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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02
The Role OF Codparents

One of the most touching aspects in
the ceremony of Baptism is the role
played by Godparents.
These sponsors make the act of faith
in fhe child's name and answer, for him,
any questions the priest asks. Through
them the infant promises TO
the devil and live according 10 the
teaching of Christ and His Church.
Since the Godparents speak for the
child, and indeed offer him for Baptism,
they must be Catholics in good stand
ing, owe IA years of age. and not the
natural parents of the person baptized.
A God parent forms a spiritual rela-
tionship with the godchild which is so
close that an impeachment to marriage
is established.
But the duty of Godpsrents does not
end with the ceremony. In a sense, il
only begins. II is the responsibility of
the sponsor TO see that the child is
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02
MONTH
OF THINE
ROSARY
A Living Faith

simply the manifestation OF the faith he
held so dear. a faith, which was, in
short, q living Faith.
The life OF Mr.. Finneran was not an
isolated product of his own making. He
was the emulation of family tradition
of complete fidelity to Holy Mother
Church. Without detracting from his
own virtues. his parents, grandparents
and those farther back transmitted the
flame of Faith which he kept burning
in his own life.
We are certain that one of his great
est accomplishments here was to Try 70
pass on that flame TO his children and
grandchildren.
So, while we are sad at his death, we
do not sorrow as those who have no
hope, but take consolation in the fact
that his Faith in God and Church is
something that did not die, but will
live on in the hearts of those who knew
and loved him. -CAF..
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

Many people speak nowadays of old
fashioned Catholicity. This refers to
the time when the Church was the cen
ter Of the entire lives of the faithful.
And it Was eXemplified to a high de-
gree in the solid faith of the Irish and
German families who formed the foun-
dation of the Church in the United
States.
These thoughts are relevant TO to-
days funeral of D. Clarke Finneran who
died last week in Florida and who was
returned TO Columbus to be buried.
Mr.. Finneran, whose son, Dennis, is
Assistant Editor of the Times, was GER
tainly not old-fashioned in his approach
to life. The list of his fraternal. civic,
and religious organization associations
is an overwhelming one.
But he did characterize that solid
piety and firm loyalty TO the Church
that marked his ancestors. All Of his ex-
fernal activities and charities were
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

The Yordstick
Labor Law May Make
Organization Difficult
By Msgr. George C.. Higgins

Howard newspapers, hicb
strongly favored its enact.
ment.
These papers reported on
Sept. 5 that, in the opinion OF
organized labor, strong, we'll
established unions will be
hurt very little, il at all, by
the new law but that much
tougher going is in store for
weaker, small unions and
those trying TO Organize large
groups of non-union workers
and that the principal result
of the law will be TO speed
industry's flight from the
North TO the largely morgan.
ired South.
At the present time there is
no way Of determining sclen-
tifically whether or not this
tentative analysis of the prob
able effects of the new labor
reform law Is accurate. How
ever, | think it may we'll
prove to be substantially so.
This opinion Is based in
part on what conservative,
liberal and middia-of.fhe.road
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

newspapers are saying about
the probable effects Of the
law. The Wall Street journal
predicted on Sept. II that II
will make union organizing
more difficult"
The Washington Post on
Sept. 10, in a roundup arti-
Gle by staff reporter Bernard
Nossiter, tentatively prophe-
sled that because of the new
law, "Organlzing of the UNI
organized. which has not kept
pace with the growth of the
labor force since Taft-Hart-
ley. will be slowed even fur
Their" He said this means that
the largely nonunion South
and the great mass of unor-
gained white-collar workers
will stay outside union ranks
until organized labor comes
up with new techniques and
fresh appeals The New
York Times and other indie
pendent newspapers and peri.
odicals have published SINH
lar reports in recent days.
A well-informed priest with
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

brought up q good Catholic if this is not
done by the parents.
There is more. The Godparent is to
serve as a model and good example to
the child all his life. The same may be
said of a sponsor for adult converts.
Formerly, the place of a Godmother
was more firmly established in Catho-
lie life. With shifting population, and
The frequent breaking of family ties,
that role is not carried out as we'll as In
the past. But this should not be.
All who are Godparents. or who
might be called to serve in this respon-
sibility should be completely aware of
the great honor it is to act in the role
of a spiritual parent. They should be
conscious too. of the serious RESPONSE
bility Godparents have before God to
be exemplary Catholics and to make
sure their Godchildren remain steadfast
in the faith. -GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02
Inquiry Corner
Is Value OF
Mass Limited?
by Fir. Heaiey

