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Show 1 r . j Diocese of Detwer I ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. I The Intermountain and Colorado I Catholic is placed cn sale at the I James Clarke church good house, 647 1 California street. Denver. Colo. I Opening of Schools. The preater part of the r-ditorial pages of Parish Topics, issued last Sunday," was given over to argument in favor Iof Catholic education. With the time for the reopening of school elope at hand the important question what sort of education ed-ucation is to be given the growing boys and girls recurs. Xot only did the official offi-cial organ of the cathedral parish give notice to the matter, but it was the subject sub-ject for Sunday sermons in practically every church in the city. The academies, acade-mies, colleges and parochial schools are steadily growing, but they are still far from registering all of the Catholics of school age. Denver's parochial schools stand so well with the educators of the .state that certificates from almost any of them entitle the holder to entrance to the higher institutions without examination. exam-ination. It is in comparatively few stftes that they are so privileged. The officers of the state schools have come to realize that their most apt pupils arc recruited from the parochial school graduates. Trains Late. i '- nty hours late on account of washouts, the train bearing the Colo-i Colo-i j do visitors to the Santa Fe celebration pnlU'd into Denver last Saturday morning. morn-ing. Hishop Matz and Father P. A. I Phillips went front Denver to assist at I the ceremonies attendant upon the in- I vestiture of Archbishop J. B. Pitaval I Avith the pallium. Other Colorado priests f who attended the festivities were Fa- ther Raber of Colorado Springs, Father I Ley of Manitou, Father Brinker of Colo- I rado City and Father Servant of Aspen. J Personal I Father Gustave Havorka, a young priest who celebrated his first mass in Holy Family parish two years ago. is a visitor in Denver, and is assisting at the rathedral parish in the absence of Father Fa-ther Francis X. Henegan. The parents I of Father Havorka are residents of Holy Family parish. Father Henegan is spending his vacation at his old home 1 in Newark, N. J. Miss Irene Laplace, a convert to the Catholic faith, was baptized in Logan avenue chapel last Sunday. Father H. L. McMcnamin officiated. I . Father M. W. Donovan spent the 1 week's end at Manitou and Colorado Springs. j j The Knights of Columbus and their 1 friends are to have an outing at El- ! dorado Springs on Saturday. A dahce will furnish entertainment for the evening. even-ing. Basket lunches will give the real picnic flavor. c Rev. Edward Barry, S. J., pastor of Sacred Heart church. Denver, will deliver de-liver the address at the graduating exercises ex-ercises of the training school for nurses at Glockner sanitarium, Colorado Springs. The class this year is a particularly par-ticularly large one. and the exercises will be held at the Antlers hotel on Tuesday evening, Aug. 31. f Rev. Theodore Jaryzinski of St. Jo-soph's Jo-soph's Polish Catholic church of Globe-ville, Globe-ville, has been made a director in the Social Service league, which has for its object the betterment of the condition of the working people of that suburb. I Social Entertainments. The lawn fete which was to have been piven on Aug. IS for the benefit of St. Mary Magdalen's church at Edgewater. i was postponed because ' of inclement weather until Wednesday, Aug. 25. It j was a very enjoyable affair, and realized quite a neat little sum for the treasury of the new church. The picnic given at Elitch's Gardens on Saturday, Aug. 21, for the benefit of the Italian orphanage, proved a great suct ess. though at the present time the exact amount made cannot be definitely announced, as returns have not been fully made. The recently elected officers of Magnolia Mag-nolia Court No. 819, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, were installed Friday Fri-day evening. Aug. 20, with appropriate ceremony. The exercises took place in Mount Carmel hall, and were conducted by Mrs. Ji. D. Rittman, high chief I ranger of the order. The following are the new officers: Chief ranger. Miss Clementine Campiglia; vice chief ranger. Miss Teressa Solrola: medical examiner. . Dr. Rudolph Albi: recording secretary. Miss Rosa De Scoice; financial secretary. secre-tary. Miss Anna Faes; treasurer. Mis