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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-15
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-20
EDITORIALS
Paschal Mystery

In ancient Christian times the evening Mass of
Holy Thursday joined to the rites of Good Friday,
Holy Saturday and Easter were all considered as one
feast, the celebration of the "Pasch of the Lord"
THE RENEWAL of the rites of Holy Week in
1856 restored this idea to its proper place in the
liturgy. Therefore, we should consider the Mass of
Lords Supper, which we offered last night, the Solemn
Lturgical Service of today, and the Easter Vigil rites
as a unified observance.
1t was definitely by design that Christ died at
the season of the Jewish Passover or Pasch. His death
on the Cross represented the fulfillment of this Old
Testament custom.
The first Passover took place in the s~pringtime
when the Jewish captives in Egypt were spared by
the destroying angel because their houses were mark
ed with the blood of the Paschal Lamb. In thanks
giving the Jews celebrated the Paschal meal every
year.
BUT CHRIST is the true Paschal Lamb whose
blood saves all from eternal destruction. He is the
new Moses leading the entire Mystical Body to heaven
by His victory over Satan and death.
The sacrifice of Our Lord does more than merely
deliver us, it creates us anew as children of God and
heirs of Heaven, After His death came resurrection,
and after our dying to sin we take on the new life Of
sanctifying grace.
In the last three days of Holy Week the whole
mystery of redemption is presented from three view
points. On Holy Thursday we commemorate our Lords
obedient offering of Himself out of love for us at the
Last Supper. Today, on Good Friday, we see how His
death on the cross redeemed us. Then tomorrow night
at the Vigil Rites we rejoice in the triumph of the
Risen Christ over sin and death.
EACH YEAR at the Passover meal, the youngest
Jewish child asks his father: "Why is this day different
from all other days." He is told they are commemor-
ating their deliverance from bondage.
Certainly we Christians should know why the
feast of the Pasch of the Lord is d different. 1t is the time
to remember the horror of sin and our deliverance
from the bonds Of evil. More, it is the climax of the
%liturgical year, the celebration of the paschal mystery,
when we glorify God because He so loved the world, +"
as to give His only-begotten Son. And we know that
'this is in truth the Savior of the world" - GAF
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Inquiry Corner
Inquiry Corner
Purity Has Always
Been A Problem
hY Fir. Edward Z. Healev

