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MANY GERMANS GOING Over WO Diplomats At Mass At
TO CHICAGO CONGRESS Capital for Italian Queen Mother
Two Ships Already Engaged
—Pilgrimage Plans to Thank
U. S. For Its Charities.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Cologne.—Catholic Germany, which
sent the largest number of pilgrims
of any nation to Home for the Holy
Year, is preparing to send an im
pressive representation to the Euch
aristic Congress in Chicago in June.
Two shiploads of pilgrims will
form the German contingent going
to the Congress, exclusive of indi
viduals who make the voyage singly
or in smaller groups. Their leader
will be a German priest.
This demonstration of fervor, no
less than the vast numbers who jour
neyed to the Eternal City for the
Jubilee, is all the more remarkable
to those who know the Germany of
today, because war, revolution and
post-\yar suffering have reduced so
many Germans to poverty. The pil
grimage to far-off America will cost
each traveler 2,000 to 2,700 marks.
Something of the zeal with which
German Catholics show forth their
Faith despite these obstacles, how
ever, may be gathered from a recent
incident. When a pilgrimage was
organized to go to Palestine in the
last year, it was found that there
was a shortage of 70,000 marks to
pay fbr the use of the ship. A siu-
glc pilgrim, who would not permit
his name to he used, made up the
whole deficit.
There is no guess work about the
German pilgrimage to the Chicago
Eucharistic Congress. Two • ships
already' have been chartered, and a
tentative itinerary has been "drawn
up. The itinerary covers quite an
extensive tour of America, in addi
tion to the central purpose of at
tending the Congress. • The trip will
last 37 days in all, from June 1 to
July 7.
The steamers chartered are the
Westphalia, of the Hainburg-Ameri-
can I-inc, which will sail from Ham
burg, and the Luetzow, of the North
German Lloyd Line, will leave from
Bremerhaven. A Solemn Pontifical
Mass will percede the sailing. Since
many priests are to make the jour
ney, a large room will be fitted up
as a chapel on each ship, and in
each the Blessed Sacrament will be
exposed for adoration throughout
the voyage, in keeping with the pur
pose of the travelers, to do honor to
the Eucharist.
Prince Aloys of Loewcnstein, Pres
ident of the German Catholic As
semblies, will conduct the pilgrimage
to America. Prince Aloys also is
president of the Itotala, a pilgrim
age and tourist office for Catholics
established by the Catholics of Ger
many this year to handle the Holy
Year pilgrims. ' This bureau’s scope
ha s now been extended to care for
the Eucharist Congress party. Its
central office is at 5G Unter den Lin
den, Berlin, and it has branches iu
Aachen, Breslau. Danzig, Freiborg in
Baden, Hambourg, Luzerne in Swit
zerland, Munich and Wucrzbourg.
The German pilgrim ships, accord
ing to the present schedule, are due
to arrive at New York June 14.
There an American committee will
receive them. There will be a
Eucharistic service in St. Patrick’s
Cathedral the following morning, af
ter the celebration of Mass. There
after. automobiles will take the pil
grims on a sight-seeing tour of the
city. In the afternoon the tour will
be continued,, among tthc points of
interest listed to be visited being
the Metropolitan Meseums, Columbia
University, Grant’s Tomb, the Bat
tery, Greenwich Village, the Stock
Exchange, the'Woolworth tower, aud
Wall Street.
St Paul If Alive Would
Be Journalist Pope Says
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Rome,—If St. Paul lived today
he would in spirit he a journal-
inst, Pope Pius said Wednesday
at the service at which a de
cree was read on the virtues
of the Venerable Antonia Maria
Claret, founder of the Congrega
tion of Missionaries of the Im
maculate Heart of Mary. His
Holiness eulogized the Vener
able Claret’s use of the press
to spread the Faith, and con
tinued:
“It has been remarked that
if St. Paul lived in our day he
would have become a journal
ist. That this would have oc
curred literally I doubt, but I
believe that it certainly would
have occurred in spirit, because
without question he would have
utilized such an instrument for
the discrimination of ideas as
the press.’
The Venerable Claret was
once a Cuban archbishop. He
was born near Barcelona in
1807 and died in France in 1870.
