. World's Columbian Catholic Congresses and educational exhibit ... embracing official proceedings of all the Chicago Catholic Congresses of 1893 .... opolis had been the theater, during theg^-* summer months, of a stupendous Worlds Fair of arts and indus-tries, held under Government auspices in honor of the quarto-centenaryof the discovery by Christopher Columbus. Visitors from all nations throngedto this Columbian Jubilee—an appropriate title for such a grand Catholicassembly—and advantage was taken of the occasion to hold a series ofcongresses of more than national interest, the beautiful A
. World's Columbian Catholic Congresses and educational exhibit ... embracing official proceedings of all the Chicago Catholic Congresses of 1893 .... opolis had been the theater, during theg^-* summer months, of a stupendous Worlds Fair of arts and indus-tries, held under Government auspices in honor of the quarto-centenaryof the discovery by Christopher Columbus. Visitors from all nations throngedto this Columbian Jubilee—an appropriate title for such a grand Catholicassembly—and advantage was taken of the occasion to hold a series ofcongresses of more than national interest, the beautiful Art Palace providedby the Exposition authorities being devoted to their sessions. Here, accord-ingly, was held the Catholic Congress, which was the Mecca, from day today, of vast crowds of the faithful, and was honored by such an attendance ofour prelates and clergy as were never before present at an assembly of thekind. In many respects, indeed, the gathering was unique even in the historyof the Church of God, and in the addresses and papers delivered on the occa-sion, the more relevant of which are here presented, may best be learned the 9. IO WORLDS COLUMBIAN CATHOLIC CONGRESSES. inspiration, the aims, and the glorious work of the Columbian Catholic Con-gress, as it was officially styled On the morning of September 4th, the first day of the assembly, the HoiySacrifice was offered in its behalf at St. Marys church—the oldest and for-merly the cathedral parish of Chicago—in the presence of H. E. CardinalGibbons, the most Reverend Archbishop of the diocese, and many illustriousprelates and priests, besides the body of the delegates who were to participatein the Congress. The solemn High Mass was celebrated by Rev. E. of Chicago, with Rev. J. Ballman of Sag Bridge as deacon, and P. Dore as sub-deacon. The discourse of the occasion was made by Muldoon, Chancellor of the Chicago archdiocese, as follows: SERMON OF WELCOME. Your Eminence, Most Reverend
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