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A Good Catholic
I* a Well-
Informed Catholic
Vol. IV, No. 30
The “splendid work” of the
Sisters of Notre Dame de Na
mur throughout “an era of
providential progress” was cit
ed by Bishop Ready as the
communit of nuns celebrated 100
years of service Columbus class
rooms.
Bishop Ready, who spoke at a
Solemn Pontifical Mass which he
celebrated Monday in honor of the
Sister’s centennial, asserted that
the religious order has had ‘‘a
truly significant part” in the de-
Official
Bishops
Engagements
Sunday, May 1st: 9:00 a. m.—
Mass, Saint Mary Church, Mar
ion, State Convention, D. of I.
3:00 p. m.—DCCW Spring Con
ference, Lancester, Ohio 6:00
p. m.—Opening, Clergy Re
treat, Shrine of the Little
Flower.
Monday, May 2nd: 9:00 a. m.—
Solemn Requiem Mass, Coram
Episcopo, Shrine, Deceased
Bishops and Priests of th* Dio
cese.
Tuesday, May 3rd: 10:00 a.m.—
Holy Cross Sisters' Centennial,
Notre Dame, Indiana.
Wednesday, May 4th: 10:00 a.
m.—Solemn Mass, Coram Epis
copo, Holy Cross Church, Co
lumbus, 90th Anniversary
Saint Francis Hospital 6:00
p. m.—Holy Hour and Closing
Clergy Retreat, Shrine 7:30
p. m.—Confirmation, Our Lady
of Sorrows, Lockbourne.
Thursday, May 5th: 9:30 a. m.
—Religious
Reception, Saint
Springs.
7th: 9:00 a. m.—
Josephinum.
Mary of the
Saturday, May
Ordinations,
Sunday, May 8th: 10:30 a. m.—
Pontifical Mass, 50th Anniver
sary, Holy Rosary Parish, Co
lumbus 7:30 p. m.—Confir
mation, Holy Family, Colum
bus.
Monday, May 9th: 6:00 p. m.
Opening Clergy Retreat,
Shri.ie of th* Little Flower.
Tuesday, May 10th: 7:00 p. m.
—Blessing of Our Lady's stat
ue and May Crowning, Mount
Carmel Hospital.
Wednesday, May 11th: 9:00 a.
m.—Solemn Requiem Mass,
eoram Episcopo, shrine. De
ceased Bishops and Priests of
the Diocese: 7:30 p. m.—Con
firmation, Saint Aloysius, Co
lumbus.
Thursday, May 12th: 6:00 p. m.
—Holy Hour and Closing,
Clergy Retreat, Shrine.
Sunday, Mav 15th: 11:00 a. m.—
Solemn Mass, coram Eoiscopo,
5ntS Sacerdotal Anniversary
Father Francis Krueskamp,
Pa5tor Emeritus, Saint Peter
Church, Chillicothe 7:30 p. m.
''•r,-r‘?’ion, Sa*nt Ladis
-. C-’umhus.
17th: 2:30 o. m—
fern'' Conference,
C’-■•••!»* Seminary.
Thursday, May 19th:
n m.—Confirmation, Ca
dral.
Sv-^a- Mry 2?: 11:00 a. m.—
A
Pen*i/!r-'l Mass, Cathedral, K
o* S*’te Convention Saint
V-rv of th* cnrin«s Academy
AHmnae, 5(Hh Anniversary
4:00 n. m.—Cornerstone lay
inn ceremony, Saint Mary Mag.
dal ne Church, Columbus.
Tuesday, May 24th: 7:30 p. m.
—Confirmation, Saint Peter,
Columbus.
Saturday, May 28th: 10:00 a. m.
—Ordinations, Cathedral.
Pentecost Sunday, May 29th:
11:00 a. m.—Pontifical Mass,
Cathedral 4:00 p. m—Adult
Confirmations, Cathedral.
