m e m i m — .JT..^-^. J^.-V!ia < ••— .4 abt^-^x;. 1 Colorado*8 Largest Newspaper; Total Press Run, All Editions, Far Above 500,000; Denver CaihoUe Register, 24ft25 iti NEW LIGHT THROWN ON BISHOP J . P. MACHEBEUF ini #ci Content* Copyrighted by the Catholic Pres* Society, Inc,, 1043—i-Permisaion to Reproduce, Except nn Article* Otherwiee Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following fasue Details of Pioneer ihe Colorado Catholic o f Juir 13, 1889, which described the dejilh and funeral of the prelate and gave his bioin^phr. The excellent likenCM, probably prepared l>efore his death, does not show the name o f the Sn artist, although the words “ Mills Co.” are cut in one of the figures of the stole. The paper was sent to the DENVER CATHCXIC Regular by Norman Roberts of Cxestone. Days, Given in Own Words, Are Recalled Issis of ‘Colorado CoHiolie’ Prinlod at Tima The ^rationalREGISTER Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Supplies The Denver Catholic Register. We Have Also the International News Service (Wire and Mail), a Large Special Service, Seven Smaller Of Prelate’s Death Sent to ‘Register’ Services, Photo Feature.^, and Wide World Photos. By Man in Greslone. " VOI^ XXXVIII. No. 30. DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, MARCH 18,1943. f l PER YEAR A graphic story of pioneer days in Colorado was sent to the Register this week by Norman Roberts of (^restone, Colo., in the form of a frayed, time-yellowed edition of the ^;Mew USO-NCCS Center Colorado Catholic, dated July 13, 1889, which tells of the death of the Most Rev. Joseph P. Machebeuf, first Bishop M of Denver. The entire front page of this early Catholic Will Be Dedicated April 3 paper, edited by the Rev. P. F. Carr, is given over to a story ifai F IS of the funeral and a biography of the prelate.' (Bound files Ta,* Religious and civic ceremonies armed services, and local and na­ of the Colorado Catholic have all been lost.) will mark the formal dedication of tional USO and NCCS officials will Particularly interesting is the , the new USO-NCCS club at East take part. Bishop’s own account of his first' The ceremony is scheduled to be- iisiiim III cm 16th and Grant, the former Knights days in Colorado, which gives some of Columbus building, the after­ gm at 5 p.m. in the new clubhouse, details that have not been repro­ noon of Saturday, April .3. Arch­ v^ich is one of the be.st equipped duced or even available in recent bishop Urban J. Vehr will bless buildings dedicated to USO work The Rev. Peter Pfister, O.F.M., years. Besides describing his first the building and state and city in the nation. Extensive altera­ returned to Denver last week as a Mass in Colorado and the building officials, representatives of the tions, which are now under way, golden jubilariah after a lapse of of the first Catholic church in Den­ are expected to be completed at more than 40 years from the time ver—the first brick church put up M that time. Selections by a military of his missionary labors in Colo­ by any denomination in the city— 30 band from one of the nearby army eil rado. The priest, who marked the the Bishop goes on to tell of visits Convent Chapel posts will open the civic program, 50th anniversary of his profession ra in the mountains. The story in­ which will follow immediately after in Paterson, N. J., Dec. 8 of last cludes the priceless tale of how he the age-old ritual of the Church’s j’car, was assigned shortly after locked in a congregation in Central Is Dedicated in blessing cerem<*iy. his ordination to St. Elizabeth’s City and refused to let the people After the ceremony in the new parish, Denv^, where he was given go until he had collected money or Archbishop Urban J. Vehr of club there will be a buffet dinner charge of several missions cared promises of contributions for a new Denver has received a letter from Loyola Parish and reception in the USO-NCCS, for .by th^'Franciscan Fathers at church there! H. Em. Cardinal Luigi Maglione, Women’s Division, clubhouse at that t i i ^ He remained in this The ^editor promised to give in Papal Secretary of State, convey­ East 18th and Grant. Several en- positioiy from 1898 to 1901. gi The chapel of the new convent another edition the story of his ing the Holy Father’s thanks for te;;tainment features will also be Fa^er I^eter returned to Den- the Peter’s Pence contribution ; for the Charity Sisters who teach missionary work in the state. The presented in the latter center. Both n 1912 and spent eight years In Loyola