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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-11-18

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is our only national holiday with a
definite religious significance.
Our pilgrim forefathers observed the day as one
OF thanks to almighty God for the harvest.
PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, in his first procla-
nation designating the. day a national holiday, con-
firmed this by saying: "Whereas both Houses of Con-
gress have requested me to recommen to the people
OF the United States a day of Public Thanksgiving and
Prayer, | do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th
day of November next"
In 1863 President Lincoln added to Washington's
note OF gratitude one of petition when he wrote in
his proclamation:
And recommen TO them that they do also
commend TO His tender care all those who have be-
come widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the
lamentabhe civil strife in which we are unavoidabiy
engaged, and f~erventIy impIore the interposifion OF
the Almighty Hand TO heal The wounds of the entire
nation 70 the full enjoyment of peace. harmony, tram
quillitY, and union"
All of our Chief Executives, Including President
Eisenhower, have followed this theme of making
Thanksgiving Day one of thanking God for His bounty
and asking Him for continued blessings.
ALL AMERICANS SHOULD express the inten-
tons of Thanksgiving in prayer to God. Catholics find
special efficacyin assisting at Mass that day.
THIS IS so A in the Mass we have four
great purposes: To adore God as our Creator and Lord;
to satisfy His justice for sins committed against Him;
to thank Him for His many favors, and to ask Him to
bestoW His blessings upon all men.
Our readers, above all, are urged to observe
Thanksgiving Day in the spirit of its founding and con
tinuation according to the traditions of our beloved
country. -GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-11-18
Sum and Substance:
Shocked, Dismayed, WeSay
1t Can't Happen Here!!' :
by FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.

hortation or should it be o
command?
There are times when q
command is in order but from
my reading of moral theology
] would say these times are
rare. When a political party
threatens the very existence
of the Church, then surely
a strong case can be made out
for a bishop to forbid his
subjects to vote communist.
But what about a party that
is not an imminent threat to
the existence of the Church in
a certain locality but does ap-
prove birth control and other
practices destructive of the
common good? AS an Amer.
lean Catholic, / would say
that in a democracy the
Church can rely on measures
short of actual commands.
WHERE YOU HAVE FREE
speech and free press, the
Church can influence public
opinion by persuasion rather
than by moral coercion.
Through an informed laity it
can appeal to the good judg-
ment of all citizens. That has
been the American Catholic
tradition and for 1870 years
no American bishop has die
tated to the faithful the can.
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TONGUE N CHEEK DEPT.
Things Well Miss

BY the time this appears in print California
should have counted its last migratory ballot.
DURING THE PAST few months we've come to
expect if not to love those loyal readers who felt COM
PEELED to read between the lines of every story we
published on the campaign.
Wen miss those early morning and late evening
calls at the office and home, usually anonymous of
course, accusing us of grinding one axe or another.
IT WILL BE SORT of dull to open the morning
mail without running across some diatribe on why a
Catholic shouldn't be elected dog catcher, ct cetera be-
cause he would give special treatment to ST. BernardS
and Irish Terriers, ct cetera.
Equally missed will be those little epistles from
devout souls who tell us a Catholic should be elected
because he was a good altar boy is nice to nuns,
calls bingo numbers loud and clear and other neces-
sary qualifications,
Wen miss hem.-def
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-11-18

seldom has any cpl
sode embarrassed and be-
wildered American Cath
olics as has the publica~
ton of the pastoral by the
Bishops of Puerto Rico. For
years we have been solemnly
assuring our non-Catholic CON-
patriots that our bishops do
not dictate to us how to vote.
Now we are faced with the
fact that American bishops on
American soil have command
ed American citizens not to
vote for Governor Munoz Mar
ms Popular Democratic Party.
WE MUST WAIT, of course,
for history to pronounce final
judgment on the Bishops ac-
ton. Here in the United
States we are unacquainted
with all the inducements of
the complex problems in that
island territory.
But because of the shock
and dismay the episode has
occasioned among well-dis-
posed Protestants here in the
United States, l think we
American Catholics should at
least let them know how we
feel about the pastoral and
try to reassure them. as our
Apostolic Delegate has al
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-11-18
Making Marriage Click
More Efforts Needed
For Healthy Families
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

