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k Good Catholic
a Well-
Informed Catholic
Vol. IV, No. 46
Impressions in Rio
Universality of Church
Clearly Demonstrated
At Eucharistic Congress
(Editor's Note: Father George Buchmann, diocesan notary, was for
tunate enough to be able to attend the 36th International Congress
held recently in Rio de Janeiro. Upon his return ’ast week, Father
consented to compile his impressions for us that we might carry them
tn the TIMES.)
The- Cariocans have a saying which shotlid keynote any
verbal impression of Rio: “God must have been a Brazilian
since He made Rio so beautiful.” One’s first glimpse of this
fabulous South American metropolis, whether by ship or
plane, whether by night or day, absolves the natives of any
patriotic impiety or aesthetic exaggeration which that state
ment may imply. Rio is beautiful and magnificent. Amongst
the greatest cities of the world I know of none which com
pares in natural grace of setting with the site of the 36th
International Eucharistic Congress.
The City
Arriving by Pan American Clip
per after some 12 hours flight over
sea and jungle, the weariness of
travel was instantaneously dispell
ed by the vision of Rio in its night
glory. Myriads of twinkling lights
appear out of the darkness. Like a
delicate filigree of diamonds they
wreathe the symmetrical coast line
and fall back from the sea in undu
lating waves over the gentle hills
and up the mountain sides. One’s
fancy is provoked to poetry by the
sight.
Descending gently toward Ga
leao International Airport the air
traveler has yet another thrill in
store—the sight of the Christ of
Corcovado. This concrete statue,
some 125 feet high, stands atop
the highest single peak (2500 feet)
overlooking the city. At night the
illumination skillfully effects a
most striking illusion. The figure
of Chxist, with arms outstretched,
appears to be hovering over the
city, suspended in the air. One
thinks of the Ascension of Christ
or His Second Coming (depending
on the state of conscience no
doubt). In either case the impres
sion is vivid and breath taking.
The Giant Clipper set down
with the agility of a humming
bird. We were courteously and
graciously greeted at the airport
by the Brazilian custom officials.
After a minimum of personal in
convenience and loas of time taxis
whisked us off towards hotels and
hostelries. Papal and Brazilian
flags Vaved alternately in the
night breeze as we raced along the
avenue leading into the heart of
the city. It was the eve of the sol
emn opening and the whole city
was abroad and expectant. Rio
never sleeps. Its gay life pulsates
with softer and lower throb at
night but it seems bent on con
sciously enjoying every minute of
living—24 hours around the clock.
A brief encounter with an unob
trusively courteous hotel staff saw
us housed comfortably ia the Copa
cabana Palace Hotel ($3.50 a
night!). The weariness of travel
came to the fore soon and I fell
asleep with the soft murmur of the
surf blended with the distant mag
ic of tambourines and manacas
floating into the window from
some street cafe. South American
music is eminently rhythmic. The
pattern is complex and contagious.
The cornerstone of the new $3
500,000 “L” shaped addition to
Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanes
ville will be blessed and set into
place Sunday by Bishop Hettinger,
auxiliary to Bishop Ready.
The 14- by 16 inch cornerstone
will be placed within the entry of
Diocesan Priests
Earn Degrees
From Ohio State
Two diocesan priests will receive
Masters Degrees in Educational Ad
ministration from Ohio State Uni
versity during summer commence
ment exercises, Aug. 26.
Father Ralph Huntzinger and
Father Omer Schroeder completed
their theses this week as partial
fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree.
Father Huntzinger’s thesis was
entitled: An Evaluation of the
Cocurricular Activities of Rosary
High School, Columbus. Father
Schroeder’s paper was entitled:
A Survey of the Guidance Services
in the Catholic Secondary Schools
in the Diocese of Columbus.
Father Huntzinger, who was or
dained by Bishop Ready in Mar.,
2950, has served as assistant pas
tor at Blessed Sacrament parish,
Newark, and as assistant at St.
Christopher parish, Columbus. He
As presently chaplain at the Mon
astery of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary.
Father Schroeder was ordained
by Bishop Ready in June, 1950. He
served as assistant pastor of St.
Mary parish, and as assistant at
Corpus Christi parish, Columbus.
He is chaplain at Maryhurst
A Cariocan can do more with a
tombourine than Toscanini with an
orchestra.
