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Show j '" - .1 j Tticertnounfafw news i BUTTfe, MONT. - " Impressive services were held at all tne Catholic churches Monday. The occasion was the feast of the immaculate immacu-late conception and high mass was celebrated cele-brated in its honor. The largest congregation of the even- I I ln5 however, gathered at Sacred Heart I ' church. Indeed, many were turned j I away. There. Vas a magnificent profession pro-fession of sixty acolytes and the same number of girls, all dressed in white, j l ney served as an escort for the relic ! irom the tomb of the Holy Virgin, j which was borne aloft at the head of the procession to a high altar, where the services were held. ' During the aternobn new members were received into 'the-' six sodalities and the following: officers were elected for the -ensuing year r ' ' St. Leo's Boys' Sodality Prefect, Michael Mi-chael Sullivan; first assistant prefect, Daniel Lews; second assistant prefect, Edward Kiley. St. Agnes' Girls' Sodality Prefect. Mary Sullivan; first assistant prefect, Mary O'Flynn; second assistant prefect, pre-fect, Gertrude Tripp. . St. Aloysius' Sodality for Young Men Prefect, John Hogan; first assistant prefect, William McMahon; second assistant as-sistant prefect, Jerome E. Savage. St. Rose's Young Ladies' Sodality-Prefect, Sodality-Prefect, Mary Kellette; first assistant prefect. Nellie Sullivan; second assistant assist-ant prefect. Rose Morgan. St. Joseph's Married Men's Sodality Prefect. J. C. Leary; first assistant prefect, Philip Breen; second assistant prefect, David McNamara. St. Ann's Married Ladies' Sodality-Prefect, Sodality-Prefect, Mrs. R. T. Kelley; first assistant assist-ant prefect,- Mrs. Mary Page; second assistant prefect, Mrs. James Leary. , The funeral of Mrs. John Sullivan took place Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 2 o'clock from the family residence, TOIV3! North Montana street, thence to Saint Patrick's church. Mrs. Sullivan leaves a husband, four sons, Mike, John, Pat and Dan Sullivan, and two daughters, -wrs. i-aincK w aicn ana airs. j. nomas Blair, to mourn her loss. Mrs. Sullivan was in her sixty-third year at the time of her death. ; . , v ,- , . The services at St. Joseph's church Monday night - in observance- of the feast of "the Immaculate Conception was largely attended by the members of the parish and was very impressive, being, as it is. one of the most solemn in the Catholic religion. Young girls, to the number of forty, dressed all in white, and the insignia of the sodality, to which they belong, made a pretty picture as they went through their part of the services. After singing the "Magnificat," rosary ros-ary and sermon came the consecration to the Blessed Virgin, which was read by Miss Fannie Kelly, assisted by Owen McGinn, who held the candles. The text of Rev. Father Quesnal was "Hail, Full of Grace." There was special spe-cial music by the choir arranged for the occasion and under the direction of Miss Ellen Cosgrove. This formed a feature of the services. : e- ' ' With solemn, and impressive rites the magnificent mission cross was dedicated dedi-cated at St. Patrick's church Sunday night. The scene presented was imposing, im-posing, 850 men -with lighted candles on high accompanied the dignitaries of the church in the installation processional, proces-sional, from the hospital lot to the church. The crowd present was perhaps per-haps one of the largest in the history of the church. ' v The processional was headed by S50 members of the parish with lighted candles. ; They w ere followed by the nossbearers and acolytes. . The altar boys and , priests came next. The cross, borne up by fifteen men, came last. -' . The processional marched slowly up the main aisle of the ehurch to where the cross received solemn ' blessing. Rev. Father Niernan delivered the sermon for the occasion. His subject, "No Man Can Serve Two Masters," was delivered in a forceful manner. He said that the two masters were Christ and Lucifier; each have an army of followers, and-we must choose which one we will serve. Perhaps the most impressive scene of the whole service was when 850 men, with lighted candles on high, received solemn blessing at the hands of Father Neirman. The service was closed with bena-dietion. bena-dietion. The singing of the choir was excellent excel-lent and added much impressiveness to the ceremony. - The cross is a souvenir of the A. L. C. mission, just held at the church. A beautifully decorated canopy will be erected in the church,-and beneath: this the cross .and - its burden will be .blessed. ' ? ' ' ' The many friends of Mrs. W. H. Haviland" will be" delighted to learn that she is rapidly recovering from a serious attack of appendicitis,- having undergone an operation, for the same on Monday morning at St: James' hospital. hos-pital. For a time her condition was extremely critical, but it is now very-prom very-prom isingl - |