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Show Diocese of Benver 1 i. ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent ' -v i The Inter-Mountain and Colorado j ) . Catholic is placed cn eala at the James Clarke church goods house. 647 ' f California street. Denver. Colo. , ' ' Parish Topics. The New Year's edition of "Parish Topics" was distributed last Sunday at .ill the masses in Logan avenue chapel. i ' This little journal, besides containing a . very full and explicit statement of re-.- t-eipts and expenditures for the parish ; lor the year 190.9, lias other interesting . t data. From Its pages we learn that lour hundred and twenty-five children are receiving a thoroughly up-to-date t education in Immaculate Conception 4 !. high school and primary grades; that U : . , ' twenty-four adults were baptized and made profession of the- Catholic faith; that the infant baptisms numbered six- I--- ty-four; that seven of the most attrac- . live young women of the parish dedi cated their lives to the service of God in the religious life, and four young , men commenced their studies for the i , priesthood. All this and more equally . : interesting information is chronicled for 1909, but the most encouraging news is : ; , that possibly the Catholics of Denver ' . . may assist at mass next Christmas in (he beautiful new cathedral. Already this edifice is a source of great pride and gratification to the Catholics of the city, and when completed will doubtless ' " be, for its size, one of the prettiest .'. houses of worship in the country. Last . , , year was an arduous one for the bishop, "the rector and the members of the building committee, who had many ob- ! stacles to surmount, but it is hoped the congregation will feel encouraged by all ; ' that was accomplished last year and i . lend more generous aid during 1910. ,!' Retreat. , The retreat for the men and boys of ; J j the cathedral parish that is now on at ! . Logan avenue chapel is being splendid-ly splendid-ly attended. The opening sermon was preached Wednesday evening, January 12. by I lev. Leo Krenz, S. J., who will ' ii; '-onduct all the exercises of the retreat. ;J Masses are read each day at 6:30, 7:30 M : , and S:13v o'clock, and in the evenings ! Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament i : ; ' follows the instruction. The retreat ; 1 1 will close on Sunday, January 16, with ' ; the feast of the Holy Name, when both senior and junior divisions of the Holy ; , Name society will receive holy com- munion at 7 o'clock mass. At 4 o'clock - Sunday afternoon the closing sermon ; .' will be preached, and candidates will be received into the Holy Name society. ! At the conclusion of this service the ' men will have a banquet at the Albany ; '.; ' hotel, and the boys will enjoy a buffet I'1 ' ' . luncheon in the school house. The ban- ; ; quet will be altogether informal and the ; j ' speeches impromptu. The committee ' , i having charge of the arrangements for ' the retreat and banquet is composed of ' . Hew II. L. McMenamin, spiritual direc- ! tor; Maurice J. Hickey, president; A. Paul Porter, financial secretary; Er- i ; nest J. Hayes, recording secretary; ' " ' Alexis A. Gargan, F. Howard App, . . George Prior and Joseph Bamber. Sacred Heart Society. ; i ,. . The first regular meeting for the 1 ' ; ; year of the Sacred Heart Aid society ; was held Thursday afternoon, January : ' 6. at the home of Mrs. Joseph A. Osner, ' ! , "37 Broadway. The occasion was the ' '' ' installation of officers, and called forth . ' an unusually large attendance. Those who were inducted into office for the j j year 1910 were: President, Mrs. M. J. ; - McCarthy; first vice president, Mrs. Jo-seph'A. Jo-seph'A. Osner; second vice president, : . Mrs. Joseph "Walsh; secretary, Mrs. Jo- ; ; seph C. Hagus; treasurer, Miss Julia ' McLaughlin; chaplains, Hrs. John E. ; ' ' O'Brien, Mrs. Philip Brady and Mrs. " ' Daniel Callahan; auditors, Mrs. Joseph j ' Seubert and Mrs. H. A. Reyer. Mrs. 