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Evening star., 1953-09-23
News of School Fire
ReIuyed so Miles

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass
Merrimac Police Chief Maurice
Carey figured in a 50-mile relay
to notify North Andover police
that their high school was on
fire.
Chief Carey observed the fire
while passing through this COM
munity-25 miles from his own
territory. He relayed the infor-
nation by radio phone to his
desk officer in Merrimac.
The desk officer radioed North
Andover police, saving Mr.. Carey
the trouble of looking for q
phone or fire alarm box. Damage
was slight.
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The Feast of the Ascension as celebrated by the
modern Church Is glorious and happy occasion,
full of the Aelujahs of Easter and the promise Of
the coming of the Holy Ghost.
We return from church with renewed faith IN the
wonderful triumph of Christ death and with
anticipating hope in the imminent coming OF the
Paraclete Who will recall TO our minds all things
that Christ has taught us
These feelings of 10y, though, do not match the
feelings of those who returped from the mountain
on that first Ascension day.
These first members of the Church returned to
the city shaken and afraid. They did not know what
to do Their Master and Leader had, to their minds
and IN their weak faith left them. Left them, He
had assured them He would not-orphans.
So they returned. confused and frightened. TO the
upper room where they had so recently celebrated
the Pasch of the covenant, the Sacrament Of
Christs remaining among men Apparently, they
forgot this last fact.
They returned 10 the upper room and entered
into period of prayer which would terminate nine
days later when the Holy Ghost would come down
upon them IN tongues OF fire
This was the first PenecoSta novena. The little
band of Apostles and disciples together with our
Blessed Mother Joined in prayers that God would
give them strength and increase their number so
that His Church would be spread among men TO
blanket the face of the earth.
Quite often, the history OF that first Ascension
Day is borne out in our lives How frequently, even
though we have the vantage point of history do We
not wonder if God has abandoned us? II His cause,
left in our hands, is doomed 70 faliure2 We know
better of course but these doubts and fears stiit
creep in 10 annoy and upset the Christian soul
Beginning today. Friday throughout the Diocese
of Columbus we are entering a similar period OF
nine days of prayer novena to the Holy Ghost
our intentions will be those OF the first Penie
costa novena We will JOIN with our Blessed Mother
in begging Gods continued blessings on THIS Church
of Columbus, We will pray that the Holy Ghost
will come and infame the hearts oil many young men
10 follow the call OF Christ unto His altar. And We
will ask His rich solicitude for those already work.
Ing in the vineyard of the Lord.
Christ promises us all that lie has gone TO pre-
pare place for That preparation begins here on
this earth with His Church militant. In praying for
priestly vocations we are praying for the cause of
Christ We praying for the fuIfillment of Chriss
promise among us.
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INQUIRY CORNER

Q. What Is spiritual conmun-
ton?
A. Spiritual Communion is an
act of faith in the Real Pres
ence of Christ and of love and
desire TO receive Him. II is fit
ting at Mass, if we are not re-
ceiving Holy Communion, or at
any time during the day. No set
form of word is required. No
words at all are necessary, but
just an act OF the mind and will
thanking Christ for this gift and
uniting our hearts TO His.
@. What are the holgddys of
the Church from which we are
ercaSed tR the US?
A. There are six holydays of
obligation in the United States.
They are: Christmas, the Circum-
cision. Ascension, Assumption,
All Saints Day and the Immacu-
late Conception. There are four
other holydays of obligation in
the universal Church from which
we are excused. They are: Epi-
phany, Corpus Christi, Saint Jo-
seph and Saints Peter and Paul.
@. Can you make restitution
bU oil,in0 TO the Catholic Mis-
SlonS?
A. Restitution, to which we
are bound if we have, stolen
goods, obligeS us to restore prop
erty to the owner. We must re-
store such goods to the owner
or to his heirs: otherwise the sin
cannot be forgiven. Ii the owner
or heir of stolen goods cannot
be determined, the goods or
their value are to be given to
the poor or pious causes. The
Missions certainly qualify as re-
cipients for this indirect resti-
tuition.
