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Vol. II, No. 21
During the season of Lent,
churches throughout the world
are the scenes of special devotions.
One of the most popular devo
tions shared by the entire congre
gation is the Way of the Cross.
The object of the Stations is to
help the faithful make in spirit
a pilgrimage to the chief scenes of
Christ s sufferings and death. In
1742. Benedict XIV' exhorted all
priests to enrich their churches by
installing the stations so that all
the faithful could partake in the
ceremony and gain the many indul
gences attached to the devotion.
Prior to that time, the Way of
the Cross was limited only to the
affiliates of the Franciscan Order.
There is no devotion more richly
endowed with indulgences than
the Way of the Cross, and none
which enables us more literally to
obey Christ’s injunction to take
up our cross and follow Him.
A perusal of the prayers usually
given for this devotion will show
what abundant spiritual graces
apart from the indulgences, may be
obtained through a right use of
them, and the tact that the Sta
tions may he made either publicly
or privately in any church renders
the devotion specially suitable for
all.
Pictured here is the 12th station
at St. Patrick s church, Columbus.
Father Delauney,
Noted Preacher,
Dies In Portland
A Solemn Requiem Mass will be
aung Monday, Feb. 23, at Notre
Dame for Rev. John B. Delauney,
C.S.C., dean of men and head of
the department of Psychology at
the University of Portland, Ore
gon. who died Feb. 16.
He was known in the diocese of
Columbus for the clergy retreats
he gave here in recent years. On
many occasions, he preached dur
ing special services in St. Joseph’s
cathedral and other churches in
Columbus. In addition. Fr. De
launey conducted retreats in many
of the diocesan high schools.
He was a noted author, educa
tor and preacher known chiefly
for his work in India where he
founded a seminary for native
clergy in Eastern Bengal.
Fr. Delauney was born in France
where he entered the Congrega
tion of the Hely Cross in 1902. He
subsequently was expelled from
his native land during the religious
persecution in 1903. From France,
he came to the United States as a
teacher. Shortly thereafter he
went to India.
Upon his return from India, he
nerved for many years as editor
of the Bengalese, Holy Cross
monthly mission magazine. He
was then appointed to the faculty
of the University of Portland, the
position he held at the time of
his death.
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Take Up Your Cross And Follow Me
Committee Members Named
For Library Ass’n Meeting Here
Committee members for the twenty-seventh Conference
of the Catholic Library Association have been named. The
meeting will take place at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Co
lumbus April 6-10. The theme of the convention will be “The
Commonwealth and the Common Good.”
Committee members were an
nounced by Sister Mary Ruth. O.P..
chairman of the Columbus unit of
tlc Association and chairman of
the local arrangements commit
tee.
Lodging and hospitality will be
taken care of by the Rev. Anthony
Kleinschmidt, Josephinum College
librarian, and Robert Holzinger, as
sociate professor of journalism at
Ohio State University, co-chairmen
of the committee.
Other members of the committee
include Rev. James Kulp, diocesan
ci'iector of the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith. Rev. Ur
ban Nagle. O.P., chaplain at St.
X,"-
Mary’s of the Springs, Sister Laur
ella C.S.C., librarian of the School
of Nursing at Mt. Carmel Hospital.
Also on the lodging committee
aie Sister Dilecta, O.S.F., librar
ian at Holy Rosary High School. Co
lumbus Sister Josephine. O. P.,
principal of St. Francis High
School. Columbus Sister Michelle,
of St. Cyprian’s school, and Miss
Helen Corbett, proprietor of the
Catholic Book Shop.
The members of the Registration
Committee are Mrs, Lee Kelly,
chairman, reference department of
tne State Library Miss Rosemary
Mackinaw, children librarian at
the Mansfield Public Library Mrs.
V Wilshire, assistant librarian at
the Clintonville Branch ol the
Public Library Miss Regina Green,
parish librarian at St. Mary’s
church, Columbus.
Other members of the Registra
tion Committee include Miss Ce
cilia Butler, assistant librarian at
St. Mary of the Springs Mrs. R.
Fitzwater. Association member.
Mrs. Karl Zeller. St. Mary of the
Springs, faculty member and Miss
Alice Saile. Association member.
Information and Membership
Committee members are Sister M.
