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Plan Special
Family Demotion*
During October
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ZANESVILLE The Zanesville
branch of the Timken Roller Bear
ing Co. this week pledged $25,000
to Good Samaritan Hospital’s
Building Fund.
Elmer J. Schweitzer, manager of
the plant, presented the check to
Ross Little, chairman of the Cor
porate Division, in brief ceremon
ies. Dr. Robert S. Martin, drive
chairman, and. Roy V. Plummer,
chairman of the institution’s advis
ory board, were in attendance.
"This is one of the finest con
tributions of the entire cam
paign," Little said, adding that
the gift was "in excess of the
formula prescribed for industri.
al firms and is an outstanding
expression of faith by the Tim
ken Co. in the community of
Zanesville and the employees of
the company in this city. Zanes
ville and Good Samaritan hos
pital are both appreciative."
The drive, which began last
March, aims to raise $1,500,000 to
finance construction of a new six
story wing, and to pay for renova
tion of the main building, which
was built in 1922.
This program will increase the
hospital’s patient capacity to 250.
At
present the hospital’s capacity
is
149. although to reach that fig
ure parts of some corridors have
Cities Join Forces in Procession for Peace
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Pictured above is the "Queen of Peace" float, the focal point of the huge Procession for Peace
conducted recently in the twin cities of Uhrichsville and Dennison. The procession is an annual
event that was originated in 1938. Shown surrounding the float, serving as an honor guard, are
Fourth Degree members of the Knights of Columbus. The procession can be seen following the float
at upper right. Various groups marching included the clergy, grade and high school students, Cath
olic Girl Scouts, St. Mary's choir, Cub Scouts, altar boys, Ladies' Altar Society and members of the
Holy Name Society. Throughout the procession which moved through the business districts of both
cities, songs of praise to the Blessed Mother were sung and a rosary was recited. Bombs exploding
along the route of march served as additional salutes to the Mother of God. Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament was held in Immaculate Conception Church, Dennison, following the procession and the
statue of the virgin was crowned by the procession's queen, Mary Catherine Heil.
Timken Co. Pledges $25,000
To Zanesville Hospital Drive
been used to quarter the sick.
Plans for the building project
have oecn drawn up by Dan A.
Carmichael, Columbus architect.
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Mother Colette
Named Superior
Mother Mary Colette. R.G.S.. for
ten years assistant superior of the
Convent of the Good Shepherd. S.
Sandusky St.. Columbus, has been
appointed Mother Superior of the
institution. Mother Colette succeeds
Mother Mary St. John who is now
at the Good Shepherd Convent in
Fort Thomas. Ky.
Bishop Ready celebrated the
Mass and presided at the installa
tion ceremonies in the Good Shep
herd Convent. Also present at the
ceremonies was Mother Mary Syl
vester. Provincial of the Convent
of the Good Shepherd, Carthage,
Ohio.
Mother Colette, a native of
Cleveland, O., was professed in
1934 and was first assigned to the
Good Shepherd Convent in Grand
Rapids. Mich. She remained there
until 1943, when she was named
assistant to the superior of the
local convent.
Pius XII Officially
Pontiff Asks Faithful to Pray
For Mankind’s Multiple Needs
VATICAN CITY—(NO—Catholics throughout 1he world
have been called upon by his Holiness Pope Pius XII to join in
observing a Marian Year in commemoration of the centenary of
the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Holy Father’s appeal was
contained in an encyclical letter
to the Bishops everywhere which
announced that the Marian Year
would begin next December and
extend until December of 1954.
During this period. Pope Pius urg
ed, Catholics should lift their
minds and hearts in prayerful in
tercession to the Mother of God
for the multiple needs of modern
men.
It was on December 8, 1854. that
Pope Pius IX proclaimed as an in
fallible Catholic doctrine that the
Virgin Mary “in the first instant of
her conception was. by a singular
grace and privilege of Almighty
God. in view of the merits of Jesus
Christ, the Savior of the human
race, preserved exempt from all
stain of original sin.”
Entitled “Fulgens Corona Glor
ia?” (Shining Crown of Glory,, the
pajial encyclical declared that the
centenary celebrations should
serve tp stimulate an earnest de
votion to the Mother ol God in the
souls of all Catholics, and encour
age them, as far as possible, to
conform their lives to the image oi
the Virgin.
