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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Catholic Press
Gains 2 Million
New Readers
Circulation Hits New High
OF l7,25l,449; Secular
Daily Newspapers Lag

NEW YORK - While US. Secu-
lar daily newspapers register a
decline in circulation, the Ameri.
can and Canadian Catholic press
has climbed to its greatest circu.
lation in history.
This was disclosed by compar.
ison of trade publication figures
with statistics reported here in a
Catholic Press Association survey,
According to the survey, 549
publications issued by the us
and Canadian Catholic press cur
rently have a circulation of IT..
251, ,449. This is a gain of two
million subscribers over the last
official figure released by the
Catholic Press Association in 1850.
Meanwhile, Editor G. Publisher,
newspaper trade weekly, report
ed U. S. daily newspaper circula-
tions showing one per cent drop
for the first quarter of 1852, com
pared to that quarter of the pre-.
ceding year.
James F. Kane, executive secre.
tary to the Catholic Press Associa.
ton, pointed out that the Catholic
press is expanding much more in
the number of new publications
Continued on Page q
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Catholic Education
Is Topic Of Meet

ST. LOUIS - (NC) - Champ
ioning of the parochial school
system will be stressed at the ma
tional convention of the Catholic
Central Verein of America and the
National Catholic Women's Union
here Aug. 1920.
In inviting Catholic laity and
clergy to participate, Albert j.
Sattler of New York, national pre-
Sident of the Central Verein,
stressed that this convention will
be most important in view of the
complex problems facing tn e
Church in America. He cited as
an example the recent attacks on
the parochial schools.
Approximately 100 delegates
will attend the fiye-day session.
The National Catholic Women's
Union has a membership of over
100, 900 and the Central Verein
numbers more than 10000 men.
Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter OF
st. Louis is Episcopal Protector of
the Central Verein, while his EN-
inence Samuel Cardinal Stritch,
Archbishop of Chicago, is Episco-
pal Protector of the National Cath.
olic Women's Union.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
The Sacred Priesthood

The priesthood is a great
work gift of the Divine Re
deemer, Who, in order to per-
petuate the work of redemp-
ton of the human race which
He completed on the Cross,
confided His powers to the
Church which He wished to be
a participator in His unique and
everlasting Priesthood. The
priest is like another Christ"
because he is marked with an
indelible character making him,
as it we're, living image of
our Saviour. The priest repre-
sents Christ Who said, "As the
Father has sent me, | also send
you" 'he who hears you, Hears
Me" Admitted to this most sub
lime ministry by call from
heaven, "he is appointed for
men in the things pertaining to
God, that he may offer gifts and
sacrifices for sins" To him
must come anyone who wishes
to live the life of the Divine
Redeemer and who desires to
receive strength, comfort and
nourishment for his soul.
From the EneyeIiesl
"Menti Nosfrae"
of Plus XII
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Retreat Group
Sets Meeting
For Columbus
First Regional Conference
OF Laywoman's League
Planned For November

The first regional conference of
the National Laywomen's Retreat
Movement ever held in Ohio will
be held at the Deshler- -Wallick ho-
tel in Columbus Nov. 8 and 9.
The meeting, to be known as
the Ohio State Regional Confer.
ence, is coming to Columbus at
the invitation of Bishop Ready. II
is the fourth such conference to
be held in the nation, according
to Mrs. Thomas j. Murnane, of St.
Mary Magdalene parish, Columbus,
who is serving as publicity chair
man.
The two-day meet will be han
died through the Religious Activ-
tiles Committee of the Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women. The
Rev. Edward F. Healy, Diocesan
Director of Lay Retreats, has ap-
pointed Mary Boland of Holy
Name parish and Blanche Maegher
of Our Lady of Victory parish to
serve as co-chairmen.
Three national officers of the
group recently attended a meeting
called here by FIR. Healy to lay
initial plans for the conference,
Those attending included Gather
inc Bauer, president, and Mary
Jane Sullivan, executive secretary,
both of st. Louis, and Catherine
Carney, of Chicago, regional vice
president.
Main business at the initial
meeting was the setting up of a
tentative program and the discus
sion of the work of the prospec-
tive committee chairmen.
Purpose of the regional confer
ence is to bring together women
desiring to exchange ideas on re-
treats and to stimulate interest
among those who are not acquaint-
ed with them.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Will Observe
Meeting OF
'PrOtestants
Catholics Named To Attend
Convention; Gather This
Month AT Lund, Sweden

