X Denver Headquarters of Loretto Nuns’ New Province 5 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic? Press Society, Inc., 1952—Permission to Reproduce, Except on Mother Marie Lourdes Named First Provincial Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue Denver I has been named the headquarters of one of headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. Mother M. Edwarda, "They came to Denver itj 1864 and opened St. Mary's c the three newly created provinces of the Sisters of former Superior General of the Sisters of Loretto, has academy, at the iilvitatiod of the Rev. Joseph P. Mache- V ] Loretto at the Foot of the Cross. This decision was been appointed Mother Provincial of Our Lady of Sor­ beuf, who became Vicar Apostolic of Colorado and a reached at the general chapter of the sisters held July rows province, and Mother M. Januarius of St. Joseph’s. Utah in 1868 and first Bishop of Denver in 1887. I 16 at the Loretto mother-house, Nerinx, Ky., but the Details of setting up the three provinces are Itill Besides Loretto Heights college and St. Mary’s acad­ a DENVER CATHOUC news has just been released. The Denver province will being worked out. emy, the sisters, teach in seven parochial schools in the be known as the Sacred Heart province. Mother Marie 'The Sisters of Loretto, a-natTve American congre­ Archdioceise of Denver. ‘ r ] Lourdes, former superfor of Loretto academy, Kansas gation, had their beginning on June 29, 1812, when 1,065 Professed Sifters t City, Mo., has been appointed Mother Provincial.- the Rev. Charles Nerinckx conferred the veil on three The Catholic Directory for 1952 gives the follow­ i Mother Marie Lourdes is no stranger in Denver, hav­ young women in St. Charles’ church, Hardins Creek, ing statistics for the Sisters of Loretto: Professed sis* c ing been principal of the preparatory department of Ky. The sisters have played a great role in the educa­ ters, 1,065; novices, 56; and postulants, 32? Their A I REGISTER Loretto Heights college prior to its closing in 1940. tional work of the Church, and have carried their work schools are listed as two senior colleges, one junior col­ E She iS expected to arrive in Denver some time this month. into 10 states and to the missions of China. lege, 23 high schools, and 77 grade schools, and they i The other provinces are Our Lady of Sorrows with ' The Sisters of the Loretto came to the Southwest are represented in five archdioceses and 14 dioceses, as i VO L XLVIll. No. 16 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1952 DENVER, COLO headquarters in St. Louis, Mo’., and St. Joseph’s with in 1852, entering Santa Fe on Sept. 26 of that year. well as the missions of China. g ■V 1 r Funeral Dec. 5 for Mrs. John Dower, / d Nuns Make Great Advance in 20 Years t t + + + + - f Beloved Benefactress of Archdiocese 0 u Third Large Benefaction Mrs. John L. Dower, be­ I To Be Mother-House of Nuns ii loved benefactress and noted d CatKoiic laywoman of Den­ I Received Within Decade ver, died in St. Joseph’s hos­ I pital early Wednesday morn ing, Dec. 3. She had recently un­ By Sisters of S t Francis dergone an emergency appendec­ tomy. A daughter of Mr. and The gift of the Modern Woodmen of America sani­ Mrs. J. K.' Mullen, pioneer Colo­ rado Catholics, Mrs. Dower was tarium, valued at $2,325,000, to the Poor Sisters of St. known for her generous munifi­ Francis Seraph is the latest step in the amazing prog­ cence to many charitable and ress that has been made by the nuns since the Denver religious projects, especially in province of the congregation was established 20 years ago. the Archdiocese of Denver. In those days, in the depths of Archbishop Vehr the depression, it was question­ his wife Elizabeth. The sisters op- Will Officiate able whether some of the insti­ perate the institution, housed in tutions operated by the Fran­ buildings that were the first Archbishop Urban J. Vehr will ciscan Sisters would be able to home of Regis (then Sacred officiate at the Solemn Pontifical continue. Today the same sisters, Heart) college in Colorado, under Funeral Mass Friday morning, who on Oct. 15 dedicated a new the name of Mt. Elizabeth re­ Dec. 5, in the Cathedral at 10 $1,50Q,000 college in Albu­ treat. It was dedicated Oct., 4, o’clock. The officers of the Mass querque, N. Mex., are climaxing 1944, after extensive remodeling. will be the Very Rev. Monsignor an unprecedented two decades In the same year on May 29, Elmer J. Kolka, assistant priest; of expansion. 