k-*w^'i<i'.-<sf9C3^'r^^">rif^-v£f7'S'» t*'-'. ■^-.''-jja*’ :-r.— ,>S'yj- .>•«••• i i . / Member of Audit Bureah of Circulationi Contents Copyright by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1953—Permission to Reproduce, Except on Christian Doctrine Confraternity^.,.,.^^.Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue Work Expanded in Archdiocese n r? ? iO T + + Direct Expansion Six Regional and Institutional Directors Named; REGISTER Board of Laity to Be Appointed in Every Parish VOL. X LIX . No. THURSDAY, OCTOBER^ 22, 1953 DENVER, COLORADO By R ev. R obert E. K e k e is e n Frederick McCallin, Littleton pas­ The appointment, by Arch- tor and ^sistant CCD director oishop Urban J. Vehr, of five for the archdiocese, will direct district directors and one institu­ the program in the Denver tional director of the Confrater­ region. Catholic Groups nity of Christian Doctrine heralds The Rev. Wiliam Joseph an ambitious program of expai}- Koontz, I chaplain of the Federal sion and integration of the CCD Correctional Institution at Engle­ organization in the Denver Arch­ wood, was named special assist­ Seek $304,000 diocese. Tlie announcement was ant director of the CCD for made by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor secular institutions. Gregory Smith, archdiocesan di­ rector of the CCD. School Year The five priests of fhe arch­ Program Planned Of Chest Goal diocese to whom the Archbishop The first major project of the Denver’s 11 Catholic Red Feather agencies have re­ has committed the important task program will be the development quested $304,000 of the $1,870,000 being sought in the of guiding regional organization of a graded school year instruc­ present Community Chest campaign. of the. CCD plan are Father tion program with the help of Last year the Catholic agencies received $248,000 Duane Theobald, pastor of Di­ certified lay teachers. Father Mc­ on s, request for $297,000, according to the Very Rev. vine Redeemer Parish, Colorado Callin will direct this phase of Monsignor Elmer J. Kolka, asso- Springs; Father Edward Dinan, Rt. Rey. Gregory Smith the plan. Other features of the date director of Catholic Char­ pastor of St. Charles' Parish, full CCD setup will follow grad­ ities for the Denver Archdiocese. Archdiocesan CCD Director Stratton; Father John A. Canjar, The total Community Chest goal ually. Start Collecting administrator of St. John’s Parish, is about 10 per cent more than The pastors of the archdiocese was sought last year. Stoneham; Father Francis J. Kap- were urged, in a letter from Mon- Denverites must oversubscribe pes, pastor of St. John's Parish, s'lgnor Smith, to set up Confra­ the goal if the needs of the agen­ Clothing Now, Is Loveland; and Father Joseph cies are to be met, declared Wil­ ternity boards in their own par­ Leberer, pastor of St. Patrick’s liam McGlone, Chest president. ishes before the CCD meeting The 11 Catholic Red Feather Parish, Minturn. scheduled in Cheyenne Oct. 27 agencies are the Catholic Chari­ Key to Success Monsignor Smith and Father and 28. The Cheyenne meeting, ties office, S t Vincent’s Home fon Boys, Queen of Heaven The Very Rev. Monsignor which is expected to draw many Home for Girls, St. Clara’s Elmer J. Kolka has been Seek Nuns to Conduct priests of the Denver Archdio­ Archbishop U r­ Orphanage, Infant of Prague named by Archbishop Urban portico of the new building, south of Denver. Nursery, the Ave Maria Clinics, New Hospital in Rifle cese, will provide a springboard Academy Dedication ban J. Vehr of­ The $425,000 building contains classrooms, J. Vehr as director of this for promotion of the CCD pro­ ficiated at the dedication ceremonies of the new laboratories, a cafeteria, a library, and an audi­ the Denver Deanery Community The local doctors, in the Centers—Vail and Little Flower; year’s Thanksgiving Cloth- gram in the archdiocese. St. Mary Academy school building, 454£^ S. torium-gymnasium. The residence of the former in Drive in the Archdioc*ese of name of the Rifle Hospital University Boulevard, on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Hickerson estate, which was purchased by the Camp Santa Maria^ the Convent Board, have appealed to the The archdiocese has had many of the Good Shepherd, and the Denver. The campaign is spon­ At the left of the Archbishop are Bishop Charles Sisters of Loretto in 1951 as the fourth site of sored by all U. ’S. Catholic di­ Rev. Edward J. Fraezkowski, features of the CCD program Quinn, C.M., and Monsignor Elmer Kolka; on St. Mary’s Academy in its 89-year history in NCCS-USO. in charge of Rifle and mis­ functioning for several years. the right, Monsignor William Kelly and Father oceses to aid victims of war and Denver, is also used for school facilities and as 1,235 Families Aided sufferers throughout the world. sions, to obtain niins to con­ Monsignor Smith pointed out in George Evans. The group is shown in a beautiful a convent for the sisters.