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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

II HOnIoN'S Iuuy,irv Corner
Fr. Healey's Inquiry Corner
Should We Make Issue
OF Off Color Stories?

everyone more liable to sin,
perhaps some more powerfully
than others. The scandal that
comes from a Catholic taking
part is a. real question of con-
science, regardless of the APP
parent sophistication of the
group. For the Christian ideal
there is no question that such
conversation is unworthy and
we should not settle for avoid
ing mortal sin in the matter.
@. How would you 90 about
telling in confession that YOU
have not made q good eonfes-
sion for quite . few years?
A.. The first step is to pray
for the strength to be honest
in making a good confession.
When ii comes to the actual
confession a person in such a
sad confession should simply
say so. The priest will help him
to go back to the last good
confession, reconfessing every
thing since that time. If it has
been a long time the penitent
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

Press, Dubuque, Iowa. $1.5O. Pa
peri. A college textbook.
GAUTIER, JEAN. A Priest And
His Dog. (Kenedy. So. A series
of brief anecdotal essays.
HEBRON, E. A. Dimond OF
Alaska. (Messner. $2.95) An ac-
count of an outstanding Catholic
who was Alaska's first congress
sional representative.
KANE, G. L. Lay Workers for
Christ. (Newman. Cloth, So. Pa
per, 81. A series of essays on as
poets of the lay apostolate.
McSORLEY, JOSEPH. Common
Sense. Bruce. $2.75). Spiritual
essays.
REGGIE, EDWIN (Brother).
Microbe Detective. )Dujarie. $2).
A story of Louis Pasteur for chill
dren Of upper grades and lower
high school.
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For Catholics

CID CAMPEADOR. Poem OF
The Cid. University of California
Press. SIPS. Paper. A transla-
ton by Lesley Simpson based on
the critical edition by Ramon
Menendez Pidal.
COCHRANE, C. N. Christianity
And Classical Culture. Oxford.
S295. Paper). A study of thought
and action from Augustus to Au-
gustine.
DARCY, M. C. The Meeting of
Love and knowledge. (Harper. $3).
Explores the common ground be-
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DOMAIN, T. C. and others. To-
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cannot be expected to remem-
Der all the sins exactly as they
may have been mentioned week
after week in the (bad) confess
sions. They can be confessed in
the manner and to the extent
that the penitent can remem-
Der them. It is a serious sin to
lie in confession and so make
a bad confession but the return
TO the state of grace is not
complicated. A lie which does
not affect the substance of a sin
(e.g. the p~enitent answers quick
~ in some trivial matter or
some trivial detail a question
the priest puts and on the spur
of the moment does not tell the
whole truth or is guilty of a
venial lie) does not make a bad
confession. Only the deliberate
keeping back of a mortal sin
can make confession invalid.
@. What II . Catholic should
come upon the scene Of an se-
cident and one or more person
seems to be dying. Should he
baptire them. lust in case. call
the priest in case they are
Catholics or trust that they'll
be taken care Of in the hos.
pital?
A. In many instances people
are rushed to the hospital
quickly and there are visited
by the priest. If there is any
doubt or delay the nearest
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

eral and American unions in
particular are based on a ma
terialistic philosophy of life and
that they are harmful to the re-
ligious spirit of their members?
1t remains to say a word, in
conclusion, about the use which
Father Coogan makes of the
1850 Pastoral Letter of the
French Canadian Hierarchy
C'rhe Problem of the Worker
in the Light of the Social Doc
trinc Of the Church') as a con-
venient stick with which to
beat the American labor move
ment and. more specifically, as
an argument in support of
right-to-work legislation. Father
Coogan states that the Canad-
ian Pastoral praises religious
ly oriented unions but warns of
the great harm done by the
largely secularized unions chad
in Canada and in the United
States alike.)" From this he
seems to argue that the union
shop in the United States
should be prohibited as a moral
evil.
This is a misinterpretation Of
the French Canadian Pastoral,
as was pointed out several
months ago in a highly authori-
tative article written for a
French Canadian publication by
Father Gerard Dion, director
of the Department of Industrial
Relations at Laval University
in Quebec and a trusted adviser
to the French Canadian bishops
on the subject of labor and
He is merely opposed to their
being compelled" to join
American neutral unions under
union shop agreements. LET the
unions" he says, sacrifice the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