@. When may Catholic take
part IN Hon-Cdtholic services?
A. Never. Attendance at such
services is permitted, however.
when the Catholic takes no part
in religious services and has q
sufficient reason. A Catholic
must respect non-Catholics and
their religious beliefs, but it
does not include approval of
their services by active participa-
tion. For social reasons such as
a funeral or wedding a Catholic
may attend a ceremony in a non
Catholic church.
Q. Holc do ne knoiC that Mat
fiHlony is a Sacrament? Where
does 1t sag so an the Bible?
A. Catholics know that God
speaks through the Church and
the Church includes Matrimony
in the Seven Sacraments. The
Council of Trent (Session 29)
states that Marriage is truly
and properly Sacrament, and
declares that it is proved chiefly
by divine tradition of the Fa-
therS. The same decree cites st.
Paul EpheSians 5:25-32) and his
statement: This is great mys-
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al attitude toward religion.
For a century now, anti-cler-
icalism has found its natural
center in socialism. The anti
Church, anti-confeSsional school
issue, so alive in France for
decades, was carefully and con-
sistently nurtured by the social
lists as one of their major rea-
sons for existence. In Belgium
and Italy, in Germany and Aus
tria, the socialists, even when
they called themselves labor
parties, were invariably inspir-
ed by thorough-going secular
ism and a profound and dog
matte anti-ciericalism.
Socialists Paved The Way
This is one of the reasons why
it is perfectly legitimate to-
claim that the inroads of com
munism in countries like France
and Italy have been vastly facili-
tated by the various socialist
groups of the Left. Their under
mining OF the religious unity and
feryor of the nation paved the
way for honest-to-goodness Marx
ism in its open and blatant com
munist form. Up until the second
world war, socialism continued
to express this position without
any serious denomination of
the validity of its basis.
Every one now recognizes, of
course, that the real victim of
the recent WARRIOR the political,
social and theological point of
view--was socialism. Every
where in Europe it has declined,
giving way either to a revitaIized
Christian social approach, or
falling helpiessly before the ag-
gressiveness of communism. Ii
is quite natural that this de
cadence should lead to a bit of
soul searching.
No Longer Sound
A few weeks ago a meeting
was held al Bentveld. Holland,
by representatives of the Social
ist International At this meet
ing. for the first time in years.
the problem of the position to-
ward religion was posed. 1t was
agreed at that meeting that the
heretofore basic assumption of
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The Aged In Ohio

is n
of
m
pace
The first law setting the Statewide enacted 1888 and
and Of
in
anticipated that million
More individuals will need for
The the the United
old did fifty the
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Vacation (O Day

The time has rolled around again for us to take
out the road maps dust off the fishing equipment,
check with Duncan Hines and plan the summer
vacation.
Well be very careful in preparation OF our time
table. Wen check distances between cities driving
time against mileage, points of departure and esti-
mated times of arrival
Wen wresle with problems of logstics, foresee
emergencies and. in short rival the United States
Army in our VDay planning
In all of this however, let's not make the mis-
take we've all made In the past. Not that anyone
takes everything about his parish church Tor granted
but, we'll We do take its location at least for
granted, and The times for the Masses, And this
leads Us 10 tend 10 forget that Wen be IN someone
elses parish for part of the summer And We do not
know where the church is the times of the Masses.
Let's start vacation planning where II should
begin by finding out first of all where the churches
that we'll be going to and when the services are
scheduled.
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INQUIRY CORNER
What Is Spiritual
Communion?

terry tsacramentum), but / speak
in Christ and the Church." All
the early Fathers call it Sacra-
ment and ST. Augustine in par
ticular calls it by that name.
@. What is a Catholics obh-
cation IN regard 10 a serious OPP
Grafton he is adUised to haze, but
doesn't toant TO hdue2 What If
they say he'll die Uithont the
operation?
A. We are bound by the fifth
commandment to take proper
care of our body as we'll as that
of our neighbor. We are bound
IN conscience to use the ordi-
nary means to preserve life.
