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Friday Following Iisue For Success of Council DENViR CATHOUC Bishops of the United MO.MI Catholics lo the U.S. to the coubcU’s great work of foil purpose of'the coming council, it was noted that the U.S ftates have issued an ap­ Join in "a novena of prayer evangelical renewal witUn the the role of the Bishops of the Church has numerous strengths peal for prayers for them­ and penance, to be carried out Church.” U.S. in the council, and tbe duty —including those that have Non-Catholic Christians were of Catholics to deepen their spir­ selves ana all other partici­ in all the parishes, schools, and come from living and growing asked to pray to the Holy Spirit it of charity toward their separ­ in an atmosphere of religious REGISTER pants in the Second Vatican religious houses of this coun­ that He will "enlighten and ated brethren. (Turn to Page 2) VOL LVIl. No. 2 Thursday, AugusI 23, 1962 DENVER, COLORADO Council. The request was try” on the days inxnediately made in the Hierarchy’s guide the ecumenical council so The Bishops, noting that tbe preceding the council. that it may become an instru­ 1962 annual statement, and 20 previous councils were re­ The liteatiaa of the aovena ment for the promotion of Chris­ sponses to immediate crises, it was directed at the na­ will be **that God may pour tian unity according to the mind said that “while certain extern­ tion’s entire Christian com- forth His abonadlBg grace on of Christ.” al conditions and pressures lend munit^—Catholics and oth­ our Holy Fatheri on all the FU' special timeliness to the calling ers alike. jthers of the cotmcil, and par- THE BISHOPS' state|ment ex­ of a council now, yet our Holy Tbe "Statement on the Ecu-|ticuJarly oa the Bishops of this plained the nature of the Father has repeat^Iy insisted menical Council” asked the 43,-1 country, that none may fail in Church, the background and that these are not the main rea­ sons for the approaching one.” “ Perhaps it Is not too much to say,” they said, “that the coming council is unique in this, that its direct and conscious purpose is tbe internal renewal of the Church.” ' In this renewal of the Church’s life, they continued, the Bishops of the U.S. hope to make specif­ ic contributions. They warned that it would be incorrect to view tbe Bishops as mere del­ egates of the American Church. The Bishops, they noted, may be expected to bring to the coun­ cil the benefit of their exper ience and discernment as reli­ gious leaders in their own lands. The American Hierarchy, they Sf. Fraacis’ llMpItal t* n lm § Cm hnnh $prlm§g 7$ Yom* said, will be witpesses to the remarkable growth of the Sf. Framis\ Colorado Springi Church in the U.S. and to its generally flourishing condition The Bish(^s observed that U.S. Catholics “bear the im­ print of our past.” Hospital to Observe Jubilee THIS IMPRINT, they said, is By Ethel W. J ohnston than 50 patients who were lodg­ the friendship and generositytof responsibility of a growing load that “of a Church which was This September will mark ed in a small adobe bouse. the people of Colorado Spriojjs. of patients week in and week bom and has grown to maturity the diamond jubilee of St. It was soon even more crowd­ With foresight, the S is te rs ^ out. It meant a working day in an atmosphere not always ed by the victims of a new allied that no rallroeu hospl^ which began at midnight friendly; which has had to Francis’ hospital in Colo­ rado Springs. railroad disaster. And it was could adequately meet the n e ^ s struggle almost every step of then that the Sisters found that of the new dty, and they deddH IT MEANT leaving two of the way to produce the 'institu The observance will be the doors of the Midland hos­ to open their own hospital oa the Sisters in charge of the pa­ tions necessary for its prese'r opened by a Solemn Mass pital were too narrow to let a hill east of the town. tients while the other two r ^ e Church untf IKucfery uf Anuivursory Porlfh celebrated in the presences of vation and development; whose any stretchers through. This meant almost superhu­ in a borrowed wagon through Father Roy Fi^no has been pastor et The parish will mark the 75th anniversary people are sprung from ances­ Archbishop Urban J. Vehr and