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A Good Catholic
I» a Well-
Informed Catholic
Vol. V, No.
which are misleading if not down
right dishonest”
The Archbishop cited the Ad
ministration’s Federal aid pro
gram of last year which involved
a three-year expenditure of $7
billion. It provided for the con
struction of 300,000 classrooms
immediately and 50.000 each year
after, he said.
“Just a year later,” he wrote,
“a new program has been submit
ted to Congress estimating the
job can be done at less than one
third the cost. $2,020,000,000.”
This program spans five years.
Contrasting the two. Archbish
op O’Hara stated: “Such a radical
scaling down of needs in less
than 12 months time suggests that
the job need not be done by the
Federal Government at all.”
The editorial called for “an
antidote for the propaganda that
our school children are robbed
of their birthright by being herd
ed into overcrowded classrooms,
or taught in half sessions and by
ill-prepared teachers.”
The Archbishop said the anti
dote could be found in an ad
dress given at the Pennsylvan
ia State conference preliminary
to the White House Conference
on Education in November. He
laid this address warned
against "blind acceptance" of
the national trends in education
as being valid in all state and
local situations. "For that rea
son the spot advertising of the
National Education Association
and of the Citizens Commission
for Better Schools often ren
ders a great disservice," he
quoted the speech as saying.
Archbishop O’Hara said this ad
dress pointed out that a general
idea has been conveyed by radio,
TV’ and newspapers that enroll
ment increases have led to over
crowded classrooms, half-day ses
sions and other poor teaching cir
cumstances. However, this may be
true ir some areas, but there are
hundreds of areas where it does
not apply he said the speech
maintained.
Population shifts from the city
"High-Pressure Campaign’
Favoring Federal Aid for
Public Schools Is Criticized
PHILADELPHIA, Pa (NC) Archbishop John F. O'Hara of Philadelphia said
here a high-pressure campaign behalf of Federal intervention in public school financ
ing is making it “increasingly difficult'’ for citizens and Congressmen to estimate accur
ately the actual needs of public schools.
The Prelate’s views were contained in a front-page editorial he wrote in The
Catholic Standard and Times, newspaper of the Philadelphia archdiocese. He criticized
propaganda for Federal aid as I
containing “broad statements to the suburbs are responsible for
“needs in places where the popu
lation has mushroomed,” he said
However, he added that economic
conditions of suburban families
often allow for a tax base quite
capable ot taking care of the edu
cational needs.
Catholic parishioners furnish
"the most eloquent testimony**
that the local community can
pay for suburban schools, the
Archbishop said. "If there are
Catholic citizens dwelling in
these suburban communities,
they will pay their taxes as good
citizens and they will erect
their own school with voluntary
offerings."
ks proof that the educational
pinch isn’t equally severe through
Father Foley was born at Shen
andoah. Pa., Nov. 17, 1898. His
preparatory studies were made at
Villanova Preparatory school, and
at St. Joseph’s College, both in
Philadelphia. He received the
“The importance of the Catholic Press is not
yet understood. Neither the faithful nor the
clergy give it the attention they should The old i
sometimes say that it is something new, and that
in the past souls were saved without troubling
themselves about reading. These short-sighted
people do not consider that in the past the poison
of the bad press was not spread everywhere, and 1
that in consequence the antidote of a good press
was not equally necessary.
“It is not a question of the past. We are not
living in the past we are living today. It is a
fact that Christian people are corrupted, deceived
and poisoned by impious reading ... In vain will
you build churches, preach missions, found
schools all your works, all your efforts will be de
stroyed if you cannot at the same time wield the
defensive and offensive weapon of a press that
is Catholic, loyal and sincere.
“To be a Catholic, to call oneself a Catholic, I
nay, to belong to Catholic organizations and as
sociations, and at the same time to be indifferent
to the interests of the Catholic press, is a patent
absurdity.”
---------Pius
Report Cards:
(With the arrival of “Exam Week’’, pupils, teachers and par
ents focus their attention on the periodic inventory taken in the
classrooms. This is an inventory of thugs learned and the in
terpretation of this inventory in the form of a report card is of
greatest importance to parents. With this in mind the following
is the first of two articles prepared by the Diocesan School
Office.)
Is my child just average? Many an anxious parent will
be experiencing a week of unusual intellectual pursuit.
Books well thumbed and books little touched will come
home with the pupils who can. who try, and who can’t. Time
of recreation will be curtailed. “Exam Week” is here again.