There is no obligation to use
extraordinary means such as an
unusual or serious major opera
ton. II the reasons for not want
ing the operation are merely
emotional it would seem to be
the Christian thing to overcome
these fears.
Q. Why does the CothoIse
Church forbid cremation?
A. The constant practice of
the Jews was TO bury the dead
Genesis 1915; 23:19) and cre-
nation was rejected with horror
amos 81; Genesis 1924; Josue
7:15). The Catholic Church
adopted the Jewish custom. The
Fathers of the Church based
their custom on the doctrine of
the resurrection of the body and
the respect due it as the temple
of the Holy Ghost In modern
times cremation has generally
been associated with deliberate
rejection of the immortality of
the soul and the resurrection of
the body. The DEGREES forbid
ding it to Catholics call it ''de.
testable pagan practice, introduc-
ed by men of doubtful faith"
who aim at lessening reverence
for the dead.
Q. Is there no exception TO
the obligation of the priest to
keep secret sins told en- confes-
sion. If a Craze injustice is IN
Uolged shouldn't he talk?
A. There is no exception. A
priest is bound by every law of
nature and of God to keep secret
everything he hears in Comics
sion. As early as the sixth CEN
tury it was decreed that: A
priest who reveals the confes-
sion of the penitentS shall be
deposed with anathema." Since
the sins told in confession are
told only with that understand
ing there can be no injustice in-
volved in keeping them secret.
To admit exceptions would be
to destroy the security this di-
vine tribunal of mercy and
peace of soul offers to us.
Send questions to Rev. Ed
ward r. Healey, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box 636,
Columbus t16) Ohio.
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two main divisions of his train
ing manual.
Unconditional Suhordinstion
Liu-Shao-Chi is not content
with this complete blending of
the comrade into harmony with
the will of the Party, In the
second part of his manual, he
stresses at great length the I'M.
conditional Subordindtlon OF the
personal interests of Party
member to the interests of the
Party" Some quotations from
this manual should be presented
to the cheer leaders for aeadem-
ic freedom for Reds These
might provide the opportunity
for them to establish some sense
of proportion.
"At all times and on all queS-
tions." the manual states, "a
Communist Party member should
take into account the interests
of the Party as whole, and
place the Party's interest above
his personal problems and inter
eStS. Ii is the highest principle
of our Party members that the
Party'S interests are supreme.
Every Party member should
firmly build up this conception
in his ideology'
Unreserved Submission
Lest the individual Commun-
isl still does not understand
fully how he is TO demean him
self, the manual continues: HE
should ensure that his personal
interests accord with the Party's
interests or even merge with
them. Thus when his personal in
terestS conflict with the Party'S
interests. he will be able 10 sub
nit to the Party'S interests and
sacrifice his personal interests
without the slightest hesitation
or reluctance. And this means
that he must be prepared even
to sacrifice his life without the
slightest hesitation and even
with feeling Of happiness, for
the cause of the Party
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light anew by a booklet on Red
training which has recently been
made required reading for each
and every Stalinite in this coun-
try: HoH 10 be q Good Com
DluniSt. Its author is none other
than Liu-Shao-Chi, vice-chairman
of the present ruling regime in
China and one of the leading
theoretieianS on the Commun-
list international scene.
That this is no ordinary work
can be seen at a glance. 1t is
prepared for the "self-eultiva-
tion and steeling" of every fol
lower of Moscow throughout the
world. From its pages we learn,
without any doubt or equivoca.
iion. that no Communist has any
freedom or liberty whatsoever.
He has surrendered completely
to domination in thought and &C.
tion by the Party; the Party is
the agency of the kremlln.