If Rio is a Lorelei of the
night it is no less captivating in
the bright colors of the day.
The sand of the beaches is pow
dery white, the sky is blue blue,
the sea is green and aquamarine,
the mountains are purple in the
distance, the beautiful modern
buildings a soft buff. Day time
activity is paradoxically hectic
and languid. Copacabana beach
is daily peopled with carefree
crowds while the street along
the beach is jammed with traffic
and pedestrians bent on busi
ness.
The center of the city on Gauan
bara Bay was the site of all activi
ties for the Congress. Accounts of
the engineering feats accomplish
ed to prepare this centrally locat
ed spot for the Congress are well
known to all. The selection of the
site showed a fine sense of choice.
No other area could have held the
multitudes which assembled there
for the general sessions. The arena
allegedly seated 225,000 and was so
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The plainest answer to Moscow’s
coexistence propaganda was prob
ably that given by the leading ar
ticle entitled “Illusion of Coexist
ence,” in the most recent issue of
Cornerstone Rites Set
At Zanesville Hospital
the new hospital wing. Dated 1954,
the year the project was begun, the
stone bears an inscription of Bish
op Ready’s coat of arms.
Father J. J. McLarney,, O.P.,
former prior of St. Joseph Priory
at Somerset, will give the prin
cipal address at the 2 p. m. cere
monies. Father McLarney is now
assigned to St. Stephen's Priory
at Dover, Mass.
Roy V. Plummer, chairman of
the hospital’s Lay Advisory Board,
will serve as master of ceremonies.
Dr. A. C. Ormond, president of the
medical staff, will speak on behalf
of the doctors. Clergy in the dio
cese, city officials, and representa
tives of the firms involved in the
projact will be honored guests at
the ceremonies.
Worker* ar* now pouring con
erate on the sixth floor of the
hospitai wing and on the second
floor of the south wing which
will be used for the Nursing
School das* rooms.
When completed, the new addi
tion will increase the patient ca
pacity from 150 to 250 beds, and
provide spaee for operating rooms,
delivery rooms, nurseries, office,
emergency suite, physical therapy,
X-ray and children’s departments,
and the pharmacy and laboratory
sections.
The building will be a seven
floor structure with the top story
left unfinished. This area will
provide space for further ex
pansion at a later date.
Construction was started last De
cember by the Knowlton Construc
tion Co., of Bellefontaine, general
contractors. The addition was de
signed by Columbus architect, Dan
A. Carmichael, jr.
h. s
DIVISION
MU3EUM
Two Masses
Scheduled at Fair
Two Sunday Masses will be
offered in the Music Hall at the
Ohio State Fairgrounds for the
benefit of visitors to the fair,
Sunday, Aug. 28. Monsignor
Gilbert Schmenk of the Pontifi
cal College Josephinum will of
fer the Masses at 8.30 and
10:30.
St. Francis
Will Graduate
17 Sunday
Bishop Ready will confer
diplomas on 17 graduates of
the St. Francis Hospital School
of Nursing in ceremonies to
be conducted in St. Joseph Ca
thedral at 3:00 p.m. Sunday.
Monsignor Edward L. Leinheu
ser. chaplain of St.’Francis, will
present the graduates and Father
Robert Harwick, pastor of Holy
Spirit parish, will deliver an ad
dress.
Earlier, the graduates will attend
Solemn High Mass to be offered in
the chapel at St. Anthony Hospital
by Monsignor Leinheuser. Pinswill
be presented prior to the Mass by
Sister Mary Philomene, director
of the School of Nursing. Follow
ing the Mass, the graduates and
faculty will attend a breakfast at
St. Anthony’s.
Graduates from the diocese of
Columbus include Helen Elizabeth
Duffy, Ann Galloway, Ruth Ann
Jakob. Eleanor Loretta Moore,
Anne Marie Ricci, Mary Catherine
Ryan, Yvonne M. Sauer and Norma
Jean Wilson, all of Columbus
Margaret M. Flannery, Westerville,
and Doris Priest Light, Johnstown.
Although St. Francis Hospital
has now been merged with St. An
thony, the St. Francis School of
Nursing continues to maintain its
separate identity. The nurses at
tend courses at St. Anthony Hos
pital and reside at the St. Francis
Nursing Home on E. Town St.
