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Pope Paul Receives Kennedy Says US. Efforts Toward Peace Will Bear Fruit Vatican City — Pope Paul VI “of the efforts to ensure to all true and peaceful progress thatj father — then Ambassador to president to faculty members of DENVER CATHaiC touched on race relations, space your citizens the equal benefits would bring men together in a i Britain — to the coronation of the college and its house of exploration and world peace, of citizenship, which have as closer relationship of universal I Pius XII. graduate studies. and praised American aid to de their foundation the equality of brotherhood.’’ j President Kennedy was greet- Cardinal Cushing presented the veloping countries in a speech all men because of their dignity ‘The effort to obtain world i^d at the North American col- president with gifts that the late given as he received U.S. Presi as persons and children of God.’* peace,” the Pontiff reminded by Cardinal Richard Cush- Pope John had intended to give dent John Kennedy at the Vati POPE PAUL noted that “these the President, “is to be com- •‘trchbishop of Boston. .Arch- him. One was one of only three; can. mended highly, and we are eon- bishop Martin O’Connor, rector copies of Pacem in Terris auto REGISTER few years have seen impressive Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Speaking in English, the Pon developments in exploration of fident these labors will find a of the college, presented the graphed by Pope John. tiff referred to Pope John space, to which the U.S. has ready response in all men of! THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1963 VOL. LVIl No. 47 XXIH’s encyclical, Pacem in DENVER, COLORADO made notable contributions. good will. I Terris, “whic.h presented anew "Universal peace in charity to the world the Church’s con “May these undertakings take and justice can be achieved, and stant teaching on the dignity of on a meaning of homage render we feel the efforts of the U.S the individual human person." ed to God. .because they augur will bear fruit and help to se "We are ever mindful in our so much for the benefit of man cure for all peoples of this prayers,” he told the President, kind. May they be indicative of troubled world that peace which Holy Ghost Fathers to Open will enable them to prosper and enjoy the blessings God intends for them.” Pope Paul mentioned Ameri can prosperity and added: “Nevertheless in the midst of Glenwood Springs Novitiate this hard-won abundance, your country has not forgotten the The Holy Ghost Fathers, pioneers of missions in high ideals of its first begin nings, nor neglected the poorer Africa, have announced the acquisition of a 1,200-acre nations . At no little cost, the site at a cost of $250,000 in Glenwood Springs, where U.S. has extended to all of them L t ^ they will open a novitiate Aug. 7 for their new Western a very generous helping hand." province. This marks the congregation’s first house in The Holy Father recalled his the Archdiocese of Denver. was a chaplain in the Air Force Father Joseph B .' Murphy, in World War II. He was found C.S.Sp., who has conducted a ing pastor of parishes in River number of retreats and missions side, Calif., and Tucson, Ariz. Pope Paul V I in the Denver archdiocese, is Father Clemence Lachowshy, superior at the Holy Spirit no C.S.Sp., master of novices at vitiate and in charge of pre the Holy Ghost novitiate at Coronation, liminary work at the site. Ridgefield, Conn., for several See Sec. 2, p. 3 (Turn to Page 2) EIGHT YOUNG MEN of col lege age will form the first own visit to the U.S. and his group at the novitiate Aug. 7. first meeting with the President They will spend a full year almost 25 years ago when Presi studying the meaning of reli dent Kennedy accompanied his gious life, religious vows, and the history of the Holy Ghost Fathers. Father Murphy said that 300 acres are at the southern bound Likenesses Unite ary of Glenwood Springs and touch the Roaring Fork river Races; All Else for half a mile. The other 900 Is Superficial acres include forest and grazing To Serve as Novitiate lands. A 45-acre reservoir pro Cleveland — “The only dif vides irrigation water for the ference is the coior of our skin, This sturdily built two-story, 20-room house ther Joseph B. Murphy, C-S.Sp., is superior at pasture and hay fields. but that’s all anyone sees. They in Glenwood Springs will become the new the Holy Ghost novitiate. The house is one of The site belonged to George don’t look to find out how much novitiate of the Holy Ghost Fathers’ Western three on a 1,200-acre site