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Fr. Gartland Speaks
At Youth Rally, Sunday
More than two thousand
young people of the Diocese
Fr. Gartland
Pope Tells
Priests to Stick
To Essentials
The Holy Father gave his coun
sei to members of the German
Hungarian Pontifical College on
the occasion of the ordination of
a group of the college’s students.
“You are students at the Ger
man-Hungarian College, an insti
tute dedicated to St. Ignatius,
and have been ordained during
the Ignatian Year,” he told the
group. “Your whole priesthood
must be devoted to the practice
of the virtues of that saint.
A Happy social order finds its
strongest base in a moral or
der which is not inspired by a
cold and calculating logic con
cerned only with establishing a
fair distribution of material
goods, but by feelings of justice
and generous charity taken
from the example of Christ.
In other words, by disinterested
love which includes self-denial,
a spirit of renunciation and sac
rifice that sees in this austere
road, laid out by God Himself,
the only way of establishing as
much brotherhood and joy in
this world as is possible.
In the course of his address to
members of the institute, which
Was founded in Germany in 1903
And Journalists
To Be Objective
"We can only urga you," com
tinued tho Popo," always to aim
at that ideal, and never to sac
rifice truth, divine precepts or
the common good merely at sat
isfy the masters of one day
er the tastes of the readers
... If you follow this line of
conduct, you will always be
helped by two forces: divine
protection and the approval of
good men. These two forces
are, in the end, the decisive
ones."
The Pope also noted two
facts which have brought about
the increased power of public
opinion. He said the first is the
increased participation of men
and women in public life. The
second is the marvelous advance
in the means of communication
that molders of public opinion
now have at their disposal.
"New agencies and journal
ists," the Pope stated, "are the
principal users of these means
which shape public opinion
If it is therefore true that the
Individual journalist shapes
public opinion, while et the
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are expected to attend the
Third Annual Youth Rally
and Holy Hour, 3 p.m. this
Sunday in the new Youth
Building at the Ohio State
Fairgrounds.
Fr. Frank Gartland, C.S.C. of
Notre Deme University and ed
itor of the national magazine,
"The Catholic Boy" will give
the Holy Hour address. Father
Gartland, a former prefect of
religion at Notre Dame, haa
worked with youth groups for
many yeara.
Those attending the Rally and
Holy Hour will recite the Ros
ary, the Litany of the Blessed
Virgin, prayer to Christ the King
and receive Benediction of the
Most Blessed Sacrament.
During the Holy Hour the Cath
olic Youth Organization officers
and the Young Adult Club presi
dents, and members of the Coun
cil of Catholic Youth wilt be
formally installed.
CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (NC) His Holiness
Pope Pius XII exhorted a group of seminarians and new
priests never to let secondary goals stand in the way of
their main aim. serving Christ through His Church and “her
great mission.”
“This means unconditional
faithfulness to the services of the
Divine Majestty love for Christ,
a love strong enough to make you
accept sacrifices pledging your
selves to the Church of Jesus
Christ and her great mission no
mean evasions toward, secondary
concerns, but always aiming to
the essential ones keeping in
mind the important fact that men
recognize God. and live, grow and
move in His grace.”
Middle Class to Work
For Moral Health
CASTELGANDOLFO, Italiy (NC) His Holiness
Pope Pius XII called on the middle class people to exercise
their duty in behalf of the “moral health” of society in ad
dition to striving for economic and political stability.
Addressing members of the In
ternational Institute of the Mid
dle Classes, the Holy Father
said:
"May your actions and your
thoughts be inspired by wise
maxims taught by the Gospels.
to study economic questions re
lating to the middle classes, the
Pope said that “countries with
underdeveloped or weak middle
classes have often been exposed
to serious and violent political
excesses.” Then, pointing out that
the middle classes comprise a
large and important segment of
mankind, he said:
The development of capitalism
and of the wage-earning classes
has established a set of rules and
institutions which too often do
not take into account an essential
segment of the citizens of each
country: those who generally con
tribute to production through
their personal work and capital
—craftsmen, independent trades
men, owners of small and aver
age businesses, the majority of
farmers, certain categories of
minor executives and most per
sons who live on independent
means.
