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Sees Need Of
Long-Range
Social Plan
N.C.W.C. Official
Addresses Meeting
lather Cronin Asks For
igorous Action And
Mutual Cooperation
Racial justice and industrial
peace will take vigorous action,
Jong-range planning, and working
together on the part of all con
cerned. So declared the Rev. John
F. Cronin, S.S., assistant director
of the Social Action department,
National Catholic Welfare confer
ence, speaking al the Catholic Con
ference on Industrial problems
sponsored by Bishop Ready in Co
lumbus Oct. 9 and 10.
Father Cronin was one of more
than a dozen speakers who dis
cussed social problems from the
standpoint of the Church’s teach
ing at the two-day sessions. Bishop
Ready closed the conference on
Oct. 10 by summarizing the discus
sions in an address to the final
public meeting in the Columbus
Gallery of Fine Arts.
An additional report of the
Catholic Conference on Indus
trial Problems will appear in
next week's CATHOLIC TIMES,.
Discussing the problem of dis
crimination, Father Cronin sug
gested that “First, we should con
sider the most important evils,
such as job discrimination, inade
quate housing and medical care,
and inferior educational opportuni
ties. Secondly, we should develop
short-range and long-range objec
tives, depending upon the atti
tudes and prejudices in our com
munities.”
“Over the long range,” he went
on. “we would educate people to a
complete acceptance of the Chris
tian view of their fellow-men. This
is particularly a task for the
schools and the churches. But in
the immediate future we would
seek both by education and by law
to give to minority groups equal
opportunities in the fields of em
ployment, housing, medical care,
and schooling. We should vigilant
ly protect their civil rights.”
Father Cronin also recommend
ed “vigorous action,” but only on
“limited fronts” and with “con
stantly enlarging objectives.”
“We should try to emphasis vol
untary action rather than coer
cion.” he said. “But where rights
are involved, we should not hesi
tate to enforce them by law. when
good will efforts fail.”
Proposes Industry Councils
In industrial relations, also, Fath
er Cronin declared, “men accom
plish more working together than
fighting one another.” That is why
we favor labor-management coop
eration at the factory level.” he
added.
“But we would go beyond this,”
he continued. “We would like to
see organized collaboration be
tween labor and business on the
broader problems of our economy.
We favor councils of both groups
in each industry, and on higher
levels, to solve problems by self
help and common effort, instead of
appealing to government to meet
all our difficulties.”
I
High Mass Columbus Day
Noonday high Mass will be
sung in St. Joseph’s cathedral,
Columbus, on Friday, Oct. 12,
which marks the fifth centenary
of the birth of Christopher Co
lumbus. A sermon will follow
the Mass.
Members of groups taking
part in civic observance of Co
lumbus Day will attend the 8
o’clock Mass at the cathedral.
Bishop Ready has granted a
dispensation from the law of ab
stinence in the Diocese on Co
lumbus Day, it was announced
last week. The dispensation per
mits Catholics to eat meat on
this one Friday.
Students Will
Hear Role In
Mission Work
Delegates of High Schools
In Diocese To Attend
Workshop on Oct. 19th
Delegates from all the Catholic
high schools in the Columbus dio
cese will take part in a mission
workshop at St. Joseph's academy.
Columbus. Friday, Oct. 19, where
they will hear addresses by mis
sion leaders and discuss their own
role in the missions
The Right Rev. Msgr. Edward
A Ftrking of Cincinnati, national
secretary of the Catholic Students'
Mission crusade, will speak to the
more than 250 students—two from
each home room—on “Thinking
with the Church in Mission Work.”
Also taking part will be the Rev.
Nicholas Maestrini. P.I.M.E., of De
troit. veteran China missionary and
founder of the Chinese Catholic
Truth society, who will moderate
a discussion for senior students.
He is now superior in the U.S. of
the Missionary Fathers of Sts.
Peter and Paul. The Rev. James W.
Kulp, diocesan director of the So
ciety for the Propagation of Faitn,
will outline the purposes of the
workshop, which is planned to “im
part an understanding of the so
ciety and of what the Church ex
pects of high school students con
cerning the missions.”
