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Vol. VI, No. 6
His Eminence Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty is well de*
i,pite being jailed in seven different places during his near
ly eight years under communist arrest.
Th* Cardinal Primate of
i Hungary gave thi* assurance
the N.C.W.C. Now* Service
ia a frem oceanic telephone in
terview in which he made an
urgent plea to the American
people for food and medicine
for hi* suffering nation.
“Bolshevism has plundered ev
erything in Hungary,’’ he said.
“The need here is extreme.”
The NC's telephone interview
with Cardinal Mindszenty took
place after several early attempts
of NC correspondents to cross
the Austro-Hungarian border had
failed. Subsequently, however, the
NC correspondent in Vienna suc
ceeded in reaching Budapest and
speaking to the Cardinal in per
son.
A call placed in Washington,
D.C., reached the Cardinal at his
episcopal residence in Budapest.
The Primate spoke easily and
clearly, although he sounded
tired. He terminated the conver­
Father Healey Answers
Your Question On Page 4
This Week.
His Holiness expressed his
pleasure over the "spontaneous
Impulse with which his request
for prayers in the previous en
cyclical had been answered. He
referred to the flood of notices
♦hat has appeared almost ev­
Local Religious
Has New Volume
Published
Sister Maryanna, O.P., chair
man of the English Department
of the College of St. Mary of the
Springs, was recently notified
that her collection of verses for
children, “My Little Book of
Thanks,” has been accepted for
publication.
The book, scheduled to be re
leased in 1957, was accepted by
the Bruce Publishing Company of
Milwaukee, and will be included
in the Christian Child Series.
In addition, several of Sister
Maryanna’s poems have been
selected to appear in anthologies.
The works, published in October,
are Sheed and Ward’s “Begin
nings: Prose and Verse, and
Ginn’s “A Book of Joy”.
My dear Brethren:
sation when he felt he needed to
‘‘spare my voice.”
Cardinal Mindszenty stated that
he was completely cut off from
the outside world during his con
finement. He declared ironically
that his Red jailers permitted him
as much contact with his fellow
bishops, his priests, or with the
Holy See as “with Washington”
or “with the natives of Africa.”
Of the seven different places
where he was held following his
arrest in late 1948 and his sham
trial the following February, the
Cardinal named off Budapest, Vac
and Felsopeteny, and then add
er: “Sometimes I did not know
where I was.”
He declared he is in good
health now, but was “very sick
and tired” in prison. He said that
his life in freedom since he was
rescued by anti-bolshevist forces
on October 30 is so very differ-
Pope Issues Second
Encyclical Within
Week Asking Peace
Letter, One of Shortest, Reminds
World of Danger in Middle East War
VATICAN CITY (NC) In the second encyclical
letter written within a week His Holiness Pope Pius XII
repeated his call to all the nations of the world for prayers
for peace and especially for a peaceful solution to the tense
situation in the Middle East.
The Pope appealed to the nations of the world to be
cautious of venturing onto the------------------------------------------
“steep slope of violence.”
"When wise men, driven by
♦he desire for true peace, gath
er together to deal with such
grave problems," he continued,
“they must undoubtedly feel
compelled to choose the way of
lustice, if they consider the
great danger* of a war from
which a small spark would
burst into an enormous fire."
The encyclical is one of the
shortest ever written by the
Pope. It is entitled Laetamur Ad
modum (It Is a Great Joy) after
the first words of the Latin text.
This is reported to be the first
time that one encyclical has fol
lowed so closely on another. On
Oct. 28 the Holy Father issued an
encyclical, Luctuosissimi Eventus
(Most Sorrowful Events), calling
for prayers for the people of Hun
gary. The issuing of the second
letter is considered a sign of the
urgency of the Pope’s new call
for prayer.
erywhere in the world calling
upon the faithful to pray for
peace. He pointed out the spe
cial importance he gives to the
prayers of "innocent children".
