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Show ' Bioccse of Denver '. ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. ; The IntermountaJn and Colorado j Catholic is placed cn sale at the James Clarke church goods house. 647 California street. Denver. Colo. Death of Rev. Francis O'Neill. j The heart that had throbbed in uni son with the sorrows of mankind: the great brain whirh had mastered the in- i tricacies of canon law at an age when boys are usually in college: the tongue from which had flowed eloquence with The power to move men's souls; the i hands which had been lifted innumera ble times in blessing and from which had poured beneficence; the eyes that had been quick to read the depths of a ! sin-sick soul; the man whose life had been civen to the service of God he was there, with the quiescence of death upon him. under a blanket of flowers, the odor of incense minplcd with the redolence of the tiny blossoms. Through the still watches of the night ; the men whoso lives had been influenced by the splendid . example of Rev. Francis Fran-cis O'Xeill. O. p., the pastor of St. Dominic's church, knelt by his bier. Not for a single instant was the casket containing the mortal remains of ihe young and zealous Dominican father left alone in the Sacred Presence. Mem bers of the Holy Name society took the watch in relays, glad to participate in a tribute which no priest in Denver' . had ever before been paid. Only a sob J now and then broke the stillness of the I night. Caudles burned low and new j ones replaced them. ! The early morning trains brought into Denver priests from all parts of the slate, priests who had labored side by side with Fat he; O'Neill for the spread of Catholicity in this diocese, 7'i'iests w ho had borrowed his eloquence for their little mission churches now and then when he could be spared from his own pulpit, the pulpit he filled for seven years. If Father Francis O'Xeill hud suffered suf-fered a martyr's death, such as came to the sainted Father leo a little over a year ago, Denver could not have wept more copiously at hia bier, lie was so young- and so zealous and so promising and so splendidly strong. It was a (juiet death that came to the pastor of St. Doriiinic'ts. It was . the death he would have wished to die. this quiet man of God. He attended to his parochial duties on Sunday, May 2, went among his parishioners for the next three days, remained in his room the greater part of Thursday, and succumbed suc-cumbed to valvular heart trouble that nipht. And he was only Z7. Denver heard the news on Friday morning and hearts were saddened. With the little mother, whose first born he was, Denver wept over the sudden taking away of a good man. And on Monday when requiem mass was offered of-fered for the repose of his soul, hundreds hun-dreds of people waited outside St. Dominic's Dom-inic's church out of reach of the son or-.' ous voice of the priest who delivered the eulogy, but close enough to feel the presence of death. The church was far too small to hold the hundreds who sought admission. Into its somber-decked somber-decked interior where streamers of black and white met the eye on all sides, a few hundred persons pushed to kneel in prayer, but far more were turned away. The aliar was destitute of flowers. The candlesticks had knots of black ribbon around them. A little distance in front, though, the casket with its wealth of floral offerings rested. Father Fa-ther Joseph P. Carrigan pastor of St. Patrick's church and the uncle of Father Fa-ther O'Neill was celebrant of the requiem requi-em mass. Under the vestments of dullest dull-est black a heart that ached almost to breaking beat while the words of the mass were repeated. Father O'Neill was the oldest son of Father Carrigan's j sister. The burden of a mother's sor- row fell heavily upon him, increasing his own loss. Father Meagher of New York City, the life-long friend of Father O'Neill, and a member of the Dominican order, was deacon of the mass, and Father Dogan, O. P.. who fifteen years ago was pastor of St. Dominic's church, was fiub-deacon. Practically every priest in Denver was in the sanctuary. The eulogy of the dead priest was pronounced by Father William O'Ryan. pastor of St. Leo's church; who fifteen months ago spoke from the pulpit of St. Elizabeth's church over the mortal remains re-mains of the martyred pastor of that congregation. It was a simple little tribute founded on a few sentiments Father O'Neill had written on a scrap of paper just a few minutes before he died. Perhaps a premonition of the end was with him then, for- the words he Indited, were anent eternity. "Two figures.'' fig-ures.'' he wrote, "spell the length of man's years. It may bo Co, it may be 60 or it may be P0." For Father O'Neill it was "33." The sermon was preached at the end of mass. And then the friends of the dead priest were permitted to walk up the