CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL 239 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 651.228.1766 | www.cathedralsaintpaul.org

Rev. John L. Ubel, Rector | Rev. Eugene Tiffany Deacons Phil Stewart, Russ Shupe, & Nao Kao Yang

ARCHDIOCESE OF SAINT PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS Most Reverend Bernard A Hebda, Apostolic Administrator Most Reverend Andrew H. Cozzens, Auxiliary Bishop

THE SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS | NOVEMBER 1, 2015

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PHOTOGRAPHY — The Cathedral welcomes all visitors to Mass today. We encourage those who wish to take photos of this sacred space to do so freely before and after Mass. Once the opening announcement is made, please refrain from taking photos and videos until Mass has concluded. Thank you.

PRELUDE Let us all rejoice in the Lord as we celebrate this feast day.

Präludium und fuga D-Dur, BUXWV 139 Dietrich Buxtehude

OPENING HYMN verses sung as necessary SINE NOMINE

705 For All the Saints

INTROIT (10:00 a.m.) Gaudeamus omnes in Domino Gregorian Missal, Mode I Gaudeamus omnes in Domino, diem festum celebrantes sub honore Sanctorum omnium: de quorum solemnitate gaudent Angeli, et collaudant Filium Dei. Ps. Exsultate iusti in Domino: rectos decet collaudatio. Let us all rejoice in the Lord as we celebrate this feast day in honor of all the Saints; it is a solemnity which causes Angels to rejoice, and to praise together the Son of God. ℣. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous; praising befits those

who are upright. Ps (32) 33

GREETING Roman Missal

PENITENTIAL ACT

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I

have done and in what I have failed to do,

And striking the breast thrice, all say: —through my fault, —through my fault, —through my most grievous fault;

therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

KYRIE Missa XVI

GLORIA Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sherwin, Jeff Ostrowski

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THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

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FIRST READING Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14

RESPONSORIAL PSALM USCCB/New American Bible Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Saint Noël Chabanel

SECOND READING 1 John 3:1-3

LITURGY GUIDE FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS

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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Te Deum, adapted

GOSPEL Matthew 5:1-12a At the conclusion of the Gospel: Deacon: The Gospel of the Lord. ℟.

HOMILY

PROFESSION OF FAITH Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,

All bow while saying: and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

UNIVERSAL PRAYER ℟. Lord, hear our prayer

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

PREPARATION HYMN (when announced) ST. THEODULPH

706 By All Your Saints Still Striving

SANCTUS Roman Missal

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Roman Missal

AGNUS DEI Missa XVIII

Cantor: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, ℟.

Third time: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, ℟.

ECCE AGNUS DEI Celebrant: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. ℟.

HOLY COMMUNION

Catholics who are properly disposed are invited to come forward to receive Holy Communion. Our brothers and sisters of other faiths are invited to approach with arms crossed over the chest to receive a blessing.

COMMUNIO

Beati mundo corde Gregorian Missal, Mode I Beati mundo corde, quoniam ipsi Deum videbunt: beati pacifici, quoniam filii Dei vocabuntur: beati qui persecutionem patiuntur propter iustitiam, quoniam ipsorum est regnum cælorum. Ps (70) 71:16, 17, 18 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God; blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God; blessed are those who suffer persecution for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON By Flowing Waters

MATTHEW 5:9A-8, PSALM (125) 126 Paul F. Ford

MOTET (10:00 a. m.) Wafaring Stranger, arr., John M. Dye I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger, While travelin' through this world below. Yet there's no sickness, no toil, nor danger, In that bright land to which I go. I'm goin' there to see my Father. And all my loved ones who've gone on. I'm just goin' over Jordan. I'm just goin' over home. I know dark clouds will gather 'round me, I know my way is hard and steep. But beauteous fields arise before me, Where God's redeemed, their vigils keep. I'm goin' there to see my Mother. She said she'd meet me when I come. So, I'm just goin' over Jordan. I'm just goin' over home. I'm just goin' over Jordan. I'm just goin' over home. I want to wear a crown of glory, when I get home to that Good land. I want to shout salvation’s story, In concert with the bloodwashed band. I am going there to meet my Savior, To sing His praise forever more, I am only going over Jordan, I am only going over home.

