Member of Audit Bureau of Circutalion Newest Catholic H i g h School to Be Blessed Contenti Copyright by Uie Cotholk Pron Sodoty, Inc, IMS — Pormittloa to Roproduee, Bxeopt D«dieoHon On AitidM OthorwiM Uarkod, Givoo After IS U Friday Following Inna Supplement Archbishop Urban J. begin at 2:30 p.m. on ment Parish, and Fa­ School, together with Vehr, assisted by the ^ e same day. Follow­ thers John Haley, Cure the $136,940 convent ^ A H-poge supple- six eastside pastors, ing the dedication, a D’Ars; Edward Ley­ annex dedicated last ; ment pn the dedication will officiate at the program will be pre­ den, Christ the King; spring, was built at an dedication of the new sented at 5 p.m. and a William Powers, St. over-all cost of $780,- DENVER CATH aiC |o f the new Machebeuf Machebeuf High dinner for the clergy James'; John Regan, 000 and will accommo­ I High School will be School in Blessed at 6 p.m. St. Therese’s, Aurora; date about 600 stu­ I found in section three Sacra ment Parish, Assisting Archbishop and Francis Syrianey, dents. It was the larg­ Denver, at 4:30 p.m. Vehr in the dedication St. Pius X, Aurora. est project made pos­ (of this week's Denver Sunday, Sept. 27. will be Monsignor The 14-classroom sible by the Arch­ REGISTER ' Cotholic Register. An open house at the Harold Campbell, pas­ building. Denver’s new­ bishop’s High Schools' school and convent will tor of Blessed ^cra- est Catholic High Campaign. VOL LIV. No. 7. DENVER, COLORADO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1959 Courts S hould Protect Religious Heritage Experts on Laws Affecting Children Endorse Principle Catholic experts on laws affecting children its own home, in a foster home, or in adoptive place­ ment.’’ have concluded meetings in Denver and have This view has considerable legal backing, George reached the agreement that the religious affilia­ B. Re^ of the Legal Department. National Catholic tion of a child should be considered in court orders Welfare Conference, Washington, D.C., told the D en ­ affecting that child. They also agreed that religious ver Catholic Register. 'The right of the child to its heritage should be a prime factor in placing a child religious heritage is a valid and defensible legal prin­ with adopting parents. These items are expected to be ciple," he said, Mr. Reed cited the case of Pereira vs. contained in a draft of Pereira in Bristol County, Mass., in which the court principles to be approved ruled: “. No one, not even the parents have the and published as a guide ”Whpn ■ Calholic right to deny an immature child who has been bap­ for Catholic delegates mother gives her rhild lo tized a Roman Catholic the privilege of being reared to the Colorado White be adupled ihroiigh this in Catholicity." House Conference on Chil­ rnuri, acting for the State Mr. Reed also cited cases in New York, Connecti- dren and Youth in No­ 1 give solemn aMurance fTurn to Page 2 — Column 4> vember. « • « Attending a session on to that mother that her Sept. 9 in which the views child will he reared a ISSUE IN 1VIECN CASE above were agreed upon Catholic," Judge Philip were Judge Neil Horan of Gilliam told the Denrer '1 Denver’s domestic rela­ Catholic Register. "It is COLORADO'S TRAPPIST MONASTERY tions court; Leo Gemma, Can Law Enforce ANCIENT BEAUTY is reflected in this first pic­ green colored to blend with the beautiful natural Denver Juvenile Court; highly desirable that ture of a portion of ihr compleled Trappiat mon- •cenery of the Valley of the Roaring Fork River and Justin Hannen and T. Ra- pledge be given and car­ atlerr near SnownuM. The TrappiaU designed the Snowma** and Capitol Creek*. ber Taylor, prominent ried out, else many moth­ Adoption Pledge? building, and did the constmclion out of brick*. Denver attorneys; Father ers would be reluctant to William J. Monahan, Den­ place their children for By Paul Hallitt of a child of Catholic parents ver Catholic Charities, is paramount, and It cannot idoplion ." It was through The chief legal fact de­ and Father William Jones, veloping in the Anne Marie be annulled by the subsequent archdiocesan superintend­ Judge Gilliam's court that abandonment of that rellgioD Wieck case, in which the is­ by one of the parents. Such Over 2,000 in Two Colleges ent of schools; and Grace Anne Marie Wieek, tbe sue of whether a child adopted abandonment doe* not release Kenehan, chairman of the baptized child of C.ath- a by two Catholics should be the parent from any obliga­ Colorado Board of Stand­ olic mother, was adopted. reared in tbe Catholic faith tions *( tbe natural and divine HEIGHTS REPORTS MARKED