The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-14
BISHOP eRoNDEL COMING.

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Will Celebrate P~ontifcai Mass Next
sunday-other Church Notes.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
The Right Rev. Bishop John B.
Brondel Of Helena spent yesterday
afternoon and part Of last night in
the city, the guest Of Rev. Father Van
Clarenbeck. The bishop came up
from Miles City on his way to st. Xav-
Ter mission. He will return to this
city Saturday morning for q couple Of
days stay. The Rev. Father. Van Clar-
enbeck is preparing a class OF 80 per-
sons, 20 Of whom are children, for
confirmation by Bishop Brondel on the
visit of the latter next Sunday. The
confirmation will take place at the
high mass service at st. Jochim's at
10: 80 o'clock. Father Van Clarenbeck
announces that pontifical high mass
will be conducted at 1890 also. The
people Of Billings will be given the
opportunity to greet Bishop Brondel
next Sunday evening, when an infor-
NAL reception will be rendered him by
Rev. Father Van Clarenbeck at the
latter's home from the hours of 8 to
10 o'clock.
j The work on the addition to the
Methodist Episcopal church has been
greatly delayed by the wet weather,
but Contractor Mills began the foun-
dalton yesterday and will rush the
same to q speedy completion. With
good weather from now on it is
thought that the addition will be fin
ished within the next five or six
weeks.
Elaborate arrangements have been
made by the people Of Cincinnati, O.,
for the entertainment of the TWEEN
tieth international convention of the
Christian Endeavorers, which meets
in that city from July 6 to 10. It is
believed that this convention will be
the largest in the history Of the or
%ganization.
The convocation Of the Episcopal
church of Montana will convene in
Great Falls next Sunday with Bishop
Brewer presiding. The meeting is to
continue for three days. Rev. A. 4.
Gesner of this city will leave for Great
Falls Friday to represent the local
church. He will preach the mission
airy sermon before the convocation,
having been invited to do SO by the
bishop.
There has been presented to the
Methodist church a pretty directory
on which is to be inscribed the names
of the members, after which it will 0c-
cupy a position in the vestibule Of the
church.
u L#r.
At a meeting of the official board
Of the Methodist church held last Sat
urday evening the following commit
year, which begins with the confer
ence year about August /: Trustees
e. II. HOLSTER, Walker Browning, r.
r. Grove, J. e. Free, O. d. Hogue, o.
F. Goddard, S. G. Reynolds and
R. T. Allen. Stewards 81. w.
Appleman, r. r. Grove, Laura
earns, Allie Goddard, Walker Brown
ing and w. e. Hassler. Missions
w. q. Hassler, Eliza Birely and Clau-
dia Browning. Church extension
Walter Bayerd. o. D. Hogue and J.. NJ.
Johnson. Sunday acknowledgements
tendent,S. p. Gainforth, Linnie Brock
way. Tracts-R. r. Grove, Alma Bar
tell and Eva Snider. Temperance
IA. M. Lane. Nellie Steinhauser and
s-z41Sa Wells. Education-H. D. Ark
Wright, Margaret Strang and Laura
earns. Freedman,s. Aid and Southern
Education-Wkiter Bayerd, Anna Pet
ers and Mason Frye. Church records
e. H. Hollister, NJ. B. Gainforth and
j. M. johnson. Parsonage and furni-
ture-Ladies' Aid society. Church
music-Pastor, w. e. Hassler and
Alma Bartell. Estimating pastors
salary-Stewards. Estimating amount
for contingent claim-Stewards.