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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24
The Service We Owe

Sundays liturgy again has as its theme the
obligations of man to God. In the plain, direct
terms of the Epistle of the Mass st. Paul points
out that we are to walk in the Spirit" and not
according to the promptings of the flesh he
cites the blessed fruits of the spiritual life as
contrasted with the evils which are brought on
by yielding to our lower instincts. In the
Gospel, Christ Himself tells us that we must
serve God, not mammon, and sweeps away the
excuses offered by those who claim that be-
cause we are in this world we must follow the
standards and practices of the world
These timeIess teachings, although they were
spoken to the people of nineteen centuries ago.
have startling definite application to modern
society and to us who are part of that society
Thus ST. Paul names as 'the works of the
flesh" such things as immortality, uncleanness,
idolatry, witchcrafts, ieaousies, anger, quarrels
factions, enves, murders, drunkenness, carous
ings are not these the precise offenses which are
debasing the world today? The papers tell how
common they are; on all sides we see the inn
morality, the drunkenness; we see people given
over to idolatry of wealth and position; we find
many consulting dream interpreters and astrol-
ogers and affirming belief in other superstitions
equivalent to the "witchcraft" of which St Paul
speaks; we see envy and factionalism dividing
men who should be brothers.
These evils, as the Apostle makes clear, do
not just happen; they come upon civilization
because mankind is obeying, not the Spirit of
God, but "the lusts of the flesh" We pass laws,
and hold conferences, and make speeches in an
effort to deal with these evils; yet there is re-
fusal to face the fact that they come from failure
to meet our obligations to God We do not want
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24

mates for the U.S.A. of an an
nual one million "abortious" of
all kinds-some natural, some
induced, some therapeutic,
some criminal. The estimates
show half to be immoral and
criminal. But the compartment
alist would say, whats the
difference? That's my private
affair, like keeping a diary"
In giving you figures we de
sire principally to indicate
trend, a movement, direction
in which many are going. The
exact figures, we feel, are less
important than the trend.
Half of thousands of Catholic
laymen surveyed by Father Lu-
cius Cervantes, S.J., disagreed
with the God-given doctrine
against divorce and remar-
riage. Divorce is now reaching
the proportion Of plague. II
is possible that every fourth
adult met in this country by
a m matrimonialIy inclined young
ster is a divorcee. Behind this
fact of divorce is the selfish
idea that marriage is a contract
TO do "my will" and not the
will of God. Religion after all
is sort of decoration. like
fern-isn't it?"
Adverse Statistics
All mixed marriages are not
unhappy failures, but consider
the dangers. Six out of every
ten Catholics who enter mix
ed marriage are lost to the
Faith. Four marry outside the
Church, and two drift away, &C
cording TO Father John l..
Thomas, S. j.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24

welcome at all of our retreat
houses, regardless of their oc-
cupation. Nevertheless, for a
number of reasons, lower in
come workers as a group are
not represented at the average
retreat in proportion to their
numerical strength in the over
all Catholic population. One
reason is that they find it diff
ficult to get away to an isolated
retreat house for a complete
weekend.
To meet this problem realis-
tically, the Jesuits Of the New
England Province are expert.
menting with a new type of re-
treat under the auspices of st.
JoSeph's Retreat League for
Workingmen in Boston. Retreat
evenings are held every week
Monday through Friday, from
September through May-in a
parish school conveniently To-
Gated in the heart of the city.
The men are expected to make
one evening of retreat
month. They may choose any
evening they wish. This gives
them 20 choices of evenings
every month. Usually they come
during the same week each
month.
A second defect of the lay
retreat movement in the United
States is its relative lack of
emphasis on the social. as op-
posed to the purely individual,
purpose of the spiritual exer-
cises.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24