Esther De Vivo: trustees, Mrs. Vallero, Mrs. Rudolph Albi. Mrs. Vatrnino: conductors. con-ductors. Miss Mary Pigotti. Miss Guido; sentinels, Mrs. Guido and Mrs. Pagano. Aft-r the installation exercises an ln- i formal reception wa.s held in honor of Mrs. Rittman. and she was presented with a beautiful lemonade set. S T T "T" I An old-fashioned basket picnic on I Saturday, Aug. 2S. will help enrich the j treasury of St. Francis de Sales parish I and at the same time serve to promote sociability among thp members of the I congregation. The picnic will ,r at I Bowles' park, neat Littleton. Footraces j for boys and girls, for young women I. an( old women, potato races and other old-time picnic attractions will help to enliven the occasion. The Knights of St. John will picnic at Crystal lake in Platte canyon on Labor day, Sept. 6. This excursion was set fnr July 5. hut owing to washouts in the canyon it was postponed. A good orchestra will be in attendance, and I dancing will be enjoyed all day, but the I chief excitement of the occasion will be I a baseball game between two comman- dories of the knights. Foot races and I other sports are on the program. I . I The Sacred Heart Aid society met mi I Thursday afternoon with Mrs. M. C. Harrington, 924 Seventeenth avenue! I Plans were discussed for the annual ball I which will be given late in October. Mrs. Frank Kirchhof was appointed J . vhairman of the ball committee. I Promoted. I James M. Daily, one of the bright young men of the Cathedral parish and I a former pupil of Immaculate Concep- I tiop school, has been appointed secretary of the Pueblo Gas & Fuel company. Mr. Daily entered the employ of the Denver Gas & Electric company six vears ago in the capacity of office boy, but through j industry and perseverance advanced rapidly and the high position with which he has just been honored is a well merited reward. Distinguished Chicago Visitor. Mrs. Rose D. Rittman, head chief f ranger of the Women's Catholic Order i of Foresters, lias been in Denver during the week on a visit which combined business with pleasure. Mrs. Rittman 1 has occupied her present responsible po- sition for twelve years, and has watched I the organization grow from a very I modest beginning to its present rank f among the largest fraternal insurance societies of the country, with a mem- rmn of Its reserve fund is f.-000- Mrs- Pitman's home is in the CtnV "V?m tI,em she controls r he Naht dc-Btimea l the society. On her present tour she will organize many "courts" in the smaller cities where the order does not already exist. She reports the older branches which she has visited as being in an exceptionally flourishing condition. Orphans Remembered. By the Avill of the late John Corcoran, St. Vincent's orphanage will benefit to the extent of ?500. Thr. friend of the fatherless during his lifetime, Mr. Cor-coian Cor-coian did not forget the little ones when the hand of death stretched out toward him. Marriage Bells.' Cards have been received by Denver friends announcing the marriage of Missi Olive Margaret McDonald, formerly of this city, but now of Los Angeles, and Robert J. Bowen. The ceremony was performed at St. Joseph's church, Los Angeles, on Wednesday, Aug. IS. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McDonald, who are well known in Denver, where they resided for a number num-ber of years before going to make their home on the coast. Among the Denver relatives who journeyed to California to be present at the ceremony were Mrs. Margaret Fitzf.-rald, the bride's aunt, and her cousins. Miss Winifred Duffy and Miss Ella Dufly. Personals. Miss May Gillis, who spent the summer sum-mer with her sister, Mrs. Edward Liver-nash, Liver-nash, at Fort Collins, has returned to her home in Denver. Miss Margery Brady has returned to her home in Wheeling, W. Va., after a pleasant visit with Denver friends. Miss Ellen Egan of 1545 Downing avenue is spending her vacation at El-dora El-dora lake. Miss Egan is one of the bright young newspaper women of Denver. Den-ver. