o -sj n Archbishop Will Welcome 30 of Hierarch w rn -sj o o rp aj o J»- m At June 10th Celebration o oj <: her of i>j o to a? th»*re Please Of 50th Sacerdotal Jubilee DENVER CATHOLt divine It will be 50 years ago itself will not be held until June major anniversary to be noted lege, St. Gregory’s seminary, this Saturday, May 29. that 10, at which time 30 .Archbish­ by Archbishop Vehr, since com­ and Mt. St. Mary’s major sem­ >rding ops and Bishops from around ing to Denver. In 1956 he cele­ inary. He was ordained on May use 0^ Archbishop Urban J. Vehr. chief shepherd of all of the United States will come to brated the 25lh anniversary of 29, 1915. diffor- Denver to join the Archbishop his consecration as a Bishop Colorado from 1931 to 1941 In 1922, following six years as son of in noting the occasion. and likewise his 25th year as an assistant pastor, and one is not and of the Archdiocese of Also to attend will be more Ordinary of Denver. He is Den­ year as chaplain at the Mt. St. Denver since 1941, was or­ than 250 priests from around ver’s fourth Bishop and became Jo.scph mother house in Cin­ REGISTER dained to the priesthood in the country and city and slate the first Archbishop in 1941 when cinnati. he began a career as a THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1965 V O L. LIX No. 42 name his native Cincinnati. By officials of Colorado. the See was raised to archdioc- Catholic educator, which he was sperly coincidence, on this anni­ On the morning of June 10 at osan rank to continue as Bishop of Den­ of the versary date, the 34th class 10:30 a.m. the Most Rev. David At the time of his consecra- ver. He was r.amcd assistant single of young men from St. M. Maloney. Auxiliary Bishop tian and appointment to Den­ superintendent of schools in the ’erson Thomas seminary since the of Denver, will offer a Solemn ver, the future Archbishop was Cincinnati archdiocese. He re­ Pontfical Ma.s.s in the Cathedral rector of St. Mary's seminary, ceived his master of arts de­ Diplomas Archbishop’s arrival in in the presence of Archbishop gree from the Catholic universi­ Jr na* Denver, will be ordained in Norwood, 0.. and. at the age of Vehr. F'ollowing the Mass, the 40, he become the youngest ty of America, Washington, rsons, the Cathedral of the Im­ archdioce.se will be host to the member of the U.S. hierarchy. D.C.. and in 1924 became arch- Pope John’s JOURNAL OF A SOUL r acts maculate Conception. Archbishop and his guests at a diocesan superintendent of published by McGraw-Hill, N. Y., is at ThouKh May 29 is the actual dinner in the Brown Palace Born in Price Hill. Cincinnati schools. in 1891. he attended Holy Fami­ To Be Given once the most edifying and exasper­ date of the Archbishop’s Kolden hotel. He is Two years later he became ating book to come along in a decade. jubilee, the jubilee celebration THIS W ILL BE THE second ly school there, St. Xavier col- rector of St. Gregory’s prepara­ as its tory seminary, and after furth­ Anyone who is looking for anything other m. or er study in the Angelicum. than the odyssey of a soul searching for . Rome, he was appointed rector holiness and spiritual perfection in this of St. Mary’s seminary. Recordl,263 life must be disappointed. U1 by His pastoral and administra­ inas* Educators of the archdio­ The St. Francis de Sales con­ We all know from other sources of John’s tive years in the Cincinnati arch­ trials in Sophia for a decade: of another de­ ature diocese. like those of his pred­ cese are jubilant at the rec­ cert band, directed by William jcond ecessor, the Most Rev. Joseph ord figure set by Catholic dal Gallo, will play the proces­ cade of humiliations and vexations in Istanbul; Machebcuf, the first Bishop of high schools in the 1965 sional march of the graduates, of his seven frustrating and at times humiliat­ Denver, provided a valuable followed by the posting of co­ ing years in Paris; and of his six years of de­ iry IS graduation class, a total of lors by St. Michael's guild of God. store of experience to be put at 1,263 as against last year's light and happiness in Venice. the service of the Colorado see, the Denver police department, figure of 1,120. the singing of the Star Spangled But what happened to his diary entries be­ L\ HIS FIRST decade as Archbishop Urban J. Vehr Banner, and the recitation of tween his transfer to Venice and becoming Bishop of