Italian Catholic Press
Rejects Co -Existence
ROME—Compromise with com
munism is not possible—neither
on a worldwide level through ac
cepting Moscow’s formula of co
existence and neutralization nor
nationally through taking baited
offers of cooperation by Italy’s
communists and their Socialist
stooges.
This convention is emphatically
stated by representative organs
of Italian Catholicism commenting
on the Kremlin's efforts to spread
sweetness and light everywhere
and on moves made by Italian ex
treme leftists aimed at splitting
Catholic ranks through exploiting
social and political differences
within the Christian Democratic
Party.
Civilta Cattolica, Jesuit fortnight
ly, here.
The author, Father A. Messineo,
S.J., argues that the whole formu
la of coexistence as launched by
Moscow is void and deceptive be
cause it can be applied neither to
individuals nor nations. The only
form of coexistence which cor
responds to the natural law is that
presented the Pope’s last Christ
mas message, namely “coexistence
in truth,” which binds together the
human family rather than separat
ing it.
Writing in the same vein,
Quotidiano, Rome Catholic Action
daily, takes issue with those co
existence enthusiasts who express
irritation because some do not
share their optimism. Catholics
cannot be optimists, writes
Quotidiano, so long as coexistence
means accepting continued Mos
cow rule over Hungary, Poland
and Czechoslovakia, forgetting im
prisoned Cardinals, Bishops and
priests, or disregarding mass de
portations and cone entration
camps.
In Italy, Moscow’s coexistence
propaganda takes the special form
of wooing Catholics by communists
and extreme socialists. Commun
ists have instructed their follow
ers to make every effort to co
operate with those Catholic groups
or individuals critical or openly
opposed to the present government
and the policies pursued by the
Christian Democrats.
To capture what is called the
“Catholic proletariate” is the
Reds’ intention. Their methods in
many respects are quite similar to
those pursued by Reds in Iron Cur
tain countries.
It is interesting to not* that
these leftist attempts to infil
trate Catholic ranks hav* been
exposed, condemned and reject
ed not only by the specifically
Catholic press but also by gen
eral newspapers.
The Rome daily, Messaggero,
says that “conversations” with
Catholics, which Italy’s commun
ists and Socialists are so eager to
arrange, are completely out of
question for religious as well as
political reasons. Messagero points
out the hypocrisy of communist
invitations to Catholics while at
the same time the Reds continue
the campaign of hatred and slan
der against the Church, the Pope
and “political forces inspired by
the Christian message.”
The paper aays the real Red in
tention is to sow dissension within
the Christian Democratic Party.
The Reds do not want to negotiate
with Catholics generally but only
with disgruntled groups. However,
Messaggero warns that it is not
enough to expose communist ma
neuvers. They must be resisted by
defending Catholic unity by ener
getic government action to safe
guard democratic institutions and
by strengthening the government
coalition.
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, August 19, 1955
Ten Girls
Advance in
Religious Life
Ten young women from the Co
lumbus Diocese were among more
than a hundred participants in
the ceremonies of Reception and
Profession held this month by two
Franciscan sisterhoods in Illinois
and Minnesota.
Seven of these reached import
ant milestones in the Sisters of
St. Francis of Mary Immaculate at
Joliet, III., and the remaining three
advanced in the religious life as
Sisters of the Third Order Regu
lar of St. Francis of the Congre
gation of Our Lady of Lourdes,
Rochester, Minn.
Tn Joliet, profession of vows was
made for one year by 28 novices
in ceremonies held in the Mother
house chapel August 12. Those
from this diocese who pronounced
the vows of poverty, chastity and
obedience for the first time were
Sister Regina Therese (Ann
Hensel), daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Hensel of St. Mary parish,
Columhus, and Sister Julia
(Kathleen Burns), daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Burns of Corpus
Christi parish, Columbus.
They received the black veil
of the professed Sitter and a
silver crucifix from the hands of
Bishop Martin McNamara, Bish
op of Joliet, who conducted the
ceremonies.
In the Cathedral of St. Raymond
on the following morning, 12 Sis
ters made perpetual profession
and 36 postulants received the
Franciscan habit. Sister Marie
Bernadette (Patricia Coughlin),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs William
Coughlin of St Mary Magdalene
parish, and Sister Paul Marie (Mar
gie O’Dea), daughter of Mrs Mar
jorie O’Dea of St Michael parish,
Worthington, were among those to
pronounce final vows.