Bishop Lauds Sisters on Jubilee
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The superiors of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in this area gathered in Columbus last
week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the religious community in the city. Pictured above as they
conversed with Bishop Ready after a Pontifical High Mass in St. Joseph Cathedral are (left to right)
Sister Constantine, superior of Maryhurst at 1427 Roxbury Rd. Sister Blandino, superior at the convent
in Hamilton Sister Ellen St. John, provincial superior from Reading, O. Sister Marie Teresa, su
perior at St. Joseph Academy and Sister Agnes, sister of the Notre Dame convent in Cincinnati.
velopment of the diocese. He de
clared:
"As they this day give thanks
to Divine Providence which has
preserved and guided their com
munity and its incomparably
valu.b’. work, so must we all
render to heaven our heartfelt
gratitude for the fact that these
Sisters have been given to us
that wo continue to be blessed
by their presence, their devoted
labors and abounding spiritual
energy which passes from their
holy consecreation into the Cath
olic lives of all our peoyle."
Tracing the history of the sisters
of Notre Dame de Namur from
the day in 1855 when they first
arrived in Columbus, the Bishop
noted that they came to this part
of Ohio 13 years before the Co
lumbus Diocese was established.
He told
teachers
Patrick’s
tion and
of the Sisters’ work as
in Holy Cross and St.
Schools, of their founda
operation of St. Joseph
of their teaching
years at St. Joseph
Aloysius. St. Au-
Academy, and
duties in later
Cathedral, St.
gustii.e and
Schools.
St. Christopher’s
of their work in
He also told
fostering the Tabernacle Society,
in teaching at St. John’s School,
NCWC Board
Conducts Its
90th Meeting
WASHINGTON (NC)
The Administrative Board of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference has just complet
ed its 90th meeting here.
Bishop Ready, Episcopal
Chairman of the Immigration
Department, was among those
attending.
In all, forty Archbishops and
Bishops from all sections of the
United States have served actively
on the board, which originally had
four members and now has ten.
The present NCWC Administra
tive Board is composed of Cardinals
Mooney, Stritch, Spellman and Mc
Intyre. ex officio Archbishops
Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati, chair
man: Francis P. Keough of Balti
more. vice-chairman of the board
and Episcopal Chairman of the
N W C-Department of Social Ac
tion Joseph E. Ritter of St Louis,
secretary John F. O’Hara. C.S.C.,
of Philadelphia, treasurer Richard
J. Cushing of Boston, chairman of
the Department of Lay Organiza
tions, and John P. Mitty of San
Francico. chairman of the Youth
Department, and Bishops Matthew
F. Brady of Manchester, chairman
of the Education Department Em
met M. Walsh of Youthstown, O.,
ch irman of the Legal Depart
ment Thomas K. Gorman of Dal
las Fort Worth, chairman of
the Press Department, and Bishop
Ready chairman of the Immigra
tion Department.
Bishop Ready has been asso
ciated v-ith the N.C.W.C. for
many years, having been named
assistant general secretary in
1931 and general secretary in
1936.
Following his consecration, Bish
op Ready was elected secretary of
the Administrative Board in No
vember, 1946 Since that time he
has sened as chairman of the
Press Department, the Motion Pic
ture Department and at present,
is chairman of the Immigration De
partment.
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Decree Fixe# Mass, Office
For Feast
of St. Pius
CITY—Radio, NC)—
issue of th* Acta
VATICAN
The current
Apostolicae
____ S e di s. the official
Vatican organ for the publication
of decrees, contains a decree of
the Congregation of Rites setting
forth the Mass and office for the
feast of St. Pius X, ordered to be
universally celebrated on Septem
ber 3. The same issue of Acts con
tains an Apostolic brief proclaim
ing Our Lady, under her title of
Divine Motherhood, as Patroness of
the Archdiocese of Washington,
D. C.
Logan, in operating Maryhurst. a
school for prospective candidates
for the sisterhood, and in giving
religious instruction and training
in St. Mary’s Parish, Groveport,
and St. Paul’s, Westerville.
‘‘Merely to list the valuable
employments of our beloved
ters of Notre Dame would be
exacting and lengthy task,”
shop Ready said, adding:
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Dr. An.on will read his paper
on “Some Functional Aspects of
Inorganic Micronutrients in Plant
Metabolism” before the Pontifical
Academy, and participate in the
discussion that follows.
The study week subject, tying to
gether two explosive problems—
world population demands and
world food supply—treats an area
of interest close to the Holy Fa
ther.
