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VOL. n, No. 5
Miss Sullivan
1000 To Attend Retreat
Movement Conference
Ten Sessions Scheduled
Some 1000 delegates and guests are expected next week
end for the Ohio Regional Conference of National Laywomen’s
Retreat Movement which opens Saturday, Nov. 8. at the Desh
ler-Wallick hotel, Columbus.
The two-day meeting will open with registration Satur
day at 9 a. m., followed by three general sessions at 10:30
a. m., 2 p. m. and 4 p. m. The day will be climaxed by a din
ner, open to both men and women, at 7 p. m.
Highlight of the Sunday agenda J-»---------------------------------------•—
will be a Solemn Mass Coram Pan
tifice at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph Ca
thedral with Bishop Ready deliver
ing the sermon. His topic will be
“Retreats and the Apostolate in
the Diocese.’’
Sunday Luncheon
Bishop Ready will also preside
at the luncheon to follow at the
Deshler where the delegates will
hear the Right Rev Msgr. Paul J.
Glenn, Rector of St. Charles col
lege, guest speaker. Msgr. Glenn
will discuss ‘Retreats and the So
cial Apostolate.”
A total of ten sessions will take
place during the two days with out
standing clerical and lay speakers,
both national and local, explaining
the purposes and advantages of the
retreat movement (the name given
to the rapidly growing interest in
retreats among both men and wo
men).
Concurrent Panels
After tne luncheon at the Desh
ler Sunday, the delegates will at
tend three concurrent panels at
the hotel at 2:30 p. m. The scene
will shift back to the Cathedral at
4:30 p.m. where a Holy Hour will
close the Conference.
Sermon at that time will be de
livered by the Rev. Leo C. Byrne of
St. Louis, national moderator of
the Movement, who will present a
summation in his address on “Re
treats and the Lay Apostolate.”
Members of the Religious Activ
ities Committee of the Columbus
Diocesan Coun
cil of Catholic
Women will
join national of
ficers and dele
gates from
many Ohio re
treat centers for
the convention.
National offi
cers here for
the occ a s i o n
will include
Catherine Bau­
er, president, and Mary Jane Sulli
van, executive secretary, both of
St. Louis, and Mrs Mary Wilhere,
Philadelphia, past national presi
dent.
Extend
Greetings
will extend the
Miss Bauer
greetings of the
national group
at the opening
session Sat u r
day, will serve
as chairman of
the dinner Sat
urday evening
and will speak
at one of Sun
day’s panels.
Mrs. Wilhere
will chairman
Saturday’s sec
ond session, wd
will take part in
Miss Bauer
e Miss Sullivan
one of Sunday’s
panels.
Both Miss Baueu.and Miss Sul
livan are retreatants at the Cen-
a 1 e Retreat
House for Wo
men in St. Lou
is. Miss Bauer
is past presi
dent and Miss
Sullivan present
head of the Cen
acle Retreat
Lea gue which
represents some
1800 women
who make a
closed retreat
Mrs. Wilhere
at least once every two years at
the Cenacle.
Namn Added
New names are now being added
to complete the list ol panelists for
the two-day Conference. Among
those already slated as partici
pants are the Rev. Francis F.
Brown. Director of Retreats at
Steubenville, O. and Norma A.
Pacer, of the Monastery of the Pre
cious Blood, Bellevue, O. Both will
Bishop Ready will offer a
Thursday, Nov. 6, Pontifical Re
quiem Mass in Saint Joseph Ca
thedral at 9:00 A.M. for the
deceased Bishops and Priests of
the Diocese of Columbus. The
Absolution for the Dead will be
given immediately following the
Mass.
Since this solemn function is
celebrated within the Octave of
the Feast in Commemoration of
the Departed Faithful, the Cler
gy and their people are request
ed to attend and to participate
in the sacred ceremonies of the
Church petitioning God's mercy
on the shepherds of souls who
have devotedly served the chil
dren of God on earth and now
are departed for their eternal
rest in the peace of Christ.
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discuss “Retreats and the Aposto
late in the Parish.”
