Member of 'Audit Bureau of ClreulatUme C. D. OF A. TO CONTINUE NOGS HOUSING PROJECT Contents Copyrighted by the Catholic Press Society, Inc. 1946— ^Permission to reproduce. Except on Articles Otherwise Marked, given After 12 M. B^day Following Issue Rooms Aro Moodod Brighton Catechists For Rogis Sladoals Home Is to Revert Regif eollege it faced with Show Good Resuits in a problem in tecariof placet To Court on Aug. 1; DENVER CATHaiC for boardert at tha eollega to live. Every effort it being put First Annuai Report forth to arrange placement ^f Members to Give Aid boardert in private bomet throughout DenTor. Many of thote on tbe waiting littt are Tha sun-tanned and wind- Sept 1, 1945, to the date of the returning vetarant who with weathered faces of Brighton’s four first annual report submitted to Women’s and Men’s Divisions of USD Galholie the archdiocese, June 21, 1946, FIEGISTER to continue their education at anereetic Missionary Qatechists the north tide inttitution the - Catechists of Our Lady of testify to the vast amount of open- under the GI bill of rightt. Agency Wiii Oporale as Combined Organiza­ Victory from Victory Noll, Ind., air teaching done bv them in their The National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Supplies The Denver Catholic Register. We Anyone who may know of have recorded 1,140 visits to first term as Colorado’s sugar Have Also the International News Service (Wire and Mail), a Large Special Service, Seven Smaller roomt by which tbe living beet country apostles. homes, the Poor Farm, and the tion With Headquarters at 1576 Grant Services, Photo Features, and Wide World Photoa (3 cents per copy) qnartert at t^ college can From their arrival in the state sick. Covering six mission stations, be tupplemenmd ihonld con­ the catechists-on-wheels gave re­ tact the R o t. Eugene Kettler, The women’s division of the USO-NCCS in Denver will ligious instructions to 778 children, VOL. XU. No. 47. DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1946. $1 PER YEAR prepared 110 in a special three- S J ., dean. move its headquarters to the men’s division at 1575 Grant Collection week course for First Holy Com street Aug. 1. The two units will operate as a combined munion, made 452 complete fam agency, with Miss Margo DiRienzo in charge of the women’s ily censuses, trained 20 boys to Proposed New Hospital in Scottsbiuff, Neb. activities and John P. Curry of the men’s. The Catholic serve Mass, enrolled 141 boys as Daughters of America of (Dourt St. Rita, to whom the women's For Orphans Chusadera o f Christ the King, and brought the benefits of sodality division clubhouse will be returned, will continue to operate membership to 40 girls. the center for the benefit of service men’s families. Friandi Supply Materials The Catholic Daughters turned To Be Aug.4 over the clubhouse at 1772 Grant Religious articles, magazines, street in November, 1942. Since and literature are supplied the that time it has proven a haven The serious need for assistance Missionary Catechists by various of refuge for hundreds o f women DRIfE BECUII in caring for homeless children and organizations, mainly in Denver. and children coming to Denver orphans in the archdiocese is cited A total of 703 articles was dis­ to visit service men in Denver by Archbishop Urban J. Vehr. In tributed. Lay friends of the Cate­ posts or hospitalized at Fitzsim- the following letter sent out this chists made dozens of white suits ons. For the past four years, the week he announces the orphans’ and dresses, to surround the re­ TO ilD ilS III clubhouse has solved a pressing annual collection Sunday, Aug. 4; mote, under-privileged First Com­ social problem and played a vital July 15, 1946 munion classes with the same dig­ part in the welfare of the Denver Reverend Dear Father and nity and beauty that mark similar area. Beloved People: events in ordinary parish churches Miss Ann Valovick LISIEOX C O iE III We again make this annual ap­ The Brighton community of peal for the care of the orphan and Catechists is the second founda­ To Be in Charge . A Boulder woman, moved • by homeless children of the archdio­ tion in the archdiocese. Four mem­ After Aug. 1 the clubhouse will stories in the Register, detailing cese. Approximately 650 are now bers of the order pioneered in operate just as it has throughout the sad plight of the convent ia living in our institutions, exclusive Colorado by opening a house in the war period and women and Lisieux, France, where St. Therese, of a large number in foster homes. Greeley in 1944. The spiritual children will be housed to the