The study week, meeting at
Casina d? Pio IV at the Vatican,
consists of private conversations
Science Needs
Philosophy,
Pontiff Avers
VATICAN Cm' (NC)
Modern science, which is rap
idly progressing towards the
point where it faces “the
greatest enigma of all visible
creation namely the prob
lem of life,” needs philosophy
to understand what it is doing
and where it is going.
That I* the key thought of the
4.000-word address delivered in
French by His Holiness Pope Pius
XII to members of the Pontifical
Acad :my of Sciences and other
scholars here to attend a study
week on micronutrient elements in
vegetable and animal life.
The Holy Father repeatedly
stressed the necessity of accom
panying the amazing new facts
discovered through natural science
by a search for “a unifying syn
thesis.”
Science, split up into innumer
able sectors, cannot reach a uni
versal synthesis of thought, and
needs permanent contract with a
"philosophy of critical realism"
to satrfv man's search for truth,
the Pontiff continued.
At the same time the Pope warn
ed philosophically against trying
“to define truths which are drawn
solely from observation or experi
ment and from the use of scientif
ic methods.”
He deplored the fact that for
some time “science and philosophy
have become separated.” He attrib
uted the cause of this separation
to historical factors and to “per
sons who did not always possess
the necessary good will and com
petence.” He cited the example of
atomic discoveries for the failure
of the mechanistic theory of the
universe to explain the forces gov
erning the behavior of atoms.
Telling scientists that they hold
a powerful instrument with which
to do good, the Holy Father urged
them never te betray this trust. I
Retreat Set
Sunday for
32 Priests
The camolic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, April 29, 1955
Thirty-two priests of the Co
lumbus Diocese will make
their annual Retreats
week at the Shrine of
Little Flower.
next
the
will
and
The spiritual exercises
open at 6 p. m. Sunday
close after dinner Wednesday.
The Retreat master will be Father
Paul Waldron, S.S.C., of the Co
lumban Retreat House. Derby,
Members of the clergy who have
been assigned to the Retreat
follow:
Msgrs. Frederick Burkhart, Rob
ert Coburn, Harry Connelly, John
Donahie, John Kerrigan, Joseph
McGlynn, George Mason. Herman
Mattingly, Harold O’Donnell and
Anthony Schlernitzauer.
Fathers William Connor, Law
rence Corcoran, Richard Crosser,
Ralph Dermody, Richard Dodd,
Linus Dury, John Eyerman, Leon
ard Falvey, Ambrose Freund,
Hugh Gilbert, Colby Grimes and
Robert Harwick.
Fathers Andrew Hohman, Ber
nard Jones, James Kimberley. Law
rence O'Connor. John O’Rourke,
Lawrence Riley, Raphael Rodgers,
Robert Schmidt, Francis Schweit
zer and William Spickerman.
Sis
an
Bi­
This is the second in a series
of four retreats for clergy. Spirit
ual exercises also are set tor May
9-12 and June 13-16.
World’s Food Problem
Studied at Rome Meet
BERKELEY, Calif. (NC) There is a cradle of algae
filled bottles rocking in the plant physiology department at
the University of California that may contain the secret of
feeding the world's vast underdeveloped and often overpopu
lated areas.
Now in Rome to report on his
controlled experiments in this field
is Dr. Daniel I. Arnon, University
of California scientist, the only
American to attend the “study
week” at the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences.
Dr. Arnon joined an illustrious
roster of internationally known fel
low scientists from at least 10 na
tions to participate in a concen
trated study of micronutrient ele
ments in vegetable and animal life.
among scientists, the reading of 5
papers on “oligoelments (micro
nutrients) in the soil, animals, hu
man physiology, and the relation
ship between human population^
and their oligoelements.
Th® Pontifical Academy's
study week idea grew out of a de
sire by the Pontifical Academy
to bring together outstanding
scientists, discuss divergent opin
ions of scientific problems, and
formulate the exact reasons
which form the basis of the di
vergency of opinions. Once the
reasons for scientific disagree
ment are found, the study week
attempts to 1) agree on a de
termined solution, or 2) acknowl
edge that it is impossible to es
tablish a uniform doctrine for
the problem confronted at pres
ent.
“The purpose of the study week
is to illuminate areas of knowledge
—and areas of ignorance,” and
then, says Dr. Arnon, “sometimes
we find out where to look next.’”
