The

Official Organ of the Diocese of Pitaburgh-Founded in 1844

TWO OOLLAil HI TEAK 108th Year-No. 40 PITTSBURGH, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13,1951 SINGLE OOrV VTVI CENTS Blanshard Backs Birth Control Installation Jan. 9 eW Chancellor, Vicar General 'S^EM^Si^M IIP Hf W '•'1; • 11 Fo211 r Archbishop But His Sponsor Here Dissents Of Philadelphia Appointed; Other {Assignments — » ! ; - ; J : ' ;V ; r J _ ' ^ [ffl^f^gflll^ Open disagreement with Paul Blanshard's advocacy of Philadelphia, Dec. 11 — Most In a series of appointments announced this week by birth control was expressed here Saturday night by one of Rev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C., re- Bishop John F. Dearden, the Pittsburgh Diocese is given a the Pittsburgh " leaders in the" organization sponsoring Mrf cenUy appointed by Pius nejw chancellor, a ¡vicar general, and'a new assistant chan- Blanshard's cross-country lecture tour, XII to be p Archbishop ofi Phila- cellor; {the boundaries of the deaneries are revised and three |Presiding at a meeting, held in# delphia, will be installed in SS. new deans are named; two other priests are given new posts. Memorial Hall. Oakland, to hear he said, "there is nothing in Chris- Peter add Paul's Cathedral1, here, |fr, Blanshard discusS "The Roman tianity opposed to it, and nothing on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 1952. Pre- I Msgr. Edward J. Misklow, chancellor of the diocese since Catholic Challenge to American in it oppqsed to Christianity. . . I siding at the installation cere- 1939 and vicar general from 1939 to 1950, retires from the Democracy," Rev» Frederick Cur- think planned parenthood is one mony will be Archbishop Am- chancery and is appointed chaplain of Mercy Hospital, ef- I tis Fowler, pastor of the Knox- of the great social reforms of to- leto Giovanni Cicognani, Apos- fective Dec. 19. day." | ville Presbyterian Church, declar- tolic Delegate to the . Msgr. Henry A. Carlin, pastor of Holy Rosary Church, ed:. b ; Dr. Fowler, besides registering Archbishop - designate O'Hara, Home wood, is named to serve as vicar general of the dio- disagree with some of the his disapproval of the Blanshard who comes here from Buffalo, cese, while continuing in his present pastorate. * support of birth control, also said things Mr. Blanshard has said N.Y., of which See he was Bishop Rev. Vincent M. Leonard, now an assistant chancellor, | heri tonight. . . I [think birth con- he was opposed to Federal aid to since May 8, 1945, was previously trol] is wrong, and my authority education, which Mr. Blanshard president of the University of is [appointed chancellor of the diocese. is ri^t the Roman ; had endorsed, by implication, Notre Dame and from 194Ô to 1945 Rev. Raymond J. Doherty, director of De Paul] Institute toy Authority is the Bible.'' when he alleged tlhat Federal aid was an Auxiliary Bishop of the fo^ the Deaf, is npmed to serve also As assistant chancellor legislation had been blocked in Di|. Fowler is one, of the found- Military Ordinariate of thé United of the diocese. Congress "by the Catholic Bish- States. At Philadjelphia ''he suc- - The new framework of the ing nationally and locally, of the ops" because bus transportation dult Education organization called "Protestants ceeds the late Cardinal Dennis deaneries, involving some changes for Catholic school children wasn't Dougherty, who was Archbishop called fon by the transfer last May and ¿>ther Americans United for included. Institute ¡Plans Separation of Church and State," from 1918 until Ihis death last of four counties from the Pitts- Which arranged for Mr. Blan- After Dr. Fowler had spoken, May 31. J burgh Diocese to form the Greens« r Second Semester ghard's appearance here and in Mr. Blanshard did not attempt to Since the death of Cardinal Ju burg Diocese, is as follows: numerous other cities as part of a defend his stand, merely saying Dougherty the archdiocese has Allegheny County, central, Very that this expression of disagree- The diocesan Institute of Adult campaign to arduse opposition to been administered by Most Rev. Education, which began its first Rev. Edward J. Moriarty, dean. President Truman's decision to ment was a demonstration of the Hugh L. Lamb, who was an Aux- Allegheny County, northwest. "free speech" in which they both semester on Oct, 8 and closed it establish diplomatic relations with iliary to the Cardinal and who was week, will hold a second term Very Rev. Anthony M. Benedik. the Vatican. believed, j appointed Bishop of ¡the new Dio- from Feb. 25 to May 5, 1952, it has Allegheny County, southwest In the course of his address, Mr. Dr. Fowler read a copy of a let- cese of Greensburg on May 23, been announced by Rev. Carl P. Very Rev. Philip Moore. Blanshard had warned1 that "if ter he had sent to Bishop John F. 1951. It is expected that Bishop Heusler, director of Ithe institute. Allegheny County, east, Very Catholics ever attain to power in Dearden, inviting him to occupy Lamb will leave here for his new As before, classes will be con- Rev. A. McGarey. ttif