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RESURREXIT
SICUT DIXIT
ALLELUIA!
Vol. No. 30
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NEW PHILADELPHIA Work
was begun this week on an addi
tion to Sacred Heart school (upper
photo) here that will increase the
number of classrooms from four
to eight, and on a new two-story
rectory to replace the one present
ly in use.
According to the Rev. Ambrose
Freund, pastor, the project will in
clude renovation of the existing
school building, built in 1910.
The three-story addition to this
structure will be a wing 36 feet by
83 feet extending from the rear,
including two stories with two
classrooms on each, and a base­
TV Education
Plan Periled
By High Cost
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Recent
earmarking of 242 television chan
nels for educational purposes is nf
dubious value because of prohibi
tive costs, in the opinion of par
ticipants in the National Catholic
Educational Association convention
here conversant with TV problems.
The Very Rev. William J. Dunn,
S.J., president of the University of
San Francisco, said the executive
committee of the NCEA college
and university department put the
problem in a nutshell with this
finding:
“It’s too important to let pass
by, too costly to do anything
about.”
The Rev. Edward J. Kammer,
C.M., vice president of De Paul Un
iversity and a recognized authority
on television, said cost of estab
lishing a television station with 14
mile range is quarter of a million
dollars, while operating costs
would be another quarter million
yearly.
In a large city like Chicago,
where 14-mile range could not pos
sibly cover the metropolitan area,
cost of founding an adequate sta
tion would be trebled, he said.
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Bishop To Ordain
37 At Josephinum
Fourteen seminarians at the Pon
tifical College Josephinum will be
ordained subdeacons by Bishop
Ready Saturday morning, April 26,
in the seminary chapel. The cere
monies will begin at 9 o’clock.
At the same time 14 other sem
inarians will receive the last two
minor orders, exorcist and acolyte,
and nine the first two, porter and
reader.
The Bishop will be assisted by
the Very Rev. Msgr. Adrian Brande
boff, rector of the Josephinum, and
members of the faculty. Seminar
ians will be minor ministers for
the ordinations.
School To Be Enlarged, Rectory
Built At New Philadelphia Parish
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ment with a cafeteria-auditorium
accommodating 200.
Also provided by the addition
will be a library, office, kitchen,
and lavatory.
The extension, as well as the
new rectory, will be of light-color
ed brick to match the original
school building.
This building will have its face
lifted, with a new flat concrete
roof deck replacing the present
pitched wood roof, and other inter
ior and exterior changes.
An entirely new heating and
lighting system will be installed
throughout the entire school.
Throughout the day, the public
may tour all the hospital buildings
in order to get a first-hand view of
how the government cares for dis
abled war veterans. Facilities for
picnickers are provided, enabling
families to bring, their lunch and
stay all day.
To Show Weapons
Among the displays is an exhib
it of infantry and artillery wea
pons under the direction of Col.
Loren G. Windom of the 166th
Regimental Combat Team. This
project, together with an exhibit
of planes by the 11th Airborne
Division, Lockbourne Airbase, was
made possible through the efforts
of Maj. Joseph E. Tritschler, also
of the 166th.
The Columbus NCCS is one of
ten central and southern Ohio
organizations sponsoring the event.
The Holy Name Society in the Co
lumbus diocese is promoting large
attendance for the occasion as a
demonstration of faith.
The NCCS chapter in the Colum
bus diocese was introduced by
Bishop Ready in January, 1950, to
aid disabled war veterans in VA
hospitals. Numerous athletic, mu
sical and social programs are un
dertaken during the year.
Serving on the Columbus NCCS
committee are Mrs. Thomas C.
Allison, chairman Mrs. Ursula Far
rell, vice chairman Miss Margaret
Gallen, chairman of hospitality
Charles P. Gilbert, treasurer Miss
Betty Kulp, secretary John A. Mc
Andrews, chairman of entertain
ment Miss Theresa Selegue, chair
man of hostesses Maj. Joseph
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The new rectory and adjoining
two-car garage will be built on the
site of the present rectory, which
has been sold and will be moved
to another site.
Dimensions of the rectory will
be 35 feet by 47 feet.
Cost of the school addition and
the rectory has been estimated at
more than $180,000.
Krause and Helmkamp, Akron
architects, who drew plans for the
new structures, say both will be
completed substantially by early
September. The same firm design
ed Sacred Heart Church, dedicated
in 1928.
