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A Blensed
And Peaceful
Vol. IV, No. 13
An elaborate scene depict
ing the birth of Christ in a
manger in a Bethlehem stable
comes brilliantly alive in a
crib now on display in Colum
bds.
The unique work of art. be
ing exhibited at the P.I.M.E.
Mission House. 324 E. North’
Broadway, features 12 scenes
of religious significance.
The series of tableaux opens
with the creation of earth and a
scene from the Garden of Eden,
covers a span of time t» the first
Christmas Day, and flashes scenes
of pagan lands where missionaries
are acutely needed.
Built in three week* by nine
Industrious and artistic seminari
ant, the crib also feature* the
music of Tschaikowski. Wagner
and Schubert on tape recording,
and a 10-minute narration.
In succession, the lights bright
en and fade away on three-dimen
sional, hand-painted scenes, por
traying the fall of Adam and Eve.
the vision of a lily—the symbol of
Christ, the Annunciation, and the
Nativity the focal point of the
entire display.
Then unfolds the story of efforts
to carry the .Gospel of Christ to
the world, arid scenes are shown
of pagan peoples in India, Poland,
Japan. China and Africa, and of
American Indians in the Southwest.
climactic tableaux is a
of the Madonna with
intercession the Gospel
spread to the world. The
Th*
picture
who*,
will be
narrator offer* to th. Blessed
Mother a mission prefer of
Thanksgiving.
Set up in the spacious front
room of the seminary, the crib
occupies approximately 220 square
feet, has 500 feet of wiring, mak
ing possible 15 changes in light
ing, and its’scenery and caves are
made with about 200 feet of wrap
ping paper. There are more than
200 figures in the panorama.
The intricate electrical system
gets its power from a generator
The charge is levelled at the Argentine regime of Presi
dent Juan D. Peron. At the same time the paper accuses him
and the parliament he dominates of “a deliberate intention
to offend Catholic morality.
A front-page editorial in the
Vatican City paper sta'es that it
had long Kept silent on the Argen.
tine developments, hoping to be
lieve the government's assertion
that there is no conflict between
the Church and state, only be
tween the state and a few “bad"
priests. But Osservatore Romano
indicates that it could no longer
maintain silence in the face of the
divorce law steamrollered through
the Peronista congress and signed
by President Peron despite Church
pleas to the contrary.
This law “represents in the pres
ent s‘ate of affairs the latest and
NFCCS Plans
Scholarship
Aid Program
WASHINGTON, D. C. An
extensive scholarship aid pro
gram conducted by the Nation
al Federation of Catholic Col
lege Students has been offi
cially announced here.
Designed to provide oppor
tunities for Catholic higher
education to
areas lacking
tholic college facilities, the
present focus of
be toward the 15 dioceses in
southern and southwestern parts of
the United States.
students from
adequate Ca-
the program
Seminarians Build Spectacular Crib
in the basement. The generator
turns a bicycle wheel which in
turn operates 15 wooden levers,
dipping a succession of live wires
in a saline solution at precise in
tervals.
The recorded dialogue, syn
chronized with the lighting sys
tem, is the voice of Mrs.
Franklin Selleck,
neighbor.
Vatican Paper Charges
Peron With Oppression
VATICAN Cm’ —NC)— The government of a constitu
tionally Catholic country has been accused of “oppressing
Catholicism.” by the Vatican City daily. Osservatore Romano.
G.
a next door
the creative
Ferronato and
Responsible for
work are Alfredo
Mario Serraglio, the artists Eugene
gravest episode in a series of
actions against the clergy, the Ca
tholic people and the Church,"
Osservatore declares:
It denounces the law as pro
viding some of the easiest and
broadest grounds for divorce in
existence. The present constitu
tion recognizes Catholicism as the
religion of the' land. (See story on
page 5)
will
the
Announcement of the program
was made here by Msgi Joseph E.