AS SO many relearn at
Christmas time, life is not
a closed vault, but a many
windowed mansion. To en-
JOY this mansion and actually
to survive, the windows must
be opened. There is a large,
important one which has been
closed for too many. We will
call it the "inlaw Window"
Open it up we must. Here are a
few final directions:
RIGHT EXPECTATIONS
When >in-laws are domiciled
together they should have reas-
enable expectations of one an
other. For instance, they should
not always expect to be forever
invited where the other goes
or to be given constant ex-
plantations for all that goes on.
That would border on slav-
cry! Each party should also in
list on privacy closed door
should suffice to establish that
practice-no locks should be
necessary. Two phones then in
the long run could be an Geo.
nomical investment. In money
matters common expenses
should always be shared. Trial
budgets should first be set up,
then a regular statement of fl
nances should be made: good
business generally means good
friends.
APPRECIATION
Warm, sincere appreciation
should always be expressed for
gifts received. The gift is a
symbol of affection. That graf
itude is coyly sought by the Civ
er. To ignore a gift is a base
insult. 1t Isl fitting that chill
dren learn gratitude early by
praying every evening for their
grandparents, doing little fa-
vors for them, and inviting
them to parties that they can
attend. While on trips the chill
dren should send cards to
a. HHRr
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Daughters-in-law should ex-
pect inlaw difficulties. For
anyone with original sin that is
natural. The younger person
ordinarily should take the initi-
alive in in-law adjustments.
Mothers-in-law give their
hearts slowly and only upon
proof. Their status and age
should be respected.
A wife should set standards
where she can be favorably
compared with her feminine i'm
laws. She should take care Of
her housekeeping her eIeanli.
ness, her dress, her social life,
her cooking, and be at least on
. par with them. Incidentally,
any wife who loves can learn
how to. cook in two weeks.
Trips, celebrations. social life
should frequently be planned
with the in-Iaws. There should
be reasonable clustering to.
sether. General everyday prob
lens which arise are talked out
within ~ hours and never al.
lowed. TO tester. Every obstacle
is viewed in the overall con.
text Of q successful marriage.
Almost anything can be endur.
ed for that purpose.
Christmas is oftentimes an
occasion when parents finan-
cially help a struggling young
couple. 1t is true that wives
agree to live on their husbands
income and not on their ia
theirs, but WY should parents
wait for death to help those
they love - children may need
help now. Why not give help to
them if you can? Help must be
offered prudently by parents.
1t must be accepted maturely
by children who are not so fool.
ishly Independent that they re-
fuse needed assistance.
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The Ynrdstick
Are Neutral Unions
Really Morally Harmful?
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

fat that comes through COM
pulsory membership. Then let
them grow as large and as
strong as they may, through
their contribution to the com
mon good"
How can the last part of this
sentence be reconciled with
labor legislation. Father Dion
stated very pointedly that it is
completely contrary to the
wishes of the Quebec episco-
pacy" to use their authority as
an argument against the union
shop and in favor of right-to-
work legislation.
Fairly extensive excerpts
from Father Dion's article were
previously reprinted in this
column on June 3. This fact is
noted as a reply TO Father Coo
gan when he states in the course
of his NAM speech that he has
cited the Canadian Pastoral be-
fore and that his Clerical crit.
les have not dared challenge
either its pertinence or its i'm.
porfance."
1t is also interesting to note,
in this connection, that the
bishops of Franch Canada re-
Gently let it be known that they
do not object on religious or
moral grounds to the forth
coming merger of the Catholic
unions On the Province of Que
bee and the neutral unions af-
filiated with the Canadian Con-
gress of labor. How can this
be?
Is it possible that the French
Canadian bishops as well as the
American bishops are unaware
of the fact-as alleged by Faith
er Coogan-that the neutral un-
ions in their respective coun-
tries are fundamentally mater
ialistic and that they constitute
a serious danger to the faith
and morals of their members?
Is it possible, in order words,
that everybody else is out of
line except Father Coogan?
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Party Purge in Poland, First
Step Toward SeculariZatiOn

