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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Official
December Is, 1858

To the Reverend Clergy Religious
and Faithful of the Diocese of Columbus
My beloved brethren:
The Universal Church has days ago
forth the celebration of Marian Gods
holy Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Child does not forget His Mother The continues
revere with tender love that glorious Lady who from
eternity and of old before the earth made destined
to r Hs Npher Tse Child adds praise hrought-
Him forth upon this the grey Christ
mas morning 18th century poet fifty describes the
and its eternal consequences:
Grand little ahoSe aILembracnq birth
Lifts earth to hea0en, stoopS heaU'n to earth"
the Birthday the Savior in this Marian
Year. drawn with hurried and undeered steps the
Madonna The Mother and Child nseparabe the work
Redemption Child born to Mary given
her but He hers alone This gift
through Mary TO the whole world Like an antphon to the angels
singing of Gloria in exces Deo earth resound in this
year Of grace with another song of praise and glory:
20 Queen of all the uygia choir,
Enthroned above the starry Sby,
Who 1Uith thy bosonS milk didSt feed
Thy Creator, Lord high"
Now two thousand years later that Child;
the members of the living Body of Christ the Church Mary
Mother If we truly Christlike if Mothers
Child then shall live with her in the mysteries of her life
We shall experience her joys this Christmas We look
ahead when shall suffer her Calvary Beyond
chat dread hour however, shall Xalt her glore which
pledge of eternal and happiness with God in
heaven
With the the before us sheering her
infant Child it should be easy matter to His sweet
innocent face the reflection of those other homeless children
whose plead with us for help Some of those little are
the Infant Home Others cared for again by
the devoted Sisters Saint Vincent Orphanage
Many placed by Diocesan Welfare Bureau
homes. All Of them in measure depend
affection attention which would otherwise be denied
these neglected children of Mary
the past all of good jealous people in the Diocese
asked make generous offering at Holy Mass Christmas
provide the needs of the orphans the OF
charity in the Diocese of Columbus you beloved
brethren upon children would upon your
spirit the great celebrating regard
with the tenderness the Virgin Mary showered
upon Child another Christmas morning
With that you and your dear will share
in fho
the Mass which shall offer the great Feast of
Our Savior's Birth,
Devotedy in Christ,
MICHAEL j. READY
Bishop of Columbus
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

Ii the communist authorities had
issued directives to that effect
eight years ago, the religious sit
uation would probably not have
been any better than it is today,
the paper charges. However, it add
ed the spontaneous excesses"
might not have such a mark of
Yugoslav persecution as they are
now.
The paper challenges those who
say that the Stepinac case is "some-
thing personal" between the Car
dinal and Tito.
1.-The drama of Cardinal Stepin-
ac is not a personal affair, as many
insist" the paper says. at is the
synthesis of broader drama which
has been asssiling more than g.
100000 Catholics for the past six
years"
The paper concludes its article
by listing a summary of Difficult
ties and obstacles that have con-
fronted Yugoslav schools, the cler-
gy, seminaries, religious commun-
tiles, ecclesiastical associations re-
sulting in the severing of Yugoslav
schools, the clergy. seminaries, re-
ligious communities, ecclesiastical
associations resulting in the sever
ing of YugoSlav relations with the
HOLY See.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Ordination OF James T. Cooney
Will Be Held In Rome Saturday

The Rev. Deacon James F. Coon
ey, who has been studying in Rome
for the past three years, will be
ordained priest Saturday In the
chapel of the new North American
College.
Bishop Martin ]. 0'Connor, rec
tor of the college, will confer the
sacrament of Holy Orders.
The newly-ordained priest will
say his first Mass in the Greek
Chapel of ST. Priseilla'S Catacomb
near Rome. Fr. Peter Essman of
Holy Name Parish, Columbus, who
is taking special studies at the
Gregorianum, will be assistant
priest. FIR. William 0'Shaughnessy,
O.P., a Columbus native, will be
present at FIR. Cooney's first Mass.
When he completes his studies
in the Vatican, Father Cooney will
return sometime in June to st.
Mary Parish in Lancaster for his
first Solemn Mass.
Born Sept. %. 1928 in Lancaster,
Father Cooney attended the paro-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Official Says Army Has Right
To Transport Catholic Pupils