@. Since the Mass is OF i'm
finite value how can il be said
that there is less value for an
individual in . Mass which is
offered at . famous shrine for
. number of people leg. all
benefsetorsl than in . Mass
offered in the parish for him
or his intention alone?
A. In itself the Mass has an
infinite value since Christ is
in reality the Priest and Vic
tim. The alteration or wor-
ship of God and the acts of
thanksgiving contained in the
Sacrifice infallibly are effects
of the Mass which might be
called infinite. The effects of
the Mass in general, however.
are limited by the holiness OF
the Church, especially the at
tention and devotion of the
priest offering and the peo-
pie participating, The fruits
of the Mass are usually given
as general GALL the faithful,
living and dead, special
daithful assisting at Mass,
personal (the priest offering)
and ministerial (those for
whom the Mass is offered J
All theologians agree that the
fruits of the Mass are limited.
Jone states: Wherefore, the
greater the number of per-
sons for whom the Mass is be-
ing said, the less fruits will
the individuals receive" Here
he is speaking of the minister
isl.
G. Could you give 9 brief
history OF induIsenees?
A. Very brief. IN early
Christian times penances for
sin were very severe leg. five
years practically excommunl-
Gated for q sin of adultery.
Extraordinary penitence or
suffering of persecution some
times gained a communication
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

Time alone will tell
whether the new labor re-
form law technically
known as the Labor-M Man
agement Reporting and
DISCLOSURE Act Of 1850
Is as good as its enthusiastic
proponents say IL is or as bad
as its dislllusloned critics
made it out to be.
II were a betting man.
however. ! would be willing
to give reasonable odds even
now, that II will ultimately
prove TO have been overratcd
as a solution 10 The problem
of labor racketeerlng.
/ would also predict that
the substance Of labors' i'm.
FASHIONED criticism Of the Act
will in due time prove to
have been, at least, partially
justified.
LABoR's OPINION
The best available sum.
mary Of organized labor's inn
mediate reaction TO the new
labor reform law was pub.
lished recently in the Scripps-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

years OF experience in both
chancery work and Catholic
social action, in a recent let
ter, raises an interesting NOR
al question concerning the
implications of these reports.
If IL is true. he writes, that
the new labor law. as widely
predicted in the press, will
seriously hamper small, strus-
Cling unions and thus make IL
more difficult TO organize the
unorsanired, then III seems
TO me that this would be a
strong argument that lesis-
Istion with such an effect
runs somewhat counter TO our
basic principles OF social eth.
les"
"As | understand IT." he
continues, the Church teach
es that unions are morally
necessary in the present state
OF economic organization, 1t
would not follow that every
worker has to be unionlzed,
but when major obstacles are
put in the way which keep
unions from growing and de-
prive workers of the very nee
essary protection unionlsm
can give, the situation is not
developing along the lines of
Catholic social teaching"
This is very sound reason.
ing add merits much more at
fention than il has thus tar
received, even in the Catholic
press. Ny correspondent does
not say - and neither do -
that the new labor reform law
will inevitably hamper the
normal growth Of Legitimate
trade unionism. He merely
says that il and 10 the extent
that il does so, IL will be open
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