— (Photo by Smyth) duct the new Community Hos­ In Past Year The faithful are reminded to pital of Rifle, which is ready his message to the pastors. Some The Charities office, said Mon­ hold their old clothes and shoes to open. of these features are vacation signor Kolka, last year gave in anticipation of this chance to Because of the dearth of schools, discussion clubs, the high National President of De Paul Society emergency relief to 1,235 fam­ help alleviate the almost in­ vocations, however, and the school of religion, a religious cor­ ilies and placed 131 children in describable suffering overseas. many calls on their services, respondence school, and street adoption homes. The Ave Maria Last year some 90 tons of no community of nuns has as clinics—ear, eye, obstetrical, etc. clothing given not only by Den­ yet been found that can ac­ preaching. To Speak at Denver Meeting on Oct. 23 Rer. Frederick McCallin —cared for more than 4,600 pa­ ver Catholics but also by non- cept charge of the new hos­ The plan now. Monsignor tients last year. Three hundred Catholics set an all-time local Asditant CCD Director pital. Smith explained, is to put all Edmond Borgia Butler of Paul Society, will introduce Mr. Butler, prominent New youngsters used Camp Santa record for the drive. Throughout these features together as "an in­ New York City, national presi­ Mr. Butler at the meeting York attorney, is an alumnus Maria facilities the past summer. the country more than 9,000,000 Had Colorful Career Oct. 23. A private conference of Fordham U., where he re­ The report period of the cam­ pounds of clothing were given. tegrated program.” Failure to or­ dent of the Superior Council of the St. Vincent de Paul So­ ■with Leo Keleher, director of ceived his A.B. and M. A. de­ paign is Oct. 21-Nov. 4. Cam­ The clothes undoubtedly saved ganize the laity in the plan has ciety in the U.S., will arrive the society’s Salvage Bureau, grees, and is a graduate of paign headquarters are in the many lives in Korea, Austria, Dennis Sheedy Founded resulted in the neglecting "of in Denver Friday, Oct. 23, to will be held Oct. 24, and spe­ N.Y.U. Graduate School of Shirley-Savoy Hotel. 'The door- Formosa, France, Germany, Is­ vast reservoirs of zealous mis­ address all Colorado members cial conferences will be ar­ Business Administration. He to-door campaign by volunteer rael, Lebanon, Indo-China, and ranged with parish representa­ has served as chairman or vice ' solicitors was launched Oct. 19, elsewhere. , sionary energy.” of the society. He will be ac­ companied by Patrick J. Tuffy, tives before Mr. Butler en­ chairman of numerous state, with advance gifts' of $64,000 planes for California pet. 24 city, and Catholic public serv­ Although there are many Denver Dry Goods Cq. Monsignor Smith emphasized executive secretary of the so­ made as of that date. ^ worthy calls for clothing made the need for "redoubled effort” ciety. at 7:15 p.m. ice organizations. Endorsed by Archbishop here at home, none is more By M ary A n n Cu l u t o n on the part of all priests in see­ Mr. Butler, en route to a worthy than helping sufferers “L "L For 'Uniyersal Support' The i expansion of the Denver ing to tne religious instruction of regional St. 'Vincent de Paul Grade Choirs of City Will Sing at Requiem overseas. The poor here can, in Dry Goods Company, with open­ .X^atholic Leader Society conference i n San the youth of their parishes. 'The In a letter read in all churches almost every case, receive help ing of a branch store Oct. 12 at E. Francisco, made special ar­ Rehearsals for the grade school The Rev. James Hamblin will of the Archdiocese of Denver from some agency. impossibility of providing enough First Avenue and University rangements to visit m Denver. choirs which will sing at the Sol­ direct the combined choirs from Oct. 18, Archbishop Urban J. No Denverite need face starva­ Boulevard, recalled to many long­ Catholic schools for all Catholic ■ All officials and members of emn Pontifical Mass of Requiem the parochial grade schools of Vehr declared the Community tion or death by freezing. No time Denver residents the name children makes the CCD program society in the state are invited for deceased religious Saturday the city in singing the Gregorian Chest campaign “is one of the children here need’go about in of Dennis Sheedy. a vital necessity, if youth are to to hear his address on exten­ morning, Oct.