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Show THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC 26 It is not my intention to make any lengthy address to you. I wish that I had not been called upon. The words spoken by your Bishop I am sure have cast a spell, a charm, upon you. However, I am glad to have the opportunity of conveying to the Diocese of Salt Lake, to the Clergy, the Religious and the Bishop, the sincere congratulations and joy of the people of New York. The Archdiocese itself and the Sees of the Province comprise the two great states of New York and New Jersey, and I can assure you that they rejoice with your people that you have a new Bishop, that you are no longer deprived of your Father, and that you have a man who will follow the footsteps of his predecessors and that will be a true Apostle ' of his Master. ; He has today given himself over to you entirely and he has broken the cords that bound him to the Archdiocese of New York, and I know of no other who has come to his work with a deeper and a truer and higher sense of dedication than your Bishop has come to you. I congratulate you today, but for the .entire Archdiocese of New York I can say nothing. I can add further that there is a vacancy in New York that we must fill. Large as the Archdiocese is, numerous as are the priests, I, as his former Bishop, will miss Dr. Mitty very, very much. He has left behind a parish where the people, where the little chil- ' . i dren, are sorry that he has gone from them. So the tears of joy from you today will mingle with the tears of sorrow in the Archdiocese of New York. My dear Bishop, I wish, to extend to you my earnest congratulations on the fact that you are coming to this wonderful people. After all, it is not the size of the Diocese, it is not the great number of people, that is the test. We test them by their knowledge and their love and their sense of serving, and from what I have heard, and what I realize since my coming, I know that Christ is here. You ought to be glad, indeed, to come to such a wonderful people. May you have long years to serve them! May God give to you a fullness of reverence and obedience and the deepest and most abiding affection! This is indeed a day which I shall long remember. I shall go back to my own field of labor and to my work better because of the scene I have looked on this morning. May God bless you and may you be to this intermountain country, to this people in the western world, the benediction I know you will be! . Luncheon of the Clergy Immediately after the ceremonies a luncheon was tendered the visiting clergy by the priests of the Diocese of Salt Lake. The affair, which was strictly informal, was held in the Hotel Utah. About sixty were present. Reception at the State Capitol From the Hotel Utah the clergy proceeded to the State Capitol where the entire party was formally received by His Excellency, George H. Dem, Governor of Utah. The visiting prelates and priests were presented by the Governor to the State Officers and their staffs in the Governors Reception Room of the Capitol. His Eminence, the Cardinal, was loud in his praises of Utahs chief executive and the spirit of friendliness and tolerance manifested by the people of Utah. Dedication of the College and Academy of St. At four oclock in the afternoon the new College and Academy of St. on the east bench of the city, was solemnly dedicated by Cardinal Hayes. V The Cardinal, the Archbishop, the Bishop, and their party, were met in the foyer of A procession was formed the building by the Sisters, the Alumnae and the Student-body- . and the house was blessed and dedicated, insi de and outside. At the close of the ceremony an address was delivered by President George Thomas, of the University of Utah, who paid a high tribute to the work of the Sisters of the Holy Cross J in the field of education in Utah. Banquet of the Laity More than five hundred people gathered in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Utah in the evening to break bread with the distinguished visitors and the new Bishop of Salt Lake. The affair was a magnificent example of the faith and loyalty of the Catholic people of the Diocese. y At the close of the dinner, Mr. Richard J. Hogan, Chairman of the evening, arose and n in a few words, introduced the Toastmaster of the evening, Dr. John J. Galligan, who said: Mary-of-the-Wasat- ch Mary-of-the-Wasatc- . well-chose- h, |