The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-08

The Intermountain and Colorado
Catholic is placed On sale at the
James Clarke church goods house. GA
California street. Denver Colo.
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Rev. Father Eusebus Leaves Denver
The labors of Father Eusebius
Schlingman, O. f. NJ, are ended so fal
as Denver is concerned.
An order transferring the assistant
pastor Of St Elizabeth's church ia
Croghan, n. Y, came last week follow
ing a session of the provincials Of the
Franciscan order in Paterson, n. J.
1t is said that the transfer was
prompted by consideration for the feel
ings of Father EUsebiuS, who was the
lifelong friend Of the martyred Father
Leo Heinrich, but certain it is that Fa-
ther Eusebius never asked for the
change. Though he may have grieved
daily for the loss of his friend and per-
haps felt his presence in the still
watches of the night in his cell in the
monastery, Father Eusebius did not ask
to be taken from the scene of the trag-
edy of Feb. %. His provincial appre-
ciated the mental torture it meant to
Father Eusebius to remain at the
church where the life of Father Leo
was taken at the communion rail and
called him from it.
Father Eusebius came to Denver last
September with Father Leo when the
latter was made pastor of st. Eliza
beth's church. Father Eusebius was
first assistant He had had wide eX-
perience in paIochial work in New York
City, where for three years he had sue
cessfulIy managed the spiritual and
temporal affairs Of the Church of St
Francis Of Assist on West Thirty
ninth street il is a practice among the
Franciscan fathers that no man shall
continue TO be a pastor for any length
of time, lest he perhaps forget his lowly
calling The priests are lifted from the
level of assistants to the rank of pas
tor and then relegated to the more hum
BILE position without a moments notice
Thus il was. that although the congre-
cation Of st Francis church sent a pc
tition TO the provincial at Paterson, n.
J., asking that an exception be made
in the case of Father Eusebius, whose
work had been singularly successful,
the pastor was removed and sent to
Denver.
Father Fusebius had been in Denver
before. He had been assistant to Fa-
ther Francis, the priest who built St
Elizabeth's church, and that congre-
cation hailed with delight his return
eleven months ago.
But in February a cloud crossed his
path. The death of Father Leo left
the burden Of the church on him for a
few weeks. until the appointment of
Father Bernard, the present pastor. In
addition to his parOchial duties, Father
Eusebius had the sad task of accom- /
panying the remains of Father Leo to
their last resting place in Paterson. |
After his return ii was noticed that he
was suffering from a nervous shock. |
and Father Bernard had him sent to !
California in the hope that the change !
of climate would be beneficial. Father |
Eusebius was, however, restless to re-
turn to the labor which he loves. and |
came back to Denver before he had en-
tirely recuperated. The low altitude of /
Croghan, his new station. viii help him /
TO devote all his strength to his minis |
terial labors
Father Eusebius was born in Ger /
many and came TO America to escape |
service in the German army, because |
it would prevent his studying for the /
priesthood at the time he was ready to |
enter the novitiate. He was ordained I
at Paterson in 1889 and his first station
was at Butler, n. J. From there he
went to CrOghan, to which point he now
returns.
In the lower part Of New York, ad-
jacent to Park Row, where the met
ropolitan newspapers are located there
has for years been an early morning
mass for the writer's and printers in the
newspaper Offices. It is planned to ac-
the men, who perhaps if
they retired after leaving their work
would sleep too late to hear any mass
at all The church to which Father
Eusebius was assigned in New York
was considerably farther uptown, but