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N Nationally Noted^Speakers Conning to Denver St. Vincent’s Church Dedication Feh. 11 e* The beautiful new Church of St. Vincent de Paul in South the main altaf'was not yet on hand, and other statues, o f the Scenes from the life o f Christ and echblems o f the various Denver, in which the Christmas Midnight Mass was the first Sacred Heart and the Little Flower, could not be erected yet be mysteries of the Rosary are used in the medallions of the lower Mass celebrated, will be formally dedicated on Wednesday, Feb. cause of the lack o f proper bracket fixtures. ' windows. Liturgical symbols are employed in the higher cleres 11, it was announced this week. ^ "^ e beautiful statues, about five feet ifi height, came from tory windows.* Archbishop Urban J. Vehr o f Denver will officiate in the Italy as did the beautiful dark walnut altars, pulpit, altar rail, and A beautiful ornamental tester, rather small in size, projects dedication, assisted by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Eugene A. O'Sul baptismal font. All the woodwork matches in design and trim, from the back sanctuary wall over the tabernacle of the main livan, pastor. The officers for the dedication ceremony have not giving an attra'ctive over-all uniformity. altar, as required liturgically. yet been selected. Stationt of Croat From Itoly ' The new pews, finished in dark stain to match the other Universal approval of the new church, seating 700, was Yet to arrive also are the hand-carved stations of the cross, adornments in the church, are all in place, although some of them voiced by parishioners as they attended Mass there for the first on their way from Italy. All these appointments were secured must still be stained and varnished. The pads must still be in time. Although not complete in all details, the interior furnish through the Santa Fe Studios of Church Art, Santa Fe, N. Mex. stalled on the kneelers. ings were far enough advanced to give a good picture o f the A unique feature o f the new diurch that has drawn consid- Among fixtures yet to be installed are the ornamental finished edifice.) , erable.favorable comment is the use o f medallion stained-glass grilled gates for the baptistry and the altar rail. Although the wood-carved statues have arrived, and those windows. These small medallions, most o f them about a foot A new Baldwin electronic organ is completely installed with of the Blessed Mother and St. JosejA have been placed in their square, arc set in a wrought iron ornamental framework against complicated amplifying equipment in two large sound chambers spots at the side altars, the corpus for the large crucifix above the interior face of the fdll translucent windows. in the choir loft. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Hosts to Convention House Acquired Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1952— Permission to Reproduce, Except on Articles Otherwise Marked, Given A fter 12 M. Friday Following Issue Bitbop Couiint Montignor MidcHeton In Buffalo for Bishop Wm. Cousins Monsignor Middleton To Give Clergy Retreat To Address CPTL Use as Rectory Bishop William E. The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Through the generosity of DENVER CATHaiC Cousins of Peoria will con John S. Middleton, Ph.D., duct the retreat for the clergy former secretary for education to a benefactor of the parish, of the Archdiocese of Denver at Cardinal Spellman of New York, a house has been acquired in S t Thomas’ seminary July 13-17, will be the principal speaker at Buffalo for use as a priest’s 1963, it has been announced by the annual one-day conference of Archbishop Urban J. Vehr; Ar the Catholic P arent-T eacher, residence. The house is on rangements had been made for league Thursday, March 26. land adjoining the property on Bishop Cousins to give the re Monsignor Middleton within which is situated the new Church treat when he was Auxiliary to the past year was named pastor of St. Elizabeth, which was dedi Cardinal Stritch of Chicago. Des of St. Peter’s church on Barclay cated June 22, 1952. pite his busy schedule as Bishop street. Borough of Manhattan, The Very Rev. Monsignor VOL. X LV Ill. No. 19. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1952 DENVER, COLO of Peoria, he will conduct the N. Y. It is a parish that dates Elmer J. Kolka, associate di exercises as arranged. back to 1785. He is a nationally rector o f Catholic Charities, i| Born in Chicago in 1902, known educator and speaker. administrator of the church in Bishop Cousins was ordained the resort town on the South Platte 45 miles southwest o f Den April 23, 1927, and after six ver. Mass is offered there only years as an assistant pastor was Lourdes Parish Crib Legion of Mary Forms through the summer months, be named to the Chicago archdio ginning with the last Sunday in cesan mission band in 1933. He Wins Lighting Contest May. GREETING DELEGATES to the national Newman became superior of the mission The two-story house is of log Club Federation meetings in Boulder Dec. 29-31 will band in 1934, and continued in 1st Prize 3rd Time construction and contains six be the Rev. Charles Forsyth, O.S.B. (left), chaplain of the Colo this work until named pastor of rooms in addition to a large fully rado university Newman club; and George Gallagher (right) St. Columbanus’ parish, Chicago, Six New Units in Area Th* Ckrittmat crib con* glassed-in porch. It faces west, of Colorado U., province chairman of the Newmanites in the in 1946. He was named Titular ■tructod at tha outdoor ihrina overlooking the valley between Rocky .Mountain area. Father Forsyth will be host to the chaplains Bishop of Forma and Auxiliary B y P ete T o m a s h e k higher unit of organization; it|composed of members from all of Our L>Md]r of L. urdat par* Buffalo and Pine. The building The year 1952 has seen governs and serves a group of parts of the city, whose work as at the convention, and Mr. ^lallagher, with Maryann Scheib, head of Chicago on Dec. 28, 1948, and ith, Danrar, was awardad first is in very good condition, and has of the national constitutional committee of the Newman Federa was consecrated by Cardinal six new praesidia of the Le praesidia. The comitium, in turn, I legionaries is to visit the patients place in tha annual Christmas modern facilities. There is a governs a group of curiae. tion, will entertain the student delegates. Stritch March 7, 1949. of that hospital. One night each lighting dacoration contast, in garage under the porch. gion of Mary spring up in week the members visit the hos- He was named Bishop of 4- + + + + tha raligious diTision. This is To Remodel Interior the area under the jurisdic New Curio pital wards, distributing Cath Peoria in May, 1952, to succeed tha third first prita, in addi In Greeley olic literature, and giving aid Meeting Scheduled Dec. 29-31 the late Archbishop Joseph H. It is planned to remodel the tion of the Denver comitium. tion to ont second place, that and advice in any way they can. Schlarman, and was installed in tha display has won. Tha interior and to winterize the huge New groups are located at In addition to the praesidia, that see on July 2. shrine is on the parish grounds house. A heating system will be Colorado State Teachers’ collego, a new curia was formed in Cathedralites Ring As Bishop of the Illinois di at S. Logan street and IHff. installed at this time. Greeley; Colorado A. & M. col Greeley to govern the five prae 18,000 Doorbelli Newman Leaders of U.S. ocese, he is the spiritual father Tha ReT. Daman McCaddon is The house is within 500 yards lege at Ft. Collins; the Univer sidia in Greeley, Ft. Collins, Among the new praesidia not of 161,953 Catholics. pastor. of the church on four-tenths of sity of Wyoming at Laramie; St. and Longmont. The Denver com an acre of ground adjoining the Vincent de Paul’s parish, Den itium, now composed of curiae in yet one year old is the Queen of church property. It is insured for ver; Sts. Peter and Paul’s par Denver, Colorado Springs, and Apostles group at the Cathedral. Will Convene in Boulder *No Room for Them in the Inn* $8,000. ish, Wheatridge; and the Cathe Greeley, serves a total of 42 The second praesidium in that By Jack Heher Mass was first offered in Buf dral parish, Denver. praesidia, 2 3 'o f which are lo parish,-it has the distinction of Student executives and priest-chaplains ot Newman falo in 1943, when a group of The Legion of Mary, founded cated in Denver. It also serves being composed entirely of men, Sisters Shelter Old Folks the summer residents petitioned in Dublin in 1921, is an organiza praesidia in Wyoming and New a situation unique in the Denver clubs from throughout the U.S. will gather at the Uni Archbishop Urban J. Vehr for a tion structurally patterned after Mexico. comitium. Members of this group versity of Colorado in Boulder Dec. 29-31. In session dur- priest. Monsignor Kolka was des the Roman legion, from which A praesidium o f the Legion is regularly visit two sanatoria in ignated to serve the town. At ing the three-dayj meeting will be the chaplains’ advisory the names o f its various units usually attached to a parish for the city, and, in addition to pay tendance was about 15 or 20 for committee of the Newman Club Federation and the na Evicted From Their Home are taken.