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Show California's Catholic Jubilee. Last Sunday at St. Mary's cathedral, San Fran cisco, the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the archdiocese of San Francisco was celebrated by a solemn high mass with all the beautiful and impressive accompaniments the service embodies. The church auditorium was filled to its utmost capacity long before the first throb of the organ, and the altar, which readily lends itself to adornment, adorn-ment, was as beautiful as artistic skill could make it. To the strains of Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise," the solemn processional entered the chancel chan-cel led by the altar boys, who were followed in turn by seminarians, members of the Sulpician order, representatives from various other religious orders or-ders and a number of the secular clergy. The celebrant of the' mass was the Right Rev. Bishop Grace of the Sacramento diocese; the assistant as-sistant priest, the Very Rev. J. J. Prendergast, vicar vi-car general; the deacon of mass, the Rev. J. R. Hannigan; sub-deacon, the Rev. C. A. Ramm; master mas-ter of ceremonies, the Rev. P. D. Mulligan. The Most Rev. Archbishop Riordan was present on his throne, attended by the Rev. Father Frieden of St. Ignatius, as deacon of honor. Opposite Archbishop Riordan, and also on his throne, was present the Most Rev. Archbishop Montgomery, attended by the Rev. Father Hoag and Father Doran of the Sulpician order. The music, under the direction of Mr. Harrison, Har-rison, the organist, was made up of excerpts from the masses of Beethoven and Hummel and ren-deied ren-deied with the utmost skill and expression. A notable feature of the occasion was the entrance en-trance into the cathedral in a body of the Knights of Columbus, numbering over 300 members. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. W. Sullivan of St. Patrick's seminary, and at the close of the mass the Most Rev. Archbishop Riordan gave the papal benediction. . Father Sullivan's discourse was mainly a historical his-torical review of the life of the archdiocese from the time of its establishment. He said in part: Fifty years ago, on the 29th day of July last, the archdiocese of San Francisco was erected. Fifty years ago on that self-same day, the Right Rev. Joseph Sadoc Alemany, the then bishop of Monterey and San Domingo, was vested with metropolitan dignity and became the first archbishop of this province. In commemoration of that event we have gathered here today. "We are all living cells in this vast organism; or-ganism; its life is our life; its pulsations are our pulsations; pul-sations; its history past is ours; its future ours. A Jubilee partakes of the nature of a grand mental review in which thoughts and things, facts and figures, purposes and persons, file noiselessly past for inspection. After years of campaigning it is good to rest upon our arms a while, and look bacK upon our methods and our weapons, upon our successes and our reverses, and gathering strength and refreshment from the experience, the examples, the accumulated J power and wisdom of the past, to prepare ourselves to look forward, to prepare ourselves for future "work, and to fill curselves with crusader enthusiasm for new conquests. ' On, the 16th of July, 1769, Father Junipero Serra, with' some dozen of his Franciscan brethren, established estab-lished the first mission in our state of California, at San Diego. From San Diego to Solano, missions dotted dot-ted the coast. They were consecrated by the labors and watered by the tears of the sons of St. Francis, whose blood crimsoned the sands of the Pacific. The Right Rev. Gracia Diego of Moreno came upon the scene as bishop of both Californias in 1S40. What awaited him? Promises unfulfilled on tiie part of the Mexican government. His plans, nobly conceived, came to naught, and difficulties shortened a saintly life. Political differences between the United States and Mexico, the consequent annexation of Upper California Cali-fornia to the Union, aggravated the complications. Cut off from Mexico as it had been from Spain, no further supply of ministers of religion could be expected ex-pected from either. Hard upon the discovery of rich deposits of gold came men pouring in from all countries. coun-tries. A new, vigorous, strong and active population was rapidly covering the land. Open-hearted men gave of their bounty to raise up churches to their God and to support their priests. The appointment of the Dominican, the Rev. Father Fath-er Montgomery, a relative of our present coadjutor archbishop, was an answer to their appeals. Father Montgomery could not be induced to accept the dignity and Father Joseph Sadoc Alemany, a Spaniard of the same order, became the successor of the first bishop of both Californias. The see had been divided and Bishop Alemany came to direct the affairs .of the American portion as bishop of Monterey. ' flr the May of 1852 Bishop Alemany placed before the fathers of the first plenary council of Baltimore a definite account of his diocese. Fifty years ago, on July 29th, Archbishop Alemany made San Francisco-his Francisco-his see city.- A vicariate apostolic was formed at Marysville and today is the see of Sacramento. Churches were built, schools were opened, asylums for the orphans, hospitals hos-pitals for the sick, refuges for the fallen were founded and a seminary was established at. Mission Dolores, and later was transferred to the Mission San Jose: for the future laborers jfn the vineyard. The sons and daughters of St. Dominic his grace brought with hinir the. sons of St. Franfeis"n'e found here. Father Noblli With nis Jesuit brethren came from Oregon. Archbishop Alemany had consumed himself 'in Ms' " ' zeal for the House of God. and in his deep humility and self-forgetfulness he felt that the burden of tiv j. diocese was too heavy for his aK'irv shoulders. jJ y prayed for assistance and God hearing his prayvs" gave hint one in whom he speedily recognizt ;l p,,,lr full of the love of God's church, one who would ;', for religion triumphs hitherto unknown in th- a:n.,,i of the western coast. As the holy. God-fearing Samuel of old prctc;:-.j Saul to the children of Israel, so he prerrntPd to , people and to his clergy their future leader, tlv . ,.-Rev. ,.-Rev. Patrick "William Riordan, thinking at his heart, what the Holy Prophet said of Saul: "Snr-iy you see him whom the Iord hath chosen." An..' ,,u Dec. 2S. 1S84, he handed the church over to vouim;. i-and i-and stranger hands. 0 There has been accomplished one work great !.,,-. all, one which assures the continuity of the Min:u.il life on this coast. The project was the die it, Archbishop Alemany's life. Today it is u sub.--: M r; ,, fact in St. Patrick's sem'ry at Menlo Park. Small, indeed, was the beginning of the hen .p...;, , scended river of truth whose broad and benlgna-.r ,.. ters cover our land today. But obstacles con:.; . ,, halt it, obstructions cannot stay it. By its di vh appointed nature it must flow on, it must ein;,;y j-'., waters into the ocean of eternity. May u flow A one triumphant progress wih ever-increasing v,.iui,. till it shall lose itself in the ocr-an of God's oy,. ;,.,, God's glory, till the knowledge of God hai; on this promised land by the western sea. til! "Joy ;,nd gladness glad-ness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and th..- v,,j, of praise." A i |