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A Good Catholic Is a Well- Informed Catholic Vol. IV, No. 37 Leo Yassenoff, owner of the chain, received written protests from the Diocesan Council of Cath olic Women, the director of the diocesan Holy Name Union, Father Albert Culliton the members of the four Knights of Columbus Councils in the city, and from the diocesan director of youth activi ties, Father Richard Dodd. No announcement of the film’s showing in the ctiy had been made prior to Sunday's papers. The local schedule apparently by-passes the downtown theaters, for the time being. "Son of Sinbad" hat be,en con demned by the Legion of Decen cy which called it “a challenge to decent standards of theatrical entertainment" and "an incite ment to juvenile delinquency especially dangerous to the mor al welfare of youth.*' In a letter from Mrs. Frank H. Vogel, president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic women, Mr. Yasenoff was asked “to cancel the presentation of the ‘Son of Sinbad’, the showing of which will be con sidered as a complete disregard for public decency and the moral wel fare of youth.” Th* showing of th* film come* at a time when proponent* and opponents of film censorship for the stat* of Ohio ar* arguing their cases before th* Ohio Stat* Senat*. On* measure now before Private School Foes Catholics, he said, want to think of Catholics and public schools as "friendly partners.” “Unfortunately, he asse e gome public school authorities “spurn our friendship” and "insist upon dealing with Catholic schools as competitors,” Msgr. McManus said. "These authorities therefor* try to make things difficult for our schools by maintaining a hos tile attitude ... by calling them names like 'divisive' and 'undem ocratic,’ by unsympathetic and heavy-handed enforce e n of regulations that work a particu lar hardship upon private schools, and by advocating new regulations that will impose an even greater financial burden upon u* “Confronted with this situation, Catholics may be forced to reply in kind. Competition is a two-way affair. “If we Catholics must think of public schools as a competitive en terprise, we will be reluctant to subsidize them by agreeing to in creased tax burdens for their sup port. This is only common sense. "We do not car* to raise th* salaries of person* who would like to see our school* go out of business. We do not wish to float bond issues for elaborate public school building* and then be told that our Catholic school* ar* required by law to be equally elaborate. “Let there be no mistake about Pontifical Society Set up to Promote Religious Vocations VATICAN CITY (Radio. NC) —A Pontifical Society to Promote Vocations to Religious Life has been founded here, according to documents published in the latest issue of the official publication, Ordinances of the Holy See. The purposes of the new society, which is under the jurisdiction of the Sacred Congregation for Re ligious, have been set forth in a “motu propno,” a document issued personally by the Pope. The society will aim at encour aging vocations to the various states of religious perfection through works of piety, penance and charity. Its prospective membership in cludes religious congregations, sec ular institutes, existing organiza tions for promoting vocations and individual members of the clergy and laity who are especially inter ested in vocation work. Strong Protests Are Lodged As Theater Chain Schedules Legion-Condemned Film Here Four diocesan lay groups lodged strong protests this week with the owner of the Academy Theater chain when it was announced that the Howard Hughes—RKO film “Son of Sinbad”, condemned by the Legion of Decency, was scheduled to be shown in 11 Colum bus area theaters beginning Wednesday. a senate committee would set up a three member licensing board in. the Department of Education and would restore "prior censor ship." The bill also defines spe cifically what is not to be shown. The vagueness of definitions in previous legislation caused the U. S. Supreme Court to declare such censorship unconstitutional. Since that decision was rendered complaints in Ohio have become numerous because of the sharp in crease in the number of morally objectionable films brought into the state. In a recent speech before the 56th annual convention of the Ohio State Council of the Knights of Co lumbus. Bishop Ready cited the imperative need for decent minded citizens to emphatically oppose de basing motion pictures. Declared the Bishop, "It is vain to dawdle with the notion that producer* and publisher* and purveyor* will control their own areas of operation and will conform to san* requirements of common decency. They have had years to give us some hope that such good would com* from them." Meanwhile, two daily motion pic ture trade papers have criticized “Son of Sinbad” as poor entertain ment and “an affront to public in telligence.” The Hollywood Re- Issued Blunt Warning YOUNGSTOWN (NC) A warning to those authori ties working to eliminate the private school from the