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A Good Catholic
Is a Well-
Informed Catholic
Vol.V, No. 1
Columbus to Honor
Its Famed Patron
In Gala Celebration
An elaborate Columbus Day program, urged by the
Columbus Register as long as six years ago. is scheduled
Wednesday in connection with the unveiling of a 20-foot
ugh statue of the famed Italian explorer.
Band concerts a parade ban
quet, telp'i^ion program, ball and
dedication of th* new statue at
City Hall are among the high
lights of the day, which is the
463rd anniversary of the found
ing of the New World As in past
years, all Catholic high and ele
mentary school students will have
a free day
The unveiling of the stetue, e
gift of the people of Genoa, It
aly, will follow an 8:30 p.m. pa
rade. Bishop Ready will offer
♦he dedication prayer
Present for this celebration
will be the vice mayor of Genoa.
Italy, Di Giuseppe DeAndre as
well as other dignitaries from the
Italian embassy in Washington
Guests at the ceremonies will be
Elwyn Vanderhaar nl Hamilton,
master of the fourth degree
Knights of Columbus, and Henry
Kondrat of Cleveland, the organi
ration's state deputy
Co-chairman of the city wide
celebration are Edward Wag
ner and S Spalla
The parade, which will he rout
ed on Broad St. from Fourth St
to Central High School, will fea
ture 15 floats and numerous mu
®ical units including the band
from the Pontifical College Jose
phinum. Four units of 50 mem
bers, each representing four
Knights of Columbus Councils in
the city, also will march in the
parade
The Columbus Day banquet
will be held at 6 p.m in the Neil
House. The annual ball will be
held there later after the statue
dedication
Also, following the dedication
program, members of the Knights
of Columbus will attend a ball at
Council 400 headquarters
Two Columbu* television sta
♦ions will carry the Family The
ater's hour-long program on the
life of Christopher Columbus
within the next week. The pro
gram is scheduled at 5 p.m. Sat
urday on WLW-C, and at 9 p.m.
Tuesday on WTVN,
Financed by the Knights of Co-
2nd Polio Shots
Scheduled Soon
Second polio shots for the
diocesan schools in the city of
Columbus are to be given Oc
tober 17 through 20th and on
Monday. October 24th. The
shots will be given only’ to
those children who received
the first free innoculation this
nast spring in the city of Co
lumbus (or elsewhere with rec
ord in writing)
Prior to second innocula
tion, a new parental request
form was sent home for the
signature of parents desiring
their children to have this in
noculation. We remind par
ents that they must return
these request forms no later
than Monday, October 10th
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/Assisting in making final plans for the
tenth annual convention of the Diocesan Coun
cil of Catholic Women are the deanery and
diocesan officers pictured above. Seated, left to
right, are Mrs. Edward J. Miller, president
of northern deanery Miss Nell Flautt, president
of the central deanery Miss Josephine Roun­
Final plans are being laid
for the tenth annual conven
tion of the Diocesan Council
of Catholic Women which
will take place Tuesday, Oct.
11, at the Neil House.
The day-long session will be
gin officially at 9:00 a. m. at St.
Joseph Cathedral when delegates
will attend a Solemn Pontifical
Mass celebrated by Bishop Ready.
liimbus. the film depicts the prob
lems and obstacle? encountered
by Columbus in realizing his life
long dream of trying tn find a
new route to the Indies Despite
royal indifference and personal
hardships, his determination and
unwavering faith in God finally
triumphed and he set forth on his
dramatic voyage of discovery
Celebration of Column’s Day
will not be confined to Cn,unibus
Knights of Co! itfibus '1uncils
throughout tpn ration Z.fr,plan
ning parades, i »9io and Ir’^Jpsion
program1 dec Ration of Values
of the intrepid navigator, open
houses, and in many places, con
ferral of major degrees In Chi
cago. for instance, there will be
a huge parade Sunday, with thou
sands of Knights from more than
80 Councils expected to partici
pate
The fact that other cities hold
elaborate celebrations annually
in order to pay tribute to Colum
bus prompted the Columbus Keep
ister on Oct 14. 1949. to scold
Ohio s capital city for its “token
observance" of the holiday
Oct, 12, in Columbus, a front
page editorial declared, "could
easily be an event that would
attract nationwide attention
We could rival the Mardi
Gras of New Orleans with our
parades, floats, our wholeheart
ed cooperation ."
