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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-01-22

Julie Thomas, Class of
80, q member of Laneas.
ter ST. Mary parish, is sI-
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sodalifY Quill and Scroll
journalism Honor Soei-
ETY., secretary of the High
School Press Club of Gen.
fraI Ohio, and is editor of
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Hi Sport Lights
Lancaster Irish
Weak i'm Field
BY James Daugherfy
Senior, Lancaster ST. Mary
ST Mary Parishinnar

THE FIGHTING IRISH of Lancaster St. Mary
High School are kept busy all year round now that
a long-aWaited sports program has finally developed.
THIS PROGRAM consists of baseball, football.
~volleyball, bowling, golf, and the very popular basket.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-01-22
BY Mary Ann Francis

AT LANCASTER SAINT MARY, all the high
school students undoubtedly have their fair share of
extraordinary assignments, but in Problems of Democ-
racy, the classes are an exception. In these POD.
classes, some sixty-odd members, all Seniors, under
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-01-22

to Qualify for Benefits; Will
liam Berens, what You
Should Know as a Benefici-
ary": Peggy Better, "What
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-26
Religion In Public Schools?

The recent inquiries concerning
nuns in the ChurchtoWn and Kalida pub
lie schools and the fact that many Prot
eStant ministers teach in Ohio schools
have raised some questions about u
unsupported school system.
EARLY THIS MONTH the State
Board of Education appointed a Relig-
ious Education Committee presumably
to study the question of religious educa-
tor in the public schools.
Does religious education have a
place in our unsupported school sys-
tenn?
THERE ARE MANY who cite the
First Amendment TO support the view
that no religious teaching of any kind
should be allowed on the premises of
public school property. Some, like a
committee representing nine national
Jewish Organizations, oppose even the
observance of such events as Christmas
and Hannukah, Easter-Passover or any
religious holiday in public schools. They
maintain such observance violates the
traditional American principles of the
separation of Church and State.
ON THE OTHER HAND, we have
the view articulated by Father Virgil c.
Blum, S. J. of Marquette University who
wrote Freedom of Choice in Educa-
ton"
Father Blum says that the 1948
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-26

PEsSIMISTs OFTEN claim that man
is nothing more than an animal. a few
cents worth of chemicals, a handful Of
dust. There is nothing but extinction
ahead, they say, and our only consola-
ton is that everyone shares a common
destiny.
On Ash Wednesday, the Church ap-
pears to take a similar view when she
marks our ~foreheads with ashes and
says: Remember man that you are
dust. and unto dust you will return"
INDEED THE CHURCH does tell
us that we are children OF Adam and
heirs Of original sin, but adds that we
are redeemed by the precious blood of
Christ through whose merits we are
made adopted sons of God and heirs of
Heaven.
But of course the death of Our
Lord does not automatically save us.
We must believe and be baptized and
keep His commandments. Moreover, St.
Paul adds that those who belong to
Christ have crucified their flesh with its
passions and desires
LENT, WHICH BEGINS next We'd
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that passes for religion in the
Catholic Church includes a
great many policies and prln-
ciples (sicl that non-Catllolics
consider governmental"
Perhaps the most signifi-
cant and surely the most dis
concerning example of Mr..
Blanshard's tendency TO make
a religion out of democracy
is his unqualified statement
that America is firmly COM
mitted to the gospel (sicl of
public responsibility for edu-
cation on a non-credal basis"
BY this he means that educa-
ton is 1.-The primary respon-
sibility of government" As
a matter of fact, he comes
perilously close to saying that
education is the exclusive re-
sponsibility Of government.
THERE IS A GOOD short
reply to Mr.. Blanshard's can
onization of the public school
in Christopher Dawson's latest
book, The Historic Reality OF
Christian Culture. Mr.. DaW
son says, among other things,
Continued on Page 81
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The Yardstick
Blanshard Back
AT Old Stand
BY Msgr. George C.. Higgins

