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Fan Asks Fr. Healey.
Page 4.
Vol. VI No. 26
Global Unrest
Adds to Work
OfCRS-NCWC
Parishoners of the Diocese
will join other Catholics in
the United States by contri
buting on Laetare Sunday,
March 31 to the 1957 Appeal
for the Catholic Bishops’ Relief
Fund.
The works of the Catholic Re
lief Services National Catholic
Welfare Conference are particu
larly well known at the present
time because of the big help
which this Catholic agency has
given in the resettlement of the
Hungarian refugees during the
past four months, but its char
itable activities encircle the
world.
Since the end of World War II,
nearly 12 years ago, the Catholic
Relief Services have provided
food, clothing and shelter to mil
lions of the world’s people who
were homeless, hungry and al
most hopeless.
This Catholic agency has been
the channel through which the
American people have poured
more than two billion pounds of
food, clothing and medicine to
poor people throughout the
world, in 51 countries.
Th* readiness of th* Catholic
Relief Services was demonstrat
ed at th* time of the Hungari
an revolt last October when the
first supplies sent into Hun
gary cam* from stores which
Catholic Relief Services had In
Austria. During the week fol
lowing th* outbreak of the
break from Soviet domination
Oct. 23, 1956, relief organiza
tion* with th* Catholic agency
In th* forefront rushed food
end drugs to th* Austrian
Hungarian boarder and across
to Budapest.
During the weeks following the
crushing of the revolt Catholic
Relief Services worked closely
with the Austrian government
and with the Austrian Caritas Or
ganization to provide shelter,
clothing and haven for the more
than 170,000 refugees who cross
ed the border into Austria. When
President Eisenhower opened the
gates of immigration to twenty
one thousand of the refugees
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The shipworkers demands are
scheduled to be considered at spe
cial meetings between union
heads and employers.
Priest’s Mother
Dies at 76
Requiem Mass was offered at
St. Patrick Church, Junction City,
last week for Mrs. Elmer Boyden,
76. mother of Father Elmer Boy
den.
Jflrs. Boyden is also survived
by two other sons, Raymond F.,
Junction City, and Patrick of Cal
ifornia, ajid a sister, Mrs. Eliza
beth Calanan, and thirteen grafid
children.
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Erratum
In the story published lest
week, concerning the scholar
ship granted by th* Detroit
Steel Corporation to a Ports
mouth Notr* Dame student,
James Michael Meloney, th*
amount of th* grant was listed
as $4000. Th* scholarship is
worth $6,000, $4000 to the stu
dent and $2000 to the school of
his £«oico.
Relief Fund Collection This
Sunday Helps World’s Needy
HELP YOUR ANGUISHED AND
OUTCAST NEIGHBORS OVERSEAS!
PLEASE OPEN YOUR HIARTI
Pope Reminds U.S. Catholics
Fund Appeal Is Plea
Of ‘Distressed’ People
NEW YORK (NC) His Holiness Pope Pius XII
has urged American Catholics to regard the appeal for
their Bishop’s Relief Fund as “the harrowing plea of thous
ands of their distressed brethren which reaches them
through the Common Father and their bishops.”
The Pontiff's statement was contained in a letter
th* archbishops
of the United
in behalf of the
Bishops Relief
from him to
and bishops
States, written
11th annual
Fund Appeal for Catholic Relief
Services National Catholic
Welfare Conference. A copy of
the letter wes released her* by
CRSNCWC.
The appeal will culminate on
Laetare Sunday, March 31, when
in most archdioceses and dioceses
in this country, a collection will
be taken up at all Masses for the
world-wide voluntary relief agen
cy maintained by U.S. bishops.
Bishop Asks Labor,
Management to Study
Other’s Problems
LONDON (NC) An appeal to labor and manage
ment to give more consideration to the human element in
work in order to arrive at fairer settlement of industrial
disputes, has been issued by an English bishop.
In a special pastoral letter on the Feast of St. Joseph
The Workman (March 19) Bishop
John A. Murphy of Shrewsbunr
appealed for more humanity in
the workshop, more co-partner
ship in industry and an end to
class warfare.
The Bishop’s letter was issued
at a time when Britain faces its
most serious industrial crisis in
many years.
Earlier this month, 200,000
workers in the British shipyard
industry went out on strike and
another 250,000 men in industrial
plants also threatened to strike.
Coal miners have also been re
ported as considering a strike. In
creased pay demands are behind
the disputes.
Though railway workers spoke
of joining the strikes, their de
mand for wage increases were
met and the difficulty was set
tled.
Bishop Murray told workers to
think more about the well-being
of the firm for which they work,
and exhorted employers to hu
manize work, to show sympathy
for the demands of their workers
and give them added incentive
through a profit sharing plan.
