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ST. ANN GUILD

Guild So = Annual toy par
ty, Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the
home of Mrs. Norbert Baltzer,
225 Gunderman Rd., Grove
City.
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SATURDAY, EVENING
Adult Education
Glasses At Springs
SATURDAY, EVENING

Plans for co-educational evening and Saturday
classes at the College of St. Mary of the Springs were
announced this week by the College. ss.s
FIRST SEMESTER EVENING classes will begin
Monday, Sept. Is. Registration is scheduled from ?
until 6 nm Friday Sent Is.
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VOICE OPINION!

The st. James the Less An
ti-Smut Committee urges ev-
eryone to attend the city
council session, $50 pm,
Monday, Sept. 18, at City Hall
Council Chambers to voice
their opinion of the obscene
movie and magazine ordin-
ance.
The date Of the meeting
was inadvertently left out of
last weeks Catholic Times.
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Now that st. Philomena is
non.existent, how about pray
ers to her? Theologian Father
Francis Connell points out
that all prayers are heard by
God, and He will not dis.
regard fervor and good faith
of the one who prays.
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and Saturday Sept. Is.
Several new courses have
been added to the curriculum
including the philosophy of
communism marketing offered
the first semester and the ele-
ments of craftsmanship, the
second.
OTHER COURSES being of
fered include freshman Eng
lish. American masters, Unit
ed States history, American
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IT PAYS TO USE THE
TIMES CLASSIFIEDS
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BUYERS NEWARK GUIDE
BUILDING MATERIAL

CHAIN LINK FENCE MATERIAL
and erection. Newark Fence, Charles
Bebout, 81 Grant st. Phi. Dl. 42353
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ST. FRANCIS CIRCLES

Circle 2-Monday, Sept. l8,
1890 PM at the home of
Mrs. Thomas Bates, l43 Pow
hatan.
Circle 10 Monday, Sept,
Is, | pm, luncheon, Lazarus
Chintz Room. Mrs, G. C. Nor.
ris, hostess.
Circle l2-Thursday, Sept.
q, $50 pm, at the home of
Mrs, Henry Altenbach, 298 E.
Moler ST, Buffet supper and
bridge.
Circle l3-Thursday, Sept.
u, 8 pm, at the home of
H, X. Haleman, 1896 Miriam
DIR.
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ST. RAPHAEL. GUILD

Guild | Tuesday, Sept,
IS, / pm, Lazarus Chintz
Room, Mrs. Robert J, Carroll,
hostess.
Guild | Tuesday, Sept.
20, 8 pm, a. the home of
Miss Margaret Casey, 1886
Wyandotte Rd, Miss Mary L.
McAndrews, co-hostess.
Guild IS Wednesday,
Sept. 81, 8 pm, at the home
of Mrs. T. ]. Harper, 572l In
dianola Ave.
Guild II Dessert and
bridge, 1890 pm. Thursday,
Sept, %, at the home of Mrs.
Clara Clement, 1456 Ashland
Ave.
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activities
Calendar

CORPUS CHRISTI PTA, first meeting of the
school year. parent-teachers conferences at 7:30 pm
business meeting at 8 pm Harold E. Masters, presi-
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FRIDAY, OCT. s
SUNDAY, OCT. 9

PANCAKE FESTIVAL, sponsored by Christ the King
Women's Club and supervised by Aunt Jemima, 7:30 am, UNI
til 2 pm. Mrs L. r. Mcfarland, general chairman,
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Sum and Substance:
Will ~'UncOmmitted'
Elect Another Dag?
by Fr. John B. Sheerin, esp.

