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Show I Biocese of Denver i 3-XTZABETH KELLY, Correspondent ' A. The Intermpuntain'and Col6rado , Catholic is placed on sale ut the ; James Clarke church good? house, C27 I j Fifteenth street, Denver. Colo. CITY OF DENVER. I " Bishop Matz to Assit in Dedication! ; Exercises. . J'nnnAl invitation to assist at the err moiiii-s in connection wiih the dedication dedi-cation of the magnihent Pittsburg ca-; ca-; thcdral has been received by Bishop ! .. .. C. Matz of the Denver rlioofs. and i - has been accepted provisionallv," ihut if the press of diocesan affairs here iF not too urgent by tho time the exercises ex-ercises take plu.ee, the ordinarv of this fhocese v ill. journey across the coun-iry coun-iry to assist in the services. If the plans now being made by the ehurch people, at PittPburg are carried car-ried through to a . successful conclu-s.on conclu-s.on the dedicatory services of the new athedral will be as elaborate as any fhurch ceremony ever held jii the country. coun-try. Jills-hops and other prelates of the church from near and far will as-.nible as-.nible to ahk the benediction on the congregation through whose efforts the handsome structure has been reared, and with all the pomp of the dear old "hurch ihc walls will be dedicated to the service of the Master. At a cost of $1,1100,000 the Pittsburg atherirai has been built, and there-is there-is tf till an indebtedness of $100,000 on it. This will be liauidated early in the new year, according to promts of wealthy onnsylvanians, and so the1 dedication is being planned for some time in February. Bishoo Matz re- ived his invitation early this week. .Among the other church dignitaries who will participate in the dedicatory exercises are Apostolic Delegate Fal-eonio Fal-eonio and Oaninal Cibbnns. The yta-tions yta-tions of the Cross in the new church are all of bronze. Yuletide Party for Montclair Church A n-al old J'ashioned Yuletide party, with all the flavor of Christmas and 1 all the jood things that must of ncce.s- i -Ty accompany the holiday season, is i being planned for the benefit of the proposed Catholic church at Moniclair, .? and llev. .1. M. Walsh, the r.astor, is working night and day to carry through elaborate plans for the entertainment oV hundreds of young 1 ople. The old ' ' -astle at Montclair the Nicol man sionwhich for years echoed "and reechoed re-echoed with "lie songs and laughter "f young pi-ople. has been selected for I t The party, and every room and' corri- : dor will be decorated in a manner ap- I : propriatf to the Christina" time. There are great broad lireplacos and other sj ' things that K:nd cheer to the great 1iig rooms, and 011 the third floor a j r-:il Christmas tree laden with good 5 things will be set 11- for the amusement j I and delight of the guests. I ; The entertainment will be on the j: vvning of Thursday, Dec. 2S, and si " t great many young people outside of ' ihc district, for wnos-e benefit the new j V chui-ch will be built, have offered to t .ir-sisl an making tile affair si social and financial success. Father Walsh ' is using his every energy to get to gether siiilicient money to build just ;i wna'l house of worship, suid a se-?)'-s of parties will be given for this purpose. Montclair has long been in need of a pastor and a church, but I '. rather Walsh is holding services now J in the town hall. He is well liked j by his parishioners and his- zeal is bound to accomplish great things for i the little suburb. The castle in which . ' ' the Yuletide party will be given is sit ihe corner of Geneva street and Cen-. Cen-. t.--r avenue, s.nd tlie Fairmont car I passes' the door. j Children under 12 years have been 1 ;uited and will be admitted free. The ! sule of tickets has been large, up to I -iate and will be even larger before I . ;be day comes. V f 1 News has n.-ached Denver of the marriage in Kansas City last week of I Miss Jessie Palmer, daughter of F. C. Palmer, a Denver pioneer, and Austii. ' . Starner of Kansas City. The cere- j mony was erformed by Father Welch. .Mr. and Mr?. Starner will make their borne in Kansas City. The Academy club met with Mrs. Seubert. 