A dialog Mass celebrated by the
Rev. Bennett Applegate, acting
superintendent of schools, will
open the meeting at 10 o'clock
in the academy chapel. Student
delegates will be provided with
leaflet missals, and Father Kulp
will direct their responses.
After Monsignor Freking's ad
dress the students will adjourn to
lunch and an informal amateur
show staged by some of their mem
bers.
At 1:30 p. m. there will be four
round-table sessions on “How We
Can Help the Church with the Mis
sions.” These will be:
Freshmen Student leaders
from St. Mary’s, Marion, and St.
Mary’s, Columbus the Rev. R. F.
Vollmer, O.P.. of Aquinas, moder
ator.
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Social Action Leaders
v
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pt VH
Shown st the Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems held in
Columbus Oct. 9 and 10 are, left to right: the Rev. John F. Cronin,
Assistant Director of the NCWC Social Action Department Edward
Marciniak of Chicago, editor of WORK, published by the Catholic
Labor Alliance and the Rev. A. L. Winkler, Diocesan Social Action
Director.
Deny Bishops
‘Surrendered’
In Hungary'
Paris Report Urges Fair
Judgment of Events In
Hungary Under Reds
PARIS (NC)—An interpreta
tion of recent events in Hungary
as a complete defeat of the Church
is a rash and superficial conclu
sion, according to an Informed an
alysis made here by persons compe
tent to judge the situation.
In taking an oath of loyalty to
the Budapest regime, the Bishops
have, perhaps, given the commun
ist rulers a pretext for exacting
further manifestations in favor of
the regime, these persons stated.
But, they explained, by taking
the oath the Bishops have in nn
way pledged themselves to fall
short of their duties or to renounce
any point of Catholic doctrine.
Communist propaganda that the
Bishops have “surrendered” to the
government may be given cre
dence. or at least cause confusion,
in other countries. But it has not
deceived the Hungarian faithful,
these persons emphasized. Rather
it has increased their horror for a
regime which has caused their spir
itual shepherds such anguish and
sorrow.
These informed sources attach
little credence to the statements
and articles allegedly issued re
cently by members of the Hungari
an Hierarchy and highly publicized
by the regime. The alleged state
ments all supported the aims of the
regime.
Bishops Isolated
There is good reason to doubt
the authenticity of these state
ments and articles, the sources
here stated. The Hungarian Bish
ops are now isolated in their resi
dences and therefore it is impos
sible for them to deny any state
ments falsely attributed to them.
The analysts here also threw
more light on the oath-taking cere
mony wh'ch puzzled the free world
for a time.
It was empnasized that there is
nothing contrary to Catholic doc
trine in taking an oath of loyalty
to an existing authority. In fact,
the Holy See often gives express
permission for oaths of fidelity in
some of its Concordats. It has al
ways been Catholic teaching that
respect must be shown for the au
thority of the state and that its
laws must be obeyed, provided, of
course, that they do not command
anything opposed to the law of
God.
Against this background, these
sources pointed out, it is not so
unusual that the Hungarian Bish
ops should take an oath of loyalty.
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Holy Name Me
For His Deni
By William E. Ring
DETROIT—(NC)—U.S. Supreme
Court Justice Fred M. Vinson was
criticized soundly in a resolution
adopted at the fifth national Holy
Name Society convention here for
his widely quoted statement,
"Nothing is more certain in mod
ern society than the principle that
there are no absolutes ... all
concepts are relative.”
The resolution cited the premise
that "no good has ever been pro
duced by thought which has fol
Icved the easiest and pragmatic,
but only by that philosophy which
recognized an absolute norm of
truth and justice in the combined
keystones of Divine Law and right
reason.” The resolution also assert
ed that "it is the duty of those who
worship God and who follow His
l~w in obedient submission to chal
lenge false teachers and false
teachings, however lofty or lowly
tleir station.”
60,000 at Holy Hour
Sixty thousand voices of men,
women and children thundered the
familiar “Holy God We Praise Thy
Name” of the Te Deum out of the
murky vastness of Briggs Stadium
here, providing a crescendo for the
fifth national Ho'.v Name conven
tion.
This point was reached at the
closing and impressi' e candlelight
Holy Hour, over wh ch His Emin
ence Edward Cardinal Mooney,
Archbishop of Detroit, presided.
