The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-01-25
Holy Name Society.

Sunday. Jan. 10, the feast of the
Holy Name of Jesus will go down il
the annals of the Immaculate Concep'
ton parish. Denver in red letters.
marked the admission of 104 candidates
10 the Holy Name society, an organi-
cation that is new to the PARISH apu'
which has interested practically ever!
man in the congregation. Young men
and old men, as well as little beys
who perhaps are not affiliated with amy
other church organizations are IN
sympathy with the one which aims to
correct the habit of profanity among
men. Father Belzer is responsible for
the esta blishment of the society in The
cathedral parish. and il must have
been gratifying to him TO see the hun
dreds of men approach the altar on
last Sunday 10 receive Holy Conlmu-
Mon II was edifying to the entire
congregation.
AT the 7:30 o'clock mass communion
was given the members. and at
O'Clock i'm the afternoon back they
came. together with those who had
handed in their names at the morning
masses as candidates for admission 10
the society.
The chapel was comfortably filled
with men and boys when Rev. Francis
O'Neil. pastor of st. Dominic's church.
entered the sanctuary to preach the
sermon of the afternoon. A sermon by
Father McAenamin earlier in the day
had proved inspiring to the men. No
less so were the words of Father
O'Nen. a distinguished orator of the
Dominican order
A choir composed of some of the men
of the society and a few women solo
sr4.. 1,n nf
garet Hayden, sang during the service,
which was conducted by Father Bel
zar. spiritual director of the Holy
Name society. He received just 104
new members into the ranks. During
this service Joseph Newman sang an
Ave Maria" of his own composition,
and George Kerwin contributed solo,
while the chorus did unusually good
work Among the soloists during the
benediction which followed were Mrs.
A. A. Gargan, Thomas Geoghegan and
Angelo Scherrer. Father Phillips Of
ficiated at benediction.
While the members of the society
were in the chapel. the women of the
parish, with Mrs. Katherine Murray in
charge, were in the school rooms above
setting long tables for the luncheon to
which Father Belzar had invited the
members. new and old. Two rooms
were required for this. and hundreds
of covers were laid. Mrs. Murray was
assisted chiefly by Mrs. A. a. Gar
gan, Mrs. Edward Nicholson and Mrs.
A. P. Sexton. although a great many
other women lent assistance. A chef
superintended the work. After the
ceremony the men left the church for
the rooms above where, Just to get
acquainted" they sat around the ia
bles and had supper. It was a tre-
mendous success. this scheme to make
the men know each other. and every
one present at that gathering declared
it was the best thing ever done in
Denver to interest the men in church
organization There was plenty of mu-
sic, Mr.. Geoghegan, Mr.. Kerwin and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Towers doing
their share. And then there were ad-
dresses anent the good which the "a
thedral hopes TO derive from the Holy
Name society by Father J. J. Donnel- |
ly, pastor of the church of st. Francs
de Sales, nd Father P. A. Phillips. |
chancellor of the diocese. Father II. |
/. McMenamin was sort of master of |
ceremonies and was happy in his in |
Productions of the speakers. The mem |
bers of the society who spoke were A. |
A. Gargan, the president; William P. |
Horan, w. A. Andrew and Mr. McCon- |
Vile
The guests did not leave until after
the vesper service was begun. The oc-
casion was socially delightful. and |
doubtless helped a great deal to bind |
the members of the Holy Name socie-
~ in closer relations