12! West Fourth avenue, on Thursday, Dec. 7. The programme was as follows: Rollcall. current events, lesson. Persian wars, Miss 'Neill; paper, "A Typical Greek 1 Home," Mrs. Thurnes: talk, "The I rnek Schism," Mrs. J. P. Donley. :! Mrs. Weicher's rendition of a scene from sin Italian play was very artistitc. The Misses Gorman gave several delightful de-lightful selections on the piano and violin. Visitors present were Mrs. D. p. '"arcy, Mrs. Weicher and the Misses '"onnan. Obituary. The pa.-t week has witnessed the death of a great number of Denver people and some jr n and women prominent in "at" 1 life and work-have work-have been among , -.. sro. Thomas K. Dillon, for ye.. - ident of the ' uiheOral parish, e .s iway after a brief illness from - it,"; om'a. Death -amo oui.tly to h.;;. n tlie familv bome, Emei'sim sr-u Mr. Dillon v. ;s born ir. .Straba?.-,. ouuty Tyrone. lrl:tnd. April 21, ,37. and came to : America in is:,?. l)c n-a0e his home hen in rv.vingtort Ky.. ji.kI lived there '( during the civil war. jn 1S7S he came f Denver and established a hardware More, of which he was the head until when he solo out to his sons. Although for vrars Mr. Dillon suf-'.err-a frun) jartial blindness he Mas I h'-erful ;ind nvrry. and a splendid ! onmanion. He is survived bv liis ! Aifc and lour chi.dren. Miss Mary Dif- , 'on. J. .1. Dillon. T. F. Dillon, jr.. and I -1. W. Dillon. The funeral took place j "ii Thursday morning from Logan ave- l 7-ue chapel, where Bishop Matz cele- ; f "bra ted high mass of requiem and ' I preached si sermon. Interment was at J ; i Mount Calvary eemetorv. 1 Miss Mary O'Fallon succuinbed to f j lirighfs disease, :lfter a lingering III ,! ness. lat Thursday, and was buried "ii Sunday afternoon from Logan Av.- nue chapel. Miss OTallon was the j " sister of M. J. O'Fallon and Mrs. Y. C Douglas, and during the thne she resided in the Sacred Heart parish w;is an active member of the Young Ladies-" sodality. She formerly resided in Phil-; Phil-; adclphia. hut came west for her health ome years ago. She was S2 years of . age, and hail held a position sUtaelied 11 1 which were grave responsibilities, j Miss O'Fallon was a woman of sin gular charm and grace of manner, and was well liked. The iloral tributes , were numerous and .beautiful, and many of them were turned over for use on the altar after the funeral service. serv-ice. Father McMcnamin conducted the : )ast sad rites and interment wsis in I Mount Calvary. I f I : Joseph Maeugi, the 4-year-old son of j llr. and Mrs. Maeugi of Globeville, I iied suddenly of malignant diphtheria j; Jast week. The boy w;is si 'bright lit He fellow, and the parents have the j sympathy of si great many fri.-nds. 1 : : The funeral of Mrs. James Heady, I : i whofM body was brought from Trini- I I t i dad to Denver, was held from St. Leo's i j e.iurch, Tiev. William O'Ryan oiiiei-j oiiiei-j J ;.ting. The burial was at Mount Cal-: Cal-: ; I ary. Mrs. Hea.y formerly lived in ; I Denver and had a host of friends hen;. ". i Ten years ag.i she moved to Trini-' Trini-' . dad for the benefit of her health, and i ' she and her husband have been proms' prom-s' i i V- incnt in trocial life there since. J i John 5barb3ro. for years a resident of S'.. Leos pufish. died last week at 1 . his iomo. 14.;:, T'Ttb street. A Jarge .. .. 1 : t I 'ill ' ' 1 I: ! ' I ' Z " ----- -'-r "' " ' ' concourse of friends attended the funeral, fu-neral, which was held on fcundsiy from St. Leo's, and tne burial was sit. Mount Col vary. 4 . A- Helen Ix.uise Stoelker. the little' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louts , P. Stoelker, died rat the home of. her parents,-. 