National Circulation Over 470,000; Denver Catholic Register, 21^49 JUBILEE DRIVE DEFINITELY GOING OVER TOP + + + + + + Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1940— Permission to Reproduce, Excepting on Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue in •i>* clergy procession preceding.the Solemn Pontifical Oll'Vti »/M.C/ll'tl'T o l> Mggg g( life Cathedral Wednesday, May 29, is shown below. Reading from left to right, front row, are the Rt. Rev, Hugh L. McMenamin, the Very Rev. Magnificent Affair Charles Hagus, the Very Rev. Thomas D. Coyne, GM ., and the Rt. Rev. Matthew Smith; second row, the Very Rev. William Higgins, the Very Rev. Robert Kelley, S.J.; Bishop Urban J. Vehr, the Very Rev. Harold V. Campbell, and the Rt. Rev. Abbot Leonard Schwinn, O.S.B. After the Mass a delegation o f students led by Eva Sydney Monaghan o f lx>retto Heights college pre­ Marks Anniversary sented the Bishop with a spiritual' bouquet and a check for |1,S00 (lower photo). Bishop Vehr an­ DENVER CATHOLIC nounced that the money would form the beginning o f a school children’s burse for the seminary. Shown in the picture are (left to right): First row— Monsignor J. J. Bosetti, V.G.; Eva Sydney Monaghan, Bishop Vehr,-Father Hubert Newell, diocesan superintendent of schools, and Kathleen McCormick; sec­ ond row— James Wilson, Florence Piute, Bernard Deidel, Dorothy Pantoski, and Daniel Foley. Of Denver Dishop REGISTER $120,051 on Hand or Pledged; More Parishes The National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Supplies The Denver Catholic Register. We Have To Be Heard From; Money Id Go Also the International News Service (Wire and Mail), a Large Special Service, Seven Smaller Services, Photo Features, and Wide World Photos. For Diocesan Needs VOL. XXXV. No. 41. DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1940. $2 PER YEAR Reports made at the priests’ dinner in the Bro'wn Solemn Pontifical Mass at Mt. Olivet Palace hotel Wednesday following the silver jubilee Pon­ tifical Mass of the Most Rev. Urban J. Vehr, Bishop of Denver, showed that the diocese is definitely going over the top in the financial drive arranged by the consultors Memorial Day Called Catholic and deans. The cash on hand at the time of the dinner was $84,561.31. In addition, there was $35,490 in pledges. This makes a total of $120,051.31, with the drive still to be In Spirit by Msgr. Muiroy conducted in 15 parishes, most of + + + which are in agricultural and tour­ ist districts where the pastors asked to have the campaign held “ Memorial day is Catholic in mighty God at the hands of our capital city of the nation lies later in the year. spirit,’’ declared the Very Rev. Bishop today the very Body of the Arlington cemetery. In this ceme /IIIIIIIIIID Only two weeks ago, the cash Monsignor John R. Muiroy in his Savior, pleading that through Him tery we find the most sacred spot, on hand stood at $30,000 and one address at the Solemn Pontifical may come to the war-torn world nationally speaking, in America week ago at $50,000. In almost Mass in Mt. Olivet cemetery May that peace for which He so often Built grandly and beautifully into every case, the pastors voluntarily 30. “ The beautiful tribute which prayed.’’ that hillside is the tomb of the surrendered the 40 per cent of the 111 D in FDD our fellow-citizens began after the Monsigmor Mulroy’s address in unknown soldier, and before it income they were permitted to Civil war is but an adaption by part follows: burns a perpetual light. Here is keep for parish funds in order the acme of the nation’s tribute civil authority of prayerful cere­ Arlington It Sacred Spot to swell the diocesan fund. One monies for our beloved dead to its heroes of all its wars, to rural parish turned in 200 per that the Church has solemnly High on a Virginia hillside the soldiers and sailors who have BISDDP J D i II cent of the Bishop’s quota. overlooking the Potomac and the died in the service of their coun­ carried out from Apostolic days. The Rt. Rev. Hugh L. McMen­ In the beautiful ritual of the try. That perpetual light is more At least 700 prominent laymen than a flame of memory, a tribute amin, who made the report, said Church, which has never faltered that it had surpassed the most of Denver and the diocese at large in its devotion to and for the Legion of Mary to a hero unknown save to his are expected at the banquet June Creator. It is a symbol of faith, sanguine