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Show : . f : ;-; 1 . Diocese of Denver ! ; ELIZABETH KELLY. Correspondent. 1 The Inter-iountaln end Colorado. I Catholic Js vlacert en Ml t the James Clarke church goods hoime. U s California stree:. Denver. Colo. ( i . . . ' i Parish Notes. . Easter in Denver was all that It . tliould have been. . ? As a religious festival, the greatest, in j fact, in the ecclesiastical calendar, the j churches did their very best to make the day one long to be remembered, and the ; ' , I weather behaved so well that the usual ; army of church-goers was augmenteu : - by another body equal to it in size who went because? of the opportunity to dis- ! play Easter finery and near Easter mu-; mu-; 1 sic and sermons. 1 The humorist may make jokes at the i f expense o the man or woman wno ! ' , w axes devout on Easter and ascribe mo- i " tives that are decided worldly, but ' , ! the fact that the spintuc.' side of Easter j is not altogether lost sight of. is quite evident from the number of commutu- cants recorded. In the pro-cathedral 1 alone there were 1,300. And all of these i people went to the early morning 1 classes, where the opportunity for dis- " play was minimized. It was a Renuinely spiritual Easter, according to all of the pastors in the ' city, and the churches looked their very ( best. I After the long Lenten calm the fes- f. tivities very doubly attractive. ' Churches that had been draped in pur- i pie for two weeks were veritable bow ers of floTvers, and the music was of the customary high order. Nowadays choir leaders struggle for first honors for the ' rendition of attractive programs, and each does his very best. As ti conse-' conse-' quence, it is hard telling just who car ries away the palm. Bishop Matz officiated at sunrise mass Sunday in Logan avenue chapel. The service began at 5 o'clock and the Girls' j choir sans. Father H. E. McMenamin, the pastor, was assistant priest, and ' Father Layton of St. Thomas' seminary-was seminary-was deacon. Father McDonough was sub-deacon, with Father Henegan master mas-ter of ceremonies. The solemn high miss at 11:30 o'clock at the chapel was celebrated by Father , P. A- Phillips, the chancellor of the diocese; Father Layton assisted as dea-" dea-" con, and Father McDonough was sub- deacon. Father McMenamin was deacon dea-con of honor, and the master o ceremonies ceremo-nies was Father Henegan. Father Hen-. Hen-. ' egan also preached. Bishop Matz was present in the fianctuary. At the close of the mass Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given, and there w-as no further church service during the day or evening. The papal blessing followed both high masses. The choir was directed at the last mass by Professor J. A. Michel, and the ( , singing of an Easter hymn composed by A. U. Mayfield and set to music by Mr. Michel was a feature of the program. Hummel's Mass in B flat was given with orchestral accompaniment. At St. Leo's church, where Father William O'Ryan preached the Resurrection ser mon, Giorza's exquisite "First Mass" , was sung under the direction of Profes sor Peter Menzies. Cavallo's orchestra assisted. , For St. Elizabeth's church Miss Jo- ' aephine Woeber, the choir leader, select ed parts for masses by Beethoven, Weber, Web-er, Gounod and Haydn, with Hummel's "Alma Vigo" for the offertory. Mrs. H. R. McGraw sang It, Lohmann's orchestra assisted at the Church of the Sacred Heart, where Mrs. Fred P. Johnson had the music In charge. Marzo's "Messe Solonelle" was rendered. The Church of the Annunciation, Annunci-ation, St. Joseph's church and Church of St. Mary Magdalene all had special mu-elc mu-elc for Easter. Father Layton of the St. Thomas seminary sem-inary on Myrtle Hill assisted at the ca-, ca-, thedral during the Holy Week and Easter services. He preached the ser- ' mon on the Blessed Sacrament Holy Thursday evening. Father Ferari, who assists at the ca thedral, went to Colorado Springs for ; the Easter services to assist Father Ra- ber at St. Mary's church there. The largest single collection in