Christ the King Church Dedication Aug. 18 DENVER CATHOLIC
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iA-i.' W i l l S p , - ^ x r r fc c D Christ the King Church Dedication Aug. 18 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1949— ^Permission to Reproduce, Except on Catholic Press' Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue. Masses Witt Begin Gives Guidance Sunday, May 8, in In Critical Days DENVER CATHOLIC These are critical days for the Church— in Denver, in the East Denver Parish United States, in the world. The dedication ceremonies for the new combination Are critical clay* in Den> Tert because the Church here church and school building of Christ the King parish, Den U now undergoing iU greatest ver, will be held on Thursday, Aug. 15, with Archbishop Ur exptniioD in hiitory. Ererj ban J. Vehr officiating. Further details of the dedication we«k the Denver Catholic Reg* ister gives details of tbe ex- The National Ca^ ic Wslfare 'Conference News Service Snp^ Qie Denver Catholic Register. We program will be announced later. Have Also the Qational News Service (Wire and Mail), ecial Service, Seven Smaller pansion proxram--- new parishes, The first Masses will be offered in the church section new churches, new schools. Sed ices, NCWC and Religrious News Photos. of p a^ centa a copy. TWO MEMBERS of the Hierarchy will be among the They are critical days for the ^ of the building on Sunday, May 8. Five Masses will be of- speakers at the regional congress of the Confraternity of Church in the U.S. because a new VOL. XLlV. DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, APRIL 2 8, U $1 PER YEAR fered every Sunday,, at 5:55, 7:30, 9, 10:30, and 12 o’clock. Christian Doctrine to be held in Denver May 5, 6, and 7. They are wave of intolerance is beating at the faith. This is evident eS' Six grades and kindergarten will Bishop Matthew F. Brady (left) of Manchester, N. H., member of the be taught in the school, which will Episcopal committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; and pecially in attacks on the-parochial school system. The barring of iJO Priests at Regis Dedicatiol open next fall. Sisters of the Most the Most Rev. Hubert M. Newell, Coadjutor of Cheyenne. Bishop OccupyPrecious Blood from the mother- nuns in relieious garb from North Brady will speak Thursday evening and Friday morning in the reg Dakota public schools is an ex house in Dayton, O., -will be the ular sessions of the congress, and will also speak at the clergy lunch teachers. It is planned to add a eon Thursday. Bishop Newell will gpve the sermon in the Pontifical pression of this, as is the expul sion of nuns from the New Mexico New Rectory classroom and teacher each year Mass for the clergy at St. Thomas’ seminary Thursday morning. public school premises, are further 1 until there are eight full grades -U - f + given their services for genera besides the kindergarten. tions. The refusal of rides to pa The present parish house at 700 rochial pupils on school busses, and Next Week Fairfax street will serve as the the outlawing of released time convent for the nuns. The Rev. Archbishop Urges classes for public.school pupils on >< The Rev. John J. Regan, John Scannell, pastor, who now re public school premises, are further lastor of the new Mother of sides there, will move to an apart indications of the deep-sOated en ment in the church-school build mity to Catholic education. Cath od parish in Denver, will ing. Attendance olics must be alert to the danger, ove into the rectory at 475 The new building is of two Large lest their schools be stolen from gan street the middle of stories. It is built on sloping ter them before they realize it. Every t week. Workmen are at pres- rain so that the entrance to both week the Register, National Edi completing the work of ra the church, which is on the second tion, brings details in the bqttle to ting the home and convert- floor, and the classrooms, on the At Regionai Meet its readers. for use as a rectory. ’ first floor, will be ground-floor They are especially critical days ns have been drawn up for entrances. The church will be en Clergy and laity of the Archdiocese of Denver are urged for the. Church .abroad. Behind the emodeling of the church tered from the Eighth avenue side, and the school from Seventh ave to take part in the regional conference of the Confraternity the Iron Curtain a determined at buil g at Speer boulevard and tempt is being made to crush the nue. of Christian Doctrine to be held in Denver May 5, 6, and 7 Logi