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Show Diocese of Denver CITY OF DENVER.. Blessing- of New Chapel ait St. Vin- I cent's Orphanage. I i Special Correspondence.) j The lust touches- have been made to I the pretty little hapt-I of Hie new St. I Vincent's orphanage, and it was for- mally opened on Sunday last with I Haborale cri -ctii'iiii-s. IMshnii X. ". , Matz officiated and blessed the ohap-l v. herein were palhered about SOU friends I of th i lint it ution. The Moral decorations transformed the sanctuary into a perfect bower and combined with the white and gold tints of the fresvoing made a really magnificent magnifi-cent j-iht. Th-p main altar was banked ! with palms and cut tlowers and on the ; side altars were a profusion of potted ; plants. All the flowers' were donated by the members- of the Ladies' Aid so- viety, many of whom with their friends v ere in attendance. The chapel is fitnated "on the second floor of the new building and runs h3ck for a considerable distant. It is prac- ' maiu structure, and i? built in a man-! man-! net- much similar to the one in the old : building which was destroyed by fire 1 wo years ago. Its seating capacity is : greater and the sanctuary is much ' larger. Operdng off the sanctuary are the two sacristies, one for the chaplain and one for the acolytes. On the same 1 floor is the suite of rooms, for the priesu when necessity demands that he re-main re-main for any I ugih of tini". The entire floor is handsomely furnished, not with an eye to the luxurious but rather in a '; substantial manner in keeping with the 3 other furnishing.- of th-r- institution, i Many nf those who attended Sunday's : 't ise remained tor a tour of in-spe, in-spe, tion ihi'iiugh the building which as ; -"t retains its air of newness, despite tiie lart that jt has. bi-'-n in nsv for , Tiioi.th. 't he children expressed their delight ;,t l)eing allowed once more the '. l leasuie of showing- their beiieiaetors what lias l ;-eti accomplished "out at St. A"i!:. -cut's, and after the guests of the Institution had been ushered into, the , -hapl the inmates' were allowed to oe-.' oe-.' 1 upy th" remaining 'Avs, Alter tlie blessing- of the -ha)'"-l. Kistiop Mais ex-. ex-. pressed his thanks to those present for I j ihejr undying interest in the welfare I j f St. "iucem's orjihana-ge. and again j r-xiewed a history of the institution j ' going back to the Unte over twenty j yfai ago when iV,u Sisters' of Charity ' came out from Leavenworth. Kan., to Ihat wh-- at lhat time an almost de-' de-' M-r;ed part of th" country and estab--. lisiicd th-' nucleus of what is now one "f the grandest charities of which the diocese boosts. Sister Frances Xavier is- nn,. of thoso founders and she is still identified with Ihe work at St. Vincent's 3 und was one of the proudest nuns at t ie opening of the chapel Sunday. She I : smiled a the history of those early j I times was- reviewed for it i still as 1 fresh In her mind iif if it wor - but yes- J : terday. Three times additions were f made to the original structure and .iust J as the coinmodiousi building was run- j I iiiug smoothly able to accommodate all I of t he homeless little ones brought 1o its ; doors, ilie entire plant was burned to , . ashrs. Kvery one is familiar with the 5 ; manner in which phoenix-like the insti tution rose from its aches through the generous contributions of a magnani-j magnani-j mous public and through the persistent f , fl'ort of the sisters in charge of the i ' home. I Although on several, occasion? tdrce I th" opening of the building the friends ! 'of the orphans have gathered for spec- ! lal reasons Sunday's congregation j , ' seemed by far the one most impressed with the wonderful work which has i ( been accomplished, and aside from the blepsing of the new chapel the servic" savored of being an exercise of thanksgiving. thanks-giving. The appea.1 of Bishop Matz in giv ing his review", of .conditions was , that the work so ably recommenced be ! continued uninterruptedly with the staunch support of those who have al-1 al-1 ready volunteered assistance, and that ' the object for which St. Vincent's orphanage or-phanage va establisud two decades ( ago be not lost sight of. Congratula tions wi-r showered upon the sisters for th"ir enercetie fforts and eveiT one departed feeling better for having wit-nsed wit-nsed the good which lias been aeeom- iplished in looking after the homeless lit lie charges of i.he church. I Participating in the opening oxer- ; rises Sunday were Bishop N. C. Matz. Jlight Rev. Monsignor Robinson, pastor of the Annuneini ion church and one of ho beat friends of the orphanage. Rev. Father Downey who came from the , i home of th" Sisters of Charitv in Leav- j f Fed. S. .1. -haplain of the institution, I and Rev. Father Pantanelli. S. J. of the I College of the Sacred Heart. As hat; always been the case, the con- ! cert given in honor of the feast of St. ' Patrick vvas an iinqual-'fied success. The Rroadway theatre was well filled Sunday Sun-day evening -and the -audience was an cntiiusiastie one. At the conclusion of the first -half of the programme -Right Rev. Rishop J. J. Keane of Wyoming vas introduced by Rev. Joseph P. Car-ligan. Car-ligan. who was in charge of the concert, con-cert, and he made .the address of the evening. Bishop Keane directed his remarks, re-marks, which were- of an informal nature, chiefly toward the Irish people. He told of Irish music a? it used to be and its various changes down fo the j modern music, which is of vastly dif-j fercnt nature. Other tiiemees of inter's: inter-'s: to Irish Americans were dealt with by the speaker, who impressed all by bis cloquer.ee and charming personality. personal-ity. This is the lirst time Bishop Keane has visited lonver and he renewed ac-j ac-j quaintanee with a host of friends emong the clergy whom he had known in other cities. During his stay in Denver he was a guest of Father Car-ritan. Car-ritan. at whase invitation he came to the city. The musical programme for the con-i--rt was under the ausnices of the Aloiio dun. which organization rendered ren-dered oii selection. It was applauded in no measured degree. The