With few exceptions an effort to study will be made. Just
as inventories are made in business, teachers inventory the
minds ot their pupils. Exam week will pass and the dreaded
day when report cards “will be given out” must be faced by
pupil, parent and teacher. This critical day needs under
standing.
Let us remember, it is the primary function of the
school to develop and train the intellectual powers of the
child. The intellectual development wall be concerned first
with the knowledge of God and the truths of faith, and then
the areas of human knowledge, mainly the 3 R’s, Reading,
Writing and Arithmetic. All of these should be organized
and presented in such a way that the child will be able to
out the nation, the Archbishop
offered these statistics gained
from comparing public school en
rollments of 1935 and 1955:
1) Twelve states actually show
a loss in registration in the
amount of 712,729 (Ark., Ky.,
Mass.. Miss Neb.. N Dak.. Okla.,
Penn., R.I., S Dak Vt. and W.
Va.)
2) None of the states with gains
can be said to be in poor eco
nomic straits
3) The Pacific Coast accounts
for almost 40 per cent of the in
crease of 4.207.000 since 1935 reg
istration.
4) Gains are regional. Many
states are able to do their own
financing. Several have rejected
Federal aid.
Father James Foley,
Wellston Pastor, Dies
Father James Foley, 57, pastor of Sts Peter and Paul
Church, Wellston, died in Mt Carmel Hospital, Columbus,
Tuesday morning after an illness of two weeks Death was
due to heart trouble.
Father Foley had been pastor of St Cecilia’s, New
Rome, west of Columbus, for ten years previous to his trans
fer to Wellston last June.
Funeral arrangements were
made this morning (Friday) at
Wellston with Bishop Edward
Hettinger, D.D.. celebrant of the
Pontifical Funeral Mass. Assist
ing at the Mass will be Monsig
nor H. E. Mattingly, assistant
priest Father Richard Grosser,
deacon Father Louis Hoffman,
subdeacon, and Father Albert E.
Culliton and Father Edward
Reidy, deacons of honor. The ser
mon will be delivered by Mon
signor Joseph R. Casey. Burial
will be made in Holy Sepulcher
cemetery, Philadelphia
Ph. B. degree from the latter
school in 1924.
For theology Father Foloy
want to Mt. St. Mary's Seminary,
Emmitsburg, Md., whara he re-
Father James Foley
ceived the M.A. degree. He was
ordained by Bishop William J.
Hafey, June 12, 1928.
Following his ordination Fa
ther Foley served as assistant pas
tor at St. Joseph Cathedral for
two years. He was then sent to St.
Peter’s, Steubenville, where he
remained for nine years.
In March, 1939, he was named
assistant pastor at St. John’s, Bel
laire. In August, 1904, he went to
St. Rose’s. New Lexington, where
he served as pastor until coming
to Columbus to take charge of St.
Cecilia’s, New Rome, in January,
1945. He was transferred to Wells
ton June 17, 1955.
Father Folty was stricken
with a heart attack at the par
ish house in Wellston Jan. 12.
Surviving are three brothers,
Gerald. Thomas and Francis, and
four sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Pad
den, Mrs. Gertrude Dinnien, Miss
Mary Foley and Mrs. Clare Mead,
all of Philadelphia, and many
nieces and nephews.
I
The otholic Times
Critics *Forum
Series to Begin
February 23
The first in a new series of
Critics Forum book reviews
will take place in the Little
Theater at the Columbus Gal
lery of Fine Arts, Thursday,
Feb. 23.
Doctor Clarence Forbes of
Ohio State University will
open the 1956 series with a
review of “Even the Cypresses
Believe in God,” by Jose Maria
Gironella.
Other Reviewers
Subsequent reviewers this year
will be Riley Hughes of the For
eign Service Dept Georgetown
University, who will appear on
Mar 22, and Father Bernard The
all. O.F.B. of the faculty of Cath
olic U.. who will he here Apr 26.
This is the ninth year the se
ries has been sponsored by the
Columbus Circle of the Inter
national Federation of Catholie
Alumnae. Mrs. James P. Charles
is general chairman for the so
ries.
She will be assisted by Mrs. C.
W. Lingo, ticket chairman Miss
Adele Foley, secretary Mrs. John
Kochensparger, reception chair
man Mrs. Ray Berry and Mrs.
