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« « V i Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Contents Copyright by the Catbolie Press Society, Inc., 1957— Permission to Reproduce, Except 40 Have Made Application On Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Isiue DENVER CATHaiC To Trappists at Snowmass REGISTER PROGRESS CONTINUES ON MONASTERY BUILDINGS VOL. Ltl. No. 24. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, T95B DENVER, COLORADO In the past year andlquiet and prayer at the monas- and following his rule, the Cis­ such as preaching or teaching, the day they return to the and devoted to a life of prayer chapel to sing the other hours one-half, reveals Father , , , tercians are today one of the few contemplative orders of and penance, o f silence and of the Divine Office. LiMQlJE ST. ELIZABETH'S CASE Leo Slatterie, O.C.S.O., SU- f o u n d e d in the nth cen­ men in the Catholic Church. manual tabor. They rise at 2:15 The Cistercian is*a true mem­ perior, St. Benedict’s Trap- tury, stemming from the an- They are strictly enclosed, sep- each morning for Matins and ber of the Mystical Body of pist Monastery at Snow- cient Order o f St. Beff^dict, arated from all apostolic w or Lauds, and regularly during (Turn to Pagt S — C o lu m n I ) mass has received 40 ap­ plications for admission. Franciscan Father Leo Three have been sent to the mother-house at Spen­ cer, Mass., to begin their training. They will return to Snowmass as soon as Killed at Communion the new buildings are ready for occupancy. In an article written for the Ambattader, publication of the Guild o f St. Thomas’ Seminary, Denver, Father Slatterie de­ Just Half-Century Ago scribes the work of construc­ tion during the past two years By Paul H. Hallktt a pew in the back of theiver for only five months, hav- on the monastery site half-way (One of a Serie* on Pioneer church—which happened to beling been sent here from Pater- between Glenwood Springs and Churchmen of Colorado) the best position for a leap allson, N, J., where he had Aspen. The article follows: SUNDAY, FEB. 23, will mark * jattained a reputation as a suc- • • • the turn of a half-century since 'cessful pastor and administra- IT IS ALMOST TWO YEARS one of the most sensational I ;tor. He had heard Confessiqns since the Cistercian Sonka of murders in history, that of Fa-| until 11 p.m. the Saturday b»- the Strict Observance (Trap­ ther Leo Heinrichs in St. Eliza-1 !fore his death. pists) arrived in Colorado. The beth’s Church, Denver. ; new St. Benedict’s .Monastery The prime hero of that - THROUGHOUT THE MASS is located on a 3,800-acre ranch tragedy is still alive, although | that memorable February morn- high in the Elk Range at Snow­ a patient in St. Anthony’s Hoa-i .ing there was no premonition mass, midway between Aspen pital. He is former Patrolman' o f tragedy. .The Mass was liks and Glenwood Springs. The Daniel C ron in , w ho appre­ -any other early Sunday Mass at project is under the direction hended Giuseppe Alia on the • St. Elizabeth’s— until Commun- o f the Rt. Rev. M. Edmond Fut- steps of St. Elizabeth's that un­ iion time. terer, O.C.S.O., Abbot of St. happy Sunday morning, and Alia, described by a Denver Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, then protected the Sicilian An-; {daily as “ a little rat o f a man,” Mass. All the monks come arehist from the mob. I was the popular conception of Progress on the Iniildings at the Trappist Monastery at Snowmass is shown above. from that abbey. (The name • * * ;fhe wild-eyed bomb-urowing '“Trappist” comes from the Cis­ DAN CRONIN was a power-! Anarchist of his time. His hair tercian M o n a s te r y o f La fully built man in his police-1 was luxuriant and w td; he had Trappe.) man days. In 1893 he won dis­ a fierce mustache; he was During the past year hiost of tinction in a series o f athletic poorly dressed, and he had sev­ the community has been en­ Catechetical Center Dedication Feb. 20 tournaments.. He carried off; eral days’ growth of beard on gaged in the construction of the most of the prizes in the col­ his chin. He had been seen first two wings of the perma­ lege games held in what was that morning walking about the nent cloister quadrangle. The then called Union Park, and, in! church, trying the doors as if construction of the building, de­ 1,000 Under Instruction at All Saints' the first decade of this cen­ to ascertain the best means of signed by one of the monks, is By J. R, M'ALSH rooms for 1,000 pupils attend­ Father John Harley Schmitt, for five days a