Wholehesrfed Obedience
The Communist enters the
classroom. or any other agency
that is to be infiltated. already
committed to that complete and
voluntary submission" to Party
orders which Stain emphasizes
in his Foundations of Lenin-
ISM This fact is underscored
by Liu-Shao-Chl IN both of the
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FATHER HIGGINS
They Hare No Freedom

Indeed, it is not possible for a
follower of Moscow to develop
himself personally in any way
unless he does so through devel-
oping the Party. That is cardi-
nal point made by the manual,
and ii adds: To sum up, a Party
member should unreSerUedIg
submit himself to the interests
of the Party"
Wholly Subservient
II there seems to be unnneces-
sary repetition of these quota
tons above, these do not give
an even approximate idea of the
extensive repetition OF the same
phrase and thought to which Liu-
Shao-Chi resorts in order to
drive home his instructions.
This is standard Communist
practice, 10 make certain that
the indiUidudl Red becomes
toholly SubSeruient to the Uan
guard" and the current line
luhich ii is advancing.
In 1888. the notorious ]. Pc
ters put the same instructions
into his famous-or infamous
The Communist Party. A Man
udl OF Orgdnizdtion He declar-
ed that the Communist us ready
to go wherever and whenever
the Party sends him" and "if the
class struggle demands it, he will
leave his family for months,
even years" at the Party's COM
mand
School teachers, professors. or
others who are thus made into
robots by the Stalinite machine
have one major purpose in any
thing they do: IL is 10 break
dotn the morale OF our aoatb,
TO undermine the American qoe-
ernment under the Constitution,
aud to aid the Sopiet dictator
ship against this country.
They have given up all posi-
bility of freedom to the rulers
of the Kremlin. They have no
right to function in any capacity
in our educational process.
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RICHARD P4TTEE
A NetU Approach

socialism is no longer true. Be-
fore the war il was taken for
granted that the followers of
socialism were anti-clericals, ra-
tionalists, probably atheists and
certainly, at the very least, to-
tally diSinterested in the well
fare, much less the advancement
of religion. A new atmosphere
has developed and new methods
are necessary. Hence, that as
sumption is no longer sound
or at least it appeared not to be
to those who command the tac-
tics OF world socialism.
The British Labour Party ex-
ecutive also examined the prob
lem, since the party is affiliated
with the International. Obvious
ly there is a world of difference
between the approach of British
Labor to the question and that of
its sister parties on the conti-
nent Catholics in large num-
bers belong to the British La
bour Party and, apparently, have
found no theological impediment
to their enjoyment Of this status.
But it would be impossible to
conceive of Catholic as lead
er, or even an ardent member,
Of most of the socialist parties
in continental western Europe.
Major Question
Heretofore the question has
been too delicate and dangerous
to discuss openly At a meeting
with representatives of Sweden
and France, Germany and Nor
way, Belgium and Great Britain,
it is clear that great transfor-
nation has come about if the
problem can even be posed, dis
cussed and a reasonably calm
conclusion reached. The major
question-and this will sound
familiar to American Catholics
is the relations of Church and
State and the always touchy
school question.
In every European country,
more or less, there is a school
question. In Britain il has been
the object of considerable con-
Germ on the part of the Her
archy this past year. In France
it still serves to divide public
opinion. In occupied, or semi
occupied Germany it is not with
out importance. And even in
Spain there has been a bit of
tension between State and
Church on this point.
The reports would indicate
that a new cordiality has crept
into the discussions and the ex-
istenee of Christians is now rec
ognized for the first time. One
of the blessings of the cold war
and the assault of Mafxism may
be that a great deal of the fuzzy
and confused thinking to which
socialists have contributed will
be dissipated. The Christian fore
es of Europe cannot but be
strengthened if the old animosi-
ties are abandoned.
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WASHiNCTON LETTER
Red MfIItratiOn Watched

have risen To A place of wide
spread influence within the ma
ton; won 81 OF the 56 seats in
Congress in the January, 1853,
election, and are in an excellent
position to take over control of
the government should anything
happen to the present regime.
Observers thought they saw
something significant recently,
when three of Guatemala's SUI
preme court justices were re-
buked for questioning the legal
process by which the law reform
laws were being administered.
They were even more convinced
when there were rumors going
round that Archbishop Mariana
Rossell Arellano, a noted anti
Red, might be expelled from his
homeland Nothing came of this
latter report, but it was thought
significant that II should have
come up at all.
