200,000 AT MASS.
EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS AT CHICAGO. (as CASus—rAtees AssoeutioK"-e6s>7Bioat) (AViTXiUAK AND K.Z diiLt ASSOCIATION.) - (Received June £j£nd, 5.5 p.m.) ' CHICAGO, June 21. Undaunted by threatening skies, over 200,000 assembled in Soldiers Field on Monday to witness the firat publics session of the Eucharistic Coft&ress. The day began ivith a solcnin Porttifilial MaSs at the stadiurfl altftr before the greatest throng of worshippers ever gathered for the rite. The ecclesiastical procession, headed by the cardinals, could not enter the stadium until the police had struggled for half an hour, and out a lane through the crowd. The Communion blessing, given by Cardinal Bonuano, the Papal Legate, was barely over when throngs of worshippers, with the intention of approaching'as nearly as possible to the Prelate and altar, rushed forward bringing the ceremoniee to a halt. The remaindor of the programme, consisting of addresses, including one by Archbi&hop Mannus, wore abandoned.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18725, 23 June 1926, Page 11
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