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Show Diocese of Bender I ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent A. 'The Intermountain and Colorado I Catholic Is placed on Fale at the I James Clarke church gcods house, 627 fif teenth Btreet, J' , ,,-,-,-.- I ! Columbus' Day. No bill passed by the Sixteenth gen- ral assembly is of such general iiuer- I -nt to the Catholics of the state as f Fonate bill 19, by Senator Barela, mak- I inp a holiday of Oct. 12, In honor of the I discovery of America by Christopher I Columbus. 1 The bill was of especial interest to the i Knights of Columbus, and a number of men high in the ranks of that order gathered in the governor's office on Monday afternoon to witness the affix- I1 1ng of the executive signature. The bill 'was supported in a non-partisan man-ii"r man-ii"r in both branches of the legislature, on account of the fact that a number or the lawmakers are Knights of Co- i lumbns. Tlie pen with whieh (;overnor Buch- J tel signed the bill on Monday was pre- I Merited to 'ount Pasijuule Cnrte, the I Italian consul. Those who were present in the gov- j nior's of lice when the bill was signed j -were Senators John J. Tobin, John I Kennedy, Timothy McCarthy, Casi- I njero Barela. all Knights of Columbus; I Senators AVillia'i M. Uobertsoii. Wil- i liam L. Clayton. Dr. Kdward Dc.l. han- iy. past grand knight: Hugh O'Keilly, financial secretary council 5-"!. K. C; Thotnas Morrow of the special committee com-mittee of council '.I'D, appointeu to witness wit-ness the ceremony, and Count Corte. The law goes into effect in ninety days. Easter in the Churches. I In all the churches of the city Easter Mas observe .1 with unusual pomp and -eremony. anil the special musical programs pro-grams arranged by each choir were of such a high order that it would be im-I im-I possible to say which excelled. St. Leo's splendid choir, under the direction direc-tion of Professor Peter Menzis. was ( supplemented hy some of the best tal- I 'nt of Denver, with Cavallo's famous I orchestra accompanying. Schubert's j mass was the work chosen. The offer tory, "My Redeemer." a soprano solo, was rendered by Miss Bertie I'.erlin. Mr. James A. 'Irani sang Handel's "Vonl Creator." The sermon, "The liisen Christ of Today," by the pastor, I Rev. William O'Ryan. was a niaster- piece. -Thf altar and entire sanctuary were banked with palms and masses of K;.ster lilies. The vast congregation tilled every available inch of space. Professor Joseph A. Michel some time ago promised that the Immaculate Immacu-late Conception "h iir would on Kastcr furnish a program second to none in the city, and the general verdict on Sunday was that he had made good his promise. The soft music from a siring quartet was a very pleasing accompaniment ac-companiment to a choir of excellently trained voices. Haydn's No. 1 mass was heard under most favorable conditions. condi-tions. The offertory "Regina Coeli." ahd Tantum Ergo were Professor Michel's Mi-chel's own compositions. Those lending lend-ing their voices to the grand occasion were Miss Wanda Gottesteben, Miss Marie Tobin, Miss Bessie Wilder, Mrs. j W. A. Granger, Mrs. E. Brandt. Miss I 1 Katie Sullivan. Miss Elvira Abrego. j Miss Pose Calkin. Mrs. J. A. Michel, Mrs. M. C. Harrington, Mrs. W. Cook, Miss L. Grund. Mits Winifred Kemp-j I . ton. Messrs. J. A. Bottler, R. C. Cham- V bcrlin, William Gallagher, William 1 r Sayer. Roy Smith, N. R. Vot. E. E. I McFadden and R. La Rose. The ser if . ' mon was by Rev. J. J. Martin, a Laz- arist Father, who is here to superin- tend the structure of the new theolog- j ical seminary. Father Martin also I preached at the 9:30 o'clock mass, at v hich the music was furnished by the Jueen's Daughters' choir, composed of the following young women and men: Misses Nora Brophy. Anna O'Neil, Katherine Fish?r. Nora Maloney. Mar garet Maloney, Frankie Nast. Katherine Kather-ine Goodwin, Elizabeth Kelly, Mrs. Alexis A. Gargan. Dr. J. J. O'Neil, Messrs. Thomas Collins, Davy Evans, George Kerwin and Charles Nickerson. Mrs. J. J. O'Neil prfsided at the organ, and Slgiuv Nk-oli Novallo was leader and director. During the service Sunday Rev. Father Fa-ther McMenamin to k occasion to publicly pub-licly express his thanks and the thanks of the congregation to the Queen's Daughter's choir ind their very efficient effi-cient instructor for so generously giving giv-ing their time and talent and thus, adding add-ing dignity snd beauty to the 9:30 o'clock mass every Sunday. Indeed, so much is their effort appreciated by the people that since they commenced singing sing-ing a year ago the attendance at this mass has been so great that fully 200 stand in the aisles during the entire service. Last Sunday, immediately after the pontifical high mass solemn benediction benedic-tion was given. Lohmann's full orchestra aided the organist. Miss Clara Woeber. in furnishing fur-nishing the accompaniment for the magnificant choir of St. Elizabeth's hurch. The soloists of the occasion were Miss Josephine Woeber. Miss Isa-belle Isa-belle Jacobs, Miss Mary Mulrooney, Mrs. H. L. Sleeper. Messrs. George j Kerwin. George L. Bradbury, Bellazzi. Thirty-five splendid voices were heard in the chorus. Hammerer's "Regina Coeli," an alto solo, was sung hy