Requiem Mass for Distin
guished Catholic Layman
Sung At Capital Church.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Washington, D. C.—A Requiem
High Mass at St. Patrick’s Church
here, attended by Secretary of War
Davis and high army officers, pre
ceded the burial in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery of Major General
William II. Hart, Quartermaster
General of the United States Army.
General Hart, who served with dis
tinction and won several medals in
the world war, was a Catholic. His
death took place at Walter Reed
hospital here Saturday, a fortnight
after he underwent a major opera
tion.
Father B. F. McGearv, Chaplain at
the hospital, celebrated the Mass,
assisted by the Rev. Lewis J. O’Hern,
C.S.P., Rector of the Apostolic Mis
sion House, and Father B. F. Tar-
skey, U. S. Army chaplain. Burial
at Arlington was with full mili
tary honors.
Honorary pallbearers included
Major General Dennis Nolan, Deputy
Chief of Staff of the Armv; Major
General E. A. Hclmick, Inspector
General of the Army; Major Gen
eral K. W. Walker, Chief of Fi
nance; Major General P. C. Harris,
retired; Brigadier General .1. B. Bel
linger. Acting Quartermaster Gen
eral; Brigadier General Henry Jer-
vey, retired; Col. F. W. Van Duyne,
Quartermaster Corps; and Col. C. A.
Hedekin, retired. The officers’ re
serve corps also was represented by
a score of officers of high rank.
General Hart would have been 62
in March. He was born in Minne
sota and was- graduated from West
Point in 1888. He became a colonel
in the Quartermaster Corps in 1917,
and was made a major general upon
his appointment as Quartermaster
General in 1922. He had been ser
vice in many parts of the world,
including the Philippines, Hawaii,
Cuba and France.
Minister Lauds Cardinal Me rcier
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Brooklyn.—“A11 Belgium has been
asked to pray for the recovery of
Cardinal Mercier. With equal ap-
propriatness might all the world be
asked to so pray,” said the Rev.
Dr. S. Edward 1 Young Sunday night
at the Bedford Presbyterian church.
“One of the compensations of the
World War,” he said, “was our dis
covery that the grandest spiritual
qualifies appeal to all nationalities
and creed and are the peculiar pos
session of none. • A few great sonls
of Cardinal Mercier’s type do more
to advance religion and unite
Christendom than do aU the theo
logical arguments and stressing of
one belief to the disparagment of
others.
“Reading over again his pastoral
letter to his people at the war’s out
break aud his utterances and atti
tude throughout tiie conflict, little
os form and nothing as to spirit
needs to be revised. Born within
cannon sound of Waterloo and rear
ed in what has been a battle area
from the days of Julius Caesar until
now, the Belgian prelate became the
firmest, gentlest figure at the eCnter
of humanity’s most terrible struggle.
For half a century this preacher-
patriot has urged in most scholarly
fashion and illustrated in most
scholarly life the larger friendliness
that should grow between all classes
of men of all groups of faith.”
Margherita of Savoy Mourn
ed at Requiem—Mass Also
Sung in New York.
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Washington.—Moro than one hun
dred diplomats from many nations
attended a Solemn Requiem Mass
here January 11 at the Italian
Church of the Holy Rosary for the
repose of the soul of Margherita
of Savoy, Queen mother of Italy.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Thomas J.
Shahan, Rector of the Catholic Uni
versity of America, was the cele
brant of the Mass and at its con
clusion blessed the great catafalque
which stood in the church, on its
black top reposing a replica .of the
crown of a queen. The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. George A. Dougherty. Vivc-
Rector of the University, was assas-
tant priest; the Rt. Rev. Philip
Bcrnardini of the Catholic Univer
sity, was deacon, and the Rev. Fran
cesco Lardone of the University was
sub-deacon. A choir composed of
members of the Metropolitan Opera
Company of New York, under the
leadership of Julio Setli, sang
Verdi’s Requiem Mass.
Wreaths from Mrs. Coolidge, the
Italian Embassy of the State De
partment were sent to the church.
Secretary of State Kellogg repres
ented President Coolidge at the Mass
and Under-Secretary Wright also
was present. Every member of the
Italian Embassy attended.