The editorial asked
“Are we in Columbus going to
wake up and pay tribute to our
namesake in a manner that re
flects well in our city, our state,
our country?”
Response was immediate and
emphatic. Many readers wrote
to civic officials urging that
the biggest city in the world
named after the explorer
should, quite naturally, have
the biggest celebration, The ed
itorial and letters that followed'
undoubtedly made the idea
prominent in the minds of city
officials at that time. This
year's observance promises to
be* the most colorful Oct. 12
program in Columbus history.
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Hungary Denies
Religious Liberty
WASHINGTON (NC) A
Georgetown University profes
sor said it was “totally untrue”
that there is greater religious
I freedom in Hungary now than in
the days of the Austro-Hungar
ian Empire
Professor Tibor Kerekes. chair
man of the History Department
at the University, challenged re
marks that Methodist Bishop G.
Bromley Oxnam made on his re
turn f.om a visit to Hungary
Dr. Kerekes said that without
doubt the Bishop had talked to a
few hand-picked people who
gave him information which he
accepted at face value.
Officers Readv Plans for DCCW Meet
Ten workshops will be held
during the day at the Neil
House and each will carry out
the theme "To Cast Fire on the
Earth." The words are taken
from Christ's message to His
Apostles when He said, "I am
come to cast fire upon the
earth, and what will I but that
it be kindled?" (St. Luke 12:49).
The convention will close with
To Fulfill a Deep
Maryknoll
Five years ago Mother
General Mary Columba sum
moned a pert, good-natured
Maryknoll Sister to her office
on Sunset Hill at Ossining. N.
Y
“We have decided.” Mother Co
lumba -aid. that you would make
a good doctor fnr th* missions
Unless you have strong objections
tn it, we want you to study medi
cine.”
Sister Maria Fidelis paused
The decision meant extra hours
of study and a switch in curricu
lum at the College of Mt. St Vin
cent in New York City long, tedi
ous classwork at medical school,
and postponement ot the mission
assignment which she had been
looking forward to since she grad
uated from high school in 1945
“I have no objections,” smiled
the young sister
That conversation launched
rri»r Maria Fidelis on a tough,
iv year bout with the books,
which in retrospect she describes
as “good hard work but lots of
fun.” Nou. she is Sister-Doctor”
or “Dr Rieckelman” (whichever
patients prefer), and is taking her
internship at Mt Carmel Hospit
al, Columbus, in preparation for
medical work abroad
A member of the nation's
largest missionary sisterhood,’
the 28-year-old nun is tha
twelfth Maryknoll Sister to be
come a doctor. The physicians
are members of a Maryknoll
team of nurses, social workers,
pharmacists, teachers, cate
chists, artists, writers, domestic
workers who seek to bring the
world to Christ.
At Mt St. Vincent’s, the nun
scheduled a flock of pre-med
courses in her senior year, and at
tended a summer school session
there in order to qualify for en
trance to Marquette University’s
College of Medicine
At Marquette, all went smooth
ly until Sister Maria Fidelis was
injured in. an auto accident A
severed nerve rendered her right
arm and hand useless Normally
tree, diocesan council treasurer. Standing are,
left to right, Miss Veronica Basbagill, presi
dent of the western deanery Mrs. Mary Torch
iano, president of the southern deanery Mrs.
Stephen Matesich, president of the eastern
deanery, and Miss Jean, Fondriest, secretary
of the diocesan council.
Desire
HONG KONG The mass arrests of more than 300
Catholic priests and laymen in Shanghai on September 8
were only a part of a stepped-up nationwide campaign
against the Church by the Chinese Reds.
In the past, foreign missionaries were the principal tar
get of the communist attacks. Now their place has been
taken by the native Chinese clergy.
Soon after the Shanghai ar
rests the Peking radio station
announced that another large
group of Catholics, including a
priest, had been jailed for “count
er-revolutionary activities.”
Later Radio Peking warned
that “if Chinese Catholics do not
withdraw from the Legion of
Mary and from all similar count
er-revolutionary activities, they
will be severely punished.”
At the same time it was an
nounced that police in Tsinan,
Shantung, had uncovered an or
ganization calling itself the “Chi
na Democratic Party.” It was
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a banquet at 7:00 at which
Father Claiborne Lafferty, mem
ber of the Bar, and the U.S. Su
preme Court and first American
to occupy the chair at the Later
an University in Rome, Italy,
will speak on the subject, “The
Pope and His People.”
Registration for the banquet
may be made throughout the day
of the convention until noon.
The Wuholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, October 7,1955
Sister-Doctor’ Interns Here
h«w persons aro busier than Sister Maria Fidelis, a Mary
knoll nun, who is taking her internship at Mt, Carmel Hospital.
In the picture above, the 28 year old Cincinnati-born Sister
takes the blood pressure of a hospital patient. Sister's 18-hour
day includes Mass, meditation, recitation of the Divine Office,
and duties as a physician in various departments of the hos
pital. She is the twelfth Marykno’l sister to become a full
fledged doctor.
right-handed. Sister Maria Fidelis
had to draw pictures of carci
noma cells and circulatory sys
tems with her left hand For
many months while she gradually
regained the. use of her arm. she
took oral examinations
This temporary handicap caus
ed the nun far more consterna
tion in college than the curiositv
and prejudice which some people
have toward a woman doctor.
Although there were only
five women at Marquette in
♦he graduating class of 99 (and
she was the only nun), Sister
was conscious of no resentment
on the part of her male class
mates.
“If there was any resentment,”
she declared, “it was against the
Native Religious Now Object
Of Red China’s Persecution
(NCWC News Service)
claimed that this party was en
gaged in “anti-revolutionary ac
tivity” under the cloak of relig
ion.
The same day the radio an
nounced the arrest of two lead
ers of a Catholic organization in
Shantung. It was said that the
two had “ridiculed Communist
Party officials»and sneered at the
new society as being a hell on
earth.” The radio stated that one
of those arrested was Father Lu
Yu in Chou of the Lintsing apos
tolic prefecture.
The following day Radio Pek
ing announced the arrest of sev
en persons who had “infiltrated
Catholic organizations to carry
on counter-revolutionary activi
ties.” Four of these persons were
said to have been arrested in Fu
kien and three in Chekiang
Not even carmelite nuns, who
lead completely secluded lives,
have been spared persecution at
the hands of the Chinese com
munists.
Meanwhile. Archbishop Nicolas
Fasolino of Santa Fe issued a pas
toral letter stating that the peri
od of tribulation through which
the Church in Argentina had
been passing since last November
—when Peron started his anti
Church campaign—had befti end
ed by the liberation, and calling
upon the faithful to offer up
prayers of thanksgiving.
The Archbishop urged prayers
also for the souls of those who
had died for freedom during the
revolutions of June and Septem
ber.
girls They accepted me because
I was a nun
Sister also has served on the
staff of the Veteran- Hospital at
Wood. Wis. and took her extern
ship at Children's Hospital in
Milwaukee. Wis.. during her sen
ior year in medical school. She
has never regarded the patients’
attitude toward her unusual voca
tion as a complicated problem
When Sister performs hospital
chores which are reserved only
fbi doctors. «he make certain
that, the patient know she is a
physician She signs medical
charts and records as Dr Rieckel
man. her family name
At Mt Carmel, Sister’s daily
routine would tire a 60-minute
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This was the word brought here
by Sister Therese, a native of
New York City, who arrived tired
and ill after a trying voyage from
Shanghai. She had been the last
American nun left in Red China.
Afflicted with asthma, bron
chitis, and arthritis, Sister The
rese who is 61. said she had ap
plied for an exit visa last Jan
uary because she was in urgent
need of medical attention Her
request was denied, however
Only after the Geneva agreement
was signed was she permitted to
leave the country together with
11 other American civilians
against whom no formal charges
had been made.
She said that the Reds, for
some unknown reason, tried ev
ery possible means to have the
Sisters “confess” i a in a y
crimes. They seemed particular
ly anxious to trick them into
making accusations against the
Mother Superior.
Following the release of seven
Catholic missionaries by the Chi
nese communists earlier this
month, there are new 39 foreign
Catholic missioners left in Red
China.
These include two Bishops, 21
priests, a Brother and 15 nuns
One bishop and 17 priests are
imprisoned, the rest are technic
ally “free.”
Lonardi Reaffirms His Desire
To Sign Concordat with Rome
BUENOS AIRES (NC) Provisional President Ed
uardo Lonardi reaffirmed here his personal desire to sign
a concordat between Argentina and the -Holy See during
1 is term of office
He tola a press conference that negotiations for a con
cordat would begin as soon
temporary government set up af
ter the overthrow of former Pres
ident Juan D. Peron has been
completed.
