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Show Diocese of lender ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent. The Jntermountain and Colorado Catholic is placed on hale at tlie James Clarke rhurch Roods house, 647 California Mreet, Denver, Colo. Funeral of Mrs. Julia Sullivan. Friends who had known and" loved Mrs. Julia A. Sullivan in her lifetime, gathered in Logan avenue chapel on Friday morning; of last week to pay a Iribute f respect to her memory. The funeral service was solemn and im-jirecsive, im-jirecsive, and the church was crowded to its doors. Mrs--. Sullivan passed away at midnight mid-night ow Oct. 1. after a lingering illness. ill-ness. She had been confined to her bed for seven months, but ever sinpe the death nf her husband, Stephen J. Sullivan, Sulli-van, Aug. 6 of last year, she had been Fteadily failing. , Rev. H. L. McMenamin celebrated 1he requiem masts on Friday, with Rev. P. A. Phillips as master of ceremonies, nd Father J. F. McDonough and Fa-Iher Fa-Iher Guida, S. J., as deacon and sub-deacon. sub-deacon. The music was furnished by the u Queen's Daughters "choir, with the fol- ' lowing ' solni.xts: Mm Alexius A. Gar- iis - pan. Miss Katherlne Fisher and George Kirwin. Miss Mary L. Mulrooney presided pre-sided at the organ. A sermon on Catholic Cath-olic motherhood was preached by Fa-. Fa-. iher McMenamin, in which he dwelt upon the virtues of Mrs. Sullivan and her efforts to bring up a Christian family. The Interment - was made in Mount Olivet cemetery. The pall-bearers were Thomas Sav?ee, James Fleming, Albert Al-bert Manly, ."dward Wackbaugh, Oscar Os-car Malo, -k P. Lynch, Eugene "Weckbaugi '-ank Tettemer. Mrs. Sul . - n .rvlved by five children, chil-dren, Mrs. w.iriii tJ. Monaghan, Miss Eva Suniven. SifJ.en J. Sullivan, Robert Rob-ert Sullivan f.-ic " eo Sullivan. A delegation del-egation from tr.r student body of Sacred Sa-cred Heart cV.iese, where the sons of the family were ducated. attended the funeral. The Ojeen's Daughters, of which Mrs. Sullivan was an honorary member, and her daughter, Mrs. Monaghan, Mona-ghan, at one time president, attended also in response to a call by the president. pres-ident. Miss Maude Ryan. : ' Mrs. Sullivan comes of an old Mary- 1 land family, and was born at Bloom- ington, Md., fifty-four years ago. With her husband he went to Leadville in the boom days, and success came to them as a reward for their courage. Mr. Sullivan acquired valuable mining properties before his death, and ieft a neat fortune for his children. Tho family home at 1673 York street has repeatedly been thrown open in the cause of charity, and the Queen's Daughters have a warm place in their hearts for the gentle woman to whom they always went in time of need. She lent encouragement to their efforts and gave from her own pocketbook on innumerable in-numerable occasions. A tribute of the love of the society was a large floral emblem in the design of the pin worn by the vueen's Dau ,hters. The sympathy of the entire community commu-nity is with the Ftricken family in this their second bereavement in fourteen months. Queen's Daughters. By vote of the Queen's Daughters it was decided to increase the number of bonorary members from ten to twenty-five; twenty-five; in order to enroll the names of a number of leading women who will be of inestimable benefit to the society in its philanthropic work. So far Mrs. George Kerns and Mrs. H. Merrl-weather Merrl-weather are the only ones whose names have been decided upon. The meeting held last Saturday afternoon after-noon at the home of Miss Maude Ryan, the president. 740 Olive street, was well attended. Interest in the ball to be given on Oct. 15 at Houston hall is daily increasing. Every member of the organization is to be ori the reception committee to insure the social success of the party, the financial success having hav-ing been assured by reason of the sale of a goodly number of tickets. The proceeds of the dance will go toward to-ward opening a home for working women, wo-men, where board and room may be had at a nominal cost for girls coming as strangers to the city. Already the furniture for three rooms has been promised by persons who prefer that their names be not made public. The following young women have been admitted to membership by the Queen's Daughters: Miss Catherine Mohan, Miss Grace Curtan. Miss Tina ! Smith and Miss Alice Murray. ! Altar Society. The Altar and Rosary society of the t cathedral parish held its annual elec tion of officers Sunday afternoon, Oct. 6. at Logan avenue chapel. The new officers are: President. Mrs..John Ang-lum; Ang-lum; vice president, Mrs. Sullivan; secretary, sec-retary, Mrs. Catherine Murray, and ireasurer, Mrs. J. E. O'Brien. These ladies have for years been zealous members of the society, and have at different times held office to the great 4 good of the society. Before the close of the meeting the members gave a vote of thanks to the retiring president, Mrs. George T. Kearh's. and the efficient effi-cient officers who served with her during dur-ing the past year. Forty Hours' Devotion. Th Devotion of the Forty ' Hours opened at St. Elizabeth church Sunday with solemn high mass, at which Rev. Father Meier, O. F. M., was celebrant; !Rev. Father Leo, O. F. M., deacon, and Rev. Father Eusebins, O. F. M., sub-deacon. sub-deacon. Following the priests in the Holemn procession from the main altar to the repository were the Blessed Virgins' Vir-gins' sodality, the Society of Christian Mothers, the Holy Name society. Third Order of St. Francis, and other religious re-ligious societies. Altogether it was a ( most edifying sight. The music was a i' special feature of the occasion, and w as under The direction of Miss Josephine Joseph-ine Woeber, who has just returned from the east. ! New Church Dedicated. The new church of St. Mary Magdalene, Magda-lene, at West Twenty-sixth avenue and Depew street, Edgewater. was dedicated dedi-cated on Sunday, Oct. 6, with all the ceremony befitting the occasion. Rev. Father Desaulniers, the pastor, celebrated cele-brated the dedicatory mass, and the, little edifice was crowded to the doors. The sermon was preached by Rev. Father Fa-ther O'Ryan of St. Leo's, who explained ex-plained the origin and significance of the ceremony, and praised in glorious terms the zealous labors of the pastor, who