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AVE MARIA
GRATIA PLENA
DOMINUS TECUM
Vol. 1, No. 32
It is hard to pick out Mr. Blan
shard’s weakest chapter from the
standpoint of sound, competently
documented argument, but there
are certain objective things about
his chapter on “How the Hierarchy
Works,” that seem to make it the
best example. It is his longest chap
ter it has more footnotes than
any other, and as its title indicates,
it is Mr. Blanshard’s barrage of
heavy artillery
Mr. Blanshard writes: “Wherever
possible I have let the Catholic
hierarchy speak for itself.” He
does not keep this promise in this
chapter.
The current number of members
of the American Catholic hierar
archy is 181. They are all busy
administrators, writing, speaking,
issuing circular letters. Mr. Blan
shard could have let them speak
for themselves for hundreds of
Court Backs Law
Against Mockery
Of Race, Religion
WASHINGTON (NC) The
U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-to-4 de
cision has upheld the constitution
ality of an Illinois group libel law
which prohibits literature or exhi
bitions that hold in derision any
race, creed, or religious group.
The case grew out of a convic
tion and fine of $200 under the law
for distributing literature on Jan
uary 7, 1950, which assailed the
Negro race. The American Civil
Liberties Union sought to have the
Illinois law ruled invalid in the
interest of freedom of speech.
Associate Justice Felix Frankfur
ter wrote the majority opinion, in
which he was joined by Chief Jus
tice Fred M. Vinson and Justices
Harold H. Burton, Tom Clark and
Sherman Minton.
Justice Frankfurter said “we
cannot deny a State power to pun
ish the same utterance directed at
a defined group” when it is per
mitted to ban similar utterances at
individuals.
He said that Illinois had a clear
background for the legislation
from 1837 up to tjie “Cicero riots
of 1951.” He added that the court
did not concern itself with the wis
dom of the law, but with the right
of Illinois to have such a statute.
The conviction in Illinois was for
distributing literature which called
upon the mayor and people of Chi
cago to halt the “invasion” of
white neighborhoods by Negroes.
Every first Sunday of the month,
small group gathers at Holy
Cross Church to receive Commun
ion at an altar which it can imag
ine but cannot see.
This group is comprised of blind
adult Catholics of Columbus who,
under the title of Saint Lucy’s So
dality, partake in a program spon
sored by the Columbus Circle of
the International Federation of
Catholic Alumnae.
2 Loral TV Stations
Schedule Fr. Peyton
“The World’s Greatest Moth
er.” a presentation of the Rev.
Patrick Peyton’s “Family The
ater” series, will be carried by
two Columbus television sta
tions on Mother's Day.
The half-hour film, based on
memorable events in the life of
The Blessed Mother, will be
shown by WBNS-TV at noon and
by WTVN at 9:30 p. m.
Ethel Barrymore will be nar
rator, Gene Lockhart will serve
as master of ceremonies, Loret
ta Young will introduce Father
Peyton, and Ann Blyth, Nan
Merriman and Ann Jamison will
sing.
REPLY TO BLANSHARD First of a Series
“Catholicism, American Freedom”
Refutes Paul Blanshard’s Charges
In recent weeks the American Catholic educator and author,
James M. O'Neill, has published a book with a two fold significance:
1) Point by point, it examines and shatters the scholarship and
"documentation” of anti-Catholic critic Paul Blanshard, and 2) it pro
vides the Catholic layman with clear, terse summaries of Catholic
attitudes with regard to churchstate relations. American democracy,
education, censorship, and social policies. This newspaper presents
here the first of six articles taken from this book, “Catholocism and
American Freedom,” copyright 1952, by Harper and Brothers. $3.50.
Paul Blanshard’s thesis is that the Catholic Church is
an enemy of American Freedom. He tries to persuade his
readers of the soundness of this thesis by his treatment of
many aspects of alleged Catholic belief and practice.
My position is that Mr. Blanchard’s basic thesis is falsd
and that the discussion of the belief and practice of Amer
ican Catholics which he presents in support of his thesis is
so biased and inaccurate as to be substantially worthless.
If the Blanshard book
(American Freedom and Cath
olic Power”) is so bad, a read
er may well ask, why take it so
seriously? The answer is, be
cause it has been praised and
promoted by men who, on ac
count of the positions they oc
cupy and the ideals they ad
vocate, should have been expected
to expose its antireligious, anti
Catholic bias, its basic freedom
smothering philosophy of the omni
potent state, and its erroneous
scholarship.