"our state has not changed its
attitude toward religion-that
is, it has not resigned and will
not resign from organizing and
conducting a varied campaign
of educating citizens in the
spirit of a scientific world out
look. -"
Although its %philosophic at
titude toward religion is I'M
changed, Poland's Communist
party has modified it's program
to allow party members to prac-
tice their faith.
In fact, it has made a move to
eliminate all elements of re-
ligious warfare" from social
life. An article by S. Sosnowski
in Zycie Partii party Life, Of
ficial publication of the par
tvs central committee, set
forth this program.
"All friction must be remov-
ed and the battle for secularism
should be based on tolerance,
true freedom of conscience and
complete liberty of worship. All
the reasons for such troubles
must be eliminated as an indiS-
pensable condition to the sue
cessful secularization of the
people," wrote Mr. %Sosnowski.
He pointed out that the strug-
gle between religion and COM
munism should be intellectual
and not based exclusively on
police repression, and that an
atmosphere of tolerance is nee
essary if the former method
is used. But he said this does
not exclude the use of govern
mental measures.
Nova Kultura New Culture)
published an article by Tadeusz
Pluzanski in September which
warned that poland will not
be secularized by the efforts
of atheists and freethinkers."
Mr.. Pluzanski said that anti
religious propaganda only in
cites opposition among Poland's
Catholics. Righteousness disap-
pears most rapidly in an atmos-
phere of indifference We
have already andvanced quite
far: from the Stalinist maxim,
destroy your enemy even if he
is down. we have come to the
theory, not one blow beyond
militant necessity"
1t is in the atmosphere of toll
erance which Poland's commun-
lists now place their hope. They
believe that such a tolerance
will be reciprocal, that COM
munist tolerance of religion
may lead to tolerance of party
philosophy by the Polish peo-
pie, that the Church's influ-
ence over % million Poles will
weaken.
The current "verification"
program and the stress on free
-
dom of worship must be seen as
a new move in the game whose
goal is to secularize the Pol
ish masses and win them for
their thousand-year-old attach
ment to Catholicism.
For the time being the party
has abandoned its attempts to
enforce atheism in favor of a
waiting game in an atmosphere
of tolerance. It hopes that re-
ligious fervor will be reduced
to indifference and that the
masses will then be ready to ac-
cept the communist theology.
Because this move is necess-
arily one which will take years,
Mr.. Gomulka has realized that
If his party is to succeed it
must be made to hew to the Of
fetal line and be responsive to
a strict discipline. This is. one
of the reasons for the current
"verificatiQn' program.
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priest should be called. II we
can find out from someone
who knows (e.g. the party him.
self or a companion) we should
ask if he is Catholic or if not
if he wishes to be baptized. In
danger of death an unbaptized
person or one whom we can
presume to be so this judg,
ment would take into consider
alton the locality and any evil
dence on his person. can be
baptized conditionally. There
should be an implicit habitual
intention on hiss part which
might be discovered by talking
to his companions if he is un-
conscious. If we must act and
the person is conscious we
should have him make some
basic profession of faith and
act of contrition (e.g. as indi-
Gated in some cards especially
designed to help dying non
Catholics.
@. Can . baby be given .
name from the Old Testament
instead Of canoni1ed saint
from the New Testament?
A. The Eastern rites of the
Catholic Church (often called
Uniate) have many such holy
men and women listed as
saints, including Adam. We
have the Holy Machabees hon.
ored liturgically on August LIST
by a commemoration in honor
of their death for the Jewish
faith end century B.C). (see
II Machabees 6, y Others such
as Abraham, Moses, David,
Jeremias are named in the Ro-
man Martyrology. Abel and
Abraham are invoked in the
litany of the dying. Many of
them supplied names for early
Christian converts from Juda-
ism, so that we can say that the
name also comes from New
Testament saints.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16) Ohio.
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NOT AUTOMATIC
MACHINERY


