Canon Law Code Vatican City — Pope John XXIII has set up a com­ Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations mission of 30 Cardinals to revise the Code of Canon law. Among the 30 are Cardinal Francis Spellman, Arch­ VOL. LVIl No. 34 DENVER, COLORADO THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963 bishop of New York, and Cardinal Paul Leger, Arch­ bishop of Montreal. The commission will carry out the third of three major proj­ But in 1904 Pope St. Pius X an­ ects announced by the Pope in nounced his determination to the early months of his Ponti­ have a complete and orderly ficate. codification of Church laws. The Code of Canon Law that resulted PRESIDENT of the new canon was promulgated on May 27. law commission is Cardinal Pi­ 1917, by Pope Benedict XV and etro Ciriaci, Prefect of the Sa­ went into effect the following cred Congregation of the Coun­ May 19. cil. Since then numerous official Monsignor Giacome Violardo, Church documents that have the undersecretary of the Sacred force of law have been issued, Apostolic Signature, high church necessitating the present effort court, is its secretary. of revision. (NC) The task of the new commis­ sion will be to gather and pre­ pare material for a revision of the Canon Law Code according to the directives of the Ecumeni­ 1st Cursillo cal Council. The revision will apply only Scheduled to the code now in force in the Latin Rite. Eastern Rite Cath­ olics are governed by a separate May 9-12 code. (See story on p. 4, section 2) New Chapel in Litfleien The commission’s work will be A long-cherished dream by the Carmelite match the major monastery (at left), com­ the first major revision of canon Plans are being made for the Sisters at the Carmel of the Holy Spirit in pleted in 1956. The existing chapel, to be re­ law since the present code went first Cursillo de Cristiandad in the Denver archdiocese, to be Littleton neared fulfillment when construc­ modeled for the use of the cloistered Sisters, into effect in 1918. held at the Sacred Heart Re­ tion began March 30 on a new public chapel will be separated from the public chapel by Canon law is the body of laws treat house, Sedalia, May 9-12. Our lord’s Gethsemani (at right) to accommodate 120 persons. The a large grille. Eighteen Sisters, two postu­ and regulations formulated by It will be conducted by Fa­ This painting of Jesus praying at Gethsem- “Jesus came with them into a country place exterior of brick and white stone trim will lants, and one novice reside at the Carmel. the Church for the discipline of ther Blase Bonpane, M.M., of ani hangs in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, which is called Gethsemani; and He said to its members. Denver, and a team of men Berlin. The Biblical account tells bow Jesus His disciples; ‘Sit you here, till I go yonder who have made previous Cur- departs from His disciples to go alone into the to pray’.’’ (Matthew xvi: 26-36.) CANON LAW grew up slowly sillos. garden to pray just before He is seized. over the centuries. Many de­ The Cursillo movement, which cisions by Bishops acquired the has had considerable success In Carmelite Huns force of law either at once or in the Southwest, entered Colorado the course of time. last November when a team of Palm Sunday Liturgy Opens Despite many efforts to collect men from the Amarillo diocese, and codify these laws, by the led by Father Michael Kava- Middle Ages there was consider­ nagh, O.P., a former assistant able confusion about them. at St. Dominic’s parish, Denver, Great Drama of Holy Week About 1140 an Italian monk, conducted a CursiUo at St. Plan New Chapel Gratian, collected and tried to Archbishop Urban J. Vehr will sing at the 10 a.m. Solemn Mass Auxiliary Bishop David M. Peter’s parish. Rocky Ford. put in order all Church legis­ Since then a second Cursillo preside in the Cathedral of the to be offered by the Rt. Rev. Maloney will celebrate this Mass in the Cathedral at 9:30 a.m. Construction is under the present chapel for their I Plans call for the present lation that had accumulated up in the Pueblo diocese was held Immaculate Conception, the Monsignor Walter J. Canavan, way on a much needed new needs, and the other area, ac-| chapel to be remodeled into a to his time. in St. Leander’s parish, Pueblo mother church of the Archdio­ rector. April 11. There will also be a chapel at the Carmel of the commodating only 16 persons, choir for the use of the cloister­ Although unofficial and rest­ under the direction of Father cese of Denver, at solemn cere­ Archbishop Vehr will pre­ Mass at 5:30 p.m. and a Sol- men Mass at 7:30 p.m. followed Holy Spirit in Littleton. has been made available to the ed Sisters. The new chapel is ing entirely on his