m m m m m m 1 Holy Name Men Will Pray for Oppressed Nations Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Contents Copyright by the Cstholie Press Society Inc,, 1956— Permission to Reproduce, Except on Articles Otherwise Msrked, Giren After 12 M. Friday Following Issue Demonstration of Faith 4- + +' The hundreds of men at­ with Archbishop Urban J. Lima’s Parish, Denver, will The annual event, which tending the annual Holy Vehr presiding. speak. always fills the^ Cathedral, Speaker Nov. 25 Hour of the Denver Arch­ The 80-voice St. Thomas Lowry Color Guord is one of the outstanding In Cathedral Seminary Choir, one of the A color guard from DENVER CATHaiC diocesan Holy Name Union demonstrations of faith by will say special prayers for largest in history, will Lowry Field and uni­ men of the archdiocese. Of­ Hungary and other op­ sing. It is directed by the formed Fourth Degree pressed nations. Rev, John Karssen, C.M. Knights of Columbus will ficers of the HNS Union Archbishop to Preside Robert Cavarra will be or­ lend solemnity to the occa­ are Leo Kraemer, presi­ The Holy Hour will be ganist. sion, according to Father dent; Levi Beall, secre­ R E G IS TE R Father Barry Wogan, John Harley Schmitt, di­ tary; and Martin J. held in the Cathedral Sun­ VOL. Lll. No. 15. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1956 DENVER, COLORADO day, Nov. 25, at 4 p.m., pastor o f St. Rose of rector of the union. O’Haire, treasurer. Salesman Spends Homes of Hungary His Final Months Aflame; Mothers; 'Selling' Religion Babies Need Help By Paul H. Hallett Catholics of the archdiocese are called upon to open A man who had been a, cigar salesman for 50 their houses to the Hungarian refugees as they would years spent the last months of his life “ selling” religion to a neighbor whose house has burned down. Monsignor Rev. Barry J. Wofan to lapsed Catholics in the Denver General Hospital. Elmer J. Kolka, head of the Archdiocesan Catholic Re­ Joe McDermott, who died last week, “was the only settlement Committee, saic that one Denver woman who keeps an aged mother had person I knew who could talk to all types of people ernor added: "In all the annals offered to give shelter and Annual Appeal about their duty to return to of freedom’s fight no chapter of spending money to an exiled their religion, and never of­ years. He was popular with both sacrifice and dedication sur­ Hungarian woman. fend,” according to Father nurses and patients. passes this dramatic demonstra­ Frederick Mann, C.SS.R., the Joe was a daily communicant Monsignor Kolka said that his tion.” For Catholic U. chaplain at Denver General. at Holy Ghost Church and ac­ office needs offering of housing .Monsignor Kolka said that McDermott, who had 'been a tive in the St. Vincent de Paul for Hungarian mothers or anyone wishing to help the Hun­ familiar figure at Holy Ghost Society there. He had been a mothers with children. Such of­ garians, either through offers of Church, where member of the Franciscan fers should be a neighborly ges­ shelter or donations, could con­ Sunday, Dec. 1 he acted as Third Order for many years. ture with the aim of rehabilitat­ tact him at 1655 Grant Street, usher, came to He had a devotion to St. Bene­ ing proud victims of disaster. AC. 2-3825, for further informa­ The annual collection for Denver Gen­ dict, and delighted in distribut­ Those responding should pro­ tion. the Catholic University of eral in June, ing his medal. He also spread vide the names of any relative He stressed that National America in Washington, devotion to the Rosary and in­ 1955, and set I These youngsters for writing “ Why I Would Like to Go to or particular person they might Catholic Welfare Conference D.C., will he taken up in to work visit­ structed many in how to make Paris to Park America.” want to help. If it is known, the Relief Services went first into their First Communion. ' standing in front of ing the hos­ With them is Father Anton Borer, S.M.B., present address of the refugee Catholic Hungary with help as churches of the Archdio­ Father Mann explained that pital’s aver­ Blessed Sacrament Church, Denver, only two who mobilized his scout troops to welcome the in Austria should be supplied. soon as the freedom fighters cese of Denver on Sunday, there are now about 15 more or age of 300 youngsters to Denver. The snow was “ old hat” wrested the borders from the Dec. 2. In a letter announcing less regular Catholic visitors to weeks before were in Paris, France. They are A former newspaperman in Catholic pa­ to the Swiss and Scandinavian visitors, but it the appeal, .