Parents should know when
and how to help a new family.
An extra pair of hands given in
an emergency and without re-
proach is a rare godsend - a
benediction - a boon. Baby
sitting for the grandchildren
should be rather frequently
and gladly offered, This is also
of great help to the emotional
life of a tiny tot who remains,
with bis grandparents over the
weekend and knows that he can
still be perfectly safe away
from home.
No youngster can have too
much of this kind of love. This
does not mean that children
are to be dumped upon grand
parents, Or that mothers-in-law
are to become a piece of auto
matte machinery, taken for
granted. That is a crime.
Do not stir up trouble; giving
unasked for advice is exactly
that! Advice is like any COM
modify, the rarer il is, the
more il Is sought after. You are
begging for trouble il you crit
ieize couples training Of
their children, or If you COM
msnt on your sons missing
shirt buttons, or casually re-
mark, "Yovr wife is cute but
what . eook!" No good hvs.
band ever allows his wife TO
be criticized by anyone how
ever svbtIy it is sometimes done
The least he can do is quickly
aeeentuste her magnif ieent
qualities which really count.
Rather than stir up trouble. il
is better for in-laws TO take
no sides and live the motto:
Blessed are the Peseemak-
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Gomulka ordered a "veriflca-
ton"
This is a mild type of purge
in which about half of the 1.3
million party members will be
deactivated. Communists will
simply exclude the unwanted
members from party circles.
This "verification' program
is expected to continue through
January, by which time the
party ranks will probably have
been reduced to less than 700,-
900 reliable members.
Leaders of the 'verification"
began their work by using at
tendance at church as a criter-
ion for deactivating party men,
bers. This practice quickly
brought numerous complaints
to the party's central commit
tee.
Mr.. Gomulka's own weekly,
Polityka, attacked the use of
such a criterion and reminded
leaders that "the conditions of
secularism in Poland are a very
special kind and different than
in other countries"
In the article, entitled "Po-
lish Road to Secularism," party
leaders were told that sthe CO.
existence of Socialism In the
economic and political sphere
with important positions Of the
Church in social life (of the
country is a specific character
istic of the Polish revolution.
1.-THE experience of the past
two years has taught us to take
facts into consideration. 1t has
also taught us that in social re-
forms one must take into &C
count the actual condition of
the peoples awareness, that in
no sphere can one conduct a
policy which is contrary to the
will of the majority of the ma
ton. 80"
Trybuns luds has warned
the party that II II should base
the "verificstion" on the idea
that only pure Marxists cen be-
long TO the party, communism
would separate itself from the
masses.
Especially in our country
where religious beliefs are am
bedded in the tradition and are
widespread, this kind of rigoris-
tic requirement would lead to
the elimination of a large num-
Der of workers and peasants
from the party" said the ar
ticle.
When communists speak of
freedom of worship, in this ma
ton which is IS percent Catho-
lie, they mean only the freedom
to attend church, 60 to confes-
sion and receive Communion.
Such freedom does not, how
ever, extend fully to education
or the press.
Religion is taught in the
schools, but the party does not
tolerate religious attitudes in
other subjects. A few Catholic
periodicals are allowed to pub
lish, but they are closely
watched and prevented from
spreading ideas which may
prove to be harmful to the
party-witness the censorship
last July of the Tygodnik Pow
szechny Universal Weekly of
Cracow, one of Poland's few
Catholic papers.
To Polish communist leaders
there is a difference between
the party's program and its
philosophy. It can tolerate free
dom of worship as part of its
philosophy.
This csn be seen in an article
in Gazeta Poznanska (Poznan
Gazette) No. IS, which said
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

1t is our .unwelcome task in the present column to
comment adversely, from the point of view of Catholic So
Father John E. Coogan, So. of the University of Detroit
at the recent annual convention of the National Associa-
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WARSAW, Poland

