PROGRAM HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER < Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Contenu Copyright by the Catholic Press Society, Inc., 1959 — Psrmission to Reproduce, Except 3,144 Refugees and DPs On Articles Otherwise Marked. Given After 12 M Fnday Following luue Aided in 10 Years DENVER CATHOUC The Denver archdiocesan program of pro­ viding refuge for displaced persons has been an all-around success in the 10 years of its existence, R E G IS 1 E R the Very Rev. Monsignor Elmer J. Kblka, direc­ tor of the program, declared this week. IVOL. Llll. No. 34. THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959 DENVER, COLORADO In a 10th anniversary statement on the Archdiocesan Re­ settlement Committee's work, he said that 95 per cent of the refugees have made “proper adjustments” to life in the United States. $447,630 REPORTED SO FAR Monsignor Kolka revealed that 3,144 persons have been brought to the Archdiocese of Denver under the resettlement plan. (About 210 other DPs settled in Denver after living m i ? - - elsewhere in the U.S.. but their influx was o ffsk by the fact that some of the 3,144 who had come here moved later to Seven-Parish Drive other parts of the country.) Nearly all the refugees who came to Colorado were from Europe. There were a few Chinese and Indonesians, as well as several White Russians who had lived in China. The largest part of the European refugees consisted of persons of "(jer- Near Haifway Mark man ethnic” backgrounds, including, among others. Romanians, Yugoslavians, and White Russians. Mofif Purchosing Own Hemes The campaign of seven suburban ttal funds for riew construction has About half of the DP families are purchasing their own parishes in northwest Denver and sub-i achieved nearly one-half its goal after homes. Three hundred or 400 of the DPs have attained Amer­ urbs to raise at least $900,000 in capi-ltwo weeks d effort, it has been an- ican citizenship, a requirement for which is residence in the lunchd by the Rev. Robert G. U.S. for at least five years. BY TO UBING EDITOR McMahon, pastor of Sts. Peter There has been relatively little unemployment among the and Paul's Parish, Wheat Ridge, refugees. Monsignor Kolka said. Moat of them h^d arrived in and campaign moderator. Colorado before the recession, and so they were able to get Through Tuesday. March 31. jobs without trouble. And even those who were out of work U.S. Priests Praised a toUl of $447,630 In cash in the recession were able to obtain unemployment compen­ snd pledges was recorded by sation. participating p a rish es even The refugees have been an asset rather than a detriment For Work in Bolivia though fewer than one-third to the economy of the area. Monsignor Kolka emphasized. of available prospects had DiAKAap The John K«tiuk|StreeJ, Denver, are. left to right, aeated. Mrs.' They have purchased hundreds o f refrigerators, washing By Paul H. MALLfrrr gious. moral, and technical. Ita been contacted. The drive will machines, automobiles, television sets, radios, kitchen ranges, r lO n S e i in U n ig r iH I lS family.above.wasiMaria Horoaako. Mrs. Kostiuk's mother; Mrs.I THE .AMERICAN PRIESTS country has an illiteracy pw- continue until Friday, May 8. and other appliances, in addition to buying hundreds of thou­ the second family lo come to Denver 10 years Kosliuk; Alex, 17; and Mr. Kostiuk; and stand-' sent to Bolivia by the Mary- centage of 60 per cent of the The fund will help finance a sands o f dollars worth o f food, clothing, and other necessities. total population, although the ago when the Archdiocesan Resettlement Officeiing. Chris, 13. Not present for the picture was^ knollers. Dominicans, Francis­ number of new churches, sev­ proportion of those under 35 launched its program to resettle refugees. Shown George Kosliuk, 19. who is in the Navy, Tronsporfotion Cosfs Repaid cans, and various American dio­ eral convents, and a series of who cannot rud or write is in the living room of their home at 1954 Meade The NCWC Catholic Relief Services spent $146.53339 to ceses have contributed inestim- new primary sebooto or school much smaller. 