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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-02-10
Editorials
LOurdes

Two weeks ago the st. Vincent de Paul Society
did the Catholics of the Columbus area a favor by ar
ranging a return performance of the excellent film
THE Song of Bernadette."
Tomorrow we observe the anniversary of the
event itself when we celebrate the feast of the Apparl-
ton of Our Lady of LOurdeS.
THE DETAILS ARE WORTH recalling. On Feb
ruary IL, 1853, the 14-year old Bernadette Soubirous
was gathering wood with two younger children on
the banks of the river Gave. She became separated
from them and was attracted by a rusting of bushes
at the mouth of a shallow cave or grotto in a rocky
cliff called Massabielle. Then, she related later, she
saw "a girl in white. no taller than |, who greeted me
with a little bow of the head" The figure was very
beautiful, with a blue sash round Der white dress, a
yellow rosette on each shoe, and a long rosary hung
over her arm. When the lady invited Bernadette to
pray, the girl knelt and began to say the rosary. The
lady also passed the beads Of the rosary through her
fingers but did not move her lips. No words passed.
and at the end of five decades, the lady smiled and
disappeared.
THE LADY APPEARED to Bernadette II more
times. She told her she was the Immaculate Con-
ception, caused a spring to gush forth from the ground,
and asked the people to do penance, and that a chapel
be built on the site.
From that beginning in a remote country town in
the French Pyrenees the famous pilgrimage shrine Of
Lourdes has come to be more frequented than any
other shrine in Christian history, except the holy
places In Palestine and the tombs of the the Apostles
in Rome.
MILLIONS OF VISITORS go to Lourdes every
year and its cures are renowned. 1t might be men
toned however, that only a small proportion of the
pilgrims to Lourdes are afflicted in body. The shrine
has always been, and continues to be, primarily a
sanctuary of spiritual health. The cures of physical
ailments are wonderful but they are secondary to the
main purpose of the Shrine.
The message of Lourdes is: that healing takes
place there to show Gods power and sympathy for all
human suffering; that pilgrims are called to peni-
tence to emphasize our obligation to initiate the suf-
ferings of Christ. and that we have testimony to the
article of faith concerning the Immaculate Conception
of Our Lady, which was defined formally in 1854.
THIS THREEFOLD message should give us ample
material for meditation tomorrow and for the OBJ
servance of the season of Lent. -CAF
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presently 314 homes under
Catholic auspices for the ag-
ing in the United States with
a resident population of a.
600. These institutions, how
ever, still try to offer home
atmosphere and emphasize
privacy.
Oldsters should remain at
home if possible. In some
states, meals on wheels are
provided daily to the aging
SO they can remain at home. A
homemaker service is also
provided which helps keep up
the homes of the aging who
are unable to do so. They are
visited four or five times a
week with this service.
SOME OTHER STATES,
such as North Carolina, pro-
vide a simplified guardian
ship for the very old who are
unable to take care Of their
own finances. In this case
the judge usually appoints
the welfare department or
some church organization.
Many church groups are also
organizing regular friendly
visits to the aging. These visits
are regular and consistent.
The aging depend upon them
and without them would be
disheartened.
New impetus is being given
to the development of foster
homes for the aging who ere
not in need of institutional
care but badly need a certain
home life. Old age is every
body's business so transpor-
tation companies are being
petitioned to offer special
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State" and remain one OF
the pillars of the Soviet sys-
tenn"
AS the New York Times has
pointed out, the meaning of
all this is that (a) the question
of union recognition in the
U.S.S.R. is purely academic
and (b) the question of free
dom of association for Soviet
workers is largely irrelevant.
The Times of London and
several leading newspapers
on the Continent have made
substantially the same point.
To cite but one specific exam
pie, a reputable Swiss daily
says that From the 152 pages
and six chapters of the report
on the trade union situation in
the Soviet Union it seems APP
parent that in the U.S.S.R.
there are neither free trade
unions nor free workers, and
that the Soviet trade union is
only an obedient instrument
of the Soviet dictatorship"
THE ABOVE QUOTED ex-
cerpts from the LILO. report
on the trade union situation
in the U.S.S.R. have been cit
ed here not only to point up
the fact that there is no gen.
uine trade union freedom in
the Soviet Union but also to
suggest that some of the criti-
cism being leveled against the
LILO. in this country is UNI
founded.
