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Show : j Abbot Oasquefs Visit to Denver : . v " ' (Special Correspondence.) Denver, Oct. 11. The only event of importance in religious circles of Denver, Den-ver, and an event of more than loca. significance, was the visit of the Rc: Rev. Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet oi England, who came here at the invitation invita-tion of the local branch of the Knights of Columbus and was their guest at a teception tendered last Friday evening' in Fraternal Union hall on Champa street. Abbot Gascuiet is the heat? of the Benedictine order . in " England and as such is known to prelates throughout the country. He is sn-okc'irvrominenliy for the cardinal's hat, but :his visit to America is for the purpose 'of studying conditions here. . The visit of the abbot whs the inspiration inspi-ration for a call from Bishop J. J. Keane of Cheyenne and Bishop Scan-nell Scan-nell of Omaha and with Bishop Matz, the three church dignitaries were gUefctS. The personality of Abbot Gasquet is striking and delightful. He makes friends easily and keeps them long. At the reception tendered by the Knights .if Columbus-Over 200 people wei e afforded an opportunity of meeting the abbot and the impression which he iefi on DenveriteS speaks well for his charm of manner. His remarks were quaint and expressive and when the discourse was brought to a close it a as wiln regret on the part of his auditors. Grand Knight Daniel B. Carey presided pre-sided over the meeting and in the re-' ceiving line were Abbot Gasquet, Bishop Keane and Bishop Matz. The Rt. Rev. Abbot was received with the greatest .enthusiasm. His fame as ;in .historian had preceded him and when he arose to begin his discourse, he was greeted with cheers from all parts of the hall. The subject chosen was "A Phase of the Reformation in England." He went into details with certain points of the Reformation which always awakens awak-ens discussion, and his conversation was at all times expressive of deep sentiments. sen-timents. Abbot Gasquefse contributions to literature lit-erature have been many ..and valuable. valu-able. His writings of theological themes have merited the 'approval of the' holy see and his fame has spread broadcast. Some of his best known works are "Henry the Eighth and the English Monasteries,"' published in 13!t.i. "Edward the Sixth and the Book of Common Prayer," a text book used in Anglican Theological seminaries, "The Eve of the Reformation." "A Short History of the Catholic Church In England" Eng-land" and "English Monastic Life." From here Abbot Gasquet went Saturday Sat-urday morning to Cheyenne, where he addressed a large congregation on Saturday Sat-urday evening. Morning; October Devotions. Instead of the October devotions being be-ing held in the evening in the various vari-ous churches of the city as has been the usual custom, the services are now being held in the morning in a number of tho parishes. The movement was started the latter part of last year by Rev. Father Edward Ed-ward J. Barry of the Sacred Heart church and has been followed by the Logan avenue parish of which Father Phillips is pastor. As a reason for the change -Father Phillips says that it is much more convenient con-venient for everybody concerned when the services are held in the morning immediately after the parish mass. In announcing the change from the pulpit last Sunday morning Father O'Farrell stated that the priests in chargeof the parish did not. like, to endanger the lives, of the women by asking them to come to the church after dark, which caused some excitement excite-ment among the members of the parish. par-ish. It was hinted that an' assault "on one of the members of the congregation congrega-tion had led the' pastor to change the services. Father Phillips denies this, however, and says that the small attendance at the evening services, is the ; principal cause for the change. In the morning the school children are afforded the opportunity op-portunity of attending and at the same time the older folks can remain after mass for the services,' while in the evening household duties would prevent them from attending. New Society Formed. At a meeting of the members of the Sacred Heart parish held in thevhapel. in the "basement of the church Sunday afternoon, an altar society was formed. The object of this society is to raise funds, to defray the expenses of flowers, flow-ers, candles and other necessary articles arti-cles used on the altars. Card1 parties, entertainments and other social events will be given by the society every two months, and the receipts re-ceipts of these, together with the small dues required of the members, will go to make up the fund. The first step,to be taken by the new society will be to provide for an entire new set of oassaeks and surplices for the altar, boys. The goods will be purchased pur-chased from the funds raised by the society while the work. of making them will