DENVER CATHOUC and Savior

La ' Member of Âudit Bureau of Circulations (jJh rtL ^C o lif U ^ s u J l ^sJuim onisiL Îflsw fL io liL Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1952 — Permission to Reproduce, Except oji Articles Otherwisa^Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue . its meaning for Catholics; The The liturgical solemnities His own death. That night brings the Host back to the main viously part of all-night prayer full splendor o f the liturgy is of Holy Week are intended Jesus spent in Bethany on the altar. There one priest quietly that ended with the happy East conducted in the Cathedral and outskirts o f Jerusalem. receives the Host as Holy Com to recall to our minds the larger churches. er Mass. Hence the first part of great events in connection Before the principal Mass on munion, «nd the so-called “ Mass Palm Sunday Sunday, palms *re blessed and of the Presanctified’’ is over. the Jôly Saturday ceremonies with the final week in the distributed to the faithful. A are in purple vestments, the life o f 'Jesus Christ, Our Lord Jeius, accompanied by a Holy Saturday color o f Lent, and the Mass— large number of Hit disciple*, procession of priests and serv DENVER CATHOUC and Savior. Through the liturgy All Saturday tha body of ■with its organ music, flowers, was welcomed into Jerusalem. ers leaves the church and re we relive Christ’s last hours with enters to symbolize Christ’s Jesus rem a in ^ in a tomb and alleluias— is, oddly enough, Him. From the exultation of Branches from the trees and while the chief priest* and an Easter Mass said before the people’ s own garments entry into the Holy City. The Palm Sunday to the desolation entire Passion according to St. Pharisee* arranged to place Easter. The Holy See has given of Good Friday and the subse sfere spread before Him. “ Ho a guard over the sepulchre. permission, at the discretion of sanna to the King of the Matthew is-tead, or chanted, in quent glorious culmination of the Mass. ’ Originally, the Mass o f Holy the Ordinary, for the Holy Sat Easter, we find spiritual inspire^ Jews,’’ they cried. Christ, Saturday was the midnight urday services to be conducted howeyer, prophesied their REGISTER tion in the liturgy. The follow Monday of Holy Week Easter Mass. The long prayers in the evening, as a true vigil of ing account furnishes a descrip turning from Him, the future Jesus returned to Jerusa before Mass, the blessing of the Easter, culminating with the destruction of Jerusalem, and tion of the first Holy Week and lem, on the way, cursing the Paschal candle and o f the bap Mass' at midniglrt. The ceremo -V- tismal water as well as other nies are carried out in the morn -i- + ■f + barren fig tree.' The buyers VOL. XUVIl. No. 33. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952 DENVER, COLO. and. sellers were driven forth unfamiliar ceremonies were pre ing in the Denver archdiocese. from the Temple. , There are no special cere monies for this day. Tuesday of Holy Week On this day after being in terrogated by the Jewish au Colorado Has Good Vocation Record thorities, Jesus denounced the Pharisees and again prophe sied the destruction of Jerusa lem and the end of the world. Estimated 750 Priests, Nuns, Brothers From State; Many More Needed In Tuesday’s Mass the ac In 1951 the state o f Colorado Archdiocese of Denver this week seminary and Regis college, both in men and women represented in the munity to begin work in what is count o f the Passion o f Christ observed the centenary o f its first reveals that more than 750 Cath as written by St. Mark is read. Denver, have played major roles archdiocese reveal that more than now the archdiocese, have gained pernunent settlement in San Luis. olics from Colorado, either natives in this surge o f vocations. The 80 Coloradoans have studied and Wednesday of Holy Week more than 100 vocations from Den This settlement was also the site or those who came to the state in valiant work of the communities been ordained from the seminary in ver alone and a large additional On this day Jesus stayed in o f the first permanent church. As their youth, have entered the priest Bethany with ^ is friends, of sisters who pioneered for the' Denver, with more than 175. priests number from the state. This com Lazarus, Mary, and Martha. the Church in Colorado moves into hood, the sisterhood, or the broth Church in the early days o f Colo in the various religious orders, prin munity, and the Sisters o f Charity Meanwhile, Judas, one of the its second century, it can