Samaritan House Architectural rendering of the new Samaritan House By Julie Asher "Samaritan House" reflects the "homey atmosphere" of participant in future plans for ('ontiniied redevelopment Register Staff the facility. This new building will be a first step toward this partici­ •t. "It's not gc'ing to be a place to get them off the pation." he added / I •• The Archdiocese of Denver s proposed she.ier for the streets, feed them and turn them out S.'imaritan House will accommodate 250 to 275 .^homeless ’will make great contributions to lower down- He added that even with the new shelter "there are homeless men. women and families lyid teenagers who I town, " according to Bishop George R. Evans speaking at still going to be lots of people on the street. " have run away from home. The archdhce.se's plans call ^ a press conference held Dec. 13 to unveil the preliminary The maximum 90-day stay will keep the archdiiK'ese for a structure of 50.000 to 60.000 .square feet. ' architectural plans. from having to get a special use permit Half of the site will be used for the building it.self and ;; , "W e feel it will be the first part of the build-up of that Least restrictive the other half will be used for parking and landscaping J neighborhood in lower downtown D enver." he said The property is currently zoned B-8 under the Denver The main entrance for residents will be on I^n m er 4- Decision ‘courageous’ Zoning Ordinance, one of the least restrictive of Denver s Street There will be a plaza area where residents can '{ Bishop Evans called the decision by Archbishop zone districts. wait to be admitted instead of having to line up on the » ' James V. Casey to build the shelter, to be called "W e could have said 61 days or we could have street ^ Samaritan House, "courageous and demanding." charged rent, a penny a day. but that would have been Residents’ lounge ^ The site for the shelter is a full city block bounded by phony.” the bishop said. The house will Include a lobby, residents' lounge, I 1 Broadway and Lawrence. Larim er and 23rd Streets. Mayor Pena expressed his approval of the chapel, dining room, kitchen and an elevated playground "When it is completed, the new housing will replace the archdiocese's plans in a statement released several hours A drive-in area will allow people to drop off food, ^present Samaritan Shelter. 1836 Logan St. after the press conference. clothing and other donations without leaving their cars The press conference came after the bishop met Dec " It is important to remember that the .Samaritan A bell tower on one corner will anchor the building, ' *1 with Mayor Federico Pena, who is now supportive of the House will not be a revolving dwir shelter which treats which steps up from one story to three stories. A row of Church of Denver's plans despite his earlier complaints. only the symptoms and not the cause of homelessness. retail shopping spaces will face Larimer Street. ^ At that meeting "a mutually arrived at decision " was Pena said in the statement. Instead, it will be a facility The retail area will make a great contribution to I made, the bishop said, to name the structure .Samaritan dedicated to attempting to break the cycle of shelter to Larimer Street, according to Bishop Evans 'House and to increase the length of possible stay from 36 street. It will provide important services to the diverse "We think we will have an attractive shelter." he Vlays to 90. types of persons who now find themselves in this devas­ added. Effective tating circumstance." According to R Russell .Seacat. a partner in the "We feel the 90 days is an effective way to give ' He added that the design of the structure will be an architectural firm of Barker. Rinker. Seacat and F'art- ^ ^-‘jersonal care. Guests will have 90 days to get back on asset to lower downtown. ners. construction should begin next summer. The work r.^‘their feet. " Bishop Evans said, adding that the name "W e expect that the archdiocese will be an active will take about 14 months. M1 S(Be Pages 19-22 for archiliisi’s plans of Samaritan House J. Page 2 — The Denver Catholic Hegister, Wed December 12, 1984 Pastoral Center offices to be evaluated Detriot nun will study archdiocesan programs and their purposes i. By Patricia Hillyar Register Staff Are the offices in the Catholic Pastoral Center serving “ sensi the parishes effectively? IX» they offer the type of programs ‘51 V- »P op e most ner*ded'' Are the services well utili/erl bv the parishes'' ■ Dec. ] These and other pertinent questions will be answered In when Sister (;hristine Matthews ol Itetroit, evaluates the 4.i Pope , offices of the archdiocese that