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Bishop James Griffiths
To Headline Holy Name
Coliseum Rally, Sept. 13
Bishop Janies H. Griffiths. DI), of New York City, auxil
iary bishop to the military vicar, will be the guest speaker at a
giant Holy Name rally at 3 m. Sunday, Sept. 13 in the Fair
Grounds Coliseum, Columbus.
Catholic men from every parish and mission in the diocese
are expected to attend the rally,
designed to serve as an act of
praising Our Lord, and as an at
tempt to combat the increasing
secularism and religious indiffer
entism throughout the country.
Bishop Ready will preside at the
colorful ceremonies, and his aux
iliary. Bishop Edward G. Hettinger,
will be the celebrant of the Pon
tifical Benediction.
Bishop Griffiths, who is 50 years
of age, is noted as an eloquent lec-
Bishop James Griffiths
turer, a learned theologian and
educator.
The prelale attended St. John's
University, Brooklyn, earning a
bachelors degree there in 1923.
and a Master of Arts degree six
years later.
He also holds two honorary de
grees from his alma mater, and
another from Fordham University,
New York. Bishop Griffiths also
studied in Rome and received a
Bachelor of Canon Laws degree at
the Pontifical Gregorian Institute
in 1925. and a doctorate in Sacred
Theology from there in 1927, the
year of his ordination.
After serving in several New
York parishes, the Bishop was ap
pointed book censor for the Brook
lyn Diocese, the first of tnany im
portant diocesan posts. Later he
was secretary of the Diocesan Tri
bunal, then auditor, and finally
vice-chancellor of the Brooklyn Di
ocese.
In 1943. he was made chancellor
of the Military Ordinariate in the
United States.
Other honors include his elec
tion in ,1941 as president of the
American Canon Law Society, his
appointment the same year as
Gen* Lockhart prepares for his starring role In
Mi Gene Lockhart is a man who
loves his Catholic Faith. He’s a
man who lues his Faith. Those
are two facts that stand out clearly
when you meet and talk with him.
Mr. Lockhart is in Columbus to
head the cast of "The 17th Star”,
the play being staged at the Fair
grounds in connection with Ohio's
Scsquicentennial celebration
The veteran actor made it a
point, on his first day in Colum
bus. to stop at the Cathedral Rec
tory io meet and chat with Mon
signor Harry S. Connelly, pastoi of
Cathedral parish. To Mr. Lockhart,
that is a most important part of
checking into a new locality.
In the course of our interview
with him, Mr. Ixickhart spoke with
understanding pride of his wife.
Kathleen, and his daughter. June.
The father, mother and daughter
are all Third Order Franciscans.
Kathleen, a veteran actress and
tional Catholic Community Service
(U.S.O.).
In 1950. he was decorated with
the Star of Solidarity Medal, by
the Italian government. Last year
he was appointed consultor for the
Archdiocese of New York, and sev
eral months ago he was appointed
a member of the International In
formation Administration, Depart
ment of State.
He was elevated to the position
of Titular Bishop of Gaza and aux
iliary to Francis Cardinal Spell
man in November. 1949.
The yearbook estimated that
Catholics form 19.3 per cent of the
U.S. population while combined
Protestants form 34.7 per cent
Number of clergymen rose from
181,123 to 183.899. Local churches
reached a new peak of 285,277.
According to the yearbook, there
Knight Grand Cross of the Eques are 15 Protestant groups with a said.
trian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. membership of more than one mil- -o
and his election as chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Na­
tion. After the Methodists which
top this list, come Southern Bap-
Love for Faith Is Outstanding
Trait of Actor Gene Lockhart
"The 17th Star".
musics, has teamed up with her
husband many limes on the screen,
radio and, more recently, on tele
vision.
June, ot course, is another ac
tress in her own right, but Gene
talks little ol that these days. The
62-year-old actor can think only of
November when his daughter will
make him a proud and happy
grandfather. June is married to a
New York physician and surgeon.
Dr. John Francis Xavier Maloney
Gene spoke too of his family
background. One famous ancestor,
Sir Gibson Lockhart, the biogra
pher of Sir Walter Scott, married
Scotts daughter and succeeded in
converting her to the Catholic
Faith. Another William Lockhart,
the son of an Anglican minister,
studied (or a time with Cardinal
Newman. Although a firm friend
ship developed between the two,
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Fr. Francis Faistl
Offers Requiem
Mass for Father
Father Francis Faistl offered a
Solemn Requiem Mass in Holy Ro-
sary Church Monday for his father,
Mr. Michael Faistl, who made his
home at 555 Bulen Avenue. Colum
bus. Mr. Faistl was 80 years of
age.
