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Show Diocese of Denuer OUR DENVER LETTER. About the New Cathedral in Contemplation Con-templation Plans to Raise Funds. .Special Correspondence.) Last Sunday at the Logan avenue -iiapel. Father Callanan made formal niiount'ement to the effect that ground .ould soon be broken for the new ca- (ihedial. The delay was .on the part f the architect, as was announced in The Intermountain Catholic last week. The plans which he had drafted were lound to be much too large for the proundo on which the cathedral is to be built. It has been decided to hold a immediately after work has been b j-iin on the new structure. It is ex- pe, ted that by that time interest and ! Mhusiasm v. iil be at a high pitch, for ; '! - the Catholics find that the church 5 ' '.'intbinir nw.'c than a mvth thev 1 , v -;11 heartily co-operate with the zealous ' I.MStor in raising the necessary funds. T!k- fair will be held at Coliseum hall from Nov. 27 to TW-. is, inclusive. . To cotTimence plans for the entertain-? entertain-? ept. a meptirg was called at the Lo-;: Lo-;: )) avenue school last Sunday and the H Kea.wing gentleman hosen as a com- nr.ttef-: liipbt F:ev. X. C. Matz. direc-iT direc-iT general: Father Callanan, president f th fair: assistants, Hew V. A. Phil-!'is. Phil-!'is. Revs. White and O'Malley; gen- rai secret ;-y. Herbert Fairall: treas-mer, treas-mer, Willi; i Saver: superintendent of hall. P. R. iordan. A fl.'K'O aa( imobile has been donated. Iespite the fact that during the past var the memlers of the San Rocco society have frequently threatened to! t in one of the non-Catholic churches. Miey did not forget the feast of their. ' i.atron saint, and on Sunday last at- 'ended mass in his hnor at St. Leo's Lurch. Over K'O of them assisted at I the services and listened to a sermon by Father O Ryan. w ho spoke most be-au- lifullv of the life of the saint. It will I be remembered that for obvious reasons Ibshop Matz refused to give the San I Kocto faetion a separate pastor, ana thus incurred their enmity. Rut in the face of the feast all else was forgotten find they just remembeted that they were the followers of St. Koch. The Mount Carmel faction will observe the feast on Sunday next. Bishop Matz left on last Saturday evening for Pueblo, where he officiated "t the blessing of the new Sacred Heart statue on Sunday. The ceremony took place in the church of St. Ignatius, Igna-tius, of which .Father Ley is pastor. Th bishop attended, to other church matters of importance while in Pueblo, find returned to the city on Tuesday. j 1 Rev Father Fitzsimmonf, pastor of i the Holy Name cathedral in Chicago was in the city last week as the guest of Father O'Ryan. He left on Sunday for Salt Lake City, where he n-11 re-J re-J ' n.ain for two months. ne ' t.aried on hi-s western trip by -.his two. it ers for the benefit of whose health ; he will sojourn- in the;- pty- rofthe, ! Saints. ' ; ' '" '',J ' ' I Rev. Cornelius CTFarrell. who grad- J - i - uated from Maynooth two months ago, has been adopted by Bishop Matz into the Colorado diocese. He is a native of Ireland, and received his early education edu-cation in the Cork college. Later he entered the historic seminary at Maynooth, May-nooth, where he was ordained in June. He is a wonderfully talented musician, and is highly- intellectual. He arrived on the steamer Ivernia from Liverpool last week, and will reach Denver within with-in a few days. Bishop Matz has not ! assigned him to any regular mission, j but will do so on his arrival here. Father Fa-ther O'Farrell has been forced to come I to this c-ountry on account of poor i health, which it is hoped will be great- I ly benefited by the Colorado climate. At last fortune is smiling on the Catholics of Globeville, who, for many years, have anxiously looked forward to the erection of a place of worship. Zealously have they striven to raise the necessary funds, .and with the gener- ous assistance of Bishop Matz thev are about to see their efforts crowned j with success. Two thousand dollars has been, donated for the purpose, and the