Bishop To Offer Field Mass
At Chillicothe Hospital May 4
The Columbus Committee of the
National Catholic Community Serv
ice will play an active role in the
Hospital Day program, May 4, at
Chillicothe Veterans Administra
tion Hospital.
The “visit-a-vet” day gets under
way at 9 a.m. with a field Mass,
with Bishop Ready as celebrant.
Members of the Holy Name Soci
ety, the NCCS and their families,
veterans, and visitors will receive
Holy Communion at the Mass in a
demonstration of faith.
Tritschler, chairman of transpor
tation.
Other members are Miss Pauline
Albert Harold Breitfeller, Donald
Flynn, Mrs. Theodore Hinterschied,
Miss Helen Lang, Michael Murphy,
Miss Christina Ricci, Edward O.
Ryan and Thomas J. Ryan. The
Right Rev. Msgr. Roland T. Winel
is moderator, and Rev. A. E. Cul
liton and Rev. John Simon are con
sultants.
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Teacher Units
Will Consider
Study Courses
Reports of the various commit
tees on curriculum development in
the schools of the Diocese of Co
lumbus will be given at the final
meeting of the year which will be
held Saturday, April 26, at St. Jo
seph Academy, E. Rich street, Co
lumbus. Bishop Ready will be
present for the meeting.
The Rev. Bennett Applegate, act
ing superintendent of schools, is
arranging the meeting, which is
the fourth for the present scholas
tic year.
Chairmen of the seven estab
lished committees are: Mother
Mary of the Angels, St. Cyprian’s
school, Elementary Directing com
mittee the Rev. Thomas Gallen,
St. Charles’ seminary, music the
Rev. Thomas Sabrey, St. Charles’
seminary, vocations Sister M. Wil
frid, Holy Redeemer school, Ports
mouth, audio-visual the Rev. Rich
ard Endres, St. Nicholas’ school,
Zanesville, high schools the Rev.
Bennett Applegate, acting super
intendent of schools, guidance, and
the Rev. Robert W. Harwick, Rose
crans High school, Zanesville, pub
lic relations.
The u i ulum development
committees were set up several
years ago, and have held a series
of several meetings each year
since. The final meeting this year
is expected to hear some important
reports.
1 he Catholic Liuies
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, Apr. 25, 1952
Patronal Feast
Of Cathedral Is
Wed.9 April 30
Wednesday, April 30. is the
feast of the Solemnity of St. Jos
eph, and the patronal feast of St.
Joseph Cathedral.
Bishop Ready will be cele
brant of a Solemn Pontifical
Mass in the Cathedral at 9
o’clock in observance of the oc
casion.
The Rev. Hugh Murphy, of St.
Charles’ seminary, will preach
the sermon. Students of the Cath
olic high schools of Columbus
will sing the Common of the
Mass, and the St. Charles’ sem
inary choir will sing the Propers.
The feast of the Solemnity of
St. Joseph falls annually on the
second Wednesday after Easter
Sunday.
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Mark Jubilee
Of St. Thomas’
Parish May 11
Solemn Pontifical Mass,
Confirmation Planned
Church Is 50 Years Old
The golden jubilee of the found
ing of St. Thomas the Apostle Par
ish, East Fifth and Cassady Ave
nues, Columbus, will be observed
Sunday May 11.
Bishop Keady will be celebrant
of a Solemn Pontitical Mass of
Thanksgiving at 10 o ock, and
will administer the Sact ament nf
Confirmation at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon.
The Rev. Harry Estadt, Pastor,
and member^ oi the parish have
been busy making preparations for
the festive occasion. Among the
arrangements is he publication of
a souvenir booklet telling the his
tory of the parish and its accom
plishments.
Since its establishment in 1902,
St. Thomas parish has shown steady
growth, but it has been in more
recent years that rapid expansion
has been noticed. During the past
four years alone the school has
been enlarged the church extend
ed in the front and a new sacristy
added to rear, and a convent pur
chased for the Dominican nuns
who teach in the school.
Former Mission Area
Before the turn of the century,
a number of Catholic families lived
in the area east of the present St.
Thomas church. Mass was offered
for them at regular intervals in
Taylor’s Station, about two miles
east. Priests from the Cathedral
and St. Patrick s church took care
of the spiritual needs of rhe peo
ple.
The building of a steel plant at
Rarigville, now East Columbus,
brought about an increase of popu
lation in the area. This made it
possible for the Catholic families
in Taylor Station, those living on
the surround ng farms, and those
in the growinte East Columbus, to
form the nue’eus of the little par
ish. The Rev. Andrew J. Johnson
was given the task of forming the
parish under the patronage of St.
