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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
US. Church
Membership
On Increase
Catholics Number More
Than Half Population
Regularly Affiliated

NEW YORK-NC) - American
churches had 88.673,005 members
in 1851, highest number in history.
The figure was released in the
new Yearbook of American Church
es, published here by the National
Council of the Churches of Christ.
an organization representing many
of the larger Protestant denomina-
tions.
The statistics showed that So per
cent Of the total population we're
church members in 1851. compared
with 49 per cent in 1910. The rise
in church membership Of "a per
cent since 1910 was described as
the most rapid in the past century.
II compared with an increase of Is
per cent in total population during
the same period.
Protestant membership in 1851
was given as 50. 162, ,432: Catholic
as 29,241 $50; The Official Catho-
lie Directory, 1852. gives the Catho-
lie population as %. 407 500: Jew
ish as 100000; Eastern Orthodox
as 1858, 585 and other as 410.408.
II was stated that for the past so
years Catholics and Protestants had
maintained "about the same rela-
tion to each other"
Benson Y. Lands. Yearbook ed
itor, said in an analysis Of the fig
ures that there is statistical evi-
dence that the people of the Unit
ed States turned to the churches in
period of war, international crisis
and the atomic age to a much
greater extent than in either the
depression years or the relatively
prosperous years of the l920's."
The Yearbook estimated the
number of religious denominations
in the United States in 1851 as 252
and said there we're 284, ,592
churches.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Diocesan Hospitals Feel Pinch
OF Initiation During Past Year
Operating Costs Up 20 Per Cent; New Additions And
improvements For Better Service

hospitals to make up the differ
ence of s280,599, principally, he
added, by donations.
The total number of patients
treated in the hospitals, Father
Kappes announced. was 38,113 for
a total of 297,274 patient days.
This was an increase from the to-
tai of 37,249 patients treated dur.
ing the preceding year.
The number of live births. he
said, jumped some six per cent.
The actual figures were 8,514 for
the year compared to 8,034 for
the year preceding.
The number of emergency bap
tisms in the hospitals for the year
be said, was 316, some of whom
we're adults.
The hospital facilities of the di.
ocese, Father Kappes pointed out
are constantly being improved. Ad.
ditions and improvements totalling
more than S8,500,000 have been
made or are now being made to
four of the hospitals. They are
Mt. Carmel, where bed capacity
was increased from $50 to 358; st,
AIMS, where bed capacity was dou-
bled to total of so; Mercy Hos.
pital, Portsmouth, where the bed
capacity has already been increas-
ed from 81 to more than 100, and
where the number of beds will be
shortly increased 10 lao, and Mer-
cy, Mt. Vernon, where building
now going on will double the pres.
ent rs beds.
The building program at Ports
mouth, Father Kappes added, in.
cludes a new nurses home, which
will be ready for occupancy some
time this fall.
In addition, Father kappes said
San Antonio Hospital, Kenton,
completed a 100000 renovation
and expansion program several
years ago.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Mems Club Opens
10th Year Today

The Rev Bennett Applegate,
acting Superintendent of Schools
for the Columbus Diocese, will be
the speaker when the Catholic
Mems Luncheon Club opens its
10th year with dinner meeting
at noon today, Friday. Sept. 5, at
the Virginia hotel, Columbus.
Father Applegate will discuss
the recent decision of the Colum-
bus Board of Health making nurs-
ing services available to Catholic
schools.
The Luncheon Club, which is
open to all Catholic men, collects
no membership dues of any kind.
1t regularly meets the first Friday
of each month. Moderator of the
Club is the Rev. William Kappes
and president is L. T. Murnane.
The trustees are.
Frank Lorenz, Leo KletZly, Ed
Ryan, Henry Reinhard, Mr.. Muir
name. Edward ]. Kirwin, Edward
Bringardner, E. H. Echenrode,
Ralph J. Krames, Sr. and Charles
Leach.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Mass To Open Catholic
Bible Week On Sept. 28
Scripture Forum,
TV Show Included
In Weeks Slate