building will he immediatelv begun at the corner of North Pearl and Third streets. Father Jarynski of Green Bay, Wis., has been appointed pastor and "is laboring to organize his little congregation. congre-gation. At present services are being held at the residence of Frank Warzin. The new church will probably be completed com-pleted by the latter part of November. It is three miles from the heart of the little town to the Armunoiation church, which is the nearest Catholic place of worship. The promoters of the League of the Sacred Heart held their monthly meeting meet-ing at Logan avenue chapel last Sunday Sun-day afternoon. At the 11 o'clock mass Father Callanan explained more fully the objects snd benefit of the league I and succeeded in arousing considerable interest. The new addition to the church at Elizabeth. Colo., will be blessed on Sunday, Aug. 31. A special train will j leave the union depot at Denver at 8:30 a. m.. returning at 4:4.") p. m. Upon I the arrival of the" special train, high j mass will be said by Father Eusebius j of this city. He", will be assisted by ! Father Francis 'and. Rev. B. Froegel. The sermon will be preached by Father Ryan of St. Leo's. 'St. Elizabeth's choir has prepared an elaborate musical musi-cal programme for the occasion. The object of the visit of the Denver people peo-ple is to encourage the Catholics of Eibert county in their struggle to raise funds for the erection of a church at Kiowa, eight mi:e6; east of Elizabeth. Ground will be broken about the first week of September and work will then be immediately begun. The structure is to cost $1,500 and is to be of gray stone. Twelve 'hundred dollars has already al-ready been subscribed. The church building committe is composed . of Father Eusebius. ' Finejs McCartin, Joseph Alabus, Mathias Fink and. Peter Martin. -' . ' . . ' - ..- Father .McSweeney, one of the most distinguished professors -of geology in the 'United States, is spending his va-, cation out w est. He was in Denvtjr early In the week as the guest of Father O'Ryan. This is his first-visit I to Colorado. - Father McSweeney is connected with the seminary at Em-metsburg, Em-metsburg, Md. His brother is one of , the best known priests of New York City. Father Gallagher of Galveston, Tex., was a visitor, in Denver early in the ; week. He officiated on Sunday last j at St. Leo's church. Dr. Henebry's Gaelic class is increasing increas-ing in enthusiasm and numbers. It meets every Sunday evening in St. ! Leo's hall. For the beginners, Father : O'Leary's "Phrase Book" is used, and 1 for the more advanced pupils, the 1 Ossianic tales are, read. i ('r- J W ith the solemnly impressive cere-; cere-; mony of the Catholic church, the Sisters Sis-ters of Jerey received five young wo-, wo-, men into the order on the Feast of I the Assumption. Bishop Matz offi-I offi-I ciated. assisted by Fathers Fede. S. J.; "lut"r'. o. j.; jveoaorr ana, Kegan. The sermon was preached by Father Cantwell, pastor of St. Joseph's church. He dwelt on the self-sacrificing life of the "Sister and compared it to the life of the priest. Following Mass the bishop gave solemn benediction. benedic-tion. Those who made their final vows were Miss Margaret Lynch of Cork, Ireland; in religion. Sister Mary Rosa-rio; Rosa-rio; Miss Elizabeth Orr of Beattie, Kan.; in religion. Sister Mary Nicholas. Three postulants took vows for two years and entered upon their novitiate, taking the white veil. They were Miss Agnes Baker of Pensacola, Flo.: in religion. re-ligion. Sister Mary Basil; Miss Margaret Mar-garet Lee of Cleveland, O.; in religion. Sister Mary Alphonsus: Miss Lucy Baldwin of New York City; in religion, Sister Mary Annunciata. The Misses Mary and Elizabeth Harrington Har-rington left on Sunday evening for Salt Lake City, where they will remain for two weeks. Miss Rose Hamllik returned last week from an extended visit , to her brother at Hugo. Mrs. Mitchell of Colorado Springs spent last week in this city. '? V Father Carigan will soon be strong enough to undertake the journey to Denver. He is rapidly recovering from his accident. Miss