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Show HIKEE OF DBIVffi. CITY OF DENVER. Bishop Matz Takes Charge of the Cathedral. (Special OorresiKjndence.) Bishop X. C. Matz formally took charge of the parish of the Cathedral of tne Immaculate Conception last Sunday and addressed his panshoners for the first time on the subject of the recent misfortunes through which the church ha-s parcel, lie said: "This is-the t"ut and the last time that I will say anything to yu in reference to the "wreck' through which we have tone." He deplored the fact that the money contributed toward the building build-ing of a cathedral had been lst in S stock investments, but withal took an optimistic view of the situation in an endeavor to convince his congregation that all is not by any means lost. J'i.hop Matz addressed the people at T the and 11 o'clock masses. He promised that in the near future a nateinent would be prepared by the building committee, which would hhow tliat every parishioner had been credited with the amount he had subscribed, sub-scribed, and that the work of collecting col-lecting it would go ahead now uninter-mptedly. uninter-mptedly. He said that three years f ago after the sale of the Stout street 1 property, which had been held in his I name, iie transferred all the holdings 1 of the parish to the building commit- J tee. and that no part of it could be sold without the consent of the entire body. f In future the inonpy will be held by ' this same committee, and they will " leicipt for every cent of It. Bishop Matz assured the people that with the leal estate which is now unencumbered I ! belonging to the church, and with the ; cash that is on hand from the subscrip-' subscrip-' tions that have been made, there is ' Fufticient to put up the church at least j fo that services can be held there, and , that the work will begin in earnest in the spring. He said that the p-arish was in finitely better off than before the sale 1 of the cathedral property and that an eta of prosperity for the church was , not far distant. The speculations of ! Father Callanan will be at least worth I half the amount invested, and there is : a strong probability that they will I ' bring much more. In the end little w ill J 'be lost. I ! In full the letter of Bshop Matz ad- I i dressed to the congregation on Sunday I j wsa as follows: I j "Dearly Beloved Brethren: At a I j meeting of the cathedral corporation j on Thursday. Nov. 12. it was unani- j ' irously agreed that a printed state- 1 j nient be made to be read out to the J ! parish and presented to every member ' ' ; of the cathedral congregation who has ; contributed in any way, either by cash subscriptions or by working at the cathedral fairs. This statement is in course of preparation, and will be given out in due time. Before this is done I can say nothing of the financial condition of the parish, excepting that we are infinitely better off today than 1 we were the day before the Stout street property was sold." "We own now. free from all encum-i encum-i hranee. the rathedral site at Colfax, the half block acros the street and this property whereon our school stands. This property is in thohands of the corporation holding title to the same, so that it can neither be encumbered i nor sold without the consent of said j corporation. "Apart from this we have the unfortunate unfor-tunate investments of Father Callahan, Whatever may be realized from them, as well as from the sale of the half block in front of us, goes to the cathedral cathe-dral building fund, which is in charge of the lay members of the committee. "We have. also, a large amount of unpaid un-paid subscriptions, which, considering the names of the subscribers, ae excellent. excel-lent. ,-l will take charge of these subscriptions, subscrip-tions, calling upon the parties myself. personally, give them a receipt and J turn over the amounts to the building I committee. There are, besides, many I more new subscriber?, both in the city- I and throughout the state, on whom I I propose to call during the course of the I coming year. i "There is one point I desire very much to impress upon your minds, which is. that the building of the cathe- 1 dral will be started as soon as the j f pp' ing opens w ith the sale of the half j block in front of us. the savings from the wreck and 1he collections I will un- j dertake, we have enough in sight to j ; . put up the walls and perhaps to put I I on the roof. I "This will not surprise you if .you i boar in mind that we have very materially mate-rially changed our plans, reducing the opt of the cathedral so as to bring it within the limit of our means. With ail that, we will have a magnificent church, comparing favorably with anything any-thing west of Chicago and St. Louis. "Henceforth I will be in charge of the cathedral parish and attend