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Focal point of the observance
will be a Pontifical High Mass at
10:30 a. m.. Oct. I9th, with Bishop
Ready as celebrant. The sermon
will be given by the Rev. F. J.
Baeszler. O.P.. the only living ex
pastor of the church. Fr. Baeszler,
who served the parish from 1940
to 1945, is associated with the Do
minican Foreign Mission Bureau
in New York City.
After Mass, there will be a noon
luncheon at the Neil House for
Bishop Ready and visiting priests.
That evening a reception at the
Neil House will be held for bene
factors of the church and former
parishioners. Mayor Rhodes and
Governor Lausche have been i.i
vited to attend the event, which is
scheduled for 8 p. m.
Another centennial feature will
he a Memorial Hall concert by
Christopher Lynch. Irish tenor who
has won popular acclaim through
radio appearances on the “Voice of
Firestone" program The concert
is scheduled for 8:30 p. Oct. 18.
The three-day celebration will
close Oct. 20th with a Solemn
Requiem Mass at 9:30 a. for the
dead of the parish. The Rev. Paul
G. Corbett. OP. assistant pastor
and chairman of the centennial
committee, will serve as celebrant.
Other members of the commit
tee planning the event are J. J
Peacock, vice chairman, and Mich
ael J. Ryan, sr., one of the oldest
parishioners, honorary chairman.
St. Patrick’s can lay claim to
numerous firsts in its 100 years
existence. It was the first Eng
lish speaking parish in *he city,
the first Io have a bell which rang
the Ancclus three times daily, and
thp first residence of the first
Phhop of the Diocese Moreover,
three of its pastors later became
bichons.
Parish Is Divided
In February, 1851, the Rev. John
Furlong obtained permission from
Archbishop B. Purcell of Cincin
nati to form a new parish. The
congregation under Father Fur
long arranged the time of their
services at Holy Cross Church so
as not to conflict with the Masses
for the German speaking parish
ioners. This method was continued
until the new church was ready for
occupancy.
A year later, Fr. Furlong was
succeeded by the Rev. James
Meagher. The new pastor then
purchased a lot on the northeast
corner of Seventh St. (now Grant
Ave.) and Naghten St. for $1000.
The cornerstone of the Norman
Gothic edifice was blessed on Sept.
5, 1852 by Archbishop Purcell, and
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Its 100th Anniversary
The 100th birthday of St. Pat
rick's parish, second oldest in Co
lumbus. v ill be marked by religious
and social celebrations, the Rev.
John J. Costello. O.P., pastor, an
nounced this week.
a year later, the prelate returned
to celebrate the first Solemn High
Mass in the new edifice.
Fr. Meagher, who was transfer
red to Cincinnati in the fall of
1857, was succeeded by the Rev.
Edward M. Fitzgerald. Under this
young priest's direction, the church
walls were plastered and the in
terior was frescoed with life-size
likenesses of the twelve apostles.
Two new side altars and a large
pipe organ were added.
During his 14-year tenure as pas
tor, Fr. Fitzgerald fostered a tra
dition among the priests of St.
Patrick by visiting men in the arm
ed forces. He ministered to the
sick and dying at Camp Chase dur
ing the Civil War. Also largely
through his efforts, the Sisters of
the Good Shepherd secured a per
manent foundation here, and the
Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis
began their works of charity which
is today exemplified by St. Francis
Hospital.
Pastor Is Named Bishop
Fr. Fitzgerald also purchased the
grounds on E. Broad St., between
Fourth and Fifth Sts. for a neij
St. Joseph's church. He did not see
this project fulfilled, however, for
in December, 1866, Pope Pius
made him Bishop of Little Rock.
Ark.
The priest was consecrated on
Feb. 3, 1867 in St. Patricks
Church, giving the church the dis
tinction of being the first church
in Columbus to have a bishop con
secrated Vithin its walls.
Next pastor was the Most Rev.
Sylvester H. Rosecrans, who arriv
ed in February, 1867. That next
year, the Columbus Diocese was
formally erected and bishop Rose
crans was named its first shep
herd.
Upon completion of St. Joseph’s
Cathedral and the Bishop’s new
home, the Rev. J. A- Murray was
appointed pastor of St. Patrick's.
