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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-05-24

and the place. A closed re-
treat is time of spiritual
guidance and reflection in re-
tirement from the world in q
place reserved for such exer-
cises for the space of two or
more uninterrupted days. A
longer period is even more de-
sireable but forty-eight hours
is generally considered the
minimum for a closed retreat.
A Day of Recollection may be
held in parish church or in
any suitable place and may
vary from four or five hours
to ten or twelve. It has the
same general aim as a retreat
but does not allow the same
opportunities for withdrawal
from the world or absorption
in the silence of a closed re-
treat.
@. Is 1t true that at q certain
time your number is up" and
there is nothing you can do
about it?
A. Properly understood this
saying could refer to resigna-
ton, accepting the will of
God and trusting in Divine
Providence and not in merely
human factors. 1t could inspire
us to accept death-as we ac-
cept everything else we cannot
change-as under the control
of God. so that the time of our
death, which He knows from all
eternity, is set and established
by His providence and is GER
tain to be the best time for the
good of our soul. Ii it Is a
fataistic superstition calling
for recklessness or bravado--
as it often is-the expression
is not fitting for Christians. 1t
is not some cold fate which
rolls our number around as in
some accounting machine, but
the loving care of our heaven
ly Father who knows the time
and all the circumstances of
our death.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times.
Box 636, Columbus (16). Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-05-24
Making Marriage Click
Going Steady Pattern
For Teens Must Go
BY Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc
INNNNMANNlNN INNT TTTTTTIi