school, Denver, was paper would be invaluable as an from the Archdiocese of Denver clubs will participate in national e Franciscan parish as an a.s- and imparting the Apostolic bene­ blessgd at 4:30 p. m. March 16 historical reference if available. USO open-house day on Sunday, 'stant. In 1920 he returned to Considering the times, the edition diction upon the Archbishop, the idl by Archbishop Urban J. Vehr. March 28. cler^ , and members of the faith­ Dedicated to St. Joseph, the chapel aterson, where he had also made at hand is well printed. It has In a meeting of the pastors is philosophical and theological ful in the archdiocese. A copy of was made possible by a gift from eight pages, with the fold uncut, Denver and members of the NC studiesfiand where he has been .sta­ the letter follows: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kavanaugh, of six columns each. The adver­ council from every parish in the tioned for the past several years. SEGRETERIA DI STATO who were pre.sent for the blessing. tisements are astonishingly heavy city last Monday, tentative plans with the largest being devoted to a DI Also attending were James Bramer, were drawn for the dedication cere­ Helped Found SUA SANTITA president of Jhe lay committee real estate development “ next to mony and a permanent organiza­ Church in Hugo the Jesuit college and park.” The No. 65452. that purchased the convent at E. tion was established to increase the Vatican City, 23rd and Vine; the Rev. Roger real estate ads are the most num­ work being done in the new center. In his first stay in Colorado the erous. Nov. 16, 1942 ] Hoehn, O.S.B., chaplain of St. An- The meeting was attended by Arch­ jubilarian was given charge of all Your Excellency, The story on the Bishop, headed I thorty’s hospital, who helped de- bishop Vehr. the_ mission stations along the In the name of the Holy Father, “ The Right Rev. Joseph P, Mache­ '■r sign the altar; the Rev. Jerome J. Kernan Weekbaugh, president Union Pacific -frona Denver to and at his direction, I take /pleas­ beuf Goes to God,” starts out, as Weinert of Holy Ghost church and of the USO-NCCS council, an­ Cheyenne Wells. The first church ure in acknowledging receipt of was the custom, with a poem, writ­ his sister: prie.sLs of the Sacred nounced the following committee in the area, he recalls, was that o/ the Peter’s Pence, in the amount m ten by Maria S. Newman. Then Heart-Loyola staff; and sisters. St. Anthony in Hugo,, where he members: follows an account of his death in of $3,500, which you forwarded to Refreshments were served after Invitation, Miss Nellie I..ennon, a.ssisie<l the Most Rev. Nicholas him recently as the offering of the the dedication. chairman; Mary Nadorff, and the Matz, then Bishop of Denver, in St. Vincent’s orphan asylum after Archdiocese of Denver for the \-^V •‘.•V he had beer, weakened by an acci­ The first Ma.ss in the chapel will Very Rev. Harold V, Campbell, the laying of the cornerstone and year 1942. His Holiness bids me dent. A long and laudatory biog­ be ofUred at 7:.30 Friday by the pastor of Blessed- Sacrament par­ in the dedication. It was custom­ convey to Your Exxcllency the ex­ raphy ensues, with a description of Rev. Dr. Edward J. Morgan, S.J., ish in Denver; program and pub­ ary to sa.v Mass in the homes of pression of his paternal gratitude funeral arrangements at the end. paastor of the Jesuit parish in licity, Paul Horan, chairman; Mrs. Catholics in the town prior to the for this thoughtful contribution, An editorial on the Bishop is given Deenver. Thomas Morris.sey, William Mc- erection of the church, the priest which will be of great assistance on an inside page, and quotations Glone, J. Kernan Weekbaugh, and said. Coffin Setting for to him* in his efforts to meet the Father Morgan also announces from editorials in three Denver the Rev..W. J. Canavan; refresh­ Other missions in the state in administrative expenses of the the donation of a stained-gla^s 26 Army Reserve Students, daily papers are presented on the ments and decorations, Mrs. John which Father Peter served were Mother’s 1st Sight Holy See and to Extend his mission window, costing about $2,000, for back page. -i,oyola church. Depicting the Murtaugh, chairman; Mrs. L. A. Littleton, Elizabethr- Kiowa, and of mercy still further in this war- Coronation, the window will be on Higgins, Mrs. W. C. Kimrains, and Ca.stle Rock, None of the'stalions Of Son’s Army Khaki Bequiem Masses Were to be of­ torn world.'- - — the north side of the aanctuary Mrs.