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Show Diocese of Beiwer ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. The Intermountain and Colorado Catholic is placed cn pale at the James Clarke church goods house, 647 California street. Denver, Colo. Altar Society Election. The Altai and Rosary society of the cathedral parish elected officers for the ensuing; year at the regular annual business busi-ness meeting held lat Sunday in the Sodality room above Logan avenue chapel. Mrs. William Sullivan of G01 East Sixteenth avenue was elected president; pres-ident; Mrs. J. J. Kelly, vice president; Miss Geis, secretary, and Mrs. T. C. Curran. treasurer. The financial statement state-ment showed that during the year the soc iety handled $1,100, of which amount only $19 was a legacy from the year previous. Of this amount $700 was expended, ex-pended, most of it for new furnishings for the altar in Logan avenue chapel. There is a balance of over $400 to start the new year with. The society also made an offering to the cathedral building build-ing fund. This statement was especially especial-ly gratifying to the women who worked . hard to accumulate the money. The pastor, Frher H. L. McMenamin, In- j vited all of the women of the parish to Join this society, reminding them that it Is a noble work to be permitted to look after the sanctuary and the altar linens. Practically all of the married women of the parish are already members. Most of the others are afi -ted with the Toung Women's So' Young Womis j lality. In order that th- Ten Women's Sodality and the Oh.' .rep : Mary may see the library which : h jointly own enlarged to splendid i t u-r Hons, a request re-quest was made from sanctuary of Logan avenue chapel Ir';c Sunday for pifts of fiction from thf members of the congregation. Father H. L. McMenamin McMen-amin announced that he vas gratified to say that much of the current literature litera-ture is decidedly good reading, and that after the parishioners read the new books they may send them to the library. libra-ry. There they will of course be passed on before being placed on the shelves. Many have had the idea that it is only books of a religious character which are wanted in the library. For this reason 1'ttle fiction has been donated. do-nated. The pastor called attention to the fact thai few people desire to keep new fiction after they have finished reading it. All of this will be gratefully reeeh ed at the library room on the north side of the chapel. The library is .veil patronized, and when it is enlarged It will have even more subscribers. Collection for Orphanages. On Sunday, Oct. 10, throughout the length and breadth of the diocese of Denver there will be a collection for the support of the orphanages under the control of the Catholic church. Bishop N. C. Matz has issued a circular letter to his clergy making a touching appeal for these little charges of the church. There are four Catholic orphanages in Colorado St. Clara's, St. Vincent's and Regina Coeli in Denver, and the Sacred Heart orphanage in Pueblo. These four , institutions care for C60 children, at an estimate of 23 cents per child per day. This aggregates close to $60,000 for the iyear's maintenance, regardless of new buildings and repairs. Of this $00,000 the diocese of Denver last orphans' day gave only $S29. Of course many of the people belong to societies engaged in looking after the orphanages, and many others give their mite regularly to make the annual picnic or the annual charity ball a success. St. Clara's in North Denver has the greatest burden, caring for 229 children; St. Vincent's .gives a home to 1S9. and the Regina ; Coeli to sixty little Italians. In Pueblo the Sacred Heart orphanage Is crowded crowd-ed with 1S2 children. A more generous response has to be made this year if the pood work is to go on without interruption. interrup-tion. Rev. Father Carrigan's New Home. Father J. P. Carrigan moved on Tues-.rlay Tues-.rlay of this week into his new home adjoining ad-joining the mission church of St. Patrick's Pat-rick's parish, opened last May. The delay in completing the rectory was 1 'caused by industrial troubles which I have upset Denver. The new house is in the mission style of architecture, and Is connected with the church by a long corridor. ' : The parishioners of Father Carrigan did not wish that the old furniture of the parochial residence be taken to the new home, and so a purse of $SO0 was ; made up among them for the purchase ; of new household goods. The money i was given Father Carrigan, but for fear