Thomas. This was on May 26, 1900.
In 1901, Thomas D. Cassady do
nated a piece of ground on the
northwest corner of East Fifth and
Cassady avenues for the new
church. Work on the erection of
the brick structure, Gothic in de
sign, began at once. The corner
stone was laid on April 6, 19U2.
The following August the church
was dedicated by Bishop Henry
Moeller. Assisting were the Pastor
Father Johnson, and the Revs. A!
bert Reinhart, O.P., J. D. Pender
gast, O.P., Lucas Rath, C.PP^., R.
A. McEachen and D. P. Quailey. The
choir from St. Patrick’s Church
sang the Mass, and uniformed com
panies of the Knights of St. John
and the Hibernian Rifles formed
a guard of honor for the Bishop.
Still without a rectory, the little
parish undertook the building of
the present spacious home in 1903,
completing it in 1904.
First Pastor Dies
Father Johnson’s health began
to fail ’n the summer of 1913. He
was able to continue until Dec 8
1915, when be offered Mass for the
last time He died a little more
than a yea» later, Dec 15, 1916.
In Jure 1916.v the late Bishoo
Hartley sent the Rev. John II
O’Neil to serve as pastor of the
East Columbus parish In the fall
of that year the Dominican Sis
ters from St. Mary of the Springs
began to take charge of Sunday
School. It was not until 1921 that
the school wat built, and the same
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J. M. Shea Takes New Job
With Cincinnati Weekly
The resignation of James M. Shea
from the staff of The Catholic
Times was announced this week.
He has been associate editor of the
paper since its inception last Oc
tober.
Mr. Shea will begin work next
week as associate editor of the
Catholic Telegraph-Register, offic
ial weekly newspaper of the Cin
cinnati Archdiocese.
Men's Council Notes Rise
Of Indecent Literature
And Condemns U.M.T.
TOLEDO, O. Some 300 men
from every section of the country
took part in the 32nd annual meet
ing of the National Council of Cath
olic Men here this week, and every
one was given an opportunity lo
express his views in a program de
voted principally to workshops and
pan^l discussions.
At the closing business session
Francis Nally of Toledo, who had
served as first vice president of
the NCCM, was elected president
to succeed Stewart Lynch, Wilm
ington (Del.) attorney. Mr. Nally
is news editor for The Catholic
Chronicle, newspaper of the Toledo
diocese, and a correspondent for
the N.C.W.C. News Service.
Other officers elected were: Al
bert J. Sattler of New York, vice
president Judge David McMullan
of St. Louis, secretary, and Dr.
George Ellis of Washington, D. C.,
treasurer. The officers, with Mr.
Lynch serving as member-at-large,
comprise the NCCM’s executive
committee.
“Evil Of Indecency9*
The convention took cognizance
of the ‘tremendous volume” in the
sale of pornographic literature in
recent years and called upon Con
gress as well as State legislatures
to enact adequate laws to combat
“this evil of indecency.”
The NCCM went on record in op
position to Universal Military
Training and expressed the opinion
that the present Selective Service
legislation is a sufficient protec
tion for the country.
Other resolutions treated of:
The importance of coordinating
the activities of parents and facul
ty members of Catholic schools in
every parish in the country be
cause of the foreseeable increase
in the future enrollments of Catho
lic schools.
Recognition of “a trend to place
religion in its proper place in the
nublic schools" as evidenced by the
New York State Board of Regents
in authorizing local school boards
to permit public school pupils to
open and close each school day
with brief prayer.
Urge NCCS Support
Continued support of the pro
grams of the National Catholic
Community Service and the Edu
cation and Youth Departments,
N.C.W.C., for preparing a pre
induction training program for
high school and college youths
about to be inducted into the na
tion’s armed forces.
Recognition that it “is impera
tive” to improve State laws to pro
tect labor and the consumer and a
declaration that national laws in
this field, “while still inadequate,”
surpass State legislation.
A declaration “strongly con
demning” the imprisonment of
news reporters “bent upon proper
duties of their profession” and pro
testing the “poisoning of those
fountheads of news which should
give forth clear and protective
truth.”
Calling upon the NCCM mem
bers to actively participate in and
to inaugurate where necessary pro
grams to secure job opportunities
“for all people” and to work in
parish, school, neighborhood and
home to break down discrimination
against and segregation of minori
ty groups.