be left to the lady members. The initial meeting of the new society was largely attended by the jady: parishioners. par-ishioners. The meeting- was called to order by Rev.' Edward J. Barry, pastor, pas-tor, as temporary president and a permanent per-manent organization was decided upon. Officers were elected as follows: Pres-ide'nt. Pres-ide'nt. Mrs. T. W. Day: vice president, Mrs. M. McAneny; financial secretary. Miss Fisher; recording secret ary, Mis.s Agnes Wicks; treasurer. .Rev. Edward J. Barry, S. J.; collectors. Mesdames Flaherty, Tloran, Fitzpa trick,' Thompson, Thomp-son, Slumbe-rg. Butterficld, Kempton and Smith and Misses' Carroll and Fredericks. Picnic Was a Success. A special meeting of the St. Vincent's Vin-cent's Aid society held on -Monday afternoon aft-ernoon at the residence of Mrs. J. C. O'Xeil. 3040 Meade street," was the occasion oc-casion for general .rejoicing among tho members for the unqualified success which attended the recent picnic given to raise funds for the St. Vincent's orphans' or-phans' homo. It was the monthly meeting meet-ing and the final report of the treasurer treas-urer had been promised.' There was a large attendance owing to the interest manifested by every member of the society for the -work -of the organization. organiza-tion. Two letters were read., one from the winner of the iicket contest and tne other :from the little inmates of. . St. Vincent's. Two hundred orphaned children conveyed con-veyed their gratitude to the women of the aid society in simple words, quite expressive of . the sentiments' felt uy each and every one of theju." ' The lucky holder of the coupon ticket, j No. 1591, who received J75' cash and ai ticket to the world's fair, .was' Daniel Shean of Salida. According to the re- I port of the treasurer, the picnic was j the greatest financial success ever j achieved. The total receipts were $3,- j 1'6S.30. and the expenditures were $1.-325.83, $1.-325.83, making the net proceeds or prof- j its of the picnic reach the sum of $2,- j ! C42.65. A certified bank check for the j I amount was tendered by the treasurer j j at the conclusion of the reading and i j this will with formality be presented j j to the Sisters of Charity.' It wiLl be an agreeable gift just now with the in-1 j creased expenses of the winter season. : At Monday's ' meeting, before the :business of the picnic was brought lo ' a close, the officers of the St. Vin-1 cent's Aid society, with the co-operation of the sisters, presented Patrick R. Riordan, who aidd materially toward to-ward making the affair a success, with a goid stick pin. Mrs. O'Xeil at the conclusion of the ! I meeting served luncheon and then, informally, in-formally, plans for the annual charity S ball of Xew Year's were discussed. It I has been decided to hold this year's ; ball at Weir's new hall. Fifteenth street and Cleveland Place. The date will be Jan. 2. Illness of Miss Delaney. ! Grave fears are entertained for the , recovery of Miss Mamie Delaney. the ' only' daughter of Chief of Police Michael Mich-ael Delaney. who is seriously ill at Mercy hospital suffering with pneu- j monia. Miss Delaney js a charming young wemini of 21 ears of age and Is j popular with youhg people everywhere, i She graduated from the Sacred Heart ; school a few years ago and has since presided over her father's household, i j Miss Delaney has been ill but a sh'J! t (" time, her malady appearing malignant . 'from the first stages. Her father and riicle. who were absent at the old home in Illinois, were summoned hastily to , the girl's bedside and entertain little hope of her recovery. j Mission at St. John's. ! The first mission to be given in tl.e jnew church ot St. Jehu the Evangelist I at lianiw'i has been in progress dur-I dur-I ing the week and as a result a re-! re-! vival of religious sentiment is lookcu ; for. Every morning and evening has i seen the little church taxed to its ca-j ca-j pacity with devout souls or those anxi-i anxi-i ous to renew their religious fervor i during mission time. The mission ha.? been in charge of Father . Geierman, . C. S. S. R.. of St. Louis, who was foi -j merly assistant pastor of St. Joseph's! J church in this city. I People from other parishes have joined in the. services daily and the fruits of the mission will be generally felt. Father Timothy O'Brien, pastor of St. John's church, feels much gratified a; the result of the mission. The number num-ber of confessions durink the week lias been much greater than was anticipated. antici-pated. High mass :it !) o'clock on Sunday Sun-day morning opened the week's devotions devo-tions and they will close Sunday, Oct. 15, at the same hour. New Year-Book Almost Ready. James Phelan Cuddy, to whom was entrusted the task of reprinting an edition edi-tion of the year-book for 1905, announced an-nounced this w eek 'that the work is almost al-most completed. : The book will ready for distribution for the last Sunday Sun-day in October or the first in