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THE VIA TORIAN Volume XLV
Thursday, May 10, 1928.
No. 11
mOUSANDS ATTEND CONSECRATION AT THE CATHEDRAL
TWO CLERGY ALUMNI RAISED TO DIGNITY OF THE MONSIGNORI
Father Berg-in Delivers :Forceful Sermon
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For the third time a son of Viator has been raised to the dig nity of the Episcopacy. On Tuesday morning , May 1st the histori c Cathedra l of Holy Na me, Chicago, witnessed one of the most impressive religious cer emonies of t he Chu rc h w hen, amids t the splendour and pagea ntry of the medieva l ages the Rt. Rev. Mgsr. Bernard J. She il, D. D., Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago, was consecrated Titular Bi shop of P ege and Au.xiliary Bis hop of Chicago by Hi s Eminence George Cardin a l Mundelein . Assisting His Eminence as co-consecrators were th e Rt. Rev. Ed mund M. Dunne, D. D., Bishop of Peoria , and the Rt. Re v. Edward F. Hoba n, D. D., Bishop-Designate of Rockford and predecessor of t he newl y a nnointed Bishop. Thousands in Atte nda nce More than 3000 a r chbishops, bis h·ops, monsignori, abbots, priests, nuns and r eli gious relatives and friend s filled the church as invited g uests t o witness the ceremonies. Thousands more lined the s idewalk s about the Cathedral to catch a g limpse of th• procession as it wended its way from the r ectory on Superior s treet to the sanctury of the hi stor ic edifi ce. A s the choirs of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary and Quigley Seminary, accompanied by thirty-fi ve members of the Chicago Symphony Orch estra rendered the E cce Sacer dos, the procession entered t he body of the Church. Procession is Long F irst came the s urpliced choir of Quigl ey Semi nary ; th e semin arians of St. Mary of th e L ake Seminary and their director s ; t hen fo llowed hun dreds of priest s of the Archdiocese, repr esentatives of religi ous orders, class mates and friend s of the Bi shop-elect from various distant places ; the Monsignori precede d th e visiting bishops who were accom pani ed by their chaplains, the archbishops accompa nied by their chapla ins, th e Bishop-elect with his co-consecrators, and last in t he procession in th e position of honoUT came His Eminence, Cardi na l Mundelein acco mpan ied by th e officers of the Mass and h is mini sters. As the process ion fi led down t he cen ter is le the priest s took their p laces in t he body of t he church a nd His EminencP, blessing th e people on a ll s ides , wended his way to th e Throne on the Gospel s ide of the a ltar ; th e Bis hop-elec t and hi s co-consecr ato r s took t he thrones on t he epi stle s ide of t he a lta r, nea r the chapel of the Bles ~cd Virgin. Booklet E.xplains Cere monies A s mall booklet was presented to all present which explained th e ceremony a nd gave a trans lation of the ritual ~ a nd the Mass of Consecratior. Thus all present wer e ab le to follow closely the ceremonies . The Very Rev. R. C. McGuire, cha ncellor, ascended the pulpit and as nota ry r ea.d the Papal Bull authori zing th e consecration. Cu rdinal an d Bis ho p-e lect Celebrate Mass His Eminence pontifica ted at the main a ltar while the Bishop-elect c~ie brated s imultaneo us ly in the chr:.pel on the epis tle side of t he sanctuary.
Rev. Thomas F . Qui nn And Rev. John s_ O'Connor Honored by Pope It would really seem that Our Holy Father, P ope Pius XI, is partial to the clergy w ho have pursued their co urses at St. Viator College. Only last week we were overjoyed to learn that two more of our old students will soo n be ra ised to the dignity of the Mon signori. The first is t he R ev. Thoma s F. Quinn, pastor of St. Sylvester Church, Chicago. The P ope has conferred this distinction upon Father Quinn for the r eal sacrifi ces that he a nd his pari sh have made in benefit of t he propagation of the Faith, a work th at is so dear to the heart of the reigning pontiff The parish too, has been heavi ly burdened in collecting money to pay for the construction work that has recently been don e on th~ ch urch. New marble a lta rs a nd other furniture ha ve been installed. To think t hat with t he work of this coMtruction, Father Quinn has h ad th e zeal and indus try to bring hi s parish to the front in mission work, causes us to stand in adm iration, a nd our warmes t co ngra tul ations go out to him and his parish. The recipie nt of the second honor ~ ti t he Rev. Jo hn S. O'Connor, pastor of the Church of the Hol y N ame of Jesus, Fort Worth, Texas. The hcr~or comes to him through the requ est of t he Rt. Rev. Patri ck Lynch, V. D. , Bi shop of Dallas, w ho is a lso ar. Alumnus of St. Viator College . At the present writing the date of th e in ves t iture is not definitely known. It pleases us particularly that the first recogn ibion of t hi s honor was g iven by :Mons ignor-designate O'ConCopyright l.Avtccha Photo nor to hi s Alma Ma.ter. The t elegram