/ refer specifically to the
allegation that the LILO. has
been taken over by the COM
Continued on Page Sd
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GUEST EDITORIAL
Lent

Here it goes Lent again: more cheese and peanut
hutter-and Jelly sandwiches III the lunch box, more
lengthy sermons during Wednesday night devotions.
LENT IS, 70 BE SURE. generally accepted as a
time TO be miserable and Sorr0Wful. The very climax
of Lent is, indeed the l~iturglcal remembrance Of the
death of Christ on the Cross: the death that brought
life to a spiritually dead and despairing world.
The climax of any pageant however, is not neces-
sarlly the glorious and magnificent finale. The liturgy
of the Church, moreover, the liturgy that we are sup
posed to live, is almost more than analogous to a pag-
cant OF splendor. While expecting the climax then, we
should especially look forward TO the wonderful end
ing: that part that leaves the heart thrilled on a new
and high note - a note of spiritual JOY that will make
the burden more light and the yoke more sweet.
THE oFFERToRY FOR Ash Wednesday is from
the twenty-ninth psalm; 81 called out to the Lord my
God, and You granted me recovery" This verse in the
context OF the Mass certainly points to the aforemen-
toned climax of Lent. More hopefully, though, it
guides the Christian to the magnificent glory of that
end wherein lies the beginning and root of the Christian
life: the Resurrection.
Usually by the time Lent comes around every
year, many souls are, if not spiritually sick, at least a
bit pale and out OF condition. But the most understand
Ing and gentle OF physicians, the Lord Himself, comes
to us speaking through the Church's golden-tongued
liturgy and tells us at the beginning Of Lent that if we
bring our feeble souls to Him, He will make them
strong.
OF COURSE, THEREFORE, Lent is a time of ioy.
1t is a time of rehabilitation and a time for new
strength. The medicine is still prayer, penance, and
fasting; but these spiritual vitamins are being d-
SpenSed by the loving hands of the divine Physician.
Moreover, if you come daily for your medicine,
you will get to know your Physician better - and hap
piness is synonymous with the knowledge of God.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND that this Lent will be a
joyful time for your soul. Ii viii be a time of joyful
expectation of your Risen Saviour, with all the delights
that only He can bring.
You will become much better acquainted with a
Friend whom perhaps you have been neglechng: the
Friend also of the great King David who sang to Him;
II called out to the Lord my God, and you granted me
recovery"
49, Frank Fortkamp
THE JOSEPHINE REviEW
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Making Marriage Click
Aging Are Better Off AT
Home Than In Institutions
by Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

rates for those over 65 with q
precautionary stipulation that
the very old will not travel
without escorts.
SOME MOVIE THEATERS
are cutting the price of adj
mission for the oldsters as
they do for the very young.
Central bureaus are being set
up to assist in procuring So
cial Security information as
well as to give information
on spiritual, educational, So
cial, recreational and other
aids for the aging.
Architects are becoming
more conscious of the needs
of the aging and are design
ing homes with non-skid
floors, doors wide enough to
accommodate wheel chairs,
grab bars, controls for show
ers outside the bathroom to
eliminate the danger of scald-
ing, etc. Since the old defin-
itely want to live normal
lives, homes for the aging are
not being isolated and segre-
gated. They want to be a
normal part of society. Over
two-thirds of those over SIS
still live in their own homes.
Here are five musts in car
ing for the aging:
u Everyone ages different
ly. The aging cannot be ster-
eotyped. Not all are alone,
sick, poor, urban, childless,
etc.
q Religious and cultural
patterns greatly affect the
aging. For many old age is a
useful period, not only in pre-
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itics has been debilitated for
many years by the presence
of theological crusaders who
were more intent on advanc-
ing their pet ideas than on
advancing the welfare of the
country. Between the time
of the end of World War III
and the advent of DeGaulle.
French history was the story
of q sickening succession of
doctrinaire political scientists
in public office.
IN FACT, EUROPEAN cri.
tics of our literature usually
make the same mistake in as
sessing our writers as we our
selves have made in talking
about our politics. They see
two schools of thought and
imagination in American lit
erature, the Puritan school
and the nationalist school.
They try to trace a clear line
of demarcation between a Cal
whistle, moral, romantic
stream of thought and a IA.
tionalistic, realistic, optimis-
tic school and they divide
American writer's into two
neat categories.
But the better American
critics today are convinced
that such a classification is
altogether unreal and futile.