week, from 9 to tury, he held the 56-pound leaving. On his way to the con­ handled entirely by the monks. Completion of the $188,621 ing catechism classes, a fully pastor, said consttuccion cost 11 a.m. and from 2 to 4 p.m. weight throwing championship fessional, Father Leo passed the against all comers in the nation. Father Leo Heinriehi man. But, as Patrolman Cronin The building is o f brick within catechetical center at All Saints' equipped kitchen, and other fa­ docs not include furnishings for Since part of All Saints’ Par­ and without, the exterior being Born in St. Louis, he served on the Anarchist. Cronin was explained later, at Maas people the center. Modern kitchen ish was included in the new a sage-colored green. The south Parish; Denver, is expected the cilities. Archbishop Urban J. the St. Louis Police Force be­ seated in the fourth pew from are not ordinarily curious or wing is completed though' not first week in February. The Vehr will bless the center Thurs­ equipment, valued at $5,600, Notre Dame Parish boundaries fore coming to Denver. the Communion rail. suspicious. The policeman, in furnished, and it is hoped that building will provide 11 class­ day, Feb. 20, at 5 AO p.m. will be installed March 5, and last Aug. 29, pupils within Notre Before the Father Leo mur­ Father Lecahad been in Den- (Tum foPage! — C o l u m n ! ) the large main wing housing the parish Altar Society is do­ Dame Parish are accommodatec der, he was best remembered th chapel, study hall, and cells as the policeman who captured BLESSING IN FEBRURBY will be closed in and roofed REV. BRUCE VAWrER nating a commercial dishwasher. at All Saints' Parish catechism a notoriou.s burglar. Bill An­ by the end of January. Measuring 80 by 80 feet, the classes. Several lay teachers from derson, who attempted assault • • • two-story building provides some the new parish serve as in in the Davis residence, then at i Although initial funds are al­ 117,000 square feet of floor space, stnictots. Ninth and Pearl Streets, in Correctional Institution most exhausted, it is still hoped New Seminary Professor 1901. While passing a balus-: that with the contributions of lit is connected to the present Nun Is Director trade Anderson leaped on 'church at 2500 S. Grove Street, the faithful the monks may be Sister Dolores, Missionary Sis­ Cronin. The burglar had a re­ able to render the building I is of buff brick, and in general volver in his hand, but Cronin Has Catholic Chapel Has Scripture Doctorate ter o f Our Lady of Victory at habitable by late summer or design harmonizes- with the seized and held the firearm fall, at which time they plan to Holy Ghost Youth Center, Den­ near its muzzle, although An­ The new Catholic Chapel at James V. Bennett, director of church structure. take up the regular community The Rev, Francis Bruce ogy in 1950, and his Licentiate ver, directs classes taught by lay derson fired two shots, one of the Federal Correctional Insti­ prisons ’ in the United States Vawter, C.M., S.T.L.. S.S.D., in Sacred Scripture two years Begun last July 1, the center Department o f Justice. life and to begin the public teachers on Monday, Wpdnesday, which slightly wounded the pa­ tution, Englewood, will be newly appointed professor of later. chanting of the Divine Office. is a split-level. On the first level trolman. Nevertheless Cronin dedicated at a private ceremony RecondiHoned in The latter has not been feasible Sacred Scripture at St, Thomas' For the next four years he and Friday alter school. Pupils took a prisoner in that difficult Past Three Months taught Sacred Scripture at are five classrooms, a teachers’ in February by Archbishop in the temporary quarters of Seminary, arrived in Denver in the Arapahoe County section encounter, just as he was to do The area was reconditioned Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, sitting room, storage space, and Urban J. Vehr. The chapel wilt their small ranch house. Wednesday morning, Jan. 22, of the parish are instructed on seven years later in an even during the past three months. in the meantime preparing his be blessed under the title of to take up his teaching duties a large kitchen area, to provide closer scrape. Acoustical ceiling tile and With the completion o f this doctoral dissertation and con­ these days and are transported Our Lady, Help o f Christians. at the seminary. for a future school lunch pro­ • • • modern floor tile were laid first portion of their monas­ tinuing the advanced work re­ by the parish bus.

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