The subject of Dr. Arnon’s lec
ture to the Pontifical Academy,
micronutrient elements, the scient
ist likens to the tiny bit of tung
sten in the light bulb compared
with the bricks in the house lighted
by that bulb:
“You could not live in the house
without light, yet the weight of
tungsten used to light the house
is infinitesimal compared to the
weight of bricks or wood used to
construct the house. So with micro
nutrient elements: In plants they
are necessary plants get sick if
they don’t get them.”
Asked about his observation*
on the scientific scene in the U.
5., compared to Europe, Dr. Ar
non replied that generally speak
ing this country ha* in its favor
th* natural curiosity of its peo
ple, its readiness to try anything
new, its lack of fear in change,
its naturel technical skills. He
added that the following factor*
play a disfavorable role, gener
ally, for science in th* U.S.!
Americans are not a contempla
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Adult Confirmation
Scheduled for May
29 at Cathedral
In accordance with th® wishes
of Bishop Ready that all adults
in Franklin County who hav®
dot yet received the Sacrament
of Confirmation receive this
Sacrament of the Church, con
firmotion of adults will be ad
ministered in Saint Joseph's Ca
thedral on Pentecost Sunday,
May 29, at 3 p.m.
This applies not only to con
verts but to those Catholics who,
for one reason or another, were
not confirmed as children.
Those adults, therefore, who
have not yet been confirmed are
requested to be at the Cathedral
for instruction and rehearsal on
Sunday, May 22, at 7:30 p.m.
The confirmandi will be requir
ed to present their baptismal
certificates at that time.
Candidates for confirmation
are required to receive three
instructions on the Sacrament
from their pastor.
Tf
Te rhe Reverend Clergy, Religious,
and Faithful of the Diocese of Columbus. 4
My beloved Breth-®n:
On this glorious Sunday w« begin the month dedicated to the
Mother of our Risen Savior. May is traditionally Our Lady's month
in the Christian calendar. It is a time of homage and prayer to her
whom we revere as the Cause of our joy, Gate of heaven. Refuge of
sinners and Queen of peace.
At the end of this month of May the Universal Church will
observe for the first time the feast of the Queenship of Mary. Our
Holy "ether, Pope Pius XII, proclaimed that this feastday is to be
solemnly celebrated each year on May 31st. I need not urge
you, my dear brethren, that this lovely month of May should be
an opportunity to increase your devotion to God's holy Mother.
From the earliest years of your life in union witl her divine
Son, you have often sung her praises in the Litany of Loreto ar
Queen of all saints and Queen conceived without original sin. It
is the Mother of Ovr Savior's right to "reign over individuals and
over families, as well as over societies and nations over the as
semblies of the powerful, the counsels of the wise, as over the
simple aspirations of the humble." It is a duty for us, her children
by reason of Christ's Redemption, to be ruled by her in those areas
of our lives which will determine our eternal salvation.
May the family Rosary, the daily S crifice of the Mass and
Holy Communion and the May devotions in your parish church be
the normal routine for all families in the Diocese during this
month. These are the ready means at our disposal for peace and
holiness, for increased love among men and for a society rebuilt
on the recognition of God's authority over mankind.
In your daily prayers to our heavenly Queen and Mother, I
make one special request, my beloved brethren. For the past sev
•ral years, the clergy, the religious and the laity in this Diocese
have included in their May devotions a fervent petition to God
that vocations to the Sacred Priesthood and the Religious Life
might prosper and grow among us. We must continue this appeal.
The Diocese of Columbus needs many Priests and Sisters.
I need not tell you that the rapidly increasing population in
all our communities necessitates the opening of new parishes and
expanded school facilities. We cannot meet such demands unless
those young men and young women in the Diocese, whom God has
destined for His service, will readily and reverently respond to
their holy vocation in life. It falls to parents to encourage their
sons and daughters, to pastors and teachers to counsel them, and
to all of us to pray that God may bring them to the fulfillment
of His holy Will.
During May, therefore, I ask you to give much prayer to this
holy cause. We are the immediate heirs to the blessings resulting
from this fervent, persevering appeal. May God gran* it success.
With my blessing,
Thmugh the influence of Doc
tor Starling Loving and other in
terested citizens, a portion of the
Starling Medical College, jocated
on East State and
was turned over to
hospital purposes.