@. Doesn't the Church put
too much emphasis on sins
against purity and not enough
on more important questions
OF social Justice and charity?
A. The Church is made up
of human beings. 1t is obvious
from history, from psychology
or from casual observation of
human problems that purity
is and always will be a major
moral problem. II would be
hard to say that too much
emphasis is placed on sins
of impurity in view of the
general indifference or con-
tempt for the virtue of mod
esty and even for purity.
When the magazines, paper
backs, movies, TV etc. show
less emphasis on sex and
often a twisted view of life
at that - it might be possible
to place less emphasis on this
moral question.
The Catholic Press, from
your Catholic Times to such
magazines as America, The
Sign and Ave Maria. certainly
do not dwell on this question.
The Holy Fathers encyclical
mater ct Magistra) is concern
ed with social justice and
charity. If there is not enough
mention made in sermons or
parish meetings of social
justice etc, that may be partly
because these questions are
often more suited to the
classroom or at least to dis
cussion or study groups.
@. II seems to be the custom,
in spite OF fhe TV westerns,
TO debunk The Old West and
the primitive Justice in the
good old days. | feel thai
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much of II was Justified
even she gun haftIesl
A. Ordinarily authority to
punish crime is reserved to
the duly constituted civil au-
thority. In primitive societies
where that authority felt that
severe and unusual methods
and punishment were neees-
sary, they would be justified
There could be controversy
about the necessity of some
of the lynching and gun bat.
ties. When the administration
of justice was handled by a
person not constituted as an
officer of the law, the case
is even weaker. Only the
most unusual circumstances
should force anyone to take
the law into his own hands,"
Certainly those circumstances
existed at various times and
places in the Old West. At
any time a person has the
right of self-de Tense, of
course, and if the only de-
Tense for a man or his fam
lily was Tor now isl that in
volving the taking the the
life of another, that is justi-
fled. A murderous unjust ag-
gressor has forfeited his right
to life, but even then. taking
a mans life must be. a last
resort. Obviously. many of
the lynchings, etc, were UNI
just and murderous, but it
seems true that the courage
and rigorism of law enforce
ment in the past helped to
make possible society as we
now have it.
@. Is il q sin TO shop on
Sunday7
A. That would depend on
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the definition of shopping.
If it means some extraordin.
airy or necessary item, that
could be justified. We do not
consider filling-stations, drug
stores etc. as violating Sun.
day, nor people who patronize
them. The drugstore which is
a disguised department store
is something else. Sunday is,
for Christians at least, a day
of the Lord and a day of
rest. 1t is a serious sin to do
any unnecessary work or
business on that day. With re-
frigeration and evening shop
ping hours etc. there seems
no justification for super
markets being open and GER
tainly no moral justification
for Catholics shopping there
on Sunday. The corner grocery
store or confectionery where
people could pick up a loaf
of bread has always been &C.
cepted as necessary - or at
least ible. Even
people with no religious rea-
sons can see the social evils
in a seven-day week for work
ers. We should have that adj
ditional reason for not shop
ping on Sunday. More and
more workers are being
forced to work on Sunday by
reason of the buying public's
growing Indifference to Sun
day observance. We should
buy on Sunday only when and
if it is really impossible to
avoid it!
Send questions to Father
EdWdrd F. HedLey, Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Bon 636, Columbus Is, Ohio.
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Editor:
| would like to com
ment on the Times article
april 81 by Father Rich
ard Hettinger on farmers
banding together.
THE FARMER today needs
a leader, someone to state the
needs of the average farm
family and defend them.
For five years my husband
and | belonged to a Farm Bu-
reau Council. There we're 10
couples in our group, all Cath
olics except one of the wives.
The men had been raised on
farms and enjoyed farming.
Eight of the 10 worked with
their fathers, one was a full
time feed dealer helper and
the other a full-time milk
hauler for a commercial COM
pany. AS of the first of this
year we had A children, with
three more on the way.
Now the story changes. Due
to the pressure of govern
ment controls, six of the eight
have had to look for addition
al work to supplement their
incomes.
WITH THE RISING cost of
good farm ground, machinery,
breeding livestock, feeds, fer.
tilizer, gasoline and miScel-
laneous items PLUS taxes,
how are we able to unite?
We have to 90 our separate
ways to survive.
Needless to add. there Is
much more to say, but we'll
have to wait and see who is
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-20
Mission Lands

This week The Catholic Times carries the mission
report for the past year as submitted by our Diocesan
office of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
I'M THIS REPORT we are reminded of the many
missionary endeavors of the Church in all parts of the
world. 1t is only proper and necessary that we should
be concerned with the spread Of Christianity abroad.
Also included in the report is the help given to
home mission activities. We think this is very peril
nent because American Catholics, in burst of pride
over our ever-growing numbers, might forget that
many parts of our own nation are still far from estab-
lished as far as the Faith is concerned.
Recently the Extension Society put out the follow
ing statistics which proved revealing to us and doubt
less will to you too.
HERE ARE THE percentages of Catholics to the
total population in a given area:
Tanganyika .."....~. 1870 North Carolina 10 or less
Congo ........... 1890 Georgia ..u............. 1he6
Ghana .,..........~ 81%o Tennessee .............. geo
New Guinea ..."".., 1870 Oklahoma ................. 40
Ceylon ....a........ TO Idaho SO
And we might add to this list that in the Diocese
OF Columbus Catholics constitute just a shade over
1920 of the entire population of our % counties.
CAT
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-20
The Yardstick
Hopeless Poverty Still
Widespread In US.
by Msgr. George G. Higgins

