Faithful Rejoice with Archbishop

o o ''J 04 m Jubilaa Mas* Scene The Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep* tion. Denver, built In 1912, three years before Archbishop Vehr was ordained to the priest* hood, is the scene today of the Solemn Mass of Thanksgiving honoring the Archbishop's SOth jubilee. Thirty-eight Archbishops, Bish ops, and Abbots from around the countr>’ are scheduled to form the procession from the Chancery Office (shown behind the Cathe THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1965 dral) to the front entrance. All four Denver television stations will film the procession to be shown on newscasts later in the day. Faithful Rejoice With Archbishop Today the faithful of the archdiocese and of the and Bishops will walk in procession from the steps of Dioceses of Pueblo and Cheyenne rejoice as Arch the Chancery Office on Logan Street to the front of bishop Urban J. Vehr, Metropolitan of all of Colo the Cathedral. The procession will begin promptly at rado and Wyoming, notes his 50th year in the priest 10:15 a.m. hood and his 34th year in the Rocky Mountain West. All four of the Denver metropolitan television stations will be on hand to cover the procession to the This morning, in the presence of 38 of the Hier Cathedral and down the main aisle to the sanctuary. archy from around the nation, the Most Rev. David M. Maloney, Auxiliary Bishop of Denver, is offering a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the Cathedral of the Im THE SKR.MON in the Mass honoring the Arch maculate Conception beginning at 10:30 a.m. bishop will be given by the Most Rev. Hubert M. Preceding the Mass, the visiting Archbishops Newell. Bishop of Cheyenne. Bishop Newell is a for mer priest of the Archdiocese of Denver. In honor o4 the Archbishop’s SOth jubilee, the For Head Start “ Denver Catholic Register” this week publishes a special 40-page supplement spanning his 34 years in Colorado. The supplement can be found inside as the Teaching Staff Enlisted; second section. Assembled in the Cathedral will be more than All-Purpose Volunteers 250 priests and 500 Sisters, most of whom have served in the archdiocese or in the Dioceses of Pueblo or Cheyenne over the past 34 years. Are Now in Demand The number of the Hierarchy attending swelled to 38 this past week with the announcement that the There was haste, but them of the availability of the Most Rev. William J. Condon. Bishop of Great Falls, very little waste, in the program. Mont., and the Most Rev. Daniel E. Sheehan, Auxilia headquarters of the Chil The CEF headquarters re ry Bishop of Omaha, would be present. drens Educational Fund, ceived word from Washington that the $198,000 U.S. grant to Seven Archbishops already have indicated their Inc., the past week, as support the program under intentions to attend the jubilee celebration. They are the office staff prepared the President’s War on Pover A.rchbishop Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio, Arch for the launching of ty will be ^sent to Denver two bishop Gerald T. Bergan of Omaha. Archbishop Operation Head Start the weeks before the program Leo Binz of St. Paul. Archbishop Karl J. Alter of (5)in- first week in July, opens. cinnati. Archbishop Edward J. Hunkeler of Kansas Joseph Lambrecht, director City, Kans., Archbishop James P. Davis of Santa Fe, of the project, reported rapid and Archbishop John P. Cody of New Orleans. In ad progress is being made fol dition 31 Bishops and Abbots will come to Denver for lowing approval by the feder the occasion. al government and Governor Final Phase John A. Love. THIS W ILL BE the second major celebration in New Pastors Named At Marycrest honor of the Archbishop in the past 10 years. In 1956 i TH E BIGGEST problem re he noted the 25th anniversary of his consecration and 'Barb Kicks the Habit' maining. be said. Is the re his coming to Denver from Cincinnati. Headline writers these days cruitment of volunteer work Under Way are having fun, and we might ers to assist with the program In the 34 years Archbishop Vehr has been in Co of giving 1,720 children from lorado, Catholics in the state have increased from as well go along with the For Greeley Parishes Work is now under way on underprivileged families a 135,791 to 372,418 and in the northern part of the state gags. the final phase of the building foretaste of school conditions or in that area making up the archdiocese they have One headline in a West Formal establishment of the new St. Mary’s parish, Greeley, has been an to enable them to fit into the program started in 1960 at Coast paper announced that nounced by Archbishop U»*ban J. Vehr, along with appointment