The Cardinal officiated at Bene
diction of the Most Blessed Sacra
ment.
On the following day the conven
tion faded into history with the
colorful spectacle of a mammoth
parade. Eighty thousand men of
the United States and Canada
marched 15 abreast along the two-
Bishop Is Speaker
At School Dedication
Bishop Ready will be in Pitts
burgh Sunday, October 14, to
speak at the dedication of the new
Sacred Heart High School.
Last Sunday the Bishop spoke al
the dedication of Our Lady of the
Peace church in Cleveland. He re
turned there on Tuesday, October
9. for the Mass honoring Archbish
op Hoban, who was recently given
the personal title of .“Archbishop”
by Pope Pius XII.
The Catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, October 12, 1951
Fate of Korea
issi o na ries
Still a Mvsterv
•f
No Word From Priests and
Nun* Taken Last Year
By Korean Communist*
By Rev. Patrick O'Connor
SEOUL (NC) One year ago
the North Korean communists put
38 foreign civilian prisoners, in
cluding some priests and nuns, on
a train at Maram-ni, a village sev
en miles north of Pyongyang. The
train went north to Manpojin, on
the south side of the Yalu river
that divides Korea from Manchuria.
The prisoners were unloaded there.
Others, reportedly, were sent in
the same direction later.
The world is waiting for the
North Korean government to tell
what it has done with them since.
The North Koreans have never
given out any information about
these prisoners. The general out
line of what happened to them in
the first months of their captivity
is known, however.
The communists arrested every
non-Oriental national they fund in
South Korea, irrespective of diplo
matic status, occupation, national
ity, age, sex or infirmity. The to
tal was about 70. It included 31
Catholic and 10 non-Catholic for
eign missionaries.
Delegate Taken
Among the Catholics were the
Apostolic Delegate to Korea. Bish
op Patrick J. Byrne. Washington
born Maryknoller his secretary,
the Rev. William Booth, M. M., of
Rockville Centre, N. Y., and two
of the five Ordinaries in South
Korea. Msgr. Thomas Quinlan,
from Tipperary, Ireland, Prefect
Apostolic of Chunchon. and Msgr.
Patrick T. Brennan from Chicago,
Prefect Apostolic of Kwangju, both
Columbans.
Seven other Columbans were
taken, of whom two were killed
in their own mission districts.
Thirteen French priests of the
Paris Foreign Missions were tak
en. four in Seoul and nine in Tae
jon. Among them were 81-year-old
Father Paul Villemot, who had la
bored for 58 years in Korea, and
two brothers. Fathers Antoine and
Julien Gombert, aged 75 and 73.
hoth of whom had spent 50 years
in Korea.
Five Carmelite nuns were ar
rested. two Belgians and three
French. Two French Sisters of St.
Paul of Chartres were taken from
their orphanage, the oldest in
Korea. One of these, Mother Be
atrice, was 76 years old and had
spent most of her life caring for
Korean children.
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n Score Vinson
a 1 of Absolute
mile route through gaily decorated
downtown Detroit streets. More
than half a million persons watch
ed along the line of march. The
parade began at noon and lasted al
most to dusk. From all quarters
it was hailed as the greatest dem
onstration of faith in Detroit’s 250
year history.
The Cardinal with a color guard
and an entourage of Bishops led
the parade as far as the reviewing
stand, where he took the salutes
of wave after wave of marchers. In
the stand with him were Bishops
Joseph H. Albers of Lansing Ste
phen J. Woznicki of Saginaw Fran
cis J. Haas of Grand Rapids Thom
as L. Noa of Marquette Allen J.
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Requiem Mass
For Father of Rev.
Charles A. Curran
Solemn requiem Mass was sung
Oct. 6 in Holy Cross church, Co
lumbus for Michael Curran by his
son. the Rev. Charles A. Curran, of
the faculty of St. Charles’ semin
ary. Bishop Ready officiated at the
final absolution after the Mass.
The sermon was preached by the
Rev. Linus Dury, pastor of St.
Nicholas' church, Zanesville.
A former Pennsylvania railroad
machinist, Mr. Curran died in
Mercy hospital Oct. 4 at the age of
70.
