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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1902)
Scenes at Dedication of Sacred Heart Church J V. li I nwiwan -fT . j 1 - ; - y f 31 FATHER CARROLL PRONOUNCES A BLESSING. 1 1 n .1.. 1: i ..m ..1... 1. i 1 I ueuu hi iviii in u cuurcii in 11 I I Roman Catholic parish is cue of llie musi buiciiiu nci irrs ui lliai society, only excelled in solemnity liy the formal consecration of buildings used for church purposes. In the. ordinary mind there Is little difference be tween dedication and consecration, but In the regulations of the church, where dis tinctions are drawn as fine as possible, there Is a marked difference. A consecrated church Is set apart for religious purposes for all time and can never be alienated from the church, while a church that has been simply dedicated may be sold or otherwise disposed of. For this reason in new countries where condi tions are changing and the population is shifting from one part of a city to another a church is seldom consecrated. Another reason for failure to consecrate churches Is that under the rubrics of the church the building and the altar must be permanent, the latter of stone and the church Itself of etone or brick, while any temporary structure may be dedicated. There nre probably not more than fifty consecrated cburches in the United States, while every church has been dedicated, as it is unlawful for a priest to say mass in a church which has not been blessed. The rite of dedication bears the same relation to the rite cf consecration as the effect of one bears to the other. In conse cration none but a bishop may act. while in dedication a bishop may designate some priest to act for him. In the former the church must be bare of all temporary fix A BLESSING. BISIIOI SCANNELL KEAUS Tiii'. G ISI'KL. PAIIT l i- I'll E V w I f)-Z-"- - PART IK I'll K PROCESSION DURING THE SERVICE vjify j- mot ii l .MMjnL 1 SCENE WHEN THE DOORS OF THF NEW SACRED HEART CHURCH WERE FIRST OPENED Photo by a Staff Artist. tures, such as seats, the altar must be and other parts of the building not only the The rile of dedication, or rather conse- permanent. The bishop with his assist- holy water, but the holy chrism, similar c ration, bears close analogy to the baptism ants place upon the walls of the church, to that used in the ceremony of baptism of persons and the ceremony is therefore upon the altar and upon the confessionals and confirmation. closi ly allied to that of baptism, while the ilidiciiiti.il is for temporary iim' and the ceremony Is nun h briefer. In consecration 1 he lilslii p, with the proi esslon. nun lies iitiiiiinl llie church three times, in dedica tion lie marches around I lie chin ch lull mice. At Ibis time hi sprinkles the holy water over the lower walls, t tins sanctify ing the. outer wallw to the temporary service f God. Arriving at the dour of tin church again he strikes upon the door and. after a parley laid down In the ritual In which the liitdiop announces the glory of God. he is admitted with his nccdiM as sistants and the doors are close, I. In con secrations there Is a mixture of ashes, oil ami water on the tloor of the church mar the door, each one of the elements being typical of some of the uses to which Un church is put ami the spirit of (lie Chris tian religion, but In the dedical Ion there is 110 pause at the door, the bishop and the attendant clergy going Immediately to tin' I1UI1 11 1 1 nr. where that most 1 1 1 . part of the church Is di diciitei'. I!ii '. w i hlu the -11 net 1 11 ry . are said the players of dedica icii. which include the litany of I lie saints 1 nd Invocations hoary with long us-. Then the p:ocis-loii moves around the Interior of th" church, each room, each wall and each nil-he receiving a sprinkling of holy water from the hands of the bishop, which is ac companied by words setting apart the building and its appurtenances to the serv ice of the Iord. The history of the rito of dedical Ion of churches la lost In the realm of tradition. The earlier writers of the church indicate that It la descended from apostolic (lines. Out-oiVDoors Memorial Services by the A. O. U. W. 1 rsJsmmkmmr$ i PART OF THE THRONG WHICH ATTENDED THE A. O. U. W. MEMORIAL EXERCI SES AT HANSCOM PARK Pho o by a Staff . Artist. 11 ill b Tfe: .',vyii I '4 l ' r 1 t m t y 1 r nr s t i - x i PLACING FLORAL EMBLEMS Photo by a Staff Artist. CHOIK AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICES - Photo by a Staff Artist. OR ILL TEAM OF NO. 17. A. O. U. W. Photo by a Staff Arlht.