Other participants at the Confer
ence will include the-Rev. Thomas
A. Sabrey, of St. Charles college,
Columbus, and Diocesan Consult-
ant for Religious Activities: the
Very Rev. Msgr. Francis P. Johns,
of the Diocesan Retreat House,
Cleveland Mrs. J. M. Thompson,
Steubenville, and Mrs. C. Stedman,
Sandusky.
Organized in '36
The NLRM itself was organized
in 1936 in Chicago at a meeting of
delegates from 13 permanent re
treat houses. Today, it is composed
of 57 permanent and seasonal re
treat houses throughout the United
States and Canada, plus several
hundred individual members. Its
purpose is to spread the practice
of, apd opportunities for, closed
retreats for lay women.
The Columbus Diocesan Retreat
House for men and women, the
Shrine of the Little Flower in
Reynoldsburg, became affiliated
with the NRLM in 1945. Opened
some 25 years ago. the two-story
building provides private accommo
dations for about 35 retreatants. The
Shrine is directed by the Rev. Ed
ward F. Healey and promotes ap
proximately 20 retreats for women
yearly.
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Annual Rites
Slated Sunday
At Cemeteries.
Bishops Ready, Hettinger
To Preside At Services
For Faithful Departed
The souls of the faithful depart
ed will be remembered Sunday
(Nov. 2) in the annual Cemetery
Sunday ceremonies at St. Joseph’s
and Mt. Calvary cemeteries, Colum
bus, presided over by Bishop Ready
and Bishop Edward G. Hettinger,
Auxiliary of the Diocese.
The services will begin at 3 p.
m. at both cemeteries with Bishop
Ready presiding at Mt. Calvary and
Bishop Hettinger at St. Joseph’s.
The St. Charles Seminary choir and
the Pontifical College Josephinum
choir will sing at Calvary and St.
Joseph’s respectively.
In the official announcement of
the Cemetery Sunday observances
from the Chancery, “similar devo
tions in the Parish Cemeteries
throughout the Diocese” were rec
ommended.
Pastors were also asked to “urge
their people to participate in
these pious exercises for the eter
nal repose of their departed breth
ren in the peace of Christ.”
Master of ceremonies at the Cal
vary services will be the Right
Rev. Monsignor Roland Winel,
Chancellor: the Rev. George Ken
nedy. pastor of St. Agatha church,
will be deacon and the Rev. J. Ar
nold Favret, pastor of Our Lady of
Victory church, will be subdeacon.
Other officers at Mt. Calvary
will be the Rev. Leo Benedetti, as
sistant at Our Lady of Victory,
cross bearer the Rev. Wayne Mey
er, assistant at Sacred Heart
church, and the Rev. Robert Klee,
assistant at Holy Rosary church,
acolytes.
The Rev. Edward Hudacek. as
sistant at St. Mary Magdalene
church, thurifer the Rev. Robert
O’Brien, assistant pastor of St.
Agatha church, holy water, the
Rev. Hugh Murphy, St. Charles col
lege, mitre bearer the Rev. Wil
liam Patterson, assistant pastor of
St. Mary church, book bearer the
Rev. Jerome Kendzierski, assistant
pastor of St. John the Evangelist
church, candle bearer.
Master of Ceremonies at the St.
Joseph services wiU be the Rev.
George Schorr, vice-chancellor the
Rev. Albert Kessler, pastor of Cor
pus Christi church, will serve as
deacon and the Rev. Paul Hammer,
pastor of St. Paul church, Wester
ville, as subdeacon.
Other officers will be the Rev.
James Kulp, Diocesan Director of
the Society for the Propagation of
the Faith, cross bearer the Rev.
George Marzluf. assistant pastor of
St. Christopher church, and the
Rev, Kenneth Wise, assistant pastor
of St. Augustine church, acolytes.
The Rev. Richard Dodd, assistant
pastor at Holy Cross church, thur
ifer the Rev. John Simon, assist
ant pastor of Holy Family church,
holy water the Rev. James Gei
ger, assistant pastor at the Cathed
ral, mitre bearer the Rev. Arthur
Dimond, assistant pastor of St.
Francis church, book bearer the
Rev. Robert Noon, assistant pastor
at St. Peter church, candle bearer.
