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Show Diocese of Beiwr ELIZAEETH KELLY, Correspondent. ! The Intermountain and Colorado Catholic is placed on! ale at the 1 James Clarke church goods house, 627 ; Fifteenth street, Denver, Colo. - CITY OF DENVEK. Forty Hours Devotion at Pro-Cathedral Ends With Solemnity. A fitting: finale to the three days of almost 'continuous devotion to ih'-'.lossed ih'-'.lossed Sacrament was the solemn jlish Mas? on Sunday ir.orning in the pro-cathedral, with five priests olficiat-j,?. olficiat-j,?. The church, thronged with those anxious to gel the last blessing for the Forty J lours devotion exhibited the features of the missions f former ; yarp: and it was in the nature of a mission, from the fart that it inter-; inter-; esiod many persons who had grown lukewarm and required rsoniethins especially es-pecially .inspiring to remind them of thrir duties. All through the devotion the chapel was filled at the services, both morning morn-ing and evening, and at all hours of ! the day hundreds of devout Catholics from outside churches took occasion to p.iy a visit to the Blessed Sacrament. The sermons delivered by the Kedemp-torist Kedemp-torist Fathers from St. Joseph's church ; were very impressive and interested a ' wide circle of people, aside from reg- i ular church-goers. On Sunday the altar was artistically decorated for the closing service and i after the High Mass the Litany of the S.u'nts was sung in Latin by the ofll-t ofll-t -Kiting clergymen. After that was a procession around the church, the acolytes leading in their, fresh sur- plices' and purple cossacks. The ' priests followed, swinging the censor ; while the Blessed Sacrament was ear- i it d. Benediction closed the service. Dining 11k- course of the morning Father Cantwell of St. Joseph's church, in his sermon told of the be?t way to make the fruits of the Forty Hours' devotion permanent, and expressed his pleasure at the attendance at the Thursday; Friday and Saturday .-cr- Vicos." On next Sunday, Feast of Pentecost, the children ol the Cathedral parish who are not attending the parochial .1 1 ill ff..i-r thoil- first HolV j.ioiil win receive ineir nisi hvi "uminunion at the T:"0 o'clock Mass. They will spend Saturday in retreat at the "chapel and confessions will bo heard during the afternoon. Confirmation Confirma-tion will be administered at ' o'clock Sunday afternoon by Bishop X. C. Matz. College Students to Present Drama. The Dramatic club of the Sacred Heart college has gained a wide reputation repu-tation for ability along histrionic lines, and each year that the entertainments ate given in the city the Broadway (theatre is filled to its capacity with the friends of the institution. This year the play elected is 'Edward the Martyr." and the date has been set for Sunday evening. May 22, which will be next Sunday. I There are eighty-seven young men in I the cast, many of whom are well J lutown in amateur theatrical circles. ! The costumes have arrived and are of handsome style and material. In fact no expense has been spared with either the costuming or the stage, settings, the latter being absolutely accurate and true to the pictures they represent. Many of the young men who have been" featured' in the college plays in former years have lejt the institution now, but others h'ave'joined the ranss w hose work will be equally good and of a different nature. The drama is, as its title suggests, of historic interest in-terest and deals with an incident in Knglish history which is well known but which also le-nds itself to splendid splen-did dramatic, effects. The play was especially written for this presentation presenta-tion and the leading role; will be handled han-dled by the young men for whose special spe-cial style of acting, they were prepared. pre-pared. The drama possesses a depth of plot and a variety of incident l ha t will insure its success on the pro- I fessional stage. The coetumes are all of the style f the mediaeval period and have come all the way from Philadelphia, where they were made to order. Never be- i Ion; has an amateur dramatic com pany undertaken to stage to elaborate a production as "Edward the Martyr." Mar-tyr." and although the task is a difficult dif-ficult one there is absolutely no doubt of ultimate success. The advance sale of peats alone insures against a finan- ial failure, and. from an artistic I standpoint, previous attempts have .; demonstrated what the college stu dents can do in the way of dramatic art. A crowded house on Sunday evening even-ing will greet the initial presentation of "Edward the Martyr." r , lire Escapes For Parish School. The cathedral parish prides itself on briving one of the most thoroughly couipoed school buildings in the city. Indeed, there are few buildings in the vest thai can equal it for excellence. Although it has been standing for fourte-ti yea;;, it i still in perfect condition, and improvements from time to time have kept it abreast of tlvi 'iines. 