The San Francisco call., 1907-03-24
Roman Catholics

"HE Roman Catholic Calendar for
the first week in April is as fol-
lows: April Easter Monday;
Il 2-of the octave; s-of the oc-
tave. ST. Richard, bishop and
confessor; 4-of the octave. St lsadore,
bishop and doctor; 5-of the octave. st.
Vincent Ferrer, cOnfessor; 6-St Will
lam abbot; Low Sunday: Gospel,
Jesus appears to his disciples"
The calendar is the same for the
Franciscans except that on April 3 it
is St Benedict the Moor. confessor.
friar minor, and on the 9Th 1t is .Bi.
Bentovolius, confessor, friar minor.
In a few weeks work will be COM
menced on a new parish house in Val
lejo street east of the old st. Francis
Church. for the use of Rev. Father
Caraher, paster OF that church. 1T viii
be two stories in height with 'front.'
age Of sc feet and depth OF Sc. The
lower story will be fitted up as hall
for the use Of the several organizations
connected with the church. When the
building Is ready for occupancy Father
Caraher viii have an assistant.
After the parish house rs completed
attention Will be turned TO the res
toration OF the brick church, the walls
of which are all standing in perfect
condition While the walls are sound
the foundation on which they rest, be-
ing Of sandstone and granite, was
badly damaged by the fire that de-
stroyed the church. and Will have to
be removed 1t viii be replaced by a
foundation Of brick laid in cement.
When II became apparent that the
church was doomed 10 destruction
Father Careher saved all the vest
ments and much of that which is used
in the celebration OF the mass.
As the parish of st. Francis is being
restored the former residents are re-
turning TO new homes and as q. conse-
quence the congregation OF the church
is growing, many OF the former COM
municants being seen at every mass.
In addition. a large Catholic popula-
tion OF new corners is settling in the
parish. and these find their way to the
new St Francis. The congregation on
the second Sunday in March was the
largest that has attended mass in this
temporary church since it was built.
The Sunday school is also growing.
There are now many names on the roll,
more than Ice The several classes
are in charge OF the Sisters of the
Holy Family. The children are in
structed in Sunday school topics not
only Sunday after the last mass but
eAerN afternoon on the ClSleISs NilO Oc-
vote an hour TO that duty
In the church OF the Nativity in Fell
street. near Franklin, there Will be
the blessing and distribution of the
palms today The song of Passion will
be rendered by a special choir I'm the
Slavonic language. On Good Friday.
Stabat Mater viii be rendered during
the Way of the Cross. Last Saturday
Rev. Father Turk, pastor of this
~1-. far11
mass in memory Of his father, who
passed away in Austria recently.
The young men Of st. Anthony's
Church are preparing for a drama TO
be given in the hall connected with
the church some time after Easter. At
ter that the young ladies win present
a drama.
The choir OF this church is preparing
for a special song service for Easter,
and rehearsals are being held every
week. The services on lat day will
be the grandest that the church has
ever had on glad Easter day.
There are now forty-fve fathers and
brothers in the reconstructed monastery
of the st. Boniface Church In Golden
Gate avenue All OF the Franciscans
are now back in their old home. The
school building connected with this
church is being pushed forward
as rapidly as possible. Last week
the contract was let to put the
white coat on the interior of the build
ing. In a short time the work OF re-
pairing the church building will be
commenced and carried on without in
terruption until IL is ready for reopen
ing The church Will be reconstructed
on the old lines, with this difference,
that Instead OF q central tower there
will be two side towers. 1T is 10 be
put up as first-clsss building.
The Franciscan Brothers have mani
tested great deal of the reconstruc-
ton spirit in the restoration of their
burned home. In the meantime serv-
ice is being held in the basement of
the church. the same having been fitted
up for that use. Service is held there
during Lent at Z and s o'clock in the
morning and on Wednesday evening
there is service at 1880 o'clock On
Sunday there is mass at z, s and 3
o'clock and high mass at 10 o'clock
The following have been elected Off
GERS of the st. Joseph Benevolent So |
ciety for the current term: William
Murasky. president; Martin O'Brien, |
vice president; NJ. Dolan. secretary;
A. r. Bernard. treasurer; DR.. Jerome
A. Hughes, physician.
Rev Father Heredis, s J.. Of st.
Joseph's Church, San Jose. who under
went an operation recently. viii leave
for Mexico this week. upon the ad-.
vice OF his physician, for the benefit of
his health. lie hopes TO return TO this
State next September
The Holy Family Temperance League,
which has wider scope than either the
Father Mathew Society or the Catholic
Total Abstinence Society, has been
started in several places. The new So
ciety Will direct it's attention to chill
dren as well as TO adults. The object
is to attract Catholic men. women and
children and teach them total alb
stinence. In circular the objects are
set forth as follows; .
ITO preserve all. especially the
Young. from contracting an appetite
for Intoxicating liquor; to spread the
practice of total abstinence even among
those who use liquor temperately, and
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