Dated on the Feast of the Nativ
ity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on
September 8, the encyclical said
that among the purposes of the
Marian Year was the offering of
prayers for the return of all men
to Christ through conformity with
His precepts, the revival of peace,
charity and justice among men and
nations, and the restoration of the
liberty of the Church in countries
where Catholics are now experienc
ing persecution.
In his encyclical, which was
about 5,000 words in length. Pope
Pius made special mention of those
belonging to the "Church of Si
lence” in communist-controlled
countries. He prayed that they also
may be able to raise their voices
in supplication to the Virgin for
peace and harmony in t!-e world.
Expressing a hope that the Mari
an celebrations will “bring forth
most desired and salutary fruits
which all of us long for,” the Pope
declared that just one century had
elapsed ‘‘since the Virgin Mother
of God. amidst the applause ol the
entire Christian people, shone with
a new gem. when Our predecessor
of immortal memory, solemnly de
creed and defined that she was ab
solutely free from all original sin.”
Asking the Bishops to encourage
their clergy and people to cele
brate the centenary, the Supreme
Pontiff called for devotions of ev
ery kind—public, private, individu
al and collective—in tribute to Our
Lady. He stressed especially the
desirability of pilgrimages to Mari
an shrines in various parts of the
world, and of public devotions in
the dioceses “which will furnish
beautiful demonstrations of the
love of the faithful lor the Heaven
ly Mother."
“Since in all cities, towns and
villages wherever the Christian
religion thrives.” the Pope wrote,
“there is a sanctuary, or al least
an altar, in which the sacred image
of the Blessed Virgin Mary is en
shrined for the devotion of the
Christian people. We desire vener
able brethren, that lhe faithful
should throng thither in great
numbers, and should offer our
IVISION
Father MacEachen
Named Domestic
Prelate by Pope
It was announced in Rome this
week that Pope Pius XII had di
rectly conferred upon the Rever
end Roderick A. MacEachen. a
priest of the Diocese of Columbus,
the dignity of Domestic Prelate.
Father MacEachen received this
honor for his special service to the
Holy See during the fifty-two years
of his priesthood.
Upon the completion ol graduate
studies at the Angelicum in Rome.
Pope Benedict XV designated Fa
ther MacEachen for special work
in preparing the Gasparri Cate
chism. Later, he was assigned as
a secretary to Archbishop Bonaven
tura Cerretti, Papal Legate to the
Versailles Conference following
World War I.
After his ordination in 1901, Fa
ther MacEachen held pastoral
posts in the Diocese ol Columbus
before accepting a teaching assign
ment at Catholic University in
Washington, D.C. He did special
graduate work at the Universities
in Innsbruck, Prague and Budapest
before going to the Angelicum
w here he received the degrees of
doctor of philosophy and doctor of
theology.
When his secretarial duties with
Archbishop Cerretti were complet
ed, Father MacEachen returned to
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most Sweet Mother not only pri
vate, but public, supplications,
with one voice and one mind.*”
The Holy Father mentioned
Lourdes and Rome as two principal
places to lead, in a special manner,
this year-long devotion. He sug
gested that in other places the
Virgin should be honored in a
specially intense manner through
out the year.
Special Intentions
Among the intentions for which
the Pope suggested prayers should
be offered to the Virgin Mary
were: the spiritual and moral wel
fare of the youth of the world, and
that domestic life "may be con
spicuous for inviolate faithfulness,
and that it may flourish through
the proper and saintly education
of its children, and be strengthen
ed by true concord and mutual
help.”
Likewise recommended by Pope
Pius as objects of supplication
were “that both in manhood and
old age. m?n may shine forth by
their Christian probity and forti
tude” that there may be bread for
the hungry and justice for the op
pressed that exiles may return to
their homeland and find shelter
there that there may be “due lib
erty for those unjustly cast into
prison or held in custody” and
that war prisoners may at last be
allowed to return home.”
Pope Pius said he wished, above
all. to "direct our exhortation, in
spired by ardent charity, to those
who. reduced to silence and trap
ped by all sorts of cunning snares,
look with anguish of soul on the
affliction and distress of their
Christian community, destitute of
all human help.’
He expressed the hope that even
these afflicted members of the
Church Militant may be able to
join the rest of the Church in
pleading with the Mother of God
for the same benefits for which
their more fortunate fellow Catho
lics pray.
Referring to the need for men to
The Catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, Octobar 2, 1953
To the Reverend Clergy Religious and
I aithful of the Diocese of Columbus.