personally it'i its administration. "X. C. MATZ, "Bishop of Denver." I This doses for a time all speculation i as to a possible pueopssor to Father ' ("allanan. The former pastor leaves for his old home in Ireland next week and Bishop Matz is pastor of the cathedral. Since the close of the pastorate of Father Fa-ther Callanan there has been considerable consider-able surmise ns to the new pastor and h- decision of Bishoj) Matz. that he em-, spare fix hours a day to attend to the ditties out there, finally brings matters mat-ters to a settlement. i Bishop Matz Talks on Socialism. At the Sunday morning services in T.ogan avenue chapel. Bishop Matz an-i"m,rcd an-i"m,rcd that the Federation of Labor, lb-en in session, had attracted universal attention and that such a subject as "Socialism" was therefore an appropriate appro-priate one with which to begin a series of lectures which the bishop intends to give Sunday evenings at Logan avenue ihapd. The subject is ore to which Bishop Matz has given great thought, and fome of his ideas advanced in the Sunday Sun-day evening sermon have attracted widespread attention. In part, he said: "Socialism if the natural development of a germ, a seed sown by the revolution revolu-tion .f the eighteenth century, which proclaimed ihe rights of man as against the t ights of God. But it has long since emerged fro mils embryo state, and, ttrsnge to say, it has found in this land of l'brrty, th-e land of the brave and the free, a virgin soil, where within the last twenty-five years it has grown to ruch proportions that it faces us like a lion, roaring in the desert, seeking its piey. and longing to devour it. Like an a.alanche about to start from yonder snow-clad peak, it but awaits -the breath of the wind to start it on its y march to destruction. AVe are today in the dawn of the twentieth century civilization, civ-ilization, in the midst of the land of unbounded wealth and almost unlimited unlim-ited freedom, standing face to face with socialism in its most brutal form, ready to flaunt the banner, the bloodstained blood-stained banner of its homicide fraternity fraterni-ty in the very face of free and prosperous- America. In an incredibly short time it passed from the socialism of the dreamer and the demagogue to the socialism so-cialism of the torch and the dagger. "Socialism attacks in the family that which constitute? its honor, force and stability, namely, its unity, indissolubility indissolu-bility and the inheritance it conveys to the offsprings. First, then, its unity one man with one woman and their common issue: one life flowing from the two so(urces, combining in one spring. The unity of the family is an essential condition of harmony, order, beauty and happiness. This1 was dis- pleasing to socialism, a partisan of free ' morals and free love, as taught by the j Koran and practiced by our Mormon neighbors. The socialists prefer that to the unity consecrated, by the gospel ; and practiced by Christianity. Socialism Social-ism attacks the indissolubility of the family, the permanence of the conjugal bond.-' Funeral of Father Lepote. The little chimes of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in North Denver, tolled forth a requiem for the partor of the little flock last Monday as the great crowd filed through the narrow doors and into the humble edi-iice. edi-iice. The love and esteem in which the congregation held their faithful pastor. pas-tor. Rev. Felix Mariano Lepore, was attested by the grief which was visible visi-ble on their countenances as they knelt and offered their prayers for the repose of his soul. No less than 2.000 people were in the throng that filled the church to overflowing and crowded about it until the street was filled half down the block. Long before 9:30 there t was not a seat left in the church. Most !of those who gathered to pay their respects re-spects to the memory of the priest who was so tragically called out of the world last week were Italians, but there were also present a large number of Americans Ameri-cans and people of other nationalities who were friends and admirers of Father Fa-ther Lepore. The funeral was large-than large-than any that has ever been seen, in Denver. It was the unusually sad and tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Father Lepore that made ihe funeral one of especial interest, yet there was no pomp or ostentation attempted. at-tempted. Broad bands of black were stretched across the church from cor- I rer to corner, but there were no floral decorations with the exception of two simple wreaths which lay on the bier. Going to the church no band accompanied accom-panied the funeral cortege, but seven Italians societies made up .the ranks. Bishop Matz and more than thirty priests from all parts of the city chanted chant-ed the office of the dead as soon as the funeral