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The Road To
True Peace Lead*
Through Mary
Vol. Ill, No. 47
Civics Clubs In Every
Catholic School Urged
Activation of a Catholic Civics Club in every school of
the diocese was announced this week by Father Bennett Ap
plegate, diocesan superintendent of schools. This recom
mendation was made in a letter sent to the principals by the
diocesan superintendent.
In his letter, Father Applegate
described the Catholic Civics Clubs
“an effective force in promot
ing an understanding of Christian
social principles through planning,
study and practical projects.”
The Catholic Civics Clubs, spon
sored by the Commission on Amer
ican Citizenship of The Catholic
Univenstiy of America, are design
ed to "foster and promote civic
virtue and to be a positive aid to
teachers tn training their pupils
to become alert and articulate
Christian citizens.’’ Clubs are usu
ally organized among boys and
girls in the upper elementary
grades..
Over 10.000 official charters
have been issued by the Commis
sion since 1946 Clubs have been
organized in all the forty-eight
states and in Alaska, Canada.
Rperto Rico, and the Virgin Is
lands.
As a means to the attainment of
its overall objective the Com
mission yearly establishes a
theme for a specific program of
study and action.
Last year s theme was “Were
All People.” Unusual activities and
projects were reported to the Com
mission in the development of this
theme which showed how various
people have contributed to the
growth of this country. This theme
will be the subject of a new se
ries of picture-stories in Treasure
Chest, the nationally distributed
Catholic comic-style magazine, is
sued biweekly during the school
year.
The 1954-55 theme was'describ
ed in Father Applegate s letter un
der the title “We Need One An
other.” The announcement in the
letter indicated that the projects
and study activities of the Civics
Clubs in 1954-55 will promote an
understanding of the material in
terdependence of men, with special
reference to the close relationship
that exists between urban and
rural people. Through a unified
approach the theme will demon
strate mans dependence upon
God the social nature of man
... the dignity of the worker and
his work and the unity of all
men.
Officials Tag
Red Delegate
‘Informer’
WASHINGTON (NO
Bishop .John Peter of Red-held
Hungary was described by U.S.
State Department spokesmen
here as an “informer” who re
ceives special “supplement-for
danger” pay from the com
munists. The spokesmen said
that Bishop Peter s service to
the communist government in
its political and military sys
tem was reason enough for
placing restrictions on the Re
formed Church of Hungary
prelate while he attended a World
Council of Churches meeting in the
U.S.
According to the State Depart
ment spokesmen. Bishop Peter has
not performed ecclesiastical func
tions or been in a pulpit since he
became a church official in 1949.
One of his functions under the
Red regime, however, has been to
“inform for the communists
against anticommunist clergymen,
the officials said.
They said Bishop Peter had also
“lured back to Hungary” ranking
clergymen so that the communists
would be successful in discrediting
“former anti-communist religious
leaders” who had fled Hungary,
State Department authorities
alee said that the Bishop was
the only leading Hungarian
churchman who receives a pay
ment of approximately $400
month as a “supplement for dan
ger," usually given by the com
munist government to police and
soldiers who have special mis
sions.
The visa issued to Bishop Peter
restricts him from travel except
for direct transportation to and
from Evanston, Ill where" the
World Council meeting was held.
He may hold no press conferences,
speak at no gatherings outside the
World Council, and make no re
cordings to be replayed during or
after his visit.
In an address to the World
Council meeting, Bishop Peter
spoke in behalf of the mdepend
ence of churches. He said the “ex
istence of the church is not bound
up with any social system but
serves independently of the chang
es in the social system.
He said religious conditions in
Hungary are far better now than
in “former times” but indicated
that an emphasis on Scripture has
“replaced” former teaching
Bishop Peter was one of 11 Iron
Curtain clergymen allowed into ths
U.S. for the meeting.
The program will be implement
ed through a series of articles to
appear in the Young Catholic Mess
enger. national Catholic current
affairs weekly for students of the
upper elementary grades, publish
ed by Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher,
Inc., Dayton. Ohio.
A Study Guide, mailed monthly
to teachers, will supplement the
articles with practical suggestions
for activities, projects, and addi
tional study.
The 1954-55 theme of the Cath
olic Civics Clubs. Father Applegate
emphasized, “will be a practical
means for the training of boys and
girls to become good citizens for
God and country.”
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Labor Day Mass
Set At Cathedral
For the tenth consecutive year,
a special Labor Day Mass will be
held in St. Joseph Cathedral.
