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Vol. II, No. 49
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To the Reverend Clergy. Religious, and
Faithful of the Diocese of Columbus.
My beloved Brethren:
The new school year offers the occasion for straight thinking
about youths’ need of religious education. It is gratifying that
the worthy mothers and fathers of our Parishes have conscientious
ly regarded their obligat-iort to their children in this essential mat
ter. The excellence of the parish schools in this Diocese has en
couraged the ready cooperation of good parents. Our schools stand
today in such a favored place of distinction because of the past com
mon sacrifices of Pastors, of Sisters and of the faithful.
We have said often that there is no substitute tor religious
education. 1^ begins in the home by word and example and loving
discipline on the part of parents who recognize their responsibility
for the moral training as well as the physical well-being of their
children, it continues in the parish school under the devoted care
of Christlike Shepherds and the expert skill of saintly teachers. Our
schools provide the finest opportunities for youth in learning and
culture plus that which gives purpose and nobility to life—Chris
tian truth and morality.
Your loyalty to the Church in these contusing times and your
eagerness to have your children in Catholic schools even at the cost
ol great personal sacrifice will merit the Lord’s blessing on your
homes. All of us are mindful of the fervent Catholic parents who
are rearing their children in towns and districts where there are no
parish schools. It is deeply edifying to note the extraordinary means
these parents take in providing bus transportation to neighboring
communities so that their children can receive the heritage of a
Catholic education. We commend such faithful mothers and fathers
and the good Pastors who aid them so generously. Bus transporta
tion to Catholic schools and the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
are the means of instructing many youth in the rural areas
of the Diocese.
The growth of our school population has made it necessary to
build new schools and to enlarge existing schools. In every city of
the Diocese this growth has affected the high schools as well as
.the primary schools. The good people of the Diocese have accepted
this condition with characteristic vision and generosity. They well
realize what these Catholic high schools give to youth'and how
much youth today needs the inspiration and guidance of Christ
and His Church.
You share my anxiety and that ot your Pastors about providing
teachers to staff new schools. Without Priests and Sisters and de
voted lay teachers our schools could not exist. The consecrated lives
of our Sisters make our schools possible. We owe them our grati
tude and our unfailing prayers. I urge you, my beloved Brethren,
to join me in praying daily for God’s blessing on our schools and ol
daily askkig for an increase of vocations to the Holy Priesthood
and for numerous devout young ladies to enter the Sisterhoods engag
ed in the apostolate for souls in this Diocese of Columbus. Let no day
pass without your fervent prayer for this intention and daily accept
the sacrifices of your life for God's favor on this holy work.
Again 1 appeal for greater recognition of the outstanding Col
lege for Women which we are singularly blessed to have here in the
Diocese and City of Columbus. The Dominican Sisters for more than a
century have educated generations of youth. They also have given the
example of scholarly, saintly lives and promoted the rich tradition
of Catholic culture among all citizens in the communities of this
Diocese. With courage and sacrifice the Dominican Sisters ac
cepted the task of establishing in Columbus the College of Saint
Mary of the Springs. Its record during the past three decades is
known in the worthy lives and high achievements of the young
ladies who sought the best in educational experience. The College
deserves our unqualified endorsement and generous support. It
is an educational treasure which the Diocese of Columbus holds
beyond price. The College of Saint Mary of the Springs offers su
perior training in all areas of college work to young ladies who are
willing and able to accept it. I plead with parents who are con
sidering college opportunities for their daughters to recognize not
only their Christian obligation but also the unexcelled social and
educational advantages of the “Spring.” I urge the Pastors in the
city of Columbus and throughout the Diocese to continue to use
every occasion to recommend the high merits of the Coiloge. The
young ladies of our parishes and schools should be the first to
seek a Catholic College in preference to any other, especially when
that college offers the unparalleled advantages which Saint Mary
of the Springs offers. In making this appeal, we desire above every
thing else to promote the real interests of the individual student
and to contribute in a notable degree to the development in this
community of an enlightened, moral, cultured Christiah woman
hood. The College of Saint Mary of the Springs offers the beSt hope
for the fulfillment of that desire.
Through the intercession of our Immaculate Queen we implore
God’s choicest blessings at the beginning of this new school year
on Pastors and parents and teachers, on all youth who seek the
joy of life in Christ, and especially on our devoted Sisters who, by
word and deed, lead youth to the Kingdom of Heaven.
The
Augtist 26. 1953
Devotedly in our l^ord.
