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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02

embourg, Panama, Peru,
Portugal, South Africa,
Switzerland, Tunisia, Uru-
quay and Venezuela.
In addition, one of the
elected members, Archbishop
Ivan Bucko, Apostolic Visit
or for Byzantine Rite
Ukrainians in Western Eu-
rope, was born in what is
now part of the Soviet I'M
ion.
A fifth Polish prelate Stef-
an Cardinal Wsyszynski, was
replaced in an electoral post
after he was named by Pope
John XIII to serve on the
Secretariat for Extraordin-
airy Business.
FATHERS appointed to Of
flee by the Pope are not
eligible for the elective posts.
In all, - countries are
represented among the elect
ed members. Nine Eastern
Rite Fathers were elected
all of them to the Commits
sion for Oriental Churches .
The distribution of elect
ed members according to
major geographic area gives
Europe the highest repre-
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sentation with "a elected
members: North America
has 27; South America, ri;
Asia, IA; Africa, Z Central
America, 5, and Australia, 2.
The balloting resulted in
the election to the council
working commissions of Sc
churchmen who had not been
connected with the prepare
tory phase of the council.
This is Al per cent of the
total.
OF THE "a who were
elected who had served on
the preparatory commits
sions, just half were direct
ly concerned in some way or
other with the work of the
commissions on which they
are now serving. Forty-six
had been actual members of
the former commissions, and
another Is had served as
consultants to the same COM
missions or secretariats.
Nineteen had served in the
Central Preparatory Com
miseion-through which the
work of the other prepara-
tcrv commissions WAS event
ually channeled. But ii
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ably saw more of the cere-
mony than anyone.
THE PROBLEM of equip
ment was also solved. First
cHme the %typewriters. Cabi-
nets supplied the lack of desk
drawers. Stationery arrived
in adequate abundance. The
mimeograph machine was re-
paired, and was relieved by
the use of another elsewhere
in the Vatican.
The coordination of the
language desks has been per-
fected. Definite hours for re-
leases and definite dates for
conferences are established
and adhered to.
But. as was anticipated,
the pressure of corresDon-
dents has subsidized. TIL e
"we e kend correspondents"
have gone home. Others are
staying on for another week
to see what happens when,
once the organization of the
council committees has been
settled, the council Fathers
begin work on the agenda,
which is the real work of the
council.
The assistants and steno-
graphers a ssigned to the
seven language desks have
found their way into a work
ing routine. With The pres
sure off, there is time to
work on the Recommendation
needed by the correspondents.
THE TIME OF real i'm
portance for the council press
office has arrived as the
council Fathers begin dis
cussion of the agenda. And
the press office, now that the
rush and excitement of the
Opening show is over, is
prepared to supply adequate
Information to the world
press.
The view from behind the
directors desk of the council
press offices English-lan-
guage section is improving.
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Anglican bishop
Iauds hosts
in Rome

LONDON fNC)
Bishop John Norman Of
Ripon, official Anglican OBJ
server at the ecumenical
council. has praised the
warmth and kindness of his
hosts.
Members of the Secre-
tariat for Promoting Chris
tian Unity could not have
been better hosts" the Bish-
op said. what has impress
ed me most is the warmth on
all occasions, the kindness,
the desire that we should UNI
derstand and enjoy the cere-
monies"
Il HAVE never shared in
any Catholic service so close
ly before" he noted.
Bishop Norman said the
non-C Catholic observers hold
special prayers for the coun-
Gil in the Methodist church
in Rome every Monday and
Friday.
He added that Augustin
Cardinal Bea, 81, president
of the secretariat, has in
vited the observers to put
positive criticisms. I
think this means that al
though the observers have no
direct vote, nothing will be
said or done to increase mis-
understanding or to create an
artificial barrier. In a way
the observers will be consult
od outside tho assembly,
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churchmen who had served
in the preparatory work
were elected to other COM
missions than the specialize
ed ones on which they had
served earlier.
The greatest change in the
new commissions is that on
sacramento discipline, with
IL out of is members who
had not served in the prepar-
atOry work for the council.
The liturgical commission
has nine members who are
new. There are eight new
members each on the COM
missions on the Oriental
Churches, Missions and Sem
inaries. In the case of the
mission commission, only
two of its elected members
had served on the EARLIER
body as members, while one
more was a consultant.
THE LEAST changed of
the commissions is the Com
mission for Bishops and the
Government of Dioceses.
Eleven of its members serv-
ed with the preparatory COM
mission of the same name
eight as members and three
as consultors. Two other
members had served on the
Central Commission, so that
only three of its members
did not serve on the prepar-
atory phase.
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Press information office
nooo operating smoothly