country," the teachings of the a seat on the platform at the meet- charge shortly after the installa- ducted Monday and Tuesday even- I Allegheny County, southeast* Church on divorce, birth control, ing, and a reply he had received tion of Archbishop O'Hlara. ings, in Central Catholic High Very Rev. L. Lonergan, family life, education and other from Rev. C. Shinar, the School, Fifth Ave. Allegheny County, northeast, fields "will be imposed upon all Bishop's secretary. Very Rev. Leo A. Pastorius. During the first teitn, 254 wom- Butler County, Msgr. William J. the people."" As to birth control? Father Shinar wrote that atten- Anniversary en and 80 men attended the tion had been called many per- Spiegel. classes. Some of these took more Wash ington-Greene Counties, sons, besides Catholics, to incor- For B^hop ooyle than one course, so ¡that the total rect and misleading] statements Very Rev. Joseph A. Kushner. clats attendance w&s 521. The Beaver County, Very Rev. To The Point Mr. Blanshard has made about the Solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass class in Psychology of Adjustment Catholic Church, andi that these will be offered by Bishop John F. James J. O'Connell. BY THE EDITOR hac the largest attendance, 82; Lawrence County, Very Rev. "sound criticisms hav4 proved to Dearden' in St. Paul's Cathedral Theology for Laymen had 75; be no deterrent to him." No good Francis M. McCarter. Well, That's Over at 10:00 o'clock on Thursday Study of the Mass, 56j; Bible Study, purpose, therefore, Wo^ld be serv- morning, Dec. 20, marking the first 5|1; Public Speaking, !40; The Mys- Father Lonergan, Father Pas- Paul Blanshard, accepted leader ed, Father Shinar added, by ap- torius and Father McCarter are of today's anti-Catholic move- anniversary of the death, of Most tics 1 Body of Christ, 36; Labor and pearing on the platform, especial- Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, sixth Bishop the Encyclicals, 36. The other appointed deans to fill the posts ment, paid his long-heralded visit' ly as it might seerii tp give sup- listed above. The others are Al- to Pittsburgh Saturday, giving an of Pittsburgh. cla: ;ses had an attendance of from port to an undertaking which Assisting Bishop Dearden will 30 to "30. i ready serving as deans. address at a meeting in Soldiers could only promote "disunity on and Sailors Memorial Hall under be Msgr. H. A. Carlin, pastor of I More than half of thos^ attend- Other Appointments religious grounds in this commu- Holy Rosary Church, Homewood, Rev. William M. Dannecker, chap* 8m auspices of the Pittsburgh and nity." ing were in the 21 to 40 age TSjtrtle Creek chapters of the "Pro- as archpriest; yery Rev. John M. group, the next largest group be- lain at Mercy Hospital, is trans* teitants and Other Americans Father Shinar continued that Frawley, C.Ss.R., pastor of St. ihg aged 41 to 50. A considerable ferred to St. Joseph's Church« United for Separation of Church Catholics have lived here for gen- Philomeha's, Squirrel Hill, and njurnber were over 50 and a small- Sharpsburg, as assistant. and State." This writer attended erations, that they aref known to Very Rjev. Gregory Flynn, C.P., er number were undler 21. Rev. George T. Margo, assistant tte meeting and got the impression their neighbors as having a rec- rector of St. Paul's Monastery, A reception for all the students at St. Joseph's, is appointed that Its effects will not be lastingly ord of "consistent devotion to South Side, will be deacons of of the first term was held at Cen- chaplain, pro-tem, at the Little harmful to good relations among (Continued on Last Page) honor. Rev. Joseph C. Findlan, tra! Catholic on Dec 5, and a din- Sisters of the Poor Home, Ben- the people of this community. director of Catholic Charities of ner! for the faculty was held last ton Ave., North Side. It may be doubted, too, that the diocese, will be deacon of the evening at Duqueshe University, Chancellor 12 Tears III nuch was accomplished by Mr. Holy Name Men's Mass and Rev. Joseph Kopecky, honor guests being E ishop John F. Msgr. Miskfow, who returns to Blanshard toward achieving the assistant chancellor, will be sub- Dearden, Rev. Thom as J. Quigley, Mercy Hospital after having serv- purpose of the meeting: the arous- r Meeting Sunday deacon. Rev. Jacob C. Shinar, sec- ed there previously as chaplain, retary to Bishop Dearden, will be diocesan superintendent of schools, ing of aggressive opposition to the and Very Rev. Vernon F. Gal- was ordained June 23, 1919, by, tending of an American ambassa- The quarterly meeting! of the master of ceremonies, and Rev. Bishop Regis Canevfci, at St. Vin- Eloy Grundler, assistant at the lagher, G.S.Sp., president of Du- dor to the Vatican. The speaker's Holy Name Society Diocesan quesne. cent's Seminary, Latrobe. He was direct arguments on this subject Union, to be held Sunday, ¿Dec. 16, cathedral, will be assistant master assistant chancellor of the diocese, of Ceremonies. A printed folder giving details Were threadbare and long since in the basement auditorium of