Diplomats will watch to see
the pattern of action Guatemala
follows. If it is one of intransi-
gence and obstruction, they will
know that it is a real problem
in itself, and that it could por-
tend even more serious things.
Many Central Americans fear
that what is happening in Guate-
mala is what happened in Czech.
oslovakia. They believe there is
a Red program applicable to
their whole area, and that if
Guatemala goes under the com
munist tide, so also may their
countries.
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life expectancy of women at SO and men at 81. Per
haps this too will be increased as the years go
All this points up the fact that will have TO
give increasingly greater attention TO problems for
the aged. Most attention has been given TO the
nomic problems, in terms OF assistance. Much more
can be done Every effort should be made 10 retain
the elderly person in productive work, even if this
means readjustment within the factory office
Preventing the onset of consequences of degenera-
tive diseases would be blessing to the aged. Re
habilitaton to make il possible for old people TO par
ticpate more fully in employment opportunities,
creational activities and social relationships is like
wise greatly needed.
These are the steps ahead if we wish TO dis
charge our obligation TO those in their twilight yesls
Unfortunately, children do not live up 10 their
duty, either by reason of neglect or inability 10 do
so More and more devoves upon community
groups The state of Ohio has made some good ad
vances, and, with the support of all the citizens il
can do much more.
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its Central American neighbors..
II has also withdrawn from the
Organization of Central Amerl-
can States. This presents an en-
barrassment TO that group, be
cause its charter calls for una
nimity of action on a great many
subjects. and, technically. this is
not possible with Guatemala alb
staining. The door is being kept
open for Guatemala to return to
the group, and there is a posi-
bility that Panama will take
membership. Meanwhile il is
planned to revise the charter Of
the organization TO permit ii to
take action, with or without
Guatemala.
In lashing out against I'll Sal
vador and its other neighbors,
Guatemala charged that the fight
against international commun-
ism was only pretext being
used by the members of the Cen
trail American Organization.
This charge probably seems
strange to many. coming from
nation in this hemisphere, But
observers here say II must be
studied in the light of Guate-
mala's recent history,
Guatemala has for some years
now had a widespread reputation
for being deeply-penerated by
communists. Its President, Col.
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, is not a
communist. The country itself
cannot be said to be a commun-
iSt country But communists
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WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON ~ The admin
istration is watching closely de-
yelopments in Central America,
VII ere c0mmunist-penetrated
Guatemala is sharply at odds
with its nelghboring nations.
Not only is this situation of
Importance in and by itself, but
il must be weighed along with
other incidents in various parts
Of the world where communist
influence is known or suspected.
Present serious difficulties are
traced back TO the proposal made
by I'll Salvador that a strong
anti-communist front be formed
within the framework of the Or
ganization of Central American
States. 1t incurred al once the
fury OF Guatemalan leaders, who
said El Salvador and other Cen
iral American states Honduras,
Costa Rica and Nicaragua a-Were
planning can aggressive bloc
against the sovereignty of Guate-
mala."
FL Salvador replied that it was
only seeking TO give implementa-
ton 10 4 resolution unanimously
adopted at the Fourth Consulta-
tion OF the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs of the American Repub-
lies, held in Washington in 1851.
Guatemala, it's also pointed out,
Joined in this resolution without
any reservations whatsoever.
But Guatemala had remained
obdurate, and has kept up a
steady stream of charges against
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humbly profit
by acqualnting
[ h e m 5 elves
with the obi
cations placed
on each mem
ber of the So
Wet fifth col
umn Such in
formation has
always b c c II
available, bat
IL is brought TO
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an avid reader
o ( o b scure
j ou + nails and
specialized re-
views reatlZ-
ed that, very
recently, I h g
socialist move
mentS of west
ern f op e
nave been CIV
ing tn e most
serious consid-
Grafton to q re-
orlentation of
their tradition
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Those men and women who
defend academic freedom" for
the Communists with such bit
ternesS and assurance might
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The spectacular events in in
ternational life are not always
the most significant. | doubt
whether anyone-unleSS he be