1 1 is thoroughly modern in all respects, hut of late it has occurred to the faculty that fire escapes would r:iir u more safe in case of a con-Jl.igralion. con-Jl.igralion. Tiie littmerous large fires which have ;.. used loss of life in different parts? of ihe country have made the fire regu-li-ti "lit? more stringent and the lire i:ill is in every school an important part of ilie training of the students. The children of the Immaculate Con--ep;io;i school are perfectly drilled in ease f't" any excitement and the school building can be clean-d in a very few - moments, dos-pite the fart thataalmost ::''' liiidren are in attendance. The fire escape which will facilitate the work of getting the pupils out in eu.-'e of tire, will be erected at the back of ! the building, going down to the yard in ihe rear. This will necessitate a goodly expenditure of money, and the c.iilection on last Sunday will help materially ma-terially to meet thic. The exact amount am-ount is not yet given out, but it will be almost sufficient to cover the cost of t reeling the tire escapes. Holy Eucharist Association. In order to promote devotion to the Saeranunt of the Atar and to atone for blasphemy committed by those who know not Jud. a new association has been organized, to be .known as the Association of the Holy Eucharist. ' The devotion has been recommended i lilting result of the Forty -Hours devotion which was held last week in Logan Avenue chapel, arid was explained ex-plained ut K-ngth by Rev. Edward : 'anlw.II. C. SS. 11., at the close of lush Mass in Logan Avenue chapel last Sundny. Membership cards were then distributed at the altar rail and a. large number enrolled their names, as Jnembers. There is no obligation attached to membership, but the applicant promises prom-ises to pay a vteit to the Blessed Sacrament Sac-rament in Home church at least once . a week. The day on which the visit j is to be made is marked on the mem bership card as a reminder of the promise. Various indulgences are attached at-tached to the devotions outlined by the association, and the membership entails but a little act once a week. The devotion is especially recommended recom-mended for the souls? in purgatory. RELIGIOUS AND PERSONAL. Mr. IV. H. Delleker returned early 4 thus week .from California, h A novena in honor of the Holy Ghost El preparatory to the Feast of Penterot B v"s beun in the churches of the dio- h T"" "n ' Saturday evening by or- . ',r Bishop M:itr.. The intention for lj whieii the devotions are beiuij held , throughout the civilized , world . is .'Christian unity," which is dear to every Christian heart. . - The promoters of the League of the Sacred Heart held their monthly meeting meet-ing at Logan avenue chapel on last Sunday afternoon, with Rev. William J. O'Malley presiding. . ' On next Sunday at all of the masses in the various churches of th diocese a special collection will be taken up for the seminarian fund. It is well known tlu-t a number of young men are now being prepared for the ministry by the Denver diocese, and it is to defray de-fray the expense of their education that the fund is established. Frequently Fre-quently worthy young men are financially financi-ally unable to pursue the theological course, and it is to look after these that the faithful are asked to contribute. con-tribute. They are amply repaid by those same young men after ordination. ordina-tion. 4 " The Aandern club will hold its fortnightly fort-nightly meeting next "Wednesday, May' 27, instead of May IS of this week. The-meeting The-meeting was of necessity postponed, but it will be held next week with Miss Julia Clifford, 1340 Gilpin street. A full attendance is requested. I Miss Xewitt, who has been the guest of