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AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS TEtUM Vol. 1, No. 31 High Court Ap Time For Relio WASHINGTON (NC) “We are a religious people, whose insti tutions presuppose a Supreme Be ing.” With these words the New York released time program for giving religious instruction to public school students was upheld by the United States Supreme Court in a 6-to-3 decision. “It takes obtuse reasoning to in ject any issue of the ‘free exercise’ of religion into the present case,” the court held. “No one is forced to go to the religious classroom, and no religious exercise of in struction is brought to the class rooms of the public schools. A student need not take religious in structions. He is left to his own desires as to the manner or time of his religious devotions, if any.” The majority opinion of the court was .written by Associate Justice William 0. Douglas. He was joined by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson and Associate Justices Stanley F. Reed, Harold H. Bur ton, Tom C. Clark and Sherman Minton. Dissenting were Associate Jus tices Hugo L. Black, Felix Frank furter and Robert H. Jackson. The case originated in New York several years ago when two tax payers, Tessim Zorach and Esta Gluck, filed suit against the New York Board of Education, con tending that the released time pro gram was in violation of the first Mission Bishop To Speak At' Men's Luncheon Club The Most Rev. Edoardo Mason, F.S.CJ., Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el Ghazal, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, will address the next meeting of the Catholic Men’s Luncheon Club Friday, May 2, at noon in the Vir ginia Hotel, Columbus. The Italian-born Bishop, who has spent the past 25 years in Africa, is lecturing this week at St. Charles and the Josephinum Seminaries and at the College of St. Mary of the Springs. All Catholic men are eligible to attend the club’s meetings, held on the first Friday of each month. the Msgr. Vogel Retires As Pastor Of Saint Leo’s Church Parish To Hold Farewell Dinner Sunday proves Released ions Instruction amendment of the Constitution— the separation of Church and State clause. The New York released time pro gram has been used as a model for similar programs in a number of States. Under its operation, pupils are released from classes for a specified time each week and per mitted to take religious instruc tions according to each individual’s preference at places off school property. The consent of parents is a prerequisite before ^students are released for the religious in structions. It has been estimated that some 2,000.000 students are freed from public school classes to take part in religious instruction released time programs now in operation throughout the country. The released time program was upheld in all New York courts be fore the case was taken to the U.S. Supreme Court. In the majority opinion, Justice Douglas pointed out that the Con stitution “does not say in every and all respects there shall be a separation of Church and State.” He added: “Rather, it studiously defines the manner, the specific ways in which there shall be no concert or union or dependency one on the other. That is the com mon sense of the matter.” Cites McCollum Case Justice Douglas said the decision does not disturb the 1948 ruling in the McCollum case, in which a released time program in Cham paign, Ill., was held unconstitu tional because the religious instruc (Continued on Page 2) Clergy Conference The annual spring conference of the clergy of the Diocese of Columbus will be held at St. Charles seminary, Tuesday aft ernoon, May 6, at 2:30 o’clock. Bishop Ready will preside at the meeting which will be held in the Seminary library build ing. OFFICIAL SPRING CONFIRMATION SCHEDULE Sunday, May 11, 3 p. Columbus, St. Thomas Church Monday, May 12, 7:30 p. Columbus, St. Dominic Church Tuesday, May 13, 7:30 p. Westerville, St. Paul Church Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 p. m., Columbus, St. Mary Magdalene Church Thursday, May 15, 7:30 p. m. Columbus, St. Augustine Church Sunday, May 18, 3 p. Crooksville, Church of the Atonement Sunday, May 18, 7:30 p. Corning St. Bernard Church Monday, May 19, 7:30 p. Columbus, St. Aloysius Church Tuesday, May 20, 7:30 p. Columbus, Holy Family Church Wednesday, May 21, 7:30 p. Columbus, Holy Family Church Thursday, May 22, 7:30 p. Columbus, Cathedral Sunday, May 25, a. m. London, Prison Farm Sunday, May 25. 