Ameri can scene has been sounded by Monsignor William E. McMan us assistant director of the Department of Education, N.C.W.C. In a commencement address to the largest graduating class in Ursuline High School history, Monsignor McManus said that Catholics are tiring of the un-American charges hurled at their schools by a clique attempting to force pub lic school education on all children and that Catholics will not con tinue to support school bond issues if the situation continues. He said the “tensions” which have arisen of late between the two school sys tems are not of Catholic making. these remarks. We Catholics are duty bound to pay our share of tax es for public education, but in the future our enthusiasm for propos als firom public school authorities will be in proportion to the degree of their sympathetic, friendly un derstanding of the Catholic school’s contribution to the community’s educational resources. “We have no desire to quarrel with public school authorities. We wish they would stop picking fights with us. In the long run, antagonism between public and pri vate school authorities will do much more harm to public schools than to private schools. We are able to take care of ourselves, but the public schools need our sup port.” The arrival of the 52-year-old Bishop leaves 17 American mission aries still in communist China. Among the 17 are two other Bish ops—Bishop James E. Walsh, M.M., w’ho comes from Cumberland. Md., and was formerly head of the now suppressed Catholic Central Bu reau Shanghai and Bishop Am brose Pinger, O.F.M., of Chowtsun, who hails from Lindsay, Neb., and is now in a communist prison. Bishop Donaghy spent rive months in a communist prison— from December 19. 1950 to May 21, 1951—ano on his release was kept restricted in his movements and forbidden to carry on mission work. To support himself and his mission, he was forced to begin raising rabbits. When the bottom dropped out of the rabbit market he switched to ghicken farming and then to towel manufacturing. "There is no such thing a* re ligious freedom in communist Chine," the Bishop said. "The communist* have devised a new, mure subtle form of persecution that seeks to avoid making actual martyrs. They have sequestered properties of eight mission* of th* Muchow Diocese for their own use. Only two of th* mis sion chapel* are permitted to hold religious service*. Two of the Chines* priests ar* still pris oners at hard labor. For almost fb years, Christians have been porter and The Daily Variety are supported by motion picture ad vertising and cater to readers with in the industry. In Omaha, Archbishop Gerald T. Bergan has declared that any the ater in his archdiocese showing the film will be placed off-limits for three months for Catholics. In Youngstown, O., showing of the film brought a joint protest from the St. Vincent de Paul So ciety and the Catholic Committee on Scouting. The two groups, in a letter to the manager of the Pal ace Theater, declared that their members would not attend the the ater hereafter unless they receive an apology and a promise “that no pictures denounced by the Legion will be shown at your theater in the future.” nings to hear the prayers and hymns wafted up the ladder wells,” Father (Lt.) Dennis C. Kane. O. P., of Dorchester, Mass., chaplain of the USNS General Brewster, said. “When the refugees prayed aloud at Mass on the ocean deck, you’d see the crew standing on the bridg es and watching them. Our men admired them for their great faith.” The Brewster (home port, San Francisco) took its first refugees aboard on September 16 and its last on May 14, when nine adults and one infant were taken aboard off the coast. It was one of some 40 ships of Military Sea Transporta tion Service that helped in the Vietnam “Passage to Freedom.” The U.S. Navy sent ships for this operation at the urgent re quest of the Vietnamese govern ment. Some of these vessels car ried as many as 5,000 refugees on one trip, in all, 293,000 civil ian refugees and 19,000 troop* traveled on the American ships, out of a grand total of 790,000, of whom 608,000 were civilian*. Father Kane’s experience was typical of what all the chaplains witnessed. “For Mass, the refugees would pack the deck so tightly that I could hardly stir at the altar,” he Reds Expel Maryknoll Bishop 17 U.S. Missionaries Remain HONG KONG (NC) A Maryknoll Bishop from New Bedford, Mass., has become the first American Catholic missionary to come out of Red China in nearly a year. He is Bishop Frederick A. Donaghy of Wuchow, who arrived in Hong Kong after having spent nearly five yearslas a virtual prisoner of the Chinese communists. Three days previously, he had been tried by-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a “people’s court” for alleged sub versive activities and ordered ex pe’led from the country. under constant intimidation. Po lice search their home* and threaten them." Bishop Donaghy added that, nev ertheless the bulk of the Catholic faithful has remained faithful to the Church. The Chinese' priests and