The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-06
Diceese Of Denver.
DIR DENVER LETTER.
-ner Stone of New orphanage Laid
with Impressive Ceremony.
Lsnecial Correspondence.l

nces nbi1dren watched from a distant
lhdH The throng who had come to do
spot IA the occasion. The months of
NOM ION which the Sisters and children
- suffered since their home was de-
H'o.a,.ad bv first last March were en-
81. forgotten in the joy of the mo-
~ when the new and more commodi-
b1ildtng seemed to be a thing of
the near future -.,
aobla institution as well as a num-
of disintereste5 .pectators gathered
.bo scene of the festivities long be-
a. - The service was begun. a long pro-
lio,, Of the uniformed societies of
NJ citv slowly approached the plat
~ followed by bishop and priests.
+bev reached the building an awe
- silence prevailed as the huge
zone was swung into place. accom-
,anied by a silent prayer for Bishop
1Iatz Many a tear-stalned face was
,,nturned in gratitude and from many
baart arose prayer for the sue
a.sfnl termination of the great work
80 begun. Father Organ, who has
yIuavs manifested an unusual interest
= he institution, turned slowly around
- introduced to the audience Mr..
nannis Sheedy, who has been one OF
nc mos. generous contributors to the
fInd AS well as chairman of the COM
,oittee. Mr. Sheedy spoke briefly Of the
noble work which the Christians of
Denver have wrought in the rebuilding
- the orphanage, and thanked them
FIR their hearty cooperation He was
followed by Bishop Matz, who said:
"The occasion that brings us here
today my dear friends, is, as you
lnoW. the corners stone laying of this
iaagnifcent orphan asylum in the city
NJ Denver 1t is now more than twen-
~ Years since the dear Sisters of Char
Nv started in our midst an institution
where our little waits could be Jared
for and made into good citizens Of the
+ovn and state What they have been
able to accomplish you have all wit
messed. Their tender care and bound
loss love toward the orphaned chill
dren who have come to them you
an know. You have seen their great
institution become the prey of flames
within the present year, forming very
nearly a holocaust which might have
cost the lives of very many of our chill
dren. But thanks be to God they were
saved and today we witness, rising
nhoenix-like from these ashes, another
building which bids fair to Guido the
old orphanage of st. Vincent's.
Nothing could show better the APP
nreciation of Denver and the state of
Colorado than the fact that these l2-
voted Sisters have been able within so
short a time TO get on their feet again,
and get this fine building so far under
wav That they have been able to 90
this is owing to the charity of the
Catholics and on-Catholics of Colo
RADIO. who when they saw the terrible
calamity which befell the institution,
Joined in Immediately and did their
best in order to replace the loss.
MY dear friends, if you We're 10 ask
me for one of the most striking proofs
of the divinity of the Catholic chuch,
would point out to you the care which
the church has had from the days Of
the primitive Christians down to our
own of the poor waits of humanity.
Chrsts words. Suffer the little chill
dren to come unto me and forbid them
not for Of such is the kingdom of
heaven. have thrilled the world for
1000 years. and today they still take
their hold upon the hearts of men and
inspire them to deeds of charity and
love. The fact that we have in the
Catholic church a representative of the
Savior who goes out to receive the lit
tie waits into the home supported by
the Catholic church, this, / say, is the
most tangible proof that we can offer
to show that our church is really the
embassy of Christ and his continuance
in our midst.
so. my dear friends, it is a good and
noble work in which you are co-operat-
ing. ] hope the people of Denver viii
show their appreciation of this still
further by assisting US to maintain the
orphanage.
Today we lay the cornerstone of
building which, beautiful as it is to be,
is yet only material. Within these walls
behind us a greater building is being
reared-the good Sisters are building
up the kingdom of Christ in the hearts
of these dear children, who might 9TH
erWise be cast upon the world or be-
come a menace to society. Therefore,
my dear friends, remember that what
ever you do for the support of this no
bic work, you are doing it for Christ
himself"
Then putting into the tin box copies
Of the four daily papers of March Is,
containing accounts of the fire, and also
the Intermountain Catholic and Denver
catholic Of that week, Bishop Matz
Closed the stone with a fervent prayer.
Inc last speaker of the day was Fa-
Their Ryan. who said:
his institution represents the high
est Hover and fruit, the perfection of
aroma of all that is true Christianity.
Ihls morning / preached from the
words of Isaiah: For all hopelessness
he shall give hope, and for ashes he
snail give beauty The thought seems
particularly appropriate at this hour.
te" short months ago only ashes
We're here, now there is being raised
z temple as beautiful as ever built by
lne hand Of man. for there can be
h'Jmng more beautiful or holier than
me work which is done for the poor
ana the orphans Of the world.
Now my dear friends, all that the
ioeJ-prophet saw in vision has not yet
Deen accomplished. There is much yet
y be done for Christ in this world. We
hhoW that nineteen centuries have re-
Nealed to us only more and more the
S'eaJness of our dear Lord, yet we
ITO" that all good cannot be accom-
I'Shed instantly. ] often have men
ray To me. Father Organ, if Chris
1'"lly is true, why has not the world
accepted it2
answer, Because every new gen
.aNon Is a new generation to be
brought to Christ
ffogress is very slow thing, and
" Us only by patience and perseverance,
~ salherlng in the little abandoned or
l'''7'ess children into Institutions like
I,S. and teaching them the gospel of
INST that the world is to be saved.
is not that which has brought you
tr are today the work of him who came
i, NO the world at Christmas time? For
mere never was an orphan asylum in
~, nle world until the shadow of his cross
as cast upon men. The orphan asy-
e ,',I. u proof by which you know that
4, euy greater than man has come
NJ me world, TO warm up the cold
80 Is ot men, to make them unselfis1 4.
ana loving and gentle. The building