, 1889-02-10
SWEET CHARITY.
The Catholic Ladies Organize st.
Mary's Relief Society.
Will Aid the Needy, Visit the Sick,
and Comfort the Afflicted.
The Official Roster and List of
Charter Members.

l feel deeply Indebted for you affording
me SO much space in your issue of last
Sunday. My letter was Unfortunately long
and il is due to your kindness alone that
a large portion of my communication did
not find its way into that capacious re-
ceptacle which is at the same time an or
nament to the desk of your local editor
aud the sepulcher of rejected manuscript.
Of this sin of ~prolixitY 1 shall not be
guilty on the present occasion. Various
causes have operated this week to hinder
nv saying all l wish to say
and 1 shall content myself now with
giving your readers an account Of the
new charitable society which has been or
ganized in connection with the cathedral,
reserving until next week other items of
interest connected with the Catholic
church in this city.
1t has been in contemplation for some
time to form an association which would
minister to the many wants of the poor
and afflicted, who are always found
in large numbers aver in the most
prosperous communities. Some weeks
ago Ri. Rev. Bishop Burk, called a
meeting of the ladies of the
the congregation for this purpose
and on Sunday last a permanent o~rganiza-
ton was effected.
The association is called st. Mary Re-
lief Society. Committees were formed of
ladies from each Of the three city wards
and their duties will be to visit and in
vestigate cases of restitution. to visit the
sick in hospitals and the prisoners in the
iails.
The following are the officers and mem
bers Of the society:
President-Mrs. A. S. Mercer.
Vice President-Mrs. Maginnis.
Secretary-Mrs. p. Hannifin.
Treasurer-Mrs. j. V. Ellis.
Committees. First Ward-Mrs. Gil
lespie, Miss Susie Ternes, Mrs. Fred.
Post.
Second Ward-Mrs. Mulry, Miss Lii
lie Doian, Mrs. L. Murrin.
Third Ward-Mrs. Cahill, Mrs, War
laumont. Mrs. John A. Martin.
Members-Mesdames j. w. Griffin,
James McCaul, George Gushie. T. Dyer.
s. Bon. ST.. II. Hynds, L. Lynch, W.
Murray, VIM. Scanlan, NJ. F. Brennan,
o. Mckay, Miller, Shaughncssy. c.
Voltke, Shaeffer, Weybrecht. I. Conroy,
p. J.. Nolan and the Misses Maggie Ca
hill, Rose O'Brien, Lizzie Moran, Lizzie
Mckay, Kittie Gordon, Jennie Mercer,
A. English, Rose Ball, E. Clancy.
That St. Mary's Relief Society will be
a powerful aid in the cause of charity and
benevolence it is needless to say. At the
same time | am requested 10 state hat
this association must in no sense be con-
sidered as in opposition to our deserving
and praiseworthy Ladies' Aid Society.
On the contrary it is the intention of the
founders that the new organization shall
be the auxiliary and co-helper OF that de-
serving association. The ladies who com
pose the Aid Society of Cheyenne are an
honor to the city. Theirs are kind, good
hearts doing deeds that shine in the face
of Heaven" and it is to be hoped hat
He who promised a reward even for a cup
of water given in His name, will pour
down upon them His blessings and His
graces. They have gone about doing
good, and to their credit be it said that
their charity knew no distinction of color,
creed or race.
Let us hope that the old and the new
associations will flourish and increase.
The field is wide; sickness and pain and
want are ever with us, and the writer sin
cerely hopes that their aid and their SYM
pathy will call back to comfort and to
hope many a poor, weary soul drifting
away on the lone black sea of pain and
sorrow. TYR OWEN.