52 Refugees in Archdiocese Jailed Couple Depict Cuba Perils, Fanatics By Edward T. Sm it h “Castro is carrying out what Christ told people to do!” This statement, made by a Cuban ex-nun who is now a member of the Castro militia, was quoted by Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Morales as an example of the fanaticism on the part of Castro’s followers that has kept the Cuban dictator in power. Mr. and Mrs. Morales arrived located. Wholesale deportation in Denver last week under of priests, including everyone the auspices of the archdioce­ who was born outside the san Catholic Charities. The fam­ country, has left entire pro­ ily is sponsored by the Catho­ vinces without clergy. In these lic Family Movement group in areas the Catholics gather in St. Therese’s Parish, Aurora. a park on Sunday morning for Their arrival brought to 52 the reading of the Gospel and the total of Cuban refugees to say the Rosary, but even who have found new homes in these meetings are conducted the archdiocese through the entirely under the view of efforts of the Charities office. Castro’s militia. In Denver, the Morales joined The churches in Havana Happiesf Faces Can Teach Adults their 15-year-old twins, named staffed by native Cuban priests, Rafael and Esther after their they said, are still open, but East meets West and North meets South in perfect har­ globe, could teach many an adult lesson&^of what each nation­ parents, who have been in the no one can be sure when Mass mony at the Margery Reed Mayo Day Nursery, Denver, which ality can contribute to the other in friendship, talent, and From Red Cuba to Colorado city for the past two months. will be offered. The priests have will sponsor a program of festive dances and choral num­ cultural background. With bands joined in a demonstration of , ■5 Mr. and Mrs. Morales left to be careful not to say any- bers July 27. Faces of these happy youngsters tell a story. folk dances around the world, the youngsters present a pic­ An ordeal that iocloded a 17*day stay in a Havana theater Cuba on June 30, only a few (Tum to Page 2— Column 5) These children, whose parentage stems from all comers of the ture of “happiest faces.” (See story on page 3.) tamed Into a prison came to an end the past week for Rafael weeks after having been re­ Morales, a lawyer, and his wife, Esther, a schoolteacher, when leased from a 17-day imprison- Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations j they arrived in Denver and were reunited to their 15-year-old twin son and daughter, also named Rafael and Esther. The \AAAAAAAAAA/VWWW\AAAAA/WWWW Contents Copyright by the Catholic Press Society. Inc., 1961 — Permission co Reproduce, Except! Cubans, brought to Denver through the efforts of the Rt. Rev. On Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue j Monslgnor Elmer Kolka of the Catholic Charities office, are Facelifting being sponsored by the St. Therese Parish unit of the Christian Host of Cubans Family Movement in Aurora. ^ In Denver the couple are setting out cheerfully to meet a Need Sponsors new challenge: To find work and to build a new life. There are still more than DENVER CATUaiC For 1st Church 50,000 refugees from the Cu­ ban terror who are living in the Miami area and are an­ . Regis Priest to Note xious to find new homes in the U.S., according to the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Elmer J. REGISTER In LeadviHe 50 Years as Jesuit Kolka, director of Catholic By Bob Sievers Charities in the Archdiocese VOL. LV. No. 50. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1961 DENVER, COLORADO The original salmon color of the 82-year-old Annun­ The Rev. Aloysius S. Hahn, since 1946 at Regis High School. of Denver. ciation Church, Leadville, will be restored in a three- S.J., will celebrate his 50th an­ Father Hahn is considered a Groups interested in spon­ niversary in the Society of Jesus teacher of Latin extraordinaire. phase rehabilitation project currently under way. soring one of these families The sum of $10,000 is being spent to preserve and with a Solemn Mass at Regis He still favors the old drill or firms that can employ re­ Clergy, Nuns, Laity in Archdiocese College Sunday, July 30. method of language teaching. fugees with these skills are prevent further damage to the masonry walls of the The Mass will be sung by Fa­ historic church. Scholastics to Sing urged to contact Monsignor front entrance. Formerly “E- ther Hahn at 11 a.m. in the stu­ Kolka at the Catholic Chari­ Before tuckpointing work could The Jesuit scholastic choir Will Attend Liturgical Conference be done, old paint had to be rected A.D. 