St. of [the classes for tne next term and chaplain at Mercy Hospital, ««Posed of: and he was only Mary's of Mercy Church, Third will be available within the next from Jan." 23, 1924, to May 6, 1939, •Ughtly more successful in devel- Ave., will be preceded by a Holy Ordinations mopth, and pies will be mailed and then was named chancellor oping his s^ondary approach, the Hour in the t church, beginning at upon request to Father Hensler or and vicar general, succeeding the •tirrlng up ojf feeling against Cath- 2:00 o'clock. the registrar of .the] institute, 125 late Msgr. Peter C. Danner. olics and the Catholic Church suffi- Diocesan officers will be elected Bishop John F. Dearden will No^th Craig St., Pittsburgh 13. Oh Dec. 17, 1946, he was raised •kntly bitter to make the Vatican at the meeting. i | , confer the Sacrament of Holy Or- by Pope Pius XII to the post of appointment politically inexpedi- Rev. Ferris J. Guay,' diocesan ders on several candidates at St. Domestic , with the title of ant M director of vocations, will deliver Vincent's Seminary, Latrobe, next Don a'tions Heavy Right Reverend . (The fact is established that it the sermon at the Holy Hour, week, conferring minor orders and, Msgr. Misklow's appointments "as the latter technique which de- which will also include Rosary, the tonsure on Friday, Dec, 21, and in Clothing Drive as chancellor and vicar general Jjsted Alfred E. Smith for the Litany of the Holy Name, prayers the diaconate on Saturday, Dec. 22. expired on Dec. 22, 1950, with^ha Presidency in 1928; his record and for peace, and Benediction of the For War jVictims death of Bishop Boyle, and the »•qualifications were simply ig- Blessed Sacrament. following day he was re-appoint- Itored and the marking of thou- Day of Recollection ed chancellor by Bishop Dearden. jjnds of ballots was dictated by New York, Dec. 12—More than anti-Catholic prejudice that School Recess The monthly Day of Recollec- 5,000,000 pounds of [clothing were c [ Fattier Leonard been ruthlessly worked up.) tion for priests will be held Tues- collected in the 1951 Tranksgiv- Fathers. Leonard, born in Pitts- there were a couple of surprises day, Dec. 18, at St Paul's Monas- ing clothing drive conducted by burgh Dec. 11, 1908, was ordained > All primary and secondary at St Vincent's by Bishop Boyle •t the meeting. One was the size schools of the diocese will close tery, South Side, with Rev. NGWC-War Relief j Services, ac- •»the crowd; despite the national Cameron, C.P., conducting the con- cording to first reports received at on June 16, 1935. He was assistant Friday, Dec. 21, for the Chrisjtmas chaplain at Mefty Hospital for Publicity Mr. Blanchard has re- holidays and will reopen Thursday, ferences J ; - headquarters hera. j Officials said as a writer and a contro- Jan. 3, according to an announce- the contributions will almost cer- the next two years, and was ap- figure, fewer than 2,000 ment made yesterday by" the of- taijnly surpass last year's total of pointed resident chaplain at the *9>Porters of his movement came fice of the ' superintendent of EMBER ÖAYS 6,$00,000 pounds. ! Allegheny County Home and State * him. (The hall has 2,509 schools, Rev. Thomas J. Quigley. Wednesday, Friday and Satar- jThe campaign was conducted in Hospital, Woodville, Mar. 2, 1937. a number of which were not Mount Mercy College Will close day of next week* Dee. 19, SI 19,000 parishes throughout the On Nov. 21, 1950, he was appoint- **®Pi®d, and there was nobody Dec. 19 and reopen Jan. 9, and and 22, will he UM Ember Days United States to alcl the. needy in ed assistant to the chancellor, and "•"»ding; it was evident! that some Duquesne University's I vacation of winter, l»ya ef (Mt and ab- Koredi the Near East, and other has been residing at Holy Rosary (Continued on Page 4) begins Dec. 20 and ends Ian. 2. itisene«. suffering areas of tike world. rectory. Thursday, December 13, TWO Self-Censorship ' Of Mô^iës Pays, Johnston Finds

Washington, Dec. 10—Voluntary decency in the niovies pays off, financially and statistically, Eric John Johnston, president of the Union Elects Officers! never have we Catholics needed to Motion Picture Association . of At a recent meeting in the Ken- be nore sure of our faith and con- America, declared here. mar Hotel, New* Kensington, the fident of its historic ¿nd ^octrinal Besides shoeing a box-office Allegheny ^Valley Sodality Union truth." gain from the wider family ap- held its annual election of officers. Since the M^ss is the means peal that ' good films enjoy, the Joan Guadagno was elected pre- given by Our Loird Himself for His Production Code adopted fey the fect; Eleanor Pjontek, vicje prefect; constant return to the world, the film industjry has practically end- Wilma Suschek, secretary, and prayer book strives to be complete ed the threat of federal and state Joan Mittereder, treasurer. The on the subject of the Mass. In ad- censorship, Johnston |said. installation of these neiv officers ditjon, there are meditations on the Recalling the situation in the in- will be the feature of the