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Full Title	The Catholic Standard and Times, v. 26, no. 22, Saturday, April 9, 1921.
Author	Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date Added	16 March 2016
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1921-04-09
Publisher	Philadelphia, Pa. : Catholic Times Pub. Co
Source	Catholica
Topic	Catholic Church > Pennsylvania > Periodicals. Catholic Church > Periodicals. Catholics > Pennsylvania > Periodicals. Dougherty, Dennis Joseph, 1865-1951.
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OCR VOL. 26-NO. 22 Special Delegation on Boat Will Will HUNDREDS OF PARISHES WILL WITH BAN t priest of Philadelphia to de exalted to the sublime dignity of Prince the Church, His Eminence Cardinal Doses will be welcomed home from of the Fisherman, Vicar of the a celebration that, according to plans renounced will be memorable in the of Philadelphia. citizes rdless of creed or de- nomination, will unite ® wos sete ot cotedi stops outlined t ting ere this Sincere and distinguished Metro- politan ofthe province of Philadelphii whi comprises the entire State of Pen: Multitude to Welcome Him. s been number of efficient com- mittecs and sub-committees, composed of clergy and laymen working under the supervision of Monsignor Nevin F, Fisher, V. G., so as to be prepared for any contingency due to delays encoun~ tered by he o vessel on {ts voyage across the Atta: Throw oe ‘he courtesy, and co-opera tion of Rodman Wanamaker and the i mittee on receptions to > listingntshea Buests, of whic! ate er chairman, and John F. Sa matt is See - retary, has aiso made detailed prepara- for the entry and exit of the Car a his escort to and from New Announcement hi the as been made that Special delegation of; Philadel- el, York City, jonday evening, at $ o'clock. Special Escort From Hers re. His Eminence immediately upon his rival will be Christ on o earth, £0 to his native See, with) wh: ing to the Chief "Shepnerd of Mi ‘and | ove arwnolned with the sreater progress he Jomo WELCOME HOME CELEBRATION TO GAEET HIS EMINENCE NEXT WEEK Escort Ocean Liner to Pier—Big Committee Will Go to New York—Rousing Street Demonstration Over Miles of Broad Street on Thursday Evening, PARTICIPATE - DS PLAYING AND FLAGS FLYING Magnificent Civic Testimonial in Academy of Music Friday—Governor . Sproul and Mayor Moore to Make Addresses, to Which the Cardinal Will Respond. Parkway, west to the Cardinal's residence, at iin street. Every square, to Philad from more dista: parish has been designe Broad sere and printed clsewhere in this issue. Parades Through Parishes, es Places assigned. m and boys . PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL: 9, 1921 The Cardinal and His Party i in Rome Me courtesy of “The Evening Bulletin.” Those in the photograph, which was taken on the grounds of the American College, are: Standing (lelt to right), the Rev. John J. Greensill, Dr. William H, Long, the Rev. Michael C. Donovan, the Rev. Bernard Mahoney, D. D., spiritual director of the American College; the Rev. Fenton J. Fitzpatrick, the Rev. James A. Mullin, the Rev. James Nash, the Rev. Joseph A. McCullough, the Very Rev. Joseph A. Whitaker, S. T. chancellor; former State Senator John J. Coyle, and Joseph Gallagher. Seated (leit to right), the Right Rev. Monsignor Michael J. Crane, V. G,, the Right Rev. Edward P. Allen, the Cardinal, the Right Rev. Monsignor Charles A. O’Hern, D. D., rector of the American Colleg and the Right Rev. Monsignor Patrick J. Supple, of Boston. The above photograph is reproduced through the D. D., Bishop of Mobile; His Eminence ¢ in Rome, Va faouvatra” TteH 8 Are ss yor I ee a 9 STIARIAS APPEALS MADE FOR SUFFERING IRELAND: Conwell and Retbi Krauskopf Join in Plea for Relief. TO MAKE CANVASS OF CITY Movement to Notice of Entire Community. A ringing sppeal for immediate aid v8 ireland was Ecrattora caliea by the Philadctpba Committee of the American former chancellor Falludeiphie, ts chairman, Presided, Micbael J. Ryan told nf: conditions fo Ireland, “of the distorted notions many have regarding politics) co of the sxhsanbrenension fund's trouble sed by religous differences. pening the meeting, Judge Jen- king suid: are hei re'in the name Of charity and. pumas ity.” He em- Phasized that no one political group nor any one denomination was upper- mont in the management of the retlet movement rompted a round plaure by explaining that even those not of. Iria extraction are identified with ‘the committee. Dr. Conwell Indorees, Movement. actively and, accompanied by bands of music Hundreds of thousand or ‘ee fate and carrying the America ig and ny|Papal colors and society pennants, il march. through the principal streets of their own parishes before proceeding to Broad additi usic furnished y inaividul parishes bands will also stationed at various points