CLOSING HYMN LASST UNS ERFREUEN

707 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones

POSTLUDE

Postlude for All Saints Day Paul de Maleingreau

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The English translation and Chants of The Roman Missal © 2010 ICEL Corporation. Gloria and Saint Noël Chabanel Responsorial Psalm by Jeff Ostrowski, © 2010 Creative Commons. ccwatershed.org Communion Antiphon by Paul F. Ford © 1999 Published by The Liturgical Press. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Reported under OneLicense No. 4676.

GOD OF MERCY AND COMPASSION:

ST. FRANCIS SOLANO’S EXAMPLE

How appropriate that the fifth Beatitude “Blessed are the merciful” comes as the Church prepares to launch the Year of Mercy, and following some spirited discussion at the re-cently completed Synod of Bishops about the relationship between doctrine and pastoral practice with respect to is-sues of marriage and family. It is also appropriate because, to be perfectly honest I was unfamiliar with St. Francis

Solano prior to researching this article. Learning about him was an added bonus for me. Born in 1549 A.D., Solano was a popular and beloved young man of a leading family from Andalusia, in the beautiful south of Spain. He earned the respect of his peers, so much so that on two occasions cou-rageously intervened to stop an impending duel! He bravely attended to those stricken by the plague, without fear of his own bodily health. He eventually made his way to the New World as a Franciscan missionary.

But his troubles began even before arriving, as the ship in which he was sailing ran aground near Columbia. The captain abandoned the ship, but not Francis. As shown in the window, he refused to abandon the slaves aboard, for whom there was no lifeboat. Miraculously, he and many of them survived on the small non-submerged portion of the ship that had run aground on some rocks, surrounded by water. Three days later help arrived. He studied and learned the local languages and was beloved by the indigenous people. In 1601, he was called to Peru, where he spent the rest of his life ministering to, both the Spanish colonists as well as the numer-ous people forcibly brought over in the slave trade. He was called the Won-der Worker of the New World. The right side of window depicts how he braved pestilence at Granada to feed the sick, pouring out his life in loving and merciful service to all people, rich or poor, slave or free.

It is critical to understand correctly the complex relationship between jus-tice and mercy, one that needs to be explored at the deepest levels if the ministry of the Church is to be carried out in truth, justice and love. If justice is merely reduced to the caricature of “bad cop” in relation to mercy’s “good cop” status, the battle has already been lost. There will al-ways be a dynamic tension, but if we fail to properly understand the place of mercy, our Catholic life will lack cohesiveness and direction. Children struggle to understand how loving parents can punish them for their mis-deeds. I think of the saying, “By a time a son realizes that his father was right, he has a son of his own who thinks that his father is wrong!” Some-times it takes time to appreciate the important role of justice, seeing it not as the antithesis of mercy, but as its complement, both being constitutive elements in our authentic journey to God.

When a governor or president pardons a criminal, it does not mean that the individual was not guilty of a crime, but rather that the competent au-thority exercised clemency, leaving both the guilt and the punishment in place. The eminent political philosopher James Schall, S.J. writes, “But the fact that sins can be repented—this after all was the principal purpose of the Incarnation—means that God can, without contradicting Himself, cre-ate a good world in which evil is possible, but not definitive.” We need God’s mercy, though it is never deserved. It is always a gift. The Roman philosopher Seneca held, “there is a large part of mankind which might return to virtue, if the hope of pardon were not denied them.” (On Clem-ency I, 2) He was a wise man indeed. People need to know that mercy not only exists, but is available to all who sincerely seek it. At the same time, we

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CATHEDRAL HOURS

CATHEDRAL CAMPUS Sunday - Friday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Offices, Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

SUNDAY MASS Anticipatory (Saturday) 5:15 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., Noon, & 5:00 p.m.

DAILY MASS Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. & 5:15 p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday - Friday 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Tuesday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ROSARY Sundays at 11:15 a.m. in the Cana Chapel and at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Weekdays at 4:50 p.m. in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin

WELCOME CENTER HOURS Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

GUIDED TOURS Offered Monday-Friday at 1:00 p.m. (except on holydays and national holidays.) Meet in the center aisle.

