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JUNE 5, 1928.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS, CHICAGO, JUNE 20-24
Why We Should Attend Congress
By Rt. Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, D. D., Bishop of
Detroit
1. To pay public homage to Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, and
to proclaim His Kingship to all the peoples of the earth,
2. To make reparation for our coldness and indifference, and to
atone for the blasphemies and sacrileges offered daily to Christ’s
Sacramental. Presence.
3. To thank Cnrist for the manifold blessings He has bestowed upon
us, and especially to express our gratitude for the gift of Him
self in Holy Communion.
4. To make amends for the many times we have hurried away from
the Holy Table without sufficiently thanking Christ for His
visit to our hearts and for the great boon of His Abiding Pres
ence upon our altars.
5. To adore Him for the countless thousands, who would wish to
come, but who will be prevented from participation by distance
and the expense of the journey.
6. To augment by our presence the number attending and thus help
to make the event the greatest religious spectacle of all time.
7. To manifest our Faith in the Real Presence before all the world
and thus focus attention on this central dogma of our holy reli
gion.
8. To give greater glory to God during this Holy Year of Grace, and
to share in those spiritual favors to be poured out so copiously
from the treasure house of God’s beneficence.
9. To join our voices in this grand paean of praise, and to peti
tion for the graces of which we stand so much in need.
0. To bear witness to the beauty and the power of Faith, which
can assemble around its altars representatives of every nation
under heaven.
1. To strengthen our faith by witnessing the enthusiasm, the fer
vor, and the zeal of others.
2. To draw from this Fountain-head of all Wisdom inspiration for
our work, new strength for the struggle of life, fresh courage
to meet its trials and temptations.
3. To besccech Divine Providence for a continuation of the prosper
ity and happiness with which He has blessed our beloved coun
try, and to ask that He guide our public officials in the affairs
of state, to the end that all their actions may be governed l>y
wisdom and justice.
4. To supplicate Christ that the day may be hastened when our sep
arated brethren may return to the Household of Faith, when the
Vicar of Christ will be recognized by all Christians, whene there
will be but one Fold and One Shepherd.
5. To implore the Living Christ of the Tabernacle to bring every
Catholic man and every Catholic boy to affiliate with His Eu
charistic Bodyguard, the Holy Name Society.
Minister Appeals For Congress
Chicago Methodist Urges Protestants to. Cooperate in
City’s Opportunity of a Century”
Protestants of Chicago have been
urged to throw open their homes for
the entertainment of visitors during
the Eucharistic Congress in June, in
a statement by the Rev. Dr. John
Thompson, pastor of the Chicago
Temple, addressed to all of the pro-
testant denominations of Chicago.
‘'At lease 1,000,000 visitors will be
in Chicago during the Eucharistic
Congress,” said Dr. Thompson, “and
they will represent not only the
United States and Canada but every
civilized nation in the world. Many
notable gatherings have been held in
Chicago in the last three quarters
of a century, but none will surpass
in worldwide significance this great
event of the Roman Catholic church.
With distinguished representatives
coming here from all over the globe,
the vast gathering will take on more
than a sectarian significance. It will
have a universal aspect which all
should recognize.
“I am eager that Chicago shall do
full justice to this momentous con
ference. I desire that the city shall
surpass itself in hospitality and cor
diality, and in the expression of
good will and fraternalism. It is the
opportunity of a century to enroll
our beloved Chicago upon the hearts
of myriad peoples as a great metro
politan center whose spirit is one of
love and brotherhood.
“In what better way can we do
this than to ask these visitors to be
guests in our homes? It is my con
viction that every home should be
opened to its capacity to receive
these distinguished visitors to Chi
cago. It will mean a cordiality
which will impress the city’s guests
as truly Christian hospitality, and
will bless the homes with a vision
of tile worldwide enterprise. It may
well mean the renewal of the reli
gious life in the homes of the city.
"Therefore, 1 appeal to the people
of Chicago, to Protestants, Catho
lics and Jews alike, and to those of
no creed at all. that all barriers and
divisions vanish during the coming
Eucharistic Congress, and that
homes of all classes and creeds and
colors be opened to the visitors, and
that the city be united in unstinted
hospitality.
“What will it mean for Chicago?
It will mean a new era of tolerance
and fraternalism. The very practice
of brotherhood promotes brother
hood. The demonstration of chari
ty and tolerance increases charity
and tolerance. It is Chicago’s unri
valed opportunity. Let Chicago
prove her spiritual unity.