The trade unions retain the
Church’s blessing only so long as
they respect the dignity of all
men in a Christian spirit, Bishop
Murphy said. The Church con
demns any movement which
turns freemen into bondmen,
whether it be capitalism, social
ism or unionism.
“The first slogan of any Cath
olic trade unionist should be the
ending of class warfare,” the
Bishop asserted. “No class can
claim to itself the prerogative of
virtue. If the Church has spok
en out for the working man, she
has not spoken in the name of
the working class but in the
name of man. It is the dignity of
each individual soul and his hu
man rights which she has defend^
ed against all exploitation.
“It is for the Catholic manage
ment to be outstanding in their
sympathy and appreciation of the
just demand of their workers. It
is for Catholic workers to be out
standing in their war against re
strictive practices and irrespon
sible conduct of the malcontents
of their class. Surely industrial
relations and human relations
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New Convent Dedicated
To The Annunciation
The new convent of Immaculate
Conception parish, Columbus, was
formally dedicated to the Annun
ciation last Monday on the Feast
of the Annunciation by Bishop
Ready.
Construction was begun on the
parish convent which will house
the Sisters of St. Francis, who
teach at the Immaculate Concep
tion school, early last year.
Monsignor John Fagan is pastor
'of Immaculate Conception.
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As in past appeals, the goal
has been set at $5 million. This
has been consistently topped in
the previous ten campaigns by
American Catholics.
Praising the generosity of
American Catholics in the past,
the Pope said:
"How wo wish that it suffic
ed to manifest our thankful
ness. But unfortunately
the need for charity has not
diminished rather has it In
creased."
He said the appeal for funds
“is in reality the pitiful voice of
the under-nourished, the unem
ployed, the homeless, the refu
gees, whose ranks have unhap
pily swollen in recent months.”
“It is a voice,” he continued,
“faint because of hardships borne
and buoyed up solely by an ar
dent hope in the continued help
of those who were benefactors in
the past.”
Watterson High School
was presented with the Ohio
Academy’s of Science Award
for the most outstanding sci
entific achievement during
the past year.
The Academy grants the honor
to the school which has the high
est percentage of outstanding ex
hibits in Science Fairs held an
nually in each of the state’s seven
districts.
Mr. Robert Nichols made
presentation in behalf of
Academy and the Kroger
which sponsors the award, in con
?lection with the opening of Wat
erson’s 1957 Science Fair last
DIVISION
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Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, March 29,1957
Confessions
In Hungarian
This Tuesday
Confessions in the Hun
garian language will be
heard by Father Eugene
Megyer, Church of the
Resurrection, Dayton, next
Tuesday, April 2, at 3 p.rn.
and in the evening from
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at
St. Ladislaus School, 240
Reeb-av, according to Fr.
Francis Riehl, pastor.
At 7:30, Father Megyer
will have devotions and
preach a sermon in Hun
garian. After devotions,
confessions will again be
heard.
Father Riehl said that
this would be the last
chance for those local peo
ple who must have their
confessions heard in Hun
garian to fulfill their Eas
ter duty.
Sociologist Believes
Two of Three Catholic
Students Will Be
In Public Schools
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Two out of every three
Catholic children of elementary school age probably will
be enrolled in public schools 10 years from now, Father
Joseph H. Fichter, S.J., visiting professor of sociology at
the University of Notre Dame, declared here.
"Th* present desperate ex
pansion of the parochial school
building program cannot pos
sibly keep pace" with the grow
ing numbers of Catholic chil
dren trying to get into Church
operated schools, Father Fich
ter said.
“The imminent invasion of the
public school by large numbers
of Catholic children,” he said,
“has compelled a re-examination
of the position of the parochial
school in the larger community.”
Father Fichter, an authority on
parish sociology, expressed his
views in an address on “The
Parochial School and the Com
munity” at the National Planning
Conference of the American So
ciety of Planning Officials here.
The Jesuit sociologist is head of
the department of sociology at
Loyola University of the South,
New Orleans, Lai
Contending that the climate of
public opinion is changing in
many places to one of “admira
tion, gratitude and even support
of the parochial school,” Father
Fichter cited figures to show how
the Catholic schools save the tax
payers’ money.
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Watterson Receives Top OAS
Award For Science Displays
Sunday afternoon in the school
gymnasium.
This year, students at the school
v. ill enter more than 200 exhibits
in the Central District Exhibit
next Saturday which will be held
in the Youth Center Building at
the State Fairgrounds.
In making the presentation, Mr.
Nichols paid tribute to the school
for having won the honors with
exhibits entered by freshmen and
sophomores. Watterson is now in
its third year of existence and
this year will have projects pre
pared by juniors.
