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Evening star., 1952-05-21
POINTS TOR P0rentS-ly Edyth Thoma. walae.

Mother-You've had your early
lunch, now we"ll 60 to the grocery
store. But remember we won't eat
anything while we're there. When
we come home you can have your
map.
Evening star., 1952-05-21

Look to these features:
.. Full Spool Bobbin
. Sews pins and heoviest seoms
Sews leather. pIostic, oeIoth. dunoorees as we'll
as the finest fobrcs
Cover feed for embroiderno, dornine,
monoorommno, hemstitchino and buttonhoIino
Automatic tension releose
Precision stitch reoulotor
See this mese in Sewing Machines! Sew on !
and 4-hole buttons-sneps-hooks and eyes-maks
buttonholss - embroidery - applique darn seeks -
mend rips end teors-overeast ssams-sew on xppen
do plain and fancy quiltins-sfFoisht or xiexos
stitehnss. Yes, do things you never drsomt possible
oil with the cid Of wonderful attachments
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11
Have You Forgotten
Anything?

Last summer friend of ours took driving
trip through the East. He had many interesting
anecdotes to recount upon his return and one of
them especially interesting. He had kept
track of certain type of sign after first noticing
one in town through which he passing,
and amazed at the frequency with which it
recurred throughout his trip.
The signs which were erected in front of church
buildings, varied in size wording and lettering but
they all contained essentially the odd message:
This church will be closed for the summer"
The worship of God is not seasonal thing. At
least not in the sense that il grows and wanes
with the turning of the calendar pages. Remember
that thou keep holy he sabbath day" was spoken
of July's and AuguSt's sticky, sweltering Sundays
as well as of Decembers frosty ones.
It's just about this time Of year that the phrase
"Where you going?" becomes ambiguous. People
usually counter with the question, Right now
or do you mean on my vacation?"
Yes, already the maps are coming out. The "old
man" hardly heard from since last November has
new bounce to his step and sparkle in his eye.
He keeps mumbling about fishing, playing that new
links in Georgia and driving that new superhgh-
way. "Zum Zum," he goes, as he clolsters him
self in his study surrounded by maps travel folders
and the predicted stream conditions for months
ahead.
You can bet that the last day in the office will
not find this boy lacking any of the essential data
about roads, towns, restaurants, hotels, mOtels,
boats, rivers, streams, and regional sights and
amusements He'll be a walking atlas Tento-one
you couldn't catch him thing-except the shat
tering, S64 question: lis there Catholic church
in Happy Hollow; and if 50, what time the
Masses"
The obligation TO attend Mass on Sundays and
Holydays OF Obligation lasts throughout the whole
year. There is no letdown during vacation time.
One need fear that the Church will be closed
for the summer.
You can leave your vacation with lighter,
freer happier feeling il you have checked first and
found out that the city, town or resort you are
going to visit has Catholic church, OF if it doesn't
Just how far the nearest church is.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11
Persecution OF Or By
PrOteslants