Ambassador Riano of Spain, dean
of the Diplomatic Corps at Washing
ton, with Mine. Riano headed the
diplomats, who included representa
tives from every embassy and lega
tion in the Capital. In the group
were the Ambassadors of Great
Britain, Belgium, Germany, Peru
and Argentina, and the Ministers of
The Netherlands, Hungary, Poland,
Colombia and Haiti. The French
Ambassador was out of the city but
the Embassy was represented, as
were the Legations of Chilie, Brazil
and several other nations whose
chief diplomatic agents were absent.
Numerous secretaries and attaches
attended.
. .New York—A Pontificial Mass was
celebrated January 11 in St. Pat
rick’s Cathedral for the Queen
Mother Margherita of Italy. The Rt.
Rev. John J. Dunn, Bishop Auxiliary
of New York, was the celebrant, aud
several stars of the Metropolitan
Opera Company assisted a large
choir, which was led by Pietro Yon.
Seven thousand members of New
York’s Italian colony attended, as
did the staffs of the various con
sulates in the city. Every member
of the Italian Consulate was present.
Rome—The tributes paid by the
press to the late Queen Margherita
of Savoy have all mentioned the
beauty, graciousness, charm, charity
and delicacy of the beloved Quepn
Mother, but few have spoken of her
religious faith. As a matter of fact.
Margherita was a worthy daughter
of the Ancient House of Savoy, nine
of whose members have been beati
fied, and she herself had a great de
votion to the Blessed Margherita of
Savoy, who lived in the Fifteenth
century and who, after the death of
her husband, the Marquis of Mon-
ferrato, lived a saintly life iu the
Dominican Order.
The late Queen Mother, like the
saintly ancestor whose name she
hore, also found in her religion
the greatest strength and comfort
after the tragic death of her hus
band, King Humbert I. The prayer
which she composed on -that occa
sion is mentioned as an eloquent
testimony of her deep religious feel
ing.
It was Queen Margherita who se
lected Saint Christopher as the pat
ron of motorists. She was the first
to have a figure of Saint Christopher
on her automobile, a custom which
has now spread far and wide
tliroughont the Catholic world.
The Queen was attended during
her illness by two nursing Sisters,
she received the Last Sacraments
from the Rev. Father Sismondi, and
the Court Chaplain, Msgr. Beccaria,
brought her a special blessing in
articulo mortis from the Holy
Father.
One of the greatest friends of the
late Queen was Msgr. Bonomelli,
Bishop of Cremona, known through
out the world not merely by his
writings but by his interest in the
welfare of Italian emigrants to Am
erica and the Levant. The society
which he founded to care for (mi
grants bears his name.
FLORIDA HOST TO
CHICAGO CARDINAL
GEORGE CARDINAL MUNDELEIN
(Special to The Bullfciin.)
Daytona Beach, Fla.— George
Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop
ot Chicago, arrived here shortly
after noon January 15 and was
welcomed by a committee com
posed of Mayor Bass, prominent
business men and members of
the Ministerial Association.
Cardinal Mundelein is a guest at
the Clarendon Hotel, where he
expects to stay for some time
enjoying the Florida climate
and playing golf, his favorite
pastime. Accompanying him are
his secretary and several close
associates. The visit of a Cardi
nal to Florida is a rare event,
and Daytona Beach is proud of
its guest, one of the four Cardi
nals of the United States, a na
tive of New York, former Bish
op of Broo-klyn, 1909-1915, Arch
bishop of Chicago since 1915,
and one of the world's leading
churchmen.
Priest One of Founders of
University of Michigan
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Ann Arbor, Mich.—The important
part that Catholics had in the found
ing of tlie University of Michigan
was brought out by the Rev. Dr.
Peter Guilday of Hie Catholic Uni
versity at one of the sessions of
the American Catholic Historical
association convention which has
just closed here.
A Catholic priest, Father Gabriel
Richard, was one of the founders
of the University of Micligan, Dr.
Guilday said, adding that Father
Richard brought the first printing
press to tips territory and later was
sent as a representative to con
gress, where lie labored to promote
the building of national highways.
One of the major proposals made
at the convention was that a Catho
lic Students’ History Crusade rcsem-
blink llic Catholic Students’ Mis
sion Crusade he promoted by the
Association in colleges throughout
tlie country.