Bishop Ready will preside at the
Mass, scheduled at 10 a Sept.
6.
Civic officials and members of
the AFL and CIO unions as well
as representatives of other labor
groups will attend the Mass to ask
God’s blessings on labor.
Full details will be made pub
lic in next weeks edition of the
Catholic Times
“This is true not only of the
beaches, not only of holiday re
sorts, but of the city and village
streets and other places both pri
vate and public,” Cardinal Ciriaci
wrote.
“Even in the house df God there
is a tendency to wear dress that is
unworthy of the occasion and irrev
erent, and whose spiritually ruin
ous effects, especially on young
people, are easy to imagine.”
Cardinal Ciriaci said that even
such pagan leaders as Cicero and
Seneca had spoken out against
styles of dress offensive to mod
esty and decency.
He stated that an additional rea.
son for Christians to observe mod
esty is the atholic teaching that
the body is the temple of the Holy
Ghost and should be preserved
from any profanation.
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Holy Father Condemns
Immodesty In Dress
VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC) His Holiness Pope Pius
XII has appealed to the Bishops of the world to take action
against immodesty in dress, which has "spiritually ruinous ef
fects. especially on young people and is “a most serious
plague of the present time.”
The Holy Father s appeal was conveyed through a letter
written at his express instruction
by His Eminence Pietro Cardinal
Ciriaci. Prefect of the Sacred Con
gregation of the Council, and pub
lished in the Acta Apostolicae Se
dis, official Vatican bulletin.
Th* letter recalled that one of
the principal aims of th* Marian
Year it a salutary reform o*
morals among Christians. It said
that one step toward such reform
should be directed agains* “indec
encies of fashion which, especial
ly in th* summertime, furnish a
sad and blameworthy spectacle."
COLUMBUS 10 OHIO
Pictured is the architect's preliminary sketch of the new St.
Edward Church in Granville now under construction. The new
church will replace the chapel which has served the parish since
its establishment by Bishop Ready in 1947. The present chapel is
located in a building which serves both as church and rectory. The
new church will be of stone and brick construction. The front will
be of Briar Hill stone and the side wall* of Roman brick, salmon in
color. The architecture will have an English emphasis, fitting in very
well with the building design of the community. Situated on a tract
of six acres located on Route 16 it will be set against the gently roll­
The Cardinal suggested that ap
peals be made to fathers and moth
ers to give their children good ex
ample as well as teaching them to
avoid the dangers of immodesty.
He invited Catholic organizations
to regard the matter among the
most important to be considered
in their apostolic endeavors.
WHl Censor
Movie Ads
ST- PAUL, Minn. (NO
The Dispatch-Pioneer Press
here has announced that its
local daily newspapers will in
stitute a “mild” form of cen
sorship of its advertisements
particularly of movies.
A spokesman said that the
advertising staff will form its
own “board of review” and re
ject advertisements that are
“over the line” of decency
either in text or pictures.
"We hope the threatremen them
selves will take care of this pro
blem but we intend to look at
every piece of copy that comes
through and reject those which
we believe to be unduly suggestive
or bordering on obscenity,”’, .a.
spokesman said.
Four Priests Added To St. Charles Faculty
Four priests, whose appointments to the faculty of St. Charles Seminary were ennounced this
week by Bishop Ready, ar* shown above as thoy discussed their duties for the upcoming academic year.
Seated (left to right) are Father James E. Kraus, assistent at St. Mary Magdalene Church, and Fa
ther Charles Haluska, assistant at Holy Cross Church. Standing (left to right) are Father Robert
O'Brien, assistant at St. Agatha's Church, and Father William Rardin, assistant at Corpus Christi Church.
The appointments ere effective Sept. 2.
Theholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, August 27, 1954
Proposed Sketch Of N etc Church For St. EdWard s, Granville
A ied Rumania
Prelate Dies
In Red Prison
VIENNA (NC) Msgr.
Wladimir Ghika, one of the
many victims of communist
persecution of religion in Ru
mania. has died in prison it
the age of 80. Reports read
ing here attribute his death to
maltreatment he suffered at
the hands of his persecutors.
Monsignor Ghika who belonged
to an aristocratic tamily served as
a Rumanian diplomat before he be
came a priest. Many years he work
ed in the slums of Paris where he
lived in an old railroad car equip
ped as a chapel. Named a protono
tary apostolic in 1931, he returned
to Rumania before World War II.