My beloved Brethren:
It has been the custom in the Diocese of Columbus to have
daily public Rosary devotions in our parish churches and chapels
during the month of October. 'Ihe devoted clergy and laity have
always shuwn themselves to be loving children of Mary. Let this
period of special, fervent prayer to God s holy Mother be no ex
ception. 1 entreat you to begin these days of October with Holy Mass
and to make the parish devotions an occasion of bringing your fam
ilies together in devout prayer to God, petitioning increased grace
for yourselves and your homes, blessings on your Parish Church
and Diocese and peace among all peoples.
Holy Mother Church is forever solicitous to turn the minds and
hearts of her children to a loving God and his goodness towards
men. In her instruction of the faithful and in the practice of her
liturgical lite, the Church is concerned solely with perpetuating
the teachings of her divine Founder. Jesus Christ, and His unend
ing work of redeeming the souls of men. This same attitude moti
vates all the public prayers of the Church. They are an expression
of the faith of her members throughout all ages.
First and foremost among these pious devotions which ail
Catholic people hold in common reverence and affection is the
Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It might be called an
embodiment of the Christian Faith. It contains those prayers hal
lowed by revelation and tradition. In its Mysteries or Meditations,
there is epitomized the life of our Lord and Savior, the scheme of
His Redemption, the fulfillment of men’s eternal destiny.
Our day demands saints if it is to see the horizon of peace.
Sanctity does not come easily. It is not born of mere desire, oi gaudy
emotionalism or unrestrained enthusiasm. We must know God if we
are to love Him. That is the entire secret of sainthood. During this
month of October, 1 ask you. therefore, to make the Rosarv oi Our
Lady you. book of meditation on holiness of life and eventual union
with God in the Church Triumphant. I beseech you during the Ros
ary devotions to make a special petition for increased vocations in
the Diocese to the Holy Priesthood and Religious Life.
Asking the blessings of God through the intercession of His
most holy Mother upon this Church of Columbus.
Devotedly in Our Lady’s Name.
Wholehearted support ot Frank
lin County’s United Appeals cam
paign was urged this week by
Bishop Ready, who asserted that it
w as “every citizen s responsibility"
to contribute to the “urgent need*”
of community agencies.
Success in the drive for $2,513.
674 will demand generous support
from every individual in the com
munity, the Bishop said.
In a letter to all pastors in the
county, Bishop Ready urged the
priests to encourage their parish
ioners to participate in the cam
paign as volunteer workers.
The campaign, which will bene
fit 59 health and welfare agencies,
will begin Monday and extend un
til Oct. 25. The funds will sup
port the 53 agencies of the Com
munity Chest, the Cerebral Palsy
Center, the Central Ohio Heart As
sociation. the Cancer Society, the
Red Cross, and the United Service
Organization (U.S.O.).
Livingston L. Taylor, general
chairman ol the campaign, said
this year's goal is 7 6 per cent high
er than the $2,335,460 raised
return to Christ, the Holy Father
warned that "many are trying to
root out the Christian Faith from
their souls, either by cunning and
secret snares, or else by an open
and arrogant preaching of those
errors of which they wantonly
boast, as if they were to be con
sidered the glory of this progres
sive and enlightened age.”
Once religion is rejected and the
Divine will ignored, "it is plain
that law and public authority have
little or no value," the Pope said,
adding that when the hope and ex
pectation of eternal reward is lost,
“men will greedily and without re
straint seek the things of earth,
vehemently covet their neighbor’s
goods, and even take them by force
as often as occasion or opportunity
is given.”
"Hence," the Pope continued,
"hatred, envy, discord and rival
ries arise among men hence pub
lic and private life is perturbed
hence the very foundations of so
ciety, which can scarcely be held
together and maintained by the
authority of government, are grad
ually undermined hence, finally,
the deformation of morals by evil
theatrical performances, books,
periodicals and actual crime.*'
Recalling the Virgin Mary’s
words at (.’ana, “Do whatever He
tells you,” the Pope said they are
applicable to all, especially those
who have forsaken Christ. He said
that “if there has been a wander
ing away, there must be a return
to the straight path,” and “if the
darkness of error has clouded
men’s minds, it must be dispersed
immediately by the light of truth.”
