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The Road To
True Peace Leads
Through Mary
Vol. Ill, No. 15
Favoritism Charges
In Security Probe
Proven Groundless
Writer Had Charged Officials
Made Religion Important Issue
WASHINGTON—Some startling—and rather fantastic—
allegations have just been exploded here by an inquiry.
The matter is of importance because it has been charged
by at least one secular press writer that these allegations were
injecting the vicious religious issue into investigations being
made into communist and subver
sive activities in this country..
Some time ago, Joseph C.
Harsch, writing in the Christian
Science Monitor, .aid that ••enough
information has heen gathered by
Protestant circles to make it
clear" that Senator Joseph Mc
Carthy's investigating activities
‘‘have had the incidental effect,
whether accidental oi intentional,
ol increasing the proportion of
Roman Catholics to Protestants
in the public service.”
Requiem Mass.
Is Sung For
Sr. Mary Anita
Requiem High Mass for Sister
Mary Anita Duffy, O.P. was sung
Wednesday by Father Urban Nagle,
O.P., in the convent chapel at St.
Mary of the Springs. Columbus.
The 77-year-old nun. who would
have celebrated her golden jubilee
as a Dominican Sister July 10, died
Monday in Mt. Carmel Hospital
following a long illness.
Sister Mary Anita taught in nine
Catholic schools in Ohio, and also
in parochial schools in New York
and Pennsylvania.
She taught at St. Francis. Holy
Name and St. Mary of the Springs,
Columbus: St. Mary, Lancaster: St.
Francis de Sales and Blessed Sac
rament, Newark St. Peter. Steu
benville: Sacred Heart, Coshocton
and St. Thomas, Zanesville,
She held the office of superior
at St. Francis. Columbus. Blessed
Sacrament. Newark and St. Bren
dan’s, Braddock, Pa.
Surviving are two brothers.
Frank and Thomas Duffy of Steu
benville a nephew. Father Thomas
Duffy, of St. Charles Seminary
and a niece. Sister Francis Regis,
O.P.. St. William School, Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Burial was in the convent cem
etery’ by the Egan Ryan funeral
home.
The 46th annual observance of
the Chair of Unity Octave, an
eight-day period of prayer and in
tercession that God will grant to
those outside the fold of Peter the
grace of unity of faith, will be
made throughout the Diocese of
Columbus beginning Jan. 18 and
ending on Jan. 25.
Inaugurated in 1908, the Chair
of Unity Octave is observed every
year throughout the world. It be
gan at an Anglican community at
Graymoor, near Garrison. N. ¥.,
where the friars prayed that Chris
tian unity might be achieved
throughout the world.
Receiving the true faith the fol
lowing year through the grace of
Almighty God, the practice begun
by the tiny group in heresy receiv
ed the blessing of Pope Pius X.
In 1916. the observance was ex
tended to the four corners of the
world by Pope Benedict XV, who
also enriched it with the treasures
of indulgence.
Catholics may gain a plenary in
dulgence once a month, provided
they recite the oct axe prayers dai
ly, and other conditions for the in
dulgence are present. A plenary
indulgence is also granted every
time during the octave that the
faithful shall recite the prayers for
unity, and, in addition, a 300 days'
indulgence may be received every
day of the octave provided the
same prayers are said at least
with a contrite heart.
The daily intentions of the oc
tave are:
Jan. 18 Feast of St. Peter’s
Chair at Rome. The return of all
the “other sheep” to the one fold
of St. Peter, the one shepherd.
Jan. 19- -The return of ail Ori
ental separatists to communion
with the Apostolic See.
Jan. 20—The submission of An
glicans to the authority of the Vi
car of Christ.
Jan. 21—That the Lutherans and
all other Protestants of Continental
Europe may find their way "back
to Holy Church
Jan. 22 That Christians in
America may become one in com
munion with the Chair of St. Peter.
Jan. 23—The return to the sac
raments of lapsed Catholics.
Jan. 24—The conversion of the
Jews.
Jan. 25—Feast of the Conversion
of St. Paul. The missionary con
quest of the world for Christ.
The gist of Mr. Harsch s explan
ation is this:
Government officials, seeking to
protect their departments and bu
reaus from Senator McCarthy’s
“attacks", have increasingly resort
ed to the practice of employing
Catholics as security and person
nel officers. "The sequel is that
the proportion of Roman Cath£
lies intruded in dismissals is low
and the proportion of Protestants
high.”