VATICAN CITY (NC) The ideal of the journalist
must be to preserve “frank objectivity without ever losing
contact with the public,” said His Holiness Pope Pius XII
during an audience granted to members of various Europ
ean news agencies.
same time being influenced by
it, this principle is also valid
to a supreme degree for news
agencies."
More than the individual, they
have the power of guiding public
opinion onto the road of truth
and law. But, if they are without
scruple they also have it in their.,
power to place themselves at
the disposal of a public opinion
which has been preverted by
errors or prejudices, thus bear
ing the principal responsibility
when public opinion has contam
inated all social life.”
The Pope took cognizance of
the difficulties under which a
journalist labors. He noted that
the journalist is "tyrannized"
by deadlines and "impatient ed
itors" who sometimes force him
to hurry through his work with
out giving it sufficient research
and thought.
But the worst of all these dif
ficulties, he continued, is when
"the men of the press and radio
cannot use the powerful means
of diffusion of thought freely,
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WHEELERSBURG Bishop Ready
blessed the new parish hall here this past
week. Work on the new hall was begun
early in June by J. F. Warner and Sons,
local contractors. The new structure which
will replace the old hall taken down five
years ago, is constructed of slag blocks
and a red brick veneer.
Official
Clergy
Appointments
Effective October 27, 1956:
The Reverend Paul Elsner,
from Assistent Pastor, Holy
Femily Perish, Columbus, to
the faculty of Bishop Watter
son High School, Columbus
with residence at the School.
The Reverend Samuel Dur
bin, recently ordained, from a
temporary assignment at Holy
Redeemer Parish, Portsmouth,
to Assistant Pastor, Holy Fam
ily Parish, Columbus.
Dayton Tops
5000 Mark
In Enrollment
DAYTON University of Daj
ton’s enrollment has reached a
total of 5,615 students, according
to statistics and be current se
mester released by Bro. Joseph
J. Mervar, SM, UD registrar.
The total includes 3,134 in day
classes and 2,481 in the evening
division. The evening figure in
cludes 390 in non-credit courses.
The current day enrollment in
cludes 1,473 Daytonians, 939 from
elsewhere in Ohio, 604 from
states other than Ohio, 37 from
U. S. territories and 31 from for
eign countries.
There are 2,584 males and 550
coeds in the day student body.
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Canadian Stores
To Stay Closed
Montreal, Quebec, (NC)—Sev
eral large stores in Quebec will
remain closed on six holy days
of obligation despite recent de
crees in four Sees permitting
work on four of the holy days.
Officials of Catholic unions
have announced that employees
belonging to the unions will not
be asked to work without com
pensation on the four paid holy
days. This will be granted
through additional holidays, ex
tended, vacations or other means.
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White Father Murdered
InFrench-Arab Friction
AZZAZGA, Algeria, (NC)
Father Hubert Bruchez of the
White Fathers was found shot to
death on the road near here, an
other victim of French-Arab
friction.
Father Bruchez. originally from
the Diocese of Sion, Switzerland,
was 40 years old. He had been
working in North Africa since
1944 and was well known
throughout the region.
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Receives CAIP Award
WASHINGTON Commission
er Thomas E. Murray of the U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission will
receive the 1956 Peace Award of
the Catholic Association for In
ternational Peace (CAIP) at the
organization's 29th annual con
ference here from Nov. 9 to 11,
lit has been announced.
Survey Says:
The Catholic Times
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Wheelersburg St. Peter’s Parish Hall Blessed
One teacher asserted that
schools can exaggerate the emo
tional feeling of students. She
cited the overstress on athletics
—deploring the frenzied antics
of some cheerleaders—demands
made on students to enter con
tests and the hidden hurt feel
ings of those who by nature can’t
excell in extracurricular activi
ties, or can’t even participate in
them because of the need to
work to help themselves through
school.
The time teacher emphasized
the need for a closer cooper
ation of parents and student
with school faculty members,
and a limit to the demands
made on students' time for ac
tivities outside the classroom.
Another teacher thought
schools could harm students by
supressing originality.
"The need for conformity in
school too often stifles individ
uality," she said. "And then
you come up with a child who
is frustrated."
