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A Good Catholie
I a Well-
Informed Catholie
Vol. V, No. 33
Sunday, May 20, tha feast
of Pentocost, marks a day
traditionally set aside by
the Bishop of Columbus for
the annual collection for
the support of the Diocesan
seminarians in pursuit of their
priestly studies.
The annual Pentecostal col
lection will be taken up at all
Masses in every church and
ehapel of the Diocese, includ
ing St, Joseph's Cathedral where
Bishop Ready will celebrate a
Solemn Pontifical Mass.
The Mass, at 11 a. m., is al
ways a highlight of Pentecost
Sunday.
Monsignor George Wolz,
S.T.D., will be the assistant
priest for this Solemn Pontifical
Mass while Monsignor Paul
O'Dea and Monsignor William
Kappes will bo deacons of hon
or to the Bishop.
Culminating the celebration
Wil! be a Solemn Mass June 3 for
parishioners and relatives. Offi
cers of the Mass will include his
brother, Father James O. Byrne,
pastor of St. Paul's Church, Cin
cinnati, deacon, and his cousin,
Vigil of
Pentecost
Tomorrow, May 19, is ths
vigil of pentocost, fast day,
•nd day of partial abstinence.
Meat may be taken only once
•t the principal meal.
Mass Sung For
Sister M. Cecilia
A Solemn Requiem high mass
Was sung for Sister M. Cecilia
Keelty, O.P., last Monday at St.
Mary's of the Springs
Sister M. Cecilia had served
the order for 73 years. She had
■been directress of the academy
and subprioress for 10 years and
was also superior at St. Francis
and Holy Name in Columbus and
at St. Mary’s, Lancaster.
The 91-year-old nun, a native
gf Zanesville, was prioress at St.
Mary’s Academy, Nev. Haven, for
llx years and had filled various
other positions of responsibility
in the order.
Sister Cecilia is survived by
two sisters. Sister M. Constance,
OP, and Sister M. Cyril, O.P.,
both of St Mary’s of the Springs.
The deacon and sub deacon
of the Mass will be Father John
Wolf and Father Hugh Murphy.
Father James Kraus will de
liver the sermon.
Following the Mass, Bishop
Ready will bestow the Papal
Benediction upon the congre
gation.
The Diocesan-wide collection
for the Seminarians affords the
people of the Diocese of Colum
bus an opportunity of directly
helping the vocations of young
men aspiring to the priesthood.
Through this collection,
which goes entirely for the
support of the seminarians, the
faithful of the Diocese can show
their gratefulness to God for
His goodness in bestowing the
grace of a priestly vocation on
the young men of the commun
ity.
Three to Observe Silver
Jubilee of Ordination
Fr. Hickey Fr. Byrn«
Three priests two of them
pastors in Columbus and area—
will mark the silver anniversary
of their ordinations May 30.
Celebrating 25 years in the
priesthood are Father John Pat
rick Byrne, pastor of St. Mich
ael's Church, Worthington Fa
ther Leo R. Brehm, pastor of
Christ the King Church, Colum
bus and Father Francis Hickey,
former pastor of Immaculate Con
ception Church, Kenton, and now
on sick leave in Peru.
At St. Michael's, Father Byrne
will offer three Masses, the first
of which is scheduled at 8:30 a.
m. May 30. The choir at the High
Mass will be first grade pupils at
St. Michael's under the direction
of Sister Clotine, O.S.F. The next
day—the Feast of Corpus Christi
—Father Byrne will celebrate a
Solemn Mass for children.
Father John E. Byrne, pastor of
St. James the Less Church, sub
deacon.
Born in Glynnwood, Ohio, Fa
ther Byrne attended Burke School
in Auglaize County, and graduat
ed Maxima cum laude from St.
Joseph College, Collegeville, Ind.
in 1925. He took his seminary
training at St. Gregory’s and Mt.
St. Mary of the West, and was or
dained by the lale Archbishop
John T. McNichols at St. Peter
in Chains Cathedral in Cincin
nati.
Services Will
Stress Need
Of Religion
WASHINGTON (NO The
importance of spiritual strength
to America's defense will be
stressed in the national observ
ance of May 19 as Armed Forces
Day.
This is at the suggestion of
President Eisenhower himself. In
his official message praclaiming
the observance, the President
called upon the Army, Navy, Air
Force and Coast Guard to ar
range appropriate demonstrations
and “to invite participation by
representatives of all religious
faiths in such ceremonies in or
der that the interdependence of
our security and the deep and
abiding religious faith of Ameri
cans may be recognized.’’
