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Perhaps you noticed them on your wav to work this
morning. Or maybe you’ve never driven through “those
areas. At any rate you we
them much thought.
"They’re the slum*. They are
awful.”
Sometimes, maybe, while wait
ing for a traffic light to change
you might glance at them and
shake your head. “Must be awful
to live there,” ypu muse.
"Didn't know wo had much
slum area," you say? Well try
driving through some of the
back streets in the Goodale st
area. Or drive south and east
from Broad and High Sts. With
in three minutes of the state
capitol you'll see some of the
worst slums in the country.
They're costing you money.
Ask Columbus Police Chief
George Scholar or Fire Chief
Walter Strickfadden. They'll
tell you how much time and
manpower, plus YOUR money
Is spent fighting crime and
fire* in these blighted areas.
The Washington Letter
fells how the brother of the
first Bishop of Columbus
nearly became President on
Page four this week.
Vol. V, No. 49
Fr. Walsh, a native of New
York City, attended Fordham
University in that city and re
reived a Master’s Degree in history
from the Catholic University.
Washington. D.C. After his or
dination in 1944, he spent a year
doing missionary work in South
Carolina.
In 1946 hat wit appointed as
sistant diractor of the New
man Hall at tha Univsr«ity of
California, one of tha largo**
Newman foundation* in the I
United State*.
Five years later he was assign
ed to giving missions and preach
ed in many Ohio cities, giving a
series of lectures in St. John's
Cathedral, Cleveland.
For the past few years, Fr.
Walsh has been director of the
Paulist Mission Band in the east
ern part of the United States,
and has preached missions in ai
riest every state in the country.
Fr. Walsh has been a frequent
contributor to many Catholic
Holy Spirit Sets
Open House Sun.
For Non-Catholics
Fr. Robert Harwick, Holy Spir
it parish. 4383 E. Broad-st, Co
lumbus, has scheduled an Open
House for non-Catholics at 3 p.m.
this Sunday.
“Everyone is welcome to visit
our church at any time,” Fr.-Har
wick said, "but this is a special
invitation to our non-Catholic
ne.ghbors. We plan to explain
some Catholic practices and be
liefs and to receive our guests at
a social in the cafeteria after the
r- to the church.”
According to Fr. Harwick,
members of the parish have been
urged to extend an invitation to
their neighbors, but those not
living in the immediate parish
are also welcome.
"Any motive for attending is
sufficient,” Fr. Harwick said,”
whether you come to satisfy your
curiosity concerning Catholic
practices or teachings: to meet
a Catholic priest, or just to be
aociable, you're most welcome.”
e probably too busy to give
Ask the Dominican Sisters of
the Sick Poor and the City Health
Department. They’ll tell you of
the frightening health problems,
the likelihood of dreadful epi
demics that could break out in
these areas at any time They’ll
minutes of the eerier of town—
tell you of a house—within three
that has nearly 100 people living
in it and is "served” by one out
door water pump and one out
door toilet.
Ask Police Juvenile Bureau of
ficers about the number of kids
that “never got a chance.’*’ Iet
them tell you about their daily
calls in the area and the number
nf children that are born, grow
up, and for the most part hever
leave the slums.
These people deserve a chance.
For most of them it isn’t their
f. they’re living there.
Paulists Will Arrive
Saturday to Begin
Newman Operation
Ohio State 28th Foundation
Under Order’s Supervision
Tomorrow two Paulist Fathers will arrive at Ohio State
University’s Newman Hall. 1946 Iuka Avenue, at the invi
tation of Bishop Ready, to take over the operation of the
Catholic Student center.
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Fr. Walsh
Fr. Richard Walsh, C.S.P., the
new director of the Ohio State
Foundation, and Fr. John Keat
ing, C.S.P.. as assistant director,
both bring many years of service
to the church in their new assign
ment.
Fr. Keating
magazines and periodicals, and
has written several booklets.
Father Keating, the assistant
director, brings a varied back
giound to his new assignment.
He is a native of Stratford-on
Avon, Canada, and was or
dained in 1945. He ty?lds a Mas
ters Degree in Philosophy from
the Catholic University and has
specialized in the instruction of
converts in New York City, Chi
cago and Los Angeles. For one
year he was assistant director of
Newman Hall at University
of California at I^os Angeles
(UCLA).