Sisters, he said, have been completely loyal and have frustrat- jf Bishop Frederick A. Donaghy IKpM The v-atholic Times Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, Juno 17,1955 ’/Vone Are So Blind ,, Faith of V ietnamese Refugees Impresses U.S. Navy Crews By Father Patrick O’Connor (Correspondent, N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) Society of St. Columban SAIGON, Vietnam The engine of prayer throbbed ship carrying Vietnamese refugees south. Thousands of Catholic peasants would chant their pra Mass, weekdays and Sundays alike. In compartments below by parishes or families, to say the rosary. “It was wonderful in the eve----------------------------------------------| said. “Their reverence at Mass was very remarkable.” A priest in navy khaki was a novelty to the people. But when Father Kane donned his white Do minican habit and the Mass vest ments, they knew him as a rna? “Cha” (Father). Many of them came from provinces evangelized by the Dominicans in North Viet nam. The majority of the refugees came aboard poorly dressed some were dirty and bedraggled. “I reminded the crew that these people were not tramps,” the priest said. “They never begged from me. Some of them had given up com fortable homes. But they had to struggle through muddy rice-pad dies and wade across rivers, to es cape the Vietminh. When they got a chance to wash aboard ship, they ran for it. I told our guys that the refugees were like GI’s after com bat, muddy, dirty and exhausted.” The sailors respected the refu gees. A Vietnamese team comprising a priest, interpreters, nurses and social workers was assigned to each U.S. ship. The Brewster carried a Buddhist bonze, too. Father John An-Hoa, young Vietnamese priest who made more than ten voyage* with ref- ed attempts to set up the so-called independent national church. The Bishop described economic conditions in Red China as “dread ful.” He said that even people with plenty of money are unable to buy rice at the food shops. He said the people are disillu sioned with communism and ar* hoping for its downfall. Bishop Donaghy had been in Chi na for 26 years. He was ordained in 1929 and left for the Maryknoll mission field the same year. He served as a missionary for ten years in Kaying, South China, and in 1939 was consecrated Titular Bishop of Seteen and Vicar Apos tolic of Wuchow. HONG KONG—(NC)—A predic tion made by a missionary from the Tyrol 50 years ago that all foreign missionaries would be expelled from China has been recalled here. The prediction is attributed to Father Joseph Freinademetz, S. V. D., whose cause for beatification is now beihg discussed in Rome’ The Divine Word missionary pre dicted also that China would be converted to Christianity after the country had been divided among foreign powers. The priest died in 1906. In 1949, missionaries in China numbered some 3,500 priests, 2.500 Sisters and 475 Brothers, a total of 6.475. Today, he said, less than 35 foreign priests and 15 foreign Sisters, and only one missionary Brother are still in Red China. M. "None Are So Blind That They Cannot See" The three youngster* pictured above received their First Com munion recently at the State School for the Blind. Father Anthony Kleinschmidt, chaplain of the school, is pictured with tbe happy trio. They are, left to right, Kenneth Brown of Cincinnati Ken neth Weidenhamer of Defiance and Michael Ryan of Cleveland. nightily in every U S Navy ers together on deck dunng iecks, they gathered in groups, ugees, described the passenger* as "pleased and grateful." Viet minh propagandist* had told ^hem that American* would mis treat them. They hadn't believed it but some had come with mis giving*. “The moment they set foot on an American ship, they realized that everything the Vietminh said was false,” said the priest. From the start the refugees were grateful. Last November one of their priests wrote to the then skip per of the Brewster, Captain Swan son, his officers and crew: “My peopl-' and I are most humble and grateful May God bless you and be with you always.” BIENHOA. Vietnam—(NC)—Ten Thousand Catholic refugees from Haiphong vicariate attended the in stallation here of a “pilgrim stat ue” of Our Lady of Fatima that had formerly stood in Haiphong ca thedral. Bishop Joseph Dai, O.P., Vicar Apostolic of Haiphong, assisted by refugee priests of the vicariate, of ficiated. Through morning sunlight a long procession escorted the statue down a road bordered by refugee vil lages each with its cfiapel. Refu gees recited the rosary and sang hymns, walking under treasured religious banners they had brought from home. Countless papal flags flew from home-made flagpoles along the way. Catholic refugees from Haiphong in south Vietnam number about 70.000. it is estimated. There are now 22 parish units from Haiphong in Bienhoa area. --------------------o-------------------- Human Needs Rank First, Pope Stresses VATICAN CITY (NC) The growing importance of “hu man relations” in industrial management was stressed by His Holiness Pope Pius XII in a talk