the thoughts of our mind and go also I
to the affection of our heart'in fullest
transports of holiest joy and of father
ly satisfaction, with the augury that
this historic event, which happily
synchronizes with the 150th anniver
sary of the birth of their still youthful
and already powerful Nation, bring to
all and everywhere in .ever-increasing
abundance the fruits of the redemp
tion, and those gifts of unity and of
peace which the blessed sacrament
mystically symbolizes and which are
he first requisites and the true founda
tion of all prosperity..
“For this blessing we pray with all
our soul and bestow on all the apos
tolic blrssihg.
“Feast of Corpu* l ffcristi,
(Signed) “PIUS P. P^Sl.’’
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NOTES OF EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
By the Associated Press.
Twelve brothers and sisters, includ
ing' a bishop, two priests and a nun,
met here as pilgrims to the congress.
One of the brothers is the Right Rev.
Patrick Barry, Bishop of St. Augus
tine, Fla., the oldest Catholic diocese
in the New World.
For the first time in 25 years mid
night mass was celebrated in the Holy
Name Cathedral. The \Pittsburgh
Cathedral choir of 50 male voices par
ticipated.
The little Island of Malta In the
middle of the Mediterranean Sea, south
of Italy, and historically famous In
the annals of the conquests of the an
cient Greeks, Romans, Carthagenians
and Mohammedans, but now self-gov
erning under a British protectorate, is
represented by five delegates.
Patrick, Cardinal Hayes, Archbishop
of New York, was the guest last night
at a reception tendered by 200 mem
bers of the Catholic Club of New
York.
