Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1915 — Pope Sends Blessing To Lafayette Priest. [ARTICLE]

Pope Sends Blessing To Lafayette Priest.

■One of the notable features of the golden jubilee of the Rev. Father Bonaventure Hammer, O. F. M., at St. Boniface church, Lafayette, was the reading of a message from Rome, bearing a blessing from the holy father, Pope Benedict XV, by the Rev. Crysostom Theobald, O. F. M., who delivered the jubilees sermon. The message was read in English and Latin and was as follows:

“Rev. Father—Your very Reverend Provincial gave me the pleasing news of your golden jubilee as a priest, which you celebrate on August 5, and I heartily join my congratulations with those of your brethren who solemnly celebrate this day to honor you who are so deserving by the excellence of your virtue and by the greatness of your work. “On this happy occasion the holy father, Pope Benedict XV, petitioned iby us, has given with gladness his apostolic benediction to you, with his hearty good wishes. For my part I wish you many days filled with blessing. May God belss you, and meanwhile, with many greetings we remain yours most devotedly, Cardinal Falconio.”