MICHAEL .J. READY
Bishop of Columbus
To Ask God’s Blessings
For Those Who Labor
On Labor Day. next Monday at 10 a. m. in St. Joseph
Cathedral. Bishop Ready will preside at the ninth annual
Mass to be celebrated by the diocese on the holiday In a
recent letter to the clergy in the diocese, the Bishop outlined
the reason* tor the special Mass
in this manner
“This annual religious observance
of the holiday emphasizes lor the
community the true character
which Catholics attach to the day.
We realize that peace is the work
of justice, as Pope Pius Xll has
eloquently declared on his Papal
Coat of Arms. Political, industrial
and economic peace will be the
long desired fruit of the virtues of
justice and charity applied specifi
cally to labor relations. Unbridled
power and brutal force are the evi
dence of a rampant spirit of greed
and selfishness. Peace and pros
perity cannot result from such a
spirit. We are well aware that a
secularist philosophy which leaves
God out of human relationships
can no more succeed in Industrial
life than it has anywhere else. We
condemn that philosophy in educa
tion and business life. It cannot be
accepted as the way to social peace
and justice.
"We should pray this Labor Day
that God's biassings descand on all
those who work and who hire la
bor to the end that they may live
as brothers in the love of their
Savior Jesus Christ. This much
desired spirit of cooperation will
bring about a great abundance of
material goods for all citizens and
result in a community relationship
which will prevent the ugly growth
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At the same time, the commun
ist daily, People's World, came out
with a defense of the Alameda
County Court ruling and also at
tacked His Eminence James Fran
cis Cardinal McIntyre, Archbishop
of Los Angeles.
President Robert J. Cox of Los
Angele.* Pacific College, conducted
by the Free Methodists, warned
that the questionable decision
could lead to a State monopoly of
education. He said: “1 feel that
in this State we re eventually go
ing to have to provide a more fa
vorable climate lor private cduca
tional institution* if we wish to
maintain our standards with those
ol other States. Unless this de
cision is changed we will eventu
ally have a monopoly of education
by the State.”
Elder Roy L. Benton, secretary
of the religious library association
of the Seventh Day Adventists,
said: “The fact that there was
doubt in (he minds of three .judges
of the court is indicated by then
split decision Since the legisla
ture has spoken and the people
have spoken by their approval of
Proposition Three, there is not
any doubt that tax exemption for
private schools, as in the other
States, is just and will be upheld
by the higher court.”
"Decision Unfair"
Dr. Clarence vvrignt. pastor of
Wilshire Presbyterian Church, said
the courts decision was “illogical
and unfair.” He said the matter
should be carried to the States
highest court and added: “I do not
see any logic in exempting educa
tional institutions on a collegiate
level and then refusing this leni
ency to grammar and secondary
Fair-Goers Receive Comm union
Fair goers were given an opportunity to attend Mass and receive Holy Communion
at the Fair Grounds Sunday. Monsignor Gilbert Schmenk, of the Pontifical College Jo
sephinum, offered two Masses, at 8:30 and 10:30, in the Music Hall. In the above photo,
Msgr. Schmenk is shown distributing Communion at the 8:30 Mass which was attended
by a huge crowd. The girls' choir from St. Peter's Church sang the Masses.
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, September 4, 1953
Sometimes Life Can He Black
Kenneth Sento, a new first grader at St. Ladislaus School, Columbus, takes his first
big knock in school life when he learns from the first grade teacher, Sister M. Monica,
S. C. N., that he will have to attend classes without the companionship of his dog "Fluff."
The pup looks anything but happy about the news, but Kenneth takes the blow like a
little man. Alice Rose Hirshman, another St. Ladislaus pupil, gets a kick out of the affair
while her little sister Sharon seems prepared to tackle most anything the coming school
year may bring even the photographer.
Protestants Protest Court Decision
Forbidding School Tax
LOS ANGELES Leaders of southern California Pro
testant institutions have expressed indignation over the Ala
meda County Superior Court's ruling, which held a measure
exempting non-profit, religious-sponsored schools from taxa
tion was unconstitutional.
schools.”
A hope that the California Su
preme Court will reverse the de
cision was expressed by Dr. Rolph
K. McPherson, pastor of Angelus
Temple and president of the In
ternational Church of the Four
Square Gospel.
Dr. Albert B. Schwertz, pastor of
the First English Lutheran Church,
declared: “This decision actually
means that religion is being per
secuted. which means that the on
ly ones benefiting from this de
cision will be the anti- or non
religious. It’s a travesty on jus
tice that this State is the only one
allowing taxes on religious activi
ties.”