For the last two weeks we
have discussed a troublesome
dating pattern. Some are priD-
cipally against "going steady"
in the early teens because 1t
makes emotional pygmfes of
Its devotees. The very bracelet
which is exchanged by the
"lovers" is more a slave brace
let than a symbol of security.
Some think a steady" is nee
essary to assure a date for all
dancing parties, but you can
agree to accompany each other
for all parties without "going
steady"
Some are militantly against
"going steady during high
school because it warps the
students mind. Students, they
say. lose interest in school,
grow apart from friends OF
their own sex. II prevented
from going steady" by Dad
and Nom, they will quickly
turn against their very parents
and relatives.
They will insult and threaten
them and leave deep scars,
never erased or forgotten by
all members of the family.
Religion q Barrier
Some are adamantine against
"going steady" because it is
clearly an occasion of sin
against God. The saints when
on earth would not have trust
ed themselves in circumstances
that going steady" promotes.
II is easy to see why religion
becomes a bore. or a barrier,
to so many of these couples.
One cannot constantly cheat
on the Commandments and en-
Joy going into Our Fathers
House. A keen edge on con-
science is easily lost and sell
dom recovered. If one does
not live his religion, he loses
1t.
Some are convinced that the
present pattern of dating must
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did so dressed up as an altar
boy.
Before taking plane for a
brief side trip to Korea, Cardinal
Frings visited a number of Catho-
lie schools here, including the
campus of Sacred Heart Uni
versity, whose main building -
acquired by the university in
1948 - was formerly the home
of Prince Kuni, and thus the
childhood. home of his daughter,
the present Empress Nagako. At
the various schools he visited,
the Prince of the Church was
greeted by girls in colorful Xxi.
monos.
The prelate took time during
his tour to inspect social work
being done in Tokyo. He visited
the Sophia Settlement in the
slums and Ari No Machi (Ants
Town, cooperative community
of ragpickers on the bank of the
Sumida River in the heart of
the city.
At Sophia settlement, esfab-
lished IS years ago by the Je-
suit Fathers to help the poor,
. he observed Sopis University
students devofing their time TO
teaching children, working in
the dispensary. and caring for
youngsters in the kindergarten
and day nursery for children
whose mothers must work.
He was greeted at the settle
ment by children shouting the
traditional japanese salute: Ban
zai" and waving japanese and
German flags.
At Ants Town, Cardinal FringS
stood beneath a statue of Our
Lady erected by the ragpickers
not all of whom are Catholics
where he was welcomed by all
the junkmen not at work. He
was presented a Photographic
history of the cooperative pro-
ject, which was founded by
Motomo Ozawa, a Catholic who
had been repatriated from Man
churia, and Satako Kitahara,
woman Catholic pharmacist who
freely chose to live among the
ragpickers to cook, wash and
care for their children.
Ari No Machi has about 120
inhabitants, and the profits from
the sale of such discarded things
as rags, paper and glass have
been used to erect their dwell
lings.
Many of the residents are vic
tins of wartime bombing who
lost everything and had been
living in makeshift homes under
railway bridges, in unused tun-
nels and in river banks.
There are four such towns In
Tokyo, and the one Cardinal
Frings visited now has its own
chapel on the second floor of
the only two-story building in
the project. The chapel building,
which is topped by large cross,
houses also the communal kitch-
en- and laundry, and quarters
where the local pastor gives In
structions to his 80 catechumens.
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Confederation of Free Trade
Unions. IL is, in effect, a social
ist organization.
But the American unions, you
Will say, are not socialist un-
ions, nor are the Canadian UNI
ions and several others which
are affiliated with ICFTU. That
is perfectly true. But the fact
remains that, for all practical
purposes, the socialists are run
ming the show, if not complete
~, at least to a greater degree
than their numbers would
seem to warrant. They have far
more TO say about the day-to-
day administration of the or
ganization than any other sin
gle group.
We are not qualified to say
whether or not the socialists
are doing an effective job.
That's a question which will
have to be settled within the
organization. We do know. how
ever. that some of the socialists
on the staff of ICF'TU are defin-
itely biased and bigoted in the
field of religion, and we know
that their inability to overcome
or at least To conceal their
prejudices is seriously hurting
the Confederation.
Air Religious Issue
This. of course, will be bit
terly denied by representatives
of ICFTU and will probably pro-
woke public controversy.
That's all right so far as we are
concerned. In our opinion, 1t
would probably be a good thing
to get the religious issue out
into the open once and for all.
Let's find out, for example,
why the secretariat of ICFTU,
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of sex, of marriage, of procrea-
ton, Of love.
A positive substitute must
replace this pattern of dating
if it is ever to be changed.
Parochial. private, and public
schools, through parent and
teacher organizations, could
sponsor home parties of all
types. Home parties have a
chance to remain a permanent
custom. Church parties with
priests as "baby-sitters" and
"janitors" are not only unrea-
sonable, but could never be
more than a temporary ar
rangement. Parents must enter
into the plan en- masse.
Fuddy-Duddy Parents
If children think their par
ents are fuddy.duddy; it is
often because they really are.
There should be more parties
where parents and children
participate. There should be
supervision, but no "chaper-
ones" Parents also must dance
and enjoy themselves. If 300
people are present there should
be only so chairs at most-for
the paralyzed. All parents
should create a network of ac-
tivity for treir children or it
will make no impact. Why
should parents spend so much
time and money to take care
of other folks children?
We must be able to convince
ourselves and our children
that the present pattern of go
ing steady" must go. We can
not continue to place children
in intolerable situations and
punish them for misbehavior.
We are the only nation in the
world which lets youth do what
it wants and then pounces up
on it. In coming to grips with
this problem, the Holy Fathers
call for Communion for all ev-
cry time Mass is attended will
be the deciding factor.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-05-24
The Yardstick
Convention Of ICFTU
Promises To Be Stormy
BY Msgr. George G. Higgins