the history of the cathedral parish Is record-' record-' . ed for Easter this year. The envelope offerings amounted to over $2,500, an excess ex-cess of $700 over last year. The needs of the cathedral are pressing just now ' with work being rushed on the new edi fice, and the liberality of the congregation congrega-tion w-as especially appreciated. Father William O'Ryan, who was to ' , have been one of the speakers at the banquet of the church federation against the saloon last Thursday evening, even-ing, was detained at the Holy Week services at St. Leo's church, but sent a letter of encouragement to the anti-saloon anti-saloon forces. He will be an Inspiration to the workers in the coming campaign for a "dry" Denver. s , I Miss Josephine Marion performed a ; deed of heroism at St. Leo's church last i ; ' 1 Thursday. When kneeling before the repository, she saw the cassock of Wil-. Wil-. Ham May, an 11-year-old aitar boy, ; ; take fire. Without agitating other wor shippers, whose heads were bowed, she rushed to the sanctuary and tore the burning garment from the boy, suffering suffer-ing only slight injuries to her own hands. Bishop X, C. Matz was in Omaha a part of this week. He went to attend a meeting of the directors of the Mutual company that writes fire insurance for Catholic church property. Bishop Scan-" Scan-" " ' ; nell of Omoha is president of the board. ; ' ; I Two ordinations will take place at the ; . " St, Thomas seminary within a few weeks. No definite announcement is , authorized at this time, but this will be - the first time the sacrament of Holy i ' ' Orders has been administered at the seminary, which is practically a new " . j " inrtitution. i j t . The parochial schools of the city re- sumed work on Tuesday, after Easter vacation, which covered the greater part of Holy Week. Now that things have I settled down again, programs for com-. com-. : mencemont day will be decided upon and the work of preparing: closing enter- ' ! tainments begun. ; Next Monday, April 4, is the date of i the parish social for the cathedral. The ; Annunciation party this week was largely attended. Knights of Columbus hall will be the scene of next Monday's 1 i gathering. ' I ; The regular meeting of St. Vincent's ' ' Aid society will be held Tuesday after noon, April 5, at the home of Mrs. M. J. ' ' ' Donleavy, 1530 Vine street. At this meeting the officers elected in March j will enter upon their duties. The new . ' ' staff is made up of Mrs. W. P. Ryan, president; Mrs. C. A. Williams, first vice president; Mrs. Charles J. Dunn, second vice president; Mrs. William , ' . : Faircloth. corresponding secretary; Mrs. D. J. Sayer, financial secretary: Mrs. , ; Lawrence M. Purcell, treasurer, and ' Mrs. Susan Hally, chaplain. . . I , ' .-: , : The next meeting of the Sacred Heart , Aid society will be on Thursday after- ' ' noon, April 7. with Mrs. E. P. McGov- ; em, 1535 Pennsylvania avenue. , The musical and sale of fancy arti- cles given by the ladies of St. John the ; ! Evangelist parish in Harman proved an unqualified success, and netted a gen- ". y s - 1 !'';''!" erous sum which will be used by the tabernacle society for the purchase' of altar decorations. The musical program, which was such a pleasant feature of the evening, was in charge of Miss Bessie Bes-sie McCarren, while the bazaar was under un-der the management of Mesdames Gei-ger. Gei-ger. Rasser, Griebling and Martelon, with Mrs. A. B. Ledoux as chairman. - St. Clara's Aid society, which so seldom sel-dom calls on the public to assist in supporting sup-porting the splendidly equipped St. Clara's orphanage, will make formal demand on the pocketbooks of the charitably inclined in the near future. Arrangements are now in progress for a fair to be held in St. Elizabeth's hall in May, from the 10th to 15th, inclusive. Governor Shafroth will open the exercises exer-cises with an address, while Mayor Speer will speak the second evening. Some very valuable articles have, already al-ready been contributed, among them an automobile. Mrs. R. J. Walters, president of