The Holy Father expressed his
joy for the release of His Emi
nence Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski,
Primate of Poland, and His Emi
nence Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty,
Primate of Hungary. The Pope
said he hoped their release was
a sign of the “reorganization and
pacification of both countries on
the basis of a sounder and better
legislation, but especially on the
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Msgr. Kappes Named To Board
Official
I call your attention to the need* of many beloved children
who demand our sympathy and aid. These youngsters are re
ferred to as Retarded Children and they are helped chiefly in
our community through the Council of Retarded Children with
headquarters at Five East Long Street, Columbus. During No
comber the Council will appeal for financial help to increase
school facilities for the children. The one big event of the cam
paign will be the "Light a Life" house-to-house March in
Franklin County to raise funds for their program. I urge
your support of that event and your continued interest in the
work throughout the year.
With my blessing,
Dqvotedly in Christ,
MICHAEL J. READY
Bishop of Columbus
Laity Should Aid
Community Charities
National Report Says
Catholic lay people must work just as diligently to meet
general community needs as they do to further specifically
Catholic interests.
This observations was made in a report of conclusions
reached by one of the day-long discussion groups in Buffalo
at the 42nd annual National Con
ference of Catholic Charities con
vention and the joint annual
meeting of the Society of St.
Vincent de Paul.
The topic for discussion was
“The Obligation and Opportunity
of Ca holies in Community Plan
ning.” Chairman of the session
was G. Howland Shaw of Wash
ington, D.C., a past president of
NCCC and onetime assistant sec
retary of state.
M»gr. Kappes named to Board
In other action the National
Charities group named Msgr.
William E. Kappes, diocesan di
rector of charities, one of
the nine new board members.
Harry J. Kirk, formerly of Holy
Rosary and Immaculate Concep
tion parishes in Columbus and
now of Washington, D.C., was
rejected treasurer. Msgr. Floyd
A BINK
NEWSPAPER
OHIO STAT
COLIMBUS
Fr. Francis
ent that comparisons are impos
sible.
He said he was prevented from
offering Mass in prison for nine
consecutive months. Later he
was able to say Mass now and
Three Fined
For Breaking
Sunday Law
CINCINNATI, (NC)—A trio of
defendants drew fines in Cin
cinnati Police Court for viola
ting Ohio’s Sunday closing law,
and an earlier conviction against
a store operator in nearby Ham
ilton was upheld by a higher
court in Butler County.
The Cincinnatians on trial
contended through their lawyers
that the.law was “antiquated,”
but Police Court Judge Daniel C.
Handley rejoined that he found
it hard to understand why fam
ilies could not do their shopping
on weekdays.
The 40-hour week plus oppor
tunities for evening shopping
make Sunday shopping unneces
sary, he said. The jurist added
it was "deplorable” that many
ignored the divine command to
observe the day of rest. Attor
neys for the defendants, a cloth
ing merchant, a grocer and a
clerk, said they would appeal to
the Ohio Supreme Court.
In the Butler County Common
Fleas Court, Judge P. P. Boll
upheld a conviction for “unlaw
fully opening a building for the
—transaction of business on Sun
day and unlawfully requiring em
ployes to labor on Sunday.”
Fischer of Omaha was also re
elected president.
In its report presented by the
conference at a general session,
the group said “Catholic leaders
should seek ways of meeting with
non-Catholics in trying to solve
problems of general community
interest”
The group added that it real
ized the problem of getting Ca
tholics to take their proper place
in a total community “is tut one
part of the greater problem of
leading the Church from the
sanctuary into the marketplace.”
“The repeated urgings of the
Supreme Pontiff on lay partici
pation in our times are not made
alune because of the importance
of the subject, but also because
of its difficulty,” the report said.
“The problem uf getting the
laity to take part in community
planning and action meets with
resistance born of historical fac
tors of great moment.”
“These are factors that must
be realized if we are not to
meet with frustration,” the report
continued. “Once, however, they
are recognized, we must follow
the guidance of the Holy Father
whatevei the difficulty.”
