Reaching People in Everyday Life Their Joh at Rishops' Meet

‘Worker Priests’ Human Relations Enit Seeks Talks On Auraria Plan Reaching People The Archdiocesan Human Relation.^ Commission hopes to set up a meeting soon with ofTicials o f the variou.s colleges In Everyday Life involved in the Auraria education com plex to coordinate a timetable of develop ments. Commission members said the session T h e ir Joh would be expected to clarify and firm up commitment.s — in writing if possible — at St. Anthony of Padua parish, he orf'the various promises made to the peo says he feels accepted by th'e parish ple. and that his parish involvement is Discussion of Auraria. the higher edu DENVER ARCHDIOCESAN EDITION cation urban renewal project, was a key really not much difTerent than the T H U R S D A Y , N O V . 13, 1969 VOL. XLIV No. 15 man with a full-time job who gets item at a meeting of the commission Sat involved in community and civic clubs urday. Members met in the Catholic and activities. Charities office to decide how they could But he does point out that it’s a best implement Archbishop .James V. Cn.sey’s directive to assist people in the K e y I s s u e s MY seven-day week with a heavy load of work on weekends when most employ 38-squar2 block Auraria site with special ed men can take it easy. problems. "I don’t believe in the parish struc Msgr. William H. .Jones, superintend ture. It makes each parish separate ent of parochial schools, attended the At Rishops’ Meet and the priest has to be a jack-of-all- meeting and told the Henister later that BY HKV. VINCENT J. HOPE ALSO PR E SE N T were repre.senta- trades at that parish. Some men are the two Catholic schools involved, St. tives of 10 clergy and lay groups, banded better administrators, others better at Cajetan’s and St. Eli/ubeth’s. will remain WASHINGTON - Poverty, peace and into an ad htx: coalition, who submitted a CCD work. Parishes are divisive rath in service for a time, depending on the the priesthood dominated both the ofilcial 41-item "people’s agenda” to the bishops er than cohesive and they separate development timetable. and extra-curricular activity of the Na that called for acceptance by the NCCB the Catholics from others within the The commission al.so unanimously tional Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of the Black Manifesto demands for rep community.” he said. passed a motion to request a written annual full meeting early this week. statement from the Archdiocoan Housing arations to blacks, an immediate with- "P A R IS H E S A R E H IR IN G lay Special significance was attached to Authority spelling out priorities that peo theologians, and 1 disagree with this. the meeting because of the recently con ('Furn to Page 3) ple relocated from the Auraria site will (Turn to P age 7) cluded Synod of Bishops in the Vatican, receive on community housing as it be which has been hailed as the opening of comes available. a new era of increa.sed responsibility and authority for the national hierarchies. Continues Parish Work NCCB President Cardinal John P’. A worker-priest who k<*eps him Official Dearden of Detroit, the conference’s offi self actively involved in his parish cial delegate to the synod, combined a It is Father Bernard O’Hayre of St. Appointments report on that historic .session with an Anthony of Padua Parish shown exhortation to follow its lead when he performing a wedding at the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Eugene A. O’Sullivan, to delivered the keynote addres.s here. ehu reh. be As.sociate Pastor, Our Lady of Fati He said the new age of co-responsibil i ma Church, Lakewo(Kl- ity in the Church must be lived up to in MV .’VIA HTY T H A K P Rev. Robert .J. Greenslade. Pastor. St. a new spirit of collegiality among the Mary’s Church. Brush. AI.syj to l>e Mod U.S. bishops. ” 1 was in the first class ordained in erator. Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Rome after the closing of Vatican Women. Greeley Deanery. 