Father Murray, the Rev. J. A. Ca
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Protestant Ministers Hit
Catholic School Taxation
LOS ANGELES (NC) —Lead
ing ministers of eight Protestant
denominations have announced
their support of a proposition in
the Nov. 4 election which would
give tax freedom for non-profit pri
vate schools.
California is the only state in
the Union which now taxes these
schools. The Legislature sought to
align California with the other
states by passing 108 to 3 a wel
fare exemption freeing from taxa
tion non profit schools operated by
charitable and religious organiza
tions.
In Justice And
In Charity’’
Pope Says The Principles
Of Chris! Must Prevail
In Achieving Unification
VATICAN CITY—(Radio. NC)—
His Holiness Pope Pius XII has
called on the people of Europe to
let bygones be bygones and prac
tice justice and charity in their ef
forts to bring ‘about unification.
Otherwise, he said, these efforts
may fail.
Addressing members of the Pax
Christi movement, the Pontiff re
peatedly summoned Catholics to
make a special contribution to
ward bringing about a true Chris
tion union among states and peo
ples. He said that in e “Cold War”,
just as in war in general, innocent
peoples have not only the right,
hut the duty of defending them
selves against political slavery and
economic ruin.
Pope Pius spoke at a special au
dience in the Hall of Benedictions
of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Pax
Christi members had come to
Rome to hear his message, follow
ing their congress at Assisi.
The Pontiff recalled that for
years peoples and nations and en
tire continents have been seeking
peace. “What would the Church
not give to procure it for them."
he exclaimed.
But, he added, the efforts of
statesmen cause him anguish be
cause the proper atmosphere is
not present among the nations.
The Pope defined the proper cli
mate for the development of Euro
pean union as an “atmosphere of
truth, justice and love in Christ.”
Translated into concrete terms, he
said, this calls for justice, mutual
respect and trust between peoples.
“One trusts his own people so
long as they have not proven un
worthy of such trust.” the Holy
Father said. “The same consider
ation must mark the attitude of
members of the fa mil v of nations
toward each other. Finally, they
must feel themselve united, and
it is there where the Catholic for
ces assume the maximum of their
effectiveness.”
“The Church believes in peace
and she will not tire of reminding
the responsible statesmen and pol
iticians that even present-day poli
tical and economic complications
can be amicably resolved with the
goodwill of all interested parties,”
the Pope concluded.
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Puerto Rico Parade
RIO PIEDRAS., Puerto Rico
(NC)—More than 25,000 Catholics
took part in a Labor Day parade
here marking the close of the
Puerto Rican Holy Name Society
convention.
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Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, September 19, 1952
Canadian Priest
Is Named Bishop
OTTAWA (NC) Msgr,
Alphonsus Harrington, pastor at
I^thbridge, Alberta, has been nam
ed Bishop of Kamloops, in British
Columbia..
He will succeed Bishop Edward
Q. Jennings, recently named to the
new See of Fort William, Que.
Announcement of Bishop-elect
Harringtons appointment by His
Holiness Pope Pius XII was an
nounced here by Archbishop Ilde
brando Antoniutti, Apostolic Dele
gate to Canada.
Bishop Asks
All To Support
Bible Week
Observance Opens Sunday.
Sept. 28, With Solemn
Mass At The Cathedral
In a letter to the clergy of thr
diocese this week, Bishop Ready
asked for full cooperation in the
celebration of National Catholic
Bible Week. Sept. 28 to Oct 5.
commemorating the 500th anni
versary of the printing of the Gut
enberg Bible.
“Solemn Mass. Coram Episcopo.
will be offered in St. Joseph Ca
thedral, Sunday, Sept 28, at 11 a
m.,” the Bishop said, "to open the
diocesan observance of Catholic
Bible Week.
“I have asked the Rev. Doctor
George T. Wolz of St. Charles Sem
inary to act as the director of this
week long celebration,” Bishop
Ready said. “I request all the Rev
erend Fathers in the Diocese to
cooperate with him in promoting
the proper observance of this im
portant event in all our parishes
and institutions. Bible Week will
provide a great opportunity for in
struction on the inspired Word of
God. It w'ill be an occasion for zeal
ous exhortation to daily and prayer
ful reading of the Sacred Scrip
tures.
“There is a vast store of infor
mation to assist you in preparing a
good and instructional celebration
of Bible Week for your people. The
Catholic Biblical Association of
America has mailed to every rec
tory in the country a suggested
outline of a sermon which is to be
delivered on Sunday, Sept. 28.