next gen- Ho|y Eucharist, directions for coni dustry prior to 1930, when censor- eral meeting of the union to ,be fesjsion and Holy Communion, and ship boards were appearing all held on Jan. 6, 1952 at St. Ke- mahy Eucharistic prayers. over the nation and there was agi- naeus' Church, Oakmont. H?w to Make a Boomerang tation for federal < censorship, j One of the new projects being Last Sunday, Catholics! through- Johnston stated: f'You can readily considered by the Allegheny Val- out the United States renewed the understand what it would have jiey sodalists is the formation of a pledge of the Legion of Decency. rneajnt if films had to becensored school for officers, designed to There can be no'doubt that if every by| 48 states and innumerable bring about a systematic!function- Catholic lived up to the pledge, Ithe counties, plus the federal govern- ing of activities in all the sodalities producers of filth, not only in the ment." Seldom do censorship of the union, as well as to instruct movie industry] bkit in radio and .bdards agree' on what is censor- new sodality officers in their duties television as well, would find their able, he explained; some pass and responsibilities. indec¿nt and immoral products what another deletes, and it would -Sacred Heart Sodality, Taren- coming back to haunt them in the involve tremendous expense to tum, recently elected Joan Mitter- form of financial loss ion their in- make films over to meet local re- eder, Patricia Mack, and Mary vestments. The magazines and quirements. j A ¡Christmas Crib is I attracting Ann Farbishpl as its new officers. book publishers, too, would be attention this week in Hobby The- At All ' Sodality, Arnold, wounded in thleir most vulnerable The film industry adopted the ater displayed in the window of the members are preparing a spot—the bank account. Production Code of 1930, adminis- {the Farmers Bank I Building: Christmas party for the youngsters tered their by the Hays ffice, which Plea:« don't fail to stop, when Obviouisly, this would have the has become the Eric Johnston of- attending the instruction classes in effectytof bringing about a pew era passing Wood and Fifth, jand see Christian Doct rme. fice. The général principles laid in the fields of entertainment and down by the filjm industry for self- this beautiful Nativity setting', Eight sodalists of St. Ladislaus,' writing. Those who are engaged censorship wèrle: xhe Crib was loaned jby James N^tronja, volunteered recently to in those industries, just the "same Arthur of the Catholic Cultural solicit memberships in the Society as other business mem are striving 1. No picture shall be produc- Center, Market St for the Propagation of the Faith, for one thing—financial profit. If] ed that will lower the moral j "Lawrence County tfnion financial profijt is not forthcoming standard's of those who view it. A "Christian Famijly Christmas j The Lawrence County lUnion of from! what they are producing, one j The sympathy of the audience Committee" (inon-sectarian) was Advent signifies "coming" or Sodalities held its latest meeting at shall never be Ithrowny to the side formed recently in Evanston, IU. of two things will happenL Either of crime, wrong-doing, evil, or sin. "arrival"—"Every year Christmas St. Lucy's, Mahoningtown. After they will go out of business, or Its purpose is to empnasize the (moves into the hearts of moi the opening I prayer, led by Rev. they will change their product to 2. .Correct standards [of life, original reason for the Christmas with the unobtrusive surpriat of Stanislaus Xachewicz; and the attract a wider clientele. subject only to the requirements observance. Many merchants, as a snowfall in the dead; of night singinlg of a hymn, Marie Carangie, Sponsors of offensive radio and of drama and 'entertainment, shall) well as the churches, schools and that gives earth its first winter of the Eucharistic Committee, television shows are likewise af- be presented. ^ othut in Since the code came in, no state very large doses. By living |up to has set up a censorship; board; Park, Detroit, Ret. Bertin Roll, Committee, led by Kathleen Car- O.F M.Cap., national director, as- lin, conducted a Bible quiz. our Legion of Decency Pledge we Censorship laws regain in but sev- can reduce the supjply. jen states,/largely a holdover from serted that "holiness is letting) God After the closing prayer by RevL pre-code days; and talk of federal plan our lives. God wanjts mothers Bruno Radis, the singing of the censorship has died down. to prepare their children for ¡heav- hymn, "Foij Christ the King" Slovak Federation en and it is mothers whp have the brought the business- part of the The cqdje has "Raised the) whole desliny of nations in their hfmds." meeting to an end. Holds Convention tone of our industry," Mr. Johnl- He warned that many mothers to- Eucharistic Prayer Book ston said. Asked whether the code Cleveland, Dec. 11—Support of "stifles artistic expression," the day are too absorbed With things Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S. J., for- Slovak Catholic