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Show 2J"otes and Personal. The faar in aid of the church of St. Francis da SaJes in South; Denver has fceeoi an unqualified-success. The women, wo-men, of the parish have responded nobly to tie request for- assistance and they have, bv their own efforts made and sold lundreds of dollars worth of dainty thinw- Every night the hall has been crowded with friends of the pafistTarid when the full returns are made it is expected that a handsome sum 'will be added to the church treasury. ;- y The guild of the Guardian Angel is accomplishing much good work among the poor this winter.' The guild is j-et in its infancy and owing to the limited membership does only a small share of the clsarita-ble work necessary in caring car-ing for the city's needy. The ;twenty-five ;twenty-five mem-ber meet every.two weeks and pew for cliarlty and the garments thus made are distributed where they are mot needled. .Miss Sternes is president and founder of thesociety. Thanksfving' services were held' in everv parish in the city on Thursday. In most churches the regular morning mass was ceAebrated at a later hour to accommodate, the-..greater ... part . of church-going people... . . .. First Fridav devotions will lie held in all the churches. on Friday of next week. Confessions will e heard on Thursday afternoon and evening. "Mas will be offered up for the St. y'arv's branch 29S of the L. C. B. A. in Logan avenue chapel on Friday of this work. Father Cornelius O'Farrell will he celebrant. t Mrs. J. P. Donley entertained the Aandern" club on Wednesday of last Work. . The Queen's Daughters w ill meet on Saturday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. T. E. McKcnna. In future Father Cornelius O'Farrell will be spiritual director of the League of the Secred Heart for the cathedral parish laking the place of Father William Wil-liam J. O'Malley, who has been transferred trans-ferred to Silverton. A meeting of the promoters was held on Sunday afternoon after-noon in Logan avenue chapel. - On Sunday next, the first Sunday in Advent, a special collection will be laken up throughout the Diocese of Derver to raise money for the Catholic university at Washington. A circular letter from his eminence, Cardinal Gibbons Gib-bons was read in all the churches labt Sunday at the request of Bishop Matz and a magnanimous response w ill doubtless greet the work of .next Sunday. The letter set out at length the object of the institution, which is pretty well .known to Catholic people in general, and explained that financial aid Is necessary to keep the university up to the high standard which it has followed, until it becomes better established. estab-lished. It was decided at a meeting of the trustees held in April that tins collection Ehould be asked from every diocese In the country. aJid it was in accordance with this resolution that Cardinal Gibbons issued the letter to all bishops. The collection will be taken up at all services next Sunday. |