II is not infrequent that American secular news
dispatches carry stories of persecution of Protest
ants in Catholic localities of the world This is
embarrassing TO Catholics here in this country and
must be cause of dsmay to their separated breth-
ren. Certainly II does not promote good will TO
publish such things especially without at
tempt to give both sides of the story. For GER
tainly there must be some sort OF explanation.
Our lament is that the newspapers seem TO disre-
gard their obligation to publish truth. In almost
all Of these instances they have failed in their sacred
trust
Take, for instance, the story which came out of
the South American country Of Colombia IN De
cember last II was charged that there was "relg.
ious persecution OF Protestants." But what is the
true story which has not been given corresponding
publicity by the American press?
II must be remembered that Colombia is and
has been over ninety-nlne per cent Catholic For
Protestant missionaries 10 90 10 such land is only
TO undertake vigorous proselyzing. To be success
full at all they must be anti-Caholic which they
have been. Attacks upon the Catholic Church have
been going on for some years. The Constitution
establishes freedom of worship. but IL does not
entle Protestants, Catholics for that matter to
preach against or viify the religion of their fellow
citizens The civic and Church officials have con
stantly condemned this procedure, matter by
whom praceed
In published attacks the wrath is again evi-
dent The Pope is called "a beast" Confession is
labeled trap to catch pigeons especially if
the priest S young .. II IS the sewer OF the moral
filth of a whole country and The greatest disgrace
to its recipients" The Hierarchy is condemned as
monster working IN the kingdom of God Bishops
are "audacious and evil men" There is nothing
as antiChrlsan and as far removed from the
preachngs Of Jesus as the Catholic Church !"
What would happen If Catholics adopted this
procedure IN the United Staes2 For Protestant
missionaries TO act thus in country almost en-
tlrely Catholic is not only TO invite trouble il is
actually doing everything to provoke it, Protest
ants in the United States would certainly be
embarrassed no end to know that this goes on
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11
Easter Duty?

The approach of the Easter season brings to mind
fact that has been noted here before. And that is
the amazed incredulity of person who is taking
instructions (and has just finished learning what
the Blessed Sacrament Isl to find out that there is
law which is intended to insure the reception of this
Sacrament by every Catholic at least once year.
The prospective convert cannot fathom any one
neglecting to receive his God and Saviour into his
body and soul not merely once but many times
year. Yet, each year there Catholics who do
neglect to make their Easter duty; and If the fact
of the existence of the law stumps the catechumen
for while, the fact that it is flouted entirely by
some is beyond comprehension.
It is feasible that there might be some excuse
for missing ones Easter Duty if it had to be fulfilled
on just one particular day during the year. Actually
the period during which one has to perform his
Easter Duty lasts here in the United States from
the first Sunday of Lent to Trinity Sunday period
of 80 days!
To any one who has the faintest conception of
what the Bessed Sacrament is, the word duty in
the phrase Easter Duty" must have a false ring
To the true Christian there can be no such thing
Easter duty, but only daily, august privil-
ege
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11
Easter Growth

The cycle which began with the first Sunday of
Advent would seem 10 have come full-circle with
this Sundays glorious feast OF Christs Resurrec
tion from the dead And yet the space of time be-
tween the two Is only fraction of full calendar
year.
With Advent the Christian soul is lead by the
Church to recall the beginning of the fulfillment
OF the Messianlc prophecies concerning the coming
Of a Redeemer. short four months later the proph
ecies are completed. What happens the other eight
months Of the year?
The church year begins with Advent. 1t follows
In It's feasts-rejoeing souowing-the life of the
Saviour here on earth. II would seem logical that
the end of the church year would coincide with the
Resurrection of Christ-and that the celebration of
this feast would come some twelve months after
the beginning Of Advent Such is not the case
The full Christian cycle is made up of Christ's
redemptive mission here on earth Ills birth. life,
death and resurrection. This part of the cycle is
given over to the accomplishment OF Gods plan for
His Divine Son. The rest Of the year is given over
to the accomplishment of God The Sons plan for u.s.
The word Easter" comes 10 us from an old Anglo
Saxon word meaning spring" Spring is known
fradtionally as the in which growth starts
The Christian soul, bathed in the Easter waters
flowers and grows in the grace of Easter
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11

cial Democracy" led by Pietro
Nenni, under their wing. A di-
rect appeal has now been issued
by Arturo Colombo, member of
the Italian Politburo, TO the
Right Social Democrats to aban-
don cooperation with the cler-
icals" and join up with the COM
munists.
This reminds uS again of the
unstable character Of the social
democratic parties as oppon-
entS of communism. Their lead
ership does make a gesture at
fighting the representatives of
Stain, since the social democrats
stand for the gaining of social
ism by parliamentary" means.
Their basic foundation, however,
is Marxist one, since they also
claim TO be followers of Karl
Marx. This compels them to look
two ways, and permits the COM
munists to disintegrate their
membership. This has been the
history of social democracy, in
country after country during the
past twenty-five years and more.
II is significant that the two
big selling points which the
communists are using are the
hatred of "clericalism" and at
tacks on "the laekeys of Ameri-
can imperialism" The effort is
clearly directed at creating un.
easiness among the social demo
Gratis and following that up with
dissension. For the social demo.
cratic heritage is as dntire.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11
WASHINCTON LETTER
WASHINCTON LETTER
Wye BeUan Put Straight