Replying to a question put by
one of the reporters, the Pres
ident declared: "I am a Cath
olic and my political principles
are fundamentally constituted
by my love of legal order, de
mocracy, and social justice."
as the organization of the
The new Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Worship, Dr. Mario
Amadeo, has formally annulled
a decree issued by the Peron
regime dismissing Auxiliary
Bishop Manuel Tato of Buenos
Aires, and the Pro-Vicar of the
Archdiocese, Msgr. Ramon Pab
lo Novoa. The decree was is
sued shortly before the June
revolt, on the alleged grounds
that the two prelates had pro
voked anti-government demon
strations.
In the meantime. Federal Com
missioner in the province of Men
doza ordered the restoration of
crucifixes in all the government
offices and law courts from which
they had been ordered withdrawn
by the deposed regime. He said it
was “the imperative duty of the
revolutionary government to re
store God’s image to its proper
places.”
"By uniting your efforts to
preserve for your cities a just
autonomy end the free exer
cise nf the functions belonging
to them, you contribute much
toward strengthening public
spirit end maintaining those
permanent values of civiliza
tion without which th» state
unfailingly transforms itself
into an instrument of oppres
sion," the Pope declared.
Despite cold rainy weather
the Pontiff made a penal trip
from his summer palace at Cas
telgandolfo to give an audience
to delegate^ attending the 12th
Congress of the International
Union of Cities and Local Author
ities in Rome Fepre -ented at the
Mass Procluction
In Education Hit
Bv Cardinal
CHICAGO-(NO— Hu Emin
ence Samuel Cardinal Stritch de
nounced mais production in high
er eduration an address a* the
25th anniversarv dinner of Mun
delein College here
Praising the work of smaller
colleges the Cardinal Archbish
op of Chicasn told an audience
at the $25 a plate dinner in the
Conrad Hilton Hotel that:
“Where there is mas‘ produc
tion in education there is no pre
cision The most dangerous per
son is the one who is seif edu
cated. wearing his degree only
as a badge and thinking only
half-truths
Pontiff Urges Cities
To Devote Traditions
To Unity of Nations
VATICAN CITY (NC) His Holiness Pope Pius XII has called on cities to de
vote the treasure of their centuries-old cultural, artistic and religious traditions to serv
ing the idea of closer relations among nations throughout the world, and especially in
Europe
He told mayors and representatives of many of thelworld’s principal cities in
cluding seven in the United State
—that even in the modern cen
tralizpd state, the city remains
the mother-cell of civilization
congress were the following
American cities Neu York. San
Francisco, Trenton Milwaukee.
Washington, DC St Louis and
New Orleans
An irresistible movement to
day pushes nations toward unit
ing in order better to assure their
‘ecurity or economic develop
ment’’ the Pontiff said No na
tion mav claim to remain in iso
lation without incurring for itself
serious risks of harming the com
munity that expects it.« support
It might be believed that cities
have no reason to interfere in
these problem1 which apparent
ly are outside their competence
This would, however be a mis
take
"In thia respect the social
body resembles a living or
ganism, and its health depends
on the normal functioning ot
♦he cells composing it. If some
of these cells are weakened,
♦hen ♦he whole body suffers,
or at least a permanent dan
ger for the future results."
Pope Pius went on to stress
the spiritual values which consti
tute the soul of society and which
arc essential for lasting collabor
ation As examples he cited es
teem for others and the desire
to know help and make sacrific-
es to them.
The pope praised the growing
movement in which cities in var
ious
countries, including those on
(he nthe: side nf the Atlantic
seek to establish close ties of
friendship and tn promote cul
tural exchange and mutual help
when needed The Pope added
Nothing prevents «uch rela
tion-- from going beyond Euro
pean limits Feelings of true af-
Bishop Urges Support
As UA Drive Begins
The United Appeals campaign in Columbus and Frank
lin County, which seeks to raise $2,951,261 by Oct. 31, was
wholeheartedly endorsed this week by Bishop Ready
The voluntary contributions of all citizens. Bishop
Ready said in a letter to pastor
♦his week are “urgently needed”
to meet the increasing demands
made upon the relief and welfare
agencie on our community
Describing the fund drive as
e "worthy appeal,” the bishop
asked all clergy and laity in
Franklin County "to assume
their share of the burden in
this important work of civic
charity." He declared:
“This will require a corps of
volunteer workers cooperating in
the united effort and the gener
ous financial assistance from all
our wage earners
Another motive for taking part
in this great community work."
