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A Good Catholic
la a Well.
Informed Catholic
Vol. V, No. 44
Gives Many Sons To Church
Follow
tng Mass the
tradition
a 1 Mattingly
Reunion will
bring together
the descend
a n a of the
founders of the
more than 100
year old mis
sion settlement.
Back in 1633,
three Matting
ly brothers,
Charles, James
and a e s e
landed on the
shores of Mary
land with Lord
Baltimore.
Pioneer Mission
Church Observes
Centennial, Aug. 12
Thp Centennial of St. Mary’s Church, Mattingly Settle
ment will be celebrated Sunday, August 12, beginning with
a Solemn Mass at 11 a m. offered by the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Herman E. Mattingly, pastor of Holy Rosary parish, Colum
bus.
V
Li
Two hundred
years later,
their descend
ants drove
covered
wagons over
the rugged
Allegheny
o u n a i n s,
through Zane
Trace and into
the woods of
Muskingum
Township.
They settled in the area nam
ing it Mattingly Settlement.
As the Catholic population
grew, it was decided to build a
church there. William and John
Mattingly both offered land for
the church site, the latter’s offer
being accepted. St. Mary's was
completed in 1856.
]n addition to Monsignor
Mattingly, many religious have
come from the little mission
ehurch.
Fr. Jerome Mattingly, who
died in 1934. was pastor of St.
Mary parish, Lancaster Fr.
Julius Mattingly, who compiled
a genealogy of the Mattingly
family in 1918 Fr. Theodore
Fr. Decker Will
Conduct Retreat
Father Peter L. Decker, S. J.,
will conduct the August 10-12
retreat for men at the Shrine of
the Little Flower, it was an
nounced this week.
Although this is Father
Decker’s first retreat at the
Shrine, he has been conducting
retreats in the middle west for
the past 15 years, with most of
his work presented at retreat
houses in Detroit, Saginaw and
Prudenville, Mich.
Fr. Peter Decker
The Jesuit priest has taught at
John Carroll University and St.
Ignatius high school, Cleveland
and the University of Detroit
high school. Shortly after the
coming retreat he will take up
new work in the construction of
a Novitiate for the newly formed
Detroit Province of the Society
of Jegus.
In June Father Decker con
ducted the retreat for the Sisters
of St. Francis at New Lexington.
At that time he visited the
Shrine of the Little Flower and
expressed his admiration at the
facilities provided for Lay Re
treats by the Diocese of Colum
bus.
Sundav Masses
For St. Brendan
Fr. Michael Welinitz, pastor
of newly formed St. Brendan's
parish is offering Mars every
Sunday at 8 and 10 a. m. in
the old Dublin Road school
building.
The building is situated one
block north of the treffic
light on Dublin Rd. in Dublin.
The
z
St. Mary's, 100 Year* Old
Mattingly, a priest for 58 years
before his death in October of
1953 and Fr. Samuel Mattingly,
who for many years was a
correspondent for the Catholic
Columbian, the predecessor of
the Columbus Register and
Catholic Times, are a few of the
many priests that St. Mary's has
given to the Church.
Although only a few families
are actually residing in the
Settlement today, the traditional
Mattingly Reunion is still held
on the second Sunday of August
each year.
Fr. Edward L. Kessler is pres
ently in charge of St. Mary's,
and pastor of St. Ann Dresden
and the Mission of Our T^ady of
Lourdes, Wills Creek.
Family Life Expert Says:
Women Not Milers
Nor Men Mothers
WASHINGTON (NC) No
woman should be expected to
run "the four-minute mile” nor
should a man be expected to
“mother” a child, a noted au
thority on family life said here
in an address urging men and
women to understand their
proper places in society.
Speaking at a meeting of
the Family Life Institute at the
Catholic University of America,
Father Henry V. Sattler,
C.SS.R., noted that while mod
ern society attempts to blur
the differences between men
and women better understand
ing is needed to preserve and
strengthen th* differences be
tween th* two sexes.
"Most important" Father Satt
ler said, “is the necessity for
man and woman to truly under
stand and love their own mas
culinity or feminity.” The Re
demptorist priest is the author
of the book “Parents. Children
and the Facts, of Life.”