Born in Longford county, Ire
land, he came to Columbus in 1922.
Surviving him, in addition to
Father Curran, are his wife. Mrs.
Marie Curran, two sons. William
J. of Lima, and Joseph J. of Co
lumbus and two grandchildren.
Burial was in St. Joseph’s ceme
tery.
Slate Mission Broadcasts
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen will
be heard in two 15-minute Mis
sion Sunday messages over Sta
tion WHKC, Columbus, it was
announced this week.
The transcribed programs
will be broadcast at 7:15 p, m.
on Thursday and Friday, Oct.
18 and 19.
At Famed Columbus Shrine
Columbus Day, October 12, takes on an added significance in 1951,
♦he 5th centenary of the birth of the Great Navigator. Pictured is
the altar in the monastery of La Rabida, in Spain, where Christopher
Columbus prayed before setting out on his voyage of discovery. Here
he lived for a time and the friary interceded at court in his behalf.
Mathilde Fontova, a Trans World Airlines hostess, kneels before the
made altar. (NC Photos)
Bishop Cites St. Joan of Arc
As Model For Catholic Women
Tells Delegates To DCCW Convention. "Put God First’
Council Reports Past Year's Achievements
Put God first in every work. Bishop Ready exhorted members of
the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in his address to them at
the conclusion of their sixth annual convention held at the Neil House,
Columbus, Oct. 2. Quoting St. Joan of Arc’s motto. “Let God be first
served!" he urged the women to be “other Joans ”, dedicated to the
service of God.
The Bishop also opened the convention by celebrating Pontifical
high Mass in St Joseph’s cathedral at 9 o’clock. The Most Rev. Emmet
M. Walsh. Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown, preached the sermon.
s. Delegates to the convention approved reports nf the deanery
presidents and diocesan chairmen--reports that formed a 16-page doc
ument of the diocesan council’s achievements and progress in the
past year.
The Bishop expressed his grat
itude to all concerned with the
activities of the council and said
he was “delighted with the
progress of this work of lay organ
izations throughout the diocese.”
Citing St. Joan of Arc as a model
for women, he pointed out that
she “put first things first,” and
suggested that her motto should
be the motto of every Catholic
woman: “Let God be first served!”
In the consciousness that we are
serving God, he said, lies the joy
of living. “Translate this into your
daily lives,” he added, “and there
will be no drudgery.”
He admitted that the average
woman is not called to the dra
matic task of defending a king
or saving a nation, as Joan was,
but rather to the all-important one
of showing in the midst of family
life an unquenchable love for God.
He asked the women to rededi
cate themselves to “the work you
are doing.” and to “identify the
activity of your parish with the
work of the Church.”
Pointing to the secularistic in
fluences in the world, he encour
aged the women to “let God be
first served in your community.”
This means supporting the work
of Christian education, he explain
ed, and “vocal condemnation of
malicious, vile and sinful influ
ences.”
He urged them not to be dis
turbed by the “slanderous attacks”
on parochial schools but rather to
feel sorry for men who fear citi
zens trained in the law of God.
The Bishop emphasized the im
portance of organization. “A single
voice is an unheard voice." he de
clared, “but the voice of thousands
will be heard.”
A
Reporting for the diocesan coun
cil’s religious activities committee.
Miss Mary Boland, chairman, listed
14 retreat groups with a total at
tendance of 297 9 Days of Recol
lection attended by a total of 610
54 study groups with a total of 694
members a total of 2.992 members
of the League of the Sacred Heart,
and 279 enthronements in homes of
the Sacred Heart.
Other statistics of the commit
tee’s report included: 2,811 hours
of adoration and reparation before
the Blessed Sacrament 19.267 fam
ily Rosaries 41.353 Rosaries for
Russia “large to medium” attend
ance at First Saturday devotions
prayers and offerings in all dean
eries for religious vocations 4.250
taking part in monthly group Com
munion: and participation in the
work of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine.
The committee also obtained
pamphlets and pamphlet racks for
churches, subscribed to the di
ocesan paper for public libraries,
collected religious articles for mis
sionaries, arranged tours of the
Pilgrim Virgin statue, organized
sanctuary guilds, and performed
other works throughout the di
ocese.