Continued on Page 81
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Editor.

| question Thomas P.
Neill, Professor of His
tory at st. Louis Univer-
Sity stating that "Liber-
alism is more in keeping
with modern Catholic doctrine
than Conservatism" Times,
page 10. Jan. 10th issue)
IS THE DOCTOR against
individual initiative, personal
responsibility, and integrity
which are the good Catholic
principles of Conservatism?
Does he advocate political re-
form, which will lead to So
ciallsm and eventually into
Communism?
A Catholic is honor bound
to preserve the Constitution
of the United States of Amer
lea which guarantees his in
dividual freedom Of worship.
have been very disappoint-
ed with The Catholic Times
and find your paper follow
ing a Liberal, Socialistic APP
preach, ignoring the real prob
lem, to preserve our freedom
of worship.
MRS. SALLY FRISCH,
Columbus
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ials whether they approach
these problems without a
preconceived, party-line 10y
atty to conservative or
liberal politics. | confess I'm
tired of reading discussions
as to whether Cathol ics
should be liberals or conser-
vatiyes.
AMERICAN c AT n o Lies
are American and most Amer
leans are reluctant to tie
themselves up to any political
school of thought. In the
average American there is a
little of Hamilton and a bit
of jefferson, a conservative
trend and a liberal tendency.
II is this contradiction that
gives spice to American life
for no politician knows just
when and on what issue the
liberal will come out on top
of the conservative and vice
versa.
In his address, the Presi-
dent emphasized the role to
be played by the "young vet
erans" at the new frontiers.
He said almost nothing about
any political theology. Prob
ably this surprised some of
our European friends who
can't imagine politics free of
theology.
In France for instance pol
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many places and times, but
all in substantial agreement.
There are quotations (some at
length in authors of early
times. st. Irenaeus end cen
turyl quotes the New Tesla
ment about 1900 times, Gle
ment of Alexandria 2,400 and
there are quotations in the
books of heretics, schismatics
etc. (e.g. the Epicurean phil
osopher CELSIUS about 178 A..
d.. The New Testament is
true and reliable history;
scholars can agree on a text
that is substantially that of
the original writing leg.
Westcott and Hort).
@. What is The meaning OF
the reference TO The Ssmari-
fans i'm the New Testament
e.s. the Samaritan woman, the
Good Samaritan?
A. The Samaritans were
descendants of the Israelites
who had intermarried with
the pagan Assyrian colonists
in the early eight century
B.C@. They were considered
(and considered themselves
separate from the orthodox
Jews. They had a rival
temple on Mount Garizim.
This divergence from the
divinely authorized religion
of the Jews caused the hos
tility recorded.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healey. Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box $50, Columbus 16, Ohio.
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The Yardstick

Several weeks ago In
this column favorable ref
erence was made to a re-
port by a special commit
tee of the International
Labor Organization on the
freedom Of trade union asso-
citation in the United States.
Meanwhile the same LILO.
committee has released a CON-
panion report on freedom of
trade union association in the
U.S.S.R. (fhe Trade Union Sit
usfion in u.S.S.R., Washing
ton Branch Office, Information
al Labor Organization, GIT
18th Street, NV, Washing
ton 5, DC, $1.25).
The New York Times has
hailed the latter report as "a
notable contribution to the
understanding of the commun-
list economic and social system
as well as of the Russian I'M
ions themselves" | agree with
this appraisal of the LILO.
report with only two reserva-
tons.
MY FIRST CRITICISM of
the report is that it tries too
hard to be objective" That
is to say, the authors of the
report merely summarize
their findings without making
any attempt to eyaluate them
and without coming to
any conclusions about the
trade union situation
in the U.S.S.R. | also think
that the authors of the report
went too far out of their way
to explain the subordination
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NY husband and live in a
fhrea-room flat. Our $140
monthly retirement income
becomes less and less ede-
qUate as the rent repeatedly
rises. We are afraid Of the
future. Old age is beginning
TO look like q disease-or IS
IL capital punishment? We
cannot decide whether or not
an old folks home is the
answer? MN.
About one-third Of the
aging are now needlessly
in institutions because
they have no one a
home to help them. Only
about six per cent of the ag-
ing are reported to be I'M
able to manage their own af-
fairs. If you have children, |
am sure they will help you to
remain at home. Most chill
dren are at least that CRATE
full.