'I t McCarthy, Mrs. Hagus and Miss Mc-' Mc-' - Laughlin held their same positions last . term, and in appreciation of their serv- ices the society presented them with ; ; . beautiful rosaries. The presentation j speech was made by Mrs. Eliza Dubois. ; The beginning of the year 1910 finds the I Sacred Heart Aid society at the most ' "( ' nourishing period of its history, with : , a membership of two hundred and twen- i ty, all active and enthusiastic work- . rs in the cause of charity. The so- .' ' i t iety's pet project the establishment of . a home for the aged poor seems nearer realization than ever before, the fund , ; j for that express purpose now reaching 1 V' $1,328. A generous Catholic man has . given his promise to erect the building ; at his own expense when the society j has the means to comfortably furnish ; . t sama and provide for its proper main- jlj " ; tenance, and when everything is in ! ; j readiness to receive the occupants, Rt. ; J ! : Hew Bishop Matz will extend an invi- l ' ' tation to the Little Sisters of the Poor ! ' . to come and carry on their well-beloved : j'; ; work in Denver, where there has long I ' ' j 'existed a crying need for some place of " i the kind. Though the Sacred Heart Aid 5 t , , . 4 society has long had in view the estab-I estab-I v - lishment of the home for the aged, it '.'.- ,ias not been hindered or deterred in , . its accustomed philanthropic work, the '''... tare of the indigent, accomplishing in ' 1 ; Denver what is done in larger cities by the St. Vincent de Paul society, that is, ' visiting poor families in their homes ; , '. and finding out their most urgent needs, : . w hich are relieved in so far as the treasury treas-ury of the society will permit Dur- 1 (" ing the year just closed $959.90 was dis-j dis-j . pensed in charity, and a sum of 5278.84 still remains in the treasury to help i ' along the noble work. The members of ! ! ; ; this society is made up from all the ' ' ' i -parishes of the city, and while some of , j ' l its most zcaln js workers are not of the , t Catholic faith. Mrs. M. J. McCarthy, j ' Mrs. James W. Casey and Mrs. Joseph . , ' . , ; "Walsh contributed to the auspicious it' ; , opening of the new year by taking out f 1 l,' ; life memberships in the Sacred Heart 'v "i Aid society. The organization some time i I aSo conferred honorary life member- i I . : ship on Mrs. Walsh, so the payment of ' i ; ; $30 at this time was a voluntary offer- 1 ing on her part. i Good Shepherd Association. ' The Good Shepherd Aid association :': met Tuesday afternoon, January 11, at ' I : the residence of Mrs. M. C. Harrington, j Jt24 Seventeenth avenue. It was reported ; " that from present incomplete returns ' I ' . J the ball held early in December was a '. ' very successful one. Miss Julia Mc- ; i Laughlin and Mrs. Tatrick Dorney took cut life membership cards in the asso- i ciation. The annual election of officers will occur at the next regular meeting, I 1 which will be held at the House of the i , Good Shepherd Tuesday afternoon. Feb- - ; ruary S. Once each year the sisters en- tcrtain the Good Shepherd Aid society, , and the occasion is always a pleasant :?;. one. I ' ; ! ' Knights of Columbus. I f 1 The installation of officers in the s Knights of Columbus took place at a . ' : . ; regular meeting of the council Tuesday I t vening, January 11. A very interesting ' program was prepared for the occasion, and consisted of selections by the Lyric quartet, which is composed of Messrs. ; v Charles A. Nickerson, Thomas F. Mc- !: Govern, Arthur McCarroll and Thomas F. Collins; a recitation by Cyril Croke . and a piano solo by Paul H. Andrew. A Social. The officers of the Sacred Heart Aid i society, members of the board of direc- - : i tors and executive committee, are re- . quested to meet Wednesday evening, J January 19, at the heme of Mrs. William i A. Grainger, 2130 Downing avenue, to arrange for a card party to be given for the benefit of the society on St. Patrick's Pat-rick's day. An effort is being made to secure Knights of Columbus hall fot the occasion. |