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Show Diocese of lender ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. The Intermountain and Colorado . Catholic is placed on sale at the James Clarke church poods house, 627 Fifteenth street, Denver, Colo. CITY OF DENVER. Bishop Matz Ordains Two Priests. uiing: the entire period of its ex-Iptf-nco, dating back to the Christmas of 1W, when the first Mass was celebrated cele-brated within its walls, there has never been so solemn a ceremony as that held j in the Logan Avenue chapel last Sun-dav. Sun-dav. The chapel serving as pro-cathedral rcendinpr the erection of the ha"3- forae'tiew structure, it was fitting that . the ordination of The two young ministers minis-ters take place there. Although -00 extra ex-tra wais were provided, there were , many obliged to stand, while others ! were turned away. The andidates for holy orders were Jyiuis F. Hagus of the cathedral parish, Denver, and Thomas Wolohan of the Church of the Annunciation, in Lead-ville. Lead-ville. The altar was banked high with palms and white cut llowers. and 1 invriads of lights shone through .the ( greenery. The altar rail had been removed re-moved for the occasion and the sane- j tuary enlarged to accommodate the nunrber of. priests who would participate partici-pate in the exercises. Bishop X. C. JUatii conferred the sacrament on the young men, assisted by Rev. Percy A. Phillips as master of ceremonies, Rev. John B. White as deacon and Rev. William O'Malley as sub-deacon. Father Fa-ther Hag-us was assisted by Rev. Michael Mich-ael W. Donovan of G-eorgetown and Father Wolohan by the Rev. J. J. Gib bons of leadville. The ceremony was most impressive and the best vestments vest-ments were brought forth from the chests for the occasion. The children's rhoir sang a few hymns, the Mass being be-ing low. The "Veni Creator" was sung by Miss Mary Mulrooney and the chorus, cho-rus, accompanied by Miss Bessie Mc-Govern. Mc-Govern. Miss Helen McGovern and Miss Angela Scherrer were also soloists. solo-ists. The "O Salutaris" sung at the offertory by the former was inspiring. The orator of the day was Father Gibbons, Gib-bons, from whose parish one of the candidates for holy orders came. Father Fa-ther Gibbons spoke feelingly on the life of the priest, of the privileges which it embraces and of the hardships which it entails. He told of how the young- priests would be offered a wide field in the diocese of Denver, for the fact that it includes mountainous districts dis-tricts where Catholic settlers yearn for the consolations of religion, to satisfy sat-isfy which the priest must ride for days across hilly country. Father (ribbons said it was the privilege of the min-' min-' ister of God to bring -consolation to the dying and to spread the bright and Jiappj' teachings of the gospel as well as to tell of the justice of God, and he fxhijrted the young- men to keep this in mind. He closed by asking the v (prayers of the congregation for the "i t two priests. At the conclusion of Mass Bishop Matz spoke a few brief words expressive express-ive of his pleasure at the thought that . two more young men had been added to the army of the Church through the teachings of the Catholic schools. His countenance bespoke his delight as he recalled that but one year ago another i Two young men received holy orders I at his hands, and that two years ago I still another had been received into the j ministry. That so many should have I "been added in so short a .space of time, I he said, was most gratifying. I " At the close of the service the mem- I bers of the congregation knelt around I i the sanctuary to receive the blessing j of the newly ordained priests. The j entire ceremony required three hours. Shortly before 2 o'clock a banquet was served in one of the music halls of the I Immaculate Conception school by Mr. John J. Hagus, father of Rev. Louis F. Hagus. The three tables resembled in form a horseshoe and were lavishly decorated in cut flowers. Roses and carnations were used in profusion. At I 'he head of the center table sat Bishop I Matz, at his ritrht Father Hagus. and I at the left Father Wolohan. Fortv- live guests were assembled, including the immediate families of both priests, as well as a number of pastors. Among the priests present Wt-re Rev. P. A I ; Phillips. Kov. John B. White, Rev. AVjl- I ; O Malley, Rev. Cornelius O'Far- I i r,fl!- I'v- Joseph P. Carrigan, , Rev. J Father Pantanella, S. J.. of the College !of the Sacred Heart. Rev. Timothy O Brien of St. Joseph's hospital. Rev. J. J. Gibbons of Leadville and Rev. Michael W. Donovan of Georgetown. !Rev. Father Wolohan has been assigned as-signed as assistant at the cathedral in Denver and Rev. Father Hagus will go to assist Father Gibbons at Leadville. Lead-ville. Both young men are well known I : ,n their respective cities and have a I ,,r,st f friends, who have showered I ongratulations upon them. I Sisters of Sacred Heart to Build Or- I , phanage. The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart who are stationed at" the parish M-hool (if Our Lady of Mount Carmel, I : 111 the Italian colony of North Den- I : 'V('1'- arp rejoicing in a donation which I they receded last week from an as- I sociation of Catholic woman, and ,which ! came entirely unexpected. The amount I presented to the Sisters is $.".00. with I ' interest for fifteen years, which almost j doubles that sum. J The history of the fund is a rather J interesting one and a story with which I . w are familiar. It was in the palmy I oays when the Italians of North Dcn- v.t were experiencing unwonted pros- I p'Tity that a number of wmin n got to- I RethfT and decide t0 establish a fund I 1,0 :lt S'nie time donated for the I f",'3. "f ln' colony,, possibly in some I oliaritabl.; purpose. Tllo mo)lfV M..ie 1 t-eurea by popular subscript!. .11 and - I P.a.