Other material pertinent to the
commemoration of the Gutenberg
Bible and the celebration of Bible
Week will be forthcoming from
the Biblical Association.
“The Sisters in our parish
schools might be directed to pre
pare special programs in the regu
lar religion classes, informing the
students of the necessity of the
Sacred Scriptures, the importance
they have in strengthening their
faith and forming moral lives, and
the higher, supernatural ideals to
be derived from daily reading of
the New Testament.
“I am confident that all the Rev
erend Fathers in the Diocese will
welcome this opportunity to ob
serve. National Catholic Bible
Week and give it their utmost co
operation.”
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Envoy Praises Peare
Efforts Of Holy Father
TRICHUR, India—(NC) The
peace efforts of His Holiness Pope
Pius XII were praised here by Ned
yan Raghavan. India’s former en
voy to the Holy See. and recently
named Indian Ambassador to Chi
na. Addressing a group of journal
ists, he said. “His Holiness is a
great lover of mankind who tire
lessly works for world peace.”
Mr. Raghavan added that the
Pontiff appreciated India's inter
national prestige.
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Tht Most Reverend Bithop announces the following appoint
ments of the clergy:
Effective Monday, September 22, 1952
The Reverend James J. Carroll to graduate studies In Canon
Law at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
The Reverend Urban C. Wiggins to graduate studies in Canon
Law at the Catholic University of America. Washington, C.
The Reverend Bennett C. Applegate as the Diocesan Super
intendent of Schools.
The Reverend Richard F. Dodd as Assistant Pastor, Moly Cross
Church, Columbus, and Assistant Director of the Diocesan Catholic
Youth Bureau.
The Reverend Robert E. Gately as Assistant Pastor, Saint Mary's
Church, Marion.
By Order of the Most Reverend Bishop
ROLAND T. WINEL
Chancellor
God Used Man’s Hands
To Produce The Bible
(The following is the second in
a series of articles specially writ
ten for the Catholic Times in con
junction with the observance of
Catholic Bible Week, Sept. 28 to
Oct. 5. Father Wolz is instructor
in Sacred Literature and Biblical
languages at St. Charles Semin
ary, Columbus.)
By Rtv. Georg* T. Wolx S.TD.
When the average reader first
undertakes to become acquainted
with the Bible as a whole, instead
of reading snatches here and
there, his first impression will he
that of a bewildering diversity He
sees 72 sections, called books,
which run tn length from a single
page to a fair-sized pamphlet.
Some of these are in prose, others
in a strange form of poetry. Their
authors form a diversified gallery
of figures from th distant past:
there is Isaias, prince of the royal
blood of Juda Amos, a migratory
farm worker Ezechiel, priest of
the order of Aaron Matthew, an
ex-revenue officer John, once a
Catholic Position
Is Hurt By Cabinet
Shuffle In Holland
THE HAGUE (NC) Catholic
influence is generally considered
to have been weakened in the new
cabinet which was finally formed
after a ten-week governmental
crisis.
Headed by Willem Drees, a La
bor party member, who was also
Prime Minister in the last cabinet,
it includes six members of the Peo
ple's Party, five of the Labor Par
ty, two of the (Protestant) Anti
Revolutionary Party, two of the
(Protestant) Christian Historical
Union and one member belonging
to no party.
Catholics hold the posts of vice
premier, minister of foreign af
fairs, education, reconstruction
and housing, administration of
public legal bodies and interior.
One of the features of the new
cabinet, which is the product of
compromises, is that it will contain
two foreign ministers.
A. C. de Bruyn, minister of pub
lic legal bodies, is the first trade
union leader to enter a Dutch cabi
net.
The parties represented in the
cabinet hold together 81 of the
100 seats in the recently elected
lower chamber of the Dutch par
liament. The new government will
present its program on Sept. 16,
when Queen Juliana will open par
liament.
At National Catholic Charities Meeting
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Pictured in Cleveland at the 38th annual meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Charities,
are, left to right: Bishop C. H. LeBlond, cf St. Joseph, Mo., honorary president, N.C.C.C Auxiliary Bishop
Fulton J. Sheen of New York, national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, who spoke
on “The Charity of Christ” Archbishop-Bishop Edward F. Hoban of Cleveland, host to the delegates,
and Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle of Washington, notional spiritual director, Society of St. Vincent de
Paul. (NC Photos)
member of a fishermen s syndicate.
