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Show j Pisces of Denver. f t"""' Tppecial Correspondent.) I Frm,i,P old Father Cushing affair 6 , APal" .pvived: this time with new i : ben"ational developments. While ,'n avenue chapel was thronged I the Lpp !aKt Sunday morning at th' vi'h ,pokI I11;'1SS. the suspended priest I ' 0 li himself at the door of the I "''I, 7nrt remained to meet the con-rhU!" con-rhU!" tinn as they left after the service. - prepat ' h presented a blue covered T !fhi"t relating at some length his J "i 'wrongs- The title, "Appeal of "'''ppv John rushing." appealed to 11 5hf - hilt after perusing it they came ? J7ia? conclusion that the statements f t-i ,n. ,,,-intcd wtre rather exagger-i; exagger-i; ,lf? 1" lV taken as they were, meant. the booklet a most scandalous as-I as-I J" nj niade upon the bishop of the 5 faU ' p and caused righteous indigna- " nVw- in the hearts of his reo- I Ijnn tO . . i rTi-f- rriest at the door of the 'church I s njv.ticed by the clergy for some I 'ra v.d hv the time he was discov-I discov-I V?ii'"i' i.-nt harm had been done, for ! r ' n'i, ji.us booklet was in the hands ' rp'Wy i'.imiiy in the parish. In every j ' r'.0r (",a:li'ili- church of the city ' the I iw's h.'id neon placed within the ves-f ves-f iLip with conspicuous signs reading, f !.T,ke one" In very few of these the I - ailed to the notice of the ! if.,re it was too late. By 5'"oninp :h-rc was scarcely a family :n I The entire city 'hat was not in posses-1 posses-1 0f one of the "appeals." Many f . (jf.ctroyfd them without as much I elanoitf: at the contents, and many I ITorr re.id Vth disgust what they sup- !j,c.d t" be the fruit of a diseased r,Tvn months ago Father Cushing . ,nc ,,, ,-. -r.ver sick and penniless, and 1 -t his eu;; expense Bishop Matz had 1 cared f"r in one of the finest rooms I st. .t,- ph's hospital. He left there j rii Fri'bi y and. in a fit of temper, I jyab-if-d to do violence to the bishop, j p'ncfi tlv a lie has been vigilantly f Vatrhed. in many of the churches the J j,n,ikl"-ts were ordered destroyed by the I The various churches of the city art iryins to dispose of as many as possi-of possi-of their proposed benefits before the opening of the Lenten season. St. Patrick's and St. Francis de Sales' f parishes will open a joint fair in the ! chamber of commerce on Wednesday, Feb IT. to run one week, and conclude' on the eve of Ash Wednesday. Fathers Tampan and Morrin. the respective pastors, are laboring earnestly to make Hie bazar a success, and there is little likelihod of their being disappointed. J The proceeds will be divided between 1 the tivn churches. j On the same evening a fair for the Vnefi: of the Annunciation parish will nen in the Annunciation hall and will -I continue for an equal period of time. I The Feast of St. Blase was observed In all the Catholic churches of the city I last Tuesday. The throats were blessed at all the masses and again in the curing. j I The Jesuit mission for ihe people of j I the cathedral parish has passed Into I j history, and the many who were privi-r privi-r !-d to make it have turned a clean J j page in their lives, and from the depths If of their hearts send up a prayer for I Fathers Koarman and McKeogh. J Beyond the hopes of the clergy of the i paiish, b-yond the hopes of the mis- fi'Tiariec; themselves, the two weeks" ruission was an unqualified success. M'irninc after morning and evening after evening for two long weeks the chapel was crowded to its doors, and j the number of fallen away Catholics I vhn renewed their allegiance to the , church has never been equalled at a similar service. The mission was' particularly par-ticularly fruitful in bringing people to J the sacrament of penance, and hun-. I d'eds who had not entered a confes-si"iial confes-si"iial for upward of ten years received the sacraments. On Saturday evening ' seven priests were kept busily engaged in hearing confessions until nearly mid- i I nigh:. Sir-day's services were unusually unusu-ally well attended, and long before the four set for the opening of the evening s-rvjrv