The Committee Cooperating with
Catholic Charities, of whicL Mrs.
David B. Towell is diocesan chair
man. reported 255.232 hours of vol
unteer service.
Among the activities of the com
mittee’s members were: volunteer
service to the Catholic Welfare bu
reau service on community wel
fare boards visits to the sick and
the aged at home, in hospitals, and
in convalescent homes visiting
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CYO Officials Will Take Part
In Youth o u
More than a score of delegates
from the Columbus diocese, includ
ing 11 CYO officials, will take
part in the first National Catholic
Youth Council sessions at Cincin
nati Oct. 11 to 14.
Monsignor Joseph E. Schieder,
director of the Youth Department,
National Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, is general chairman of the
National Catholic Youth Council.
Archbishop Karl J. Alter of Cincin
nati will open the sessions Oct. 11
with solemn Pontifical Mass and
act as host to the meetings.
Among the chief speakers at the
meeting of the youth council and
the Third National Catholic Youth
conference, also to take place in
Cincinnati next week will be Maj.
Gen. John M. Devine, Chief of the
Armed Forces Information and Ed
ucation branch, and Dr. William
Conley, vice president of Seton
Hall university.
The Rev. Vincent Mooney. Dmce
san Youth director, will take part in
ncil Sessions
the sessions of the youth confer
ence.
CYO officials, all of Columbus,
attending the Youth Council meet
ings will be:
Miss Ellen Marzolf, St. Michael’s
parish, diocesan president Miss
Mary Kay Ruddy, Our Lady of Vic
tory Parish, Central Deanery vice
president William Allen of Holy
Name parish, member-at-large on
the diocesan board Miss Ruth Ann
Heider of St. John Evangelist par
ish, central deanery vice presi
dent Miss Helen Ann Fox of St.
John Evangelist parish, member
at-large of the diocesan board
Miss Virginia Speakman of St.
Mary’s parish, diocesan cultural
chairman Miss Viola Ricci of St.
Catharine’s parish, central deanery
cultural chairman.
Mr. Allen is scheduled to ad
dress a general business session of
the National Youth council Oct. 13
on the advantages of a diocesan
youth council
The Bishop stressed the Pope's
appeal “for prayers and sacrifices
fl
'QUAE SUNT
To the Reverend Clergy, Diocesan end Regular,
To the Member* of the Religious Communities.
And to the Faithful of the Diocese of Columbus.
My beloved Brethren:
•’We Are Easily
Satisfied With
The Best**
Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Yeer
Renew Zeal
For Missions
Pope Urges
Bishop Asks Generosity of Faithful
On Mission Sun Jay. October 21
Renewed zeal for the Church’s
missions was asked by Pope Pius
this week and by Bishop Ready in a
pastoral letter announcing the des
ignation by the Holy Father of Oc
tober 21 as Mission Sunday. At the
same time the Bishop requested
“continued support” of the Society
for the Propagation of the Faith,
through whose local office at 246
E. Town street, Columbus, dona
tions by the people of the Colum
bus diocese are channeled to mis
sion projects at home and abroad.
on behalf of the missionary
church." and expressed confidence
that the Holy Father’s request
would “receive a whole-hearted and
generous response from the good
people of this Diocese.”
He also commended the “extra
ordinary growth of a truly Cath
olic mission spirit in our schools.M
pointing out that “the Sisters in
our schools, the Reverend Pastors,
and our beloved youth are insur
ing the prosperity of a missionary
spirit in the Church of Columbus.”
The text of the Bishop's letter
follows:
Our Holy Father, Pope Piu* XII, has designated October 21st as
Mission Sunday throughout the Catholic world. Hi* constant solid'
tude for the conversion of souls moves the Sovereign Pontiff to ap
peal each year in this manner for prayer* and sacrifice* on behalf of
the missionary church.
The fervent Catholic is mission-minded. From his earliest train
ing he learns of the heroic priests and religious who preach the
Gospel of Christ in the mission fields at home and in foreign coun
tries. From childhood the Catholic has been taught the necessity of
giving alms for the support of our missionaries. He welcomes all
opportunities to aid the home and foreign missions, because in this
manner he can express to Almighty God his gratitude for the Faith
and membership in the one true Church of Christ.