Schieder. director of the Youth
Department. National Catholic
Welfare Conference. Original in
spiration and promotion for the
program came from Bishop James
A. McNulty of Paterson. N.J., who
is Episcopal moderator of the Fed
eration,
Candidates for aid will be chos
en from diocesan jecommendations
by the scholarship selection com
mittee of the Federation. Eligibil
ity also requires normal academic
ability, qualities of leadership and
intention to return to the home
area.
The Federation explained that
"return to the home area” meant
that scholarships were being
sasaided
to students with the un
derstanding that at the completion
of their schooling, they will return
to their communities and “act in
the capacity of informed lay lead-
Sixty-seven per cent of the Cath
olic- colleges in the country are
participating in the program by do
nating grants or otherwise helping,
the Federation said. This figure is
expected to increase in the near
future.
There are already ten students
on the program on a trial basia.
The -aper (fate* that tha Par
on regime has changed it* atti
tude toward the Church. "It is
not merely repressing alleged,
unimportant abuses, but is op
pressing Catholicism, religious
and moral liberties, the faithful,
and the rights of the Church."
Osservatore takes up the Peron
assertion that the difficulties are
merely a question of unimportant
“infiltrations” among
How could esuch an
matter call for such
the denunciation of three Bishops
and even the arrest of a number
of priests, the paper asks.
“Unfortunately, it is no longer
a case of speaking of Catholic
‘perplexities'.” the Vatican City
paper says. “Instead one must ask
seriously if infiltrations—authen
tic and not merely supposed—of
very alien idiologies, which are an
ti-Cath lie and subversive of the
moral and national order, may not
have taken hold in the Argentine
state.”
the clergy,
unimportant
measures as
Earlier, the official newspaper
of the Christian Democratic party,
Il Popolo. published in Rome,
commented that the new divorce
legislation in Argentina would sad
den ailing Pope Pius XII and pos
sibly mar relations between that
country and Italy. The paper’s
comment came while the Argerf
tine Foreign Minister. Jeronimo
Remorino, was on an official visit
to Rome.
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Indecent Comics
Banned By City
DONALDSON, La. (Nc5 By
unanimous vote the Donaldson city
council adopted two ordinances
prohibiting the selling, distribut
ing, lending or giving away of com
ic books portraying deeds of bru
tality and violence, and sexually
indecent comic books and crime
comics.
Patterned after recently adopt
ed ordinances by the city of New
Orleans, one ordinance
to persons 17 years of
ovfr, the other to those
of age and under.
PER DIVISION
TATE MUSEUM
US 10 OHIO
Giusani, electrical equipment and
Harry Paleari. sound effects. They
were assisted by Sandy Garzarelli,
Julius Mariani. James White. Jo
seph Savoie and Thomas Semet
koski.
They built the crib during their
free time, and during a three-week
period in which they also were
studying for examinations. All are
students at the Pontifical College
Josephinum.
This type of elaborate crib,
a rarity in the United States, is
You Qan Eat Meat
Friday, Dec. 31
VATICAN CITY—(Radio. NC)
—The Vatican has dispensed all
Catholics from abstinence on
Friday, December 31 New
Year’s Eve.
The action was taken in a de
cree of the Sacred Congregation
of the Council published here.
The decree permits Catholics to
eat meat on Friday, December
31, without further action
their Bishops.
e
IM-
Three weeks of painstaking work by nine young men have produced one of the most elaborate
cribs ever displayed in the city at the P.I.M.E Mission House, 324 E. North Broadway. In the picture
above, seminarian Harry Paleari is arranging the position of a camel—one of the more than 200 figures
in the colorful panorama. The seminarians and the.r rector, Father Dante Magri, P.I.M E.. anxious to
show the public the product of their work, are welcoming many visitors to the North Side semwefy.
The crib will be on exhibit through Jan. 12.
by
the
the
The degree explains that
dispensation was granted at
request of many Bishops. They
made the request, the decree
says, because the last d'y of the
year, the Feast of St. Sylvester,
Pope-Confessor, is observed in
many countries as a day of
thanksgiving for the year’s
blessings.
