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y, Jan. 2 0 , 1966 Thursday, Jan. 20, 1966 The Denver Catholic Register Section 2— Page 1 lable; !2 An Abbot Will Retire After Years of Progress d recommendation By C. J. Zecha monastery in 1933 until the ette. with its mission of St. stor is required for / An outstanding educa present has been remarkable. Schola-slica's, Erie. on. In January, 1958, 88 acres of tor, administrator, and farmland, including buildings UNDER Abbot Schiwinn’s Benet Hill academ y j speaker, the Rt. Rev. and installations for farm and jurisdiction, the expansion of mit enrollment, the Leonard Schwinn, O.S.B., ranch purposes, were added the school has made great ir September, 1966, i who will retire as Abbot to the abbey property, when strides, including a building 1 because of con- : of Holy Cross Abbey, the monastery came into pro built in 1956. In 1953 another )f an entire new ' Canon City, on Feb. 16, prietary possession of the fa building was completed, 555 Chelton road. j has already left a mark cility formerly known as Stale which was designed by Father 1 information con- of growth at the Benedic Prison Farm No. 5. The land Michael Jankowski, O.S.B. examinations for I tine monastery in the Di is directly bordering on the Also built in recent years ■ any level from older holdings of the abbey, wa.s St. Theresa’s convent for h year as of Sep- t ocese of Pueblo where he which amounted to about 132 the Benedictine Sisters who ), may be obtained has been superior for 33 acres, thus making the land handle the kitchen and local parochial years. available to the abbey a total domestic affairs of the monas- ipals and from the ‘ When he voluntarily steps of 220 acres for school, monas terj’. .Also con.structed was the Ice, 473-3096. ( aside next month as head of tery, and farm purposes. modem, all-purpose gymnasi the abbey he will be leaving Some of Abbot Schwinn’s um. Besides progress in build an institution that he has led more notable accomplish ing at the abbey, there has to a position of growth and in ments in spreading the Faith fluence among religious com been remodeling work of include; classrooms and buildings to munities in the West. He was directly instrumen serve the purpose of the From the time he took over tal in establishing and staffing monks. as apostolic administrator in St. Thomas More’s hospital. 1933, on through his official Canon City: The abbey makes a large economic contribution to the appointment as Abbot by Pius He helped establish anoth ST. JOSEPH’S HALL, on the abbey school campus, is one of the more re XI on June 18, 1937, Abbot Canon City area each year, jlste r — er Catholic hospital, St. Jo cent structures added to the school. It houses administrative offices and class Schwinn has distinguished seph's, in nearby Florence; exclusive of building or re rooms. himself through his work and He helped to eliminate anti- modeling program.^. zeal. Catholicism ir. the area by his portions. Consequently on July 2. 1907. He made his sim F.ATHER LEONARD was personal acts of charity not HOLY CROSS ABBEY is a .'May 1. 1928, ground was bro ple profession of vows a year dean of St. Benedict’s college daughter house of St. Vin IN COLLABORATION with only to Catholics, but to non- ken for the students' residence later at St. Vincent’s Abbey, from 1918 to 1922. Following cent’s archabbey. Latrobe. building (L'Uathorne halU, : h in e s ____40 < , the respective Ordinaries of Catholics; Latrobe, Pa., where he contin this term , he was assigned to Pa. Because of the scarcity of which contains lodgings for ued his philosophy studies. He parish work and wa.s the pas IAL-A-ST1TCH the Archdiocese of Denver His lectures and talks IS. darns and msnds. and the Diocese of Pueblo, he throughout the state have priests in the Colorado area. ISO students. received his baclwlor’s degree tor at Purcell, Kans.. from and sews on buttons, Archabbol Boniface Wimmer. is responsible for staffing the helped in breaking down prej in philosophy in 1912. In 1913 1922 to 1928. During this time stitches all without O S B of St. Vincent’s arch- From its very beginning he made his solemn profes he was diocesan director of Assume 2 paynents many Benedictine parishes udice: THE TUDOR- GOTHIC architecture of Holy Holy Cross abbey has main ish. 344-64S0. abbey, sent the first contin sion as a Benedictine monk. the Society for the Propaga and chaplaincies in Colorado. In spite of many obstacles, Cross abbey. Canon