10oG Eleventh street., last Thurs-r day. and the burial was hold .privsuel-y at Mount-Calvary cemetery, v .. At her residence, l'-J0 Champa street, on' Saturday last. Miss Katherine Murphy Mur-phy died - after a short illness-. , The funeral, held from St. Leo's church on -Monday morning, was largely sitteiid-ed. sitteiid-ed. and interment was at Count Olivet Oli-vet cemetery. From 1he Sacred Heart church on Thursday morning the funeral of Mrs. ; Mary J. Johnson of "3- Champa street j was held. Mrs. Johnson w;is Jie mother moth-er of the late J. V. Johnson, smd was I a well known figure in parish work. Tlie body was shipped to Burlington, la., for Interment. x Patrick McGaughan was buried fi-om St. Khzabeth's church Thursday, Father Macellus oti.ciating. Mr. McGaughan Mc-Gaughan died at 1145 California street. Dee. VZ, and was buried at Mount Calvary. He is survived by a widow, Mrs. Caroline McGaughan. Pierre A. Coqucz was buriej ia Mount calvary cemetery last week. Christmas Music in the Churches, j The church choirs of the city have ' planned musical programmes in cole- j braiion 'f the Feast of Christmas, v hich will completely ovei-shuduw anything any-thing ever before attempted. Weeks have been spent in rehearsing and making ready for the festive occasion,, and practically every director has se cured the services of an orchestra to add to the effect. Augmented choirs with new soloists and splendid choruses cho-ruses are the rule everywhere. At the pro-cathedral Professor Joseph A. Michel lias spared no pains in. preparing prepar-ing Haydn's Third Mass, . and at St. Loo's Professor Peter Menzie will use Weber's in (J. Mr. Ben Foley, director of tly1 Sacred Heart church choir has worked steadily for weeks with the, music out there, and a fine programme ' of solo and chorus work is promised. Mrs. John Schilling will preside at the organ. Here are a few of the Christmas programmes: pro-grammes: Immaculate Conception Cathedral. High mass, 10:30 Organ prelude; Improvision Mass Kyrle Beethoven Credo (No. 3) Haydn Sanctus Haydn' Agnus Dei Haydn Offertory 'trip) Benedlctus Le Jeal Miss Gottesleben, Mr. Bottler, , I Mr. Sayer. Organ postludc March in D.. Schubert Joseph A. Michel, organist and' choirmaster. I St7Leo's. j I Processional Iargo Handel Kyrie and Credo .Weber's Msisa in G Offertory Ave Maria Giorza Mrs. John A. Cotter. Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei... Weber's Mass in G Postludc March Meyerbeer Organist, Mrs. Harry S. Preble:' soloists. so-loists. Miss Bertie Berlin, soprano; Mrs. John A. Cotter, alto; James'A. Grant, tenor; Peter Menzies. bassa-dircctor. bassa-dircctor. f St. Joseph's Church. Muic to be rendered on Christmas will be as follows: Kyrie "Messe Milltaire" Gilsinn Gloria "Messe Milita!re" Gilsinn j Credo "Messe Militaire" Gilsinn Offertory "Adesti Fideles" ...Xovelloi Sanctus .- Gounod j Agnus Dei "Messe Militaire". .Gilsinn j Opening . number, Gilsinn's "Venite Adoremus," sung by children's sind principal choir. Organist, Miss Ma j Sullivan. - Five o'clock mass will be celebrated in nearly every church. notably Locan avenue chapel, where it will take the place of . the usual 6 o'clock' service. The other masses will be the same as on Sundays. "The "Adesti Fideles" will as usual . be a feature of the Christmas music. ' Mr. Nealy III. Thomas F.-Nealy of Ouray, Colo., a bank clerk, fell from a Fairmount car at Colfax avenue and Fillmore street, last 'week and sustained a fractured skull. He was removed to Mercy hospital hos-pital nearby and is improving steadily. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. S. McGill have returned to Denver from Los Anseles. Mrs. Reid Goes to California. Mrs. C. S.. Reid, mother of Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, left during the week for Southern California in the hope of benefiting her health. Mrs. Reid is past 60 years of age and for some time has been in si Boulder hos- pital under treatment for throat trouble trou-ble which she contracted yesirs ago while on a mission of charity in New York. She was in Denver a few days en rcute to the coast. . . . Mr. Elmer E. Turbush is in Denver for the Christmas holidays, ! To facilitate the Christmas distribution distribu-tion work the Queen's Daughters have had down-town headquarters during the past week, and from there dozens of baskets and bundles have been sent out Bennett & .Myers donated the use of the store room at .1049 Champa St., j to the young women, and Miss Margaret Mar-garet Maloney, chairman of the philanthropic phil-anthropic committee, was in charge ; there every day receiving donations smd looking after cases of destitution The members completed fortv new ganuents for the poor as well as fixing over a number of old pieces. New Council Knights