Saturday, Nov. 1, it the feast
of All Saints and a holy day of
obligation on which Catholics
must assist at Mass, the same as
on Sundays. Friday, the vigil, is
a day of both fast and absti
nence. Being Friday, it is a day
of total abstinence.
Monday, Nov. 3, is All Souls
Day. The commemoration of the
souls of all the dead is trans
ferred this year from its regular
date of Nov. 2, since that day is
Ji Sunday. The Church grants
the extraordinary toties quoties
indulgence in favor of the dead
on All Souls Day. This means
that a plenary indulgence may
be gained for the Souls in Pur
gatory for every visit to a
church or chapel from noon,
Nov. 2, to midnight, Nov. 3.
Those wishing to gain these
indulgences, which may be ap
plied only to the dead, must re
ceive the Sacraments of Penance
and Holy Eucharist. On each vis
it they must recite the Our Fa
ther, the Hail Mary, and the
Glory be to the Father six times
for the infenti6n of the Pope.
7000 Attend
NCRL Meet
At Saginaw
Father Schaefer Appointed
As Member Of Board Of
Directors At Convention
SAGINAW, Mich.—(NC) More
than 7,000 persons participated in
the first “traveling convention”
of the National Catholic Rural Life
Conference here, which took
“Christ to the country” from this
Saginaw Valley hub to communi
ties 15, 75 and 200 miles away.
Ten Bishops, 350 priests, 350
nuns, and lay delegates from 19
States and the District of Columbia
attended.
Fr. Schaefer Elected
The Rev. Julian J. Schaefer,
pastor of St. Mary’s Church,
Lancaster, and Diocesan Direc-’
tor of Rural Life, was elected
a member of the board of di
rectors of the National Cath
olic Rural Life Conference at
the convention in Saginaw,
Mich.
Msgr. Luigi G. Ligutti, NCRLC
executive secreary, described aims
of the movement as including "a
normal percentage of Catholic
farmers” on the land. Currently,
only 8 per cent of Catholics are
reported living on the land, com
pared to 15 per cent of non-Catho
lies.
“We advocate decongestion of
metropolitan living and working,”
he said, but especially “deconges
tion of family living.”
A distinguished service plaque
was presented to Bishop William
T. Mulloy of Covington, Episcopal
Advisor to the NCRLC.
Msgr. Edward E. Swanstrom, ex
ecutive director of War Relief
Services National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, back from a 25,
000-mile world tour, said that on
this side of the Iron Curtain there
are now 32 million refugees.
Students Attend
High school students from
throughout the Saginaw area par
ticipated in special workshops.
Easily one of the most popular
delegates was Msgr. G. J. (“Alfalfa
George”) Hildner of Villa Ridge,
Mo., first treasurer of the NCRLC
when it was founded 30 years ago
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The Catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, October 31, 1952
U.S. Catholic
Population Up
47% Since ’36
Han Increased More Than
Twice Am Fast A* Gen‘1
Population In 16 Years
PHILADELPHIA—(NC)—A sur
vey by an advertising firm here in
dicates that the Catholic population
of the United States has grown
more than twice as fast as the
general population since 1936
Between 1936 and 1952. accord
ing to figures compiled by the R.
W. McCamey Company, the num
ber of Catholics in the country in
creased 47.6 per cent, from 19,
914.927 to 29,240.343. During the
same 16-year period Census Bur
eau figures show, the overall pop
ulation increase was 22.0 per cent.
In 1936 Catholics made up 15.6
per cent of the total population
Bq 1952, the survey showed, they
accounted for 19 5 per cent of the
population and 32.8 per cent of all
persons with religious affiliations.
By far the largest proportional
Catholic increases were in Western
states which have a relatively low
percentage of Catholics. Largest
was in Pacific states where the
Catholic population went up 122.9
per cent.
Smallest percentage gains were
made in New England, the area
which has the highest proportion
of Catholics.
