Catholic Settlement Oldest in Colorado

Hew Program at Loretto Heights to Integrate Religion and Life The Very Rev. Joseph I. according to Christian princi tered the Dominican order and versities' in the Midwest and Reardon, O.P., will inaugurate ples: 1) To think not in frag was professed in 1923. He South, except for three years of Catholic Settlement a new religion and philosophy ments as secular learning would studied at several houses o f the active sei^ ce as a chaplain in program at Loretto Heights col direct one but to think as a order and finished his course ip the European theater during lege, Denver, this,! fall, accord whole, according to the science theology in Washington, D. C., World war II. ing to an announcement made of theology which integrates where he was ordained by Arch The religion program will by Sister Frances Marie, presi and unifies all knowledge; 2) bishop Curley in 1929. He re consist in the first year o f a dent. to judge by seeking answers to ceived his lectorate in sacred course in dogma based on the The new plan was evolved as questions in the light o f ulti theology at the Immacplate first part of the Summa The- Oldest in Colorado mate truth; and 3) to act ac Conception college in 1930 and the result of a faculty study of ologica o f S t Thomas, which three months’ duration, during cording to wisdom in order to his M.A. at Catholic university treats of the existence and na San Luis Centenary Celebratio’n July 26 which time investigations were come nearer to man’s ultimate jin the same year. The next three ture of God, the Trinity, crea perfection. years he spent at the Dominican Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne of Santa Fe is offering Mass and delivering the sermon made as to the best method of tion, and angels. In the sopho achieving the most important of Father Reardon Is a native of International college in Rome. more year, the student will highlighting the religious celebration of the centenary of San Luis, oldest permanent settle the objectives of the college, Braddock, Pa. After receiving Since 1933 Father Reardon study the moral life o f man by ment in Colorado, today, Thursday, July 26. The scene of the Mass will be the Most Pre the development of the individ his A.B. deg;ree from Duquesne has taught religion and philoso treating o f such topics as human cious Blood church, of which the Rev. Onofrio Martorell, C.R., is pastor. Representatives ual who thinks, judges, and acts university in Pittsburgh, he en phy in various colleges and uni acts, virtue and vice, law and of the Archdiocese of Denver will be present at the celebration. grace. Clergy representation at the event will be cut because priests of the The juniors will continue the Pueblo diocese are on retreat at St. Thomas’ seminary, Denver, this study in morals begun in the week. previous year, by considering the specific means man has o f The parish’s observance will have particular significance because Loyola Cornerstone Rite July 31 attaining his ultimate goal. In of the almost 100-per-cent Catholicity of the original settlers. The the fourth year o f the theology pioneers came fromfTaos, N. Mex., to establish San Luis. Taos is in The Most Rev. Bernard Sul course, "a second course in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, and thus the San Luis parish is a livan, S.J., retired Bishop of dogma vill be offered which daughter of the New Mexico see. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation A history of the San Luis parish that was prepared for the oc Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1951— Permission to. Reproduce, Except on Patna, India, representing treats o f t h e Incarnation, casion reveals some fascinating aspects of early Church history Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue. Archbishop Urban J. Vehr, Christ, the Blessed Virgin, and 11 in Colorado. It is as follows: will officiate at the corner the sacraments. Rev. Joseph I. Reardon, O.P." Story of Courage west. In the San Luis valley, stone laying of the new Loyola The history of the winning of where the elevation seldom falW school, Denver, on Tuesday, Stationed in Denver Seven Years the West is a story of courage and to 7,000 feet, they came upon soil July 31. The ceremonies will sacrifice. Those who read the tale rich ill values and one which de of the hardy pioneers who left the start at 7 p.m. at the new school manded the strongest o f civilizing comforts o f home and dared the and will b« followed by the closing Rev. Fabian Joyce Named forces and