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Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations [contents Copyright by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1953— Permission to Reproduce, Except on Office Gives Needy First Articles Otherwise Marked, Given A fter 12 M. Friday, Following Issue APPEAL JAN. 17 IS OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL TO ASSIST T o families and individuals be Denver Archdiocese is becoming facilities o f the office are tabu In its social service department The obstetrical clinic at Ave set by complex problems in a more and more a "social first aid lated in the 26th annual Catholic the clinic received 4,803 appli Maria, always a major service, ar largely indifferent world, the station." Charities report, covering the year cations for assistance. In July, ranged for the hospitalization of Catholic Charities office of the The increased demands on the 1952. Sorte of the increasu, ac lSl52, the general practice clinic 301 patients in 1952. Since the cording to the report, "was due was organized at the Ave Maria Ave Maria Clinic was opened in + + to more requests for employment center. Under its procedure in 1935, there have been 3,301 ob REGISTER at)d for the placement of chil terns from Denver hospitals gain stetrical patients admitted to the dren and the adoption of chil valuable training under the super Denver Catholic hospitals. [Fig dren." vision of experienced doctors. ures for 1953 not yet available.] VOL XLIX. No. 22. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1954 DENVER, COLORADO Central Office, Clinic To Benefit From Appeal The Charities office and the Ave Maria Clinic, a charitable in stitution that' provides medical, 1st Unit of New Headquarters dental, and hospital care for those unable to pay, will benefit from the annual Charities collection to be held Sunday, Jan. 17, through out the Denver Archdiocese. TTie Franciscan Nuns Dedicated increased work load of the two offices makes necessary a gen erous response to the collection. 'In his foreword to the 1952 Archbishop Blesses report Archbishop Urban J. Vehr said he was "deeply grateful to o u r self-sacrificing volunteer Catholic men and women, who Marycrest Building carry such a considerable portion of the burden, and to the staff at Catholic Charities for their loyal and devoted service." On N. Federal Blvd. He noted that the St. Vincent A three-story classroom and dormitory building, the de Paul Society, through its 22 first unit of extensive headquarters proposed for the parish conferences, assisted 629 Sacred Heart Province of the Sisters of St. Francis of families, an increase of 152 over Penance and Christian Charity at 5200 N. Federal Boule the preceding year; and that the vard, Denver, was blessed Jan. 7 by Archbishop Urban J. Ave Maria Clinic arranged for Vehr. l l A m a l o c c r f l l l r l r o n ^uch as the two shown here are major 748 hospitalizations in three Mass, celebrated by Archbishop Vehr in the convent nUlI1ClCa> \illllUICII recipients of the services of the central Catholic hospitals. "Through the chapel of the Marycrest Provincial mother-house, located office of the Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Denver. An displaced persons program," he appeal in the archdioce.se this Sunday, Jan. 17, will give everyone just across the boulevard from the Regis College campus, an opportunity to practice Christian charity, a distinguishing mark remarked, "954 individuals in preceded the blessing. 251 family units were given ref o f the disciples of Jesus Christ, by contributing to the Catholic The $100,000 structure, of buff Father Banigan Charities collection. uge and security." brick and reinforced concrete, was completed in October, approxi To Go to Korea Archbishop’s Engagements 1,459 Applications , mately one year after the initial For Assistance excavation was begun. Since Oc Applications for assistance at tober it has provided living quar Corporate Communion ters for professed sisters, novices, Charities rose in 1952 to 1,459, and postulants in the growing- and in one phase o f its work, find community, and classroom space For Men in 4 Cities ing employment, the organization for college courses conducted for \ was able to secure jobs for 44 the aspirants. Children of Guar dian Angels’ Parish also receive Archbishop Urban J. Vehr will Friday, Jan. 22, Loveland, Fif more persons than in 1951. A attend men’s Mass and corporate tieth Anniversary of St. John’s beth’s; Louis Mattione, dean of Regis College catechism instructions there in total o f 233 positions was found at the (behind Father Joyce); and Forrest Allen, pas Communion observances in four Church, assist at Mass, 10:30 Marycrest Dedication to the classes conducted