CARDINAL BOURNE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1384, 9 March 1912, Page 9

CARDINAL BOURNE.

reception ix westminster cathedral. Cardinal Bourne hnd nn imposing reception in AYc.sl mi nultT Cathedral nn Sunday. January 21, nn his return from Homo, where ho received his red hat from the Pope. Some limn before four o'clock, tho hour fixed for the ceremony, the cathedral was full. Prominent in Iho front row of tiio congregation wns the Dnlto of Morfull;. Here, tcio, pat Iho Mayor of Wc.-t----minsler (Mr. J. M. Oalli) wi'll. his silver mace, in front of him. And just on four, alter dic-rin;; had been heard nu(*icU', Hie Lnnl Sliiyur culered, nrqcptled by tiyo itonian Calholic aldermen. Sir John Knill and Sir Willinni Dunn. The Lord Mayor, who is not a liomaii Catholic, had himself exnreswd Hie desire to attoml. Outside there were many thousands of people wailing to see (he Cardinal arrive. Boy f'couls and cadets .isiistod a larpe force of lmlicc lo keep the roadway dear. >Y!iiMi the motor-car brinsini; th'n Cardinal ilri'W lm there wos a great deal of chocrhiß. lie wus wearing then a red cloak and r«d hat, but not, of course, his oeremonial drees, In overyaaj- lifo, bj the

T.-ay, ho will bo distinguished bj ft red rash ami veil edging to his cassock, instead of purple or violet. His birctta will also be rail. Tlio cappa inagna, which he put on as soon as ho entered tlio porch of tho cathodal, is a very magnificent robo of scarlet silk, with a white fur capo anil tm immensely long train. Ah tho central figure of tho procession un the cathedral, walking under a canojiy, (he Cardinal was a very in>|>os)iig figure. On cither side all knelt as he passed, and he continually made the sign of the Cross. Just W'lnml him Father Evans, ono of his chaplains, carried his Cardinal's hat, a very largo flat head-covering of a deeper red than the gown. This is never actually worn, but i> lump m> in tho cathedral. U lion (he Cardinal knelt at tlie stool placed for him before tho High Altar, his vast (ram made a wonderful (..plash of rich coiour amid (he brightness of the sanctuary. Jlis prayer ended, he rote and, going to the edge of Ill's choir steps, began (<i read his address. He first dwelt upon the progress wliieh the Roman Catholic Church m Urituin has made. Whereas m lB.'il) there was only one Province, tiiero were now threo (Westminster, Birmingham, Liverpool). Two of thesn possPSfcwl inoro churches and larger bodies of clergy than wero contained in the whnlo country in ISM; tho third fell but little short. This progress, however, ought to urge them, the Cardinal said, to further efforts. Uo, therefore, announced the revival of national pilgrimages. Tho first would bo in Jiay. when he and, he hoped, a number of Bishops would load a pilgrimage of clergy and Jaitv to Lourdes. Iu the iiuhimn there would bo nnotlicr pilgrimage, this time to Homo. By prayer alone, however, they could not hope to accomplish the great work they aimed at. There was iioi'il for sacrifices also. All must contributo so far as their means wouid allow.