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Show I r. - I Diocese of Denver j ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. The Inlermountain and Colorado Catholic is placed en sale at the J ,"" James Clarke church poods house. 647 California street. Denver. Colo. I Contract for Work on Cathedral Let. With the announcement ivtiich comes ofljcially from the building committee of the new Catholic cathedral that the I contract for the superstructure has j hen let. there comes the hope that iwork will be immediately returned and pushed to completion. It has frequently been reported that f-vorythinff was in readiness, but the (oiunu't just signed calls for the com- ; plot ion of the structure by Jan. 1, 1910, I which means that every day will have j to lf used to make possible construc- 1 " tion within the limit. 1 : Tlv1 contract was signed last week I by John F. Campion, C. D. McPhee I I :md J. K. Mullen, members -of the I btiildinc committee. 1 ' 'ontnictor John McLachlan was the I successful bidder. The architects, i Messrs. Gove and Walsh, purchased I ihe desism of Leon Coquard. the orig- f inal architect, and then remodeled it. 5 The jiians are substantially the same as those submitted by Ooquard and ac- 1 -epiid. the salient different being: In I ' the spires. The interior is rearranged. J Coqunrd could not personally super- I vise the work, being: a resident of De- I troit, and so Gove and Walsh were I aski d to Rssume the responsibility. 3 Taking into consideration the money . nlready expended for the foundation I and the steel framework, the building will cost, when completed, no less than I jS'ifl.oor). I ; Indiana blue Bedford limestone will I fre used by McLachlan in the construe- I tion. This material is similar to the I j'nrtiana stone or winch St. Pauls ca- I thedral in London is built, and which i lias stood for 300 years. The Bedford 1 stone contains 97.26 per cent of car- honate of lime, guaranteeing its dura- ihility. It Mas the intention of the building committee to permit the use of none but Colorado stone, but so ex-, ex-, ' lensive is the building now being done s that Colorado quarries cannot turn out enough material for the work in the limited time and, after investigation, the Bedford stone was decided upon. A large sum of money has yet to be raised to cover the expense of following follow-ing the cathedral plans, but as soon as I a real start Is made on the church many will contribute who at present nppear disinterested. The finance committee in charge of the funds for the building consists of John F. Campion, chairman: J. K. Mul- j len. treasurer: Dennis Sheedv, John J. McGinnity, Dr. P. V. rarlin, James Leonard. Thomas F. Daly. Charles MaeAllister Willcox and James E. O'Connor. The Minneapolis Steel & Machinery company, which was awarded the con-j con-j tract for the steel construction on Aug. ' 3. 1907. has all materials manufactured and ready to be put in place. The main bams are already located. The build-; build-; ing will be absolutely fireproof, the in- i terior structure being of steel protected I by porous terra cotta or hollow tile. I The roof will be covered with glazed J tile. The exterior will be of smooth I finished stone, including all window j tracery, inullions. ornamental work and two spires to the very top, including 1 ; 'hf, pinnacles, 2J0 feet from the street I grorle. I Men who have seen The great cathe- I orals of the world say that few at any I price will excel the Denver structure. I A meeting was held on Tuesday aft- Iernoon. June in the office of Mr. Campion in the Equitable building, at which the pastors of all the churches 1n the city gathered to pledge their support in the work. A vigorous money raising campaign is necessitated by the resumption of work on the cathedral. I The Mission Opens Auspiciously. ! The two weeks' mission for the ca- I thedral parish, which opened last Sun- day at high mass, looks propitious for j good results. Father Nugent, one of i the missionaries, whose name was pub- f lished as interested in the work, was I " enable to come to Denver, and in his I stead came Father Hanlev, an orator of equal ability. Father Shaw was in I Denver on a mission a few years ago ! snd made many friends. The Lazarist ' I Fathers who conduct the new theolog- ial seminary are assisting with con- fessions during the mission. Father 1 - Shaw delivered the opening sermon at i 'be 11 o'clock high mass in Logan ave- v.w