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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 (Continued on Page 2) 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. (Continued on Page 2) 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 (Continued on Page 2) 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