ST0CKH0LM-.NC)-It has been
confirmed that Catholic observers
will be present when the Faith and
Order Commission of the World
Council of Churches meets at Lund.
Sweden. from Aug. Is to %.
The World Council is a fedora
tion of Protestant churches which
includes also small g~oup of east
ern Orthodox bodies.
The Swedish Hierarchy h d
named three Swedish priests to
act as observers at the Lund meet
ing, Msgr. David Assarson. Father
de PailIeret, O.P., and Father Ger
lach, So.
The designation. OF Catholic OBJ
servers at the Swedish meeting is
in harmony with instructions is
sued by the Holy Office in Feb
ruary. 1850. it has been pointed
out. These instructions permitted,
even encouraged. Bishops to name
competent priests to treat with
persons outside the Faith in such
a way as to assist them in under
standing the Catholic Church's doc
trines and teachings while taking
pains to maintain its position as
the cne true Church
The Faith and Order Commission
is a Christian unity movement
which combined with the Life and
Work Movement to form the World
Council of Churches at Amsterdam,
Holland, in 1948. The Commission
deals with theological issues in
volved in reunion.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Bishop Ready Designates Collection
Day TO Help Homes For The Aged
AS Well AS For The Home Missions
Cites Need; Asks
Church Donations
Be Made Aug. IL

Bishop Ready has set Sunday,
Aug. II, as the day for the annual
collection for the aged people of
the Columbus diocese and for the
welfare of the home missions.
The dav is the Sunday within
the octave of the Feast of the AS
sumption and the works for the
aged and the missions have been
commended to Mary's protection.
There are two homes for the
aged and iEfirm in the diocese, st.
Raphsel's, 1850 Roxbury Road, and
St. Rita's, f415 Z. Broad Street.
Both are supervised by the Car
melite Sisters for the Aged and
Infirm.
st. RaphaeI's, first of its kind
in the diocese, was opened in jan
uary, 1948. A new three-story wing
was added in 1850 which increased
the capacity of the home to rs
persons. The original ST. Raphaeps
was the former Samuel P. Bush
estate which was built in 1917 of
stone from the quarries of Marble
Cliff. The property has three land
scaped acres. The new addition,
built on the south end of the older
structure, is of stone similar to the
original, and is fireproof through
out.
The home contains the most
modern of rooms and equipment,
chapel, recreation room, an
occupational room, screened d
porches, a diet kitchen on each of
the three floors of the new wing,
and barber shop for the men and
a beauty salon for the women. In
addition, there is a special ''St.
Joseph's Workshop" where the
men can keep themselves occu-
pied.
St. Rita'S was for 30 years a
Catholic home for working girls
before its conversion to a home
for the aged in 1949. 1t, too, was
remodeled and enlarged in 1852.
expanding its facilities to accom-
modate so men and women. All
rooms were remodeled and refur-
nished, a new chapel, recreation
room and dormitory were built in
the annex, while the old chapel
was converted to an eight-bed in
firmary.
The Carmel ite congregation
which is dedicated to the work
Continued on Page q
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
OSU Newman
Group To Go
To Natl Meet
Will Also Play Host To
Ohio Valley Province
Al Fall Meeting Here