After the war, when the com
munists seized full power in Ru
mania and permitted King Mich
ael to depart for Paris. Monsignor
GhikS was also allowed to leave
the country, but at the last moment
decided to remain in Rumania
When he protested against the per
secution of religion he was arrest
ed and sentenced to 20 years im
prisonment
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3 Canadian Priests Decide
To Remain In Indo China
STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE. Que
—(NC)—Three Canadian Redempt
orists will remain in Hanoi. Indo
China. during the communist oc
cupation.
It is their own wish to remain.
They are Fathers Michel and Fran
coi* Laliberle. who arc brothers.
x®d Patrice Gagne. All are inis
si oners.
ing hills of Licking County. The interior will be of exposed brick
of the same color as the exterior and the ceiling will be of natural
colored wood planking. The hand carved stations of the cross will
have individual downlights which will illuminate them to advantage.
The windows will be of leaded glass in color. The church which is
46 by 80 feet will have a seating capacity of 210. It is hoped that it
will be completed by the Christmas season. Mr. Walter Litwin is the
architect for the' structure and Buckey Brothers of Newark is the
contracting firm.
Senate Investigator Says:
Nation Is Losing Battle
Against Smut Literature
CINCINNATI (NC) The nation is fighting “a losing
battle” against immoral publications, a leader in the battle
admitted here last week
James H. Bobo, Memphis attorney now serving as as
sociate counsel to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Ju
venile Delinquency, cited the mushrooming traffic of porno
graphy He said this mounts to possibly $300-million a
year and continues to grow. Mr.
Bobo came here to address the Na
tional Association of County and
Prosecuting Attorneys at its fourth
annual conference.
Pornography, he explained an
interview, is material that is too
obscene to be sold over the coun
ter. It includes books, magazines,
cartoons, records, photographs and
films. A small book costing only
a few cents to print may bring $2
to $8, he said, and the market is
“chiefly among young kids.”
Fifty feet of obscene film may
be rented for a single night for
fees ranging up to $100. he added.
Many parents, Mr. Bobo seid,
hove “no idea" what their chil
dren read, what company they
or where they spend their
time. He added: "When our com
mittee went to Philadelphia for
hearings, everybody told us that
th* sale of liquor to minors was
a rar* occurrence there. But we
sent out an investigator who
turned up 450 kids 18 or under
within a few hours in 35 down
town bars."
“One of the most alarming fea
tures of juvenile delinquency to
day.” he went on. “is that young
sters of 14 and 15 are committing
more crimes of violence—robbery,
rape, even murder—than ever be
fore.”
Mr. Bobo said the subcommittee
had found that approximately 100
million comic books are published
every month, and that about one
fourth of them are in the "horror
crime” class.
“The normal youngster isn’t
bothered by them.” he said, "but
the kid who is not well adjusted
or who is mentally unbalanced can
be tremendously influenced by
them”
Only 150 persons are responsible
for the publication of comic books.
Mr. Bobo said, and about 70 of
them are directly connected with
the publication of crime and hor
ror comics.
Grass Roots
The curbing of comic books and
pornography and the solution to
the problem of juvenile delinquen
cy will not come from Congress or
the courts or social agencies, Mr.
Bobo is convinced. "It will have
to be a grass roots movement.” he
said, “with parents taking a lead
ing role.”
A Baptist, Mr. Bobo believes
that “religion must play a very
great part if we ever are going
to stem the tide of juvenile de
linqi-ency." He added: "I don't
think that many of our young
people growing up today have
any concept of religion."
He praised the cooperation giv
en by parish priests to the commit
tee in its investigations and said
that his own observation in the
field of juvenile delinquency had
convinced him that “the Catholic
Church is doing a tremendous
amount of good
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Official
Bishop's
Appointments
Wednesday. September 1st:
9:00 a.m.—Diocesan Principals
and Teachers Meeting. Solemn
Mass, Coram Episcopo, Cathe
dral.
Thur sday, September 2nd:
5:00 p.m.—Principals and Teach
ers Meeting. Pontifical Benedic
tion, S(. Mary of the Springs.
Sunday, September 5th: 10:45
a.m. Silver Anniversary, St.
Mary Magdalene Parish. Solemn
Mass Coram Episcopo 3:00 p.m.
—Graduation, St. Francis Hos
pital School of Nursing, Ca
thedral.
Monday, September 6th: 10:00
a.m.—Labor Day Mass, Cathe
dral.