Reds Crow
The communist daily. People's
World, characterized the efforts of
The elections were he’d on the
final day of the meeting. Other
newly elected International Feder
ation officer* include Miss Margai
et Keleher of Woburn. Mass., fir*
vice-president: Miss Margaret Kra
mer. Cantonsv ille. Md.. second
vice-president Mi*. Patrick Crow
ley, Wilmette. Illinois, member of
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Exemption
Californian* of all religious faiths
who fought loi the tax exemption
of private schools as “a $150,000,
000 business in this countrv alone
The article claimed that tax ex
emption is a tax subsidy and vi
olates the principle of separation
of Church and state.
Inadvertently, apparently, the
communist paper got one tact
straight. In its previous attacks on
Cardinal McIntyre, the paper has
referred to him as “a former Wall
Street corporation lawyer But in
this issue it called the Cardinal a
"former Wall Street junior execu
five." Cardinal McIntyre became a
“Wall Street junior executive af
ter he went to work at $3 a week
as a runner for a Wail Street
house, at the age of 13. Some 16
years later he turned oown offers
of a partner*hip in the same house
to study for the priesthood.
The communist paper accused
the Cardinal of engineering a
$1,000,000 “tax giveaway.”
Columbusite Elected
A.D. Alumnae President
The Ohio Federation of the Notre Dame de Namur Alum
nae, and the Columbus Chapter in particular, were signally
honored at the International Federation's eleventh trienniel
convention held in Cincinnati recently with the election of
their member. Miss Mane J. Nerny, 553 S. Ohio Avenue, "as
president of the organization.
Reds Provoke
Attacks On
Church, Clergy
GRAZ. Austria—An intensifica
tion of communist inspired "spon
taneous” mob attacks on Catholic
Bishop* in ug*la■ ia is inr’.rated
by report* coming from that coun
try.
These reports state that, a few
days ago. a central committee was
set up in Zagreb, capital of Croatia
to direct this new campaign against
religion in general and the Cath
olic Church in particular.
At the same time it wa.* learned
that top-ranking communist lead
ers in Croatia recommended ioi
mation of local committee* in ev
ery town and village, consisting ol
the most trusted member*. Their
task would be “to combat the evil
influence of the Catholic Croat so
called ‘Bishops.’ the avowed ene
mies of the people and the *erv
ants of the Vatican”
Chief adviser of the central com
mittee in its war against the
church is. according to reports re
ceived here. Dr. Marko Kostrench
ich. professor ol history of law at
Zagreb university. Before the war
he was a well known freemason
and a strong supporter of the dic
tatorial regime of King Alexander.
This new wave nf persecution is
the answer of the Communist Par
ty tn the Catholic Bishops’ refusal
to tolerate in their dioceses the
government-snonsored “Priests’ As
sociation of SS. Cyril and Method
ius” and the “Uat'holic Priests' Pro
fessional Association for Croatia
It has been learned here that se
cret instructions have been sent to
local party organizations through
out Croatia. They' prescribe that
the "people" of the villages should
give such a "welcome" to the Bish
ops coming to carry out "the so
called Confirmation of children,"
that the Bishops would be compell
ed to leave the village immedi
ately.
Under these secret instructions,
the state authorities, including po
lice, are to keep aloof and not in
terfere in anv dispute or quarrel
that ni.ght arise between the Bish
ops and “the angry patriots who
resent the tools of the Vatican be
ing engaged in political agitation.
At the same time, however, the
state authorities are to see to it
that the "peoples anger not lead
to any serious physical attack on
the Bishops, “which would cause
damage tn Yugoslavia abroad.”
s#"-"
the Trinity College Chapter, thud
vice-president, Mrs. John McDon
nell. Chicago. 111., recording secre
tary Miss Rosemary Roehin. Day
ton. O., corresponding secretary
Mrs. Albert Metz, Jr., Bala-Cynwyd.
Pa., treasurer: and Miss Kathleen
Cagney. Washington. D.C., audi
tor.
The immediate past president of
the International Federation is
Mrs. George W. Cable of Marys
ville. California.
More Honors
A .second distinction came 'o the
Columbus Chapter with the elec
tion ot two of its members as of
ficers in the Ohio Federation Mrs.
Joseph Thayer, Cleveland. ().. an
active member of the Columbus
Chapter, was elected president ol
the Ohio Federation, and Miss
Margaret Maeder. 119 N. Cassing
ham Road. Columbus, was elected
corresponding secretary.
Other newly elected officers of
the Ohio Federation include Mrs.
G. Edward Ixigcs of Dayton, re
cording secretary Miss Mary
Louise Straley. Dayton, treasurer.
Mrs. John Becker. St. George hap
ter. Cincinnati, trustee.
The new state director i* Miss
Eileen McBreen of the Summit
hapter in Cincinnati. The immedi
at" past president is Miss Jean Orr
of the Court Street Chapter in Cin
cinnati.
Duties Defined
Meeting at Mount Xolre Dame.
