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AVE MARIA
GRATIA PLENA
DOMINUS TECUM
Vol. 1, No. 34
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To the Reverend Clergy, Diocesan and Regular,
To the Members of the Religious Communities,
And to the Faithful of the Diocese of Columbus.
My beloved Brethren:
On the first Pentecost Sunday, Christ’s Apostles were filled
with the Holy Spirit. They immediately began to fulfill the Son of
God’s mission among inert. It is the same world-wide mission of the
Church today—the redemption and sanctification of all men. Our
Lord foretold that the powers of hell would assail the Church. The
pages of history tell the heroic story of the apostles and their suc
cessors overcoming the hatred of tyrants, the calumny of enemies
and apostasy of believers.
As predicted by Christ, the Holy Spirit strengthens the Church
and guides her constantly in truth and holiness. We rejoice on Pente
cost Day in the blessings which have been so bountifully given to
us by our incorporation into Christ’s Mystical Body, the Church. On
the Feast of Pentecost, we join with millions of our brethren through
out the world in the fervent prayer: “Come, Holy Spirit, fill the
hearts of Thy Faithful and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.”
The Feast of Pentecost has a particular significance to us in the
Diocese of Columbus. It is the day for the annual appeal in behalf
of our Seminarians. Traditionally, our people have marked this day
by special prayers for the young men answering Christ’s call to
be laborers in His vineyard. The devoted and generous-minded men
and women of this Diocese have set aside this Day as a time of spe
cial offerings to provide the best facilities for the training of young
men called to be “ministers of Christ and dispensers of the myster
ies of God.”
I urge you, my beloved Brethren, to continue your generosity
toward the devout young men in this Diocese who have been called
to the service of God and the salvation of souls. One hundred ten
young men of this Diocese presently are preparing for the Sacred
Priesthood in our Major and Minor Seminaries. God willing, these
young men will be ordained to be pastors in your midst, to offer the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to administer the Sacraments, to preach
the Gospel of peace, to teach your children and in all things to be
your faithful Shepherds.
Through their long years of study, you can well realize, my dear
people, that the expenses involved in the training of our Diocesan
Priests are considerable. During the past year, the total cost of the
education of Seminarians was over $65,000. The amount far exceeded
the sum available to the Diocese for this purpose through the Pente
cost collection and other gifts designated for the training of our
Seminarians. It is with particular urgency, therefore, that I appeal
to you to be even more generous in your contributions this year
on Pentecost Sunday. The current inflation has not spared the
seminaries. The cost of maintaining worthy candidates for the
Sacred Priesthood is comparable to the increased expense in man
aging your own homes.
In preparation for the holy Feast of Pentecost, we shall pray
for the fine young men now engaged in their studies for Holy
Orders in our seminaries. We shall beseech the Holy Spirit to endow
this Diocese with numerous, zealous, holy and self-sacrificing priests.
Through the intercession of the Blessed Mother we shall seek the
blessing of God on fathers and mothers who encourage their sons
to presevere in their holy desire to serve the Church. In our prayers
we shall be fervent in acts of thanksgiving for God’s favors to this
Church of Columbus in the past and for the increasing number of
worthy candidates studying for our Diocese.
We remember gratefully all who have helped our Seminary
through their wills, bequests and donations. We commend the de
votion of our people to the Divine Priesthood of Jesus Christ. May
all the Faithful of the Diocese do theirjull share in responding to
this appeal on the Feast of Pentecost. May the Church of Christ
flourish here in pursuing her holy mission of teaching and sanctifying
the Faithful through the ministry of holy priests.
A public novena to the Holy Spirit is to be conducted in all
the churches and chapels of the Diocese beginning Saturday, May
24th, and ending on Pentecost Sunday. A copy of the official novena
prayer follows.
This letter is to be read at all the Masses on Sunday, May 25th,
and appropriate announcements made on Pentecost Sunday. The col
lection is to be forwarded to the Bishop’s Office within ten days.
