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Show I CATHOLIC CHURCH ON WHEELS, I UN k SPUR TRUCK AT DEPOT, I OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OF OGDEN I, A Catholic church on wheels arm- d In Ogden this niorclng and h now at the Union station where services will bo held this evening and tomorrow. There are only two of these cars In J j existence at the present time, although j it is hoped by the people of the Catho- U lie faith to have more of them in the h future. U The car that arrived i his morning is the "St Peter." which is a coach fully arranged in its interior as a church.1 pews, altar, confessional, organ and I things necessary for holding sacred ' worship. '. Besides the church part of the car. which occupied about three -fourths of H its length, there are living quarter! l for ihe crew. The "crew" on board the I ear consists of the chaplain, (some- I times assisted by one or more priests I appointed by the bishop of the dio- I aese in which ihe car is operating); I the superintendent, who looks after all j material details recjuired for the prop - I er care and successful operation of J j the car; and one attendant, who is I both cook and porter. I The chaplain in charge of the serv- I ices is Rev. Father Austin Flemniing j ;aid the superintendent is George . I Henneesy of Chicur.o. The car is sent I out under the auspices of the Catholic I Church Extension society of the I'nit- I ed States of America, with headquar- I ters in Chicago. I The car "St. Peter" was donated to I the society by a resident of Dayton, I Ohio. Doing Good Work. I In mentioning the work being car- I r; d on with the car Mr Hennessey I said this morning. I "Like its companion car, 'St An I thony.' which has been truversing the I mission field of the south, west and I northwest for the past five years, the I chapel car 'St. Peter' will bring the I consolations of religion to isolated I groups of Catholics living in out-of- I the-way places; its visits will encour- I age the organization of permanent I mission centers and the building of I chapels. The car St. nlhony' has I been directly instrumental in causing I the building of no less than sixty I chapels where needed " I Rev. Father Flemming and Superin- I tendent Hennessey stated this morn- ! ing that the public is invited to visit the car, both Catholics and non-Catholics, and that the will be glad to show all visitors through it. The car will remain in L'tah and the adjacent country where the settlements are scattered for perhaps the next two years. The car is new and has only been in the field a short time. It came from Idaho to this state. The car stands on the spur track cast of the depot $o that it is not necessary for visitors to go through the station or into the yards to reach it. The car is constructed of si eel; it has a copper roof, and is finished throughout with Cuban mahogany. The lines of architecture in the interior are strictly Gothic The total length of the car is 84 feet. It is one of the longest cars made. The part set aside for the chapel is 4f feet long and has a comfortable seating capacity for 74 persons. The pews, thirty in number, num-ber, are rigidly fastened to the Door, and equipped with very comfortabl-J kneeling benches. When the service is crowded, the aisle space and the ob-lerratlon ob-lerratlon platform are pressed into use and (hen more than a hundred can be accommodated Strenuous Labors. Mr. Hennessy stated that the work on the car is very strenuous and that few rhaplains can stand the strain longer than three or four months at a time. From thirty to forty missions, each lasting from three days to a week, are given the car in the course of a year. For the support of the car the society depends mainly on the voluntary offerings of the visitors to the car. The car will remain in Ogden until Tuesday. During its stay here, which is for the purpose of acquainting the people with the mission on wheels, the public is invited to visit it. Rev. Father Flemming, is an orator of national fame, and he will preach in St Josephs church at the 10:3C mass, Sunday. |