Receiving the brown habit and
white veil of the novice were Sis
ter M. Louis Ann (Carole Ann
Newberry), daughter of Mr. and
Mrs L. Newberry of St. Mary
parish, Columbus, Sister Margaret
Marie (Dorothy Ann Curran),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs William
J. Curran of Corpus Christi par
ish, and Sister M. Charles Ann (Pa
tricia Ann Joyce), daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Joyce of St. Mi
chael parish, Worthington.
In Rochester, Minn., Sister M.
Goretti (Rita Bendinelli), daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Rizzi Ben
dinelli of Portsmouth, pronounc
ed her perpetual vow* a* a Sis
ter of the Third Order Regular
of St. Francis. Sister M. Goretti
has been essigned to teach at
St. Mary School, Sleepy Eye,
Minn.
Receiving their religious habit
in the same community were Sis
ter M. Juniper (Mary Priscilla
Bickel), daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford F. Bickel of Portsmouth,
and Sister M. Jacob (Johanna Or
lett), daughter of Mrs. J. V. Or
lett of West Portsmouth.
Freedom of Education
In Peril, Prelate Avers
K. of C. Delegates
Urged to Action
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Knights
of Columbus gathered at their an
nual convention here were told
that freedom of education is un
der attack in the United States
and that the situation calls for
Catholic men of intelligence and
integrity to fulfill “conscientious
ly” their civic obligations.
Bishop Lawrence J. Shehan of
Bridgeport, Conn., sounded the
warning in a speech at the K. of
C. States Dinner, traditional ban
quet of the convention.
"Among all th# freedoms
which we in this country enjoy,”
"the Bishop said, "none is more
precious than that which assures
to parents freedom of choice in
the education of their children."
But in recent years, he main
tained, this freedom has been sub
jected to “most frequent and most
subtle” attack on the grounds that
only to State schools can the re
sponsibility of preserving Ameri
can traditions be entrusted, even
though State schools had no part
in forming them, because these
schools did not then exist.
The week-long convention of the
73-year-old fraternal organization
was launched with prayer and
pageantry.
Solemn Pontifical Mass
A convention parade saw hun
dreds of the K. of C. Fourth De
gree color corps march through
the center of the city.
The principal religious event of
the convention filled the Cathedral
of SS. Peter and Paul, uhen Arch
bishop John F. O’Hara. C.S.C., of
Philadelphia presided and preach
ed the sermon at a Solemn Pontifi
cal Mass celebrated by Auxiliary
Bishop Joseph McShea of Phila
delphia.
Bishop Shehan’s speech at the
States’ Dinner pointed out two
ways in which freedom of educa
tion can be threatened:
“The first is by a direct attack
®n parental right to educate chil-
Cholic Times
Argentina Boils Again
These important disclosures
came to light as new government
charges of an attempt on the life
of President Juan D. Peron, and
other incidents, have brought a
new phase to the unsettled situa
tion in Argentina.
The regime’s police announced
that they had arrested more than
dren according to conviction and
choice.”
A second way in which freedom
of education can be threatened is
by the indirect method of creating
conditions which would make it
virtually impossible for schools,
other than those operated by the
State, to continue to exist, the
Bishop said.
To illustrate his point, the pre
late singled out moves to raise the
tax funds needed for public educa
tion so high that only the very
rich could afford to pay them and
also send their children to private
schools, and to make “unjust use
of such restrictive legislation as
zoning laws.”
“In the circumstances of the
times,” Bishop Shehan told the
Knights, “it is the particular duty
of Catholic citizens to exercise
their civic rights and to fulfill
conscientiously their civic obliga
tions. This is their only means of
safeguarding freedom of education
so necessary to freedom of relig
ion.”
K. of C. Membership
Hits Record High
PHILADELPHIA Supreme
Knight Luke E. Hart told dele
gates to the annual Knights of Co
lumbus convention here that their
organization had reached a record
membership of 964,135 in the past
year, and had increased its insur
ance to an all-time peak of $517,
444,097.
A message offering the “prayer
ful best wishes” of His Holiness
Pope Pius XII and messages of
congratulations from President
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Canadi
an Prime Minister Louis St. Laur
ent were read by Mr. Hart.
The Supreme Knight made his
annual report at the States Din
ner, attended by 2,000.
