Archbishop to Dedicate New St. John’s on Dec. 2 Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Third Major Church Dedication in Year Contents Copyright by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1953—Permission to Reproduce, Except on Articles Otherwise Marked, Given After 12 M. Friday' Following Issue When Archbishop Urban J. Vehr dedicates the new St. John the Evangelist’s Church Wednes­ day, Dec. 2, it will be the third major church on principal Denver thoroughfares that' he has blessed in a little more than a year. DENVER CATHaiC The ceremonies at St. John’s will begin at 10:30, and will be followed immediately by a Sol­ emn Mass to be offered in the presence of the Arch­ bishop by the ^t. Eev. Monsignor John P. Moran, pastor. REGISTER The two other major Denver churches dedi­ cated in the past year are St. Catherine of Siena’s, fronting on North Federal Boule­ vard at 42nd Avenue,, dedicated on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 27, 1952; and St. Vincent de Paul’s, facing S. University Boulevard at E. Arizona Avenue, which was dedicated Feb. 11, 1953. The new St. John's faces beautiful East Seventh Avenue Parkway at Eliza­ beth Street. The three new edifices give Denver an array of magnificent Catholic churches of which it may well be proud, and which are un­ excelled by any city of comparable size in the nation. John K. Monroe of Denver was architect for the new building, which was erected by the F. J. New St. John’s Is Handsome Addition on Seventh Avenue Parkway Kirchhof Construction Co. of Denver. The total cost of con- struction is slightly more than $350,000, and the cost of furnish­ ings brings the total to about Men’s Rally on Nov. 29 $425,000. The posting of the colors Bishop Sullivan and the singing of the “Star To Give Sermon Archdiocese Gives 35 Tons The first of the more than annual effort to clothe the poor of the world in preparation for Spangled Banner” will open Bishop Bernard J. Sullivan, S.J., 35 tons of clothing collected winter. Shown here, left to right, are the Very Rev. Monsignor the rally of the ’ Archdioc­ retired Bishop of Patna, India, 03967636 „ Needy in the Archdiocese of Den­ Elmer Kolka, associate director of Catholic Charitlfes and director now residing at Regis College, ver in this year’s Thanks­ of the clothing drive; Joe Casper of St. James’ Parish, Herman esan Union of the Holy giving Clothing Collection is shown above being stacked in the Name Society in the Denver will deliver the sermon in the Gebhard, warehouse employe; John Moran of Loyola Parish, and St. Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau Warehouse. Workers from Leo Kelleher, manager of the St, Vincent de Paul Salvage Bureau. Cathedral, Sunday, Nov. 29, at Dedication Mass. every parish in Denver and outlying districts contributed to the 7 :4B p.m. ' — {Register photo) Catholic men of the Denver Officers of the Mass will be the + ~ + area are invited to take part Rt. Rev. Monsignor John R. Mul- in the magnificent display of roy, a seminary classmate of Mon­ Appeal to Be Made. Pec. 6 for Funds faith and Catholic Action.. signor Moran, deacon, and the Rt. Clothing Drive Archbishop Urban J. Vehr will Rev. Monsignor Gregory Smith, officiate at Solemn Benediction for the expected crowd of 1,200 former pastor of St. John’s, sub­ To Complete National Shrine to Mary men, and will read the act of deacon. May Be Better An appeal for generosity in consecration to the Sacred Heart. Two former assistants in the Collectipn of necessary funds maculate Conception, which will His Excellency will also’ deliver the collection Sunday, Dec. 6, to complete the magnificent be celebrated Dec. 8, 1954. parish, the Rev. William V. for completion of the National the meditation. church is being tied up with The letter follows: The Rosary and Litany of the Powers, pastor of St. James’ Par­ Than'52 Appeal Shrine of the Immaculate Con­ the Marian Year as a special Holy Name v/ill be led by the ish, and the Rev. Roy Figlino, Clothing, bedding, and ception in Washington, D.C., is observance by Catholic Ameri­ Very Rev. Monsignor Walter J. pastor of St. Augustine’s, and shoes for poor people made in a letter from Archbishop cans of the centenary of the def­ Canavan, pastor of the Cathe­ Urban J. Vehr. inition of the dogpna of the Im- Denver Archdiocese dral, and the sermon will be Brighton,, will assist the Arch­ the world over streamed into Chancery Office given by the Rt. Rev. Mon- bishop in the dedication. the St. "Vincent de Paul 1536 Logan Street Denver 5, Colo. signor Harold V. Campbell, pas­ Two other former assistants, Warehouse, 1625 W a z e e, tor of Blessed Sacrament Parish. Nov. 22, 1953 the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Joseph Denver, this week from all the Cathedral Classes Result Assisting the Archbishop at THE REV. JOHN HARLEY SCHMITT (left), churches of the archdiocese. Reverend Dear Father and BenedicHon will be the Very Rev. archdiocesan director of Holy Name Societies, is making Walsh, director of Catholic Char­ , By Tuesday morning a min­ Beloved People: George Forquer, O.P., pastor of arrangements for the annual men’s rally' Nov. 29. 