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Show ; ;N: Df.OCCSC Of Mnnt ; ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent -A- The Iutermountain and Colorado t atliolio is placed on pale at the I James Clarke church goods house, - 'I ' ! Fifteenth street, Denver, Colo. j i DENVER. I : The Children's Retreat, I The Children's Retreat, conducted hy i R?v. Fathers Donovan and McMina- ; man. ended la&t Saturday mornine. j The concluding: Frvice ivas a Hish ,. Mass, punp hy the Children's choir, ', t hrh ' fully 150 children received Holy Communion. The spectacle wsn most edifying, and one could not help hut feel that much good has heen accomplished ac-complished hy thope who have had the good work in hynd. Much credit is due t he Children's choir for the really ' excellent manner in which the Mass : was sung. ; The S:30 Mass on Sunday was of fered for the intention of the Catholic Young Men's club of the cathedral. ! About twonty-flve memberfc received Holy Communion. Much interest is expressed by the youns; men of the , pariah in this undertaking. A cordial ' , invitation is extended to any who would like to become members. The organization organi-zation affords opportunity for recreation recrea-tion and improvement, and justly de- I Btrves the popularity" it enjoys. Rev. Robert Servant was u, truest at thp parochial residence la-t week. Father Servant' is mostly kindly rv menibered as an able assistant at the cathedral in the days of Rt. Rca Bishop Machbeauf. His many Denver friends were glad to welcome him aeain . ; mid 10 hear of the flourishing condi tion of his l'arish. fleorpe Williams of Cripple Creek pent last week in Denver the gruest of Julius Smith. Mrs. "William Ouion. accompanied by her daughter. Mis-s Grace Guion, left for lyos Angeles. Wednesday. April 5. Mrs. Guion has not boon very well of late and her physicians deem a change of climate advisable. s Miss Iola Montey of Monterey, Mex ico, is a guent of Mrs. McAndrews of AVilliams street. Mias Montey is a charming young woman ami the possessor pos-sessor of a. beautiful voice. The friends she made in the city on a former visit will be pleased to welcome her again. Mrs. Thomas Jeee. who has been suffering suf-fering the past few weeks with rheumatism, rheu-matism, is improving. Ieo McRride. the little son of J. D. McBrido of North Pennsylvania avenue, ave-nue, is quite ill with nervous prostration. prostra-tion. Mrs. H. W. Singletree of Sherman Avenue has gone to Kingston. Mass.. to vitdt her parents. She expects to be absent until the early summer. Her mother will accompany her on the re turn trip. Richard Lank and family have returned re-turned to Greeley. Colo., much to the regret of their friends and neighbors on Washington avenue. f Joseph Lasasso is at present quite ill. A sore hand may develop into j ! blood poisoning. The First Communion class at the Annunciation church thte year is un- usually large. The children expect to be prepared by Easter. The daily Mass at St. Joseph's church, g Globeville, is remarkably well attend- j ed. Rev. Father Jarzynski is very ' zealous and is supplying a long felt want in that section of the city. I The St. Vincent's Orphan Aid soci- I ety met at the residence of Mrs. C. I. McPhee. Clarkson street, on Tues- I day, April 4. I The Ladies' Aid society of the Sa- j cred Heart met at the Charles block, Thursday, April C. I ICach succeeding week sees the Len- ten devotions better attended and from 1 everv parish in the city come reports j to the effect that a remarkable degree I of interest has been fhown in them. ! ' Arrangements are now under way for I the observance of Hly week, the im- i port ant exercise? taking place, as usual, i in the Immaculate Conception chapel. I the pro-cathedral. Announcement of f the hours of the Masses will be made 5 t trough these columns at a later ' , d-ite. 1 The diecese of Denver has enter- I tained a distinguished visitor dtiring I this week in the person of Monsignor I Thorpe of Cleveland, O. .Monsignor I Thorpe wa a guest at the episcopal j 1 evidence fur several days and on Sun- I day morning celebrated Mass in the I private chapel of Rishop Matz. During j bis slay here he met several of the I priests, to all of whom he is known I by reputation as one of the great dig- I )i italics of the church. His work is I ' - well known among the clergy that I his welcome was a most cordial one. I Thomas 1'innerty. son of Michael j Finncrty of the Cathedral parish, who i has been ill as a. result of a stroke of I paralysis, is completely recovered and I able to resume his work again. 