A Solemn High Mass Coram
Pontifice, in St Joseph's Cathe-
dral Sept. %, will open the dioces-
an observance of Catholic Bible
Week, marking the 500th anniver-
sary of the first book made from
movable type the renowned Gu
tenberg Bible.
Bishop Ready of Columbus will
preside at the II am. Mass. and
the Rev George T. WOLF, STD,
instructor in Sacred Scripture and
Biblical languages at ST. Charles
College, will preach the sermon.
Father WOLF is diocesan director of
the week-long celebration.
Symposium Slated
In addition to the Mass, present
plans call for a "St. Jerome's
Night" at pm. Sept. 30 in the
Campus Theater. St. Charles Col
lege. Seminarians of this institu-
ton will take part in a symposi-
um, tracing the history of the Bi-
BILE from its first appearance at
the end of the second century, TO
the Latin Vulgate translated by
St. Jerome, and then to the time
Gutenberg gave it its printed form.
The public is invited to the forum,
which will also include question
and answer period.
Gutenberg, incidentally, was a
member of the Third Order OF st.
Francis. and printed the Catholic
Bible for a Europe which was then
still Catholic.
Religion teachers in Catholic
high schools in the diocese will al
so emphasize the Catholic tone of
the anniversary. Particular atten-
ton will be paid to such ques-
tions as the divine origin of the
Sacred Scriptures, their place in
the Church, and how and why the
list of Books in the Gutenberg BIZ
Continued on Page D
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Catholic Leader Explains Aims
Of Peoples Party In Austria
Says Austria Only Country On Continent Which Favors
Western Democratic Freedoms

One of the oldest civilized peo-
pie on the Continent, who brought
culture to all of southeastern Eu.
rope, yet they require further edu.
cation and tutelage. Today, Aus.
tria is the only country in the
world that favors the western dem.
ocratic form of government and
has a single. unified government,
although it is still occupied by the
four big powers: Soviet Russia,
United States, Britain and France.
In these times of trial and fer
ment, the Austrian people prepare
for their Katholikentag which fo-
cuSes attention on the country's
current social, cultural and politi-
cal problems, for not only upon
the Peoples Party but also upon
the Church in Austria weighs a
heavy responsibility for the future
of the country and for the material
and spiritual life of its people.
The Austrian Peoples Party be-
lieves that the general standard of
living can best be raised by CO.
operation between employer and
employee, by joint increase in
production; for only by increasing
national income can genuine social
achievements be financed. The
Peoples Party, therefore, is gen
uine anti-communist and non.
socialist movement. 1t seeks the
protection of the family, fosters
the private family home and stands
Continued on Page y
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

Official

OF the clergy.
Effective August 20, 1852
The Reverend csrolsme cIe PE, Assistant Pastor, 81.
John the Baptist Church and Chaplain Of Of
vent Columbus
EffectiUe August 80 1852:
The Reverend Philip Hoss s Chaplain Of Saint Rsphsss
Home for the Aged.
Effective September l. 1882
The Afred Devs oM, Chaplain of Columbus State
School and Columbus State Hospital;
The Reverend l. W. Duprey oP, Assistant Pastor of ssinf
Thomas Aqunas Church, ZsnesvIle.
Order OF the Most Reverend Bishop
ROLAND T. WlNEL
Chancellor
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

For the first time in 19 years,
Austria's Catholics will gather,
Sept. II, in Vienna for their ma
tional Katholikentag, the Catholics
Day, and many minds will remem-
ber a day in September 1888 and
the 10 turbulent years that have
passed since then.
The celebrations in 1888 marked
the 250th anniversary Of the siege
of Vienna when all of Europe was
saved from being engulfed by Is
lam, a deeply symbolic occasion.
In 1898, the eyes Of Europe were
focused on Vienna as $50 years
earlier the Christian world looked
toward the city to see if the Cross
of Christ still stood atop the spire
of st. Stephens Cathedral, vener-
able landmark of city beseiged
by hostile forces from the East.
In 1888, the world saw little Aus
tria struggling to defend herself
against the menace of the pagan
forces of Hitler's Third Reich, then
in the first year of its march to
conquest, power and ruin.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

lion whom priests or religious new
er meet. In beauty shops, in res
taurants, in stores and on the
streetcar, there is a potential re-
cruit for CHRIST if we will but open
our eyes and see him."
The greatest loss of the
Church in the United States to-
day." FIR. O'Brien said, lis the loss
coming from our failure to harness
the good will and latent mission
airy zeal of 80 million Catholics
now going unused. 1t is vast Nj
agara which, if harnessed, could
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

double or triple the number of
Catholics in this country in two
decades
Other speakers at the 50th an.
niversary meeting discussed re-
ligious vocations, the missions and
the general work of the schools
under the theme of Recruiting for
Christ.
At general session devoted to
Parent Teacher Associations, the
Rev. Edward Healey of st. Charles
college, Columbus, outlined and
refuted eight usual parental objec-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