lies are bound to be present
from start tc finish lie. re-
garding Sunday obligation).
Q. Is general confession db-
Solutely necessary or is it op-
tiondl?
A. II is optional. While gen.
eral confession is suggested for
certain important moments in
a persons life (e.g. just before
marriage or a religious novit-
iate) it is never required. The
only time it would be neces-
sary to confess sins previous
to the last confession would be
in case they have been omitted
or improperly confessed. If such
an omission were deliberate it
would constitute a bad confes-
sion and the penitent would
have to reconfess all sins since
that bad confession-whether
the time elapsed were a month
or twenty years. A general con-
fession is designed to show us
something of ourselves by
survey of our past moral and
spiritual life so that we may
profit by the observation and
renew our sorrow for past sin.
Often it is strongly urged when
past sins are source of dis
quiet, but scruples in this mat
ter should be disregarded. In
doubt consult your confessor
and he will give you advice on
the suitability of a general con-
fession.
Q. Doesn't it seem unfair
that some people have
many TO remember them IN
prayers and Masses iChile
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24
Making Marriage Click
Not For Lonely Hearts
By Msgr Irving A. Leblanc

The Family Life Bureau of
the National Catholic Welfare
Conference does not exist for
the sake of instigating some
feverish activity or other-and
it certainly is not marriage
bureau" though we do receive
frequent requests concerning
LONELY Heart Associations"
This bureau necessarily has a
distinct purpose; it must full
fill a designated need of the
Church in this country
The Bishops Statement, CIV
en- at their annual meeting in
Washington in 1896, is clear
and fortnight in this regard,
both in what it says and in what
il implies.
Organized by the Bishops of
the country in 1891, shortly aft
er the promulgation of the En-
eyclieal of Plus XI on Chris
tion Marriage, the Bureau ex-
lists TO minister, not administer,
to exert moral influence, not to
be strait jacket,
The Greater Common Good
It's function is to coordinate,
not supplant family programs.
To unity, not merge movements.
To represent the mind of the
Bishops. To guide diocesan fam
lily life-directors. To suggest a
positive family program for Lay
Organizations. To present CD.
tholic family ideals in any APP
propriate forum.
To study the trends in fam.
lily life. To arouse public in
terest. to provide clearing
house and interchange of in
formation. To promote and to
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24
!!lHliNhlihHIIlIhIIIIIIIIIIInRIHlR

On July 2, the Feast Of the
Visitation of the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary, Pope Plus XII ad-
dressed a brief letter of com
mendation to the So-called Re
treat Movement of Persever.
ance, which is made up of as
sociations of workers and pro-
fessional men in Italy. Organ
lied by the Society of Jesus,
the movements only activity is
the CLOSED retreat" - three
days of spiritual exercises and
conferences geared to the speci'
fie problems and needs of the
particular working groups.
In the words of His Holiness,
the purpose of the movement
Is to help "all classes of work
ingmen TO remain aware
of their calling as Christians,
of their baptismal promises,
and of fidelity to their duties
In life, and this during their
every waking and working
hour"
IL was a happy coincidence
that the Holy Fathers letter
to the workers retreat move
ment Of Italy should have been
written at this particular time
when, all over the world, Ca
tholics are commemorating the
Silver Jubilee of Pope Plus ks
encyclical, "On Reconstructing
the Social Order" II serves to
remind us that workers re-
treats were also highly recon-
mended in the latter document
as a most valuable means OF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24
The Washington Letter
84th Praised Relief Work


have been developed by the
American voluntary agencies
using cur surplus foods, devel-
op bonds of friendship and un-
derstanding with the people of
foreign countries" He added
that these bonds are necessary
if we ever are going to have "a
just and lasting peace"
Meanwhile, the u. S. Infor-
maton Agency has disclosed
that it has intercepted a radio
program broadcast from Radio
Minsk, in Soviet Russia, calling
for a stepped up attack on re-
ligion. The radio broadcast as
serted that the number one
task of schools in communist
country is to teach the children
to become atheists and ''irre-
concilably hostile" to all forms
of religion.
While groups sponsored by
religious organizations. labor to
bind up the wounds inflicted
by communist aggression, COM
munism calls for increased an
tagonism toward religion.
In a 27-month period of this
programs operation US. vol
untary agencies distributed re-
lief worth a total of more than
S472 million. 1t went to 20
countries in Europe, 18 coun-
tries in the Far East, seven in
the Near East, Is in Africa and
"a in the Western Hemisphere.
1t included food, clothing, tex
tiles and self-help items.
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others may haze to stay in
Purgdtory for a long time be-
cause they hdue no one Uho
cares?
A. No. A person is in Pur-
gatory because he deserves to
be there. We have no idea as
to the exact application of
prayers and Masses to the
souls who are temporarily de-
tanned there lie. some may
gain more from a few devout
prayers or from one Mass than
another gains from a great
number offered for him All
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24