educational insti- of he world and don't seem tp mer national director of the So- film official retorted: "Nonsense. tutions, to keep persons of Slovak There is no good story that cannot havi, time for the things of GodT dality of Our Lady, has completed descent conscious of their home- work on his latest book, a Euchar- be told within the bounds of de- land, origin, and traditions, and at cençy and good taste." It is easy to become djiscoùraged istic prayer book, entitled, "Christ the same time aware of their in building up an Organization Jesus Our King." One-fifth of the American citizenship, was urged at that has for its objective "Catho- book is devoted to the things we the 34th annual convention of thé Named Chronicler lic family life" but "àrfy activity believe about the Blessed Sacra- Slovak Catholic Federation of working for the kingdom of God ment, for, as j the author says, America, held here.; is lot an activity of man alone "Faith has toi come first. And New York, Dec. 5—Rev. Bona- y 1756 W. Canoa 8t A gift of $10,000 by the feder- venture Griffiths^ O.P., former but the joint work of man and ation toward helping Slovak semi- missionary in , and one-time God." As an example, a j letter Pittsburgh 19, Fs* from a priest in the west runs: "At WEEKLY naries in was reported. The correspondent for Lumen-Fides 3rd Generation of Crafttnu* federation is amnion of all the news service, has been appointed long last we are ready to apply MASS CALENDAR for establishment of a Confrater- in Stained and Leaded Glatt (For Use With Missal) 1 Slovak Catholic organizations in provincial chronicler for the East- the United States. ern U.S. Province of the Passionist nity in our by affiliating our SUNDAY, Dec. 16: Third Sun- Msgr. Clement Hrtanek, pastor Fathers. He will be stationed at day of Advent (Gaudete Sunday); of St. Ann's Church, Homestead, St. Vincent Strambi Monastery, MnM ua*u* n> sem{double; rose (or violet) vest- Pa., is spiritual director of the fed- Riverdale, Bronx, N.Y. lit. Vincent PREP School School Cart of ChlM|* ments? 2nd prayer, of St. Euse- i eration. The new historian suucceeds j Lofrebt, Pb. Address: HtqdiiwiNr blus;, 3rd, 1>eus qui de beatae; Rev. Matthew Kuebel, C.P., who Credo. died Nov. 2. MONDAY, Dec. 17: Ferial Day; violet; Mass, of the preceding Sunday (without Credo); 2nd The first degree of the Knights of Columbus will be exemplified j prayer, Deus, qui de beatae; 3rd, Yoar CATHOLIC Source for Fidelium; 4th, for the Church or for a large class of candidates of CATHOLIC Films for the Pope. Allegheny Council, K. of C.t at a CATHOLIC AaiitacM TUESDAY, Dec. ¡18: Ferial Day; meeting to be held Sunday even- 29 Salta Way. Yoakirs 3, N. Y ing, Dec. 16, in the council home, Send for free cop J of violet; Ma^s, of the preceding -CATHOLIC FILM DIRECTORY" Sunday (without! Credo); 2nd 939 Western Ave4 North Side. prayer, Deus qui de beatae; 3rd, for the Church ,or the Pope. - Wt solicit Tmv Aeeout — December, the month of the Holy Infancy, WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19: Ember has two outstanding feasts, dear to the ArliagfM and Warriaqto« AVMM Day; violet; 2nd player, Dens qui heart of Mary, that! of her Immaculate •bar MM Pepasti Imvum Carpar»! de beatae; 3rd, for the church or Conception, under which title the whole the Pope. country is dedicated tp her, ALS, CRU C IF IXES, NAllVnTWra tion to the fact that certain can- , Fascism and collec- WALTHER—-910 Bellaire Ave.. Pittsburgh 26, fa. didates, whom he named, were tivism." Holy Childhood Catholics. Another Lutheran Rev. Mr. Stoneburner told the clergyman asked permission to re- Senators that the "background Association w EÇ I WE HAVE THEM-ALL produce this letter, he said, and it motivation" for his letter to his j National »ni Diocesan O flic«: n was granted. Still others repro- fellow ministers was the pre-occu- MT N.rth Lincoln A*«., North j Side, • Cw • For Immédiate Delivery Fittsbnrfh It, Pa. duced the epistle, and eventually pation Protestants feel over pro- Very Ser. Richard Ackermaa, C.S.Sp. more than 20,000 copies were posals to send a U. S. diplomatic National Dh-ector; Portable Typewriters Her. Aagnstu O. Reiten, C.S.Sp., made. representative to the Vatican and Assistant Director Mako Your Own Soloetioo Rev. B. F. Lamb, president of to extend to parochial schools cjer- the Ohio Council of Churches, tain things now enjoyed only by December—Dedicated Be sure to see the beautiful identifiers statement sent out by the public schools. 1.50 Phi* to Christ, Our King Tax the Pupliç Affairs Department of "You would have to attend one NEW OLYMPIA the council, listing the name and Adoption* of Pagan Babies J 69 of our conferences, and realize the Reconditioned Machines 120.00 up religious affiliation of each candi- deep apprehension that exists gen- St. Peter's School, j i W* Tr eat all competition . . . Will not be undersold date of the Democratic and Re- uinely and throughout Protestant Brownsville ',...$ 5.00 Opes Mom Until 9 P. I publican tickets. This was sent to churches of America over these St. Paul's Cathedral 4,500 Protestant pastors in Ohio, issues," he told Senator Guy M. Schopl No. 2 ...... 