Wednesday, September Sth:
8:00 p.m. Dedication, Saint
Gabriel School, Columbus.
Friday, September 10th: 9:00
a.m. Opening Mass at Saint
Charles Prep
Sunday, September 12th: 10
a.m.—Dedication and Mass, Holy
Spirit Church, Columbus.
Tuesday, September 14th: 7:00
p.m.—Serra Club Charter Din
ner Meeting.
Thursday. September 16th:
9:00 a.m. Opening Mass at
Bishop Watterson High School.
Friday, September 17th: 9:00
a.m. Opening Mass at Saint
Charles Seminary.
Saturday, September 18th:
9:00 a.m. Ordinations, Jose
phinum, Columbus.
Sunday, September 19th: 4:00
p.m.—Investiture Ceremony for
Monsignori, Saint Joseph Ca
thedral.
Monday, September 20th: 9:00
a.m.—Mass, Cathedral, Catholic
Knights of Ohio Convention.
Tuesday, September 21st: Lan
sing, Michigan, for 25th Anni
versary, Episcopal Consecration
of Bishop Albers.
Thursday, September 23rd:
Investiture of Archbishop Edwin
O'Hara at Kansas City, Missouri.
Sunday, September 26th: Cor
nerstone laying, Our Lady of
Lourdes Church, Marysville.
Tuesday, September 28th:
11:00 a.m. Saint Gaspar del
Bufalo Commemoration. o n
tifical Mass, Saint Charles Sem
inary, Carthagena, Ohio, Bishop
Ready preaching.
The invocation at the first gen
eral meeting of the two-day session
will be delivered by Father Fran
cis Riehl, pastor of St. Ladislaus
parish. Columbus. The teachers
will be welcomed by Monsignor Ed
uard Spiers, newly appointed prin
cipal of Watterson High School.
Principal speakers include Fa
ther Robert White, principal of No
tre Dame High School. Portsmouth,
who will speak on "Administration
from the Catholic Viewpoint.” and
Father James Kulp, diocesan direc
tor of the Confraternity of Chris
tian Doctrine, who will offer some
“Confraternity Reminders."
The meeting will also offer spe
cial interest for the Music Teachers
of the Diocese as well as the class
room teacher*
Manon S. Egbert of the
American Music Conference will
conduct a music workshop of sev
eral session* to aid teachers in the
field of school music.
Mr. Egbert has had 15 years
experience as a music educator,
having organized school bands, or
chestras and choral groups in
Washington. Oregon and California,
and having supervised music in
grade schools.
Following World War II. Mr. Eg
bert was director of music activi-
21 Diocesan
Schools To Get
New Principals
Twenty-one diocesan high
schools and elementary
schools will have new princi
pals this year according to an
announcement made this week
through the Diocesan Schodl
Office.
Sister Leonarda, O.P., has
been appointed principal of St.
Mary of the Springs Academy.
The following Sisters have been
appointed principals at high schools
outside the city of Columbus:
Sister Agatha. S.C.N., Immacu
late Conception. Dennison: Sister
Myra. S.C.N.. St Mary, Marion, and
Sister Bernetta, OP.. St. Francis
de Sales. Newark.
Named principals at elementary
schools in Columbus were Sister
Mary Loretto. S.M.. Holy Family
ster Ursuline. R.S.M.. Holy Family
Sister Peter Claver. O.P., Holy Spir
it: Sister Marcia, O.P.. Our Lady
of Peace: Sister St. John. S.N.D..
St. Aloysius Sister Agnes Claritha.
S.C.N.. St. Dominic Sister Quenlin,
O.P. St. Gabriel: Sister Phyllis,
O.P.. St. James, and Sister Gerard,
O.S.F.. St. John the Evangelist.
Named principals in elementary
schools outside the city of Colum
bus were Sister Agatha, S.C.N.,
Immaculate Conception. Dennison
Sister Mane Dennis, S.C., St. An
thony. Kenton: Sister Scholastica,
S.N.D.. St John, Logan Sister My
ra. S.C., St Mary. Marion Sister
Bernetta. O.P., St. Francis de Sales,
Newark Sister M. Jeremias. O.S.F..
Holy Redeemer, Portsmouth, and
Sister Zita. O.S.F., Sts. Peter and
Paul, Wellston.