Ry order of the Most Reverend Bishop,
ROLAND T. WINEL
Chancellor
PENTECOSTAL NOVENA
“The charity of God is poured forth in our, hearts by the Holy
Ghost, Who is given to us.” (Rom. V. 5).
“Your Father from heaven will give the good Spirit to them
that ask Him.” (Luke XI, 13).
Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful and kindle in
them the fire of Thy Love.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be created.
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
Let Us Pray
O God, Who by the light of the Holy Ghost, didst teach the
hearts of Thy faithful, grant us by the same Spirit, a love and relish
of what is true and just, and the perpetual enjoyment of His con
solation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for Guidance
O Holy Spirit receive me as Thy Disciple. Guide and enlighten
me. Bind my hands that they may do no evil cover my eyes, that
they may see it no more sanctify my heart, that evil may not dwell
within me. Be Thou my God be Thou my guide. Whithersoever
Thou leadest me I will go. Whatsoever Thou forbiddest me I will
renounce. Whatsoever Thou commandest me in Thy strength I
shall do. Lead me, then unto the fullness of Thy truth. Amen.
Prayer to the Holy Ghost for the seven Gifts received in the
Sacrament of Confirmation.
Leader: O Spirit of Wisdom,
All: preside over all my thoughts, words and actions, from this
hour till the moment of my death.
L.: Spirit of Understanding,
All: enlighten and teach me.
L.t Spirit of Counsel,
All: direct my inexperience.
L.: Spirit of Fortitude,
All: strengthen my weakness.
L.: Spirit of Knowledge,
All: instruct my ignorance.
L. Spirit of Piety,
All: make me fervent in good works.
L. Spirit of Fear,
All: restrain me from all evil.
Let Us Pray
Heavenly Spirit, make me persevere in the service of God,
and enable me to act on all occasions, with goodness and benignity,
patience, charity and joy, longanimity, mildness and fidelity.
Let the heavenly virtues of modesty, continency and chastity adorn
the temple Thou hast chosen for Thy abode. O spirit of Holiness, by
Thy all-powerful grace, preserve my soul from the misfortune of
ain. Amen.
Immaculate Spouse of the Holy Ghost, pray for us.
Imprimatur
May 21, 1952
Devotedly in Christ,
MICHAEL J. READY
Bishop of Columbus
MICHAEL JOSEPHUS,
Episcopui Columbensis.
Parley Lists
Problems Of
Ohio Migrants
Term Education, Housing
Unsuitable for Workers:
People’s Attitude Scored
Problems confronting migrants
from Texas who spend the summer
in Ohio helping with the cultiva
tion and harvesting of crops were
outlined last week at a state-wide
conference in Bowling Green.
The parley, sponsored by the
Consumers’ League of Ohio,
brought together labor and educa
tion officials, farmers, canning
factory spokesmen and representa
tives from the Toledo and Colum
bus dioceses. Taking part in
the meeting was the Rev. A. L.
Winkler, director of Social Action
in the Columbus Diocese.
Speakers at the two day event
noted that 10,000 laborers come to
northwest Ohio each spring to aid
principally in sugar beet and toma
to production. Most of them are
Texas residents and Catholics of
Spanish-American origin.
Lack of education is their chief
problem, a conference speaker
pointed out. It was noted that
many are illiterate, do not speak
English, and have never been in
tegrated into the American way of
life.
Poor Housing Noted
Also lamented was poor housing,
which lacks space, sanitary facili
ties and heat in the fall—factors
which may explain the high tuber
culosis rate. Moreover, it w'as
pointed out that the people in the
community are hostile to them,
wanting them to come when they
are needed and urging that they
leave when the work is done. They
do not want their children in
schools.
It was also explained that there
are no government regulations
guaranteeing a minimum wage.
They do not receive social security
and are not eligible for unemploy
ment compensation.
Somerset Prior
CIO Civil Rig!
The Very Rev. James J. McLar
ney, O.P., prior of St. Joseph’s
Priory, Somerset, and former pres
ident of Aquinas College high
school, Columbus, will be the head
line speaker at the joint Labor
Community civil rights conference
scheduled for the Seneca Hotel,
Columbus, next Wednesday, May
28.