Most of fhe questions sent
you have described sick fam.
lilies. Mine has been . nor
NAL, happy enc and think
an average family. Should not
family leaders spend more eff.
fort Strengthening our healthy
families than worrying so
much about she weak ones?
Michael O.
Our Lord gave us the
x mple of seeming
sometimes to leave the SO
"safe" sheep to help the
one in trouble. Your
point, Michael, is however,
one that the Family Life
Bureau has striven for con-
stantly in its insistence on a
positive program. We agree
that family leaders should
spend more effort to foster,
strengthen and develop the
essential happiness of normal
families.
THERE ARE RELATIVELY
few organized programs under
way, dedicated to the normal
family. Because more and
more is expected of families
today and because so many
families in the neighborhood
are failing, there is a grow
ing need to build on the
basic healthiness of families;
to uncover, recognize and
make full use Of the resource
potential which the average
family possesses.
Most families have talents
and capacities of which they
are largely unconscious and
unaware. A healthy family
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-11-18

ready done, that sit can't
happen here"
THERE IS NO QUESTION
that the Bishops had a right
and a duty to speak out
against the birth control, COM
mon-law marriage and ster-
ilization planks in the Popu-
lar Democratic Party's plat
form. The political order, in
solar as it falls under the
moral law and the judgment
of conscience, is unquestion-
ably subject to the authority
of the Church.
This was a prom i n e t
theme in the addresses of
Pope Plus XII. He insisted
that bishops should not only
teach abstract doctrines but
also issue moral directives
for their subjects in concrete
political situations involving
the moral law.
THE APPLICATION of doc
trine to concrete political sit
uations is, however, a task
of almost infinite difficulty,
prudence, tact and admins
trative diplomacy. For every
ecclesiastical directive in a
political context must be a
calculated risk. Should the
directive be merely an ex-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-11-18

may be described as one
which is religiously sound,
economically 81 secure, emo
tionally stable, civilly alive
and successful in adapting it,
self to the socio-cultural en-
vironment.
THE ISSUE is THAT these
healthy families do have re-
sources and strengths which
can be developed to build
still further strengths into the
family. 1t would be interest
ing for you, Michael, to study,
for instance, whether your
own family has much or little
strength in sharing the differ
ent worlds of family members.
Does your wife share parts
of her world and thinking
with you? Do you as a hus-
band share the interesting
parts of your business or pro-
fessional world with her? Do
you as a father tell your chill
dren about interesting and
important facts of your early
life?
90 YOUR CHILDREN tell
you and your wife about their
day and what they did and
thought and felt? Do the mem
bers of your family really
share their world with rela-
tives, friends and neighbors?
Have you deepened the fam
ily's capacity to give encour-
agement and support to each
other, their capacity to be
sensitive to each others I'M
met or unStated needs?
We are also convinced that
most normal, happy families
have religious, emotional and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-11-18

@. Is there some way | can
change a promise | made TO
God some years ago in thanks
giving for . favor2 Is such .
vow binding in conscience?
A. We should never make
a promise or VOW binding in
conscience without the advice
OF a confessor. II we have
made such a promise it can
be dissolved or committed.
Even solemn VOWS in relig-
ion can be dissolved by the
Church. In matters leg. TAX
ing the pledge to avoid alco-
hob of private and personal
promises the committing lie.
changing TO something sim
pler) can be done by the
priest in confession. He may
in such instances ask you to
perform some specific pen
ance, perform some good
work or pray some special
prayer in compensation for
not fulfilling the promised
program. In general, any
promise or vow made to God
is binding in conscience, but
the seriousness of the viola
ton of the promise would de-
pend on the gravity of the
thing promised and the infen-
tion in promising. If the
thing promised is sinful leg.
someone promises his mother
on her deathbed not to be-
come a Catholic!) or harmful
we would be bound in con-
science TO disregard the prom,
Use. If the opposite of the
promise is sinful leg. a man
promises or vows to avoid
drunkeness) then violation in
wolves two sins: intemperance
and breaking the promise.
@. Could you give the date
of founding of some of the
leading Protestant churches?
A. Citing Protestant >au-
thorities. Cardinal Gibbons in
his classic Faith of Our Fa-
Tiers" lists these dates: Bap-
fists in Rhode Island by Rog-
err Williams in 1888; Campbell
lites or Christians in Virginia
by Alexander Campbell in
1913; Methodist Episcopal in
England by John Wesley in
1889; Old School Presbyterian
in Scotland by General As
sembly, 1860, and New School
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-11-18

