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Truly the words of the
Prophet Isaias, the great
prophet of the Messias in
the Old Testament, are ful
filled "The people that
walked in darkness have seen
a great light. To those who
Dec. 30
Prayer
urged for
persecuted
Bishop Clarence Issenmann
lias asked the people of the
Diocese to join the other
American Catholics in pray
er for the Church of Silence
on Sunday, Dec. 30.
He encouraged every pas
tor to have Public Exposi
tion of the Blessed Sacrament
after the last Mass until the
late afternoon or evening as
*an act of petition for the
Church of Silence as well as
an act tff gratitude for our
©wn blessings."
The Bishop said, "In the
tnidst of the blessings and
happiness of this holy sea
ion, we must be mindful of
Ihe millions who are not free
lo practice their faith and,
If they make such an at
tempt, are liable to severe
penalties.
"DURING THE first ses
sion of the Second Vatican
Council, some Bishops from
the persecuted Church were
permitted to attend the de
liberations, while others were
Hot permitted by their goven
ments to leave their coun
tries," the Bishop pointed
Out.
"The Fathers of the Coun
cil were able to obtain from
these few fortunate Bishops,
first-hand information as to
the perilous conditions under
which the Faith must be
practiced, and the work of
the Church carried on," he
said.
Where Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament is not
possible, the Bishop asked
pastors to substitute other
devotions for the Church of
Silence, for example a Holy
Hour.
In the downtown area, St.
Joseph Cathedral will have a
Holy Hour beginning at 7
p.m.
Holy Cross will have Ex
position of the Blessed Sacra
ment and special prayers at
5 p.m. preceding and includ
ing the Evening Mass.
The year 1962 will no
doubt be remembered as the
year the Second Vatican
Council was convened. The
Holy Father's calling of the
council was praised by lead
ers of all faiths, many na
tions, and is the news story
Of the year by any standard.
In the United States we
had our share of controver
sies. Perhaps the most im
portant of these was the Su
preme Court's school prayer
decision. Next year's session
of the Court is expected to
clarify the meaning of the
decision. Another was fed
eral aid to education.
EXPECTED to be some
what eased by the Council is
the debate that has been go
ing on ab6ut the place of the
laity in the American
Church. The liberal con
servative controversy which
was the biggest issue at the
beginning of the year has
disappeared into Limbo. Per
haps Fr. Cronin's booklet,
"Communism: Threat to
Freedom" was more of a so
lution to the debate than one
of the causes.
In the diocese, two new
high schools were opened, 13
men were ordained priests
and Bishop Clarence Issen
mann began a new column in
the Catholic Times. Much
The
writes
The Christmas sermon, which Bishop Clarence G.
'Issenmann preached at Midnight Mass in St Joseph's
Cathedral, is printed as this week's column.
"A light shall shine upon us this day: for the Lord is
boni to us and He shall be called Wonderful God, the
Prince of Peace, the Father of the world to come: of whose
reign there shall be no end" (Isaias IX, 2 to 6, as found in
the opening words of the second Mass of Christmas).
Once again the Christian
World halts its daily routine,
in order to kneel before the
new-bom Infant in the man
e r-c i of Bethlehem.
Through the eyes of faith
we adore God Incarnate, as
we observe another anniver
sary of His Birth in this
Feast of Christmas.
dwelt in the region of the
shadow of death, light is
risen" (Is. IX, 2).
THIS LIGHT of Christ
mas inspires a living faith.
It is the faith of the shep
herds watching their sheep
on that first Christmas
night, who acted upon the
angelic message with rapid
decision: "Let us go over to
Bethlehem, and let us see
this word that is come to
pass, which the Lord has
showed to us. And they came
with haste: and they found
Mary and Joseph, and the In
fant lying in the manger.
And seeing they understood
of the word that had beery
spoken to them concerning
this Child." (Luke II, 15 ff.)