U.S. Red’s Book
Used in Commie
Indoctrination
BERLIN—(NC)—A book by an
American communist author is
among atheist literature now
being systematically distributed
all over the Soviet zone of
Germany, according to a special
report of Petrusblatt, Catholic
weekly newspaper published
here.
Written by Phillip Bonosky,
the book is titled ''Burning
Valley." First published some
30 years ago, it tells the story
of a boy who wanted to become
a priest, but then found his
way to communism.
Numerous publications of this
kind are now being peddled by
state-owned book stores in the
Soviet zone. One particularly
v i i o u s book entitled “The
Wooden Rosary,” by the Polish
author Natalia Roleczek, is
recommended in the Red press
as a gift for communist “youth
initiation’.’ ceremonies. These
ape Catholic and Protestant first
Holy Communion and Confirma
tion services.
A MINK
newspaper division
OFiTO STATE M'jSE'oM
ClLl’MBUS 1 1 ,trn
Ike Signs Bill
Strengthening
Postal Laws
WASHINGTON (NC)
President Eisenhower has signed
a bill that may make “fly-hy
night” dealers in pornography
and obscenity knuckle under to
postal regulations.
Th* bill, parted by both
House* of Congress, gives th*
Postmaster General authority to
impound for 20 days mail sus
pected of violating postal laws
on pornography.
The advantage of this new
measure to the Post Office De
partment is that it enables the
officials to move in quickly on
dealers. Previously, the operator
could send out order forms for
his obscene material, wait a few
weeks for the orders and money
to arrive, then mail the material
and close his business. Usually,
he opened under a new company
name some time later.
Generally, postal authorities
were unable to catch him before
he closed because of a series of
administrative delays made
necessary by old laws.
Under the new measure, they
can act as soon as a complaint
is received. It is thought they
will be able to reach the dealer
before he closes shop and runs.
It would be very ember raw
ing for th* Red regime, it we*
stated. If th* celebration should
take place when the Cardinal
is banned from his own See of
Esztergom. Catholic sources
her* feel the communist lead
ers are right in believing that
Father Sattler told the Family
Life Institute that “sex educa
tion” should not be merely a set
of instructions on the “facts of
life.” Since sex is the "quality of
being male or female,” the
priest-author noted, "it is most
important that boys and girls
learn that the role of man and
woman in society is and should
be basically different.”
Father Sattler also outlined a
philosophy of love and pointed
out how such a philosophy could
be integrated into the life of a
child from birth to maturity.
“True awareness of the mystery
of maleness and femaleness must
continue an entire lifetime, even
after marriage,” he said.
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Two Local
Nuns Attend
Institute
Two Sisters are representing
St. Mary of the Springs at the
Fourth Annual Institute of Spir
ituality held at the University of
Notre Dame this week.
Sister M. Angella and Sister
Francis Gabriel, of St. Mary, an?
attending the seven-day session
which began last Wednesday,
and is designed to present pos
sible problems and principles to
be followed by Superiors and No
vice Mistresses.
The Most Rev. Bernard J. To
pel, Bishop of Spokane gave the
opening address to the Institute
which drew nuns from all parts
of the United States.
Each day th*' sisters hear lec
tures on prayer, sacramental
life, and the examination of con
science.
During the afternoon sessions
the nuns meet for workshops
to discuss the morning lectures.
Every evening lectures are pre
sented on emotional control, spir
itual direction and private pray
er.
The Institute will close Tues
day with a Candlelight proces
sion to the Grotto, where an ad
dress will be given by Msgr.
Francis Lally, editor of
ton Pilot.
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, August 3,1956
Reqdiem Sung for
Mother of Two
Diocesan Priests
Bishop Ready officiated at the
Final Absolution, last Tuesday,
for Mrs. Margaret Connelly.
Blessed Sacrament parish, New
ark.
Mrs. Connely, widow of John
Connelly, was the mother of the
P‘ Rev. Msgr. Harry S. Connelly,
pastor of St. Joseph Cathedral
and Fr. Richard Connelly, pas
tor of St. Colman’s parish Wash
ington, C. H.
