The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-15
SACRED HEART MISSION.
Immense Attendance at the Opening
Service For Men.


Service For Men.
Father O'Connor, one of the Jesuit
missionaries at Sacred Heart parish
preached Sunday morning and evening
and at both services the house was
packed. After the services the father
remarked to some friends in the vesti-
bule that the churches in this city We're
too small to accommodate all who de-
sired to attend. He spoke particularly
of the Catholic churches. There is
need of two more churches in Butte .
he said
Father O'Connor spoke on the text
found in the first fifteen verses of the
! sixth chapter of St. John, the story of
the loaves and fishes. From this story
was drawn a lesson, and this lesson
was brought into comparison with a
similar lesson gathered from the beau
| tiful story of the birth of Christ, his
| life here on earth, his sacrifices, hard
ships, humility. and finally the lesson
! of redemption his life teaches. The
! great Leo in the days of Constantine
! talked to his apostles of the coming of
the king. and what his coming meant
to the people of the world It was in
the dawn of the era of Christian peace
on earth, and all through the lesson
there was brought out a fineness of
logic and truth we'll nigh perfect in
construction, for it dealt with the bibl-
cal expressions and it contained large
measure of heart interest throughout.
Father OConnor is a convincing speak
er-he draws his conclusions from the
immense storehouse of facts with
which his arguments are backed. He
touched upon the liquor traffic and re-
ferred in emphatic terms to the way
men are led away from their original
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where no good is taught or learned
What the chief of the church said to
his apostles before the advent applies
TO mankind today: 30, Christian soul
try to understand your dignity; try to
understand all that has been done for
you is added to those words now that
the prophetic declaration had come to
be fulfilled. Men too often forget their
dignity, and this, too, in the face of the
fact that baptism signs and seals the
compact to live as Jesus lived and
instructed his followers TO live; but
how many. asked the priest. live up to
the sacredness of that destiny so clear
ly defined by the son of man? 1t is
the bounden duty of every man created
by God to live according to the way
laid down in the teaching of Jesus
Christ. Jesus came to set an example
for the men of the world, and it is his
desire that all men shall be made con-
formable to his own image"
There were beautiful floral decora- |
tons in the church contributed and !
most tastefully arranged by the ladies |
of the parish. The mission for women /
closed Sunday afternoon at 3 O'Clock I
with a solemn service at which the at |
tendance was immense. The women of |
the parish were congratulated and /
thanked by Father O'Connor for the (
fervor and zeal that they
had displayed in the mission, making !
it one of the most successful that he
had ever experienced in the work.
Every morning this week at Sacred
Heart church there were masses. fol-
lowed by sermons of instruction at $50
and o'clock, and each evening at 7:30 /
o'clock there were services followed by
Instructions,
At o'clock each evening there were
special services of instruction. To
-hese services Father Callahan ex-
ended special invitation to his
friends among non Catholics who have :,
1een making inquiries as to when they
'ould best get informa ton as to the
Catholic faith. To all such, as we'll as
o Catholics who are seeking instruc-
ion. cordial invitation was extended to
lttend the o'clock services. The reg
liar mission SERVICES Will open tdCil 4
,vening half an hour later.
Father Mulconry, who, with Father
)Connor. is in charge of the mission
It the church of the Sacred Heart is
me of the best known Jesuits of the
He was born in Ireland and
anne to this country at an early age.
lie received his clerical education at
It. Mary's college, in the state of Kan ,
as. and at Florissant. Mo-, where he
tudied under Jesuit priests. He after
Yards went to MARYLAND. where he
tudied philosophy and theology. He
vas teacher at the Creighton univer ,
ity of Omaha and later at st. Louis
University After serving as vice-rec-
or at ST Louis universityNhe was sent
n missionary duties. He has been Civ
1g missions for ten years.
Father O'Conner is a young priest of !
plendid ability and a pulDit orator
rell known in many parts Of America, t
here he has been engaged in mission 9
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