“I am confident I am speaking the
sentiment!! of the vast majority of
Chicago’s citizens and church mem
bers in this appeal. I believe that
nowhere in the world is there a fin
er spirit of religious co-operation
than in Chicago. I am eager that a
better understanding be promoted
among all of our denominations and
religious creeds, and I pray for the
day when there will be a real spir
itual unity. Just as courtship pre
cedes marriage, so are such events as
denominational co-operation in pro
viding hospitality for the great Eu
charistic Congress the forerunners
of the bringing of the great Chris
tian church to the point of dwelling
together with one accord as its
members did in the days of the dis
ciples.”
Dr. Thompson expects to renew
his appeal for city-wide hospitality
to the visitors to the Eucharistci Con
gress from the. pulpit of Chicago
Temple from time to time. His ap
peal was a part of a series of ser
mons he is now preaching on “Clos
er Co-operation by Catholics, Pro
testants and Jews for the Good of
Chicago.”
Noted Journalists Coining
With the approach of the Eucha
ristic Congress, newspapers abroad,
as well as those in this country, are
making arrangements to send special
representatives to report the Con
gress at Chicago and the procession
which will close the ceremonies at
Mundelein, 111.
Because of the special knowledge
and understanding required for writ
ing news of the Congress, most of
the newspapers to be represented
have employed journalists who have
a thorough konwledge of Catholic
liturgy and doctrine.
Room Reservations For
the Eucharistic Congress
Persons intending to journey
to Chicago for the Eucharistic
Congress, the first to be held in
the United States, should make
application for reservations at
once.
Accommodations are available
in both hotels and private
homes.
The hotel rates are standard
hotel charges and vary from
$3.50 per day per person, two
. in a room, to $8.00 per day.
1 The rates charged in private
homes are $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00
per day per person.
There is ample room for all.
No one need remain away from
the Congress in the fear that
suitable accommodations will not
be available. But it will facili
tate the work of the housing
committee at Chicago to receive
all applications for reservations
as -oop as possible.
Plea„ communicate with your
local Diocesan Secretary at
once, or write to the Congress
Headquarters, Cathedral Square,
Chicago, I)L
Latin Will Be Medium of
Communication in Chicago
The language of ancient Rome will
have its place among the many
tongues to be spoken at the Eucha
ristic Congress, for the Congress of
ficials have announced that there will
be a Latin section for the pilgrim
priests from all over the world.
A meeting with all the speeches
in Latin, each to be followed by a
general discussion in the same
tongue, will be almost without pres-
edent in this country. However,
because of the intennational charac
ter of the Congress, it was thought
necessary to have at least one as
sembly where the prelates and
priests of different countries might
meet for discussions in a common
language.
For nearly nineteen centuries Lat
in has been the languagg of the
Church, used in its liturgy and in
its great councils. Every seminarian
is trained te speak the ancient
tongue, and almost all the great
works of Catholic theology ' have
been written in the language of old
Rome and the early Fathers of the
Christian church.
The Latin sessions of the Congress
will present the spectacle of priests
from the United States, and bearded
bishops of 11" Greek rite, communi
cating through a common language
with tonsured monks from Spain
and sun tanned misisonaries from
Indian and Africa.
200 Irish Priests Among
Those Coming to Chicago
Permission to attend the Eucha
ristic Congress has been given to
more than two hundred Irish priests
according to information received at
the Congress headquarters from
Armagh, Ireland.
Many of the Irish clergy will
spend their vacations in Chicago,
and will return to their pastoral du
ties immediately after the close of
the Congress. Unfortunately, many
teachers in the colleges and univer
sities will be unable to attend be
cause the school term does not end
until July.
A large number of prelates, how
ever will represent Ireland in the
Congress ceremonies. Not only will
Cardinal O’Donnell, Primaee of Ire
land, play an important part in the
program at Chicago, but other mem
bers of the hierarchy will come with
the various pilgrimages. From Rap-
hoe in the County Donegal will
come the bishop, the Rt. Rev. Will
iam McNeely, D. D.,; from Belfast
will come the Rt. Rev. Joseph Mac-
Rory, 1). D., Bishop of Down and
Connor; and Kilkenny will send the
Rt. Rev. James Downey, D. D., Bish
op of Ossory.
The archbishops will also be pre
sent for the Congress, according to
Mr. A. Canavan. Irish representative
o4 the United States Lines, who was
recently here to make arrangements
for the Irish pilgrims. The Most
Rev. John M. Harly, 1). I)., Arch
bishop of Cashel, and the Most Rev.
Thomas P. Gilmartin, I). D., Arch
bishop of Tuan, will come to Chica
go with the official national pil
grimage, Mr. Canavan said.
The Rt. Rev. Patrick McKenna,
D. D., Bishop of Cloglier, and the
IU. Rev. Bernard Coyne, 1). D, Bish
op of Elphin, will also attend the
Congress.
