| OCR Text |
Show Diocese of Denver DENVER. Catholics Preparing to Banquet Bishop Bish-op Matz Christmas Notes. (Special Correspondence.) On Jan. 7 there will be a bano.uet at the Brown Palace hotel in honor of the return of Rt. Rev. Bishop N. C. Matz. The committee in charge consists con-sists of Rev. Father Robinson, V G Father Phillips, chancellor of the diocese; dio-cese; Father Callanan, pastor of the cathedral; Father Cantwell. pastor of bt. Joseph's, and Father Murrin, pastor pas-tor of St. Francis de Sales. Invitations have been sent out by ev Father Callanan to all the priests of the diocese of Denver. Rev. Father McDonald, assistant at the pro-cathedral, returned from San- r e on w eanesaay. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shelton was baptized In Logan avenue chapel last Sunday. Mrs. Kineavy of Glenarm street died last Sunday afternoon. The funeral took place from Logan avenue chapel last Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Father White officiated. In preparation for the grand Feast of the Nativity, confessions will be heard all day Tuesday, Dec. 24. Santa Claus will make his annual visit to Logan avenue school on next Monday. The pupils are joyously anticipating an-ticipating the great day, for they know with what a generous hand Santa distributes dis-tributes his wares among the children of Logan avenue school. Last Sunday the bonds of matrimony matri-mony were announced for the first time between Mr. Melnernay of Castle Rock and Miss Abbie Connor of the Cathedral parish. Special music is being prepared by the choir of the Cathedral parish for the High Mass on Christmas day. Meitske's Mass in G will be sung. Among the singers are Miss AVanda Gottesliben, Miss Letitia Kirkpatrick, Miss Murphy. Miss Anna fnmnhoii Miss Brown, Miss Kane, Miss Hatch, Miss Ryan and Miss Petitclerc; Messrs! William Sayre, McFadden, Granger Fairall, McPhee and Dr. Hutchison. The music is under the direction of Mr. W. E. Nelson, with Professor Jean de Chaudinch as organist. The fair for the benefit of St. Leo"s church will open in Coliseum hall on Feb. 1. Tickets are now on sale. On Christmas day Masses will be j said in Logan avenue chapel as follows: fol-lows: High Mass at 5 o'clock; low I masses at 8:30 and 9:30, and Pontifical High Mass at 11 o'clock. At the latter lat-ter the right reverend bishop will preach. There will be present in the sanctuary Rev. Fathers Callanan, Phillips, White, O'Malley and McDonald. McDon-ald. Rev. Father Robert, C. P., passed through Denver early in the week on his way to his home in Normandy, Mo., after closing a very successful mission in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Draeseke left bn Wednesday for Los Angeles, where she will spend several months. The annual charityball for the benefit bene-fit of St. Vincent's orphanage will take place at Kassler's hall on the evening of Jan. 1. Miss Margaret Goodwin of 1100 I Clarkson street, who has been danger- I ously ill, is rapidly recovering. j HIS GOLDEN JUBILEE. Sacred Heart College Alumni Banquets Ban-quets Father Pantanella. (Special Correspondence.) The golden jubilee of Rev. Dominic Pantanella was celebrated in a very elegant manner by the Alumni association asso-ciation of the Sacred Heart college. The banquet hall of the Brown Palace .hotel was beautifully decorated for the occasion. The committee in charge of the affair. consisted of Rev. Father Casey, Hon. John I. Mullins, Henry C. Yidal, Daniel Rodgers and Rev. Fa-tther Fa-tther McMenanin. Inside of the menu opposite a photograph of Rev. Father Pantanella, appeared the following: GREETING. Dear Father Pantanella: We, your old pupils and most loving children, beg to salute you on this memorable day. We congratulate you on having completed with its joyful and sorrowful sorrow-ful and glorious mysteries the Golden Rosary of fifty years in the great Society So-ciety of Jesus, and pray that God has still other joyful decades for you to repeat to His greater glory and the benefit of your fellow-men. And though it grieve your humility, let us say to you what men who know you say among themselves, that your years have all been noble in well-doing and fruitful in achievement. Your monument stands not alone in the great college you have built in Denver, but in the hearts and lives and successes of your pupils. Wise, kindly and patient