Annie Longan and Miss May Gillis of the Cathedral parish have received re-ceived appointments to schools in Dura Du-ra ngo. They will leave here about Aug. 28. FORT COLLINS, COIL Dr. and Mrs. D. A. McLean left for Black Mountain on a camping trip. Myron Akin has sold Dr. J. W. Downey's property on Magnolia street to Charles Wills, who intends going into business here again. Dr. Downey is making preparations to move nis family to the country. ' . Harry Gilpin Brown has rented his hay and stock ranch at Livermore to the McNey brothers, who will carry on the place for a year. Mr. and Mrs. Gilpin Gil-pin Brown expect to go to California initwo or three weeks to be absent a year or more. - A charming little daughter was born to cheer the hearts and bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Corbirr. The little one tipped the scales at seven pounds without an ounce of baggage. Miss Lila O'Boyle of Ardmore. Okla., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. M. J. Thistle. PUEBLO, COL. H. S. R. Benedict hs returned from a visit in Lexington, M"o. Miss Ada Reilley has returned from a visit in Detroit and Chicago. $ T. H. Foley is in Chicago on business. busi-ness. He will be absent three weeks. $ Miss Kate Burke will leave this evening even-ing for Neodosha, Kan., to visit relatives. rela-tives. P. H. Morgan has secured the re-freshhment re-freshhment privileges at the state fair grounds. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Galligan left last night for a trip to Salt Lake City. Upon their return they will stop off for a week in Glenwood Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fagan, Mr. and Mrs. F. L.- Mullet, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Ford and H. F. Van Clief are expected home from Glenwood Springs, where they stopped a few days on their way home from Salt Lake. Bishop N. C. Matz of Denver visited St. Ignatius church In this city Sunday Sun-day and preached to the congregation both morning and evening. The' occasion occa-sion of the bishop's visit was the bless-j bless-j ing .f the new statue of the Sacred Heart, an exejuisite piece of statuary recently added to the altar of the church. After the ceremony of blessing, bless-ing, which was beautiful and very impressive, im-pressive, the bishop followed up the lesson of the blessing with a sermon on the devtion to the Sacred Heart and the reasonableness of that devotion. The trend of the sermon was that the heart was the instrument that expressed ex-pressed the passions of the soul of man and that the worship of the Sacred Sa-cred Heart brought out 'and fully developed de-veloped the best passion and impulse of the heart of man. It was one of the most powerfully spiritual sermons heard in the city for some time. A large congregation attended both morning and evening' service. At the service in the morning the subject was "The Assumption of th? Blessed Virgin." Vir-gin." The service " closed with the Benediction of the Blessed Sacramentr LOVEDALE, COL. W. H. McCeery went to.Estes park. There are at present sojourning in the park, among others, the families of O. D. Shields and Dr. M. M. Bailey, Mrs. V. H.AAcKeown and son, Elmer, and David Anderson and family. Hal Bogle and John Barrett of Pawnee, Paw-nee, Neb., are visitors in Loveland. They have been touring on the Pacific coast since the International Sunday School convention in Denver. They expect ex-pect to remain about ten days before j leaving for home. COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 16. One of the most unique entertainments of the week was a picnic given by Mrs. James Connor Wednesday at her beautiful beau-tiful place, "Aloha," south of the Garden Gar-den of the Gods. The occasion was a birthday celebration. Miss Bettye Kissel Kis-sel and Mrs. Connor each year celebrate cele-brate their birthdays together,- since they fall on the same date, and this year it was a triple celebration, as Miss Kissel, who, by the, way, was 15 years of age, has a German governess, Frau-lein Frau-lein Johanna von Drathan, who likewise like-wise claims the; same natal day. |