of Columbus. Not since Denver Council, 539. Knights of Columbus, was established several years ago, has there been such an interesting installation ceremony :is that which was hold on Sunday at Trinidad, when Holy Trinity Council, 3To2, was formally launched. j Twenty-five leading members of the local branch including a 'number of state oilicers went to tlie southern city Saturday evening .and on Sunday morning they were j-'ined there, by a. party of one hundred .from Pueblo as well as knights from Colorado Springs, Las Vegas and Raton. The work of formally establishing the new council was in charge of State Deputy John Riddin of Denver and District Deputy M. J. Galligan. There were just lifty men on the charter list of Holy Trinity Council, but there sire a number awaiting admission to the ranks and the Knights there will soon V'e quite as strong as in cities twice the size of Trinidsid. Trindad, smd in fact Las Anima county enerally, is essentially Catholic, Catho-lic, nd the men whose names sippeur on the roster of Council 1072 are among the most prominent and influential citizens cit-izens oi thu district. Among them are: DrJ Benjamin B. Beshour, Deputy Assessor As-sessor Manuel Garcia. County Superintendent Super-intendent of Schools Jose M. Madrid, County Clerk Kugene Garcia, James E. Kane, Dr. W. W. Woods. Thomas J. Murphy, James P. Horan, E. J. Mc-Mahon Mc-Mahon and County Commissioner J. Vincent! Vigil. v The exemplification of the first dT gree took place at Castle hall, Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, and later, as soon as the special train arrived from Pueblo, the Knights in a body attended attend-ed mass at '11:30 o'clcIr. ' The second t. . y ' - ' '- - a !;.:;; ';': : - . . ' i 1 I ' , ' . .1 :' . . r '. 1 .,--' '.',''- , . ' -i ;..'V:: v '..r ' . ;:' . , ': :. "" ' :'.':'. I . ' lit: f m ' Mi. ! U- ,,KfV -tS-tl, , 1 V j nmH'B I! & -! Iff 03 33)-n ill i f;m 1 : Tqj ft H r lr. z-ZzL x . I 15 S B - B 8 V. f ' 1 j fJ ?s, wm ,;al!l!v,rit;!ir)i 7 Ally": '7 ' i 7 w-'-. , degree was exempliiied at 1:30 o'clock and then an informal luncheon was served. The exemplification of the third degree and the installation of officers of-ficers followed and si banquet at the hotel that night concluded the day's exercises. E. J. McMsihon. chief inspector in-spector for the Montana Railway association, was made president, because be-cause he was the first man in Trinidad to take an active interest in the nev oranization. 4 On Tuesday evening, Doc. e, the Nichols mansion in Montclair was- the scene of a merry gathering, all bent on having a good time and helping on the good work Father Walsh is trying to accomplish in. raising, funds for the erection of a Cathol.'c church in Montclair. Mont-clair. -At nrescht mass is said every Sunday in the totn hall, hut it is hoped' that by spying a church building can he commenced. . Dancing was the principal' prin-cipal' feature' of Tues Jay's tntertain-ment, tntertain-ment, though many were interested in the card games and a sharp contest was waged for the handsome prizes. The ladies' first prize, a beautiful cut glass bowl, went to Mm Parsons of Montclair, while Mr. Nichaels was-the fortunsite winner of the gentleman's first prize, si large box of line cigars. Supper was served by the ladies of the parish and the evening was altogether a most enjoyable one smd netted a neat sum for the worthy cause. The Sisters of Charity conducting Mount St. Vincent's orphanage have published the following card of thanks to Mr. Dennis Sheedy, the most generous gen-erous benefactor: The sisters and or-.j phans of Mount St1 Vincent's home desire de-sire to express their gratitude to Mr. D. Sheedy for remembering them generously gen-erously at Thanksgiving. Among the gifts received were a whole beef, a hog, ten sacW of flour, ten sacks of potatoes, pota-toes, a sack of onions and a carload of coal. We feel deeply indebted to I Mr. Sheedy, not only for the above, but also tiie many repeated acts of kindness rendered b- him during the past year. We trust God will bles-.s him for his exceedings generosity to ChTist's little ones. Gratefully and sincerely. , The Sisters and Orphans of Mount St. Vincent's Home. |