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Silver Jubilee for Cardinal
BISHOP FOB 25 YEARS
Boston Archbishop Honored
as He Completes Quarter of
Century in Episcopacy •
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Boston—With the warm felicita
tions and affectionate greeting of
the Holy Father, Cardinal O’Conndil,
Archbishop of. Boston, on May 19,
celebrated his twenty-fifth year as a
Bishop of the Catholic Church, ainid
the loving acclaim of the people of
hi.s archdiocese of every -station in
life.
Perhaps nothing so typified the
spirit of the cardinal’s flock as their
response to his request that their
recognition of his jubilee consist of
prayer and pious acts. There was
presented tp him, in answer to .liis
plea, a “spiritual bouquet” of ' no
fewer than one million prayers and
good works, which the presentation
speaker assured him was “the offer
ing of a diocese literally on its
knees” and the “tribute of unani
mous heartfelt prayer of loving
children for a loved and loving la
ther.”
Despite the wish of His Eminence,
one material tribute was offered. It
was tendered “as our jubilee heart
offering,” and was a fund large en
ough to cover the entire cost of
substantial additions to St. John’s
Seminary.
Cardinal O’Connell began his jubi
lee day by celebrating Mass at the
Cathedral before a huge concourse
of his flock and administering Holy
Communion with his own hand. As
he began the Mass, at the same
hour the Rev. M. J. Scanlon of Chel
sea, who witnessed the consecration
as a bishop of His Eminence 25
years ago in the Basilica of St.
John Lateran, began a Mass of thank
giving in the same basilica in Rome.
Twenty-five years ago Cardinal William O’Connell was mad
i a bishop. He is seen here leaving Boston College, during the cele
bration of his silver jubilee.
At the conclusion of the Mass His
Eminence imparted the blessing of
the Holy Father, as he had been
empowered to do in a letter of feli
citation from the Vatican The let
ter, which also granted ' a plenary
indulgence to all who received Holy
Communion on the day of the jubi
lee, said of Cardinal O’Connell:
“I know the many and great
things which under your direction
and by your action have been ac
complished for the welfare of Holy
Mother Church and which well de
served Our praise because, among
other things, of your well known
devotion to this Apostolic See whose
honor has always been foremost in
your thoughts and your deeds; whe
ther We consider the devoted and
studious care given by you to the
students of your beloved country in
this Eternal City, or again the glory
?f the faith abroad, spread and nour
ished by you as Representative of
the Apostolic See in Japan or again
tile zeal and wise apd beneficant ac
tion in the government and conduct
of the great works done in the
Archdiocese of Boston—the building
of schools and the erection oi
churches and th e founding of chari
table institutions—and besides all
these things, very noteworthy in
themselves, your charity was known
to all those in need during the bit
ter war which for a while was rag
ing in tile world.
“No wonder then that We hold you
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Bishops Tell President Mexican
Stand Menaces American Peace
Good-Will Now Existing Between Nations of Wester^
Hemisphere Threatened by Injustices of Mexican Consti
tution They Write—Secretary Kellogg Replies
(By N. C. W C. News Service.)
Washington.—The Administrative
Committee of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference recently made
public a communication which it
addressed on April 23 to the Hon.
Calvin Coolidge, president of the
United States, dealing with the re
ligious persecution in Mexico. At the
same time the Administrative Com
mittee made public a reply by Sec
retary of State Kellogg to this com
munication, directed on April 27 to
the Rt. Rev. P. J. Muldoon, Bishop
of Rockford, 111., a member of tl\e
Administrative Committee who was
one of a party who preesnted the
original letter to the President on
behalf of the Committee.
The letter to the President fol
lows :
“His Excellency, /
The Honorable Calvin Coolidge,
President of United States,
Washington, D. C.
“Dear Mr. President:
“We, the undersigned members of
the Administrative Committee of the.
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, representative of the bishops,
clergy and laity 0 f the United States,
respectfully manifest to Your Excel
lency our grave concern, the distress
and anxiety we feel, because of the
injury and growing danger to our
own country and to international
good will upon this hemisphere,
caused by the present conduct of the
Government of Mexico.
“The distress we feel is not sim
ply our own; through numberless pe
titions from organizations of our
own religious faith, and through pe
titions 1 rom those not of our faith,
the increasing critical nature of the
situation has been brought home to
New Zealanders Arrive in Chicago
to Attend Eucharistic Congress
Special to The Bulletin.
Chicago, 111.—From Europe, Asia
and Australia, from the frigid north
and the tropical south, Cardinals,
bishops, priests and laity are al
ready sailing tile high seas to Amer
ica and the Eucharistic congress,
which will he held at Chicago on
June 20-24. Revised figures indicate
that there will lie fifteen Cardinals,
including the primates of the lead
ing countries of Europe, and 500
Archbishops and Bishojis at the
Congress.
