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Show 1 Diocese of Bender J ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent F A. The Intel-mountain and Colorado I Tatholjc is placed 011 sale at the iames Clarke rhurrh goods house, 627 t fifteenth fitreot, Denver, Colo. i CITY OF DENVER. Permanent Appointment of Clergy for j Pro-Cathedral. 0 With the dawn of the new year, LJis- Z l,p S. C. Matz, head oi the diocese o 1 Deliver, has announced his permanent r ti j.ointineiits for the pro-cathedral. 1 tiu.-r- Father W. J. O'-M alley and 1 father J. i. White were transferred to S f Mlif-r fields, the work at the cathedral r has tifM looked after by priests stop- l iinK there temporarily. ' The most important appointment is : thai of Father Hugh L. McMennamin A j fc fiirt assistant to Father Phillips. ' , Father McMcnnamin graduated from I r the Sacred Heart college here several lars ago and completed his course in , c theology at Baltimore. He was or- ) i BaiiiPd jn Washington in 1900. He came C (mmediately to Colorado and since that t time has labored principally as assist- I 1 gut at the Church of St. Mary in Colo- f 1 r:i.lo Springe. . A few months ago f , Fnther McMennamin was removed 1 I from Colorado Springs and made chap- f Jain of the Mercy Sanitarium in Den- i ver. He has been eminently success- c 1 fin in his work as chaplain, and in ' (ddition has pretty thoroughly can- 1 ! rassed the district around Montclair 1 1 with" a view to establishing a parish 1 t for persons living in that vicinity. , f fhore is no Catholic church within , , frules of the Montclair. Aurora and t j Parkhill district, and if the Catholic j , population of that territory warranted j 1 the step. Bishop Matz had authorized f Father McMennamin to organize a t 1 tarish. Father McMennamin will con- 1 1 ilnue to supervise this work, but with - in assistant who will also look after ' Ihe sanitarium. J ! The other appointment to the cath- ' 5 Idral Is that of Rev. Michael W. D0110- ! 1 ran. Father Donovan has been or- j ' Paina but a little over a year, taking )ils vows at St. Elizabeth's church in t 1 ihis city In July, 1903. Since that time j te has had charge of the Church of Our ; Lady of Lourdes at Georgetown. He 1 , . ccomplished much good up in the lit - . lie mountain town. He succeeded in lai6ing- a goodly portion of the debt j Khlch had been hanging over the t thurch, and In addition he won several ' . fonverta, thus increasing the tongre- j ration. He was well liked by George town people and it is expected that he rill prove a valuable acquisition to ! !he Denver cathedral. Father Dono- ran attended the college of the Sacred 6eart here and later went to St. Mary's it Baltimore. He was ordained in benver; and has many friends here. Father Cornelius O'Farrell. who has feen assistant at the cathedral for the last two years, working there with huch success, goes to St. Leo's church according to. the new. arrangement, ind becomes assistant to Father Ryan. Father O'Farrell has been lere almost ever since his ordination, tomlng here direct from Ireland, and If is a zealous young man. To him f due the credit for building up the foung Men's society of the cathedral, iieh an organization never having t-en attempted before his time. It is low on a sound footing and is rapidly trowing in membership. He may later ittempt a similar organization for St. iPO's. Father O'Farrell succeeds Vather rraii. is Whelan at St. Leo's. The latter ias hen there ever since he became a niest in the summer of 1902. and has ieen of much service to Father VKyan. He will become chaplain of be St. Francis hospital at Colorado 'Mings. Later he will be given a nrish. as will also Father Joseph V-uhel, who was ordained last year, .nd who has been assisting at the nthedral since the transfer of Father 'Malley and White. Now the per-rrnel per-rrnel of the cathedral pulpit Is settled nd the era of religious prosperity con-inuc-s. Only Son Called Home. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank De '.unw, at 1050 Pennsylvania avenue, fas visited by death last week and lit-L- Edward, the only son of the house, . (as called home. The child had been I II but a few days with appendicitis, I 'Ut the operation which was thought '.essary to save his life ended fatallv. Je was removed to St. Anthony hos-I hos-I atal last week and died there Satur- y. Patient throughout all hit? suf-'.lings, suf-'.lings, the little boy prayed that his rnd parents might be spared the ni& vi gnei, out murmured not at laving this world. Edward was a bright child of 9 years nd was a student at the Immaculate 'onception school. He was in . the Mirth grade and in the room taught by ister Mary Angela. Of a loving and :ind-hearted disposition," he was a Hvorite with the boys with whom he ilayed and from more than one little rf-art went up a prayer for the funding fun-ding boy who had been called away On Tuesday High MSass of Requiem Iras sung for the child and school was ismissed to allow- the former school nates of the little fellow to pav their 1st tribute of roped. Almost everv I rat was taken long before the service I ran and the little children could be I rd Fr,r,l' fobbing here and there I nrough.mt the church. A brief but f -niching sermon was delivered and the 1 nterment was made in Mount Olivet I emetcry. I Mr. and Mrs. De Cunto have the I ympathy of hundreds of friends One --lus-hter, Kathcrlne De Cunto. PUr- I CIse of William Pitts' Career. 1 ?,Ut at Los Anpel?s. Cal.. William' S. I n,s:' t the best-known press te- I fcraphers in the country, passed away est week, and his death is mourned bv legion of friends here. yr, puts was faithful member of the congregati-n 'f the Sacred Heart church, and his Jneral took place from there Monday u this week. Three months ago Mr. Pitts went to I -a.ifomia in the hope of recoving bis 1 h?t health and for a time he seemed 'to i rnprove. The improvement was, how- ,ver- but temporaxy, and his - death p.st week came as a relief from the nost terrible suffering. ( Mr. Pitts' death is a shock to Denver .nends. He had been married but a ew years and it had been hoped that 11s life would be long, and happv. Mrs. Puts is prostrated by the shock. She ft as a Miss Laughran .before her mar- Inage. and at that time was a favorite among the young people. She was with her husband when the end came and brought the body to Denver for interment. inter-ment. Mr. Pitts is also survived by his mother. Mrs. Mary Pitts, and seven brothers, who are scattered in various j western towns. The funeral took place I an Monday from the.V-hurch of the Sa-c- I red Heart. Rev. Father Barry officiat- t big. Interment was at Mount Olivet ! cemetery. May he rest in peace. iThe Famine Fund. Since Bishop Matz made a request that subscriptions for the Irish famine fund be sent in from various parts of the diocese, the mountain towns have responded liberally and the larger cities have given generous de-nations. The i Ancient Order of Hibernians at Den- I v,'r "nt J-3 and the church of St. Fran-! J cis de Sales in South nenver S30. Indi- I , viduais axe tending in their mites ail - Hill 1 " Jm " i 'm along' and it will not be long before the full amount required, J7.500, will be secured. se-cured. New Directors For Sodalities. With the change of priests at the Logan Lo-gan Avenue chapel there will also, be changes inthe directors irf the various soc ieties in connection with the parish. Announcements to this effect were made at all the masses in Logan Avenue Ave-nue chapel Sunday, so that business in connection with any of these organizations organiza-tions may be taken to the proper persons. per-sons. Father Hugh L. McMennamin will be director of the Young: Men's society, so-ciety, which meets in the Champa, street hall: of the Young Ladies' sodality so-dality (meeting the second Sunday of the month) and of the Children's sd-dality. sd-dality. Father Michael W. Donovan will be in charge of the Altar and Rosary Ro-sary society, the League of the Sacred Heart and the Children of; Mary. Other parish matters, such as the payment of pew rent, will be in the hands of Father Percy A. Thillips. News and Personal. A sermon appropriate' t the Feast of the Holy Innocents was preached by Bishop- Matz at the 9:30 and 10:30 o'clock masses on Sjinda;- last. '. At the church of St. Joseph in Globe-ville. Globe-ville. Miss Julia Kranski and Mr. Michael Mi-chael Wonder were married last week. Rev. Father Jarzynski officiated. B:th the young people are favorites in the little town, and the wedding was largely large-ly attended. Bernard J. Murray, a stuilent at the college of the Sacred Heart who has been seriously ill as the result of a bite from a. clog, is slowly recovering. He has been in a dangerc-us condition for the past ten days. -. C. M. B. A. Installation. j At St. Elizabeth's school last Thurs- j day ihe Catholic Mutual Benevolent association held its annual installation . of officers. Elaborate ceremonies marked the evening, and an interesting, musical and literary programme was given. District Deputy Quinlan conducted con-ducted the exercises, assisted by Thomas Thom-as Leavy and Charles Xast. Scores of friends of the members participated in the evening's enjoyment. |