ious trouble. To put it mild
ly, the Confederation has
not been a bowling sue
cess. Moreov there is
a serious and potentially fatal
split within its own ranks.
Rightly or wrongly, many
American members are ex-
tremely critical of the man.
ner in which the affairs of the
organization are being admin
istered. They feel that the Con-
federation is falling to accom-
plish the purposes for which il
was established shortly after
World War Ii.
Even at the risk of offend
ing some of the other delega-
tions, the Americans will prob
ably call for a showdown at the
Tunis convention in July. The
resulting controversy is likely
to be very bitter. Whether or
not il will destroy the ICFTU
remains to be seen. Our guess
is that it will not. The chances
are that the delegates will
somehow or other effect a, COM
promise solution and will vote
To keep the Confederation in
existence and to give ii an
other try. We sincerely hope
they do.
Socialist Domination
On the other hand, there is
definite need for some rad
ical changes in the ICFTU-
not mere technical or admins.
trative improvements, but some
basic changes in the Confeder-
atoms structure and orienta-
ton. AT the present time
lCFTU is not what IL claims to
be. That is, il is not a truly
representative Internati 0 n a |
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@. Is it better to hdUe a High
Mass offered for the faithful
departed or to haze fiUe Lou
Masses? never could under
stand hoW q person being able
to make an offering should
make the difference bet,oeen
getting these spiritual bsi1e-
fits or not anyhoto!
A. Pope Plus XII (Mediator
Dell states the basic principle:
Nov the faithful participate
in the oblition in q twofold
manner, namely because they
not only offer the Sacrifice by
the hands of the priest, but
also, to a certain extent, in
union with him II is by rea-
son of this participation, that
the offering made by the
people is also included in lit
urgical worship" Elsewhere
he speaks of the purposes of
the Mass: The first of these
is to give glory to the Heaven
ly Father" Again he states:
And besides, a dialogue Mass
of this kind cannot replace the
High Mass, which posses
ses its own special dignity !"
I'm his conclusion he adds: "A
congregation that is devoutly
present at the Sacrifice
cannot keep silent, for song
befits the lover and, as the
ancient saying has it, he who
sings well prays twice" The
offering made by the congre-
cation on Sunday should be
given generously to God with
out calculation of our person
al benefits and so should the
stipend given to the priest for
a Mass to be offered on anoth-
er day. Everyone shares in
every Mass; the person MAX
ing an offering and asking for
the special fruits for his inten-
ton does not exclude the rest
of the faithful.
@. What is the difference
between a Day of Recollection
and q Retreat?
A. The chief differences
consists in the length of time
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be replaced because studies
tell of the physiological and
psychological harm resulting
from petting. Twenty-Five per
cent of students recently ques-
toned, admitted that it induced
severe nervousness. And. incl
dentally, this same study gave
evidence that necking was not
necessary or appropriate for
popularity. Men like the de-
lightful blend of the modern
girl with the old fashioned vir-
tues.
We are forced to agree with
the many high schools who now
publicly denounce going
steady" and who forbid that
those who practice it be encour-
aged or recognized through the
school paper. Likewise, we see
practical merit in the high
school policy which refuses to
give school honors and offices
to anyone going steady" We
can now no more kid about
this practice for early teen
ayers than we can joke about
missing Mass on Sunday, or
birth control.
Christian Concept Undermined
Almost all of the reasons
from these past two weeks for
opposing "going steady" are
tremendously forceful, but for
me personally, the most far
reaching and decisive is that
II is a pagan concept under
mining our whole Christian
concept of conjugal love and
procreation.
Boys and girls can and
should continue to grow to-
gether. That, of course, is not
the issue. The issue is that
we must follow Christian pat
tern Of life and not compart-
mentalize our religion. Relig-
ion must affect our whole cul-
ture. Going steady" is con-
trary to the Christian concept
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after blessing the cornerstone OF
the new st. Boniface church,
which is being built here with
contributions from the Catholics
of Cologne. He said;
II am positive Japan can be-
come q Catholic nation. Japan
is known as the Land of the
Rising Sun. | should like TO
see Japan become rising sun
i'm the Catholic Church"
Cardinal Frings, who has been
received by Emperor Hirohlto
and Prime Minister Nobosuke
Kishi, told the Catholic people
of Tokyo earlier in the week
that it was the good example OF
the great help given by Ameri-
cans to bombed-out Cologne after
World War II that inspired the
Catholics of his archbiShopric to
"adopt" the Tokyo archdiocese
and aid its people.
The Cardinal presided at
May devofions on the grounds
of the Tokyo cathedral. In
welcoming address Archbishop
Peter TstsU Dol Of Tokyo ex-
pressed the gratitude Of Tokyo
Catholics to Cardinal Frinss
and the people OF his srehdio-
eese. Cardinal Frings replied
that when his Cologne people
were befriended by fhe Ameri-
cans, the faithful in thar city
wanted TO be able TO come to
the aid of other war victims
as soon as possible. They adopt
ed Tokyo. he said, because like
Cologne, it had been one OF
the most bombed cities.
During the ceremonies fol
which hundreds of the faithful
stood in pouring rain for two
hours, the people of Tokyo hon
ored the German Cardinal with
a spiritual bouquet. Two chill
dren from each parish and school
presented pledges of prayers tc
the Cardinal, and knelt for his
blessing. With obvious emotion
the Cologne prelate declared
"No gift is more dear to me than
this"
He explained that the Church
in Japan reminded him of the
epistles of ST.. Paul, who wrote
them when Catholics were few
but worked in close cooperation
with their priests and bishops.
Earlier in tn day, Cardinal
Frings had offered Sunday Mas:
in the chapel of Sophia Univer
sity, Tokyo, for the German com
munity in the Tokyo area. The
Little Singers of the Wooder
Cross, currently here from Paris
attended the Mass and sang. The
Cardinal spoke to the boys il
French and to the rest of the
congregation-including German
Ambassador Hans Kroll and Aus
trian Ambassador Franz Leithel
and their families-in German.
The st. Boniface ceremony
later in the week was an es
pecially great day for one of tn,
parishioners = two-year-old Yo
shio Sano. He had been choser
to welcome the Cardinal and ht
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-05-24
This Catholic World
Positiue That Japan
Can-BecOme Catholic
Tokyo Faithful Told