-ed m trust. The committee in 5 - wbieh hands the disbursement was I placed onsisted of Mrs. Clara Cella, I -yl,s Katheiine Marro. Mrs. D Cel-and Cel-and Mrs. Mazeta. That was' in I : lhSX -tT that at frequent intervals I some members of the board would of- fr suggestions for the disposition of He money, but always encountered, ob- stac-les. The fund could only he dk- I posed r,t by unanimous vote, and there, J was always a dissenting voire. Mrs. ' I Mara. (Vila, the treasurer, raised her I voice i:.. opposition to almost every j pi-m undt r consideration and as a re- suit the money remained in the bank. :M.iny people lost Sight Of the fwt that I n "ad been subscribed but the commit- I ice remained on the alert for some I v.orthy object upon which it could be I ' expended in order to effect a final s.t- I tleim-m. Several times the matter has j . cme into court; when a part of the 1 committee wanted 10 force Mrs. Cella. I to turn ovir the fund, but the deci- I F:"n w""s always in favor of the treas- '-V'.-r, the ui t holding that she was I Lie sole judge of the merits of the 1 case. Recently the Italian women asked 1hat it be given Mother Jones for the f ,T,K'f Jf striking Italian coal miners, I 1!lis Ml"- Ccl,a ould never- .ist week a meeting was called bv j Jill of the members of the original soef- l" a,ld vote taken. Mrs. Cella an- j Pounced that she believed that she had J. 1 1 ,oun'1 -'iriething upon- which the money could with satisfaction be placed, and at some length explained ihe needs of an Italian orphanage. The p'an met with an immediate and enthusiastic en-thusiastic response and the proposition propo-sition was carried without a dissent- i ins: voice. During the year and a half that the ' Italian Sisters have been in Denver' they have made many friends, and when, a low weeks ago, they announced their intention of establishing a hos-j p:tal and orphanage,- there was an r mount of interest immediately aroused. The Sacred Heart Sisters -amp here almost penniless. Thev set to work to collect money for the founding found-ing of a school and. by their' own' ef forts the institution was opened in the fall of 1902. The first year there were 150 pupils enrolled, while last year saw 400 little students. They expect to meet with equal success in their new venture and will m'eet w:ith unstinted help from the colony. Already there are four orphan children under the care of the sisters, and they believe that they can build their new home some time in the autumn. Quite a large sum has already been subscribed for the orphanage. Picnic in Aid of St. Vinvent's. Saturday, Aug. 6, will be Orphans' Day at Manhattan Beach, and all'of the philanthropic-ally inclined people of Denver will assemble to do their share toward making the benefit a success. For some time the St. Vincent's Aid society has had under consideration a plan to raise money to pay off the indebtedness in-debtedness on the . handsome nav sftructure which was last year reared on the site of the old building which was destroyed by fire in 1902. The picnic is an annual occasion for I the children of the orpan asylum, but ths ylear an effort will be made to , interest a wide number of outsiders in j the affair and the result will, if is j hoped, be a material addition to the i treasury of the institution. The first movement toward the com-! com-! plete success of the undertaking was a mass meeting which was held last Sunday in one of the class rooms in j the Logan Avenue school. A temporary tempo-rary committee called the meeting, the announcement being made on Sunday morning from every pulpit in the city. 1 As a result over 100 of the leading. men and women interested in St. Vincent's ! gathered together and the initial steps were taken. Manhattan Beach was selected, as something different from the regular line of attractions offered patrons of the picnic year after year. Added to the scheduled list of novelties novel-ties will be many innovations which will be introduced gratuitously by friends of the orphans. At Sunday's meeting a board of officers of-ficers was appointed and the plans outlined. out-lined. William T. Davoren of St. Leo's parish is to be chairman: Maurice Do-lan, Do-lan, secretary; Patrick Riordah, treasurer, treas-urer, and James Phelan Cuddy, promoter pro-moter of publicity. Mr. Riordan and Charles H. Wilkin3 will practically supervise su-pervise the entire affair. These men have been at the head of all charitable chari-table enterprises in recent years and to them has been due the success of dances, card parties,, fairs and picnics which have been the means of supporting sup-porting religious insttutons. Next Sunday Sun-day a second mass meetng will be held in the same place to perfect arrangements, ar-rangements, and tickets will be distributed dis-tributed then to be sold by the various vari-ous parishes. As an inducement to the purchase of tickets it has been decided de-cided to make a prize offering. A coupon cou-pon bearing a number is attached to each ticket. At a drawing held the night after the picnic the holder of the lucky number will be given a round trip ticket to the World's Fair at St. Louis and his or her expenses for fifteen fif-teen days at 5 per hay. This is the handsomest prize offering- yet made. John K. Mullen of the cathedral parish par-ish made an address at Sunday's meeting meet-ing dwelling on the good which is accomplshed by the Ssters of Charity Char-ity who are in charge of St. Vincent's and asking that a generous response greet their appeal for- aid. The new-building new-building was, he said, erected at great expense, and he regarded it as a public duty to support if. Among the prominent women who will aid in making the picnic a success suc-cess are Mrs. Charles H. Wilkins, Mrs. John Murphy, Mrs. Joseph Walsh, Mrs. Joseph P. Donley, Mrs. John K. Mullen. Mul-len. Mrs. Edward McCrystle, Mrs. Patrick Pat-rick R. Riordan, Mrs. William H. Andrew, An-drew, and Mrs. Klizabeth Hubbard. These women met vitMrs. Murphy at 1137 Washington avenue Tuesday afternoon to discuss booths nnit. nther 1 attractions. The men who will cooperate co-operate are William T. Davoren, George D. Kempton, John Ki Mullen, Captain William H. Andrew, John A. Flynn, Maurice Dolan, P. E. Lamont, Charles H. Wilkins, Joseph Walsh, John C. Eagan. J. Columbus, John Murphy and James Clark. |