there was not a ieat left in I the church. The vestibules and aisles : ere . -rowded and many were turned j away. Prefacing his sermon by a few I ftaiistics uf the fruits of the mission. II father boatman said: "During our 1 1 two weeks in this parish we have beard t :wn confessions, given holy com-l'l com-l'l reunion to 1.700 people, instructed thir-: thir-: ty-s',- in the Catholic religion, re-eeived re-eeived ::; n converts and righted s:x;ef-n lro-riages which had been the I: , i,'s', of liner of the contracting par-; par-; ties being ex-communicated from the ; (hnrch. n Monday morning masses were 'Kehiateri without intermission from :30 to 10:30. The day had been laid aside by the missionary fathers fori imori;il exercises, and" all thosie who hid been to confession within the few ;ys previous were granted permission t rerejve holy communion at the Mon-V Mon-V servi. f s. Throughout the morn-tf morn-tf the , hapel was filled with those had come to do honor to their M. The past of the Purification Jid also drawn large crowds to the' S'Tvj.os aiKi the occasion was a fitting! rmitiation to a most successful mis- ' Th Jesuit fathers left Monday "er.in- f,,r thir home in Chicago. ? Path. ,- R. white has returned hls 'i')- -s at the cathedral, and Fa-'"r Fa-'"r Ii; her, who p,as been ill in this v for .,me time, left Saturday for !s h.i!i,. ;,, Le-adville, entirely recov-"a. recov-"a. Fa-her White has been attendee attend-ee to bjc duties at the Leadville "ur''l -iuring his absence. T'ie !"., i for the benefit of the Har-h. Har-h. which closed last Satur-was Satur-was an even greater suc-'s? suc-'s? t,M1; "as anticipated. Fully $1,500 r"a:iz'-'. which will aid to a great .-i.-m-jner the debt off the new ,'.ur. h 'I'::" dedication will take place Vl,fc:n a N weeks. T;.d;!''' who has been ill with is ;","' ' S i; in this cil' for some time, i. '--covering, and will soon go ' h ' his work at Manitou. A A .a,. !;, entertainment and dance c,'' '," c'v"n in f?t. Leo's parish hall at;i!-.;.,v .vening for the benefit of Tn" r,:'Pbi: fund. pFHth..,. yol.shan i30armanf g jm and j juee'vi., n,as McKeogh. S. J., who niissi,sru. ' 'onducted the cathedral si,,'.' ;;1V(' promised to open a mls-fhu',. mls-fhu',. , ' ! 'f'ngregation of St. Leo's (,';'" i :';'fr 1:a!;ter- They will prob-ra-it-h'"" ;"IVe r"lfJ for the Sacred Heart ts,;, "''" Mrs. J. K. Mullen enter-Oay enter-Oay (.'v''1V""lll:iIi' at dinner last Xhurs-rtipn( Xhurs-rtipn( V1'1" l!' annunce the engage-Mr engage-Mr p"' , "' f'iughter. Miss Ella, to h&YfV ',' ' ' hbach. Although there '''? til"? ril",10!'R t0 thjs effect for, m.-)', ' :nis is tne formal announce-iiliart announce-iiliart T V"i'lin'? probably be a Ft lf ' iu'". h affair, to take place at PUEBLO. COLO. J. w ,' t-'m w.ii',., '" 'H nas completed the ma-3- H r "'e 'ine stone residence of u3 f. "V'y 011 'he corner of Northern iJ"-ulah avenues. Mr .-i Wvn :r'''1,Mls- n. H. Gaunt of S19 fmm a ' 1 ''wt. have returned K'-nionths- trip in ''California; Miss ""'Vniv.3 If',sa has gone to Chicago 'Menrjerj visit. M,'R. W M 1. 0,1 Divie-i ' ' Manpr is sick at her home oision street. 1 , rs , ' 3 1 J'- W n T- Sullenberg and Mrs. I ' Jlow'ard of Denver, who have 1 I 1 been the guests of Mrs. C. F. Elliott for homeT! ,Week' haf returned to ther swpru;?Ta:d ih Frieni- wUhtphoTdir781 at her hme Sf uf;1?1 lrs Buln are no' Mi -m in thelr new home' corner wuhigan and Adams, where thev will be pleased to see their friends. ren.rnfi1 MrS' G' w- Ballard have III from G1envood Springs, and are at home at 218 Bluff street. M. C. Jones, James O'Neill and W. C. frnm' n' fxPfr5ned rod m-U men Cleveland, d.. have accepted posi-no posi-no s here and will assist in getting the mill here in running order. SnHrn8;Ge0urge- P; ciffer of Colorado Ptings. who nas been visitijig in the city, returned home last week. t Tre TBT""far-o1i "sorT'of Mr. and Mrs. u i110 is critically ill with tv-Phoid tv-Phoid fever at the family residence on t-im street. Mr. and Mrs. . E. Holmboe will not be at home to their friends until Feb. -0, owing to their home not being completed. |