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Show j: ftocese of Denver, j VILL AID KANSAS ! 5 FLOOD SUFFERERS. is just about three years ago J " the Galveston flood swept away Ls of dollars worth of church 15 -tV in Texas. At that time an jVas issued by Bishop Galia-,rpe Galia-,rpe of that diocese to all the Catho-er Catho-er f country with the result Vs the work of rebuilding was be-! be-! i' 1,1 almost as soon as the debris was fjn d Denver people sent a munl-! munl-! t"Fum through Bishop Matz and ! rI1Eews (,f tlieir eenerosity was r ad broadcast. Again they are ' : ff rjtf to for aid for a worthy r ; eLc and this time an equally gen-offering gen-offering wil doubtless be made. 4 Sunday all the churches of the it-ese of Denver a letter was read ; ' Bishop Matz asking that a coition coi-tion he taken up on Sunday and y 't the proceeds be sent to the Kan-& Kan-& f,.nd sufferers. The bishop of J f. ver had just received a pathetic : ! rtb in wllich tlie latter ives an estate es-tate of the value of the church pro-lost pro-lost and tells in a pathetic man-'Vof man-'Vof t'!fl '""ition of the homeless jjLe of that state. Bishop Matz's jjjter t his people of the state is as jvoeal Residence, Denver, June 22, jjevrend and Dear father: We re received a pathetic appeal from t rdght Hev. L. M. Fink, bishop of Iraven worth. kans., to aid the conations con-ations of bis diocese which have -Sored so severely from the recent -serous floods. In his appeal the l;,p states that "20.000 lost their t'w in Kansas City, Kans.: 4,000 in A-ceiitine, and O.noO in Topeka. These jfupported at present by the Charlie Char-lie deeds of those of their own Tms who were saved from disaster d by contributions from outside. Aanng these 30,000 sufferers there several thousand Catholics whose arches, schools and residence for ests and sisters have been either . ; sried off or ruined by the flood be- j T?ad recognition. These must be re-silt re-silt or repaired to save the congre-js:ions congre-js:ions from utter ruin, "for this reason the Right Rev. tiishop Fink appeals through us to ie charity of the faithful of this dio-gse dio-gse for immediate assistance. We feel certain that his appeal will meet rJi a generous response. We therein there-in request you to read this letter to !TEir respective congregations at all he masses on Sunday, 2Sth inst., and a the same time to announce a collection col-lection to be made, in your churches, a the first Sunday of July for this worthy object of relieving our breth-(ffl breth-(ffl in their calamitous condition. "You will please send remittances is soon as convenient to our reverend iancelior, who wni forward the same s the Riht Reverend Bishop - Fink. Tours Sincerely in Christ. ' N. C. MATZ, Bishop of Denver. The money colected throughout the j dixese will be sent to Rev. Percy 1 Phillips, ehancelor of the diocese ci he will announce later the counts received from the respective Irenes. A: the 9:."0 o'clock mass in St. Lzabeth's church on Sunday next E:htp Matz will confer Holy Orders : wn two young Denver men, Michael i":"iam Donovan and Bernard Froe-?:!. Froe-?:!. The mass will be celebrated by bishop, assisted by the pastor of it church. Father Pius. Both the K::g men are well known in Denver Den-ver and received a part of their Pdu-ation Pdu-ation here. Mr. Froegel was a pu-of pu-of St. Elizabeth's school years ago ti later attended the College of the , fered Heart. Mr. Donovan received prirnar:- and High school educa- . !3i in Bo-tiA and took his philoso-;'-cal cours.-" at the Colege of the Sacra! Sac-ra! Heart, 'jhree years ago the two ctered the Sulpician seminary at fciaore and completed their theolo-fai theolo-fai course. Last year they were Gained deacons and on next Sun-morning Sun-morning will be elevated to the -Pity of the holy priesthood. On Monday morning, July 6, at 9:30 tock. Father Donovan will cele-his cele-his first Mass in Logan Avenue 2Pe!. Father Froegel will cele-trw cele-trw his first mass at St. Elizabeth's f Sunday, July 12. He is the son of " Mary T. Froegel of 234 Calumet Calum-et street, Harman and has a sister, P. J. Golden, also residing there, of the new priests has as yet assigned to his duties si the dio- Considerable difficulty is .being ex-f'ced ex-f'ced i,y the Sisters of Charity charge of Si. Vincent's orphanage securing tie necessary funds to --''oto their new building to re- t'" one destroyed by fire last . 'ie huilding is almost completed -:r ,. ., , ... , "ul a.most thirty thousana aoi- is yet to be expended. The sis- tad heper! to receive a loan from. mother j iouse at Leavenworth, -on acTonnt of the flood the mon-jjrysi mon-jjrysi i,r. ;f.r,t at home to aid In for the sufferers. In a few ,;;;s a pin.;,. wn be given at Elich's ;'j""S fr tl, e henerit of the or-f-f" and that will give the peo- 'n D.nv, ,. ,in opportunity of help- ft sister in the noble work. syni;.aq;y nf the Catholics of t"pr ls ',vi;b -Mrs. J. J. Brown of i'"'rai barish in the loss of t'0 r'ffl,'-"w. Leonard Frank To-i To-i "f diphtheria last week. 'Y:tI' '",y !;a(i 1)0011 in the care :Vrs' ';; ,vm for some time and ; -'tf-n as a son to her. All through r--"in which he lay suf- 'rss a constant attendant f"is-ide and his death was a Uiwk U) her. She has gone to Jr',R",;' home at Avoca lodge to , Klui'y people are out of town that there is absolutely S'iriS -nn in Catholic social 'ch n vin be practicaly no i'nics during the summer. iUl1freJ Preparations are being made for the early fall events. th? dIonda3i July 6' the Priests of Strl t eff Denver wi" hold their Henrt , the C1,ege of the Sacred Heart They will remain at the college col-lege for five days, returning Friday tOUt forty Priests, together togeth-er Wlth Bishop Matz, will be in attendance. at-tendance. Father Marshall I. Boar-man, Boar-man, b. J., will conduct the retreat. Rev. Frank O'Neill, pastor of St. i?,0mtmSCThurch' is luite seriouslv in at the Mercy sanitarium. Sister Nolasco of the order of Sisters Sis-ters of Charity, and formerly superioress su-perioress of the Immaculate Conception Concep-tion school, was in Denver for two tZl a? Week' on her the mother house at Cincinnati, O. Sister Sis-ter Nolasco is at present at the head of the orphanage, hospital and sanitarium sani-tarium at Santa Fe, and is accomplishing accom-plishing splendid results. Rev. Dr. RichIrdHenebry left or. Monday evening for New York City whence he will sail immediately for Ireland to visit his mnthor uu u it is scarcely two years since Pr Henebry first came to Denver he lias -ideared himself to a host of people who sincerely regret his departme. He started a branch of the Gaelic League, of which he is national p-csi-dent, in Denver over a year ago in S' Leo's parish and has worked steadily to make it the success it now is. Every Ev-ery week he has come up from Colorado Colo-rado Springs, where he was chapiain of the Glocknor sanitarium and has personally instructed his classes. Dr Henebry, after visiting his mother will return to Denver for a few weeks preparatory to taking the chair of Indo-European language in one of Americas leading colleges. |