St. Clara's society, is chairman of the committee on arrangements, arrange-ments, and finds ready assistance from each and every member of the association. associa-tion. Rev. Father Wulstan, O. F. M., spiritual director of St. Clara's, is deeply interested in the success of the undertaking. A card party, under the auspices of the Queen of Heaven Orohans' Aid association, as-sociation, will be given at St. Elizabeth's Eliza-beth's hall on Thursday evening. April 2S. The proceeds will be given to the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart toward the support of the little girls in Regina Coeli, the Italian orphanage. The Sisters of Charity in charge of St. Ann's foundlings' home extend thanks to all who assisted in the recent "tag day" exercises; to the women who worked from early morn until night pinning the little green badges, and to all the citizens of Denver who respond ed so readily to the call for aid. More than $1,400 was realized from the day's work. The present home is only a temporary tem-porary one, and the sisters hope to soon began the erection of a large and comfortable com-fortable building on Franklin street, near Twentieth avenue. Six lots for that purpose were purchased two years ago by St. Vincent's Aid society. Social and Personal. Mrs. M. J. McCarthy and little son Joe spent Easter in St. Louis. Befor? returning to Denver they will visit relatives rel-atives in Kentucky and Illinois, and expect to be gone about five weeks. 3fc Dr. John W. Foley of Leadville is building a bungalow in Park Hill, and intends, when it is completed, to take up his residence in Denver. Sc 3fc p Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Paul, Miss Mary Paul -and Vincent Paul are now in Portland, where they expect to remain for several months. Sji 3f: 3: Mr. and Mrs. John A. Flynn, accompanied accom-panied by their daughter, Miss Regina Flynn, and their little sons Gerald and Francis, left Wednesday night for a protracted stay in California. 3jC 3 5fc Miss Jane Hynds of Kansas City was guest of honor at one the prettiest Easter parties of the week. The affair was given Monday afternoon by Miss Kittie Lee Bishop and Miss Gladys Si-monton. Si-monton. Miss Hynds formerly lived in Denver and was one of the most popular popu-lar young women in the Cathedral parish. par-ish. She will return soon to her Kansas Kan-sas City home. Mr. and Mrs. George McGinty wel corned a little daughter last week. 4 v v Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald of Bethlehem. N. H., who has been visiting relatives in Denver, was called to her home Friday Fri-day night by news of the sudden death of her son Raymond, a young man of 17 years. Mrs. G. L. Moffltt entertained the Friday 600 club this week at her home, 2104 Vine street. Spring flowers formed the decorations, and the favors were attractive Easter novelties. Miss Margaret Phoenix of the cathedral cathe-dral parish has returned from a month's visit in Chicago. Miss Gesella Peck and Max Weisen-berger Weisen-berger will be married in Immaculate Conception cathedral chapel by Father H. L. McMenamin on Wednesday April 6. 5j! 5?C John Adams, the infant son of Dr. and Mrs. Rudolph Manns, was baptized at Logan Avenue chapel last Sunday. Mrs. Manns was Miss Marie Depuy, who was featured with the opera company com-pany tit Manhattan Beach two seasons ago. sfc if Mrs. W. P. Horan and Mrs. J. K. Mullen have returned from Hot Springs. Mr. Mullen went down last week to escort his wife home. Miss May Burke, 'who has recently been at Glocknor sanitarium in Colorado Colo-rado Springs, went last week to her old home in Chicago. According to reports from Goldfield, New, St. Patrick's day there was made memorable through the efforts of Mrs. John C. Martin, formerly of Denver, who is now a resident there. Mrs. Martin Mar-tin was formerly president of St. Vincent's Vin-cent's Aid society in Denver. She ar ranged an Irish concert for the evening even-ing of March 17. Miss Jessie Hurley of the Annuncia-tion Annuncia-tion parish is ill. She is threatened with typhoid fever. |