Here is faith I accept,
I believe, I see. "And seeing
they understood of the word
that had been spoken to them
concerning this Child." God
has come into the world,
which He made, in the visible
form of man, whom He also
made. He joined our human
nature to the Divine nature
in the Second Person of the
Most Holy Trinity: "And the
Word was made flesh and
dwelt among us" (John I,
14).
"It is not for His own sake
that the Son of God became
man, but in order to make
us, as it were, gods by His
grace," writes St. Thomas
Aquinas. Not all men will go
to heaven because Christ
came into the world, in order
to be their promised Messias
and Saviour. Some reject
Him and His teachings some
will have no part with Him
and His grace.
"But to as many as receive
ed
Him
He gave the power
of becoming sons of God: to
those who believe In His
Name" (John I, 12). For all
of us who believe, Christ
mas leads us to greater con
fidence in God's Providence.
We learn the lesson of trust
from Mary, who knew not
how these things were to be,
but gave to God her consent
to be His Mother.
WE LEARN this lesson of
trust from St. Joseph who
took God at His revealed
word, which indeed did not
explain the mystery, but
asked only his acceptance of
the fact of the Birth of the
Incarnate Son of God
through a human mother,
Mary, who was his espoused
wife.
Would we learn the lesson
of Christmas? Then let us, in
spirit with the shepherds,
"go over to Bethlehem, and
let us see this word that is
come to pass, which the
Lord has showed to us." It
t,.kes faith that recognizes
the Infant as God-made-man
to grasp the meaning of
Christmas.
Everything is said in one
word Love! God so loved
In os to se^ His only beef&t
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building was done, including
a new Good Shepherd facility
and an addition at St. An
thony Hospital.
Another event in the dio
cese was the sterilization of
two retarded Zanesville girls
by order of Judge Holland
Gary. Protests were heard
throughout the state and
nation.
Death claimed two priests
of the diocese, Fr. John C.
Schneider and Fr. William
Sullivan, as well as Mother
Constantine. provincial of
the Holy Cross Sisters.
The Lawson Amendment
to the Ohio Constitution was
soundly defeated by the vot
ers.
MONTH BY MONTH, the
year looked like this:
JANUARY
Mother Francis de Sales,
OP, was named mother gen
eral of the Dominican Sisters
of St. Mary of the Springs.
She is a native of New
Haven, Conn. Frank Lorenz,
a member of St. Christopher
parish and president of the
Lorenz Equipment Company,
was named Catholic Man of
the Year by the Catholic
Men's Luncheon Club. Msgr.
.Bennett Applegate, superin
tendent of diocesan schools,
was named one of the top
RUMBUS
k
Columbus, 16, Ohio
Price Ton Cents
By JAMES J. HOLLERN
Executive Secretary
Ohio Catholic Welfare
Conference
Education has traditionally
been a thorn in the side of
the Ohio Legislature.
The 105t.h General Assem
bly will find it no exception.
Lawmakers are faced with
proposals intended both to
raise educational standards
and provide additional funds
for Ohio schools.
FOR SEVERAL years
now, the legislature even
before considering recom
mended improvements in the
public school program has
found it necessary to ap
propriate additional funds
just to meet the cost of in
creased enrollment since the
state guarantees a .minimum
grant each unit of 30
children.
10 men of 1961 by the Co
lumbus Citizen-Journal.
Also named to the top 10
was Larry Shepard of St.
Agnes parish, manager of the
pennant-winning Columbus
Jets. Three new staff mem
bers were named by the
Catholic Youth Council:
Betty Groomes of Holy Name
parish, Savannah Barker of
St. Dominic parish and Mike
Zegarella of St. Peter parish.
John W. McCormack of
Massachusetts was named
speaker of the U.S. House
of Representatives. More
than 96,000 pounds of cloth
ing was sent by the diocese
in the Bishops' Thanksgiving
Clothing Drive, the Chari
ties office reported. A netfr
religious news progiami,
"Church-Ways/' began on
Chan. 4.