Mr. Harsch said “inquiries by
this reporter have failed to find
a single Roman Catholic among
officials dismissed from the State
Department. A Protestant com
pilation of dismissals from the
Foreign Operations Administra
tion indicates that 80 per cent of
all dismissals are Protestants and
that many of the 20 per cent of
dismissed Roman Catholics were
subsequently reabsorbed into the
service.”
This “compilation” does not ap
parently allow for any Jeus hav
ing been dismissed.
This writer went to personnel
and security officers here. They
told him that it is almost im
possible to determine the "re
ligious preference" of govern
ment employes, certainly in any
considerable number. Standard
form 57 (the government appli
cation blank for employment)
does not contain this informa
tion, and the government offices
are forbidden to ask about it.
In some personnel and security
offices, the chief did not know
the religious affiliation of his clos
est assistants. In one. the deputy
did not know the “religious pref
erence” of his chief. One security
officer thought one assistant was
a Jew and another, a Catholic.
Both turned out to be Protestants
when this w'riter made inquiry.
Robert W. S. McLeod, head of
the Bureau of Security, Consu
lar Affairs and Personnel of the
State Department, one of the
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Diocese To Pray For
Unity Of Christemlom
Octave Prayer
Antiphon. That they all may
be one, as Thou, Father, in Me
and I in Thee that they also
may be one in Us that the world
may believe that Thou has sent
Me (John xvii, 21).
V. I say unto thee thou are
Peter:
R. And upon this Rock I will
build My Church.
Prayer
O Lord Jesus Christ, who
saidst unto Thine Apostles:
Peace I leave with you, My
peace I give unto you regard not
our sins, but the faith of Thy
Church, and grant unto her that
peace and unity which are agree
able to Thy will, who livest and
reignest God forever and ever.
Amen.
These Chair of Unity Octave de
votions must be held in every par
ish of the Diocese according to
Statute No. 96, Paragraph one, of
the Fifth Diocesan Synod.
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$80,531.49
Collection On
Christmas Dav
A fine tribute of generosity from
the priests and laity of the diocese
and a manifestation of tender de
votion and charity tov ard their
less fortunate Christian brethren
was indicated by the results of the
Orphans and Charities collection
on Christmas Day. Total contribu
tion, announced this week, was
$80,531.49.
Topping (he list of parishes in
generosity was St. Mary Parish.
Lancaster, Parishioners contributed
$4,683.50. In second place was St.
Joseph Cathedral with $2,800.
Other parishes making up the
first ten were: Columbus Christ the
King. $2,724.50 Columbus Immacu
late Conception. $2,591,47 Colum
bus St. Catharine. $2,535.51: New
ark St. Francis, $2,433 Marion St.
Mary, $2,351.03 Columbus St. Aga
tha. $2,225.77 Dennison St. Mary,
$2,174.40 and Columbus Holy Ros
ary. $1,967.51
The funds will assist the orphans
and needy in the Columbus Dio
cese.
The brochure was prepared dur
ing the Ohio Sesquicentennial Year
as a fitting recognition of the work
of the various communities in the
fields of education, social service,
hospital work and prayer in the
Diocese.
In his foreword, Bishop Ready
states "It is fitting, as the State of
Ohio celebrates its Sesquicenten
nial. that a review’ of the monu
mental achievements of Catholic
Education in the Diocese of Colum
bus be made.”
“We could in no better way sur
vey the past and present.” the
Bishop continued, “than by becom
ing better acquainted with the Sis
ters who staff our schools and char-
itable institutions. For, it is
through their determination to
keep the heritage of Christian Edu
cation true to its essential purpose
and their endowment of lives dedi
cated to the love of God that our
schools have progressed through
the years. Along with the pioneer
ing parents, hopeful youth and de
voted pastors, they take an honor
ed place in the panorama of the
faith and sacrifice which inspires
us today.”
Reviewing the arrival of various
religious communities into what
was to become the Diocese of Co
lumbus between 1830-1868. the
Bishop pointed out, “From the out
set, an interest in multiplying the
number of schools in the Diocese
was manifested. A real impetus to
attendance in the parochial schools
was given in the publication of the
statutes ot the Diocesan Synod of
1872 with an insistence on the ob
ligation of attending Catholic
schools.”
Concerning some of the prob
lems encountered. Bishop Ready
stated "The lack of funds and the
shortage of leaching personnel has
never daunted the spirit of those
responsible for the education of
TV Camera
To Look In
On Schools
Parents won’t have to jour-
ney to school anymore to
watch their youngsters wrestle
with their studies, for televis
ion is going to bring the class
room into the home.
Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Tues
day, Diocesan schools will be
featured weekly by “Touring
the Town.” carried as a public
service program by WBNS-TV.
Each Tuesday, the half-hour pro
gram will spotlight the classroom
activities of a teacher and about
10 pupils. A different school will
be featured each week.
Tuesday’s program will focus at
tention on St. Mary Magdalene
School. Sister Norma. O.S.F.. prin
cipal of the school will teach her
eighth grade class.
Sister Ignatius Marie, S.N.D., co
ordinator of the program and
teacher of Communications at St.
Joseph Academv'. said the series of
programs should be of particular
interest to parents because “few
things are of more vital concern
to them than their children.”
Such subjects as history, geo
graphy, and reading will be
taught to the youngsters as the in
structor recreates the classroom
scene. The program will be spon
taneous rather than rehearsed.
Father C. Bennett Applegate,
superintendent of diocesan schools,
said “Touring The Town” will high
light the parochial schools each
week until the end of the school
year. Jip Houston is hostess on the
program, which is produced and
directed by John Cox
The catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, January 15, 1954
Sisters representing four of the twenty-two religious communities in the Diocese of Columbus are
pictured looking through the new brochure published by the Diocesan School Office as a tribute to
the Sisters. Pictured are, left to right, Sister St. Rose, Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good
Shepherd Sister Francis Gabriel, O.P., of St. Mary of the Springs, who provided the art work for the
brochure and was responsible for the make-up Sister Catherine Alberta, S.C.N., of St. Dominic School
and Sister Clarence, R.S.M., of Holy Family School.
Brochure Honors Diocesan Nuns
The history of the twenty-two religious communities in
the Diocese of Columbus and the story of their labor here has
been compiled in a brochure entitled. “Stars Shining Forever”,
published by the Diocesan School Office and released this
week.
Catholic youth of the Diocese. At
great sacrifice, three new modern
central high schools are being plan
ned. Many of the parishes are
building or have planned to build
on to their present elementary
schools to care for the increase in
pupil personnel.
“Plans are made and needs are
met.” he continued, "through the
cooperation and participation of all
interested and concerned with
Catholic Education in our Diocese.
Dedicated lives are a motivating
force that energizes the activity of
all engaged in this apostolic lab
or.”
The second reviewer will be
James Eldridge, news and program
director of Radio Station WBEX.
Chillicothe, who is scheduled to
lecture at the Gallery, March 25.
Eldridge, who is a member of the
National Catholic Education Asso
ciation and the Catholic Associa
tion for International Peace, has
lectured throughout the United
States and in Great Britain and
Canada on U.S. foreign policy and
UN affairs.
The concluding review’ of the
series will be given April 29 by
Father Leonard Fick, professor of
literature and writing at the Pon
tifical College Josephinum, Worth
ington.
Father Fick, familiar to the
■4«s
it*
Forcefully bringing out e
growth of the church since the
establishment of the Columbus
Diocese, Bishop Ready compared
reports of the 1869 edition of the
Catholic Directory with the 1953
edition. The 1869 issue listed only
one Academy for Girls, twenty
three parochial schools and one
hospital. The 1953 edition enum
erates two Seminaries (one-Pon
tifical College one Diocesan Sem
inary) one College for Women:
eighteen High Schools (Diocesan
and Parochial) and 5 High Schools
(Private) fifty-five parochial elem
entary schools four private Elem
entary Schools an Orphanage and
Infant Asylum seven General Hos
pitals one Special Hospital four
Schools for Nurses one Protect
ive Institution: and two Homes for
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Annual Critics Forum
To Open February 25
The seventh annual Critics Forum will open at 8.15 p.m..
Feb. 25 in the Little Theater of the Columbus Gallery of Fine
Arts with a lecture by Father Gerard S. Sloyan of Washington.
D.C. The book review will be the first of three to be present
ed by the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae.
Father Slovan is on the facultx
of the Department of Education at
Catholic University of America.
He has reviewed books for Amer
ica magazine, and written articles
on education for leading Catholic
publications.
Critics Forum audiences for his
review of The Cardinal three years
ago is editor of the Josephinum
Review, a weekly publication of
the college. He is also on the fac
ulty of the College of St. Man of
the Springs.
Ordained in 1941. Father Fick
earned a master of arts degree at
St. Louis University and in 1951
a doctorate at Ohio State Univer
sity.
Miss Marie Nerny. chairman of
the Critics Forum, has named Miss
Mary Loretto Zuber. Mrs. A. A. Ell
ers, Miss Rose Forquer, Miss Bar
bara Sugar and Mrs. Roger Swep
ston as committee members.
