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Show 1 DiO(BE-OF DENVER. ' Death of Father Sherr. At the dawn of a new year retrospect retros-pect is always in order.' In fact, it is from what the old year has taught that the lesson for the new year is to be learned, , and when the . closing year tells a story of prosperity, the dawning dawn-ing year may be looked at in a roseate rose-ate hu3. This year, a9 in many years in the past, the Denver diocese passes into a new period in its history, with no regrets re-grets for what the past twelve month has done and with brilliant hopes for a future of peace and blessedness. It is with prayer and thansgiving that the new year is inaugurated by the. Catholics of Colorado. Religious; prosperity such as the state has never before witnessed bids fair to fall to their lot during the coming, months, and in retrospect only" what is good can be seen. Any of the misfortunes which may have come to the diocese are lost sight of in .contemplation of the many blessings which heaven has showered. In no part of the state can it be said that, considering all things, the year 1903 has not been one of peace and prosperity. , , Throughout the state at intervals,, labor troubles have agitated the people peo-ple and have seriously interfered with the states advance along commercial lines. In the face of these difficulties the churchy has struggled bravely and has offered encouragement to the disheartened' dis-heartened' congregations.' The dawn of a brighter era is now looked for; and the coming year promises many things for the church in Colorado. In Denver alone the past year has been a fruitful one. Many of the churches are far better situated, finar cially, than they were- at the beginning begin-ning of 1903, and still give promise of better standing next year. Spiritually, the same prosperity has been felt throughout the diocese. Bishop Matz has stated authentically that the new cathedral will absolutely be begun in the spring, and. he is rapidly accumulating accumu-lating funds for that purpose. The collections-at the cathedral are increasing in-creasing substantially, and everything points to the fact that the new church will go up next year. FATHER SHERR DIES AT ST. ANTHONY'S AN-THONY'S HOSPITAL. Death came on Sunday evening as a relief to" the Rev. George Patrick Sherr, who has. been ill with tuberculosis for many months. Always bearing his sufferings with patience and resigna-' tion. Father Sherr endeared himself to the nurses of. St. Anthonys hospital, where he was for a few months preceding preced-ing his demise. He devoted his entire life to the cause he loved, and it is said by his physicians that it was his steady attention at-tention to study and duty which undermined un-dermined his health and caused him to fall a victim of ' pulmonary troubles. He was born in Bremen OQ Sept. 21, 1863. and studied at Columbus and at St. Lawrence, Canada, near Montreal. He was ordained at Covington, Ky., eighteen years ago, and his first work was at Armourdale, Kan,, as assistant to Father Thomas Moore. Shortly afterward aft-erward he was transferred to Olathe, Kan. It was in this latter place that his health began to give way and his lungs became affected. In 1892 he was sent to Colorado in the. hope of benefiting bene-fiting his health, and took up his work at Silverton. He labored there for two years, but was finally obliged'to give up active ministerial work. He trav eled extensively for some time and later settled, at Idaho Springs Early inv March he came to Denver to take up his residence with his brother, Fred Sherr, at Twenty-second and Champa streets, and remained there until he was removed to the hospital. Pleurisy, as a result of a cold contracted in Denver, Den-ver, was the immediate cause of his death. It was while in the Leavenworth diocese dio-cese that Father . Sherr accomplished the most brilliant work. His was a mind of no mean calibre and he applied ap-plied himself, so assiduously to his work that it finally proved to the detriment de-triment of his health. He was until stricken down by disease regarded as one of the most promising young priests in the west, and his career seemed to be opening auspiciously. He literaly sacrificed his ife to his studies and his calling, being a devout man- and a great student. , . Father Sherr is survived by a widowed wid-owed mother' and two sisters, who live at Parnell, Mo. a sister who resides at Burlington, Mo, a brother in Lancaster, Lan-caster, O. one in San Francisco, ono in Blackwell, Okla.. and one in Douglas, Doug-las, besides the brother in Denver with whom he made his home. The funeral of Father Sherr was held j from St. Elizabeth' church on Wednesday Wednes-day morning and was conducted by the Franciscan Fathers, with Father Pius celebrating the high mass of requiem. A number of other priests of the city were present in the sanctuary. Interment Inter-ment was at Mount Olivet cemetery. f - The announcement made from all of the pulpits in the city on Sunday last to the effect that meat would be allowed al-lowed by special dispensation on New Year' day wa9 received with joy. Although Al-though Pope Pius' dispensation had