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GREATEST RELIGIOUS GATHERING CLOSES
PRESIDENT GOOEIDGE IS
GREETED BY PRELATES
Spanish Cardinal Presents
King’s Respects^-Germacn
Pilgrims Thank America
Washington.—The week-end and
this week have been numerous
groups of distinguished pilgrims to
the Eucharistic Congress at Chicago
stopping at Washington for a view
of the national capital of the United
States.
These visits likewise have been
the occasion for the expression by
President Coolidge of his pleasure
at the success of the congress and
at the cordiality with which Amer
ica has received her numerous
guests. This expression^ came
when groups visited the White
House to pay their respects to the
president.
The lit. Rev. I)r. Ludwig Sebastian,
bishop of Speyer, Germany, headed
a distinguished group of pilgrims
who arrived Friday evening. Sat
urday morning they were received
at the White House. Dr. Dieckhoff,
charge d’affaires of the German em
bassy, presenting them to the presi
dent.
The purpose of the visit Mr.
Coolidge was told, was to thank
America through the president, in
the name of the German pilgrims to
the congress, for the courtesy and
hospitality they had encountered on
their visit to the United States.
President Coolidge received the
delegation cordially. He told his
visitors that lie had watched the
Eucharistic Congress very' closely
and was greatly pleased at the man
ner in which the American people
had received their foreign guests.
He was glad, he said, that the over
seas pilgrims were returning carry
ing with them such a good impress
ion of the relationship existing in
America between the state and all
religions. He, asked them to convey
his good wishes to their country
men back home, and concluded by
wishing them a happy voyage back
to their native lands.
President Emphasizes Need of
Religion In Message to Legate
(By N. C. W. C. News Service).
Chicago— President Coolidge’s message to Cardinal Mundelein on
the occasion of the public reception given to Cardinal Bonzano, Pa
pal Legate to the Eucharistic Congress, in this city June 18, empha
sized the necessity for religion in the life of a nation.
“If our country has achieved any political success, if our people
arc attached to the Constitution, it is because our institutions are
in harmony with their religious beliefs,” Mr. Coolidge wrote.
The full text of the message is the following:
“The White House, Washington, D. C., June 16, 1926.
“Your Eminence:
“The invitation to attend the Eucharist Congress, extended through
you, has been received. I regret that my engagements arc such at
this time, looking after those matters which naturally arise at the end
of a session, that it is impossible for me to accept.
“It is reported to me that this will probably be one of tbe larg
est religious gatherings of recent days held in America. Our country
has long been under the imputation of putting too much emphasis on
material things. Perhaps we have been the subject of that kind of
criticism not so much because we are really more interested in ma
terial prosperity than others but because in that direction we have
been more successful than others. But no doubt a most conclusive
answer to such criticism lies in the fact that material prosperity
cannot be secured unless it rests upon spiritual realities.
“It is impossible to create a commercial system which is not
built on credit, confidence, and faith. Without the elements of hon
or and honesty there can be no economic advance. If the require
ments of character l>e withdrawn from our business structure the
whole fabric would collapse.
“The same principle applies to our government. The day of
the despot has passed. No country’ attempts to rely on force but on
reason to justify its institutions. No government can long endure
unless its people arc convinced that it is a righteous government. If
our country has achieved any political success, if our people are at
tached to the constitution, it is because our institutions are in har
mony with their religious beliefs.
“It is for these reasons that the religious life of the nation is
so important. Its free exercise is guaranteed by the fundamental
law of the land. If America is advancing economically, if it is the
abiding place of justice and freedom, it is because of the deep re
ligious convictions of its people.
“Very .cordially yours,
“Calvin coolidge.”
Million Pilgrims at Mundelein
Eucharistic Throngs Leave
City-Legate Goes to Coast
Dr. Dieckhoff tendered the party
a tea at his residence Saturday af
ternoon at which they met a group
of guests included among whom
were the llev. John J. Burke, G. S.
P., general secretary of the National
“ Catholic Welfare Conference, and
Monsignor Dougherty, vice-rector of
> the Catholic University of America.
( In ihe course of the day they vis-
■j iled the Catholic University.
I Accompanying the group as an
j American mentor was the Rev. Fer
dinand A. Bank, of Kenmore, N. Y.
• Before leaving. Father Bank visited
/the House of Studies of the Sisters
; of Mary at the Sisters College at
Catholic University.
Cardinal Beigy Casanova of
Spain, was the first of the cardinals
to reach Washington, following the
congress. He arrived Sunday, and
r (Continued on page 2.)
Chicago.—Chicago, host to the
greatest throngs in its history dur-
in the Euchariistic Conress, is get
ting back to normal. The pomp and
ceremony of the greatest religious
demonstration modern Christendom
has known is history, but it is not
forgotten here.