WASHINGTON = MC) - Army
posts are specifically authorized to
use government-owned and operat-
ed buses TO transport children of
Army personnel to parochial
schools, a spokesman said here.
The Defense Departments stand
in favor of transporting parochial
school pupils was made clear after
newspaper reports that the Army
and White House staff members
were walking on eggs" in dealing
with the problem.
Columnist Drew Pearson report
ed that Defense Department econ
omy moves plus belief that no
one religious group should benefit
from the use of Federal money TO
the exclusion of others" had caus-
ed the Army to cancel bus trans
portation at certain posts in prep
aration for a complete end to such
service in all military installations.
He said the White House stepped
in" and countermanded the order.
The Defense Department Spokes-
man made it clear that free trans
portation for parochlal school chill
dren lis no longer matter of in
terpretation," but is specifically
permitted and authorized.
Quoting from recent statement
by DR.. John A. Hannah, assistant
secretary of defense for manpower
and personnel, the spokesman said
that not only is there mo ediet
against such transportation" but
there exists "a specific amend
ment" which authorizes it.
"The desire of the Defense De
partment is to provide free trans
portation for paroehial school chill
dren when it can be done without
expenditure of large additional
funds he said.
DR.. Hannah said that stoppage
of such transportation at some Ar
my bases was a local problem"
resulting from economy moves.
Army-supplied bus rides for pa
rochial school children depend on
three points, the Defense Depart
ment outlined: II Amount of trans
portation facilities at the individu-
al base; o Amount of drivers avail
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

documentary, The Battle Against
Catholicism in the Federated Yugo-
slaV Republic"
Featuring photographs of His
Eminence Aloysius Cardinal Step
inac and of imprisoned Bishop Pet
er Guile of Mostar, as we'll as a
group picture of 10 Yugoslav pre-
lates taken in 1852, the article EN-
phasizes the campaigns of violence
launched against the hierarchy last
summer.
The article details mob beatings
and attacks on Bishops making con
firmation tours. II cites physical at
tacks on Bishop Cyril Banjo, Apos-
tolic Administrator of Sibenik; on
Auxiliary Bishop Francis Franic
of Split; on 80-year-old Bishop La
jci Budanovic OF Subotica; on Aux
iliary Bishop Joseph Pavlisic of
Semi and others.
This recent terror drive, the pa
per says, aroused world opinion to
such a peak that Yugoslav govern
ment officials and Marshall Tito
himself had to try to explain it
away.
The dictator, OSserUdtore contin-
ues, referred to the incidents as
irresponsible excesses" and said
they were tactical errors, because
religion and the Church must be
comhatted by other means, not
ably by education of youth"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

Year proclaimed by His Holiness
Pope Plus XII on September 8.
Bishop Skoupy is said to have
expressed his determination to go
ahead with plans for Strengthening
devotion to the Blessed Mother
during the Marian Year and to
have readied a pastoral for this
purpose.
The Red ban on Marian Year
celebrations was made on the pre-
tense that Marian celebrations
would keep the workers from the
factories and endanger the count
try's fiye-year plan of economic
development
The ban was made known in an
instruction issued by the Prague
Ministry Of Education. II was re-
ported to be the Joint work of
Zdenek NeiediY. education minis.
ter. and Alexei cepicka, defense
minister and generally regarded as
the driving intellectual force in
the Prague campaign against re-
ligion.
Bishop Skoupy reportedly ignor-
ed this order and went ahead or
ganizing local celebrations in hon
or of the Blessed Virgin He was
also chosen by Czech ecclesiastics
as chairman of a special commit
tee for Marian Year devotions.
When the regime became aware
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