Within the past year, the
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DCCW Sets
Theme For
Tha Most Reverend Bishop announces the following appoint*
ments, effective September 4, 1956:
The Reverend John Sughrue, recently assigned to St. Cath
arine parish, Columbus, to assistant pastor, Holy Name parish,
Columbus.
The Reverend Robert Lemon, from assistant pastor Holy
Name parish, Columbus, to assistant pastor, St. Mery
Portsmouth.
The Reverend James Cooney, S.T.L., from assistant
St. Mary parish, Portsmouth, to assistant pastor, St.
Cathedral parish, Columbus.
The Reverend Patrick J. Byrne, from assistant pastor, St.
Joseph Cathedral parish, Columbus, to assistant pastor, St. Mary
parish, Lancaster.
The Rev. Vaclovas Suminas, from chaplain St. Aloysius
Academy, New Lexington, to chaplain St. Joseph Monastery,
Portsmouth.
The Reverend Raymond Goode from assistant pastor, St.
Joseph Cathedral, Columbus, to assistant pastor, St. John the
Evangelist parish, Columbus.
The Reverend Anthony Borrelli, J.C.B., from assistant pastor,
St. John the Evangelist parish, Columbus, to graduate studies
in Canon Law, the Catholic University of America, Wash
ington, D. C.
The Reverend William Fincel, O.P., to pastor of Holy Trin
ity parish, Somerset.
The Reverend J. T. Carney, O.P., to assistant pastor of St.
Thomas parish, Zanesville. a
The Reverend Clement Alt, C.PP.S. to assistant pastor of
St. James the Les* parish, Columbus.
The Reverend Richard Walsh, C.S.P., director of Newman
Foundntion, O6io State University.
The Reverend John Keating, C.S.P. to assistant director
of Newman Foundation, Ohio State University.
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This picture taken near St. Francis Church, in Co
lumus is typical of poor living conditions caused by the
slum areas. Bishop Ready has said in urging support of
the bond issues which will be voted on next Friday, "No
Annual Meet
"Tn live as Thou would have us
live" is the them? selected for
the Eleventh Annual Convention
of the Diocesan Council of Cath
olic Women. This theme is taken
from the Collect of the Mass of
Our l^dy of Good Counsel, and
will be developed in 10 Work
shops when the Convention con
venes on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at
the Neil House.
Final plans fnr the Workshops
will he made at the Fourth Quar
terly Meeting of the Council s Di
ocesan Board, scheduled for Sat
urday, Sept. 15.
Board members who will serve
as Chairmen of the various Work
shops include: Mrs. Franklin Ey
erman. Corpus Christi Parish, Re
ligious Activities Mrs. J. Harold
Breen, St. Christopher Parish.
Catholic Charities Mrs. John E.
Stattmiller, Holy Rosary Parish,
P.T.A.: Mrs. John Holden.
Christ the Kfrig Parish, Social Ac
tion Mrs. Robert R. Richards,
Sts. Simon and Jude Parish. West
Jefferson International Relations,
Mrs. Michael Ryan, Jr.. St. Cathar
ine Parish, Civil Defense Mrs.
William F. Ryan. St. Mary'Parish.
Lancaster. Family Life Miss Mar
ion Swickard, Christ the King Par
ish, Organization and Develop
ment Miss Mary Martha Sliter,
Christ the King Parish. Public
Relations. Miss Betty Madigan. St.
Francis of Assisi Parish, will act
as Chairman of the Adult Educa
tion Workshop, and Mrs. Frank
lin Quinn. Holy Rosary Parish,
will serve as Parliamentarian of
the Convention.
All women of the Diocese are
urged to attend all activities of
the Convention, and to participate
in the Workshops. Registration is
being handled through the indi
vidual parish councils.
St. Francis Awards
14 Diplomas Sunday
Bishop Ready will present diplomas to the 1956 grad
uation Class of St. Francis School of Nursing, at 3 p.m.
Sunday in St. Joseph Cathedral,
parish,
Joseph
Slum Clearance Not Only Money Saver But A Duty To Rid City Of Menace To Decency
The Catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, September 7, 1956
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Bishop Ready reads the prayers for
the blessing of the new St. Andrew's
Church, Reed and McCoy Roads, Lipper
Arlington. Fr. Arnold Favret, pastor of
Our Lady of Victory parish, and Fr.