Tlie first group Ao arrive at Chi
cago was from faraway New Zea
land, and included Rt. Rev. James
M. Liston, Coadjutor Bishop of Auk-
land, Very Rev. Msgr. William Or
mond and Rev. James Delaney. The
party traveled 9 000 miles to lie pres
ent,at the Congress. Count Henry
d-Yanyille, general secretary of the
permanent committee for the Con
gresses, has arrived in New York,
accompanied by Bishop Freri as in
terpreter. Cardinal Bonzano, Papal
Legate, will sail, from France with
his retinue June 5.
Cardinals Dubois of Paris, Piffl
of Vienna and Czernocli, of Hun
gary will sail from Liverpool June
14. Besides Cardinal Reig y Caso-
nova, Primate, of Spain, will send
two bishops as leaders of delega-
t ions from Mexico; one Mexican rail
road already has reservations for 900
pilgirms. Cardinal O’Donnell, Pri
mate of Ireland, is sailing June 4,
accompanied by an archbishop, five
bishops and 70 priests. Cardinal
Charost of Rennes, one of the most
eloquent preachers in France, sailed
June 2,
A striking figure at the Congress
will be Joseph Lo Pa Hong, the dis
tinguished Chinese Catholic of
Shanghai, who was recently in this
country to attend a meeting of the
United Stales chamber of commerce.
The charities of this remarkable
man include 2000 men, women and
children, whose support is his care
or, as he expresses it, the care of
St. Joseph, his patron. He is a com
mander. of the Order of St. Sylves
ter, Knight of St. Gregory and mem
ber of numerous other papa] orders
and general director of several of
the largest public > service corpora
tions in China.
“There is no need to rehearse here
the provisions of the present Mexi
can Constitution which wipe out ev
ery vestige of religious liberty and
deny to every priest or minister of
the gospel, of any and every de
nomination, the inalienable rights of
a free man. The result has been
the Setting up on this continent of
a government that explicitly denies
the principles which we believe arc
the very life of our country. And
the agents of the Government of
Mexico are disseminating those"
principles through the public press
and through their own propaganda
literature
“Political opponents of the said
Government have been driven into
our own country, or have taken ref
uge therein. Their presence it not
conducive to peace.
“The disturbed conditions, brought
about in great measure by inis-gov-
ernment in Mexico, have driven
thousands of Mexicans across the
border into our own country. Up to
the present, we have promoted good
will with the Ijitin-American repub
lics by favorable immigration laws.
The increase in Mexican immigra
tion has already intensified a de
mand for a modification of our inf-
migration laws with regard to Mexi
co and the countries of Central and
South America. Of itself such agi-
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Mexico Violated Agreement
in Expelling Papal Delegate
Herbert Hoover to Receive
Degree From Georgetown
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Washington—Georgetown Uni
versity, of this city, will confer
the honorary degree, Doctor of
Laws, upon Secretary of Com
merce Hoover at its 137th an
nual commencement exercises to
he held Tuesday, June 8. Secre
tary Hoover also will give the
address to the 500 seniors who
will be graduated from the five
departments of the university.
The chief reason for the uni
versity conferring this honor
upon the secretary of commerce
is its desire to recognize his
world-wide humanitarian efforts,
and particularly his relief work
in Russia. At the same time the
university wishes to recognize
his promotion of foreign trade,
which greatly concerns its school
of foreign service, graduates of
which are scattered in 42 coun
tries.
One of the most important
events at the university jnst
prior to commencement will be
the presentation of a portrait of
the late Chief Justice White of
the United States supreme court
to the law school by the senior
law class. The exercises will be
held June 2.
BISHOP BRENNAN MAMED
TO SEE HE RICHMOND
Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton
Goes to Virginia — Salt
Lake Has New Bishop
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Washington.—The appointment by
the Holy Father of a new member of
the American hierarchy and the
transfer of another, the two moves
filling the Secs of Richmond and
Salt Lake, were announced here to
day by the Apostolic Delegation to
the United States.
The Rev. Dr. John J. Mitty, Rector
of St. Luke's Church in the Bronx,
New York City, has been named
Bishop of Salt Lake. He will fill
the vacancy created by the death in
January of Bishop Joseph S. Glass.
The Rt. Rev. Andrew J Brennan,
Auxiliary Bishop of Scranton, has
been made Bishop of Richmond. Va.,
succeeding the Most Rev. Denis J.
O’Connell, who was relieved of the
See in March at his own request and
made Titular Archbishop of Mari-
amne. Archbishop O’Connell, who is
77 years old has served as Apostolic
Administrator of the diocese pend
ing the appointment of his succes
sor.
Bishop Brennan was horn in
Towanda, Pa, in 1877. He was
graduated from Holy Cross College,
Worcester, Mass., in 1900 after which
he attended St. Bernard's Seminary
(Continued on ppgc 11.)