to nearly 3.000 delegates to the World Petroleum Con gress in Rome. The Holy Father, speaking in French declared that social prob lems increasingly dominate purely economic ones and that “nobody has the right to isolate himself in technical specialization or admin istrative tasks.” The Pope admonished industrial managers to pay more and more attention to man as such—not just man as a worker. Employees, he said, cannot be induced to bring to the job all their talents and initia tive unless management “first of all takes care to meet those deep human needs that neither a just salary nor appreciation of profes sional competence can satisfy.” The Pontiff then applied to a wider sphere the thought that so cial and moral considerations out rank economics. "Th* natural riche* of a re gion, country or continent ar* not destined for th* exclusive economic profit of a small num ber but for improving living con ditions first of all materially (Continued on Page 2) A solemn Mass, coram episcopo, will be offered Monday at 10:00 a in Holy Cross church by Father Schneider. Bishop Ready will pre side. Father Frank T. Riehl, pastor of St. Ladislaus parish and Monsignor W’illiam E. Kapper, diocesan direc tor of charities and hospitals, will serve as deacon and subdeacon, re spectively. Father Linus Drury, pas tor of St. Nicholas parish, Zanes ville, and Father Thomas Sabrey of St. Charles Seminary, will serve as chaplains to the Bishop. Mon signor Edmund Murkley, pastor of St. Mary parish, Columbus, will be assistant priest. The sermon will be delivered by Monsignor Francis X. Schwendeman, pastor of St. Leo Parish. Father Schneider was ordained by the late Bishop Hartley at the Pontifical College Josephinum. June 18. 1905. His early education had been gained at Holy Cross School, Co lumbus, ano at St. Gregory’s. Cin cinnati. He completed his studies for the priesthood at Mt. St. Mary of the West Seminary. Cincinnati. Following hi* ordination, he was appointed assistant pastor at St. Nicholas parish, Zanes ville. Other assignments includ ed chaolain at St. Anthony Hos pital, Columbus assistant pastor at St. Mary, Portsmouth pastor of St. Genevieve, Calmoutier pester of Sacred Heart. Pomeroy, and pastor of Holy Cross, Co lumbus. Then, shouting “Long live Peron, down with the Pope,” the mob as saulted the next door residence of His Eminence Santiago Cardinal Copello. Archbishop of Buenos Dedication Set Sunday At Watterson The sleek new Bishop Wat terson High School, which will provide educational facilities for approximately 900 boys and girls, will be blessed Sun day by Bishop Ready. The cere monies at the North Side school also include Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and public tours of the two-story $900,000 building. A half hour program of choral se lections by the Watterson High School Glee Club will open the program at 2:30 p.m. Speakers at the ceremonies in clude Monsignor Paul J. Glenn, rector of St. Charles Seminary, who will give the dedication address Father C. Bennett Applegate, su perintendent of schools, invoca tion Monsignor Edward F. Spiers, principal, w’ho will welcome the assembly to Watterson: and E. Fa ber Biggert. general chairman of the 1953 diocesan Development Drive which raised funds for the construction nf two new high schools and a new St. Vincent’s Or phanage. Bishop Edward F. Hettinger will be the celebrant of the Pontifical Benediction. Another highlight of the pro gram will be the presentation of a statue of St. Pius X, school pa tron, to the new school. The statue is a gift from Watterson's first class—160 boys and girls who completed the ninth grade three weeks ago. The statue will be placed in the lobby of the L-shaped, brick building. Following the program, Watter son students will serve as guides on conducted tours of the building. Staffed by diocesan priests and Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs, Watterson High School is expected to be the largest sec ondary school in the Columbus Di ocese. In September, the school will accept a freshman class of ap proximately 175. Three Diocesan Clergy Will Celebrate Golden Jubilees of Ordination Three diocesan priests, who have dedicated their lives to the service of God in the Columbus Diocese, will celebrate their fiftieth ordination anniversaries this year. Father Peter Cornelius year prior to his retirement. Fa ther Angelo Gallorini, pastor of St. Mary's Church. Bremen. O, and Monsignor Edmund Burkley, who has served virtually his entire priestly life administering to the needs of St. Mary’s parish. Colum bus, will commemorate their fif tieth anniversary of ordination. Father Cornelius Schneider He was paator of Holy Cross parish from 1923 until 1940 when he retired. Father Schneider now resides at St. Francis Hospital, Co lumbus. The 74 year old priest is from a family that was blessed by many vocations to the priesthood and re ligious life. One brother, the late Father John J. Schneider, who was a priest of the Columbus diocese, died in 1915. Six sisters entered the re ligious life