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There** No acaiion From Your Religion Vol. II, No. 45 The photo above records the climax of the Diocesan Develop ment Fund Drive which last week ended in victory when it was announced at the final report that the $2,500,000 goal had been top ped. The grand total reached by the night of the final report was $2,510,122.19. Praising the campaign workers, for their zeal in raising funds for new high schools, a new orphanage and needed mis sion facilities, Bishop Ready told the guests, "This is a victory for Christ. It is a victory made possible by the gifts and sacrifices of Prelate to be Enthronefl OTTAWA. Ont. (NO Arch bishop M. Joseph Lemieux, O.P.. will be enthroned as Archbishop of Ottawa on September 15 with Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti. Apostolic Delegate to Canada, pre siding. Archbishop Lemieux was formerly Bishop of Gravelbourg, Sask. He succeeds the late Arch bishop Alexander Vachon. o------------------- Noted British Jesuit III LONDON (NC) Father C. C. Martindale, 74, the English Jes uit scholar and writer, recently re ceived the Last Sacraments but is now out of danger, it was learned here. Father Martindale has been ill for some time. Sister Keep *. I I T’ e cease fire in Korea won't prod’.icc an immediate .stream of serviceman returning Io their homes in the Columbus area, in fact, a*- 'ii Mark Clark has em pba cd. ti e U.S. intends to main tain i 'a v might during.this ero of uneasy peace. To nd Mrs. Peter G. Deffet of 457 Garden Rd. Columbus. Clark's warning has particular meanine. They have four sens in the ser- im bich mav be a rec ord in the Diocese) and they don't expect all of them together again until July, 1956. The sons, Joseph and James. 22 year-old twins, George, 2L and Thomas, 19. represent three dif ferent branches of the service. All attended Immaculate Concep tion Grade School, served Mass at Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Peace Parishes, and were graduated from Aquinas High Development Drive Leaders Wear Victory Smiles Catholic \bstinenee I niou Sets8lsl Annual Meeting PITTSFIELD, Mass. (NC)— Members of the Catholic Total Ab stinence Union of America will assemble for an 81st annual con vention here on August 10. Main tenets of the union are "to labor for the betterment of the victims of intemperance through religious principles only, to advo cate total abstinence from all in toxicating drinks, to recreate the love of God in the hearts of men and women, who, by their inordi nate love of intoxicating drink, are without that love, and to make reparation to Our Divine Lord for the sins of intemperate drinkers.’’ s Brothers up on the News Jean Rose Deffet, 467 Garden Road, Columbus, has plenty to do with any spare time she might have these days. She has four brothers in the service and keeoing them supplied with the news from home Is quite a job. Jean Rose, a junior at St. Mary of the Sorings Academy, is pictured above in the act of typing a letter to one of her brothers. Pictures of the boys are seen on the table at her shoulder. Pic tured. left to right, are Tom, a navy man George, an army man James, who is with the air force, •rd Joe who is an army medical technician. School. Joseph w ho is sla’ioncd a* Camp Atterbury. Ind will be the first of the quartet to be discbaicod. but that day won't come until some time in October, 1954 He entered the army as a medical technician last October, following two years of study at the University of Day ton. James also attended the Uni versity of Dayton, hut he was sep arated for the first time from his twin brother when he enlisted in the Air Force in January. 1951. James spent a year in Korea as a photographer, and is now stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base in the 814th Operations Squadron. He won't be home until January, 1955. George is now en route to Alas ka with the Third Armored Divi sion. He also attended the Univer sity of Dayton for two years before entering the Army last February MCI many thousands of devoted citiiens of this community." Pictured above as the good news was announced are, left to right, Monsignor Francis Schwendeman, pastor of St. Leo's Church and Dean of the Central Deanery Mr. E. Faber Biggert, general chairman of the campaign Bishop Ready Edward Doyle, drive chairman for Im maculate Conception Parish, which led all others in amounts pledged, and Monsignor John F. Fagan, pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish. Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae Plans Convention in Cincinnati The eleventh trienniel conven tion of the International Federa tion of Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae will be held from Au gust 21 to 25 in Cincinnati, Ohio, with headquarters at the Nether land Plaza Hotel. Miss Eileen Mc Breen ol Cincinnati is General Chairman of the convention. The theme of the convention is "Sharing Our Catholic Heritage in Accordance with the Ideals of Blessed Julie Billiart.” The convention will open formal ly at a meeting at the Netherland Plaza at three o’clock on Friday 12. His Army service will last un til February, 1955. me yuuiigvst son, Thomas, en lisieu in the Navy a year ago. train ed at Whidbey Island oil the coast ol Washington, and is now station eu in Hawaii. neil oe the last to return, as his term of enlistment