TOKYO = QNC = Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun,
can become "a rising in the Catholic Church." His
Einence Josef Cardinal Frngs Archbishop of Cologne
Germany declared here.
The 70year-old German prelae, here for threeweek
visit to Japan and Korea addressed the faithful of Tokyo
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-04-18
G'burg 500 League

Melody Inn Pills, Jacks Barber
Shop 20-16, Chaplin Lumber Co.
20-16, Thomas Hardware 20-16,
Blood's Jewelry 20-16, Rebers Va
riety 1917, G.. d. Armstrong 49,
Is, Center Market 1919, Baker
Motor Service 1920, Richie Fl.
nance Corp. 1920, Kinsey's ESQ
1921, Farmers Supply 1922.
Team Records: high team
game, Jacks Barber Shop GIL,
Melody Inn COZ, Reber's Variety
SOB; high team set: Jacks Barber
Shop 1,722, Melody Inn 1,719, Cha
pin Lumber Co. 1857. Individual
records: high average, George
Smith 113-11,' Sidney Brake 112-
53, John Smith 1921, Billy CHS.
well 110-78. BIZ Perren 11O-2O,
Bob Haynes 110-24, Herbert Mar
tin lob, Arthur Smith 1905,
Ralph Windsor 1885, Bob Swan
son 1898. Ray Wachter 1922.
High spares: George Smith 203,
Harry Jones 1875, Billy Chiswell
1856. High strikes: Bob Haynes
81, Billy Chiswell 62, Ralph Wind.
sor go. High games: Billy CHS.
well 179, Wash White 165, John
Smith 164. High set: George
Smith 419, John Smith 404, John
Smith 400.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-04-18
Rec Centers Open

Twelve recreation centers will
be opened in Montgomery
County for the Easter vacation
program, according to Forest ".
Gustafson, director of the county
department of recreation. The
program will begin tomorrow
and continue through Saturday
April n. Activities such IS
softball, baseball, badmintou,
tennis, pingpong, horseshocs,
farchery, etc. will be offered, un-
der competent and experienced
leadership, to both boys and
girls.
Open Monday through Friday
from 10 am. to 6 pm. ana Sat
urday from 10 am. to l pm. viii
be the following centers: Glen
mont-Conn. Ave. Center at Ran
dolph and Bluhill Roads in
Wheaton, Wheaton Center at
Clarldgc Road off Viers Mil
Road in Wheaton, Homework
capitol View Center at Edge.
wood Road and Grant Ave. in
Kensington, Four Corners Cen
ter at Edgewood and Soutlwood
Avenues in Silver Spring Pine
crest Center at St. Lawrence
Drive and Cherry Tree Lane in
Silver Spring, Takoma Center or
Grant Avenue off Piney Branch
Road in Takoma Park, Lynn
brook Center at NeWdale and
L.ynnbrook Drives in Bethesda,
North Bethesda Center 1T Oak
Place off Old Georgetown Road
in Bethesda, Long Branch Cen.
ter at Old Bladensburg Road ard
Heron Drive in Silver Spring.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Center at
400 Norwood Drive, Cabin John
Center at Macarthur Blvd. IN
Cabin John, Kensington Center at
Kensington Pkwy. and Z. Ever.
EFT Street in Kensington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-04-18
RMHSTops