We are confident then that the appeal of our Holy Father will
receive a wholehearted and generous response from the good people
of this Diocese. Pope Piu* XII looks especially to the Catholics in
America. He has expressed his gratitude for the wonderful mission
spirit of our country and he now pleads that we carry on and even
add to its fervor.
Today we behold the sad spectacle of once-thriving mission fields
of China and the Far-East under the domination of the enemies of
Christ and His Church. Whole mission area* have suffered perse
cution. The saving labors ef missionaries have been susoended. Mod
ern martyrs have in our day shed their blood for the Faith. On the
other hand, Pope Piu* XII has just recently called the attention of
the whole world to the great growth of the Church throughout Africa
and India. Thu* we see history repeating itself. Smothered and al
most extinguished in one area, the flame of Christian truth is car
ried into other fields by intrepid missionary priests and nuns.
In connection with Missionary Sunday, I am anxious that all the
Faithful of this Diocese recognize the importance of cooperating
with the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, which is the
official mission-aid society set up by the Sovereign Pontiffs for the
assistance of all missions. Father James Kulp is the Diocesan Direc
tor of the Society with headquarters at 246 East Town Street, Colum
bus, 15. It is the responsibility of Father Kulp to channel all alm*
and donations given by our people to the many important mission
projects both at home and in foreign fields. Through our Diocesan
office, missionaries have been aided, particularly through member
ship dues, donation*. Mass offerings and gifts in kind which are
sent to the Diocesan Mission Office. I ask for your continued support
of this work.
The extraordinary growth of a truly Catholic mission spirit in
our schools calls for special commendation. The Sisters teaching in
our schools, the Reverend Pastors, and our beloved youth are insuring
the prosperity of a missionary spirit in this Church of Columbus.
On Mission Sunday we will be united in prayer and almsgiving
for this noble cause of spreading Christ's Kingdom on earth.
With my blessing.
An urgent appeal for foster
homes where uprooted children can
enjoy the advantages of family life
was sounded last week by William
L. Schmidt, president of the Cath
olic Welfare bureau's advisory
board, before the Catholic Men’s
Luncheon club. He spoke at the
club’s second meeting on Oct. 5 in
the Virginia hotel, Columbus
Copies of a 12-page booklet pub
lished earlier in the week by the
Catholic Welfare bureau to drama
tize its search for families willing
to board foster children were dis
tributed at the meeting.
“There is no more admirable
work of charity,” declared Mr.
Schmidt, “than to provide homes
for helpless and dependent chil
dren. and the need for these homes
is great.”
He pointed out that the Catholic
Welfare bureau prefers to place
children in foster homes rather
than in institutions, wherever pos
sible. It is believed,” he said,
“that in most cases children ben
efit from growing up in a home at
mosphere and develop normal ad
vantages which they cannot pos
sibly receive in an institution.”
“Here is an opportunity," he told
the men. “to assist the work of the
bureau by helping to find foster
homes.”
October 9, 1951
Devotedly in Christ,
MICHAEL J. READY
Bishop of Columbus
Men Asked To Help Welfare
Bureau Find Foster Homes
The booklet tells the story of
“some unhappy children” who
needed homes “but there was no
one to take them in.”
“At the same time.” it goes on,
“there were many good people who
would have helped make these chil
dren happy, but they did not
know
“If they had taken a child as a
guests into their home,” the book
let concludes, “they would have re
ceived the unlijnited blessings of
our Heavenly Father, under the
patronage of His own Foster Fa
ther, St. Joseph—and all the love
and satisfaction that little hearts
can give—and the payment of the
foster children’s medical, dental,
school, and clothing expenses, plus
a regular amount each month to
pay for the cost of food and shel
ter.”
Mr. Schmidt suggested that in
terested persons visit the Catholic
Welfare bureau at 246 East Town
street, Columbus, or telephone
MAin 5891.
Speaker at the next meeting of
the Catholic Men's Luncheon club,
to be held Nov. 2 in the Virginia
hotel, will be the Rev. James Mc
Ewan, chaplain of the Newman
club at Ohio State university.