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Show Diocese of Denver ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. The Intermountain and Colorado Catholic IB placed cn tale at the James Clarke church soods house. 647 California 6treet Denver, Colo. Feast of Pentecost. Last Sunday, the feast of Pentacost, was a singularly festive occasion at Logan Avenue chapel. Seventy-nine little children received their First Holy I : Communion in the morning, while in I the afternoon a class or 125 was con- 3 firmed by Bishop Matz. In the evening I a reception in the Sodality of Children of Mary was held, and the crowning oi ! the May queen was an especially pret- I ty ceremony. : The first communion mass was at 7 ' o'clock. The altar was a veritable 1 bower of American Beauty roses, with I sufficient greenery intermingled to make a delightful scene. The children I approached the altar two by two and i were admitted within the hallowed pre-l pre-l cinct of the sanctuary. Two very small f , boys in the whitest of white cassocks t and surplices held the communion cloth, while just outside the sanctuary ) railing two little girls stood on each side of the gateway to form an aisle through which the young communl- cants passed. j A special musical program was ren- ' S . dered by the junior choir, in which ; Miss Hilda Falke did the solo work, jj The first communion class sang before going to the altar "Come, My Jesus, I Come to Me," in a feeling manner, j A sermon appropriate to thf occasion i was preached by Father H. L. McMc- ' I ' , namln, who conducted the rptreat. ! Aftfr mass the children had breakfast with the pastor at the parochial resi- ' dence. One long table stretthea r through the dining room and the pas- j ior s study, which adjoins, and this ; i ' accommodated eighty covers easily. ;' j In the afternoon confirmation was ; the order. Bishop Matz preached a short sermon ineidentsl to conferring the sacrament on 125 people. In the evening at 7:30 o'clock the little girls of the class were received into tne Blessed Virgin's sodality by Father ; Francis X. Henegan. On that occasion i the sermon was preached by Father .; MeNonamin. Two hundred and fil't , young sodalists. all gowned in white and wearing wreaths of smilax. were in i the church participating in the service. ? The blue ribbons and medals were given the new members and their names were enrolled. j Bishop Matz at Logan Avenue Chapel Bishop N. C. Matz celebrated ponli- i flcal high mass at Logan Avenue chape! U last Sunday fin account of the observ- . ;! ance of the Feast of Pentacost. Tnt j hour was 11 o'clock. Bishop Matz wis j to have preached the sermon, but at the n " last minute the order was changed and h Father F. X. Henegan took that work i; off his hands, the bishop prrnrning ror f! Father Henegan at 10 o'clock mass. i Father John Belzer, chaplain of St. Anthony hospital, assisted in the pontifical pon-tifical celebration. Forty Hours' Devotion. I The Devotion of tho Forty Hours was observed at the Church of the Holy j Ghost last week. Father J. J. Donnelly, I pastor of the churrh of st. Francis de j Sales, preached on Friday cvt-zr.ng, ant! I the sermon Saturday evening was by l Father H. L. McMenamin. Father J. j F. McDonoug'n preached on Sunday. J The church was especially pretty n: j the occasion. I Queen's Daughters Entertain. I The Queen's Daughters entertainer.: I their friends and incidentally added a 1 ' rieat sum to their treasury by a mill- 1 tary euchre party Saturday afternoon. I May i'9. W. P. Horan generously gave J the use of his hall on Cleveland place. I which accommodated sixty tables, all j of which were filled. Miss Ju;:a Alien I was chairman of the committee In I charge of the party. ind she was abiy 1 assisted by Miss Julia Merryweather. Miss Josephin" Woehr. Mis Anpela Oilmorc, Miss Irine Abel and Miss Corn McCabe. i I Church Notes. f ( High mass has been discontinued u; I ' Logan Avenue chaptl for trie 5um.iu;i I months. Beginning with Sunday, Ju.t. t S, the last mass will be low, but will i' begin, as usual, at 11 o'clock. ! t The Holy Name society's basebull I team won a game from th Bainuii. i nine on Sunday on the Holy Name grounds at Forty-third umi York I streets. J J Although the picnic under the aus- j pices of the Holy Name society is four f weeks oft:, the tickets are raplGiy aelng i disposed off and a large and merry crowd will spend Monday, July 6, at I Dome Rock. I ' I June 17 has been fixed as, the date i Tor the annual banquet of the Immaru- !-. late Conception Alumni association. The place has not yet been determined, and the toasts will be assigned at a meeting of the association to be held In the near future. The annual busl- ncss meeting took place last Friday evening at the school. 