3 p. Groveport, St. Mary Church Sunday,‘May 25, 7:30 p. m. Columbus, St. Mary Church Sunday, May 25, 7:30 p. Columbus, St. John the Baptist Church Tuesday, May 27, 7:30 p. Columbus, St. Peter Church Wednesday, May 28, 7:30 p. m. ... Columbus, Immaculate Conception Thursday, May 29, 7:30 p. Columbus, St. John the Evangelist Sunday, June 1, 3 p. Columbus, Cathedral Thursday, June 5, 7:30 p. m„. Buckeye Lake, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Bishop Dedicates New Grade School Dedication of the naw grade school of Our Lady of Peace parish, Columbus, took place laet Sunday with the Most. Rev. Michael J. Ready officiating at the ceremony. Bishop Ready is pictured above as he blessed the cornerstone which was laid last June June 24. Tho ceremonies culmin ated more than six years of effort on the part of the pastor, Rev. George Foley, and members of parish, one of the first founded by Bishop Ready. Tl.o new one-story building faces on E. Dominion boulevard. It will hold six classrooms, an office, and a teacher's room on the first floor. A cafeteria, meeting room, storage space, and heating units aro located in the basement. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard P. Vogel is retiring as pastor of St. Leo’s parish, Columbus. He has spent 32 of his more than 47 years in the priesthood as head of the south end parish. Bishop Ready will preside at a dinner honoring Monsignor Vogel Sunday evening, May 4, in the par ish hall. Parishioners and friends have been invited. Later in the evening Monsignor Vogel will be celebrant at Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacra ment in the church. Bishop Ready will preside in the sanctuary. Following Benediction, which is scheduled for 8 o’clock, there will be a reception during which pub lic tribute will be paid the much loved pastor of St. Leo’s. In accepting Monsignor Vogel’s resignation Bishop Ready stated: ^You are and have been the good and faithful servant of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church. The church of Columbus will continue to be edified by your pastoral works and will profit from your constant prayers in behalf of your brethren in the sacred priesthood.” Monsignor Vogel was born in Co lumbus, August 8, 1879, and at tended Holy Cross elementary school. He took all of his prepara tory and theological studies for the priesthood at the Pontifical College Josephinum, receiving the B. A. de gree in 1898. He was ordained at Msgr. Bernard P. Vogel the Josephinum June 10, 1904 by the late Bishop Hartley. In his early years as a priest Monsignor Vogel did a lot of work in small mission parishes. He first spent two years at St. Elizabeth’s, Roswell, in Tuscarawas county, and the mission at Sherodsville. Then he went as assistant to St. John’s, Bellaire, and the mission at Neffs. After a year he was transferred to St. Francis Xavier church, Mal vern, with charge also of St. Patrick’s, Mineral City. In 1908 Monsignor Vogel was named pastor of St. Philip Neri church, Murray City, where he re mained for eight years. He then spent four years at Our Lady of the Angels parish, Barton, before being appointed pastor of St. Leo’s in 1920. Bellgire, Neffs, Malvern and Barton and now in the Diocese of Steubenville. Pope Pius XII graciously honor ed the pastor of St. Leo’s by rais ing him to the rank of Dorrfestic Prelate with the title of Right (Continued on Page 2) The Cat ho ifesC i e s Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, May 2, 1952 May Is Mary's Month 1 1 PT IF I4 Mary Queen Of Vocations Official Dear Reverend Father: Throughout the Diocese in the month of May we shall beseech our Lord Jesus Christ, through the intercession of His Blessed Mother, for an increase of vocations to the Sacred Priesthood and religious life. Our prayers should be offered first of all in thanksgiving for the growing number of young men and young Women who have enrolled in our Seminary and in the various Communities of Sisters who labor with us in the ministry of souls in this Diocese. In our devotions during May we should acknowledge this evident mercy of God and thank Him for the promise of a rich harvest of souls throughout our Holy Church of Columbus. We all have observed the various problems connected with the population growth in many districts of the Diocese. The Church now requires a greater number of faithful laborers in the vineyard. Hence, we should make a greater effort to bring these needs to the attention of our devoted youth in order to increase the ranks of the Holy Priesthood and religious life. The urgency of this cause must inspire us to more fervent prayer for the blessing of numerous, holy vocations and to greater zeal in seeking out pious, noble youth to answer generously the call of Christ to follow Him in the service of His Church. The mission of saving souls here in the Diocese and throughout the world will require every worker that our prayers and efforts can win. For this reason I ask your earnest cooperation during the month of Mary in arranging timely devotions and suitable instructions foj the purpose of arousing in our youth a conscientiousness of the needs of the Church. The accompanying prayer for an increase of vocations is.to be recited after every Holy Mass in the Parish Churches and Chapels of the Diocese throughout May. The regular May Devotions should include prayers to the Blessed Mother for an increase of voca tions to the pastoral office and to the works of mercy and educa tion in the Diocese. The