John Hammerstein. co-chairmen
of junior hostesses Mrs Thomas
Brosmer is serving as publicity
chairman
The public Is cordially invited
to attend the reviews. Tickets may
be obtained from any member of
the I A or at the Cathedral
Bonk Shop and McClelland s Book
Store.
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Writer Denies
Persecution
In Colombia
ZURICH. Switzerland
(NC) A Swiss Protestant
writer bas emphatically de
nied the charge that Protes
tantism has been persecuted
in Colombia.
Writing in “Young Church”
organ of a youth movement
of Swiss Galvanism, Hans U.
Bretscher said, after a year’s
residence in the South American
country, “I have never been mo
lested or discriminated against on
account of my religion."
Personal Investigation
The young Swiss writer said
that he had “personally investi
gated-’ charges th st 53 Protest
ants had been martyred, 40 Prot
estant chapels destroyed, and 160
Protestant schools closed. The
charges were made in the book
“The Situation of Protestants in
Catholic Countries.” edited by the
late Dr. Arthur Frey head of the
Sw iss Protestant news service.
Mr. Bretscher said he was ac
quainted with “the facts" cited in
the book, but disagreed that the
Protestants were persecuted.
Ho said that in the period
from 1949 to 1953, when the
Conservative Party and its lead
er, Leureano Gomez, were in
power, ruthlessly repr e s s i v e
measures were adopted against
the defeated Liber I party. Lib
eral party members, both Prot
estant and Catholic, were never
sure of their lives, he noted,
and many membe~s, Protestant
and Catholic, lost both their
lives and their property.
Mr. Bretscher noled that all in
cidents of alleged persecution of
Protestants took place during this
period of violence and must be
viewed objectively “It is neces
sary to live in Colombia to know
and to understand Its people,” he
explained
grasp and to assimilate what is presented and thus develop
the powers of his mind. One method of ascertaining the
mental development is the conscientious check the teacher
makes from time to time of the grasp and assimilation of the
facts taught and reporting progress made to the parents.
The school is an auxiliary of the home in the education
of the child. It is the duty of the school to make known its
policies and practices so that, parents may assume their
rightful function in the mental development of their child
ren. The current policies and practices of the grading
system need to be understood if parents and teachers are
to give the child guidance in developing his mental powers.
Before examining “the report card" two fundamental
principles must be accepted by parents and teachers. No
two children are alike. No two teachers are alike. These
individual differences must be taken into account in un
derstanding the categorizing of children's capacities as
(70-100), A,B,C, or S and U.
There are many different systems used to report pupil
progress. As pointed out above, the numerical system, the
letter system or the simple method of marking S or U indi
cating satisfactory or unsatisfactory may be employed.
Presently, the Diocese of Columbus is using the letter sys
tem, A,B,C,D and E. This system has been considered more
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16, Ohio, Friday, January 27, 1956
To the Reverend Clergy. Religion*,
and Faithful of the Diocese of Columbus
My beloved Brethren:
For many decades Catholic parents in the United States
have made amazing sacrifices that their children might be as
sured of their right to an education which is grounded in moral
values. Long, hard labor, coupled with admirable foresight
and enduring patience have made possible the great system of
free, non tax-supported religious schools in this nation Not
only has this system of schools provided solace to parents in their
efforts to rear their children in the fear and love of God, but
it has also been a sustaining force to the moral fabric of America.
Despite the inestimable importance of the parish church
and school, the great Pontiff of beloved memory, Saint Pius X,
stated that the building of them would be in vain if they were
not to be aided by a watchful and vigorous Catholic Press. This
startling admonition emphasizes what Pope Pius calls “the duty
and honor of the press.” which, to use his words, is “to enlighten,
nourish and elevate minds and hearts." The press cannot fulfill
this precious duty if we do not support and read it. Once again
Catholic Press Month is dedicated to the service which the apo?
tolate of the press has rendered to God. to Church and to Coun
try Nowhere has the Catholic Press made such strides during
the past half century as here in America. This has been due
to the zeal and self-sacrificing labors of writers and technicians
and to the unfailing loyalty of the laity. Tremendous increases
in circulation as well as great technical perfection has crowned
the efforts of the priests, religious and laymen and women who
are devoting their lives to the Catholic press
Much has been said about the rights of a free press in
recent times. But “a free press must justify its pretention to pub
lic acclaim by its unfeigned esteem for moral values, rather
than by its concern for the technical perfection of its product.”