Prof. James M. O'Neill
pages showing “how they work,”
what they do, why they do it, how
they do it. In this chapter he al
lows only two members of the
American hierarchy to speak just
once each.
An examination of Mr. Blan
shard’s 51 footnotes reveals the
following: 23 deal with colorless,
noncontroversial facts, population
figures, etc., containing no sub
stantiation or proof of any of the
charges against the hierarchy six
deal with ancient, universal, well
known doctrines, not with how the
hierarchy works five deal with the
doctrine of infallibility but furnjsh
nothing to substantiate Blanshard’s
Camp St. Rita, located between
Groveport and Canal Winchester
on the Groveport pike, will open
its 29th season while Camp St. Jo
seph, situated on the banks of Big
Walnut creek, near Lockbourne,
opens for its 26th season this year.
Both camps, founded by the late
Bishop James J. Hartley, provide
well-trained counsellors and camp
aides who help make the camping
periods pleasant ones for the chil
dren of the Diocese.
Beautiful Woods
Each camp is situated on a beau
tiful wooded site and both camps
have modern cabins for the camp
ers.
Applications for both camps
should be made as soon as possible
and should be sent to the Very
Rev. Director, 134 W. Mound street,
Circleville, Ohio. Father Mason
was recently appointed pastor of
St. Joseph’s church but has retain
ed his supervisory position with
the camps.
Founded last August, the group
has also enjoyed the particular sup
port of the Right Rev. Monsignor
Francis Schwendeman, pastor of
Holy Cross, the Rev. Linus Dury,
the Rev. Bennett Applegate, and
Miss Augusta Reinhard.
About 35 blind Catholics receive
Communion and join in breakfast
at Holy Cross School cafeteria at
each of the Sunday gatherings.
Another important feature of the
program is a period of spiritual in
struction which follows the break
fast. Most of the blind have a lim
ited knowledge of their religion,
but all are eager to learn.
Several children are usually pres
ent, also, since blind married cou
ples are among those who attend
the eight o’clock Mass under the
plan.
Members of the Columbus Circle
provide transportation for those
who cannot travel alone.
No dues or other obligations are
asked of the Sodality’s members.
They are requested only to be as
faithful as possible in attending
and receiving Communion.
“It is hoped that, with time and
perseverance, this work may grow
and bear fruit as it already shows
signs of doing,” Inez* Mulligan, re
gent of the Columbus Circle, wrote
in a recent report on the program.
charges two continue the text
discussion but do not support the
statements to which they are at
tached three give the sources of
three quotations, none of which
has any relation to how the
hierarchy works two are docu
mented statements from two Eng
lish writers, neither a member of
the hierarchy one (about a New
Jersey bingo law) is hard to cata
logue, but hardly shows “how the
hierarchy works” one is on “loyal
ty,” not on the work of the hierar
chy, and does not support the para
graph to which it is the only docu
mentation two carry the names of
four periodicals, as documentation
whfch does not prove his state
ments.
This makes a total of 45 notes
out of 51, in this longest and most
documented chapter, which do not
support any of the sweeping state
ments and insinuations against the
American Catholic hierarchy and
other Catholics which constitute
the bulk of this key chapter.
Yet Dr. Guy Emery Shipler, ed
itor of The Churchman, a Protest
ant Journal, writes: “In his chap
ter on “How the Hierarchy Works,”
Mr. Blanshard not only records the
history of the hierarchy during the
200 years in which it has operated
in the United States he cites in
detail its methods of procedure and
its accomplishments, documenting
all of his major statements. The
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Shamrock Club
Elects Murtha
Michael F. Murtha was selected
president for 1952-53 by the Sham
rock Club, Columbus, at their re
cent meeting.
The Shamrock Club, now in its
sixteenth year, has attracted some
of the leading speakers of the coun
try to its annual St. Patrick Day
gatherings.
Other officers elected include
Dan F. Cannon, Jr., vice-pres.
Dave E. Brown, treasurer E. A.
Moriarity, secretary.
The Very Rev. Monsignor Harry
S. Connelly, pastor of St. Joseph’s
Cathedral, Columbus, was appoint
ed Chaplain.
June 15 Date Set For 1952
Opening Of Diocesan Camps
The two Columbus Diocesan sum
mer camps for boys and girls will
open June 15 when the first week
of a 10-period camping season be
gins, according to word from the
Very Rev. George O. Mason, camp
director and chaplain.