In his Annual Report on
the U.N submitted on Au-
gust 18th, HammarSkjold said
there are two concepts of the
U.N. One is that the organiza-
ton should be only "a static
conference machinery" The
other is that the U.N. should
be "a dynamic instrument
through which governments
would "try to develop forms
of executive action, undertak-
en- on behalf of all members,
and aiming at forestalling con-
fIicts and resolving them, once
they have arisen, by appropri-
ate diplomatic or political
means"
In other words, the Secre-
tary General was obviously
saying that a static U.N. that
does nothing but talk about
peace is futile. He believed
the organization should act
and some of his trouble-shoot-
ing expeditions such as those
in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan
were good examples of exec
utive action"
I'VE 90 NOT TRUST Mr..
Hamrnarskjold and cannot
trust him." shouted Khrush-
chev in his shoe-flinging ex-
travaganza last year. The So
Wet chief did not and would
not trust any peacemaker who
was not content to talk about
peace and who would dare to
put into action the principles
of the U.N. Charter: equal po-
litical rights for all, equal eco
nomic opportunity for all and
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injure a persons reputation
is to sin against justice. A
man has a right TO his good
name. There are circum-
stances, of course, where it
might be permissible or even
necessary to reveal a hidden
fault. A person has no right
to be protected if the fault is
of such a nature that It could
result in injury to a third par
ty. If. for example, a person is
an inveterate gambler or
drinker (Seriously SOY and he
is applying for a responsible
position or planning marriage
it could be our right or duty
to tell the person involved.
That is not the same as max.
ing it a conversation piece. 1t
is a less serious sin, Of course,
If We unnecessarily discuss
hidden faults which are trivial
in themselves or If the faults
are more or less public knowl-
edge.
@. How do we know that
Christ Yves NOT seornins His
mother when He said, "Who
Is my mother, efe."7 Matt
hew l2:46-50l
A. From everything in the
New Testament we know that
Christ loved and respected His
mother. The expression could
well be explained in connec-
ton with the finding in the
temple whtl He spoke of be-
ing about His Fathers bust
ness. Christ in His mission
could not and would not take
time for personal visits and
conversations. Our Lady knew
that. but the person who inter-
rupted his talk to tell Him
that she was outside waiting
for Him apparently did not
know.
Send questions TO Father
Edward F. HeaIey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus 10, Ohio.
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Editor;



Msgr. DeBlanc's column
"Four Symptoms of Mid
die Age" in the Catholic
Times a few weeks ago
was a very perceptive
piece of writing. undoubted-
ly, middle age can be fright
ening. | think the real fear,
though, regarding this time Of
life, may be the thoughts Of
what comes after, What will
old age bring? Perhaps we
think in horror of a hall bed
room somewhere with a
Share-a-bath, an old broom
stick handle to whittle. and
just enough pension check to
cover thirty bologna sand.
wiches a month. If we have
some real luck perhaps a roll
away bed in the recreation
room at sons or daughters
and first option on Saturday
nights ash tray.
ACTUALLY THE STATE
of being middle aged is not
frightening at all. One merely
has to be on guard constant
ly. When one laughs he must
be certain that it is Ha-Ha-Ha
with p~ear-shaped tones in-
stead of He-He-He with a thin,
quavery voice. If one must
wear a T-shirt in public al
ways be sure to wrap the
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Making Marriage CLick
Sunday Is Time For
Worship And Fun
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

turbed.
CHRIST ALSO TOOK His
apostles on picnics. Scripture
scholars tell us that "a desert
place" was simply the graz
ing land away from the town
areas. st. Mark says, He said
to them Come apart into a
desert place and rest a while
For there were many coming
and going, and they had no
leisure even to eat. And they
got into the boat and went off
to a desert place apart"
Mark 6;31-32). Christ saw the
necessity of a little leisure
and recreation together for
His disciples.
The Church has always been
very strong for recreation. In
days gone by we had many
more holy days of obligation
than we have today, and the
holy day was not only q day
on which one had to attend
Mass but also a day of good
clean fun.
EVERYONE QUIT WORK
at noon on the vigil of a feast
day and celebrated in the af-
ternoon or evening and
through the entire holy day.
The forerunner of our mod
ern theater was the miracle
play which the Christ invent
ed in order to recreate the
people during these frequent
feasts.
Recreation means re-crea-
ton - a making new again.
Every good violinist loosens
the strings on his instrument
when he has finished playing
so that they will not snap
when he tightens them again.
Recreation means that work
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Gall work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy.'
Though we approve this
saying for children, we
often feel guilty of sim
ming or wasting time when we
enjoy a good time. Sometimes
puritanical people fasten a
gimlet eye on fun and frown
on pleasure of any kind.
GOD HIMSELF gave us the
first example of rest and
recreation. "And He rested
on the seventh day from all
the work which he had done.
God blessed the seventh day
and made it holy because on
it he rested from all his work
of creation" Genesis 2:2-3).
He also approved reasonable
pleasure for ne placed Adam
in a Garden Of Paradise. 1.-THE
Lord God planted a garden in
Eden, to the east, and he put
there the man he had form
ed" Genesis 2:8).
PHARiSEES IN THE time
of Christ had made many
''blue laws" They even set
down how far a man could
walk without violating the
law of the Sabbath. Christ
could not go along with this
rigor. He told them in no I'M
certain terms that 1.-THE Sab
bath was made for man, and
not man for the Sabbath"
mark 2:27). Notice how
Christ played with the little
children. He did not shoe
away the noisy group of lit
tie ones, but He did repri-
mand the orderly group of
adults, who were so anxious
that He should not be dis
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Queen of the Rosary

