The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-02-21
SERVICES ARE IMPRESSIVE
Religious Fervor and Good-F Fellowship
Characterize Every Session - Soci-
cites Meet in Acknowledging
Program Pleases.

Combining a deep religious fervor
with a spirit of good-fellowship and
wholesome entertainment Kenosha
Catholics united to make Sunday,
February 18th, officially known as
fCatholic Day" a red letter occasion
in their calendars of memory. Cath
olics and Catholic societies from all
Kenosha and its environs met at the
st. George Church to receive the Holy
Communion, participate in the solemn
High Mass, sung by Rev. P. Raphael
Wittig, s. d. S., and thereafter enjoy
the speeches, songs and specialties
which concluded the program for the
day and carried the celebration well in
to the late hours of the evening.
cit was notable day for Kenosha
Catholicism said local participant
this morning. "Every service was
well attended and apparently enjoyed
by everyone of the hundreds of people
who participated in its rites or festi-
vities. Better yet spirit of religious
devotion was manifested in every
meeting and made the gathering
in every way an inspiration to higher
and nobler things"
The ceremonies of the day began
with the Solemn High Mass at 1880
A. M. The service was impressively
sung by Rev. p. Raphael Wittig oe st.
Nazianz Academy at Manitowoc, as
sisted by Rev. A. J. Nickel The CON
gregation--one of the largest in the
history of the st. George Church-in-
cluded, in addition to the usual com
municants, special delegations from the
Christian Mothers and the Young La
dies Sodalities, st. Joseph IS Society, the
Knights of Columbus, the Catholic
Knights of Wisconsin, the Catholic Or
der of Foresters, and the st. Michael IS
Society of st. Georges Church.
Following the early morning service
sermons were delivered in English by
Rev A. J. Nickel, pastor cf ST.
George g Church and in German by Rev
p. Raphael Wittig of Manitowoc
Both addresses were masterfully con-
ceived and presented and accordingly
made a deep impression ON all who heard
them and felt their sacred inspiration.
The afternoon was devoted to sen
arats meetings of various societies OF
the Catholic Church. At 300 o'clock
the District Versammlung convened in
the Holy Name room while the Christ
ian Mothers Sodality and the Young
Ladies Sodality were holding separate
sessions at st. Georges Hail. All of
the gatherings were characterized by
quiet devotion and unusual enthusiasm,
qualities which insured and secured
progress along lines of church extern
sion and general charity At 600 p
IN. dinner for visiting delegates was
served in st. George Hall.
The festivities for the evening con-
sisted of rich variety of sacred and
secular numbers presented to crowd
that overlooked the auditorium an6
balcony of St. George Hall Stirring
addresses on patriotic and religious
themes alternated with chalk talks-it
was clever one too-dramatic inter,
pretations both humorous and serious
tumbling, dancing, and music of the
sort that moves the nearer and makes
him the better for having heard it,
The complete program for the closing
gathering included the following mum
bers all of which were artistically pre-
sented and enthusiastically received:
Program
No. 1--Overture ..
Haubrich and Mccartney Orchestra
No. 2-Dies list der tag des Herrn. 4.
................ st. George Choir
No. S-Address of Welcome 1890.
...... John Schwanke, chairman
No. Address in German .....
.... Rev. P. Raphael Wittis
No. 5-Music ....... Orchestra
No. 6-Cartoonist, 49,. Joseph Bloom
No. Address in English ........
........ Max A. Leuterman1
No .8-Song ........ Belle Grigno1
No. 9-Contortionist ..........
.......... Math Berries & Co
No. 10-Solo. ........ Adam Zeye1
No 11-Fraternalism ......
o..... Judge James E. Tully
No. Isis Hopkins ........
.......... Marguerite Meissne1
No. 13-Sunset Duet ...
Mrs. Joseph Gasser and Helen Meyer,
No. Especially, Grayee J. Herzog
and Chorus .. Dorothy Larson
................ Marie De Armon,
,............... Pearl Van Wi,
................ Dorothy Stonemal
No. 15-Entire audience. Grosser