business telling even her own
members what is right or
wrong in the field of social
morality. Moreover, he ex-
plicitly contends that the reg
ulations of Canon Law on the
subject of marriage, for eX-
ample, or in the field of edu-
cation are "coercive' and.
without producing his creden-
tlals as a spokesman for the
American people, casually as.
Serts that most of them CON
slider coercion in such mat
tiers the essence Of intoler.
ance."
"The discerning liberal" he
continues" wants a free
culture where neither church
nor state can penalize man
for religious nonconformity."
Taken in context, this means
that the discerning liberal
wants a culture in which the
Church will surrender to the
government her teaching au-
thority in the field of social
morality.
IN ANY EVENT that's what
Mr.. Blanshard wants, for he
fatty asserts that "the com.
pick moral and poS1ical code
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Lent

nesday, IS the ideal time to practice
modification and self-denial.
WE DO THIS by keeping the re-
gulations of the Church on fast and
abstinence scrupulously. Personal self
denial should be added to this obser-
vance when we give up something good
which we particularly like.
THEN, WE SHOULD practice posi-
tive sanctification. Why cannot most
Catholics assist at Mass and receive Holy
Communion daily during Lent, or at
least more than once a week?
Why cannot a visit to the Blessed
Sacrament be made daily or the Way
of the Cross frequently?
WHY SHOULDN'T Lenten devo
tons be included in everyone's sche-
dule?
Lent should be a time of resolution
for all. Ii we give Ii best, God will
crown our efforts by b%estowing tremen-
dous graces upon us.
And when Holy Saturday arrives,
we shall see ourselves, handful of dust
though we may be, transformed by God
into pure gold. - GAF
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tatorlal' American hierarchy,
IS the real reason he is so
o~bsessiyely critical Of the
Catholic Church.
AFTER READING God and
Man in Washington. | arm all
the more convinced of this. |
say this in spite of Mr.. Blan-
shard's protestations to the
contrary. He states that he
has tried in his new book to
present a point OF view that
is neither secuIarist nor sec
tartan" and adds that the book
is a study not in the field or
theology, but in the field Of
church-state relationships"
| find il absolutely impos-
sIble to reconcile this inno-
cent statement Of purpose or
intent with his monotonous
criticism of Catholic teaching
on divorce, contraception.
mixed marriages, education
and censorship. Mr.. Blanshard
repeatedly ci the
Church from the point of view
of philosophy or theology and
not merely in terms of her al.
legged political power.
HE ARGUES, in effect, that
the Church doesn't have any
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-26

Paul Blanshard, who
several years ago hit the
jackpot with a sensational
book on the ''encroach-
ments of Catholic power
and policy upon the demo.
cratic way Of life Is now
back at the same old stand
with an election-yesr sequel
entitled God and Man In
Washington.
UNDER ORDINARY cir.
cumstanees there would be
little, if any, justification for
my discussing this book in a
specialized column like The
Yardsfick. but in view OF the
fact that | was consulted by
MIR. Blanshard al the time he
was writing it, | feel that l
ought TO let him know pub
licly what | think about il,
I remember telling Mr..
Blsnshard during our very
cordial. very frank but very
inconclusive conversation sew.
eral months ago that, in my
opinion, he has made a sub.
stitute or an ersatz religion
cut of democracy and that
this, rather than his fear Of
he alleged power Of the die.
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McCollum decision by the Supreme
Court Officially established secularism
as the religion of the schools"
he CONCLUDES that this puts the
Government in the potion of demand
ing that all children conform to this,
secular religion as a condition for sharf
ing in educational benefits, and thus the
children's religious liberty is seriously
abridged.
IT IS AN ELEMENTAL conclusion,
according to Father Blum, that the First
Amendment forbids the state to impose
any religious belief, be it the positive
religion of Christianity or the negative
religion of secularism, upon even a
single individual, Presently only the
s~ecularists are given freedom of mind
and freedom of religion in the choice of
school.
BUT, FATHER BLUM asks, what
of the rights of parents who believe In
the Christian or Jewish religion and
think it should be taught to their chill
dren in school? May the state run rough
shod over their constitutional rights and
compel their children to submit to secu-
lariSt doctrines?"
PERHAPS THESE are some ques-
tions that our State Board of Education
Committee on Religious Education will
decide. - GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-26
JOSEPH BREIC-
Blue Mist
OF Love

