The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-07-17

Education association last week during
! the Denver convention. Father Organ
made the invocation at the first general
session, held in the Auditorium, and
Bishop Matz an address before the In
dian department at Unity church.
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Father Bernard, o. F. NJ. pastor of
st. Elzabeth's church. has safely ar
rived liz Europe, according TO messages
he has sent his associates here,
Rev. Edward Barry, S. j., pastor of
Sacred Heart church, announced dur
ing the week that his parish had Sc
cured possession of nine building lots
on Ogden street and Twenty-sixth
avenue, and that in the course of few
months work will doubtless begin on
church to cost little less than our hand
some cathedral now in process of erec-
tion The present church of the Sacred
Heart is among the most beautiful
houses of worship in the west, but large
as it is its seating capacity is fast prov
ing inadequate to the growing needs of
the congregation, hence the Importance
of securing larger quarters. The sale
of the Lariner street property would
furnish a generous sum with which to
commence operations, but the pastor
has no intention of disposing of the old
church until the new edifice is ready
for occupancy.
Sister Mary Carmel and Sister Loretto
were guests Of Mrs. Louis Hagus during
the n. E. A. convention last week. The
Sisters are members of the Benedictine
order of Del Norte. Colo, and teach in
the public schools there. They attended
all the sessions of the convention and
were very much interested in all the
lectures and exhibits.
st. AIMS Foundings home will have
a benefit at the White City on Tuesday,
Aug. 81.
The Sacred Heart Aid society held its
regular meeting on Thursday afternoon,
July 10, at the home of Mrs. John Bra |
dy, 1914 Mariposa street.
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Rev. Charles H. Hagus of Colorado
Springs spent the past week in Denver |
Obituary.
Samuel Birch, who was buried Mon
day morning from Sacred Heart church, |
was one of the pioneer settlers of Den
yer, having come here in 1853 and en-
gagged in a brick contracting business.
He was a native of England, and was
in his SEVENTEEN year at the time of his
death. Mr.. Birch was crossing the
street at Larimer and Twenty-seventh
Friday afternoon, and being very deaf,
did not hear an approaching tramWay
car until it was too close upon him TO
permit of escape; he was thrown Vio-
lently to the ground and suffered in
jures that because of his advanced
age. resulted in death a few hours later
at his home, 2fS6 Lawrence street Mr..
Birch was one of the first worshippers
in Sacred Heart church, and his funeral
from there on Monday taxed the capaci-
ty of the building. Burial was in Mount
0livet cemetery. Mr.. Birch is survived
by widow.
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After a lingering illness, Thomas L.
Kirk, a. prominent business man of
Denver, passed away. Friday morning.
July 8, at his home, 2417 California
street. Mr.. Kirk had been a resident of
This city since his infancy. He was
born in independence, Ia, in 1872. For
seven years he had been associated with
his brothers in the Colorado Laundry &
Towel Supply company, acting as sec
'etary for the vast concern. Mr.. Kirk
vas a prominent member of the knights
IF Columbus, Sons of Colorado and sew
sral other organizations, all of which
we're represented at the funeral which
ook place Sunday afternoon, July II,
rom. Sacred Heart church. The pail
were Leonard Hughes, Charles
Hughes, Charles Kirk, jr.r George Hart
ord, Frank O'Brien and Leland Car
berry. Intermept was in Mount Cal
yary cemetery. Besides his mother,
With whom he made his home. Mr.. Kirk
5 survived by two brothers, Charles L.
Kirk and William J, Kirk, and three
listers. Mrs. Denis Hartford and Mrs.
William H. Hughes of Denver, and
drs. j. B. Larkin of Marble, Colo.