Aside from Father Francis
Faistl, pastor of Sacred Heart
Church. Alamosa. Colorado, Mr.
Faistl is also survived by another
son who is a priest. Father Clem
ent Faistl, a chaplain in Korea,
will be home next month. It was
impossible tor him to be home for
the funeral Mass Father Clement
Faistl was pastor of St. Monicas.
New Boston, before taking up his
chaplain duties.
Other survivors include three
daughters: Sister Mary Benedicta
of the Benedictine Order of Per
petual Adoration. Kansas City Mo.
Miss Mary Faistl, Columbus: and
Mrs. John Brown, Chillicothe and
two other sons, Michael and Paul,
both of Columbus.
Church Membership At
All Time High for U.S.
NEW YORK (NC) Church membership in the United
States, outstripping population gains by two and a half times,
has reached a high of more than 92,000.000. “The 1953 Year
book of American Churches” has announced.
Placing the 1952 figure at 92,277,129, the yearbook re
ported last year s gain as 3.604.
124 or 4.1 per cent. The gain over
population was twice as high as
gains recorded for any single pre
vious year, the Protestant publica
tion stated.
Roman Catholics in the U.S.
were numbered at 30,253,427 with
a 1952 gain of 3.5 per cent. Sec
ond largest U.S. church body was
the Methodist Church with 9,180,
428 members.
(The Official Catholic Directory
listed U.S. Catholics as of Janu
ary 1, 1953, at 30.425.015.)
Combined Protestant growth was
figured at 3.9 per cent with a to
tal of 54.299,963 members in all
Protestant denominations. Jewish
congregations remained at live mil
lion. unchanged from the previous
year.
Next in order of the top six are:
Eastern Orthodox* 2.353.783: Old
Catholic and Polish National Cath
olic. 366,956: Buddist. 73,000.
Statistics are based on figures
submitted by 251 religious bodies
and compiled by the National
Council of Churches of Christ. The
1952 Yearbook will be published
in September.
list Convention. 7.634,493 National
Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.,
4,467.779 National Baptist Con
vention of America. 2,606,289
Protestant Episcopal Church, 2,
482,887 Presbyterian Church in
the U.S.A., 2.441.933: United Lu
theran Church in America, 1.962,
256, etc.
The yearbook figures showed a
Sunday school enrollment increase
of nearly two million or 6.4 per
cent. Children of all religious
groups attending Sunday School
were estimated at 32.638,879.
The Yearbook stated that church
membership in the U.S. has dou
bled in the p«rtt 26 years.
Commenting on the 1952 figures.
Dr. Benson Y. Landis, yearbook
editor, attributed the rise partly
to greatly increased birth rates in
the 1940 s. to “widespread, syste
matic evangelistic programs.’’ and
to “the generally felt need for
guidance in times of international
tension and upheaval.’’
With 251 religious bodies report
ing on membership the yearbook
noted 98.2 per cent of church
member Americans belong to 76 ol
the groups while less than two per
cent ol members belong to the re
maining 175 smaller groups.
The 18 church "bodies” with
1.000.000 or more ‘members ac
count for 85 per cent of U.S.
church members, the yearbook
Released-Tinie
Ok’d for Iowa
Public Schools
DES MOINES. la. (NC)
Iowa’s public school students may
be released during regular school
hours for religious instructions out
side of the school, the State Attor
ney General’s office has ruled.
The ruling was made as the re
sult of inquiries from two Protest
ant groups the Dubuque Council
of Churches and the Lutheran Pas
tors’ Council. The groups disclos
ed that they plan to start a pro
gram for third ajid fourth grade
pupils this fall under which pupils
from two public schools would be
given religious instructions in near
by churches. They asked County
Attorney Robert Oeth of Dubuque,
for an opinion on the legality of
the released time plan and he. in
turn, passed the question on to the
State Attorney General’s office.
Assistant Attorney General Kent
Emery, in a lengthy opinion, said
the board of directors of an Iowa
school district may make provisions
to excuse pupils, on the written
request of their parents, for an
hour each week to attend religious
instruction classes conducted by
non-school personnel at places
which are not a part of the school
premises.
The opinion said that the Iowa
Legislature has deemed it proper
and advisable to encourage atten
dance of children at religious ser
vices and to attend places where
they will receive religious instruc
tion.