Secretary of State Had
Promisesd to Discuss Any
Difficulties Before Acting
By N. C. C. W. News Service
Mexico City,—The expulsion of the
Apostolic D e 1 eg a t e , Archbishop
George J. Caruana, which has been
resented by Catholics and even Pro
testants and which lias called forth
a special letter of protest to Presi
dent Calles by the Mexican Hier
archy, has overshadowed all other
recent developments in the Gov
ernment’s campaign against relig
ion. The. letter of the bishops
points out that the reason giv
en by the Government for the
expulsion of the Delegate is in
direct contradiction to a state
ment issued by Government officials
to the press only a few weeks ago
in which it was declared that Arch
bishop Caruana’s entrance into the
country had been legal in every way.
The letter of protest, signed by
Archbishop Dr. Jose Mora y del Rio
and Bishop Pascual Diiaz, of Tabasco,
the president and the secretary of
the Corfimitte of the Mexican Hier
archy, has been delivered to Presi
dent Calles.
The expulsion of Archbishop Car
uana who is an American citizen
has been deplored by many Ameri
cans in telegrams to President Cool
idge. Archbishop Manna of San.
Francisco, chairman of the Admin
istrative the Committe of the
National Catholic Welfare Council,
termed the expulsion “an affront not
only to Archbishop Caruana as a
great church dignitary but also to
his rights as an American citizen.”
Similar protests were made by other
Bishops, including Bishop Hickey of
Providence, Bishop Cantwell of Los
Angeles, Bishop Lenihan of Great
Falls and Bishop Noll of Fort
Wayne, who says that he hopes that
the President will “in as discreet a
way as possible use influence on the
side of justice and fairness.”
Archbishop Caruana has issued a
statement denying emphatically that
he had violated even the present laws
of Mexico and asserting that he bad
never officiated as a clergyman in
Mexico and that when he attended
church it was as an ordinary wor
shiper.
The Osservatore Romano in Rome
bias published letters revealing that
the Mexican government in 1924
through its secretary of Foreign
Affairs had assured Cardinal Gas-
parri that Mexico was disposed to
receive an Apostolic Delegate and
agreed in the words in Spanish of
the Mexican Secretary, “in the case
any serious difficulty arises it will ask
the Holy See to recall him before
proceeding directly to his expulsion.”
This agreement was violated liy the
expulsion of Archbishop Carua'na.
Dean H. Dobson Peacock of Christ
Church Cathedral (Episcopal) and
Bishop Creighton and Rev. Mr.
Thompson of the American Methodist
Church are reported to he preparing
td leave the country. Efforts of the
British minister to obtain permis
sion for one foreign minister to off-
icate in each colony have been un
availing. He could not even secure
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Admiral Benson, Joseph Scott to
Speak at Eucharistic Congress
(Special to The Bullentilii)
Chicago, 111.—The Antilles and
South America will be well repre
sented at the Eucharistic Congress
here June 20-24, and one of the
most distinguished representatives
will be Most Rev. Adolph A. Noucl,
D. I)., Ph. D., Archbishop of Santo
Domingo, primate of the West
Indies and once president of the
Republic of San Domingo. A son
of the famous historian, Don Carlos
Noucl, Archbishop Noucl was born
in San Domingo and educated in
Rome. He was elected president ad
interim of the Dominican Republic
in 1913 by the National Congress.
France has made him a member of
the Legion of honor. Another pre
late distinguished in public life will
he present at the Congress in Men-
signor Seipel, former .premier of
Austria.
Citizens of all creeds will join in
a huge ovation to Cardinal Bonzano,
papal legate, when he arrives here
the morning of June 17. Cardinal
Mundelein will welcome him person
ally and in the name of the Diocese
Governor Small will represent the
state and Mayor Dever the city at a
reception to he tendered the Cardi
nal June 18 at the Coliseum.
A party of 210 Jesuit scholastics
from St. Louis University will come
to Chicago for the Congress. The
Coliseum, scene of many notable
meetings, will be used for Masses
the opening day of Congress, Masses
being said every half hour from
dawn until noon.
Lay speakers at the Congress will
include Former Senator David I.
Walsh of Massachusetts, Judge Mar
tin Manton of the United States
Court of Appeals, Hon. Pierce But
ler of the United States Supreme
Court, Admiral Wm. S. Benson, U.
S. N., U. S. Senator Joseph E. Rans-
dell of Louisiana, Hon. Quin O'Brien
of Chicago, Hon Anthony K. Malre,
K. S. G„ president of the Chicago
Holy Name Society, Hon. Joseph
Scott, K. S. G., of California, G.
Elliot Anstruthers of the. London
Tablet, Henri BMurassa, editor of Le
Devoi.r of Montreal, Count Henry
Pocci and others.