One Sister regretted that too
many parents who have mentally
disturbed children fail to appre
ciate their child’s problems.
“Parents in this case,” she
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Above, from left to right are: Fr. Ed
mund B. McCormick, pastor of St. Peter
parish, Fr. Patrick Sorohan, leading the
choir, Fr. Hubert Rubeck, pastor of Holy
Redeemer parish, Portsmouth, Bishop
Ready, and Fr. John Soltis, pastor, St.Mon
ica parish, New Boston.
Social Pressures Cause
Youth Breakdown
DUBUQUE, Iowa (NC) The complexity of school
life and too many social pressures are contributing to the
mental breakdown of many young people, a survey con
ducted among teachers in various Catholic schools of the
Dubuque archdiocese has disclosed.
The survey was conducted
following publication of a
pamphlet by the Iowa Associa
tion for Mental Health. The
pamphlet carried a statement
saying: "Two hundred and six
ty thousand people now living
in Iowa may be hospitalized for
mental health at one time or
another and at the present time
one in sixteen are hospitalized."
To determine the cause for
such a situation, The Witness,
archdiocesan newspaper, con
oucted interviews with teachers
in the various schools.
Teachers said that overcrowded
conditions in school would in
crease mental tensions, while in
dividual attention is at a mini
mum.
said, “fail to do their homework.”
Too much criticism of youth
isn’t good either, a Religious
pointed out.
“Older people who frown ex
tensively on teenagers and their
action do so because they (the
oldsters) lose their ability to ad
just their emotions.” the Reli
gious said. “They dont accept
new things readily. Age tells
them to resist change. Too many
older people have forgotten their
youth and the adjustments their
society demanded.”
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Statue of Christ
Is Dedicated
In Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., (NC)—
A 24-foot statue of Christ the
King in cast aluminum atop the
six-story main building of Kiijg’s
College here was dedicated on
the feast of Christ the King, pa
tron of the college.
The statue is the work of Law
rence Russo. Kingston, (Pa)
sculptor. It took him five months
to complete it. From its lofty
position atop the college build
ing the statue overlooks the his
toric Wyoming Valley and the
winding Susquehanna river.
Lights will illuminate the statue
by night.
Bishop Jerome D. Hannan of
Scranton blessed and dedicated
the statue. The sermon was given
by Father Leo F. Flood, C.S.C.,
of New York, former president
of King’s College, and the ad
dress of welcome was by Father
George P. Benaglia, C.S.C., col
lege president. The dedication
brought to a close the seventh
annual homecoming of the alumni
of the college which is conducted
by the Holy Cross Fathers.
Have Beef About Politics?
Here’s What,You Can Do
NEW YORK (NC) You don’t like the way the
government ils being run? You got a “beef” about poli
tics? Stop moaning and second-guessing from the sidelines
and do something about it.
This is the advice given in the current Christopher
News Notes, issued here monthly
by The Christophers, whose direc
tor is Maryknoll Father James
Keller.
Calling attention to the fact
that many millions of eligible vot
ers failed to go to the polls in
the presidential election of 1952,
the News Notes urge all voters to
recognize that government is
their business.
Among the suggestions are
these:
"Make some effort, even
though small, to aoply tho
changeless truths of Christ to
our changing times.
"Make it a matter of con
science to register and vote.
"Stir up as many non-voters
as you can roach.
"Encourage rather than dis
courage those who are consid
ering a career in government.
"Remind as many as you can
that there is something every
one can do to improve govern
ment."
The purpose of the Christophers
is to encourage each person to
show a personal and practical re
sponsibility in restoring the love
and truth of Christ to public life,
especially in the fields of govern
ment. education, literature, en
tertainment and labor relations.
Polish Reds
Tactics Turn
Goal Same
The author of the following
article is the editor of the In
ter-Catholic Press Agency, the
only Cetholic-sponsored news
agency in the U.S. devoted ex
clusively to covering religious
cultural and political events in
Poland. His article enelyzes
the possible effects the recent
political changes in thet coun
try mey heve on the Church
there.