BISHOP CLARENCE G.
Issenmann gave the invoca
tion at Governor Michael Di
Salle's birthday dinner.
President John F. Kennedy
was present at the dinner.
The Maryknol! Sisters cele
brated their 50th anniver
sary.
John E. Jones, Jr., Catho
lic Times staff writer, went
to Oklahoma City to organize
a youth program as an Ex
tension Volunteer. Mike
Collins was hired as staff
"Pffffe young men of the Goftmtlras Pfoeest were ordained to the priest
hood by Bishop Clarence G. Issenmann Saturday. They were James Boehni, St.
Mary Magdalene parish William DeVille, St. James the Less Roger Emmert,
Chillicothe St. Peter Charles Lang, Dennison Immaculate Conception John
Marquis, Newark St. Francis de Sales William Metzger, Junction City St.
Catholic
Legislation in Ohio: 2nd im a series
Education- a thorn in
the side of the Legislature
Friday, Dec. 28,1912
Vol. XII, No. 13, $4.00 A YEAR
The number of children en
rolled in public schools in
1950 was 1,658,014 in 1961
62, the figure was 2,081,000.
During the past biennium
the State of Ohio appropriat
ed $468 million for the School
Foundation Program. This is
in addition to local real estate
taxes for schools.
How the legislature will
secure the funds to finance
the additional public school
costs has not been disclosed.
Delegates to the Ohio Educa
tion Association convention
which met earlier this month,
said a state income tax would
be "the most equitable means
of financing public educa
tion."
THE OEA thus became the
third major state organiza
tion this year to endorse a
state income tax proposal.
The Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation and the state
St. Paul, Westervilb, dedi
cated its new eight-classroom
school. A new diocesan or
ganization, the DeSales As
sociation for the Deaf, was
formed. Mrs. Erie Crossen
was named the first presi
dent.
A. E. Tony Fernandez was
elected president of the Lay
man's Retreat League. Dr.
Robert Hallet was elected
president of St. Ann Hospi
tal's medical staff.
FEBRUARY
St. Catharine Chttreft 'was
dedicated and blessed. Jean
ine Reiser completed Papal
Volunteer training in Cuer
navaca, Mex., and was as
signed to Lima, Peru, to do
social work with the Mary
knoll Sisters. The new St.
Vincent de Paul shop was
opened at 1187 W. Broad St.
Dr. Joseph Forrester was
named president of the St.
Luke Guild. A new circle of
the Daughters of Isabella
was formed in Columbus,
with Mrs. George Lennon as
regent. Walter Bartlett, a
member of St. Michael par­
iNine ordained .Saturday
AFL-CIO had previously ap
proved resolutions calling for
enactment of such a law.
These three organizations,
along with the Ohio State
Council of Retail Merchants,
are jointly sponsoring a com
prehensive study of Ohio's
tax structure. Their report,
along with recommendations
for raising more money for
the state, is expected about
Jan. 7.
The OEA's resolution said
—if a state income tax were
not feasible the organiza
tion should work for meeting
immediate school and state
needs "by broadening the
base of the sales tax and
increasing excise taxes in
certain areas in 1963."
MOST PUBLIC school
legislation introduced in the
General Assembly is support
ed or sponsored by the OEA,.
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1962 year of the Second Vatican Council
writer. R. Patrick West was
elected president of the St.
Thomas More Society. Con
golese troops were reported
to have murdered 11 mission
ary priests and eight African
Sisters.
ish and general manager of
WLW-C, was named the Jay
cees' man of the year. Bishop
Charles Helmsing was ap
pointed to the See of Kan
sas City-St. Joseph.
Father John Sullivan, di
rector of the Extension Vol
unteer program, spoke to
various youth groups in the
diocese. Bill Huhn was nam
ed chairman of the DCCY's
March convention, to be as
sisted by Mary Ann Metzger,
Blanche Gehres, Jerry Stluka
and Emily Miles. Martha
Matesich of Newark Catholic
High School was an award
winner in the Westinghouse
Science Talent Search,
POPE JOHN set Oct. 11
as the opening date for the
Second Vatican Council.