Program of the Congress
Fifteen Cardinals to Participate — 62,000 Children Will
Sing Mass on Second Day, Irish Cardinal Presiding
Ceremonies that in their splendor
and dignity will rival the stately
services of the Catholic church in
the historic city, Rome, will be wit
nessed by hundreds of thousands of
pilgrims who come for the Eucha
ristic Congress. Fifteen cardinals,
princes of the Roman Catholic
church, will be present at the con
gress, and will take part in its de
liberations and its beautiful ceremo
nies.
The officials of the Congress have
announced the names of the cardi
nals who will participate in the
Congress ceremonies and who' will
preach to the multitude^ present for
the masses to be celebrated in the
great stadium on the shores of
Lake Michigan. Never before in the
history of Catholicism has so large
an assembly of ecclesiastics con
vened outside the walls of Rome for
such a religious demonstration as
the Eucharistic congress. The pri
mates of Spain, Ireland, Austria,
France, and Hungary will be among
the cardinals to visit Chicago for the
deliberations, the Masses and the
other services and each will lake a
prominent part in the - congress
ceremonies.
At the pontifical high Mass which
will formally open the congress in
the Chicago Cathedral, His Emi
nence, Frederick Cardinal Piffl,
Archbishop of Vienna and Primate
of Austria, will be the celebrant.
Following the reading of the papal
brief appointing His Eminence, John
Cardinal Bonzano, legate from the
pope, Cardinal Mundelein, Archbish
op of Chicago and Sponsor of the
XXVIII International Eucharistic
Congress, will welcome the legate in
the name of the Catholic clergy and
laity of Chicago. Cardinal Bonzano,
who was for more than 11 years
apostolic delegate to the United
States, will respond to the address
of Cardinal Mundelein, and the con
gress will have heen formally con
vened.
ceded by hundreds of prelates in
golden robes, the fifteen cardinals
will march to pay their homage to
the Eucharistic King. At the rear
of tire miles of marching prelates
and laymen, will come the papal le
gale, Cardinal Bonzano. walking be
neath a rich canopy of cloth of gold,
and holding before him the jeweled
ostensorium containing the Sacred
Host. The sermon will be given by
Cardinal Hayes of New York, and
the pontifical high Mass will be cele
brated by another cardinal.
The Congress in all its ceremonies
will present a spectacle unsurpassed
in the history of this country, and
without parallel anywhere except in
the city of Rome. No other event,
it is believed, will attract so great
a number of persons to a religious
gathering as the Congress, and long
after its solemn close, it will be
remembered because of the beauty of
its ritual, and the devotion displayed
by thousands of pilgrims who will
attend it.
An archbishop or a bishop will
officiate at the holy hour services
to be conducted on the opening
day of the Congress at each of the
260 or more churches of the city.
No less than 350 prelates from all
parts of the world have been as
signed as guests have been assign
ed at the various parish houses and
many other members of the hierar
chy have made arrangements them
selves.
The Chicago and Great Western
Railway, which has arranged to
carry 2,200 visitors from St. Paul
and Minneapolis to the Eucharistic
Congress will have altars installed
in special cars in each of the live
trains.
Former Hungarian Premier
Among European Pilgrims
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Count Albert Apponyi, former pre
mier of Hungary, will be among the
pilgrims who will come from Ilia!
country to attend tile Eucharistic
Congress here in June, according to
information received at tile Congress
headquarters.
Count Apponyi, one of the great
modern Magyar statesmen, has been
called the “Grand Old Man of Eu
rope.” A graduate of the Jesuit uni
versity at Karlsburg, the count has
ably served his government as a dip
lomat for nearly fifty years. He
headed the Hungarian delegation at
the peace conference at Ver sailles
and was one of the signatories of
the treaty signed in tile palace of
the Trianon in 1919.
Holy Name Ceremony
With the lights of 200,000 candles
gleaming in the hands of kneeling
men, the Stadium on the shore of
Lake Michigan will he the scene of
an impressive ceremony on Men’s
Night of the Eucharistic Congress.
Tuesday night, June 22. has been
reserved especially for men and will
be marked by special ceremonies. A
mammoth meeting, attended by 200,-
000 will be held in Solidiers’ Field
nnder the auspices of the Chicago
Holy Name Society. an<j will include
the service of benediction and ad
dresses by a cardinal and a promi
nent layman.
A great choir of 62.000 school
children will sing the Mass to be
celebrated on the second day of the
congress by His Eminence, Patrick
Cardinal O’Donnell, Archbishop of
Armagh and Primate of Ireland.
Here also, two other members of the
sacred college will deliver addresses
on the Holy Eucharist. His emi
nence, Louis Ernest Cardinal Dubois,
Archbishop of Paris and Primate of
France will speak on “The Eucha
rist, a Factor of National Life,” and
His Eminence, Michael Cardinal von
Faulhaber, Archbishop of Munich
and Freising; will address the vast
congregation on “The Eucharist as
an Incentive to Priestly Vocations.”