'The Rt. Rev. ities in the Diocese of Pueblo, and imum of 35 tons had been col­ S t Dominic’s Church, deacon; In 108 Converts in Year On Sunday, Dec. 6, all dio­ Monsignor Harold V, Campbell (right), former director of the Holy the Very Rev, Walter J. Canavan, lected in the annual Bishops’ ceses of our country will unite and the Very Rev. Fabian Joyce, Name Societies, will deliver the sermon. Thanksgiving Drive, with all out- O.F.M., pastor of St. Elizabeth’s pastor of the Cathedral, Denver, Thirty-five persons expressed a non-Catholic friend who is in­ in an appeal to complete the Na- will be chaplains to Archbishop state shipments yet to arrive in the desire to become Catholics at terested. tidnal Shrine of the Ffiimaculate Parish, subdeacon. Denver. the end of the autumn series of The annual demonstration of Vehr at the Solemn Mass. Every class, in addition to Conception in Washington, D. C. According to Leo Keleher, di­ information lectures conducted at Many of you may have seen the sph-itual'and civic devotion will 1,000CathoHc Women Aid rector of the salvage bureau, those who ask to join the be opened with a procession into The Very Rev. Monsignor Ber­ the Cathedral, Denver, by the Church, has its quota of those stately crypt of this shrine on nard Cullen, Assistant Chancellor, this year’s drive should equal or Rev. Owen McHugh. the Cathedral, led by the Fourth even exceed last year’s collec- who were baptized Catholics in the campus of the Catholic Uni­ Degree Knights of Columbus and will be master of ceremonies, as­ A total of 108 persons have infancy, but whose Catholic ed­ versity. ............. ■uiiiiiimiiim>Mti’.inmiiiiiiiii,«tiiiiiiiiiimtumiimiiitiliiiluiiii^ thus sought entrance into the followed by students of St. Community Chest Drive sisted by the Rev. Francis Syrianey ucation was neglected until they Every country in the world Thomas’ Seminary, priests, and I It’s Not Too Late .. j Catholic Church in 1953 as a re­ attended the classes. has a worthy national memorial More than 1,000 Catholic working on the St. James’ group. and the Rev. Charles Jones, assist­ Archbishop Vehr. I to give clothes, bedding, and I sult of the three series of classes to Mary, Our Mother. Our Na­ During the processional the women served in the 1953 Red As well as collecting and con­ ants in the parish. Seminarians held, according to the Very Rev. Feather Drive of the Community I shoes to aid the refugees in ; tional Shrine to. Mary Immacu­ seminary choir, under the direc­ tributing to their own group, the from the parish will fill the minor I Korea, Europe, and the Near \ Monsignor Walter J. Canavan, late was begun some 30 years tion of the Rev. Richard Giesel- Chest. St. Catherine’s PTA and St. James’ team assisted a non- pastor of the Cathedral. At the Altar Society team was one of offices./' I and Far East. Take your do- f ago. Because of the depression man, C.M., will sing “Ecce Sacer- Catholic group that had St. I nations to the St. Vincent de I end of the spring series, in June, l^egis Institutes six Denver teams to report its and subsequent pressing prob­ dos Magnus.’’ At the organ will James’ Church in its territory, The music for the Mass wilTbe I Paul Warehouse, 1625 Wazee | 28 persons 'asked to become lems of the war years, the super­ be Robert Cavarra. quota reached at the first report according to Mrs. Cudmore. sung by St. John’s Parish Choir Catholics, and in the winter ser­ luncheon. I Street, or call CH, 5503 for i structure was not completed. The The posting of the colors by The St. Catherine’s group was under the direction of Mrs. Leon­ I home pick-up service. ies, which closed before Easter, architects now tell us that, unless the Lowry Air Base' Holy Name The success of Catholic teams among those teams first to fill there were 45 converts. For Religious men will precede the singing of their quotas in the 1952 drive. It ard Tangney, with Miss Helen ...'"IT" 'The next series of informa­ remedial measures are taken im­ in being first to reach their tion, called by the Very Rev.