of this, a flock Of secret police re-
portedly swooped down on the
Bishops residence. They searched
the place for l6 hours, seized the
pastoral letter written by the
Bishop and took the prelate away
into the night.
Bishop Skoupy's place of deten-
ton is not known but it is presum-
ed that he was taken to one of the
special concentrations camps for
priests.
THE November 8 issue of osser.
vsfore Romano, Vatican City dai.
ly, stated that Bishop SkovpY had
been taken by the regime ito an
unknown place" Reports fro m
other agencies state that the Rish.
ops episcopal functions have been
taken over by Vicar cspifular
identified as Father KrstochviI.
These reports also state Father 10.
seph Buehta, appointed vicar gen.
erai OF dude iovice" by fhe regime
in 1850 and later installed as
vicar eapituIsr", hes resigned. He
reportedIy has been succeeded by
another pro-eommunist priest, Fa.
fher a. Titmsn. The rightfuI ordi.
nary of Bvdeiovice, Bishop Joseph
Hloueh, was informed by the re.
gine several years ago.
II is reported that the Russian
Orthodox Metropolitan Nikolai OF
Krutitsky urged the communist
leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hun
gary, Poland and eastern Germany
TO use force if necessary TO prevent
Marian Year celebrations in those
countries. He is said to have i'm.
pressed this recommendation on
them during his visit to the recent
meeting of the World Peace Coun-
Gil here.
The Russian Metropolitan is re
ported to have urged Polish com
munists particularly TO get rid OF
the popular shrine of Our Lady al
Czestochows, burning it down il
necessary.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

able; - funds to operate the bus
service.
In his syndicate e d column,
Washington Merry-Go-R oun d -
columnist Pearson suggested that
recent court decisions dealing with
the principle of separation OF
church and state, had influenced
the Army's alleged plan to cut off
transportation for parochial school
children.
DR.. Hannah, in an earlier state
ment, said that the bus trsnsporta.
ton is considered as a legitimate
aid to military dependents and is
therefore specifically permitted.
A formal statement by Depart
ment of Defense heads is expected
on the current situation.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Pope Stresses
Social Needs
To UN Agency

VATICAN CITY - Radio. Nc
One of the most delicate problems
of the Food and Agricultural Or
ganization is that of creating social
conditions for workers which will
help them exploit to the full the
resources put at their disposal
This view was expressed by His
Holiness Pope Plus XII at an au
dience to delegates of 90 nations
attending the seventh general con
ference of the UN specialized ag
ency, which was held at its head
quarters in Rome.
"If is useless 10 send experts Ia
teach workers new methods and fc
improve mechanical equipment
fhe Pope said, elf the human con
difions in which man finds himself
prevent him from deriving the fruit
he has q right TO expect from his
efforts"
The Holy Father stressed that
the primary element of success in
works of economic betterment is tht
assurance that the resultant com
mon improvement will not come al
the expense of individuals.
He said that this social element
which is closely associated with
FAO's economic and scientific la
bors. is truly significant" and was
the reason why he had personally
seen fit to make a contribution to
the extension of the agencyis pro
gram, especially in backward coun
tries.
The Pontiff concluded by telling
his hearers that in pursuing its OBJ
iectives, FAC is achieving an in
tention dear to the Heart of Christ
Who consecrated Himself to the
salvation of humanity"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Greek Catholics
Pledge PRAYERS

ATHENS, Greece = Radio, Nc
= Catholics of Greece have sent a
message to His Holiness Pope Plus
XII assuring him of their prayers
for the prosecuted Church in Po-
land and protesting against the ar
rest of His Eminenee Stefan Card
inal Wyszynski.
Priests and people of Athens
archdiocese offer together their
fervent prayers to Almighty God
for the prosecuted Church in Po-
land" the message said. They
protest against the wicked inn
prisonment of the Polish Primate
and beg your Apostolic Blessing. "
The message was signed by Arch
bishop Marios Maerionitis, S. j., of
Athens.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

FeacneQ Dy the american BISHOPS
at their recent annual meeting in
Washington. A joint statement
adopted by the Bishops at the
meeting expressed the deepest
grief at "bitterest, bloodieSt perse-
cution in history" against those
who believe in God and His Christ.
The Bishops promised the suffer
ers to blind in prayer the wounds
you suffer for Justices sake"
Reminding American Catholics
that 'Peter is again in chains, the
Bishops pleaded:
LET there then be sUppliestion
to God and pensnee that His grace
be poured out in supersbUndsnt
measure TO strengthen those who
hold the place Of honor and Of dan.
ger in The new warfare launched
against the Church"
December 81 will mark the third
annual observance Of day OF
prayer for the Church in chains.
Both last year and the year before
American Catholics gathered in
churches and in their homes on the
last Sunday Of the year to suppli-
cate God for their brethren in
bonds.
Stories from many parts Of the
country told how Catholics braved
bitter cold, billiards and snow
drifts to make those Sundays a
nationwide demonstration of love
and concern for the prosecuted
Catholics in communist lands.
The special day Of prayer this
year falls on the feast Of ST. John
the Evangelist. who himself suffer
ed intensely for his faith when he
was martyred by being tossed into
a cauldron of boiling oil in Rome
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Lady OF Peace
Blessing Set
For Sunday