teacher, if anything of pnnd i: in lis p utti-ibnfo it ir .Viiof part to your guidance and example; our defects and unworthiness are our own. Other teachers, your companions and fellow-laborers, we remember with affection; af-fection; it is you, however, who have fashioned the best that is in us. In the eloquent words of your countryman, the orator Lully, "Totune hoc, quantum quan-tum cunque est totum est tuam. Nihil sibi ex ista laude centurio, nihil, prae foetus, nihil, cohors, nihil turma di-cerpit." di-cerpit." In all affection we sign ourselves, your children in Christ. The Alumni association of the Sacred Sa-cred Heart of Denver. By ANDREW B. CASEY, President. JOHN DANIEL RODGERS, Secretary. s Hon. John I. Mullins was toastmas-ter. toastmas-ter. The toasts were as follows: "Our Holy Father the Popue," Right Rev. i N. C. Matz: "Father Pantanella," Rev. 1 William ORyan; "The Alumni," Rev. Andrew B. Casey; "Our Alma Mater," j Mr. John W. Bucher; "Our Country," Mr. Henry C. Yidal; "The Future of! Our College," Rev. H. L. McMenanny. BISHOP MATZ. Stories of Cushing and Other Incidents Inci-dents in Rome Explained. Bishop N. C. Matz talked very frankly frank-ly to a Denver News reporter on the subject of the two former Denver priests, Fathers Michael Culkin and John Cushlng. "The propaganda, or highest court in the Catholic Church," said Bishop Matz, "settled the matter eight years ago and I have nothing whatever to do with it now. It is entirely out of my hands. Father Cul kin receives his pension regularly from me at Rome and is supported comfortably comfort-ably upon it. Besides that he has a certain stipend for the Mass which, he is permitted to say every day in Rcme. "As far as Father Cushing is concerned, con-cerned, I want to say that the reports that have come to this country of his visit to me are too absurd to be noticed. no-ticed. The day he came to me he attracted at-tracted a large crowd of people by his effort to get an entrance, not being able to speak a word of English. He was arrested, and I had to act as interpreter, in-terpreter, explaining to the police that he meant no harm, but he was taken to jail because he had disturbed the peace, but no charges being preferred there against him, and his violent actions ac-tions indicating an insane man's, he was taken to an asylum. I have no power to do anything in this matter, either. It has been settled also. If he returns to a monastery, which are provided pro-vided for priests under the sentence of the propaganda. I am obliged by its laws to support him, since he belonged in this diocese. "It is an entirely mistaken idea that these matters came up again during my visit in Rome. When Father Fleming Flem-ing undertook the causes of these priests he was ignorant that the easos had been settled years ago. I also wish to absolutely deny that he received a commission from anybody In the Church to represent it. He had no audience au-dience with the Pope except one granted grant-ed with a large number of others, and simply had the distinction of kissing his hand and passing out, a privilege granted all admitted. "The statement that I dlscliartred twenty-nine Irish priests is also another an-other absurd assertion, which anyone conversant with the affairs and facts of the diocese will confirm. I am on the best of terms with the Irish priests and my best friends are among them. If anyone will look over the directory of the diocese he will find that the best and largest parishes have Irish priests at their head." Bishop Matz is feeling very "much refreshed and Improved from his trip and shows it in his personal appearance, appear-ance, looking well and vigorous. He had heard of Father Malone's visit to Rome, but the affairs of his own diocese dio-cese so fully occupied his attention that he had not seen him. He positively-stated positively-stated that he was on the best of terms with that brilliant member of the priesthood and spoke with evident pleasure of his ability to handle the larger interests of the Church ably and broadly. He could not speak, he said, of his preferment, as he really knew nothing of the details of the matter. Bishop Matz visited some of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe and says the plans of the new one in Denver will be pushed along as rapidly as possible. He was very much pleased, he said, with the work done during