are housed in the Catholic that w Pastoral Center at 200 Josephine St. Til The project is the result of priests re<iuesting that the ican a alUM'ation of the Archbishops Annual f'ampaign for Progress Catbol funds be evaluated to make sure that if is being used to the ■ Th best advantage and na ■'Wherever I would go among the priests, that request ' "an es was made," Father l^wrence St f*eter. Vicar for Priests, sacran said, "so when we approached the an'hbishop with the idea, 'o f sins he said ’ Whv ilon i we just have all of the offices in the It Pastoral Center evaluated’’ ' said, " Consultant <tlie sac As director of Resources for Programming and Plan­ , He ning in Detroit, Sister Matthews is a consultant who "helps groups with organization, development and structural change," she said. " I look at how groups can better work together and how they can look at various options for their best solutions." Sister emphasized that she do<^s not provide answers for her clients. " I only help them to arrive at their own answers...to name their problems and their .solutions," she said. Efforts focused Sister Christine Matthews, director of Resources lor Father Roy Figliito, pastor of St. Mary Magdalene’s Much of Si.stcr's efforts will be focused on collecting VA Programming and Planning, discussed plans with the Church, Bishop George Evans, Father Omer Foxhoven, l>ertinent data from each archdiocesan office and evaluating demand committee of priests who will oversee the evaluation pastor of St. Peter and Paul's Church, and Father Law­ its programs according to purpose, content, target groups, said No process ol the Pastoral Center. They include, from left. rence 8t. Peter, Vicar for Priests. frequency of offering, length, cost and staff involvt^. She .Vatican The wilt interview both the people involved in providing the ing one program that il thinks is valuable, but the parishes Sister sought to further her expertise through on-the-job accomp] programs and the recipients who benefit from them may need some other type ol program training with a management firm and educational classes of perso Sister Matthi'W'i evaliialion ol archdiocesan offices "F o r instance, a youth office may be offering cookouts before she launched her consulting practice in August of. “ Ab will lake approxiinately lour months during which she will when what is really n t^ e d is education on cult.s It is things this year She has been a consultant lor several parishes ‘ it has I ili.ilogue wall (HMiple .il ail levels ol .^ervlce in llie t.'liurcli ol like that that will be assessed. ' she said Religious congregations and dioceses throughout the coun- iH'nvcr, from vicars and department heads to parnsh per­ who sufl Five obiectivee 'O ' sonnel. The In a planning report. Sister Matthews identified live "Fm looking forward to working with the Archdiocese " I will need to discover how services from the Pastoral solid^its objectives of her evaluation of Denver in this project.” she said. " ItIt will be done i i Center are delivered and used in parishes and that will • To survey the giwK and resulting programs ol each professionally, with people at all levels^ involve talking to many, many people," she said. "Th e only archdKK'esan ollice foresee a great deal of communication and reason for the offices to exist is to serve parishes... Are they • To allow parish personnel to resportd to services that It can be determined how the Pastoral Center can effect*" doing that?" the lives of people in the best possible way. Sister explained that sometimes an office may be offer- offered by the offices of the Pastoral Center • To clarify any misconceptions regarding services on the part of the Pastoral Center offices and parish personnel No issue Dec. 26 • To analyze data and make recommen^tions regarding Th«r» will not b* a Dec. 26 issue of the f ‘I programs and staffing for the offices ol the pastoral center Denver Catholic Register. The archdiocessn • To provide participants in the project with a final Official weekly has regularly published 51 times a year. report. Th e first issue after Dec. 19 will be the issue of AHCHHISHOP'S OFFICK Sister said that the results of the project might mean Di 200 Josephine .Street that services now offered by offices in the Pastoral Center Jan. 2, 1995. Ikenver, « ) 110206 will be modified or changed in response to the needs identified through the assessment McGI APINHNTMKNTS The Denver CathoUc Rei^lster She also said that, although she will not focus on lUSPS SS7-030I ’ Jam e ttenewal ol IhrcH'-year appoinlincnl finances, that money allotted for certain programs might be undei Deacon Franz .S«-holz.