The Foundation for Religious
Action in the Social and Civil
O/rier, in which there is Catholic,
Protestant and Jewish representa
tion, has drawn up a program
for the observance designed to
place emphasis upon “spiritual
power for peace.”
It is expected that Catholic
Bishops throughout the country
will designate some Sunday close
to Armed Forces Day, and con
venient in their respective dio
ceses, as a day of special pray
ers to emphasize the spiritual
foundation of our nat ional
strength. Recitation of Archbish
op Carroll’s Prayer for Civil au
thorities at the Sunday Masses
has hem suggested as an appro
priate means of placing emphasis
on this point.
Confirmation Schedule
Bishop Ready
Sunday, May 20th, 3:00 p. m.—Columbu* Saint Joseph Cathedral—
Adult.
Tuesday, Mey 22nd, 7:30 p. m.—Chillicothe, Saint Peter.
Thursday, May 24th, 7:30 p. m.—Chillicothe Saint Mary.
Sunday, May 27th, 7:30 p. m.—-Columbus Saint Agnes.
Bishop Hettinger
Tuesday, May 22nd, 7:30 p. m.—Columbus, Saint Augustine.
Thursday, May 24th, 7:30 p. m.—Columbus, Holy Name.
Sunday, May 27th, 3:00 p. m.—Columbus, Saint Gabriel.
Sunday, May 27th, 7:30 p. m—Columbus, Holy Spirit.
A 0 MINK
newspaper division
Birth ef Christianity
In his letter to the people,
read at all Masses last Sunday,
and reproduced in on adjoining
column, Bishop Ready remind
ed parishioners that ". it is
our responsibility to encourage
them (seminarians), to pray for
them, to counsel them In achiev
ing their destiny."
Bishop Ready reminded the
people of the Diecose that ",
the story of Pentocost is an
account of the fulfillment of
Christ's mission on earth. It
was the Resurrection of our
Blessed Savior which proved
His divinity ... it was the
birth of Christianity."
The Bishop also recalled that
"long years of preparation are
given to aspirants to the min
istry of Christ. The Diocese in
which young priests are to servo
'S'*-'
Fr. Brehm
Before coming to St. Michael’s
in January, 1946, Father Byrne
served in assistant pastorates at
St. Joseph Church, Hamilton, and
St. Aloysius Church, Cincinnati,
as a teacher at Roger Bacon high
school in Cincinnati, and as chap
lain for seven years at the Chil
licothe Federal Reformatory.
A Mass of Thanksgiving will
be offered by Father Leo R.
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Priest9s Brother
Ordained May 26
Bishop John K. Mussio of Steu
benville will ordain (ho Rev. Mr.
James Nugent into the priest
hood, Saturday, May 26, at 9:30
a m. Holy Name Cathedral, Steu
benville.
The Rev. Mr. Nugent is the son
of Mrs Mary T. Nugent and the
late Lawrence E. Nugent, 1009
N. 7th St., Cambridge, Ohio, and
th.? brother of Father Andrew
Nugent, Pastor of St. Andrew’s,
Columbus.
The new Father Nugent will of
fer his first Solemn Mass at 11.00
a.m. Sunday, May 27, in St. Bene
dict Church. Cambridge.
There Will be a reception for
the new priest at th.? Parish hall
from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 26.
Ember Days
Next Wednesday, May 23,
Friday, May 25, and Saturday,
May 26, are amber days, and
days of fast and abstinence.
Meat may be taken at the prin
cipal meal on Wednesday and
Saturday.
Plane Rams Into
Home For Aged
Nuns 18 Dead
OTTAWA Eighteen persons,
including fourteen nuns, a priest,
the crew of the jet-fighter plane,
and a cook employed at the home
died in the flaming ruins of a
rest home for Catholic nuns Tues
day night.
Authorities are investigating
the crash.
The victims perished in the
inferno set off when a Canadian
jet fighter rocketed from 33,000
feet into the three story brick
convalescent home of the Grey
Nuns of the Cross, alongside the
Ottawa River about seven miles
east of Ottawa.
Sister I^ouise Auguste, one of
the twenty-two nuns who survived
the disaster said: “They never
had a chance. The whole building
seemed to burst into flames at
once.”