elong the route. “tee Municipal Band will located - opposite the Cardinal's residence. The P, R. T. Band will be stationed at the southwest corner of ad and Chestnut streets, in front e of Car of the Land Tith ‘Trust Com~ lays later, musta the stately! pany's Building, vote ne Caledor cathedral of SS. Pet ond Pew uy will has. bee a position on ve the scene of a most, “fmposing re- iglous celebration when His Eminence, ee Flee, fie Broad Street in the midst of his suffragan Bishops , and a multitude of his clergy and laity | 2 oe tag ee errno from | of his flock, will In thanksgiving the parochial schools and heh school to the Moat Hish the Clean Obtation fn] 31 schools the Holy Saerifice of the emis, companied . women folk, will take positions on Party to Meet Vessel. Broad street at places assigned par. is Eminence, re the clerical ana ‘shes ot «whieh they are members, escort. who accompanie er of pastore have stated Rome, sailed fro t egumnieg on Thursday and con- on last Wednesday “pond the White tinuing - throughout the —“wetcome: Star liner Olympte, which Is scheduled | home” celebration the American fla; to dock at New York on next Twesday| wy] be displayed from houses and tn ‘ednesday. The of val, windows, while homes along the route of Thursday night's Procession will be Nominated 6 ym. 8 o'clock. vie “etimontal Friday. rm: 1e executive commatiee in nares of this celebration; the (Continued on oe iventh “pee < FRENCH NOTABLES shor CARDINAL BEFORE SAILING Foch, Joffre and Mangin and U. S. Ambassador Attend Reception. Catholic Press Lauded, (%. 6. W. C. Special Cable Rome, Apr it 3—01 te eve of Car- dina! Dougherty’ rture from Rom. after ‘his historic vist he said the representative of the N.C. W.C, News Sevvie “Bot my companions were goodness and Kindness of the Holy Father. “He gave really extraordinary | proofs, of the and we leave tn’ the Pope. an horities of Rome atruments governing Divine Providence t Chureh.../ We depart with the hearty wish to.,return very soon. an Catholic newspapers are nd acquire each day ‘They defend with ‘Americal very, mimerous_ any net am very glad that they: receive curate form the important news from ‘When we in America read that hews we know that it is true and that we) can rely on it. Iiwish for the American Catholle press. an even —Before quitting ty was the seuost vat the Chilean Am~- Neador to, the Vatican at ee niet Rtnong ts Sls inguished eccles! lastics present were ‘ardinals Ga! spare ‘Sburstth Ranuzzt, Valfre and Sarin All the members: or the diplomatic corps atiendeds and ote ere amon the guests - also Sronnamablen,arearatry fo the reno area a Bong te vader |loneleners eae ana ea road street, One hundred [/ aentatives ot 1 re ‘meh wherty received muc ing NH te emmates, wate on] org amine i ay Ts ~ at ay ation, on Jeaving the Authe es ced by Monsignor c ‘ector of aignor Noveene Ont fund the students tes. Cervetti, the American His Eminence, our new Cardinal, om the occasion of his~ taking possession of his titular ‘tar of SS. Nereus and Achilles, at Rome, on Palm Sunday, March 20, at 4 P. MM. delivered the following address: To our Holy Father Benedict XV. I am beholden for having assigned to m my titular church this ncient and historic temple dedicated to SS. Nereus and Achilles, and entrusted to the care.of St. Philip Neri’s children, The Vicar of Christ has brought me into closer touch with the gentle Apostle of Rome and with his Congrega- iad dear to the: English-speaking world for many . but especially for having numbered in its ranks that ovofeund and original thinker, that master of a stately style, the great-souled Cardinal Newman. LAUDS EMINENT PREDECESSORS, eas In the long line of Cardinals, who have held as their title this monument of early Christianity, stands pre-emi- nent another son of St. Philip, Cardinal Baroniuis, who together with Eusebius, is revered as a father of Church history. By the lure of holiness St. Philip won, formed and guided him, Having witnessed the fiery imagination resplendent in hig sermons, he diverted his mind to his- torical research, for which at first the disciple had no bent, until at last the Saint moulded him into the peerless chronicler who has marshaled before our eyes, in living pictures ithe men, the deeds, the persecutions, the heresies, he schisms t the struggles and the triumphs of the past. m his knowledge Baronius for’ the early ee Ss id this love bore fruit when, as titular Cardinal of this church, he restored it to its pristine form. WHENCE CHURCH GETS NAME. ¢ church takes its name m SS. Nereus and Achilles, stain for the faith at recreciny under Domitian, They w ers of the imperial household and in the servic f Plavia Domitilla, niece of Vespasian. The: were converted to Christianity by St Peter} for in the Apostolic days the religion of Christ had penetrated into the halls