Discusses Doctrine
Pope Pius devoted a large part
of his encyclical to discussing the
doctrine of the Immaculate Con
ception. He said that even among
communities of Oriental Christians
which have long since broken away
from union with the Catho
lie Church, there are many who.
‘although animated by prejudices
MICHAEL J. READY
Bishop of Columbus
Wholehearted Support I rged
For United Appeals Campaign
1952. The increase is necessary
because increased demands have
prompted the agencies to expand
their services, he said.
P.obert M. Rex. UA president,
said the combined drive is lhe
most efficient and least costly
method of raising funds to provide
these 59 services because the ad
ministration and campaign costs
less than lour per cent of the total
collected.
"Everyone mut try to give more
this year, he added, “because all
our agencies are suffering due to
the failure to meet lhe goal last
year.’’
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Bishop Read) to Address
Duluth DCCW Convention
Bishop Ready will be guest of
honor when the Diocesan Council
of Catholic Women ol the Duluth.
Minn., Diocese meets in conven
tion, Monday. Oct. 5. The Bishop
will address the delegates on “Liv
ing the Liturgy.”
and wrong opinions, have embrac
ed the doctrine and celebrate an
nually the solemnity of the Im
maculate Conception.”
The Holy Father expressed spe
cial satisfaction over the fact that
it was his own privilege “to define
a doctrine which expressed a privi
lege of the Blessed Virgin Mary
which is a complement to her Im
maculate Conception, namely her
Assumption.” He was referring to
the dogmatic definition he made
during the Holy Year of 1950.
"These two very singular privi
leges bestowed upon the Virgin
Mother of God.” he said, "stand
out in the most splendid light as
the beginning and the end of her
earthly journey For the greatest
possible glorification of her virgin
body is the complement at once
appropriate and marvelous of th**
absolute innocence of her soul,
which was free from all stain and
just as she partook in the struggle
of her only begotten Son with the
wicked serpent of Hell, so also she
shared in His glorious triumph
over sin and its sad consequences.”
Speaking of the practical as
pects of the Marian Year, Pope
Pius stated that "to facilitate mat
ters and make the project more
successful. We desire that in each
diocese there be held for this pur
pose appropriate sermons and dis
courses by means of which this
tenet of Christian doctrine may be
more clearly explained."
In his reference to special de
votions at the leading Marian
shrines, the Pope mentioned par
ticularly the Basilica of St. Mary
Major, which he described as with
out doubt the greatest church dedi
cated to the .Mother ol God. He
spoke also of the famous painting
of the Madonna in Rome which he
said has been an object of devo
tion among the citizens of Rome
for centuries, and before which
they have prayed in times of dis
tress and disaster for Our Lady’s
help.
President
I rged to Halt
Aid to Tito
LOS ANGELLS i Prr
idem Eisenhower has been called
on to halt L.S. aid to communist
Yugoslavia in order to restore
America ft moral prestige.
lhe demand was made in a Los
Angeles Herald-Express editorial
titled ""No ’Good’ Communists.”
risk w hen it extended the glad
hand. AS V ell as dollar and de
lense aid ft the Yugoslavian dic
tator. Tito? the editorial stated.
"This country know that Tito
was an implacable communist, but
was overjoyed when it turned out
that Tito was an anti-Moscow com
munist
"We naively thought of Tito a*
a ’good’ communist. Well, there
are no such!
"Tito’s Yugoslavia is now em
barked upon a brutal and diabol
ical persecution of the Catholic
priesthood in line with the eternal
'•^mmunist war against all relig
ion ..
"President Eisenhower could re
gain moral prestige for the United
States by telling—and cutting—
Tito off!”
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Requiem Offered for
Former CW V Commander
NEW YORK —(NCI— Requiem
Mass for Thomas J. C. Walsh. 54.
former national commander and
long-time leader in aifairs of the
Catholic War Veterans, was offer
ed in St. Francis Xavier Church
here
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Bishop to Serve in \frira
ST. HYACINTHE. Que.—iN'O—
Bishop Firmin Courtemanche. 40.
of the White Fathers of Africa,
was consecrated here to sene as
Vicar Apostolic of Fort Jameson.
Northern Rhodesia. Africa, by His
Eminence Paul Emile Cardinal
Leger. Archbishop of Montreal.