Msgr. Bennett Applegate be
gan a column, "Report
Card," in the Catholic Times.
Father Edwin Yocke, a for
mer priest of the diocese,
was buried in Monroe, Mich.
A special interfaith program,
"Our God-Given Rights,"
took place. Sr. Dorothea
Maher and Gaetano Cardinal
Cicognani died.
The state council of the
Knights of Columbus gave
$15,000 to Bishop Issenmann
for youth work in the dio
cese. Fr. Edward Zavell of
the Byzantine Catholic Dio­
VATICAN CITY, Pope
John XXin, in a world
girdling broadcast marking
the birth of the Prince of
Peace, repeated the peace
appeal he launched at the
height of the Cuban crisis.
He quoted from his im
passioned plea for peaee of
October 25 when Soviet
merchantmen carrying nu
clear weapons were steaming
toward a Cuba blockaded by
U. S. warships. At that time
the Pope said: "We beg all
governments not to be deaf
to this cry of mankind. Let
them do all in their power
to preserve peace."
In his Christmas message
belaid:
"The recollection of tfrUs
appeal is all the more joyful
for Us, venerable brothers
and dear children, because
of the clear signs of deep un
derstanding which show
that the words were not
wasted on the air, but touch
ed minds and hearts and
are serving t6 open up new
prospects of brotherly trust
and to hold out bright hopes
of true social and interna
tional peace."
Pope John continued:
"On the subject of these
Special tv Mass
to be presented
The televised Mass, seen at
10 a.m., Sunday on WLW-C,
this week will feature a com
mentary on the Mass and the
prayers by Donald J. Erb.
The usual sung portions of
the Mass will be omitted to
provide for more commentary
and explanation.
Father Hugh Murphy of
St. Charles College will be the
celebrant and the congre
gation will be from St. Bren
dan parish. Fr. Murphy is
producer of the weekly tele
vised Mass program.
cese of Pittsburgh began to
organize an Eastern Rite par
ish, St. John Chrysostom, in
Columbus.
Nearly 900 students took
part in the sesquicentennial
Catholic School Music Festi
val at Veterans Memorial.
Catechism classes for deaf
children were begun at the
Child Guidance Center. Fr.
John LaFarge, SJ, retired as
chaplain of the New York
Catholic Interracial Council.
His fellow-Jesuit, Fr. Ben
jamin Masse, said that Cath
olics cannot join the John
Birch Society.
Fr. Charles Ryan, former
priest of the diocese, was
buried in Steubenville. Bish
op Edward Hettinger cele
brated the 20th anniversary
of his consecration. Women
of the year named by the
Citizen-Journal included Mrs.
Edward Ryan of Immaculate
Conception, Mrs. Frank B.
Reynolds of Christ the King
and Mrs. Henry Thibaut of
St. Mary parish.
The Fair Campaign Prac
tices Committee report re
vealed that religion was the
subject of political attacks in
1960 in all 50 states. Bishop
Paul Hallinan, a native of
Painesville, Ohio, was named
first Archbishop of Atlanta.
Auxiliary Bishop Floyd Be
gin of Cjteveland was named
Patrick Anthony Missfmf, Nerr Lexington St. Rose of Lfma? Robert StfferTfn,
St. Catharine and James Van Horn, St. Mary Magdalene. In the photo on the
fight, Bishop Issenmann anoints the hands of one of the ordinandi during tht
ceremony.
In Christmas message
C?
Pope John repeats
appeal for peace
happy developments in na
tional and international af
fairs, seen simply as the be
ginning of a new chapter in
the history of the modern
world, it is most pleasing
to observe the part played
by Our radio message, spok
en as it was in harmonious
and exultant chorus with the
voices of the bishops of the
Catholic Church from every
part of the world, who were
gathered here in Rome for
the work of the council."