Bishop Ready said, “is the love
of God and our fellowmen Our
ideal in this service is found in
the compassion nf Jesus Christ s
love and care for His brethren
The importance of the cam
paign also was emphasized by
Monsignor William E Kappes. di
ocesan director of hospitals and
charities. The 1954 fund drive,
Monsignor Kappes declared, rais
ed a total of $122,486 toward this
year’s operating expenses of the
Catholic Welfare Bureau. St Eu
phrasia School, and St Stephen's
Community House
That amount, he continued,
represented three-fourths of
the annual budget of the Cath
olic Welfare Bureau, provided
one-half of the funds for opera
tion of St. Euphrasia's School,
and Was the sole support of St.
Stephen's Community House.
The Welfare Bureau he said,
has participated in the drive since
1949. while St Euphrasia s and
St Stephens have been aided by
the campaign for more than two
decades
This year. Monsignoi Kappes
said, the Welfare Bureau has ask
ed United Appeals for $79,705
St Euphrasia seeks $26,550. and
St Stephen's asks for $32,240 To
tal amount requested is $138,495
In addition, he said. Catholic
hospitals in Columbus receive
about $9,000 a year from the
drive. This amount is in pay
ment for individual cases ac
cepted by the UA fs their re
sponsibility in keeping with the
contract drawn up with the hos
pitals. He continued:
“A large number of our Cath
olic people receive service from
United Appeal agencies, such as
the Visiting District Nurses who
give the health examinations in
the parish school. God man Guild
Community House which has a
large number nf Catholic partici
pant'. and some of the day nurs
eries.”
Details of the United Appeal
drive also were given this week
in a letter to teachers and pas
tors by Father Bennett Apple
gate, diocesan superintendent of
schools Envelopes will be distrib
uted in all classrooms for student
contributions.
In all. 59 agencies in the city
and county wall benefit. The drive
is a combined campaign by Com
munitv Chest agencies the Amer
ican Fed Cross, the Cancer So
ciety and the U S O.
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Most Powerful Weapon
In Battle for Peace
Is Prayer
Price Ton Cents $3.00 A Year
fection do not know political
boundaries nor racial or cultural
distinctions Christian charity has
always ignored, and continues to
ignore, such barriers, because
charity perceives directly in 'each
human being and each human
group the presence of the same
dignity and the same responsi
bility before God the Creator.
It sees them as members of the
society.”
Tha Holy Father discussed
♦ha functions of a mayor, who,
ha said, cannot ba merely an
executive organ of the state,
but must truly represent the
citizens, "understanding those
not sharing his political opin
ions, conscious of human prob
lems as well as of legal require
ments, and ready to defend in
telligently the autonomy of the
citizens he rules."
Pope Pius reminded states td
their obligation to help cities car
ry out their tasks. He empha
sized that the state profits from
granting cities a large measure
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Drive Begun
To Restore
Proper Advent
CINCINNATI, O (NC)—
A move “to restore to Advent
its true meaning” by sched
uling Advent plays, instead
of Christmas plays, in schools
parishes and institutions has
started in the Cincinnati
Archdiocese
The Archdiocesan Councils of
Catholic Men and Women have
suggested that Christmas func
tions take place in the Christmas
season that begins on December
25
The campaign was started with
a letter sent to school principals,
pastors and institution superin
tendents. The letter was signed
by the religious activities chair
men of the two Councils and by
their priest counselor.
An Advent play script was en
closed with the letter as a sample
of a play appropriate to the na
ture of the season.
This year Advent season be
gins on November 27. Embrac
ing four weeks, if marks the be
ginning of the ecclesiastical
year in Western churches. Dur
ing this time the faithful are
admonished to prepare them
selves worthily to celebrate the
anniversary of the birth of
Christ.
The liturgy of the Church in
this season makes continual ref
erence to the event, for which it
prepares by penitential observ
ances. For example, in Advent
the Te Deum is omitted from Ma
tins and the “Gloria in excelsia”
from the Mass
"'Bless Vs, O Lord,
And These Thy Gifts’
The concentrated efforts of many people are employ
ed to make an effective School Lunch progrem. Pas
tors, teachers, cooks, cafeteria helpers and government
personnel will discuss the problems and new ideas and
methods in school lunch programs at the annual School
Lunch Workshop to be held Tuesday, Oct. 12, at St.
Michael School. Pages seven and eight of this issue of
THE CATHOLIC TIMES are devoted to the Workshop. A
well planned program provides tasty and nutritious lunch
es for youngsters like the two pictured above.