The explosion was heard fif
teen miles away.
The dead priest was Father
Richard Ward, 42, chaplain to
the Nuns.
The airmen were returning to
the Ottawa’s Uplands Airport
after checking on an "unidenti
tied aircraft" which turned out
I to be a Canadian transport.
Tne vatholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, May 18,1956
SEMINARIANS LOOK TO TRADITIONAL PENTECOST OFFERING FOR AID
the Church has the full respon
sibility for their training."
St. Charles Borromoo Col
lege represents the Minor Sem
inary of the Diocese. Ecclesias
tical students are sent to out
standing Major Seminaries and
Universities for their advanced
studios in theology.
This Pentecost Sunday's spe
cial offering helps meet some
portion of the expenses of this
undertaking. Bishop Ready urg
ed all to give readily to this
important Diocesan Seminary
Fund,
"This vocation establishing
us in the Church of Christ is
shared in various ways," Bish
op Ready continued. "It belongs
to the clergy, to the laity and
to those dedicated to the relig
ious life. In a special way, I
havo askod you to pray during
this month of Moy, through
Annual
CPA Meet
In Session
Mother General
Of Franciscans
Arrives Sunday
Mother Tarcisia Marie, Mother
General of ttfp Sisters of the Poor
of St. Francis of St Anthony,
will arrive in Columbus Sunday
evening.
Mother Marie is the head nf
the Franciscan order which op
erates St. Anthony Hospital. She
has toured the eastern province
converts and this will be her last
stop in the west before returning
to Rome.
Mother Marie is accompanied
by Sister M. Wencesir who will
leave with her on Wednesday for
the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Motherhouse in Rome, Italy.
the intercession of God's holy
Mother, that we may see an
•var-increasing n u o r. of
young men and women direct
ing their lives to the service of
Christ in the Sacred Priesthood
and in the Communities of Re
ligious. They, toe, must ba fill
ed with the Holy Spirit if they
are to respond generously to
such a calling by Christ."
At the present time there ere
52 young men studying for the
priesthood at S*. Charles, in
cluding 24 in first year college
and ten in second year.
Pursuing theological studies
in colleges outside ef the dio
cese are twenty-five at Mount
St. Mary of the West, Norwood
four at St. Vincent's Arch-ab
bey, Latrobe, Pa., and six at
the Theological school of Ca
tholic University, Washington,
D.C.
Delegates Told to Promote
Catholie Press in Schools
DALLAS (NC) The most impressive meeting of
Catholic editors and publishers yet held in the United States
got under way here with an immediate challenge to develop
the Catholic press among the students of Catholic colleges
and universities.
A dozen member* of tha
hierarchy including Bishop
Michael J. Ready of Columbus,
who served as honorary chair
man of Friday morning's sec
tional editorial meeting, and
hundreds of Catholic journalist*
from all parts of the United
States, and from other countriee
•re gathered hare. They have
heard a committee report that
"little is being done to promote
the Catholic press to the stu
dents of our schools," and that
"the Catholic press is neglect
ing an area of growth in potent
ial readership, contributors and
future Catholic journalists."
The occasion is the 46th annual
convention of the Catholic Press
Association of the United States.
The delegates are the guests of
Rishop Thomas K. Gorman of Dal
las Fort Worth and The Texas
Catholic, newspaper of the dio
cese. Rishop Gorman is Episco
pal Chairman of the Press De
partment of the National Catho
lie Welfare Conference and hon
orary president of the CPA.
Score* of expert* from the
Catholic and secular publishing
field are addressing dozens of
meetings and conferences delv
ing into problems connected
with the editing, management,
distribution and mechanical
production of Catholic newspa
per* and magazines.
Fr. Fick Speak*
Father Iz-onard J. Fick nf the
Jospphinum Review. Josephinum
College, Worthingtnn, Ohio, ad
vised delegates that censorship is
a function belonging only to the
state and because of this fact
charges of “censorship” levelled
against organizations such as the
National Legion of Decency prop
erly can be labeled “false cries.”
Speaking at a panel discus
sion during the 46th annual
convention of the Catholic
Pres* Association of the Unit
ed States, Father Fick defined
censorship a* a governmental
activity behind wRich there is
force to assure compliance.