Ruben-stien Ruben-stien ouartet of young women was at its best in two songs, and Frank II. Ormsbys' tenor voice was heard to ad- VSlllMre. Joselih Vewtnmv nn .M ttm. Denver favorite, without, whom the annu.il St. Patrick's concert would hardly b" a success, was ou the programme pro-gramme and delighted the audience. His songs and bis c.uaint and original humor were charming. Mrs. Otis Spencer gave a soprano solo and Frank Towers' flute selection was pleasing. A sob. on' the harp was . rendered Vv Signer I.e Vivo, and then a chorus of young gii ls sang "The .Star Spangled Banner." This flavoring of Amerii an patriotism was a signal hit and was followed by "The Shamrock from Ireland" Ire-land" as recited oy Master C5eorge Kvans. Miss Rose Johnson accompanied accom-panied the singers throughout the evening. Altogether this year's concert was a decided success and further established the popularity of the annual St Patrick's Pat-rick's day festivities. : -- i t. Patrick's day passvd off rather mnetly ln Denver this year. According. 10 a resolution formed some weeks ago by ihe In? h-American societies of the ity the,p was- no parade and the oxer- :ses were of a purely religious character. char-acter. . j he elimination nf the street parade had long been under onidei-aiion onidei-aiion and the step was i,t altogether unexpcu.,1. The parade has be,,, ,hc subject of caricature and aside from ibis is a tircpume ordeal for those in the rank This year the Ancient Order of .Hibernians formed In line at their hall and went only to the church in procession. proces-sion. At St. Patrick's, church th high mass was as usual celebrated by the Kn' -, 3 -Po' Fa,th"r Ca'r'an. v ho also spoke .nony ol K. pininranco of th t IT- 11 ,a " of the saint j was conimemoratcd. The I t . V. ' procespion disbaiKjed'ttpon leaving the church and no further observance of the day followed. The arrangement wa,s voted a success and will doubtless be followed in planning the exercjses for the day in the future.. . -. . .. ( At Greeley arspecial St. Patrick's day concert wag given for the beneiit of the Catholic chtveh. of which Rev. A. B. Casey is pastor, and it proved a financial finan-cial and artistic-success. The -parishioners of the little church are enthusiastic enthusi-astic over its prosperity in a financial way. and generously res-pond to any call for contributions to aid in the up building of the paris-h. The manr friends of Father Casey jn Denver felicitate in his good fortune in looking after his new charge, and arc watching watch-ing with interest the steady growth of the parish at Greeley. A neat sum was realized from the concert which was given in the opera house, pome--of i the best talent in Greeley participating. The meeting of the Young Ladies' Sodality So-dality of the cathedral parish was held as usual at 4 o'clock on last Sunday afternoon in the Immaculate Conception school. There was a splendid attendance attend-ance and the sodality voted to make a contribution for the nurnose of assist ing in decorating the repository for Holy Thursday. The meeting was addressed ad-dressed by Hev. Father O'Mallev. At the !::;u o'clock mass in Logan avenue chapel last Sunday the subject of the sermon delivered by Rev. Father O'Farreli was "Helping the Poor." The speaker regretted the fact that but $J or a month is co.'lected from the poor boxes' in either end of the church, w hile the unfortunate dependent persons upon charity who visit, the rectory average av-erage eight and nine per day. Father O'Farreli declared the taking care of the poor an obligation incumbent upon those in moderate' circumstances' and appealed to the large congregation assembled as-sembled to do their share in contributing contribut-ing to the fund necessary. The poor boxes are regarded as pure ly ornamental in most churches, and it has long been a lamented fact that but few nickels are collected therefrom. The sermon of Father O'Farreli calling attention at-tention to the state of affairs is expected ex-pected to bring forth good results in the near future. Xext Sunday is the Passion Sunday, and from date until Raster the statue and religious pictures in the Catholic j churches will be. draped in the purple. symbolic of penance. The last two weeks of Lent are generally more rigidly rigid-ly observed than the first portion of the season. It is expected that the devotional devo-tional exercise." for those two weeks will be even better attended than they have been thus far, which is faying mu h. as the attendance has been almost al-most phenomenal in all of the churches. -f Preparation of elaborate musical programmes for the Raster services is engaging the attention of all the choirs of the city, and music of an unusually high otder is expected. In many of the iarger churches1 there w ill be an orchestral orches-tral accompaniment, which will add greatly to the c harm of the programme. SALIDA, COLO. Thomas Killeen, probably one of the best known railroad men in this section sec-tion of the state, died ot the Rio Grande hospital recently of kidney disease, aged 47 years. Mr. Killeen came to Salida in from Buffalo. X. Y., where his parents still reside, and for several years held the position of telegraph operator un der Superintendent Ridgway. Afterward After-ward he was promoted to the office of train dispatcher, which he has held up train dispatcher, which he had held up to the time of his sickness. Twelve years ago he was united in marriage with a daughter of J. H. Suad. - To this union two children j were born. Thomas and Stead, both j of whom have survived both father and ! ! mother, whose death occurred about six I years ago. Since "the death of the mother the lit tie. boys have been under the care of their aunt. Miss Mary Killeen. Kil-leen. Two brothers of. the deceased-. James W.. of Salt Lake City, and Frank J.. of Buffalo. X. Y., were present pres-ent at the funeral. Charles Stead and w ife of Leadville and William Rech of Colorado Springs were also present. The funeral was held at the Catholic church. Rev. Father O'Begley officiating. officiat-ing. Members of the Elks lodge accompanied accom-panied the remains to Fairview cemetery. |