MUSEUM HOURS Call the Welcome Center at 651.228.1766 for hours of operation.

VIRTUAL TOURS Visit www.cathedralsaintpaultour.org for a mobile app tour. Virtually “walk through” the Cathedral on our website at www.cathedralsaintpaul.org/360-tour.

RADIO BROADCAST The 10:00 a.m. Sunday Mass is recorded and aired on Relevant Radio™ 1330 AM every Sunday morning at 11:00. Listen online at www.relevantradio.com.

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL CAMPUS Twin Cities Hmong Catholic Community Located at 651 Virginia Street, Saint Paul Sunday Mass (Hmong and English) 9:00 a.m.

SUNDAY STEWARDSHIP

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR OCTOBER 11, 2015

Sunday Envelopes $ 16,236.00

Member EFT/credit card $ 1,923.00 Visitors $ 3,976.00 Total Sunday Contributions $ 22,135.00

Fiscal Year-to-date $ 323,000.00

Last Year-to-date $ 347,039.00

Saint Vincent de Paul Campus $ 849.00

CATHEDRAL CALENDAR

Sunday, November 1 - Coffee and Donut Sunday After the 8:00 and 10:00 a.m. Masses in Hayden Hall 11:00 a.m. Rosary for Life - Cana Chapel 11:15 a.m. Blessing of Expectant Mothers - Chapel of the Blessed Virgin 6:00 p.m. Rosary for Life - Chapel of the Blessed Virgin

Monday, November 2 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of Saint Joseph

Tuesday, November 3 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of Saint Joseph

Wednesday, November 4 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of Saint Joseph 9:30 a.m. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd-Level 1 - Assembly Room 4:00 p.m. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd-Levels 1 & 2 - Assembly Room 4:00 p.m. St. Thomas Choristers - Choir Room 4:00 p.m. Sts. Cecilia and Gregory Choristers - South Tower/Gallery 6:30 p.m. Faith & Life Religious Ed - Saint Agnes 6:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus Rosary - Cana Chapel 7:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Meeting - Ryan Room 7:00 p.m. Cathedral Choir - Gallery

Thursday, November 5 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of Saint Joseph 7:00 p.m. RCIA - Hayden Hall

Friday, November 6 8:00 a.m. Sung Morning Prayer - Chapel of St. Joseph 1:15 p.m. DMC Consoling Heart of Jesus - Ryan Room 3:00 p.m. Divine Mercy Chaplet - Cana Chapel 6:00 p.m. Project Home Information and Sign-up - Hayden Hall 6:00 p.m. CYA Sports Night - Rahn Fields, Eagan

Saturday, November 7 9:30 a.m. Catechesis of the Good Shepherd-Level 1 - Assembly Room

Sunday, November 8 11:15 a.m. Rosary for Life - Cana Chapel 6:00 p.m. Rosary for Life - Chapel of the Blessed Virgin

STAINED GLASS EDUCATIONAL

OPPORTUNITY

Would you like to learn more about stained glass restoration? Please see the information on our website (or in this bulletin on page 6) about a trip to Gaytee Palmer Studios on Saturday, November 7th. You’ll be fascinated, and the proceeds of the tour will go directly to the Heritage Foundation’s preservation efforts.

Do you have an idea or suggestion for the Cathedral of Saint Paul? The Cathedral of Saint Paul Parish Pastoral Council is sponsoring a new “Suggestion Box” on our website. Please use the Suggestion Box to let us know how we can serve our parish community more effectively.

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can never presume upon God’s mercy, but by meditating also upon his justice, we keep a healthy spiritual equilibrium.

The Church’s back-to-back feasts of All Saints and All Souls marvelously keep in balance God’s mercy and his justice. For me, the most compelling illustration of the relationship between mercy and judgment is contained in the traditional Catholic Requiem Mass. Whether you listen to the haunting melodies of Gabriel Faure’s Requiem (as we celebrated last year), with its emphasis on God’s mercy or the jarring magnificence of Mozart’s version of the Sequence Dies Irae (Day of Wrath), we see two sides of the same coin. To the unreflective souls who appears only to live for today, the text of the Dies Irae forces them to confront their own finitude and the sure judgment that awaits all. Meditating upon mercy forgetful of judgment is a lie; meditating on Judgment absent of mercy is futile and hopeless.