It can bp justly used, he said
when the exercise of man's right
to know or his right to pass on
his knowledge would result in
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Bishop Confirms
Adults Sunday
The annual Adult Class for the
reception of the Sacrament nf
Confirmation will he confirmed
at 3:00 p.m. Sunday in St. Jo
seph’s Cathedral by Bishop Rea
dy.
The class is composed of con
verts and other adult Catholics
who for some reason were not
confirmed as children.
Ijist May. 99 men and 165 wom
en were confirmed at the Ca
thedral.
More Than 1-Million Masses
n
3
Dramatic evidence bf love for His Holin*** Pope Pius XII
is expressed by tha National Council of Catholic Woman in a
spiritual bouquet in honor of the Pontiff's 80th birthday. The
spiritual bouquet, being presented by NCCW Executive Secretary
Margaret Mealey, left, and President Mr*. August G. Desch, to
His Excellency Archbishop Amleto Giovanni {^icognani. Apostolic
Delegate to the U. S. for transmission to Hi* Holiness, included
1,061,236 masses, 183,987 Holy Communion*, 205,256 Rosaries
and other spiritual work* and prayer*.
The heart of the diocese's Minor Sem
inary is this beautifully refurbished St.
Charles Borromoo College chapel on East
Broad street where daily, young men as
piring to the priesthood, kneel to give
thanks to Almighty God for their calling
and to pray that He may send more voca­
Diocese Sends
Ten Delegates
To Milwaukee
The Columbus Diocese wifi
send 10 delegates to th* 41sf an
nual Catholic Hospital Associa
tion Convention at Milwaukee
next week.
Monsignor Patrick J. Kilgal
lon, chaplain at St. Anthony's
Hospital, and Fathar Lawrence
Corcoran will represent the
chaplain* of the Diocese at tha
annual meeting which opens
Monday.
Sister M. Constantini*. admin
istrator of Mount Carmel, Sister
Anne Miriam, director of the
school of nursing. Sister Rosaeha.
purchasing agent, and Sister Flor
entine, pharmacist, will represent
Mount Carmel at the four-day
session.
Sister Florentine will preside
over a meeting of hospital
pharmacists Monday morning.
Mother Martha, administrator
at St. Ann's Hospital for Women,
and Sister Elizabeth, a lab tech
nician at the hospital, will repre
sent St. Ann’s at the annual con
vention.
The St. Anthony delegation
will be unable to attend this year
due to the visit of the Mother
General of the Sisters of the Sick
of St. Francis. Sister Tarcisia Ma
rie, who will arrive Sunday eve
ning.
Two lay women, Mrs. Charles
Groeszinger and Mrs. Jerry
Guarini will represent the St.
Ann’s Guilds at the meeting
which ends Thursday.
His Eminence Samuel Cardinal
Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago,
and honorary president of the
hospital association, will speak
on this year’s convention theme,
“Education, Research and Patient
Care,” at one of the sessions on
Tuesday.
The opening Mass will be of
fered by Archbishop Albert G.
Meyer' of Milwaukee. Monday
morning, in the Milwaukee Audi
torium. For the first time in the
history of the convention the en
tire congregation will sing the
Mass.
In addition to the general ses
sions and the special sectional
meetings, programs for special
groups meeting in conjunction
with the convention include the
Institute on Hospital Purchasing,
the Institute for Hospital Pharma
cists, the Conference on Medical
Technology, the Institute for Hos
pital Dietitians, the Conference
for X-ray Technologists and Hos
pital Guilds and Auxiliaries.
Among the other speakers
scheduled are Bishop William A.
O’Connor of Springfield, Illinois.
Episcopal chairman of the associ
ation: Msgr. Donald A McGnwan.
director of the Bureau of Health
and Hospitals of National Catho
lic Welfare Conference: Msgr.
Frederick G. Hochv.alt, director
of the Education Department.
NCWC, and secretary of the Na
tional Catholic Educational As
sociation Father John J. Flan
agan, S.J., executive director of
the'CHA, and Sister Mary Emil,
chairman of th? National Sister
Formation Committee
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NC
New Chaplain At Air Base
Father William Gaffn-ey, chap
lain at Lockbourne Air Base, has
been transferred to Hereford,
England. He is being replaced by
Father James Frommeyer who is
transferred h-?re from the Chap
lains School at Lackland Air
Force Base, Texas.