The decree is dated December
22 and is signed by His Emin
ence Pietro Cardinal Cinaci,
prefect of the congregation, and
Msgr. Franesco Roberti. secre
tary.
Deanerv HNS
Groups Plan
Rally, Jan. 9
Bishop Ready will preside
at the central deanery Holy
Name Rallv to be held Sundav,
Jan. 9. at 3:00 p. in St.
Joseph Cathedral. The speak
er for the occasion will he Fa
ther George Schorr, diocesan
vice-chancellor.
Father Albert E. Culliton. pastor
of St. Christopher parish and di
rector of the diocesan
Union, has urged all
Central oeanery and
high school age to
rally.
Holy Name
men of the
students of
attend the
Joseph E Tritschler, diocesan
president of the Holy Name Union,
has appointed Edward P. Wolfe
diocesan secretary, as general
chairman of the rally, and A C.
Grodrian. diocesan treasurer, fi
nance chairman.
Other members of the executive
board of the organization include
John A. McAndrews. Charles P.
Gilbert, Henry Reinhard, Leo C.
Walter, Edward O. Rvan. Charles
E. Leach. Roman V. Eyerman and
Ralph J. Kramer. Sr.
Members of the central deanery
Holy Name Societies are requested
to receive Holy Communion in
their parish churches on the Sun
day of the rally.
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Veic Years Ere
Moly Hour Set
pertains
age and
17 years
ordinanc-
The movement for the
es was instituted by the local
court of the Catholic Daughters of
America, the Holy Name Society
of Ascension Catholic church and
the local Knights of Columbus
s Council.
once
St. Joseph Cathedral will
again be the scene of a Holy Hour
ushering in the New Year. Services
will begin at 11 pm. tonight. Dec.
31. Father Bernard J. McClory as
sistant pastor of Cathedral parish,
will preach the sermon.
During the Holy Hour prayers
are offered thanksgiving for
God’s blessings in the year passed,
and in petition for His help in the
coming year
The Catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, Docambor 31, ^54
quite common in Italy, the na
tive country of the majority of
the seminarians. Seminarians
ther* often have intricate Nativi
ty scenes, and Italian homes
place emphasis on display of the
crib rather than the Christmas
tree.
In front of the Columbus semi
nary, the students have erected
this lettered sign: “Come In and
See Our Crib.”
The invitation, good until 10 p.
m. daily, extends through Jan. 12.
Delegate 'Sa vs
Agencies' Help
NEW YORK —(NCi- "The
rehabilitation of the refugees
who have fled from North
Vietnam cannot be done by
governments alone.” Dr. Yang
Ly. V ietnam delegate to
UNESCO Conference and
sonal envoy of Premier
Dinh Diem told a press
ference at the Harvard Club
here.
“It requires the imagination and
energies of the many international
and national voluntary agencies
and also the initiative of the
fugees themselves,” he said.
the
per
Ngo
con-
Conference for the
program this agen
on in the distribu
clothing. medicines
He also expressed the apprecia
tion of the Vietnamese for the
work of the International Red
Cross.
According to Dr.- Ly, the edu
cation situation in Vietnam is
very bad. "In Saigon alone," he
stated, 7,800 pupils applied for
admittance to the primary
schools, bu* because of the lack
of proper facilities, only 1,600
were accepted There is one Ca
tholic primary and high school
in South Vietnam."
He predicted that "with the help
of WRS-N.C.W.C. and other vol
unteer agencies we are going to
‘lick’ the forces of chaos that are
threatening my country.”
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Catholic World
Now Numbered
At 423 Million
total
LONDON (NC) The
Catholic population of the world
is 423.000.000 according to the
Catholic Directory for 1955. just
issued here.
The directory says the Catholic
population of England and Wales
increased by 91,700 in the last 12
months, and that the total Cath
olic population for both areas is
now 3,031.600.
Scotland is said to have a Cath
olic population of 764.831, an in
crease of 13.368 in the year, and
Ireland a Catholic population of
2,812.574.
There are 61,895.571 Catholics
in the English speaking world,
the directory says This is a mos|
conservative estimate drawn up by
the Church authorities and based
on known churchgoers with per
manent homes.
