Drive Opens to Raise Fund for Estes Park Church

r-n: ;h Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations I Drive Opens to Raise Fund for Estes Park Church Contents CopTrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc. 1946— Permission to Reprodnce, Except on Bishops’ Committee Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Xssne Construction Cost For Spanish-Speaking DENVER CATHOLIC IS M ED AIG. I To Excoed $30,000; ij. To Establish Office y FIELD $10,000 Now in Bank i A Mass dedicated to the army Rev. John J. Birch of Los Angelos, Noted for air forces men killed or tnissing in action will be held in a Lowry Bvlldlng Work on New St. Walter’s to Start as REG ISTER Field chapel when the post ob Youth Work, Will Head Regional Center The National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Supplies The Denver Catholic Register. We serves the 38th anniversary of the army air forces with a day-long Soon as Materials Are Released; Will In San Antonio, Tex. Have Also the International News Service (Wire and Hail), a Large Special Service, Seven Smaller open house at the Denver installa Services, Photo Features, and Wide World Photos. (3 cents per copy) tion Wednesday, Aug. 1. Be of Native Rock, Timber “ All Denver parents and wives The initiation of a broad program for the promotion of VOL. XL. No. 47. DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1945. $1 PER YEAR who have sons and husbands in the With the architect’s plans already drawn and paid for, the spiritual, social, and economic welfare of the Spanish army air forces or who have lost a three-acre building site in their possession and $10,000 speaking people of the Southwest w'ill be undertaken in a loved one in combat.” declared in the bank, the Catholics of Estes Park are launching a San Antonio, Tex., next month with the establishment there of l i t Col. William C. Williams, post chaplain, "are especially invited to mammoth financial drive that they hope will raise for the regional office of the Bishops’ Committee for the Span 70 Sisters Attend Institute attend these impressive cere- them during the month of August much of the balance nec ish-speaking. Announcement of the opening of the office monies. It essary to meet the cost of the new St. Walter church, was made by Archbishop Robert E. Lucey, executive chair The Mass will be held at 4 p.m. in chapel 27 with Capt Werner A. which will be built in the mountain resort as soon as the man of the Bishops’ committee. Heading the regional staff war is over. will be the Rev. John J. Birch of Rauh, Catholic ch^lain, leading Los Angeles, who is scheduled to the prayers for A A F men killed or It is estimated that the total arrive in San Antonio shortly after missing in action during this war. cost o f the structure will be in Fr, McCartan^ C.SS.R.^ w o n GILLED Aug. 1. A field kit used by Catholic chap excess of $30,000 'and the direc 1$ Denver Visitor lains overseas will also be on dis tors of the drive are confident The Bishops’ Committee for the play. that much of the sum could be Spanish-speaKing was established The Lowry officers’ ^te, E. 5th raised before the victory dinner. after a seminar on problems of the Special building fund envelopes y Spanish-speaking in the West and avenue and Quebec, will be open ON lOiSSISI to visitors at 9 o’clock Wednesday are being printed and distributed Southwest held Oct. 17 to 20, 1944, and it is hoped that the many sum in Regis college, Denver. Arch morning, but the official program of entertainment for the day-long mer visitors who are served in bishop Urban J. Vehr is a member Estes Park by St. Walter’s chapel of the committee. open house will not get under way DF until 1 o’clock that afternoon will aid in swelling the fund. Con S The program decided upon in tributions may be left at the the organization meeting o f the Mighty B-29 Superfortresses, church or rectory, at the Monahan Bishops’ committee held in Okla which are daily dropping more Motor company on the main street 1. homa City, Jan. 10-12, and further than 1,000 tons of bombs on the With the touching appeal to of the village, or may be sent by WIDINEDDDPE amplified in the executive commit Japanese homeland, may be seen mail to the St. Walter Building “ help the innocent who go hun tee session held in El Paso on Feb. in action by Denver citizens Fund, care o f the Rev, Francis J. gry and naked because man made 21 embraces the three following Wednesday, and open house visi Kappes, Loveland. Archbishop