The Committee for Eco
nomic Development - an
organization composed of
leading businessmen and
educators recently call
ed upon American educators
to devote more time and at
tention to the teaching of eco
Monies in our elementary and
secondary schools.
I'VE BELIEVE the need
for economic knowledge is
growing rapidly" the CED
points out in a policy state
ment entitled Economic Lit
eracy for Americans" eve
fear this need is not widely
enough recognized, nor its
implication adequately under
stood We cannot but con-
clude that economic under
standing, economic literacy,
must reach a majority of our
people if We are to flourish"
attached as an appendix
to this CED policy statement
is a summary of an earlier
CED evaluation of books and
other teaching materials in
the field of economics.
The Committee for Eco
nomic Development may be
expecting a little too much of
our schools. 1t is refreshing,
in this regard, to read the mi
nority point Of view express
ed in a footnote to the CED
policy statement by ex-Sena-
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reason to believe that we
shall have to settle, by and
large, for the latter defini.
ton.
To acquire even this limit
ed degree of economic litera.
cy a person must do a mini
mum amount of serious read.
ing. The trouble is, however.
that so many books are being
published these days in the
field of economics that even
serious students of the SUBJ
ject - to say nothing of the
casual rank and file find
it very difficult to pick and
choose among them.
The CED's annotated bibIi.
ography will provide them
with some useful leads, but.
as a starter it might be we'll
for the average reader to be-
gin with two books which
were published a little too
late to be included in this
photography.
I REFER TO a new book
by Michael Harrington enti-
tied "The Other America:
Poverty in the United States"
Macmillan) and an even
more recent book by Gabriel
Kolko entitled wealth and
Power in America: An Analy-
sis of Social Class and In
come Distribution in the
United States" (Praeger).
These two books do not
purport to cover the whole
Continued on page 12)
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Som manufacturer
comes out with a hand
some, fully automatic
washing machine. It is So
completely automatic that
it will even dirty the clothes
for you. This is a subtle form
of automation. 1t eliminates
all those gruesome little boys
in the TV ads who are con-
tinually throwing grease, dirt
and jam on clean tablecloths.
THE PROSE poets of Madi
son Avenue take hold of this
modern masterpiece of me-
chanical ingenuity and give it
the big treatment through all
the media of communication.
Everywoman looks and listens
but shakes her head-it's not
for her. She doesn't need it.
The barrage mounts in in
tensity. The Word-of-mouth
campaign starts. The next-door
neighbor, or an unpopular in
law, buys one and does a lit
tie Dragging. But Everywoman
remains the strong and val
liant woman of scriptural
fame. She still does not need
it.
This old thing she has
(meaning her present washer,
not her husband will do for
a while longer. Besides that,
with all the appliances now in
the house, she is beginning to
think she needs an engineer
ing degree more than any
thing else. She wonders
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tor William Benton of Con-
necticut.
Benton calls for a greater
concentration on the three
Rs in the early years of
schooling and writes, "as one
who regards the years spent
on economic subjects in col
lege as largely wasted, and
who wishes he had devoted
those years to poetry instead
OR to Latin" Shades of
the recent letter from the Ho-
ly See, veterum Sapienfis.
on the crucial Importance of
Latin in the field of ecclesi-
astical studieSl)
IN ANY EVENT, many OBJ
servers will agree with the
Committee for Economic De-
velopment that, regardless of
when and how it is acquired,
economic literacy is a neces-
sity in a democracy where
"all of us, to a large extent,
must be our own econo-
mists."
Economic literacy is SUBJ
ject, however, to a variety of
definitions. Does it mean a
detailed knowledge of Geo.
nomic theories and statistical
data or does it mean, simply,
a g~entleman's acquaintance
with basic economic concepts
and a general awareness of
major economic trends. Civ
en- the unhurried completely
of economics - the so-called
dismal" science - there is
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-20
Everyman's Family
IT'S Better To Civ
Than To Receive
By FIR. John C. Knott