one side as they attemnted TO
tyne stencils for communi-
C""s. while on the other side
their telephones rang inces-
sanity.
There was a problem also
Of coordination between the
lanouage desks. An orioinal
working program was altered
and re-altered and almost lost
in the shuttle.
The time and the manner
in which information would
be made available became an
uncertain and understandable
element. Correspondents held
down by time-schedules and
with headlines to meet were
directly affected.
The problem of seating
was approached by the au-
thorities of the council press
office as fairly as possible.
Tickets were apportioned
among the seven language
sections IF h, English,
Italian, Portuguese, German,
Spanish and Polish) accord
ing to the percentage of
credentials issued in each
section.
NINETY TICKETS went to
the English-language section
with another 10 added at the
last minute.
An attempt was made to
assign tickets to the most
representative a / m a n is:
first the agencies, then the
larger newspapers, then the
smaller newspapers, and fin
ally the last-minute appli-
cantS.
When it became evident
that all could not be provid-
ed with credentials in time,
temporary credentials were
issued. When the places in
side the Vatican basilica were
exhausted, places were pro-
vided in the galleries atop the
colonnades overlooking st.
Peters square.
Two television sets were
mounted in the council press
center for the benefit of those
who came too late for any
consideration. And they prob
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-11-02
BY MSGR. JAMES TUCEK

VATICAN CITY = (NC)
The official center of press
information for the ecumeni-
cal council opened amid un-
believable confusion. But
now. as its time of real inn
portance arrives, it has set
tied down to become a work.
ing organization.
That, at least, is the view
from behind the directors
desk of the council press Of
fees English Sec
ton.
Three days before the
opening ceremonies of the
Second Vatican Council, the
trouble started Complica-
tons mounted daily until, on
the eve of the council, the
confusion was compounded
and exceeded even the most
pessimistic expectations.
THE FIRST problem was
in the ALLEGATION of seats for
the press corps to witness the
opening ceremonies in st.
Peters basilica. There was a
physical, unsolvable problem
of space. 1t was a matter
of trying to divide four by
nine.
The office of the Vatican
Majordonlo handed out 400
tickets for the press corps.
There were 900 journalists
carrying credentials and an
other 200 applying for Gre
.dentials in the last two days
before the councils opening.
The latter problem was COM
plicated by the fact that it
took at least three days to
prepare the credentials.
There was another problem
of equipment. Somehow,
somewhere, above and beyond
the control of the council
press office authorities, the
basic equipment had not ma
terialized.
A requisition for desks had
produced tables without
drawers. A requisition for
typeWriters did not material
lie until three days after the
councils opening. A requisi-
ton for three Monograph
machines produced only one,
and that one broke down
after two days.
AS THE OPENING day
of the council drew closer,
the language desks we're
swamped with petitioners,
questioners, compiainers on
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The council press office
said that these results, con-
trary to what has been writ
ten by certain newspapers,
which are daily becoming
more chasers of phantoms
than objective reporters of
the truth, show the true spir-
it of fraternity and univer-
salty which inspires the
Council Fathers"
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DELAWARE H eU'Ds
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cleaners. New and used rugs
and carpets. Phone 363-1122.
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BROTHER kelvin
HEADS NEW
G.S. HOSTEL

HAMILTON, Ont. - More
than 100 volunteer workers
pitched in part time TO help
establish the Good Shepherd
Hostel here, which has dining
facilities for so homeless men
and sleeping room for Is.
The hostel, the first Cana
dian house of the Good Shep-
herd Brothers. is located on
the second floor Of a down.
town building. It's director,
Brother Kelvin Carr, has been
here since last February or
ganizing the volunteer help
and charity which made pos
sible the renovating of the
quarters.
The hostel will depend on
the charity of the community
for support and will be open
to homeless men regardless
of their race, color or creed.
Brother Kelvin, a native Of
Scranton, Pa, has been with
the Brothers of the Good
Shepherd since the institute
was formed 10 years ago. Be-
fore coming here he worked
in Washington, DC, and was
associated with the opening
of houses Of the institute in
Columbu S, Ohio, Brother
Martin Home) and New Or
leans,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-01-05
SHRIVER SAYS:
Peace Corps Won't
Use Missionaries