At the start and the close of the Marian Year, anxiety
gripped the world as His Holiness Pope Pius XH was taken
seriously ill and was confined to his sickbed. Persons of all
faiths round the globe offered prayers for his recovery.
All during the Marian Year throughout the Catholic
world, up to its close on December 8. elaborate rallies and
congresses were held in tribute to the Blessed Mother. As
a highpoint of the year. Pope Pius in October established
the Feast of the Queenship of
universal Church annually on
The American Hierarchy, at its
annual November meeting in Wash
ington. cited godless materialism
as the world’s foremost danger and
a renewed faith in God as the
cure. The Bishops also established
December 26 as a day of prayer
and penance fet the persecuted of
the world.
Six members of the Sacred Col
lege of Cardinals died during the
year. In August. Emilie. one of the
world famous Dionne quintuplets,
died. Pope Pius X. “the Pope of
the Eucharist and the modern fa
ther of the Confraternity of Chris
tian Doctrine", was raised to Saint
hood in May. The following month.
Pope Pius raised five others to
sainthood, bringing to 33 the num
ber canonized by the Holy Father.
The J954 Official Catholic Direc
tory put at 31.648,424 the
Catholic population The U.S
preme Court early in the year
dered a decision that all
wrecked censorship of motion
tures. In May it handed down its
momentous decision declaring ra
cial segregation in
school system to be
tional.
U.S
Su
ren-
but
pic-
the public
unconstitu-
As the year
His
Last Days of 1953
1953 headed toward history,
Holiness Pope Piu« XII in his 15th
annual Christmas Eve message to
a fear-ridden world advocated the
continental union of Europe, and
warned against the false concep
tion of a new materialism that
Form Of Integration Was Seen
In Louisiana 100 Years Ago
ISLE BREVILLE. I-a (NO—
The first' church built entirely
with funds contributed by colored
people became integrated almost
100 year. ago. according to a newly
published parish history of St.
Augustine's Church he.e.
Fathei John J. Callahan C. S.
Sp.. rector of the church, wrote
the pamphlet to commemorate the
125th anniversary of the blessing
of the first chapel in 1829.
re-
ex
he
He also took the occasion to
tend heartfel* appreciation on
half of the people of Vietnam to
War Relief Services—National Ca
tholic Welfare
comprehensive
cy has carried
tion wf food,
and other necessities to those in
need. He said that WRS-N.C.W.C.
had contributed nearly S2.000.000
of relief to his country in cash and
gifts in kind within the past three
years.
“Any help in stabilizing the re
fugee Situation in South Vietnam.”
he continued, “is an important aid
in the balancing of a region threat
ened by insecurity and engullment
from the north.”
He said that through the efforts
nf the Metoyer family, the original
landowners, a chapel was built
some time before 1829 Among the
older familie4 here, the belief is
that the chapel was built in 1803.
However, documentary proof is
lacking. What is known is that Fa-
Committeemen
Renamed To
NCCS Duties
WASHINGTON (NO
Archbishop Karl J. Alter of
Cincinnati president of the
Board of Trustees of the Na
tional Catholic Community
Service, announced the ap
pointment of the present
members of the NCCS Execut
ive Committee to another year
in office, with Michael T. Kel
leher of Boston continuing as
chairman.
Established by the American
Bishops in 1940, NCCS is charged
with the responsibility of mobil
izing citizens throughout the coun
try to help meet the religious, wel
fare educational and recreational
needs of military personnel and
others whose family life has been
thrown off kilter by the defense
program.
As a member agency of United
Service Organizations (I SO). NCCS
workers manage or assist in the op
eration of about 60 USO in the
United States and abroad for serv
ice personnel and their families.
The organization is also a partici
pating agency of the United Com
munity Defense Services, serving
defease workers and their families
in over-crowded communities.' In
addition, NCCS conducts independ
ently-sponsored activities in ten
USO-type cluhs in the U.S. and
overseas and through its extensive
NCCS-V? Hospital Program as
sists in meeting the needs of pa
tients in 170 Veterans Administra
tion hospitals throughout
country.
exec
serv-
and
li
the
Under the guidance of its
utive committee, it provided
ices to over 8,000.000 persons
distributed more than half a
lion religious articles during
past year.