The report made by Margaret
Driscoll of the Catholic Welfare
Bureau, Winona, Minn., and Dr.
Ethel Shanas, Evanston, Ill., re-
search consultant to NCCC who
helped compile the survey’s ques
tionnaire, said most requests for
adoption are for “perfect in
fants.” And agencies have great
difficulty in finding parents for
the physically or mentally handi
capped children over 10 and for
children of a race or national or
igin other than that of the couple
I seeking to adopt children.
In its report to the conference,
the group urged the NCCC to es
I tablish a committee to develop
uniform adoption practices, and
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OIVTTIOW
M'ISELM
Exclusive Interview Witl dindszenty Before Russian Counter Attack
then despite obstacles by his jail-s
ers, he said.
Commenting on reports that hr
is the only leader capable of
uniting the Hungarian people
and therefore might be chosen
regent of an interim government
in Hungary to prepare the way
for free elections, Cardinal
Mindszenty said:
“I do not think there is any
obstacle to this in principle. But
this is a question which I have
not yet given any attention."
The Cardinal Primate conclud
ed his NC interview by extend
ing his blessing to "American
Hungarians and to all Ameri
cans.”
The interview was conducted
by a Hungarian priest now liv
ing in the United States. He is
Father Francis ... He has re
quested that his family name be
kept secret, lest its revelation
prove harmful to friends and rel
atives still in Hungary.
The Washington-Budapest tele
phone call took several hours to
complete. When the priest fin-
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Fr. Frank Gartland, editor of the na
tional Catholic youth Magazine The Catho
lic Boy, speaks to the more than 2000
young people of the Diocese who attended
the Youth Rally last Sunday at the Ohio
State Fairgrounds.
Bishop Hettinger, far right center in
Card. Wyszynski Well
Two Bishops Released
His Eminence Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of
Poland, is in good health and is actively administering his
two sees, the Warsaw and Gniesno archdioceses, according
to a spokesman at the Cardinal’s secretariat in Warsaw
contacted by telephone.
The spokesman also reported that two formerly im-
prisoned Polish prelates are re
turning to their posts. They are
Bishop Lucian Bernacki, Vicar
General of Gniezno, and Auxili
ary Bishop Anthony Baraniakvof
Gniezno.
The telephone call was made
for the N.C.W.C. News Service
by Father Ignatius Olszewski, edi
tor of the Inter-Catholic Press
Agency in New York.
Father Olszewski was unable
to talk directly to Cardinal Wys
zynski. The man, who answered
the telephone and described him
self as a member of the Cardinal’s
secretarial staff stated that the
Cardinal would not consent to be
interviewed at this time.
Speaking before a microphone in Budapest, is recent
ly freed Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary.
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More Than 2000 Attend Youth Rally
picture presided at the Rally assisted by
Father Earl I. Holtzapfel, pastor of St.
Augustine and Father Eugene Yoris, assis
tant pastor of St. Augustine, gave Bene
diction of the Most Blessed Sacrament to
the largest Youth Rally to be held in the
Diocese. (See insert upper right).
NC
Primate of Poland, is
release from house ar
Poland's
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski,
pictured in Warsaw following his
rest by the country's new communist regime,
previous Stalinist Communist government confined the
55-year-old Cardinal in a monastery in 1953 after he had
opposed Red infringement of religious activities. His re
lease has been interpreted as an effort by the new gov
ernment to win wider popular support. (NC Radiophoto)
Following is a verbatim ac
count of Father Olszewski’s
phone conversation with
men ber of the Cardinal's
retariate:
tele
the
sec­
Secretary: I am the Cardinal’s
secretary. It is unfortunate, you
just missed him. He left about
five minutes ago. He went down
town. What is it about?
Father O: 1 wondered if His
Eminence would grant me a
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Eight Diocesan Women Attend
ally succeeded in getting through
to the Cardinal’s residence. Fa
ther Janos Toth, who described
himself as “a priest at the serv
ice of the Primate of Hungary,”
called Cardinal Mindszenty to the
phone. The following is the text
of the interview:
Cardinal Mindszenty: Who is
calling, please?