1S24 Logan aven- ue. and Miss Mabel Tracy was elected f, toastmaster for the banquet which wii; I be tendered as a welcome to the class of 1903. Maurice Hickey was maciv president of the association. Miss Mark- I, Utard, vice president: Miss Maudo I Miller, sefretary. and Miss Sadie Mul- I rooney, treasurer. A committee was j appointed to revise the year book to J , bring it down to date, and it is likely f ' that new features will bo inserted in the book this year. Tli ere are three graduates to be ud-I ud-I mitted at the banquet, and elaborate 1 plans will be made to insure the suc-f suc-f cess of the occasion. ' ! Every parochial school in the city is now engaged in making radv for e'nm- Imencement exercises. The young women wo-men of St. Patrick's parish are instructing instruct-ing the children over there, and an elaborate entertainment is to be given at the Broadway theatre by them on June 23. The graduates of the eighth I grade arc Misses Katherine Kirk, Nora I McAndrews. Mary Boyle. Esther Mc- I Velgh. Mary Connors. Ruth Cralk. j Florence Kelleher and Helen Blgiv and j Messrs. John Moran, Joseph Keelan, Andrew Hagerty, Eugene Sullivan. Da- via Sullivan, Joseph Hamilton. Joseph !Connel2 and Lawrence Patrone Archbishop Alexander Christie or Portland, Ore., was a distinguished Denver visitor last week. The archbishop arch-bishop was passing through Denver o;. I n5s way home from the east, anc paid I Bishop Matz a short visit. I I Father Vvflliam Ryan," who recently came into the diocese of Denver for a I visit, is looking after-the narlsh duties j at Ouray, in the place of Father M. TV I Donovan, who was recently transferred I to Denver. ! ." ,. f ' Memorial services were held Monday afternoon. May 31, in Moun-: Calvrv remetery by Rev. J. P. Carrisran. Th- ceremony very slmnlp. Mqny p-.- I l?1 'rc present despite tle tea):y j : 5 - downpour. Between sixty and seventy soldiers are sleeping their last sleep in Mount Calvary. The forty hours' adoration in preparation prepa-ration for the Feast of Pentacost was observed at the Church of the Holy Ghost last week. On Friday evening an eloquent sermon befitting the occasion occa-sion was delivered by Rev. N. L. McMenamin, Mc-Menamin, pastor of the catnedrai. Saturday Sat-urday evening Rev. J. J. Donnelly of St. Francis de Sales was the orator, while the closing sermon on fcunaay was preached by Rev. J. F. McDonough of the cathedral. Musicale at St. Mary's Academy. The exhibition hall of St. Mary's academy, aca-demy, on California street, was filled to capacity on Saturday afternoon. May 23, the occasion being the musicale given by the Alumnau association. A pleasing program was successfully carried car-ried out by the following former graduates grad-uates of the institution: Miss Bessie Cream, vocal solo; Mrs. Fannie Whistler, Whist-ler, reading; Mrs. Agnes Mosser, plan-solo; plan-solo; Miss Josephine Woeber. voca: solo; Miss Kate Keneham, violin selection: selec-tion: Mrs. Letitia Kirkpatrick Gargan. vocal number; Miss May Blake, pian selection; Miss Mary Collins, vocal solo. St. Mary's Musical club also contributed contribut-ed several numbers. All former pupils of the school, no matter for how brief a period, were Invited to the entertainment, entertain-ment, and a large number availed themselves of the opportunity to be present. At the last business meeting of the Alumnae association the question ques-tion of admitting to membership old pupils other than graduates was discussed, dis-cussed, and definite action will likeiy be taken at the next meeting. It is proposed by those favoring the plan to make three years' atendance at the convent a qualification for membership, which will isure a more rapid growth to the Alumnae association. Sacred Heart College Boys. The ball game between the Sacred Heart college boys and the team from the state university, which was scheduled sched-uled for Wednesday, May 26, was indefinitely in-definitely postponed. These teams have faced each other twice this season, each one winning a gamo, and the one of last week was to be the rubber, consequently con-sequently great interest was felt ui it and keen disappointment manifested itself it-self when word wjs received lrom Boulder that the uicr: ity team wisljed the game called i f. St. Gertrude's Commencement. The Sisters of ".'harity in charge of St. Gertrude's convent, Boulder, 1-ave sent out cards announcing their program pro-gram for commencement week as follows fol-lows : Baccalaureate sermon, Rev. Agatho Strittmater. O. S. B., Sunday afternoon, after-noon, June S. Piano-forte recital, Monday evening, June 7. Graduating exercises of commercial. High school and normal classes, Tuesday Tues-day evening, June S. Ground was broken last week for the home which the Sisters of Mercy are erecting for aged sisters and nurses in Aurora. This is the realization of a dream long cherished by the sisters, and hi i-'iuuvic a i wniiui Lduir mmjr loi nuns from all the Mercy hospitals and convents of the country when their days of usefulness are over. Twenty acres of ground were purchased last year for the purpost?, and extensive lawns, walks and flower gardens will be put in. The site has a i'rontage of three blocks on Colfax avenue, running thence back to Eleventh avenue with the Colfax car passing the door. In addition to the nurses' home, it is proposed pro-posed to erect a convent and school on the premises. In all $300,000 will be expended ex-pended on the enterprise, and the buildings build-ings will be second to none of their kind in the west. |