Miss Sullivan for the past few days, has returned to her home in Colorado Springs. ' Miss Georgie Shevnin of the cathedral parish is in St. Louis attending the , National Federation of. Woman's clubs. She is 'a delegate representing the Young Ladies'. Olio cluo. of which she is a popular member. Before returning return-ing to Denver she wJJl pay a visit to her sister, Mrs. Edwin Wagner, whose home is in St. Louisv ; " Mrs. John A. McGuire of Denver and Mrs- Harry A. Deuef of Pueblo, but formerly of-Denver, are at Grand Rapids. Rap-ids. Mich., as guests of their mother, Mrs. M. E. Youngblodt, who also formerly for-merly made-her home in this city. Mrs. McGuire has with her her little daughter daugh-ter Gertrude and her son Harry. The party will be absent for some weeks. .. . .- . The Children of Mary and the Boys' Sodality of the cathedral parish received re-ceived holy communion at the7:3ir. o'clock mass in Logan avenue- chapel on Sunday. Their meetings were in the afternoon. GREELEY, COLO. Catholic Eair Closed in ft Blaze of Glory. Our correspondent at Denver writes: In a blaze of glory the Catholic fair closed Saturday night at Greeley with the church treasury richer by a handsome hand-some sum. The success of the enterprise enter-prise is due to the etiergy and indefatigable indefati-gable efforts of the pastor, Rev. A. B. Casey. He departed from the regular cut-and-dried method of holding a. church fair and worked new ideas into the plan with the result that- beyond the most sanguine hopes of the congregation con-gregation the benefit was a success. Xo less than $2,500 was realized, which will be put away for the later erection of a more commodious church. Greeley people of all denominations predict that if Father Casey continues his work as successfully as he has Inaugurated In-augurated it, it will be a question of but a few years whsn he will have the largest congregation and the handsomest hand-somest church in Greeley. Those who ably assisted the pastor in his efforts were Mrs. C. J. O'Connor, as president of the fair: Mrs. D. G. Thompson, as? vice president; Mr. Matt Ryan and Miss Katherine O'Brien, as treasurers; Mr. Thomas Lavelle and Mr. Thomas Cahill. as secretaries. The advisory board, whose efforts were fruitful, was composed of Messrs?.. C. J. O'Connor, D- R. McArthur and J. J. Xaughton. Mr. Naughton is a recent acquisition to the congregation. At the heads of the various booths were the following, whose work was responsible for the large returns: Mrs. Matt Ryan, fancy work; r Mrs. Thomas Cahill, doll booth; Miss? Mae- fey'l I iimiS l MRS. C. J. O'CONNOR. President of the successful Catholic fair " at Greeley. Patterson, the fish pond; Miss Mary O'Donnell, "Tom Bolar" booth; Miss Kate Remington and Miss Anna Rooney and Miss "Edna Lawrence, th flower booth. Mrs. D. R. McArthur had charge of the country store. Miss Julia Lavelle was at the lemonade staM. Miss Anna Drew was In charge of the Turkish booth. Miss Katherine (J Brie;? of the gypsy lwoth and. Mrs. - John Gates, who had charge of the refreshment refresh-ment booth, did excellent work. Misses Alice Johnson and Grace Miller conducted con-ducted the ice cream booth- - On the reception committee were Mrs. P. K. Brady, .Thomas E. McFad-den, McFad-den, Miss Katherine A. Nash, Miss Alice Johnson and Miss Edna Lawrence, Law-rence, who, by their hospitality,' made the occasion delightful for strangers. PUEBLOT COLO. ' The long talked of electric railroad to Beulah will be built. , It will be running run-ning by September 1 and work will be commenced at an early date by a force of men numbering 1,500. f That the story printed in the Chieftain Chief-tain some time since to the effect t"".at Pueblo was about to secure another huge smelting and refining plant was well based is vouched for by C. R. Schmidt, president of the Suburban Land company, and for a long time president of the Business Men's association. asso-ciation. - Mr. and Mrs. William E. Mea jner-are jner-are the proud possessors of a live table, ta-ble, one that with the coming of spring has begun to send out shoots and sprigs in spite of the discouragements discourage-ments of lack of soil, root, . loaxesj and all those things which make the: life of a tree worth living. The table is a three-legged live oak -rustic f fair on the legs of which the Lark has been allowed to remain. |