Marian Year, Pontiffs Illness
Church Highlights Of 1954
Other Features Include Diocesan Expansion Is
I
Canonization Of Pius Top Local News Story
Mary’, to he observed b\ the
Mav 31.
peace can be attained through
technological progress
JANUARY The U.S. Supreme
Court all but wrecked State movie
censorship by ruling bans by New
York censors against “La Ronde”
and Ohio censors against "M o
stepped their authority.
The Pope named: New Yo
Auxiliary Bishop Walter P. Kel
berg as Bishop of Ogdensburg:
Louis Auxiliary Bishop John
Cody as Coadjutor Bishop of
Joseph with right of success
and Msgr. Joseph Annabring
perioi. Wis., as Bishop of Superi
or. Bishop Raymond P. Hillinger
of Rockford. Ill was installed.
President Eisenhower headed a
congregation of dignitaries at a
Red Mass in the nation's capital.
The U.S. and world observances
of the Chair of Unity Octave were
reported the most extensive ever
held. The National Catholic Alma
nac published its 50th anniversary
issue. Ramon Magsaysay assumed
the Presidency of the Philippines.
Death claimed Charles E. (Gus)
Dorias, famed football player and
coach, and Thomas E. Braniff. 70,
Canadian airlines head, killed
ed with 11 others in a Shreveport,
La., plane crash. Archbishop Am
leto Giovanni Cicognani. Apostolic
Delegate to the U.S., urged the
5th annual Mariological Society
convention in Washington to seek
fCWtiwued on Page 3)
ther John Baptist LeBlanc. rectoi
of St. Francis' Church of Natchi
toches. blessed the first chapel on
July 19. 1829.
Father Callahan traces the his
tory of this community back io the
original grant of land by the French
Government to Marie-Therese
Couau-Couan. a freed slave, in
1720. She settled on the island and
began developing the land
Therese Cauan-Cauan married
Thomas Metoyer. a white man.
Their childien Augustin and Louis
Metoyer were instrumental in
building the chapel-of-ease on their
planta.ion. They contributed the
land for the churc1 and cemetery.
Various members of their families
supplied the altar and the vest
ments.
In 1856 Bishop Auguste Martin,
first Bi hop of N'atitoches. cannon
ically stablished the parish
According to Fr. Callahan "this is
the first and still the only church in
the history of Catholics in the
United States where a church
founded, built and financed by peo
ple of
church
within
ored.”
Five
three
color became a territorial
embracing all Catholics
its limits, white and col-
Moral Implication
Of Co-Existence
Noted In Article
WASHINGTON (NO The
question of peaceful co-existence
between the two great powers in
volves both moral principles and
practical expediency, according to
\ather Francis J. Connell. SS R.
dean of sacred theology al the
Catholic University here.
In an article in the January is
sue of "Catholic
publication of the
of Catholic Men.
logian says that
the people of Russia is one
but with rhe Soviet, rulers
entirely different.
“We may not accept an
of peaceful co-existence
the leaders of the Soviet
ment. if by this we mean
tude of confidence and trust
their assertions that they wish to
do us no harm.” he stales.
Men.” monthly
National Council
the noted
co-existing
eluded in the extensive
tion program.
en
St.
P.
St.
ly accommodate 120
and Good Samarita
Zanesville la
project which
ed addition to the present
theo
with
thing
it is
attitude
towards
govern
an atti-
He stressed that the Smiet gov
ernment is actively hostile to the
spirit of American freedom and o
our very existence as a nation.
"The Soviet government, bas
ed on atheistic Communism, is
th* most vicious enemy thet th*
United State* has in the world
today," he state*.
Father Connell concludes the ar
ticle. which is enti’led "Peaceful
Co-Existence?”, by advising against
a preventive war.