whether the Church, in her
many wonderful Pre-Cana and
pre-marriage courses, is giving
any thought to a special con-
ference on what might be
called Domestic Engineering.
But if there is one virtue
that advertising has, it is per-
severance. Her favorite an
nouncer comes on and, with
that tremendous sincerity of
his, sort of implies that, if
cleanliness is next to Godli-
ness, then having this wash
er will do almost as much for
her as going on a weekend
retreat.
SHE HAD not thought of it
that way before and so begins
to play a subtle little game
with herself-where she would
put it in the kitchen or the
laundry, is she did get it.
But, of course. she does not
need it-yet.
Given the passage of time,
a few major break-downs like
the plug being pulled out of
the socket once or twice. and
the continual hard or soft sell
of the poets of commerce, she
convinces herself that for her
health, the welfare of the ma
ton, and the good of society
as a whole she needs a new
washing machine.
Having been convinced her.
self, and to ease her con-
science she remembers that
she held out long after her
more susceptible neighborS
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In Roosevelt Hospital,
just across the street from
our Paulist rectory in New
York, kid" Paret died
on April 3. On March "a
Emile Griffith battered him
unconscious and he was car
ried from the ring in Madi-
son Square Garden with scant
hope he would ever recover.
THE MAULING administer
ed to the champion by the
contender was so brutal that
it reused angry protests all
over the world. Not only in
the United States but also in
England, Austria, France and
Sweden responsible leaders
demanded that professional
boxing be outlawed.
Some complainants alleged
the wrong reasons. Senator
Kefauyer, whose Senatorial
committee had investigated
the boxing racket" denounc-
ed the hoodlums who live a
parasitical life in the boxing
industry. 81 have felt for
some time that prizefights
ought to be strictly regulated
or outlawed," he said. Hood
lums have gotten into it
There should be no shake
downs"
All of which is very true
but beside the point. No one
had suggested that any hood
lums Or Shakedowns were in
volved in this particular
butchery of a human body.
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CERTAIN fans

CERTAIN BOXING fans
lodged a different protest.
They blamed referee Ruby
Goldstein for not stopping the
fight when it was obvious
that Paret was helpless. But
Goldstein is the best referee
in the business and the New
York State Athletic Commits
sion absolved him of blame.
Prizefighting is immoral,
not because of the fixes and
shakedowns, but primarily be-
cause it is a violation of the
Fifth Commandment which
forbids the unjust killing or
manning of another human
being. This is the considered
opinion of the majority of
Catholic theologians today
who have written on the
question.
The outstanding study of
the morality of prizefighting
is a doctoral dissertation pub
lished at Catholic University
by Rev. George Bernard,
csc. He is at present a vice.
president of Notre Dame Uni
versity. His conclusion to the
thesis is that professional
boxing "is IMMORAL and
should be condemned"
IN AN INTERVIEW in Ave
Maria Father Bernard was
asked if a Catholic, in good
conscience, could pursue box
ing as a career. He replied
that the Church itself has is
sued no official condemna-
ton of boxing.
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succumbed. she starts the
strategy of convincing Every
man.
He struggles valiantly
against overwhelming odds.
makes a few counterattacks,
beats a strategic retreat or
two, tries some delaying tao
tics, but finally surrenders.
whether he succumbs sooner
or later depends on his age
and stamina, history of past
successes if any, the amount
of determination in her attl-
tude, and how successful she
is in making him feel guilty
about the whole situation.
AT ANY RATE, they buy
the washing machine. Pos-
sibly she needed it. Ii this
column does nothing else, at
least it should improve the ar
gumentS. What it does for q
columnist's peace of mind,
since women write more let
tiers, remains to be SEEM She
is happy and he is happy be-
cause she is happy and also
because, for the first time in
months, the pressure is off. He
settles back in his easy chair
with the comfortable husband
ly glow that comes from hav-
ing made "the little woman"
happy.
That word little" is used In
a relative sense. Whatever her
physical size, she has the
strategic mind of a Robert E.
Lee, the tactical sense OF q
Continued on page 12)
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Sum and Substance:
It's A Brutal,
Degrading Business
by Fir. John b. Sheerin, esp.