In the sixteenth century Western Europe was
faced with domination by the Mongol Turks. The
Moslems had moved into eastern Europe, took Bel
grade in modern Yugoslavia in 1921 and five years
later crushed the Christian armies at Mohacs in
Hungary. From there the victors moved into Buda.
pest and then to the very gates of Vienna.
BUT SUDDENLY H ENEMY advanced no more.
Treaties were entered into, concessions we're granted
and finally in 1871 the western powers counterattack-
ed and defeated the Turkish fleet at the great naval
battle Of Lepanto off the coast of Greece. The Empire
of the Ottoman Turks never rose again except briefly
In 1858.
What brought about This deliverance? Eucharistic
devotion for one thing. But also, Pope st. Plus V
expressly attributed the victory Of Lepanto to the fact
that on the first Sunday in October Rosary Contra
erniies were holding professions throughout Europe.
And in 17l6 Pope Clement XI showed gratitude for
the sparing of the Christian countries by extending
the feast of the Holy Rosary to the entire world.
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY has interceded sue.
ceSsfully for her errant children before. She will do so
again. October is the month to ask her intercession
In a special way and say MARY, Queen of the Rosary
and Queen of Peace, pray for US"
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Our opinion
EDITORIALS
War Or Peace

Many OF us, we fear, are like the lady in a tele-
vision interview recently who said she doesn't like
to think about the possibility Of another world war
and therefore doesn't think about it,. Apparently
some people think if you ignore trouble it will go away.
Such alas, is not the case.
THE PRESENT SITUATION is critical, as any
informed person knows and although most common
tators feel war is not imminent, it would be unrealistic
to rule it out.
The main reason we must be wary is that all
CommuniSt leaders are dedicated to the destruction
of those governments which are capltalistic and de-
mocratic. This is of the essence of the mmunist
philosophy and we must not forget it for one moment.
AN ALL-oUT WAR AT this stage in history is
a horror to contemplate. We must realize that nuclear
weapons have put warfare in a wholly new dimension.
In August 1915 the two atomic bombs dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki DESTROYED half of each city
and killed over 100, 900 people. They MANNED thou
sands of others for life, and radiation fallout affected
many children yet to be born.
But those ~bombings are dwarfed by what is pos.
sible now. In the United States alone we are supposed
TO have an arsenal of 35 billion tons of N which
would represent 10 tons of explosives to lombard each
man, woman, and child in the world. Russia is talking
about 100 megaton bombs which have a force that
staggers the imagination.
EXPERTS SAY A NucLEAR war between the
United States and Russia would kill one-quarter to
one-half of the population Of both countries, and Grip
pie their industries, distribution centers, and trans
portation. Biologists predict that fallout sitting down
after such an attack would affect every living person
and undermine the pool Of genes upon which future
generations Of children depend.
And all this would take place within a few days.
1t is presently impossible TO defend against nucIear
attack completely because of the destructive force and
the speed of the new weapons. We must remember
that the Russian satellite circled our globe in lit
tie over 80 minutes!
NucLEAR WAR is POSSIBLE by accident. or as
a development OF a conventional war in which one side
would lose its scruples for the sake of victory. But
the tragedy is that this kind of war has no real victor.
In effect, both powers would commit mutual suicide.
Any Christian can see how our salvation lies
primarily in the hands of God. SO Bishop IsSenmann
asked in his recent letter that "We must storm heaven
with our prayers that Gods blessings may be upon
our officials and leaders in government"
THE BISHOP CALLED for a three-month crusade
of prayer in the Diocese with prayers for peace dur
ing and after Mass and special Eucharistic devotions.
Surely we shall participate in this crusade. Any hope
for peace will came only by the grace of God. -GAF
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Inquiry Corner
Are We Forgiven
Ii We Forget?
by Father Edward F. Healey