agency. however. In this in
stance the Heifer Project, an
interfaith farm education
group, contracted to supply
volunteers for farm education
in the West Indies.
THE UNIVERSITY Of Notre
Dame, a Catholic institution.
was one of 81 members Of the
Indiana Conference Of Higher
Education recruiting for a
"Hoosier Peace Corps unit" to
work in Chile. This unit was
approved for financial support
by the Peace Corps. N0tre
Danes participation is not re-
garded as giving the project a
specifically religious orienta-
ton in Peace Corps thinking.
Shriver disclosed the new
policy in reply to a question
from Jan. S. F. Van Hoogstrat.
en-, an official of Church
World Service, relief agency
of the National Council of
Churches.
The Peace Corps director
said the corps will sign no
contracts with church-related
agencies. He said the decision
was not based on constitu-
tional issue. but represented
an operating judgment that
is would be a mistake" to
have UNCONVENTIONAL groups
operate corps projects.
ANOTHER QUESTloNER
pointed out that other govern
ment agencies contract with
religious groups and asked
why the Peace Corps should
adopt a different policy.
Shriver conceded that
Federal agencies such as the
Agency for International De-
velopment do sign contracts
with church groups for the
distribution Of surplus food
and other material.
However, he said, the Peace
Corps would be dealing with
people, not surplus food, and
hence cannot be considered in
the same category as those
government agencies that
work with church = related
groups.
Shriver said the policy had
not been forced on him from
other sources. He also said
the policy might change at
some time in the future.
BISHOP SWANSTRoM is
sued his comment on this pol
icy in his capacity as chairman
of the American Council of
Voluntary Agencies, an asso-
citation of us. private volun-
tary overseas relief groups.
He is also executive director
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of Catholic Relief Services -
National Catholic Welfare
Conference.
He said that as chairman of
the Council Of Voluntary
Agencies, he would be ire
miss if he did not express
"our regret and disapp0int-
ment if the Peace Corps were
to operate even temporarily
on the principle that it could
not contract with a church
related agency"
He said he is mot too
greatly concerned" about
whether the corps signs a
given contract with his own
agency, Catholic Relief Serv-
ices, but that he is strongly
opposed to the Peace Corps
setting up such a procedure
as a principle Of operation.
He said the US. voluntary
agencies land particularly the
large church sponsored
groups are proud Of their
record of service to the poor
overseas.
He noted that these groups
have for years contracted
with government agencies in
carrying out their relief pro-
grams.
1--WE have administered to
the poor in these countries
without regard to race, creed
or color" the Bishop said.
I'm FACT IN MANY coun-
tries a major part Of our pro-
grams is devoted to the care
of people of different religious
persuasions and even to peo-
pie Of no religious persuasion
at all.
1--WE administer our pro-
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grams as American citizens
vitality interested in the vel.
fare and future Of our own
country and in the welfare Of
the people of the countries in
which we serve.
Because we believe In the
Peace Corps, we will continue
and I am sure / speak for
all the agencies Of the conn
Gil - to give the Peace Corps
our wholehearted support and
cooperation.
"But VIC must express our
regret and even our resent.
ment if it ever set it down as
an operating principle that 1t
could not contract with any
of these agencies because of
their religious sponsorship"
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MISS
SPEAKS TO
BUSINESS WOMEN

Miss Helen Mcdaniel, case
work supervisor of the Cath
ole Welfare Bureau, will be
the guest speaker at the jan
uary luncheon of the Catholic
Business Women's Luncheon
. Club, sponsored by the Cath
, Ollie Women's League, IL
noon, Wednesday, Jan. 10 in
the Spanish Room of the
DeShler Hilton Hotel.
/. Her topic will be "The Work
. of the Catholic Welfare Bu-
+, reau,"
Reservations should be
made by Monday, Jan. 8 with
Miss Mary McManus, AM. q
1886; Miss Agnes Craiglow,
HI. 1894; or Miss Permelia
Bailey, CA. 1921.
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Religious
PrOfessiOns