The Rev. A. L. Winkler, director
of social action for the diocese of
Columbus, will also participate in
the program, discussing the subject
of civil liberties.
The day-long program is being
spearheaded by the Ohio CIO coun
cil and its local affiliate, the Co
lumbus CIO council. It is the
fourth such conference held by
the Ohio CIO in recent months,
with previous meetings having
been held in Youngstown, Dayton
and Cleveland before overflow
Father McLarney
gatherings.
Father McLarney is well-known
for his oratory and his speech is
to highlight the conference on
human rights which bears the title
“Living Together in the Commun
ity.”
Joining the CIO groups in plan
ning the program were representa
tives of all the major Columbus
organizations interested in the
fight for full civil rights.
The list of participating organi
zations includes: The Catholic In-
The Catholic Tinies
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, May 23, 1952
Episcopalians Endorse
Released Time Program
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. (NC)
Unanimous endorsement of a pro
posed released-time program for
religious education of New Hamp
shire public school students featur
ed the 150th annual convention of
the New Hampshire Episcopal Di
ocese in St. John’s Church here.
Approximately 175 lay and cler
ical delegates representing Epis
copal churches throughout the
State recommended that the Legis
lature adopt enabling legislation
which would allow school children
time off for religious study.
To Headline
ts Conference
terracial Council, the Anti-Defama
tion league, the Ohio League for
Constitutional Rights, the Indepen
dent Business and Professional As
sociation. B’nai B’rith, the National
Religion-Labor Foundation, the Co
lumbus Community Relations coun
cil, the Columbus branch, NAACP,
ADA, the Columbus Urban League,
the Franklin County council of
churches, and the Social Action
Committee of the Columbus Coun
cil of Catholic Women.
Mayor James A. Rhodes and the
chairman of his recently formed
Columbus Community Relations
council, James Maddox, will be on
hand to greet the delegates.
The morning session will give
the experts in various fields an op
portunity to outline the problems
of prejudice and discrimination as
they exist in the community.
Herbert Evans, vice-president of
the Ohio Farm Bureau, will pre
side at the session.
Topics up for discussion will in
clude unemployment, housing, pol
itics and employment practices.
Rev. Joseph W. Merchant, ex
ecutive secretary of the National
Religion-Labor foundation, will al
so take part in the discussions.
Following the round-table dis
cussion, each panel will report
back to the full assembly, with
suggestions for action designed to
eliminate prejudice and discrimi
nation in the community.
Ray Ross, director of Region 2-A,
UAW-CIO, will summarize the dis
cussions and close the conference.
Paul Shearer, secretary of the
Ohio CIO Civil Rights committee,
and Harry E. Mayfield, president
of the Columbus CIO council, point
out that the conference is open to
all interested individuals and or
ganizations, as well as to delegates
of all CIO Unions in Franklin
county.
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Named To Basilica Staff
VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC)
—Msgr. Primo Principi, secretary
of the Pontifical Commission for
Vatican City, has been named to
succeed the late Msgr. Ludwig
Kaas as secretary of the Sacred
Congregation of the Basilica of
St. Peter. The commission is re
sponsible for the upkeep of the
great basilica.
Candidates For The Seminary
Young men who are to finish high school in June, and who feel
that God may wish them to serve Him in the Holy Priesthood of the
Diocese of Columbus, should make immediate .application, through
their respective Pastors, for admission to St. Charles Seminary.
Time.will be assigned to each applicant for interview and ex
amination. It is important that application be made without delay.
For those who are under financial difficulty, full or partial
scholarships are available. As our Most Reverend Bishop wrote in
his recent pastoral letter on vocations, no young man in the Diocese
who feels that he may have a priestly vocation is to be denied
the opportunity of developing it.
Application for admission to the Seminary is to be made, in each
instance, through the applicant’s Pastor.