extends to July. 1956. How does it feel to have four sons in the service? "It’s too quiet around here," Mrs. Deffet explained. "Up until now, we’ve had open house all the time.” She added that there is some solace in the amount of mail from her boys—the postman brings her as many at 12 letters a week. "That means a lot of writing,” she mused. Her husband and their only daughter can assist her in ti».s task. Jean Rose. 16. will be a junior when classes begin again at St. Mary of the Springs Academy. The Catholic Times Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, August, 7, 1953 afternoon, the 21st, and the Court Street Chaptei will be hostess at a reception at the hotel at eight o'clock. At nine-thirty Saturday morning at Mount Notre Dame in Reading, the Right Reverend Clarence G. Issenmann. Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, will be celebrant of High Mass. The feature of the general meet ing on Saturday will be a symposi um at which Father William J. Schmidt. S.J., President of St. Xav ier High School in Cincinnati, will serve as honorary chairman. The presiding chairmen will be a mem ber of the Alumnae of Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. The first speaker will be Miss Sara Jane Ries of the California Federation, whose topic is “The Place of the Catholic Girl Gradu ate and Her Mission Today.” Miss Margaret Kramer, a member of the Illchester Chapter of the Mary land Federation, will follow' with "The Threefold Mission of the Church.” "The Participation of the Laity in the Church's Mission” will be presented by the third speaker. Mrs. Joseph T. Murphy, of the Mas sachusetts Federation. The fourth topic is "The Clergy and the Laity in the Apostolate,” on which Miss Jean McAleer of the Pennsylvania Federation will talk. The fifth speaker, Mrs. Lydia Hart nett of the Washington D. C. Chap ter, will present "The Achieve ments of the Lay Apostolate.” A member of the North Carolina Chapter will be the sixth speaker, and her subject will be "The Sis ters of Notre Dame in the Mission Field.” Miss Marie J. Nerny of our Columbus Chapter will represent the Ohio Federation, and will pre sent the Summary. At three-thirty Saturday after noon. the Columbus Chapter will (Continued on Page 2) Parents Protest Proselytizing In Mindanao Schools MANILA (NC) The Catho lic Education Association of the Philippines has sent a protest to the Secretary of Education com plaining of Protestant missionaries actively proselytizing the public schools of Mindanao. The case cited was that of the Bethel Mission Dispensary in Ma laybalay, Bukindnon, whose per sonnel was permitted to enter the public schools of that town in order to give immunization injections and also to pass out Protestant lit erature to each student injected. Parents of the students complain ed to the school authorities, that while they appreciated the medi cine given to their children, they nevertheless vigorously objected to having their children subjected to Protestant propaganda. The local Knights of Columbus, whose children were likewise in volved, forwarded the complaint to the CEAP after receiving no con sideration from the local school authorities. Cardinal's Disease Incurable NFW YORK Hi« Eminence Aloysius Cardinal Stepinac i« stricken b\ an incurable blood disease but its progre-s can be arrested through modern medical treatment However such treat ment will have less efficacy as long a* the Cardinal is forced to endure the stresses and strains of his present environment. This becomes clear from a re port brought back by two Amen can specialists who at the request of the American hierarch*, flew to Yugoslavia where they examined the Cardinal twice in his native village of Krasic. Dr. John Lawrence. Univer sity of California authority on radioactive therapy, and Dr. John Ruzic. Chicago surgeon of Croa tian descent, confirmed that the ardinal is afflicted with a serious case of polycythemia, a disease marked by an abnormal increase of the red blood cells. Dr. Law rence has been, since 1938, a pioneer in treating this disease. The doctors report stated that the disease can have fatal conse quences unless held in check by the weapons made available by the most modern findings of medi cal science. But both doctors went on to emphasiz.e the im portance ol other factors which although not physical, are related to the disease and have a definite bearing on the effect of the treat ment. Among these factors the doc tors listed the environment with in which the ardinal is forced to live and "his present regime of restraint.” •------------------o------------------ Bishop Sheen Says Russia To Return to God NEW YORK (NC) One day Russia will return to God. When she does, writes Bishop Fulton J. Sheen Auxiliary Bishop of New York, in the August 9 is sue of The American Weekly, "she will become an apostle to the rest of ke world Inevitably. Bishop Sheen ob serves. the day will come when the teachings of Christ and Peter will again prevail in Russia. And. he adds, after Russia returns to the Faith she will lead the aposto late for this reason: "Russia has fire.” She ha« the fire our West ern world lacks. The great shame of the world. Bishop Sheen notes, "is that we (of the west) have truth but not zeal. The Communists have zeal but they have no truth Commun ism is like a fire that is spreading itself over the world and