5.00 TANDARD TYPEWRITFR CO. and subsequently 23,555 copies Gillette of Iowa, when the sub- St. Gary's, Olive St., were sold at a penny apiece for committee chairman asked him Mckeesport ...... 1^5.00 5th and LIBERTY • ATlantte 1-0342 . BAST TOMS! distribution, Dr. Lamb said. why he felt it was "incumbent on Holy Innocents,' Sheraden.. 65.00 Lfrm»»»WWWMB m ^ ¡M Helped Win Election you to tell 35 of your fellow min- A third clergyman, Dr. D. R. isters -that Candidate Ferguson Christmas Seal Returns Sharpe of Cleveland, executive was a Roman Catholic?" St. John's, Connellsville .$87.00 , secretary of the Cleveland Baptist Dr. Lamb said he has been head Í BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION Association and an official of the of the Ohio Council of Churches Irwin J.. . 280.00 Legal Reserve Life f—wb< Church I Civic League, told the St Florian's, United .... 107.75 for 32 years "and I have never The First Woman's Life taniset SMletr Ornurfsedln 0» WerM committee that "the religious issue known a time when the Religious St. Mary's, Brownsville... 44.25 was one! of the five major factors issue was not very prominent in St. John's, Uniontown .... 220.00 Ordinary Life • SO Year Whole Lifo that got ¡Mr. Taft his large vote in Ohio politics." St. Mary's, Uniontown .. 335.25 20 Yoar Endowment • Endowment Ago 00 Ohio." Sharpe said his Church St. Peter's, Butler ...... 375.00 An Bave Standard Options: Paid-Up toserà»se — Extended Civic League opposed the injection Mr. Stoneburner was reminded St. Teresa's, Perrysville . 170.00 Insurance — Premium Lean —> Cash Lean - Cash BiiimirtM of the religious issue into the cam- that he had simply said Mr. Fer- St. Anne's, Castle Shannon 297.00 paign. guson was a Catholic and had "said St. Mary's, Glenfield 57.00 JUVENILE INSURANCE Mr. Stoneburner's letter t(o his nothing about his stand on the two St. ,' ASSETS OVER SI BŒJJON DOLLARS r fellow ministers said "it should be issues about which so much con- McKees Rocks .... !*... 337.50 BENEFITS PAID OVER 06 MILLION DOLLARS cern was ielt. He was asked why known that Joseph Ferguson, who Cathedral No. 2 ...j, 230.00 Actuarial Ratine USJt€% • • is running against Senator Robert he had not inquired into I Mr. Fer- guson's stand on these issues. The St. Titus,' Aliquippa 200.Q0 Mm Bertha M. Leavj, Supreme Rcesrdsr A Taft, is a Roman Cathblic." Holy Innocents,' Sheraden . 539.00 minister replied that he had not . _ - 305 West 0th SU Erie, Fa. $ "Knowing the efforts of the ' J : ^^P^PIHi111 WWz ''Z'-'-'. ll^iPiPllK Roman Church to get an official inquired, and because "I thought 00 Veers Of Success I had sufficient ground to presume Consult local officers or write: representative to the Vatican and Women's Union AIIm Colletta A. Rieke Mrs. Mary Ralchanbetgo that he would follow a line." v its efforts to get public aid for The monthly Pittsburgh distric Suprema Trustee Suprema Deputy - parochial schools," it added, "I Asked if it would not have been 910 Edmond St. 181 Pearl St meeting of the Catholic Women's Pittsburgh 34. Pa. Ptttabursh H, Pa. thought it equitable to pass this fair to ascertain Ferguson's views Unions will be held Monday even- information on to you for what it on the issues before sending out ing, Dec. 17, at 8:30 o'clock in St is worth. the letter, Mr. Stoneburner re- Michael's Parish Hall, South Side. 9KMH "Of course you know that our Congressman, Edward Breen, is *What Better..... Roman Catholic and that he favors public aid for parochial schools. "It is a mistakjen public idea that Governor Frank Lausche is öttfrWma* y Saints ancient and modern, Creamy such aa Augustine. Francis ot Assist, Thomas Aquina% Theresa of Usieux and Mother Cabrini, as well as by: the saintly Pope, now reigninc. Peanut Spread Pius xn. '[the Umbrella Man" • Prayer to the recently elevated St. . t Blessed Dominic Savio and Blessed Pope Plus X. • The Mass for every Sunday of the year and for special Feasts such as the new Mass of the OF PITTSBURGH ... Children Assumption. universally THE IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT . . • invites you Jtm. oiC—Cloth binding, red edges, round TO SELECT A PRETTY. approve—grown corners ,L • • I* All Kinds of Ne. 4*4—-Imitation leather, gold edges .9 4J+ YET PRACTICAL GIFT folks prefer it Me. S—Genuine leather, red under gold edges ...17~7...... •«.«• Umbrellas Thousands to Choose From . . # because it is so Ne. 10—Fine quality black morocco flexi- AO Fabrics and Colors ble leather, red under gold edges llMt from palatable. lfe. It—Xxtra Una quality red morocco, red under grid edges ...gl8.M $ $ Available »t Leading Book 8tore« 2 " 15 An Umbrella . WW» pvrcfcoM riti!i n yovr If your favorite bookstore cannot supply you, for Men, Women, «»-P.O. Im J. S„Chicag Otkt o (90) |j l! write: Children' IS YOUR BEST F : J Tie Edward OToele Co., Inc., Folding Umbralas, GIFT SELECTION [I , IS Barclay St, New York 1, N. T. too! Sexton ' UMBRELLA SHOP -¿uuAlif tTrrr/i SamS 544 SmHfcfiek! St.