full the Little Flower, lived, has under­ Our orphan homes are crowded. success attained and the loyalty capacity o f the building. The same taken to do what she can to aid the The good sisters, without any shown the religious by the people prices will prevail and the house Carmelite Sisters there. She is personal compensation, act as of that area led to the second mis­ will be in charge of Miss Ann Miss Beautrice Lennartz, who sion’s founding. The Archbishop’s Valovick, supplemented by a staff wrote to the nuns there last April father and mother to these chil­ The beautiful cruciform structure, pictured above in the i usual design of the three-story building will reduce hospital dren, teach them to become good guild of Denver aided greatly in of volunteer workers from Court and received a reply revealing the and useful citizens, and safeguard the remodeling, cleaning, and fur­ architect’s drawing by the Frank McNett firm of Grand Is- operation problems to a minimum and at the same time will St. Rita. Miss Margo DiRienzo, serious need of the sisters for food their faith during their formative nishing of the frame dwellings land, NeU, is the hospital which the Sisters of St. Francis of provide a maximum of sunlight for all rooms. The sisters who has been in charge under the and medicine, both for themselves years. used by the Catechists. Catechist Penance and Charity hope to erect in Scottsbiuff. The un-1 operate the present St. Mary’s hospital in Scottsbiuff. USO-NCCS program the last five and for the poor who appeal to Agnes Kozla is the superior in the months, will continue to supervise them. The problem of dependent chil­ latter community. although she is being transferred Determined to do her best to dren has grown considerably dur­ to the NCCS headquarters at 1575 help. Miss Lennartz cabled the ing t^ese war years. As you know Grant street. Carmelites, asking for a list o f the Infant of Prague nursery was needed items. An air mail reply founded to meet the stressing need FaUior Paolazzi Flios The clubhouse offers rooms, for the little children. Already 29 Longmont Parish History Given kitchen privileges, and laundry to gave a long list o f the most needed Infants under two years of age To Visit AgadMoHior, visitors for a maximum stay of two foods and medical items. It also are now being cared for. That weeks. Children in service men’s included the information that, number will shortly increase. families are welcomed along with sinee the Carmelite Sisters were in Trsnio, lialy Catholic services in the Long­ 1937 marking the spot where the to the legend, we can believe that their mothers. \ cloistered, they could not distrib­ Under the auspices of the Arch­ Archbishop to Receive mont area date back at least as first log cabin in the county was Father Machebeuf’s ministrations ute food or clothing themselves. diocesan Council. of Catholic Final Arrangements far as 1862. The first church in built, which was owned bv Alonzo in the hamlet were probably too They did, however, send the ad- Women, a group of self-sacrificing The Rev. B. J. Paolazzi, Denver $28,000 From Estate the city was dedicated in 1882. De­ Allen. The town was built on the few to be effective. Being Made This Week dre.sses o f other convents which ladies is giving hundreds of hours priest-musician stationed at St. tails of the development of St banks of the St. Vrain river, which Church Growi With City A preliminary meeting was held could take care of such appeals. of volunteer service in the care of Catherine’s parish, boarded the John’s parish in Longmont are today, because of irrigation, is a Of Mrs. Robt. Koenne these little ones. Trans-AUantic Clipper July 16 for By the time Lonmont was in the clubhouse July 15 at which Parcel* Sent Weekly given in the following article, mere trickle of water, but which in time Father Hubert Newell, Miss With the aid o f friends Miss Paris, France, from where he will those days, so early settlers say, founded in 1871, Father Mache­ We ask your generous financial which was printed in the Long­ beuf was already Vicar Apostolic DiRienzo, and Mr. Curry were Lennartz has since been sending go by rail to Trento, Italy, to visit mont Times-Call in preparation was full enough to demand the use help for Uie sake of these homeless of Colorado and Utah, having been Archbishop Urban J. Vehr present to outline the program for weekly parcels to the Carmel in his aged mother. of a ferry for crossing. children. Your donations will be for the city’s diamond jubilee this consecrated Bishop in Cincinnati will receive the bulk of the the coming six months.