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Show I COLORADO SPRINGS. j i Since the Lenten season begins this week with Ash Wednesday, nominally all entertaining will be at a standstill until after Easter Sunday. Sister Servant Rose Alexius, Superior and Sister Carmelita of the Glockner sanitarium are in the east for the purpose pur-pose of selecting the furnishings for the new addition to the hospital. Very Rev. G. Raber, rector of St. Mary's parish here, who has been sojourning so-journing in Florida for the past month, will in all probability return this week. The Colorado Springs council 582, Knights of Columbus, held an open session ses-sion in their hall on last Tuesday (Feb. 25), which was largely attended by the members and their friends from Colorado Colo-rado Springs, Colorado City and Mani-tou, Mani-tou, at which resolutions were drawn deploring the murder of Rev. Leo Hein-richs, Hein-richs, O. F. M., in Denver on Sunday, Feb. 23. Brother Martin Burns, a young attorney of Manitou, read a very able paper, "The Attitude of the Catholic Church on Divorce," which was very interesting. The worthy lecturer of this council, M. W. Purcell, has a new subject for some one at every meeting, meet-ing, and no doubt it is the reason why the knights of this council attend their meetings in large numbers. On Sunday morning a large number of the Knights of Columbus from this council went to Pueblo to take a special spe-cial train with the knights of Pittsburg Pitts-burg of the west for Salida, Colo., where a new council was instituted on j Sunday afternoon by Deputy Grand J Knight M. W. Purcell of Colorado Springs ccuncll. The train made stops at Florence and Canon City to take on the delegates of Royal Gorge council. Rev. Father Hagus was called on a sick call to Calahan on Friday. Rev. Alexino Grass of St. Benedict's college. Pueblo, preached an eloquent sermon on Sunday, admonishing the congregation to attend the Lenten services. The Rev. J. H. Brinker of Colorado City. L. F. Hagus of St. Mary's parish par-ish and Edward Clark of the Glockner sanitarium and a number of people of our parish went to Denver on Tuesday k N .L...U III I III I W f... ML,-, to attend the funeral services of Rev. Leo Heinrichs, O. F. M., at St. Eliza-bet's Eliza-bet's church, on last Wednesday. James R. Clark and daughter. Miss Agnes of Sacred Heart parish at Denver, Den-ver, attended high mass at St. Mary's church on Sunday. Rev. Peter J. Malloy of Washington, D. C, spent two days here en route to Pasadena, Cal., during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Struthers of St. Patrick's parish. Kansas City, Mo., attended at-tended the high mass at St. Mary's church. They had much praise for the sermon and the singing. Mr. and Mrs. Struthers left on Monday for Spokane, Wash., where they expect to visit for four weeks. Thomas Sullivan of Pueblo, Colo., was a visitor here on last Wednesday. Mr. Sullivan made a call on a few Knights of Columbus while here. There are no marriages to report until un-til after Lent. Lenten services at St. Mary's church every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday evening, at 7:30. Let us endeavor to make good use of this holy season of grace. Make some little sacrifice to .attend .at-tend the week day mass and the evening even-ing services. On Tuesday night one of our most esteemed es-teemed parishioners, P. A. McCurdy, died at the Glockner sanitarium. The funeral was on Friday morning. Requiem Re-quiem high mass was offered by Rev. Father Hagus at 9:30 o'clock at St. Mary's church. The edifice' was filled with Catholics and non-Catholics. Father Fa-ther Hagus delivered the eulogy of the Christian character of Mr. McCurdy. His death' is a loss to the community. Mr. McCurdy was known by the writer for many years. He was of a modest, retiring disposition; his personal dignity, dig-nity, the charm of his manner and other oth-er qualities coming from a heart always al-ways glowing with a friendly warmth and loyalty to the laws of peace and harmony. Ilia best qualities of mind and heart were displayed in his untiring untir-ing devotion to his family. His faithful faith-ful Christian life was such as to lead us to the firm conviction that in the completion of such a record is a substantial sub-stantial victory. His memory should inspire us to greater effort to profit by the lively faith which he practiced, and which was one of his pre-eminent traits. M. W. Purcell kindly took charge of the funeral arrangements. We kindly ask our readers to say a prayer for the repose of his soul. J. F. R. Rev. Philip Saint Louis of Mishicott. "Wis., celebrated the children's mass at 9 o'clock last Sunday. The Knights of Columbus of this city have adopted the following resolutions deploring the murder of the Rev. Father Fa-ther Leo Heinrichs in Denver: Whereas, The lamentable murder of the Rev, Father Leo eHinrichs, O. F. M., whil performing his holy office in his parish church in the city of Denver Den-ver on Sunday morning. Feb. 23, 1908, at the hands of a Sicilian anarchist, has lost to the church one of her most devoted sons, and to the state one of Its .most loyal and respected citizens; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the Knights of Columbus of Colorado Springs council No. 582, and our guests, our fellow Catholics of the parishes of Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou, in meeting assembled, do most sincerely sincere-ly deplore the sudden and untimely end of one who was well and favorably known to many of us, and whose memory mem-ory we will ever treasure dearly; be it further Resolved, That we condemn in the most emphatic terms the strange, foul and malicious spirit which prompted the awful crime, and the malignant, vicious and un-American organization which appears to have wilfully permitted, permit-ted, if not indeed directed, the foul murder; be it further Resolved, That we express to the order of Franciscans (Friar Minor) Fathers, Fa-thers, O. F. M., in charge and the congregation con-gregation of St. Elizabeth's church in the city of Denver, our deepest sympathy sympa-thy and condolence upon tlu loss of their beloved pastor; be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions reso-lutions be engrossed and sent to the Franciscan Fathers of Denver, and that they be published in the leading lay and religious journals of the state. JOHN F. McCONNELL. MICHAEL B. HURLEY, N. W. HAAS, Committee. |