acquired by the Holy Sumers, a New York city in alike we are; instead, they look province. Eight members of the congregation Ghost Fathers at Glenwood Springs. vestor. Mr. Sumers retains use for the differences.” ' i r _____ will begin their novitiate at the site Aug. 7. Fa of the main house until Nov. 1, The speaker was a teenage when the 20-room fully furnished Rev. Joseph B. Murphy, C.S.Sp. Papal Coronation Negro girl who with some 50 building will be taken over by other White and Negro teen the Holy Ghost Fathers. Some 300,000 persons jammed St. Peter’s Square in Rome, agers here is taking part in a Jew Revived June 30, to witness the coronation ceremonies of Pope Paul 7,787 Children Get Religion Training, grass roots, person-to-person TWO OTHER BUILDINGS on Congregation VI. He is shown above carried aloft on his portable throne, effort to surmount racial bar the Glenwood Springs site in shielded from the sun by a rich canopy with feathered “Fla- riers. An Orthodox Jew who was clude an 80 by 32 foot stable, belli,” en route to receive the triple crown 'of his Pontificate. The young people meet twice Report of Victorynoll Sisters Shows converted to the Church while two stories high, and a seven It was the first time since 1900 that the centuries-old corona a month in groups of 10 — five studying to become a Rabbi tion ceremonies took place entirely outdoors. (See story on Negroes and five Whites — for A total of 7,787 children have THE VICTORYNOLL Sisters The Sisters reported that re room caretaker’s house. The played a leading role in reviv page 3, section 2). latter has been converted into informal discussions in each received religious instruction in made an important contribu ligion classes and teacher-train ing the Congregation of the classes conducted by Our Lady living quarters for the priests Holy Ghost in 1842. others’ homes. tion to the religious education ing courses were held the past At Sacred Heart Parish They also have interracial of Victory Missionary Sisters in year in 33 different locations and two Holy Ghost Brothers, At the time, after the French picnics, bike hikes, ball games, the archdiocese the past year, of thousands of other boys and Working with the Sisters in con John Reardon and Pius Kova- Revolution, the society was re and other group activities. according to the community’s girls by conducting classes for ducting the classes were 166 lay cic. duced to only a few members. Popular Vacation School Their program is sponsored annual report. the lay men and women who teachers. Remodeling work is under He was Father Francis Lib- way on the stable building to ermann, C.S.Sp., who as Super by Caritas, a Catholic interra Stationed in four convents, in teach in CCD classes in the cial group. Denver, Colorado Springs, Gree WORKING FROM a mission provide 18 rooms for novices, ior General sent the first Holy area. a chapel, offices, a community It aims to cut through the ley, and Brighton, the 14 nuns center in Holy Ghost parish, the Ghost Fathers to Sierra Leone, Attracts Non-Cdthdlics of the community serving in the Attending the classes held the room, classrooms, a recreation West Africa in 1848. seemingly complex problems Sisters in Denver taught reli By Ernest Sanchez scheduled July 15-27, at Sacred that divide the races and reach archdiocese prepared 961 chil past year by the community for room and dormitory rooms. This was the beginning of Many non-Catholic children Heart parish, Denver. He said a greater mutual understand dren tor First Communion and CCD teachers, fishers, and help gion to a total of 3,620 children Father Murphy, 56, a native the first succes^ul mission ef will give up their swimming the school competes with many ing through friendly and infor 808 children and adults for Con ers were 32 nuns and 374 lay in six different locations. of Pittsburgh, was ordained in fort in .Africa. Now there are 1933. He served in the missions some 6,000 members in the and camp this summer to at other activities the youngsters mal home discussions. firmation. men and women. They also supervised the at Tanganyika, East Africa, and congregation. tend the popular St. Peter could attend. training of 310 Sisters and lay Claver, which is starting its men and women who will serve 28th year of operation. MAIN PURPOSE of the in the CCD program as teachers “They give up a lot to come school, founded in 1936 by the and helpers. here,” said Father John F. late Father Arthur J. Versavel, Priests' Retreat Slated Brady, S.J., director of the S.J., “is to get the children Radio Classrooms Bring In Denver parishes, the Sis school.