By Fether Ignatius Olszewski
The dramatic return to power
of Wladislaw Gomulka, the new
leader of the Polish Communist
Party, has aroused almost as
much interest and speculation in
the free world as it has in Poland
itself. There the whole process of
“democratization" and many
hopes are connected with the
person of the new leader.
His comeback may result in
some shifts in Red tactics con
cerning the Church. Some of the
new “liberal” policies may benefit
the Church. But the basic com
munist goal—the destruction of
religion—remains unchanged.
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Imre Nagy announced. This gov
ernment included noncommun
ists. It appeared as an effort to
win support of the masses and to
get the rebels to surrender.
Rebel groups told newsmen at
the Austrian border they had set
up an independent Hungarian
government at Gyoer, an industri
al town just across the frontier.
Observers here say that what
ever the immediate outcome of
Pope Receives Cable
From Card. Wyszynski
VATICAN CITY —A cable
reaffirming his filial loyalty to
the Holy See and expressing
his gratitude for all the pray
ers offered during his deten
tion was sent from Warsaw by
His Eminence Stefan Cardinal
Wyszynski, Primate of Poland,
to His Holiness Pope Pius xil.
the revolt, Moscow will realize
that national feeling is grow
ing in Hungary and other satel
lites.
Austrian diplomats and busi
nessmen returning from Hungary
described scenes of horror. One
traveler said he saw the hanging
of 20 patriots on lampposts along
the Danube promenade in Buda
pest. Another said he saw women
and eight children herded togeth
er and shot down by machine
guns. The same person said he
saw boys, no older than 15, led
to execution. Many other boys
and girls uere seen armed and
blazing away in patriots’ firing
lines.
The travelers reported that all
along the road to the Austrian
border they saw crowds waving
national flags and trampling on
Soviet stars torn from public
buildings.
Here in Vienna, Archbishop
Franz Koenig has appealed for
immediate and generous gifts
from Austrians for the Hungarian
and Polish peoples “whose suf
fering resulting from the present
events will reach unbearable pro
portions.”
Pope Asks Prayers
For Eastern Europe
Archbishop Josef Groesz
of Kalocta has asked Hun
gary's Communist govern
ment for more Church free
dom. The Head of Hungar
ian hierarchy cited in part,
as needs, greater freedom
of travel for Bishops, cor
recting the sad plight of
the Hungarian a olic
press, and freedom for
seminarians to attend theol
ogical schools in Rome.
Tramp on Flags
Stalin Era Ended In Hungary
With Revolt, Say Observers
(Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service)
VIENNA. Austria Loosening of the Soviet grip on
Hungary is expected to preclude any attempt to renew
pressure on the Catholic Church there.
In view of the strength and extent of the Hungarian re
volt, there is a rising confidence by observers here that a
return to the iron rule of the Sta
lin era is no longer possible.
The Hungarian regime report
edly asked His Eminence Josef
Cardinal Mindszenty to support
the new “popular front” govern
ment whose formation Premier
Vatican Has No Report
On Cardinal’s Release
VATICAN CITY (Radio,
NC) Vatican officials said
they received the news of His
Eminence Joseph Cardinal
Mindszenty's release from
house arrest with great happi
ness.
But, they added, no official
or unofficial communication
concerning the Hungarian Pri
mate's latest status has been
received at the Vatican.
In the meantime, he has been
treated by an internationally
known German specialist and by
his own physician.
According to the latest report
from Krasic. native village of the
Cardinal where he has been con
fined ever since he was released
from jail in 1951. he has recover
ed his strength. He is cheerful
and in good spirits, it was re
ported.
While communist guards out-
Zanesville Man
Named to Heat!
Alexian Home
ZANESVILLE—Brother Bene
dict, C.F.A., former member of
St. Nicholas Parish, Zanesville,
has been named superior at the
Alexian Brothers Home in Osh
kosh, Wisconsin.
Brother Benedict, the son of
Mrs. Anna Roll of South River
Road. Zanesville, has been in
charge of the Alexian Brothers
Hospital in Elizabeth, New Jer
sey, for several years. He grad
uated from the Alexian Brothers
School of Nursing. Chicago, and
served as superior of the com
munity’s Rest Home, at Signal
Mountain. Tenn., from 1946 to
1952.