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Above students at Bishop Wat
terson High School proudly dis-
New Regulation Sets
3 Hour Limit on Solids
VATICAN CITY (NC) His Holiness Pope Pius
XII has replaced all previous rules concerning the Euchar
istic fast with a new law which permits all the faithful to
receive Holy Communion after fasting from solid foods for
only three hours and from liquids for only one hour.
only three hours and from liquids for only
The new ruling, which Ine Pope said
The new ruling, which Ihe Pope said he issued "at
the insistent requests of bish
ops," also permits the celebra
tion of Mass in the afternoon
or evening any or every day of
the year if the local bishop
deems it necessary "for the
spiritual welfare of a consider
able number of the faithful."
The 16 parochial schools which
are educating 6.611 children in
one typical midwestern city, he
said, “are contributing annually
to the city $1,871,838.54 which
would have to be raised through
taxes if these children attended
city schools.” The 150 classrooms
in the parochial schools of this
city would cost the taxpayers
moae than $4,500,000 to replace,
he said.
Research conducted by Father
Fichter shows that the children in
public and parochial schools “are
much more similar to one anoth
er than they are to children in
private schools.” Those similari
ties do not mean, the Jesuit soci
ologist stressed, “that the paroch
ial school as an educational agen
cy is the same as the public
school. The most obvious differ
ence, and the basic reason for the
existence of the parochial school,
is the teaching of religion,” he
said.
Father Fichter cited several
other characteristics which dis
tinguish the parochial school from
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play the plaque awarded to the
school by the Ohio Academy of
Science for the most outstanding
science achievement in Central
Ohio last year. In the photo, left
to right are: Sister Rosarri, O.P.,
sience teacher, Mary Heatherman,
Judy Connor, Mike Ross. Charles
Heasley, and Msgr. Edward F.
Spiers, principal.
In defending their honors this
year, the school will enter 200
exhibits in the Central District
Science Fair for high schools
which will be held tomorrow (Sat
urday) at the Youth Building,
State Fairgrounds. (Story and
photos—see page 6).
Pope Simplifies Law
On Eucharistic Fast
In simplifying and extending
the relaxed fasting laws which
he issued in 1953, the Holy Fa
ther urged all priests and lay
men who are able to do so to con
tinue “to observe the old and ven
erable form of the Eucharistic
fast before Mass and Holy Com
munion.” He also stressed that
all who make use of the new con
cessions “must compensate for
the good received by becoming
shining examples of a Christian
life, and principally with works
of penance and charity.”
Bishop Ready this week re
leased the following translation
of the new Eucharistic fast
laws as announced by the Pop*
to be effective March 25, 1957:
1. Ordinaries of places, ex
cluding vicars general who ar*
not in possession of a special
mandat*, may permit Holy Mass
to be celebrated every day after
midday, should this be neces
sary for the spiritual welfare of
a considerable number of the
faithful.
2. Priests end faithful, before
Holy Mass or Holy Communion
respectively, must abstain for
three hours from solid foods
and alcoholic beverages, for
one hour from non-alcoholic
beverages. Water does not
break th* fast."
3. Henceforth, th* fast must
be observed for th* period of
time indicated in Number Two,
even by those who celebrate or
receive Holy Communion at
midnight (e.g. Christmas Mid
night Mass) or in the first hours
of the day."
4. The infirm, even if not
bedridden, may take non-alco
holic beverages and that which
is properly medicine, either in
liquid or solid form, before
Mass or Holy Communion with
out any time limit.
We strongly exhort priests
and faithful who ar* able to do
Bishop Names
Lay Group
Moderators
Bishop Ready this week named
two assistant moderators for the
Diocesan Council of Catholic Men.
an assistant moderator of the
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women and five deanery moder
ators for the DCCM. The appoint
ments were effective Tuesday.
Fr. George Schorr, vice-chancel
lor of the diocese, and Fr. Hugh
Murphy, St. Charles Seminary,
were named to assist Monsignor
Roland T. Winel, pastor of St.
Mary, Lancaster? who was named
moderator of the DCCM last
week.
Father Bernard McClory, assist
ant pastor of Holy Rosary was
named assistant moderator of the
DCCW.
The five deanery moderators of
the DCCM are: Central deanery.
Fr. Peter Essman, assistant pastor
of St. Agatha Northern Deanery,
Fr. Edwin McNulty, pastor of St.
Francis de Sales, Newcomers
town Southern deanery, Fr. Ken
neth Wise, pastor St. Mary parish.
Waverly Eastern Deanery, Fr.
William Connor, pastor of St.
Joseph parish, Sugar Grove, and
Western Deanery Fr. Augustine
Winkler, pastor of St. Edward
parish, Granville.