street for use for Catholic Catholic Church. The Register, senn , Work is expected to start According to a census taken soon in a letter of Archbishop Urban J. Vehr. “ The aim of the through sources available to the at thi end of this week or the after the parish was established, Confraternity,” says Archbishop Vehr, “ is to make Christ Catholic press- alone, every week begin: g o f the next. The pews there are about 400 Catholic fam brings news of heroism and sacri have n ordered for installation, ilies within the parish boundaries. better known and loved, to impart religious instruction, to It is expected that about 120 chil fice that should make all of us and i i hoped the first services develop discussion clubs, and to save our children and adults dren will be enrolled in the school proud of our faith. In China the can b eld in the church before from religious ignorance and apathy and unbelief.” the first year. Red horde engulfs territories the enl of May. The conference will open with where Catholic missionaries have Christ the King parish was M- a Pontifical Mass for the clergy Confraternity of Christian Doc labored for generations. Rather The ork will include the in- tablished by Archbishop Vehr in in the St. Thomas seminary chapel trine will be held in Denver from than give up all they gained, they stallati of an altar and fitting June, 1946, to serve the rapidly Thursday, May 5, at 10 o’clock. May 5 through May 7. The gen have determined to risk imprison up of nctuary and the installa- growing population of that aection tion of' sacristy at each side of Archbishop Vehr will be the cele eral headquarters will be St, Fran ment and death rather than aban of Denver. brant. A dinner after the Mass don the missions in Red territory. the tuary. The church will cis de Sales’ high school, where Through it all the Holy Fa seat a| Toximatcly 120 persons will be held in the Park Lane hotel IRE THAN 100 PRIESTS of the of the deacons of honor. Priests at the altar, left to at 12 o’clock. the various general and depart ther acts as guide and judge, for a Si ice. right, are the Rev. Stephen Krieger, S.J., master Haly Father The first open session of the mental sessions will be held. Many speaking with the voice of Christ. Arch] [ocese of Denver were among the In tl census he is taking o f the congress will be held the evening visiting dignitaries and speakers All his important pronounce 1,000 idents and friends of Regis college, Denver, of ceremonies at the Mass; the Very Rev. Harry S. parish,] le new pastor has so far of May 5 at St. Francis de Sales’ wilt honor us with their presence. ments are carried in full in The who finessed the dedication of the new chapel Smith, C.SS,R., pastor of St. Joseph’s parish, Den coveri Broadway, First avenue, Grateful ta school, Denver, which is head I extend a cordial invitation to Register. Mon^ morning, April 25. Shown above at the ver, subdeacon; the Rev. James P. Flanagan, pastor and doln, Sherman, and part quarters for the congress. At this you and your parishioners to at On Catholic Press Sunday, May Sole; Mass following the dedication are Arch- of St. Mary Magdalene’s parish, Denver, celebrant; of G ; streets. He-intends, when meeting, speakers will explain the tend as many sessions as possible. 1, in the Archdiocese of^Denver, bish< fUrban J. Vehr, who officiated at the blessing, and .the Rev. Delisle A. Lemieux, pastor of St. the ion of Mary has been set Archdiacese meaning and purpose of the Con Kindly arrange that at least a few Catholics are offered the greatest At left is the Rev. Forrest Allen of Arvada, one Catherine’s, Denver, deacon. (Story on page 3) up i e parish, to have members newspaper bargain in the country. In a letter from Monsignor J. fraternity. Speakers will include delegates from your parish and visi e homes whose residents B. Montini, substitute Papal Sec Bishop Matthew F. Brady of Man various societies attend so that the This year for the first time sub not in when he made his scribers in the archdiocese will re retary of State, to Archbishop chester, N. H.; Vincent Mulvaney, inspiration and practical sugges |ls. Urban J. Vehr, the gratitude of Cheyenne attorney: and the Rev. tions of the conference may be ceive the six-page Register, Na tional Edition, instead of the four- New Conferences-Will Be !ther Regan reports general the Holy Father is extended to the Richard J. Schumacher of Kansas diffused throughout the arch page Register, Local Edition, they lusiasm for the new parish on Archdiocese of Denver for the of City, Mo.