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Show Diocese of Denver. DENVER. I St. Elizabeth's Will Celebrate the Canceling of Church Debt. (Special Correspondence.) The rubrics of the Catholic church demand that before a church may be consecrated it must be entirely free from debt. St. Elizabeth's, the most beautiful nhnrnh in Tiont-Of will Vioi-n noiil nT I the last penny, of its indebtedness by June 8. On this occasion will take place the solemn consecration ceremonies. cere-monies. Bishop Matz will preach the sermon and will also consecrate the high altar, assisted by Rt. Rev. H. Gabriels, bishop of Ogdensburg, N. Y.: Rt. Rev. Bishop Cunningham of Concordia. Con-cordia. Kan., and Abbott Frowin Conrad Con-rad of Conception. Mo. The services will last throughout the day. Feast of St. Patrick. The annual concert for the benefit of St. Patrick's church will take place in the Broadway theatre next Sunday evening. The programme will openby a short Irish drama, given by" the students stu-dents of the Broadway Dramatic school. The following artists will appear: ap-pear: Professor Jean de Chauvinet. Miss Aiva Aderly, Joe Newman, Mrs. N. P. Horan, Master Whitman, Mrs. Emma Barker, Miss Rosalind Shiel and Miss Bessie McCarron. The feast of St. Patrick will be appropriately ap-propriately celebrated in St. Patrick's church next Monday morning. At 10:30 solemn pontifical "high mass will be celebrated by Bishop Matz, with Father Fath-er Carrigan assistant priest. Father Phillips, deacon; Father Cantwell, sub-deacon, sub-deacon, and Father Brady, master of ceremonies. Father Earry, S. J., will deliver the panegyric of the saint. After mass the priests will dine with Father Carrigan. Notes and Personal. Mr. .Tames H. O'Brien, who died in Florence, Colo., last week, was buried from St. Joseph's church last Sunday afternoon. Rev. Marshall Boarman. S. J., and Rev. Eugene A. Magevney are conducting con-ducting a very successful mission at the Church of the Sacred Heart. The attendance has been exceedingly large and the confessions so far quite - numerous. nu-merous. The Young Ladies' sodality of the Cathedral parish held their monthly meeting last Sunday. The attendance was good. Miss Longston sang "The Harp That Once through Tara's Halls" and "The Shamrock of Ireland. Ire-land. Miss Petitclerc rendered "Tann-hauser." "Tann-hauser." The society is planning a sacred sa-cred concert to be given shortly after Easter. - Edward Keating Sayre, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sayre, was baptized bap-tized last Sunday. The funeral of Mr. Charles' Dillon, who died as the result of a fall last week, took place from Logan avenue chapel last Sunday. Father O'Malley conducted the services and 4spoke feelingly feel-ingly of the life of the deceased, who was an exemplary Catholic, The chil- I dren's choir, assisted by some of the ladies of the parish, sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and "Lead, Kin.ly Light." A special train carried the mourners to Mount Olivet cemetery, where the body was laid to rest. Miss Josephine Shevnin left during the week for St. Louis, where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Wagner. $ During the week a first communion class was organized in Immaculate Conception school. Father White will give the instructions. Father Fede. S. J., has opened a first communion class in St. Vincent's orphan or-phan asylum. They will in all probability proba-bility be ready late in May. Mr. and Mrs. McQunid of the Cathedral Ca-thedral parish are rejoicing over the arrival of twin babies. Father Callanan's sermon on "Confession" "Con-fession" at high mass in the pro-cathedral pro-cathedral last Sunday has received ive. while at the same time exciting deep devotion. Father John Duffy of Manitou was in town last week. He expresses himself as greatly pleased with his new parish. par-ish. Mrs. Caldwell Teaman and her mother. moth-er. Mrs. Roberts, have returned from an extended sojourn in the south. Father O'Brien, chaplain of St. Joseph's Jo-seph's hospital, has returned from California much improved in health. - The music at hih mass in Logan avenue chapel last Sunday was very good. At the offertory Mr. William McPhie sang an "Ave Maria." A description of the origin and indulgences in-dulgences of the "Way of the Cross" was given by Father O'Malley last j Sunday evening. The large congregation congrega-tion was completely carried away by I.iiji triuij ut.iictr. ttiltl lllctli w vi c uiutru. to tears. |