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Show 1 . . I Bloccse of Denver I CITY. OF; DENVER. Holy Week in the City of Churches. ( Special Correspondence.) I - Services and ceremonies of -a charac- I ter more s-olemn and yet attractive than any which have over been held in the city of Denver will mark the observance observ-ance of holy week, which is ushered in on next Sunday. Throughout the week xcrciscs of especial solemnity will be h Id in the different churches, but it is 10 the la?t three, days that particular j .-mention will Je paid. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the daily i masses will be at the usual hour in all j churches. Thursday will be observed with more eclat. At Logan Avenue chapel, the pro-cathedral. Bishop Malz will olliciate at solemn pontifical high nia?s. assisted by many of the priests of the tity. On this occasion the holy j oils for the dioeese v ill be blessed and ; will then be distributed to the various! pastors. The' high mass will begin at It ocioeK, ana music 01 a nigu oruei will be rendered by the re pular catho-drai catho-drai choir, under the direction of Mr. .1. A. Michel. Rev. P. A. "Phillips, chancellor chan-cellor "f the diocese, will olliciate , mast'.'r of ceremonies. Kev. John M. 1 "White will be tleacoii. and Rev. AV. -T. I O'Malb-y and lb v. Cornelius O'Farrell (will be ub-dcucons. There will be other priests present in the sanctuary. I At the dose of the hiuh mass the priests and He'ts will form a pro-, assign, currying tile biased sacra-' nii'iit ;.i the si ie ahar. which will be in vadhn-w--. TIn-w sob inn benediction will : b - Sivcii by llislvri .Maiz, and the ado-j ration fur the day will begin. In the fvenii:g 1 her.; will be rosary and :t special spe-cial S"i iiion .mi the meaning of 1 lie holy t in hurist. Hisboti Matz will preach. :i KriJi.y neii-nlng there will be mass of the pi-e-s.-MH-titied at : o'clock. Acain T.islMp Matz will .iHiciate. In the after-11. after-11. inn there wil be stations of the cross and a .vain iu ill" eveninp. accompanied by a .-innii on the passion. Saturday 1 monihig Hi" service wil! beuhi at S I o'clock and will be in charge of Rev. I V. A. Phillips. The KhfUt water will I be bl.-ssed and wil'llhen be left for 1 ! diviribution among those who care to I carry it to their home.". Confessions I I vjll be heard during the afternoon and I If cvcnhiL,'. and it is expected that a great jl mimber of persons will receive holy ' coniiuunioii on Kaster Sunday. Music of a 11 '.' t ! i-u t i ve charcter has been ar-r.:ii"e(l ar-r.:ii"e(l for tin; pontifical high mas? on Sunday in the athedr.i! as well as in every u". her chuivh in the city. Saturday of last week was the feast of St. Joseph, and there v. as a large ;it tendance at mas? in honor of the patron pa-tron c-s. tin of ihe month of March. Kiid.iy of this1 week is observe 1 as the fa' t of the annunciation. Confessions were h'-a-d on Thursday afternoon and evening and many took occasion to comply with ih' ir Kaster communion j obligation. j i The i liild: n of the Catholic schools : I of the city will bo. given vacation dur- ing holy week and will not. be required , to attend school again until the Tues day after Kaster. ' 1 en. rations are rnpdly going ahead : for tin: ball to be given under the au- I spices c-.' the Sacred Heart Aid society I on Wednesday, April tl. The ball was to have taken place on St. Patrick's ni;ht." but was postponed until the close I ' of Kent. The sale of tickets indicates I that the dance will be a financial suc- I . cess, and:the social success? goes with- I out saying. I Th( .re are "rumors" of many pretty 1 t P)M ing church weddings. April. is gen- 1 ' erally a favorite month for Catholic J . nuptials following: closely upon the I i K-enten season, upon which such restric- I tions are placed. ' !Mr. and Mrs. John J". Hag us Celebrate Cele-brate Wedding' Anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hague observed j the thirty-fourth anniversary of their wedding on Sunday afternoon by giving giv-ing a dinner party to their many relatives, rela-tives, who had gathered from several i points outside the city. The occasion j was a delightful one for the twenty !puests who were seated around the table, ta-ble, and numerous congratulations were fiiowered upon Mr. and Mr. Haius. Mr. and Mrs. Hague were married at Galena. 111., in 370 and journeyed im- mediately to Colorado, where Mr. Ha- j gus had already established himself as i an enterprising business man. He had i v. leardy spent more lhan ten years in ' i the west and was building up a good business. Seven children came to share their lot. of whom five are till living. -MI of these, witli one exception, were present at Sunday's festivities. They w.re Mr. and Mrs. George Uranden-butg. Uranden-butg. Mr. Joseph c. llagus. Charles Hagus and .Miss Emma Hagus.- Kouis Hagus, the oth- r child, is at Kaltiniore in the s-ulpic-Lin monastery preparing for ordinal ion to the priesthood. 'The ' grandchildren-." Helen M. Rran-d'-nl ttrg and Mary Elizabeth Hagus. v.re rdso p resent, resides- there were Mr. and Mrs. 'hri -Khieken of Golden. Mi . and Mrs. Adolph Flu ken f West Crock, Mr. and Mrs. Will Flucken of N"ith Denver, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Ha- Pus of Jlriuiiion. Mr. and Mrs. Louis J ?iiiKUs of Wilbnvdi'.le. Kan.: Mrs. Jo- ! ''I'li '. Hagus-. Mr. Goorge Rranden- Ibuig. Mr. John Criebling. Mis Kdna Fbicken and Alviu Flucken. The din-re din-re r was- served at about 4 o'do.