Sixth Streets,
the Sisters for
of the Starling
important be-
The early history
Medical College is
cause of the part it played in the
history of Columbus and in the
work of the Sisters of the Poor of
St. Francis. Doctor John Hamilton
encouraged and helped the Sisters
in their work, and it was he who
suggested that they apply for the
use of that portion of the Medical
College which had been provided
for hospital purposes.
The Sisters purchased a 99-year
lease in 1865. and this saw the orig
in of St. Francis Hosoital, the old
est hospial in the city of Colum
bus.
Since it* establishment, the
hospital has handled more than
210,000 emergency cases, and has
cared 'or 292,420 patients. Th®
hospital also has th® distinction
of being th* oldest medical-col
lege hospital building in continu
ous operation in th* United
States, and mor* than 5,000
physician* have receiveJ p*rt of
Devotedly in Christ
MICHAEL J. READY
Bishop of Columbus
Sisters at St. Francis
Hospital to Mark 90th
Anniversary W ednesday
Bishop Ready will preside at a Solemn High Mass to be
offered by Monsignor Edward Leinheuser, chaplain of St.
Francis Hospital, in Holy Cross church, Wednesday morning
at ten o’clock to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the
establishment of the Hospital
St. Francis.
When the Order came to estab
lish a hospital in Columbus in the
winter of 1862. the city had a pop
ulation of only 19.000. The first
site of theii endeavors was a small
dwelling on East Rich Street, oppo
site Holy Cross church.
Until the house could be furnish
ed to serve as a hospital, the Sis
ters were engaged in home nur
sing.
Early the following year,
after the battle of Pittsburgh
Landing, the Sisters were swamp
ed with work caring for wound
ad and sick soldiers. Th* East
Rich Street dwelling soon be
came too small for the work the
Sisters were doing and they
were forced to look for more
spacious quarters.
Mary’s Aid in Vocation Drive
April 25, 1955
by the Sisters of the Poor of
their medical education within
its walls.
On June 30 of this year the
Hospital will be closed after 90
years of service to the sick, poor,
and unfortunate of the city of Co
lumbus and vicinity. The facilities
of the institution will be merged
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The “Acre of Mercy” drive
to benefit Our Lady of Mercy
School, Granville, for retard
ed children, opens in the Co
lumbus area Wednesday. The
drive has the endorsement of
Bishop Ready.
Approximately 1500 men
and women throughout the 23
counties of the Columbus area
will be selling two inch plots
of ground in the “Acre of
Mercy” which was dedicated
on Our Lady of Mercy School
grounds last December by Bishop
Ready. The plots will sell for one
dollar each. The goal of the drive
for the 23 county area is $150,000.
The money will be spent to build
dormitories and other needed fa
cilities at Our Lady of Mercy to
care for 150 retarded children, both
boys and girls.
Th® school, operated by the
Franciscan Sisters o' Joliet, III.,
is the only one of its kind in the
state. Currently, facilities are
limited so that the Sisters can
care for only 32 girls.
Little or ho provision is made
throughout the ’state for the spec
ialized training these children need.
Medical authorities estimate that
one to three per cent of our entire
population is retarded In Frank
lin County alone, there are over
5,000 retarded children.
These youngsters are prevented
by lav. from attending public
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Bishop Ready also requested that
the family Rosary, the daily Sac
rifice of the Mass and Holy Com
munion and the May devotions in
parish churches be “the normal
routine for all families in the di
ocese during this month.” He call
ed attention, too, to the feast of
the Queenship of Mary on May 31.
to be celebrated by the Universal
Church for the first time.
The plea for intensified prayers
for vocations was made by the
Bishop in a letter to pastors urg
ing them to include such petitions
in the regular May devotions. Ac
companying these letters were in
dividual prayer cards—one for each
person in the Diocese
On one side of the card is a
“Prayer for Vocations” which will
Applications
For Seminary
Graduates of High Scho*’ who
feel that they are called to
serve God in His holy priest
hood. and to labor in the Dio
cese of Columbus should make
application before May 15
through their respective pastors,
for admission to the Diocesan
Seminary of St. Charles, 2010
E. Broad 4t„ Columbus 9, Ohio.
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Bishop Ready urged Catholics of the Columbus Diocese
this week to pray to the Blessed Virgin during May for an in
crease in vocations to the sacred priesthood and religious
life
The Bishop s request was made in letters to priests and
faithful of the diocese, in which the month of May was pro
claimed as a time of homage and prayer to Our Lady.