Right Rev. Msgr. Paul J. Genn, Rector
St. Charles Seminary
Attending the seventh annual spring conference of the Columbus Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women held Sunday in Newark were (left to right) Miss Marion Swickard, president of the Diocesan
Council Bishop Michael J. Ready Miss Sofia del Valle of Mexico who served as guest speaker, and Miss
Louise Metzger, Diocesan Council secretary. Approximately 1,600 persons attended the meeting.
JI
Archbishop Wyszynski’s state
ment, whose full text has become
available here, does not contain a
single reference that could be in
terpreted as hostile of the present
Polish regime.
The Archbishop admits that, ow
ing to the broad nature of the
Commencement
Exercises June 4
For St. Charles
Fifteen young students for the
priesthood will be awarded their
Bachelor’s Degrees at Commence
ment exercises scheduled to be
held June 4 at St. Charles’ semin
ary, Columbus.
Bishop Ready will confer the de
grees at ceremonies in the Campus
Theatre beginning at 4 p. m.
The Rev. George A. Fulcher,
S.T.D, will deliver the commence
ment afternoon address.
The conferring of the degrees
will highlight commencement week
activities at the E. Broad street
school.
On the same date—at 8 p. m., 56
graduates of the St. Charles prep
aratory school will receive their di
plomas from Bishop Ready in the
school gymnasium.
The Rev. Urban C. Wiggins, A.B.,
w^l give the address.
Commencement Week
Commencement week activities
actually get under way this coming
Thursday, May 29. when the an
nual Junior-Senior Banquet is held
at 7 p. m.
Baccalaureate sermon will take
place Sunday June 1 with the Rev.
Leo R. Brehm officiating.
A solemn Mass of Thanksgiving
will be offered in the seminary
chapel at 8:45 Tuesday, June 3.
At 9:30 a. m. the traditional
“raising of the flag” of the class
of 1953 will take place on the
South Campus. The day’s activities
will close with the Borromean’s
Festival of Song in the dining hall
at 7:45 p. m.
Graduates of the Prep School
will be guests at this event
NEWSPAPER DIVISION
1,600 Attend DCCW MeetingYearA$3.00CentsTonPrice
Statement Of Polish Primate
Brings Bitter Attack Bv Reds
Paper Scorns Assurance That Hierarchy Is Living Up
To Their Two-Year Old Pact With State
LONDON (NC) A concilia
tory statement by Archbishop Ste
fan Wyszynski of Gniezno and War
saw on Church-State relations in
Poland has been answered by the
leading Polish communist paper
with a bitter attack on the coun
try’s Bishops and on the Vatican.
Archbishop Wyszynski, who is
Primate of Poland, made his state
ment in connection with the sec
ond anniversary of the agreement
between the Polish government
and the country’s Bishops. Publish
ed in the Cracow archdiocesan
weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, the
statement concludes:
“We (the Polish Bishops) are
making every effort to the end
that the agreement will retain its
obligatory power and that it will
be realized to the fullest possible
extent.”
However, Trybuna Ludu, lead
ing communist daily in Warsaw,
rejected these assurances by the
ranking Polish Bishop as follows:
“The passive attitude toward
anti-Polish plottings of a part of
the Western German clergy and
the Vatican, the failure to settle
the problem of a permanent
Church administration in the west
ern territories, and the tolerance
given to the criminal activities of
some priests: all this is not an ex
pression of an honest fulfillment
of the agreement.”
Nothing Hostile
agreement signed two years ago,
its realization “meets with various
difficulties and is not being accom
plished without friction.” Yet, re
gardless of these difficulties, th
Archbishop continues, the agree
ment “is an important act and has
a positive significance in the lives
of the Polish people. It is an ex
pression of the will of the hier
archy and the government to cre
ate conditions of agreeable coexist
ence and to form a foundation for
the internal peace that is so neces
sary for Poland.
“Signing the agreement, the gov
ernment took the position that it
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Death Claims
Oldest Priest
In New York
NEW YORK (NC) Solemn
Requiem Mass for Msgr. John A.