that fire is already in their hearts. Some day instead of burning downward that fire will begin to burn up ward in a Pentecostal fashion. Then it will bring life, peace and joy to men instead of hate, tyran ny. destruction and death.” Bishop Readv Announces New Appointments The Most Reverend Bishop an nounces the following appoint ments: Effective August 4, 1953 The Right Reverend Monsig nor William Robben from Chap lain. Convent of the Good Shep herd, Columbus, to Chaplain, Saint Raphael Home. Columbus. The Reverend Arthur Zuber from Chaplain. Good Samaritan Hospital. Zanesville, to Chaplain, Convent of the Good Shepherd, Columbus. The Reverend Chester Le Blanc from Administrator, Church of the Holy Spirit. Co lumbus, to Chaplain, Good Sa maritan Hospital, Zanesville. Effective August 1, 1953 The Reverend Julian Patter son. O.F.M. Cap. Assistant Pas tor. Saint Joseph Church, Dover. Effective Aug. 11, 1953 The Reverend Robert Roster. C.PP.S., pastor. Sacred Heart Church. Milford Center, and St. Joseph Mission. Plain City. Diocesan School Elementary Se The Diocesan School Office an nounced this week that a drive is underway to obtain additional teachers for the Diocesan ele mentary schools. "Due to rapidly increasing en rollments,” the announcement reads. "Catholic element ary schools throughout the Diocese are in great need of additional teachers. For example, in 1940, there were only 740 pupils enroll ed in the first grades of elemen tary schools of Columbus. This year. 2.000 pupils are expected in the first grades of Columbus Cath olic elementary schools. an in crease of almost 200 per cent. Additional lay teachers are Sister M. Lucia Deku. O P., (above), formerly a faculty member of St. Mary of the Springs College has been elected president of Al bertus Magnus College. New Hav en. Conn. The announcement was made this week by Mother Al oyse. O.P., Mother General of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs. Sister M. Francis de Sales has been re-elected dean of the College. Sister M. Lucia, who has been vice-president of Albertus Magnus College tor the past four years, succeeds Sister M. Coralita Culli nan. O P., who was elected to the General Council of the Congrega tion. Sister Lucia, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deku. of Steuben ville, was born in Wheeling. W, Va. She attended elementary schools in Wheeling and Woodsfield. Ohio, and was graduated from Holy Name High School, Steubenville, in June. 1920. In September. 1922. Sister Lucia entered the novitiate of the Dom inican Sisters of St. Mary of the Compromise Bi 214,000 Refug. WASHINGTON—( NC)—Congress today enacted legislation to admit 214.000 aliens to the United States on special visas in the next three years. It is a compromise agree ment between the two houses of Congress after a request by Presi dent Eisenhower for the admission of 240.000 persons over a two-year period. The House rushed the compro mise agreement through in three minutes, and the Senate enacted it by a voice vote. The proposal to aomit these aliens—most ol them refugees and escapees from Iron Curtain coun tries—has enjoyed widespread sup port, including that of numerous Catholic organizations and spokes men. Last May. the President s recom mendation that an additional 240. 000 aliens be admitted received the unanimous backing of 32 national organizations, in a resolution pro posed by Msgr. Edward E. Svvans trom. executive director of War Relief Services—National Catholic Welfare Conference. Passage of the bill was also urged by the Na tional Council of Catholic Men. rep resenting hundreds of affiliated groups throughout the country. The National Council of Catholic Wom en adopted a resolution recom mending that "Congress enact spe cial legislation that will admit ad ditional numbers of refugees and displaced persons on a non-quota basis, to aid in alleviating the prob- Office Seeking tool Teachers ters. Here is an opportunity for many women who have either re tired or have resigned from teach ing careers in the public schools to serve God and Church by offer ing their services to our Catholic schools, if only for one year. In addition to the financial remuner ation there is the eternal reward which comes to those who dedi cate their talents to the service of God. "Any women who have teaching experience or whose educational background qualities them for elementary school teaching are urged to make application at once to: Superintendent of Schools. needed to aid the teaching Sis- 246 E. Town Street, Columbus 15.” signor Masterson for some time as Diocesan Elementary School Officials Will Enroll 17,700 Sr. M. Lucia Elected President Of Albertus Magnus College c* Springs and made her religious profession in July. 1924. She re ceived her B.A. degree from St. Mary of the Springs College and her A in the classics from Dus quesne University. Pittsburgh, in 1932. She attended Ohio State Uni versity for graduate work for sev eral years and n 1941 she attend ed the Linguistic Institute of Am erica in New York City. In 1945, she received her M.A. in German at Catholic University of America. During her religious life. Sister Lucia taught at St. Thomas High School. Zanesville: St. Francis de Sales High School McKees Rock-. Pa.: St. Thomas High School Brad rirw.k Pa and tne Dominican Vcad emy. New York City. From 1933 to 1944 she was a member of the fac ulty of St. Mary of the Springs College where she taught in the classical language department and was social dean from 1937 until 1942. Sister Lucia came to Alber tus Magnus College in 1948 She taught in the German department and has served as vice-president of the College since 1949. li N\ ill Admit es in 3 Years lems created by communist tyran ny and over-population in Western Europe.” The great bulk of people who would be allowed to seek new homes in the U.S. under the emer gency bill would be persons who have been expelled from or have escaped from Red-enslaved nations. Quotas outlined for the 214.000 immigrants would include 55.000 expellees of German ethnic origin from behind the lion Curtain: 35. 