Ten New Priests Needed Yearly (EDITOR’S NOTE: the Following Letter of Tions
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t h e Fifty-Six D E N l/ E R OHHOLIO Parishes ^ THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1973 2 SECTIONS VOL. XLVIl NO. 51 SERVING THE CATHOLICS OF NORTHERN COLORADO 72 YEARS Reach City Council Goal Moves on A total of $881,950 has been pledged to the 1973 .Archbish op’s .Annual Campaign for Smut Progress, according to a re By Register Reporter port released July 26 by cam The passage by the City paign officials. Council July 23 of an anti Fifty-six parishes in t h e obscenity law gives to local archdiocese achieved their goal in this year’s campaign. ,q. 34.88 jurors the right to determine Of that number 40 parishes q. 36.88 what is to be considered ob scene or pornographic, points were from outside Metropoli iq. 41.88 out Leonard Carlin, a Cattio- tan Denver and 16 were from ;q. 43.88 lic attorney who has been in Denver Metro. The overall the forefront of the anti-smut average of 1973 pledge was fight in Denver for years. $34.67. Parishes outside Met One of the unexnected high ro Denver reported an aver points at the meeting was 17- age pledge of $28.36 and the year-old Robert litis, of 701 average pledge from the Den It So. Umatilla Way v/ho is a ver Metro parishes was $37.29. senior at Central Catholic The $881,950 pledged .68 jHigh School. amounted to 89 percent of litis delivered a minute and combined pari.sh goals of 16c a half speech for the ordi $986,854. The parishes o u t- nance with all the expertise side Metro Denver reached S of a veteran lawyer. He nev 99 percent of goal with pledg er faltered as he clinically re es of $207,558 and the Metro parishes achieved 87 percent TS, viewed cases of crime di Photo by Vaughn rectly traceable to obscenity. of goal with pledges of $674,- i litis was only one of many 392. OW 3.60 Discuss Ruling by Vatican young people who attended The number of parishes OW 1.72 the meeting, most of whom On Confession and First Communion achieving their goals in 1973 ^ow2.04 were again.st existing smut surpassed the 1972 campaign permissiveness. Thirteen deans of the Denver Archdio The “ .Addendum” to the General Catholic rjow3.96 cese and education officials of the archdio Directory includes the general practice of the when 54 parishes made their ‘40W 5.76 Mr. Carlin was one of the goal. Also the average pledge main proponents of the ordi cese met July 25 at the Chancery to ,discuss administration of the first sacraments of MOW 7.19 catechetical instructions for. children and the Penance and the Eucharist. Also discussed in 1973 of $34.67 exceeded the nance at.-the. Citv Couacil 1972 pledge of $33.14. meeting. He advocated the en recent declaration of policy issued by the at the meeting was the decree “ Quam Singu- actment of the ordinance on Congregation of the Sacraments and Clergy lari” , which was issued by Pope Pius X The lotal number of 25,437 pledges in the 1973 .AACP was while the grounds that it would be concerning the reception of first Confession setting down the norms for the reception of a logical outgrowth of t h e and First Communion. Monsignor William Communion by children on reaching the age a drop of nearly 2.000 from iiiiiitilY the total in 1972 when 27,400 U.S. Supreme Court decision Jones, Vicar for Education in the archdio of reason. In the picture, left to right, are; cese, is shown holding a copy of the General persons made pledges to the which gave to local commun Sister Elise Calmus, Central Area Director ities the legal right to rule on Catholic Directory, which gives the basis drive that year. of Education; Sister Rose Margaret Broer- 4DS what is obscene or pornogra for catechetical instruction and emphasizes The complete results of the phic rather than requiring parental responsibility in preparing their man. Monsignor .Tones and Father .Tames 1973 .A.ACP a r e printed on low 4.76 Turn to page seven children for the reception of the Sacraments. Rasby. page two. lOW 6.36 k6'11.80 To Serve an Exploding Population hiers Ten New Priests Needed Yearly (EDITOR’S NOTE: The following letter of tions. Only the Church and schools attracted a needs, a minimum of 10 newly ordained will be July 26 on vocations to the priesthood was sent by majority of favorable votes. .All others, including needed each year. Our team of vocation directors, Archbishop James V. Casey to the priests of the the Supreme Court, the Presidency, Congress, working with P’ather Robert Harrington, is trying Denver Archdiocese:) news media, labor unions, business, received only to enlist at least .50 new students for the seminary In these changing times, there is one human minority respect. In our recent survey to find each year. To accomplish this goal, your help hunger that persists from the past, and is deepen ways of better communicating with our people in and support are necessary. ing in our day. It is the hunger for reassurance the Archdiocese of Denver, we were told that the I do not speak exclusively for your active ef that our lives have lasting meaning . something Church enjoyed the confidence of about 82 percent forts to recruit men for the seminary, but your beyond the cjmical realities of political and com of our people. continued interest and concern for their needs and mercial life, beyond the burden of the daily strug I mention this, not because we can be smugly welfare during the years of their studies. All of gle for existence, beyond the suffering and lone content, but rather to point to the solid foundation liness experienced in every human life. upon which the modern priest stands as he wit us need support from friends in our daily lives, It is the vocation of every priest, by his life nesses to the Good News of the Gospel and pro and so I assure you that your support of our sem f and work, to be a W'itness to the Good News of vides substance for a deeply and widely felt inary students all during the year will be espe Christ and to offer to his fellowman the only satis hunger of our people. cially welcome and helpful. fying answer to this hunger. The life of the priest Those of you who were present for the recent is itself testimony that human life is the most celebration of Monsignor James Flanagan’s In the coming months, the Vocation Directors precious of all gifts because human life is a gift golden anniv’ersary of ordination will recall that intend to establish a Parish Vocation Committee from above; it is a sharing of the Life of a loving he traced his vocation primarily to the influence on the deanery level and hope eventually to offer 1.85 God who is the source of life. of priests stationed at .Annunciation Parish during this program to each parish. You are asked to I his youthful years. This is true of most priestly I mention this because I want to re give this effort your best cooperation. 3.85 mind myself and you that w'e are privileged as vocations. 7.85 priests to fill the most important and critical role Devotedly yours in Christ, in society, and we should be active and anxious MONSIGNOR FLANAGAN RN. to share this vocation with suitable young men Monsignor Flanagan mentioned that four 7.85 who should consider the priesthood for them young men were ordained for the Church of Den selves. ver 50 years ago. So far this year, fcnir young men have been ordained and one more will be or GALLUP POLL dained in early August. Meanwhile, the numbers James V. Casey In the most recent Gallup Poll, the pollsters of our people who require priestly service have Archbishop of Denver , July 24. 1973 asked about the confidence of people in institu been and are exploding. If we are to meet current The complete results of the 1973 Archbishop’s .Annual Campaign for Progress are printed Parishes Outside Denver below and show the dollars pledged, the per cent of goal achievement, reported parish units Dollars Percent Reported Per Cent the per cent of participation. The listing is not aiphabetical but was prepared according to Parish Pledged of Goal Par. Units Participatic amounts pledged. FT COLLINS ST. JOSEPH..................... .. 22,168 171 1,068 65 LONGMONT ST. JOHN .......................... .. 14,440 103 1.459 37 Metro Denver Parishes COLO. SPRGS. ST. MARY ..................... .. 14.000 Buy Out (1.219) BOULDER SACRED HT. OF JESUS .... .. 11.500 Buv Out ( 868) Dollars Pareont Ropertod Par Cant of COLO. SPRGS. CORPUS CHRISTI ........ .. 8.098 162 609 49 Pladgad of Goal Par. Units Participation STERLING ST. ANTHONY..................... .. 8.004 100 852 43 GREELEY ST. MARY .......................... .. 7.334 CHRIST THE K IN G ................................... 32.727 82 l.OM 50 113 589 34 BOULDER SACRED HT. OF MARY .... .. 7,323 fATucnPAL .............. ................ 27,611 102 1,059 57 102 274 75 EVERGREEN CHRIST THE KING ...... .. 7,002 98 441 39 COLO. SPRGS. DIVINE REDEEMER . .. 6,826 137 1,573 16 ST MARY LITTLETON .......................... 26,735 77 1,514 44 COLO. SPRGS. SACRED H E A R T ........ .. 5.801 166 700 30 QUEEiS OF PEACE .................................. 25,000 100 830 65 COLO. SPRGS. HOLY TRINITY ......... .. 5.455 55 1.020 17 O.L.O. FATIMA ........................................ 24,964 83 1,614 _9 GLENWOOD SPRGS.