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Ohio Editor A bp. Ritter Is Elected President
New Head
For NCCM
Asks Increase
Of Devotion To
God and Mary
Columbus Ordinary Speaks
At Famed Pilgrimage In
City Of St. Augustine
By Jane Quinn
(Special to The Catholic Times)
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
“Like the shepherds and the ori
ent kings, almost 2,000 years ago,
we have come to a hallowed place
to find ‘the Child with Mary, His
Mother.’ and here to seek their
blessing,” Bishop Michael J. Ready
of Columbus declared as the pur
pose of the pilgrimage of over
2,000 prelates, clergy and laity of
Florida to St. Augustine’s Mission
of Nombre de Dios and the Shrine
of Our Lady of La Leche on Low
Sunday afternoon.
Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley,
Bishop of the Diocese of St. Au
gustine, gave Benediction at the
outdoor Mission Altar, following
Bishop Rteady’s sermon.
Earlier the Archbishop had led'
the faithful accompanying the Most
Blessed Sacrament in solemn pub
lic procession through city streets
to America’s most sacred acre, the
site of the first permanent Catho
lic mission and Our Lady’s first
shrine in the United States.
Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Mc
Donough, of St. Augustine, carried
the Blessed Sacrament in the pil
grimage, and Sodality and school
children marched with the statue
of Our Lady of La Leche.
Largest In History
The Rev. John J. Fitzpatrick, di
rector of the Mission Shrine, intro
duced Bishop Ready, who gave the
sermon for this 22nd annual Low
Sunday pilgrimage to America’s
Oldest Mission. It was the largest
pilgrimage in the history of the
Mission.
Proclaiming the need for “a
strong increase of devotion to God,
to Holy Mass and Holy Eucharist,
and to the Blessed Mother,” Bishop
Ready said, “These are the realities
which Nombre de Dios and La
Leche preach to us and to the
world. These are the realities
which we and the world most ur
gently need in this present trou
bled hour of human history.”
He continued: “It is because of
the Child that we honor the Moth
er,” stating that when the St. Au
gustine Mission was new, “there
were voices raised in Europe pro
claiming the Divinity of Christ but
discrediting the devotion always
paid in the Church to Mary, the
Mother of Christ.”
“To us,” he declared, “who in
herit the glory of 20 centuries and
who accept without amazement
the active existence of a 400-year
old institution on our shores, it
would be amusing, were it not also
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Nurses To Hear Bishop
Bishop Ready will address
the Sixth Biennial convention
of the National Council of Cath
olic Nurses at the Hotel Statler
in Cleveland, Friday, May 2.
He will speak at the afternoon
session on that day. The con
vention is scheduled May 1-4.
Marion Doctor Honored for Civic Service
MARION—Dr. E. L. Brady of St. Mary's parish is shown receiving a plaque in recognition of
his 20 years as president of the Marion County Tuberculosis and Health Association at a dinner
in his honor at the Hotel Harding recently. Presenting the award is Mrs. Walter E. Hane, who succeed
ed Dr. Brady when he retired from the post this year. At right is the Very Rev. Msgr. William J.
Spickerman, V.F., pastor of St. Mary's, who gave the invocation at the dinner. Medical, welfare, and
civic officials took part in the event.
Of Catholic Educational Group
Archbishop Ritter
Will Dedicate
Our Ladv Of
Peace School
Bishop Ready will offer Mass at
9:30 a. m., Sunday, April 27, in Our
Lady of Peace church. Columbus,
after which he will dedicate the
new grade school of the north end
parish.
The ceremonies will culminate
more than six years of effort on
the part of the pastor, the Rev.
George Foley, and the parishioners.
The parish was among the first
founded by Bishop Ready, being
formally erected on January 17,
1946.
The cornerstone of the new
school was laid last June 24. The
building includes six classrooms,
■four of which are being used this
year.
The new building is of one-story
brick construction, and faces on E.
Dominion boulevard. Ramsey and
Croce were the architects, and the
Lang construction company were
the builders.
Besides the six classrooms there
is an office and a teachers* room
on the first floor. The basement
provides a cafeteria, a meeting
room, kitchen, storage rooms and
a heating unit.
Four Dominican Sisters from St.
Mary of the Springs are in charge
of the school. There are 153 pupils
in eight grades.
Modern Structure
The new school is made of red
brick with limestone trim. The
steel sash windows have block
glass, known as prismatic light di
rectional, which cuts down the
glare of sunlight and eliminates
the need for shades.
Each classroom is equipped with
green chalk boards, display boards,
a wardrobe for clothing, germicidal
lamps, and fluorescent lighting.