November. Novem-ber. Over 3,000 copies have been prepared pre-pared and they, contain a complete roster of the Catholic fraternal, social and insurance societies of the city. In addition to this there is much general information of interest to Catholics in Colorado. , The new year-book will be. even more complete than the one issued is-sued in June and is being eaget ly watched for by hundreds. .Those who are particularly anxious to secure copies should apply, beforehand to the parish priest. The book will have a circulation outside of the diocese of Denver, to show the progress which Colorado is making. in the world of religion. re-ligion. Mr. Cuddy also has ready for the public a hook compiled by himself on the History of the Church in Colorado. Colo-rado. ' " St. Leo's Entertainment a Success. In order to' raise funds which it was hoped would be derived from the picnic given by St. Leo's congregation recently recent-ly at ElitehV 'gardens, an entertainment entertain-ment and dance -'was. given in the pariah par-iah hall on West Colfax avenue last Thursday night!ifA programme' of no little merit Was "given, including solos by Professor Peter Mepzles, director of the choir, James Grant. Mrs. John Colter, Col-ter, Miss - Bertie Berlin, Miss Mamie Stanmfii. Louis Reilly, Miss Hannah Leach. Miss Mina Robinson and selections se-lections by the Casino sextet and an orchestra. The entertainment was well received and a crowded hall applauded 'enthusiastically. 'enthu-siastically. A dance followed the entertainment en-tertainment participated in by about 150 young people. The proceeds of the evening will make good any deficit m the anticipated returns from the picnic. ' News and Personal. A cablegram- received during the week -from' Louvaine; Belgium, 'announced 'an-nounced the safe arrival there of Charles Hagus of this city, who sailed recently to enter the theological college at the foreign city. Mr. Hagus expects to remain abroad for four years, or until he is ready for ordination. He sailed from Xew York on the "Deutcii-land." "Deutcii-land." Mrs. Max Malich lies seriously ill at St. Joseph's hospital, suffering from typhoid ty-phoid fever. At one time last week her life was despaired of and her husband, who was on a business trip in the east, was hastily summoned. He arrived on Friday evening and a light improvement improve-ment in Mrs. Malich's condition was noted at that time. Her many friends are praying for her recovery. -- Mrs. Eugene McCarthy with her daughters. Miss Bessie McCarthy and Miss Esther McCarthy are visitors in St. Louis, having gone there to attend the world's fair. . f Mrs." Mary McAttee and Miss Edith McAttee are guests at the world's fair. They will return next week. - Miss Hilda Gottesleben and Miss Warida" Gottesleben are sojourning' in the east.- Denver friends of Miss Martha Edson will learn with ' surprise of her approaching ap-proaching marriage to Mr. Dudley Webster of Xew York City. Miss Ed-son Ed-son was for some time prominently connected with the choir of St. Joseph's church and was well known in musical circles of the city generally. Three years ago she went to New York CiiV and it was there she will be married cn Nov. 2. Rev Father Kane, pestur Holy Name church since she has 'been ceremony. Miss Edson has sung in Holy Xome church since she has been in New York and has made quite as many friends there as her charming disposition won for her while here. ' She is, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pelton D. Edson. . 4 The Good Shepherd Aid society met on Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Dennis. W. Mullen, 1007 Tenth street. Much Interest is being aroused in the work of the society and it' is ' proving of material benefit. to the House . of the Good Shepherd. . Friends of the members of the newly organized Queen's Daughters are await ing with interest the announcement of the date and place for the reception and dance which are to be given by the society early in November. . At the next meeting to be held on Saturday, at the residence of Mrs. W. P. Horan definite arrangements will be made. The affair, will be one of the most fashionable fash-ionable and delightful social functions givenduring the yt?ar by Catholic, societies so-cieties and will doubtless be well attended. at-tended. It will be the first party to he given by the Queen's Daughters. ' t- The Young Men's societly of St. Stanislaus, Stan-islaus, attached to ,th2 church of St. Joseph In Globeville, are arranglng.for j a dance to be given in their hall on the i evening of Nov. 13. The funds will go. i toward the work of the society. .... ' I The funeral of Mrs. H. Hollehan took i place from the Logan avenue chapel on j Saturday afternoon At 2 o'clock. In-tc-rment was inade in Mount Calvary cemetery. A large number of friends ' , "'( s attended the service, which was conducted con-ducted by liev. Father O'Malley. Mrs. Hollehan succumbed td heart failure on Thursday of last week. |