chapel last Sunday, dwelling on the 4 objects of a mission and the Jmpor- I tance of being a devout attendant at f the exercises. In the evening Father Hanley was the orator, speaking on I "The Value of Salvation." On Mon- J riay night Father Shaw spoke for the I second time, choosing as his subject 1 "Mortal Sin." Through the week the I two missionaries alternated at the I evening devotions, and this will be the I order next week when the men's mis- sion is in progress. The women of the rarish have on I sale religious articles in the south ves- tibule of the chapel. j The music at the evening1 service has I bof' a striking feature of the mission. if ni Sunday evening. Mrs. Charles Mac-Allister Mac-Allister Willcox sang an "Ave Maria." with Miss Mary Walker at the organ. Miss Walker was organist of the old cathedral years ago. but has been ab- 1 sent from the city for some years. It J w as like an echo of the long" ago, the j sound of hr touch on the keys. Miss j Walker also accompanied other soloists I during the week. S Holy Name Society. I Tll Holy Name society excursion to i Morrison was a tremendous success, j Fourteen coaches loaded with picnic- i 'rF made- the trio and enjoved to the I fullest the delights of the Red Rocks. 1 Church Notes. j Fifteen young men, comprising the ! ushers of the cathedral parish. attnd- I n mooting at the parochial residence. "n Thursday evening of last week, at which time Father McMenamin, ihe I acting pastor, announced the selection rf Alexius Gargan as head usher. Mr. I Gargan will have charge of the seat- ii-.sz of the congregation on Sundays. I tlr' f"lior young men following; hi-? in struct inns. The collection of pew rent w ill also be in his hands. I 1,1 la Ft two weeks sixty-fiv? pews I have been disposed of to nieribers of J ihe cathedral congregation who had j nt taken a sitting as yet. j I ? i Bishop Matz administered the saera- 1 ment of confirmation to a class at Cen- Itral City last Sunday. At 2:30 o'clock next Sundav afternoon after-noon Bishop Matz will confirm the c'a5 w hich received first communion in T o-gan o-gan avenue chapel last Sunday. He will also administer the sarrnnrn: to a class of adults now under instruction Father William O'Ryan, pastor of s I-eo's church, spent Memorial dav in Greeley, where he preached a sermon at the high mass in the morning, w here L the local post of G. A. R. men gathered gath-ered for Memorial exercises. In the afternoon he addressed the graduati-ig class at the state normal school, whore 250 young men and women receive 1 their diplomas: lie 'chose as his text these words from. Matthew xxiii, IT" "Whether is greater, the gold or the j temple that sanctifieth the gold?" The address created wide interest and was extensively copied. Sixty boj s and girls received their First Holy Communion in Logan Avenue Av-enue chapel last Sunday at the o'clock mass. The celebrant was Father J. F. McDonough, who prepared pre-pared the parochial school children and the sermon, on a theme peculiarly appropriate to the occasion was delivered de-livered by Father Belzer, who pie-pared pie-pared the children from the public schools. Father H. L. McMenamin also assisted. The children's choir gave the musical program. The sanctuary sanc-tuary was unusually pretty, a new partition having been erected to shut off the view back of the altar. Myriads of lights gleamed among the flowers banked on the altar. The sanctuary gates were thrown open at the sound of the Domine Non Sum Dignus bell, and two by two the children walked through to kneel on the altar steps for the reception of the host. It was an impressive sight, and one which will not quickly be forgotten. The Altar and Rosary society of the church of St. John the Evangelist. In Harman, gave a card party on last Monday evening to raise funds for the church. Within the next two weeks practically practic-ally every school and college in Den-ver Den-ver will close its doors. The commencement com-mencement exercises will, as usual, be elaborate affairs and will evoke the , interest that always centers in grad- ' uation festivities. The parochial schools close on Fri- ' day. June 12. but the closing program will occur the following week, with the exception of the sacred Heart High school, where graduation exercises exer-cises will be on the evening of June 10. Adelphian hall will, as usual, be the scene of commencement. St. Man-'s academy will have commencement com-mencement on