Campers may stay for one-week
periods or for the entire season.
Rates remain the same as last
year—$12 per week. A deposit of
$3 is customary when the applica
tion is sent in. Application blanks
and further information may be
secured from the Director, or at
the Diocesan Office building, 246
E. Town street, Columbus.
Develops Character
The entire camping program is
designed to help develop character
—as well as to provide an enjoy
able period outdoors.
Both camps offer a complete pro
gram of activities for the young
sters. Included on the program are
boating, swimming, horseback rid
ing, pageants, hikes, movies, wood
craft, leathercraft, sports, and re
ligious activities.
Mass is offered on Sundays and
several times during the week.
Other religious activities are in
cluded in the program.
Two years ago Camp St. Joseph
was authorized as a site for Boy
Scout Training.
The two camps can accommodate
approximately 150 boys and girls
during any camping period.
Children must be eight years or
older for admission to camp.
Blind Sodalists Pray, Learn Together At Holy Cross Church
The Catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, May 9, 1952
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BMA Debates
Divorce Law
At July Meet
LONDON—(NC)—Lively debates
are expected at the annual meet
ing of the British Medical Associa
tion at Dublin next July when rec
ommendations regarding divorce
and the confidential relations be
tween doctors and patients come
up for consideration.
A strong Catholic minority with
in the national organization of doc
tors is expected to take a militant
stand against two recent moves
of the B.M.A.
The B.M.A. memorandum on di
vorce, reported in the British Med
ical Journal, emphasized the need
for permanent partnerships in mar
riage, but went on to recommend
that “separation by agreement,
where there is no prospect of re
conciliation, should be a ground
for divorce, and it should be pos
sible for the petition to be present
ed by either party or. if they are
agreed, by both parties jointly.”
The memorandum said that
“where there are grounds for di
vorce but the offended party refus
es to take action the offending
party should, after a period, be
able to sue for divorce.”
The specialists proposed as
grounds for divorce concealment
by one partner at the time of mar
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VISION
USEUM
nriTO Cl
Prayer To St. Therese of the Child Jesus
For the Conversion of Russia
O loving and compassionate Saint, deign to comfort our Russian Brethren, the victims of a long and
cruel persecution of the Christian name. Obtain for them perseverance in the faith, progress in the
love of God and of their neighbor, and in confidence toward the most Holy Mother of God. Prepare
for them holy priests who shall make reparation for the blasphemies and sacrileges committed against
the Holy Eucharist. Grant that angelic purity, especially in the young, and every Christian virtue may
once* more flourish amongst them, to the end that this noble people, being delivered from all slavery
and returning freely to the One Fold entrusted by the loving Heart of the Risen Christ to St. Peter and
his successors, may a* length taste the joy of glorifying the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit in
the fellowship of the Holy Catholic Church. Amen.
(An indulgence of 300 day'- A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is said
devoutly every day for a month. S.P. Ap., Aug. 19, 1929)
Miss Sophia del Valle, prominent
Mexican Catholic Action worker,
will be principal speaker at the
seventh annual spring conference
of the Columbus Diocesan Council
of Catholic Women to be held in
Slattery Hall, Newark, on Sunday
afternoon, May 18, at three o’clock.
Mrs. Joseph Dete, president of
St. Francis de Sales Parish Council,
will serve as general chairman, as
sisted by Mrs. E. R. Kennedy, pres
ident of Blessed Sacrament Coun
cil, and Miss Winifred McKenzie,
president of the Church of the As
cension Council.
Diocese Represented
The conference will be attended
by members of all parish councils
and affiliated organizations within
the twenty-three counties that
make up the Diocese of Columbus.
Representatives from the Newark
and Johnstown parishes are assist
ing with the plans. Miss Jean
Fondriest is president of the North
ern Deanery in which the meeting
will be held.
Miss del Valle is the founder
and present head of a Catholic Ac
tion school for girls in Mexico City.
Pontiff Urges Crusade Of Prayer
Diocesan Council Of Women
To Meet In Newark May 18
Mexican Catholic Action Worker Slated to Speak At
Seventh Annual Spring Conference
She has devoted her entire life to
the institution. Spokesmen have
described her as an “electrifying
and vibrant speaker.”
Committees
Mrs. George Cousino and Miss
Josephine Rountree will be in
charge of information and Mrs. W.
R. Richmer, reservations. Mrs. R.
E. D’Yarmett will assist Mrs. Ken
nedy and Miss McKenzie with re
freshments.
