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Vol. VI, No.28
Diocese to Follow
Restored Liturgy
During Holy Week
Bishop To Begin Sacred Time
With Blessing of Palms
Catholics throughout the Diocese will join the Catho
lic world in the solemn observance of Holy Week beginning
this Sunday.
The restored Holy Week liturgy, proclaimed by the
Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1955 and revised earlier
this year win be iollowed in all
parishes of the Diocese.
Bishop Ready will open Holy
Week rites at the Cathedral
with the traditional blessing of
the palms at 11 a.m., followed
by Solemn Mass.
Masses will be celebrated at the
customary time in most parishes
on Monday. Tuesday and Wednes
day.
■Tenebrae
Tenebrae services will be held
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the
Cathedral in preparation for the
Mass of the Chrism on Holy
Thursday morning. The term
tenebrae literally means “dark"
and is symbolic of the sorrow
of the time.
Holy Thursday
The blessing of the Holy Oils
will take place at 9:30 a.m. Holy
Thursday and will be followed by
a pontifical Mass. This function
symbolizes the Shepherd provid
ing for the spiritual needs of His
flock.
Assisting the Bishop at this
Mass will be Monsignors, Harold
J. O’Donnell, assistant priest.
William E. Kappes. and Paul J.
O’Dea. deacons of Honor.
Deacon of the Mass will be Fa
ther Thomas Cadden and subdea
con is Fr. Samuel Durbin.
In addition 12 priests, seven
deacons and seven subdeacons
will participate in the Mass and
the consecration of oils.
Twelve Priests
They are: Fathers Hugh Mur
phy, Lawrence O'Connor. William
Rardin. I-eo Bennedetti. Ralph
Kuehner, James McKay. S.M. Al
bert Clappaert, CIGM. Paul Mot
ley. C.M., Clement Alt. C.PP.S.,
Edward Tighe. O.M.I., Paul Bag
ley O.P., and Antimo Boerio,
PIME.
Seven Deacons
Fathers Richard Dodd, Robert
Schuer. Robert O’Brien. Paul Els
ner, Peter Essman, James Ber
endt and Paul Laurinaitis.
Seven Subdeacons
Fathers Donald Schulz.Clarence
Durbin, Francis Miller. William
Johnson John Fulcher. Raymond
Goode, and James Hagg.
Subdeacon of the Cross is the
Rev. John Liepins.
Master of Ceremonies will be
Fathers James J. Carroll, George
Mr. Cooper’s statement noted
that the recommendation to free
private schools from the levies
was one of some 60 provisions to
be included in the bill of revision.
If carried into law, the exemp
tion will mean savings for private
schools estimated by the commit
tee at about $3 million a year.
NCCM and Parish
To Be Theme
WASHINGTON (NC) The
theme of the National Council of
Catholic Men’s biennial conven
tion at Cincinnati, May 10-12. will
be “NCCM and the Parish.”.
Albert J. Sattler, president,
said that the theme was selected
because it “emphasizes the im
portance of the parish to NCCM.
“The results of the coordinated
efforts of all our 8.500 organiza
tions must be felt in the parish
if it is to be true Catholic Ac
tion,” he continued.
Mr. Sattler, a New York attor
ney. explained that the “conven
tion is designed to serve parish
organizations and ot demonstrate
how the NCCM can do this on a
year-round basis.”
F. Schorr and Patrick R. Sorohan.
The Bishop will preside at a
Solemn Mass at 5 p.m. in the
Cathedral.
Good Friday
Tre Ore services and the litur
gical function will be held from
12 noon to 3 p.m. in the Cathed
ral. Donations for the Holy Places
in Palestine will be made on good
Friday in all parishes of the Dio
cese.
Holy Saturday
The Easter Vigil will begin at
10:45 p. m. in the Cathedral and
will culminate with the celebra
tion of midnight Mass. Time for
the Rites will vary throughout the
Diocese and will be announced in
the parishes this Sunday.