The former Diocesan resident
has held various posts in hospit
als in Chicago, and St. Louis. He
has-been a member of the Alex
ian Order for thirty years.
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Body of Pope Pius IX
Perfectly Preserved
VATICAN CITY. Oct. 27 (NC)
—The body of Pope Pius IX was
found to be incorrupt during rec
ognition ceremonies here in the
Basilica of St. Lawrence.
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Force Can’t
Suffocate
Real Liberty
Cardinal Stepinac
Now Reported
In Good Health
By Father James I. Tucek
VATICAN CITY (NC)—
His Holiness Pope Pius XTI
has called on the whole Cath
olic world to pray for “peace
based on justice”'for the peo
ple of eastern Europe, espec
ially those in strife-torn Hun
gary.
The Holy Father spoke in an
encyclical letter addressed to
all bishops of the world. The
letter aooeered in a special edi
tion of L'Osservatore Romano,
Vatican City daily. It was the
newspaper's first special edi
tion in 18 months. The last one
carried the Pope's May Day ad
dress of 1955 in which he pro
cleimed the feast of St. Joseoh
the Workman.
In his new encyclical the Holy
Father asked for prayers to "end
so much shedding of blood" and
to bring about a true peace based
on justice, charity and genuine
liberty.
“May it be clear to all,” His
Hohnesc continued “that order
cannnt be restored among the
peoples by force of arms which
brings death to men. Nor can if
bp restored by violence inflicted
nn citizen®, v hich cannot compel
their inner assent, or by false
theories which corrupt the mind,
are repugnant to a civilized
and Christian conscience and vio
late the rights of the Church. The
aspiration for real liberty can
never be suffocated with external
force.”
The Pope spoke of “these grave
circumstances which bring so
much anguish to a beloved part of
»he Christian flock He recalled
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TRIESTE, Italy (NC) His Eminence Aloysius Card
inal Stepinac, who was critically ill three years ago, has re
gained good health, according to a reliable report reaching
here.--------------------------------------
In mid-1953, less than six
months after the Archbishop of
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, was made
a Cardinal, he became sick
with polycythemia, a blood dis
ease marked by an abnormal
increase in the red corpuscles.
That summer, two American
specialists, flown to Yugoslavia
at the request of the American
Bishops, found that while Car
dinal Stepinac's disease was in
curable, its progress could be
arrested "under favorable con
ditions." Later that year, how
ever, it was reported that the
prelate's condition had grown
progressively worse.
side his modest house bar any
visiting priest from seeing him,
Cardinal Stepinac is free to move
within the territory of the Krasic
parish. The government does not
allow him to exercise his episco
pal duties, but the Cardinal
Archbishop is able to preach, to
offer Mass and hear confessions
in the parish church.
An outspoken foe of the Nazi
persecution of the Jews and
Orthodox during the World War
II occupation of Yugoslavia by
Germany, Archbishop Stepinac
was arrested and charged with
treason and collaboration with
the Nazis by Marshal Tito’s gov
ernment in September, 1946. On
Oct. 11 of that year, after a trial
which followed the usual pattern
of communist "justice,” he was
convicted and sentenced.
Since his release from jail in
December, 1951, and his confine
ment to Krasic, he is understood
to be working on a new transla
tion of the Bible into the Croat
language.
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Catholic Paper
125 Years Old
CINCINNATI. Ohio—(NC)
The Catholic Telegraph-Register,
newspaper for the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati has celebrated its
125th anniversary. Its first issue
was published October 22, 1831.
At that time it was the Catholic
Telegraph. A commemorative
plaque was presented the paper
by Xavier University which also
has marked its 125th anniversary.
Confirmation
Schedule
Bishop Ready
November 4th, 4:00 p.m.—
Saint Michael, Worthingtton
November 4th, 7:30 p.m.—
Saint James the Less, Colum
bus
November 6th, 7:30 p.m.—
Our Lady of Lourdes, Marys
ville.
December 16th, 3:00 p.m.—
Saint Joseph Cathedral, Co
lumbus.
Bishop
Hettinger
November Sth, 7:30 p.m.—
Saint Agatha, Columbus.