Mrs. John Boesch and Miss Hazel
Kirk are in charge of publicity.
Ushers will work under the direc
tion of Miss Ethel Harrington.
Music will be by Mrs. William
J. Schopen, organist, and the St.
Francis de Sales Glee Club, accom
panied by Patrick Ratchen. The
Glee Club will sing “Praise be to
Thee, O Lord,” “Angelus Domini,”
and “Concordi Laetitia.”
Twenty-one women are on the
reception committee and eighty
six on the hospitality committee.
Decorations will be by the Catho
lic Women’s Club.
Chartered Buses Set
For Newark Meeting
Chartered buses will be avail
able for Columbus residents who
wish to attend the spring con
ference of the Columbus Dioce
san Council of Catholic Women
in Newark on May 18. They will
leave the bus station at Town
and Third streets at 1:45 p. m.
The round trip fare, reduced
from the regular rate of $2.05,
will be $1.30. Each parish coun
cil chairman of the committee
cooperating with Catholic Chari
ties will accept reservations from
the women of her parish. Chair
man of reservations for trans
portation is Mrs. Thomas M.
Eschelman, of 419 East Maynard
Avenue.
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Holy Father Names First
Internuncio to Japanese
VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC)
The Holy See has named Arch
bishop Maximilian de Furstenberg
as its first Papal Internuncio to
Japan. The action followed Japan’s
emergence as a completely inde
pendent nation as the peace treaty
came into force.
At ’the same time His Holiness
Pope Pius XII has sent a message
of congratulations and good wish
es to Emperor Hirohito on the oc
casion of Japan again becoming an
independent nation.
VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC)—An
appeal to all Catholics for pray
ers on behalf of the npssions suf
fering persecution in China and
other communist -dominated Far
Eastern countries has been made
by His Holiness Pope Pius XII.
Addressing the Pontifical Socie
ty for the Propagation of the Faith,
the Holy Father called for a world
wide crusade of prayer for an in
crease of missionary vocations, for
the genera! holiness of all Chris
tians. and for the success of the
missions.
Referring to the Catholic mis
sionaries forced out of Red China,
Pone Pius said: "They leave their
fl ks while the words of the Scrip-
Little Flower
Asked To Give
Faith To Reds
St. Therese Canonization
Date Marked for Prayers
To Help Convert Russia
On May 17th. tie twenty-seventh
anniversary of her Canonization,
the faithful in Rome will implore
St. Therese for the restoration of
the Faith in the Soviet Union. She
was made 'Patroness” of Russia’s
Conversion” together with the Holy
Mother of God by Pius XI on Au
gust 19, 1929.
Mass and devotions will be offer
ed in the Byzantine Rite in the
Church of St. Anthony the Hermit
on the Esquiline. In a Motu Proprio
on Oct. 28. 1932. Pius XI urged the
Christian world to pray to God’s
Holy Mother and the Little Flower
to lead the people of Russia back
to the One True Fold.
He directed that each year spe
cial devotions be offered to St.
Therear for this all-important in
tention on her Canonization Anni
versary. She was canonized on May
17, 1925.
As early as 1929, Pius XI held
the opinion that true world peace
will be possible only when Russia
is converted. Because of Commun
ist advances in Europe and because
numbers of people living in the
Soviet who are educated in a civil
ization completely divorced from
God, the Holy Father foresaw in
ternational disturbances and un
rest.
As a practical counter-offensive
against Communism he instituted
the Russian College in Rome under
the patronage of St. Therese. where
priests now are being trained to
lead in the conversion of Russia
when the first barrier is lifted.
Also he issued the Church’s of
ficial prayer to St. Thesese “Pa
troness of Russia’s Conversion”
when he urged all Christendom to
recite.
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Novena Series Scheduled
At St. Mary’ Magdalene
The Rev. Charles Lucier, O P..
Chaplain at the Ohio State Peni
tentiary, Columbus, will be guest
speaker for the new novena series
In honor of Our Lady of the Mirac
ulous Medal, which will begin Mon
day, May 12, at St. Mary Magda
lene’s church.
Mass will be offered at 8:30
o’clock every Monday for the inten
tions of those making the novena.
Exercises are held at 10 o’clock
and 3, 4, 5:15, 6. 6:45, 7:30, 8:15,
and 9 p. m. Confessions are heard
during and after each novena serv-
“WHERE CHARITY
AND LOVE ARE,
THERE IS GOD”
Price Ton Cents $3.00 A Year
Says Imitation of St. Theresa
Can End Religious Persecution
ture resound in their ears: ‘I will
smite the shepherd and the sheep
of th flock will be scattered (Matt.