When thousands of women, pil
grims to the Congress, meet on the
third day. they will assist at a pon
tifical high mass to be celebrated
by His Eminence, John Cardinal
Czernoch, Archbishop of Stringonia
and Primate of Hungary. Cardinal
O'Connell, the Archbishop of Boston,
will preside on this day, and ad
dresses will be delivered fay two of
the foreign cardinals. “The sacra
ment of fraternal charity” willl be
the subject of a discourse by Car
dinal Piffl, while the eloquent
preacher His Eminence, Alessius
Cardinal Charost, Archbishop of
Rennes, France, and an able writer,
will speak on “The Eucharist, a
Factor of National Life.”
In the light of more Ilian 200,000
candles gleaming in the hands of
pilgrims, attending the services on
Men’s night, His Eminence, Henry
Cardinal Reig y Casanova, Arch
bishop of Toledo and Primate of
Spain, will address the men partici
pating in the Ceremonies under the
auspices of the Chicago Holy Name
society. Immediately preceding the
Benediction of the Blessed Sacra
ment with one of the foreign car
dinals at the altar, Cardinal O’Don
nell, of Armagh, one of the most
vigorous and eloquent speakers of
the Catholic hierarchy, will deliver
the sermon of the ...evening.
Delegates from hundreds of Ca*
tliolio high schools and colleges in
the United States and Canada will
meet in the stadium on Wednes
day, June 23 for a pontifical high
Mass to be sung by one of the visit
ing cardianls. Preceding the. Mass
will be a sermon on “The Euchraist,
a Factor of National Life,” to be
preached by Cardinal Czernoch. At
the ceremonies on Higher Flduca-
tion day, Cardinal Daugherty, Arch
bishop of Philadelphia, will preside
and deliver one of the addresses to
the assembled students.
Thrones with canopies of cardinal
red will he erected, flanking the
towering altar, for the cardinals
who are to be seated in the great
sanctuary in the stadium. Facing
the alter during the Masses and the
various meetings will be row on
row of archbishops and bishops in
cope and mitre.
However, the climax of the Con
gress in beauty and dignity will oc
cur on its final day at Mundelein,
111., when at the end of a long pro
cession of clergy and laity, and pre-
The Chicago, North Shore and
Milwaukee Railway has announced
that it will run trains every two
minutes from the Loop to Munde
lein for the closing ceremony of the
Congress. It estimated that it will
in this way handle 300,000 pilgrims.
Other roads will handle additional
hundreds of thousands,
A choir of 62,000 children will
sing the first Pontifical High Mass
to be celebrated in the Stadium
here, and it will be accompanied
by an organ built especially for the
purpose. The control board of the
organ is as large as a telephone
switchboard in a good sized city,
50 miles of wire being used in it.
Every resource available for the
prevention of accidents during the
Eucharistic Congress will be utiliz
ed, it was announced by Victor T.
Noonan, chairman of the safety
commission of the Congress follow
ing a meeting at Hotel Morrison.
When the pilgrims gather at Mun
delein, 640 policemen, 3,000 deputies
and many mounted officers will pa
trol the grounds, and the Red Cross
has arranged to furnish doctors,
nurses and 150 members of the life
saving school from Wisconsin and
equipment for emergencies.
Noted German Prelate to
Attend Illinois Conference
Springfield, 111 — Monsignor Dr.
Kreutz. Papal Chamberlain and Pres
ident of the Catholic Caritasverband
of Germany, will go to Springfield,
Illinois, following the close of the
Eucharistic Congress, to attend the
Conference of International Good
Will to be held in connection with
the Seventieth Annual National Con
vention of the German Catholic
Central Verein of America.
This news is received through a
letter addressed to the Central Bu
reau of the Central Verein by Dr.
Kreutz himself under date of April
7, 1926 from Freiburg, I. B.
The Caritasverband is the great
German Federation of Catholic Char
ities organized in every diocese of
Germany. It is the most wonderful
organization of the kind in the
world. Concentrated in this body is
orphanages, child welfare agencies
etc. This comprehensive body has
a magnificent record behind u.
With the shrine of Lincoln, the
mecca of lovers of liberty from all
parts of the world as his background
Dr. Kreutz will make the trip to
Springfield for the Good-Will Con
ference with the hope that the tomb
of the great emancipator will be for
all countries a symbol of charity.
Children Supply Flowers
With the approach of warm wea
ther, thousands of children in Chi
cago parochial schools are planning
their own gardens to furnish fresh
flowers for the altars of the Catholic
churches here during the Eucharistic
Congress. Hundreds of thousands of
flowers grown in the back yards of
the city will be the offering of the
children, many of whom have al
ready planted their first rows ol
seeds, N —.