WASHINGTON - The danger
and evil of Russian communist
aggression in the world are warn
ed against in a most vigorous and
striking manner in some mater
ial that has reached this coun-
try from abroad.
Ii is of interest that the author
of the material is a Spanish
scholar living in exile because of
his differences with the Franco
regime i'm his homeland. There is
added interest in the fact that he
speaks out in an open letter adj
dressed to AneurIn Bevan, a po-
litically powerful figure who is
striving to gain control of the
Labor Party in England.
Americans will recall in this
connection that more than once
Mr.. Bevan has said things that
must be of great comfort to JOS
eff Stain and the Kremlin crowd,
while at the same time taking
healthy swings at the re-
armament program of the Unit
cd States. incidentally, Mr.. Bev-
an has just published a book, In
Place of Fear" which will be
issued in this country. 1t ex-
presses his political beliefs.
What has reached this country
is a collection of excerpts from
the letter of Don Salvador dc
Madariaga to Mr.. Beyan, as the
result of a recent speech by the
latter. The letter was printed in
full in the Manchester Guardian
of March 20.
Mr.. BeVan's Credo
The Spanish writer noted that
Mr.. Bevan, speaking at Jarrow,
said: THE dangers from com
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11

destroyed or sold. Canon No.
924) If the blessed object breaks
and is partly replaced in being
repaired it does not lose the in
dulgence attached to its use, for
the Code of Canon Law says "en-
tirely destroyed" In regard to
beads given to someone other
than the one for whom they
were blessed by decree of Pope
Alexander VII in 1857 it was de-
cided that they lost their bless
ing. BY the present law, how
ever, 1t is lost only when the OBJ
1ect is sold, not when it is given.
According to Woywood C''Practic-
al Commentary on the Code'D
not every exchange of money in
dicates selling an indulgenced
object: "If one buys a religious
article and commits to the seller
the task of having them blessed,
and the buyer pays the price and
the expenses for the sending aft
er he has received the blessed
articles, the indulgences are not
lost" He continues and quotes an
official Interpretation to show
that a person may not get a
large quantity of beads, crucifix-
es, etc. blessed and then sell
them, even for the regular price.
The induIgences would be lost.
Only total destruction of the OBJ
ject or real sale of a blessed OBJ
ject causes loss of the blessing.
@. Is there st. Elmo? Pve
wondered because of the book
of that name.
A. April 18th is the feast of st.
Peter Gonzalez also known as st.
Elmo, patron of Spanish and
Portuguese sailors who confused
the holy apostle of the water
fronts with an earlier saint whose
name was Erasmus. He was
born in Spain about 1190 and gave
up a gay worldly life for a full
apostolic life converting many
through his untiring labors. The
novel of that name is not related
to him.
@. Wig are the Virgin Mdry's
garments aIIOdyS ShotOn as blue?
A. Probably because of its con-
nection with the sky the color
blue even before Christianity was
established as significant of eth
ereal or heavenly personalities,
both in the Levitical system of
the Jews and in pagan practice.
AS Queen of heaven the Blessed
Virgin has had this color special
ly associated with her and by
special indult some dioceses of
Spain, Mexico and the shrine at
Lourdes use blue vestments for
certain feast days of Mary.
Send questions to Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16), Ohio.
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LOUIS n. BUDENZ
A Big Question In Italy