26:31). They depart anguished
and murmur in sorrow the Divine
Master’s word, ‘My soul is sorrow
ful unto death’.”
Pope Pius said he hoped and
prayed that God would bring the
persecution to a quick end, and
urged that the entire Church pray
for the same intention. He added
that he was confident that the spir
itual power represented by the
Propagation Society would bring
his prayer to realization.
“If God wishes, and we beg it
with all the fervor of our Heart,”
♦he Pontiff told his hearers,, “He
can stop the scourge and cause that
the Resurrection will quickly fol
low the Passion, and that the pres
ent sacrifices will quickly bring
abundant fruits. This supposes that
the prayers of the en.ire Church
may obtain this grace for Our suf
fering children, and the immense
spiritual forces v.’ ich you repre
sent furnish a lively hope for this.”
St. Theresa Is Model
Declaring that the Little Flower,
patroness of the missions, should
give example and encouragement
in the crusade of prayer, the Pon
tiff said that the saint “teaches us
to make of our daily life an apos
tolic offering which is highly mer
itorious and efficacious.”
“The work of the Propagation of
the Faith.” he added, “will beg the
Omnipotent God to raise numerous
missionary vocations. St. Theresa
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Virgin Marv’s
Influence In
Africa Cited
Blessed Mother Serves As
Model To Women. Pope
Tells Marian Congress
DURBAN. SOUTH AFRICA
The Virgin Mother’s influence on
the home and civil society was
pointed out by Pope Pius XII last
week in a radio message to South
Africa’s National Marian Congress.
The Congress, attended by
church dignitaries from many na
tions in the world, was held to
commemorate the 100th anniver
sary of the arrival in South Africa
of the missionaries, the Oblates
of Mary Immaculate.
ice. (Continued on Page 2)
Explaining the influence which
Mary has wielded there, the Pon
tiff said it “not only lifted woman
from her especial degradation but
gave her the challenge to become
the latent force that vCould give
renewed and refined vitality to civ
ilization.”
His Holiness said the home and
civil society have felt the “quick
ening pulse of a life purified by
woman’s love and holiness.” Holi
ness, he added, implies courage,
self-restraint, patience, kindliness,
modesty and unworldliness and is
the “source of her greatest power
for good.
“Thrice blessed.” he continued,
“is the family circle where a wom
an’s gentle rule and high ideals
point the way of sanctity to those
whu reverence her beyond all else
on earth.”
Among the main purposes of the
Congress were to increase devotion
to the Mother of God as Patroness
and Heavenly Queen of South Af
rica under the title of her Assump
tion, and to increase the spirit of
Youth Must Reunite Nations,
Catholic Students Are To’d
The responsibility for reuniting
a divided world belongs to youth
of today, a Columbus attorney as
serted last week at the seventh re
gional congress of the National
Federation of Catholic Students.
Students from ten colleges in Ohio
and Kentucky attended the one-day
session at St. Mary of the Springs.
Edmund Doyle told the group
that young people have a stronger
and clearer grasp of the meaning
of their faith than did the youth
of a generation ago. and they
should apply this faith to the so
cial. economic and political prob
lems of our time.
“A narrow concern for personal
salvation only is not enough,” Mr.
Doyle declared, adding that youth
must seek to “permeate with the
spirit of Christ all our social insti
tutions and thus combat the subtle
virus of secularism which is a more
potent threat than the more obvi
ous menace of Communism.”
Also addressing the group was
Bishop Ready, who noted that
young people are more mature
and capable of assuming responsi
bilities than is usually recognized.
The Bishop quoted from a recent
address by Pope Pius XU in which
the Pontiff stressed the import
ance of prayer for young people.
Prayer is the expression of a deep
faith in God and is the only ade
quate strength for a youth temnted
by the shallowness and r^'a'i’ity
of the so-ca’led “new mora’ity,” the
Bishop said.
Earlier, Bishop Ready Fad onen
ed the congress by celebrating
Mass for more than one hundred
students participating in the event.
At another session, the Rev. Leo
Van Everbroeck, assistant pastor
at Holy Cross Church, called for
close harmony between the pastor
and people in order to generate a
real Christian community spirit.
“The parish is not for the pastor
only it is chiefly for lay people,”
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