Many Thanks
With this, the fiist edition
of the third volume of the Co
tholic Tunes, the editors wish
to express their sincere appre
ciation to all advertisers and
subscribers who have given
their generous support to the
publication. In return, we
pledge to continue a program
of constant improvement to
bring you all the news of the
diocese, and outside the dio
cese so that our readers may
be well informed on Catholic
thought and action throughout
the world.
Proclaims 1954 As A ear Of Special Devotion To Mary
Al
New School Named For
Bishop J. A. Watterson
After the death of its first bish
op, Sylvester Horton Rosecrans. the
See of Columbus was vacant for
almost two years, from October 21,
1878 to August 8. 1880. On this lat
ter date the Right Rev. John Am-
Bishop Watterson
brose Watterson, former President
of Mt. St. Mary s College. Emmits
burg. Md.. was consecrated in St.
Joseph’s Cathedral as the second
Bishop of the Diocese
Bishop Watterson was born May
27. 1844. in Blairsville. Pa., of the
Diocese of Pittsburgh, the sixth
child of John Watterson and Mary
McAfee Watterson. He received his
elementary education in the par
ish school of Ss. Simon and Jude
Church in Blairsville.
He early manifested the signs of
a vocation to the priesthood and
Catholics throughout th world have been called upon in the latest encyclical of Pone Pius XII
to join in the observance of a Marian year in commemoration of the centenary of the proclamation of
the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This picture shows a section
of the huge painting in the Hall of the Immaculate Conception in the Vatican Galleries, by Fran
cesco Podesti of Ancona (1800-1895). It depicts Pope Pius IX, on December 8, 1854 proclaiming
the dogma from his throne in St. Peter's Basilica, with six members of the U.S. Hierarchy anti two
from Canada among those present. The upper part of the painting shows—Paradise—with the Blessed
Mother in the place of honor.
Pray to Mary
For oration* To
Diocesan Priesthood
Price Tan Cants $3.00 A Yaar
Institution ill Be Placed
Luder Patronage of Pius
The new north side high school soon to be under con
struction will be named Bishop Watterson High after the sec
ond Bishop of Columbus and eminent educator. Bishop Ready
announced this week.
The high school will be placed under the patronage of
Blessed Pius X. The chapel will be
dedicated in honor of Blessed Pius
X, whose concern for the personal
holiness and religious instruction
of youth was noted throughout his
Pontificate in decrees or frequent
Communion and Christian educa
tion.
The new structure to be erected
on an 18 acre site at Indian Springs
Drive and Cooke Road will pro
vide educational facilities for 900
students. First of the proposed
high schools to be built with fends
raised during the recent Develop
ment Fund campaign, the building
was designed by the firm of Ram
sey, Croce and Abbot architects.
Bishop O’Connor, then Bishop of
Pittsburgh, sent the young boy to
rtudy under the Benedictine Fa
hers, /intent s College, La
robe Pa. After four years he was
-ent. it the age of 17. to Mt St.
Mary’s Seminary at Emmitsburg,
Maryland. Here he completed his
studies for the priesthood and was
ordained on August 9. 1868. in the
church of St. Vincent’s Abbey, by
Bishop Michael Domenec. C.M.,
ho had succeeded Bishop O’Con
or as Bishop of Pittsburgh.
arned to the faculty of St.
Mary’s Col ege, Emmitsburg, after
ordination. Father Watterson was
chosen to succeed the Rev. John
McCloskey. D.D.. as president of
that institiition in 1877. He held
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Episcopal
Engagements
Monday, October 5th: 1:30 P.M.
—Luncheon talk—"Living the
Liturgy". Duluth DCCW Con
vention, Duluth, Minnesota.
Monday, October 12th: 12:00
noon—School Lunch Program,
Saint Agatha School.
Wednesday, October 14th: 2:30
P.M.—Fall Clergy Conference,
Saint Charles Seminary.
Sunday, October 18th 11:00
A.M.—Dedication, Saint Mary
Church, Waverly.
3:00 P.M. Southern DCCW
meeting, Waverly.
Thursday, October 22nd: 6 45
P.M. Invocation Ohio
Chamber of Commerce, Neil
House.
Sunday, October 25th: 3:00 P.M.
—Cemetery Sunday.
Tuesday, October 27th: 9:00 A.
M.—Pontifical Maas—opening
Columbus DCCW Convention,
Cathedral.
7:00 PM-Banquet, DCCW
Convention, Ballroom, Neil
House.
Thursday, October 29th: 7:30 P.
M.—Confirmation, Marysville.
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