that surplus us. food may, un-
der certain conditions, be trans
ferred to the governments of
friendly countries for use of
persons in, need. It also pro-
vides for the transfer of sur
plus food stuffs to American
voluntary agencies, together
with funds to cover ocean trans
portation to the foreign coun-
tries. The Congressman said
this latter au tn ority is
unique" and in his opinion
"opens the way TO the accom-
plishment of a great deal of
good throughout the world"
Representative Feighan NAM
ed Catholic Relief Services
National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference, the Lutheran World
Federation, the Church World
services of the National Coun-
Gil of the Churches of Christ,
and the Aid Refugee Chinese
1ntellectuals, Inc, as the Amer
ican voluntary agencies "car-
rying out these successful pro-
grams" He said they are ac-
complishing "great service in
easing the sufferings of mil
lions of victims of communist
aggression" He said they are
helping to feed up to 10000
children a day in Hong Kong,
to cite just one example of this
far-reaching work.
at is certain fact" said
Representative Feighan, "that
programs such as those which
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24
The Yardstick
The Yardstick
LabOrers Need Retreats
BY Msgr. George G. Higgins
IiIN|INNNNVINNN

both personal and social restor.
alton"
School Of the Spirit
This is a salutary reminder
For in commemorating the an
niversary of the greatest of So
cial encyclicalS, there is a nat
ural tendency to concentrate al
most exclusively on its specific
proposals for economic and So
cial reform to the neglect OF
those sections of the encyclical
which emphasize the necessity
of training deeply spiritual
apostolic lay leaders for the
purpose of effecting these re-
forms.
Specialized retreats-for EN-.
ployers and professional men
as we'll as for workers-are not
the only means of developing
such leaders, but surely they
are one of the most important.
Thanks be TO God, the lay
retreat movement in the Unit
ed States is relatively strong
and is growing all the time. II
would probably be fair to say,
however, that in general the
movement suffers from two
principal defects, both of which
are relevant to this discussion.
New Type OF Retreat
First, there are not enough
retreats for ordinary working
men as opposed, for example,
TO those for business executives,
professional men, or union Of
ficers. To be sure. laymen from
every walk of life are equally
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1956-08-24

-
Masses include the faithful de-
parted and God can apply the
fruits to neglected souls in
Purgatory. 1t is true, never
theess, that we should especi-
ally pray for people who APP
pear to have few to remem-
ber them. Some Catholics have
a custom o. offering prayers
for the most neglected soul
in Purgatory."
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times.
Box 636, Columbus (16) Ohio.
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WASHINGT0N-Relief work
carried on by American volun-
tary agencies overseas received
warm Endorsement in the clos
ing days of the 84th Congress.
Unfortunately, in the rush
of getting away" the praise
did not receive the notice it
might have ordinarily.
As consequence, the gen
eral public did not get an OPP
portunity to make what might
have been a very instructive
comparison. This is the COM
parison:
The American voluntary
agencies lauded on the floor of
Congress are religion-sponsor-
ed. At the same time they we're
being praised here, persons in
authority in Russia we're urging
a stepped up campaign to
stamp out religion. And, the
! want and suffering which the
American religion sponsored
agencies are helping to re-
lieve is largely the result of
the aggression Of stheistic COM
muniSm.
Feeling that the very con-
structive provisions" of the
Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of
1854 "are little known to the
people of the United States"
Representative Michael A.
Feighan of Ohio undertook to
draw attention to them in the
House of Representatives. The
law. he pointed out. proyides
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03
.DAR Honors
Mrs. J. Arnold