Denver, the diocese will present diplomas to the pledge of allegiance. Cardinal and Patriarch? .Not one notation in bis some 958 of the graduates notes for a year! met and overcame many great Student chairman of the exer­ trials. The great depression was Lady from nine schools at a joint cises, Michael DiManna of What about the Consistory, etc.? .Almost at its nadir. One in four work­ ceremony in the city audi­ Cathedral high school, will de­ ing men was out of work, build­ three years later he wrote one of the few allu­ torium Sunday, June 6, at liver greetings on behalf of the of a ing was at a .standstill, dust sions to his election: 3 p.m. graduating students. :olor. storms plagued the farms, and Seated around the auditorium “ When . the Cardinals of the Holy Roman [e, or people could no longer support will be Cathedral high school The Cathedral high school Church chose me to assume the supreme re­ the Church as before. age. graduates (164): Regis (131); choral group will sing a selec­ sponsibility of ruling the universal flock of Je­ The vigorous new Bishop, in lack, Machebeuf (138); St. Joseph’s tion of pieces prior to the vale- the midst of these troubled sus Christ, at seventy-seven years of age, ract- (81); Annunciation (60); Mullen dictorj* address to be delivered times, set the pace for unprece­ everyone was convinced that I would be a pro- ^61); Mount Carmel (49); Holy by Jacob Williams of .Annunci­ dented future growth. In that vi.sional and transitional Pope. Yet here I am, Family (116); and St. Francis ation high school, titled “ .Across iy of first 10 years St. Thomas' sem­ already on the eve of the fourth year of my de Sales (158). a Century." Sister Jeannine Lady inary grew to new stature and Therese will direct the choir. pontificate, with an immense programme of the number of diocesan priest.s irved THE AL'DITORIl'M will open work in front of me to be carried out before rose from 123 to 147. GRADUATES FROM other the eyes of the whole world, which is watching ain. The Confraternity of Chris­ at 2:15 p.m. Sunday for this Catholic schools of the archdio­ and waiting. As for myself. I feel like St. Alar- tian Doctrine program was 33rd annual commencement ex­ ercise of the Denver parochial cese total: Marycrest. 28; St. tin, who ‘neither feared to die, nor refused to started to teach religion outside Mary’s academy, 57; St. Eu­ the Catholic schools. The Catho­ high schools. live.’ “ inta- phrasia, 11: Mt. St. Gertrude. lic Charities office was greatly Boulder. 28; St. Mary. Colorado And a.s for the anticipated drama of the t the expanded, and institutions such Springs. 138; St. Joseph con­ Council, we have only the startling comment: as the Ave Maria clinic, one of doc- vent, Colorado Springs, 5; and “ Without any forethought. I put forward, in and the best-equipped in the West: St. Anthony. Sterling. 38. the Little Flower and Vail com­ New Chapel one of my first talks with my Secretary of munity centers, and Camp San­ In the St, M arj’s academy State, on 20 January. 19.59, the Idea of an keep ta Maria, near Bailey, for un­ graduation rites, Archbishop Ecumenical Council, a Diocesan Synod and the th a derprivileged children were set In Plans at Vehr will confer.diplomas to 57 revision of the Code of Canon Law, all this zee’s up. seniors on Friday morning. being quite contrary to any previous supposi­ From July 31, 1931, to June, May 28, at 10:30 a.m. The Arch­ tion or idea of my own on this subject. 1965, the Archbishop has creat­ Girls' Camp bishop will lead the proces­ ition ed 41 new pari.shes, blessed 118 sional of clergy, fourth degree “ I was the first to be surprised at my propo­ with new churches and additions, 68 Knights of Columbus, and the sal. which was entirely my own idea.” A new chapel at Our Lady of * * • n. new schools and additions, to­ the Rockies girls’ camp near seniors into the forum of the taling 446 new classrooms, 52 new high school building. If the reader seeks to find in the JOURN.AL lal’s Evergreen. Colo., will be at new convents and enlarge­ least partially completed and what one of his biographers refers to as John’s 1. ments, 41 new rectories, and 71 “ under cover” for opening day, AUXILI.ARY BISHOP David “ exquisitely ironic and exuberantly cheerful” M. Maloney of Denver will ad­ :ully other religious buildings. June 26. comments, he is surely going to find none of it.