A delegation of Catholic students
from Ohio State University, mem.
bers of the Newman Club, led by
their chaplain, the Rev. James Nc.
Evan, will attend the national
Newman Club Federation at Pur.
due University, Sept. 4 to 7.
AT the same time, Father Nc
Evan announced that Columbus
will be the scene of the fall meet
ing of the Ohio Valley Province of
Newman Clubs which will be held
Oct. "a to rs in the Newman Club
here at 1916 hka avenue. Students
from some 130 secular colleges ano
universities in Michigan, Kentucky
Ohio, Indiana and West Virgins
will journey TO Columbus TO take
part in the meeting to be held al
the Newman Club here at 1916
Iuka avenue.
Preparations for attending the
national convention at Purdue
will be discussed, Father McEwan
said, at an executive meeting of
the Ohio State Newman Club to be
held next Sunday.
Delegates from some 900 Newman
clubs, representing some 100000
Catholic students in secular col
leges and universities throughout
the country are expected at the ma
tionaI convention at Purdue.
Highlight of the convention will
be the presentation of the John
Henry Newman award to an out.
standing lsyman. Past recipients
of the award are Mrs. Clare Booth
Luce and Myron Taylor.
Another feature of the conven
ton will be the offering of Divine
Liturgy according to the Ruthenian
Rite in st. Thomas Aquinas Chapel
on September 5 by the Rev. De
slider Simcoe, pastor of St Mary'S
Greek Catholic Church, Trenton
NJ. Father Simcoe is married and
the father of five children The
Ruthenian Rite is one of the 1e
rites in the Catholic Church. some
of which have married clergy.
Bishop John G. Bennett of La,
fayette in Indiana, will offer Sol.
emn Pontifical Mass in the chapel
Continued on Page y
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Life On Other Worlds? Could
Be, Says Catholic Theologidn
What Are These Saucers? Something? Nothing?
Here's What Eminent Catholics Say

Do flying saucers really exist? If
so, what are they? Can they be
from other planets as many have
Speculated?
These are some of the current
questions the NCWC News Service
posed to three eminent Catholic
scientists and an equally eminent
Catholic theologian.
The three scientists, while ad-
mitting that the saucers are some
kind of phenomena, were unwill-
ing to commit themselves to any
other possibility than that they
might prove to be natural mani
festationS.
The theologian, unwilling to
comment on scientific aspects of
the saucers, if any, was quite will
ing to state that there is nothing
whatever in Catholic theology
which denies the possibility of the
existence of life on other planets.
Something, But
DR.. George Speri Sperti, an au-
thority in scientific research ac-
knowledges that objects could be
made to travel at flying saucer"
speeds but adds there are no de-
pendable data upon which to base
conclusions regarding the "sau-
GERS" DIR. Sperti is director of
the Institutum Divi Thomae with
headquarters in Cincinnati; men,
Der of the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences; discoverer of biodines;
inventor of the K-va meter and the
Sperti sun lamp treatment process,
and author of works on scientific
subjects.
Louis Henry Crook, an expert
in the field of aerodynamicS points
out that "flying sancers" are MOTH
ing new and have been reported as
being seen for years. - confident
expects that meteorologists one
day will come up with the answer.
Mr.. Crook is head of the school Of
aeronauticai engineering at the
Catholic University of America,
who has perfected several import
ant inventions in the field of aero
dynamics.
The Rev. Francis ]. Heyden, 81. :,
one of the nations leading astron-
omers, holds that there is no use
specializing on the subject because
there is nothing to speculate on.
Father Heyden, astronomer at
Georgetown University, was chief
astronomer of the Manila Observ-
atory in the Philippines from 1881
to 1884, taught astronomy and
navigation at Harvard from 1912 to
1914, and has written extensively
in the field of astronomy.
The Very Rev. Francis ]. Con-
nell, C.SS.R., an eminent theolog-
ian. while not Pumping for inter
planetary machine theory, never
theleSs points out that nothing in
theology would discount the posi-
bility that life-even a better life
than world-bound folks know it
exists on other planets. Father Con-
nell is dean of the School of Sac
red Theology at the Catholic Uni
versity of America, associate ed
itor of the American Ecclesiastical
Review, and widely known as a
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08

radio speaker, author and teacher.
Father Connell asks: Can Catho-
lie doctrine admit of one or per-
hapS more worlds, other than ours,
peopled with rational beings sim
liar to men on earth?
The answer OF theology is:
Neither revelation, the common
teaching of. the Fathers, tradition,
nor the solemn pronouncements
rule out the possibility of life, per
haps similar to ours, on another
planet.
'Theologians have speculated on
this problem long before Orson
WeIIes frightened America with
dramas of Men from Mars" or
Buck Rogers, and before space
ships" became standard fantasies
in the Sunday comics.
More tnan 10 years ago the ques-
ton was discussed by the Rev
Angelo Secchi, famous Italian Jes.
uit astronomer, and the Rev Jac
ques Monsabre. prominent French
Dominican orator. Both admitted
the possibility of rational creatures
existing on another planet.
A modern theologian who touch.
ed on the question is the Rev
George Van Mort, Dutch scholar
who died within the last decade
In his Treatise on God the Gre
ator," published in 1920, Father
Van Mort states: A person would
not violate the faith who would be
lieve that there are certain ration.
al creatures on other heavenly
bodies page 1922. Theologians have
never dared to limit the 0mnipot
ence of God to the creation of the
world we know"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Solemn Requiem
Mass Sung For
Sr. Mary Pascal