Paul graduate nt the rabbinical
schools. Luke, a physician Mark
former well-to-do man-about-town
Long In Writing
And there is no book which
took so long in the writing its
earliest strands reach back to what
historians call the Late Bronze
Age when Israel was a group of
nomad tribes wandering in the
desert. Its last lines were written
wl en the New Israel, the Church,
had already triumphed over sever
al of those savage tests we call
the Persecutions. How can there
be any unity in a book whose
parts differ so much in length, in
form, in subject-matter and author
ship, in time and place of compo
sition?
There is a double answer to this
question. Before all else, the Bible
is one because, in spite of the di
versity of human authors, God is
the principal author of evtry book
from Genesis to the Apocalypse
He is the author of the Sacred
Scriptures as truly as Thomas Jef
ferson is the author of the Declar
ation of Independence or the man
whose name stands on the title
page is the author of the next book
one opens.
Note we say “as truly as”, not
“in the same way as.” For in this
work God made use of human in
struments—the men we know as
Isaias or Jeremias or Matthew or
John. But these were not lifeless in
struments, like the pens we use
in writing, nor did they write in a
trance or by dictation, as though
the Holy Spirit came down in the
form of a dove and whispered into
their ears the words they had me
chanically to set down. Rather as
free and intelligent instruments,
they were so moved by God’s grace
that they formed with their minds,
willed to set dowm in writing, and
did actually set down in suitable
words those things which God
wanted written. This sentence,
based upon Pope Leo XIII's classic
al description, sums up what the
Church means when she speaks of
the inspiration of the Scriptures.
And inspiration impresses upon the
books the unity of authorship.
Basic Matter
One in authorship, the Bible is
also one in its basic subject matter.
Through all its parts without ex
ception runs the golden thread of
what theologians call the economy
of salvation, or God's* way of
bringing mankind back to Him
self again.
Fundamentally, the Scriptures
are only the development of a
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2 Priests Named
For Special Study
At Catholic Lniv.
In an official announcement this
week. Bishop Ready made known
the appointment of five priests, ef
fective as of Sept. 22, 1952.
Two of the priests are appoint
ed to graduate studies in Canon
Law at the Catholic University,
Washington DC. They are the
Rev. James J. Carroll, assistant
chancellor of the Diocese, and the
Rev. Urban C. Wiggins, assistant
pastor of St Mary s Church, Mari
on.
Father Carroll, son of Mr. and
Mrs Charles Carroll 321 Siebert
treet. Columbus, was educated at
St. Leos Parochial School, St.
Charles Seminary and Mi. St.
Mary's Seminary. He was ordain
ed Oct. 27. 1945 at St. Joseph Ca
thedral by Br-hop Ready. Follow
ing. he was assigned to St. Mary's
Marion, then to Holy Family
Church Columbus, as assistant
and in June. 1950, was appointed
Father Wiggins
to the office of the Bishop becom
ms assistant chancellor in January
1952.
Father Wiggins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry P. Wiggins of Ports
mouth. was educated at Holy Re
deemer Parochial School, Ports­
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Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Year
Bishop Announces Five
Diocesan Appointments
Taking Effect Sept. 22
mouth. St. Charles Seminary, Mt.
St. Mary Seminary, and also at
tended the Pius School of Litur
gical Music for two summer ses-
Fath«r Carroll
sions. He was ordained at St. Jo
seph Cathedral, Oct. 27, 1945 by
Bishop Ready, following which he
worked at the Chancery office,
then was named assistant at St.
Joseph Cathedral. In 1949 he was
named Diocesan Notary.
The Rev. Bennett C. Applegate
is appointed Diocesan Superin
tendent of Schools. Father Apple
gate has been acting superintend
ent for the past year. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Applegate. 329 East
Dunedin road. Columbus, he was
educated in Columbus public and
parochial schools, St. Charles Sem
inary and Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary,
He was ordained by Bishop Ready,
Feb. 24. 1945. A member of the
faculty of St. Charles Seminary,
he has also served as assistant pas
tor at St. Mary's Church, Delaware,
assistant pastor of St. Ladislaus*
Church, Columbus. He did grad
uate study in education at Catholic
University, Washington
The Rev. Richard F. Dodd is ap
pointed assistant pastor. Holy
Cross Church, Columbus, and as
sistant director of the Diocesan
Catholic Youth Bureau, and the
Rev. Robert E. Gately is appointed
as assistant pastor, St. Mary’s
Church. Marion
Diocesan Council Of Catholic
Women Plans Annual Meeting
More than a thousand women
from the 84 parishes of the Co
lumbus Diocese will meet for the
annual convention of the Colum
bus Dioceran Council of Catholic
Women at the Deshler Wallick Ho
tel, Oct. 9.