the afternoon of June 16. at 2:30 o'clock, in the academy auditorium. au-ditorium. The Loretto Heights academy, aca-demy, the boarding school conducted by th same sisters, has its exercises on June 15 at 2:30 o'clock in the assembly as-sembly room. In Immaculate Conception Concep-tion High school class day will be on June 15 and graduation on the evening even-ing of June 16. The program will be given in the chapel. On the second evening solemn high benediction will be bestowed upon the class of 1908. Xews comes from California that the low altitude of the coast is doing much to restore the health of Father Eusebtus. O. F. M., whose nerves were shattered in Denver by the shock of Father Ieo's death and the attendant responsibility which fell on his shoulders. shoul-ders. Father Eusebius acted as pastor pas-tor of St. Elizabeth's church until the vacant pastorate was filled by the appointment ap-pointment of Father Bernard. On Ascension day a class of twenty-three twenty-three boys received First Holy Communion Com-munion at Sacred Heart college, and was confirmed the same day by Right Rev. Bishop Matz. The pretty chapel was gay with flowers and candles, and the singing by the priests and boys was a feature, to be remembered, in the First Communion class were three boys from Wyoming, who had the great happinass of receiving the sacrament sa-crament of baptism the evening before. be-fore. They were Omar Kanson. Ivan Personal. Mrs. William Flucken and daughter. daugh-ter. Miss Edna Flucken. left Sunday evening for Rapid City, S. D.. where they will visit with relatives for live weeks. Mrs. Charles P. Allen and daughter. Miss Julia R. Allen, of 2923 West Eighteenth avenue, are in Butte. Mont., where they will remain for about a month. Mrs. Margaret Smith, who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. Louis Hagus, has returned to her home in Boise, Ida. Miss Gertrude Allen entertained at a box party at the Orpheum Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon in honor of Miss Myrtle Myr-tle Maynard, . one of the season's brides. : Mrs. P. J. Mclntyre has as her house guest her sister, Mrs. Daniel Paul, of Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craig and their interesting children will leave in a few days for New York, whence they sail for Scotland, to be gone a year. Mrs. Craig was formerly Miss Julia Vidal. one of the most popular young women of the cathedral parish, and It has been a sore trial to her many friends that of late j-ears Mr. Craig's interests have compelled the family to reside in Butte, Mont. Mrs. John T. Brady and little son Jack have returned from southern V.M.U1UI uiu, Micre iney speni ine w inter. in-ter. The progress which Miss Mary Alicia Ali-cia O'Fallon has made in music was demonstrated to her friends on Monday Mon-day evening, when they assembled at the Colorado Conservatory on Colfax avenue to listen to a piano recital by the gifted young woman. Miss O'Fallon O'Fal-lon was ably assisted by well-known taknt, but interest, of course, centered cen-tered on the fair young graduate. Miss O'Fallon is the daughter of Eugene O'Fallon, who died in Denver last summer. Mrs. Henry Lynch of Peoria, 111., is a Denver visitor who is being extensively extens-ively entertained. The pupils of the third academic B class of Sacred Heart college enjoyed an outing at Morrison on Monday, June 1. They were accompanied by their teacher, Father Telson, and also by Father Keith. Mr. Andrew H. Smith has gone to California to join Mrs. Smith and his little daughter Alice, who have been gone for some weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Monnig and daughter. Miss Edna Monnig, leave soon to spend the summer in Europe. Mrs. Thomas Phoenix, who was thrown from her buggy and seriously injured nearly two months ago, is stiil in a precarious condition, and grave fears are entertained for her recovery. recov-ery. St. Clara's Aid society met on Monday. Mon-day. June 1, at the orphanage on Champa and Tenth streets. The regular meeting of St. Vincent's Aid society was held Tuesday afternoon. after-noon. June 2, with Mrs. Maurice Do-lan, Do-lan, 439 Tenth street. A special meeting of all interested in the orphans' picnic was called for Wednesday evening, June 3, at the residence re-sidence of Dr. P. V. Carlin, 1406 Stout street. 4c Mrs. G. T. Kearns of 1835 Williams street entertained the Sacred Heart Ladies" Aid society Thursday afternoon, after-noon, June 4. |