St. Thomas' Seminary Given Accreditation
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Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Contents Copyright by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1961 — Permission to Reproduce, Except On Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue 3fL Jhi}^ dhdM JU isjdjjayt, 0 ^ A a i a L, d l M i i u t , ^/^tsiL dim vutL a n d . £aM k /RstjoksL, d ild biicL .^ ^ y^ y^ ^ DENVERCATHOUC Holy Week Schedule A schedule of,the Holy Week REGISTER s e ^ c e s in p u sh es of the Easter Message ar^diocese starts on page 19. THURSDAY, MARCH DENVER, COLORADO of Archbishop Vehr 'T H E RESURRECTION of Jesus Christ is the resplen- St. Thomas' Seminary ■“■ dence of His Divinity, the proof unshaken of His ' devastating victory over sin and death. On the Cross the Sovior repaired, by action infinite, the morol evil bom. in Eden and nurtured in succeeding ages. Glorious Easter morn is the manifestation of that reparation, the Given Accreditation unfurlirig of the flag of Jesus' triumph over the un holy forces. College Courses Recognized | T IS THE PRAYER of Holy Mother Church in this St. Thomas’ Seminary, which educates students for socred season that all men might come to a deep the priesthood in the Archdiocese of.Denver, has re rwlization of the significance of Christ's arising from ce iv e notice that the seminary college has been accred the bed of deoth. It is the ardent desire of the Holy ited by the North Central AMOciation of Colleges and Father, Pope John XXIII, thot all men, the universe Secondary'Schools, the Very Reti. John J. Danagher, C.M., rector, has announced. across, moy lift their wearied eyes tb the bright eternal The accrediting association Approval by the acqj'editing hope accorded man by the Redeemer's promise. has thus recognized the ade agency recognizes a school as quacy of the college courses meeting the standards for good given at the seminary, which T^ TA Y JESUS CHRIST, vanquisher of evil, shield our education expected in an instS> hearts from sin, and plant therein the joy bom has 240 students enrolled,' and tution of its type. It also pro the bachelor of arts degree giv vides an added incentive for of divine groce. en to those who are graduated. steady progress in the school’s The Very Rev. John R. Vidal, educational task. The Risen Savior CM., is v ic e -r e c t o r at St. Lengthy Process Thomas’. The process of preparing to Although accreditaUon of the seek accrediation for the coll-, Gifts From New York, seminary has long been desired, lege was a lengthy one. v the realization of the project The faculty produced an ex Texas Added to Buise became possibie only with the tensive survey or self-evalua Donors from as far away as bishop of Denver, Chancery Of Archbishop of Denver completion some four years ago tion of the Institution, giving at New York and Texas joined fice, 1536 Logan Street, Denver of the new library and theology tention not only to the courses with the faithful of the archdi 3, Colo. building, which provided t h e taught and the physical plant, Very Rev. John R. Vidal, CM. ocese this week in contributing necessary facilities for the pres but also to faculty competence, Very Rev. J<din J. Danai^er, Vice-Rector C.M., Seminary Rector to the St Jude Burse, the fund ent enrollment. ‘ student achievement, adminis for the education of future trative organization, financial priests. A total of |102 was ad stability, and many other as ded, raising the new burse pects of the school. ^ started last week to $268. This self - evaluation proved Nuns in PublicI Schools Gifts were received from Mrs. to be satisfactory. The accredit F.C.W., Denver, $5; LM., Den ing agency then sent a team of ver, $2, in Thanksgiving; Mrs. examiners to make a persoqpl P J IK , Denver, $10; Miss T. S., investigation of the institution. No Longer Considered Denver, $2; “ an a^ent admir The examiners submitted a re er of St. Jude’’ from New York port and a recommendation that State,'$10; Mrs. CA.P., Wheat- were considered by another As a Debatable Issue lidge, $5; Mrs. B.R., Ogalla- board of review, before which By Paul H. Hallett as prohibited by section 8, Arti- la. Neb., AJP., Denver, $100; the representatives of the school The questl(m of leaching by d e IX, Ck>loradb Conitttntion? anonymous, San Antonio, |1; appeared to supply any further nuns in the public schools of “ Conclusion: In vie.w of the F.W.; Denver, |5, in thanksgiv information that was thought to Colorado, a live issue, in 1649 weight of authority, both ques ing; Mrs. ItA., $5; Mrs. JJLH., be necessary for a final decision, in