• While I do not count myself an NBA fan, it was profoundly sad to see the news of the unexpected death of Timberwolves coach Phil “Flip” Saunders at the age of 60. The joyous, optimistic and zealous long time coach and former Gopher was stricken with Hodgkins Lym-phoma four months ago. The rapid spread of the disease was only outdone by the tremendous work ethic that punctuated his work as a coach and front office executive.

• The final recommendations of the Synod of Bishops have been for-warded to Pope Francis for his prayerful consideration. Its final para-graph explicitly invites him to produce a document (encyclical? Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation?) on the mission of the family. My initial reading of the text leaves several key questions unresolved, which likely was intentional. The Synod is advisory to the Pope.

• All Souls Day Masses will be held on Monday both at 7:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. It is a salutary practice to pray for the dead and I heartily encourage your participation.

• “The show must go on…?” While you may have heard of the tragic accident at a homecoming parade in Stillwater, OK last weekend, per-haps you did not hear that it was just three blocks from the Okla-homa State University stadium. Officials refused to postpone the game, and fans had to walk right past the crash scene in order to enter the stadium. School officials defended the decision citing that the game was televised, making it difficult to postpone. If anyone thinks that money does not trump even common human decency, I present Exhibit A– the Big 12 Conference.

• Congratulations to parishioners Jonathon Janz, Zachary Morgan and Greg Povolny, who received the Ministry of Acolyte this past Wednesday from Bishop Andrew Cozzens. This enables them to carry out specific liturgical duties in a stable fashion here, including the dis-tribution of Holy Communion, serving as Master of Ceremonies at Archdiocesan events, and reposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

Sincerely in Christ,

Fr. John L. Ubel, Rector

PAPAL INTENTIONS FOR NOVEMBER

Universal: That we may be open to personal encounter and dialogue with all, even those whose convictions differ from our own.

Evangelization: That pastors of the Church, with profound love for their flocks, may accompany them and enliven their hope.

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, October 31 8:00 a.m. Lynette Hamid 5:15 p.m. Rosemarie Gaines † Sunday, November 1 8:00 a.m. Jim and Lois Dries 9:00 a.m. Rev. Juan Miguel Betancourt (SVdP) 10:00 a.m. Cathedral Parish~For the People 12:00 p.m. Rev. Michael Schmitz 5:00 p.m. Joseph and Ilene Brashier † Monday, November 2 7:30 a.m. Communal Mass Intentions 5:15 p.m. Communal Mass Intentions Tuesday, November 3 7:30 a.m. Saint Martin de Porres 5:15 p.m. For the Homeless Wednesday, November 4 7:30 a.m. Robert A. Glynn † 5:15 p.m. Constance Villella† Thursday, November 5 7:30 a.m. Cathedral Benefactors 5:15 p.m. Benjamin Kimlinger Friday, November 6 7:30 a.m. Gregory Radunz † 5:15 p.m. Nancy and Paul Barrett Saturday, November 7 8:00 a.m. Archconfraternity of the Apostle Paul 5:15 p.m. Win Terrell †

GOSPEL READINGS

Readings for the Week of November 1, 2015 Sunday: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14/1 Jn 3:1-3/Mt 5:1-12a Monday: Wis 3:1-9/Rom 5:5-11 or 6:3-9/Jn 6:37-40 Tuesday: Rom 12:5-16b/Lk 14:15-24 Wednesday: Rom 13:8-10/Lk 14:25-33 Thursday: Rom 14:7-12/Lk 15:1-10 Friday: Rom 15:14-21/Lk 16:1-8 Saturday: Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27/Lk 16:9-15 Next Sunday: 1 Kgs 17:10-16/Heb 9:24-28/ Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44

PRAYER FOR A NEW ARCHBISHOP

Good and Gracious God,

giver of all good gifts, grant to this

Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

an Archbishop who will unite us in our diversity and call forth those gifts with which you have so richly blessed this family of faith.