Candida. O.S.F.. chairman, prin
cipal of St. Mary’s High School.
Coumbus. and vice-chairman of the
Columbus unit of the Catholic Li
biary Association Sister Stella
Maris. O. P., Editor of The Catholic
Book-List and librarian of St. Ca
tharine’s College. Kentucky and
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Philippines Lack Priest*
Latest Reports Reveal
LIPA, Philippines (NC) The
Catholic Philippine Republic has
fewer priests in proportion to the
faithful than such mission coun
tries as India and Japan, according
to the country’s new Catholic Di
rectory. It indicates that while 82
per cent of the Philippines’ 19.500.
000 people are Catholics only 2.500
diocesan and regular priests are
stationed in the islands a ratio of
one priest for every 6,300 Catho
lics.
Ent|oy
Consecrated
i
The ninth American citizen to serve in the foreign diplomatic
service of the Holy See, the Most Rev. Celestine J. Damiano (center),
41-year-old native of Dunkirk, N.Y., was consecrated Titular Arch
bishop of Nicopolis in Epirus and named Apostolic Delegate to
South Africa. Bishop Joseph A. Burke, Buffalo, acted as consecrator
in the notable ceremony which took place in St. Joseph's Cathedral,
Buffalo, N. Y. .Following the ceremony, Archbishop Damiano is
shown (center) with his co-consecrators, Archbishop John F. O'Hara,
C.S.C., of Philadelphia (left), and Auxiliary Bishop Lee R. Smith of
Buffalo. (NC Photo)
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Three Re-elected
To St. Francis
Advisory Board
All members of the advisory
board of St. Francis Hospital were
re-elected lor another term at
their recent annual meeting.
At the same time Sr. M. Ferdi
nand. supervisor of the hospital,
announced that the $100,000 im
provement program is completed.
The program included the installa
tion of a lire sorinkling system,
the erection of the three fire es
capes, installation of doors on in
terior stair wells and the razing of
the old Dispensary Building.
Officers of the advisory board
who were reelected are Joseph E.
Ryan, attorney, chairman, George
Doersam. vice chairman and Law
rence T. Murnane secretary.
The Rex. William E Kappes, Di
ocesan Director of Charities and
Hospitals, is the groups spiritual
adviser.
Other members of the board in
clude Herbert Albers. George Igel,
sr., Jack Jaeger, Edward Moriarty,
John E. Stevenson Walter Schnei
der. Walter Strickfadden and Jack
E. Warner, all of Columbus.
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Heart \ltark Proves Fatal
To Pastoral Review Editor
NEW YORK —(NC)— Solemn
Requiem Mass for Thomas J. Ken
nedy, managing editor of the Homi
letic and Pastoral Review, monthly
magazine for priests, since 1924,
was offered in Holy Name Church
here. Mr. Kennedy died (Febru
ary 4) of a heart attack.
This Warsaw action comes on
the heels of a stepped-up campaign
against the church and parallels
the sweeping legislation passed by
Red Czechoslovakia in the fall
of 1948 and similar decrees passed
in Hungary later.
Both the Czechoslovak and Hun
garian regimes had seized com
plete authority in the administra
tion of the Church in those coun
tries.
They not only demand state ap
pioval for all church offices and
an oath of loyalty, but they have
also usurped the right to transfer
priests from one parish to another.
Polish communist newspapers
slated almost a year ago that the
regime would demand an oath of
loyalty from all new Bishops and
clergymen acting as Bishops. Sev
eral of the new Vicars Capitular
reportedly took the oath of loy
alty before assuming office.
Th* stepped-up propaganda cam
paign against the Church has been
particularly virulent in its denun
ciations of th* Hierarchy. Impris
oned Archbishop Eugene Baziak of
Lwow and the late Cardinal Adam
Catholic Cnnu|M Oppose
I nconditional Welcome^
Bv Queen, Churchill
LONDON —(NC)- When Thbo
communist dictator of Yugoslavia,
comes to London next month he
vill be entertained bv the Queen
at Buckingham Palace, it was an
nounced here.
Winston Churchill, the Prime
Minister, will give a dinner in his
honor at Number 10 Downing
street, his official London re si
dence. Foreign Secretary Anthonv
Eden—who was responsible for
the visit— will hold a lunch for him
and the Yugoslavs will in return
stage a sumptuous banquet for
diplomatic corps. Government and
other British leaders at their own
embassy.