he would turn it into some of his numerous nu-merous charities, a committee was named to go with him and select furni-' furni-' ture. New carpets were bought for the , library and parlor, and new curtains for both these rooms. Father Carrigan's own personal suite was completely fur-' fur-' nished out of the money. It was a touching tribute to his services serv-ices to the congregation, and Father Carrigan accepted it with tears in his yes. Clergy's Semi-Annual Conference. On Tuesday of this week the priests from in and around Denver and the northern part of the diocese gathered at Logan avenue chapel for the semiannual semi-annual conference. Monsignor Henry Robinson, vicar general of the diocese, presided, and the discussions were of general benefit. Father Charles Carr, pastor of the i Church of St. John the Evangelist in Harman, read the principal paper dealing deal-ing with the "Greek Schism." The top-le top-le for general discussion was "The Sacrifice Sac-rifice of the Mass." In the absence of Father Richard Brady, chaplain of Lo-retto Lo-retto Heights academy, who is now in ; the Holy Land, Father William Howlett acted as secretary of the conference. ) Church Notes. On next Sunday evening vespers will be resumed at Logan avenue chapel for the winter months. The evenings are , sufficiently cool now to make the chapel comfortable, and the weekly lectures, ' which were a feature of the evening services last year, will be resumed. Father Andrew B. Casey, pastor of the Catholic church at Greeley, who is giv- j ing to the normal school town one of the prettiest churches in Colorado outside out-side of Denver, will open the basement of his church next Sunday for a temporary tem-porary chapel. The basement has been dec-orated and well fitted up. The superstructure su-perstructure of the church building is complete, but Father Casey does not want to burden his congregation with a cebt. and so he will not attempt the actual completion of the ed:fiee until there is money on hand to defrav the expense. For a time the basement will scrye very well. There will be special uodi.atory services Sunday, at which H' L- McMenamin of Denver v preach. ; IAi,nVks Sunday school was i T 5m'y- ct- with an attend- n;W0 children. Twelve instructors j n.ne oliinteered their services, six oung wr,mcn teaching the girls and f-x young men handling the boys. Jllfl.Queen'!! Daughters have decided tnat they will have an Instructive winter win-ter as well as a useful and happy one. A series of lectures will be enjoyed by the young women at the homes of the ' . lcn- The first meeting was at Mrs. James J. Brown's residence, 1340 Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania avenue, and Father William O'Ryan was the lecturer. In addition, of course, the members will look after their philanthropic work as usual. The old St. Patrick's church has been converted into a school building, as previously pre-viously told in these columns, but the ground floor is more than a mere assembly as-sembly hall. It has been floored for dancing, and a series ot parish socials will be given there. The first was on Friday evening, Oct. 1, and although it had been hurriedly arranged and had not been advertised, the sum of $70 was raised. In addition to this, it brought the young people of the parish together. Bishop N. C. Matz spent last Sunday in Canon City, where he officiated. . - Father Michael W. Donovan, pastor of St. Patrick's parish, has moved into his new home at 2027 West Thirty-seventh avenue. Father Cornelius O'Farrell of Montrose Mont-rose was a Denver visitor this week. Father O'Farrell was a witness of the elaborate ceremonies which recently marked the opening of the Gunnison tunnel. Everybody- is going to the parish social so-cial to be held at El Jebel temple next Tuesday evening, Oct. 12, Discoyery day. The social is primarily to entertain the members of the cathedral parish, but others are not excluded. There will be dancing and a general good time, just as there was last spring when the parish par-ish entertained at El Jebel. The parish socials are promoting a more friendly spirit among the members of the congregation, con-gregation, and are affording strangers the means of meeting the old parishioners. parish-ioners. The seventh centenary of the foundation founda-tion of the Franciscan order will be celebrated cel-ebrated at St. Elizabeth's church on Nov. 1. The celebration will last several sev-eral days. The celebration will close with pontifical high mass sung by Bishop Bish-op Matz. Father H. L. McMenamin made an enthusiastic plea