Sister Agatha, O.F.M., is sta tioned at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Dayton Sister Hildegard*, S. N. D., who spent more than six years in China, is now teaching at St. Joseph School, Hamilton, O. Sister Barbara, S.N.D., and Sister Rosine, S.N.D., work at a school for retarded and young children at Villa Julien* Con- Peron Mob Stones Cathedral Police Arrest 400 Catholics BUENOS AIRES (NC) The seven-month-old Church-state conflict in the Argen tine erupted into violence here when a pro-government mob attacked a group of Catholics who were trying to keep it out of the cathedral here during Mass. The mob advanced throwing stones, but were prevented from breaking into the church when its doors were barricaded. Several gunshots were fired. Aires A priests automobile was burned in front of the episcopal residence. The Cardinal was not in the building during the outbreak. No one was reported shot, al though a number of people were injured by stones and by tear gas used by the police to break up the riot. Later police raided the Cardinal's residence and arrest ed more than 400 of the 2,300 Catholics who had taken refuge there. The outbreak followed new gov ernment charges against the Church including “treason’’— which were issued after Saturday s Corpus Christi parade through the Buenos Aires streets. The parade had been held in defiance of a government order banning outdoor religious events. There were no disturbances here on the feast of Corpus Christi it self. but reports from Cordoba Ask Mary for Help In Choosing Your Vocation Price Ton Coots, $3.00 A Year Schneider, who served as pastor of Holy Cross Parish for 17 Monsignor Edmund Burkley vent, Dayton Sister Margaret teaches at Emmanuel College, Boston, Mass., and Sister Natalie, S.N.D., is deceased. Two brothers, Robert and George, live in Cincinnati and Columbus, respectively. A fourth brother, Am brose, is deceased. Following the Solemn Mass Sun day morning, a breakfast for the clergy and close relatives of Fa ther Schneider will be served in the St. Francis School of Nursing auditorium. A reception for friends and for mer parishioners will be held in the auditorium from 1:30 to 3:00 p. m. Hostesses will be members of the Hob Cross parish altar so ciety. Father Gallorini wilt celebrate a Solemn High Mass in commem oration of hi* golden jubilee at (Continued on Page 2) stated that some 40.000 persona gathered in the square of the ca thedral there after a Mass and started a procession when police intervened to disperse them. According to an announcement by the Interior Ministry, 287 Cor pus Christi processions were held in provincial centers, despite the ban on outdoor religious demon strations. Meanwhile, three priests were arrested by government police. Two of them were seized for dis tributing pamphlets containing “in jurious expressions” against the government.” and the third priest was arrested for organizing a Cor pus Christi procession without a police permit. The arrests brought to 78 the number of priests who have been taken into custody since Peron in itiated the anti-Church campaign last November. Stronger Laws to Bar Obscene Matter. Being Sought by Post Office WASHINGTON (NC) The Post Office Department has told a Senate committee that the “steadily growing” vol* ume of obscene matter in the mails is “a menace to public morals, both adult and juvenile” but that defects in the law are “a great obstacle” to department efforts to clamp down. William C. O Brien, assistant so licitor of the Department s Fraud and Mailability Division, said that con ictions under criminal provi sions of the posfal law “have not proven to be significantly deter rent to the growing volume and worsening character” of traffic in obscene matter, “nor have such convictions prevented purveyors of pornography from circularizing and selling to children.” Mr. O'Brie said the present law allows prosecutioh of mailers of ob scenity only at the point of mail ing “but not at points where de livery is made and where the real harm to the community is done.” Passage of legislation to permit prosecution where the obscene matter is delivered would “great ly help to end the comparative se curity from prosecution which now encourages and to a degree pro tects owners of many enterprises peddling obscenity to children as well as adults throughout the coun try.” he said. Complainiing of “procedural red tape" which he said hamp ers the enforcement of the law in other aspects, Mr. O'Brien said court officers and psycho logists are agreed that much of the pornog-aphy entering the mails is “extremely detrimental to the morals of juveniles as well as adults." He said that while the Tost Of fice Department recAves “numer ous complaints," they represent “an insignificant fraction of those who have just cause for com plaint.” “Consequently.” he said, “the frequency with which we are now receiving such complaints from par ents indicates to me a tremendous ly wide distribution of obscene cir culars and letters advertising dirty books, pictures and movies.”