of the Rev. Robert Marycrest high school, 5284 increased from approximately 75.000 to 260,105 to educational system when they day. Out of a total 1,347,575 people living in the arch “ Barb Kicks the Habit.” It V. Nevans as its first p a - W The Rev. Owen McHugh will replace Father Nevans start first grade or kindergar N. Federal boulevard, which was over a story about a Sis as pastor of the “ parer^ IGreeley church, St. P eter’s. ten. is operated by the Sisters of diocese, Catholics make up just under 20 per cent. ter Francetta Barberis, one The new parish car M from St. Peter’s will have the Weld»Larimer county St. Francis of Penance and The Archbishop will be honored at a dinner in the time president of I^oretto Especially needed, he said, Christian Charity. Brown Palace hotel following the Solemn Pontifical line and the Burlington 'ilroad tracks as its north boundary; 14th and 17th ave are volunteers to serve as Heights college. THe 65-year- Included in the project, Mass. nues and Highway 85 a s east boundary; Reservoir and Section roads as its classroom assistants, baby old former Lorettine superior which is expected to be com sitters, playground supervi "iwent to work for the govern south boundary: and the* /eld-Larimer county line as its west boundary. (See offi pleted in the fall if the con sors. lunchroom assistants, ment as a co-odinator of the cial boundary descriptior. elsewhere in this issue). crete strike is settled, are six typists, and other clerical Job Corps and switched to lay At the same time Archbisl* classrooms, a gymnasium, workers. attire. She did so with the per op Vehr named Father Omc- ^ kitchen, and shower facilities. Foxhoven to be pastor of St I Two Jubilee Gifts Total mission of her mother gener Anyone wishing to volun THE GENERAL contract, in John’s church. Loveland, and" al. teer for the program may do cluding all trades, was award Father Robert Breunig. pas 'Hemlines Going Up’ so by writing to (he Children’ s ed to McGovem-O’Brien Inc., $12,000 From Students tor of Sacred Heart, Peetz. Educational Fund, P.O. Box At the time the Sisters of at a contract price of $263,144 Two special gifts were presented to Archbishop Other appointments are: 1620, Denver, 80201, or by — amounting to a unit cost of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Father Michael A. Walsh, Vehr this past week on the occasion of Iris ,50th Jubi somewhat modernized their calling 534-2718 any time Mon $13.70 per square foot. V chaplain at Mercy hospital. lee. They were special gifts because they were from "habits,” a St. Louis paper day through Friday. Henry Joseph DeNicola, Denver; Father Neil C- Hew the Archbishop’s “ special friends,” the students of '»■ headlined the change, which A.I.A., is architect for the ad itt, assistant at St. Thcrese's, A highly competent profes included a slight elevation of dition which will complete all the parochial schools in the archdiocese. I Aurora. Two newly ordained sional teaching staff already The two gifts totaling $12,000 were compiled the dress from the former has been enlisted for the pro high school facilities at Mary- priests get their first assign crest. from the donations of the 29,191 students attending I floor - sweeping extremity: gram, Lambrecht reported. "Hemlines Going Up,” and ments: Father Stephen L. the 61 elementary and 10 high schools. Handcn as assistant at the picture was related im TH E OPERATION Head The addition extends the ex Two new burses for the education of seminarians mediately to the headline! Blessed Sacrament parish. isting construction to the east now have been created by the Archbishop. They have Denver, and Father Leo Kas- Start project sponsored by the CEF, Lambrecht empha and consists of two levels: been designated the Grade School Jubilee Burse and pari for the summer, as assis The classroom wing and the In the same issue of the Ca tant at Grand Lake and its sized, is open to children re the High School Jubilee Burse, each worth $6,000. lifornia daily featuring the gymnasium and cafeteria fa missions. gardless of race or religion. "kick the habit” headline we cilities at the lower level. There are, however, certain The classroom wing follows had another stoiT about a for FATHER NEVANS is given mer movie kicker "taking the qualifications that determine the present architectural de care of a new church that was habit” as the founder of a acceptance, he pointed out. sign of prestressed concrete built under his direction as new Hollywood religion. roof slabs, sky dome lighting, pastor of St. Peter’s and • The children for whom "This is a new faith for Rev.

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