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New Colombia Nuncio
Presents Credentials
BOGOTA. Colombia (NC
Archbishop Paolo Bertoli present
ed his credentials here to Presi
dent Gustavo Rojas Pinilla as new
ly appointed Papal Nuncio to Co
lombia. Formerly Apostolic Dele
gate to Turkey, Archbishop Berto
li succeeded Archbishop Antonio
Samore, who is now secretary of
the Sacred Congregation of Extra
ordinary’ Ecclesiastical Affairs in
Rome.
The Catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, August 28, 1953
A Solemn High Mass, Coram
Episcopo, Bishop Ready presiding,
will open the twoday amui
teachers’ and principals’ meeting
Wednesday at St. Mary of the
Springs College. Columbus. Nearly
600 religious and lay teachers from
Dr. Harold Bowers
throughout the Diocese will be in
attendance.
The meeting, based on the theme
“Training of the Religious Teach
er.” will give teachers an oppor
tunity to hear addresses by ex
perts in the field of education, and
will enable them to view the latest
in text book material and school
equipment and supplies. More than
60 exhibits by publishers and
equipment firms will be featured.
Father Ambrose Freund, pastor
of Sacred Heart Church, New Phil
adelphia, will be celebrant ol the
Solemn Mass and Msgr. Herman E.
Mattingly, pastor of Holy Rosary
Church, Columbus, will give the
sermon.
Father Hugh Murphy of St.
Charles Seminary and Father Ben
nett Applegate, superintendent of
schools, will be deacon and sub
deacon respectively. Father Wil
liam Maloney, pastor of St. Aloysi-
Mies Marie Corrigan
us Church. Columbus, and father
Edward McGinty, pastor of St.
Francis de Sales Church, Newark,
will serve as chaplains to the Bish
op Msgr George F. vessel. pastoi
Serious Enough to Stop a Ball Gaine
Fifty. Firs’ Mhum.
PRINCIPALS'* TtAKfiSrtftW
"Wonder what they're cookin' up for us this year." That would summarize the feel
ings of these school children as they squint at the sign announcing the 51st annual princi
pals and teachers meeting that will take place at St. Mary of the Springs, Sept. 2-3.
Annual Teachers Meeting to Open
Wednesday with Solemn High Mass
of Holy Family Church Columbus,
will be assistant priest.
Principal speakers include Miss
Marie A. Corrigan, of the Catholic
University of America. Washing
ton, D. C. Dr. Harold J. Bowers,
supervisor of the Division of
Teacher Education and Certifica
tion for the Ohio Department of
Education, and Sister Aquinas,
O.S.F., diocesan supervisor of sci
ence, Green Bay, W is.
“Organizing a Guidance Pro
gram’ will be the subject of a
talk by Miss Corrigan, a distin
guished educator. Born in Rose
mount, Minn., she received a bach
elor s degree at the College of St.
Catherine, St. Paul. Her master s
degree was conferred in 1940 by
the University of Minnesota.
Her teaching experience in
cludes posts as teacher, supervisor
and principal in public schools in
Minnesota. Before joining the
Catholic University faculty in 1945
Miss Corrigan was a counselor in
the University of Minnesota’s Vet
crans’ Bureau.
She is a member of the Minne
sota Education Association and the
Association ol University Profes-
L' A ,4mM
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Sr. M. Jeanne, O.S.F.
sors. and is affiliated with the Del
ta Kappa Gamma sorority and Psi
Chi. the national honorary society
in psychology.
She has contributed articles on
guidance to the Minnesota Journal
of Education and the English Jour
nal, and wrote the chapter on guid
ance for the curriculum for Min
nesota schools.
Dr. Bowers, who has served as a
supervisor of Teacher Education
and Certification in the State De
partment ol Education since 1936,
will discuss “State Requirements
for Certification.”
He holds degrees from Ohio
Northern and Ohio State Universi
ties. and after graduation served
New Bishop of Versailles
VATICAN CITY (Radio. NC)
Father Alexander Renard, of
the Diocesan Institute ot Lille.
France, has been named Bishop ol
Versailles by His Holiness Pope
Pius XII. it was announced here.
Bishop-elect Renard succeeds
Bishop Benjamin Roland-Gosselin,
who died last year.
as a teacher and administi ator in
Ohio schools for 10 years. He is
a member of the National Council
on Accreditation in Teacher Edu
cation. and is a member of the
Board of Trustees of Ohio North
ern.
Sister Aquinas will demonstrate
the use of charts which she devel
oped for high school social science
teachers.