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Cornerstone
Laying Sunday
At St. Ladislaus
Bishop Ready will lay the cor
nerstone of the new St. Ladislaus
church, following the celebration
of the Mass at 11 a.m. this Sun
day.
The new church will replace
the recently razed 48-ycar-old
wooden structure. It will cost
nearly 200 thousand dollars, ac
cording to Fr. Francis Riehl, pas
tor, and will seat approximately
500 parishioners.
An additional wing can be add
ed to the new church if expan
sion is necessary, Fr. Riehl said.
General contractor for the new
church is Kent Brothers. Carlisle
Plumbing and Heating and
Electric Power and Heating
complete the sub-contracts.
The Bishop said that he is
confident that "these new reg
ulations will encourage the
faithful in a greater devotion
to the Blessed Sacrament and
a more frequent reception of
Holy Communion."
The new legislation makes the
regulations governing the Eu
charistic fast the same for morn
ing Masses as for evening Mass
es. and eliminates the need for
asking for special dispensations.
In addition, there is no longer
need for a sick person to ask per
mission from a priest to take
medicine—solid or liquid or
any non-alcoholic beverage at any
time before receiving Holy Com
munion.
Likewise the previous ban on
alcoholic beverages has been
the
will
the
Mass is being offered in
sc aool during the construction.
To th* Reverend Clergy, Religious,
and Faithful of the Diocese of Columbus.
My beloved Brethren:
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On Pago 7.
Price Ton Cents $3.00 A Year
Pope Greets Crowd
Standing at the window of his Vatican study, Hi
Holiness Pope Pius XII raises his hands in greeting to
several thousand persons gathered in St. Peter's Square
to cheer the Pontiff on his
so, to observe the old and ven
erable form of the Eucharistic
fast before Mass and Holy Com
munion. All those who will
make use of these concessions
must compensate for the good
received by becoming shining
examples of a Christian life and
principally with works of pen
ance and charity," the Pope
said.
Bishop Reedy emphasized
that the new r*9ul£?:ons are
not concessions to certain cate
gories of persons, but a lew
which applies to all th* faith
ful and in all places.
81st birthday.
modified. It is now allowed to
take alcoholic beverages up to
three hours before receiving Holy
Communion.
The new legislation which be
came effective on March 25,
states that the new time limits on
talcing solids and liquids are to
be observed differently by the
laity and the clergy.
The clergy must begin their
three hour fast three hours be
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Catholic Men
To Hear Local
Doctor Friday
Dr. Philip C. Rond will speak
to the Catholic Men s Luncheon
Club monthly meeting, noon, next
Friday, April 5, at the Virginia
Hotel.
Doctor Rond, an Immaculate
Conception parishioner, is a mem
ber of the staff of the Columbus
Receiving Hospital and of the fac
ulty of Ohio State University,
where he teaches psychiatry. He
is also engaged in private prac
tice.
All Catholic men are eligible
to join the non-dues paying
luncheon Club which meets each
Friday in the Cavalier Room of
the Virginia Hotel.
For some years, it has been my fervent wish to accomplish
among the Catholic men of this Diocese what has been so ef
fectively undertaken by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.
In the Parish Holy Name Societies and the various other organi
zations of men there has been continuing evidence among our
devoted laymen of their inestimable service to Christ and His
Holy Church.
This is the day when th* laity have a great opportunity
and a grave responsibility to meet the needs of modern society
which only Christ's Church can supply. A Council of Catholic
Men in the Diocese of Columbus can be an inestimable blessing
to all of us.
The Columbus Diocesan Council of Catholic Men will NOT
be another society of Catholic men. It is to be a federation of
4LL th* various men's societies in the Diocese, united for con
certed effort under th* Bishop. Th* Diocesan Council, therefore,
will not supplant or interfere with any existing organizations
of men in this Diocese, whether national, diocesan, or local.
Rather, it is to encourage the growth and development of these
organizations. Its purpose will be to unite th* tremendous morel
power of men's groups for th* greater good of the Church and
th* Nation.
During April and May, meetings will be held in th* five
deaneries of the Diocese for the purpose of acquainting our Ca
tholic men with th* objectives of the Council end the method of
working together in a unified effort. I urgently request all men
of each deanery to attend these ooen meetings. Th* dates will
be announced to you soon. The National Council of Catholic men
has assigned a representative her*. He will address th* deanery
meetings and explain the aim and purposes of th* National Coun
cil of Catholic Men with whom th* men of this Diocese will be
affiliated in furthering the interests of th* Church throughout
th* United States.
This invitation, my dear Catholic men, is extended to you
with prayerful confidence that you will give God the service of
youn talents and your devotion to th* achievement of His Son's
mission among your fellowmen.
With my blessing and deep appreciation,
Devotedly in Christ,
March 25, 1957
MICHAEL J. READY
Bishop of Columbus