Christian home and the example of virtuous parents now as always are a fruitful source of priestly and religious vocations. We should not neglect to emphasize this truth in our instructions nor to cease praying that devout parents will rejoice in fostering vocations among their children. In the past, generous and devout benefactors have made it possible to help young men in this Diocese through their Seminary course. The Pastors in our Parishes and all Priests having the care of souls in this jurisdiction have encouraged worthy candidates for the Holy Priesthood to avail themselves of the.scholarship arrange ments at Saint Charles Seminary. Certainly, with such opportuni ties present to him, no young man should hesitate to give himself to the service of the Church because of a lack of financial resources. With the example of so many good people in this Diocese readily assuming their obligation towards the education of seminar ians, other like-minded holy men and women will remember our Seminary in their bequests and grant during these present years adequate means to assist zealous aspirants to the Priesthood. I am confident, my dear Father, that you will keep this holy work foremost in your intentions during the Sacrifice of the Mass and in your own fervent devotions. Certainly, the prayers and efforts of the Priests, Religious and Faithful of the Diocese will result in greater numbers enrolling in our Seminary and seeking admission to the novitiates of our devoted Sisters who labor with us in the Gospel of Christ. Commending this holy work to the loving care of Mary, Queen of Apostles and Virgins, Devotedly in Christ, April 30, 1952 MICHAEL J. READY Bishop of Columbus PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS V. Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in them the fire of Thy love. R. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. O God, whose will it is that all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, we beg Thee to send laborers into Thy harvest, that all people may know Thee, the only true God and Him whom Thou hast sent, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, world without end. R. Amen. O Mary, our Queen and our Mother, in the name of Jesus we im plore thee to regard our present efforts for increased priestly and religious vocations and to grant them success. R. Amen. Theta Kappa Phi To Honor Bishop At Local Session Bishop Michael J. Ready of Co lumbus will become an honorary member of Theta Kappa Phi. na tional social fraternity' for Cath olic students in colleges and uni versities. He will be formally installed Sunday at the fraternity’s central province convention, to be held at the Ohio Union on the Ohio State University campus. Some 120 members of chapters at OSU, Kent State and Ohio Northern will attend the three-day meet ing. First-Time Honor Bishop Ready becomes an alumnus of the group’s Zeta Chapter, located at Ohio North em at Ada. He is the first mem ber of the hierarchy to be hon ored by the chapter, although the ONU organization’s first president was later to become the first undergraduate member of the fraternity to enter the priesthood. Other prominent members of the national fraternity include James A. Farley, former Demo cratic National Chairman and one-time U.S. Postmaster Gen eral Archbishop Amleto Cicog nani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, and 14 other members of the American hierarchy. The fraternity’s 22 chapters number 5000 members. o---------------- To Give Retreats Rev. F. M. Wilson The Rev. Francis M. Wilson. S.J. (above) will conduct week-end re treats for men at the Shrine of the Little Flower May 9-11 and May 16-18. A member of the Jesuit Mission Band at Chicago, Father Wilson has given retreats for priests and for lay persons in Co lumbus in recent years. He for merly taught philosophy and re ligion at the University of Detroit and at Xavier University, Cincin nati. A, i Missionary List DipsYearA$3.00 In Red China To 79 According to a U. S. State De partment announcement last week. 26 Catholic missionaries are among Industry Boss Favors FEPC For All States BRIDGEPORT, Conn —A Catho lic business executive has advocat ed a nation-wide extension of the fair employment practices program because it is in accordance with the moral law. Addressing an Inter-Group Coun cil meeting here, Joseph J. Morrow said the natural law affords equal economic opportunities to minority groups. He declared: “If we are not exempt from the moral law as individuals, we are far less exempt in our collective behavior as business leaders.” Mr. Morrow, who is personnel re lations director of a Stamford (Conn.) business firm, said his company extended employment to all persons regardless of their reli gion, race or national origin, even before passage of the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices law. The company’s president and top management, he added, were con vinced no other course was right or possible in the light of earning profits