by the novices cities of the Archdiocese of Den a.m. for deserving persons. tor of Holy Family Parish; Archbishop Vehr, under the supervision of Mother new building of the Franciscan Sisters at Mary and the Rev. Berard Giblin, O.F.M., assistant of ver, according to a list of his Confirmation at 4 p.m. In 1952, 182 children received Mary Esther. crest, 52nd and North Federal Boulevard, Den St. Elizabeth’s. engagements announced this Sunday, Jan. 24, Regis College, ver, are Archbishop Urban J. Vehr, local clergy, Dimensions of this first unit, care in foster boarding homes. Immediately to the right of Father Giblin is which is to be only a small part week. Mass and Breakfast for the and members of the Franciscan community. In addition to Denver, where All in all, the Charities depart Mother Elma, Superior Provincial of the order’s of the entire provincial house, are Retreat Guild. In the picture are, left to right. Fathers Leon Bishop Mark Carroll of Wichita ments cared for more than 1,000 Midwest (Sacred Heart) Province, and between 40 feet hy 60 feet. All the first Monday, Jan. 25, Blessed Sacra ard Redelberger, pastor of Guardian Angels’ Par them is Sister Lenore, her secretary.— (Photo by will be the speaker at the men’s ment Church, Men’s PTA children throughout 1952. floor is devoted to classroom ish; Fabian Joyce, O.F.M., pastor of St. Eliza Smyth) space and will also include a li Communion breakfast March 28, meeting. The 131 children placed with the cities are Brighton, Jan. 31; brary for community use. Tuesday, Jan. 26, Brown Palace adoptive parents in 1952 com Fort Collins, March 7; and Colo Hotel, Dinner of Doctors’ The second floor of the build rado Springs, .'tpril 4. Guild, 6:30 p.m. prise the largest number of adop ing furnishes individual cells for The list of engagements fol Sunday, Jan. 31, Brighton, Mass tions the Charities have made in Loveland Parish Given Blessing 10 of the professed sisters resid ing at the mother-house, and on lows: and Men’s Communion, 8 a.m. a single year. This number brings Confirmation at 3 p.m. the third floor there are dormi the total of Charities’ adoptions Monday, Feb. 1, Loretto Heights, tory quarters for the novitiate. Requiem Jan. 14 Advisory Meeting, 6:30 p.m. in 25 years to 1,326 children. A finished basement provides for Jubilee storage space as well as tempo Sunday, Feb. 7, S t Thomas’ The number of families apply Of Pius XII for Church Seminary, Deaconship Ordina rary quarters for visiting sisters. The Rev. (Capt.) Robert ing for adoption increased sharp Archbishop Vehr will preside Hewlett, famed pioneer priest For Bishop Tihen tion, 8:15 a.m. Pius’ XII lias co'nferred A. Banigan, in the army ly as the Catholic Charities re at the Solemn Mass o f Thanks and Catholic historian. Ap Cathedral, Boy Scout Investi his Apostolic Blessing on the Province Established in 1939 chaplains’ corp, will leave Den Bishop John Henry Tihen, giving that will be celebrated at pointed on Nov. 1, 1909, he ture, 4 p.m. ceived 171 applications in the Completion of this unit is an ver Jan. 24 for California, from whose years as Bishop o f Denver parishioners of St. John the 10:30 by the Rev. Francis J. built a rectory, put a gallery in Sunday. Feb. 14, Boulder, St. past year. other major advance for this where he will embark for Yoko (1917-1931) were marked by the Evangelist’s Church in Love Kappes, pastor. Bishop Newell the church, and decorated the Thomas Aquinas’ Church, branch of the followers of the hama, Japan, and Korea. Father construction o f the main building In 1952 the Ave Maria Clinic will be present in the sanctuary. interior of the building. He like Students’ Mass, 9 a.m., and land on the occasion of the Poverello of Assisi in working for Banigan, who served as a chap o f St. Thomas’ Seminary, the completed 17 years of service. Its wise paid the debt. Breakfast golden jubilee o f the founding Chaplains to the Archbishop the Church. It represents the sec lain also in World War II, re founding of the Register, Na clients included the acutely ill of the parish. will be the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Father Kappes was appointed ond major addition to convent fa entered the service July 24, 1953, tional Edition, and the Catholic Friday, March 5, Holy Ghost Church, Mass, 12 o’clock mid and chronically ill, the neglected Gregory Smith, pastor of St. in charge o f the parish in Octo cilities since the Sacred Heart with 5,610th Army Service Unit Charities Office, is being com The 50th ennivertary >*ill night, Nocturnal Adoration Francis de Sales, Denver, and ber of 1944. He has enlarged and Province was established in Den at Fitzsimons Hospital, Denver, memorated by a Solemn Pontifi child, the unmarried mother, and be ob»er»ed on Friday, Jan.