~_,.-—.-r
This unpaecaden‘ s
23.2.. as MW:
e 0
sessions of s 28th Inter-
national Eucharistic Con-J
gas here, beginning June,
This v a at children's
chorus, said to the largest ‘ '
ever assembled We
will be only One of the
colorful events of the con-
gress. Ceremoniesotadch- ~
ness and W
never beforpe seen it this
country will he held daibr
_ during, the sessions. s
From Evei’y City.
The Eucharistic C o n -
ress will be a his at for
oman Catholics t roughJ
out the world. Thirteen
cardinals, the ranking
p r i n c e s of' the Catholic
faith, will be present, and
some 500 b' ops and arch- papal
bishops are also on the way.
~ Seven thousand "priests are
expected and a great num-
ber of‘members of monastic
orders, monks in cowl and
lion in en from every cor-
nar the earthn‘ill come
for prayer and commemo-
ration of the Blesséd Sac-
rament.
' Thecongress will oflicialva
ly ego On Sunday, June 20,
in e cathedral of Holy
Name ‘in Chicago when
Cardinal Bonzano, the
delegate, will be in-
stalled with. o r g e on s
ageantry amid sthe cele-
ration of a pontifical high
mass. “ a ‘
Then the suburb of Mun-
multitudes of nuns.
.' And, in additi‘on,a mil-
Most Rev. Edward J. Ha
Archbishop of San Francisco.
(Main, 38 miles northwest
of Chicago, where the arch-
‘ . O
diocesan seminary is locat-
ed, will become the head-
uarters far the congress.
his suburb is named for
George Cardinal nde-
lein, archbishop of Chicago.
In ‘Mundelein, on the
finalday of the celebration,
at processional miles long
will wind through the lanes
and paths of the seminary
grounds in the train of the
papal . delegate and the
canopied, consecrated host
of the Blessed Sacrament.
A Million Communions.
At the Pope’s request, a
I!» inlet-kc ct flab My! the Holy Name. Chicago, where the Eucharistic congress will be aimin-
lr opened on Sunday, June 20, with lormal ceremonies of welcome to the papal legato.
million holy communions
i-will‘be offered up as a
spiritual bouquet
what is known to
as {The Pope’s Intention”:
Masses on the openin dayi
of the festivities wil be!
celebrated every half hour!
in every Catholic church in;
the city. On that night
every church will conduct
services under a visiting.
bishop or archbishop.
In the Catholic faith and;
terminology the Blessed}
Sacrament and the Holy
Eucharist are synonymous.’
The Blessed Sacrament is a
,small circular writer of un-
leavened bread. consecrat-
ed at the mass by a priest
and through the miracle of
transubstantiation,
to which all Cathplics sub-
scribe, containing the body
and blood 61' Jesus Christ.
The Eucharistic C o n -
gress was first conceived by
one ' aria Tamissier of
Tours, France, in 1834. ,On
Witnessing 200 members of
the F: e n c h parliament
dedicatin themselves and
;their wor to Jesus before
;the Blessed Sacrament ex-
lposed on the altar, she was
inspired to bring about a
public manifestation of
such venera as an act
:plcasing to G d.
i She confided her sspira- ”
.tion to Bishop de Segur of
lLille, and later spoke of it
to Cardinal Deschamps,
on; fulfill
tholics 3 who in turn conveyed it to
Pope Leo XIII. The pontifi‘
warmly espoused it, with
the result that on June 21,
1881, the first congress
on vened at Lille with 1,500
Ca holics gathered toadore
the Sacrament.
Where They Were Held.
Two m o r e congresses
were held in France. Smt-
lzerland received the fourth.
France the fifth, and the
sixth was held in Paris. The
2"
M"' 5 4‘ u.
AL~W “Wm '
This is [he Ed‘s"! Hines Jr.. .‘lcmnrinl clinpcl ni Si. Mary-ohm;-
Luke Seminary. .‘rundelcin. “L, which will Imus-i- many cums on the
program of the Eucharistic congress. Nott- the American colonial style
of the building. unusual in | Catholic church.
Old Lyme church in Connecticut.
Ii is patterned after the
seventh, held in 1890, con-IBrusscls.
venedat Antwerp; the;
Loudres, city of miracles,
eight - in Jerusalem, thereceived the 12th congress
ninth in Rheims. the tenth ‘in 1899; Angers the 13th in
at Papar-le—Moniai and the:1901. Then the congresses
eleventh — in 1898 -— atswere held in Namur, An-
. . w,
Alloslus. Cardinal Charon,
bishop ot Bennes. malice.
Arch- I Bonaventure.
Panel Nancie to France.
or I
Cardinal“
'4?
of Hungary.
'5 I" . a a. . ' I)
"Patrick. Cardinal O'Donnell. rri.
. ante cinema. - ‘ , '
Henry. Cardinal
bishop of Toledo. 88018. = .
.ionn. cardinal Clemson. Primate
O .a
l
Cannon. axon. ‘3
William. Cardinal O‘Connell, Arch-
bishop oi' Boston.
ménia. "ceramic ea; summon.
Archbishop of Munchen. Germany.
PRIN-CES‘OF {THE sunken AT CHICAGO CONGR, s “ .
0"}!(‘rlhs
bishop 0! Ken York.
Archc
Cardinal Hayes.
Ludwig” Cardinal Dubois, cantata
of mm.
- word ' “éu,” moaning well
floulcme, Rome, Toumai,
etz, London, Cologne, >_
Montreal, Madrid, Vienna, ‘
Malta, Lourdes and Am-
sterdam. Chicago is the
first city in the United ,
States to be host to a con. .3
gross.
Housing is Problem.
The city has thrown it-
self wide open i‘or the oc- .
casion. Visitors are to be
housed in private homes. at s_
steamships moored to the '3
piers, on special railroad l
trains and cx'orywhcrc else .
that is convenient. The.
hotels, of course. will be
crowded to the doors.
The name “cucharist” is
derived from two Greek
or g oily. and “chairo,”
meaning rejoice. Hence, 3
to Catholics, the Eucharis-
tic Congress is a time for .
great rejoicing. in keeping
with the historical origin
found in tho tioapel of St. ,
Luke, which say-s: . [
“And takingr bread, He“.
gave thanks.” Here the :
original word nused is “Eu-
charistesas,” which has be-
come the term employed by 2;
the Catholic church to sig- .
nify the Blessed Sacrament
and the real presence of
Christ in the Holy Eu-
charist.
a
Bishop Thomas Ilcylon, Belgium
“widens, of Congress.
his”. C. J. Quint. Ex. sec. 1‘ I‘
Congress. ‘4
Norwalk Chronicler