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

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ELIZABETH KELLY, Correspondent
The Intermountain and Colorado
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california street. Denver, Colo.
The usual circular letter concerning
mixed marriages, read annually on the
first Sunday of Advent, was the sub.
1ect OF short sermons in most of the
churches last Sunday. The letter is the
one written by Bishop Matz in Febru-
ary OF last year, but the various pas.
tors made the further explanation thai
by pronunciamento from the holy see
marriages previously recognized as
binding contracts, but not blessed, are
not now considered as any marriage al
an In this category come ceremonies
performed by Protestant ministers and
civil magistrates.
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Not little. encouragement attended
the first weeks canvass of homes in the
cathedral parish with a view to raising
the funds needed TO complete the new
church. With prosperity Astounding in
Denver at this time it looks as if the
required sum would be forthcoming.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murray left on
Monday for Colorado Springs, their fu-
ture home. They arrived in Colorado
Wednesday and attended the knights
of Columbus ball at the Springs that
evening and came to Denver for
Thanksgiving with Mrs. Murray s
mother, Mrs. Nellie Hartley. Mrs.
Hartley will leave Denver the end of
ihis week and viii make her home at
Colorado Springs. In the aid societies
OF which she was always faithful
member she will be especially missed.
Mrs. Hartley was ever ready TO assist
any charitable enterprise.
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On Sunday evening Mrs. A. a, Car
gan of 2074 ClarksOn street had a few
musical friends in to meet Mr.. and Mrs.
Murray. The occasion was delightful.
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Part of the Sunday collection in Lo-
gan avenue chapel was turned over to
the Hospital Saturday and Sunday as
sociation to help i'm that good work At
st. Leo's church the collection will be
taken up next Sunday
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AS usual, the Queens Daughters will
be conspicuous in the dispensation of
Christmas cheer. The young women
who four years ago banded themselves
together to do good are making elab-
crate preparations for Christmas phil
anthropic work. Each member has been
asked TO bring to the meeting on Sat
urday, Dec. 3, list of the families to
which she would like to see relief given.
The various bands have been busy Ia
date in the work of raising the So
pledged by each for the furnishing of
q home for young women coming as
strangers to Denver This week there
was the card party at the home of DR.
Daniel G. Monaghan, 1873 York street,
on Tuesday, and next week the bands
of Miss Winifred Machinnon and Miss
Angela Gilmore viii have doll and
apron baZar at the home of j. K. Null
len, S96 Pennsylvania avenue. The date
is Dec u. The bazar will be a pretty
affair, and win afford an opportunity
for the purchase of pretty Christmas
gifts, made by the deft fingers of the
Queens Daughters.
The Christmas work will be carried on
much in former years, the members
securing from their friends contribu-
tiOns to make brighter the homes of the
unfortunate.
In the near future there viii be a
banquet and reunion of all former grad
uates of st. Mary's academy in one of
the downtown hotels, in all probability
the Savoy. On that occasion there viii
be fully 100 women present. A meeting
preliminary to this reunion was held at
the convent on Friday of last week.
The officers elected pro tempore are:
President, Mrs. Frances Darrah Haberl:
vice president, Miss Lena Pulls; secrer-
tary, Mrs Alice MCCallan Williamson;
treasurer, Mrs. Letitie Kirkpatrick
Gargan; president of the banquet COM
mittee, Miss Tillie Shevnin. Miss Jo-
sephine Woebber acted as chairman of
the meeting. The other alumnae pres
ent Friday were Mrs. Margaret Cart
land Marion, Mrs. Margaret Cavan-
augh, Mrs Aleetta Greene Hepburn
Mrs. Katherine Callahan Keough, Mrsr
Katherine Davoren Tweede, Mrs. Lii
lian Soils Young, Miss Irene Howard,
Miss Katherine Floyd, Miss Airline
Keefe, Mrs Florence Hall Peterson.
Miss Genevieve Lyman, Mrs. Francis
r. Whistler, Minis Mary McAndrews,
Miss Mamie Mcdonald, Mrs. Agnes De-
vinney Mosser and Miss katherine Ken
chan.
On Tuesday, Dec. 8, the feast of the
Immaculate Conception will be gener-
ally observed At all of the churches
masses viii be at the same hours as on
Sundays.
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Father William ]. O'Malley's sermon
at Logan avenue chapel Sunday even
ing on The Last Judgment was both
forceful and eloquent. The congregation
found a genuine treat in hearing again
the man who as assistant pastor of the
cathedral at one time was accounted
one Of the best preachers in the city
Father OMalley is now stationed at
Silverton. Father NJ. w. Donovan. an
ether former cathedral assistant, who is
located at Ouray, assisted also in the
Sunday services.
Father John Belzer who came TO
Denver from Canon City last week for
the examination of the junior clergy,
will remain two weeks at St Anthony's
hospital before resuming his duties
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Father ]. H. Tettemer, formerly as
sistant pastor at st. Patricks church,
who was seriously i'll at Louisiana,
Mo-, is reported out of danger and on
the road to recovery.
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Father James A. Ryan, who came 10
Denver less than year ago from Chi
cago to assist at st. Leo's church, of
which Father William O'Ryan is pas
tor, has suffered from overwork and is
resting from his duties for a few weeks. |
Father Ryan viii remain at Mercy hos
pital until he regains his strength. Dur
incr his short residence in T0a,oNa,. ha hoe