and paying wages. They reasoned that an industry is ful filling only part of its obligations to the people in the community upon which it depends by an em ployment system with reservations. Cites Good Results “Negroes, once they are estab lished within an industry or busi ness,” Mr. Morrow said, “are no longer identified as members of a group of outsiders to be feared collectively. They become, in a very short time, people with names, identities and personalities, who are measured individually. Fellow employees turn from pre conceived ideas to judgments of race based on their own separate, personal knowledge of its mem bers.” The business executive pointed out that this nation’s chief selling point is freedom and equality of economic opportunity for all. He asked: “Who will buy our product when they learn that millions of Americans of various races and from many parts of the world— Negroes, Mexicans or Chinese Jews or Catholics—are permitted only a partial share of these oppor tunities and freedoms?" No one has a greater stake in the democratic system or greater responsibility for its success than industrial management, Mr. Mor row said. Netc Flag At Christ The King School A flag raising ceremony and an Arbor Day observance were held at Christ the King School In Columbus suburban Berwick last Friday afternoon. Erection of a new flag pole for the school which opened for classes for the first time last fall, made the ceremony possible. Seen above (left) is the Rev. Leo R. Brehm, pastor, who blessed the flag, and the Rev. John Staunton, secretary of the Ohio Catholic Welfare Conference and assistant pastor at Christ the King parish. Raising the flag are Thomas Keller and David Pettrow, eighth grade students. Mr. Ray Dietz, city superintendent of parks, gave a talk in observance of Arbor Dey. “WHERE CHARITY AND LOVT ARE, THERE IS GOD** Price Tan Cents HONG-KONG—(NC)—Only 79 American Catholic mission aries are left in China, following the expulsion by the Reds of the Rev. Robert W. Green, a MaryknoU priest from Jasper, Ind. Father Green arrived here after two public trials, after being paraded through streets as an “imperialist criminal” and following 17 months of house arrest. The remaining 79 mi^sioners form only a small part of the 500 Americans stationed in China at the time the Reds seized complete control of the country. Still in Red territory are eight Bishops, a pre fect Apostolic, 57 other priests, 13 nuns and a brother. the 62 Americans held as Com munist prisoners. The list name# 19 Catholic missioners in prison seven under house arrest. Informa tion from other sources, however, indicate that 11 more not mention ed by the U.S. government are in confinement. 215 Americans Remain (State Department sources in Washington said that there are about 215 Americans in China. About two dozen of these are busi nessmen. The rest are Protestant and Catholic missionaries.) Five of the eight American Bish ops and the Prefect Apostolic are known to be in prison. They are: Bishops Philip Cote of Suchow, Jesuit of Lawrence, Mass. Francis X. Ford of Kaying, Brooklyn Mary knoller Rembert Kowalski of Wu chang, Franciscan from Calumet, Mich. John O’Shea of Kanchow, Vincentian of Deep River, Conn., and Ambrose Pinger of Chowtsun, Franciscan from Lindsay, Neb., and Msgr. Eugene Fahy, San Francis co Jesuit and Prefect Apostolic of Yangchow. The other three American Bish ops in China are Bishops Frederick A. Donoghy of Wuchow, Maryknoll er of New Bedford, Mass. Adolph Paschang of Kongmoon, Maryknoli er of Martinsburgh, Mo., and James E. Walsh, Maryknoller of Cumber land and head of the suppressed China Catholic Central Bureau at Shanghai. 13 Priests Jailed These American priests are known to be 4n prison: The Revs. Justin Garvey, Passionist of Ridge wood, N. J. Fulgence Gross. Fran ciscan of Omaha. Joseph McGinn, Maryknoller of Providence, R.I. Armand Proulx, Jesuit of Lowell, Mass Harry Rigney. Divine Word priest of Chicago: William Ryan, S.J., of Santa Barbara, Cal. Sieg fried Schneider, Franciscan of Louisville. Ky. James Thornton, Jesuit of San Francisco John Toom ey, Maryknoller of New Bedford, Mass. Rev. Harold Travers, Pas sionist of Revere, Mass. Paul LTainger, Passionist of Pittsburgh, and Marcellus "White, Passionist of Waltham, Mass. Also in prison are Brother Matt hew Swift. Divine Word Brother from Waseca. Wis and Sister Joan Mary Ryan, MaryknoU nun from Bronx, N.Y. Known to be under house ar rest are the Revs. Basil Bauer, Passionist. of Sharon, Pa.: Don at Chatigny, Maryknoller, of Fall River, Mass. John F, Cur ran, Maryknoller of Butte, Mont. Jerome Does, Passionist of Win throp, Mass.: Albert Fedders, Mary knoller of Covington, Ky. Rocco Franco. Maryknoller of Brooklyn Ernest Hotz, Passionist of Brook lyn Joseph P. Lavin, Maryknoller of Framingham, Mass. Cyprian Leonard, Passionist of Chicago Linus Lombard, Passion ist of Ipswich, Mass. John Baptist Maye, Passionist of Scranton, Pa. Lawrence Mullin, Passionist of Jer (Continued on Page 2) K A