of the Caesars and had led captive under its veins pulsed the blood of the ‘OTs. having died a martyr i on the island of Pontia, her sacred remains, with those of Nereus and Achilles, were first deposited in the sepulchral vault of Flavius Clemens, on the road now styled the Soyer Chusches, which leads from St. Sebas- tian’s to Sep In a south century a basilica was built there in honor of the martyrs, and in it Pope St. Gregéry the Great falvered a homily in honor ot ‘SS. Nereus and Achilles, a fragment of which sermon was inscribed by Baronius on the back of the Bpicopal throne of this church in which we are now assembled, BUILT ON HALLOWED SITE. ¢ spot on which we stand, according to a popular radition, is where from St. Peter's foot, lecerated by the g So ly as early as the mi rch was built here, which having beea partly destroyed by earth- cvake was rest tored in 795 by Pope Leo “Then the bodies of SS. Flavia Domitilia, Nereus and Achilles were translated hither in tempt Broceesion from the old Catacumban basilica’ on the Via Ardeat and were placed under this high aitar, dedicated to Nereus i ew |. land this loyalty to Christ's Inspiring Address of His Eminence University, Judge Jenkins read the following ‘letter from Dr. Conweil, ween was received with heartfelt ap- PUAWIL you kindly express to the meeting my On Occasion of Taking Possession OF Titular Church in Eternal City: Rome by her death than her illustrious relatives by their works.” { And in another place: “To St. Flavia Domitilla and ito the Saints Nereus and Achilles, the excellent citizens, ‘who gained peace for the Christian republic at the price of their blood Here the three bodies fay until'the thirteenth century, | when the church having fallen into ruin, they were removed | $° to St. Adrian's in the Forum. . Finally, when the church was repaired by Baronius in 1896, the remains were Lbrought back; but by permission of the Pope the heads of SS, Nereus and Achilles. were placed in the Oratorian sehurch, ; sul, known as Chiesa Nuova, where they are venerated deeply the ancient classic form of this church appealed to Baronius an How how eagerly he sought to restore it, may be scesi from the warning to his succes sors, which he caused to be inscribed'on a marble slab in the tribune: 4 “Cardinal priest successor, whoever you may be, as you value the glory of God and the merits of these mar- tyfs, I beseech you remove nothing, lessen nothing; change nothing. So may God ever héip you through the marty 10 better than Baronius, in the light, of his vast cruiiton, was fited to undertake the task of resto - ration; who. more than be, was able to appreciate the! “older form, which lends dignity and distinetion to this, “resting place of martyrs! : CARDINAL VOICES GRATITUDE. is, then, a privilege to stand upon this historic grown and take possession of this ancient church. this soil is redolent with the holy memories of Apo: o lic They who lie buried here were worthy diserples off piazza fi di the Prince of the Apostles, They followed in his foot- th turing power the the martyrs founded by a common sacrifice the true democracy, the democracy of souls. But it was a democ-, racy in which the ae Peter was paramount and supreme, and the walizing solvent was Christian chari From out their tombs Nereus and Achilles, the servants and fellow martyrs of Flavia Domitilla, speak to the world a lesson which it needs. . . ‘Attachment to St Peter and the longing to hear his voice in the person ot Bs successor have brought us pee ¢ of us com beyond the seas; some fror yond the Alps; some were nurtured on this hallowed can + But we all cherish a reverence for the spiritual power, prize as the chief of my earthly bi the pines “Colles red Living cay ‘memories of the pas him who occupies st Peter's chair, there spring up in the heart reverence, at- tachment, filial through life. Tam confident that the American College students here present will bear with them to’ our belove tsher- Vicar. Would that si love for the Holy See, which abide orm * | tentning wtruck. ‘he ‘sa whieh for Unequal in their stations of life} great ebliged to be in a distant State at the tim gathering, for I most igincerely ‘aympathize with the efforts uf the friends of Ireland to, relieve hose overseas in their great affliction. wethe Face or denomination of the who fell among thie Known, of whether the Good ian was a Jew or nile. The rellet which the Good | ‘Samaritan gave pres: Frost loving ae Indebtea women, It thousand are sy! present ‘Sonit ‘fn that stricken coun- We therefore, enter into any uation nor tao sides | © amid the coniicting insues which scem es 0 confusing to us across the sea. ° itl be good samaritans, and take a ride toward eternal Jife by picking wi affiieted Irish of any church ot lunty and miniatoring to the curing a ministry fer them ese are. days in