From the beginning, St. Fran­ man effort and courage, for town and countryside making St. Augustine’s parish, Brighton, since IMS. of its founding at a Solemn Mass on Sept. 11. tors, many of whom, a few gen­ Bishop David M. Maloney in they were strangers, without friends an(l enlisting financial Under his leadenhip the conveat and rectory In the background of the picture are the cis hospital was built on faith - erations ago, came to this coun­ the Gothic chapel in the east faith in God and faith in funds, and tied down by the aid. have been renovaM and a classroom build- parish chnrch and rrclory. try unlettered and in great pov­ wing of the hospital. But they made the effort, and ing and auditorium have been constructed. erty." The celebrant will be the in tbe spring of 1888 St. Fran­ But despite these limitations. Very Rev. Monsignor Robert cis’ hospital opened its doors. JNum of fbanksgiving Sojpf* II Hoffman, pastor of St. Mary’s Almost immediately It, too, was . . > ------— ------church, Colorado Springs, whose inadequate, and within another parish includes the hospital. Broomfield ^School year the first of many addi­ Burse Receives The Very Rev. Monsignor Wil­ tions was built Gifts of $178 liam J. Monahan of Denver will The pattern has not varied be the , and the Rev. much. Today St. Francis hos­ Parish in Brighton A total of $178 was given (his To Open in 1963 Robert A. Banigan, pastor of pital has grown to the size of past week by nine contributors St. Leo’s church, Denver, will 168 beds, and can boast of the to raise the St. Jude Burse for A community of nuns has agreed to staff the Brooiufield be subdeacon. The Rev. Walter parish school and plans are being made to open four dassrooms most modem and ade­ the education of future' R. Jaeger, chaplain of Mount quate equipment available. to $1,723.04. in September, 1963, Father George L. Weibold, pastor of Nativity St. Francis, Colorado Springs, of Our Lord parish, has announced. To Note 75th Jubilee Donors from Denver includ­ will' act as master of ceremon­ FOR MANY yean the sight ed: A.N., $5; Mrs. $5: Construction of four additional classrooms will begin in Jan­ first pastor of St. Augustine’s. ilies, Father Howlett secured a ies. of two Franciscan Sisters going On Tuesday, Sept. 11, St. Au $1; J.G.T., $30; M.B., uary, Father Weibel said, and the work will be completed in time gustine’s parish,' Brighton, Will In fact he beclime the first res- donation of land from D. F. The Rev. John Harley Schmitt from door to door was a fami­ $20; J.M., $100; iR.G.O., $10; for the opening of school in the fall of 1963. The new addition will observe Its 7Sth anniversary. A ideit in northeastern Carmichael for a church site. pastor of All Saint’s church, liar one to the people of Col­ E.C.G., $5; and M.A.M., $2. form tbe beginning of a 12-classroom wing, which added to the Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving Colorado outside of Denver. It was located on the corner Denver, will deliver the sermon. orado Springs. Nowadays their Other donors were Mr. and present four classrooms wilh become a 16-classroom school. will be celcibrated in the pres­ Uniting the 12 Catholic fam of Third and Bush. The building method of obtaining aid has Mrs. R.L., who contributed AN INVITATIONAL banquet Mother Mary Baptista, Provincial of the Sisters of Mercy of was completed in August, 1888, changed somewhat but not the ence of Archbishop Urban J. $7.50 in behalf of the Monsignor for the clergy following the Mass the Union, whose mother house is in Omaha, Neb., has informed Vehr at 5 p.m. at a cost of $1,500. The build­ spirit in which'it is asked or Matthew Smith Burse. is being planned. Among the in­ the Broomfield pastor that the community would provide teach­ ing is still in use, now as a given. ' Tbe celebrant of the Mass will In addition, the burse of St. vited guests will be Father Bani­ ing Sisters for the parish’s existing four-classroom school. be Father Charles Brown, the Report Made funeral chapel. The diamond jubhiee is no end Francis of Assisi parish, Castle gan, Father Schmitt, and Father The school, which was completed in December of I960, is now first native son of the foighton being used for the weekly school of religion classes for some 350 In itself. The