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• A CATHOLIC WEEKLY CIRCTILATING THROUGHOUT THE P RICE THREEPENCE
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No. 2.786
STATE 07 WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Registered at the G.P.O., Perth, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
ESTABLISHED 1874
Vol. LIX
PERTH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1933
"Seamless Garment" Unveiled lit tr(lat .•omthe by
With one movement 4 • posed to view. the entire congregation seemed to raise 141I I itself spiritually towards the relic. It ' w as one of the most dramatic moinents I have every experienced. T he ft ,lv Coat of Tr i ITreves)—the "seamless garment woven in The Holy Coat is stretched in the ' ieh the Roman soldiers cast lots after the Cruciform of a cross.- It is rust-brown in , r veneration in • cathedral the of old the German lited colour, and not very large. On close 23rd. July. Tits view, distinct traces of blood-stains can It had not seen since the last exposition in l$91. It was Despite its great age, the he seen. walled up in a secret place. known only to the Bishop and to tine woollen cloth appears still to he in marvellorr condition. able scenes marked the unveiling. A crowd of 5,000 pressed The Pontifical Mass and the cere...Aral which normally holds 3.000. The sermon was broadmonies -connected with the unveiling • , -•t Germany. lasted for three hours. during most •Thf service the pilgrims streamed past the treasured relic till 3 which Herr von •Papen stood in his • 'lock on Monday morning. After a short interval the pilgrim stream place immediately behind the gilded wed again. By noon 30.000 had been counted barrier which cuts of the raised choir Herr von Papen was in the sanctuary at the unveiling ceremony. from the main body of the church The lie had come straight from Rome. rice Chancellor also walked immediately behind the clergy in the procession The wir-!iiig ways were canopied by flag-staffs :,rojecting from either side: black helmets, formed a guard of hon- red, white and black. and a further which wound its way up the staircase detachment of the Knights of Malta, anci across tLe platform behind the here the violet and white, the cream our at the Cathedral entrance. After a brief wait, the Cardinal gave a brilliant touch of colour. altar immediately after the Mass. and blue. he white and gold banners When came the priests and canons, Despite the vast crowd in the Catheof inclivid•I‘,1 churches: there the na- A rchbishop of Cologne. Mgr. Schulte,tirmal and white of the Rhenish was met by the Provincial of Trier at finally the Bishops in their purple and dral a still greater crowd overflowed provinco .r the black. white and red t he main door: and then the most col- scarlet robes. f011owed by the Cardinal the streets and patiently followed the This blend- :eremOny, waiting for the sermon the R, interspersed with the ourful part of the procession entered. ( in his ohrilliant crimson. Frst •••'.1--ne a picturesque gr•-up ot ing of reds toned admirably with the Dr., Franz Rudolf Bomewasser. which challengi;iz Nazi emblem—a bold black S wastik, it: a white circle on a crim- -sciaitzen- in their smart green uni- flaming gladioli and roses of the altar was broadcast all over Germany f-,- — forms and tockcd hats. Thai fcliow. decorations. and the•deep maroon cur- the Altar steps. and transmitted to sr,n ground. The qtetrrel between the Nazis and ed the banner-hearers, led by a red- tain with its golden cross, which forms people outside by loud speakers. the background to the shrine in whi Immediately after the unveiling cerethe Catholics had ended. People told robed cathedral official. carrying an the Holy Coat is hung. mony, a continuous string of pilgrimme hew Herr Hitler, incensed at the old-world pike as his staff of office. The great organ boomed. The banner-hearers with their sweepages commenced, lasting right through Th r ecent demonstration in Munich. where the day and only ending at 3 o'clock the Gesellenverein Congress was brok- ing standards held slant-wise over their rose the sweet voices of men and bo All day long the en up, went personally to his old shoulders, made an impressive spec- singers, who, for this special occasion, in the morning. were accommodated in the elevated populace lined the streets to see the s tronghold to launch the strictest en- tacle. West among banners the Choir at the back of the church. singing pilgrims pass. was Conspicuous quirie4 and insist upon condign punthe bold orange and black Kolping em- Simultaneously, the electric lights were Most impressive was the march of ishment5 Formalities in connection with the blem—the flag of the Gesellenyerein— switched on, and the whole altar stood the bearded White Fathers. The procession of Benedictine monks was one actual unveiling