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Show J CATHEDRAL NOTES. I .? Mrs. James O'Connor and Miss I Elizabeth Cosgriff are the ladies ap- . ; pointed to attend to the altars this ' 1 week. I Sunday school was resumed last Sunday after the 9 o'clock mass. There I ! was a good attendance and the parents are requested to see that their children chil-dren attend regularly every Sunday. I ; The members of the Children of S j Mary Fodallty will receive holy com- j ! munion in a body next Sunday at the I ! 9 o'clock mass. All the members are 1 , I requested to attend the meeting, which I I will be held at St. Mary's academy in !j the afternoon at 2:30. ! The Feast of Our Lady's Nativity ' wae celebrated on Monday. A large I j congregation attended mass at the I i cathedral. f- A. large number of students are reg- ltered at All Hallows' college and "" , ;., , ... ,- - St. Mary's academy for the coming year, and the prospects for a successful success-ful year are very auspicious. The offertory solos at the 11 o'clock mass for the past two Sundays have been rendered by H. H. McCorkle, who has a remarkably fine bass voice. For the offertory at St. Mary's next Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Al Whiteman, tenor and soprano, will sing an "O, Salutaris," by Weigand. Rehearsals for the junior choir will be resumed on Saturday. The little girls practice from 3 to 4; .the advanced ad-vanced class from 4 to 5. Children from 5 years up to 12 will be accepted for the choir. Special work for the little ones will be a feature of the coming year, while the advanced girls will study difficult church music and easy operas. The young ladies of the choir still practice on Sundays at 9:30. The first rehearsal will be held on Sunday, Sept. 22. The parents are cordially invited in-vited to send their children to the re hearsals, their only obligation being to see. that the young folks attend j promptly and regularly. The children will also give an entertainment in the near future so the parents will have an opportunity of seeing how well the time is employed every Saturday afternoon. aft-ernoon. The junior choir is under the direct patronage and direction of Rt. Rev. Bishop Scanlan, and with the earnest co-operation of the parents the choir will shortly be a source of pride to the congregation. The singers of the present pres-ent will make the singers of the future and what better work can the children or their elders do than to sing the praises of God! Let every child and young lady join the Junior choir of St. Mary's. The children of the Kearns' St. Ann's orphanage are preparing a very pleasing pleas-ing programme to be given in honor of their well loved benefactors Mrs. Thomas Kearns. High - mass was 'celebrated at St. Mary's academy last Monday by the Rev. Father Kiely, who preached a splendid sermon to the students. High mass will be resumed at St. Mary's on Sunday, Sept. 15. It will be pleasant Information for all former pupils of St. Mary's academy acad-emy to know that Sister Blandina, one of the popular teachers of that institution, insti-tution, is once more assigned to Salt Lake, this time to St. Ann's orphanage. orphan-age. The ladies of the St. Ann's Sewing Guild will resume work on Monday afternoon af-ternoon at 2 o'clock at the episcopal residence. The 11 o'clock choir will be reorganized reorgan-ized this coming week. All former members of the choir and any ladies and gentlemen who wish to assist are earnestly invited to loin the choir. The rehearsal is held on Friday night of each week at 7:30. Those wishing to join are requested to give their names to any -of the clergy of the cathedral. All new members will receive re-ceive a cordial welcome from the present pres-ent members, but it is hoped that none will join unless they fully intend to attend at-tend rehearsals and take a proper interest in-terest in the choir. The Catholic Knights of America will hold their regular monthly meet-j meet-j ing next Monday, Sept. 16. The eighteen gallons of ice cream for the picnic, donated by Mrs. Tar-bet, Tar-bet, Mrs. Bird and Mrs. Kerwin was a treat hugely enjoyed by the children particularly by the little ones of St. Ann's. The large box of taffy sent by Mrs. D. R. Gray was. given entirely entire-ly to the orphans. -4 Mr. W. J. Halloran has always contributed con-tributed largely to the pleasure of the choir children. This year, even in the great sorrow that has come to him in the death of his little son, he did not forget the picnic, and the extra amount of candy donated was given in memory mem-ory of dear little Willie. S A case of lemons for the picnic was the generous and voluntary, donation of the J. D. Wood Produce company. Those in charge of the excursion last Saturday with to express their sincere thanks to the ladies and gentlemen of the cathedral, who helped so liberally to provide lunch for the children. |