The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-09-25
Church Notes.

Father July of Wray, Colo. was a
Denver visitor last week.
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On Sunday, Oct 8. the Altar and Ro-
sary society Of the cathedral parish win
have its annual business meeting for
the selection of officers for the ensuing
year.
Father McMahon of NIinersville. Pa.
was in Denver for a few days last
week He was on his way to Glocknor
sanitarium. at Colorado Springs. where
he viii remain until he RECEIVERS his
health. Father McAIahon expects to be
in Colorado for about a year.
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Sister Rose Alexis, superioress of the
Glocknor sanitarium. was a Denver Wis
itor early this week. She was a guest
OF the Sisters Of Charity at Sacred
Heart school
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Father William Ryan of Cripple
Creek spent a few days in Denver last
week He has entirely recovered from
his recent experience in a runaway.
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The attendance at Immaculate Con-
ception school this year is greater than
ever before in the history of that in
stitution. In the high school depart
ment seventy students are enrolled. 1t
has been necessary to secure extra
desks, and the apparatus for chemical
and physical laboratory work has been
Increased. The daily attendance for the
entire school is 415
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The Children of Mary's sodality of
the cathedral parish had its annual
business meeting last Sunday after
noon. The election of officers for the
ensuing year was the chief business
transacted. Miss Alice Monaghan was
made prefect, and her assistant is Miss
Mary Dunagan. Miss Pauline Smith
was elected secretary. and Miss Clara
Munday treasurer. The assistant treas
urer is Miss Mary McPhee.
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The Holy Name society held its
monthly business and social session at
the Logan Avenue school on Thursday
evening of this week.
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On Tuesday, Sept. p. Immaculate
Conception school closed its doors at
noon that the students might partici-
pate i'm the demonstration attendant
upon the visit of President William II.
Taft Father Hugh L. McMenamin.
pastor of the cathedral and director of
the school. issued the order dismissing
classes, and the children, supplied with
quantities of flags, set out for a patri-
otic holiday. Immaculate Conception
school innocuIates a spirit of patriotism
in the scholars from their earliest ap-
pearance there. 1t is in fact. the only
school in Denver where the American
flag goes up every day, rain or shine,
regardless of whether or not a holiday
is beinb celebrated. On the great white
hagpole in front of the school house on
Lagon avenue the stars and stripes
wave from morning until night every
day in the year.
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The sudden arrival of cold weather
interfered with the parish picnic that
the Holy Family church had in contem-
pjlation While Lakeside, the resort Sc
lected for the outing. is still open. the |
days are chilly and the nights positive |
ly cold. 1t was therefore decided to re- |
fund the money for tickets sold and to |
abandon the picnic. Instead there will |
be some kind of an indoor entertain |
ment later in the year. The Holy Fam |
lily parish is new, but it is progressive. /
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The Queens Daughters are reorean-
izing for the winters work The asso-
citation has never before been in such
excellent condition. and plans to reach
the poor are on foot The local branch
Of the Queens Daughters is five years
old this month. and it has been five
years Of incessant work on the part of
the young women who comprise the
The list is growing stead
ly and enthusiasm is also growing.