.
“tltfjiss has been the berp consoling fact toljtcf) bas
been renetoeb eberp bap of tbe pear of tbe Holp
Jubilee. fEhe J?olp ^father sees in the jop that it
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Washington.—Preserve the Decla
ration of independence and the Con
stitution in the spirit of the Found-
j ers.
i This was file note sounded at this
year s Pan-American Thanksgiving
Day Mass at St. Patrick s Church
here, which has come to be one of
the most brilliant and impressive
observances of the day in the coun
try.
Father Charles Lyons, president of
venerable Georgetown University,
made the plea in a sermon before a
congregation that included diplo
mats from virtually every South and
Central American country and many
of the nations of Europe, high mem
bers of the United States diplomat
ic corps, Justices of the United
States Supreme Court, Senators,
Represen.atives in Congress, gener
als, admirals and civil officials of
the Capital.
Facing this brilliant assemblage
were high prelates of the Church in
the sanctuary. Flags of the Pan-
American countries lent color, con
trasting with the formal morning
dress of the congregation. Cadets of
St. John’s College, in full unifrom
of gray, formed a guard of honor.
The sacred music was selected from
the writings of Latin American au
thors.
Father Lyons briefly traced the
progress of the Latin American
countries, felicitating them on the
peace and prosperity that they enjoy
and the instances of good will among
them. . He then pronounced a ring
ing eulogy of representative govern
ment as it is exemplified in the
Americas. Respect the laws of the
land, realize in proper degree the
responsibilities that go with consti
tutional government, was the burden
Of his plea. He then spoke specifi
cally of the United States and the
foundations of its greatness.
“Although it grants innumerable
liberties and blessings, the Constitu
tion also places numerous obliga
tions upon the people of the United
States,” he said. “ And although
they have a divergence of opinion
about many things, Americans have
in common and are bound in com
mon by the heritage of the Consti
tution and the Declaration of Inde
pendence. They should adhere
closely to the admonitions of these
great documents, and inculcate the
intended principles firmly in the
hearts and minds of the future gen
erations.”
Differences that arise among the
110,000,000 in the United States are
small, said Father Lyons, beside the
ties that bind them. The founda
tion documents of their nation have
been created and prepetrated by a
common American ancestry, drawn
from every creed and every race.
Their heritage they have in com
mon: they were fashioned by the
same God. they have the same desti
ny after life, they enjoy together
the great benefits of a constitution
al government, the charter of their
liberties is based on mutual under-
(Continued on page 4.)
(Continued on page 9.)
President and Other Noted
Americans Join in Honoring
New York Hero-Priest
(By N. C. W. C. News Sendee.)
New York.—Twelve hundred per-
sons representing tile Church, the
Government, the Army and Navy
and public, paid tribute to the t Rev
Francis Patrick Duffy, Chaplain of
ttlie Sixty-ninth Regiment, New
York National Guard, formerly the
165th Infantry, at a reception held
in his honor at the Hotel Plaza Mon
day night, under the auspices ot the
Catholic Writers’ Guild of America.
The celebration marked the tenth
anniversary of Father Duffy s con
nection with the 69Ih Regiment as
chaplain, and his twenty-fifth as an
arv chaplain associated with the
United States forces.
President Coolidge conveyed a
tribute in the following letter,
which was read a yF® 1 |?£?U 1 0 n:
WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, D. C., Nov. 12, 19zo.
The President directs me to ex
press through you to Father Duffy
his good wishes and congratulations
on the completion of twenty-five
years service devoted not only to
peaceful work but always to the help
and comfort of those who fought in
defense of their country.
(Signed) EVERETT SANDERS.
Secretary to the President.
Cardinal Hayes was the principal
speaker his topic being The Priest.
The Cardinal declared that Father
Duffy always had bee.n the best ot
priests, since he had first met him
years before in the early days of
their priesthood.
“The Chureh is proud of such a
son,” he said. “I am proud of my
relation to Father Duffy. I could
never have dreamt in the early day s
when I had this quiet, scholarly
young priest beside me, that he
would have followed such a turbu
lent and stormy career as be has.
Nor did I ever believe then that 1
would be made a Bishop, much less
a Cardinal.” /
The other speakers recounted dif
ferent phases of Father Duffy s ca
reer. Representative Ogden L. Mills
paid tribute to Father Duffy as The
r’iti/pu ” Colonel William J. Dono-
van as’“The Soldier,” Otto H. Kahn
as “The Art Lover,” Peter J. Brady
as “The Toiler,” and Melville E.
Stone as “The Pauper.”
Mr. Stone declared he came to
praise Father Duffy for a failing
in his character, comparing him witn
St Francis of Assisi in that respect.
He said that the famous chaplain
was a “great spendthrift on the
principle of self-denial for the ben
efit of others,” and it was because of
this that it was a great pleasure to
hand him a purse of $10,000, which
was given by a company of his
Representative Mills said that the
outstanding distinction in the char
acter of Father Duffy had been the
quality of his service to his countpr
in time of war, and the same quality
of service to his country in time of
peace. It is pleasant to testify, said
the Congressman, that no one has
rendered more splendid service to
the veterans since the Armistice than
Father Duffy.
Colonel Donovan, commander of
the 165th Regiment in action during
the Great War, told of Father Duf-
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Polish Prelate Thanks President
(By N, C. W. C News Service)
Washington—Archbishop Cieplak,
former head of the Catholic Church
in Russia, came to Washington dur
ing November to thank President
Coolidge for the sympathy manifest
ed by America toward the Catholics
of Russia—manifestations which
were instrumental in saving the life
of the Archbishop after a Bolshevist
tribunal had condemned him to
death following a farcial trial in
1923.
The Archbishop, accompanied by
Hipolit Glikic, charge d’affaires of
the Polish Legation here, was receiv
ed by the president at the White
House and conversed with the chief
executive for nearly a quarter of
an hour. He told the president
of the gartitude felt by the Catho
lics of Russia for the expressions
of sympathy from the United States
government during the Moscow trial
and also for the material assistance
given by American relief organiza
tions. The president’s reception was
said to have been most cordial.
Since his arrival in America last
week Archbishop Cieplak has receiv
ed notification of his appointment
to the Archiepiscopal See of Vilna,
Poland, which appointment, he said,
will preclude an attempt on his part
to retur nto Russia. He will remain
in the United States for a few weeks
visiting those cities having a large
number of Americans of Polish brith
or descent, and also visiting some of
the larger public institutions, schools
and hospitals He will return to
Rome before proceeding to Poland to
assume charge of his new Arch
diocese.
In Washington, besides being re
ceived at the White 'House, the Ar
chbishop called upon the Apostolic
Delegate and was the gues of hon
or a a luncheon a he Polish Lega
tion.
A dinner in honor of the distin
guished visitor was given at the Ap
ostolic Legation. Archilishop Ciep-
lak’s traveling companions were the
Very Rev. Msgr. Paul Marella, audi
tor of the Apostolic Delegation, and
the Rev. Dr. George L. Leech, sec
retary of the delegation.