Proposed DCCM
Will Not Interfere
With Existing Groups
More than 35 handpicked lay leaders of the Diocese
met with their deans, moderators and a representative of
the National Council of Catholic Men last Sunday, to dis
cuss the proposed Council of Men.
Monsignor Roland T. Winel, pastor of St. Mary Parish,
Lancaster, and diocesan modera
tor, reminded the men of the
great need today for an active or
ganized lay apostolate.
Monsignor Winel also announc
ed the dates of the individual
Deanery meetings which will lead
up to the Diocesan-wide conven
tion on May 19.
The Central Deanery meeting
which was held last night at St.
Charles was the first to meet.
These deanery meetings are
open to every diocesan man. The
othei deaneries will meet on the
following days with the time and
place to be announced later in the
Catholic Times and in the parish
churches.
Northern Deanery. Wednesday,
April 24 Southern Deanery. Wed
nesday, May 1 Western Deanery,
Applauds Progress
Of Move To Exempt
Schools From Excise
WASHINGTON (NC) The Congressman who was
the prime mover behind a proposal to exempt private, non
profit schools from Federal excise taxes said here he is
“very pleased” with the progress of the recommendation.
Rep. Aime Forand of Rhode Island stated that the ex
emption is “the only fair and de
cent thing to do" in view of the These schools now pay excise
exemption already enjoyed by taxes on manv items they pur
public schools.
Hit comment came after Rep.
Jere Cooper of Tennessee,
chairman of the powerful
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, announced that the unit
had reached "tentative agree
ment" to include in a bill re
vising Federal excise tax regu
lations the propose exempting
parochial and other private
schools.
chase, plus the Federal tax on
communication and transportation
costs.
For many years public schools
have not paid the levies because
they are considered units of lo
cal government and such units
are exempted from payment.
The committee announced
only "tentative agreement," for
technical reason#. The massive
revision of the excise tax laws
is the first since they were
passed in 1932. The commit
tee's recommendations for the
bill of revision will resemble
a fair-sized book when printed.
But before the bill can be sent
to the House, it must be drafted
by committee aides This is the
next step. It probably will take
several weeks to do this. Then
the committee will review the
draft to see if it accurately re
flects the decision they have
made. After this review, it will
be sent to the House for action.
“Tentative agreement” in this
case is seen by observers as tan
tamount to final approval. The
review of the draft will be a
routine affair. It is extremely un
likely any changes or eliminations
of provisions now agreed upon
will be made.
Th movement to exempt pri
vate schools from the taxes orig
inated with Rep. Forand last year.
He headed a Ways and Means
subcommittee which investigated
inequities in the administietion
of the tax regulation.
Rep. Forand became convinced
that it was unliir to make private
schools pay the levies and ex
empt public schools. His sub
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Above is the Architect's conception of the new one
story office building which will be erected at the en
trance of St. Joseph's Cemetery. Emerick, Albert and Mc
Gee are the architects for the one-story building which
Construction will begin on
a new office building im
mediately, weather permit
ting, on a new office build
ing at the entrance of St.
Joseph cemetery, according to Fa
ther Patrick Griffin, diocesan di
rector of cemeteries.
May 6 and Eastern Deanery. May
9.
Philip Finn, representative of
the National Council, told the
men that the Diocesan Council
would represent all the men of
the Diocese but would have no
individual members, dues or
meetings on the parish level.
“It is a federation of organi
zations and not a new organi
zation for the Diocese," he said.
Representatives will be sent to
the deanery meetings from each
parish and from inter-parish or
ganizations such as the Knights
of St. John or K of which draw
their membership from across
parish boundaries, Finn said. “But
all men of the Diocese are urged
to attend their own deanery meet
ings," he said.
The National Council of Cath
olic Men is an agency of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Confer
ence in Washington D.C. Its main
purpose is to unite Catholic men's
groups for Catholic Action.