The new $4,000 Our Lady Of
Peace church will be blessed Sun
day morning by Bishop Ready.
The ceremony will take place
Immediately preceding Pontifical
Mass offered by Bishop Ready in
the new structure at 100 am.
Msgr. Harold O'Donnell, assist
ant chancellor of the Columbus
Diocese, and Msgr. Gilbert
Schmenk, professor at the Pontif.
ical College Josephinum, will be
deacon and sub-deacon TO the
Bishop. The st. Charles Seminary
choir will sing and the minor min
listers will be seminarians from ST.
Charles.
The brick building, constructed
at the rear Of the school on E.
Dominion Blvd, will accommodate
500. Plans for the church we're
drawn up by Ramsey and Croce
and Abbot, Architects of Columbus,
and c. ]. Lang Co. were the con-
tractors. Until the new church was
completed recently, services we're
held in a frame army hut located
on H. High-st.
According to Father George Fo-
ley, pastor of Our Lady Of Peace
parish, long range plans call for
converting the new structure into
a gymnasium when funds are avail
able for construction OF a separate
church building.
The $4,000 for the new addition
was raised through parish activi-
ties and collections.
Our Lady of Peace parish was
established January II, 1916, and
has enjoyed rapid growth since
that time. The cornerstone of the
parish school was laid on June "a
1851, and Bishop Ready dedicated
the school the following May.
The first parish rectory has
been converted into a convent and
the Dominican Sisters teaching al
the school moved to their new
home in August. 1851. The rec
tory is now located next to the
school.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

St. John chronicled Christ's
words predicting that His follow
ers would have to suffer with Him:
IF they have prosecuted Me, they
will also persecute you"
Christs prophecy is born out in
the record of the past twelve
months history of persecution in
every Communist dominated land
throughout the world:
POLAND
The 1853 spotlight on perseeu-
tion must first swing to Commun-
ist-ruled Poland.
During the night of September
Is, d gang of Red police agents,
carrying rifles and machine guns,
invaded the residence of His Emf.
nence Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
in Warsaw. All members of the
household we're lined up against
the wall at riflepoint and the Pri-
mates residence was ransacked
and searched far into the night.
In the early hours Of the morning
the police gave up their search,
seized the Cardinal and dragged
him away He has not been seen or
heard of since, despite the regimes
claims that he has merely retired
to a monastery.
Just a week earlier the same re-
gime had dragged a jailed Bishop
from its Warsaw dungeons and
placed him before a military tri-
bunal to answer charges of "espi-
onage" and other "anti-state" ae-
tivities. Conditioned for almost two
years in Red jail, Bishop CzeslaW
Kaczmarek of Kielce confessed. >"
He was sentenced to u years in
prison
+ These other savage blows were
struck at the Church by the Polish
Reds in 1858:
Two other Bishops and Vicar
Capltular were placed under ar.
rest. More than a hundred priests
and several thousand leading Cath
olic laymen were herded into con-
centration camps.
"A decree was passed making
every Church experimentation
parish assistant to Archbishop
subject to the approval of the re-
gime
The last national Catholic
weekly in Poland, Tygodnik Pows-
Zechny of Cracow. was forced to
suspend publication and taken over
by progressive" Catholics to be
fashioned into propaganda organ
for communism.
. YUGOSLAVIA
Next the spotlight of persecu-
tion must swing to Tito's Yugoslay-
ia where at least IL Bishops and
scores of priests were given the
roughing-up treatment by commun-
ist ruffians.
In what appeared to be a sYste-
mstie campaign Of terror, the Bish-
ops and priests were beaten, blood.
led and bruised wherever and
Continued on Page p
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
10 Ordinations
Set Saturday
At St. Charles