000 escapees of all nationalities now residing in West Germany or Western Austria (these may in clude persons of German ethnic (Continued on Page 2) Father Thomas F. Little a request by the Bishops’ Commit tee and has released Father Little to take up the duties of the post. Father Little will fill an office left vacant by the death last May of Msgr. Patrick J. Masterson. Fa ther Little had served with Mon Pra For orations To The Diocesan Priesthood Price Ton Cants $3.00 A Yoor Xumber of Schools Increase Facilities I o Meet Demands Enrollment in the diocesan ele mentary schools is going to take another big jump this year, ac cording to figures released this week by Father Bennett Apple gate, diocesan superintendent nt schools. Some Iff.700 pupils are expected to pack the Catholic grade schools during the 1953-54 school year, as compared with the 15.584 reg istered during 1952. Schools in Columbus will contribute 1849 pu pils to the increase, with the re mainer enrolled in schools outside the city. St. Mary's, Lancaster, will greet the largest elementary school en rollment in the diocese when 710 children file into 15 classrooms this September 130 of that num ber will be first graders. Dominic an Sisters staff the school. Many schools are finding it nec essary to enlarge their facilities to meet the demands of larger en rollments. St. James the Less parish has a six-classroom under way to meet the rapid influx of pupils. Last year there were only 98 pupils registered in the first grade. This yea«' the pastor. Fa ther James Byrne, PP.S., has ordered 150 new desks, and expects them to be filled by first graders. Total enrollment at St. James should reach 550. The faculty will consist of seven Sis ters of St. Dominic, of St. Mary of the Springs, and two lay teach ers. Holy Spirit school hopes to have two more classrooms added to the present building when the fall term starts. In this parish first grade registration is expected to reach 85 by Sepember and a total school enrollment of 3400 is ex pected to report on opening day. Four Dominican Sisters from St. Mary of the Springs and four lay teachers will form the faculty at (Continued on Page 2 Here's Method For Paving Fund Pledges Campaign headquarters of the Diocesan Development Fund thia week announced methods for mak ing pledge payments, and warned against any home-visiting collec tors. Payments to the Fund may be made in the following ways: 1) By mailing check or money order to Campaign Headquar ters. 246 E. Town St., Colum bus 15, Ohio. Do not send cash by mail. 2 By personally visiting Cam paign Headquarters- 246 E. Town St. 3 Those w ho wish may place the payment in the Parish Church Sunday collection, enclosing either cash or check. In such cases use the return envelope provided for this purpose and enclose the remittance stub along with the payment. Do not make payments to agents who call a! your home posing as collectors for the Development Fund. The Fund has no authorized collectors. Bishop Ready Names Fr. Little To Head Legion of Deeenev Father Thomas F. Little. Brook lyn, N.Y., has been named Execu tive Secretary of the National Le gion of Decency, Bishop Ready an nounced here. Bishop Ready is Episcopal Chairman of the Bishops' Committee on Motion Pictures. Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy. Bishop of Brooklyn, has acceded to Assistant Executive Secretary. Born in New York City. Novem ber 18. 1911. Father Little attend ed the Cathedral College of the Im maculate Conception in Brooklyn, a preparatory seminary, and the North American College in Rome. He was ordained jn Rome on De cember 8. 1937. and received the Licentiate in Sacred Theology for studies made at the Gregorian Uni versity in the Eternal City. Upon his return to the United States in 1938. he attended the New York School of Social Work for a year. Father Little was an assistant priest in St. Fin bars parish. Brook lyn. for njne years. In 1947, he was asked by Archbishop Molloy to accept appointment as Assistant Executive Secretary of the Nation al Legion of Decency, and he was confirmed in this post at the Gen eral Meeting of the Bishops in No vember of that year. Father Little was an assistant priest in St. Finbar’s parish. Brook lyn. for nine years. In 1947. he was asked by Archbishop Molloy to ac cept appointment as Assistant Ex ecutive Secretary of the National Legion of Decency, and he was con firmed in this post at the General Meeting of the Bishops in Novem ber of that year. He actively join ed the Legion's staff on January 1, 1948. While serving in this capaci ty, he assisted with Masses and con fessions in several parishes on week-ends.