1t is too bad that the blue mist of romance sooner
or later lifts from our eyes.
It is a shame that the magic, the mystery and the
wonder of first love do not last a lifetime.
In this period of exaltation, we experience some
thing like a faint ~foretaste of Heaven, where we will
see wildly the beauty and the marvellousness of every
thing.
The poets and the composers sense this. So do the
authors of those most hearttouching of classics, the
fairy tales and fables.
Such artists sing, without the least trace of EN-
barrassment, about adoring the beloved: worshipping
the chosen one.
They speak of angelic bliss, and of love without
ending.
FOR THEM, romance, at the heart of it, is always
religious, always sacred, setting the bells of monastery
or temple to ringing.
In the eyes of these writer's and musicians, every
young man is a prince-or ought to be- and every
young woman q princess. And they are right.
We are all of royal blood. We are the lords OF
visable creation.
Each wedding is something to be celebrated by
all mankind. Every bride is beautiful, every bride
groom handsome-because this is the coming together
of nobility.
"And the prince and princess married and lived
happily ever after"-that, or its equivalent, is the
theme of the romantic writer's.
Whether they know it or not, they are also relig-
ious writer's. They are putting into the form of story
or poem or music deep truths that came to them from
theology.
THE LOVE THEY SING is the new love of inno-
cence. In which one suddenly percelVeS tndt lie Is
p~oignantly wonderful.
This is the love that causes a boy or girl really to
see in another human being the image and likeness OF
God.
If the poet writes that he adores the girl to whom
he has given his heart, what he really is saying, surely,
is that he adores God in her; because God made her.
There is a love song that says this in SO many
words. Because God gave me you" it sings,
When the author of the fairy tale says that the
prince and princess lived happily ever after, he does
so because two images of God, being immortal, will
never die; and their love ought to be as indestruchble
as they.
WE r ROYALTY because we are the children
and heirs of the King of heaven and earth and all
things,
Now it happens that there is a pope in Rome to-
day who is a great romanticist, with the heart and the
tongue of a poet,
AS the vicar of Christ who gave the keys of the
kingdom of Heaven to Peter the first pope, Pope John
XIII the other day granted a Economically touching
indulgence.
Il is an indulgence "of 800 days to all couples,
each time they S'piouslv kiss. together or singly, the
wedding ring of the bride, and recite this, or a similar
prayer:
Grant us, o Lord, that loving you we may love
each other and live according TO your holy law"
Thus is beautifully emphasized the holiness OF
marriage as a sacrament, and of the wedding ring as
a sacramental, blessed by the priest at the altar.
have taken to kissing my Wife's ring The blue
though we are grandparents.
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Inquiry Corner
Must We Report
Boss Thefts?
by FIR. HenIey

@, What is a persons re-
sponsibilify IL he is an unwiIis
ing party 10 his employers
dishonesty Can he keep The
lob? Is he bound 10 restore
what is wrongly taken? Must
he report i'm
A. Active cooperation in an
others sin by command, coun-
sci, consent. flattery or con-
cealment leaves the one CO.
operating morally response
BILE. The word unwilling"
would indicate, however, that
the party mentioned did not
cooperate actively, Negative
and passive cooperation can
be gravely sinful if the per
son is bound by his office
leg. night Waterman, police
mani to safeguard public or
company funds. Otherwise the
person can passively tolerate
the sin of his superior for q
time if he cannot EASILY Sc
cure other employment. He
should express disapproval III
whatever way he can and
he should consult his confes-
sor at once. He will undoubt-
edly be advised to leave the
Job Immediately. He is not
bound in the case of merely
passive cooperation in an
another's sin to make repara-
ton. Unless his position is
one of public trust or in some
way calls for such RESPONSE
bility he is not strictly bound
to report the dishonesty. sPru-
dence. fortitude and charity
will enter into his final de-
cision. A good Christian will
try to do more than avoid
mortal sin in the matter. If
possible he should try to per-
suade the dishonest person to
change his ways; if the thefts
are in large amounts it would
almost seem necessary IN
charity to make some effort
to stop them. That might de-
pend on the amount of injus-
tice done to the company or
organization involved.
G.. What. are she indulgence
IS for s,e Stations Of the
CROSSE
A. There is a plenary indul-
gence. for Catholics singly or
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He must spend his energy in
acts Of affection or it vii
be spent n aggression and
hatred.
DO NOT YOURSELF ever
compare dlSadvantageouslv
the oldest 10 the youngest.
Seek out the favorable quail
ties in which a child excels.
They always exist.
ALL PARENTS should heed
the following: Help the child,
particularly the one of your
own sex 10 identify with you,
to become so close to you that
he or she wants to initiate
you Then trust him or her
to take care of the baby. Pres
tige is associated with this as
Signment, not punishment
But. no child should be sub
mitted TO q task beyond his
age. A child has a right to be
carefree and should never be
burdened with adult problems.
MY HEART GOES out to
Daniel who may daily suffer
an unhappy comparison in
class with his smarter broth
err. Let Philip know how much
his brother protected and gave
in to him when he was
younger. Let him know that
talents differ and yet are not
necessarily inferior.
AT ALL COSTS Daniel must
be made to excel in some
thing: sports, manual arts, or
simply generosity of service.
Use the team approach of
priest. school teacher. and
family. Some boys develop in
the late teens or even TWEEN
ties. Let him know that, Talk
TO him a great deal Stress
self-confidence or he will not
be able TO endure himself.
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Making Marriage Click
First Born Child
Hardest To Rear
BY Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