intellectual resources which
are completely undiscover'
ed. Most "sick" families have
many of the same strengths
that healthy families have but
find it more difficult to rec
ognize them and to make use
of them.
MANY FAMILIES know
what is best to build fur
Their health but still need
help from theologians, psy-
biologists, psychiatrists, ed
ucators, sociologists, home
economists, social work s,
physicians, and so on.
1t may be interesting for
five or six couples-together
with a professional" from
one of the above disciplines-
to meet together a few times
and to discover specific and
detailed resources which are
still undeveloped in the fam
lily. Working together with
others, a family will find that
just as sickness "rubs off" SO
does health become "conta-
gious."
MANY CAN LEARN from
others how to be more gentle,
more courageous, more honest,
more charitable, more open.
Ar atmosphere should be en-
gendered and encouraged at
these meetings which would
help each couple see them
selves as participating in an
adventure of family enrich.
ment and family discovery.
Healthy families need to
conscious ly know their
strengths so that they can
Continued on Page 81
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The Yardstick
The Race Question:
Biggest US. Problem
Bv FIR. Andrew vi. Greeley

vitality of most of the cities
of the country.
The men of the Csc refuse
TO believe that the spreading
ghetto is irresistible. They
think that the block busters"
the merchants of panic, the
spectators who brighten
whites out of a neighborhood
SO az to buy homes cheaply
and then sell them to Negroes
at inflated profits, can be stop
ped.
THEY THINK THAT COM
munity ties can be forged
among the 100000 people and
125 organiza t o of the
Southwest Side which will be
strong enough to overt panic
when Negroes move in as
they certainly will. They think
that code violators can be
punished, that comm
pressure can conserve a mid
dle-aged neighborhood, that
banks can make home inn
provement loans available at
reduced rates of interest.
They believe that cultural
activities can be promoted,
and that all kinds of other
things can be done to make
residents of the Southwest
Side so proud of their COM
munity, that the Negroes who
move in will be received as
fellow Americans and not for
eign invaders.
csc MUST TREAD a mar
row path between extremes.
It dare not become segrega.
zionist, if for no other rea-
sen than the fact that segre.
Continued on Page 50
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inquiry Corner
Can Promise
Be Changed?
by FIR. Healey

in Philadelphia in 1910. The
Episcopalian Church, accord
ing to Macaulay and other
English Protestant historians.
was founded in England by
Henry VIII in 1884. The Luth-
Grams had their beginning in
Germany in 1924; the Unitari-
an Congregationalists in Ger
many by Celarius in 1910 and
the Quakers in England by
George Fox in 1647. "The
Protestant Churches of Amer
ica' by Rev. John A. Harden.
Sd, a much more recent book
gives much pertinent informa-
ton about the history, doc
trine, etc, of the Protestant
churches in the United States.
This book traces the origin of
the Baptists to John Smyth
(1570-16l2) and the American
foundation under Roger Will
liams in 1889.
@. When is the world going
10 end? Could IL be soon7
A.. Christ said "of that day
and hour no one knows, not
even the angels of heaven"
Matthew 24:36). He gave us
some of the signs: .. the
sun will be darkened, and the
moon will not give her light,
and the stars will fall from
heaven Matthew 24:24-
30), but that does not help
much in establishing the
time. other similar prophe-
cies are given in the Apoca-
pypse 96:12-17; 20:1-10). but
the crucial point is best ex-
pressed in the words of
Christ: Watch, therefore, for
you do not know at what hour
your Lord Is to come" (Mat-
thew 24:42). The terrible pos
sibilities of human destruc-
t1veness today with the hydro
gen bomb could give us rea-
son to fear a human prelude
to the last day, but we have
no way of knowing. An inter-
esting recent book. "Canticle
for Leibowitz," shows how we
might have general destruc-
ton by such bombs and still
survive for centuries.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Hesley, Inquiry
Corner, Catholic Times, Box
500, Columbus Is, Ohio.
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Dialogue
Is Babel?