in a few short months has built up such a thriving parish. He also spoke words of encouragement to the people who have so heartily co-operated with their good pastor in his arduous ardu-ous task of raising money to build the new place of worship. In the absence of Rt. Rev. Bishop Matz. Rt. Rev. Mcnsignor Robinson officiated at the dedication services. After the blessing bless-ing of the main altar and the interior of the church the procession of priests and acolytes passed around the church, while Monsignor Robinson blessed the exterior walls. The people then reentered re-entered the church for the benediction. Rev. Father Cassidy of Mobile, Ala., assisted at the services. The congregation congre-gation of Edgewater has grown so rapidly rap-idly that there is talk of dividing the parish and erecting another church. This part of the city was formerly part of St. Patrick's parish. Sacred Heart Aid Society. The sale of tickets for the ball to be given by the Sacred Heart Ladies' Aid society at Huston hall on the evening even-ing of Oct. 31, has been unusually large and the members look forward with pleasure to a full treasury to tide them through a long winter. Though for upward of seventeen years a prime factor fac-tor in all charitable work of Denver, (he aim and scope of this society are not generally known. It embraces in Its membership ladies from all parishes of the city, and many who are not of the Catholic faith, but wish to have a share in the good work the society is accomplishing. Its object is to relieve In its humble way all cases of distress brought to the attention of the members mem-bers and, in short, to do all that in other cities Is accomplished by St. Vincent Vin-cent de Paul societies. Thirty regular pensioners are on its list, besides the cases that are reported at each meeting meet-ing for temporary relief. These meetings meet-ings are held on the first and third Thursdays of every month at the homes of the different members, and in addition to the business discussed, have somewhat of a social .flavor, the hostess usually arranging a' little musical mu-sical program to close the afternoon. Mm Joseph A. Osner is president, and has earned fhe reputation of being a most indefatigable worker in this and all other worthy causes. A. O. H. Give Ball. Division No. 1, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Hi-bernians, gave a grand ball on Wednesday Wed-nesday evening. Oct. 9, at Windsor hall. An excellent orchestra contributed the music, and dancing was indulged in until a late hour. A great deal of credit is due P. J. Gaughan, who was chairman of the committee on arrangements. arrange-ments. His able assistants were J. J. Sullivan, Martin Gibbons. P. Mealy and Cornelius O'Connell. Good Shepherd Aid Society. The Good Shepherd Aid society met on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Ann Flaherty, 2648 Champa street. In the evening another meeting was held in room 213 Nassan building, to close up all business in connection with the picnic held at Elitch's Gardens July 13. This included the drawing for the grand prize. Bishop Hennessey Visits Denver. Rt. Rev. Bishop John J. Hennessey of Wichita, Kan., was in Denver for a few hours last week and received no little attention on account of the car in which he was traveling. It was, in fact, a small-sized church on wheels, and is known as St. Anthony's chapel. It is one of two cars belonging to the Catholic Church Extension society, established es-tablished in Chicago two years ago by Rev. Francis C. Kelly. The object of the society is to assist in the erection of churches in poor communities and to places too small to support a priest the blessed privileges of religion are carried car-ried by the little traveling church. Two missionary priests of the Kansas diocese accompanied Bishop Hennessey and report great success attending the first month of the car's use. Its efforts then were confined to Kansas, but this month will be spent in Colorado, where the zealous priests hope to visit every place where even ten or twenty Catholics Cath-olics can be found. Knights of Columbus Entertain. The Knights of Columbus will entertain enter-tain their friends at a little dancing party Friday evening, Oct. 11. in their rooms in Fraternal Union building on Champa street. On that occasion the drawing for prizes offered at the orphans' or-phans' picnic will occur. The first official Columbus day will be duly celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 12. The Knights of Columbus will participate par-ticipate in the observance, as. will a number of Italian societies. Personal. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wagner and children have returned to their home in St, Louis, after a pleasant summer with Mrs. Wagner's sisters in Denver. Mrs. J. J. O'Neil has been seriously ill, but is now convalescent. s)c jjc st: Mrs. F. A. Robertson and daughter. Miss Agnes Robertson, have returned from an extended visit to their old home in Toronto. Miss Irene Kelly, who has been the guest of the Misses Sweeney in Park Hill, has returned to her home in New York. Miss Mary Cunningham of Des Moines, la., is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. Walter Beam of 1533 Logan avenue. Misses Margaret and Leanore O'Neil, two charming southern girls who spent the past year in Denver, left last week for their home in Birmingham, Ala, Harry McCabe left last week for California, Cal-ifornia, His mother and sisters will follow later. John McCarty has gone to Houghton, Hough-ton, Mich, to attend the school of mines. t- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwartz of 1219 Twentieth - avenue, with their youngest young-est daughter, Miss Clara Schwartz, have gone to Fort Madison, la., to spend a month. Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz will celebrate the forty-fifth anniver- sary of their wedded life in the place where they plighted their troth, and will gather about them as many as possible of the friends who were present pres-ent on that auspicious occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz have been residents of the cathedral parish, Denver, for over thirty years. Mrs. Charles J. Kelly, jr., of Seattle, accompanied by her little daughter, Genevieve, is here on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Heister, 2729 Curtis street. |