Unhrer^ly oi Colorado Anfhropologlst Discovers Jtfember of Audit Bureau of Circulations Contents Copyright by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1961 — Permission to Reproduce, Except Most Ignacio Utes Baptized, But Not by Priest On Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue By P aul Hallett ervation had been baptized Catholics but that sors of the Baptism of the Utes, just as the An important, hitherto unsuspected, ethni­ few of them had been baptized by a priest. For Portuguese in India in the 16th and 17th cen­ cal fact in C o l o ^ o history has been discov­ most of them, the faith was brought to them by turies were the sponsors of Hindu converts. ered by Dr. Omer C. Stewart, professor of an­ a Spanish American settler. In some cases the Utes took the name of DENVEROUHOUC thropology in the University of Colorado and a Ignacio Reservation was established in 1887, their sponsors; in others, the Indian name was member of the Tri-Ethnic Research Project but the relations between the Utes and the retained but modified under Spanish influence. now being carried on at Ignacio, Colo. Spanish in Colorado go back 300 years, the An example of the latter sort that Dr. Stew­ Dr. Stewart, who was in the Register office C.U. anthropologist declared. From 1690 on, art discovered in the baptismal records of Sa­ Monday to consult files on Sacred Heart there are abundant records of the relationship cred Heart Parish was Paniuse, a Spanish var­ Church, Duraiigo, said that he had found that between Utes and Spaniards. iant of the Ute original. In Hispanic countries REGISTER almost all the Southern Utes on the Ignacio res­ The Spaniards were in every case the spon­ (Turn to Page 5 — Column 1) VOL. LV. No. 42. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1961 DENVER, COLORADO I- d to Note 30th Episcopal Jubilee — r Growth of Church Eloquent Tribute ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ By Edwakd T. Smith When Archbishop Urban J. Vehr reaches the 30th anniversary of his Episcopal consecration June 10, his Forecast of Prelate's most eloquent tribute will be an unspoken one: A record Wtm of almost incredible growth, both spiritual and material, for the Church in the state of Colorado. Interest in Seminary, In the 39 years since his consecration he has created 38 new parishes; has blessed 104 new churches and additions, 63 new schotds and additions, totaling 422 new ciassrooms; 39 new con­ Schools Proves True vents and eniargements; 35 new rectories, and 52 other religions buildings. Altogether he has blessed and dedicated 331 buildings In the 30 years since the day and in 1923, after earning a devoted to the purposes of religion, education, and charity with­ of his consecration in the Cathe­ master of arts degree at the in the archdiocese. A listing of these bnildlngs is printed on dral of St. Peter in Chains, Cin­ Catholic University of America, page 11. cinnati, no quality has so Washington, D.C., he was named marked the career of Arch­ superintendent of schools in Almost coinciding with the anniversary of his consecration bishop Urban J. Vehr as his de­ the archdiocese. will be the Archbishop’s 70th birthday, which he observed on May voted fulfillment of a Bishop’s 30, and the 46th anniversary of his ordination as a priest, which Seminary Rector he attained on May 29. role to “teach the people.” He held that position until No list of impersonal statistics can measure the zeal and In his sermon at Archbishop 1926, when he was named rector devotion of the Archbishop in the past 30 years, but figures can Vehr’s consecration, June 10, of St. Gregory’s Preparatory 1931, the Rt. Rev. John M. reflect dimly at least the physical growth of the Church in the Seminary, an institution that archdiocese under his administrative guidance. Doyle, P.A., then Chancellor of housed the high school, college, Since coming to Denver, Archbishop Vbhr has conferred or­ the Diocese of Detroit, predicted and philosophy departments for ders on 4,081 candidates in 329 separate ordination ceremonies that the new Bishop’s chief love the training of candidates for held in the St. Thomas Seminary Chapel and in the Cathedral. Of would be for the schools of Colo­ the priesthood. rado, and particularly for St. this number, 180 were ordained as priests, including 131 for the The following year Father Thomas’ Seminary. Archdiocese of Denver. The remaining 3,901 candidates were for Vehr was elevated to the rank the other major and minor orders. As if in echo of that predic­ if of Monsignor when he was ap­ He has traveled all over the archdiocese and, in his early The Body o f C hrbf. tion, Archbishop Vehr has con­ pointed