Christ the King Dedication April 2 The m agnificent new stained - glassed window of Seventy-one other windows in around the cross, dipped into panels, depicting scenes from Christ the King church, Christ the King. the church are stained glass. the saving waters of Baptism the catacombs. No CommoniQB Denver, will be dedicated Made in Trier, Germany, the On the center pillar of thel and crowned with the grace of rail p te is provided in the cen­ in solemn ceremonies window is about 18 feet wide table altar is a hammered the Eucharist ter in order to symboliie tiie and 27 feet high. It was de­ bronze symbol of the Eucharist The Communion rail, match­ open and close contact of the Tuesday, April 2, begin­ signed by Ludwig Schermer, a found in the catacombs. Hie ing the altar, is of forest green people in the nave with the DENVER CATHaiC ning at 5 p.m. Archbishop German artist in Tulsa, Okla. faithful are represented as flsh| marble with etched plate glass (Continued on Page 2) Urban J. Vehr is to offici­ ate at the blessing, after which a Solemn Mass of Dedication will be offered. REGISTER Constructed at a cost of $623,- 000, the 900-seat church is the Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations first permanent one since the parish was founded in 1946. In VOL LVIl No, 32 DENVER, COLORADO THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1963 11th-century Lombard style, the huge building contains a gran­ deur, symbolism, and impres­ siveness appropriate to its name. Father Edward A. Leyden, 1,400 Men Are Expected pastor, said 861 families in the parish and 416 pupils in the school, staffed by the Precious At Corporate Communion Blood Sisters of Dayton, 0., are (See pictures on page 6, section 3) Plans are being completed for more than 1,400 men to attend the 31st annual 8 Hospitals in Area corporate Communion and breakfast in the Cathedral, Denver, Sunday, March 24. Eight hospitals within the par-1 Solemn Pontifical Mass will be offered at 8 a.m. This public demonstration of ish boundaries are served by faith is sponsored annually by Catholic men’s organizations of Greater Denver and Father Edward A. Leyden, pas­ K. of C. Council 539. All men and youths in metropolitan area parishes are in­ tor, and Fathers Martin J. Mc­ vited to take part. Nulty, and August Widmer; + S.M.B., assistants, at Christ the STATE AND CIVIC officials, King parish, Denver. including Gov. John A. Love Bishop Byrne of Wichita They are Colorado General, and Mayor Richard Batterton, General Rose, Veterans’ Ad­ will lead a huge parade, to start ministration hospital, Spears Symbolism Striking in New Church at 7:30 a.m. at the K. of C. To Address Men March 24 Chiropractic, Mount Airy hospi­ Symbolism in Christ’s teaching, beginning with the bronze in Baptism to his death and entrance into eternity. Nearing home, 1575 Grant street, . and Bishop Leo C. Byrne, Apos­ Born in St. Louis March 19, tal, Rocky Mountain Osteopath­ cross above the 80-foot tower, permeates the new Church of completion, the church will accommodate 940 persons. It is to march into the Cathedral. tolic Administrator of the Dio­ 1908, he studied for the priest­ ic, Colorado Psychopathic hos' Christ the King, Denver. Seventy-two stained-glass windows re­ be dedicated by Archbishop Urban J. Vehr Ap^ 2. Father Ed­ Archbishop Urban J. Vehr cese of Wichita, will be the hood at St. Louis’ preparatory pital, and Booth Memorial hos­ flect various doctrines of the Church, encompassing man’s birth ward A. Leyden is pastor. will preside at the Mass, sp>eaker at the 31st annual Com' and Kenrick seminaries, and pital. Some 10,000 persons live munion breakfast for men of the was ordaiped in the St. Louis within the parish boundaries. I^nver metropolitan area in Cathedral June 10, 1933. Kocafion Tabloid the Hilton hotel March 24. For six years Bishop Byrne served as executive secretary invited to the dedication. Mon­ Birth Control Bill This issue of the “Denver of the Catholic Charities of St. signori and priests throughout World Relief Catholic Register” contains a Louis, and for three years as the metropolitan area will be 12-page tabloid on vocations. national moderator of the Lay- present. March 24, Laetare Sunday, is Meets Opposition women’s Retreat league. He Completion of the new church being observed as Vocation was archdiocesan director of Sunday in the archdiocese. brings the estimated value of the Family Life bureau. Youths are urged to pray daily parish property and buildings to Collection In 1954 he was named Auxil­ to God the Holy Ghost for $1,688,000, as follows: Land and iary Bishop of St. Louis. He was At State House guidance and direction