The K. of C., he said, continued
the financing of the order’s Re
ligious Information Bureau and
Catholic advertising campaign.
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Diocesan School Registrations
Reach Record High of
Watterson High School the first Catholic high school to be built in Columbus in
32 years will enroll approximately 350 freshmen and sophomores next month. In 1957,
the school will enroll four classes. The diocesan school expansion program is talcing care
of the future as well as immediate needs. Population trends indicate that crowded class
rooms, will be with us for many years. The four youngsters pictured above won't be ready
for high school for a few years but their day will come and their needs must be met. In
specting Watterson are, left to right, Anne, 10, Molly, 2, Rita, 8, and Thomas Medaglia, 4,
children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Medaglia of Our Lady of Peace parish. Rita and Anne
are in the third and fifth grades respectively, at Our Lady of Peace School.
Catholics Blamed as Ruffians
Renew Attacks on Churches
BUENOS AIRES—(Radio, NC)—Mysterious attacks made on guards placed at churches
here were carried out by paid terrorists, it has been revealed by an investigation.
Catholics were purposely blamed for these attacks, it was also revealed.
200 persons as the result of the
discovery of an armed plot on the
life of President Peron They iden
tified only two of the persons
charged, but said the prisoners
ranged from communists to mem
bers of Catholic Action groups.
Observers remarked upon the
strange coalition of conspirators
reported by the police. They noted,
however, that all were members of
the Opposition. Heretofore, an
nouncements of the discovery of
plots against, the Peron regime
have invariably preceded regime
action against opponents.
Observers believe this latest out
break signals the resumption of
Peron's campaign against lead
ers of the Church ending the two
month truce that followed the
June 16 revolt.
Meanwhile, the Church's posi
tion is restated as follows:
1. Ecclesiastical authorities
have banned Catholics from par
ticipating in meetings and dem
onstrations which are called re
ligious but which are not eccles
iastically approved
2. The ben does not apply to
free participation by Catholics
in civic demonstrations inthe
exercise of their civil rights
3. Whenever civil authorities
find it necessary to curb demon
strators, this should be accom
plished within the framework of
respect for the freedom and dig
nity of the human person.
The official statement of the
Church's position, first made pub
lic late in July, stresses that the
Church is not responsible for civic
demonstrations, since it leaves ab
solute freedom to the faithful.
Charges made by the police that
weapons and ammunition were
kept in Catholic colleges were
found to be groundless upon inves
tigation by others. Even a few old
weapons that had been in colleges,
for sport and practice use, were
returned to the army.
With growing discontent in all
groups, the police announcement
of a plot against President Peron
did not surprise anyone Many of
the leaders arrested had expected
it for several days, as Peronist in
timidation had been experienced
steadily without cause.
Catholic homes and schools
continue to constitute a principal
target of the regime, because
they are bulwarks against the or
ganized p*ronization of youth.
The charge of seditious preach
ing hurled against the clergy
also is untrue, but the priests are
firmly opposed to the corruptive
tactics of the regime, in viola
tion of constitutional right*.
Meanwhile, the head of the Dem­
ocratic Party (a conservative group
long out of office) has charged in
a uation-wide radio address that
the Peronista Party is trying to
“do away with resistance to its all
engulfing empire.”
Vincente Solano Lima condemn
ed the Peron governments ef
forts to expose the people to “the
materialistic tendencies of ex
treme leftist ideologies which
threaten to revive ancient slavery”
and said the Democratic Party
stands for “the defense of Chris
tian civilization.”
According to Verdad, the com
munist Rodalfo Poigros has been
given control of the daily Critica.
one of the capital's major news
papers.
Another development in the Ar
gentine situation was the charges
made by Verdad (Truth), a bulle
tin secretly published here, that
the Argentine press is heavily in
filtrated by communists and fellow
travellers.
In asking pastors to “make a
fervent appeal” for the success
of the collection. Bishop Ready de
dared:
"We can be justly proud of th*
facilities w* have in the Dio
cese of Columbus for the care of
the aged—St. Anthony Hospital,
St. Raphael and St. Rita Home*.
However, tho resources to main
tr: these institution* *re very
meager. The generous, charitable
assistance of the clergy and laity
throughout the Diocese is vitally
necessary to continue this im
portant trust given us by God.