been announced through the daily press, this was the first news which came officially from the pastors, and was a sort of a surprise. The lectures which are being, given by Bishop Matz on "Socialism" are still drawing large! congregations to the Sunday evening services in Logan Avenue chapel. This is the first time in the history of the pro-cathedral that the Sunday night exercises have had an attendance of any size. The Christmas collection at Logan Avenue chapel surprised even the most sanguine, considering the reported hard times. It amounted to $934, which is about normal. The list of contributors will be published later, so as to include those who have been unable to send their donation as yet. f . The reports of the financial condition condi-tion of all of the churches will be given in the next few Weeks. News comes from Scran ton. Pa.,, the home of Father John B. White, assistant assist-ant pastor of the cathedral parish in this city, that he is rapidly regaining his strength and is enjoying his much needed rest. Father White was decidedly de-cidedly weak when he left here, and it will require some weeks of rest to fit him for again taking up his work at the cathedral. He is undecided as to the possible date for his return, but Bishop Matz is desirous that he remain away until he has fully recuperated. ' f Mr. John J.. Hagus, who for five wee.ks has been seriously ill at St. Joseph's Jo-seph's hospital, was removed to his home early last week, in order to spend' Christmas with his family. Although still very weak, he is about to leave his bed and is regaining his strength. Mr . Hagus underwent an operation on the eve of Thanksgiving day. and his life was at that time despaired of. His son, Louis F. Hagus, who was away at college, was summoned, to -his bedside, and with only, the faintest hope his family watched and prayed. His recovery re-covery is thought to be nothing short of marvellous. Mr. Hagus is one of the best known Catholic gentlemen of Denver, Den-ver, and is one of the pillars of the cathedral parish. He is a Colorado pioneer and has- been engaged in business busi-ness in various parts of the 'state for. years. After the Christmas holidays his son .will leave again for the theological the-ological seminary at Baltimore, where he. will complete his course in afe,w months, being ordained in June in this city. . ' Colonel W. T. "Sullivan, postoffice .inspector .in-spector for this district, who has been ill at his home, 153 Detroit street, for six weeks, was able to leave the house for the first time on Monday, and went down to his office in the federal building build-ing for a few hours. Colonel Sullivan is a veteran of the civil war. and his illness is the result of an injury' which he received in active battle. While h will not be able to. attend to his duties for some time yet, he is steadily improving. im-proving. f Miss Helen Harrington of the cathedral cathe-dral parish, who has been ill at her home, at 1254 Clarkson street, for a lew weeks, is entirely recovered and will be able to return to her duties at the Garden Place school next week. - f- I The many friends of Mrs. James D. McBride of Olooeville are extending ' j their sympathy in the death of her j i husband last' week. Mr. McEride had been ill but a short time with pneumonia, pneu-monia, and his death was rather unexpected. un-expected. The family has resided in j Globeville for a number of years and were loved by a host of friends. Mr. McBride leaves a widow, two daughters daught-ers and two sons, the latter two being mere children. The funeral took place from the Church of the Annunciation, Very Rev. Father Robinson officiating. The Iintermountain Catholic ext-nds heartfelt sympathy to the grief-strick- ' en widow and children. Miss Nan Moynahan. who is teaching school in the Cripple Creek district, is spending the Christmas holidays with her brothers in Denver. Lawrence PalmeT Brown, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. James J. Brown of 134 Pennsylvania avenue, is home from the military school at Chester, Pa., for the Christmas holidays. He will return east next week. f Little Willie Rice, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rice of Harmon, who has been ill with typhoid fever at St. Joseph's hospital, hos-pital, is believed to be out of danger now and is slowly improving. Mrs. Harry Preble's many friends will be pleased to learn that she is recovering re-covering from an operation which was performed at St. Joseph's hospital a .few weeks ago, and will soon be able to return to her home. As Miss Lor?tto Guion, Mrs. Preble was known as one of the most charming young women of the cathedral parish,- and she is a talented musician. " Mrs. Jeremiah Guion has returned from an extended visit in St. Louis, where she went for the benefit of her health. - 4 Miss Mary Harrington is home from Adams City, where she is teaching school, for the holidays. At the offertory at the Logan Avenue chapel last Sunday Miss Wanda Got-tesleben Got-tesleben sang the 'Adeste Fidelis' as a soprano solo. Margaret McKenna, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. McKenna, died at St. Joseph's hospital last week. |