Father Francis: I am Father
Francis Blessed be Jesus
Christ.
Cardinal Mindszenty: Forev
er and ever. Amen. W’hat is
your name?
Father Francis: (He started
to spell his family name, and
then the Cardinal interrupted.)
Cardinal Mindszenty: I know
now.
Father Francis: I am calling
from Washington, from the cap
ital of the United States, in the
name of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference News Serv
vice. May 1 ask a few ques
tions?
Cardinal Mindszenty: Go
ahead.
Father Francis. In addition to
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NCCW Convention
At tracks 15.000
Largest in History
CHICAGO (NC) On notes of pageantry and praise
the National Council of Catholic Women launched its “big
gest convention ever” here.
Some 15,000 Catholic women from all sections of the
nation and several foreign countries were expected at the
four-day, 28th meeting. The
was heartened by a message from
His Holiness Pope Pius XII which
cited “the invaluable service”
rendered to the Church in this
nation by the organization which
represents some 9-million Cath
lic women, and imparted, his
Apostolic Benediction.
After opening day sessions
devoted to discussion by presi
dents of diocesan and deanery
councils, and heads of national
and local affiliates, the note of
pageantry was introduced at a
glittering general public meet
ing in Chicago's spacious In
ternational Amphitheater.
Highlights of the general ses-
Eight women from the Dio
cese are attending the NCCW
convention: Mrs. Alexander
Glockner, Holy Name parish,
who will lead the School and
Home Association Workshop,
Saturday: Mrs. Frank Vogel,
St. Catharine parish DCCW
past president Mr*. Leo Jen
nings, St. Nicholas parish,
present DCCW president,
Zanesville Miss Marion Swick
ard, Christ the King parish
Miss Mary McDonald, St.
Thomas Parish, Zanesville
Miss Veronica a s a 11 I,
DCCW treasurer Mr*. Edward
Miller and Mr*. Jean Fondriest,
St. Joseph, Dover.
sion were a pageant, "She Shall
Be Called Woman," staged by Sis
ter M. Jeanelle of Mundelein Col
lege. and an address by the one
who guggested the pageant-show
piece*— His Eminence Samuel
Cardinal Stritch. Archbishop of
Chicago and host to the conven
tion delegates.
Ols
am
the
Father O: This is Father
zewski from New York. 1
speaking on behalf of
N.C.W.C. News Service. Could I
speak to the Cardinal please?
Th* production traced th*
development of women down
through the history of th* Cath
olic Church, with dramatic
comparison of such famous
women as Elizabeth and Mary,
vanguard of this attendance
St. Catherine of Siena, the wid
ow of Naim, St. Monica, Mother
Cabrini, St. Joan of Arc, Mary
Magdalene and other*.
There was, too. an invocation
by Boston's Archbishop Richard
J. Cushing, Episcopal chairman
of the Department of Lay Organ
izations, which embraces the
NCCW and welcomes by Chi
cago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley
and Mrs. Peter Joyce, president
of the Chicago Archdiocesan
Council of the NCCW.
Mrs. Augus G. Desch of Evans
ton. Ill.,
presided
session.
president of the NCCW’,
at the public general
was a heartening mes-
There
sage, too, from President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, who was the prin
cipal speaker at the last NCCW
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Sister Aquinas will receive an
aii pense paid trip to Rome, as
part compensation for her per
mission to permit CBS to present
the story of her career.
Other funds derived from the
production and the possible sale
of movie rights will go to the
fund for construction of a three
million dollar college at the Holy
Family convent, Manitowoc, Wis.,
Felsopeteny, at how many
places of confinement were you
held during the almost eight
years of banishment from your
See?
Cardinal Mindszenty? I was
in seven different places, in
seven different station*, in sev
en jails. Sometimes 1 did not
know where I was. I was in
Budapest, then in Vac, then in
Felsopeteny. Anyway you know
the rest.