The agony of waiting for miss war,” Mrs. Thomas G. Garrison objectives: tors will have their first oppor Urban J. Vehr o f Denver has given ing planes and their crews of his of Golden, president of the Na 1. A building program to in tunity to inspect a Superfort cock incentive to the drive with the "boys” to return from bombing tional Council of Catholic Women, clude clinics, settlement houses, pit and look into a bomb bay. initial offering o f $1,000 from the missions over Germany and the has called upon the Catholic women meeting places for organizations, Plaaai te Be Displayed mission funds of the archdiocese. constant nerve-Mrracking horror o f of the nation to spare no effort in catechetical centers, etc. A huge exhibition of planes— Construction o f the new V-1 and V-2 buzz bombs are well the task of getting speedy relief 2. Service to Spanish-speaking Superforts, Flying Fortresses, Lib church, which will be built of known to Capt Vincent McCartan, to destitute children and nuns of people including care o f migrant erators, Marauders, Billy Mitchells, native rock and timber, is sched C.SS.R., army chaplain who was war-ravished Europe, the Philip workers and families, maternal Mustangs, and Lightnings— will bq uled to begin as soon as ma stationed at S t Joseph’s Redemp- pines, and China. and child care, health, recreation open to the public from 1 to 6 p.m, terials are released. The site is torist parish in Denver from 1938 Mrs. Garrison’s appeal is pub and relief services, development of The types of bombs used by each a beautiful three-acre section of to 1941, and who is now on a visit lished in the NCCW monthly Mee- organizations and leadership, edu of the Dombers will also be viewed (T u rn to P a g e t — C olu m n 4) to the parish while awaiting reas tage, a special edition of which is cational opportunities, co-opera by guests. signment. devoted to War Relief ^ervices- tion with public agencies for Mexi An institute in teaching religion I Denver, last week. The institute] catechist. The children in the dem- Combat veterans who are now Father McCartan, who left fo r National Catholic Welfare Confer can welfare, social insurance, was attended by more than 70 re- was conducted by the Rev. Alo- onstration are pupils from St. stationed at Lowry after overseas ACCW Conference Is the army Jupe 1, 1941, was on the ence. Her plea is in response to a youth movement, etc. ligious in Loretto Heights college,Iysius Heeg. S.J., nationally known! John's parochial school. tours in both the European and first ship of American air force letter from the Rt. Rev. Monsignor 3. A broad intensive program Pacific theaters will be on hand to To Be Held July 27 troops to land in England, on Juiie Patrick A. O’Boyle, executive di of spiritual welfare including en explain the operation of the bomb 9, 1942. After three years over rector o f War Relief Services- couragement o f religious vocations ers to visitors, A few of the vet In Colorado $pring$ seas, he was among the 15,000 men NCWC, describing pathetic condi among the Mexicans, the Confra Heroic Cathoiic Mother FLYING VEIEDAN erans participated in the first B-29 who returned to this country on tions in Europe. ternity of Christian Doctrine, so raid. the Queen Elizabeth when she Nuns go about “ in tom gar dalities for youth, religious discus T h rou gh ou t the afternoon, This is the final notice for the docked in New York June 30, ments, often without shoes, on sion clubs, religious vocation Lowry’s new B-29 transition train joint quarterly conference o f the When Father McCartan landed ing program will he in action,-and their errands of mercy,” Monsignor schools, etc. To Be Feted on Birthday |(|L[[[| m j [ ) ( ) | 5 Archdiocesan Council of Catholic in England the nation was in the O’Boyle wrote in his letter, which The program covers the entire open house visitors will have Women and the annual meeting midst o f some of the darkest days is also published in the special edU Southwest embracing the eccles countless opportunities of seeing of the Colorado Springs deanery of the war. It was,.as the chaplain tion. "Men, women, and little iastical provinces o f San Antonio, " I tried, but somehow I could resignation to the inscrutable the Superforts taking off and land to be held in El Pomar retreat- puts it, "pretty rough going.** children died last winter in Europe Santa Fe, Denver, and Los An never quite find time to be very will of God.

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