The exodus of visiting cardinals
began Saturday, June 25. when Car
dinal Dougherty, of Philadelphia,
left on the Broadway Limited for
his home. Cardinal Beig y Casa
nova left shortly afterward for To
ledo, where he, with Cardinal Czuor-
noch, was to he the guest of the
Bt. Bev. Samuel A. Stritch, bishop
of Toledo and participate in the
dedication of a new church. Car
dinal O’Connell, of Boston, left for
a lake cruise back to his See city.
(Continued on page 2)
HI uLUOlivb ULflLIVIUNI
Drenching Rainstorm Only
Adds to Impressiveness of
Fmal Congress Exercises
(Staff Correspondence of the N. C.
W. C. News Service)
Chicago.—After five days filled
with manifestations of love for Jesus
Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, the
28tlx International Eucharistic Con
gress closed June 24 with vivid cere
monies and vast throngs of wor
shipers climaxing, all the splendor
and solemnity that had gone before,
bishops, priests and laymen who had
attended all the most recent and
most magnificent of previous Eu
charistic Congresses described this
as the greatest and most glorious of
them all.
Hew York and Chicago Ministers
Commend Eucharistic Congress
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
New York—“Intelligent churchmen
f all communities can see the pos-
hilities for good in the Eucharis^-
4 ic Congress,” declared Dr. Ralph W.
Socman of the Madison Avenue
methodist Episcopal Church here in
a sermon on “Are Churches Becom
ing Broader?”, in which he praised
* the growing spirit of tolerance with
in the denominations.
, “It would seem that the period
of acrid controversy is coining to a
. close,” continued Dr. Sockman.
“Only a few propagandists seeking
publicitv rather than spirituality are
trying to keep the fires of dissen
sion burning. It would be a great
religious gesture if a united Pro
testantism could promote sui'h a
Congress as that now being staged
by the Roman Catholic Church at
Chicago.”
. .Chicago—Speaking to a group of
his own clergy, Bt Rev. Charles P.
Anderson, Bishop of the Episcopal
diocese of Chicago, declared that the
Eucharistic Congress will be of vital
interest to the people of all faiths.
“The Eucharistic Congress will
doubtless he one of the greatest
religious manifestations ever seen
in Chicago,” said Bishop Anderson.
“Our churchmen should he interested
in this great meeting, which brings
to the city religious leaders from all
parts of the world.”
Resolutions extending best wishes
for the success of the Congress were
adopted a few weeks ago 'by the
eighty-ninth convention of the
Episcopal diocese.
Rev. Stephen A. Lloyd, paslor of
the First Congregational church
said;
“T 0 all Uie host of pilgrims who
come from across the sea to join
their prayers and praises with (lie
still larger company who journey
out of every city and hamlet of our
country to the Eucharistic Congress
we open the gates of our city and
the doors of our hearts in most
cordial welcome.”
The Eucharistic Congress will
turn the people to Christ and that
is needed, declared E. J. Davis, sec
retary of the Better Government
Association.
“For that reason I know the vast
mass of religious people out side
of the fold of the Roman Catholic
Church join in wishing the Congress
to he a success in its religious
efforts, and they join in extending
a hearty welcome to all who parti
cipate in it, “Mr. Davis said.
The last functions of the Congress
were the celebration of Pontifical
High Mass and Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament by His Eminence
Cardinal Bonzano. Papal Legate; a
sermon by Cardinal Hayes of New
York, and a mighty pageant-like
procession of many thousands cir
cling St. Mary’s Lake, at Mundelein.
There in the thousand acres of
woqdland, grass and flowers, with
the silvery surface of the lake mir
roring the beauty of it all, Jesus
Christ received a measure of hom
age affection and adoration such as
mankind in all the history of the
Catholic Church has seldom or never
accorded Him. Not even the maj
esty of ritual attending beatifica
tions and canonizations, in the Ba
silica of St. Peter’s in Home, said
those who had witnessed these,
could match the gorgeousness anc
impressiveness of this series of
function in a setting of forest, blos
soms and shimmering Waters at
Mundelein yeterday.
In front of the chapel of the Im
maculate Conception, at the north
end of the pretty lake, and oil the
rim of a little amphitheater, stood
the altar at which the Pontifical
Mass was celebrated and from which
the great procession moved later in
the day. The whole facade of the
chapel was hung with a drapery of
scarlet and gold, while all about flut
tered American flags and the ban
ners of many nations. Above the
altar in letters of white was the
(Continued on page 11.)
Salt Lake’s New Bishop
The Rev. John J. Mitty, pas
tor of St. Luke’s Church in the
Bronx, N. Y., has been appointed
bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah,
which constitutes the largest
diocese territory rally in the
United States.
Bishop Barry and Twelve
Brothers and Sisters Meet
At Eucharistic Congress
Chicago 111.—Thirteen brothers
and sisters, one of them a bish
op, two of them priests and one
a nun, are enjoying the first re
union they have h£>i in 25 years
at the Eucharistic Congress here.
They are the Bishop of St. Au
gustine Fla., the Rt. Rev. Pat
rick Barry, a native of County
Claire, Ireland, and his next of
kin, now scattered throughout
the world.
Two brothers, the Rev. Joseph
Barry, of Ballywilliam, County
Tipperary, Ireland, and the Rev.