not only prayer but consecrated
action to win converts to the
Faith.
Go out among the people in
your community" he told the Sis
ters, take an hour each day to go
in pairs to the various homes and
explain the Faith really be
recruiters for Christ"
Nevertheless, the famed educa-
tor declared, the real recruiters
must be the 30 million lay Catho-
lies of the nation. "The laymen, +"
he stressed, must hit the 100 mil
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

tions to the priesthood. The main
one, he said. is expressed by most
parents as Il won't LET my boy Tor
girD throw his life away"
This is the objection to the
general joyleSsness which some
parents feel is the lot of priests
and nuns" Father Healey said. IF
we appear a worried, cross and
petty lot then we can scarcely ex-
pect parents to choose or approve
of such a life for their children"
Priests and nuns. he continued,
must not allow the true happiness
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Carmel Schedules
Reception Rites

Martha Watts of Washington, D.
c., will receive the habit of the
Discalced Carmelite nuns in the
Carmel of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary in Columbus at religious
reception ceremony Saturday.
Bishop Hettinger will offer the
Mass and preside at the 9 a. m.
ceremony.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

NEW YORK. Ny. = NC -
The Army paid a lasting tribute to
a great soldier and an outstand-
ing Catholic when the former Pine
Camp was dedicated ae Camp
Drum for the late Lieut.. Gen.
Hugh A. Drum. The 107. .000-acre
military reservation is eight and
one-half miles from Watertown,
NY.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

of the Golden Jubilee meeting,
which centered on the general
theme of Recruiting for Christ, :"
the Rev. John J. O'Brien, professor
of religion at Notre Dame universi-
ty, told the Sisters and priests that
I'VE have just scratched the sur
face in recruiting for Christ In the
United States"
There are 100 million persons
in this country who rarely, if ever,
darken the door Of any church, ="
Father O'Brien said. To combat
this, he said the Sisters must use
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

Sparing nobody, initiation struck
heavily at the eight Catholic hos
pitfalls of the Diocese during the
past year, causing an increase in
operating expenditures Of more
than 26 per cent.
According to figures compiled
by the Rev. William Kappes, Di-
ocesan Director of Charities and
Hospitals, the operating expendi-
lures of the hospitals were S5,023,-
737.15 for the fiscal year July /,
1851 to June 80, 1852. This is an
increase of S1,043, ,721.09 over the
total of $3,980, ,721.06 for the cor
responding period of the preced-
ing year, or more than 26 per.
cent
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

of their state of life to be obscur-
ed from parents by trivial diff
culties showing through. mo par
ents will object to a vocation If
they think il is for their children's
happiness, he concluded.
The Rev James w. Kulp, dioces-
an director of the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith, at an
other general meeting outlined
three areas in the schools where
the bond between the missions and
the general theme of working for
Continued on Page 81
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Presents Credentials

VATICAN CITY - (NC) - The
new Colombian Ambassador to the
Holy See. Jose Antonio Montalvo,
recently presented his credentials
to His Holiness Pope Plus XII.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

Presiding at a Solemn Mass In
ST. Joseph's Cathedral, Bishop
Ready last week opened the fifti-
eth annual meeting of principals
and teachers of the Diocese of Co
lumbus. Some 568 delegates at
tended the opening Mass and the
remainder of the two day program
held at st. Mary of the Springs
College.
Delivering the opening sermon
was the Rev Paul Campbell, pas
tor of st. Lawrence church, Pitts
burgh, who listed ten things which
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05

make a school Catholic"
Using the early history of edu-
cation in the Columbus Diocese
as a backdrop, Father Campbell's
concluding reason was:
'Its the Catholic schooPs) con-
sistent effort to make religion so
dominate the classroom that its
precepts and practices shall per-
meate the soul of the child and
hold him through life firm in the
path of duty, no matter how fierce
the storms he may encounter"
Speaking at the closing session
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Then Hitler

Then Austria succumbed to Hit
Ter, passed through the horrors of
the second world war until the
collapse of the Third Reich
brought the rebirth of Austria as
a nation. Seven years have passed
since those memorable days of
April and May 1945, Austria was
liberated then-yet she still is not
really free.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Catholic Bible
Week Praised
By The Pope
Says Holy Scriptures Are
Shining Beacon Against
Despair, ,DisiIIusionment