In a pastoral letter to be read in 1111
all parches Sunday, Bishop Ready
called for “fervent petitions to
God that vocations might grow and
prosper among us.”
Citing the need for many
priests end sisters in the diocese.
Bishop Ready noted that the
need grows more acute because
of the rapidly increasing popu
lation, the opening of new per
ishes and expanded school facil
ities. He declared:
“We cannot meet such demands
unless those young men and wom
en in the Diocese, whom God has
destined for His service, will read
ily and reverently respond to their
holy vocation in life. It falls to par
ents to encourage their sons and
daughters, to pastors and teachers
to counsel them, and to all of us
to pray that God may bring them
to the fulfillment of His holy
Will,”
be recited by the priest and peo
ple after every Mass during May.
On the reverse side is a prayer to
be said privately to obtain the
grace in choosing the $tate of life
in conformity with God’s desire.
The Prayer for Vocations fob
lows:
Come, Holy Ghost, fill th®
hearts of Thy faithful and kin
dle in them th® fir® of Thy lov®.
R. Send forth Thy Spirit, and
they shall be created
V. And Thou shalt renew th®
face of th® earth.
Let us pray, O God, whoa®
will it is that all m®n be saved
and come to the knowledge of
the truth, we beg Thee to send
laborers into Thy harvest, that
all people may know Th®o, th®
only true God end Him who
Thou hast s®nt, Jews Christ, our
Lord, who liveth and reigneth
with Th®®, world without end.
R. Amen.
O Mary, our Queen and our
Mother, in the name of Jews
w® implore Thee to regard our
present efforts for increased
priestly and religious vocations
and to grant them success.
R. Amen.
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Persecution
Rumors from
Italy Scotched
WASHINGTON (NC)
The US. State Depajrtment
says no Americans in Italy are
denied the right to worship as
they wish.
The department says there
appears to be “a general mis
understanding” regarding the
I
Each applicant will be assign
ed a time for interview. It is im
portant that application be made
without delay. Young men who
are in the senior class in high
school should not wait for their
day of graduation to apply.
For those under financial
difficulties, scholarships are
available arrangements for such
scholarships are to be made by
the pastor of the applicant, who
will take up the matter directly
with the Most Reverend Bishop.
No young man who feels call
ed to the priesthood, ar who
thinks that he may have a
priestly vocation although he is
not of decided mind, is to be
denied the full opportunity of
seminary training. Nor should
such a young man fail to heed
the divine invitation, or show
remissness in following where
it may lead. He should see his
pastor at once, and make appli
cation for admission to St. Char
les.
‘Acre of Mer cy’ Drive Opens Wednesday
problems of the Church of
Christ sect in Rome It adds
that there is a confusion of
“the question of freedom of wor
ship with that of placing a sign
on a building in Rome.”
"Th® latter difficulty is the
on* in which th* Church of
Christ in Rom* he* lately been
involved," the department points
out. This department know* pres
ently of no case in Italy where
Americans ar* denied the right
to worship as they wish. Ir fact,
th* Church of Christ in Rome is
open for worship and th* repre
sentatives of that Protestant de
nomination openly conduct serv
1 ices and otherwise minister to
their congregations."
The State Department says “it
may be of interest that at present
there -re in Italy 67 American mis
sionaries who have entered Italy
since 1948. With the exception of
three, all of the American mission
aries who did not leave the coun
try voluntarily were permitted to
remain and still are in Italy.
“The ‘hurch of Christ alone has
in Italy 14 American missionaries
who, with the addition of ten Ital
ian missionaries, minister to ap
proximately 1.000 members of that
denomination.’”
Sister Annette, O.S.F., of Our Lady of Mercy School, Granville,
helps one of th® retarded youngsters in h®r prayers to the Infant
of Prague. Th® "Acr® of Mercy" drive which begins Wednesday
will raise funds so that the Sisters may expand facilities at the
school to enable them to care for 150 retarded children. At pres
ent, facilities are limited to only 32 girl*.