Important why do we not know
what they say, efe.7
A. Just as decisions in the
United States are regularly
being made on the basis of ira
dition or precedent. so have
the decisions and teachings
of the Church been decided.
Our constitution 1--WE might
compare it to the Bible) is
the basis of our American
way, but experts are constant
~ applying it to new situa-
tons. In doing so they refer
TO the accumulated evidence Of
our American heritage (deci-
sjons of presidents, supreme
courts, founding fathers, etc..
So the Church refers her doc
trine and her other applica-
tions of Christian principles to
the Bible and to Tradition. In
a prominent place in Tradition
are the early writer's who rep
resented the early Church. st.
Ambrose, st. Jerome, st. Au-
gustine, st. Basil, st. Athana-
sius, etc, and the even earlier
Saints Justin, Irenaeus Igna-
thus (of Antioch) clarity early
Christian Tradition. We can
and should read them for they
are interesting and profitable
for us. For the Church, how
ever. their official position as
spokesman for the early
Church is a matter for schol-
airs and for the authority Of
the Church when it comes to a
decision. All of us can profit
by reading the Confessions Of
st. Augustine but the defini-
tive teaching of st. Augustine
on Grace is a matter for the
ologians.
@. Is " . sin 70 discuss
someone's faults when what
you say is frue7
A. Yes. The eighth com
mandment forbids detraction
as well as calmuny dying. To
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the rule Of justice under law.
Moreover. Khrushchev wanted
no U.N. trouble-shOoter rush
ing here and there to bring
order out of disorder and riot
ing-for disorder is the breed
ing ground Of communism.
SO Khrushchev resolved to
cripple Hammarskjold's power
and render his office impot-
ent. He demanded the Troika,
a three-man rule of the U.N.
by a communist, a neutraliSt
and a representative of the
free West, each man to have
the right of veto. Under the
Troika, naturally, the commun-
lists could veto every anti
communist move and thus rem
der the U.N. totally helpless.
Under this three-man rule,
for instance, the U.N. would
be incapable of preventing the
Soviets from taking over the
Congo, especially the rich
plum of Katanga.
NOW HAMMARSKJQLD,
the dynamic embodiment of
world opinion, is dead but
Khrushchev lives on. Will the
gallant Swede's spirit live on
in the U.N.? The election of
a new Secretary General
seems impossible at present
but a two-tEirdS majority of
the General Assembly can
elect an acting Secretary Gen.
eral.
Because of their number.
the ~"uncommitted nations"
have it in their power to elect
Continued on page s.
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The Yardstick
Labor In Trouble
Lacks Self-Criticism
by Msgr. George G.. Higgins

Time magazine is rath-,
er bearish about the fu-
ture of the American la-
Dor movement. The labor
movement, says Time in a
recent cover article on Sec
etary of Labor Goldberg.
Seems surfeited by success.
1t is torn from within by juris-
dictional disputes and corrup-
ton, and it has been baffled
by the problems arising from
chronological progress"
Hourly wages have risen
dramatically during the past
% years; all sorts of fringe
benefits have been won
through the process Of col
lective bargaining; and condi-
tions of work have markedly
improved. "But with the
zoom," says Time, ''the zip
has gone" According to the
editors of Time, 'labor's trou-
BILE stems from a tagging of
spirit"
THE EDITORS of Time are
not alone in thinking that the
American labor movement is
currently in the doldrums.
Henry j. Taylor made sub
stantially the same point in a
recent syndicated column n.
Our trade union movement"
he wrote, struggles against
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Being Middle Aged
Has A Lighter Side