William Barry, of Miami, Fla.,
are priests. One, Sister Mary
Gerald Barry, of Adrian, Mich.,
a nun.
The other brothers and sisters
are Mrs. Mary Barry Cullen, of
Chicago, III.; Lawrence Barry, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Gerald Barry,
of Chicago, 111.: James Barry, of
Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. Susan Barry
Ilalloran, of Chicago. 111.; Jack
Barry of San Francisco, Califor
nia; Michael Barry, of Inagh,
County Claire, Ireland; Frank
Barry of Los Angeles, Calif., and
Richard Barry, of Oakland, Cal.
NATION, STATE, CITY
HONOR PAPAL LEGATE
President Coolidge Sends
Special Greeting to Chicago
—Secretary Davis Speaks
(By N. C. W. G. News Service Staff
Correspondent.)
Chicago.—President Coolidge for
the nation, Governor Small for the
State of Illinois, and Mayor Dever
for the city joined some twelve
thousand Americans and foreigners
at the Coliseum June 18 in paying
Chicago’s second public tribute in
honor and reverence to Cardinal
Bonzano, Papal Legate to the Eucha
ristic Congress, to eight other Car
dinals, and to Cardinal Mundelein,
host of all. The president’s parti
cipation in this great civic reception
to the Cardinal Legate and the oth
er Princes of the Church was by a
greeting he sent to Cardinal Munde
lein and by the presence of Secre
tary of Labor Davis, acting as his
special representative.
The whole evening was punctuated
with demonstration. Most of these
were of course, proofs of the pleas
ure which the audience expressed at
the presence of the Cardinal le
gate, the other eminent visitors, and
Cardinal Mundelein, whose guests
they are during the Congress. But
there were deafening cheers also for
certain sentiments in the adress of
Secretary Davis. One unmistakable
reference to the existence of animus
against Catholics in this country
and another equally apparent allu
sion to the persecution of the Cath
olic Church in Mexico were met with
storms of approbation.
“If there is any prejudice against
Catholics in America,” said Secre
tary Davis in the course of his ad
dress, “it comes from persons who
make a specialty of prejudice, and,
like all other countries, we have a
few who do.”
Only those on the platform and
near it could have heard the last
words of the statement. The crowd
sensed its meaning before it had ut
terance, and a din of cheering and
haudclapping drowned the remain
der of the sentence. A few minutes
later in the Secretary’s address came
the statement which the twelve
thousand gave application to condi
tions in Mexico.
‘I can promise you, you will al
ways find in America—no matter
what conditions may prevail in
other sections of this hemisphere—
the freedom to teach your faith to
young and old and to be mission
aries to us all.”
There was a full minute of ap
plause for this utterance.
President Coolidge’s message to
Cardinal Mundelein was read by
Dennis F. Kelly, K. S. G., chairman
of the meeting. Before introducing
Secretary Davis, Mr. Kelly request-
(Continued on page 2.)
Legate Thanks Non-Catholics For
Their Phrt in Success of Congress
By N. C. W. C. News Service)
Chicago—Cardinal Bonzano, Papal
Legate to the Eucharistic Congress,
has extended lvis gratitude to the
non-Catliolics of Chicago and Amer
ica for their cooperation in making
the recent religious demonstration
one of the greatest in the history
of Christendom.
The non-Catliolics, the Cardinal
said, “aided and helped the Congress
in a thousand ways and most surely
contributed much to its success.”
Following is the formal statement
of His Eminence:
“Because I know the United States
and its people, I came to Chicago
for the Eucharistic Congress ex
pecting great things. I know the
American people; I lived among
them for ten years.
“I know the splendid zeal and
energy and resourcefulness of the
Hierarchy, clergy and people, and so
it is that I had anticipated the glori
ous success of this first Internation
al Eucharistic Congress to he as
sembled in the United States.
“Now, however, I am frank to say
that the Congress exceeded my most
sanguine hopes. It was glorious and
inspiring and stupendous. I really
have no words to tell how profound-
impressed I am by all that has oc
curred.
“This demonstration of faith in
Our Blessed Lord in the Blessed
Eucharist will live long in nty mem
ory as I am certain it will live in
the memory of all who were a part
of it.
“I wish to take this occasion to
say a word of thanks from my heart
for the magnificent cooperation
which made this Congress the glori
ous spiritual triumph that it was. I
thank the great Archbishop of Chic
ago, Cardinal Mundelein, who con
ceived the plans and personally saw
to their careful execution.
“I thank the great body of Chicago
Catholics who so loyally and gener
ously and whole-heartedly supported
(heir Cardinal in this undertaking.
I thank the Hierarchy of the United
States and American Catholics gen
erally, wihout whose help and co
operation the Congress would not
have succeeded.
“And I am profoundly grateful to
the American non-Catholics in Chic
ago and elsewhere who in a most
generous fashion aided and helped
the Congress in a thousand Mays
and most surely contributed very
much to bridg about its fine suc
cess.”