Father Francis: When did
you receive your freedom?
Cardinal Mindszenty: It was
on the 30th day of October in
the evening hours.
Father Francis: How were
you treated in prison?
Cardinal Mindszenty: As is
customary with the Bolshevists.
Father Francis: What was
the state of your health in
prison?
Cardinal Mindszenty: I can
tell you that I was very sick
and tired.
Father Francis: Did they
provide any medicine?
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Monsignor DeBlanc Gives
You Some Tips On How To
Make Marriage Click
On Page Four This Week
Price Ten Cents $3.00 A Yeai
Clothing Drive
Opens Here
November 17
Bishops’ Annual Campaign
Aids Poverty Stricken Areas
In a letter sent to all pastors of the Diocese this week,
Bishop Ready announced the eighth annual Bishop’s
Thanksgiving Clothing collection conducted under the
auspices of V. S. Bishops for the needy people in other
lands.
Th* Bishop urged that usable
clothing and bedding be token
to th* parish collection depot
for sorting and packaging. Th*
date* for th* campaign ar* No
vember It to 25.
According to Msgr. William E.
Kappes, diocesan campaign chair
man. in past yeans the people of
the Diocese have responded gen
erously with more than 47 tons
of usable clothing collected in
1955.
While all usable clothing is
acceptable, most needed this
I year are blankets, work shoes.
infant clothes and men'* and
boys' pant*. Instruction* for
sorting and shipping have been
sent directly to pastor*.
In the past seven years almost
one million bales, cases and bags
of clothing and shoes have been
shipped overseas to 41 countries,
much of it before Christmas.
Speaking to the Diocesan Di
rectors of Charities assembled
at the annual convention of the
National Conference of Catholic
Charities last week, Msgr. Edward
E. Swanstrom, executive director
of Catholic Relief Services,
NCWC praised the work of the
Catholic people of the United
States, who, he declared, have
given an example of extraordin
ary charity for the poor every
where in the world.
Stating that( the aid given by
the Church in‘the United States
has been of unmeasurable help
of the missionaries in pagan lands,
he spoke of the extreme pover
ty of many people in Africa and
of the food and clothing given
them that gave tangible evidence
of the love borne by American Ca
tholics foi their suffering broth
ers in all parts of the world.
Monsignor Swanstrom spoke of
the aid station established on th*
boundaries of Hungary by Cath
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Journalist
Talks Nov.
Il,
Erskine Hall
Dr. Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
will lecture at 8:15 Sunday at Er
skine Hall, College of St. Mary of
the Springs,
The Austrian Catholic journal
ist was in Spain during the Span
ish civil war and has recently re
turned from a European lecturg
tour. He will speak on the topic
“Spain Today and Tomorrow.”
Tickets for the lecture are
available at Heaton’s Music Store,
Long’s Book Store. 1836 N. High
St., and the Cathedral Book Shop
and Catholic Information Center,
205 E. Broad St.
TV Program To Portrav Life
Story of Zanesville Born Nun
ZANESVILLE The life story of a Zanesville born
Franciscan nun, who achieved international fame as a
teacher of aviation and as a flier, will be shown over the
Columbia Broadcasting System’s Studio One (Channel 10)
next Monday night.
The nun, Sister Aquinas,
a graduate of St. Nicholas High
School here. She is presently su
perintendent of science of the
Green Bay, Wis., diocese and will
be interviewed on the program
following the play.
the former Anne Kinskey, is
the mother-house of Francisan
sisters here.
Sister is the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. George Kinskey.
She has three brothers, Stanley,
former St. Thomas High School
basketball coach: Frank, of Ports
mouth Oscar, of Newport, Ky.
and a sister, Mrs. Hansen Kain of
Norwich.
A niece, Sister Thomas
Aquinas, teaches at St. Mary High
School, Delaware, while another
niece. Miss Mildred Geyer lives
in Zanesville.