Editor:
1t did my heart good to
read the letter of M. M. B.
relative to the dialogue
Mass and to echo in part
the sentiments expressed
therein, as well as to add a
few of my own.
TO NE, ONE of the incest
features of the Catholic
Church was the peace, the
quiet and serenity you felt
the minute you entered and
the solemnity of the whisper
ed service or the dignity of
the w%ell-sung High Mass. The
soul could worship his God in
the way which benefited him
best. Now this is impossible
and the ensuing babel of the
dialogue Mass gets on my
nerves, and contributes moth
ing to my spiritual bank &C.
count.
IF WE MUS have this
form of the Mass, why not
limit it to one of the Sunday
Masses and allow those who
wish to attend to do so and
let the rest of us pray in
peace.
r. w.
Grove City
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Mail Order
Art Out

EDITOR.
AS Christmas approach
es | would like to say a
few words to producers
of religious articles both
those who are S e ocular
business man, and religious
orders.
IN THE MAIL EACH year
we receive catalogues and
sometimes the actual article
of some of the most outland-
ish stuff, which goes under
the guise of religious art.
EVERYTHING from plastic
this and that of the Blessed
Mother and the Saints for use
in automobiles to Miraculous
Medal Pen and Pencil sets is
pushed in the name of relig-
ious art.
A few of the things are well
done and do not offend but
others, giving the producer
the benefit of the doubt about
his motives, are just plain
trash.
THERE Is PLENTY of de-
cent and we'll done religious
art around for the home with
out turning to the "glows in
the dark" field.
IT MAY COST a little more
but the investment is worth
it to know that you are not
just buying a ''trinket" under
the guise of religion.
J.T.T.
Columbus
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Defends Use OF Latin
As Basis For Unity

more to cement relat ions
with our neighbors down in
South America than any
Communist could ever hope
to achieve.
THIS Is JUST ONE of the
reasons why universal pray
err in Latin and the Dialogue
Mass is a good thing and
will aid world peace.
Edward Price,
Columbus
Evening star., 1960-11-09
Rector Calls Kennedys
Regular Churchgoers

The pastor Of Senator Ken
nedy's parish in Washington
today characterized him and
Mrs. Kennedy as regular and
friendly churchgoers.
"They usually walked to Holy
Trinity Church from their home
at 1907 N street NV" the
Rev. Martin ]. Casey said. The
church is at Thirty-six street
between N and o streets NV,
Before the Senator was NOM
mated for President many per-
sons did not recognize him,
Father Casey observed.
But since he was nominated
the curiosity. seekers have been
around" he added.
The Massachusetts Senator
did not prefer any particular
hour to 60 to mass, the pastor
noted.
Father Casey pointed out
Evening star., 1960-11-09
Nebraska

OMAHA, Nov. 8 (AP).-For
the first time in Nebraska his
tory, voters yesterday gave
their presidential electoral votes
to the candidate Of one party,
and the governorship to q can
didate of rival political COM
plexion.
Vice President Nixon pock-
eted the six electoral votes with
ease, holding a majority of
about 100000. but Democrat
Frank B. Morrison bucked the
G. o. P. trend to win the gov
ernorship.
Mr.. Morrison, five times pre-
viously an unsuccessful bidder
for offices ranging from United
States Senator to Lieutenant
Governor, rebuffed Republican
John Cooper.
! TeturnS from 1,848 Of 2,l29
Evening star., 1960-11-09
Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 8
(AP). = Vice President Nixon
carried Oklahoma with q rec
ord vote last night. But Demo-
Gratis continued In command Of
the States congressional dele
cation.
With only two Of the States
1924 precincts uncounted. Mr..
Nixon had 534.475 votes to &c.,
354 for Senator Kennedy, in the
race for Oklahoma's eight elec-
toral votes.
This was the largest vote
ever given q presidential can
didate In the State.
Senator Robert s. Kerr, Cem-
ocrat, won o third term. He
piled up an 85,000-vote a.argin
over Republican B. Hayden
Crawford, with Billy Brown
Evening star., 1960-11-09
Missouri

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9 (AP).-
Senator Kennedy picked up
Missouri's IS electoral votes IN
o surge Of big-city strength, but
his victory margin was eroded
slightly today as scattered OUT
state votes trickled in.
Vice President Nixon carried
outstate Missouri but not
heavily enough to overcome
Senator Kennedy's margin in
st. Louis. where he won by
almost 100000. and in jackson
and st. Louis Counties.
With 1888 Of 4,371 precincts
tabulated, Senator Kennedy
had 807. .401, Mr.. Nixon 753, 500
"a difference Of almost $4,000.
At one time in the counting
Senator Kennedy was ahead by
5000.
The presidential balloting
was the only close contest.
For Governor, Democratic
Attorney General John M. Dali
ton piled up q massive victory
Of almost 275,000 while Sen
Evening star., 1960-11-09
Kansas