service opened. Solemn high mass of requiem was celebrated by i Ksv. Father Guida, S. J.. of the College of the Sacred Heart. Father Carrigan officiated as deacon. Father Pantanelli was sub-deacon and Father Phillips was master of ceremonies. The eulogy was pronounced in Italian by Father Pantanelli, who dwelt upon the noble character of the deceased priest and on the hope of an eternal life. During the course of his remarks Father Pantanelli Pan-tanelli paused frequently as his feelings feel-ings got the better of him, and the congregation con-gregation was moved to tears. Thirty-one candles in- an ornate candelabrum can-delabrum burned solemnly above the still figure of the priest that lay ' in front of the sanctuary, scarcely five feet from the spot where he fell after the shooting affray vheh ended in his death. The seats were given to the members of the societies which had accompanied ac-companied the body to the church. They were: ; Vittoris Emanuele 111, A. O. F., Mont Carmelo. San Rocco, San Antonio di Padova, San Giacomo. Na-tivi Na-tivi di Potenza and Bersaglieri di Na-poli. Na-poli. The pall-bearers were: Tony Notary, John Craca. Pasqual Patch, Steve Chie-lero. Chie-lero. Eugene Rossi, Nicholas Cammiel-lo. Cammiel-lo. Michele CapulungD and Nicholas Vagnino. Michele Notary was master of ceremonies. The lay testimonials to the deceased priest were given on the steps of the church in order that those who had been forced to remain on- the sidewalk might be auditors. This part of the services had the most visible and vidi effect upon the assemblage. The casket rested at the front portal, on its way to the hears. The first speaker was Micele Notary, who was master of ceremonies. cer-emonies. He is one of the leading members mem-bers of the Italian colony, and his eulogy eulo-gy touched their hearts. The presidents ot tne various societies ionowea Mr. Notary, and their tributes were indeed high. . ' When the laymen-had completed their programme the funeral cortege started on its way tothe union station, where the trains were met going to Mount Olivet cemetery. Satriano's band of sixty pieces headed the procession, and following the societies came the twenty acolytes with lighted candles and the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart who have charge of the parish school. . Every one is familiar ere this with the tragic death of Father Lepore. Shot by a countryman. Joseph Sorice, he died . forty-eight hours later. No motive has been learned for the origin of the shooting, shoot-ing, which resulted in the death of the I two men. i Father Lepore's body was interred in Mount Olivet cemetery. Religious and Personal. The forty hours' devotion will be opened at St. Elizabeth's church with solemn high mass on Sunday morning. The service will continue through Monday Mon-day and Tuesday. On Sunday evening there will be solemn vespers. The various va-rious societies affiliated with St. Elizabeth's Eliza-beth's will attend and take-part in the procession, the Knights of St. John appearing ap-pearing in full regalia. Following is the musical programme for the opening service: Processional "Pilgrim's Chorus-"... Tannhauser Imperial mass ." Haydn Offertory ...Soprano solo and quartette ' Ave Maria" Faure ' During procession I "March of the Blessed Sacrament" I Chauvet Recessional "Grand Coeur".Le Maigre Vespers of Est Mixed choir "Ave Maria" Soprano solo "Tantum Ergo" Hammer Rev. John B. White, who has been dangerously ill at the Mercy sanitarium, i now on. the fair road to recovery. His relatives were summoned to his bedside last week, but shortly after he was pronounced out of all danger and their arrival is not now looked for. Rev. Michael W. Donovan of Georgetown George-town was in Denver last week and remained re-mained at the Mercy sanitarium. Miss Annie Morrissey, who has been seriously ill for some weeks, is now slowly recovering. August Petitclerc of the cathedral parish is recovering from a three months' illness with inflammatory rheumatism. The fair which has been in progress during the week for the benefit of St. Clara's orphanage has been a splendid financial success. A musical and literary lit-erary programme was given each evening even-ing and the booths were in themselves the center of attraction. With the beginning of the pastorate of Bishop Matz at the Logan avenue chapel comes the announcement of the change of hours for the Sunday,masses. Instead of being as formerly at 7. 8:30. n.30 and 11 o'clock, there will be but four masses, and they will be at 6:30, 7:30, 9 and 10:30 o'clock. Bishop Ma-tz will preach at the high mass. The early services had not been well attended at-tended and for this reason it was deemed advisable to make them a v little lit-tle more. convenient. The masses at the downtown hall, on Champa street, will remain at the usual hours. |