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SEMINARY ALUMNI PROGRAM INCREASING VOCATIONS TO PRIESTHOOD Two archdioceses and five dioceses are showinjr schools on the subject of the priesthood and the re Vice presidents of the Alumni association are the + in their schools a movie on seminary life prepared ligious life. Rt. Rev. Monsignors Patrick McGuire, Salt Lake City, + + ' -f- -I- under the auspices of the St. Thomas Seminary Alumni The Rt. Rev. Monsignor John R. Mulroy, Denver Utah; and Clarence Riordan, Lincoln, Neb.; and Fa association, it was reported at the annual business archdiocesan director of Catholic Charities, was elected thers Raymond Daly, San Francisco, CaliL; John T. Beginning of Seminary Gym meeting of the group in connection with Homecoming president of the Alumni association. He succeeds the Sanchez, Santa Fe, N. Mex.; and John T. O’Toole, day at the Denver seminary Oct. 12. The film, consist Rt. Rev. Monsignor Maurice Helmann of Lincoln. The Crookston, Minn. ing of shots taken at the seminary to portray a stu Rev. William Jones, Denver, was named secretary for The highlight of the Alumni celebration was the dent’s daily life in preparation for the diocesan priest 1950-1951, and the Rev. Albert Puhl, Denver, treas . Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated by Archbishop Urban hood, was produced by C. B. Woodrich, student for urer. The Rev. Jphn R. Vidal, C.M., vice rector of the J. Vehr of Denver, assisted by Alumni officers. The Rt. the Denver archdiocese in second theology, assisted by seminary, continues as executive secretary. Rev. Monsignor Philip Cassidy of th< Santa Fe arch other seminarians. Considerable credit is given the pro diocese delivered the sermon at the Mass. gram for the increase in vocations noted in recent Archbishop Vehr Attends Ground Is Broken years. The sees that possess copies of the vocation movie Installation in Dayton, 0. For Gymnasium are the Denver and Santa Fe archdioceses, and the After the Alumni banquet, at which' the Rev. Robert Dioceses of Pueblo, Cheyenne, Tucson, Lincoln, and Archbishop Urban J. Vehr of Denver attended the McMahon, Wheatridge, was toastmaster, the Archbishop Grand Island. In addition, several copies of the film installation Tuesday, Oct. 17, of the Most Rev. George repaired to the building site of the n ^ gymnasium are maintained at the seminary for distribution to Rehring as Bishop of Toledo, 0. Archbishop Vehr and being erected for the. use of the semiiiarians. In the members of the alumni in their own sections. Bishop Rehring were classmates in the seminary. presence of the Alumni members, the Archbishop broke The distribution of the piovie is part of the Alumni Bishop Rehr^g, formerly Auxiliary of Cincinnati, ground for the structure, using the decorated shovel association’s active vocation project, which includes succeeds the Most Rev. Karl J. Alter, who became that opened the earth for the chapel building in 1930 also yearly talks by diocesan priests in the parochial Archbishop of Cincinnati. and for the sisters’ convent last year. Assumption Dogma Rites Directed Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1950— Permission to Reproduce, Except on Archdiocese to Join Articles Otherwise Marked. Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue. World-Wide Servicest The Archdiocese of Denver will join in the world-wide observance to be held in celebration of DENVER CATHaiC the proclamation of the dogma of the Assmpption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The dogma will be sol emnly proclaimed by Pius X II in outdoor ceremo nies in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, on Nov. 1. He will offer Mass in the Basilica immediately afterward. REG ISTER Archbishop Urban J. Vehr in a letter to priests of the archdiocese THE SHOVEL TURNING THE EARTH man, Edward Fuller, James Flannery, and Charles suggests that a Holy Hour, with the Blessed Sacrament exposed, be held for the new gymnasium at St. Thomas’ Flannery. Price per copy, three cents in all churches and semipublic oratories of the archdiocese some time seminary, Denver, in the picture above has broken Archbishop Urban’ J. Vehr is shown as he on Oct. 31 or Nov. l. He points out that members of the archdiocese ground for two other buildings at the training broke ground .for the new gym on Alumni day at VOL, XLVI. No. 9. THURSDAY, OCTOBER T9, 1950 DENVER, COLORADO school for priests. On May 10, 1930, the shovel the .seminary, Oct. 12. Assisting the Archbishop are, should take a special interest in the event, since both the U. S. and the opened work on the chapel building at the seminary, at Ipft, Coadjutor Bishop Hubert M. Newell of Chey- To Be Honored Not. 1 Archdiocese of Denver are specially dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. and on May 10, 