“Participation in the DCCM
will not interfere with the organ
ization or purposes of the indi
vidual groups but serves as a ral
lying point for activities of mutu
al interest, Finn told the lay lead-
ers.
Officers of the individual dean
eries will be picked at the sched
uled deanery meetings.
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Favors Combined
Effort Against.
Delinquency
WASHINGTON (NC) The
secretary of the National Confer
ence of Catholic Charities has
told Congress he favors passage
of a bill that would encourage
moves against juvenile delin
quency by the combined forces of
public and private welfare
groups, instead of by a single gov
ernmental agency.
Msgr. John J. O’Grady gave his
backing to a measure introduced
by Rep. Edith Green of Oregon.
The proposal would set up a coun
cil to help the Federal govern
ment provide leadership in the
fight against delinquency and
would make grants to states to
supplement their financial re
sources used to aid public and
private agencies in the fight
against the problem.
Msgr. O’Grady testified before
the subcommittee on special edu
cation of the House Committee on
Education and Labor.
He withheld his support from a
House measure similar to that of
Rep. Green but which was intro
duced on behalf of the adminis
tration by Rep. Carl Elliott of Al
abama. Msgr. O'Grady remarked
that “running all through this bill
we find the basic concept of a
single state agency.”
“One wonders,” he said, “how
far the people who drafted this
bill understand the meaning of
juvenile delinquency.” He added:
“It is possible that they may re
gard it as an ordinary social serv
ice problem. But it has much
broader implications."
The Catholic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, April 1i, 1957
Construction To Begin On New Office
Building At St. Joseph Cemetery Soon
The new building will face High
St. (Rt. 23) and will be situated
just northwest of Mother of Sor
rows Chapel. Trapp Construction
Company has been given the gen.
oral contract, Wuellner Theado
will complete the plumbing and
heating and Electric Power and
Equipment will do the electrical
Offer Novena
For Founder’s
Beatification
In its last meeting the Sacred
Congregation of Rites decided to
introduce the Apostolic Process
of Beatification of Clare Fey.
Clare Fey is the foundress of
the Sisters of the Poor Child
Jesus. 4567 Olentangy River Rd.
She was born in Aix-la-Chapelle
on April 11, 1915. founded the
congregation in 1844 and died
on May 8, 1894.
Twenty-two years after her
death, on July 12. 1916, the Dio
cesan Process for her beatifica
tion was started. The first task
v. as to collect all of Clare Fey’s
writings, then an informative
process was held to establish the
evidence of fame of sanctity and
heroic virtues, after that answers
to prayers through Clare Fey's
intercession were submitted to in
vestigation.
All the documents were then
sent to Rome. In Rome 30 years
have been spent to examine these
documents.
Now things will proceed faster.
The Apostolic Process will start.
This process may not last longer
than two years. After beatifica
tion two more miracles are need
-ed for canonization.
Up to date there is already on
hand a large number of letters
received from cardinals, bishops
government officials and many
others requesting the Holy Father
tu proceed with the beatification
of Clare Fey,
The Sisters of the Poor Child
Jesus, who have recently trans
ferred their American Provincial
ate to Columbus, are holding
monthly novenas in order to ob
tain favorable answers to prayers
through the intercession of their
foundress. Clare Fey. whose main
work on earth was to help poor
destitute children, has already
helped thousands.
Anyone desiring to join the
sisters in their novena may send
his intentions to St. Raphael's
Convent. Parkersburg. W. Va., or
to Our Lady of Bethlehem Con
vent. 4567 Olentangy River Rd.
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Communist Zeal in China
Matches Missioners
MANCHESTER, N.H—(NC)
Communists are impelled by a
driving compulsion and zeal to
spread their doctrine of hate to
match the ardent devotion of mis
sionaries in spreading the teach
ings of Christ, according to Fath
er Robert W. Greene. Mary
knoll missionary.