intelligent concentrated DENVER CATHOUC o f a triduum in honor o f St. dangers of the unkown in the in effort. Here there is a preponder terests of civilization are filled Ignatius with Solemn Benediction ance of Spanish culture and Span with admiration at their courage in Loyola church. The Rt. Rev. ish customs. and endurance. Monsignor William Higgins will be Pastor for St. Elizabeth's The Spanish conquistadores, the The San Luis valley is a stretch the deacon and the Rev. Edward French trappers, Kit Carson, and of level prairie 125 miles long with P. Murphy, S.J., pastor, sub ■The Rev. Fabian Joyce, O.F.M., a member of the mis Buffalo Bill— their very names an average width o f 50 miles. deacon. The parishioners are in sion band of St."F]lizabeth’s parish, Denver, for the past vited to attend this brief but very spell romance. But profane history The firit attempt to settle the seven years, has been named superior of the Franciscan com says little about the hardy priests San Luis valley was in 1842 REGISTER important event in the erection munity there and pastor of the parish. He succeeds the Very or nuns who dared the dangers of near the present Saw Luis, which of the new school. is considered the oldest town in The name, St. Ignatius o f Loyola Rev. Angelus Tintle, O.F.M., who died in May. the Wild West in the quest of THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1951 DENVER, COLORADO souls. the State of Colorado. The ven VOL. XLVI. No. 49. school, is unique in that this is the A native o f Watertown, Mass., None but those who have experi ture was made by Antonio Jose only grade school in the Missouri Father Fabian is a son of Mrs ciscan seminary at Callicoon, enced it can ever describe the ter Martinez, Juan Manuel Salazar, province of the Jesuits bearing this Ellen Joyce and the late Edward N. Y., to begin preparations for rible fears and the constant e.x- Julian Gallegos, Benancio Jac- title. The triduum in honor o f St. Joyce. He has three brothers. the priesthood. After his novitiate pectancy of an attack from the quez, and others. But on account Pdpal Honors to Five in Pueblo Diocese Ignatius will begin Sunday, July in Paterson N. J., he took his first Indians. of the Indian depredations this 29, at 5 p.m. The services Monday year of philosophy at the house o f settlement was soon abandoned. Two members of the Pueblo evening will begin at 7:30. studies in Croghan, N. Y., and his In time the Indian savagery was + + + + quelled, only to be succeeded by In December, 1843, a grant of diocesan clergy, both natives A history of the school, the second year of philosophy in But outlawry which stalked fearlessly land, known in history as the San- of the D enver archdiocese, organizations, pastors, assistants, ler, N. J. He then entered Holy through the mountain sections of gre de Christo Grant, was made by New Domestic Prelates etc., is being prepared by Mrs. Name college, theolpgate of the the beautiful San Luis valley. Next the Spanish government to Luis and three laywomen are recip Walter Wade, and will be placed Holy Name province of the Fran followed labor disputes which made Lee, Narciso Baubien, qnd others. ients of Papal honors, accord in the cornerstone. Mrs. Wade is a ciscans, Washington, D. C., for his the mountain district a seething The Sangre de Christo Grant in ing to an announcement by Bishop past president of the Loyola PTA course of theology. cauldron of unrest and violence. cluded lands, now embraced in Cos Joseph C. Willging. The Very and o f the Altar sodality. Father Fabian was ordained Law and religion were openly tilla county’.and a part of Taos Rev. Arthur R. Kerr, pastor of St, Building to Be May 29, 1943, in the National flouted. These early years were in county, N.Mex. Patrick’s parish. La Junta, and the Ready by Thanksgiving Shrine o f the Immaculate Con deed life in the raw. Narciso Baubien spoke French, Rev. Joseph J. Walsh, director of The $184,000 building, located ception, Washington, D. C. He In sharp contrast to the pioneer English, and Spanish fluently, hav the Pueblo Catholic Charities, are on the parish property at 23rd was stationed in Paterson, N. J., struggles, there were early mis ing had five years in a college near elevated to the rank of Domestic and York streets is expected to be for a time before coming to Den sions established by the Catholic St. Louis. Narciso Baubien, on his Prelate with the title of Right ready for occupancy by Thanks ver. Before ordination, in 1942, priests from Santa Fe.

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