George Kennedy, pastor of St. Agatha
More Teachers, Schools Needed
As the doors of the nation’s schools swung open this
month. Catholic elementary schools took another step to
ward the four million enrollihent mark, now a distinct pos
cihilitv hv 1 QRf)
Fr. Hugh Murphy, procurator,
St. Charles Seminary, will address
the 14 graduates who will be
presented by Msgr. Edward J.
Leinheuser, chaplain, of the
school.
Monsignor Leinheuser will
offer Mass, 8 a.m., Sunday at the
school chapel. The Sisters of St.
Francis Choir will sing the Mass.
Prior to the Sunday morning
ceremonies, Sister Mary Phil
omene, director of the school,
will award the school pin to the
graduates.
Following the Mass, the fac
ulty and graduates will attend a
breakfast at St. Francis. Friends
and relatives of the class are in
vited to a reception at the Nur
ses’ Home following the after
noon ceremonies.
The St. Xavier Male Choir will
sing at the graduation exercises
in the Cathedral.
Recently the graduates were
guests at a banquet given by the
St. Francis Alumnae Association.
The seniors were entertained at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Zuoer, assistant lay administra
tor cl St. Anthony Hospital, this
past week and attended a picnic
at Burr Oak.
St. Francis School of Nursing
is fully accredited by the Na
tional Nursing Accreditation
Service and is approved for vet
eran training under public law
550.-
During the three year program
the students spend approximately
one year away from horfie school,
studying specialities such as nurs
ing care of children, tuberculosis,
maternity care, and mental
patients.
Those graduating Sunday: Patti
Booher. Croton Mrs. Mary Ann
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neighborhood is unaffected by the disease and crime rid
den sections of the city which are a menace to Christian
standards of decency."
New Church-School Blessed
Catholic Elementary Pupils Take
Step Nearer Four Million Mark
sibility by 1960.
And Catholic high schools
continued their enrol I e n
growth, which it has been pre­
dicted will total almost 900,000
students
meaning
ment in
four years hence,
a doubling of enroll
15 years.
current
levels of
In the
parish, assisted the Bishop in the blessing
of the combination church-school. Fr.
Michael Nugent is pastor of the new par
ish. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden,
Pennsylvania, will teach at the new school.
school year.
Catholic edu
estimated to-
these two
cation will have an
tai enrollment of about 4.225.500.
a study by the N.C.W.C. News
Service indicates.
An estimated 3,500,000 chil
dren will be in. the elementary
schools and about 7 2 5,500
youngsters will be in the high
schools, according to the study
intended as a general indica
tion of this year's enrollments.
It is based on the rate of in
crease between school years
1953-54 and 1955-56. Official
studies generally are not avail
able until the end of the school
These estimated figures indi
cate that since the last school
year, grade school enrollments
have jumped by about 100.000
and high schools by about 25,000.
The number of pupils in ele
mentary schools last year was
placed at 3,400.000 and in high
schools at 690,200 in an estimate
issued in April by the Depart
ment of Education of the Nation
al Catholic Welfare Conference.
The same report indicated that
by 1960, grade schools will pass
the four million mark, reaching
an estimated total of 4.140,000
students. They passed the three
million mark for the first time in
October, 1954.
High schools, which in 1945
enrolled some 420.000 students,
will reach the neighborhood of
900,000 by 1960, thus doubling
student numbers in 15 years, the
report said.
Yet despite these large totals
and the problems they have pre
sented for many Catholic school
systems, competent authorities
have estimated that only three
out nf every five children of
grade school age are enrolled in
Catholic schools and only about
one out of every three of high
school age.
Tha Federal government re
cently issued figures on the
number of students in the
United States, but in its break
down of the overall total it
classifies "private and parochi
al schools" with no distinction.
The Office of Education of the
Department of Health. Education
and Welfare estimated that in
this school year there will he
some 3.985,500 students in “pri
vate and parochial’’ grade schools
and some 870.600 in the high
schools.
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Take the case of a mother and
father who live with their five
children in one filthy, rear room
on Goodale St. The father has
been ill. not ahle tn work for
over a year He tried to work
several times, only to be sent
home in a short while, too sick to
go on. They hate slums—only they
can’t find anywhere else to live.
