The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-12
DENvER's NEW CATHEDRAL.
Denver. Colo. Nav 8

Denver, COlO., May ., 4'VO.
Last Sunday at all the Masses at ST.
NIaTy's Cathedral and Logan Avenue
chapel, Rev. Father Callahan made the
first official announcement to his par
ishOnerS. that the church property had
been sold. He also made known his
plans for the future. lmmedIate steps
viii be taken to find a temporary place
Of worship for the members OF the "a
Jhedral parish, who live down town. On
next Saturday, May r. at o'clock,
Solemn Requiem Mass viii be said Tor
the souls of all who have been buried
from the old Cathedral. Among these
are Right Rev. Bishop Machebeuf, and
many priests who had made Denver
their field Of labor. The following day
the last services will be held in the Ca
thedral. There viii lbe Solemn Ponti-
fical High Mass at II O'Clock. Knowing
how dear the old church is to all the
Catholics in Denver, We think we may
safely predict that it viii lnot accoulTno-
date one-third of those who will seek
admittance on that occasion.
The sale of the property netted Sl45,-
O00 which, when all debts are paid,
leaves a surplus of S2S 600 as a nucleus
for the new Cathedral fund.
IN part, Rev. Father Callahan said:
we have thus at the present mo-
ment" he continued, "a splendid school
building clear Of debt; S2S,000 in cash.
sixteen good residence lots to be put on
the market at once, and a magnificent
new church site, virtually free from
encumbrance. Thus do we emerge from
the effects Of a panic which has pros
Irated some of the most successful
business firms in this city, and to whose
terrific violence financial giants nave
succumbed.
This is no time for a retrospect. We
viii let the dead past bury its dead
Mistakes no doubt have been made, but
they were mistakes of the head rather
than Of the heart. and mistakes which
unlike many others of the kind, nave
been practically redeemed. In Justice
to Bishop Matz it must be stated that
he Travelled far and wide to collect
funds for the redemption of the prop
erty in its hour Of peril, having collect
ed in all some S17, 900 or $4,000.
so much for the past, but what are
our aims and objects for the future!
This is the burning question that meets
Us this morning. We have emerged
from the slough of despond, but we
must descend into the valley OF huTnll-
iation to hold many a sharp encounter |
with Mr.. Worldly -wise-man, Mr.. Save |
all Mr.. Foult Nnder, Mr.. Mistrust and |
Mr. Hold -the-wGTld before the delecta- |
BILE mountains coI>2 within our view.
We must. in more senses than one, |
take up our cross daily before the en- |
blem OF salvation tops the graceful |
spires that viii announce to the world |
he completion of our work. The labor |
that we delight in, however, physics our
main We will have much to endure, |
but much also to sustain us in the en-
ternrise. We Will feel that we are re-
moving from our fair city a standing
reproach-its lack of a representative
Catholic church.
The Catholics of this city and state
might hitherto point with pride TO the I
academies and colleges,
their superb hospitals, their saniJaTi- |
un1s. and their asylums. but when il |
came TO their churches they were forced /
to bow their heads in shame and to
exclaim to the astonished visitor from
the East. oh, tell it not in Gabalon!
Tell il not in Gath
The fault however, my dear friends,
was not wholly in our stars. We were
ourselves somewhat accountable for !
this state of things. On more than one
occasion we have remembered the lack
Of interest where church interests were
and we have progressed 60
far in the face Of no little Indifference.
There should be an end TO all this, my
dear brethren. 1T is now the hour for
us TO arise from sleep We should all
get together and put our shoulders 10
the wheel. We ehOQlQ vow WITH DdNiu
not to give sleep TO our eyes nor slum-
Ger to our eyelids nor rest to our tenn
pies until we find our place for the
Lord, a tabernacle for the God of ia
cob
after securing q temporary place or
worship for the downtown portion OF
cur conerega ton, it is our intention to
form at once a church corporation as
well as a building committee to look
after the interests of our parishioners.
The church to be erected should not. in
my opinion, cost less than 100000.
Mere country towns in the East have
erected places of worship almost as
costly. and shall city of nearly 100000
inhabitants. including some of the
vealthiest Catholics in the West, pale
before the energy Of an eastern village?
Ii vii mot, II cannot, if the Cathollcs
Il this city and state, and especially of
his parish. will do their duty. Let only
/ generous ear for the glory of God
mousse be manifested. and Denver will
n the near future be possessed of an
sdifce that will lbe an ornament to our
beautiful city and a telling object les
son Of the vivifying influence Of Chris
ianity in our midst
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