Sisters hope for In those early days. Father Rock, was increased by $24.15, William Zolp, pastor of St. Mich­ parish to be ordained a priest On Collection children of tbe parish, the pastor said. Grade school pupils are still more growth and many Howlett’s work was not con­ and $7.85 was added to the St. ael’s church, Calhan. All are Father Brown is assistant pas­ exciting improvements and in­ fined to .Brighton and the im­ Ann’s parish, Kiowa, burse. former chaplains of St. Francis’ instructed on Saturdays, and high school students are taught on tor of St. Joseph’s parish, Fort For Orphans Monday and Tuesday evenings. novations In the future. mediate surrounding area. Ra­ Tbe sum of $8,000 will estab­ hospital. j Collins. The Chancery office has re­ Tbe Sisters of Mercy who will staff the new grade school, And the past 75 yea^s ther. it extended to the borders lish a seminary burse in perpe­ Among the many events be­ A dinner marking the oc­ leased the following report on of Wyoming on the north, and have taught the parish school of religion since its inception fouil have truly confirmed their faith casion will be s«ved after the tuity for the education of a stu­ ing planned are an all-day pic­ years ago. in the friendship and apprecia­ the collection taken in the Den­ Nebraska and Kansas on the dent for the priesthood. The nic at the Garden of the Gods Mass in K. of C. ball, Brigh­ East. Present plans call for the opening of four classrooms the first tion of the dty which they serve' ton. I ver archdiocese July 29 for the principal will be invested and for hospital employes and their (Turn to Page 5) ' so well. only the interest used. families, a reception for the Serving as officers of tbe ju­ orphans: IN 1870, the Union Pacific bilee Mass will be Father . Fran­ DENVER PARISHES hospital’s executive board, a railroad pushed through Brigh­ CATHOUC PEOPLE are i^e- banquet for the doctors on the cis Syrianey, pastor of St. Pius CaUwdral i.tn.ss quested to remember tbe eo|u- An Salals s 4 n ton and the Burlington was just hospital’s staff, and a special X’s parish, Aurwa, as deacon, AD Souls 4ss.n east of Brighton. With the com­ catipn of Denver seminarians in and Father Charles Jones^ pas­ AanuncUUon IM.M event for each service club in Blessed Sacrament MQ.OO ing of the railroad many Cath­ their last wills and testaments. Colorado Springs. tor of Holy Cross parish, Christ the King 702.50 olic laborers and their familes Any amount will be gratefully It was early in September, ton, as subdeacon. Core d’Ars 558.50 were scattered along the main received. TTie Very Rev. Monsignor Wil­ Gaanhao Ansels 12S.O0 1887, when Sisters Huberta, Not- Haiy Cross (Thornioni 202.00 lines. '* The future of the Church de­ liam H. Jones, archdiocesan Holy. Family 385.00 pends upon a well - prepared burga, Sylveria, and Kunigunda Holy GgoM 575.00 Tbe railroad also brought superintendent of schools, will priestho^ in sufficient numbers. came to Colorado Springs from Holy Borary N.OO homesteaders and it was Fa­ deliver the sermon. ... Holy TrmUr (Westminster) 407.00 their mother house, which was St. AagisUne’s has rightly Hem Predobn Blood 002.45 ther Howlett’s duty to care for DO.NATIONS TO the seminary then located in Larayette, Ind. Mother ot God 244.05 these Catholics. This he did by been called “the Mother Parish Mount Carmel ' 281.20 burse should be sent to the They had been asked by Dr. of Northeastern Coiorado.” In Notre Dame 265.82 following the railroads, offering Most Rev. Urban J. Vehr, Arch­ B. P. Anderson to staff a hos­ the year 1887, Father William Our Lady ol Grace 84.50 Mass for Catholic families in bishop of Denver, Chancery of­ Onr Lady ct Lourdes \ 245.50 pital for sick and injured Mid­ Howlett, famed author, biogra­ Our Lady of VlsttaUon 30.00 isolated places on weekdays and fice, 1536 Logan street, Denver land Railroad employes. The pher, aad historiaa, became the (Turn to Page 2)^ (Thih to Page 2) 3, Colo. Sisters took charge of more

Self-Sacrifice Called Climate for Vocation