Nageleisen, 90, chaplain of Leo
House, Catholic hospice for immi
grants, was offered in St. Patrick’s
Cathedral. His Eminence Francis
Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of
New York, presided at the Mass
which was offered by Msgr. Walter
P. Kellenberg, Chancellor.
Monsignor Nageleisen, a priest
for nearly 68 years, was pastor
emeritus of St. Nicholas’ Church
and was the oldest priest of the
New York archdiocese. A native of
Piqua. O., he made his studies at
St. Charles Borromeo College and
Seminary, Carthagena, O., where
he was ordained in 1885. One of
his brothers was a priest and two
sisters, nuns.
He was appointed to the semi
nary faculty shortly after ordina
tion, but failing health forced him
to relinquish this post. Four years
later, he joined a staff operating
missions throughout Indiana. He
traveled by horse and buggy, lived
in the open and slept outdoors at
night. He credited that robust ex
istence with restoring his health
and delighted in teasing the doctor
who had given him only a few
years to live.
He taught at St. Joseph’s Col
lege, Collegeville, Ind., and edited
in his spare time the Messenger
of the Precious Blood magazine
which he founded for the Precious
Blood community. In 1896 he came
to New York and was appointed
assistant at St. Boniface Church.
He became pastor of St. Nicholas’
in 1908—the parish where his bro
ther, the late Msgr. Urban Nagel
eisen, had served as an assistant.
A highlight of his pastorate,
which extended from 1908 to 1937,
was the centenary of the founding
of St. Nicholas in 1933. Patrick
Cardinal Hayes, Archbishop of
New York, and George Cardinal
Mundelein, Archbishop of Chicago,
took part in the observance.
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Will Consecrate Bishop
BROOKLYN, N. Y. (NC)
Bishop-designate John J. Board
man, Titular of Gunela and Aux
iliary of Brooklyn, will be conse
crated on June 11 in Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Church, it has been
announced. Archbishop Thomas E.
Molley, Bishop of Brooklyn, will
be the consecrator and the co
consecrators will be Bishops Thom
as J. McDonnell, Coadjutor of
Wheeling, and Raymond A. Kear
ney, Auxiliary of Brooklyn. The
sermon will be preached by Arch
bishop Richard J. Cushing of Bos
ton.
Also attending the meeting was
Bishop Michael J. Ready of Colum
bus the Right Rev. Msgr. Roland
T. Winel, DCCW moderator, Miss
Jean Fondreist of Dover, council
president of the northern deanery
and Miss Marion Swickard of Co
lumbus, president of the diocesan
DCCW.
The conference, held in St. Fran
cis de Sales Church, centered
around the theme “A Devoted Will
to Catholic Action.”
Discussing Catholic Action. Bish
op Ready told of visiting Mexico
during the persecution and learn
ing the work of the laithy. said
there must be such a devotion to
Two First Masses Sunday
First Solemn Masses will be sung
by two new priests of the Colum
bus Diocese this Sunday, May 25.
The Rev. Robert Emmet Gately
and the Rev. Jerome Kendzierski,
who were ordained to the Holy
Priesthood by Bishop Ready yester
day—Ascension Thursday—will go
to their home parishes for their
first Solemn Masses.
Father Gately will offer his Mass
in St. Patrick s church, Watertown,
Mass.
Father Kendzierski will offer his
Mass in St. Hedwig's church, Wil
mington, Delaware.
The public is invited to view the
remodeled and enlarged quarters
of St. Rita’s Home for the Aged,
1415 E. Broad St. during an open
house celebration Saturday and
Sunday.
Occasion lor the open house is
the official opening of the annex,
which increases the capacity of the
home to 50 patients.
The home is operated by the Car
melite Order for the Aged and
Infirmed and is staffed by six sis
ters, two of whom are registered
nurses. Before conversion into a
rest home on March 6. 1949, the E.
Broad St. building had been oper
ated by the Sisters of St. Fran
cis as s residence for business
girls.
The public will see the entire
facilities, including the new chap
el (pictured above), also the
recreation room and dormitory
in the annex, which faces Latta
Avenue. The old chapel locat
ed in the E. Broad St. build
ing has been converted into an
eight-bed infirmary. The first
Mass was said in the annex last
Sept. 8th. Interior remodeling,
however, has been completed only
recently.