"modernist' view Of Christian
ity. That is. they feel that
somehow organized Christian
ity and traditional teachings
have meaning but only in q
symbolic sense. Over and
above these dreamily religious
thinkers there is a group of
vocal intellectuals who dis
miss Christianity as a myth
or fairy tale.
About ten years ago, the
BIC. allowed a Mrs. Knight
TO give a series of three talks
on Morals and Religion" Her
views we're the views of . hu,
manisf who had lost all belief
in Christianity and who beIiev-
ed thar the code Of scientific
hUmanism is much superior as
q moral guide, TO the moral
code of Christianity, especially
in matters pertaining 10 sex
and children. The breakfasts
were vehemenilY denounced
by many. especially popular
press but were also approved
by many of the better edU-
Gated classes.
In short. | don't think there
will be any immediate exodus
from Anglicanism TO Catholic
ism in England. As for Angie.
ans in America, the STRINGS
Of conversion will be even
fainter. Few A%nglicans today
seem TO be disturbed in con.
science as Newman was. They
hold for a pure and primitive
Catholicism but reject the
Council of Trent and subse-
quent developments in the
Church.
Theirs is a concept Of the
Church that seems static to lis
who hold for a living, dynamic
Church that develops as the
acorn develops into the oak.
Many Of them are Christians
Of deYout and holy life and
when, in Gods good time, the
day Of reunion arrives we will
welcome them aboard Peters
boat with open arms.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

of the sentence. The same eff
feet was occasionally land
then regularly gained by
martyrs for relatives, friends,
and fellow parishioners. The
time of penance was short.
ened and that was the lndul-
gence. From this came the
forty days" etc. Later the
Church applied this idea from
the treasury of all the saints
to anyone performing certain
good works or prayers. 1t was
a Communication of sentence.
Performance of the work
prescribed entities MS to
(roughly) the same benefit as
so many days of penence az
required in the early Church.
@. ! always thought q per-
son had TO form a prayer with
his lips or voealizs il to gain
an indulgence. Is THAT true7
A. If a prayer Is prescrir
ed for the gaining of an indul.
gence, it is sufficient to res
cite it alternately with a COM
panion or to follow along mem
tally while it is being recited
vocally by another (canon No.
934). But indulgences attach.
ed to invocations and to So
called elaculatory prayers
can be gained by anyone at
any time by even only a mem
tai recitation of them" MAT
tiers LiturgicaD Another point
is mentioned in the same pass
age regarding the Rosary: the
indulgences can be gained
without holding the beads in
ones hands if there is some
reasonable cause and we have
them on our person e.g. while
washing dishes or driving q
car.
Send questions TO Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus is, Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02
Observation-Disclosures.

orally based on her perform
ance as a vile and a mother.
In her life, then. motherhood
has priority over outside
work.
That is really the answer to
your question. Mrs. TR. If
there is a choice Of one over
the other. there should not be
a moments doubt. Fatherhood,
on the other hand. stresses
leadership IN creatlveness
and responsibility, and un-
fortunately most men over.
stress economic achievement
as the mans main role.
Motherhood for many i'm
plies mainly the need for Sc
curity. This is also true, but
only If not over-sfresSed.
Woman is constantly asking
her man TO do something for
her and even to do what she
wants without being asked,
for this is a greater evidence
OF his love for her. Men, there
fore, tend more TO talk about
money, business affairs. and
competitive sports. Women
talk more about persons, emo.
tions, and love.
The present confusion, Mrs.
T.R, over expectation is send
ing many women to p%syehlat-
riStS. They are baffled by what
a confused society expects and
what nature and tradition III.
tend. Men and women will
both gain by recognizing the
importance of God-glNen diff
ferences between the sexes.
by eliminating the unfair adj
vantages of either sex. and by
abollshing the foolish notion
that one sex is inferior or SUI
perior because il is different.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02
Sum and Substance:
Doubt Ii AngIicans
Are Looking Romewards
BY FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.

wards are rather dim. A small
group of pro.csthoIie church
men will probably Join the
Catholic Church but don't
think this will exert a very
great influence on the main
body of Anslicsns, especially
the Anglican laifY.
For the religious state of
England is somewhat similar
to the condition of religion in
the United States. The coun-
try is becoming secularized,
and al a faster pace than is
true Of the United States. Wit
ness the attempt sometime ago
to d~isestablish the Church Of
England. This was a symbol Of
religion waning influence in
England.
Some few years after the
end of the second World War,
Bede Griffiths, O.S.B. was
asked about the possible CON
version of England but he was
not very optimistic He is him
self a convert but he felt that
there was still too much sus-
picion of Rome and too much
hostility to Irish and Spanish
Catholicism to permit the aV-
erage Englishman TO think
seriously about joining up
with the Catholics. He also
said the moral code of Cathol.
icism is too stiff for the ordln-
airy Engllshman
According to Michael de la
Bedoyere, editor of the Lon
don Catholic Herald, there is
a revival Of interest in rellg-
ion IN England but religion OF
a sort that is not orthodox
Christianity The Englishman
does not want a Church tell
ing him how TO behave He
wants religion that is a vague
relation to God but he wants
to decide for himself on mat
tiers such as birth control,
abortion and sex in general.
~"MODERNIST" VIEW
The more intelligent Brit
ish are inclined to take a
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02
Making Marriage Click
Differences, Complementary
Not Antagonistic
BY Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