Last August the Times
ran a survey of those Do
cesar women who entered
various Orders. More than
fifty women were listed
at that time. We now run a
compilation of those men and
women whose names we have
received since that time.
ST. DOMINIC PARISH: Miss
Helen Weind, took the name
of Sister Teresita in the So
ciety of the Presentation of
Mary, in investiture and re-
ception ceremonies.
HOLY ROSARY PARISH:
Miss Carolyn Franz, received
the habit of the Medical Mis-
sionary Sisters and took the
named Sister Caroline Marie.
ST. JAMES THE LESS PAR.
lSH: Miss Mary Jane Parker,
took the name of Sister Mary
Jeannelle and entered the
novitiate of the Precious
Blood, and Miss Mary 10 Ken
ney. whose religious name is
Sister Mary Jerome, entered
the Sisters of Mercy novitiate.
ST. MICHAEL PARISH: Sis
ter Mary Mark, laura Guerin)
made final vows in the SIS
tiers of Notre Dame while her
brother, Joseph, received the
habit of the FRANCISCAN mis-
Gsionaries of the Sacred Heart
and will be known as Brother
Daniel.
IMMACULATE
CONCEPTION PARISH: Miss
Sally Dick entered the novi-
tiate of the Sisters of Charity
of Mt. St. Joseph.
GAHANNA ST. MATTHEW:
Anthony LisSka made simple
profession in the Dominican
order and will be known as
Brother Valerian.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-01-05
Land Grant
Panel Topic

Land Grant Centennial -
Challenge to the 1960's" is the
title of a panel discussion
which will be presented at
8 pm. Thursday, Jan. IL in
the Sessions Room of the Co
lumbus Art Gallery, under the
sponsorship of the League of
Women Voters of Metropoli-
tan Columbus.
Panel participants include
Dean Donald Cotrel, Ohio
State University Department
of Education; Kline Roberts,
State Senator; Orville Jones,
AFL-CIO, and Mrs. Thomas
Ham, State LWV, will serve
as moderator.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-01-05

In 1860 there were en-
rolled in Catholic elemen-
tary schools 4,401, 824
pupils. In the same year
Catholic sec ondary
schools had an enrolment
of 1885, 06 students.
1t is estimated that in 1861
Catholic elementary schools
are providing education to ap-
proximately 4,500, 900 children
and Catholic secondary
schools to approx m ately
100000 children.
IN 1850. CATHOLIC ele-
mentary and secondary
schools were educating 1876
per cent of the total school
population, and for 1861 the
per cent is believed to be
slightly higher.
In a number of states and
the District of Columbi a,
Catholic schools are educat-
Ing considerably higher per-
centages of the children in
school. For example, the per-
centage for Rhode Island is
25.8 per cent; for Wisconsin
1913 per cent, Pennsylvania
PIG per cent and Massachu-
sets 21.9 per cent.
In 10 states land the Dis
trict of Columbia), having a
total school population of
q, 1868, 683, which represents
SIG per cent of the total ma
tional school population, Cath
Ole parochial schools are per-
forming the public service of
educating 1876 per cent of all
children in elementary and
secondary schools.
CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY
schools are conducted in all
of the so states, with a total,
in 1860, of 1862 schools.
The number of such schools
per state varies from eight in
Alaska to 1,136 in the State
of New York.
In 1860, there were 152,948
teachers stating the Catholic
secondary and elemen airy
schools, the total composed
of 49, 27 religious teachers
and 39,421 lay teachers. The
percentage of lay teachers is
increasing rapidly in the
schools, from 81 per cent of
the total in 1948 to 25.8 per
cent of the total in 1860.
HERE 1T SHOULD be not
ed that the religious aspect
in church-related schooling is
an addition to, and that it is
not a subtraction from, basic
characterization require
mentS.
The pupil in the church
related school learns essen
TALLY the same arithmetic,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-01-05
AUXILIARY MEETS

Ladies Auxiliary 8, Knights
of st. John will hold their
regular business meeting 8
pm, Wednesday, Jan. 10 at
st. John Parish Center. Mrs.
Sency Stable and Mrs. Julia
Schneider are co-chairmen of
the meeting.
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SHRIVER SAYS:


Corps director r. Sargent
Shriver, in a sudden re-
versal of previous policy,
has announced that the
corps will sign no contracts
with church-related agencies.
Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom,
chairman of the American
Council of Voluntary Agen-
cies, Immediately expressed
resentment" at the declara-
ton.
Shriver, announcing the
policy, said it would be a
mistake" for the Peace
Corps to sponsor projects con-
Quoted by church = related
groups.
He disclosed the policy,
which he described as an "op-
irrational judgment" during a
day-long workshop conducted
for voluntary agencies by the
Peace Corps.
Bishop Swanstrom, an Auxil-
larry Bishop of New York, pro-
tested strongly.
He SAID IN a statement
that member : organizations
of the Council of Voluntary
Agencies will continue to give
"wholehearted support and
cooperation" to the Peace
Corps. But. he added, they
feel regret and even
resentment" at any Peace
Corps ban on cooperation
with church-related groups.
Shriver's stand appeared to
be an about-face from pre-
viouSly announced Peace
Corps policy, which had been
to cooperate with church-re-
lated agencies in welfare pro-
Jects.
SHRIVER HIMSELF reaf-
firmed this policy during an
appearance last June before
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. And before testify
ing he said Justice Depart
ment lawyers had assured him
that Peace Corps cooperation
with church-related agencies
would not violate separation
of Church and State.
In April the Peace Corps
issued a guide book dealing
specifically with the question
of its relations with church
related agencies.
The guide book, which was
approved by Shriver, said in
part: "A project which meets
Peace Corps criteria and
standards will not be barred
from receiving Peace Corps
support because it is sponsor
ed by a religious or sectarian
group -"
THIS POLICY LATER came
under attack, however. from
such groups as the American
Jewish Committee, the Unit
ed Presbyterian Church in the
USA and Protestants and
Other Americans United for
Separation of Church and
State.
They argued that Peace
Corps cooperation with
church : related a gen CT S
would violate the Church
State separation.
But other religious groups,
like the National Council of
Churches, the National Cath
Ole Welfare Conference and
the National Association of
Evangelicals, had encouraged
the denominations they repre-
sent to cooperate with the
Peace Corps.
Shortly before Shriver's ap-
pearance before the Senate
foreign relations unit, the
Peace Corps announced that it
was negotiating contracts for
six projects to be carried out
by religious agencies.
Only one contract was ever
signed with a church-related
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letter of Thomas Jefferson TO
the Danbury Baptists. The
court plainly used it in the
same sense in which it was
employed by Jefferson, name
ly, to show that the No Estab-
lishment Clause deprived
Congress of power to pre-
scribe religious practices.
That Jefferson did not con-
slider the clause to erect a
wall which would prevent all
relationship between govern
ment and religion is plain
from his report to the Presi-
dent and Directors of the Lit
eracy Fund of the state-sup-
ported University of Virginia
in 1922:
ut was moi, however, to be
understood that instruction in
religious opinion and duties
was meant to be precIUded by
the public authorities, as in
different TO the interests of
society. On fhe contrary, the
relations which exist between
man and his Maker, and fhe
duties resulting from those
relations, are the most inter.
esfins and important TO ev-
cry human being and most in-
cUmbent upon his study and
Investigation"
Jefferson then went so far
as to suggest that the various
Sects establish religious
schools on the confines of the
university.
1t would not have made
sense in 1871 any more than
it does today, to say that the
No Establishment Clause pre-
vents relationships - even
cooperative relations h i p S.
between State and Church.
It is instead clear that an es-
sential purpose of the clause
was to prevent governmental
transgressions upon religious
liberty.
Therefore, far from being
a mechanical formula, pre-
scribing automatically a void
between religion and the
state, it was the original COM
mon understanding that the
Establishment Clause existed,
in the main, for the protec-
ton of religious liberty.
INDEED, IT WAS therefore
properly seen as a pro-
religion clause and not as an
anti-religion clause.
The clause was never in
tended to exclude religion
from the democratic process
es and the political forum,
nor to prevent the sects from
taking advantage of these in
peaceful competition for law
full benefits.
Certainly it was never UNI
derStood to mean that re-
ligious institutions which per-
form public services are dis
qualified to receive compen-
sation for them through the
governmental organs Of the
society which has benefited
by the services.
(To Be Continued