expectations of the con­ dead, we beseech Almighty God sultors and deans. “You have the 12 in honor of the silver jubilee that eternal light may perpetually of America’s faith in the holy of the Most Rev. Bishop Urban J. cause of patriotism, in the value most loyal group of priests in the shine upon the nation’s heroes, Organizes Two nation,” he told Bishop Vehr. Vehr. This lay tribute to the and that He may give them ever­ of self-sacrifice and devotion to Bishop on the anniversary of his lasting peace. Today, while the duty. The diocesan goal in the drive is $150,000. Bishop Vehr, while ordination will be held in the Lin­ air is filled with cries for pre­ From the day of Lincoln’s New Praesidia he permitted the staging of the coln room of the Shirley-Savoy paredness, we raise our humble Gettysburg address, and General hotel. It is being sponsored by voices in prayers for peace. But John A. Logan’s order to the drive on the occasion of his silver jubilee as a priest, insisted that the Knights of Columbus and the thank God we can do more than Two new Legion of Mary prae­ soldiers in the Grand Army of the nothing be done for him person­ Diocesan Council of Catholic that. We can and do offer to Al­ sidia have been established, it was Republic in 1868 to decorate the Women. announced at the Denver curia graves of their deceased comrades Catholics Tie ally but that the money be raised entirely for the needs of the dio­ All the Catholic men and 3 1 meeting May 23 at St. Francis de on each succeeding May 30, the women of Denver and vicinity are Sales’ high school. At Minturn, spirit of Memorial day has spread cese. The Rt. Rev. Joseph Bosetti, V.G., announced Wednesday that asked to take part in this public a mission of St. Stephen’s parish, abroad in the land. Regardless of In Regional expression of appreciation to Glenwood Springs, Praesidium religious adherence some kind of the campaign had been conducted Registorialg without any overhead expense. On Bishop Vehr. Tickets at $2 may Mary, Queen of Peace, has been prayer is said that ,the warrior be secured from committee mem­ organized by the Rev. C. E. Kess­ may rest in peace. In observance motion of the Rev. Louis J. Groh- Drama Contest man, the priests gave a rising bers or at any parish rectory in ler. The regular annual curia of this custom we are assembled Denver. LEOPOLD’S ACTION report of Our Lady of Mercy here today. 'We wish to leave no vote of thanks to the three Mon­ (B y W alter K r a n z ) Thomas J. Tynan will be toast­ NOT COWARDLY praesidium, St. Peter’s parish. signori who acted as officials of defender of our country un­ A great many people have heard master for the occasion, and Gov­ Rocky Ford, disclosed that a the drive. The most significant event o f honored or unsung. In the beau­ Barbara Murphy’s voice on the ernor Ralph L. Carr and Mayor Spanish-speaking praesidium had Musical Program Outstanding the week was the surrender o f the tiful ritual of the Church, which air and have liked it. And when Benjamin F. Stapleton will be been organized in that parish with In every sense, the celebration of Belgian army to the Nazi invaders has never faltered in its devotion anyone meets her, he or she in­ special guests. Frank J. Gartland by King I.eopold, against the ad­ nine charter members. This is the to and for the dead, we beseech the jubilee was a magnificent variably starts rooting for tele­ affair. The Pontifical Mass was will give a toast to the Pope. vice o f his cabinet. He was hor­ third praesidium organized oy the Almighty God that eternal light Among the speakers will be Bishop vision. marked by one of the most bril­ ribly criticized by the Allies gnd Rev. Patrick Conway of Rocky may perpetually shine upon the Vehr, Mrs. M. J. O’Fallon, and Ford and brings the total of le­ The 23-year-old Catholic girl liant musical programs Monsignor some o f the cabinet members, but nation’s heroes and that He may •has just been declared the co-win- R. Paul Horan. gion praesidia in the Denver diO' give them everlasting peace. Joseph Bosetti has ever presented. his action was motivated by a de­ ser of the dramatic contest spon­ The central committee working sire to save his people from further cese to 39. We of the Catholic Church The Cathedral vested choir sang, sored by the radio program, “ The with the choir of St. Thomas’ sem- on arrangements for the banquet slaughter. The Belgians were fight­ In the absence of the Rev.