1879” were the only dent chapel on the campus. All will sing at the Mass. Officers ties office, 1665 Grant Street, removed — three coats on the words visible. But now the friends and former students of of the Mass will be: Deacon, Fa­ AC. 2-3825. A chartered, air-conditioned importance of active participa­ Aug. 20, and travel through the upper portion of the walls and words “by Henry Robinson” tile Jesuit are invited to attend. ther Harold L. Stansell, S.J.; 'W\AAAAAAAAAAAA/W\AAAAAAAAA/VW\A( bus will take between 30 and 40 tion in the Holy Sacrifice of the night, putting the delegates in five on the concrete lower por­ have been uncovered. subdeacon. Father George M. St. Louis Native passengers from Denver and Mass. Oklahoma City the next morn­ tion. One of the latter included a It was the Rt. Rev. Monsig­ Tipton, S.J.; and master of Father Hahn was born in St. ment in a Havana theater that Colorado Springs to Oklahoma Aurora Pastor ing. Several priests from the yellow paint with black stripes nor Henry Robinson, P.A., who ceremonies and servers, former Louis, Mo., Dec. 22, 1893. He has been converted into a jail. City, Okla., for the 1961 Litur­ The Rev. Francis Syrianey, East will travel on this bus. that attempted to simulate entered the territory in 1874. students. received his education at St. It was during this stay in prison gical Week Aug. 21-24. pastor of St. Pius Tenth Parish, The round trip fare will be bricks. He built what was called the ^ u is University High School that they met the fanatic ex­ Already nearly 30 priests, sis­ Aurora, and a member of the only 320 or less depending on The sandblasting that removed “finest church in the diocese.” end at S t Louis University. nun, who was their jailer. ters, seminarians, and lay peo­ board of directors of the Na­ the number of passengers. the old paint also uncovered an The first Mass in the church ple have signified their inten­ was offered on New Year’s Day He entered the Jesuit No­ It is from unquestioning, fan­ tional Liturgical Conference, Those interested in joining the inscription on a stone at the in 1880. vitiate in July, 1911, and was atical devotees t h at Castro tion of attending the Oklahoma will be on the 1961 program. group are invited to contact Fa­ crest of the facade over t h e meeting, which will feature ordained by the late Cardinal draws his power, Mrs. Morales He will conduct an introduc­ ther Syrianey, EM. 4-1614, or The church also is the sec­ the important theme “Bible, John Glennon of St. Louis in declared. There are 500,000 men tory session for newcomers to Father John LePenske, Corpus ond church consecrated in the Life and Worship.” June of 1925. and women in the dictator’s the liturgical movement on the C h r i s t i Parish, Colorado state. It is reported to have militia, she reported, and al­ This will be the largest dio­ opening day. He is also chair­ Springs, before Thursday, Burse Gifts had the first marble altar in During his years of service. most all of these worship the man of the sectional meeting for Aug. 10. Father Hahn has taught at Mar­ cesan representation at a na­ the state. tyrant. tional Liturgical Week since the Rocky Mountain States. The Liturgical Conference, Total $29 quette High School in Mil­ The preserving effort will in­ From Poqrer Classes 1946, when the event was held Plans call for the Denver bus Washington, D.C., which spon- Donors to the archdiocesan clude a sanding of the surface, waukee, Wis.; at the Jesuit No­ to leave late Sunday afternoon. (Turn to Page 2 — Column 5) fund for the education of sem­ vitiate in Florissant, Mo.; and Most of the fanatics, the cou­ in Denver with ‘the theme, after the old paints are burn­ ple said, come from the poorer “Family Life in Christ.” inarians this week contributed ed off, and tuckpointing. The ^yVN^AA^WVWWWWNAAA/WWVAAA/Vt classes in Cuba. Though these In the past 15 years the Litur­ $29. The St. Jude Burse now deteriorated concrete facing at persons are worse off financial­ gical Weeks have grown into stands at a new total Of $1,- the lower portion of the walls Final in Series ly than they were before Castro large conventions with as many Colorado Springs Club 849.53 on its way to the $6,000 will be replaced.. came to power, the Morales as 5,000 or 6,000 registered. At goal. (Turn to Page 3— Column 4) The last in a series of arti­ said, they have been persuaded the 1959 Week at Notre Dame Contributors were V.P.M., Los cles on the blind will appear that the dictator is their savior University, 1,100 priests were in To Hear College Head Angeles, Calif., $5; anonymous, VWWWWWVVWWWWVWWWWVN^ in next week’s issue.