Monsignor Connelly was Cele
brant while his brother, Fr. Rich
ard, served as Deacon and Fr.
James Byrne, C.PP.S., was sub
deacon for the Solemn Requiem
Mass, Tuesday in Blessed Sacral
nr.ent Church, Newark.
Besides the two priests, Mrs.
Connelly is survived by a daugh
ter, Mrs. Pauline Kennedy of
Newark, three grandchildren, nne
great-grandchild, and a brother,
O.E. Kain, of Denison, Texas.
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Greek Paper Hits Dailies
ATHENS, GREECE—Katholiki,
official organ of the Catholic Bi
shops of Greece, has taken Ath
ens newspapers to task for their
laudatory comments on the recent
visit ot Yugoslavia's communist
dictator, Marshall Tito, to the
island of Corfu.
Hungarian Reds
Attempt to ‘Retire’
Card. Mindszenty
VIENNA (NC) The Hungarian Red regime is put
ting pressure nn His Eminence Josef Cardinal Mindszenty,
Primate of Hungary, to “retire” from the country, it was
learned here.
It was reported that the primary reason the Red leaders
want to oust the Cardinal is be
cause of the forthcoming 100th
anniversary of the consecration
of the Basilica of Esztergom, the
Cathedral of the Hungarian Pri
mate. The centenary observance
is scheduled to take place on
Sept. 2.
the centenary observe nee
would focus th* eyes of Hun
gerian Catholics on the Cardi
nal's martyrdom.
According to the information
here, communist officials have
discreetly askld Catholic Church
leaders if they would undertake
the delicate mission of ‘‘persuad
ing Cardinal Mindszenty to retire
abroad, preferably to Rome.” It
was learned that Prime Minister
Andras Hegedus of Hungary had
offered the Cardinal
a
Archbishop
Noll Dies
OSV Founder
substan­
tial pension if he would consent
to leave the country.
Th* Cardinal, it we* report
ed, has emphatically turned
down earlier proposals to leave
th* country, although Red lead-'
*rs tried twice to lure him into
accepting their offer.
The most recent report on the
Cardinal stated that he is confin
ed at Almasy Castle near Fel
soepteny, a small village about
40 miles from Budapest. It is be
lieved that he is free to travel
about the grounds of the castle,
but it is not known whether he
is permitted to have visitors.
The Basilica of Esztergom
will be 100 years old on Aug. 31,
but its centenary will not be ob
served until Sunday, Sept.-2, be
cause of a communist law that
forbids church ceremonies and
celebrations on weekdays. The
basilica stands on the so-called
“Holy Hill” of Hungary, where
St. Stephen, King of Hungary,
was born and baptized.
Catholics here feel that the
Cardinal s absence from the Esz
tergom celebration will stiffen
the hatred of the Hungarian
faithful toward their communist
oppressors. This is especially
true, they say, because of the re
cent appointment of Ernoe Geroe
as first secretary of the Hungari
an Communist Party to succeed
the deposed Matyas Rakosi. Both
men played major roles in the
arrest and imprisonment of the
Cardinal.
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Former Springs
Official* Sister
Lucy, Dies
The Bos­
Sister M. Lucy. O. P.. 63.
former registrar of St. Mary of
the Springs college died July
26 in the college convent. Re
quiem High Mass was sung Mon
day in the convent chapel.
Sister Lucy, a member of the
order for 40 years, had served
as member of the general council
and taught in New York. Con
necticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
New Mexico.
A Chillicothe native. Sister
Lucy was a sister of Father Ed
ward A. McGinty, pastor of St.
Francis de Sales church, New
ark. Also surviving are two other
brothers and a sister, Father
Clarance McGinty of Oklahoma
City, Okla., Joseph McGinty.
Chillicothe and Mrs. Leo Delan
ty, Conneaut.
Burial was made in St. Mary
of the Springs cemetery.
,iolic Times
One of the Church’s most
able leaders died at 9:40 a
this past Tuesday at his Seo
city, Fort Wayne.
A Solemn Requiem Meet will
be offered, at 10:30 e.m. Mon
day, for Archbirhop John
Francis Noll, in th* Immecu
lete Conception Cathedral at
Fort Wayne.