main aisle past the casket and out through the sancutary. Two by two they walked, those hundreds of people, some looking tearlessly into the still cold face, others betraying: the emotions emo-tions that played upon their heartstrings. heart-strings. When the funeral cortege was ready, a band of little boys and girls walked in front, the St. Thomas sodality it was; and then came the Young Ladies' Sodality, So-dality, the younger members wearing long white veils that fastened to their hair, with flowers. The Altar society, composed of the married women of the parish, preceded the Knights of Columbus, Colum-bus, who turned out en masse to attend j the funeral. Father O'Neili was a fourth degree member of the order, and j some of his pallbearers were selected I from kniits of equal rank with him. They were Attomev .Tot-m tt rjerUn Dr. Thomas J. Carlin. J. K. Mullen and "! John B. McGauran. The other two 1 were from the Holy Name society of St. J Dominic'?, William Walsh and George j Reinert. 1 Three large funeral cars carried the I friends to Mount Olivet cemetery out J on the Golden road, where Father 1 O'Neill was laid to rest. The near rela-5 rela-5 rives of the dead priest went in car-s car-s riages. There was Mrs. Ellen O'Neill, the mother: Miss Anna O'Neill, a sister: Dr. John J. O'Neill. William O'Neill, Joseph O'Xeill and Leo O'Neill, broth's broth-'s ers. and Mrs. William P. Horan. an aunt. The family is one of the most prominent in Denver. Among the priests who were in the sanctuary during the requiem mass were Father Kircher. O. P.. assistant j pastor of St. Dominic's; Father J. P. ! Carrigan, Father Frederick Klein-brecht, Klein-brecht, assistant pastor of St. Pat-' : rick's: Father O'Ryan of St. Leo's. Fa-3 Fa-3 ther P. A. Phillips, chancellor of the j diocese; Right Rev. Monslgnor Robin-; Robin-; son. V. G.. pastor of Annunciation j church; Father Richard Brady, chaplain chap-lain of Loretto Heights academy; Fa-, Fa-, ther Hugh L. McMenamin. pastor of the ij Immaculate Conception cathedral: Father Fa-ther J. Frederick McDonough, assist- Ii ant at the cathedral; Father Francis X. Henegan. assistant at the cathedral: Father Bernard. O. F. M.. pastor of St. Elizabeth's; Father Athanasius, O. F. M.. assistant at St. Elizabeth's: Father J. J. Donnelly, pastor of St. Francis dc Pales: Father Guida, S. J.. of the Sacred Sa-cred Heart college: Father Edward Barry, pastor of the Church of the Starred Sta-rred Heart: Father Feely, C. M.. of St. Thomas' Theological seminary; Father A. B. Casey of Greeley. Father Louis F. Hagus of Georgetown, Father Downey Dow-ney of A'ictor. Father Henry McCabe of Idaho Springs, Father John Belzer of St. Anthony's hospital, Father James M. Walsh of Montclalr. Father Charles Hagus of Colorado Springs, Father De-soulniers De-soulniers of Edgewater, Father Agatho, O. S. B., of Boulder; Father La Jeu-nesse Jeu-nesse of Fort Collins and Father Woli-S Woli-S han of Salida, H At 1! o'clock Sunday morning the par-ishioners par-ishioners of St. Dominic's met and marched to the parochial, residence at I j 24.11 Boulevard F, where the bodv of h Father O'Neill lay. and escorted it to K the church a little over a block distant, eg where after the last mass it reposed in A state until the hour of the funeral on U -vionaay morning. Until 6 o'clock Sun-h Sun-h day evening the members of the Young h Ladies' Sodality watched by the casket, 1 tlle young women taking the watch in ;, relay? of twelve. From 6 o'clock until - 11 o'clock the women of the Altar socie-fi socie-fi ty took the watch, being relieved on ( hour before midnight by the Holy Name i society. At 6 o'clock Mondav morn-.; morn-.; ing the women undertook the watch :j again, remaining until the priests as-, as-, sembled to chant the office of the dead at 9:30 o'clock. The requiem mass was at 10 o'clock. The best choir singers in the city-helped city-helped to make the music impressive. Father O'Neill came to Denver seven years ago from the east. He was accounted ac-counted then one of the most virile men in the Dominican order. He was voung and as an orator he had few peers in the west. He was born in Auburn N 1;,thjrty'flve years u"- At the 'age of 23 he was ordained a priest. He had j various charges in New York until being be-ing sent to Denver. His last public u,.iAaiai.ic p.i me uroaawav thea-tie thea-tie on St. Patrick's day, where 'he delivered de-livered an address on "Irish Patriots " at the annual concert given by his uncle. un-cle. Father Carrigan, for the benefit of St. Patrick's church. May his soul rest in peace. Father Carrigan May Leave. As the result or friction about which neither B shop X. C, Matz nor Father J. P. Carrigan will speak tor the benefit bene-fit of the public. Fatther Carrigan for 24 years pastor of St. Patrick's church in North Denver, has been asked to resign re-sign his post and attach himself to one of the Pueblo