Seven theology students at Mt.
st. Mary Seminary in Norwood will
be ordained as deacons Saturday
by Bishop Ready in ceremonies at
10 am. in the chapel of St. Charles
Seminary here. Minor orders also
will be conferred on three others.
Assisting the Bishop will be
Msgr. Paul Glenn, rector of St.
Charles Seminary, who will be
archpriest; and Fathers Paul O'Dea
and Thomas Sabrey, professors at
the seminary, who will serve as
chaplains.
The diaconate, the final step be
fore ordination as a priest, will be
conferred upon Clarence and Glenn
ent Durbin. both of st. Luke Par
ish, Danville; Francis Miller, ST.
Benedict Parish, Detroit, Mich; Ro-
land Torer, st. Ann Parish, Cleve.
land Heights; Joseph Grimes and
John O'Rourke both of st. Mary
Magdalene, Columbus; Robert Man
ming, Holy Rosary Parish, Colum-
bus.
Robert Lemon, of Blessed Sacra-
ment Parish, Quincy, Mass, who is
also studying at Mt. ST. Mary Semi
nary in Norwood, will receive the
minor orders of exorciSt and AGO.
lyte.
Charles Griffin of Holy Name
Parish, Columbus, and Eugene
Yoris, Sacred Heart Parish, New
Philadelphia, will receive the mi
nor orders of porter and lector
They are students at st. Vincent
Seminary. Latrobe. Pa.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Bishop Ousted
By China Reds

HONG KONG Radio, NCl -
Bishop Mario Civelli, Italian-born
missionary who was turned out of
his mission compound at Weihwei
two years ago, has been formally
expelled by the Chinese commun-
lists and has arrived here.
Buddhist BONES (priests) made
room for the Bishop at Buddhist
pagoda when he was ousted from
his residence by the Reds in 1851.
The Bishops house and church
were turned into a military hos
pital
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Blessing OF Crib
Set At Cathedral

The impressive, life-sized Christ
mas crib which is placed annually
OH the lawn in front of the rectory
at st. Joseph Cathedral viii be
blessed Saturday by Msgr. harry
S. Connolly, pastor of the Cathe-
dral.
Members Of the CYO will sing
Christmas hymns at the $50 pm.
ceremony.
The public is invited to watch
the blessing at Cathedral Square.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Ohioan Heads NCWC Unit

WASHNGToN-(NC) = DIR. Ed
ward A. Smith, chairman of the
University of Dayton (0) sociology
department, has been elected pres
ident of the National Catholic Con-
ference on Family Life. DR.. Huth
succeeds Mrs. John S. Reilly of
New York as head of the confer
ence which is an agency of the
Family Life Bureau, National Ca
tholic Welfare Conference.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
L. S. To Hold Day OF Prayer
For All Prosecuted Peoples
To Ask Strength For Victims,
Repentance For Prosecutors

Sunday December 27 has been set day of prayer
which Catholics throughout the US will ntercede for the
Churchs prosecuted and prosecutors
On that day Americas 80 million Catholics being ask
ed to flock to their churches for special services They
asked plead with God for strength for their millions of per-
secuted brethren and for light and repentance for the persc
tors.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

chial school there, graduating from
st. Mary's High School in June,
1916 In September of that year,
he enrolled at St. Charles Semi
nary, Columbus, and earned his
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1850.
Shortly afterward, he was sent to
Rome.
His parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Cooney of 344 E. Fifth Ave,
Lancaster.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Czech Bishop Reported
Arrested For Trying To
Promote Marian Year

VIENNA = RADIO NC - Reports reaching here from
Czechosovaka state that Bishop Kae Skoupy of Brno
been arrested by the regime for his efforts organize Marian
Year devohons in that communist dominated country
The Bishop repeatedly defed Red warning given Church
authorities last month that they should ignore the Marian
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18
Tito's Anti-Catholic Campaign
Is Described By Osservatore

VATICAN CITY = Radio, Nc = Yugoslavia may be po
tcay distinct from the Soviet bloc but in its persecution of
the Church os regime differs in way from any of the
elites
This is the conclusion of Osseryatore Romano in latest
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-18

LCOnIlnued on Page n
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-11-13

"a New York state study estimated
that sufficient funds to improve 49,
900 miles of roads for passenger cars