1943, the Oakes home in North the Rt. Rev. Monsignors Johif R. The gift comprises a 1,400- Denver, said to represent an in­ Mulroy and John P. Moran, acre tract, including '27 struc­ vestment of more than $2,000,- deacons of honor; the Rev. Fred­ tures, which was formerly known 000, was sold to the sisters by erick McCallin, deacon of the as the Modern Woodmen of t^e Protestant Episcopal Church Mass; the Rev. Thomas Doran, America sanitarium. The prop­ for $67,500. The property, at subdeacon; and the Very Rev. erty is a few miles north of Colo­ 2825 W. 32nd avenue, included Monsig;nors David Maloney and rado Springs. a chapel which alone was valued Walter Canavan, masters of cere­ Trustees of the estate of Mrs. at more than the purchase price. monies. Marguerite S. Davis, late wife of The sisters named the property Perhaps dearest to Mrs. Dow­ Blevins Davis of Colorado St. Joseph’s convent, and trans­ er’s heart of all her benefactions Springs, made the gift to the ferred the mother-house of the to the Church was Camp Santa sisters. Mrs. Davis, who died in Western province there from St. Maria, a summer camp that Mr. 1948, had inherited millions from Anthony’s hospital. A novitiate and Mrs. Dower gave over for her first husband, James S. Hill, and a school for aspirants was the use of underprivileged chil­ son of a pioneer American rail­ also set up there, and across the dren under the supervision of road builder. Mr. Davis inherited street, at 33rd avenue and Eliot Catholic Charities in 1930. The most of the estate, and the rest street. Mother of Grace hall camp, expenses of which were was left for the trustees to dis­ houses the retired members of paid, by Mrs. Dower, has cared pose of for charitable purposes. the community. for more than 8,000 children in •The nuns were among a dozen Spacious as the buildings of its years of operation. She was beneficiaries named for the $2,- St. Joseph’s convent are, the affectionately known to the 750,000 remainder of the estate. (Turn to Paget — Column t) children as the '“Lady in Blue.’’ AUo received by the nuns it The camp is crowned by a giant the magnificent Trianon estate statue of Christ the Redeemer, of Mr. Davis at Broadmoor, Hugo and Missions believed to be the second largest ^ M rs , Johii L Dower ;j . statue of Christ in the world. Colorado Springs. The 60-room ' 'Lii. marble building is surrounded Born in Denver, Mrs. Dower at­ the Mullen charity' foundation, Surviving an a aoBf lYank L. tended Catholic schools, including they have been respo](6ih]«^ by beautiful landscaped Udd $415 toB um SOME OF THE BUILDINGS of the top photo is the central portion of the administra­ I^ttemer; two sisters, Mrs. Ella grounds, and has long been a 1 Loretto Heights college. She was many benefactions, known and Mullen Weekbaugh, and .Mrs. tion building, and the bottonT photo shows another married in 1905 to Prank L. Tet- showplace of the West. John ’Two contributions made to the Modem Woodmen sanitarium which will view of the administration group of buildings unknown, to the Church. Oscar Malo; and two grandchil­ W. Metzger, former attorney Guardian .Angels’ burse in the become the mother-house of the 'Western province temer, who died in 1912. Many Benefactions dren, Sharon and Elaine Tette- of the Poor Sisters of St. Francis Seraph of the of the sanitarium. (See aerial view on page 3.) Mr. Dower, who died June 26, mer. All are of Denver. general and Democratic candi­ past week brought the fuiid’s The J. K. Mullen heirs have date for governor in the 1952 Perpetual Adoration are shown above. In the —(Photos by Stewart’s, Colorado Springs) 1943, shared with Mrs. Dower in given SL Cajetan’s church, con­ The Rosary will be recited for total to $953.50. The burse money many of her benefactions. He vent, and school in Denver, on Mrs. Dower at 8 p.m. Thursday, electiofit, \cted as intermedi­ came to Denver in 1920, and ary in the transacUons. is earmarked for the education the site of the first mill owned Dec. 4, in the family residence, of seminarians for the priest­ married Mrs. May Mullen Tette- It is understood that Mr. by Mr. Mullen; the Mullen home 896 Pennsylvania street. The hood. In addition, S t Anthony’s Self-Sacrifice Foundation of Building, mer three years later. He became for the aged, the Mullen home family asks that, instead of Davis, who is not a Catholic, was parish, Hugo, and missions in­ a Papal Knight of St. Gregory in mainly instrumental in obtaining for boys, large building projects flowers, contributions be sent to creased its own burse by the 1942 for his outstanding work at St.