CONDITION OF CARDINAL
MERCIER CAUSES ALARM
Heroic Belgian Prelate
Feeble After Operation—
Receives Extreme Unction
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Brussels.—Cardinal Mcreier’s re
covery from the effects of his oper
ation last week is doubtful, it was
said in medical circles here.
The Cardinal realizes the prccari-
ousness of his condition and issued
a statement through one of the
priests attached to the “Vinglieue
Sicrcle,” the Cardinal’s newspaper.
In this statement the aged Primate
of Belgium said:
“I know that many prayers are
being offered for me and that all
hopes are not yet lost. My opera
tion was a complete success, hut my
stomach has failed mc| There is no-
t ling more the doctors can do.
Tiie Cardinal received Extreme
Unction Wednesday at his own re
quest. He mentioned this in hi .
statement, saying:
"When my health was good I il
ways said 1 wished to receive the
Last Sacrament not when I wa..
compelled to receive it, but when 1
could still receive it and lcel myself
a little better afterward.”
The Cardinal's critical condition is
attributed to his advanced age. His
temperature has remained normal
but h has become very feeble and is
unable to receive proper nourish
ment.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium vis
ited the Cardinal Friday morning.
That the Cardinal did not consider
I s condition dangerous when he
agreed to the operation, is indicated
by a letter to the priests of his dio-
r se which he sent out shortly bc-
J re Christmas. The letter reads:
“My dear Co-Workers:
‘Telephone calls from the editor
ial offices of several newspaper.
1 ad me to infer that some alarming
rumors arc circulating concerning
the state of my health. I should he
wanting in the confidence 1 owe sou
and which you look for from your
Bishop if 1 failed to tell you the
truth such as 1 see it and as the
doctors present it to me.
“Yes, 1 have been ailing for some
months past and within the last
weeks, my ailment has grown worse.
The doctors have ordered me to
give up work altogether; but they
assure me that a surgical interven-
t on presenting no serious danger
will soon enable me to resume my
duties. That operation is to take
place towards the end of the month.
‘T present to you even uow my
best Christmas and New Year's
wishes and 1 beg you to dispense
me from answering personally I hose
who will address me.
“I commend myself most particu-
arly to your affectionate remein-
l'“-nce at the altar and to the pray*
i I of my beloved flock. To all X
send with all my heart my fatherly
blessing.”
Msgr. Mooney, Ohio Priest
Apostolic Delegate to India
(By N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Cleveland.—“An honor well be
stowed” was the continent generally
expressed by Bishop Joseph
Schrembs. diocesan clergy and thou
sands of the laity who knew the ap-
pointc ewlien they heard that Msgr.
Edward A. Mooney, of this diocese,
spiritual dierctor of the American
College. Rome, since early in 1923,
had been named Apostolic delegate
to India. Many cabled congratula
tions. Among tlie first to be in
formed of the appointment was Dr.
Mooney’s mother, Mrs. Sarah Moon
ey. 80 \ears old. who lives with her
other children at Youngstown.
Woman Senator Dies at Prague
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Prague.—The. Catholics of Czecho
slovakia have lost one of their most
beloved leaders in the person of
Miss Rozsypalova, who was elected
to the senate at the last elections.
Her 3eath, at the age of 68. ends
a life marked by great abililv and
devotion to others,
Left an orphan at an early age,
she was reared by an aunt and
trained to he a teacher. Sluy fol
lowed this profession for many
years and became directress of an
elementary school at Plzen, a posi
tion she will occupy when elected a
deputy in 1920.
The devoted friend of young peo
ple, she supported and maintained
a resident hall for Catholic girl
students at the uuiver.sity and was
the patroness of numerous chari
table, social and feminine organi
zations, serving for many years as
president of the Czechoslovak Con-
federaton of Catholic Women.
Miss Rozsypalova was the author
of many works on education and
pedagogy aud shortly before her
death she was awarded the cross
“Pro Ecclesia ct Pontifice” by the
Holy Father.
Msgr. Zavoral. vice-president of
the Senators’ Club, officiated at the
funeral, which was attended by many
deputies and senators.