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hagus went up to Georgetown on Tuesday to spend the weeK witn tneir son, Rev. Louis F. Hagus. Ha-gus. V 'r- v Miss Agnes Tobin is visiting friends in Leadville. Later she will go to Glen-wood Glen-wood Springs for the balance of the season. Misses Helen, Mary, Anne and Elizabeth Eliza-beth Harrington have returned from a delightful visit of some weeks at Trinidad. Trini-dad. , Airs. Edwin Wagner of Si. Louis was the inspiration of a charming card party given Tuesday afternoon by her sister, Mrs. J. F. Keating, at her home, 1600 York street. Misses Isabelle and Kathleen Tully are entertaining a jolly house party at their summer home at Eldorado Springs. Miss Nora Brophy and Miss Frankie Nast were among the many Denverites who attended the "Frontier Festival" at Cheyenne last week. Miss Cecile Haberl and Miss Antoinette Antoin-ette Haberl are guests of Miss Patricia Noone at her home in Georgetown, Colo. Mrs. William Murphy of the cathedral parish returned during the week fromi Foxton, in Platte canyon, where she had a cottage for the summer season. Mrs. P. H. O'Brien has as her house guest her sister, Mrs. M. McMalus of Iowa. Miss Margaret Filbin is spending her vacation at Buffalo Park. Mrs. Nellie Hanigan is now in New-York, New-York, whence she will sail on Tuesday of next week for a three months' stay-abroad. Miss Katheryn Maloney has returned from Honolulu. Miss Marjorie McBride is enjoving a visit to Buffalo Park. The home of Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Sweeney on Franklin street was brightened bright-ened last week by the arrival of a baby-da baby-da tighter. . V V V Mrs. James Garrett left during the week for Seattle. Mrs. Roch A. Savagean and daughter. Miss Gertrude Savagean, will sail from New York in September to spend the winter in Europe. Accidents and Deaths. Joseph Doncgan. the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Doncgan of 1344 Washington street, was run over by a tramway car at Tremont and Sixteenth Six-teenth stn-ets Tuesday, Aug. 17. and his right leg so severely injured that it was necessary to amputate it above the knee. The little fellow had just alighted from a buggy, in which wa.s an older sister, and started across the street. In attempting at-tempting to dodge one car he fell directly direct-ly in front of another on the next track. He was taken to Mercy hospital, where everything possible was done to save the leg, but it was too badly mangled. s John Corcoran passed away at St. Anthony's An-thony's hospital Friday evening, Aug. 20. Death came quietly and peacefully to relieve a suffering- of nearly two years' duration, though not until "within the past month was his condition considered con-sidered serious. Mr. Corcoran was one of the pioneer citizens of Denver, and during his long connection with the business and political life of his adopted city earned the love, confidence and respect re-spect of all who knew him. Mr. Corcoran Cor-coran was born in Cairo. 111., in 1843. In early manhood he moved to Mississippi, where he was employed by a firm of plantation outfitters, but the call of the west sounded in his ears and in the late seventies he came to Colorado and engager! en-gager! in mining in Pitkin county. The same year he opened a mercantile store in Denver, later giving it up to engage in the clothing and men's furnishing business, in which he continued until two years ago, except at the periods when politics was claiming his entire attention. Mr. Corcoran served as postmaster post-master of Denver during President Harrison's Har-rison's administration, and as assistant postmaster during Roosevelt's first term of office. His funeral took place Sunday afternoon from the Church of the Holy Ghost on Curtis and Twentieth streets, and was conducted by Rev. Father Fa-ther Bender, the pastor, lntermen was in Mount Olivet cemetery. Previous to the church service Mr. Coreoran's body lay in state in the lodge rooms of the Elks, and was surrounded by a wealth of floral tributes. The Elks took charge of the exercises at the grave. T T Mrs. Catherine Purcell, the aged mother of Mrs. Harry Kinsman, died on Friday at her daughter's home, 1982 South Sherman street, and was buried from St. Mary's church, Littleton, on Monday Interment in Mount Olivet cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Connolly of 3455 Wawatta street, have the sympathy sympa-thy of many friends in the death of their baby daughter, Leonora Margaret, which occurred at the family home last week. The little one was laid to rest in Mount Olivet cemetery Wednesday afternoon. aft-ernoon. The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Koenig who died last week at her home, 3776 Meade street, was held on Tuesday, Aug. 24. with requiem mass at St. Dominic's Dom-inic's church. Burial was in Mount Olivet Ol-ivet cemetery. |