If some parents were able
to rear five or more chill
dren, their children can now
certainly take care of them.
Most older people, however,
prefer to live Independently,
finding it more satisfactory
not to live with their chill
dren but within walking dis
lance.
A DISTINCTION should
first be made between the
aging who are sick and those
who are well. The former
may definitely need institu-
tional care and Catholic inSti-
tutions are meeting the needs
wherever possible. There are
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@. a friend of mine prot
estanf) commended that re-
GENTLY the Catholic Church is
making progress az last by
reducing the role of statues
in churches and by interfaith
tolerance, etc. | felt that was
almost an attack or US, but
had no answerl
A. Many Protestants have
taken scandal at our use of
statues, alleging that they
represent a violation of the
first commandment. In prln-
ciple we must disagree. We
use the statues and other re-
ligious representations as peo-
pie everywhere use similar
reproductions of heroic pub
lie figures leg. Washington,
Lincoln). We do not pray TO
any statue nor worship any
picture. In fact. we do not
exactly pray TO the saint but
We ask his intercession. Sim.
ilarly, in the long years of
religious controversy II has
been difficult TO meet with
other Christians without SEEM
ing to compromise on prin-
ciple. Especially because of
communism we see today
Catholics and Protestants)
that we must work together
for the things we have in
common. We have always
wanted this cooperation. Even
now there are some
times difficulties; we cannot
deny our basic belief in one
truth Church in the name of
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Inquiry Corner
Do Statues Lessen
Or Improve Devotion?
by Father Edward +. Healey

tolerance. We can meet only
by agreeing to respect each
others convictions, not by
agreeing to give them up in
the name of unity.
@. Do we have any OF the
original books OF The New
Testament? If not, how can
we know that we have reliable
copies7
A. Because of the persecu-
tons of Christianity and the
normal wear and tear on
manuscripts there are no sur
yiving copies of the original
books. We still have album
dant historical proof of the
reliability of the text. Some
of these are OF early date
the most ancient more or
less complete ones, being of
the 4th cent? whereas, as is
we'll known. the MS codices
of the Latin and Greek
classics are of much later
date" c'Textual Criticism of
the New. Testament" j. M. T.
Barton) 1.-THE most sensation
al discovery of recent times
is that of the Chester Beatty
papyri (193l) 1t car
ries the date of the Greek
Bible back for some decades
and provides a substantial por-
ton of 3rd century New Tes-
lament MSS" Gbid.; see "A
Catholic Commentary on Holy
Scripture" page 725ff1. There
are well over 1000 early col
lections of the books of the
New Testament, coming from
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YOUR as|{SI letters s|'S9Is||8
Questions Theory That Liberal
More In Tune With Church

Respect for authority has
been the Iodesfar of The true
Catholic liberals actions. 20
better proof of this can be Of
fered than TO compare the lib
eraI and conservative stands
within the Church in relation
TO papaI utferances in The
past so years.
Whether il be on labor,
world cooperation, for e ign
aid, fhe United Nations, racial
discrimination or eommun-
ism, the Catholic liberal has
CONFIRMED TO the urging of
the papal foresight more than
any other group.
Indeed, he moves with the
Church, never forgetting Her
perennial youth and aged
wisdom"
Reader Frisch might also
remember what Catholic Con-
sentative William Buckley
noted recently: There are
good Catholics on both sides
of the us. political fence.
(Which was also noted by
DR.. NELLY
AS FOR HER FINAL para
graph, Mrs. Frisch might be
interested to know that in re-
cent years the Times has
been accused of being: con-
sentative, liberal, ultra-con-
sentative, leftist and So
forth. Our critics, as is the
usual run of such charges,
fail to cite specifics. The
contradiction of these labels
generally means you are pub
fishing an objective, truly
catholic, newspaper-we like
to think that we are.--dcf.
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An Answer
To Mrs. Frisch

Editors Note: We be-
lieve Mrs. Frisch does not
give DR.. Neill his due.
The Doctor himself cred
its Conservatives with adj
vocating the virtues which
she mentions. This does not
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editors note: Many in.
teresting and provocative
opinions must be omitted
each week because the
writer failed to sign his
or her name and address.
Initials or a penname will
be used upon request but
the sender's real name
and address must also be
included. Send your opin-
ions TO Letters 10 the
Editor. The catholi c
Times, Box 636, Column
bus I6, ohio).
mean a political liberal,
Catholic or otherwise, lacks
these qualities.