Father C. Bennett Applegate,
diocesan school superintendent, is
moderator and Mrs. Herbert Mc
Donald is regent of the Columbus
Circle of the IFCA.
Books to be reviewed will be
chosen at a later date.
Shrine To Our Blessed Mother
Over a million pilgrims a year visit the Basilica of Our Lady of
Pompeii in Italy. The Famous shrine was built in 1876 on the ruins
of ancient Pompeii, pagan city destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius
volcano in 79 A. D. Pope Leo XIII proclaimed it a pontifical church
in 1894. The present church (left) was completed in 1939 by Pope
Pius XII. Some 40 years before Fatima the Confraternity of the Ros
ary was established in this church, in May, 1876, by Signor Longo
Bartolo, local farmer, in answer to a voice which told him "If you
seek salvetion promulgate the Rosary. This is Mary's own promise.”
Enshrined in the church is the famous painting (right) of Our Lady
giving the Rosary to St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena, found in
a junk shop in Naples and restored by a local painter. Miracles began
to take place immediately following its placement in the church.
Polish Bishops’
Oath Was Not
A Surrender
NEW YORK (NO A prom
inent Polish scholar in the U.S
has pointed out that the taking of
an oath under pressure by the Pol
ish Bishops does not mean that the
Church there has surrendered to
the communist regime
In a letter to the editor of The
New York Times Oscar Halecki
emphasized that this conclusion
would only achieve the aims of
communist propaganda and be
“eminently unfair” to the Polish
Hierarchy.
Dr. Halecki wrote the letter on
behalf of the Polish Institute of
Arts and Sciences in America, an
organization founded in 1942 to
spread correct information on Pol
ish culture. A prominent Catholic
layman and historian. Dr Halecki
is professor of eastern European
history at Fordham University
here.
The Catholic Bishops in Pol
and, "far from failing in their
traditional mission," the letter
said, "are struggling against a
subtly disguised terror. This ter
ror forced them to make a state
ment obviously dictated by the
Russian-imposed masters of the
country. More than ever these
victims of abuse and perfidy de
serve universal sympathy and
even real admiration for having
avoided even now any word
which would impair their doc
trinal integrity, their complete
solidarity with the abducted Car
dinal Primate (His Eminence Ste
fan Cardinal Wyszynski) and
their loyalty to the Holy See.
“It is easy to foresee that, ex
actly as happened alter the so
called Church-state agreement of
1950, the Polish Church will soon
be accused of not respecting its
new promises and be subjected to
new ordeals on that account. But
the spirit of Poland and of her
national tradition which the Cath
olic Church so well defends in the
present crisis will nevei be brok
en.”
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Germany May
Name A atican
Envoy Soon
BONN, Germany—(NC) Hope
for the early appointment of a
German ambassador to the Holy
See has been expressed here by
Catholic circles following denials
of press reports that a high offic
ial of the German foreign office
had been named to that post.
Although full diplomatic rela
tions exist between Germany and
the Holy See. which is represented
by Aloisius J. Muench. Bishop of
Fargo, as Nuncio to Germany, the
appointment of a Germen ambass
ador has so far been delayed for
various reasons.
Among them is the argument
presented by German Protestant
circles that the envoy to the Holy
See should be, in accordance
with ore-war usage, a Protest
ant. The validity of this argu
ment is disputed by most Ger
man Catholics.
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05
‘Wide Open’ Film Rule
Frowned On By Court
Claiming that censorship of mov
ies before they are shown to the
general public was “on its face un
constitutional,” Harlor told the
nine justices that the Supreme
Court had never approved prior
restraint on the expression of
ideas.
To that, said Justice Felix
Frankfurter, he would borrow
the Gilbert and Sullivan reply:
"Well hardly ever." He
reminded the counsel that "we
have many restrictions on free
dom of speech."
Answering an assertion by the
Attorney General of Ohio. C. Wil
liam O'Neill, that uncontrolled mo
tion pictures can contribute to
juvenile delinquency, attorney Har
lor assured the court that film
pioducers would avoid such dan
gers themselves because “they are
family men and they all have chil
dren.”
Justice Jackson dismissed the ar
gument with' a curt: "So do dope
peddlers.”
Attorney General O'Neill told
the the court that the major issue
of the case was whether the nation
is “compelled to permit any and
all kinds of motion pictures to be
shown at any and all times to ail
kinds of people without restric
tion.”