The following table shows the
survey’s finding for each region:
Percentage
increase
Catholic
per cent
of Catholic
of total peculation
Area Population 1936-1952
New England 42.0 24.6
Middle Atlantic 29 5 36 1
South Atlantic 4.5 57.1
East No. Central 22.5 484
East So. Central 3.6 40.9
West No. Central 16.0 28.7
West So. Central 16.2 77.2
Mountain 183 57.6
Pacific .......... 18.3 122.9
Total ............ 19.5 47.6
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Osservatore
Scores Article
In Magazine
VATICAN CITY (Radio. NC)
“Fantastic” statements in a Rome
magazine concerning the financial
resources of the Holy See were de
nounced by Osservatore Romano,
Vatican newspaper.
The statements appeared in an
article in Oggi. illustrated weekly,
which dealt with the administra
tion of Vatican finances through
an organization called “Religious
Works.” The article claimed that
the Vatican’s gold reserve amount
ed to eleven and one-half billion
dollars, or about triple that of the
Bank of England.
The magazine is not considered
to have any pronounced political
leanings, but Paese Sera, a com
munist daily, quickly exploited the
article for anti-Vatican propaganda
purposes,
Osservatore Romano referred to
the Oggi article as one of “extreme
levity and superficiality.” It de
nounced the statements regarding
the Vatican’s finances as “fatuous”
and added that “the suppositions
taken up and developed by Paese
Sera are completely fantastic.”
“It would not be worth while to
take notice of such ridiculous and
calumnious malice,” Osservatore
said, “if it were not aimed at dis
crediting the Holy See and its mul
tiple charitable enterprises in the
eyes of public opinion.”
Music Festival Plans Begin
w
Representatives of Diocesan high schools gathered this past
week to begin plans for the annual diocesan music festival to be
held at the Hartman Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 23, beginning at 3
p. m. Plans this year include the appearance of a 250 voice chorus
under the direction of Mr. John Youkman, choir director and or
ganist at the Cathedral of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Members of the
committee, pictured above are, left to right, standing: Patrick Walsh,
Holy Family William Specht, St. Charles. Bottom row: Nancy
Lacher, Our Lady of Victory James Barr, Aquinas, and Barbara
Igel, St. Mary of the Springs.
A Diocesan-wide drive to enroll
Catholic men into the ranks of the
Holy Name society has been set
for November, it was announced
this week by the Executive Board
of the Columbus Diocesan Holy
Name Union after a meeting last
week at St. Christopher’s hall.
According’ to William H. Mc
Grath, 2633 Coventry road, general
chairman, the enrollment will take
place in each parish on the partic
ular Sunday of the month observed
as Holy Communion Day. The goal
is to have "every Catholic man a
Holy Name man.”
To further the plan, the vice
presidents of the Holy Name so
cieties of each parish have been
requested to appoint a committee
of ten persons to contact all non
members of the society and urge
them to enroll.
Questionnires have been forward
ed to the spiritual directors of all
parish units requesting data on
the present membership and the
number of non-members. Enroll
ment cards also will be distributed
throughout each parish.
Vice-chairmen working with Mr.
McGrath in carrying out the dioce.
san wide membership enrollment
are Charles E. Leach. 783 Berkeley
road. John A. McAndrews. 1936
Fairmont avenue, and Henry A.
Reinhard. 2540 Abington road, all
past presidents of the Diocesan
Holy Name Union.
An assisting committee is com
posed of Louis F. Von Ville, 774
East Brighton road, Arthur F.
Wolfrom. 2712 Coventry road. Ed-
Bishop Sheen Will
Return To WTVN
Tuesday. Nov. 18
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen’s “Life is
Worth Living” television series,
will return to WTVN on Nov. 18.
The program will be seen and
heard over the Dumont net
work on Tuesday evenings from 8
to 8:30 p. m. EST.
Bishop Sheen is Auxiliary of Neu
York and national director of the
Society for the Proportion of the
Faith in the United States.
Admiral Corp, announced that
it has signed for a series of 26 tele*
casts from November to May. It
stated its expenditure for the ser
ies would be one million dollars.
This, it said, will cover the tele
vision costs and a donation to Mis
sion Humanity, Inc., a philanthrop
ic agency set up by Bishop Sheen
some time ago to aid the needy in
mission lands
Mission Humanity aided some 53
million aged. sick, orphans and
leners during the past year. The
philanthropic agency provides sup
port for 3,135 dispensaries, 1,115
hospitals. 284 homes for the aged
and 219 leprosaria in various mis
sion lands.
