The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-28
DIOCESE Of Denver.
CITY OF DENVER.
Bishop Matz Takes Charge of the
Cathedral.
lSnecial Corresnondence.l

Bishop y. g Matz formally tool
charge of the parish of the Cathedra
of the Immaculate Conception las
Sunday and addressed mis- parshoner
for the first time on the subject o.
the recent misforuunes through which
the church has passed. lie said
This is the first and the last time tina
] viii say anything to you in reference
TO the wreck through which we have
gone" He deplored the fact that the
money contributed toward the build
ing of cathedral had been lost il
stock investments, but wiJhal took al
optimistic view Of the situation in an
ondeaVor to convince his congrega ton
that all is not by any means lost
Bishop Matz addressed the people al
The $3.50 and il o'clock masses. He
promised that in the near future a
statement would be prepared by the
building committee, which would
show that every parishioner had been
credited with the amount he had sub
scribed. and that the work of col
lecting it would go ahead now uninter-
luptedly. He said that three years
ago after the sale of the Stout street
property. which had been held in his
name, he transferred all the holdings
OF the parish to the building commit
tee and that no part of il could be sold
without the consent of the entire body.
In future the money will be held by
this same committee, and they will
receipt for every cent of 1t. Bishop
Matz assured the people that with the
real estate which is now unencumbered
belonging to the church, and with the
cash that is on hand from the subscrip-
tions that have been made, there is
sufficient to put up the church at least
, ct a hp hold EhGTp and
that the work VIII begin in earnest in
the spring.
He said that the parish was in
finitely better off than before the sale
of the cathedral property and that an
era of prosperity for the church was
not far distant. The speculations of
Father Callahan viii be at least worth
half the amount invested, and there is
a strong probability that they will
bring much more. In the end little will
be lost.
In full the letter of Bishop Matz adj
dressed to the congregation on Sunday
VISA as follows:
Dearly Beloved Brethren: At a
meeting of the cathedral corporation
on Thursday. Nov. 70, it was unani-
n-ously agreed that a printed state
ment be made to be read out to the
parish and presented TO every member
Of the cathedral congregation who has
contributed in any way, either by cash
subscriptions or by working at the
cathedral fairs. This statement is in
course of preparation, and will be
given out in due time. Before this is
done l can say nothing of the financial
condition Of the parish, excepting that
we are infinitely better off today than
we were the day. before the Stout street
property was Sold
1--WE own now, free from all encum
brance. the cathedral site at COlfaX,
the half block acros the street and this
property whereOn our school stands.
This property is in thehands of the
corporation holding title to the same,
so that it can neither be encountered
nor sold without The consent of said
corporation.
Apart from this we have the unfor-
tunate investments of Father Callahan,
Whatever may be realized from them.
as well as from the sale of the half
block in front of US, goes to the cathe-
dral building fund, which is in charge
of the lay members of the committee.
We have, also. a large amount of I'M
paid subscriptions, which. considering
the names of the subscribers, ae excel |
lent
Il will take charge of these subscrip- |
tons. calling upon the parties myself. |
personally, give them a receipt and /
turn over the amounts to the building |
committee There are, besides. many |
more new subscribers both in the city !
and throughout the state on whom !
propose TO cali during the course of the (
coming year.
There is one point l desire very /
much TO impress upon your minds, /
which is. that the building of the cathe-
dral viii be started as soon as the
spring opens with the sale of the half |
block in front of US. the savings from
the wreck and the collections | will un-
dertal1e, we have enough in sight TO /
put up the walls and perhaps to put
on the roof.
This viii not surprise you if you
bear in mind that we have very mate
rally changed our plans, reducing the
cost of the cathedral so as to bring it
within the limit of our means. With
all that, we viii have a magnificent
church. comparing favorably with any
thing west Of Chicago and St Louis.
'Henceforth ] will be in charge of the
cathedral parish and attend personally |
10 its administration.
~. c. MATz,
Bishop of Denver"
This closes for time all speculation
as TO a possible successor to Father
Callahan. The former pastor leaves for
his old home in Ireland next week and
Bishop MatZ is pastor Of the cathedral
Since the close of the pastorate of Fa-
Their Callahan there has been consider
able surmise as to the new pastor and
The decision Of Bishop Matz. that be
can spare six hours day to attend to
the duties ont there. finally brings mat
tiers TO q settlement.
Bishop Matt Talks on Socialism.
At the Sunday morning services in
Logan avenue chapel. Bishop Matz an
uounced that the Federation of Labor.
tfen in session. had attracted universal
and that such a subject as
Socialism was therefore an appro-
pirate one with which to begin a series
Of lectures which the bishop intends to
give Sunday evenings at Logan avenue
chapel.
The subject is one to which Bishop
Matz has given great thought. and
some of his ideas advanced in the Sun
day evening sermon have attracted
attention. In part, he said:
Socialism is the natural DEVELOPMENT
Of a germ, a seed sown by the revolu-
ton of the eighteenth century, which
proclaimed the rights of man as against
the rights Of God But it has long since
fro mits embryo state. and.
1ll 5IlSe 10 say, IL mas found IN this land
or liberty the land Of the brave and
the free a virgin soil where within the
last twenty-five years it has grown to
such proportions that it faces US like
lion, roaring in the desert, seeking its
prey. and longing to devour it. Like an
a alanche about TO start from Wonder :
peak it but awaits the
breath of the wind to start it on its
march to destruction. We are today in
the dawn Of the twentieth century civ
lization, in the midst of the land of :
lubounded wealth and almost unlim-
ted freedom, standing face to face with |