The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-06-06

| the local post of G. A. r. men gath
cred for Memorial exercises. In the
afternoon he addressed the graGuatiD g
class at the state normal school. where
$50 young men and women receive
their diplomas. He chose as his text
these words from Matthew xiii, II.
Whether is greater. the gold or the
temple that sanctifieth the gold?" The
address created wide interest and was
extensively copied.
Sixty boys and girls received their
/ First Holy Communion in Logan Az
enue chapel last Sunday at the
o'clock mass The celebrant was
Father J. F. McDonough, who pre-
pared the parochial school children
and the sermon, on a theme peculiarly
appropriate to the occasion was de-
livered by Father Belzer who pre-
pared the children from the public
schools. Father H. L. McMenamin
gave the musical program. The sane
tuary was unusually pretty. a new
partition having been erected to shut
off the view back of the altar Myriads
of lights cleaned among the flowers
banked on the altar. The sanctuary
gates were thrown open at the sound
Of the Domino Non Sum Dignus bell,
and two by two the children walked
through to kneel on the altar steps
for the reception of the host 1t was
an impressive sight, and one which
will not quickly be forgotten
The Altar and Rosary society of the
church of St John the Evangelist. In
Harman, gave a card party on last
Monday evening to raise funds for the
church.
Within the next two weeks practic-
ally every school and college in Den
yer will close its doors. The COM
mencement exercises will, as usual. be
elaborate affairs and will evoke the
that always centers in grad
uation festivities
The parochial schools close on Fri
day, June u. but the closing program
will occur the following week, with
the exception Of the Sacred Heart
High school, where graduation eXer-
cises will be on the evening of June
10. Adelphian hall will as usual, be
the scene of commencement.
ST. Marys academy will have COM
mencement on the afternoon of June |
10. at 2:30 o'clock. in the academy au-
ditorium. The Loretto Heights aca-
denny, the boarding school conducted |
Dy the same sisters, mas It's exercises /
on, June Is at 2:3O o'clock in the as
Sembly room. In Immaculate Concep- |
lion High school class day will be on
Tune II and graduation on the even
ng of June Is. The program will be (
given in the chapel. On the second
evening solemn high benediction will
De bestowed upon the class Of 1908.
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News comes from California that
he low altitude of the coast is doing
much to restore the health of Father
Iusebius, o. F. NJ, whose nerves were
shattered in Denver by the shock of
Father Leo's death and the attendant
esponsibility which fell on his shoul-
ers. Father Eusebius acted as pas
or of st. Elizabeth's church until the
acant pastorate was filled by the ap-
ointment of Father Bernard
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On Ascension day class of twenty
hree boys received First Holy Com :
lunion at Sacred Heart college. and
'as confirmed the same day by Right .
lev. Bishop Matz. The pretty chapel
as gay with flowers and candles. and :
ne singing by the priests and boys
'as feature to be remembered In {
he First Communion class were three
oys from Wyoming who had the |
reat Happiness of receiving the sa- |
rament of baptism the evening be- |
ore. They were Omar HANSON. Ivan I
-anson and Harry Madden.