Bishop Sheen personally ill
not receive any remuneration from
the telecasts.
Religion Will Be Stressed
In Ohio Sesquicentennial
Two Archbishops and four Bishops were among those present at the two-day meeting of the
Ohio Catholic Welfare Conference in Cincinnati last week. Pictured above, left to right, they are
Bishop George J. Rehring of Toledo Coadjutor Bishop Emmet M. Walsh of Youngstown Archbishop
Edward F. Hoban, Bishop of Cleveland Archbishop Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati Bishop Michael J.
Ready of Columbus Bishop John K. Mussio of Steubenville.
Diocesan Holy Name Union Sets
Month-Long Membership Drive
Make “Every Catholic Man A Holy Name Man" Is Goal
Of Campaign Scheduled For November
ward Seidel, 167 West Cooke ave
nue, John L. Rodenfels, 3U0
Broadmoor avenue. Edward P.
Wolf, 536 Townsend avenue, and
John B. Hgnnessey, 3493 Eisen
hower road.
The Rev. Albert E. Culliton.
1337 'Thornwood place, pastor of
St. Christopher Church, is dioce
san director, and Joseph E. Trit
schler, 1040 Elmwood avenue, dio
cesan president. Other officers in
clude William H. McGrath, vice
president, Edward P. Wolf, secre
tary, and Gustavus C. Grodrian.
treasurer.
Stat* Circulation
Bishop Ready wrote the article
at the request of the publishers,
the Columbus Building and Con
struction Trades Council. The
Journal has state-wide circulation.
In the essay, the Bishop noted
that the great Church has stood as
a Columbus landmark for nearly
85 years. It represents a noble
achievement of the local building
trades of the last century.
“The chancery offices and the
rectories completed a year ago, are
thoroughly modern in plan and
construction.” the Bishop wrote.
“Yet the entire set of buildings
constitites not only a physical unit
-but an artistic whole. The old and
the new are blended in a single
piece of construction which shows
the qualities of something time
less.
“Timelessness or eternity.” he
continued, “is the historic sugges
tion of every Cathedral. It is not
alone that the edifice is usually
made of enduring stone, or that
the great Cathedrals of Christen
dom have stood for centurie out
lasting most of the civic and in
dustrial monuments of mankind.
It is rather that their meaning is
the love and service of the Eternal
God, and their purpose the inspir
ing of men to achieve the everlast
ing hanpiness of heaven.
Cathedral's Significance
“Rightly to understand the sig
nificance of a Cathedral and to
appreciate its place in a commun
ity. one must envision the days
when, in Belloc’s phrase, “Chris
tianity was Europe and Europe
was Christianity.” It was then that
the magnificent diocesan Church
es were built Chartres, Seville,
Salisbury, Milan, Notre Dame and
the rest.—which still command the
admiration and awe of modern
men. even of those who miss their
full meaning and regard them on-
Appeals For Help
For Filipinos Hard
Hit By Typhoon
MANILA (NC)—An appeal for
food, clothing and other relief
needs was made by Bishop Flavi
ano Ariola of Albay in the wake of
a tropical typhoon that tore
through the Central Philippines
causing a heavy loss of life and
property damage
Bishop Ariola, who made his
appeal in Manila, reported that
the work of the churches in his
diocese and that of Sorsogon were
ripped off and that most of the
people’s homes were destroyed
and crops wiped out.
A preliminary Red Cross esti
mate placed the number of dead
at 370, with 2,000 persons missing
and hundreds injured. The Central
Philippines were hit last December.
Bishop Pens Cathedral Article
For* Building Trades Journal
A feature article on St. Jos
eph’s Cathedral by Bishop Ready
appears in the 1952 issue of the
Columbus Building Trades Journal,
which also has devoted its cover to
an architectural drawing in color
of the Cathedral and the Diocesan
buildings.
ly as triumphant expressions of
art and architecture.
“These Cathedrals,” the Bishop
added, “are far more than tech
nical and artistic masterpieces.
They are more than evidences of
consummate skill in building and
of a sense of beauty which seems
largely lost in our day. They ex
press—and they were designed to
express the true purpose of
man’s existence on earth, which is
to know, to love, and to serve God.
and by His aid. to attain the un
ending joy of heaven.