churches. Father Carrigan Carri-gan has consulted higher authority concerning the matter, feeling that hi long service at St. Patrick's and the success wh'ch has attended his efforts there entitle him to remain undisturbed. undis-turbed. Father Carrigan has just about completed com-pleted his new mission church which will be ready for service on May 23. He has planned elaborate services for that day. The outcome of the disagreement with Bishop Matz is problematical. Ball for St. Ann's Home. Returns have not all been made from the ball given at El Jebei temple on May 4 for the benefit of. St. Ann's foundi ngs' home, but fi-ftm present indications in-dications it may reach the sum of three thousand dollars. In view of this success suc-cess it is-Just possible that St. Vincents' Vin-cents' Aid society will forego its annual an-nual picnic this summer as the two institutions, St. Ann's and St. Vincents.' Vin-cents.' though entirely distinct are under un-der the management of the same sisters. sis-ters. However, the matter- will be definitely settled at a special meeting of the St. Vincents' Aid society to be called during the week. Sacred Heart College. The annual elocution contest of the pupils of the Sacred Heart College for the Nicholls' medal will take place on i V ' . i , Sunday afternoon. May 16. On account of its accessibility St. Elizabeth's hall has been secured for the occasion. The recitations will be interspersed with a splendid musical program by the college col-lege orchestra. 4 Personal. Miss, Florence Fiynn left on Thursday Thurs-day of last week for Perigo. Colo., to take charge of a school there. -'f Mrs. W. C. Weldon entertained at an elaborate bridge luncheon Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Carey have moved into the home recently purchased pur-chased bv them at 15G3 Gaylord street. V Mrs. Eugene Wechbaugh. who underwent un-derwent a serious operation a fev weeks ago at St. Joseph's hospital, will be able to be taken to her home during this week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Barry of ' 1339 Adams street, are happy over the arrival of a l.ttle son. Mrs. Margaret O'Brien is very ill at her home. 2224 Ogden street. Mrs. O'Prlen is suffering from blood poisoning, pois-oning, caused by what was considered at the time a trifling injury. & Mrs. J. E. O'Brien and daughter. Miss Nora O'Brien, will leave in a few davs for Long Beach, Calif. M'ss O'Brien has been in poor health for some weeks and it .is hoped she may be benefited by the change of climate. i Mr. ard Mrs. Peter C. Schaefer welcomed wel-comed a young son into their home on Friday, May 7. Miss Emilie Schleuning. who spent the winter in Denver with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs Joseph C. Hagus. left on Sunday for her home in Rapid City, South Dakota. 'Miss Margaret Maloney left for Lo Angeles last Saturday to spend some time with her sister. Mrs. D. J. Cahill. Before returning to Denver Miss Maloney Ma-loney will visit the Seattle exposition and other points of Interest on the coast. Mr. J. P. DonJey and family have moved horn Julian street, where they resided for twelve years, to the home recently purchased by them at High street and Fourteenth avenue. " ; ?f Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Creau and daughters. Misses Mabel and Bessi6 Crean. have returned to Denver and have taken up their residence at 82i East Tenth avenue. The Crean family was for many years one of the most prominent ih the Cathedral parish but some time ago left to make their home in Chicago. Their many friends gladly welcome their return to Denver. The marriage of Miss Clara Louise Matty and Harry M. Genung. though extremely quiet, was one of the very interesting events of the week on ac- -count of the social prominence and beauty of the bride. The ceremony was performed Wednesday afternoon, May 5. by Rev. H. L. McMenamin at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Joseph Matty, 1741 Washington street. Only the immediate relatives were present. Mr. Genung is a New- York business man. The members of the Alumnae of St. Mary's academy will give a musical Saturday afternoon, May 29. In the ex hibition hall of the convent on California Califor-nia street. An interesting program is in preparation and a cordial invitation is extended to all who have ever attend at-tend the institution. Miss Curry of the Cathedral parish is seriously ill at Mercy hospital. Cards are out announcing the annual business meeting of the Immaculate Conception Alumni association. It will be held on Friday evening. May 2S. at 1824 Logan avenue. Arrangements for the banquet to the class of 1309 will be made on that occasion. The wedding of Miss Bailey and Mr. Roger occurred with nuptial mass at Logan avenue on Thursday of this week. Father II. L. McMenamin officiating. offi-ciating. Bishop Matz conf'rmed a large class Rt Aspen on Sunday last.. |