Father Greene, author of “Cal
vary in China,” was tortured by
the Chinese Reds before receiv
ing a last minute reprieve from a
death sentence.
will house the offices of the Diocesan director of Ceme
teries, business offices, consultation rooms, vaults on the
first floor, and a large meeting room on the ground
floor.
work. Emerick. Albert and Mc
Gee are the architects.
Besides the office of the direc
tor of cemeteries, the single story
building will house business of.
fices, family consultation rooms,
and vaults, all of which will be
located on the first floor. A large
Msgr. Higgins commended the
American labor movement as be
ing “basically sound from the
point of view of Christian social
ethics” and said “it has certainly
justified the encouragement and
support which the Catholic
Church has given it over the
years."
Trouble Inside
But he warned that labor now
faces “perhaps the most serious
crisis in its entire history,” a
crisis “which has its roots within
the labor movement itself.”
"Labor's principal enemies,"
Msgr. Higgins continued, "are
dues-paying members and elect
ed officers of its own affiliated
organizations. If the belated
discovery of this self-evident
truth is temporarily causing the
labor movement a certain
amount of embarrassment and
discomfiture, in the long run
it will undoubtedly be good for
its soul."
Msgr. Higgins made it clear
that in referring to the spiritual
crisis confronting the labor move
ment, he was not speaking ex
clusively about “the minority of
unfaithful servants of the labor
movement who have been or will
be uncovered or exposed by the
McClellan Committee or by the
Ethical Practices Committee of
the AFL-CIO.
He called these merely symbols
“of a decline in moral and spir
itual values on the part of the
rank-and-file” in the labor move
mint “which shows itself princi
pally in a lack of interest in un
ion affairs and an unwillingness
to relate the principles of relig
ion and morality to the everyday
problems ol the labor movement.”
He said the rank-and-file must
be “convinced that they have a
moral obligation to assume their
full share of responsibility in the
conduct of union affairs.”
Papal Theologian
Celebrates Jubilee
ROME (NC) Dominican
Father Luigi Ciappi. Master of
the Sacred Palace, celebrated his
silver jubilee as a priest in the
Church of Santa Maria sopra Mi
nerva here.
The function of the Master of
the Sacred Palace is to serve as
a theological advisor to the Pope.
Father Ciappi celebrated Mass
at the church’s altar of St. Cath
erine of Siena.
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Lent All Year for Them
SAN FRANCISCO—(NC) It’s
Lent all year for California trout,
a State Fish and Game Commis
sion news release disclosed.
Angling rules for 1957 permit
the use of cheese and other dairy
products as bait. Livei or the
flesh of any bird or mammal is
prohibited.
meeting room will be built in
the ground floor.
The new building will be con
structed of brick and Indiana
limestone covered by a copper
roof.
Construction is expected to be
completed in January. 1958
Labor Faces Serious
Crisis From Within,
Priest Tells Unionists
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (NC) The labor move
ment faces a “very serious crisis” from within and the only
adequate solution is a profound renewal of moral and
spiritual values.
This was the thesis of anladdress given here by Msgr.
George G. Higgins, director of the
Social Action Department of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference. (Column appears weekly
in the Catholic Times.) He spoke
al #the opening session of the
constitutional convention of the
U.A.W. (International Union or
Automobile, Aircraft and Agri
cultural Implement Workers of
America).
The only solution to the crisis
is a profound renewal of moral
and spiritual values.' he stated,
and this can never comp about
unless the rank-and-file get down
on their knees with some regu
larity and humbly and fervently
say their prayers."
Commend AFL-CIO
Msgr. Higgins commended the
AFL-CIO for regulating the ad
ministration of union funds and
for doing a remarkably good job”
in cleaning out the communists,
but he said a great deal more
must be done in other areas.
“The fact that uninformed or
unscrupulous critics of labor have
exaggerated its faults,” he con
tinued, “for their own antiunion
purposes can no longer be cited
as an excuse for labor's failure
to wash its dirty linen and to
wash it in public if necessary.