Solemn Requiem High Mass was
sung in the Convent Chapel of the
College of st. Mary of the Springs,
Columbus, July % for Sister Mary
Pascal (White), O.P., who died
three days earlier.
A native of Newark, Sr Pascal
had taught in Catholic schools for
the past 400 years. Last year, she
instructed the 7th and 9th grades
of st. Mary's school, Lancaster.
She is survived by two sisters,
Sister Mary Annette, o. p, of st.
Mary of the Springs, and Mrs.
Mary Meyers, of Reynoldsburg,
and two cousins, Mrs. Clare Car
roll, of Columbus, and the Rev.
William 0'Brien, pastor of ST.
Mary's Church, Delaware.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Notre Dame Honors Two
Noted Catholic Educators

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - NC) -
The Rev. Mother Mary Gerald
Barry, O.P., president of two col
Ieges-Barry College in Miami,
Fla, and Sienna Heights College,
Adrian, Mich.-and the Very Rev.
Francis J. Connell, C.SS.R., dean
of the School of Sacred Theology
at the Catholic University of
America, Washington, DC, will
receive honorary Doctor of Laws
degrees from the University of
Notre Dame, August 8.
The occasion will be the 107th
annual commencement exercises.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Masses Slated
At Fairgrounds

Two Masses will be said in
the Music Hall of the State
Fairgrounds, Columbus, Sun
day, Aug. "a for the benefit of
Catholics attending the annual
Ohio State Fair.
The Right Rev. Msgr. George
Schmenk of the Josephinum
will offer both Masses - Low
Mass at $50 a. m. and a High
Mass at 1890 a. m. The Girls
Choir of ST. Peters church, Co
lumbus, will sing the High Mass.
The Music Hall is located in
the southwest corner of the
Fairgrounds.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Diocese Offers Course
In Liturgical Music AT
St. Charles Aug. 1922
5-Day instruction
To Include Choir,
Organ Techniques

The first summer school of
liturgical music ever to be held
in the Columbus Diocese will open
Monday, Aug. 18, at St. Charles
College, and run through Friday,
Aug. %.
Under the sponsorship of the
Gregorian Institute of America,
Toledo. the school is one of sew
eral which are being conducted
throughout the country, Ito en-
courage the proper practice of
church music and to- assist organ
lists, choir masters, and teachers
to gain better understanding of
church music"
According to the Rev F. Thorn
as Gallen, Diocesan Director of
Church Music and instructor at
st. Charles, the weeks session is
open to priests, nuns, and laymen
and women who are organlStS,
choir masters, members of choirs
ana classroom teacnerS OF music. =
Special Teachers
Two special teachers have been
engaged for the sessions at st.
Charles, Father Gallen said. They
are the Rev. Alfred Trudeau,
S.S.S. of Eymard Seminary, Suf-
fern, NY, and Mr.. John Yonk-
man, secretary of the Ft. Wayne,
Ind, Diocesan Church Music Com
mission.
Father Trudeau, who is a we'll
known composer and teacher, will
conduct the sessions on Gregorian
Chant, while Mr.. Yonkman, who is
also organist and director of music
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Mt the Cathedral in Ft. Wayne, will
conduct the sessions on choral
technique.
The fee for the sessions is SIS.
Father Gallen said, and arrange
ments for meals for those attend
ing are being made to be served
in the cafeteria. For those COM
ing from outside the diocese, he
said, special living accommoda-
tions are being set up in the DOR
mitories. but, he added, = in the
latter case registration must be
we'll in advance. Such living ac-
commodations would cost $40, he
said.
Those wishing to attend, he add
ed. can register directly with the
Gregorian Institute of America,
2132 Jefferson Avenue, Toledo; or
by making advance reservation dl-
rectly at st. Charles College, 2OlO
E. Broad Street.
The Curriculum
The curriculum for the weeks
sessions is as follows:
Glasses from am. to 1890 am.
in Gregorian Chant, theory and
methods; from 1890 am. to IL
noon, classes in choral and vocal
techniques, practical choir training
methods, selection of music and
repertoire and sight reading drill.
Each afternoon seminar or
round table discussions will be
held on selection of music, liturgy,
choir management, church music
legislation and the use of the e-or-
gan at church services. The after
noon sessions will be under the di-
rection of Father Gallen.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
appealed To UN