The convention brings together
members of the many councils in
the 23 counties of the Columbus
Diocese to review past accomplish
ments and to receive renewed in
spiration tor furthering the efforts
of this body of Catholic Women
in the lay apostolate.
The convention will open with a
Pontifical Mass at St. Joseph Ca-
English Church
Bishop Scores
Aussie Paper
SYDNEY, Australia—(NC) A
leading Bishop of the Church of
England in Australia has rebuked
the country’s principal Anglican
newspaper for publishing an edit
orial which contained slighting
references to Catholic laws on mar
riage and divorce.
In a letter to The Anglican, the
Rt. Rev. Francis de Witt Batty,
Bishop of Newcastle, accused the
national weekly "not only of dis
courtesy, but of unfairness.”
"To speak as you do in your edi
torial of the ’eight of hand tricks
of the Roman Catholic Church’
and to print the word annulments’
in inverted commas.” Bishop Bat
ty wrote the editor, "is to be guilty
if I may say so without disrespect,
not only of discourtesy but of un
fairness.”
Bishop Batty declared that.
"Anglicans no less than Roman
Catholics, and secular lawyers no
less than ecclesiastical, recognize
that if there existed at the time of
the marriage some ’cause or just
impediment why they may not law
fully be joined together in Holy
Matrimony,’ then the marriage can
be declared null and void.”
Bishop Batty declared that the
best known instance in which the
Vatican found a marriage was null
was that of the marriage between
the late Duke of Marlborough and
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt. He said
that the marriage was declared
null “on the perfectly legitimate
ground that one essential pre
requisite to a valid marriage
the full and free consent of both
parties—was lacking.”
thedral at 9 a. m., celebrated by
Bishop Ready.
A series of workshops will be
held throughout the day. Among
the workshops will be the follow
ing Religious Activities, led by
Miss Mary Boland, Holy Name Par
ish: Cooperation with Catholic
Charities, Mrs. David Powell, St.
Peter’s Parish, Chillicothe Social
Action. Mrs. Edmund Portisch,
Christ the King Parish Parent
Teachers Associations. Mrs. Henry
Hayes. St. Catherine Parish Pub
lic Relations. Miss Clara Holtzman,
Holy Rosary Parish Duties of Of
ficers of Organizations. Mrs. Alex
ander J. Glockner. president of the
Central Deanery.
Miss Manon Swickard. 1715 Clif
ton avenue. Council president, an
nounced the appointment of Mrs.
Frank H. Amann. 2215 Courtright
road, as general chairman. She
will be assisted by the following
committee chairmen: Mrs. Edgar
Way, registration Mrs. Thomas J.
Murnane. banquet Mrs. Anthony
J. Herold, hospitality Mrs. Leo
Jennings, Zanesville, constitution
Miss Jean Fondriest. Dover, ush
ers Miss Mary E. McAndrews, pro
gram Mrs. Constance Nichols, res
olutions Mrs. Ray L. Woerner,
luncheon Mrs. I^eo Wagenbrenner,
church hospitality Miss Mary Lou
ise Hendricks, special guests Mrs.
Charles W. Scott, exhibits Mrs.
Richard H. Deibel. reservations
secretary. Mrs. Kenneth W. Field,
luncheon reservations and Mrs.
Carl Williams, reservations.
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Honor Former Papal
Delegate To The I. S.
VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC)
A congratulatory letter from
His Holiness Pope Puis XII and
messages from friends all over the
world have been received by His
Eminence Pietro Cardinal Fuma
soni Biondi on the occasion of his
80th birthday which occurred Sept.
4.
The Prince of the Church, who
is Prefect of the Sacred Congre
gation for Propagating the Faith,
served as Apostolic Delegate to
the United States from 1922 to
1933, when, he was succeeded by
the present Apostolic Delegate.
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Pilgrims To Ireland
BOSTON (NC) Archbishop
Richard J. Cushing of Boston will
lead a pilgrimage of some 700 per
sons to Ireland in August, 1953