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•9m 1 SUIIIIMII) Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation U)UL Sn SafdijsuL in , (batwsih, Qaiiuulbud. Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1950— Permission to Reproduce, Except on ' ; Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue. Ordination June 3 to Give Trio of Priest-Brothers - When the Rev. Thomas Mc­ F. McMahon. Mr. McMahon is Author Gene Fowler Mahon is ordained in the Den­ comptroller of the Denver Post. ver Cathedral June 3, it will A sister of the priests, Mrs. Harold Bremers, is a Doctor of mark the second time in the DENVER CATHOLIC Medicine (Dr, Jean L, McMa­ history of jthe archdiocese that hon). three brothers of the same fam­ The other trio of brothers To Become Catholic ily are serving in the priesthood. to serve in the archdiocese are Copyright ReleMc Friday, June 2, Noon His brothers are the Rev. the Rev. William Kelly, assistant Robert McMahon, ordained in in St. Mary’s parish, Colorado The worW-famoiis newsman whose first big story was the dedication of 1942, pastor of Sts. Peter and Springs; the Rev. John Kelly, the Denver Cathedral (1912) will return to that Cathedral after nearly 40 years Paul’s parish, Wheatridge, and pastor of St. Joseph’s parish, REGISTER the Rev. Donald McMahon, or­ Golden; and the Rev. Bernara to be baptized, receiva Communion, and attend his first Mass as a Catholic. He Price per copy, three cents dained in 1944, assistant in An- Kelly, chaplain of the Federal is Gene Fowler, famed as an author and editor. ijunciation parish, Denver. They Correctional institute near Mor­ VOL. XLV. No. 41. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1950 DENVER, COLORADO are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Louis rison. Fowler formed a life-long friendship with the beloved Rt. Until now I have proceeded + + + ■+ .+ Rev. Monsignor Hugh L. McMena- quietly in this matter, not wishing min, builder and rector for 40 years to have my seriously considered of the Cathedral, as a result of action commented upon in the lay that first story. He will return to press. 4Iy reason for this reluc­ that church to be baptized by the tance to have my actions publicized Rev. Duane Theobald, assistant in by well-meaning but perhaps care­ the parish, and successor to Mon- less colleagues in the field of jour­ Archbishop to Ordain 5 on June 3 signor McMenamin as director of nalism and letters was that as a the convert classes at the Cathe­ convert I did not wish to seem in Five young men will be ordained to the priesthood in the Cathe­ who will be ordained for the Archdiocese of Denver; and the Rev. dral. a position of using my very solemn dral, Denver, by Archbishop Urban J. Vehr Saturday, June 3, in cere­ James F. Kittleson of Denver, who will be ordained for the Diocese of In a ma^ificent letter explain­ decision for purposes of publicity monies beginning at 9 :30, o ’clock. They are the Rev. James L. Ahern Great Falls. A fifth candidate for the Archdiocese of Denver, the Rev. ing his motives for conversion, the Furthermore, insofar as I can gov­ of Chicago, the Rev. Ramon W. Blach of Yuma, the Rev. 'Thomas Mc­ author says: “ I have long wantedf ern the results of my action, it Joseph M. O’Malley, was ordained May 18 in St. Paul’s Cathedral, to be received into the True was and is my wish that a Catholic Mahon of Denver, and the Rev. Owen J. McHugh of Colorado Springs, Worcester, Mass, Church. Also, I did not wish to be newspaper should be given the a ‘deathbed Catholic.’ I am now 60, courtesy of announcing the conver­ Rhv. James L. Ahern Rev. Ramon W. Bloch Rev. Thomas McMahon Rev. Owen Joseph McHugh Rev. James F. Kittleson and perhaps I can work in a small sion of an adopted son. Moreover, The Rev. James L. Ahern, son The Rev. Ramon W. Blach, the The Rev. Thomas^cMahon was The Rev. Owen Joseph McHugh, Born June 18, 1925, son of Mr. way to earn my right to be a son I am no stranger to the Register. of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Ahern, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Blach, born in Casper, Wyo., Nov. 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Mc­ and Mrs. Theodore Kittleson, the of that Church.” I am a native son of Denver. was born in Chicago Dec. 26, 1924. was bom Feb. 3, 1926, in Yuma, 1924. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Hugh, was born in Oklahoma City Rev. James F. Kittleson is a na­ Born in Denver in 1890, Fowler Long, long ago, my friendship He received his primary education Colo. His primary education was Louis F. McMahon, both of whom April 17, 1924. tive of Foreston, Minn. was the son of Charles Frances bepn with one of the finest men at Visitation grade school, Chi­ had in the Yuma public schools, are prominent in Denver. He attended Corpus Christ! His primary education was and Dora Grace Devlin. He was — if not THE finest— I ever knew, cago, and attended Quigley prepar­ and he was graduated from Regis His primary education was ob­ atory seminary in Chicago from high school. Upon graduation from grade school and St. Mary’s high taken in Cathedral and Blessed adopted by his stepfather, Frank the Rt. Rev. Hugh L. McMenamin. school in Colorado Springs and Fowler, from whom he received his Somehow he knew that one day I Regis, he entered St. Thomas’ semi­ tained at St. John’s and Cathedral Sacrament grade schools in Den- nary, where he completed his entered St. Thomas’ seminary in name. He studied at the Uni­ ■yvould come knocking at the door 1942. In 1944 he went to the Cath­ of Mother Church. preparation for the priesthood. versity of Colorado. In 1916 he olic University of America on a married Agnes Hubbard and they Indeed, when last I saw that He will he ordained for the Basselin scholarship and received Gent Fowler have three children: Gene, Jr.; saint-like figure. Father “ Mac,” I Archdiocese of Denver on June 3 his master of arts degree. He then Jane, and Will. had dinner with him and his group by Archbishop Vehr, and his First returned to St. Thomas’ to com­ After working lor many years as of young priests at the Cathedral. Solemn Mass will be celebrated in a newsman on Denver dailies, he be­ plete his preparation for the priest­ Fr. IVelnerf Jubilee Father Theobald was among the St John’s church, Yuma, on June hood. came sports editor of the New York group of fine young men of the 5. The officers of the Mass will be Daily Mirror in 1924; managing cloth at that meal. And Father the Rev. Clement Gallagher, pas­ His First Solemn Mass will be ' Speakers Named editor of the New York American Theobald understood my love for tor of St. John’s parish, Yuma; sung in Corpus Christi church, in 1925; and managing editor of Father Mac, and has given pains­ Colorado Springs, June 4. The of- Father Jerome Leo Weinert this the Morning Telegraph in 1925. He takingly of his time to prepare me week announced the names of of­ has worked as a writer for RKO, for the fulfillment of the blessed ficers who will assist him in the 20th-Century Fox, Paramount, dream of these last years. celebration of the Solemn Mass Universal, United Artists, Selznick I long have wanted to be re­ coram Archie piscopu, in observ­ International, Samuel Goldwyn, ceived into the True Church. My ance of his silver jubilee as a and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. decision was not a sudden, emo­ priest. The jubilarian, for 16 Among his many best sellers are tional event. Also, I did not wish years the, first assistant pastor at Good Night, Sweet Prince (1943), to be a “ deathbed Catholic.” I am Holy Ghost church, will sing a a biography of John Barrymore; now sixty, and perhaps I can wbrk Solemn .Mass of Thanksgiving A Solo in Tom-Toms (1946), remi- in a small way to earn my right Wednesday morning, June 7, at ni.scences of his life ip Denver; and to be a son of that Church. My sins 10 o’clock-, Presiding iii the sanc­ Beau James (1949), a biography have been many, of course, for tuary will be Archbishop Urban J. of Mayor James J. Walker. I have been surrounded in my pro­ Vchr, assisted by Father William Gene Fowler’s letter announcing fession as a newspaperman, editor, Monahan and Father William Gal­ his decision to enter the Church and author by worldly companions lagher as chaplains. Assisting Fa­ was the most recent in a long se­ and touched by worldly things. But 1939 to 1944. His philosophy was ther Weinert will be Father Adam ries of correspondence between never once, notwithstanding my grade schools, and his secondary ver, and he was gp-aduated from Ritter of Denver, deacon; Father himself and Father Theobald. He taken at St. Mary of the Lake education was taken at Cathedral Regis high school in June, 1943. trespasses, have I wavered one in­ seminary, Mundelein, 111., and his Francis Brady of Holyoke, sub­ typed the letter himself, because stant in my belief in God, His and Regis high schools. All his He studied the classics, philos­ theology courses were at St. ophy and theology at St. Thomas’ deacon; the Very Rev. Monsignor he did not want even his secretary Son, the Holy Ghost. That feeling studies in preparation for the Thomas’ seminary, Denver.

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