City, makes the monastery tained a school of theology for LE 44 building a towering spectacle lo travelers as they gent of Benedictines to Colo tion of the Faith and edited At present he is superior of he established a Benedictine the younger member.s of the In 1914 he went to the Coleg- 62 priests and 18 lay brothers approach the city. This is the original building, built rado, at the request of Bishop the society’s diocesan maga astened to leg above foundation in one of the poor Joseph Proiectus .Machebeuf. community. io di SI. .Anselmo. the Interna g red light on side, iu the community, and direc est and Communist-ridden in 1924. Since then, under Abbot Leonard Schwinn’s zine. He also .served as state light. Patented. Bishop of Denver. In the fall tional Benedictine college in chaplain for the Knights of tor of the 255 students in the areas of the Republic of Pana direction, numerous other buildings and facilities ABBOT SCHWINN, who is Rome, to study theology. The school. of 1886 ihese monks located at Columbus, and it was about ma; have been added. Breckenridge. Colo., equally at home in a rancher’s war interrupted his study and. _____ ( I He is well known as a teach this time that he began giving His mo.sl recent efforts have a monastery on Dec. 18. 1886. outfit as he is in his clerical after one year, he returned lo retreats for laymen during the er and a retreat master, hav Stale Penitentiary. Canon Florence, with its mission of S2A I been aimed at establishing a garb, was born on Feb. 16. the U.S. and St. Vincent's. summer months. ing given many retreats place of study in Mexico City City, and tho Medium Securi St, Patrick’s. Rockvale, and Bishop Machebeuf later do 1890. in Wellington, Kans. ardlng. Reasonable ty Center. They have charge Our Lady of A.ssumption. nated a tract of land in Bould He returned to St. Ben lht and told. 68th throughout the country.' in past for those monks who will Since the tim e he was a young He was ordained to the Cell 288-S2I2 years. He has taught homilet work in Latin American mis- of St. Thomas .\quinas New Wcstcliffe. er county to the Colorado Ben boy he has had a love for ihe priesthood on May 25, 1916, edict’s in 1928 and assumed edictines. attaching to the ics to the priesthood students sion.s: man Center at the University In the Archdiocese of Den outdoors, which is exemplified after completing bis course in his duties on the college’s fac grant the spiritual care of at the abbey, as well as He has directed the Abbey of Colorado, Boulder, and con ver, the monks staff Sacred by his presence on the abbey theology, and received his ulty. He was moderator of de le. Marble & Flag- souls in the entire county. bate teams and professor of lot. Time payments, courses in the high school di School for Boys, and fostered duct a sum m er camp for boys Heart of Jesus parish, Bould grounds, where he has often m aster’s degree in theology. le Co. 722-4038, 1343 vision. In 1958 he was the re vocations for the order as well at the abbey. er: Sacred Heart of Mao', been found working about the He did advance work in phi philosophy and English. cipient of an honorary doctor Parishes and missions in BECAUSE the constantly monastery building or in the losophy at the University of The great progress that the as for the Diocese of Pueblo. South Boulder, with its mis increasing Catholic population of laws degree a w a rd ^ by St. the Diocese of Pueblo staffed sion of St. Benedict’s Superi spacious orchard. Chicago and Columbia Univ- abbey has made in its educa of the stale warranted further tional and building programs Benedict’s college, Atchi.son, THE PRIESTS of the abbey by the Canon City Benedic or; St. Theresa’s, Frederick, ersiiv during the summer MOTHER expansion. Bishop Nicholas C. He completed his high months of 1918 and 1920, re in the past years is a tribute HELP! Kans. hold chaplaincies of two Cath tines are St. Leander’s and with its mission of Guardian olic hospital.s in Fremont St. M ary’s. Pueblo; St. Mi Matz in 1894 invited the Ben school training in 1907 at St. spectively. He received his to Abbot Schwinn’s zeal, per lay thru Friday Angels’, -Meade; St. John the edictine priests to extend Benedict’s and entered the severance in times of difficul to 6 THE PROGRESS made at county and one Catholic hospi doctorate of philosophy from chael’s, Canon City, with its B a p t i s t 's , Longmont; St. their activities into Fremont iges 2 le 4 the abbey from the time Ab tal in Ogden.