affected by social custom. Or.
Margaret Mead, one OF Amer
ica's besf-known cultural an
thropologists, found among
New Guinea tribes that the
Tchambull women possess the
controlling power in family
life and women are the prac-
teal, impersonal, efficient
sex, which is contrary 10 what
we generally find in the
u.S.A. The men there are
subservieni, graceful. artistic,
and emotional. Dr.. Mead con.
tends. then, that most of wom-
ans role is learned and not
bioIoaieslly innate.
There is. however. In this
statement a danger OF over
stresslng the strength of soc
iaI custom and minimizing the
deep, far-reachlng, actual, nat
ural differences between men
and women. The male In gen
eral is aggressive. This Is
due not only TO his sex nature,
but TO his physical strength
and both Of these are natural.
He uses this aggression chief
ly 10 master the world outside
Of himself, either through his
intellect or his physical Prov
esS.
Woman, as a general rule,
is primarily passive and re-
eeptive. Her first natural need
is 10 bear children and 10 ere.
ate a home for them. All her
basic, natural traits are Shap-
ed by this drive. II is not easy
TO dissociate nature from So
cial custom. II a man is de.
prived of his work or is q
failure in II, he becomes de-
pressed or neurofic.
But A WomanS ego is gem
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

II know | have the edu-
cation and the ability TO
work outside the home
and therefore feel that |
am expected 10 DC so. But /
get a guilt feeling If | leave
the children to do work out.
side the home Arc there rules
TO follow Mrs TR.
You, Mrs. T R.. are not the
only confused one In this
whole struggle between the
role of man and the role Of
woman,
Because men and women
have similar 10 s and school
ing does not mean that they
have the same Jobs TO do.
Nature dictates otherwise.
For example the chemical dit
ference between the male and
the female sex hormone is
something like four atoms OF
hydrogen and one atom Of car.
bon The genetlc difference
is largely hut not completely,
accounted for by only one OF
43 chromosomes.
DIFFERENCES
These minute but basic,
physical differences affect IN
some way almost every living
experience your ability to
survive. the comparative rate
OF your growth your cycilcal
emotional ups and downs, your
age Of maximum sexual re.
sponsIteneSs, your converse
ton aud interests. your az
presslteneSs, your paSsiyeneSs
and so on
But. OF course, we add
quickly that there is absolute.
" no doubt that the role men
and women play is b~ssiesIly
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02
The front-page headline

The front-page headline
of the New York Times
for September 10Th said:
Drift to Rome Seen In
Anglican Clergy" The
news account stated that The
Church OF England Newspaper
in London had deplored in its
September 18th issue q dis
tinct trend towards Roman
Catholicism on the part of
certain Anglican cleries. The
trend was highlighted by a
recent incident in which the
Anglican Bishop of South
wark had dismissed an Angllc-
An priest and closed his church
because he was using Roman
Catholic rites.
The Anglican paper went on
10 say that Roman rites we're
being practiced in a number
of Anglican churches in Eng
land and that even Anglican
bishops were attending them.
The newspaper claimed that
the clerlcs who lean towards
Rome are only a small minor
itv but 1T is time that their
bluff was called and that they
were asked TO conform or 10
leave for a more congenIal
home. A few days before this
news item appeared, the maya
zine Time mentioned Pope
John had recently sent his set
of four brevlaries TO an An
gllcan cleric.
STRAWS I'M THE WIND?
Incidents such as these are
dramatic but | don't think they
are really "straWS In the
wind" They are not enough
to make us conclude that a
nationwide trend towards
Roman Catholicism is dis
cernible in England.
There is undoubtedly a great
amount of Uneasiness IN An
slican circles since the merger
with the Church of South In.
dis but the prospects of q
i~arge-scale movement Rome
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-10-02