Mrs. Sleeper. Miss Josephine Woeber, the director of St. Elizabeth's choir, has for years enjoyed the reputation of being be-ing one of the most successful musical directors in the city. Si. Francis de Sales choir, with Mrs. A. G. McCallister as organist and director, direc-tor, did sonic exceptionally good work. The soloisto were Mrs. McGraw, Mrs. McCallister. Miss (irate Wagner. Miss Margaret McDonald. Miss .pikesman, Messrs. Ixiuis A. Reilly, Charles Mos-eoni. Mos-eoni. McSwigan and Harkins. The sermon on "The Resurrection'' by the pastor. Rev. J. J. Donnelly, was a most eloquent and instructive one. Easier lilies in profusion adorned the main altar. Beethoven's great work furnished the choir of Sacred Heart church an excellent excel-lent opportunity of displaying the cx-cell cx-cell en t training they have been under for some time in preparation for the great Feast of the Resurrection. It was ill chorus work with the exception of i he offertory, Weigand's "Ave Maria." a trio by Mrs. Fred P. Johnson. Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan and Mr. Ben Foley. Fo-ley. Mrs. J. R. Schilling presided at the organ. The orator of the day was Rev. Edward Ed-ward Barry. S. J.. pastor of Sacred Heart church, who spoke on "Easter" and its great lesson to the Christian soul. An immense throng of worshippers .tssembled at Logan avenue chapel on Thursday morning to witness the solemn sol-emn ceremony of blessing the oils. Pontifical Pon-tifical m iss was -celebrated by Rt. Rev. Bishop Matz, with Rev. Michael W. IV.novan, deacon, and Rev. Father Bel-7.3i. Bel-7.3i. sub-deacon. Rev. Father Phillips was master of ceremonies. The music X of the mass was chanted by the boys' surpliced choir, and was a very pleasing pleas-ing feature of the occasion. The repository re-pository was one of the most attractive attrac-tive in the city, and was visited by many hundreds, during the course of the day. At the evening service Rt. Rev. Bi.-hop Matz spoke on the Blessed Sacrament. Repository Altars. All the repositories in the city represented rep-resented a wealth of flowers, candles, good taste and loving care on the part of the members of the different altar societies. Lecture on "The Passion." Logan avenue chapel fell far short of accommodations Good Friday night for the many who desired to hear Rev. Father McMenamin preach on "The Passion." Those who succeeded in gaining entrances heard a sermon calculated calcu-lated to touch the hardest heart. The "St a bat Mater" and "Lamentations" were chanted by the male voices of the "Queen's Daughters' " choir in a very effective manner. The services on Holy Saturday were well attended. Knights of St. John. St. Joseph's Coinmandery No. 27S, Knights of St. John, gave it eleventh annual ball Easter Monday evening at Progress hall. This wa.s the most important im-portant Catholic social event of the week and reflected credit unon the committee having it in charge. This committee comprised Messrs. J. J. Fitzgerald. Fitz-gerald. George Boss, R. Birmingham and 1'. H. Karpen. Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters Dominico's Court No. 47G. Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, had a very enjoyable card party at their hall in the Charles building Thursday evening. even-ing. April 1. The attendance was very large an 1 all had a delightful time. Catholic Young Men's Club. The Catholic Young Men's club gave the fourth of a delightful scries of dances Thursday evening. April 4. at the Da Pron hall, Broadway and Second Sec-ond avenue. These delightful social evenings sre warmly welcomed after the long Lenten season which put a stop to the boys' hospitality. St. Francis De Sales Society. A neat sum of money was added to the treasury of St. Francis do Sales' Aid society by the card party and dance given at Da Pron hall Tuesday evening. April 2. This parish is in a very flourishing eondilion, and Rev. Father Donnelly's new scheme for raising money the building associationmeets associa-tionmeets with such favor from his parishioners iliat they hope within tsree yoais to commence the erection of a handsome new house of worship and convert the present very pretty structure into a school house. Church Notes. St. Vincent's Orphans Aid society met Tuedav afternoon at the home of Mrs. William Walsh, 2614 West Twenty-fourth avenue. The Sacred Heart Ladies' Aid society socie-ty met on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. George AV. Pryor, 1235 Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs. J. J. Krot-ter Krot-ter was joint hostess. Personal. Miss Mary Mulrooney and Miss Sadie Sa-die Mulrooney left Monday evening for a visit to Montrose. Colo. , Mrs. Chris Flueckcn of Golden jt visiting in Denver. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Barry of 2088 Ogden street are the proud parents of a little son, born March 27. The happy parents are receiving the congratulations congratula-tions of the many friends they have made during their short residence in Denver. 5F p -f Mr. Will Keily, who has been in Gold-field Gold-field New. for two years, arrived in Denver last Sunday for a visit with his home folks. Miss Mary Harrington, who is teaching teach-ing school in Idaho Springs, spent the Kastcr holidays at her home in Denver. |