“War,” he writes, "is justifiable
only when otherwise our very na
tional exi'tence is in peril
the
The Columbus Diocese during 1954 embarked on the
most expansive building program in its 86-year-history in
order to keep pace with the spectacular growth of the Church
This building program, initiated by Bishop Ready, ranks as
the year's outstanding achievement in the diocese in a period
crowded with events which contributed to the progress of
the church.
The extent of the building program was brought to i
b\ a Catholic Time* survey which indicated that 21 proj
totaling approximately S3.205.000
architect's drawing board or wer
struction
hes, five new
arged schools,
churches, two
hed
*r such
found
iding
1954 Official Cath
ie hich noted that
7,393 Catholics comparison with
the previous year
Population trends, moreover, in
dicate rha? thi« growth will con
tinue steadily during the next de
cade.
The following is a list of other
highlights throughout 1953.
JAN. T—Some 300 young people
from the Central Deanery of the
Diocese attended the first Holy
Hour of the CathoLc Youth Adora
tion Society
dral Membeis of
in
Cathe
group
nev
e
..
Make 1955
1
A Year
Of Prayer
a:
x..
..... —‘■•I W
•r had reached
some stage of co
pleds
hich
attend a Holy
JAN. 8
id Radebaugh, a
i mer. donated a
land near
bus Diocese for
Oui I^ady of
y and social hall.
Dr James Parker of
ri«h, Delaware, was
resident of the Cath
s Retreat League.
JAN. 17
JAN. 17—Father John P. Byrne,
Michael’s parish in
turned the first shov
rth at ceremonies for
ung construction of
sroom elem e n a y
ma
JAfc. 18
The first of a series
maturing activities in
ls was telecast
its “Touring
by
the
Town program.
JAN. 18 The history of
22 religious communities in
diocese and the story of their work
was compiled by
School Office
brochure, entitled
the
the Diocesan
nd published in a
"Stars Shining
JAN. 22—Plans for a new eight
ciassroom Holy Name School in Co
lumbus w ere announced by Bishop
Ready The one-story brick struc-
Continued on Page 2)
Pontiff Asks Blessing,
Peace For orld In
Christmas Eve Message
Pope Pius XII framed the window or his private study at
the Vatican in koine, gives his blessing to a crowd of 50,000 gath
ered outside the Papal palace. As loudspeek rs carried the voice of
the ailing Pontiff to the vast throng, hope spread that h* was re.
covering from th* illness that caused his collapse December 2. Shouts
of "Viva II Pjpa" greeted his apppearanc*.
VATICAN CITY —(NC)— From his sickroom in the Vati
can Palace. His Holiness Pope Pius XII broadcast a gree
and blessing on Christinas E\e to the entire world,
especially to sufferers. He prayed that all would enjoy “the
charm of Christmas and savor its pure joy.”
Forced to forego his normal Christmas activities,
Pope nevertheless appeared on Christmas Day at the windi
of his apartment to bless a crowd of well-wishers who
gathered in St. Peter's Square
The Holv Eaihers 61 i-uord
message was transmitted to Italy
and the world by the Vatican Radio
at exactly noon. His voice was
quite good view of his physical
relapse of recent weeks, and the
manner of his delivery was remin
iscent of earlier times. With him
as he spoke were Msgr Angelo
Dell'Acqua. Substitute Vatican Sec
retary of State for Ordinary Af
fairs and Father Antonio Stefan
izzi. S.J director of the Vatican
Radio
Early in his brief message, fhe
Pontiff revealed his uppermost
thoughts by speaking of th* inti
mat* joys of Christmas "Oh, if
to cheer and greet him.
only i.ien knew how to live
their whole lives in that atn
phere of joy. with thos. fe.li
of goodness and peace ... I
much '.appier the eai’th wo
be," he exclaimed.
Pope Pius extended his grati
to the Catholic world lor pre
unceanr1’, poured forth for
consolation.” He assured that
was thinking of "all our ch:
scattered throughout the
and indeed, of the whole
family.”
The Pope included his
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