nHÜ FOUR THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC Thursday, December 13, 1951 be bur own outlook on life, if we had to thing less than I an ambassado r were sent by the ¡United J States to Out Of The Past face all t^ie hardships of the world with- the Vatican; but isn't the issue of Pittsburgh Catholic out the sustaining conviction that the way to diplomatic recognition precisely History from Files of fBI PITTSBURGH CATHOUC OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE DIOCESE Of eterrial salvation' had been opened for us the same? j PITTSBURGH | I by Christ's Sacrifice on the cross. With what Realizing that ; he had no real 100 Tears Ago ESTABLISHED 1ft 1844 eager intentness would we fyave welcomed, case against the ¡Vatican appoint- By RT. REV MICHAEL O'CONNOR. D.D- for instance, the confident shmmons of the ment, Mr. Blanshard tried other St John's Church, Union FIRST BISHOP OF PITTSBURGH ' •2 00 pet Veai Publlsheo Every, Thursday oy Prophet Isaias, quoted in Sunday's Mass: tactics. He denounced Myron dedicated, with Rev, F. C.Ss.R., officiating; Rev. Johft: THE CATHOLIC PUBLISHING COMPANY "Say to the faint-hearted: takfe courage and Taylor foV "knejeling before the 404 Mage« Building. Pittsburgh 22. Pa COurt 1-4NM» fear hot; behold our God will come and save pope," and askeid "Can you pic- Larkin, of Freeport, preaches the JOHN B. COLLINS. Editor us!" Do we not feel the thrill of these words, ture Mark Claris (named as Am- sermon ... Three Benedfctiafl| ELIZABETH DAFLINGER. Associate Editor even'now, three thousand years after they bassador by President Truman) priests of St. Vincent's " Latrobe, ordained by Entered as Second-Class Matter Dec. 16, 188?. at tne were uttered, as we realjize the answer they getting up and; dusting off his Post Office. Pittsburgh. Pa., under the Act of Mar 3. 1870 provide to the problems arid worries that knees and then asking the Pope, O'Connor: Rev. H. Wohlfahrt, what to do about the U. S. pub- Otto Huber and Rev. Hd< February 14, 1951 burden us? lic schools?" Boehl . . . Section of the Groat: The Pittsburgh Catholic has It is beqause of this exaltation of mine The "forum" period at the meet- Central Railroad from Httsborg|£ held a unique position in this created by iheditation upon the Advent litur- ing followed the usual procedure to Turtle Creek competed, HfSI diocese foi over a century It gy that the Church on Sunday interrupts, as at such affairs, it was announced first train makes the. 12-mile nigiS in 52 minutes. has been the living voice of it were, the penitential season to give ex- that Mr. Blanshard had to leave the Catholic press in this area, pression t9 joy that cannot be restrained soon to get a train for Toledo; giving to all who read It an Rose-colored vestments are' used instead oi therefore there would be time for 75 Tears Ago the somber violet ones; flowers decorate the only brief questions and answers. Fire and panic in Brooklyn The««, understanding of current is- . This was one question: Two boys ater, during performance of "TMfti. sues in the light of Catholic altar, and the organ, silenced during the period of waiting for the Savior, bursts forth next door neighbors, are in the Two Orphans," causes death of • teaching: armed forces in' Korea; the 285 persons, ... President Graft' In granting official status to to join in acclaiming that "He is ne^r!" This is the theme of the Mass, announced in the younger brother of one of them sends "state of the union** maa* the Pittsburgh Catholic, 1 only rides to school in a public bus; ¡the sage to Congress, but make*'iii|| continue the endorsement that my predecessors Introit and the Epistle: "Rejoice in ¿he Lord younger brother of the otheij, a reference to matter of recent Prserff ' have'given it. always; again I say, rejoice! Let your mod Catholic, has tojwalk po school J Is idential election, result of whid li eration be known to all men: the Lord is this fair? The Blanshard answer: still undetermined because of dls* near. Have no anxiety, but in every prayer "Let the Catholic boy go . to the pute over votes, in three south* and supplication with thanksgiving let your public school, then he can ridel" em states.- i - petitions be made known to God." And the All in all, it is I quite apparent Bishop of Pittsburgh, that I the business of professional Gospel sets forth the profound reason wjiy 50 Years Ago we must rejoice, for in it St. John the Bap- anti-Catholicism here is not! as tist testifies tha°t the Savior had indeed come easy as it once was. This may be Article! on. the Vatican dipto* THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1951 due to the fact liat Catholics are ma tic corps mentions four nations •i • among men, and was beginning His public growing more ni mjerous, and their which send representatives thep|^§l HE IS P|EAR ministry, to accomplish the work of Re- non-Catholic neighbors know more although the Vatican sends noniVj demption. "I am the voice of one crying in about them—twe out of pvery f(ve in return: Honduras, Nicaragua, -j DVENT is the period in which the the desert, 'Make straight the wajy of the jibrsons one me its in Pittsburgh Prussia and ^Russia ... Rev. Jq», i A Church commemorates the waiting of Lord,'" the Baptist pifoclaimeij. It a voice now are Catholics, It may be due seph Toner, pastor of St. Law« God's people for tljie fulfillment of His we should heed, as we hear it founding to the patient effor s made by such rence's Church, East End, is ajK-'^J promise that' a Savior would be sent to re- down the