The non-JeWish representatives
appealed to Mr.. Lie to bring their
petition to the competent body iE
the UN with a view to influenc-
ing the government of Israel not
to force Israeli citizenship on them,
and at the same time not to de-
prive them of their basic human
rights as a retaliatory measure"
The non-JewiSh leaders protest
was made in the wake of other
steps which were regarded here as
reputation of the UN decision
regarding the Observation-Disclosures
of the Holy City. These were the
action of the Israeli government
in proposing to transfer its Foreign
Office from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem
AS it had done earlier with other
branches of government-and the
subsequent removal OF various en-
bassies to Jerusalem.
The United States recently
warned Israel against moving its
foreign office to Jerusalem while
the question of internationalizing
the Holy City remained unsettled.
It said il had no intention of shift
ing the American embassy from
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08

One session of the Diocesan
Summer School of Liturgical
Music at st. Charles College will
be held free, according to Fa-
ther Gallen. This is a special
clinic to be held Thursday, Aug.
21 at 8 pm. 1t will be conduct
ed by Mr.. Ralph Jusko, publica-
tions director of the Gregorian
Institute, and is open without
charge to all choir directors,
choir members and organiSts OF
the diocese.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
No Abstinence
Next Friday

Friday, August Is, is the Feast
Of Our Lady's Assumption into
Heaven. All the faithful are
bound to hear Mass on that
day. Since this Feast falls on
Friday this year, Catholics may
eat meat by reason of pro-
vision of the general law of
the Church.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
In Defiance

The writer's stressed that the
law contains no provision for re-
nunciation of citizenship by per-
sons who come under the category
described unless they become citi-
zens of another country. They
charged that in applying the law
to Jerusalem the Israeli govern
ment was acting 'in defiance of
the United Nations decision" de-
claring the city to be an interna-
tional zone. The letter continued:
"Non-Jewish residents of Jesusa-
lem, as well as many Jewish resi-
dents, do not wish to acquire Is
raeli citizenship against their will.
Jerusalem having been declared an
international zone to be admins
terd by the United Nations, we feel
that residents of the city who do
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Rights Suppressed

"The non-JewiSh population of
Israel and Jerusalem" the letter
said, "have not been given equal
opportunities of employment. or
paid equal wages; nor have they
been given the same benefits as
Jews in social services and educa-
ton. They have been deprived of
the right to own and enjoy prop
erty freely, freedom of movement
and speech, and other elementary
rigl is which, although they have
been accorded under the law. are.
in fact, denied through intimida.
ton and various indirect methods
of SllDnrpSS;on
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-08-08
Nom JetUs In Jerusalem Protest
Compulsory Israeli Citizenship
Church Leaders Call For UN Action To Restore
Basic Human Rights I'm Israel

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the non-Jewish Inhabitants of
the ISraeli-occupied sector of Jer-
uSalem have protested to the Unit
ed Nations against being forced"
to become Israli citizens.
In a letter to Trygve Lie, UN
secretary general, the representa-
tives took sharp exception to, pro-
visions of Israeli'S newly-enacted
citizenship law. The Citizenship Or
dinance 1852 came into force on
July IA.
Signing the letter were lay lead
erS of the Protestant, Greek Or
thodox, Catholic, Armenian and
MoSlem communities in the Israel
held area.
The letter stated that under the
new law, all persons residing in
Israel territory who were ex-Pal-
eStinian citizens at the time the
State of Israel was established and
have been registered as residents
prior to March l, 1852, and who
were still residing in Israel terri
tory when the citizenship law took
effect, automatically acquire Is
raeli citizenship.
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not wish to become Israeli citizens
should be given United Nations
passports or other travel documents
pending the implementation of the
United Nations decision on the in
ternationalization of Jerusalem"
In their letter, the non-JewiSh
representatives complained also Of
determinations and injustic S
which, they declared have deprived
their communities of basic human
rights