Therefore the indivi d ua al
Catholic should use his rea-
son to determine whether or
not boxing is immoral. Con-
science, after all, is simply
the practical reason judging
the rightness or wrongness
of an act and the Catholic
must follow his conscience.
Father Bernard said he did
not see how a person could
arrive at any other judg-
ment but that of the immoral
ity of boxing.
How about the spectator
who pays to see a fight? He
would be guilty, according to
Father Bernard, of material
cooperation in. the sin. He
could not ease his conscience
by claiming ne was Watcn-
ing it just for its entertain
ment value. For such enter
tainment has a brutalizing in
fluence on the spectator.
He might start out with a
casual. innocuous interest in
the spectacle but before long
he is screaming for blood,
impelled by his own lower
emotions and the crowd spir-
it.
would you say this would
be true for the television
viewer also?" Father Bernard
seemed to think that one
could watch a modified muir.
der on TV without cooperat-
ing in the savagery. At the
ringside, the spe ctator's
Continued on page 12)
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HCOsts Force The Farmer
Out, Who'll Feed The Country

on. Not that we want to gag
the public school, but if a
public school ruling causes
the problem 49,.
TAKE THE TULSA situa-
ton where a student can
have no benefits unless com
pletely inside the socialized
school system. Take any case
in which a non-public school
child is denied transportation
arbitrarily by a board.
Imagine adding just one or
two classrooms! It's likely to
cause a bigger gulp than abb
sorbing an entire school!
William J. Patrick
Hamburg, NY.
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Editors note: Many in
feresting and provocative
opinions must be omitted
each week because the
writer fails 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 to the
Editor" The Catholic
Times, Box $50, Column
bus Is, Ohio.
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TIME(S)
SKATERS
IDEALS
Editors.

1t is certainly one of
the tragedies of advanc-
ing years to have ours
ideals, one after another,
shattered in the so-called
march of progress.
From a literary and infor-
national standpoint | always
placed my reliance in three
publications-The New York
Times, The Saturday Evening
Post and Catholic Columbian
erStwhile Catholic Times).
Then came the New York
Times with Matthews, ct al;
the Post with Pete Martin;
and now the Catholic Times
Continued on page 12)
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HOW ABOUT A
HALF-LAFFERTY
PLAN

Editor:
The O'Lafferty Sure
Fire Plan has its points,
but a modification might
be more practical.
HERE Is a Half-Lafferty
Plan:
Each time a child in a non
public school suffers discrim-
ination close down the whole
class.
Thirty or 90 or SO students
is exactly the size bite that
the public school would gag
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-04-20

going to feed America 10
years from now.
Mrs. Charles Smoke, Jr.
Lancaster
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
BuckinghamWo
Club Meets Friday

| is staying with her grandchildren
while her daughter-in-law is in
the hospital.
Mrs. Lille Crews had with her
over the week end and several
days this week. all Of her chill
dren and their families except
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Myres who
were not able to come on ac-
count of illness. Those visiting
her were Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
Crews and Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Nicely. and son. Chucky, Of Bal
timore. Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton
Crews, of New Jersey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Crews, of Baskerville,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Garland Crews,
of Atlavista. Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton Crews and son, Charles, also
visited with her while other mem
bers of the family were here.
Mrs. Crews had as her guests
on Sunday Mrs. j. R. WiSeman.
Recent week end guests in the
same home were Mr.. and Mrs.
William Ester. of Hampden.
Mrs. b. S. Alves. of Charlottes-
vile. is spending this week at
Perry Hill" with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lennie Wiseman.
Jimmie Dunnavant is here
from Oklahoma to visit his
father. j. D. Dunnavant and
sister, Miss Betty Ruth Dunna-
want.
Mrs. Will Adcock was hostess
and her daughter, Mrs. Maud
Via, was co-hostess at a birth
day party for Mrs. Adcock s
daughter. Ann and Mrs. Ad-
cocks grandson, Don Hum.
pherieS on Sunday. Those attend
ing were Misses Dot Adcock,
pheries. of Hampden Sydney
Linda Kay and Sue Via. Mrs.
DON Humpheries, of Hampden.
Sydney. Mr.. andMrs. Clyde Davis
and sons. Jack and Jill and Way
ne, of Farmville, Clyde Moss and
| Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Ragland
were week end visitors of their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Roberts, OF
Scottsville.
A. j. Steger, of the University
of Virginia, is spending his
Easter vacation here with his
mother and sister, Mrs. A. j.
Steger and Miss Gloria Steger
| Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nolan were