1949, it was used to initiate con ejihe, an alumnus of St. Thomas’, and at the right of The world-wide observance in celebration of the proclamation of struction of the convent for the Sisters of the Preci the Archbishop, the Very Rev. William Kenneally, Bell Chimes Bought C.M., rector of the seminary; Father John Vidal, the dogma was suggested to the Bishops of the world by the Central ous Blood who now are in charge of the culinary department at St. Thomas’. Painted in gay colors on vice rector; and the Rt. Rev. Monsignor John R, First American General Committee of the Holy Year. The dogma will be the first proclaimed the historic shovel are the names of the Vincentian Mulroy, new president of the Alumni association. For Outdoor Shrine since the definition of the infallibility of the Supreme Pontiff in faculty members who taught at the seminary in Present vplans call for completion of only the 1870. The dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Vir 1930: Fathers William Brennan, rector; Julian basement of the structure unless generous donors Of Vincentians to Visit gin was defined in 1854. Layton, Manuel de Francisco, Robert Hennessey, provide the $25,000 necessary to complete the super* Of Lody of Lourdes John Vidal, Russell Kirschenheuter, Thomas Gor '.structure.— (Register photo by Smyth) The letter of Archbishop Vehr on the observance is as follows; The new bell chime for the out The Very Rev. William door shrine at Our Lady of + ■+ ■+ Lourdes church, S. Logan street at Slattery, C.M., first American From 96 to 203 Students in Decode Iliff, Denver, will be installed Superior General of the Con early next week. The bell chime gregation of the Mission, will has been purchased by the men visit St. Thomas’ seminary, Phenomenal Seminary Growth of the Rocks of Lourdes club, who Denver, which is conducted ^y erected the beautiful outdoor priests of his community, on shrine to Our Lady. Wednesday, Nov. 1. A luncheon The bell chime selected for the in his honor will be held at the tower of the shrine will have a seminary on that day, with Arch ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER Reflects Rise of Church in West deep tone that can be heard in bishop Urban J. Vehr attending, Chancery Office The substantial growth at St. Thomas’ seminaiy, Denver, especially in the past few the immediate area of the shrine according to an announcement by or up to a distance of one and one- the Very Rev. William J. Ken- 1536 Logan Street years, is a distinctive achievement of Catholic life in this area. Catholics may look with half miles. The chime will be satisfaction to the institution that provides the majority of priests for the Archdiocese of neally, C.M., rector of the semi Denver 5, Colorado shaped like a real bell and will be nary. Denver. At Sf. Thomas’ seminary tables and an ingenious serving ar panied by many new problems and I placed in the tower. The speakers Farther Slatttery was elected October 16, 1930 the future shepherds are trained are in the cone-shaped bell. and prepared for the essential rangement helped to solve moment difficulties. Many of these have| Superior General of the congrega Reverend dear Father) ous problems. been solved by the efforts of Arch A record player will be at tion in 1947, the first American priestly works of the Church in tached in the sacristy of the shrine, ’The dogma of the AMumption of the Blessed Virgin into heaven a great part of the Western U. S. Ten years ago the enrollment bishop Urban J. Vehr, the Vincen to be so honored since the found at the seminary incladed 94 so that music of various kinds can will be publicly proclaimed by our Holy Father on Nov. I. This In the October issue of the tian Fathers, and through the gen- ing of fhe congregation by St. students. In 1946 the figure in'.* eroiisy ktyal support of Catholic* I be heard in the area of the grotto. Vincent de Paul almost 400 years Is, indeed, an unusual and historic occasion. 'The external ceremonies Priest—Ambassador of Christ, a ConStrucHon of the outdoor at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome will be inspiring. quarterly published at St. Thomas’ creased to 111, Then the post in this area. The greatest need all ago. war era made itself felt, and present at the seminary is spacel shrine was the first organized ac His Holiness asks that Catholic people throughout the world be seminary, its history is traced in A native of Baltimore, Father the student body grew to 194 in for indoor recreational activities;! tivity in the parish, which was es- privileged to participate in this joyous event by some special services an articljfc “ Growth of a Semi Slattery attended St. Vincent’s, 1949. In September of this year previous recreational space had to| tabjished in June, 1947.

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