ceremony (the relic which caused the trouble among the out in a golden blaze. A hushed silence fell upon the multi- of the longest. Its place of had been retrieved in private from its hot-heads at Munich. Bishop Bomewasser approachIn the late afternoon the official mural hiding place, in the presence of honour in the Trier procession, side tude. After ceremon- Town Procession took place. only the Bishop and a few chosen mem- by side with the browh-shirted guards ed the veiled shrine. This The ial incensing he drew aside the silken lasted some hours. and practically all bers of the clergy last Wednesday) was a further token of peace. urtaiii. and the Holy Robe was ex- the inhabitants of Trier participated. commenced at 5 o'clock on Sunday students in their old-world uniforms. Groups from the various parishes morning. brought their own church banners. Joyous peals of bells from every On the Monday morning the pilgrimchurch tower 'wakened the populace. ages commenced anew, all the school and, dressed in their Sunday best, the children being among the first to pass citizen; poured into the decorated The "In the Public Eye" CI;Ininnist t wo armies at Mantinea.' _ At the con- under the relic. s treets By noon well over elusion. Mr. Lunn declared that 'I have 30,000 pilgrims of "The Universe" writes: had already been countMl converged upon the market. done reception into Arnold Lunn's my best "Mr. to trail my coat, and ed. The queue on Monday square, morning the Catholic Church this week is one Father Knox has accepted battle on was three miles long. So great was the crush that even the of the most notable of recent conver- ground of my choosing. My effort to The Holy Coat is enclosed in a glass adjoining streets had to be closed by sions, and he will receive a specially entangle him failed: the Roman Biscordons of brown-shirted special con- cordial welcome from the many read- hop has not vet been forked by the case, at each side of which there is an opening through which the hand may stables a couple of hours before the ers of the interesting and earnest vol- Protestant Knight and the game. which be passed. Ordinary pilgrims may c eremony was timed to begin. marked remains the have which stages unfinished umes of at the call of time, have rosaries, medals, prayer books and The Cathedral holds normally about his spiritual odyssey. His correspon- must therefore be submitted for adjudi- other souvenirs blessed by the touch 3.000 people, but quite 5,000. despite dence with Father Ronald Knox. which cation to the reader.' of the miraculous garment. a P-riest. all vigilance, contrived to squeeze in was initiated as an exchange of argucanon or Bishop performing this office. for the unveiling ceremonv. ments. showed how great are his in"That brilliant exercise in dialectics Only sick persons who apply for the Punctually at 9. Vice Chancellor von tellecttial power and his courtesy in has brought Mr. Lunn many Catholic privilege will be permitted to touch PaPen arrived. published last year, friends. He was already closely relat- the He was dressed in debate. It was Robe itself with their finger tips formal morning attire and wore his as a joint hook, by the two authors, ed to a well-known convert, as the bro, A faithful record of miracles performdecorations. He walked up the aisle under the title 'Difficulties.' ther-in-law of the Earl of Iddesleigh. ed at the shrine of the Holy Coat has a ccompanied by State Secretary Gran"In accepting the challenge to con- He is one now in a growing series of been kept. No cures will he claimed ert, representing the Prussian Govern- duct Such an exchange of correspond- conversions from that section of Proa reasonable time has been allowment. and Gatt-lieiter Simon of Co- ence, Father Knox himself began by testantism which was less in touch until ed to elapse. Official communiques hlenz in his brown Nazi uniform, to- stating that he was 'a little tired of with the Anglo-Catholic movement. will, as necessary, be issued in sober. gether with other State and municipal those Catholic propaganda works in He is the author of an admirable study unsen sational language. officials, and the Trier Burgorneister, which, as you say, one man writes both of John Wesley, who according to the The Holy Coat is guarded day and nr. Weitz. They were led by four sides.' and of the type of symposium thesis of a forthcoming book by Mr. riight. and all the men of Trier are comK nights of Malta. in which neither combatant is allowed Stanley B. James. had more in com- peting for the honour of performing Cardinal Schulte. to see the other's essays, so that 'we mon with the Catholic Church than this Watch There is a long iv," ' i1 The municipal fire 1)ri.,_:- ,•de. in their miss each other's onslaughts, like the Pusev ever ljad." ust
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