One of the features of the open
house will be a benefit tea, spon
sored by the Friends of St. Rita.
This organization was formed in
PRAY GOD TO
SEND LABORERS
INTO THE HARVEST
Bishop Ready, Lay Leader Cite
Work Of Catholics In Mexico
Catholic Action can mean food and clothing sent to
ravaged countries, reading to a lonely old woman or working
with the underground in countries where Christianity is
banned.
This definition was given^by Miss Sophia de Valle of
Mexico City last week in a talk at
the seventh annual spring confer
ence of the Columbus Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women. The
meeting attended by more than
1600 was held in Newark.
Miss de Valle, leader of the Cath
olic Action movement in the Mex
ican capital, told of religious op
pression in her coun‘ry. She told
how Communion was distributed
by young boys as runners when the
celebration of Mass was banned
how children had been given relig
ious instruction in small groups in
homes and how religious had been
trained in business and iniustrial
places. All this was’ not without
sacrifice for many were exiled: oth
ers lost all their possessions and
many were jailed.
Prayers and a “de’-oted will to
Catholic action” had its effect and
today conditions have greatly im
proved. She urged her listeners to
have an appreciation of the liberty
and abundance of their country
and. in their thanksgiving, to help
others.
Christianity eve" where if we are
to have peace.
He said there were but two out
standing voices today in the plea
for civil rights. One was a political
voice that of the president of tbf
United States and the other wa'
a union. The voice that should
make the plea, he said, was the
Christian Church, but that Chris
tianity seemed embarrassed about
seeing justice done.
Commenting on the National
Council of Catholic Women, Bish
op Ready said it was not a person
al thing but a social thing which
united all Catholic women’s organ
izations in a general council to co
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Completes Mass
As Fire Rages
Through Church
MADISON, N. J. (NC)—The
Rev. Stephen J. Patch had 10
minutes to go to complete the
8 a.m. Mass at St. Vincent Mar
tyr Church here when the 60
foot church steeple caught fire
from a short circuit.
More than 200 school children
and scores of adults quickly left
the structure. Fire engines ar
rived and their crews turned
high-pressure water hoses on the
steeple. Embers flamed down
on the altar and other parts of
the church. A 200-pound chande
lier fell, showering the interior
of the church with broken glass.
But the Mass went on. And
two 12-year-old altar boys. Rich
ard Farrell and Larry Allarco,
stayed at Father Patch’s side
until he had finished. Then Fa
ther Patch removed the Blessed
Sacrament, and the three ran
from the burning church.
Minutes later the steeple col
lapsed on the altar.
Later Father Patch said: “I
had only 10 minutes to go, and
I knew I could make it. The boys
were wonderful and I am proud
of them. They didn’t have to
stay.”
Msgr. John J. Dauenhauer,
pastor of the church and Vicar
General of the Paterson Diocese,
estimated damage at about $100,-
000.
St. Rita’s Home Will Welcome
Public In Two-Day Open House
March. 1951, to give financial as
sistance to the Carmelite nuns in
their care for the aged. The group
has 18 guilds in Columbus and is
headed by Miss Stella Reinhard, 72
Huffman Ave., and Miss Kathleen
Smith, 639 Wilson Ave. Member
ship is open to both men and wom
en in the diocese.
Hobbies and handiwork of the
residents will also be on display
during the two-day festivities,
Mother Elizabeth, superior, has an
nounced.
Visiting hours on both Saturday
and Sunday will be from 2 to 6
p. m.
The Sacred Priesthood
Blessed are those Christian
parents who are able to accept
without fear the vocations of
their sons, and see in them a
signal honor for their family
and a mark of the special love
and providence of our Lord.
Still more blessed, if, as was
oftener the case in the ages of
greater faith, they make such
divine visitations the object of
their earnest prayer.
-From the Encyclical,
“Ad Catliolici Sacer
dotii” of Pius XI.