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Show I Knights of Columbus Approach the Altar. . If there is ore thing over everything ife of which the Catholic church in Denver can boast, it is the devotion of I its men, their .steadfastness to the cause of religion, and their readiness at all times to make a public profession of faith. J, The profession was made last Sunday Tv hen 300 or '400 Knights of Columbus approached th? communion rail in Lo- gan avenue ?hapel in a body. It was the annual communion Sunday for Denver council 539. out never has the representation been so large. They were the substantial business men of the community, too. jurists, attorneys, physicians, and men prominent in the commercial world. There weie young men and old men, rich men and poor run, all anxious to make the profession upon which the order is founded, and which more than its mere social lift-, is responsible for its steady growth. The 8:80 o'clock mass was the one selected se-lected for the men. and the Queen's Daughters' choir, which usually sinys at the 9:0 o'clock mass, furnished a musical program which would have done credit to an Faster service. The et-mer and sid aisles of the church were crowded with the Knights of Columbus, Co-lumbus, and there was room for only a few of their friends in other parts' of the church. Father Mc Menamit) celebrated the rj.ass and preached a Ten minutes' sermon. ser-mon. It was merely a little lesson dsawn from the first communion class which had received at an earlier mass, and he suggested that the men who were about to aprroach the communion ".able make n resolution that in ten years the will have fewer regrets over ih" past than they 'now- have. Mrs. William I. Horan. whose husband hus-band is a prominent Knight of Columbus, Colum-bus, assisted the choir with the music. .mis. .j. .i. .cu prosiqect at the organ I as usual. Mrs. A. A. Gargan and Jeoree Kerwin sang a "Tantura Ergo" 1 ;;t tl le offertory. Miss Xast gave a vio- Mn solo. Mbs Nora Hrophy and David Kvans sang an "Ave Maria." and a quartette composed of Dr. J. J. O'Neil. Jeorge Kerwin; Charles Nickerson and Thomas Collins contributed to the mu-.-iral program. i The knights held a meeting in the afternoon, and because of this no re-he' re-he' rsal of the choir was held, the men of :he choir belonging to the ord-r ;:s wei;. The choir will discontinue singing i lie List Sunday in May. |