his absence in securing subscriptions. NATIONAL A. 0. H. Arrangements For Entertainment of Visitors Completed. Arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the delegates to the national convention of the Ancient Order Or-der of Hibernians, to be held in Denver Den-ver next July, were perfected when the county board of Arapahoe county met wun tne onicers ot the committee in charge of the convention. The statement state-ment was unanimous that the entertainment enter-tainment of the delegates should be of such a character that the thousands of visitors from every state in the Union would carry away with them from Denver and Colorado the most pleasant pleas-ant recollections of their stay in the far west. The divisions of the" organization outside of Denver will actively aid in the entertainment of the delegates. The plan will include a banquet, a trip around the Georgetown loop, a tyley ride over the city, and other courtesies of a minor nature so that the visitors from the other parts of the country may entertain the best opinion of Colorado Col-orado and of all her splendid resources of scenery and otherwise. Stephen J. Donleavy is chairman of the general an dexecutive committees; J. L. Dolan, secretary; M. J. Kan, assistant as-sistant secretary, and P. H. Mullen, treasurer. Following are the committees commit-tees in charge:. Executive and reception S. J. Donleavy, Don-leavy, T. B. Finn. M. O'Donnell George Horan, P. J. Gallagher, P. J. Gaughan, Michael Lewis, Richard Morrissey, P. W. Finnell, Thomas Donahue, M. J. Waldron, Daniel Clarke D. J. Sulli van, J. L. Dolan, John Fox, M. J. Kane, J. P. Solan. Finance T. B. Finn, J. Fox, Daniel Clarke. E. P. McGovern. Hotels P. J. Gaughan, Patrick Murray, Mur-ray, M. J. Kane, R. Morrissey, P. J. Gallagher. Transportation Peter Walsh. M. J. Waldron, George Horan, M. O'Donnell. M. Lewis. Badges P. J. McEnery, J. F. Fortune, For-tune, J. L. Dolan, M. Lewis. Hall "and Decorations R. Morrissev, M. J. Waldron, M. J. Kane, P. W. Fin. ne!l, Tfmas Donahue. Music P. Murray, J. P. Solan, D. ' J. Sullivan. The executive committee is composed com-posed of the members of the county board. They will have exclusive charge of the convention. COLORADO SPRINGS. It is quite probable that the next twelve months will see another handsome hand-some wing added to St. Francis' hospital. hos-pital. More room is needed at the hospital hos-pital and the Sisters will make an effort ef-fort in a short time to raise the money with which to build. The Mother Superior Su-perior says that at least thirty additional addi-tional rooms are needed. , A wing could be built containing that many rooms and add greatly to the appearance of-the of-the structure as it stands at present. It is thought that owing to the reduction in tr cost of materials, the proposed addition can bo built for much less money than was required for the additions addi-tions erected in 1889 and 1896, respectively. respect-ively. Catholic News. COPPER RIVER'S BOOM. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 14. Major W. R. Abercrombie, who for four years has been supervising and directing the United States government development develop-ment and exploration work in the Copper Cop-per River valley, arrived here from Alaska yesterday. He went north a captain and returns a major, assigned to the command of the Thirteenth infantry in-fantry in the Philippines. As a result of his work the town of Valdes has sprung into existence, from which point the military road has been constructed to the Tanana river, 264 miles to the interior. A gap of seventy miles south of Eagle City will be closed early next summer, as all the bridges on the road have been constructed. con-structed. A stretch of 170 miles of telegraph from Valdes to the. interior is up and in working order, and the line will be completed through by next September. In the construction of this all-Amer-ican highway to "the Yukon the government govern-ment has expended $121,000 and already gold to the value of $160,000 has been taken out by the people. Major Abercrombie says there is every reason to believe that there is an almost inexhaustible supply of copper ore in that section of Alaska, that it is also rich In other minerals and agricultural ag-ricultural resources. He also states he is confident that a railroad will soon be built to develop these riches. |