“The time has home for both
groups—unions and employers’
associations to make a good ex
amination of conscience and to
amend their ways accordingly.
They are both subject to the same
moral law.”
Although he cited the apathy
and indifference of the rank-and
file as the principal obstacle to
reforms in the labor movement,
Msgr. Higgins added that this
problem is not confined to the
trade movement.
“It is,” he concluded, “the ev
erlasting problem of democracy
—how to get free men voluntarily
to assume responsibility, day in
and day out, for their own eco
nomic and political welfare and
for the common good of society
as a whole.”
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Ike’s Address
On Peace Is
Praised By CAIP
WASHINGTON (NC) The
Catholic Association for Interna
tional ‘Peace has sent a telegram
to President Eisenhower com
mending" him for a speech in
which he emphasized that world
peace must be the “single over
riding objective” of the U.S.
The telegram was sent by Har
ry W. Flannery. CAIP president,
who also sent a similarly worded
telegram to Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles. President
Eisenhower stressed the impor
tance of world peace in an ad
dress to the Washington Confer
ence of the Advertising Council
on April 2.
In his speech, he said: "The
great aspiration of humankind
for peace, a just peace,
must be achieved ... it is an
objective which must override
everything we have for immedi
ate material comfort, or join
ing a club, or doing anything
else."
Mr. Flannery's telegram to the
President stated in part: "as
president of the Catholic Associa
tion for International Peace, I
am grateful and encouraged that
in your speech you have em
phasized that we must pay the
price of peace, even at the cost
of considerable material sacrific
es."
Public Good
Only Beason
To Sunday Shop
The only exceptions to the
rule, the Cardinal said in a pas
toral letter are in the casf of
proven public good General
principles he cited are
—A Catholic businessman
may not conduct his business
on Sundays.
—Catholics are not permit
ted to work on Sundays.
—Catholics may not make
purchases on Sundays.
Cardinal Stritch said that
“growing laxity in the public
and private observance of Sun
day imposes on us the pastoral
duty of issuing this instruction
His pastoral was printed in the
New World, newspaper of the
Archdiocese of Chicago.
"It is the obligation of
abstaining from servile work
on Sundays whieh we wish to
emphasize and make clear in
this instruction," the Cardinal
said.
In regard to the conduct of
businesses, the Chicago prelate
pointed out that the profit mo
tive is excluded from determin
ing the common good and that
Catholic businessmen may not
cite their competitors’ practices
as reasons for allowing them to
open for Sunday business.
Quoting from an Encyclical
Letter, “Mediator Dei,” of His
Holiness Pope Pius XII. the
Cardinal's pastoral urged a more
‘■piritual observance of Sundays.
Besides the obligation of assist
ing at Holy Mass, he said.
Catholics should take part in
“public devotions in our church
es in the afternoon or evening,
though this is not strictly com
manded.”
Recently a reaffirmation of this
doctrine was put forth by the
Spanish Bishops in their joint
pastoral of September. 1956.
In order to appreciate th*
spirit of clarity and freedom
with which the Bishops spoke,
it will b* well to examine some
passages from their statement:
“When a society, as a general
and permanent rule, excludes
workers from sharing in mutual
benefits, and these are accumu
lated by capital—such a society,
considered in this most serious
way, is not constituted in a Chris
tian way
“It is obvious that today
in Spain, many members of the
middle class and workers exper
ience difficulty in filling their
most indispensable needs with
their modest incomes, while at
the same time there increases the
number of those citizens who en
joy more than ever clear profits
such as we have never seen be
fore
“It is imperative to correct (the
unequal distribution of capital)
as seldom are more serious prob
lems encountered in public life.”
To pass on to a consideration
of trade-unions in Spain, we must
say that it is impossible to dis
cuss them without bearing in
Investigations
Will Make
Better Unions—Page 4
Price Ten Cents, $3.00 A Year
Pope Confers
With Sudanese
See Heads
Reportedly Discuss Sudan’s
Seizure of Mission Schools
By Father Jarnos I. Tucak
(Radio, N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY The heads of two sees in Sudan,
where mission schools are being taken over by the govern
ment, have been received in a lengthy private audience
here by His Holiness Pope Pius XII.