“How can we possibly invite mind, good health, good morals, inarians and novices require! “You know that a vocation is must and should cooperate. But others to a life of self-sacri­ good intention, proper spiritual this in abundance, and life in a call from (ted to the individual the invitation is to the individual fice and complete generosity In' motivation, the ability to get Community after profession has not through an intermediary, himself and for bis own decision. religion, or even out of it, when along with others — for sem-. its problems. land that others like yourselves It is/ not that of yourself nor we ourselves are not living ex­ even that of the parent. amples of the best in generos- “Sociologists are now study­ ity?" ^ ing tbe problem, and it appears ’Ibis was the challenge placed that some failures to fulfill a before the 2,000 delegates at­ vocation result from the fact tending the first National Sis­ that the vocation was that of terhoods Vocation conference in the pastor, the teacher, or the Pueblo by Harry O’Haire, exec­ parent, not the child. utive secretary of Serra Inter­ national, in his keynote address. “EACH OF US, then, who “Do we acknowledge that we works in this field, is called to Now Conlor lor Pro-Cana Mbvomonf a life of perfection, not only be­ who have been especially of St. John’s, who has given the Pre-Cana cause our primary goal must The old St. John’s church, E. Fifth and blessed, at all of us who are movement the use of the building. Bill Yeager, be to save our own souls, but Josephine, is serving as the new center for here are, must lead a life of Al Reed, and Bill Barnes, Pre-Cana committee because of our great concern the Pre-Cana movement. In the picture, left ucrifice in order to inspire oth­ to right, are Monsigaor John Moran, pastor members. ers to follow?" for vocations. And unless and until we set a perfect example The meeting was sponsored in our own lives, and encourage by the Tberesians, an organiza- others to do so, it will become Old St. John's Church Now finds tioD dedicated to fostering reli­ incitasingly difficult for us to gious vocations to the sister­ influence young people to strive hoods. . for perfection, and while doing Itself ns Headquarters for Pre-Cana Tbe conference attracted' so to listen for the whisper that 2,050 registered delegates, in­ may be God’s only call to them The old St. John’s Church, E. 5th and cated on Seventh avenue Parkway, has en­ cluding 350 high school girls and as He says, ‘(tome, follow Me.’ Josephine street, which served parishioners abled this committee to givd these confer­ 400 Sisters. There were dele­ , "How can we possibly invite for 50 years—from November, 1902, to July., ences more frequently. To date this year, gates from 30 states. 1952—and after being used as a gymnasium over 1,000 people have availed themselves others to a life of self-sacrifice The delegation from the Den­ for the St. John’s Grade School and later on of these instructions. Givos Koynoio Addross of Vocafien Conference and complete generosity in re ver archdio:ese was led by classrooms for junior high students, now finds The next pre-Cana conference begins Sun­ Auxiliary Bishop David M. Ma­ Bishop Charles A. Buswell congratulates of the group; and Mrs. John Sackman, ex­ Cgion or even out of it, when itself the headquarters of a new activity. day, Sept. 16, at 1:15 p.m. The Rev. Francis Hariy O’Haire on his keynote talk at the loney, who gave the sermon at ecutive chairman of the conference. The pro- we ourselves are not living ex­ Bakewell, S.J., of Regis high school will be Tberesians’ National Sisterhood Vocation con­ The pre-Cana conference, instructions for the Solemn Pontifical Mass gram attracted 2,050 registered delegates in­ director. Assisting him will be a panel of lay ference Aug. 18. Mr. O’Haire is executive sec­ cluding 350 high school girls and 460 sisters. amples of the best in generos­ couples contemplating marriage in the Cath­ closing the two-day conference. couples and a team of two Catholic doctors. retary of Serra International. Others on the There were delegates from 30 states. Bishop ity? How can we teach what we olic Church, are held in tbe old church now. are not? Could the old cliche Attendance is by reservation oifiy and this can “You all know,” Mr. O’Haire platform for the opening session were Mrs. David M. Maloney, Auxiliary of Denver, gave In giving over the use of this building to ' apply to us — “What you are be made by calling Mrs. l^Uliam Yeager t