(Pope Pius XII) Our Catholic press remains eminently free be
cause it constantly upholds the law of God and endeavors to
apply it to the problems of the hour. Courage in the face of the
bloody March of tyrants over the rights of peoples and nations
has brought martyrdom to the Catholic Press in some areas
Its voice must be stilled if evil is to conquer. This, in itself, is
tribute enough for this great apostolate of the printed word.
On this great Feast of Saint Francis de Sales, patron both
of our own Diocese of Columbus and of the Catholic Press of
the world, it is most appropriate that we ask his intercession
in behalf of the spiritual and temporal welfare of all our people
and for the continued well-being of the Catholic Press every
where, and in a special way, The Catholic Times, the weekly
newspaper of this diocese. We express a word of appreciation to
all who have supported this important work. With deep grati
tude we direct attention to the business firms who have added
their support through advertisements in our diocesan newspaper.
We urge all our Catholic families to perform their duty by
seeing to it not only that they receive it but, more important
still, that they read regularly a number of good Catholic publi
cations, especially The Catholic Times.
With deep appreciation for your constant and generous
support of our diocesan newspaper and beseeching your prayers
to Saint Francis de Sales that he intercede for its continued
success.
Devotedly in Christ.
MICHAEL READY
Bishop of Columbus
Plan to Overcome Nationalism
Offered at Borromeo Lecture
A five-point plan to combat modern-day nationalism
was proposed by Monsignor Paul J. O'Dea Sunday, in the
third address of the current Borromeo lecture series at St.
Charles Seminary.
Listing excessive nationalism as the primary cause of
all international wars during
O’Dea. who is dean of studies at
St. Charles, made these recom
mendations for peace:
1. Each nation of the Wett
er n world should look to the
religious foundations upon
which their common civiliza
tion is based.
2. Nations should share their
cultural and educational treas
ures.
3. Citizens should as individ
uals or as groups seek to solve
their problems, rather then
foisting them upon the state,
Diversification of responsibil
ity is the prevention and pro­
Rites Sunday to Honor Patron
Of Diocese, Catholic Press
file past century, Monsignor
caution against the totalitarian
state.
4. Voluntary international as
sociations, including the United
Nations, should be given great
er consideration.
5. Now measures could be
studied for economic coopera
tion between nations.
Monsignor O’Dea defined na
tionalism as a “feeling unifying
a group of people who have a real
or imagined histoneal experience,
and a common aspiration to live
together as a separate group in
(Continued on page 2)
Teachers Interpret Progress for Parents
satisfactory as it gives opportunity for greater accuracy of
measurement. The numerical system (70 to 100) assumes
that precise measurement is possible and the U-S system
does not challenge the student.
Six times a year the teachers of the Diocese are requir
ed to evaluate the progress of our twenty five thousand
children. How does the teacher do this? First, the teacher
must evaluate the work the child is doing on the basis of the
requirements of the grade she instructs. Is the child mas
tering the material he is expected to master? The teacher
checks the student s progress in the light of her experience
with the child, his work, his tests and his response in class.
Identification of this progress is made by using the symbols
A.B.C.D and E. The evaluation thus derived is recorded on
the official school forms and then placed on the report card
for the child and for the parent. The report card indicates
to the child and to the parent, the kind of work the child
is doing. This should help both child and parent to know
what to do in the future.
What does the A.B,C, system mean? A recent article
on grading pointed out what most parents think of these
marks:
“A—means fine good work, the pupil is acceptable.
(Continued on page 2)
A Solemn High Mas* will be
offered in St Joseph Cathedral at
11 00 a Sunday n celebration
of the patronal feast. Monsignor
Harry S. Connelly pastor of the
Cathedra), and celebrant of the
Mass, will be assisted by Father
George Fulcher deactn. Father
Arthur Dimond, subdeacon and
Father Patrick Byrne, master of
ceremonies Father George Buch
mann will preach the sermon
The feast day. Bishop Ready
declared this week, should be
an occasion for priests and the
laity to pray "not only for the
sanctification of our individual
lives, but for the growth ot the
Church in this See through the
conversion of those who are
now outside the fold."
Bishop Ready asserted that
participation in the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass and reception of Ho
ly Communion Sunday will be “a
means of expressing our heartfelt
thanks to Almighty God for the
manifold blessings received under
ihe patronage of St Francis and
Moat Powerful WeapoM
In Battle for Peace
Is Prayer
Price Ton Cents $3.00 A Year
Bishop Ready Praises
Religious Publications
The tremendous importance of a press grounded in
moral values was emphasized by Bishop Ready this week
as the Catholic world once again prepared for the observ
ance of Catholic press month
In the Columbus Diocese as in
the rest of the free world, the
special month will be ushered in
Sunday with the celebration of
the feast of St Francis de Sales.