The Pope said that "the
good will of each and
High school students
TWO HIGH school
dents teach each group of
four at the State School.
The classes may seem
strange to persons who were
raised on the Baltimore
Catechism. The two Christ
mas classes, for instance,
were like this:
The first 30-minute lesson,
held during the second week
of December, consisted of a
get-acquainted period and a
lesson on the importance of
Advent, The teachers told the
first Bishop of Oakland,
Calif.
Father Paul Bagley, OP,
formerly of Aquinas, died.
MARCH
Fr. Edward Zavell of St.
John Chrysostom parish be
gan a column, "Eastern Per
pectives," in the Times. Fath
er William Connolly, pastor
of Columbus St. Francis,
celebrated his 40th anniver
sary in the priesthood.
The Glenna Joyce Memorial
Scholarships were announc
ed. These provide at least
four full scholarships a year
—two to Ohio State and two
to Notre Dame.
Pope John issued an apos
tolic constitution, "Veterum
Sapientia," confirming Latin
as the official language of
the Western Church. Rey
noldsburg St. Pius became
the first parish in the diocese
to have a Nocturnal Adora
tion Society. Father John
Cronin, assistant director of
the NCWC Social Action
Dept., published his study,
"Communism: Threat to
Freedom."
"Vatican II Background,"
a panorama of the Ecumeni
cal Councils, was presented
at St. Charles. It was written
by college students, acted by
preparatory students and di
rected by Fr. James Kraus.
'if
I
every one" is indispensable
for peace, which he styled
"the most precious and im
portant" of life's blessings.
He said: "Let peace, then,
be our objective at all times.
L-t us aim at creating peace
around us so that it may
spread throughout the entire
world. Let us shield it from
all that could harm it and
take care not to endanger it
by anything that could dis
rupt or compromise it
"The constant endeavor of
the four years of Our hum
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Teach catechism
at State School
Fifty-five students from Columbus high schools ape
now teaching catechism to the mentally retarded at Colum
bus State School.
Students from Hartley, St. Charles, St Joseph Acade
my, St. Mary, St. Mary of the Springs and Watterson are
taking part.
The project was begun in
November under the direction
of Father James Kraus, dio
cesan o n a ternity of
Christian Doctrine director,
and Father Ralph Karl, OMI,
chaplain at the school.
See picture
mi page three
story of St. John the Baptist.
After the teachers explained
the principal meaning of the
story, the students were in
structed how to prepare for
Christmas.
The second class, held just
before Christmas, reviewed
the previous lessons and re
viewed the meaning o
Christmas. Each student
was given a small gift and
the teachers and the students
sang Christmas carols.
Fr. Kraus said the higfli
school students have found
the work very satisfactory.
•Hie pupils were "well be
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The Sisters of *he Good
Shepherd annoui plans
and broke ground a new
facility in Linden. It would
contain Rosemont School and
Maryhaven, a rehabilitation
center for alcoholic women.
Fr. Peter C. Schneider, 81,
was buried from Holy Cross
Church, where he had served
as pastor from 1923 to 1940.
The DCCY adopted a new
constitution, the first in 11
years, at its convention. Bill
Resch of St. John the
Evangelist was elected presi
dent. Fr. Harry Estadt, pas
tor of Columbus St. Thomas,
was named general chairman
of the 1962 DDF drive. John
W. Gordon, Jr., was named
lay general chairman.
William B. Ball, general
counsel to the bishops of
Pennsylvania, told the Catho
lic Men's Luncheon Club that
Catholics have the duty of
explaining federal aid to edu
cation. DCCY Lenten mar
riage forums were set up in
five cities. Columbian Squires
Circle 871 named Governor
DiSalle an honorary coun
selor.
DENNIS C. Finneran, as
sistant editor of the Catholie
Times for six years, resigned
to accept a post with the
Youngstown Catholic Expo*
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