Producer* Aware
He said that motion pictures of
fered a different problem from un
censored newspapers and books be
cause of the visual and aural im
pact of films. Film producers have
demonstrated their own awareness
of the fact by setting up a code for
U.S. movies, he said.
Attorneys for the moviemen. ar
guing that television enjoys free
dom from restrictions, were re
minded by Chief Justice Earl War
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Our I ,ady Of Pompeii
Krmemher The
Chair Of Unity
Octave, Jan. 18-25
Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Year
Film Lawyers Attempt
To Kill All Censorship
WASHINGTON INC) A future in which movie hous
es could operate under a sky’s-the-limit rule is not a very
pretty picture. Supreme Court Justices revealed in comments
during a hearing on film censorship.
Sharp questioning by the justices greeted requests by two
movie companies that the nation’s highest court strike down
all film censorship as violating the constitutional guarantees
of free speech and free press.
Standards by which censors
evaluate motion pictures, however.
came in for equally sharp question
ing by the justices.
The hearings dealt with two
films—“M” which was banned in
Ohio, and “La Ronde.” banned in
New York
Justice Robert H. Jackson was
the first of the justices to express
alarm over what would happen if
the Supreme Court should estab
lish the absolute rule that State
governments have no right to con
trol the showing of movies.
He painted a future in which
“a man could set up a movie house
opposite a high school and present
a film on “how to commit home
made abortions.” When civil ac
tion was finally taken against the
exhibitor, he could pay his tine,
“go back and start in again with
benefit of advertising.”
“What is the remedy for the sit
uation when all we can do is ar
rest. put on bail, try, and arrest
again?” Justice Jackson asked John
C. Harlor, counsel for Superior
Films, Inc., distributors of “M
Delaware Man
New Head Of
Retreat Group
Doctor James Parker of St. Mary
parish. Delaware, will be installed
as the new president of the Cath
olic Laymens Retreat League in
brief ceremonies following the
League's annual dinner at the Vir
ginia Hotel. Sunday, Jan. 17.
Bishop Ready will celebrate
Pontifical Benediction at St. Joseph
Cathedral for members of the Re
treat League at 4:00 m. Jan. 17,
and will attend the dinner to fol
low at 5:00 p.m.
Father Harry Estadt, pastor of
St. Thomas church. Columbus, and
Father William O Brian, pastor of
St Mary church. Delaware, will be
the chaplains to the Bishop dur
ing the
Benediction Father Ed­
ward Healey of St. Charles Semi
nary will be deacon Father James
I
Vf
Dr. James Parker
Kulp. Diocesan Director of
the
Society for the Propagation of the
Faith, will be sub-deacon. The ex
positor will be Father Bernard Mc
Clory, assistant at St. Joseph Ca
thedral.
The Retreatants will be address
ed by the managing editor of the
Catholic Information Center of the
Cleveland Diocese. Mr. Karl Marte
steck.
An executive of the Great Lakes
Bridge and Dock Co of Cleveland,
Mr. Martesteck is also lay adviser
and faculty member of St. John’s
College and an ardent retreatant.
Dr. Parker has been extremely
active in retreat work in Delaware
for a number of years, his father,
the late Dr. George Parker, hav
ing been the founder of the Re
treat League Chapter in Delaware.
The elder Dr Parker died in 1948
and since that time Dr. James has
fostered the movement in St. Mary
parish and has watched it grow to
one of the most active retreat
League chapters in the Diocese of
Columbus.
Dr. Parker will be the first pres
ident of the League chosen from
a parish outside the city of Colum
bus. The appointment stands as a
tribute to his past record in the
League.
Other officers to be officially
installed Jan. 17 include Mr. Louis
C. Wagner of St. Mary Magdalene
parish, newly appointed vice-presi
dent Mr. James Lingo of St. Cath
arine, who was chosen again as
treasurer, and Mr. Ralph Kramer
of Holy Rosary parish, who will
continue as secretary for the or
ganization
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Church Is Cited
By Xegro Weekly
CHICAGO—(NC) The Roman
Catholic Church and Notre Dame
University were among the five in
stitutions named to the Chicago De
fender’s annual honor roll of indi
viduals and institutions who have
“made noteworthy contributions to
the advancement of democracy in
the United States during 1953.”
The national Negro weekly news
paper cited the Catholic Church for
consecrating Bishop Joseph O.
Bowers, a Negro, as Bishop of
Accra, Africa Notre Dame was list
ed. along v ith Harvard, “for break
ing off athletic relations with
Southern schools that sought to
impress upon them Jim Crow con
ditions.”