'I'HE PO PE. Cardinal Dearden said, Council. We felt we wei’e a new Rev. Lawrence M. Freeman. Assistant "very explicity called upon the bishops to breed. We felt we had a responsibility Pastor. Cathedral o f the Immaculate ponder over ... not so much the juridical and an experimental spirit.” says Conception, al.so to be Chaplain of the aspect of collegiality . but rather the Father Jack Lang. Catholic Lawyers’ Guild. Denver. moral and spiritual value which collegi ality must take on in each of us. and in "This has been such a broadening Celebrates the Mass all of us together.” experience that 1 will come back with There is evidence of this spirit in the .so much more to offer.” says Father In his role as a priest. Father United States, he said, in "many proj Bernard O'Hayre. .Jack Lang feels that the celebra O fficial tion o f a meaningful liturgy is his ects’’ the bishops have found "can be ’’Everyday on my job I’m learning done best together.” He specifically cited more and more of the world we live most important role. Here, fol social action programs and the Urban in.” says Father Craig Hart. lowing his Easter fast at the Schedule Cathedral, he celebrates the Mass. Archbishop Casey Task Force the U.S. bishops established in the spring of 1968 to help "the op- 'You don’t reach people in these Friday. Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. - Denver. St. pres.sed and disadvantaged in our cities.” cl«)thes.” says Father .Joseph Barto.s John the Evangelist Church. Confirma The program to date ha.s fallen short pointing to his clerical garb, "you tion. Pontifical Read Mass. "of our expectations.” he said, partly be- reach them in everyday life.” Sunday. Nov. 16. 9;00 a m. — Denver. Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep ’I'hese are comments from fiiur tion. Catholic I,awyers’ Guild Red Related Story Page 8 priests of the Denver archdiocese who Mass and Breakfast. cause of "our reluctance to accept a consider themselves "worker priests.” Monday. Nov. 17. 11:30 n.m. — Denver. corporate commitment as a per.sonal re who in most of the cases hold full Brown Palace Hotel. Meeting of the sponsibility. A renewed sen.se of collegial time jobs in the community and assist Major Religious Superiors, Concelebrat- concern is now moving us more strongly in parishes on weekends. Each has ed Mass. to do the task." A Balancing Act? asked to be given this type of assign Thursday. Nov. 20. 7:00 p.m. — Denver. Urban Task Force, especially at the W hat’ s g oin g on here? T h is li» ment, Father O’Hayre. Father Hart Denver Convention Center. Opening dioce.sen level, was criticized In a special and Father Bartos have th? Archbish school? Yes, this balancing act is part Civic Session for the CYO National report to the bishops' fall meeting on of the work of students at a very spe op’s approval for what some consider Convention, grounds that it had not been established a novel or new approach to the priest cial school. For details, see story of in the areas where it is needed most. Havern School on page 12. hood. Bishop Evans Mot they point out that like the Monday, Nov. 17, 4:30 p.m. — Denver. TH E C A R D IN A L also warned his fel movement of the worker priests of Neuville Center. Archdioceaan Sisters’ low bishops against discussing Church France and the early Colorado priests Council Meeting. structures ”as if they were ends in them CAO To Converge who earned a w'age. this is nothing Tuesday. Nov. 18. 7:30 p.m. — Denver. selves.” new. St. Philomena’s Church. Confirmation. "The justification for the structure is Next Week for Pontifical Read Mass. that it is a means to an end.” he said. THEY ALSO POINT out that Wednesday. Nov. 19, 8:00 p.m. — Denver. "What is upi>ermo8t in our minds is the National Meeting within any diocese there are worker- St. Vincent de Paul Parish. Workshop thought of the people in the midst of priests — the chaplains, the teachers, on Parish Councils. whom we stand as those who serve.” Some 4.000 CYOers from across the the school superintendents, the direc Thursday. Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. — Engle The bishops had plenty of reminders country will meet in Denver Nov. 20-23. tors of Catholic Charities, the editors wood, St. Louis’ Church. Confirmation. from some of those they serve — both in 1969 for the 10th biennial National CYO of newspapers. All these prie.sts hold Pontifical Read Mass. the form of special repxirts made at for P'ederation Convention. full-time jobs in areas where they mal sessions and in the form of special have special ability and where they The young people are coming not only groups in Washington to "lobby” among to receive the educational experiences of can be o f special service. Most are the bishops on behalf of various causes. assigned to parishes on weekends, Religious Heads the convention hut more they arc coming The most sensational incident on the to give. An enthusiastic "spirit” is devel fringes of the bishops' meeting occurred "We have to start using priests in Set 2-Day Parley oping in CYO these days the essence of during concelebration of an anniversary which is: CYO is for sharing and giving.

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