The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-27

crowd that will want to see the st. Pat
rick team play the Indians. w. j. Ad-
ans. the coach of the Butte team, prom
ises most exciting game
Burglars broke into st. Josephs church
the other night and robbed the altar OF
three sacred vessels valued at $50. In
their haste the thieves overlooked a gold
Thought that they were frightened away
Before they could complete their full
purpose.
parish. left the church at midnight, after
carefully locking everything up securely.
He lives next door to the church at 12l2
East Second street.
When the SEXTON George Guiette. ar
rived ct o'clock in the morning to make
a fire he found the back door open ana
the traces of d burglars jimmy on the
closet where The sacred veSSSlS are Kept:
He at once informed Father Quesnal Of
the loss.
The vandals had left no clue to their
identity. The back door had been opened
with skeleton keys. and the closet Where
the altar vessels were stored had peeh
forced with sharp instrument.
The articles taken were a handsome
gold ciborium, the gift of the Right Rev.
John B. Brondel. bishop of Helena. to
Quesnal feels deeply the loss.
II feel deeply grieved over the bur
glary,Y said Father Quesnal this morn
ing. Although God, in his. providence
has been good to US and we have no rea-
son to complain, yet we are poor ana
Just beginning.
St. Joseph's church was built this year,
the first mass being held July Is me
parih is small as yet. Just what the
thieves expected to do with the sacred
vessels taken from the church cannot be
Imagined. 1t will be exceedingly dlffi-
cult for them to realize money on the
tall fn, oil i'm of
aroused if they were offered for sale.
The gold ostensOrium which they left
behind was purchased by the ladies' OIL
the parish with money raised by tneir
own efforts. 1t cost something over SlV0
The gold chalice was also of more Yalue
than some of the articles taken, and the
only reason thye were not included III
the loot of the robbers is that the VAN
dals were frightened away.
Elaborate musical programmes have
been arranged for all the Cathonc
churches in Butte on Christmas day. In
deed, the exercises will surpass any yet
held in this city on a like occasion.
At the Sacred Heart church the first
mass will be held at either or . O'Clock
in the morning, the exact hour not nav
ling yet been decided upon. Each nour
from the first mass in the early morn
ing up to 80 o'clock masses will be held
The evening exercises will begin at 80
o'clock, when solemn yespers ana the
benedict1On Will be nedru. DullIS inns
service fifty altar boys, clad in white
vestments will march to the sanctuary
The choir that will furnish the vocal
music through these exercises Will con-
sist of twenty-siX voices and Will be IN
der the direction of Mrs. Fitz Butler.
At st. Patriek's church the Christmas
exercises will be much the same as those
of the Sacred Heart The first mass Will
be at 4 o'clock in the morning and masses
will be held each hour thereafter unul
II O'Clock. when there will be solemn nigh
mass and the sermon of the day Will
be delivered
In the evening at 1880 o'clock special
services will be held and fifty altar boys.
clad in white robes. will march up the
aisle to the sanctuary. There VIII De III
teen voices in the choir during both morn
ing and evening services.
At St Joseph's church the programme
of exercises has not yet been fully ar
ranged. but it is certain that Father Z.
A. Quesnel will deliver the sermon of the
day. Unless some changes are made IN
the meantime, the first mass will be at
$40 in the morning and the next at lO;50,
when solemn high mass will be. obserVed'
The evening services will begin at $50;
Mrs Rabbits will act as organlst anu
Mr. Adm will accompany her on the Vlo-
lin. The following voices will compose
the choir: ,n-.z.
.Mesdames Kate Connors and Mcbride;
Misses Kate Cosgrove Fanny Sullivan
and L. Mcmillan, and Messrs. John DuDe
and Jeudelhoffer. Each member OF the
choir will deliver a solo and the muslcai
programme is sure to prove a rare treat