which he sent to us read as follows: " Have jus t received word that I ha ve been r aised to the dign ity of a Mons ignor. First r ecognition and thanks to m y Alma Mater ." The Viatorian is g lad to have this opportu nity of cong r atulating both Mons ignor O'Connor and Mons ignor Quinn in beha lf of the students, Viator, for, with the exce ption of His f ac ulty, and t he alumni of St . Viator Emi nence a nd Bi s hop Hoba n, a ll th e College. May length of days be theirs. speakers were Viator men. Constantly was the name of t he school bro ught ca!Ti;g, however, that many of Viabefore the clergy. It is impossibl e t.o tor's star s were still brigthly s hi ning , beg in to enum er ate ha lf the Alumni not only in the grea t A r chd iocese of in the ha ll. As a coincidence, how- Chicago, but throug hout the entire ever, it mi g ht be s tated that eve ry co untry,· he traced the life of the newli ving Presiden t of St. Via tor was in ly consecrated Bi shop a s a student, att enda nce, including t he beloved and a setninar ia n an d a pries t. He asked, in clos ing, that Viator be not forgotesteemed Father Mars il e, c. s. v. ten because she had don e g reat work Ca rdin a l .M undelein Si>eaks In res po nd ing to the toa st, " Our in the rnou lding of s uch men as Bis hop Holy Father," His E minence the She il. Archbi shop told of his recent visit t o Ovation for Father Ma rs ile, c. s. v. In the course of his remarks Bis hop home and hi s a udience w ith the Pope P ius XI. Speaking of th e last aud i- McGavick paid tribute to his fo rmer ence wit h t he Hol y Father before hi s tea cher s, the Cleri cs of St. Viator, departure he tol d the priest s how he ma ny of whom were prese nt. He reha d pl edged, not onl y his loyalt y and ferred in a very s pecial way to the ser vice, but that of his priests and kindl y old F at her Mars ile, second pres ident of St . Viator. His r eferpeo ple as well, to t he Holy See. e nce ca lled fort h prolonged applause Bis hop McGa vick a nd Viator Bis hop A. J. McGavick of LaCrosse, as Father Mars ile s m iled hi s acVVis. , paid a war m tribute t o t he Alma kn owledgme nt. llis hop Hoban on Diocese Mater of Bishop Sheil a nd h imself , The Rt. Rev. E. F. Hoban, D. D., in a toast '~To Our College." His Lordship likened St. Viator Sem inary r es ponded to the t oast, "Our Diocese, " to a star which disap peared when th e a nd told of his twenty-five yeats of s un of St. Mary's of the Lake, Munde- intimate association with the priest s, Continued on page two lein, TIL, appeared in t he sky. Re-
Rt. Rev. Bernard J. Sheil, D. D., '07, Consecrated Titular Bishop of Pege, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, May 1st Assistants at th e Mass were pri ests of the Archdi ocese a.nd fo rm er classma tes of Bis hop Sheil. As the ceremonies of the consecration began th e r ing of St. Peter, the mitre of a bis hop, th e s taff of au t hority a nd the ves trn ents of the bishop were blessed and given to l\'I sgr. Sheil by His Eminence a nd the co-consecrators. T he burden of t he gos pel wa~ placed upon hi s shoulders. The Sermon l"orceful After the gospel the Rev. W. J. Ber g in, c. s. v. , fo rm e r pres ident of St . Viator College preached t he consecrat ion sermon, choosing fo r the text , " Going therefore, teach all nat ions a ll t hings w hatsoever I have co mmanded yo u, baptizing them in the name of t he Fat her and the Son a nd t he Holy Ghos t, Amen. And behold , I a rn with yo u a 1l days eve n to t he cons umrnation of t he wo rld." Father Be rgi n deli ve red, in a clear a nd forcef ul manner, one of t he finest logical arg um ents heard in recent years to pro ve t he apostol ic s uccession of the Bishops of t he Roman Catholic Church. At the close of t he sermon he briefly to uched on the life of the new Bis hop and paid a glowing tri-
bute to his adm irable qualities a s a fa-it hf ul stud ent, son and priest. Bis hop Blesses Mother Towards the conclusion of t he ceremony the Bi s hop, acco mpanied by his co-co nsec rato r s, left the sanctuary to bless the congregation. Stopping at th e fir st pew be bes t owed hi s firs t episcopa l blessing on his widowe d mothe r, Mrs. James B . S heil. W hile t he choir sang the "Te Deum " he preceded down the middle aisle blessing t he entire congregation and then ret urn ed to the sanctuary f or t he conclus ion of the cere mony. Ba nqu et Follows Cere mon ies Immediately after t he services a banq uet was held at t he Drake Hote l. Nearly a thousa nd we re in a ttendanc e. The banquet hall was a ppropriately decorated with t he American and Papa l ftags, a nd s ide by s ide over the s peaker's ta ble hun g shields bearing t he coats of arms of His Eminence, Cardi nal Mundelein, and of his newly consec rated Bishop , B. J . Sheil. A lumni Much in Evidence Presiding as toas tm aster was t he Rev. Stephen McMahon, pastor of St. T herese's Church and a class mate of Bishop Shei l. It was a gala day for