Friday, November 10, 1961 University Daily Kansan
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Catholics Awaiting First KU Center
When they move into their newly purchased center — by Christmas, they hope — they will enter the first real Catholic center in KU's history.
The chapel being constructed within the center will have a capacity of about 50. Since both the new chapel and Danforth Chapel have space for only a fraction of the Catholic students on the campus, Sunday Mass will continue to be held in Fraser Theater, as it has been since 1958.
KU CATHOLIC STUDENTS have not always had it so lucky. Prior to 1958, when Rev. Gerald Goetz was assigned as student chaplain, they held all Newman Club meetings and religious activities at the local Church of St. John.
In 1958, they purchased a three-room house at 1915 Stratford Road, just across the road from the new center. The house, used as a residence for Father Goetz, also housed classes in ethics and the New Testament.
For 1140 KU Catholic students, a long period of "making do" without a student center is about over.
Located at 1910 Stratford Road, it will include a 12 by 24-foot sanctuary (the area enclosing the altar) and a meeting hall with a capacity of 125.
THE NEW CENTER, purchased last month, is a 70 by 24-foot ranch-type house. It is now being converted to include space for meetings, class discussions and religious services.
Rev. Brenden Downey, appointed student chaplain this year when Father Goetz was re-assigned to the University of Colorado, arranged for the purchase of this year's new center.
FATHER DOWNEY emphasized that the long-range goal of the Catholic students is the construction of a permanent student center with space adequate for the entire Catholic student body on the campus.
But the price tag on the proposed permanent center is beyond reach for the students alone. Father Downey estimated that the center would cost about $325,000, meaning that outside sources of aid would be necessary to facilitate its construction.
Finding a site for the center would post no problem. A four-acre plot at 1915 Stratford Road was purchased for this purpose in 1958.
But for the moment, at least, KU Catholic students have almost forgotten about the permanent center. Their only concern is in moving into the new center.
ONE OF THE MOST effective methods of financing the construction of a Newman Club center, which is now being used to help build a Catholic Student center at Kansas State University, is the parish assessment plan. Under this program, which must be initiated by the bishop of the diocese in which the center is desired, individual parishes, are assessed an annual amount for the support of the diocesan Newman club.
The Most Rev. Edward J. Hunkeler, Archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas, has not yet initiated this plan for this diocese.
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