proudly erhood. rado sowed the seed- that has cipally the Jesuits, who have .ob o f Cincinnati, the Sisters o f Char Twelve, approached the chief boast pf the numbers o f its sons arid Undoubtedly, the early establish flowered in the number of girls tained 112 priests from Colorado. ity o f Leavenworth, and the Sister? priests with his offer to be daughters who have answered the ment and continuing growth o f the who have entered the convent. In addition to these, the Christian tray the Master. For this of Mere}', have drawn the most girls reason the day is known as call o f Christ and gone on to the Catholic s^ ool system in the state Though it was impossible to get Brothers have 40 vocations from to the sisterhood and contribute Spy Wednesday. religious life. has been the major factor in this complete reports on short notice, the state for the work o f their the bulk o f the estimated total of The third account o f the Pas A spot check conducted by the magnificent record. Two institu figures from St. Thomas’ and from teaching community. t nearly 500 sisters. sion, that by St. Luke, is the Denver Catholic Register in the tions in particular, St. Thomas’ the major religious communities of The Sisters of Loretto, first com Gospel 'for .Spy Wednesday. (See Tocetion feature on page 11) That evening the Tenebrae de votions begin. Tenebrae (dark ness) consists o f the singing of American Success Story, DP Version The First Holy Thursday the Matins and Lauds of the St. Rose of Lima Nun Who Entered Divine Office. Gradually through the ceremony the can dles and lights o f the church Church Rewards Religious Life at are extinguished to indicate the O ffic ia l darkness that settled on the earth with the death o f Christ. The same ceremony is repeated Efforts of Parish Age of 45 Buried on Thursday and Friday eve ARCHDIOCESE OF DEIWER nings. St. Rose of Lima’s new 'Mother Mary Austin Morg Chancery Office Holy Thursday church, built at a cost of an, who entered the Sisters o f 1S36 Logan Street $59,000, will be dedicated Mercy from Denver at the Denver 5, Colo. On Thursday evening, Jesus The following are requested kindly to assist the Most Reverend went back to Jerusalem there Saturday, April 5, at 10 age of 45 and rose in the Archbishop in the Pontifical Mass and in the ceremony of the blessing to eat the Passover with His o’clock by Archbishop Urban order to the position of of the holy oils in the Cathedra! of the Immaculate Conception at 9:30 Apostles. This He did in the J. 'Vehr. Since the construction Assistant Mother Provincial, wa? o'clock Holy Thursday morning. Upper Room and it was there work o f the new edifice is largely buried in the Mount Olivet ceme? Officers of the Mass that He gave them His Body the work o f the parishioners, the tery here after a Solemn Requiem to eat and His Blood to drink. Archbishop and the Rev. Barry Mass March 31 in the Mercy hos Assistant priest— Rev. George Tolman, C.M. The Last Supper was the First Wogan, pastor, arranged the dedi pital chapel, Denver. Mother Mary Deacons o f honor— Rt. Rev. Monsignor Gregory Smith and Rt. Rev. Mass and the First Commun cation on Saturday so that many Austin died March 27 in St. Monsignor Joseph O’Heron members o f the Valverde parish Catherine’s hospital, Omaha, Neb. Deacon of the Mass— Rev. Mr. Edward Madden ion. It was also the first ordi nation when Christ gave the might attend. For the past seven years she had Subdeacon of the Mass— Rev. Mr. Alan Kennedy been assigned to the provinci^ Masters of ceremonies— Mr. Vincent Cunniff and Mr. Charles Taylor Apostles the power to repeat Following the dedication, the His actions. A fter the meal, Archbishop will preside in a Sol mother-house of the congregation Procession of the Holy Oils Jesus went out to the Garden emn Mass coram Archiepiscopo, She had spent most of her religious SUBDEACONS FOR OLEUM INFIRMORUM — Reverend Deacons of Gethsemani, where He en which will be offered by Father life in Mercy hospital in Denver- James Rasby, John McGinn, Martin Matulik, John Monohan, dured an agony, of bloody Wogan. The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Her name in the world was Jessie Leonard Puisis, Hugh Robbins, and Walter Nowak sweat. It was hdre that He John R. Mulroy and Father Louis Moran, and as Miss Moran she was DEACONS FOR OLEUM SANCTUM— Rev. Frank Morfeld, Rev. Rob was apprehended and taken J. Grohman, both former pastors, outstanding in the Denver busines? ert Breunig, Rev. Joseph O’Malley, Rev.

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