tive of eliminating ALDERMAN
agement racketeering, it will
be a great boon to the coun-
try and to labor itself. But if
in curbing labor m a
ment racketeering it inter
feres with the normal devel-
opment of legitimate unions
1T will do great disservice to
the cause of organized labor
and to the economy as |
whole.
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TO criticism from the point OF
view OF sound social ethics.
He bases This conclusion or
the fact that from the ethical
point OF view collective bar
gaining Thy way of bona fids
unionsl is not only legitimate,
but desirable and necessary.
The new labor reform law
is not completely objection
able. To the extent that it
succeeds in its stated objec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25

THIS WEEK Moso,io. I October as. 1859
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
He took one look
. and ran

through the open window with dazed
horror in her eyes. In chill shock of
nameless fear, Framton swung round
in his seat and looked in the same direc-
ton.
In the deepening twilight three figures
we're walking across the lawn towards
the window; they all carried guns under
their arms, and one of them was addi-
tionally burdened with a white coat hung
over his shoulders. A tired brown SPAN
iel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly
they neared the house, and then hoarse
young voice chanted out of the dusk:
II said, BERTHE, why do you bound"'
Framton grabbed wildly at his stick
and hat. The hall door, the gravel drive,
and the front gate were dimly noted
stages in his headlong retreat. A cyclist
coming along the road had to run into
the hedge to avoid collision.
Sere we are, my dear" said
the bearer of the white macintosh, COM
ing in through the window. Fairly
muddy, but most of it's dry. Who was
that who bolted out as we came up!
"A most extraordinary man, a MIR.
Nuttel," said Mrs. Sappleton. Gould
only talk about his illnesses. and dashed
off without word of good-by or apology
when you arrived. One would think he
had seen ghost"
II expect it was the spaniel" said the
niece calmly. ''He told me he had hor-
ror of dogs. He was once hunted into a
cemetery somewhere on the banks of the
Canges by pack of pariah dogs, and had
to spend the night in a newly dug grave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25

You keep wondering tchat story Vera
wiA make up for land about the ne1t Uisi-
tor to Mrs. SappletOn's Happy Haunting
Grounds. rs for the next Uisitor to the
Read-H-Now page, I fear he scon't be much
of novelty. In fact, it will be your host,
with piece wrote some time ago about
one of my most admired heroines, Madame
Cure. - CLIFTON FADIMAN
Evening star., 1959-12-17

a real estate operator, paid
the renovation bill with an eye
toward being designated a slum
clearance sponsor. Mr.. Ungar,
who did not get such sponsor
ship. has refused to talk to
the grand jury and claims the
inquiry is a political con-
spiracy."
Mr.. Jack. taking cognizance
Of both the Governors and
Mayor Wagner's call for a re-
port, told newsmen yesterday:
Il owe the public that ex-
planation. I am their servant.
I will give the public my ex-
PLANTATION after the district
attorney has concluded his in
vestigation."
Mr.. Jack. whose post pays
$25, 900 a year, has admitted
readily that his apartment was
remodeled. But concerning
who paid for it, he insists the
public answer must come after
the official inquiry.
Knocking down reports that
he would resign, Mr.. Jack said:
Il won't quit. I have no rea-
son to quit"
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Gov. Rockefeller Asks
Report on HuIon Jack

NEW YORK, Dec. II (AP).-
The office of Gov. Nelson A.
Rockefeller has called for a
full report on who paid for the
$500 remodeling job on the
apartment of Hulan Jack,
Manhattan Borough president.
The demand came yesterday
from Gov. Rockefeller's counsel,
Robert McCrate, in Albany.
The Governor, now touring the
Midwest, said in Green Bay.
Wis. he had learned of the
grand jury investigation, add
ing he would "see whether
there is any action I should
take as soon as l get the facts"
The Governor is the only pub
lie official who can remove a
borough president from Office.
Mr.. Jacks post is the highest
ever held by a Negro in New
York City.
Mayor Robert F. Wagner,
while terming Mr.. Jack IAN
honorable man." says that the
borough head must, of course,
make a public explanation"
A grand jury is investigating
q charge that Sidney Ungar,