1 Mr. Elmer E. Lurbush of the Cathe- 1 ; dral parish is home again after an fx- I ! : tensive sojourn in the east. ii - .Tofeph A. Dunn spent two we? ks in f Ptitte mid Cheyenne, returning to Den- ver early this week. l I In a powerful sermon preached at the I o'clock Mass in Txg:an Avenue I ehapel last Sunday, Father MeMen- I auirn dwelt on the evils of scandal and I frivolous coin ersation. The sermon I was a splendid Lenten lesson. j Mr. Currigan Dies. j Bernard J. Currigan passed into his j I last long sleep after a. serious illness j covering a number of years, last Mon day afternoon to the sorrow of a wide ; circle of friends. ! Mr. Currigan was a brother of Martin Dennis Currigan. a prominent member of the city council, who died four years j I , ago. He hap been suffering from a 1i complication of diseases for several yesvs and ?o bis death was not wholly unexpected. With him when Ihe end came were his wife and daughter, Mrs j George Sanders. Mr. Currigan was 52 years of age, having been liorn in County Roscommon, Roscom-mon, Ireland. Jan. 8, 1R53. He came to this country and to this city 32 years ago. He engaged in the contracting and building' business and was known throughout the west as a cement ex-v ex-v pert. He built many of the largest dams and reservoirs in Colorado, among which were several erected by the Denver Fnion Water company. With his brother he built many of the large buildings in Denver and the foundation for the big stack at the Globe smelter, which is the second highest In tlx world. He was active in politics for many years. He was street commissioner for a term and was for I years an inspector in the department !of public works. Mr. Currigan is survived by a wife 1 and five children. Frank. Mrs. George I M. Sanders, Edward, Louise and Bur- I tin- I The family unwell known in St. Leo's 1 parish where the home has been for I ' many years. j Elaborate preparations are being I made for ihe military ball to be given by the Knights of t. John on "Monday, 1 - April 24. Every year the Knights celo- I 'brate the close of' the penitential sea- 1 on nith a dancing party and the ar- rangements now under, wvay indicate! cate that this w ill ho one 'of 'the most1 thoroughly delightful ever attempted. J Hundreds of invitations tiave been is- ! sued and a social success is assured. A social meeting of the yueen'g Daughters was held on Saturday afternoon after-noon at the home of Miss Nfliie Fin-nerty, Fin-nerty, 1417 Gaylord street. The inclement incle-ment weather interfered with the attendance at-tendance but much enthusiasm was manifested. The philanthropic committee com-mittee reported on the work which has been accomplished and this report was received with gratitude by the club. The next meeting will be devoted to sewing for the poor and a large attendance attend-ance is requested. PUEBLO. Mrs. Harry C. Noble is at St." Mary's hospital ill with typhoid fever. Misses Nell and Agnes McGrath of Louipville. Ky., are visiting in the city, the guests of the family of John Hines of 21S Jacson street. Mrs. Harry Altman of 125 East Eighth street, who was Injured while getting off a street car som time ago, was i-uccessfully operated upon at St. Mary's hospital. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Blakeley have returned from an extended trip to the Pacific coast. On their return they visited Yellowstone park. Mr. Blakeley is city agent for the Globe and Pacific express companies at 124 North Main street. j Mrs. James B. Orman entertained a house party last week, including Mr.3. MaoKenzie of Winnipeg, Canada: Mrs. G. B. Stfmps-on of Denver, W." D. Leonard Leon-ard of Salt Lake City, Miss Clara Matty of Denver. Mrs. Walter McLaren McLar-en and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bradley Orman. Miss Pauline Chapman, daughter of J. G. Chapman, is convalescing from her severe illness. Mrs. Harry A. Deuel and baby daughter. daugh-ter. Dorothy, are visiting with relatives in Denver for a few days. Mrs. Edna Campbell returned to her home in Denver Wednesday