"We have two children.
Daniel is Ia years old. He
is coed and obedient but
poor in school work. Phil
ip is II and a half. He
has always had poor health
but is aggressive and does
very well in school. Philip
never misses a chance TO show
up his older brother, who
failed in school last year, and
is in the same class as Philip.
! can see the bad effect il is
having on Daniel, but | am not
sure what To do. Mrs NC.
Your letter. Mrs. NC,
stresses a problem that we
have rarely seen discussed.
that the oldest child is the
hardest TO rear Parents at
this time lack experience IN
child training and often go
from one extreme OF behavior
to the opposite
THEY ARE OFTEN over
permlsslve or overdomineer-
ing. Paulette Calm In her re
search claims that the first.
born has been taken to psv-
chistrlSts more often than any
other child. that the police
records point to the first-born
as the one who appears most
frequently on police blotters.
She found jealousy to be most
pronounced in the oldest
child.
THE FIRST CHILD is in
deed singled out from the
start He or she was the fruit
and symbol Of the first love
which a couple had for each
other. This child was the very
center Of a couples lives. He
was their chief admiration
This position of prestige
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teach through religious in
situations.
| SUPPOSE most non-Cath-
olicS in the U.N. tend to be-
lleve in religious freedom be
cause they have a certain in
difference to truth. The Cath
Ollie, on the other hand, be-
lieves in religious freedom be-
cause he respects the dignity
of the human person who has
a right to worship God &C
cording to his conscience.
Here was a splendid oppor-
tunity to explain our view
point to an audience that was
sincerely striving to preserve
religious freedom.
HAD NO CATHOLIC repre-
sentatives appeared, the mem
bers of the S-ubcommission
would still be in the dark as
TO our attitude. Yet the de
alterations of this Subcommis-
sion will exert a strong influ-
ence on the new welfare state
regimes in Asia and Africa
that might dare to take over
Catholic schools or forbid
them to import foreign teach
ers.
THIS DISCUSSION at the
UN. was another encouraging
example of the fact that the
Catholic Church in America
is definitely coming of age.
Instead Of standing off to the
side. carping. cavilling and
complaining about the U.N.
as a debating society, the
Catholic representatives play
ed a main role in the discus.
sion. What they said will bear
fruit especially in the emerg-
ing nations. and most especial
ly in Africa, the continent OF
the century.
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Observation-Disclosures
Sum and Substance:
Catholics Discuss Religious
Freedom Al U.N.
BY Fir. John B. Sheerin. esp.