■trchbishop Urban Denver General patients. He Hungary, now a displaced per­ Communists. The CRS provided tients four or some of the Catholics amqng Junior Ambassa­ was a real first experience for those from Ar­ food and clothing, and blood J. Vehr notes that the univer­ said many more were needed son taking postgraduate studies five hours a dors chosen in a Trans World Airlines contest gentina, Brazil, and Portugal. plasma was flown from New sity, especially in its graduate for many purposes — to help at Denver University, visited the day, every r. McDermott schooLs, is of great service in bring back fallen-aways, to.help + + -r + + . + Register office the past week to York at once. other day in the week. plead for Denverites to offer training teachers and adminis­ This meant that in the course dying Catholics without Cath­ trators for our seminaries, col­ olic connections to make Cath­ shelter to their Hungarian of a year he interviewed per­ neighbors. He explained that leges, schools, and hospitals. haps as many as 3,000 different olic burial arrangements, to 'Junior Ambassadors' From Abroad The letter follows; give instructions in how to some of the refugees are former Catholic patients. Of all the Public Invited make First Communion, and to political prisoners held by the Catholic visitors at the hospital, Reds who were liberated by the said F'ather Mann, no one spent spread devotion to the Sacred Heart. Surprise Guests in Park H ill Parish freedom fighters. Others will be longer hours than did Joe, or There was last month a complete families, youths who To Theatines' attended the sick more regu­ Bles.sed Sacrament Parish, Tuesday for Chicago, right on I Their tour started only Sun- fought and then used their larly. His success can be as­ total of 322 Catholic patients in Denver, the pa-sl week end the heels of the storm that had day, Nov. 11, in Paris, France, weapons to escape, or else wive^ cribed, in addition to his Chris­ the hospital, ' many of whom were non-practicing. Deaths found itself the unexpected welcomed them to Denver. They proving it is a .small distance and children of slain heroes. tian charity, to his salesman Few members of split families Event Nov. 25 Archdiocese of Denver among Catholics numbered 23 host to a group of children were scheduled to spend Thanks- indeed between the Cathedral talent and experience. Chancery Office some of whom might have died from Europe, South America, giving in the United Slates of Notre Dame and Blessed will come, he explained, for they The Theatine Fathers 1536 Logan Street Perfect SaUiman without the sacraments if it and Mexico. The children were capital. I Sacrament Church, Denver. will refuse toi leave Austria Invite the public to attend Denver 5, Colorado "Joe was just like a sales­ had not; been for Catholic visi­ Catholics among 33 Junior Am­ while their loved ones remain in the annual celebration hon­ November 19, 1956 man,” recalls the chaplain— tors. There were 59 babies born bassadors brought to this coun­ Hungary. “ spruce-looking, smooth, quick try by Trans World Airlines. This same spokesman, a oring St. Andrew Avellino Reverend Dear Father and to Catholic mothers. Thirty-two Beloved People: of perception, never forward,” persons of Spani^ ancestry They were chosen from young­ highly educated and informed on his feast day Sunday, 'Once jach year the Catholics Just the qualities needed to registered themselves as Prot­ sters 9 to 15 who entered a con­ Hungarian, explained why the Nov. 25, at the seminary, 1050 of our country are asked to con­ bring back into the Church some estants. Of 19 patients, the re­ test and answered “ Why I United States has “gotten a bar S. Birch Street, Denver. The Regis, Heights tribute to the- support and ex­ poor soul who had not been to ligious affiliations were un­ Would Like to Go to America.” gain” in the refugees and dis­ ceremony will begin VR the sem­ tension of the splendid work the sacraments for perhaps 50 known. placed persons it has admitted inary chapel at 10:30 a.m. done by the Catholic University Scouts Are to this country. These persons Father Anthony Sagrera, of America. The Catholic Uni­ are the “ cream of their coun­ C.R., Provincial, will offer a Traveler Does Not Forget Mobilized versity, in its various schools, tries” he explained — highly High Mass and deliver a ser­ When the group arrived in skilled artisans and handicraft has given opportunity, under Denver Sunday noon. Father Join Group to mon in English and Spanish. workers and farmers who Catholic auspices, of advanced Pledge in School Drive Anton Borer, S.M.B., himself The Mass will be for inten­ showed their independence of in­ tions of the .seminary’s bene­ educational and technical train­ European-born, was contacted ing to thousands of priests, sis­ tegrity by escaping Red control.