BY Steve Mohn

Spring sports are in full swing
at Richard Montgomery High
School with the track, baseball
and gold teams meeting their ac-
tive schedules. Last week the
Rockets edged Sherwood 81 in
their home baseball game Friday
and the tracksters topped Sher-
wood, Gaithersburg and North
wood in a quadrangular meet at
the Northwood track. Golfers
from RMHS dropped a sd loss to
High Point High School, despite
the fine play of John Russell, in
a match played Friday at Brooke
Manor Farms Country Club.
In the golf match, Russell cap.
tured medalist honors with 46 for
nine holes. Jerry Smith and Den.
mis- Grady also won their matches
for the Rockets.
Dllrbin HOmers
Behind the three-hit pitching
otGary Thompson, RMHS hand
cuffed the Sherwood Warriors
with little trouble, as Catcher Bob
Durbin aided him by slamming a
two-run homer in the sixth in
ming. Lynn Thurman handled the
pitching chores for the Sandy
Spring team.
Led by miller Bob Beall, the
Rocket track team totalled SO and
three-fifths points to lead second
place Northwood with 35. Beall
easily outdistanced his opponents
in the mile contest winning in a
time of Sill. The slow, soft track
prevented faster time.
NOrthwOOd Next
Yesterday the Rockets were
scheduled to have meet at Blair
with Blair and Wheaton as their
opponents. The Northwood Invi.
rational May 3 will be the next
meet, followed by competition
against Walter Johnson and
Georgetown Prep at Georgetown
May Z. They win participate in
the County Meet at Northwood
May 16 and the State meet at the
University of Maryland May 25
which will close their season.
Tom Alberghini coaches the track
team.
Walter Johnson will be the op-
ponent of the Rocket nine in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-04-18
Lines From Lein1

Everyone's prayers were an
swered Friday afternoon when
RMHS baseball team banged out
3 to l victory over Sherwood.
Gary Thompson was the winning
pitcher for our first win of the
season.
Bob Durbin and Carl kaufman
were the power hitters for Rich
ard Montgomery. Bob slammed
home run in the fifth and Carl
a triple in the sixth. The game
was well played and everybody
except Sherwood was happy
when it was over.
The track team also made a
most impressive showing by de-
feating everyone in sight. The
team compiled total of 50
points with Northwood running
second with % points.
BY the results of the game
over the weekend ole Richard
Montgomery certainly is show
ing an improvement in sports.
The last vacation of the year.
namely Easter, will begin Friday
and school will not resume until
April 90
Til then, so long.
Barry Leimbach
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-04-18

Bob Beall, Roger Bride, who are
graduating seniors, and to Sophie
mores Bill Pontius and Phil Case.
Other members of the squad hon
ored at the banquet were Garnet
Kaufman, Mugs" Mullican.
Dave Weed, Mike Israel, Uldis
Elstins, and managers Gary
Whitehurst and William Vickers.
The Past Presidents Trophy,
awarded for the first time but
which will be an annual award to
the outstanding player of the.
Rockets, was presented by Optim.
list Gene Moran, Principal at
Rockville Junior High and Direc-
tor of Rockville Recreation, to
Bobby Beall who was a scoring
star for Richard Montgomery.
Harry Botsford, coach of the
Junior Varsity Of RMHS and al
so the Junior High team, gave
awards TO members of the Junior
High team which had won the
Upper County basketball cham
'pionship this year. Players re-
ceiving these awards were Duck"
Milne, Bob Pontius, Parker Dia-
mond, Bruce Mackey, Kenny
Doane, Bobby Doane, David
Rouse, Doug White, Johnny
Baker, John Auber, and Manager
Tim Atwell.
Frank Rubini, Director of
Athletics at Montgomery Junior
College, was guest speaker. He
described the success of Optimist
scholarship winners AL Richard
son and Marvin Sampson on the
MIC campus. Both were stu
dents at Richard Montgomery.
Players on the Junior Varsity
were Bill Dabbs, Bob Durbin, Den
mis- Floyd, Bill Woodend, Bob
Rivers, George Ward, Eddie Ste
vens, j. b. Diamond, Eddie Las
ley, Carl Royce and Manager Ray
Roberts.
Guests included fathers of the
players and members of the
RMHS faculty John Preston,
Principal J. j. T'arallo, Bert Eau
ley, Mark Nejakp, Dwight Cob
lentz, Gene Moran, Carl Fahrner
and Harry Botsford.
The new Optimist President
will be A. NJ. Tuchtan, who is
President of the Rockville Boys
Baseball Association.