It was in this same cathedral
that the 81-year-oid churchman
had been baptized, made his first
confession, received his first
Hoiy Communion, was ordained,
offered his first Mass, and was
consecrated Bishop.
The Archbishop, who was or
dained in 1898 and consecrat
ed in 1925, founded on* of the
lergest Catholic weeklies in
th* World, Our Sunday Visitor,
in 1912. He also established
magazines. The Family
Thye^t, The Acolyte and The
Priest.
As a young parish priest, he
wrote and published his first
book ‘Kind Words From Your
Pastor,” which was followed by
many mnrp including Father
Smith Instructs Jackson” which
has gone through more than 80
editions.
The Archbishop was instru
mental in the building of the
present office building of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference in Washington. D.C. and
promoted the*construction of the
22-ioot bronze statue of Christ
which overlooks Massachusetts
Avenue in the nation's capital.
He founded the National Or
ganization for Decent Literature
and promoted thp National le
gion of Decency from its’ incep
tion.
For several years he served
as Chairman of the Episcopal
committee for the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Con
ception in Washington, D.C.,
which is now under construc
tion.
He served many years on the
Board of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference.
He had been promoted to the
peisonal tank of Archbishop in
1*45.3 by Pipe Pius thp II. Dur
ing his 31 years as a member of
the hierarchy, he had confirmed
more than 130 thousand persons
and had ordained some 500
priests.
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To Award 71 Degree*
DA YTON, OHIO (NC) —Sev
enty-one degrees will be awarded
at the University of Dayton’s
summer commencement to be
held here, August 5. at Chami
nade High School auditorium.
Pope Sends
Survivors
Message
Ohio Congressman
Retracts Letter
CASTFJGANDOLFO. Italy
(Radio. NO -His Holiness Pnpe
Pius XII sent a message tn Italian
officials, expressing his sorrow
over the ship collision in which
the Andrea Doria was Inst, and
conveying his comforting bless
ing to the survivors and their
families.
NEW YORK—(NC)- Express
ing sorrow over the loss of the
(Continued on Page 2)
WASHINGTON (NO The office of a Congressman
here has expressed regret for a letter sent out to some con
stituents which reflected upon a distinguished Catholic jour
nalist.
It was explained that the letter was written by a mem
ber of the office staff, and that it was based on information
which, it develops, cannot be
Some weeks ago. Columban
Father Patrick O’Connor. Far
East correspondent of the N. C.
W. C. News Service, reported in
a dispatch that objectionable
reading material was being sold
in Army post exchange stores
in Japan and Korea. When this
appeared in Catholic newspapers,
parents and others in this coun
try began to write to Senators
and Representatives here, asking
that a stop be put to this prac
tice.
Th* office of Representative
Cliff Clevenger of Ohio (Bryen)
sent o responding letter to some
constituents which said that
Father O'Connor hed "written
many articles on conditions
alleged to exist in various
camps," but "has not been able
to verify these charges," and
that "it seems that his method
is to merely refer to sta‘?""n s
of others."
The letter also said that
Father O'Connor had made
“charges that the Gls in Japan
were all becoming drug addicts,”
but that “there was no basis for
the charges.” It also said the
National Catholic Community
Service “intends to take issue
with the charges of Father
O'Connor and explain the lack
of basis for his charges.”
The National Catholic Com-
munity Service denied in th*
strongest terms that it took issue
with any of Father O'Connor's
disclosures, and declared that it
certainly did not make any
statements such as those attrib
uted to it.
Father O’Connor categorically
denied that he ever wrote any
story saying Gls in Japan were
becoming dope addicts (a search
of the NCWC News Service files
verifies this denial) said he had
“written rarely and little about
substantiated.
Andrea Doria Crew
Was Brave, Clergy
Survivors Report
Priest Gives
His Account
Of Tragedy
By Father John Dolciamor*
CHICAGO I was playing
‘‘Scrabble' with Father Wojcik
(the Rev. Richard Wojcik. 33, al
so of Chicago) in the card room
on- the boat deck of the Andrea
Doria when the ships collided.
Suddenly we heard a crunch—
a sort of grinding noise.
