Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-06-28 | Page 15 | Bishop Steck Takes over New Duties

Bishop Sfeck Tekes Over M!ev Puflies ' .Most Rev. Leo J. Steck, new auxiliary bishop. Salt Lake Catholic Cath-olic diocese, began his duties Monday following a day of lm-' pressive ceremonies in which ecclesiastical ec-clesiastical and lay members of the diocese welcomed the churchman. church-man. His first pontifical mass In Utah was celebrated Sunday morning In the Cathedral of Madeleine, '331 E. South Temple. He was joined at the mass by two archbishops, eight bishops . and approximately 200 religious and secular clergy. A former. Jilahop of the! Salt Lake diocese. Most Rev. ' John J. ' Mitty; archbishop of San Fran-Cisco,' Fran-Cisco,' gave , the senrfoa in - which he warned 'of- the- present challenge chal-lenge of the hour." JJe emphasized empha-sized that the time for action has come, as we are facing a showdown show-down struggle of two philosophies. philoso-phies. - - Glade Speaks Greetings of Salt Lake City to the new auxiliary bishop were extended at an evening banquet in Hotel Utah. More than 400 persons attended the event at which Mayor Earl J. Glade paid tribute to the contributions of Catholics to the area. Special tribute was paid by Bishop Steck to Most Rev. Duane G. Hunt bishop of the diocese. He noted that Sunday marked the completion of 28 years of devoted church service. Bishops and clergymen attending attend-ing the banquet were" Introduced by Bishop Hunt : They Included Most Rev. Thomas K. Gorman, Reno, Nov.; Most Rev. Edward J. Kelly, Boise, Ida.; Most Rev. Joseph Jo-seph M. Gilmore, 'Helena,. Montf Most Rev. William J: Condon,. Great Falls, - Mont, and Bishop Cody, Bishop Mitty and Most Rev. Urban J. Vehr, bishop of Denver. A luncheon was served the group by the Holy Cross Sisters at St Mary-of-the-Wasatch. Other distinguished speakers included Very Rev. Robert J. Dwyer, rector of the Cathedral of Madeleine, who reviewed. the history his-tory of Catholicism In Utah, and William Henry Hoppy, a parish-oner parish-oner from Bishop Steck'a last assignment as-signment in 8t Louis, .