INCREASE ards for Child Care. after the religious variation of taw. The experts thus rein­ one of the adopting parents, through Monday, Sept. 28. peared to be the sanctity of the Issue of Freedom A marked increase in en­ Tbe evening college regis­ An analysis of the regiitri- forced the stand taken by the National Catholic Com­ The principle demanding the rollment at Loretto Heights tration (credit courses) is With the early registration* lion cards proves that Loretto mittee on the 1960 White House Conference, to be plighted word and whether a currently under way at Lo­ for these courses, tbe adult Heights is truly a community court could see fit to enforce inviolability of prenuptial con­ College and registration fig­ held next spring in Washington, D.C. A statement is­ such an agreement tracts about the Catholic rear­ ure* funilar. if not slightly hi^- retto Heights from 9 ajn. to program and evening college college. The majority of the 9 pjn. and will continue - enrollment is 242 students. (Turn to Pop* 2— Column 6) sued by that committee says in part: Of these parties both were ing of a child in a mixed mar­ er, thin the previous year for Catholic at the time of the mar­ riage bulwarks tbe right to re- Regis Collega are recorded in' VALUE OF CITIZENSHIP riage. Through Denver Catholic the fall of 1959. The student "Much of the value of American citizenship is Charities they adopted a girl, bodies at both Denver inatilu- now aged 5, at the age of 11 Some Issues tioRS exceed 1,000 for a com­ to be found not only in tbe constitutional ^arantees Kickoff Meeting Sept. 30 but also in the great dedication of the nation and its months. In the Case bined total of 2,011. In 1957 the mother was citizenry to the task of defending personal rights. awarded a divorce and last Aug. “Will the courts be a sanc­ Including the yet incomplete tuary in which to enforce a regiatration .figures given by ", . In adoptions it is incumbent for agencies, 25 became the legal wife of a Jewish man. Two weeks later sworn agreement, or a place Dr. Earl Bach for the adult To Open Cure d'Ars Drive public, and private, to respect the religious heritage of in which to destroy It?"—tra program and evening classes, the known parents so that a child be placed with a aba embraced Judaism. A campaign for a new convent, new Sept. 30 and Oct. 14. During this period At the time of the adoption Rothgerber, attorney for the Heights collegians number pbintiff. 1.003. Tbe number of different rectory, and partial reduction on the every parishioner and friend of the par­ family of the same religion. .. These rights and ob­ both parties went bfeore tbe individuals attending classes on parish debt wul get under way at Cure ish will be contacted for a gift to the ap­ ligations are sacred to American Catholics, and we court of Judge Philip Gilliam Does a child have the right feel that it is the obligation of public and private wel­ and swore that they would rear to Hs religions heritage? the North Denver campus since d’Ars Parish, Denver, on Wednesday, peal. Five report meetings will be held Can a child of one religion June IS totals l.OOB. Sept. 30, when more than 200 volunteer throughout the intensive phase of the fare agencies to assist Catholic infants in abiding ^ the child u Catbolk, as they their spiritual and religious obligations where it in would have been morally and he reared in (hat religion Adult Education Program workers, all members of the parish, will appeal. wben Us guardian* do not gather for a kickoff meeting in the legally obliged to do. since the Day scholars at Loretto The victory report meeting will be child bad a Catholic mother, was share it? Heights, including 49 attend­ school gym at 7:30 p.m. held on the last day of the drive, Oct. 14. baptized a Catholic, and had ing special Saturday classes, The Rev. John N. Haley, pastor, said This new drive is another step in the been placed through a Catholic Ugious freedom of persons of total 781. 63 higher than last that the goal of the Parish Building Ex­ advancement of Cure d’Ars Parish, agency. all religions, for its application year's enrollment. With late pansion F^ind Campaign has been set at which was etablished in 1949. About tbe moral Issue in extends to all. registrations still being accept $250,000. The growing needs of the par­ On Feb. 26 of this year a new Catholic teaching there is no Thus decided Judge O'Brien ed, Dr. Bach expresses enthuai' ish, he said have brought about the $250,000 school addition was blessed by doubt The spiritual claim fTtirn to PapeJ —Columnlj asm over tbe fine beginnings of present drive.