May he be a Shepherd after your own heart,

a faithful and merciful servant, whose gentleness will bring healing

and comfort, and whose courage will inspire.

May his life radiate the Joy of the Gospel

and his unfailing confidence in your providential care lead us all to a

renewed sense of trust. May he be a prayerful instrument

of your grace in our lives,

empowering us to live out our shared vocation as missionary disciples.

We ask this through Christ, Our Lord.—AMEN

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CATHEDRAL NEWS

WELCOME U OF M BRASS ENSEMBLE Today we welcome the University of Minnesota Brass Ensemble to our 5:00 p.m. Mass. The 19-member Ensemble is conducted by Dr. David Baldwin and visits us regularly to share music and experience our fine acoustic. We thank them for their presence and music, and look forward to welcoming them again.

NEW GLORIA The new setting of the Gloria from the Mass in Honor of Saint Ralph Sher-win by Jeff Ostrowski, is available for listening at this link: http://www.ccwatershed.org/media/audio/11/03/25/22-10-31_0.mp3 or on the Cathedral website. Happy practicing!

KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS WREATH SALE CONTINUES The Knights of Columbus begin selling Christmas wreaths to benefit Abria Pregnancy Resources, formerly University LifeCare Centers, contin-ues this weekend, October 31 and November 1 at Saint Peter’s Square. Wreaths will be available for pick-up in Hayden Hall on November 28 - 29.

LISTENING SESSIONS WITH ARCHBISHOP HEBDA Pope Francis has emphasized the importance of dialogue in the life of the Church. And in the spirit of speaking and listening in charity, the Archdio-cese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is hosting a series of listening sessions. Archbishop Hebda will lead the sessions to hear your input on our strengths, our challenges, and what characteristics are important in a new archbishop. Feedback gathered during these sessions will be shared with those responsible for advising Pope Francis as he makes this important choice and with the new Archbishop whenever he is named. Summaries will be published in The Catholic Spirit.

Monday, November 2 at 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Saint Peter, Forest Lake

Tuesday, November 3 at 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Divine Mercy, at Faribault

Wednesday, November 4 at 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Woulfe Alumni Hall, Anderson Student Center, UST

TOUR GAYTEE PALMER STAINED GLASS STUDIO | LUNCH Saturday, November 7, at 10:30 a.m., join this exclusive tour of the studios where the Cathedral’s rose windows are being restored. Includes lunch at Indeed Brewing following the tour and talk with Al Palmer, owner of Gay-tee Palmer. The cost is a $50 donation- all proceeds go to the Cathedral Heritage Foundation to help restore, preserve, and maintain the Cathedral of Saint Paul. Carolyn Will cwill@cathedralsaintpaul.org 612.414.9661.

CYA BARN DANCE, NOVEMBER 21 Join us for our annual barn dance in Hayden Hall on November 21, from 7:00-10:00 p.m. Admission is $8 per person or $22 per family. Appetizers and drinks will be provided. All ages are welcome. No prior dancing skills are necessary.

FIRST SATURDAY SERIES TO BEGIN IN JANUARY, 2016 Our First Saturday Series for 2016 will begin on the first Saturday of Janu-ary. December 5 presents a conflict with the Permanent Diaconate ordina-tion this year, and we felt it made the most sense to have a continuous se-ries of mornings of recollection beginning in January.

RITES

BAPTISM We welcome those who have been newly baptized. Please pray for them as they continue to grow in Christ.

Isaac Bishara Ailabouni

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION

BAPTISM The sacrament of Baptism is celebrated for our parishioners on Sundays after the Noon Mass. Parents must attend a preparation class. To inquire, call Marybeth Gaetano at 651.357.1325.

FIRST RECONCILIATION/HOLY COMMUNION, AND CONFIRMATION Registered parishioners are encouraged to register for preparation for the sacraments. For more information regarding catechesis for children ages 3 through Confirmation, call Patrick Conley at 651.357.1340.

RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA) Curious about Catholicism? Considering becoming Catholic? RCIA, a process of learning and formation, is modeled on how people were brought into the Church in the first centuries. Visit cathedralsaintpaul.org/rcia and call Patrick Conley at 651.357.1340.