The day. which is teimed Cath
olic Pres« Sunday will have add
ed significance in that St Fran
cis is not only the patron saint
of the Catholic pres« but also the
patron of the diocese
will be the most efficacious peti
tion to insure our future needs
In pointing out the value of the
Catholic press. Bishop Ready, in
a letter to all clergy, religious,
and faithful of the diocese, cited
the pronouncements of Saint
Pius X.
Despite the "inestimable im
portance" of the perish church
and school, Bishop Ready as
sorted, the "great pontiff stat
ed that the building of them
would be in vain if they were
not aided by a watchful and
vigorous Catholic press." Mere
over, Pope Pius XII has noted,
the Bishop continued, that the
duty and honor of the press is
"to enlighten, nourish end ele
vate minds and hearts." The
Bishop added:
“The press cannot fulfill this
precious duty if we do not sup
port and read it
Alluding to the progress of the
Catholic press th- Bishop ex
pressed “deep gratitude” to the
zealous and self-sacrificing labors
of writers and technicians, to the
priests and laity for their “un
failing loyalty’ and to the busi
ness firms who have added their
support through advertisements
in the Catholic Times.
Ha assorted tha* if is moat
appropriate on Catholic Press
Sunday to ask the intercession
(Continued on page 2)
Lay Retreat Movement
Showing Rapid Growth
The growth of the lay retreat movement in the diocese
was made evident this week in reports submitted by the
religious activities committee of the Diocesan Council of
Catholic Women and the Laymen's Retreat League.
During 1955, a total of 1.308 lay people made retreats
at the diocesan retreat house, the Shrine of the Little Flow
er on E Broad St.
Both the Retreat League and
the D.C.C W established new rec
ords for the number of retreats
made under their sponsorship.
Last year marked the first time
that the League sponsored over
600 retreats in any one year,
when a total of 703 men partici
pated in the spiritual exercises
at the Shrine.
The D.C.C.W. sponsored 605 re
treats in 1955, the first time they
had gone over the 600 mark, too
In 1950, for example, only
441 men end 330 women took
advantage of the opportunity
to meke the retreat.
In a breakdown bv deanery, ac
cording to the 1955 report. 454
men participated from the central
deanery 71 from the western
deanery 81 from the eastern
deanery. 54 from the southern
deanery and 31 from the northern
deanery.
Some of the outstanding parish
es so far as number of retreat
ants is concerned are Holy Ros
ary 60. St. Agatha 44. St. James
the Less 45. St. Mary. Lancaster,
52, and St Mary Delaware, 38.
A breakdown by deanery in the
D.C.C.W report shows that 413
women from the central deanery
participated, 30 from the north
ern deanery 41 from the southern
deanery. 72 from the eastern
deanery and 39 from the western
deanery.
Outstanding parishes were Cor
pus Christi with 47 retreatants,
St. Mary’. Lancaster with 37. Sa
cred Heart. Coshocton with 26
and St. Joseph Cathedral with 27.
The complete schedule for the
remainder of 1956 rollows:
Retreats for Men
1956
Jan. 27-29—St. James-the-Lesa.
Feb. 10-12—Corpus Christi.
Feb. 24-26—Our Lady of Vic
tory, St. James-the-Less.
Mar. 8-11 (3 day)—**Founders
Group.
Apr 6-8 Catholic War Vet
erans. St. James-the-Less.
Apr. 13-15—Sacred Heart. Co
shocton St. Vincent DePaul,
Mt. Vernon.
Apr. 20-22—St. Leo.
Apr. 27-29 St Mary. Ports
mouth
May 11-13 St. Michaels, Wor
thington St. Patrick.
May 25-27—St. James-the-Less.
June 8-10 Immaculate Con
ception St. Mary.
June 22-24 St. Joseph Cathed
ral St. Mary, Lancaster.
June 29—July 1 Holy Ro
sary (Msgr. Mattingly Group)
July 6-8 St. Mary. Marion.
(Continued on page 2)
This scene will take place in many homes throughout the dio
cese next week when Johnny walks in with his report card end
waits for the reaction from his parents. To help parents in eval
uating the recort card, the accompanying article has boon
prepared by the Diocesan School Office.