The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-05
Church Progress in 1906.

The close of the year 1907 viii not see
tall spires Of a magnificent cathedral
greeting the heavens and rejecting the
morning sunlight on crosses of polished
metal, but it viii see Denver's proposed
church well under way, if the progress
that has been made in the past few
months may be taken as an indication
of what may be expected.
The cathedral at TIE corner Of Colfax
and Logan avenues. tho realization of
a dream cherished by every Catholic in
Colorado, is completed as high as the
water table and as soon as the iron
workers do their part of the prepara-
tons toward making the structure fire
priof, tie contract for the Superstruc-
turc win be considered.
Denver catholics feel very much en-
couraged over the work which has been
accomplished during 1906 on>the cathe-
dral Not a cent of Indebtedness has
been incurred so far. and there is a
balance of $4,000 cash in the treasury
% proceed With the next contract Now
that it has been made evident that the
cathedral viii be pushed TO completion
as soon as the funds are on hand. men
and women have taken heart and Will
contribute generously when the next
call comes.
Not a little attention has been at
tracted TO the well built walls which
form the foundation of the cathedral
and before the year 1907 is far advanced
the chapel which viii occupy the base
nent win be ready for services. When
il is the Sunday masses viii be divided
between that chapel and the one under
the school house which is now used.
Lately the congregation has assumed
such proportions that with five masses
on Sunday ii is impossible 10 give every
member of the congregation 2 seat At
The $3.50 o'clock mass especially. fully
2o0 people stand every Sunday.
The erection of the cathedral is. of
course, the feature of church progress
in the diocese Of Denver. But it is only
tne of many things which mark the ad-
vance OF the church here. The opening
Of i parochial school in connection with
the parish of st. Francis de Sales in
South Denver has proved an emphatic
success. Father J. J. Donnelly. the
pastor is delighted with the experiment
and the school is i'm a flourishing con-
dition.
The Church of the Holy Ghost. Of
which FatnCr Frederick Bender is pas
TOT. on Curtis street near Twentieth,
has filled a long-felt want among the
people of that vicinity, and its congre-
CATION is steadily growing The church
has various societies affiliated with it
" hich are accomplishing the same line
of work much older organizations have
only recently attempted
The Church of the Holy Name in
Berkeley, of which Rev. Lawrence
Fede, 5. J.. is pastor, has been even
more 10 the residents of the North Side
than has the Church of the Holy Ghost
to the people of downtown Denver.
While the Catholics of that vicinity for
nnerly attended mass al the College of
the Sacred Heart, now they have their
own little church and their church So
cieties. and they take pride in the beau
ty of their edifice and altar.
st. Nincents and ST. Clara orphan
ages have increased their facilities for
taking care Of homeless little ones. and
the missionary sister of the Sacred
Heart. the Italian order in North Den
yer have broadened the scope of their
work among the poor Of Denver's Lit
lie Italy"
The private and parochial schools un-
oer the patronage of the church have
n larger enrolment than ever this year,
and are steadily opening new depart
rnents.
The Lazarist Fathers have in 2ontem-
plaion the building of theological