Beyond that, we must look for
ward to the day when other cen
ters for the aged can be estab
lished outside the city of Colum
bus." Of the importance of aid
ing the diocesan missions, Bishop
Ready asserted:
“You are well aware that many
of our Brothers in the mission
areas of the Diocese need financial
help to carry on their priestly
work. In the past, we have been
able to do much in this regard
Moat Powerful Weapon
In Battle for Peace
Is Prayer
Price Ton Cants $3.00 A Year
25,730
650 Religious,
Lay Teachers
Staff Schools
The 85 schools in the Co*
lumbus Diocese’s enlarged Ca
tholic school system will open
their doors to an all-time rec
ord number of students next
month.
Advance registrations indicate
that 25,730 students—almost 2000
more than last year’s enrollment—
will join in the back-to-school trek.
The first day of classes for 20,410
pupils the 61 grade schools will
be Sept 6. The 24 high schools
will welcome 5,320 students the
following day
Approximately 650 priests, sis
ters and laymen will serve on the
teaching staffs at the various
schools.
Th* anticipated enrollment,
Father C. Bennett Applegate, su
perintendent of schools, noted,
exceed* the registration of 10
year* ago by mor* than 40 per
cent. And population trends,
Father Applegate said, indicate
that th* steady growth will con
tinue.
To solve the classroom needs,
neF schools have been built, old
ones have been expanded and mod
ernized, and plans have been made
for new buildings and additions.
September will mark the open
ing of the St. Agnes School—the
thirty-fifth Catholic elementary
school in greater Columbus. The
school will accept first and second
graders, and classes will be held
in the parish hall, the east unit of
the new church plant. Two Sisters
of Notre Dame de Namur win
teach the gtedents some of whom
attended St Aloy-ius and St. Mary
Magdalene Schools last year.
Eventually, it is hoped, a school
building will be constructed on
the Spacious 9-acre lot on W.
Mound St between Wheatland
and Wayne Aves.
Chief development in th*
gr»d* echool system outside of
Columbus is «f St. Bernard**
School, Coming, which is under
going complete modernization
this summer. St. Bernard's will
become centralized grade
school, end will accept children
residing in New Sfreitsvill*,
Shawnee, Moxehale end Glouster
—communities in a HMRile radi
us of Corning.
Three school buses will trans
port the pupils to the southeast
Perry County school
The enlarged school will make
up for the loss of St. Augustine’s
School in New Straitsville, which
was closed because of a teacher
shortage.
Men of St Bernard’s Parish and
seminarians working in coopera
tion with the diocesan office of the
Society of the Propagation of the
Faith have combined their efforts
this summer to modernize the
Corning school.
Plumbing, central heating and a
new lighting system have been in
stalled. and the frame school has
been painted inside and out.
In addition, two new schools ar*
in the planning stages.
In Newark, campaign te
raise funds for a new central
Catholic high school is now in
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Sunday’s Collection to Benefit
Aged, and Diocesan Missions
The generous, charitable assistance of the clergy and laity was
termed by Bishop Ready this week as “vitally necessary” to the Aged
and Diocesan Missions.
In a letter to all pastors announcing the annual collection for
the aged and the missions, Bishop
Ready described support of these
projects as an “important trust
given us by God.” The collection
is schedule for all churches and
chapels of the diocese on Sunday,
the eve of the Feast of the Immac
ulate Heart of Mary.
through the Missionary Coopera
tion plan and from the returns of
this collection in August. I take
this opportunity of thanking the
Reverend Fathers and their de
voted parishioners for the mission
help they have given to many needy
sections of the Diocese. Such fra
ternal charity has its own reward.
I pray that this bond of mutual as
sistance will continue within the
brotherhood of the priests of Co
lumbus.”
Held annually within the Octave
of the Feast of Our Lady’s Assump
tion, the collection will benefit
missions in rural and mare isolated
areas, as well as a total of approxi
mately 250 aged and infirm at St
Anthony’s Hospital, and St. Rita’s
and St. Raphael's Home for the
Aged.
All three of these institution*
hav* felt the recent cut in Aid
for th* Aged grant* by th* Frank
lin County Welfare Department.
Th* two home* for th* aged each
stand to lose $1000 to $1500 a
month for the remaining five
months of 1955, because of the
cut in grants te their patients.
In addition, funds are needed at
St. Anthony Hospital, which has
125 aged patients, practically all
of whom are bedfast and require
costly medical treatment