Then wo hoard orders being
shouted over the ship's loud
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Nun, So Happy
Sr. Assunta Maria is shown weeping after leaving
the MS Stockholm at New York's Pier 97. The ship whose
proud bow was battered into twisted wreckage brought
her to safety after she got safely clear of the sinking
Andrea Doria. Sister had been returning from Rome
where she had taken her final vows as a member of the
Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement. Pictured with her
is Father James P. McKeown, official of Catholic Chari
ties of the Archdiocese of New York and two Franciscan
nuns who met her, and a volunteer Red Cross worker. Sr.
Assunta Marie is a native of Mechanicsville, N. Y.
moral evils” among servicemen,
and that he was slow to write
such stories when he did that
he had personally observed all
that he wrote about the sale of
objectionable materials in PXs,
and that he knew of "no charge
that I have .ever made in any
article that I have not been able
to verify.”
The group of young men above partici
pated in the second series of the Fourth
annual Vocation day programs at St. Char
les Seminary, 2010 East Broad Street in
Columbus. The programs are designed
to offer young men of the Diocese an op
portunity to visit the seminary and to take
part in a program presented for those con
sidering entry into the seminary. Fr. Jam
es Krause, professor at St. Charles, (front
Fr. Healey
Answers Yonr
Questions On
Page 4
Price Ton Cents $3.00 A Year
Young Cleric
Gives Crowd
First Blessing
Tales of heroism, confus
ion and prayer marked an
other epic of the sea, follow
ing the sinking of the Italian
luxury liner Andrea Doria
and the dramatic mass rescue
of most of the 1,706 passen
gers and crewmen. Latest
figures show ten known dead
and 34 still missing after the
doomed ship was sunk in a col
lision with the Swedish liner
Stockholm in a heavy fog near
Nantuckc’ island, off the roast nf
Massachusetts,
At least seven priests, three
Sisters end on* Brother were
returning to their homes In
Americ from vacations or
studies in Europe. Two Italian
priests also were on board.
Priests *nd nuns led th* pas
sengers in prayer and assisted
in calming fear and panic be
fore going into life boats.
First Blessing
A newly ordained priest re
turning tn the US. to celebrate
his first solemn Mass gave his
first canonical blessing to a
crowd of huddled, frightened
people aboard the sinking luxury
liner. Andrea Doria, off Nan
tucket Island.
Father Thomas Kelly, 26, of
Chicago, one of four Chicago
priests returning from studies
in Rome, was with Father Ray
mond Goedert, 27, preparing
for bed aboard th* Italian lin
er Andrea Doria when the,sb ip
was rammed broadside by the
Swedish liner Stockholm.
The two priests rushed to the
deck and ’here learned that the
ship was sinking. Both went from
group to group giving general
absolution and speaking words of
encouragement. When lifeboats
arrived from the rescue ships,
the two priests assisted the pas
sengers into them.
Times Man Killed
When the ship collided, two
other priests. Fathers John DnJ
ciamnre, 30, and Richard Wojcik,
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Harbor for Souls Perhaps?,
Notre Dame Is ‘Yacht Club’
Bv Red Propaganda Release
KARACHI, Pakistan—(NO—A Soviet propaganda release on
the joys of sail boating in a communist regime described an ae
companying photn nf Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral as a "people's
yacht club” in I-atvia.
The story and the picture were carried by Pakistan's leading
pictorial magazine.
Under the large picture of the gothic cathedral, one of the
most famous in the world, was the caption:
"The huge building of the yacht club on River Leilupe stands
amidst picturesque surroundings.”
No sail boats appear on the river—only the reflection of the
flying buttresses on the world's biggest “yacht club.”
The picture and the story had been given by the Russian
Embassy here to the Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan, the country’s
leading English-language weekly. The magazine’s next issue carri
ed an apology by the editor for printing the Russian propaganda
release.
Diocesan Graduates Visit St. Charles
i
row, extreme left) conducted this session,
which attracted high and grade school
graduates from several Diocesan schools.
The next and last of the summer series
will be held Sunday, Aug. 12. No formal
registration is necessary beforehand and
no registration fee is charged. An inform
al assembly begins at 2 p.m. in Room 212
at the seminary.