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Show CITY OF DENVER. St. Francis de Sales Church Dedicated Last Sunday. (Special Correspondence.) Aside from the dedication of the new church of St. Francis de Sales, the week in religious circles has been quite uneventful. The services which char-aterized char-aterized the opening of the new church took place on Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Bishop Matz officiated and was assisted by almost every priest in the city. The sermon was preached by Rev. Edward Cantwpll of St. Joseph's church. The altar was beautifully an artistically decorated for the occasion with chrysanthemums and palms. The choir rendered Woeber's Mass in C, with solo quartette and full chorus. The church was thronged with people and many were unable to gain admit- ' tance. The interior decoration of the ', chapel is very pretty and is of a substantia! sub-stantia! nature. All Souls Day at Mt. Olivet. Last Sunday the Catholics of Denver assembled at Mount Olivet cemetery to offer prayers for the repose of the souls in Purgatory. All of the city priests participated in the exercises and thousands of Catholics went out to visit the graves of their deceased relatives. rela-tives. On Monday there was solemn mass of requiem at the Logan avenue chapel at 9 o'clock, at which Rt. Rev. N. C. Matz delivered the annual sermon. The altar was draped in jniirning ancl the music was the Gregorian Mass. Hundreds received holy communion both on Sunday and Monday mornings. During November there will be services serv-ices every evening in Logan avenue chapel. ' On AVednesday. Friday and j Sunday evenings there will be benedic- i tion of the blessed sacrament. Father Eusebius. The removal of Rev. Father Eusebius Schlingmann, O. F. M., from the assistant as-sistant pastorate of one of' the largest churches in Denver is a sore blow to the Catholics of the city. Although Father Eusebius had been in Denver only a few years, he had endeared him-I him-I self to a host of friends, by whom his departure is greatly regretted. The orders or-ders from the head of the province at Paterson, N. J., came last . Tuesday and were as much a surprise to Father Fa-ther Eusebius as to any of his parishioners. parish-ioners. For the past three years he has been assistant pastor of 'St. Elizabeth's Eliza-beth's Francisan church, and he has in that time attained a reputation among the theologians of the diocese. He has gone to take charge of the church of St. Francis at New York City, where several thousand German-speaking Catholics worship.- The church was given to Father Francis (former pastor of St. Elizabeth's) one year ago. At that time -there was a debt of $66,000 on the building, $10,000 of which has been raised within the year by Father Francis. The latter, who is now in his 64th year, is failing in health and has been , placed on the retired list. Father Francis' work in Denver is known to all, and tht strain under i which he constantly labored has broken brok-en him down completely. Father Eusebius Eu-sebius left on Wednesday to, take the new parish. Although in his thirty-fourth j'ear, Father Eusebius has, already worked his way to the front rank, and by his zeal and simplicity of heart has accomplished accom-plished much for the order. He was born in Delbrueck, province of Westphalia, West-phalia, Germany, and came to America when 20 years of age. He entered the theological college at Paterson, N. .J., aixl graduated, later from St. Bonaven-lure's. Bonaven-lure's. He then went to. Butler, N. J., for two years. From that place he was appointed to Croghan, N. Y where he worked for four years. Croghan was his. last charge before coming to Denver. Den-ver. In company with Father Franois, Father Eusebius worked indefatigably toward obliterating the debt that. hung over St. Elizabeth's, and now that structure is absolutely free of debt. Much is hoped for and looked for from rainer n;useDius at nis new post,--as h-e has demonstrated his ability to. overcome over-come financial difficulties. . The successor of Father Eusebius to the Denver church is Father Pacificus O'Neill, who comes from the church of St. Patrick in New York City. The new assistant is a young man just past 28 j years, but is an able successor to. Fa-, ther Eusebius. Father Pius, pastor of St. Elizabeth's, is still in the east, but i will return in a short time. Religious and Personal.' Mrs. Joseph Walsh of Twenty-sev-j enth and Champa streets, entertained ! the ladies of St. Vincent's Aid society ; at her home on Tuesday afternoon. - j Miss Mamie Mullen was hostess at a meeting of the Aandern club last Wed-; Wed-; nesday afternoon. The papers of the series on the study of Italy were quite interesting. Mr. John J. Hagus, one of the pioneers pio-neers of Denver, and a prominent mem- oer.or tne catnearai parish, is quite ill at his residence, 1959 Washington avenue. ave-nue. He has been suffering for the past three weeks and scores of interested ; friends are anxiously hoping for his speedy recovery. Mr: Hagus came to Denver In the '50s and has since made this city his home. He is well known throughout the state, and was for some time a trustee of the cathedral parish. 'On next Sunday the Young Ladies' Sodality of the cathedral parish will receive holy communbin at the 7 o'clock mass, in Logan avem chapel. In the afternoon at 4 o'clck the regular monthly meeting will foe held. ;, . Last Sunday, was -the Feast of AU Saints', and the servicers in all the Catholic Cath-olic churches were quite-impressive. 'At Logan avenue chapel. Rev. Cornelius O'Farrell spoke at the 11 o'clock high mass on a text from the gospel of the day, "Render to Caesar the. things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's.". The sermon was quite instructive in-structive and dwelt particularly upon the relation existing between church and state. The choir rendered special music and the altars were decorated in honor of the feast day. |