the Catholic Press, and Father
Jules Gagnon, O.F.M. Cap,
for the international Catholic
Child Bureau.
In HIS STATEMENT. Faith
er Burke expressed his appre-
citation of the KrishnasWamj
report and said that these pro-
posed rules to safeguard re
ligious freedom might have 2
considerable measure of sue
cess in protecting religious
rights and practices"
But he went on to say that
the rules should be preceded
by a preamble explaining that
religion by its very nature is
transcendental. for without
this understanding any body
of rules cannot take into full
account what makes religion
so essential TO the religious
man"
FATHER BURKE therefore
recommended that TO attain
such understanding, the U.N.
should seek the expert advice
of theologians in discussions
Of religious questions Just as
UNESC0, WHO and FAC de-
pend on aid from experts in
their respective fields.
NATURALLY, the Polish,
Uraguayan and U.S.S.R. mem
bers of the Subcommission
had concepts of religious free
dom quite different from ours
but most members Of the com
mlttee were anxious to hear
the Catholic side.
Philip Halpern. the Amer
lean member, was most recep-
tive, In fact, he affirmed
strongly the fundamental
right of religious bodies torun
schools, stating that the right
Of a religious body TO teach
also involves the right to
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in company of others as often
as they perform this exercise,
praying and meditating at
each station. There is another
plenary indulgence if they re-
ceive Holy Communion on the
same day. The same indul-
gences can be obtained by the
sick, hindered from making
the Stations in their ordinary
form, provided that they hold
in their hand a crucifix which
has been specially blessed for
this purpose and while medi-
tating on the Passion of Christ
pray the Our Father, Hail
Mary and Glory Be 20 times
lie. one for each station, five
in honor of the five Wounds
OF Our Lord and one for the
intentions of the Holy Father.
@. | believe that an unborn
ehild's soul is In Limbo; ! lost
my baby by miscarriage and
when such . soul has no
chance Of baptism but has
never sinned is il q ssint7
Should | pray for il?
A. 1t is the teaching of the
Church that Christ's words
in reference to the necessity
of Baptism John 1873, Mat
thew 28:18-2O indicate that
unbaptized infants cannot en-
ter heaven, Since they have
not sinned it seems obvious
that they cannot be in hell;
it is commonly taught that
Limbo is a place of peace and
happiness, lacking only the
awareness and participation
in the life of God for per-
feet happiness. Such souls
could not be called saints be-
cause that is reserved for
those who have been given
the life of God in Baptism.
Since there could be no ques-
ton of purgatory for such a
soul it would seem unlikely
that prayer would change its
condition, but it might be pos
sible to pray that God grant
whatever blessings might be
added to that soul. Love and
interest certainly would not
be wasted.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times.
Box 636. Columbus 16, Ohio.
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Religious freedom was
the subject of a recent
discussion at the U.N.
that lasted for three
weeks. the last three
weeks OF January. Frankly. /
was disappointed at the man
ner in which this long dis
cussion was reported IN Ger
tain sections Of the Catholic
Press.
The N.C.WC. News Serv-
ice releases we're excellent
but certain editors affixed
headlines which gave an alto
gether false impression. The
ordinary reader was led by
these headlines TO believe that
the U.N. had tried to sneak
one over on the Church and
that alert Catholics had
caught the U.N. red-handed
and had cried BLOODY muir.
der"
ACTUALLY, the whole cpl
sode At the U.N. was an ex-
ample OF what can and should
be done BY Catholics in a con
structive way TO inform non
Catholics Of our position. It
was a dialogue rather than
dlatrlbe.
Arcot Krishnaswsmi Of In
dia had submitted a report on
discrimination in religious
rights and practices TO the IA
member S-ubcommission on
the Prevention Of Dlscrimina-
ton and the Protection of
Minorities. Catholic represent
atives who commented on the
report were Rev. Eugene
Burke, esp. Catholic Uni
versity theelogian speaking
on behalf of Pax Romano;
Gary MscEoin, representing
the International Union Of
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Observation-Disclosures

has been brought out in var
lous religious rites when the
first born only is offered 10
God. Tradition In some eoun-
tries grants The first born the
possession of the choice fam
ily homestead as an inner
ltance. In many families it is
the custom TO train all chill
dren 10 give a certain respect
10 the fIrSt-born.
WHEN A LITTLE brother
or sister arrives, the first
born is often unprepared for
this intruder, this rival
The mothers time is monopol.
lzed and he now feels neglect.
ed and alone. He cannot ex
press his insecurity with
words so he becomes demand
ing and mean. He may bite his
fingernails suffer enuresis,
slap his little brother. and 80
on. Later he is blamed for
blunders because you are
older and should know bet
Ter"
There is. Of course, also the
danger that the first-born will
be spoiled. He will become a
little prince. He demands sill
ence from all when he studies.
His room is a little sanctuary,
He is the big brother and
the others are babies" He
receives favors. never gives
them.
PARENTS SHOULD not
take lightly the coming of a
new child and say This feel
ing will soon pass" This is
not true. Take interest in his
games, his favorite dishes, his
school work. Have compass.
sion, not anger. for his be-
havior. Build mp his affection
for his brothers and sisters.