The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-01-05
BUTTE, MONT.

The Catholic churches of Butte were
crowded with devout wcrshippers al all
the masses and other solemn Christmas
services Christmas dan. and tne spe-
clal music and decorations We're the
most beautiful ard impressive ever
presented on that sacred festival occa-
SION IN this city. SOLEMN high masses
"eTe celebrated at St. PatricE's church
at a. IN. and II a. m. and on each oc-
C2sion the spacious auditorium of The
ednce was crowded 10 overlooking.
Many who came To the last mass We're
scarcely able to secure standing room
inside the doors during the services
AT the O'clock mass al ST. Patrick'S
Church the, pastor, Rev Father De
Siele, was the celebrant. He was assist
ed by Rev. Fathers carry and Foliet.
Solemn yespers Tuesday evening were
also very largely attended The Iuusic
for the morning high masses at ST.
Patricks was Very beautiful and eff
fective- The music was under The di-
rection of the organist and choir direct
q Mrs. Rooney. The program was as
follows: 'Kyrie." from tfoirzas fourth
mass: Gloria . from Gounod'G mass of
the Sacred Heart: "Credo," from Hag
germans ms SIS; offertory. ".4deste FL
deles.' ''Notello; ''Sarctus, Gicrza.
fourth mass; 'Agnus Del Gounods
mass of the Sacred Heart: "Pastores .
Weigand. Choir: Mrs. W. Z. DiCrks.
leading soprano: altos Mrs. Hobbs and
Miss Kale Nevin; tenors. Messrs.
Hobbs ana kremer; bass. Messrs. Ho-
gan. Gallagher and Hubble.
At Sacred Heart.
a brilliant spectacle was presented al
= n ri ~
church Christmas morning, when the
thousands of electric lights that sur
round the altar and are distributed
rotusely in the ceiling and other por
tons of tie building were turned on
Rev. Father Carr was celebrlnt al the
:, 4. m. and II a. m. masses. Rev. FAITH
ers LeshGcr and Moran being assist
ants The fine special l-usic for The oc-
casion was furnished by the male choir
OF the church. 1t consisted of chants
with a SOLO at the offertory.
ST. Mary's Church.
The Christmas services at st. Marys
church in CenterVille ere very beaC-
tifu and impressive. ana We're largely
attended. There were nine masses dur
ing the forenoon. and large congrega-
tons were present 1T all. The high
masses We're at ) and II o'clock. Rev.
Father Gueymard oficiated at the first
high mass. and Rev. Father Hannah at
the II O'clock mass. The program
of music for these masses was quite
elaborate and strikiagly effective The
members of the choir We're: Bassos.
Messrs. Lee and Berry. tenOrs, MessTg.
William and Richard Stables: altos,
Mrs. Rose Sealy ana Miss F.. Befrey:
sopranos. Mrs. F. Konl and Misses Lot
tie McDermott. Bridget McGraN. Sa-
die Russell Margaret Sullivan kittie
Harrington and Nellie OBrien The
male quartet of the chuoh sang Beth
ehem' al the beginning of the mass.
and The "Adeste Fideies" during the
offertory Rev Father Gueynard of
All Hallows college preached at both of
the high masses in the morning at st.
Marys church. The subject Of the SER
mon at the II O'Clock mass was Chris
tianitv" The discourse was mighty
edifying 10 the great congregation.
At ST. Lawrence.
The largest congregations in the his
tory of the church on a sacred occa-
lsion attended the services. at ST. Law
,Ience;s church in Walkerville Christ
mas. Rev Father Batens delivered the
lserrnons ct the solemn high ma sses az
r. a. m. ana il a. m. The altar ,ra:;
deliberately and beautifully decorated
for the occa sion, and the special music
was very fine.
At St. Josephs.
AT St Josephs church the first mass
was at a. M. followed by beautiful
service for the children. The music FOR
this service was furnished by the choir
of the Sunday school Rev Father Van
Aiken preached to the little folks. He
also preached at The Two high masses
iii the forenoon.
MeaderviIie Services.
The special Christmas services at
Holy Savior CHURCH in Mcadervilie
Christmas were very largely attended
and of great interest. The pastor Rev
Father Sullivan, preached at The high
masses at . a. m. and II q. m. The
c,ildren's mass ut o'clock was we'll
ish.
Miss Alice WEIGH is in the city Wis
ting her brother. Howard WEIGH.
Miss RosemarE MacGirnis is recov-
ering from a serious attack of pneumo-
mia.
Miss Hazel Kennedy, who is a stu
dent at the State Normal school AT Dill
ion. is at home with her parents. Mr..
ana Mrs. J. NJ. Kennedy
Miss Margaret Meagher will leave
soon after New Years day for st.
Paul Mimi, where she will enter st.
GATHERINGS college.
Miss Halle Boucher and Miss Flor
ence Ledwidge are home from Sacred
Heart academy at ogden.
Miss Alice Magill stenographer for
the Barclay Abstract company, lest for
visit to relatives in Fresno, Ca. A
number of her friends accompanied
Miss MagilI as far IS Silver Bow to
wish her good luck on her Journey.
The Misses Nissler and Mrs Louise
Iahreiss entertained at a dinner on
Christmas day, when covers were laid
for twelve. Red ana green de4kad the
table. while the center held a miniature
sleight drawn by six reindeer, with old
Santa on the seat holding the lines. The
sleigh held the table favors. The guests
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Macdonald.
Mr.. John Jahreiss, Misses Christine.
Maud, Mabel and Doris Nissler. Mrs.
Louisa Jahreiss. Chris ard Grover Mss
Ter, Rita and Wilbur Jahreiss.