' Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation ■■ ■ H M A ■%■ V V A# 1% A A l A ■^AAlicontenU CopyrlEbt by tbeCatbolicPreH Society, tn c..lI»9-P erm M o n to Reproduce. Except ■ A A A ■ ■ m m M M ■ H A H H A l ^ L . I ■ H A H on ArUdu otherwise Msrked, Given After H Fnday FoUowlng lane BYB v CATHOLICr . T U A i i r “HOSPITALS u S T e n w REGISTER ___ ^ ^ . , , . ^ —k. ni>ilirBti(inDedication of theIbe new Pen-Pen "Denver Catholic Regis- Though the building has ■ ^ ^ H I H I B H^V B H rose HospiUl building (shown > t*''" will publish a special 36- been completed, some of tbe below) in Colorado Springs Ubloid section in iU ' interior fnmisblngs and equip- VOL. LIV. No. 3 DENVER, COLORADO THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1959 TOTAL INVOLVED ment is still being insUUed. on Tuesday. Sept. IS. by Arch- o f Sept. 10, bishop Urban J. Vehr will bring to completion one of six major hospital expansion REPORT RELEASED FOR STATE, 1958-59 IS $31,000,000 programs in the Archdiocese By Robert J. Sievbrs of Denver. A milestone in the tremendous hospital The projecLs involve a total expansion in the Archdiocese of Denver will be outlay of some $31,000,000. reached Sept. 15 when the $7,500,000 Penrose j To mark completion of the IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Hospital, Colorado Springs, is dedicated. $7,500,000 Penrose building 3 3 , 6 1 9 This three-year-old construction pioject is but one of six major programs of hospital expan­ 1,462 GAIN IN YEAR; ADDED sion completed or announced since June, 1958. The approximate outlay for these expansion pro­ grams affecting six of the nine general hospitals INCREASE SEEN THIS TERM in the archdiocese will total $31,000,000. All Catholic schools in Colorado haditutions of higher learning. The Pueblo New Hospital in Leadville _ total enrollment of 33,619 for the|Diocese accounted for 6,840 students, The first of these mighty programs was completed in the two-mile high city of Leadville when a new institution, costing year 1958-59. In the Denver Archdio-iThe total represents a gain of 1,462 nearly $1,000,000, replaced a 57-year-old St. Vincent’s HospiUl cese, 26,779 were under instruction in over the 1957-58 school year. unsuitable for continued use as a modem hospital. Archbishop grade and high schools and all insti- These figures were released by Urban J. Vehr dedicated the state's highest (in altitude) hos- Father William H. Jones, arch- pital’June 22, 1058. 53 IN ARCHDIOCESE diocesan superintendent of The ultramodern 35-bed institution contrasts sharply with acbooi^ in the annual school the canvas and calico walls raised in December, 1878. by the report. A ll elementary schools firsll six Sisters of Chartty of Leavenworth who rode into Car- in the archdiocese in 1958-59 bondale Camp (Leadville) in answer to the miners' appeal for Catholic PTAs Announce numbered 20,077 pupils, and a hmpital. high schools numbered 4J163. In ­ si(200,000 Penrose Giif stitutions of higher learning had |The next completed project will be the Penrose institution. Year's Program Themes 2,139 enrolled as compared to .<^|sted by a $3,200,000 gift from the El Pomar Foundation, 2.063 for 1957-58. thejsisters of Cbsuity of Cincinnati are completing a 12-story, The program themes for the 53 Catholic According to a survey pub­ 3 1 1 ^ hospiUl that will go into operation in mid-September. Parent-Teacher Associations in the Archdiocese of lished in last week’s edition Thii building will replace an older structure, part of which is of the "Denver Catholic Reg­ the'roriginal tuberculosis sanatorium started in 1869 by Marie Denver for the school year 1959-60 will be “The ister,” enrollment in paroch­ Gwinne Glocfcner as a memorial to her husband. Albert. The right to Educate—Educate—Ihe the Role of ial sehoob of the Arehdio- Parents, Church, and State." cese of Denver for the school addition of the name Penrose was made in 1947 as a tribute to Ground Sreolring the beneficence of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Penrose, founders and "The Role of the School in year 1959-60 Is expected to of the El Pomar foundation. The institution now will be known the Scientific Age.” * top last year’s connt by about simply as the Penrose Hospital. ' In addition to the various ac­ For M o u n f a i n U 6 0 . tivities in support of schools In 1948-49 the total enroll­ $500,000 Addition and school projects, the PTAs. ment ' in archdiocesan