at the late masses Sunday for funds to meet the September Septem-ber expenses of the new cathedral. He said that when completed the church can carry a debt of $150,000, but not one cent more than that. It will cost approximately ap-proximately $400,000. Personal. W. J. O'Brien, J. B. O'Brien, R. T. West and J. F. Flynn are four young men recently arrived from Ireland, who are going to make Denver their home. Mrs. Frederick W. White and her grandson, Baby Ryan, who have been summer cottagers at Pine Grove, left early this week for Michigan. Mrs. White will be the guest of Mrs. Edward Ryan, her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. William P. Horan will return the end of this week from New York City. Mrs. H. A. Reyer of 1801 Franklin street had the Friday 500 club at her pretty home for the meeting on Friday, Oct. 1. The club, composed of Catholic women, meets on alternate Fridays throughout the winter. Mrs. O. L. Smith and her daughter, Mrs. Louis Hough, entertained at Luncheon on Tuesday of this week. Cards followed. Mrs. Charles H. Schlacks entertained at tea on Wednesday in honor of some Chicago friends who are visiting here. Mrs. George Prior of 1235 Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania avenue had a reunion of the Denver Den-ver people who were at Ocean Park when she was last summer, entertaining entertain-ing at her home informally for them. Among the young people who gathered to discuss a pleasant outing were Miss Jennie and Katherine Fisher, Misses Tillie, Josephine and Georgia Shevnin and Miss Margaret Maloney. . Charles Kuhn of Logan avenue is seriously se-riously ill. His brother, a physician of Brooklyn, N. Y;, is with him. ' A high mass of requiem marked the first anniversary of the death of Miss Mary Coughlin of the cathedral parish on Monday. The service was in Logan avenue chapel. ; On Friday morning a high mass of requiem was sung in Logan avenue chapel for the repose of the soul of Joseph Jo-seph Kraeger. The marriage of Miss Rose Devine and Michael R. Sutton of Kansas City was an event of Oct. 6. The wedding took place at Logan avenue chapel at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, Father McMenamin officiating. Miss Mary Foley, a well liked young woman of the Annunciation parish, and one of the Sodality girls out there, was nuietly married on Monday evening at the parochial residence to Earl Smith. Monsignor Henry Robinson officiated. Leland Carbrrry, who spent last week hunting near Buena Vista, returned home on Monday of this week. John E. McCarthy has resumed his studies at the Michigan School of Mines. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keating of the cathedral parish left on Friday of this week for San Francisco fro a stay of two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Kelley. who are now deer hunting in the Hahn's Peak district, go next week to California Califor-nia for a visit. tie The 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks of the cathedral parish was buried from Logan avenue chapel on Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks lived at Salida until one year ago. but in their short residence in Den ver have made many friends whose sympathy goes out to them in their bereavement. be-reavement. William Payn of the cathedral parish died Saturday after a long illness. William Wood of Lawson, Colo., who died there recently, was buried at Mount Olivet cemetery last week. He had Denver Den-ver relatives. Miss May Hickey was buried from St. Leo's church on Monday morning. Oct. 4. with requiem mass. Interment was at Mount Olivet. Knights of Columbus. j While the Knights of Columbus building build-ing is practically completed, the installation instal-lation of a window over the main entrance en-trance will put a handsome finishing touch to it. Instead of being merely a colored leaded glass affair in conventional conven-tional design, the window will carry a representation of the three ships in the Columbus fleet, the Santa .Maria, the Nina and the Pinto. The window, was designed in Denver, and will be constructed con-structed here. Above it will be a smaller small-er pane carrying the insignia of the order or-der of Knights of Columbus.- Practically all of the office room in the new building has been spoken for. Among those who will claim quarters there are Drs. P. V. and T. J. Carlin and Dr. Edward Delehanty. all prominent Knights of Columbus. Sacred Heart Society. The Sacred Heart Aid society has plans well under way for the annual charity ball to be held toward the end of this month. . |