after a pleasant visit "with Miss Mabel Storer., Miss Grace Van Studdiford was entertained en-tertained by Mrs. De Witt C. McNutt while in the city. Thursday evening Miss Leila Coekrcll entertained a jolly party of young people peo-ple in compliment to her guest. Miss Veatch. The party attended the club dance, and returned afterward to the home of the hostess for lunch. J. H. McMinn, the former, alderman, and who recently suffered two strokes of apoplexy, is reported in a dangerous danger-ous condition at his home, S19 West Evans. Mr. McMinn had a relapse this week and was rendered unconscious. The physicians in attendance, however, are of the opinion that it is not a third stroke and state that he may recover. Work will be begun this week on the grounds about St. Man' s hospital that, when completed, will make them one of the picturesque spots in Pueblo and quite in keeping with extensive building build-ing improvements of the past six months. The contract for the work has .been let to G. Fleischer, one of the leading: landscape gardeners In Pueblo. Plumbers will be put to work at once laying the water pipes and making connections with the mains and as soon as this is completed M. Fleischer will take up the work of laying out the walks, parking the ground and setting out the trees. With the completion of the large new-addition new-addition to the hospital the sisters in charge opened negotiations for the improvement im-provement of the portion of the hospi-talk hospi-talk grounds west of the buildings and between Grant and Pitkin streets. Plans were prepared by Mr. Fletcher and after being inspected were ap-Xroved ap-Xroved by the sisters'and the contract let. This tract of land comprises about two and one-half acres and with the contemplated improvements completed will make the hospital surroundings almost ideal. According to the plans a wide driveway drive-way will enter the grounds; from Grant street and passing directly in the rear of the old building will connect with the boiler house and will furnish adequate ade-quate accommodations for bringing in supplies. Narrowing down considerably this driveway will skirt the south end of the new addition, will also pass along the east side connecting with the main entrance to this part of the build- ing. This portion will be u?ed by the ambulances in moving patients to and from the hospital. On the Grant avenue side and adjoining adjoin-ing the driveway a small tract of grounfl "kU be sr;t apart.'for the growing grow-ing of ?mall garden vegetables, for use in the hospital. This tract will be surrounded by a row of trees. The remainder re-mainder of the ground will be parked. Through this lawn will be run a number num-ber of winding walks giving connections connec-tions with the hospital grounds near the intersections of Grant and Jackson and Pitkin and Jackson. At one of the Intersections of these walks, will be constructed a- little summer house which will make a pleasant retreat for the convalescents during the summer days. The walks will be skirted, on both sides by rows of trees and to add to the general attractiveness flower beds will be laid out in various parts of the grounds. The plans were prepared with regard to the general vie-w. to be obtained from the hospital and when completed will give a pleasing effect. GEORGETOWN, COLO. (Special Correspondence.) Last Sunday Rev. Father Sasse read the first quarterly report of Our Lady of Lourdes' parish. The receipts were over double the expenditures, thereby ehowin'g that the parish is In a good financial condition. Our Lady of Lourdes school was closed1 for two days this week on account of the heavy snowstorm that prevailed for three days. . . , Much needed improvements are being be-ing made on St. Joseph's hospital, and the parochial residence. Mr. Francis Dunn entertained several sev-eral of his gentlemen froiends on Iris twenty-first birthday, March 26. The March reports of the pupils of Our Lady of Lourdes school were read Wednesday by the esteemed, pastor, Rtv. Father Sasse. The pupils having a general average of 00 per cent and over are the following: Ethel Guanella, M. Prechtl, R. Fitzpatrick. S. Prechtl, C. Fitzpatrick, li. Egan, G. Egan, T. Ward. J. Prechtl, Peter Prechtl, B. Rubado. L. Holcombe, A. Fitzpatrick, R. Zanolu, M. Holcombe, T. Charles. |