“■Everyone knows of course that
a Cathedral is the central Church
of the diocese. It is the Church
which contains the cathedral—the
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Convert
U. S. Ambassador to El Salva
dor, Angior Biddla Duka (above)
who has been received into the
Catholic Church by Archbishop
Luis Chavez y Gonzalez there. A
former Methodist, the 37-year
old heir to part of the Duke to
bacco fortune has served the U.
S. foreign service In posts in
Spain and Buenos Aires. (NC
Photos)
Remember The
Poor Souls In
Your Prayers
Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Year
Birthday Plans
Drawn Up By
OCWC Bishops
The Bishops of the six dioceses
in Ohio, meeting in Cincinnati with
the Most Reverend Karl J. Alter,
Archbishop of Cincinnati, and in
conjunction with the Ohio Catholic
Welfare Conference, adopted a pro
gram for the religious celebration
of the Sesquicentennial of Ohio.
Calling attention to the Third
Article of the Northwest Ordi
nance which insists that religion,
morality, and education must in
their enumerated order be the bas
is for effective government, the
Bishops of Ohio agreed to inaugu
rate their celebration with a Sol
emn Pontifical Mass in their re
spective Cathedrals on the actual
date of admission of the State to
the Union, March 1.
Each diocese will appoint a local
committee consisting of the Super
intendent of Schools, the editor
of the diocesan newspaper, the
president of various diocesan lay
organizations, and representatives
from the religious communities to
formulate its own diocesan cele
bration. A state wide committee
made up of chairmen of diocesan
committees will be organized for
the Ohio celebration
Attention will be called to the
Catholic history of each diocese by
join exhibits of Catholic historical
records, vestments. chalices, photo
graphs of early churches and in
stitutions. especially cathedral
churches and paintings, and by mu
sic festivals and dramatic per
formances.
The Bishop and members of the
Ohio Catholic Welfare Conference
expressed commendation of the
Ohio Division of Film Censorship,
directed by Dr. Clyde D. Hissong.
for declaring that the film “Ways
of Love”, is not suitable for pub
lic exhibition.
The Bishops declared: “Dr. His
song’s courageous stand in this
matter is an indication that the
department is guided by an objec
tive code of morality. This is evi
dent in Dr. Hissong’s statement in
regard to the film that “There is
grave danger that in an unrestrict
ed audience the immature adoles
cents may accept as reasonable the
behavior and the distorted values
of an unfortunate girl."
The State W’elfare Department
was also commended for promot
ing a public consciousness of the
problem of caring for mental de
fectives and the aged.
The Ohio Catholic Welfare Con
ference encourages the authorities
of the State in their program to
increase welfare facilities and for
the continued improvement of
services for the spiritual care of
wards of our state welfare institu
tions.
The Ohio Catholic Welfare Con
ference is an organization to co
ordinate the work of the six Catho
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Clothing Drive
Set In Diocese
For Nov. 23-30
In answer to an appeal by the
War Relief Services of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, Bishop Ready announced this
week that’a clothing campaign for
the needy of Europe and Asia will
be held in the Columbus Diocese
Thanksgiving week—Nov. 23 to 30.
Bishop Ready’s announcement
came after Archbishop Francis B.
Keough of Baltimore, chairman of
the War Relief Services Board,
NCWC. had written that “the tragic
situation of tens of thousands of
persons who escaped from the east
zone of Germany and reached Ber
lin within the past month in
tensified the situation of ref’’gees
in that city.”
“In Korea." Archbishon Keough
continued, “the situation is un
changed. as Your Excellency
knows, and millions of helnless
victims of war will look to Cath
olics of America for help. Out of
China come appeals that are heart
rending.
“In view of these urgent appeals
and a situation which unhappily
has not improved in Europe and
the Far East, it has been suggest
ed that our Bishops might be pre
pared to authorize another emer
gency clothing campaign in their
respective dioceses for the week of
Thanksgiving, November 23 to
30th.”
In making the announcement,
Bishop Ready also said that the
Rev. William E Kappes, Diocesan
Director of Catholic Charities, ha
been designated to direct the work
.in this diocese.