’ishop Ready this past week
called the*e areas "... a men
ace to Ch 1",n ’.tanda- of
decency," and urged the priest*
of the city to brine to the at
tention of the laity th* "hor
rible slum condition* which af
feet the health, safety, end wel
fare of our city."
Next Friday, Sept. 14. a special
election will be held in Colum
bus. Citizens of the city will make
an important decision affecting
their own future and the future
of lheir children.
They will decide whether tn
take five mnrp steps forward by
Msgr.
lest the
pioneers
building
Columbus ‘ought to he preserved,
at any cost, as a sort nf national
monument, a place nf pilgrimage
to which future generations of
American trade unionists might
repair at their leisure to catch
the spirit or to get the feel of the
American labor movement.”
In that building, the Monsig
nor related, the first constitu
tional convention of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor was
held. He quoted from th writ
ings of Samuel Gompers, first
A. F. of L. president, about the
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Bishop Ready and members of the Di
ocesan clergy stand ready for the flag
raising ceremonies at St. Mary elemen
tary School, Columbus. Monsignor Ed
mund Burkley, pastor of St. Mary, said
the new school cost around $400,000 to
complete. Left of the flagpole, in the pie-
St. Mary School Dedication
approving bond issues for ba dlr
needed civic improvements, flf
whether the city will fall furthRf
behind.
Besides the Slum Clearance
issue in the election, other vital
improvements to be voted are
Schools, Hospitals, Express'
way* and Airport Improvement.
Each of these project* is
worthy and ha* been termed
necessary to keep up with the
increased growth of the city,**
by Bishop Ready.
The improvements, should they
he passed, will be financed with
out any increase in the Columbui
real estate tax for debt purposes.
The Bishop has said that every
citizen has a “duty to vote in the
specia^ election September 14th,*
because, he said, “The essential
needs of the city must be pro
vided. if we are to enjoy the
blessings of a healthy, progress'
ive community The issues of the
election affect the welfare nf all.*
Education means more
than just a sheepskin
Just Among Ourselves on
Page four.
Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Year
Says Unionists
Today Spoiled
Building Here Should
Be Kept As Reminder
Those attending the annual labor day Mass at St. Jo
seph’s Cathedral were treated to a simple, yet forceful ad
dress by one of the Church’s outstanding labor educators.
Monsignor George Higgins,
director of the social action de
partment of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference, told the at
tentive gathering that the organ
ized labor movomeni has achiev
ed great goals during the last 70
years, "hut it is well for the
working man.” he said, tn go
hack to the place of origin" lest
the sacrifices of labor s pioneers
be forgotten
Bishop Ready, who presided
et the Moss, spoke briefly fol
lowing th* 12th annual observ
ance, thanking those "who
rightly gave part of their holi
day in thanksgiving to the One
who labored for us all." The
Bishop, speaking of Monsignor
Higgins said, "He is a man in
whom the Bishops of the Unit
ed States have the utmost con
fidence."
Higgins suggested that
sacrifices of the labor
be forgotten, a little
at 180 S. Fourth St. in
Sr. Scholastica
Celebrates 50th
week a Columbus woman
celebrated her fiftieth year as a
religious.
Sister Scholastica. now of Good
Shepherd Convent, entered the
Oder in Carthage more than 50
years ago and took her final vows
there in 1906.
the daughter of
John Zuber, now
lived at 156 Thur
Her brother, Fr.
The nun is
111 and Mrs.
deceased, who
man Ave.
Arthur Zuber, chaplain at th«
Good Shepherd Convent, offered
the anniversary Mass last week.
More than 70 close relatives
were present at the Golden An
niversary celebration given by
the Order. Besides Fr. Zuber,
three other brothers. John, Fred
and Walter, and a sister, Mrs.
I^iretto Steigeruald. of Cleveland
were present for the ceremony
and dinner
Sister Scholastica. who has held
many posts during her religioua
life, has served at For' Thomas,
Ky., Detroit. Mich., Mt St. Mary,
Cincinnati, and fnr for the past
three years, here at Good Shep
herd.
The students of St. Euphrasia
presented a program fnr th«
guests in honor of Sister Scholas
tica.
a
ture, is a 10-foot bas-relief marble statue
of Our Lady of the Assumption. Father
Julius Klinec, pastor of St. Peter, Chilli
cothe ,was deacon for the dedication and
Fr. Omer Schroeder, faculty of St. Char
les Seminary, was sub-deacon.