MATRIMONY To be married at the Cathedral of Saint Paul, one or both persons of the engaged couple must be an active, registered Cathedral parishioner for six months prior to requesting a wedding date. Call Zachary Morgan at 651.357.1332 for information about wedding policies.

REMEMBRANCE, THANKSGIVING,

CELEBRATION

Centennial Note: Work of Mercy: November. In fulfilling the seventh of the spiritual works of Mercy, “to pray for the living and the dead,” Catholics, led by the clergy, offer the Sacrifice of the Mass for deceased family and friends on All Souls Day, November 2. But we also remember and pray for the living, including the homeless and others who have may have no one to pray for them. The Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered “For the Homeless” on November 3 at 5:15 p.m. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. 25 Objects: Chapel of Saint Joseph. On November 1, 1851, the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondolet attended Mass in the log cabin chapel, the first Cathedral of Saint Paul. They were welcomed by Bishop Joseph Cretin, who had arrived in July, and since then they have been part of the history of the Cathedral. In 1914, they raised funds for the Chapel of Saint Joseph. Their gifts are acknowledged in two Latin inscriptions in the Chapel of Saint Joseph, translated: “To Almighty God, under the title of Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, as well as our own personal guardian and helper,” and “This chapel, the gift of the Sisters of St. Joseph, their pupils and their friends.”

VOICES FROM THE ARCHIVES

“A masterpiece quite in keeping with the great Cathedral.”

The bare Cathedral of 1915 presented a challenge to Archbishop Dowling, Ireland’s successor. Dowling’s acceptance of the challenge is witnessed by the quick succession of plans he directed for the embellishment of the interior of the Cathedral. One of his first projects was the creation of a sacristy. This was set in the southern half of the crypt in mid-1919. But it was soon inadequate for the numbers of participating clergy and liturgical services in the Cathedral. In 1923, Dowling commissioned the Foley Brothers of Saint Paul to design a new and more practical space for the sacristy. It should be, as Dowling directed, “an integral part of the church of which it is attached.” In this Dowling was following advice of church architects and possibly his own experience: “The sacristy should be pro-portioned in size to the church which it is expected to serve--and rather too large--than too small.” Foley’s design provided a large interior space. “The addition of the octagonal structure to the rear of the Cathedral al-tered and softened Masqueray’s original concept which had ended too abruptly with the apsidal chapels. . . . it reinforced the [design of the Cathe-dral], with its copper dome and spacious interior, it was a smaller version of the Cathedral which is served.” On the copper dome, an angel, the work of Italian sculptor, Ernest Pellegrini of New York, was set. “Facing the apse the graceful heavenly visitor showed deep reverence as it gazed on the sanctuary of the Lord.”

The plans for the sacristy interior provided space for the clergy and all the necessary consoles and closets for the storage of vestments and vessels. And the dome, the walls and the windows provided inspiring images and quotations from the psalms. “All refer rather appropriately to the joy ex-perienced by priests as they prepare to offer sacrifice to God.” The stained glass windows, though not installed until 1959, also enrich the symbolic and inspirational content of the sacristy. The Immaculate Conception on the south wall, and Christ the High Priest on the north wall include an ex-cerpt from the rite of ordination: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedech.” (Ps. 110:4.) and the words, “Justice, Peace, Joy, Love and Faithfulness”, the familial mottos of Archbishop Brady.

Excerpts from An Architectural Biography, by Eric Hansen.

Note: The rear of the Cathedral was a construction site once again in 1924 with work on the sacristy and the Cathedral rectory in progress. The rec-tory begun in March 1924 was completed before Christmas. ACSP.

REMEMBRANCE, THANKSGIVING, CELEBRATION

Centennial Note: Save the Date: December 1. “The Women Who Helped to build the Cathedral of Saint Paul.” The list is long--and impres-sive--and begins in 1851. But as early as the 1860s there were organizations of Parish women serving the Parish, parishioners and the needy in the neighborhood. They will be among the many honored at the James J. Hill house dinner on Tuesday, December 1. Make your reservation now. There is limited seating at the event, which includes a social hour, dinner and pro-gram. For more information, call, Mary Connelly, 651.228.1766.

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