1962 Ust Return for Orphans" Collection U.S. Bishops Ask Prayers (CoutiBMd F n m Page 1) St Flui Tcatli (Aaron) 1M.« COLORADO SPRINGS— St Boaa «( Uma'i m x Corpue CbritU 541.M PrMMtaflne m x S. Tbanae's (Anion) m jS mnna Redeemer eea>7 For Success of Council r leend Sait m.T7 St Vtooant da Paul'a M.N Holy Tilstty 117 Jl tt. Ai m 'i (Amda) 47UI PAB1SHE8 OUTSIDE DENVEB SUM Onr Lady ot (Riii MJS I t AaAcar'i Akno-at Saaaiik's n x Pu Um ChapM— MJI BiiiBtao—St. AncntOna'i mee CrlptSe Creek—St. Peter's M.l Church here has had to face," It. rniads dt lain' nsjs Broomfield—NaU^' at Oar CnMlE—St Fatsr'e 17.U they observed, "has beea re­ statement said, “the Bishops are St. Ipiitbi* LsjraU KMI Lord »e.N Deer Tnll—(Mlieloa of Hugo) SIJS confident that they will not go TWJI Bniab—St Mary') r J i Deity—St Cstkcrlns’i Tim sponsible in targe measure fOr St. Jake tfe* BraaialM't iai7Ji Buffalo—St. EUaabeOi's 4S.M Eeit lake—(Mleilan ot the vitality which it has devel­ to the council empty-handed. u t n I t JMSphl (CJSJt.) Butfieatod-at CattMTlaa'i «.M BrlgUou) SSJI oped as it grew to matarity, “Out of the rick experience I t JoMpfe'i (FeiiUi) 7I.N Caacada-dUaaioa at Sacred Krter Perk—Our Lady of the I t Ualf' ObflMMtd) STt« Heart Colo. Spiiags) mx Momitilns 2U.U nnaided by political preference supplied in tack large measnn It Italy m rtiitafi oufi- CaiOa Rock—St Fraada’ XX Plegler-et Mary's ».M bat nnlmped^ by political ties.” by tkeii; own flock, they hope wttar) TSUI Central City—Ajanmptioo Plemlng—St Peter's n.N St. ItaiT’i (UtlMia) m x (Idabo SnliM) le.N they win he able to make some St i W d f i A m x Cbaymaa waU-Saciad Heart 73.M FORT COLLIKS- Other factors cited by the specifli; contrlbntioat to tke In- Sto. Pttar aad FtaTi St. JoeeiA's sM.se at PkHomoaf 11711 Fort Logan—St. Patrick's MSA7 Hierarchy as contributing to the terail renewal of the Oinrch Fort Luptoo—St. WUUem's SIN Universal." Pott Morsan—St. Bdeoa'i strength of the Church in the K« One of the most hetricning Frederick—St Tlicrese's »JS D.S. included; The "growing Georgetown—Opt Lady o< signs of Jl successful oouncU, Forty Hours' tourdee „SIM „ enthusiasm" for the liturgy and Gleovood Springo-St. Stephen’s SUBS the Bishops said, is the recog­ Grind Lake—St Anna'i spiritual retreats, extraordin­ nition that whatever ia done (XremmUng) 137.N “must be done in the spirit of Week ef Aaguit SI, INS Grand Valley—St Breodan’i arily active lay people, devo­ . 4M charity, of true Christian love.’.’ XI Suiday After PesteCMt GREELEY tion to the Mass, the vast U.S. GoUes, 8 t JeeepA’s St. Peter't 4NM educational system "which con­ This applies, they said, in ef­ Hiztad-Cbrtat the King forts toward ttw acihievement of Desrer, ft. Flsi X (Holyoke), U.M tinually tries to imprbve itself,” t) Haiyoke—St. Patrick's n x immediate objectives and "in Bngo—St. AndMoy's 47.14 the growth of contemplative vo­ the direction of that ultimate Idaho Spttnt»-St. PauTe SS.N cations, and charitable works, Chrisfian unity, for which there m lUff—St Camrtnt'i M. 41 TI Dftnrir CoriMlk Julaeburg—St Anthony's N. N is a sort of untveraal daaire.” Kknra—St. Ann's is.n ^ Itogiittr Kit Canoo—St. AngnUtne's 4S.7S Nonift ef Trwffc THE PRB^TES also dted But they admonished that the "increasing missionary ac there should be no "extravagant Published Week^ by the„ Xremmllnf—St Pater’s SI.N LBADVILLE- More than 1,256 boys nnd girls learn aboift Father James L. Overman, the assistant pas­ bvitles" and the “manifestation hope" of Christian reunion as a Catholic PreM ify, Inc., God and'their faith in this modem S t Angus- tor; and eight lay teachers conduct reUglon AnonncUttoii ISIM of love for our brothers of ail “direct and immediate result" 9S8 Bannock Denver. St. Joeeph's M.M tine’s school in Brighton, whldi was dedicated classes for more than 1.6N elementary school Llmoo—(Mtasloa oS Bun) races and nations wjiicb ener of the council. Subscription: $100 Per Year. I4JS in I N I Fonr SDssionary Sisters of Onr Lady children and 256 youths of k i^ sdiool age. Entered ai Sectmd CUm Loogmoat-St. John the Baptist’slTlJS Loolevffie-St Lndi' ILM of l^ctory. Father Roy ngUno, the pastor; Matter at the Post Office Lovetand-at: John’s UlM Denver, Colo. Manttoo—(Mlntoo tl Sacred Anuf Ckapleim Heart—Cctoado Spitnss) M.H Mead-