1t is true that US. Catho-
lies, like all us. citizens, lib
erals and conservatives, are
honor bound to preserve the
Constitution of the us. This
Constitution, besides provid-
ing for freedom of worship,
also gives us the freedoms of
the press, speech and assem-
bly, all of which aid us to
live as Christians.
Why Or. NELL FEELS
that Liberalism (politi C a |.
not religious) is more in keep
ing with modern Catholic doc
trine than Conservatism" is
probably for the same reason
that is advocated by Gerald
f.. Sherry, managing editor OF
the Central California Regis
ter, who in a recent article
says:
Evening star., 1961-07-20
THos. J. OWEN q SON,
Auctioneers, I'LL Z st. NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
TWo-SToRY DETACHED BRICK
gUILpING &C CONTAINING 11. Sr, TWo i.S,S2
PREMIsEs 4509 SHERIFF ROAD
NORTHEAST, WASHINGTON, D. C.
By virtue of a certain deed Of trust
duly recorded, in Liber No. S701,
Folio II ct sea-, Of the land rec
ords Of the District Of Columbia,
and at the request Of the party
secured thereby, the undersigned
trustees will sell, at public auc-
ton, in front Of the premises, on
MONDAY, THE WENT Y
1891 1891, AT TWo-FoRTY.FivE
described land and premises. sit
and designated as and being: The
southerly one hundred Q00l feet
in depth by the full width Of
Twenty-Five (25) feet Of Lot
Thirty-six (36) in Square Fifty
I5126) in Joseph L. Topper and
Mary Tepper's subdivision Of part
of the tracts Of land known as
..'Beall's Adventure" and Fife En-
largeQ, now called Pheasant
View Heights" as per plat recorded
in Liber No. 40, Folio 21, of the
records Of the Office Of the Sur
veyor of the District of Columbia.
Note At the date hereof the above
described property is DESIGNATED
on the Records Of the Assessor
Of the District Of Columbia, for
taxation purposes, as Lot SAG in
Square 6126.
TERMS OF SALE. ALL CASH. A
deposit of $500 will be required
at time Of sale. Adjustments made
as Of date of sale. All conveyanc-
ing. recording. revenue stamps,
etc, at cost Of purchaser. Terms
of sale to be complied with within
thirty days from day Of sale,
otherwise the trustee reserves
the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost Of default
ing purchaser, after five days
advertisement Of such resale In
some newspaper published in
Washington, D. C. THE RIGGS
NATIONAL BANK OF WASHING
TON, D. G. Trustee, successor tc
THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND
TRUST COMPANY by consolida-
ton, october 1, 1854. BY: FRAN.
CTS NJ. WILCOX, Assistant Vice
President. jy13,15,1S,20,22
Evening star., 1961-07-20
AUCTION SALES
THOS. J. OWEN = SON
AuetlOneers, I'LL 3 st. NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
RoW-BRiCK DWELLING KNOWN
AS PREMISES 1915 QUE STREET
BY virtue Of . deed Of trust re.
corded in Liber No. 1000S, al
Folio ia of the Land Records Of
the District of Columbia, we shall
sell in front Of the premises or
SIXTH DAY OF JULY. AID. 1851
AT TWO FORTY-FIVE O'CLOCK
PM, Part of Original Lot ~
In Square (277l, being the part
Of said lot marked with the let
tered "I'' on plat of the Surveyor
for the District Of Columbia filed
EQUITY, Cause No. 1875 and
being more particularly described
by metes and bounds in said
Deed Of Trust, said property taxed
as Lot S04 in Square 277.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. De-
posit of $500 cash or certified
check required at time Of sale.
Terms of sale to be complied
with within thirty days from date
Of sale. otherwise the trustees
reserve the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost
Of the defaulting purchaser, after
five days advertisement of such
resale in some newspaper pub.
lished in the District Of Colum-
bia, or deposit may be forfeited
or without forfeiting deposit
trustees may avail themselves Of
any legal of equitable rights
against defaulting purchaser. Fur
ther particulars at time of sale
Adjustment Of Real Estate taxes
Ali conveyancing, recording and
revenue stamps, etc, at cost Of
purchaser.
JUNIOR F. CRoWELL.
SAMUEL SCRIVENER, Jr.,
jy15.1S,20.22,25 Trustees.