NTH any cooperation aOith the
Christian Democratic Party or
the United States as TO prevent
adequate Italian defense.
Not Durable Allies
Catholics have been forewarn-
ed as TO the character of social
democracy many times by the
Holy See. The MARKHAM thought
which moves the socialists, and
which also gives birth to COM
muniSm, has been stressed.
Catholics hare repeatedly been
told that the socialists, as much
as they might irish to oppose
communism, are not durable al
lies.
The great question raised by
the new communist campaign
among the Italian socialists is a
serious one: WiH this more
hamper Italy in its cooperation
NTH the United States against
SoUiet aggression? Immediate
ly and practically: WilI the
communists succeed in so diS-
tntegrating the socialists as to
make them a force lUorking dc-
tttdlly against the NAT0 arm
les?
The United States is putting
billions of dollars into the equip
ment of these armies, and it
would be fatal for the plans to
be scuttled with such large sums
and efforts involved. There has
been considerable questioning as
TO whether this country has not
tended to rely too much on the
social democratic parties in Eu-
rope. One of the arguments for
giving a cold shoulder to Gen
eral Franco, and not arranging
for full defense cooperation with
Spain, is that such an action
would ALLEVIATE European social
lists. II would seem that the
realities of the European scene
called for more consideration
of Spain as a cooperator in the
defense of that continent.
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East that the Iron Curtain does
not coincide with the French At
lantlc coast, and that we are still
allowed to live in this comfort
able part of the world, to quote
your own words"
The writer asked Mr.. Bevan if
he really wants 10 "stand by his
remark that he "cannot see any
sense" in the American rearma-
ment plan. you have seen the
rape of so many Eastern Euro
pear nations, the frontiers of
Poland and Germany pushed
westwards with brutality which
no nation but Hitler's Germany
could have equalled, Eastern
Germany reduced to a cardboard
state, Austria bied white; you
who must have read communist
literature and followed the Mos
COW press, you ask what the use
of American rearmament can
be-"
You complain" he continued,
that no one has yet tried to
put any sense in that rearma-
ment. Let me try. To begin with,
1t keeps you alive ;"
The Spanish scholar told MIR.
Bevan that "the rearmament of
America is indispensable to
place the West in position to
talk to Moscow at all"
Refugees from Eastern Eu-
rore who have seen de Madar-
iaga's letter have embraced it
enthusiastically, word reaching
here says. 1t has been said to
express the concern which all
of them feel about Mr. Bevan's
utterances. which they contend
play into the communists hands.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11

