The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-14

| building committee, with John T
Campion as president: H. ]. OBryan
secretary; Father Callahan, treasurer
and Dennis Murto. was appointed II
met in the offices of Mr. Campion eight
! months ago and resolved not to dis
cuss plans to erect the building with
! out the necessity of floating a mort
! gage
WIDOWS MITE. RICH MANS DOL
| LAR.
| The work of interesting the wealthy
! Catholics of the city was begun. the
greater portion of the labor devoIving
/ upon Father Callahan He had great
/ parish to look after with sick calls and
marriages and baptisms galore, but he
found time to buttonhole the possessors
OF plethoric pocketbooks and secure
their signatures to bits of paper which
pledged them to sign other bits of pa
per which were negotiable at certain
barking institutions. He did not con-
fine his efforts to the wealthy. how
ever He remembered that the widow
was often more willing to part with
her mite than was the millionaire with
his thousand, and the poor were an
pealed to for such subscriptions as
they could afford.
One day during the past week he
gathered the members of the building
committee about him and told them
of the results of his work. J. K. Null
len had just paid off the last $4,000 of
the mortgage on the property of the
parish and that financial problem was
disposed of and all were inclined to
seek fresh fields for conquest Includ-
ing land to be sold, cash on hand and
subscriptions pledged, Father Callahan
estimated that 500, 900 was in sight for
the erection of the cathedral, which all
had agreed should cost $500 000 The
subscriptions amount to about $50, 600.
The site, consisting of eight lots at
ColfaX and Logan, were also free of
debt and beside them were two and
one-half lots upon which a home for
the bishop might be constructed. AL
together, he declared, the parish had
assets valued at nearly 100000, and
no debts All of which was in pleasing
contrast with the situation two years
ago. when a debt of coo hung over
the parish.
THE WORK HAS JUST BEGUN.
Il have not nearly finished my So
liciting tour" said the smiling priest
Il have interviewed about One-half of
the parishioners and among those
whom L have not seen 3He some of the
wealthiest. So you see by the time we
can adopt plans and break ground for
the building we will have great deal
more money on hand
The committee agreed with him and
resolved that as soon as Bishop Matz
returned from Rome, which will be
about Christmas, members Of the COM
nittee should visit the east to study
the best features of church architec-
ture and arrange to have them incor-
poTated in the plans for Denver's great
As soon thereafter as prac-
tiCGble ground will be broken and the
work of construction begun. Dennis
Murto was authorized to correspond
with various quarries in order to Sc
cure the best quality of stone for the
building. If possible, Colorado product
viii be used exclusively.
This morning Father Callahan will
tell all of the above to his parishion-
ars 1t is the feast of the Imaculate
of the Blessed Virgin and
will be observed by a solemn high
Mass at II o'clock Father Callahan
viii be celebrant; Father White, dea-
con-; Father Mcdonald. sub-deacon, |
and Father O'Malley, master of cere-
monies. Father O'Malley will deliver
The sermon, but Father Callahan will
also. speak. He will point out that the
people of the parish have especial