This is more than was expected
when Eden originally announced
that Tito had been Invited here
on an “unofficial” visit. But ap
parently the Foreign Secretary had
gone out of his way to create a
special procedure for the com
munist dictator which makes it
possible for him to be entertained
by the Queen and still have his
visit classed as unofficial.”
According to diplomatic pro
cedure Tito—who has been voted
the title of President and therefore
head of the Yugoslav State—could
not make an official, or state,
visit to Britain before the corona
tion of the reigning sovereign.
Had his visit been official the
communist dictator would have
stayed at Buckingham Palace as
the guest of the Queen.
In preparation tor Tito's Lenten
visit two first-class pamphlets des
cribing his significance and history
have been issued for general cir
culation by Catholic groups in
Britain.
One. “Tito and the Catholic
Church.” by Michael Derrick, as
sistant editor of the Tablet and
N. C. W. C. News Service con
tributor. outlines the dictator’s
practical attitude towards Christ
ianity and particularly towards
Cardinal Stepinac. It is issued by
the Sword of the Spirit, an organ
ization for fighting anti-Christian
materialism.
The other, “The Truth About
Tito," lists his crimes against the
Church, his political duplicity, and
questions the wisdom of the
western help now being given to
strengthen a communist regime.
It is published by the Catholic
Social Guild.
The executive of the Federation
of Associations of Catholic Trade
Unions passed a resolution at their
monthly meeting voicing alarm at
“the unconditional welcome” being
offered Tito by the British right
wing government. It called on
Mr. Eden to make clear to Tito
the concern felt by so many British
people at the totalitarian control
of the trade union movement in
Yugoslavia and at his attack on
religion.
Polish Decree Requires
State Approval For All
Church's Appointments
LONDON (NC) A decree issued in Warsaw says all
Bishops, Auxiliary Bishops and priests fulfilling some of the
duties of a Bishop must have the approval of the National
Presidium, Poland s ruling body. All lower church appoint
ments must be approved by the presidium's provincial councils.
This Polish decree demanding
state approval of all Church ap.
pointments, reported here, follows
the pattern of outright interfer
ence in all Church affairs already
piacticed in neighboring commun
ist countries.
3 he decree also states that the
regime must approve the creation
or abolition of any Church posts
rr any change in their scope. All
persons holding church offices
must take an oath of allegiance to
the people’s republic.”
Sapieha of Cracow were charged
by th* Warsaw Radio with having
"deliberately abused religion for
political purposes hostile to the
Polish people."
Archbishop Baziak. the broad
cast charged, drew “political in
spiration from such a poisonous,
anti-Polish source as the Vatican.”
It added: “His attitude does not
represent an isolated case. On the
contrary he has imitators among
men occupying high ecclesiastical
posts in Poland The Church
Hierarchy is directed against the
national front, against the inter
ests of Catholics.”
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East Germany’s
“Christian Party*’
Shows Red Taint
BERLIN, Germany—(NC) The
complete communist domination of
the Soviet Zone 'Christian Demo
cratic Party” was again evidenced
by a statement here proclaiming
that the party’s task is to remove
“all bourgeois embellishments of
the capitalistic era of Christianity.”
Declaring that “all Christians
can be convinced of the need of
socialist construction.” the party
said its bitterest battle is against
all “hostile tendencies and those
attempting to use Christianity for
camouflaging their propaganda”
against the communist regime.
In the same breath, the party
proclaimed its ndherence to “a
genuine and conscientious Chris
tianity.”
iic catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, February 20, 1953
British Set To
Roll Out Rug
For Red Boss
Catholic Book Week Poster
CATHOLIC^
THE
TRUTH
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MAKE
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FREE
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Hundreds of public libraries as well as Catholic libraries in th*
United States will feature the above official poster distributed by
the Catholic Library Association. The week will be appropriately
observed February 22-28, climaxing Catholic Press Month. (NC Photos)
Communist Party Defeated
In Recent Indian Balloting
Surprising Success Of Nehru’s Congress Party
Greatly Aided By Catholic-Backed Group
By E. J. Antony
(Correspondent, N.C.W.C.