Her many accomplishments in
clude authorship of a series of sci
ence books for the first three
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Sr. Mary Alan
Dies at Springs
A Requiem High Mass was offer
ed last week lor Sister Mary Alan
Smith. O.P., 33, who died August
18 at St. Mary ol the Springs. Sis
ter Alan was given final absolution
by her three brothers, all Domin
ican priests.
A native of New York. Sister
Mary Alan entered the novitiate on
September 8. 1943, and was pro
fessed on August 14. 1945. Her
first assignment was al Holy Name
School. Columbus. She also taught
at St. Aloysius School. Wilmerding,
St. Williams. East Pittsburgh, and
St. Andrew Avellino. Flushing,
New York.
Sister Mary Alan is survived by
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Smith ol New York, a triplet bro
ther, Father Raymond Smith. O.P.,
prolessor at St. Rose Priory,
Springfield. Kentucky, and a trip
let sister. Mrs. Richard Kummer.
Jersey City, and two other bro
thers. Father Ferrer Smith, O.P.,
and Father Alan Smith. O.P., pro
fessors at the Dominican House of
Studies, Washington., D.C. All of
her family were with her when she
died.
Sister Mary Alan's brothers
were celebrant and ministers at
the Solemn Requiem Mass on Au
gust 20.
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Give Honor To
Modern Martyrs
LONDON. (NC)—Exiled Ukraini
ans walked singing through the
streets of Coventry, British auto
mobile center, to lay a wreath in
memory of those w ho died for
their Faith in Europe.
The procession was the highlight
of a day of protest at the continu
ed persecution of their fellow
countymen by the communists and
at the lack of concern which
this persecution appears to arouse
in the Christian West.
"We cannot understand this
conspiracy of silence about crimes
which cry to God for vengeance,”
Professor H. Holubowych, one of
their leaders told a protest rally.
“The Ukrainian Church with its
Hierarchy was completely destroy
ed—a Church of 10 Bishops. 3.470
priests and 4.283.000 faithful.
“Some of the Bishops have al
ready met a glorious death. All
but one of the others are imprison
ed. And we are proud of the men
to whom suffering and death were
preferable to betraying the Church
of God,” he added.
The 62-year-old prelate native
of Durand. Mich., has been inter
ested in labor problems since his
student days at St. Mary Seminary
Baltimore. Md. As a student, he
made a study of the Michigan cop
per strike in 1913. and a year later
gave his first ot many labor ad
dresses.
He lectured before Holy Name
Coup in Iran
Seen as Brake
On Red Power
CAIRO. Egypt (NC)
The royalist coup in Iran has
for the time being checked
the insidious march to power
by communism in that country.
This is the reaction of Chris
tian circles here over the ser
ies of attempted coups and
coups which catapulted a Shah
supporter, Maj. Gen. Fazollah Za
hedi. into the post of premier, and
landed former premier Mohammed
Mossadegh in pi ison
Christian circles had expressed
concern over what they termed
Mossadegh's secret collaboration
with the communists, who ere of
ficially outlawed in Iran. Both the
young Shah. Mohammed Reza Pah
levi and the new premier are
known to be staunchly opposed to
communism
While Christians form only a
small minority of the Iranian pop
ulation. the fear is expressed here
that they would quickly feel the
heavy hand of communism should
the Reds ever seize complete pow
er in Iran.
It is recalled here that during
Iran's troubles with Russia over
the Azerbaijan province (1944
1946). a puppet communist regime
there immediately began a perse
cution of religious groups. It is
noted that religious worship was
restricted, religious schools closed,
and religious instruction forbidden
in the communist-controlled
schools. The property of both de
vout Christians and Moslems was
confiscated.
Iranian Catholics number only
about 17.000 a population of 20
million, or less than one in a thou
sand. The Catholics belong to the
Latin. Armenian and Chaldean
rites. Since 1925 they have enjoy
ed a great measure of freedom,
with the exception of the troubles
in Azerbaijan.
Christianity was reportedly first
introduced in Iran shortly after
the Resurrection of Christ.
However, the Christians in the
Iran area embraced the Nestorian
heresy in the early Christian cen
turies. Later they were almost wip
ed out when the Moslems gained
power there.
Many of the present day Catho
lics in Iran are descendants of
heretical groups and have rejoin
ed the Church within the last cen
tury.
“Where Charily
Knd Love Are
There k God"
Price Ton Cents $3.00 A Year
Diocese Will Honor
XV orker at Annual
Mass on Labor Day
The ninth annual Labor Day Mass, designed to emphasize
the Church's interest in economic life, as well as to promote
the virtues of justice and charity among management and lab
or, will be held at 10 a. m. Sept 7, in St. Joseph Cathedral.