TOPEKA, Kans., Nov. 9
(AP)-The Kansas Republican
Party, led by gubernatorial
candidate John Anderson,
scored q resounding victory yes
terday. sending Senator An
drew F. Schoeppel back to the
Senate and putting the States
eight electoral votes in the G.
o. P. column in the presiden-
tial race.
Mr.. Anderson turned back
the bid Of Democrat George
Docking who had sought an
unprecedented third term as
Governor.
The wave of G. o. P. votes re-
elected one incumbent Re-
publican Congressman, put
two new ones in Office and
threatened to sweep out two
Of three Democratic incum-
bentS.
Unofdcial returns showed:
For President, 1904 or 1851
precincts: Vice President
Nixon, 320,257; Senator Ken.
nedy, 219,053.
For Senator, 1904 Of 1851
precincts: Senator Schoeppel
277.027; Frank Theis, 223, ,188.
For Governor, 1904 of 2,961
precincts: Mr.. Anderson, $685..
IT'S; Gov. Docking, 229,802.
Republican incumbent VIII
liam H. Avery easily defeated
Marshall Gardner in the Isl
congressional district.
Evening star., 1960-11-09

that the Senator spoke in 1856
to the graduating class of Holy
Trinity High School.
Since Catholics become mem
bers of the parish in which they
live. Senator Kennedy would
be in st. Matthews Parish as
the next President. The Cathe-
dral Of st. Matthew the Apostle
is on Rhode Island avenue just
off Connecticut avenue NV.
The Right Rev. MSgr. John K.
Cartright is rector of the
cathedral.
But a communicate may wor-
ship at any Catholic church,
and while it is likely Senator
Kennedy would attend st. Mat
thews Cathedral, the chances
are he also would 60 often to
Holy Trinity Church.
Evening star., 1960-11-09

'plete returns In yesterdays
South Dakota election.
The voters gave Vice Presi-
dent Nixon the nod for Presi-
dent. elected two Republican
Congressnnen and apparently
voted Republicans to all con-
stitutional Offices excepting
Governor.
United States Senator Karl
Mundt was apparently safe in
his third term bid against Rep
resentative George McGovern
although the voting swayed
back and forth. Earliest re-
turns had put Mr.. McGovern
In the lead.
The Governor race was q
dead heat at 5 am. today when
county auditors closed down
tabulations. Seventeen votes
separated Democratic Gov
Ralph Herseth. seeking his
second two-year term. and Re-
publican Archie Gubbrud
Speaker Of the House in 1859
The odds were In favor Of
Mr.. Gubbrud when the final
tabulations are made because
a considerable number Of the
missing precincts are In thu
western part Of the State, nom.
inally q Republican strong
hold.
Representative e. Y. Berry
won his sixth term in the I'd
district.
DR.. Ben Reifel, believed to
be the first person Of Sioux In
dian extraction ever elected to
Congress, received q compare
lively early concession from
Ray Fitzgerald.
Evening star., 1960-11-09

ator Edward v. Long, succeeded
to the Senate seat of the late
Senator Thomas G. Hennings
by over 130. 1000.
In 1888 precincts, Mr.. Dali
ton had 809. ass to 629, ,S99 for
Representative e dward G.
Farmer.
Senator Long. former Lieu
tenant Governor, downed Lon
Hooker. the 1855 q. o. p. NOM
inee for Governor, but by q
smaller margin.
In 1884 precincts, Senator
Long had 827,773 to 697,759 for
Mr.. Hooker.
One incumbent Congressman
lost as the 7th' district oi
Southwestern Missouri re.
turned to Republican hands.
representative Charlie
Brown lost to DR.. Durward q
Hall.
The Republican victory
changed the complexion Of the
Missouri delegation from l0-l
Democratic to go. All othel
incumbents appeared safe ex:
cept In the 11th district oi
Central Missouri.
There Representative Moul.
der ran into another squeakel
and it appeared 1t would TAXI
the absentee count to determine
whether he withStood the chal.
lenge of the Rev. Albert A
(Bob) Bartel.