The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-12-05


| Next week the Young Womens So
dality of the cathedral parish will have
retreat. The exercises will open on
| the vigil of the Feast of the Immacu-
late Conception, and continue until
| Sunday. closing on the evening of that
| day with a reception for new members.
| The exercises will be conducted by Fa-
ther Francis Y. Henegan, the spiritual
director of the sodality.
A novena in honor of the Immaculate
Conception is in progress at the pro-
cathedral. Because the parish bears
the name of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, the feast is always observed with
especial devotion.
All OF the choirs of the city are en-
gagged in the preparation of elaborate
Christmas music.
Next Sunday will be monthly collec-
ton day in the pro-cathedral 1t is
hoped that the $500 mark will be reached
this time.
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Despite the inclement weather, the
meeting of st. Vincents Aid society
held Tuesday afternoon. Dec l. at the
home of Mrs, James Mcfarland, 1855
Columbia street. called together a
large number of members. AS 1t was
the last regular meeting before the an
nual charity ball. naturally arrange
-ments were discussed with great en-
thusiasm. This ball of New Years
night is usually the chief Catholic So
coal event Of the season, besides sue
ceedfng in its primary object TO aid
materially in providing comforts for
the little ones of st Vincent'S home
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st. Vincent's Aid society is the Oldest
organized charity in the city and had
its birth in the Cathedral parish up
ward Of twenty-five years y ago, at
Which time il was known as the Dor
cas- society. The duty of its dozen
members was to help clothe the chill
dren in the new home then struggling
for existence. Out of these Sewing
bees" grew the pound parties" or
later times, and finally the aid society
as it exists today with its $50 members,
each working so zealously that when
her work is done she may merit hear
ing the words "Inasmuch as We have
done it unto the least of these my lit
tie ones ye have done it unto me-
The Sacred Heart Aid society will
meet Thursday afternoon, Dec. 10, at
the home of Mrs. VI. ]. Mccarthy. 1858
st. Paul street. AS the occasion will
be the annual election of officers. a
large attendance is expected Mrs. Jo-
seph A. Osner, the present incumbent.
has served two terms, during which
the society has made rapid strides in
numbers and in the scope of its use
fulness 1t now numbers seven lif.,
members as we'll as those upon whom
honorary life membership was be-
slowed as a reward Of long years of
faithful service, these are the charter
members-that little band that or
ganized, seventeen years ago. what is
now the largest aid society of the city.
doing the work among us that in older
and larger communities is accom-
plished by st. Vincent de Paul socIe.
ties. Recently the organization was in
eorporated under the laws of the state
of Colorado with the definite object of
building and maintaining a home for
the aged poor. Meanwhile the work of
caring for individual cases and fami-
lies in their own homes goes bravely
forward and will in no wise be dinin-
ished by the new project.
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Ell Jebel Temple presented a gay ap-
pearance on Wednesday evening, Dec.
,, when about 150 couples danced the
the House of the Good Shepherd. The
grand march was led by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Dolan, Mrs. Dolan being
president of the Good Shepherd Aid
association. under the auspices of
which the ball was given. At midnight
turkey dinner was served. and full
Justice wos done it. The Sisters of the
Good Shepherd have now nearly 300
orphans in their care, and much money
is required to furnish even the ordin-
ary necessities of life for so large a
family.
Miss Stella Mcphee and Miss Regina
McPhee of the Cathedral parish have
returned from a six months tour of
Europe.
Mrs. Thomas C. McCue of 17O5
Franklin street entertained at lunch
con on Wednesday, which was fol-
lowed by, euchre party,
Fred P. Johnson of the Cathedral
parish has gone to Chicago as a dele
gate from the Western Livestock asso-
ciation to the International Livestock
Miss Grace Collins of salida, Colo,
was the house guest last week of Mrs.
Edmond Ryan.
Michael L. Carr, who for thirty-five
years conducted a grocery store on
Darimer street, near Sacred Heart
church, passed away on Friday, Nov.
27, after an illness of several months.
Mr.. Carr was born in Ireland sixty
seven years ago, and when but a boy
came to America to make his way In
the world. After trying several places
in the east, Mr.. Carr came to Denver
in 1870. and later established a grocery,
where he succeeded in building up a !
thriving business. He was known 10
all the people of the east end. who
loved him for his kindly manner and
his excessive generosity to his less for
tunate fellow men. He was buried
Sunday afternoon from his home 1926
Larimer street, with service at Sacred
Heart church, of which he had been a
regular attendant since the first mass
was read within its walls. Burial was
in Mount Calvary cemetery, where his
wife was laid to rest many years ago.
Mr.. Carr is survived by one son, |
Charles P. Carr, and two daughters, |
Miss Belle Carr of Denver and Mrs. J. |
F. Cronin of Kansas City. both OF
whom graduated from St Mary's aca-
denny in this city. and enjoy large
circle OF friends. Mr.. Carr also leaves
a sister, Miss Kate Carr.
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Dominica Nicoletti, one of the lead
ing Italian business men of Denver. |
died of typhoid fever at st. Joseph's |