Diocesan
Ordinations
Mav 26
Remember
Your
Easier Duty
Pries Tan Cants 13.00 A Year
This vocation establishing u* in the Church of Christ I*
shared in various ways. It belong* to the clergy, to the laity
and to those dedicated to the religious life. In a special way,
I have asked you to pray during thi* month of May, through
the intercession ef God's holy Mother, that we may see an
ever-increasing numbtr of young men and women directing their
lives to the service of Christ in the Sacred Priesthood and It*
the Communities of Religious. They, too, must be filled with tha
Holy Spirit if they are to respond generously to such a calling
by Christ. It is our responsibility to encourage them, to pray
for them, to counsel them in achieving their destiny.
There is one other important work which we have to do In
aiding these youth chosen by God for His service in the Holy
Priesthood. Long year* of preparation are given to espirant*
to the ministry of Christ. The Diocese in which young priest*
are to serve the Church has the full responsibility for their
training. However, they are taken from among men and ordained
for men in those things which appertain to God. The obligation
rests upon all of us, therefore, to give these young men the be«t
training possible during their seminary days. In the Diocese
of Columbus, we have tried through the years to do that by
maintaining our own Minor Seminary of Saint Charles Borromeo
and by tending our ecclesiastical student* to outstanding Major
Seminaries and Universities for their advanced studies in
theology. Traditionally, we have asked for the offerings of all
our people on Pentecost Sunday to meet some portion of tha
expenses of thi* undertaking. We do so again and we aro eon
fident you will give most readily to our Dioceson Seminary
Fund.
At a time like this, I ask you to be mindful of this pious
work in your charity when you are making your wills and d|»
posing of the goods with which God has blessed you. The prayer*
of thanksgiving are the daily return from our priests and sem
inarians for these special benefactions of the Diocese. Yau will
be remembered always in the charity of the Church of Columbus.
With my blessing and fervent prayers of appreciation for
your constancy in bearing thi* burden with me and my Brother
Priests in the Diocese,
Ordinations for the Diocese of
Columbus will be held next Sat
urday. May 26, in St. Joseph's
Cathedral Bishop Ready will
elevate the clerics, whose apos
tolate will be in the Diocese of
Columbus, at the 10 o’clock
Mass. Complete story, with pic
tures. and times and places of
first High Masses will be carried
in next week's Times.
A
tions to the Holy Priesthood to our com
munity. Included in future planning for
St. Charles is the reactivation of the high
school boarding department for the youth
of the diocese who pursue high school
courses leading to study for the Holy Vo
cation.
To the Reverend Clergy, Religious,
•nd Faithful of tha Diocese of Columbu*.
My beloved Brethren:
Official
The story of Pentecost i* an account of the fulfillment af
Christ mission on earth. It was the Resurrection of eur bleesed
Savior which proved His divinity. It was at the time of hi*
Ascension into heaven that He promised His Apostles and their
successor*: "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirt!
come* upon you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusa
lem and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the very and*
of the earth" (Act* I. 8). Pentecost Sunday saw the accomplish
ment of this pledge to the early Christian Church and
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit (Act* ii, 4).
Thi* is an old story, as old as Christianity itself, ft was the
birth of Christianity. My point in repeating it to you now, my
dear brethren, is to renew its effectiveness for you who era
members of that Church of Christ. The indwelling of the Holy
Spirit in the souls of Christian men and women and the responsi
bilities consequent upon that union with God are basic realities
of Christian living. We have been infused with the grace of God.
Our minds have been enlightened with His knowledge. Our will*
have been strengthened by divine power. Either we aro ful
filling our obligation* to God and are witnesses of Him to our
fellowmen, or we are not. This is the test of our claim to
Christianity. There is the need of recognizing the reality of
Christianity. Through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our
souls, "we are member* of Chrsf* body, made from His flesh
and from His bones" (Ephesian* x, 30). All mon must see u«
belonging to Christ.
May 9, 1956
Devotedly in Christ,
MICHAEL J. READY
Bishop ef Columbu*
Ordains Newark
Man May 26
Archbishop Leo Binz of Du
buque will ordain the Rev. Mr.
William Cantlebary a priest of
the Dominican Order of Preach
ers. Saturday. May 26, at St. Rose
of Lima Priory in Dubuque.
The Rev. Mr. Cantlebary, a for
mer member of St. Francis de
Sales parish, Newark, will cele
brate his first Solemn Mass there
at 10:30 a m. Sunday, June 3.
A reception in his honor will
be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at
Slattery Hall in Newark.