New* Service)
TRIVANDRUM India Recent
municipal elections in the leading
cities of Travancore-Cochin In
dia s most Christian State—have
brought complete defeat to the
communists at the hands of Neh
ru's Congress Party.
In losing its former city strong
holds. the Communist Party in
Travancore-Cochin has suffered one
of the worst election defeats in
its history. So dramatic was the
success of the Congress Party that
its leaders are now talking in terms
of a state general election which
they believe would considerably
weaken, if not destroy, the present
communist strength in the state
legislature.
Observer* her* teid that on* of
th* main reasons for the Red rout
was the campaign waged by the
Catholic-sponsored Anti-Communist
Front, which wes organized after
th* surprising victories of the
communists in last year's general
election.
Another big reason for the com
munist defeat, observers agreed,
have been the no’eworthy achieve
ments of the state government
headed by Catholic Chief Minister
A. J. John, which have helped to
restore lagging confidence in the
Congress Party.
Meanwhile, the Communist Par
ty is frankly baffled by reversals
which have left it in a depleted
condition, with its top leaders de
feated either by Congress Party
men or independent candidates.
The communists' defeat in Al
leppey, Quilon and other coastal
cities is in stark contrast to th*
result* of the last general elec
tions. All these areas voted over
whelmingly in favor of commun
ist candidate* at that time. In the
district of Alleppey, in particular,
the success of the communists was
breath-taking, and was largely re
sponsible for th* Congress Party's
narrow majority in the Stat* Legis
lature.
The recent elections in Alleppey.
however, have changed the whole
picture. Top communist leader R.
Sugathan. who swept the polls in
the general election, suffered a
crushing defeat in his home con
stituency here.
The comunists met another woe
ful defeat at Quilon. known here as
the “Moscow of Malabar The Con
gress Party secured 29 of the 32
seats.
The same story was repeated at
Trivandrum, the capital city, where
the Reds appeared under their new
Catholic U. Dean Named
To Head Canon Law Group
WASHINGTON (NC) Dr.
Brendan F. Brown, dean of the
Catholic University Law School,
has been appointed to head a sub
committee on canon law in prepara
tion for the International Congress
of Comparative Law to be held
in Paris in August of 1954. The
congress will be held under the
auspices of the International
Academy of Comparative Law.
device, the Democratic Front.
In the cities of the Trichur Dis
trict. the downfall of the commun
ists and the resurgance of the Con
gress Party were especially note
worthy. In the five municipal
councils of Mattancherry. Ernaku
lam, Alwaye, Parur and Innjalaku
da. the Congress Party vas return
ed with a two-thirds majority.
Meanwhile, the Kerala Socialist
Party, one of the two Marxist
groups which joined hands with
the communists to form the United
Leftist Front of the last general
election, was completely routed in
the district.
In the city of Trichur itself. 29
of the 32 seats were secured by
Congress Party candidates. The
Communist Party managed to get
only a single seat while the last
Elections it secured about 7.000
more votes than the Congress
group.
DOVER—For the second year in
a row. a St. Joseph’s High School
student has won first prize in the
annual Tuscarawas County Tuber
culosis and Health Association es
say contest.
Jeri May Fete, daughter of Mr.
anil Mrs. Norbert J. Fete of Front
st.. Dover, won $15 for her paper
which will he entered in a state
contest. She was awarded the prize
by Walter Fagley. treasurer of the
association.
The seconu place winner was a
Tuscarawas High School student
and third place went to another St.
Joseph’s student. Patricia Henry.
7nefi papers, too. will be entered
in the state contest.
The first of these appeals, in be
half of the Indiah and Negro Mis
sions of the United States will be
made the first Sunday of Lent.
February 22. This is in accordance
with a prescription of the Third
Plenary Council of Baltimore.
The Diocete of Columbus will
share directly in the fruit* of this
general collection for the Indians
and Negroes of the country, there
being approximately SC,000 Negro
es in the Diocese, two per cent of
whom are Catholic. They are be
ing served chiefly by St. Dominic
and St. Cyprian parishes in Co
lumbus.
Nationally, the “priestless coun
ties” of the South, notably
Georgia and Mississippi, will be
aided by the collection as well as
the Indian missions in the West
and those to the Eskimos in Alas
ka.