Reading. 140 delegates from the
United States heard their duties as
Catholic lay women deimed by Fa
I her William J. Schmidt. S.J pres
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Seminary Setting
For Second Annual
Music Study
Approximately seventy choir
Directors, teachers and organ
ganists, lay and religious, from
throughout the diocese, met last
week at St. Charles Seminary to
attend the Summer School of
Liturgical Music. It was the sec
ond such school to be organized
in the history of the diocese.
Those who attended the school
are pictured above with the
members of the staff following
the Solemn High Mass that
marked the closing of the five
day session. The School staff
members are pictured at right
witn rather F. Thomas Gallen of
St. Charles Seminary, Diocesan
Director of Music. Pictured left
to right next to Fr. Gallen are
Father Dominic Keller, O.S.B.,
director of the seminary and
monastic choirs at St. John's
Abbey, Collegeville, Minn. Mr.
Ralph Jusko, organist, vocal
coach, choral conductor, lectur
er end national authority on
Bishop Ready Urges Pastors
To Establish St. incent de
Paul Groups in All Parishes
Bishop Ready expressed the. hope
that a Conference will be estab
lished in every parish functioning
according to the rules of the So
ciety. “Since no good work is for
eign to the Society. E.*hop Ready
added, “and the opportunities tor
the pi act ice of spiritual and cor
poral works of mercy are unlimit
ed, all parishes, large or small
Bishop Haas.
Social Action
Crusader, Dies
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich (NC)
—Bishop Francis J. Haa« of Grand
Rapids died unexpectedly here Sat
urday. Aug. 29. following a heart
attack.
The famed crusader for social
justice had sufiered a first attack
on May 27 but had appeared to be
recovering.
Renowned for his work in set
tling strike problems during Amer
icas turbulent thirties when he
served in top federal labor posts.
Bishop Haas died as Catholics
thoughout the U.S planned Labor
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Seventy Attend Diocesan Liturgical School
Catholic Church music and Mr.
John Yonkman, organist and di
rector of music of the Cathedral
at Fort Wayne and secretary ef
the Fort Wayne Diocesan Church
“Where Charity
And Love Are
There k God’*
Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Year
Bishop Ready this week sent to all pastors in the Diocese
of Columbus a letter urging them to establish Saint Vincent
de Paul Conferences in their parishes.
Saying that the Society has been established here for
three years, Bishop Ready pointed out that there are only
36 Conferences in the entire Dio
cese.
“Out own Parish Conferences.”
the Bishop wrote “have already
given a notable amount nf chant
ahle assistance to many poor fam
ilies. The member.* have also
brought much consolation to the
aged anti handicapped w horn they
have visited in institutions..”
rich or poor can use a zealous and
energetic Conference.”
Members in the 36 Parish Con
ferences of the Society now num
ber 300. During 1952. these mem
bers gave assistance to 142 fam
ilies. 547 individuals and made 594
visits to hospitals and institutions.
The activities of the members of
the Society under the spiritual
works of mercy include assisting
children to attend parochial schools
or catechism instruction classes,
encouraging individuals to return
to the practice of their religion,
distribution of prayer books, rosar
ies and other religious articles.
Material assistance in a great
number of ways was given during
1952. The total amount of such as
-i*tance in term* of dollars would
amount to more than $7000.
Extension Committee
With the help of the Society’s
moderator Father Lawrence Cor
coran the Particular Council has
formed an Extension Committee to
aid pastors in carrying out the
Bishop s wishes.
Chairman of the Committee will
be John Clifford, treasurer of the
Particular Council Other commit
tee membei include John Statt
rr.illei president of the Holy Ros
ary onietence Joseph Duffy,
president of the St. Peter’s Con
ference: Frank O Rc.lly. president
ol the St \u2ii*tinc s onference,
and Vthui Miller, vice-president
of the Our Lady of Victory Con
ference. Two additional members
will be added to complete the com
mittees rbster.
The formation of the Extension
Committee is in keeping with a
move throughout the country to
.-tress exten-ion nf the Society Na
tional and regional ommittees
have been formed
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8 Belgian \uns
Expelled by Reds
HONG KONG (NC) Eight
Belgian medical missionary Sis
ters who had worked at the Cath
olic hospital at Kanchow Kiangsi,
since January. 1949. reached this
British colony after being expelled
by the Chinese communists. A gov
ernment official accompanied
them all the way from Canton to
the border to make sure they left
the country.
The nuns are Canonesses of St.
Augustine, and while most of them
came to China after World War II,
some had been working in the
country as long as 20 and 30 years.
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Commission. The course was
sponsored by the Gregorian In
stitute of America designed to
raise the standards of liturgical
music.