LgiouS as the communist one.
furthermore, nothing is more in
timiddting to a Mdr1iSt than to
be accused of being an agent
Of capitalist imperialism"
Critical Moment
The Red appeal to the right"
socialists appeared in the Comm
forms organ for February %. 1t
has therefore been distributed
throughout Italy since sometime
in January. This is a critical
moment, for it comes just at the
time when the Christian Demo
cratic Party and those working
with it are seeking to plan the
defense of Italy from Soviet ag-
gression. They are preparing, if
their plans 90 through, for their
contribution to the NATO armies
of defense in Europe. 10 is
against those preparations and
these armies that the commun-
lists strike.
The social democrats are told
by the communist appeal that
Socialism, for which they stand,
is now "a living reality, effected
by the peoples of the great Sow
ct Union" 1t is stated that a
society exists in Soviet Russia
free from exploitation and OPP
preston, from want and anxiety
for the morrow" such as Marx
promised long ago. Nothing of
course is said about Soviet slave
labor, the secret police, or the
great standing armies of "the fa-
therland of the toilers."
The communists do not con-
ceal what their purposes are in
raising these hopes which all
MarxistS have lived on for years.
II is a tlrofold objection. first,
to enroll the social democrats
IN the struggle for economic
demands" tohich the commun.
lists frankly state should be used
for revolutionary purposes. That
could tie up production. Sec
ond, to make the social demo.
Gratis so ashamed or SO restless
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thedralS and erected the high
spires of scholastic thought-not
even in the earliest Christian
days of all, when Our Lord walk
ed the earth. But there have
surely been few times when to
keep the Faith required such re-
sistance to outside pressures as
it does today.
Today Caesar wears not only
a toga but also a professors cap
and gown. He attacks the Truth
not as a mere treason to the
state, but as an offense against
another truth. The black and
white of the old martyrdoms has
yielded to twilight gray: to be
a Cardinal Mindszenty and resist
in such circumstances requires
more than a strong will and a
Selfless love. 1t also demands a
subtle capacity for catching fall
lacies at their slippery best.
The soul, we are told, has two
main faculties: the reason and
the will. Today both of them
are under fierce lombard
ment. And it is a more vicious
and frightening attack, in some
ways, than those of the early
heresies.
For the Arians, the Donatists
and the rest were all travelling
towards the same bright City of
God. They had their disagree
ments as to the quickest short
cuts for getting there. They ar
gued about the nature of the an
gels whom they eventually hoped
to meet. They even developed
wild theories insisting that no
civil ruler should be obeyed I'M
less he was in state of grace.
They had many peculiar notions
rafting in their holy, Christian
heads. But none of them was
mad enough to doubt that the
end of mans existence was the
service of his Lord, and none of
them doubted that that Lord was
God.
Siren Songs
When the whole civilized
world has thus agreed on the
basic truths of life, then argu-
ments about the theological de-
tails are not completely shatter-
ing to most men. An occasional
Abelard may destroy his life
through heresy, but most men
and women see the goal clear be
fore them; their only real trou.
BILE is controlling their selfish
impulses sufficiently to keep on
the road to it. There are no
cross ways to confuse the faith
full in an age of Faith.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-11
INQUIRY CORNER
What Is The Mass Of
The Presdnctit1ed?

@. What is the Mass of the
PreSanctified?
It is the consumption at the
High Altar of the Host which
was consecrated (sanctified) the
previous day, Holy Thursday, and
kept on the altar of repose for
alteration. Actually it is not
mass, but solemn reception of
Holy Communion by the priest,
no mass being offered on the day
commemorating the death and
burial of Christ.
@. Granted that some Euro
pean MaSoBS are dat5-CathoIic
lUhy does the Church condemn
those an this country?
The Church does not condemn
any Freemasons. The internation-
al organization with its basic re-
ligious background, naturalis-
tic one, identified with deism
and atheism in many instances,
was disapproved from its begin
ming by the representative of
Christ, the Holy Father. Any
Catholic who disobeys Christ in
the clear teaching of His Church
in this matter is excommunicat-
ed, being deprived of the sacra-
ments, of public prayer and
Christian burial. Pope Clement
XII, who condemned the organi-
zation as such in 1873 knew the
facts. An English-speaking lodge
had been established in Rome as
early as 1875 and Pritchard in
the Masonry Detected" had pub
lished their secrets to the world
orally joined for business or So
in 1880. Many American MasonS
do not know the philosophy and
religion of Masonry, as Pope Leo
XIII observed, noting it is gen
cial reasons. The Church does not
condemn any sincere man, no
matter what his religion or be-
lief may be, although it speaks
without fear or prejudice to
point out organizations which
are out of harmony with truth
or the teachings of Christ. The
nature of the oath demanded of
members and its basic theology
makes it impossible for Catho-
lies. The magazine ''The Amer
lean Freemason" pointed out
some years ago: "This magazine
has never swerved from the po-
sition that between the Masonic
fraternity and the Catholic
Church there is an antagonism
inherent in the nature of the or
ganizations
Q. If | received a rosary as a
gift that had been blessed
Mould receive the indulgences
on it? mean one that had
been aSed?
A. Certainly. An indulgenced
object such as rosary beads may
lose the blessing only by being
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