-k and ihe eatly part of the afternoon was tii ken up wiili music. The center of ihe - i-i"wim "i ir.iK carnations, nd the par lrr was adorned with Anier-i'-au i:-a nties. The affair was exceptionally excep-tionally delightful, for. beside from bf ing the wedding anniversary, it was the occasion for congratulations on the marvelous recovery of Mr. Hagru?, who lias returned i-ecently from StjosephVj hospital, where he underwent a ferious operation. . I , i Kust Sunday was "Passion Sunday and the churchcg of the city were draped in purple, as usual. Sermons appropriate to the occasion were delivered de-livered al most of the services. next --..-diets in Holy Week, tiie final Kenten days. In celebration of Palm Sunday, palms will be blessed a i;d distributed in all of the churches of the- diocese. ;Jn. Denver it will be only ;u Ihe high mass that the distri-3utioii distri-3utioii will take place. Jarge quantities quanti-ties of the paly ranches have been received re-ceived and the blessing willTake place just before last. mass on Sunday. Special Spe-cial music "will be' given bv tho city choirp. . ' . The subject of deriving. lu of,,- possible benefit from a pei-mon by steadily rejlerting upon the words of tne speaker was the sermon delivered , by Iiev. J. u. white at high mass in ; . Kogan avenue chapel last Sundav. The i discours-e was brief but of a most in- I tereptins; character. I ' T110 Aandern club was entertained on j edne.sday of this week by Mrs i Thumbs of SHO West Thirtv-nin'th ave nue, Xorth Denver. The club has decided de-cided to devote next year to the studv of India in detail. A steady growth in membership ha? been noted this reason, rea-son, and the club proposes to change the limitation of members at the annual an-nual election this spring. I Flowers for the decoration of the repository re-pository fr Holy Thursday should be sent to the Logan avenue chapel or to ihe rectory by TueFday evening or u ednesday morning at the latest. This ill give the members of the Altar and itowiry poeiety who ie to do -the work ot liyeparing the altar for the reception ot the uiessed Sacrament, an oj-por- t unity to arrange everything to the best possible advantage. If flowers are donated, either -potted or cut, w hite is preferable j as the entire repository is to be white and gold. The'members of the society, have announced their preference pref-erence for cash donations as a.' discpunt is allowed them on the purchpsesland the flowers can be selected with a View to securing the niost artistic effects. The repository for the cathedral has always been one. of the handsomest in the city, the Altar society taking-great I pride in it and this year -win prove no j exception .to ; the rule. The various members are at work collecting the funds with which to' do the decorating ( j and the old 'altar'. will be taken from the sacristy of the Champa street hall and installed in the left hand corner of the chapel. It will be redecorated in white and gold, and will, when completed, com-pleted, lend itself to decidedly pretty effeets. The other churches of the city are equally busy in preparing for the Holy ! Thursday exercises, and are quite as energetic in arranging for the repository. reposi-tory. All of the pastors have come to the conclusion that the handsomest ef fects are obtained without the use or colors and therefore a request for none but whits flowers has been made throughout the city. The usual custom of visiting the churches vvilj be adhered to and the altar societies of the different differ-ent parishes will vie with each other in preparing the most pleasing repositories. reposito-ries. In many of the churches the school children will take turns In keep-j keep-j ing the 'watch hour." remaining in the I sanctuary in ndorsfion for a certain time. Kspecially ill this be the-case I where there are schools attached to the ' churches. ' I PUEBLO, COLO. Tuesday was St. Benedict's day, and the followers of this order in the city, as well as those in a score of nations throughout the world, celebrated the I o( casion with the religious ceremonies. The local observance of the day van general in the churches and at the Benedictine societies. At St. -Mary's in the Grove high mass was read in the morning by Father Gregory. The choirs of St. Mary's and of St. Cecilia sang selections. ' ' At the Benedictine college thpre was a banqu?t. given by the teachers to the other priests of the city. At Judge McKallip's court, room on Richmond avenue Sunday afternoon a rousing meeting was held of the United Pueblo Italian Political club. The attendance at-tendance was large and addresses upon the political situation in the county, state and nation were made by V. Taibi. R. Cordillo and Z. Manzone. Considerable Con-siderable interest was shown in the objects of the club and at the meeting fifty new members were taken into the organization, raising the membership to .177. The club was organized for the pur-posv pur-posv of making the Italians of Pueblo better citizens through instruction ih the government of state and nation, and through the study and discussion of political topics. The office.-s are: V. Taibi, president; B. Cardillo, vice president: G. Manzone, secretary; . P. Palmare, vice secretary: C. Parlapiano, treasurer. The. executive " committee consists of Tony Taibi, Jaspar Parri-gane, Parri-gane, John "Mule, and Joe' Dazzo. |