WARSAW, Poland -
NC) - Poland's Commun-
list party has been re-
minded once again that it
must show tolerance in
regard to religious beliefs if it
hopes to influence the masses
of this nations predominantly
Catholic population. N
Warsaw daily, Trybuna Luda,
mouthpiece of the Communist
party, published this warning
recently to remind the nations
communists that this is the Of
ficial party line in Poland.
The party press in this coun-
try, on the border of the Soviet
Union, has published numerous
other articles this fall reiterat-
ing the party stand on freedom
of worship.
They have been prompted by
the current "verification" pro-
gram going on within the party,
whose leaders have seemed to
ignore this policy.
At the 10th Plenum of the
Communist party central com
mittee held last October, party
chief Wladyslaw Gomulka said
the Polish party was too big
and needed more discipline.
He bitterly attacked the left
wing "revisionists" who wish to-
democratize the party and or
dered the right-wing "dogmatic
sectarians" Is talinis s. to
come into line. Inorder to rid
the party of these extreme fac
tons, which have caused a
breakdown in discipline, Mr..
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-12-27

Making Marriage Click
In-Laws Can Be Cod-Send
Or Real TrOubIemakers
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

Grandpa and Grandma and
and make frequent short visits
to them.
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BE MATURE

ers." Taking sides will not
give peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-09

THE EVENING STAR Washington D. C. *** ALI
SATURDAY NOVEMBER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-09
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Continued From Page A-lO

Continued From Page A-lO
treasurer. Speaking of
Variety, one Of its oldest and
most beloved members passed
away in the death Of Rudolph
Berger. who will be buried to-
day. The long time head
of MGM's sales Offices here
was one of the industry's true
gentlemen.
Katharine Cornell will act as
chairman Of the 1857 Actors
Fund Week, which has been
set for December 20-28, &.
Washington. If you did not
know. has always been one Of
the most generous contributors
to the fund. The Field
brothers and the Ontario Thea
ter have arranged that Cou-
pom % in the Carter Barron
Amphitheater value book may
be applied to "Raintree Coun-
ty" tickets. Except for Fri
day and Saturday night show
ings. Most of the city's
neighborhood film houses will
have special Veterans Day mat
inees on Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-09
BY BETTY BEALE

The most glittering gath
ering of social glamour ever
to witness a horse race assem-
bled in the ballroom of the
Sheraton Park Hotel last
evening for the third Inter-
national Ball.
The fashionable frolic drew
foremost figures of the East
to wine, dine, dance and
watch a posh take-off of the
famous patio in Sienna, Italy,
one Of the oldest horse races
known to man.
In an extraordinary setting
reminiscent of the pageantry
of the medieval Italian town,
the bejeweled and be-satined
guests saw eight "fillies" vie
for lead positions with each
throw of the dice by former
Ambassador Clare Luce.
Winning Horse"
The winning Ally" was
pretty Mimi Du Pont Mills Of
Middleburg. Va. Sponsored
by the Bundy Tubing Co. the
bright red racing colors of
her medieval costume - red
tights and red high-necked
jersey under a yellow jacket
meant that all red ticket
holders won a prize.
There were eight sponsors
in all, each having contrib
uted a stable sum to the
benefit which raised thou
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Government prosecutors to
know just what the law is on
the subject of criminal in
sanity, according to yesterdays
petition.
Attacking the Mallory rule
as applied in the Cater case,
the petition recited how Carter
was arrested about an hour
after his crime was discovered
on May 81, 1855.
It said he re-enacted the
crime at about 1880 am. the
next day and finished making
a full confession at 1880 am.
He was not arraigned before
the United States Commission
er until noon the day after the
crime.
The Mallory decision, seek
ing to protect the accused from
long interrogations resulting in
possible forced confession, says
a man must be arraigned
without unnecessary delay
after his arrest. Otherwise his
confession can't be accepted as
proper evidence in his trial.
But Mr.. Gasch's petition
claims the Mallory decision
doesn't apply in the Carter
case. 1t said the procedure OF
police in the Carter case was
effective and intelligent law
enforcement"
Effective law enforcement
is being hampered and even
thwarted by this Carter de-
cision and expansion Of the
(Mallory) rule" the petition
said
THE interest of the COM
munity requires a full consid-
Grafton of the issues before-as
in all probability may happen
the confessed murderer Of a
girl is released and given the
opportunity to repeat serious
crimes.