The floors are covered with asphalt
tile, while the ceilings are covered
with acoustical material.
There is little plaster in the
building, since painted masonry
blocks make up the walls. The
comparatively little -woodwork in
the building is of oak.
The old frame school building
was used last fall as school began.
Classes were first held in the base
ment of the new building in No
vember. In December the class
rooms were used for the first time.
Finishing touches on the building
were not completed until after the
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“WHERE CHARITY
AND LOVE ARE,
THERE IS GOD”
Price Tan Cents $3.00 A Year
NCEA Convention Speaker
Urges 2-Year Reduction
Of Time Spent In School
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NC)
Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter of St
Louis was elected the new Presi
dent General of the National Cath
olic Educational Association at the
association's 49th convention here.
Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwait
was re-elected to another three
year term as the association’s Sec
retary General, a post he has held
since 1944. The former assistant
superintendent of schools in the
Cincinnati Archdiocese is also di
rector of the Education Depart
ment, National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
Three new NCEA department
heads were elected during the con
vention. They are the Rev. Cyril
F. Meyer, M., vice president of
St. John’s University, to head the
college and university department
Msgr. James O’Connell, rector of
St. John’s Seminary in Little Rock,
Ark., major seminary department
and Msgr. Charles Lynch, rector
of the Seminary of Our Lady of
Providence, Rhode Island, minor
seminary department.
Brother Alexis Klee of Spring
bill, Ala., was re-elected as head of
the secondary school department,
and the Rev. Leo J. McCormick,
a 1 timore archdiocesan superin
tendent of schools, continues as el
ementary school department head.
Continuing as Treasurer General
is Msgr. Richard J. Quinlan of Win
throp, Mass.
Call For Expansion
The delegates resolved “that
Catholic schools strengthen their
desire to know «nd to meet the
concrete needs of the community
and fully to prepare themselves
for the rapidly expanding school
population.”
Convention participants heard
the Rev. William I. Cunningham
call for a “6-4-4 plan” of education,
reducing the number of elemen
tary school years from eight to
six “for the average student.” The
University of Notre Dame pro
fessor advocated such a system for
about 50 per cent of the school
population, with more years of
schooling for the lower quarter of
students and fewer for the upper
quarter.
The reorganization would in
volve only “problems of adminis
tration,” he said, would eliminate
“wasted years” for the greater por
tion of students, and would bring
the average student to completion
of his general education at the age
of 20 instead of 22.
Catholic Schools Cited
An armed forces chaplain, the
Rev. (Maj.) Paul J. Cuddy of Lack
land Air Force Base, San Antonio,
Tex., presented statistics on serv
icemen indicating much higher at
tendance at Sunday Mass by for
mer students at Catholic schools.
“In tabulating the statistics from
an average section of 203 men be
tween the ages of 17 and 21, I
found 55 per cent were regular at
Sunday Mass, 45 per cent irregular
ly at Mass or not at all, and 29
per cent little more than nominal
Catholics as far as Mass attendance
is concerned,” he said.
“It may give heart to you who
are teachers in Catholic school*
that of this group 54 had an aver
age of at least 10 years in Catholic
schools, and of these 76 per cent
were regular in attendance at
Mass, 24 per cent irregular, but
only 9 per cent could be classed
as nominal.’’
Next year’s NCEA convention
will be held in Atlantic City, N. J.
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Vincentian Society
Meeting to Feature
Pittsburgh Speaker
Members of 45 parish confer
ences of the St. Vincent de Paul
Society in the Columbus Diocese
will hear a talk by D. M. Hamill of
Pittsburgh, Pa. at 3 p. m. Sunday at
St. Charles Seminary, 2010 E.
Broad St.
Mr. Hamill is an official of the
Vincentians in the Pittsburgh Dio
cese.
The joint session was called by
the Rev. Lawrence Corcoran, as
sistant director of charities in the
diocese. Father Corcoran has urged
all members of the society to re
ceive Holy Communion at Mass in
their respective parishes this Sun
day since the day is one of the
group’s four major festivals.
The program will also include a
summary report of the organia
tion’s works of charity and mercy.
Lawrence Murnane, Columbus,
president of the Particular Council,
will be in charge.
Following the meeting, Bishop
Ready will officiate at Benedic
tion.
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Annual Prayer Day Set
President Truman signed House
Joint Resolution 382 which direct*
him to designate an anuual day of
prayer for world peace. The day
designated must be other than a
Sunday.