a Domestic Prelate by days in Colorado, all over the state to confer the sacrament of ducted only two fund campaigns ' The feast of the most holy Body of Christ, called In Latin Pope Pius XI. He went to Rome Confirmation on 118,481 adults and children in 1,078 Confirmation in his 30 years in Denver, one "Corpus ChristL” sotemily commemorates the institution of the for study at the Collegio Angel­ ceremonies— and at each one of these ceremonies he delivered a for St. Thomas’ Seminary and , sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. It is a'"tiiank Yon” feast to ico and was awarded a licenti­ sermon. missions, and the other for high Christ, who, hy Instituting the Holy Eucharist, gave to the ate in canon law. So^ great was the progress of the see in the first years of schools to educate Catholic 'Church her greatest treasure. This feast being marked today Upon his return to Cincin­ Archbishop Y ^ ’s administration that in November, 1941, little youths. .observes this treisnre wiUi a Joy that was asderstandably sup­ nati, he was named rector of more than 10 yiears after his consecration, the Holy See raised pressed on Holy Thursday, the anniversary of the institution of Role os Teacher Mt. St. Mary of the West Sem­ Denver to the rank of an Archdiocese and erected a new diocese, the Eucharist. Archbishop Vehr’s devotion to inary, where be also taught that of Pueblo, in the southern part of Colorado. TJ- The Magnificat Antiphon in the Office of this feast pro- the role of teacher was fore­ theology and canon law. During ciaims witii joy: “O holy Banquet, in which Christ is received, shadowed in a distinguished these years he did postgraduate Vast Post War Expasion in lA ich the memory of His Passion is renewed, in which the career in the Archdiocese of work at Notre Dame University. The accomplishments of those early years, however, are al­ soni is fUled with grace and a pledge to future glory is given Cincinnati, a career devoted His appointment as the most dwarfed by the expansion of the archdiocese in the years ns, alleluia.” mainly to the work of education. (Turn to Page 5 — Columns) Rrthbishop Urban /. Vehr following World War II. He was a native of Cincin­ A comparison of the figures for the year 1946 with those for jCprpiu Cliriiti Rllt nati, bom in suburban Price Hill 1960 shows that the Catholic population of the archdiocese has al­ s/WWWWWWkAA^AAAA/V\AAfV\AA^WV> on May 30, 1891, the son of An­ most tripled, from 84,576 fb ^ ,2 0 6 . Parishes have increased from thony and - Catherine Hamann 75, some without resident pastors, to 106, aU with resident pastors. Procession Set Vehr. Within several blocks of C o llatio n to Assist Clergy Retreat In 1931 Catholics in Colorado numbered 135,258. In i960 the total home were bora and reared figure was more than 311,000. three other members of the The annual retreat for The number of seminarians studying for the archdiocese In Colo. Springs June 4 American Hierarchy, Archbish­ Sick, Elderly Priests priests of the archdiocese will has more than doubled, from 32 to 65. The total of students op Francis J. Beckman, former­ start Monday, July 17, at 8 receiving Catholic training in Catholic schoois and in religion A large crowd is expected hills, northwest of Colorado ly of Dubuque, who died in 1948; The faithful are invited to as­ pointed out these facts in an­ p.m. at St. Thomas’ Seminary, classes for public school chUdren has more than tripled, from for the fourth annual Corpus Springs, the grounds of the Bishop George A. Rehring of To­ sist sick and superannuated nouncing the annual collection Denver. The Very Rev. Wil­ 16,039 to 50,964. Of these, 27,190 are now in Catholic elementary to be taken for this purpose in liam A. Robbins, O.M.I., of Christi outdoor'procession for Franciscan Sisters* mother- ledo, and Bishop Henry J. Grim- priests of the archdiocese who and high schools, compared with 11,230 in 1946. Elementary the Pikes Peak region to be house in Woodmen Valley. melsman of Evstasville, Ind. the churches on Sunday, June 4. the Oblate Preparatory School, schools have increased in number from 35 to 64, and the num­ have no means of their own to Elderly priests who have met the Newburgh, N.Y., will conduct held Sunday, June 4, at 4 p.m. The schedule will begin with After attending St. Gregory’s ber of teachers from 505 to 892. meet necessary living expenses. demands of charity throughout the retreat exercises. The re­ at Mt. St. Francis’, the mother- the sermon by Father Theobald Preparatory Seminary and Xa­ Other outstanding accomplishments are the expansion and Throughout their years of serv­ their long period of service, treat ends Friday, July 21.