The Chevy Chase Chapter of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution honored its retiring
regent Mrs. John r. Arnold last
Wednesday by voting a $500 con.
tribution in her name to the Beth.
esda. Chevy Chase Rescue Squad.
Also Mrs. Arnold made a report
on the recent continental con.
gress. Other reports were made
by Mrs. Robert L. Jarnagin and
Mrs. Alexander M. Walker.
The meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. Albert E. Conradis.
Assisting her were Mrs. Dexter
North, Mrs. Geofrey Huber, Mrs.
Ivan H. briggs and Mrs. George
E. Monk.
The May meeting of the chap.
ter will be held on May %, at
the home of Mrs. Robert A. Win
ston at "Sky Hills" Middletown
with Mrs. Lewis Bowman, Mrs.
Raymond c. Schenck, Mrs. Wal
ter B. McEachern and Mrs. Rob
ert ]. Stevens assisting. Election
and installation of officers will be
the program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03
Arts Group
Elects New
Officials

Joan Hollander, Chevy Chase
was elected president for 1856
81 of the Community Arts Asso-
citation, succeeding lisa Flesh
man, at the April 20 meeting at
tended by IT'S members. Vice
president is Helen KoSs, Wheaton.
Other new officers include
Vice-president in charge of hous-
ing, Helen Blair, Massachusetts
Ave. Hills; recording secretary,
Louise Behr, Silver Spring; pub
licity, Lois Sheldon, Silver Spring;
and executive secretary, Molly
Tatel, Silver Spring.
New chairmen have also been
appointed for the community arts
classes conducted in the Silver
Spring and Brannockburn areas.
Enrolment in the group, cooper.
atively run to provide profession
al leadership in creative courses
for children, is not limited 20 resi-.
dents of these areas, however.
Junior high students wishing to
participate in the social dance
classes in the fall are urged to
enroll now. Blanche Schnapper,
JU. 9-6160, is chairman of this
group.
An adult group in modern
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Letbb1dge}
Wedding Rites
Held in April

Anne Harriet Bryan, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Franklin
Bryan of Colesville, became the
bride of Charles Louis Lethbridge,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Mil
lard Lethbridge of Ashton, April
Z at 4 pm.
The Church of the Holy Com
forter in Washington, scene Of
the wedding, housed some 230
guests and was adorned with
palms and white cut flowers.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
floor-length gown of white nylon
net and lace over white satin and
a crown of tiny pearls set off by
a finger-tip veil. She carried a
cascade of white roses and lily
of-the-valley with a white orchid
center.
The matron of honor, Mrs. Ger
aid Blanton, cousin of the bride,
wore waltz length gown of light
blue crystallette and carried a
cascade Of pink roses. The brides
maids, Miss Jean Lethbridge, Sis
ter of the bridegroom, and Miss
Kathleen He'll, also wore waltz
length gowns of light blue cry
stallette and carried identical cas-
cades of yellow roses.
Willard Lethbridge, brother of
the bridegroom, was best man.
John Richardson, cousin of the
bridegroom, Neil Thurman, Don
aid Bean, and James Barnsley
were the ushers.
The brides mother wore a pink
lace dress with black patent ac-
.cessories, pink gloves, pink and
white hat, and a corsage of white
and pink orchids.
The bridegroom's mother wore
aqua crepe dress with pink &C.
cessories, and hat and she also
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03
Congers Announce
Daughters Betrothal

Mr. and Mrs. MILFORD r. Con
ger of Oakdale announce the en-.
gagement of their daughter Son.
dra Arnold to Frederick William
Stephens, USNR, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. C. Stephens of Brooke.
vile.
Miss Conger is employed at
Montgomery General Hospital in
Olney. Mr.. Stephens was a Feb.
ruary graduate of the University
of Maryland College of Engineer
ing, and is now attending Naval
Officers Candidate School in
Newport, r. 1.
A late summer wedding is
planned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03

teach me how to change a tire,
but 1 just laughed and laughed.
All you have to do is stand out
in the road and look helpless.)
Anyway, by lunchtime the tire
was fixed and back on the car,
and the man there told me he
had vulcanized it whatever that
means) and done all sorts of
impressive things, like putting
in nylon cord. While I'm not
recommending flat tires, ] can
recommend Montgomery Tire
Service as a good place to get
them fixed.
T.
Last Sunday, with its beauti-
full weather, brought out the do.
it-yourselfers in full force. My
uncle Norman spent the day re.
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and Saturday morning.
Besides antiques and things
like that, they also auction off
useful items like furniture and
household goods. And Mr.. Ochs'
man says he'll take things on
consignment, OF even knock
down a whole estate.
Montgomery Tire Service just
opened up the other week, and
lucky me, got a chance to try
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03