and quite "fleshy' always
plan your daily itineraries so
that no large expanseS of
plate glass window are pass
ed. Also for this type of wom-
an it might be advisable all
ways to avoid revolving doors.
Oh, how embarrassing to be
caught in one of these!
IF, AS MSGR. DeBLANC
suggests, you are cynical,
violent, scandal0us, authori-
tartan. hypercritical, unfaith-
full, jealous" well, then you
are in a pretty bad mood.
Just don't answer the door
bell that day for it may be
the parish priest or your
mother-in-law. If you are not
cynical. violent, scandalcus,
authoritarian, hypercritic a
unfaithful, jealous" it could
be you are in that state of
eupheric jollity wherein you
are blissfully unaware your
sorrows have snorkels and wa
ter wings.
You can always tell mid
die age by looking in the mir
ror. If your eyes show not the
fires of youth but a certain
smokiness like in a ham
house. YOU can bet you won't
be playing Go, Sleepy, Go
any more.
nj. r. keenan,. Jr.
Columbus
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the undertow of a relentless
current, hardly realized by the
public. The current is the
quiet breakway of American
labor from unionization -.
while the great wave of
the nations labor force has
surged higher and higher for
many years, union member
ship has stood still, and thus
fallen further and further be-
hind this great upward march
of American life"
MIR. A. H. Raskin of the
New York Times, one of the
nations leading labor report
ers, and Father William j.
Smith, Sd, director of st.
Peters Institute of Industrial
Relations in Jersey City, New
Jersey, have also expressed
the opinion, in recent weeks,
that American labor is in SER
ious trouble.
CLEARLY" RASKIN wrote
in the September 10 issue of
the New York Times Magazine,
''labor will have to work hard
to disabuse youngsters of the
idea that unions have become
merely another form of BUSH
ness, devoid of idealism and
crusading Vigor."
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has preceded the fun, and
that the individual is relaxing
in order to be able to work
again. All work and no play
make lots of "jack," but it
certainly makes a little John
ny or big Johnny a very dull
boy.
PLEASURE is THE lubri-
cant for activity. A child loves
to Jump and run, and in the
process he learns to strength
en- his muscles for the work
that lies ahead. We all enjoy
eating, and the enjoyment
helps to rebuild our worn.
out bodies. The intense
pleasure of love experiences
in marriage helps make the
burden of family life enjoy
able. Wine may we'll make the
heart lightsome.
We often forget to dedicats
our recreation to God and to
thank Him for it. Could we
be thinking that we are steal.
ing it from him? A good in
tention during fun and pleas
ure is certainly the mark Of .
Christian. st. Paul says,
whether you eat or drink or
do anything else, do all for
the glory of God.'' Il Corin-
thians 1O:31)
CERTAINLY We SHOULD
avoid the excessive and false
humor which descends into
vulgarity and immodesty
the movies or television which
merely present luxury to our
senses; parties which debase
us to the level of animals. But
laughter, an interesting NOV
lie, a pleasant book. wine,
rhythmic dancing, and deli
cious food are all gifts of God.
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Father Smith, a longtime
champion of organized labor.
laid it squarely on the line
at the recent AFLCI0 merger
convention in New Jersey.
You know better than | do"
he told the delegates to this
convention, what degree the
movement is suffering from
the evils of modern material
ism. You know better thar I
how wide is the gap between
the idealism of the past and
the misnamed realism of the
future"
MANY SIMILAR statements
by friends of labor as well as
by its critics could be cited,
but the four | have quoted
will suffice for present pur-
poses. If these statements are
substantially correct - and
there is reason to think that
they are - the labor move
ment is indeed in serious
trouble.
In my judgment, organized
labor in this country is not
completely to blame for the
unhappy situation in which
it currently finds itself. For
example, its failure to expand
its membership at a rate pro-
portionate to the growth of
Continued on Page So
# ~-a4-
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@. II II is true that psYchoi.
ogy teaches that forgetting is
q deliberate act of the mind
are we really excused from sin
when wa forget that II Is Fri.
day land esf meafl or forget
. Sunday or Holy day land
miss Massl7
A. II would seem to be true
that we cannot be completely
absolved of responsibility in
things we forget. 1t can usual
ly be observed that we seldom
or never forget things we are
really concerned about leg.
paychecks, meals, meeting
loved ones, holidays. 1t might
we'll be said that a Catholic
who forgets serious obliga-
tons such as attending Mass
and abstaining from meat has
q spiritual problem. When it
comes TO sin lat least mortal
SIM, however, we cannot at
tribute mortal sin to a per-
son who is at The time honest
ly unaware of the obligation.
AS you comment, the psychol-
ogistS indicate that we set
aside one thing in order to
make room for something else.
There are many pressing prob
lens on the mind Of most
adults and we cannot make it
a matter of guilt that such
thoughts sometimes cause us
to forget other duties. AS stat
ed above it could be a grave
spiritual problem if worry
and concern about anything
too often leads to neglect of
duty. The words of Christ in
the Sermon on the Mount ap-
ply here Matthew 6:25-34):
"But seek first the kingdom of
God and his justice, and all
these things shall be given
you besides"
@. Who are the Fathers OF
the Church and what is their
irnportanes7 II they are really