WASHINGTON = NC) = Cele-
bration of Catholic Bible Week in
the United States, Sept. % to Oct
5. has been commended in a let
ter from His Holiness Pope Plus
XII.
1t is the first time an American
Bible Week has been the subject
of Papal letter since Biblical
Sunday was inaugurated in 1941.
The Pope's letter was sent
Through the Apostolic Delegation
to the United States by Bishop Ed
win V. O'Hara of Kansas City
Chairman of the Episcopal Com
mittee of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine, Bible Week
sponsor.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
LOm Arerage

At the same time, Father Kappes
said the average per diem expend-
iture per patient in the Catholic
hospitals was some six percent
lower than the average for all the
hospitals of the state, and more
than IA per cent lower than the
per diem expenditure of the 25
highest cost hospitals in the state.
He gave the figures as follows: for
the Catholic hospitals, S1540 av-
erage per diem expenditure; for
all the hospitals of the state,
$16.35, and for the Is highest cost
hospitals, S1795. Figures for the
hospitals of the state, he said,
were compiled by the Ohio Hos
pital Association.
The amount of free care which
the diocesan hospitals extended
during the year, Father Kappes
said, was SSH, ,998.73, or more than
per cent of the total operating
expenditures. OF this sum, he said,
state and private agencies, includ-
in the County Welfare depart
ments and the Community Chests,
contributed some 1921 1892. But
he pointed out, this still leaves the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Te1t OF Letter

Receipt of the letter was an
nounced at the annual meeting of
the Catholic Biblical Association
in Chicago last week. Text of the
letter was made public here today.
The Holy Father wrote:
81 has seemed fitting that the
la6dable initiative sponsored by
the Archconfraternity of Christian
Doctrine in the United States, to
formally commemorate the 500th
Anniversary of the printing of the
Gutenberg Bible by Catholic Bi-
BILE Week from Sept. % to Oct. 5
of this year, should receive from
Us a word of paternal encourage
ment.
This noteworthy centennial is
an event whose celebration calls
forth quite properly the fullest
participation of Catholics through
out the world. The very fact of the
production of the Bible as the first
great work of the newly discovered
art of printing, in that period when
Europe was reiigiously one and un-
divided in its Catholic Faith, is
but another clear attestation to
the maternal care of the one true
Church of Jesus Christ in safe
guarding, honoring and diffuSing
ever more widely, down through
the centuries from apostolic times,
the Sacred Word of God.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-09-05
Marked Progress

against the dangers of disil-
lusionment and despair at the fail
ure of worldly remedies in the
present crisis affecting all of man
kind, there ever remains shin
ing beacon, a sure source OF hope
and solace in the unchanging in
spiration of the Word of God.
"That the faithful of the United
States, not only during Catholic
Bible Week but subsequently as
well, will give themselves in in
creasing numbers to more fire.
quent reading of the Bible and
draw from meditation upon its
eternal truths spiritual light and
strength for the salvation of their
souls in Jesus Christ Our Lord, is
Our fervent and confident trust, in
pledge of which We impart to all
who generously cooperate in this
high purpose, Our paternal Apos-
tolic Blessing"
Evening star., 1952-01-15
The Cossodys Fete Visitor
The party nag was hoiSted ever

The party flag was hoisted ever
the quarters of Vice Admiral John
H. Cassidy, USN, and Mrs. Cas-
sadly yesterday in honor Of a visit
ing seafarer-Rear Admiral All
Ulusan, Chief Of Turkish Naval
Intelligence.
Admiral Cassidy, who is Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations fAir)
is one of the fortunate inhabitant.
of the lovely old houses owned by
the Navy at $500 e street NV
And no place could be more ad.
mirably suited to entertaining
over a hundred guests as the Cas-.
sadys' did yesterday.
The tone of the party wa.
strictly naval and everywhere one
looked, gold braid Shone forth
The United States Navy was ably
represented at the party by Vice
Admiral Jerauld Wright, Rear Ad.
miral E. T. Woodbridge, Rear Ad-
miral James II. Foskett, Admira,
D. B. Duncan, Rear Admiral r. F
Hickey. Rear Admiral j. H. Thach
Vice Admiral F. S. Low, and Real
Admiral r. r. Stout and theil
wives and, Of course, the Chief o1
Naval Operations and Mrs. VIII
liam Fechteler.
From the British navy came Ad.
miral Sir Cyril Douglas-Pennani
and Lady Douglas-Pennant ant
for the Netherlands there was
Rear Admiral and Mime. Hendrick
A. van Forest. Norway was rep.
Evening star., 1952-01-15