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2 Masses Sunday
At State Fair
Persons attending the Ohio State
fair will have an opportunity io
attend Mass Sunday without leav
ing the grounds
The Masses will be celebrated
by Msgr. Gilbert Schmenk of the
Pontifical College Josephinum at
8.30 and 10:30 a. m. in Music Hall,
which is situated the southwest
part of the grounds.
The St. Peters Girls Choir will
sing at the 10:30 a. m. High Mass.
There Is No
V acai ion From
Your Religion
_________________________ Price T»n $3.0C A Y—r
Diocesan Teachers
Will Attend Annual
Meeting This Week
Bishop Ready will preside at a Solemn High Mass, Coram
Episcopo, at 9:00 a m., Wednesday, to open ths 52nd Annual
Diocesan Principals and Teachers Meeting to be held at St
Marv of the Springs College, Sept. 1-2.
The meeting, based this year on the theme. “You Shall
Have the Truth, and the Truth Shall Make You Free, (St. John,
Chapt 8-321 will give approximately 600 religious and lay teach
ers from throughout the diocese an opportunity to hear ad
dresses bv prominent persons from the field of education and
to view the latest in text-books materials and supplies More
than 60 well known publishers and
school supply firms u ill exhibit at
the meeting.
Father William Maloney, pastor
of St. Aloysius parish. Columbus,
will be the celebrant of the Sol
emn Mass and Monsignor Roland
T. Wind, chancellor of the Colum
bus Diocese, will deliver the ser
mon.
Father Richard Endres, principal
of Rosecrans High School, Zanes
ville, and Father Bennett Apple
gate. diocesan superintendent of
schools, will be deacon and sub
deacon, respectively. Father Am
biose Freund, pastor of Sacred
Heart parish New Philadelphia,
and Father Edward McGinty, pas
tor of St. Francis de Sales parish,
Newark, will serve as chaplains to
the Bishop. Monsignor Francis
Schwendeman. pastor of St. Leo
parish. Columbus, will be assistant
priest.
ties for occupation personnel in
Korea. In this field, he organized
music instruction classes for army
bands, arranged and trained mu
sic groups for soldier chows and
for music programs for the chap
lain’s office as well as provided
music activities for the civilian
personnel.
As a violinist and music direc
tor Mr. Egbert has presented many
solo recitals and he has been a
member of many ensemble groups
for stage and radio.
In the interest of religious mu
sic. Mr. Egbert has made an inten
sive study of liturgical music, and
he bears a choirmaster's certificate
from the Gregorian Institute of
America, in recognition of his
study of the many aspects o‘ chor
al direction.
Other guest speakers whose ap
pearance will highlight the meet
ing include Sister Mary Dennis. S.
S .! principal of St. James School,
sley Pa and Dorothy 1 An
drew* editor of the three separate
school editions cf O»r Litt/e Mes
senger and the monthly Teachers’
Study Guides
Sister Mary Dennis, who will dis
cuss "Social Studies Technique”,
co-authored the textbook "The
Christian Citizen—His Challenge,”
a book written in in attempt to
“meet head-on the modern social
heresies, and to answer the appeal
Marion Egoert
of Our Holy Father to present
Christianity in all its majestic in
tegrity.” The book has been adopt
ed as a text in a majority of di
ocesan schools throughout the
country.
Miss Andrews will address the
teachers on "The Use of Periodi
cals in the Primary Grades.” She
will discuss the values to be deriv
ed from effective use of periodicals
in the instruction of reading, show
ing how .weeklies can be an inte
grating force for almost every
study of the grades.
Miss Andrews, who has supervis
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Official
Clergy
Appointments
The Most Reverend Bishop
announces the follow ing ap
pointments:
Effective September 2 1954
Saint Charles Seminary—Rev
erend Robert O'Brien, M.A.,
Reverend Charles Haluska, M.
S., Reverend James Kraus,
S.T.D, Reverend William Rar
din.
Watterson High School—Rev.
John Tague, S.T.L., Reverend
Charles Essman, S.T.D., Rever
end Donald Schulz, A.
Diocesan Tribunal Rever
end Anthony Borrelli, J.C.B.
Reverend C. B. Carroll, O.P.,
Assistant Pastor, St. Thomas
Aquinas Parish, Zanesville.
Reverend Michael Aertgeerts,
I.C.M., Assistant Pastor, St.
Dominic Parish, Columbus.
Reverend Clement De Meers
man, C.I.C.M., Assistant Pastor,
St. Cyprian Parish, Columbus.
Roland T. Winel
Chancellor