The personel of the Indian Mis
sions numbers 222 priests, 519 Sis
ters. 86 brothers and 100 lay cat
echists. Under “Negro Missions”
are entire counties in the South
and West which depend almost en
tirely on this collection for their
yearly support. Their personnel
is made up of many Diocesan
priests and religious orders who
are devoted solely to the work of
converting the Negroes of the
United States.
Here in the Diocese of Colum
bus the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Bishop Read} Will Confirm
At Two Newark Parishes
NEWARK The Sacrament of
Confirmation will be conferred by
Bishop Ready in this city’s two
parishes Sunday Feb 22.
The ceremony will take place
in St. Francis de Sales church at
3:00 p.m. and at Biessed Sacrament
church at 7:30 p. m.
Dover Girl Wins TB Essay Contest
There were 23 entries from the
schools in the county.
Background information for the
essay was provided by Paul Mico,
health educator employed by the
Association. It consisted of a TB
nu.vie. an address, distribution of
literature, a field trip to the Tus
carawas County Sanitorium and
free miniature chest X-rays for stu
dents at Union Hospital.
Miss Fete’s winning essay was
entitled. “What TB Means to Me.”
In it, she brought out the fact that
tuberculosis is a social disease
and that extreme precautions
should be taken to avoid contrac
tion of the killer.
The Catholic Time*
In Every
Catholic Home
Price Tan Cants $3.00 A Year
Poor Of World
Wait On A our
Lenten Charity
Annual Diocesan Collections To
Bring Relief To Needy Millions
The traditional Diocesan Lenten appeals were announced
this week by Bishop Ready in a letter to all pastors of the
Diocese. The three collections will be taken up in all the
churches and chapels of the Diocese on the first, second and
fourth Sundays of Lent. They are the collections for Indian
and Negro missions, the Peter-
Pence and the Bishops’ Emergency
Relief Fund. Two other special
appeals were made by the Bishop
to the grade school and high school
children of the Diocese.
Noting that it is a “tradition
in the Diocese to set aside three
Sundays in Lent for special col
lections and the giving of alms.”
the Bishop emphasized that this
“is a pious practice which should
assist all in observing well this
season of mortification and char
ity.”
Mi-sioner- dexotp their efforts to
thi- work in St Cyprian and St
Dominic parishes. Their zealous
labors aided by the prayers and
contributions of the devoted peo
ple of the Diocese accounted for
the baptism of 44 converts during
the past year.
Inquiry classes are offered every
evening during the week and the
Missioners report a notable in
crease in the number of young
people, principally high school stu
dents. who come for instructions.
At present one hundred non
Catholic children are attending St
Dominic school while 97 are en
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Major Faiths
Hit Indecent
Literature
MANCHESTER. N. fNC)
Members of the three major Re
ligious faiths have united in a
statewide campaign against ob
scene literature.
Bishop Matthew F. Brady of
Manchester issued instructions for
all New Hampshire Catholics to
face the problem The New Hamp
shire Council of Churches an
nounced,that it already had assur
ed Bishop Brady “that it will
gladly provide representatives to
meet with those from his diocese,
leadei s of civic groups, educational
and law enforcement authorities,
to determine way- and means of
dealing with this great problem.”
In a special letter sent to all
Protestant clergy the council ex
pressed the hope ‘that Jewish,
Catholic and Protestant people
might unite in an endeavor to re
place the indecent literature with
decent publications.”
The letter pointed out: “Bishop
Matthew F. Brady expressed the
'ame hope recently when he desig
nated this as Catholic Bible Week
The state council is convinced
that this vicious traffic reaches in
communities all over the state al
though most decent people least
expect it to be true of their own.
The council therefore urges each
minister to acquaint his people
with the possibility of this evil be
ing present in their community.”
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She outlined the general safety
rules as set down by the TB asso
ciation:
1. Get plenty of sleep, at least
eight hours.
2. Don’t get overtired.
3 Eat the proper foods. Cut
down on these malts and that
candy.
4 Observe the rules of cleanli
ness. Be especially careful in re
gard to the use of public lavator
ies.
5. Last, but not least, have an
annual physical checkup, including
a chest X-ray.
Result The “Tubercle Bacillus”
will be a foreigner in our domain.