author­ Robert Beach and a group of monies of Holy Week. side at Tenebrae services in public. being built off the northwest ity, Gratian’s Decree, as his men from Santa Fe, N. Mex. The liturgical drama of Holy the Cathedral Wednesday, April by a procession. Communion The $150,000 edifice will Mother Teresa, prioress at the area of the existing chapel, and was calied, was so useful that This Cursillo was attended by Week will open in gU churches 10, at 7:45 p.m. The seminary will be distributed at each Mass. accommodate upward of 120 Carmel, said that three Sisters thus the nuns’ chapel will be­ it soon supreseded all earlier Bishop Charles A. Buswell of of the archdiocese on Palm Sun- choir will sing. The Holy Eucharist will re­ persons. will stain the nine windows in come part of the new chapel. collections. Pueblo. Tenebrae (darkness) services, Since the Carmel was first the new chapel. They will de­ The Council of Trent (1545- See schedule of Holy Week symbolic of the death of Christ, main at the altar of repose for Measuring 36 feet wide and adoration by the faithful until opened in 1947, the Carmelite pict apparitions and scenes per­ 60 feet long, the chapel is to run 1563) was a major landmark in SOME 20 Denver area men services in parishes on pages the Light of the world, consists of matins and lauds of Holy;Good Friday, when It is taken Sisters have used one-third of taining to the Carmelite order. north and south. The main en­ canon law history. The discipli­ have attended Cursillos, includ 16-17. Thursday, Good Friday, and | (Continued on Page 2) trance wiil face east, directly op­ nary legislation it passed was ing nearly a dozen from St. Holy Saturday. posite the entrance to the mon­ promulgated in 1594 by Pope Pius Tenth parish, Aurora. day, April 7. During this week On Holy Thursday, April 11, astery. In heighth, the chapel Piux IV and constituted the pri­ Priests or laymen interested the Church’s liturgy commem­ at its highest point will be 114 mary source of canon law until in knowing more about the Cur' the sorrowful mood is lightened Collection to Support orates the Passion and death of by the recollection that this day feet. the 1918 codification. sillo movement are invited to Christ, which effected the re­ Shrines in Palestine contact Father James Overman, is the anniversary of the institu­ John K. Monroe, of Monroe, demption of mankind. The collectmn taken up on BY THE BEGINNING of the St. Augustine’s parish, Brighton tion by" Our Lord of the Holy Monroe, and Dunham, is archi­ PALM SUNDAY ceremonies Eucharist. Good Friday, April 12, in the 20th century canon law was or Father Francis Syrianey, St. tect for the edifice. Berglund- herald the enthusiastic tribute churches of the archdiocese is Plus Tenth parish, Aurora. Cherne Co. is the general con­ again in a state of confusion. paid to the Savior when He en­ IN EACH DIOCESE there is for the support of the Holy tractor. Slattery and Co. has the tered Jerusalem shortly before offered a special Mass on Holy Places in Palestine, so that the mechanical contract. His Passion and death. His tri­ Thursday in which the Bishop proper maintenance of shrines umphant entry, into Jerusalem blesses the holy oils to be used made sacred by Our Savior’s MOST C.\RMELS in the U.S. is a symbol of His glorious entry in the following year. Passion may be assured. have chapels large enough to Students Capture Honors into heaven. seat between 200 and 300 per­ Solemn blessing of tbe palm Padre Serra of California will take place in the Cathedral sons. In the Littleton Carmel, At Annual Science Fair h e small Spanish packet San Antonio in the^bright at 9:45 a.m. St. Thomas’ sem­ Official there are prie-dieux for 16 per­ inary choir is to chant the bless­ T golden and blue days at the end of May, 1770, beat sons. Though strikingly beauti­ By Edward T. Smith over-all senior division exhibits ing of tbe palm, and the Cathe­ its way slowly north along the California coast, passing ful, the chapel is obviously too (See pictures on page 20) in the fair, for first place in ev­ dral vested men’s choir will ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER some lOf the most beautiful scenery in the' world. Past small. Young scientists from Denver ery senior scientific classifica­ Chancery Office, 1536 Logan Street Carmel Bay, Pebble Beach, Cyprus Point, Seal Rock, The new chapel will provide Catholic high schools gathered tion, and the grand prize for the Point Pinos moved the white sails of the craft in the emerald sea, facilities for solemn liturgical every honor in sight at the fifth outstanding school among the 28 14 Gifts Boost Denver 3, Colorado outlined against the deeper green of the cypresses and pines and ceremonies.