elemen­ Currently under construction in the northwest corner of under the direction of the arch- C h a p el Sept, 6 tary schools was 10,613. In 10 St. Joseph's Hospital grounds in Denver is an addition that will diocesan school office and offi­ A special invitation is ex­ years the number increased to cost more than $500,0(X) when completed. The current steel cers and chairmen of the Cath­ tended to all Boy Scout offi­ almost double, 20,077, for a strike and the severe weather of this year have delayed con­ olic Parent-Teacher League, cials. Boy Scouts, Knights of gain of 9.464. High school en­ struction, which was to be finished this September. At the carry on a substantial educa­ Columbus, and their friends to rollment in the same period in­ present time Sister Margaret Gertrude estimates that work tional program In the course of attend the ground-breaking cere­ creased from 2,669 to 4,563, for will be done by Christmas or the first of the year. New Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs each school year. monies for the new parish a gain of 1,694. Included in this addition are two operating rooms, one of The current figures show chapel in the Red Feather Lakes Forty-four elementary schools which is especially designed and equipped for heart surgery; a area Sunday, Sept. 6, at 3:30 BISHOP'S CONSECRATION SEPT. 30 that, with the addition of tbe were reported in 1948-49 as 24-patient recovery room, laboratory facilities, recovery rooms, two latest PTAs at tbe new p.m. The rites will be followed compared to 57 for the past and a dining ball that will convert into a teaching auditorium AH Saints’ School, Denver, by a Field Mass that will be of- year. A ll high schools under for 400 persons. A raised amphitheater that will seat 16 observ­ and All Souls’ School, Engle­ ferred on the building site, one Catholic auspices rote from 13 ers is included in the operating area. The unit will provide an wood, there w ill be 41 Catho­ mile west of Red Feather Lakes. in 194849 to 16 in 1957-58. Installation of New Ordinary Another highlight of the day additional 18,000 square feet of floor space. lic PTAs in the Denver area, Three grade schools showing will be the awarding of a build­ Following the completion of this project there will be a and 12 outside of the Metro­ tbe largest enrollment for the ing lot located at Red Feather campaign for $1,750,000 to contribute towai^ a $7,500,000 expan­ politan area. past year are St. James’, Den­ Lakes. The award will help de­ sion program that Is to begin in the fall of 1960. This building A complete s ch e d u le of ver, 793; St Louis’, Englewood, To Be Held in Pueblo Oct. 6 fray the expenses of the project, program will increase Ibe hospital's present 375-bed capacity to themes and topics for PTA 791; and St Mary’s, Littleton. estimated at $10,000. 550 beds by replacing 200 of the hospital’s present capacity and Bishop-elect Charles A. Bishop Flavin was a school-' Archbishop Vehr, as the Met- meetings in the school year 700. A ll grade schools showed adding-175 more beds. Buswell of Pueblo will be '"Ste of the Bishop-elect when ropolitan of the Province, will 1959-60 w ill be found on page Four-Year Project a total gain the past year of 785 formally enthrone the new $3,560,730 Controct-Signed consecrated on Wednesday, 1 of Ibis issue of the Repister. The establishment of the new pupils over tbe figure of 19,292 Bishop and will give the instal­ chapel, which will be known as On Monday, Aug. 24, St. Anthony's Hospital signed a Rent to in nklflhoma Citv 'Seminary, Webster Groves, Mo. Workshop Set for 1957-58. $3JW0,730 contract with the Mead and Mount Construction (Jo. Tn ^ Flavin was in the class lation address. A Solemn Pon­ Our Lady of tbe Lakes, is part Okla^and m ille d ^ Tues-, ^^dalned two years after Bishop- tifical Mass will then be cele­ of a four-year project under­ In high schools.^St. Francis de of Denver for a six-stoiy and basement steel and masonry struc­ For Teachers day, Oct. 6. m Pueblo, p ie dates I » brated by Bishop Buswell. taken by the Red Feather Cath­ Sales'. Denver, had the largest ture. Included will be pedialnc, obstetrical, laboratory, and A two-day teachers’ workshop were announced by the Chan- Tbe service will be televised olic Building Association. For number of studenta. 694. Cathe­ X-ray departments. Space for 48 maternity beds and 48 patient The new Bishop of the Dio- will be held Sept. 2jnd 3 in tbe eery Office.