resented by Rear Admiral and
Mime. J. E. Jacobsen and I)enmark
by Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ram.
lau-Hansen.
The United States counterpart
to the Turkish honor guest wa.
also on hand for the festivities
Rear Admiral Felix johnson
who is chief of the Office of Nava
Intelligence. With him was hi,
petite, attractive wife.
Naturally. the guest Of honor's
countrymeri at the Turkish EN-
bassy were In attendance includ-
ing the Ambassador and Nine
Erkin, the Naval Attache ano
Nine. Haydar Olcaynoyan. the
Military Attache and Nine
Guvenc. the Air Attache and
Nine. Arman, Col. Hayri Sane1
and Brig. and Nine. Gregory Ket-
seas.
Others from the diplomatic
corps invited to drop by and meet
Admiral Ulusan were the Thai
land Ambassador and Princess
Wan Waithayakon, the Ecuador
Ambassador and Sonora Pena-
herrera, the French Ambassador
and Nine. Bonnet, and the Meth
Ierlands Ambassador and Nine
Van Roijen.
A scattering Of very familiar
Army names also made the list for
1.-THE party, headed by Gen. and
Mrs. Omar Bradley.
Admiral Ulusan arrived here
last week from Ankara.
Evening star., 1952-01-15
Mrs. Truman
ionoredby
Mrs. George

Mrs. Truman was the guest In
whose honor Mrs. Walter r.
George, wife of the Senator from
Georgia. entertained other mem-
bers of the Senior Congress Club
yesterday afternoon. The party
was given in the Chinese room Of
the Mayaower hotel where the
Georges have an apartment.
The Presidents wife is one Of
the honorary members Of the
group which includes wives Of
members Of Congress who came
before the 10th Congress. Other
honorary members include Mrs.
Alben w. Barkley who was in the
receiving line with Mrs. George
and Mrs. Truman; Mrs. Edward
Everett Gam, who now is serving
as the third president Of the
group; Mrs. Fred M. Vinson, first
president Of the group; Mrs. Har-
Ian Fiske Stone, widow of a Chief
Justice, Princess Cantacuzene,
lgrandd daughter Of President u. s.
Grant; and the wives Of members
lof the Supreme Court including
Mrs. Stanley F. Reed who was
among those assisting at the tea
table: Mrs. Felix Frankfurter, Mrs.
William o. Douglas, Mrs. Robert
H. Jackson. Mrs. Harold H. Bur-
ton, Mrs. Tom c. Clark and Mrs.
sherman Minton.
/ Mrs. George was dressed in gray
|organza over gray taffeta and was
without a hat. She wore no
flowers as so many friends sent
her bouquets she had them in q
mound on a table in the center OF
the room. Mrs. Gam was in black
velvet with which she wore q
black hat trimmed with rose color
feathers.
Standing with the hostess and
honor guest to receive, in addition
Ito Mrs. Barkley, Mrs. Gam and
Mrs. Vinson, were Mrs. William E.
IBorah and Mrs. Carter Glass, who
was the second president of the
group.
Evening star., 1952-01-15
Emily Post Advises

A disapproving guest asks:
when dining in a house where
there is no maid, is it good form
to expect ones guests to help with
the dishes? In my own house I
never permit any of my guests to
help me. I insist on their going
into the living room while I
quickly put the leftover food in
the refrigerator and stack my
dishes in the sink, and then go
Unto the living room to join my
guests. Some of my friends
(nearly alb insist on washing the
dishes Immediately after dinner
and their guests are made to feel
very uncomfortable II they do not
offer to help. Since I don't expect
this Of my guests, I resent very
much having to do this in the
houses Of others. VIII you please
|give me your opinion Of this?"
I thoroughly agree with you and
think your plan the right one.
Not an Obligation
Dear Mrs. Post: We are very
much disturbed to hear that we
are being criticized for not giving
each member of the wedding party
| at my daughters wedding group
picture. We never dreamed this
was an obligation, and as we are
people Of moderate means we
thought this was one expense that
could be eliminated. Will you
please tell us if we were wrong?
Answer: It would be very nice
for parents to give these pictures
as presents, but they are really
VERY expensive and fortunately
mot considered an obligation. Any
|of those who would like pictures
order them from the photogra-
pher and pay for them themselves.
Reading at Toble
Dear Mrs. Post: I would appre-
ciate your telling me if reading