in the improvements, $405,000; school conseorat^ in St. Louis Cathe­ choice of a state of life. and old church, $450,000; rec­ Birth control (Sen. Bill 329) as envisioned by the dral June 29, 1954, with Cardi­ tory, $50,000; convNit, $160,000 State Senate ran headlong into a roadblock in the nal Joseph E. Ritter as conse- and the new church, $623,000. State House committee hearing in Denver Monday, On March 24 crator. which will be offered by Auxil­ This amount represents the March 18. Millions of persons throughout the world are on the iary Bishop David M. Maloney. In February, 1961, Bishop value of the investment of pa­ Byrne was named Coadjutor Some 150 women of varying shades of belief and verge of starvation. Pleas of suffering, underfed chil­ Bishop Leo C. Ryrn'’ * los'.olic rishioners in their parish plant. convictions concerning the Bishop with the right of succes­ dren and adults ask for basic food, clothing, and m e d i­ Administrator of the Diocese of The parish’s 48-lot, square block State’s getting into the birth Wichita, will be the breakfast sion to Bishop Mark K. Carroll and inducing these citizens to cines. These appeals of Christ’s poor and refugees m u s t site was acquired at a cost of control business left no doubt in speaker. of Wichita. use the contraceptive devices? about $25,000 prior to the crea­ the minds of the legislators at be heard. Following the Mass, the men, Last February Bishop Carroll Archbishop Urban J. Vehr tion of the parish in 1946, with the capital that there are two So great are the needi of the led by the Fourth Degree resigned as Ordinary of tie Father John Scannell as found­ THE STUNNING admission pointed to these facts in an­ destitute that no set goal would sides to the contemplated legis­ Knights of Columbus and con­ Wichita diocese. Bishop Byrne ing pastor. came from Dr. William God­ nouncing the 17th annual collec­ too large. As a result U.S. lative action. be of tingents of city postal employes, was appointed by Pope John dard, chief of obstetrics and tion for the U.S. Bishops Relief Catholics’ generosity, a ship­ policemen and firemen, Colo­ XXin Apostolic Administrator, HIGHLIGHTING THE interior gynecology at Denver General fund to be taken up in churches ment of relief supplies leaves rado State Patrol officers, and assuming responsibility for the of the church is the main altar MEMBERS OF the audience hospital, that the Welfare de­ of the archchooese on Sunday, aa American port for aa -4iver- service men from nearby bases spiritualities and temporalities of polished forest green marble, were vigorously articulate. They partment at the Denver General March 24. seas destination about overy will march to the Hilton hotel Bishop Leo C. Byrne of the diocese. which stands in front of a huge asked whether or not the bill hospital is currently handing Through this collection, the five hours throughout the year. would include the free dissemi­ for breakfast. out and encouraging this very faithful of the archdiocese are Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, nation of information and con­ The colors will be followed by information. given an opportunity to share CRS executive director, pointed honored guests, including Gov­ Indian, Negro Makes Good Talk traceptive devices to prosti­ To make the picture a night­ in the nation-wide appeal being out that since the agency was ernor Love, Mayor Batterton, Collection Totals tutes? mare was the indication that observed in the U.S, the week begun in 1943 it has distributed Gilbert Carrel, chief of the High­ Is it the intent of the pro­ even tAday there are induced of March 17-24. more than 4,500,000 tons of re­ way Patrol; Fire Chief Allie The resuits of the annual col Vafican-Moscow Post ponents of the bUl to instruct abortions being effected by the This fond supports tiie NCWC lief supplies to the hungry and Feldman, Police Chief James lection taken up in parishes of and hand out contraceptive de­ doctors at the city boi^ital. Catholic ReliM Services, the homeless throughout tiu world, Slavin, federal, state, and city the archdiocese on March 3 for world’s largest voluntary relief vices to adolescent girls? The opinions expressed In conjunction with the U.S. officials, and civic leaders. the Indians and Negroes in tiie Are children in their early agency. Sponsored by the U.S. government’s Alliance for Prog­ St. Francis de Sales’ high Possible But Unlikely showed determined opposition U.S. have been released by teens to be supplied with this Bishops, CRS in 1962 operated a ress, CRS has expanded child­ school 40-piece band, under the to the use of public funds to sub­ the Chancery office.