his. rea! tory of the Amer jean nation and our in this time charity to} of world he all peoples “aintrees is tho the pre nation, than cout ae byvotr armed. forces. on. “The American publte fe is a strong rense of gratitude to comnilttee and other friends of the poor in Tree ho have orrantzed this most bilan one moremen| r the amicted tn any coun. * for trevand estes the suffer- ing in Irela Judge ‘Fenkine summed up the fect- tnes of the audience when sai he “That letter speaks the anirit of the committce rat has called to- rether ent ident Herding’e Let you Ki n read the cletee ot ‘rms ment af the move © Mor. gan J. Orion, national Shnieman ot (Continued on CABLE FLASHES FROM a iy thonteate Third P: Gow. ce. cane 3 Service.) a ype ring a violent of ood in the ters e great monolith was only stightiy dam- ed at the base. The harm done is easily reparable and there is no men ace to the stability ot the famous monument. ‘The Holy Father was deeply grieved utrace at the Diana Tondotences to the familios of the wen tims and offered assistance. LiMimmended that the Catholic slerey co-operate ta the work of social paci- ation: . c: Monsignor “Tedeschini, substitute Secretary of State, has been appointed 9, to, aadrs ecoed Ho will be con. and will the onsistory at which new Cardi- nals will be created will be held early in June. Former Governor Martin H. Giynn, of Xow York, accompanied | by his daughter and Mrs, Shanley, we: ceived. by. His Holiness, Wednesda Sailors of the American cruiser Pitts- burgh were presented by the chaplain | —Dy would know that in the teaching of his voice lie the and safety of the world! Nereus and Achilles, dist of St. Peter, who believed his words, who followed him to death, Whom the bond of faith and charity linked with Caeser 's kinsmen, hold out the keys which will open the| = & Roman Senate and people to teva Sider avenue, and then oft D the) a Of that institution and many prola ‘ardinal Dubois and a 7 Tnttended 1h tho Mass cana an eh erty attended, tho 2 St. Flavia Domitilla for having brought more honor to € to suffering humanity, as they unlocked for! she srartyes themselves the portals of everlasting life. 3 gud -Monulsnce. O' Hern. of er jcan College, on Frida! Prince Becomes Priest. Bertin ita ot avaria, grandson of ue late Emperor Franz Josef of Austria: Aion nF reported to be Benedictine convent Prince George was and said bis frat Moss at “Tanebruck a few days ago, During the war the prince held the rank ef tnujor in the Austrian ariny. . is Former Judge Jenkins, Dr. Russell: May Organize Bands to Bring that 1 am |! ea ts not |e a Dame Church here while “FIVE CENTS: “HOH CRETE ENTHUSIAOM | AS DRIVE NEARS FINIGIE Rapid Returns Being Made from Clubs and Parishes as $100,000 _ Quota Hovers in Sizht. BOY SCOUTS GIVE $1,000 Subscriptions and Pledges Approx- | imate $60,000-Outlying Sections and Main Line to Be Canvassed. areas nthusiasm is being Gispiayed 1 ecctions of the diocese campai ted, re urns ure reported to be rowing larger daily. mass meeting held in the club Biaitional | por ihe first ‘uesday's was reported from c. he largest individual contribution came from Ji Trasner, he of ent etores and other houses have pledged to con= tebe ee one. y8, $10,000 Of Mortgage. that! Monsignor Fisher has been enabled to! pay $10,000 off the frst mortgage on: the property. ‘The Shanahan club reported that an: intention of ass os either by personally “appotnting soltci- or lending their aid in various caprettion to the rrojec The ef @ donation of $1000 from the ‘Catholic Bev Scouts arous@ much enthusiasm. When it is onsidered that the scouts are among Mendatic and one tion by older socke ty oter Genvetbuitons Precel ‘ed at the $190 each, John Ta John Kelty, P.M Kelle, Gerald! | Borers: sah P. Catanaush, Henry Fy Michell. Jomes F. Hevron. Joarph P Kerritan end Harty Schmitt. Smatler contributions brought the total sub- ate to approximately Hold Luncheon. of the city will complete thes | LIFT + soci HAvOR' BAN ON CATHOLIC PROCESSIONS: News Bere 23.—-The Soclutets u appearance of the clergy at Catholio funerale were included in ne order. rey of Cherbourg the Counc of State attacking t wns cision of the Mayer. and the Comme f State annuiled it. declaring ca tot the appearance of the ments at funerals. CATHOLIC SCHOOLS GAIN TRIUMPH IN AUSTRALIA! ny. x. News Service) Mel ne. Avetratia, Mareb 47 Cal whole schools carried away,twenty it clergy im ves yearly report of the Catholic, primary} schools of Melbourn Tovy Vradee. te dead it is that he will be succeeded by Dr. Charies Kaspar. one of the canons Vitus. . Ban on By N.C North Adaya, vomen and girls who come to Not ‘wearing short) skirts, low-cut dresses or transparent) garments, will be refused admissiong The Rev. C. H. Jeanotte, pastor of th church, has caused » notico to that ef to be posted in the vestibule, 1 «