Bishop Ready, who .nitiated the
special I^abor Day observance in
the Columbus Dioces- in 1945. will
preside at the Mass. The diocese
was one of its first in the nation
to have such a celebration
Representatives of AFL, CIO and
independent unions have formed
committees which have arranged
the specia.' event.
Principal speaker u ill be Msgr.
William J. Flanagan, rector of St.
Mary Cathedral Lansing Mich
who is a leading exponent of
Catholic social doctrine.
1920 s and 1930’s on minimum
wages, lamily allowances, unioni
zation, collective bargaining, and
better attention to Encyclical ad
monitions. He also has made many
radio addresses.
Msgi Flanagan held numerous
pastorates in Michigan in the
period between his ordinalion at
Detroit in 1916. and 1944 when he
became pastor of St. Mary Cathe
dral. He was invested as a Do
mestic Prelate in 1950.
Meanwhile in a statement issued
this week by the Social Action De
partment of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference. Labor Day
was singled out as an occasion
for qualified giatitudc and for
guarded and realistic optimism.”
Citing gains made by the work
ing people in this country, the
statement noted that more people
are employed at the present than
at any other time in history, that
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M»gr. William Flanagan
the standard of living is high, and
that great strides have been made
in improving race relations.
“Nevertheless.” the department
continued, “we are still faced with
a number of serious economic pro
lems. thoughtful consideration of
which will serve to put us on our
guard against the deadly virus of
complacency.”
Among the problems, the state
ment said, are the chaos and
disaster which might result when
the cold war ends, the misplaced
emphasis of giving foreign coun
tries military, rather than economic
aid. and the low standard of liv
ing of many people in this wealthy
nation.
In discussing labor-management
relations, the NCWC unit asserted
that cooperation is lagging on both
sides. The statement elaborated:
“The chief fault of some in
management has been that of op
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Notre Dame \un
Dies at Academy
A Requiem High Mass was of
fered by Father Edward Healey,
Thursday. August 19, in the con
vent chapel of St. Joseph's Acad
emy for Sister Mary Athanasia,
S.N.D.. who died last week.
Sister Athanasia was 90 years
old- Fifty years of her life were
devoted to teaching at St. Patrick's
school and St. Joseph s Academy in
Columbus. Sister also taught at
parochial schools in Reading and
Cincinnati.
She is survived by two brothers
and two sisters
New7 Principals Named
For Diocesan Schools
A very important question in the minds of school children
was answered this week by the Diocesan School Office when
the list of new principals for elementary and high schools in
the diocese was published.
New principals have been assigned to the following Colum
bus High schools: Holy Family,
Sister M. Imelda. R.S.M.: Holy Ro
sary, Sister M. Eunice. O.S.F. St.
Joseph Academy. Sister Marie Te
resa. the superior, is also the new
principal of the Academy's Grade
School.
In high schools outside the city,
the following principals have been
named: Central Catholic, Chilli
cothe. Sister Annina. S.C. St. Jo
seph s, Dover, Sister De La Salle,
C.D.P. St. Francis. Newark. Sister
Teresa Vincent. O.P.: Notre Dame,
Portsmouth, Father Robert G.
White Holy Family. Somerset, Sis
ter M. Georgianna, O.P.
The following Sisters have been
named principals of Columbus ele
mentary schools Holy Family,
Sister Catherine, R.S.M. Holy
Spirit. Sister Michael Joseph. O.P.:
Immaculate Conception, Sister
Reginald. O.S.F. St. Aloy&ius, Sis
ter Mary Denis, S.N.D. St. Fran
cis, Sister Anna Maria. O.P.: St.
Ladislaus. Sister M. Rosaline,
S.C.N. St. Leo's, Sister M. Elise,
O.S.F. St. Michael's, Sister M. Li
beria. O.S.F.
In elementary schools outside
the city, students will meet the
following new’ principals: St.
Mary’s, Chillicothe. Sister Annina,
S.C.: St. Joseph’s, Dover, Sister De
La Salle, C.D.P. St. Mary’s, Lan
caster. Sister M. Charlene. O.P. SL
Mary's, Marion. Sister Dorothea,
S.C. St. Francis., Newark. Sister
Romaine. O.P. Sacred Heart,
New Philadelphia. Sister M. Ger
ard. C.D.P. Holy Trinity. Somerset,
Sister Georgiana, OP St. Nichol
as. Zanesville, Sister Bemaleen,
O.S.F and St. Thomas. Zanesville,
Sister Imelda. OJP.