'Me noted, how­ for the inland and ocean transportation of the refugees additions among the parishes. ever. that the children of TEN YEARS LATER from Europe or Asia to Colorado, Monsignor Kolka said. All Forty-three new classrooms are nomadic Indiana often revert to this money, however, has been repaid by the refugees them­ expected to provide facilities for practical illiteracy after they selves. (An exception w u the transportation costs to Colorado leave school and return to their at least 2,000 additional chil­ for 365 refugees from the Hungarian revolt of 1956, which the dren. Construction in most cases tribe. The Kostiuks Like Everything U3. government paid.) will begin in the very near fu­ In all Bolivia, with a popula The economic aspect of the success of the refugee aid pro­ tion of 3,000.000, there are only ture. gram. however, is less important than the spiritual and char­ Two parishes— St. Joseph's in itable aspects, Monsignor Kolka uid. two parochial schools, the news­ paperman lamented, although Golden* and Holy Trinity in About New U.S. Home-Almosti The program baa made it pouible for the 3,144 DPs to Westminster—are in the final religion is an optional subject practice their religion under conditions of freedom unknown in the official schools. Iron!-, stages of construction on their By W. J. Kilkenny when the Denver Archdiocesan THE KOSTIUKS have their in many of the countries from which they came. Some of the cally, the only school outside building projects, and Sts. Peter AFTER 10 YEARS, ex-DP Resettlement Office was set up oWn home at fQ54 Meade Street, refugees or their children might have faced martyrdom or the two Catholic sthools where and Paul's plans to open its new John Kostiuk likes everything in 1949. He and his family have Denver, only a few hundred feet might have been forced to give up their religion if they had religion is compulsory is the convent this September. ahout the U n ited S ta tes — had more time to absorb Amer­ from the shores of Sloans Lake. stayed in their Communist-dominated homelands. large Instituto Americano. almost. icanism than most of the other They have two cars, a television The refugees'have provided an opportunity for thousands Evergreen Parish Methodist institution. Despite Hr was among the very firstjpersons displaced by wars and set. and all the appliances and of Catholics in Colorado to practice the charity that is vital A lso Participating the dangers of religious perver­ refugees to come to Coloradolpolitical upheavals in Europe, gadgets that go along with “ the to the spiritual growth of the Church. Coloradans generously Christ the King Parish, Ever­ sion, Bolivian parents often American v(^y o f life ." gave food, clothing, and shelter to the refugees until the green. is the eighth participant tend their children to this But what they tike most about newcomers were able to provide the necessities of life for in the campaign. The parish Iff PRESENTATION CHUHCH school because it is so large and the United States is its freedom. themselves. drive there, however, is aimed weQ equipped. At the same “ What impressed ns moat Monaignor Kolka singled out for praise the parish confer­ sot at expanding existing facili­ time the fact that it calls ita^ when we came to the United ences o f thp St. Vincent de Paul Society and units of the Chris­ ties but rattler at increasing Slates,” Kostiuk recalled in an the '^mericas Institute" causes 1st Annual Gold Mass tian Family Movement for their help in settling the refugees. weekly income to pay off cur­ interview this week, "was the tom^ Bolivians to emfOM In additioo there were many individuals who provided assist­ rent debts. friendly air of the people— that Dr. Hnasrar C ajiu Araeman interests with Protea- ance in the resettlement program, he added. The Rev. Donald A. McMa­ and the way you criticize the lant penetration, and hence en- hon, p a stor, a n n o u n ce d this Set for Credit Unions government." ably toward a better feeling and genden ill will for Americans. MRY RTTRACT 3.000 week that pledges had been re­ The Rev. Edward J. McCar- pastor of St. Pius X Parish. • • • understanding between Ameri­ cans and Boliviana, declares Dr. ceived after two weeks of cam­ they will be the celebrant of the Aurora, and a member of the HE SAID THAT the firstj IN DB.CAJIAS’ FAR FLUNG Huascar Cajias, editor of Pre- paigning which together exceed first annual Colorado Credit board of the Colorado Credit Americans he met were quick' -mouBtaiiwus country, there are Youth Congress in Fall tencia in La Paz, the second last year's total Offertory collec­ Union “ Gold Mass” this Sun­ Union League. to tell him thst they were free! only 40 to 50 American mission­ largest newspaper in the land­ tion. At least 100 more pros­ day, April 5. at 4:30 p.m., in Father McCarthy has spent at to say anything at all against aries, but they are doing mag­ locked South American country, pects are to be contacted before Our Lady of Presentation least 30 years of his life suc­ the government, something that | Set in Colorado Springs nificent work in educating the who is on I two-month tour of the ca m p a ig n concludes this Church, W.