They were Bishop Agostino Baroni, Vicar Apostolic of
CHICAGO (NO His Em
inence Samuel Cardinal Stritch.
Archbishop of Chicago, has con
demned the “secular” trend to
ward business-as-usual on Sun
day and has ruled out all un
necessary Sunday business activ.
ity for Catholics in this arch
diocese.
Kharoum, and Mill Hill Father
John Hart. Prefect Apostolic of
Malakal.
Although no official informa
tion was available concerning
the audience well informed
Vatican sources said it concern
ed the recent announcement by
Sudan's Education Minister Zi
ada Arab that all Catholic mis
sion schools in southern Sudan
are to be taken over by the
government.
The same sources pointed out
that the gravity of the problem
was indicated by the fact that
Archbishop James Knox, Apostl
ic Nuncio to India, had not gone
to his new post in New Delhi but
had instead returned to Africa
with the two heads of sees receiv
ed by the Holy Father. Prior to
his recent appointment to the
post in India. Archbishop Knox
had served as Apostolic Delegate
to British East and West Africa.
Contradicts State Bulletin
All this was in complete contra
diction to a bulletin issued by the
Sudanese government (dated Mar.
30) which stated that a “new ac
cord between ecclesiastical and
civil authorities” had been reach
ed on the government’s seizure of
the shcools.
The announcement of the Su
danese Education Minister was
seen by mission experts here as
having two aims, one political and
the other religious. It is political,
they said, inasmuch as the an
nouncement can he interpreted
as a move by the northern Su
danese to dominate the people of
the southern Sudan. It is relig
ious. they added, since it is an ob
vious attempt by Sudan’s Mos
lems to subjugate the country’s
Christians.
346 Catholic Schools
The northern part of the new
country of Sudan, which gained
its independence in 1956. is in
habited by 6.500.000 Arabic
speaking Moslems. The south is
peopled by 2,500.000 persons,
most of whom are pagan Negroes.
There are only 5.700 Catholics in
the north, but 191.500 Catholics
and catechumens live in the
south, where 346 Catholic mission
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Church In Spain Wants
Adoption Of Papal
Social, Labor Doctrines
Th* following article was written by Bishop Angel Herrera
Oris of Malaga, Spain, veteran journalist end distinguished leader
in Spanish social work. It was written in response to the request
of Frank A. Hall, director of th* N.C.W.C. News Service.
By the Most Rev. Angel Herrera Oria
Bishop of Malaga
(Written for N.C.W.C. News Service)
With regard to the Church’s part in social action and
reform, we must consider the question from two points of
view: what theoretical approach has the Church in Spain
taken toward the issue, and how has this theory been ap
plied.
The Church in Spain has repeatedly and forcefully
recalled the traditional teaching
of the Popes.
mind that trade-unions of social
ist and communist pattern are
prevalent in industrial areas, it
is for this reason, therefore, that
to allow too much freedom to
trade-unions would give commun
ism a strong basis to support in
Spain.
As a solution in this area, the
Spanish government has estab,
lished a corporative system. The
aim of Catholics active in this sys
tem is to work toward the dar
when the corporative system in
Spain draws its spirit and con
stitution from a complete ad
herence to papal teachings.
With reference to (he corpor
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Priest's Mother
Dies At Bedford
Funeral Mass was offered last
Saturday in St. Mary Church Bed
ford for Mrs. Lillian Kempf,
mother of.Fr. John Kempf, as
sistant pastor of St. Mary Parish
Chillicothe.
Besides Father Kempf. Mrs.
Kempf is survived by her husbnd
John, a son. Stanley of Macedonia,
and a daughter Mrs. Marion
Schurkert, Cleveland.
Burial was in Calvary ceme
tery, Cleveland.