dance was given this year. Three
hundred and twenty-four families
participated in the activities of
the Community Arts Association
this year, it was reported.
Classes include creative dance
cages 5 to 12), creative drama
cages 6 to 12), creative art cages
6 to 12), tunbling for boys ages
Z to II, group piano cages 8 to
14, pre-instrumental music cages
6 to 10), social dance for junior
high students, adult dance, and
art technique % to IA. To con.
tact chairmen Of these gro6ps,
call JU. 5-2176.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03
Rockville Families
Unite in September

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Perrie
Jenkins of Red Gables, Rockville,
announce the engagement of their
daughter Louisa Hambleton to
DR.. Dexter Means Billiard, Jr.,
son of DR.. and Mrs. Billiard Of
Rose Hill, Rockville.
Miss Jenkins is graduate Of
Sidwells' Friends School and is
a senior at Vassar College. DR..
Bullard was graduated from
Landon School and Yale Univer-
sity, and received his degree in
medicine from the University Of
Pennsylvania Medical School in
1855.
A September wed ding is
planned.
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building part of the front of his
house, and the neighbors spent
the day watching Norman.
Better than television.
But even the do-it-yourselfers
have to get their materials be-
fore they can start, and a good
place to get building stuff is
Chaplin Lumber Co., in Gathers
burg. They have all types of
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had corsage of white and pink
orchids.
The reception, which irnmed
lately followed the ceremony, was
held in the parish hall. A 40
pound, five-tiered wedding cake
was the highlight of TIE refresh.
ments, with ham aid turkey
sandwiches on miniature rolls,
tea sandwiches and cookies,
stuffed celery and olives, minis
nuts, and punch
After the festivities the couple
left to honeymoon in Florida, and
will reside permanently in Ash.
ton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03
Dance for Palsy

The annual dance for the bene-
fit of United Cerebral Palsy of
Montgomery County, Inc, spon-
sored by the Knights of Pythias
and Pythian Sisters will be held
Saturday at 8 p. m, at the Agri-
culture Center in Gaithersburg.
Music will be furnished by Frank
Petti's orchestra. Tickets, at So
per couple, will be available at
the door
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03

t h e m t his
week. Sunday
night 1 had a
flat, the AAA
changed t h e
tire or me
a n d Monday
morning l took
it in to Mont
gomery. (When
1 first learned
to drive my
father tried to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03
Shopping Cart--z
Auction Gallery, Opens
Right Here IN Wheaton

The latest person prove that Montgomery County has
everything is Victor Ochsman He's done it by opening
auction gallery in Wheaton. Mr. Ochsman who manages
Montgomery Auction Galleries, and Charles Masters the
auctonee hold real live auctions every Wednesday evening
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03

Nicholas A. Keck of Kensing-
ton has been pledged to Phi Kap-
pa Tau fraternity at the Univer.
sity of Maryland.
Evening star., 1956-03-31

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The combined choirs Of the
Lutheran Church of the Refor-
nation, under the direction of
julie zabawa, were heard last
night during the Good Friday
evening service in a presentation
of Heinrich Schuetz's tender and
expressive setting of 1.-THE Seven
Words of Christ on the Cross"
The sublime and piercingly
eloquent music of Schuetz is
peculiarly appropriate to the
Easter season. His Seven Words
of Christ" rather infrequently
performed despite its striking
beauty, was not published dur
ing the composers lifetime. A
set of parts in manuscript was
discovered nearly two centuries
after his death in the library at
CaSSel. from which 1t was first
published and adapted for mod
ern performance in 1873.
Since then the work has made
its way slowly but surely back
into the Easter repertory. It /.
music which depends for it,
effectiveness largely on the ex.
tremely supple and subtle me.
lodic line of the solo passage
which paint In dark and passion.
ate colors the drama Of the
Crucifixior. The small part al.
lotted to the chorus, while Of ex-
treme beauty. serves merely tt
accentuate the poignancy of the
story.
OF the performance by the
choirs Of this magnificent piece