the controversy oveif St. Pe tions are answered in the nega- Denver, $25; and M.H., Den Aftfr all of this information ter’s School in the Sterling dis Uve.” . ver, $2. had been gathered, the boqrd » trict and in 1953 in Antonito, The sum of $6,000 will estab made its recommendation to Early Docisiont is no longer considered debat lish a seminary burse in perpe the executive committee of the In one of the first decisions able, according to an opinion of tuity for the education of a accrediting body, and this com involving the question of nuns’ Attorney General Duke Dunbar. student for the priesmood. The mittee, upon finding the institu Mr. Dunbar, in a letter to garb in the public schools, Hy- principal will be inyested and tion ready for approval, recom song' vs. GalUtzin Borough Mr. F. A. McCunnif, secretary mended to the other schools that only the interest used. ' of the board of education of School District, made in 1894, are already members the -ac the Supreme Court of Pennsyl Donations to A e seminary Conejds County School District creditation of the new applicant burse should be sent to the RW-10, in Antonito, declared vania aftirmed that the reli Aerial View of St. Thomas' Seminary Baildings for membership. gious dress is but the announce Most Rev. Urban J. Vehr, Arch that the school board can ar Established in 1906 range any convenient schedule ment of a fact — that the wear St. T h 0 m a s’ Seminary fdr buses to the school in An- er holds a particular jreligious belief. la Hospited for Aged opened for the first time under tonilo, which is taught by nuns Bishop Nicholas C. Matz in 1906 But “ I do not believe,” he “ The religibus belief of teadi- Cofholk Counselors Blast in a four-story structure of red said, that “ any religious instruc ers and aU others is generally Life's 'Mystical Magic' brick. It was staffed by t h e tion should be the reason for well known to the neighborhood Vincentian Fathers. a change in bus schedules.” and to pupils, even if not made Thirteen students were admit This referred to an arrange noticeable in the dress, for that Anti-Private School Bias Vibrant, Fundamental ted to the seminary, with a fac ment in Antonito whereby pub belief is not secret but is pub ulty of five to instruct them. lic school buses were arranged licly professed. (See Story and pictures on ceive no living expenses for exploding all over the U.S., ac By John 0 ’Havre and be more important — especi The Very Rev. Thomas Levan, to run so that pupils could be “ Are the courts to decide that Pages 3,14.) their attendance. cording to Father Olley. Mem Joe BaANsrmn ally when you’re 'just past C.M., was the first rector of St. transported to catechism the cut of a man’s coat qi’' tiw Thomas’. The Very Rev. John The Catholic group, here to bership in the NCCGC, an or (Part 7 of a Sorlts) 39’?” classes outside the school. color of a woman’s gown is sec Cronin, C.M., succeeded Father A challenge to the federal attend the meetings of the ganization devoted to providing Today we feel a little bit Another leprechaun-like old In Antonito tarian teaching, because they Levan as rector in March, 1911. government to remove dis- American Personnel and Guid help for diocesan and commu younger . , ..and, perhaps, lady, whose high cheekbones Referring to the public school indicate sectarian reli^ous be- The number of seminarians '(uimination in the National ance Council, held its seventh nity counseling programs, has quite a bit older, too. were blushing with a touch too in Antonio, Mr. Dunbar de U ef?.. was increasing each year at the Defense Education Act annual meeting-March 25-26. nearly doubled in the past year. We spent the day visiting much of rouge, told me: “ I clared that for years it has em “ Shall the education of the seminary, and, simultaneously, against counselors in pri Included were representaUves Of the 26 councils of, dio old people at St. Francis’ dress up every morning for ployed a number of teachers children of the Commonwealth the rector was faced with in vate schools was Issued py more of the NCCGC from 29 states, ceses and religions commu Convalescent Hospital in Our Lord, and I stay that who are members of an eccle be intrusted only to those men creasing financial difficulties. than 400 counselors in Catholic the District Of Columbia, two nities affiliated with the na Southwest Denver. (Turn to Page 18 — Column 1) siastical order. ’They wear their and women who are destitute Also the need for additiona'i fa colleges and high schools meet foreign countries, and the edi tional organization, nine have ’There—even though every religious garb while teaching.