ages, in the "desert" of wickedness organizations as (5 National Con- pointed a director of the Ainerk deem the human race, aind the commemora- and materialism that the world has become ference of ChristW ns and Jews to can auxiliary of the Irish Land tion takesi the form of making a Worthy pre- "Behold, our God will come and save remove causes o misunperstand- League . . . President Theodore paration for celebrating the anniversary of us," is the confident assurance of Isaias. "Re- ing between the Vprious religious Roosevelt's first message to Con«' the birth <|jf the Savior, the great and joyous groups (it was significant that Mr. gress is widely I praised for iff- joice . . . the Lord is near," says St. Paul. Blanshard madela slighting ref- forthrightness.. feast of Christmas. This preparatory season "Make straight the way of the Lord," is the erence to the NCCjj), arid it may m is a time of prayer, and penance and recol- Baptist's cryj These inspired admonitions be due to a developing maturity 40 Years Ago lection; in order that we may better appre- must be our guide at all times, and especially in the American mentality. . Pastors assigned: ReV. Francis J. ciate the wondrous boon which God con- as Christmas approaches; they tell u^ we are It has seemed necessary to refer Eger to St. Joseph's, Duquesnej ferred upon mankind, we are asked to recall to be strong in faith, and joyful in ou|r spirit-) to this matter at (length, and it Rev. Terence McjCabe to St Jo* the centuries of waiting and hoping; we are ual vigor, because the Lord is near, ^nd that also seems necessary to report the seph's, Coraopolis; Rev. Martin to find solace and inspiration, as , did the we are to make straight His way, so that He facts on the Ohio "religion in elec- Hughes to Immaculate Concep* faithful of those centuries, in rehearsing the may enter our hearts and the hearts of all tion" case, page 3 Having done tion Church, Washington; Rev* meaningful prophecies that told of the mankind ori the anniversary of His birth. this las a matter of record, it is to August Vogt ..to St Athanasius,* Savior's coming; we are to put ourselves in It is a grace He is anxious to confer; it is a be hoped that ¡the unpleasantness West View; Rev. A. Yochum to the place of those who found the prophecies grace th&t means the difference between can be forgotten, alnd normal, co- St. Joseph's, New Castle; Rev. their only recourse against the terror of de- peace and disorder, between happiness and operative Americar, life resumed. Henry MciAvoy to St Mary's, spair. We are to meditate upon what would Freeport. ! t} . ^--jii sorrow, between death and everlasting life. Gallup's Findings On the same day that the pa- 25 Years Ago riage of non-Catholics; he mis pers reported Mr. Blanshard's An encyqlical issued by Pope represented what Pope Pius XII story ¿t a "tidal wave of opposi- Pius XI ana the annual statemattt said) recently about "therapeutic tion" ¡to the appointment of an issued by the Archbishops and abortions;" in one breath he de TO THE POINT ambassador to the Vatican, the Bishops of the United ¿States both' nounced the Church's marriage Gallup Poll finjdings on the sub- regulations as "too strict" and in deal with the persecution of re« ject were released. No, Dr. Gal- ligion now being waged in . (Continued from Page One) pamphlet written by its president, the .next he said they're full of lup's ¡investigators hadn't found of the people present were op- Rev. Dr. R. H. Martin, with the loopholes; Cardinal Spellman any 'mdal wave" for or against .. Nearly 1,500 men attend district posed or indifferent to Mr. Blan- title, "The U.S.- Supreme Court's came in for ridicule—"he wrote the proposal; they found what rally of the Holy Name Society shard's views.) Tragedy of Errors in the Atheist one letter too many to Mrs. Roose- most j observers had noted: a held in the Rialto Theater, Mount Another surprise was the inci- School Case." velt ... General MacArthur left marked .Jack of interest in the sub- Oliver. dent reported elsewhere in this Both the principal speaker and him a disappointed hitch-hik- ject. . j • issue: the.public expression by the the chairman promised that the er . . . | - ' Forty per cent of those inter- 5 Years Ago chairman of the meeting, Rev. meeting would not be "anti-Cath- Blanshard aroused cheers when viewed by the Gallup organiza- Communist Party makes con« Frederick Fowler, of disagreement olic." Mr. Blanshard went further, he predicted jthat the Vatican! ap- tion (which insists that it gets in siderable gains ih municipal dec* with Mr. Blanshard's endorsement and declared that he would say pointment wi|r lose President Tru- touch with "a scientifically-seilect- tions in . L Soviet spy ring of birtjh control. Although Mr. nothing against the "holy faith" of man twice as many votes as he ed cross-sèction of the voting pop- exposed in Canada . . . Over 40,« Blanshard passed the matter off Catholics. Neither would he im- gains. "The President says the ulation) hadn't even heard about 000 persons attend meeting in as praiseworthy exercise of "free pugn their Americanism, he said: appointment is not to the Catholic thé appointment; 19 per cent] fav-' Philadelphia protesting imprison- speech" it may; be quite important. "I believe the Catholic people are Church but to the ored it; 29 per cent did not; the ment of Archbishop Stepinac by Itj^ould mean that more and just as loyal a? any others; I know state—that's eyewash.'' "If we send other 12 per cent had heard about Yugoslav government . . . New nWe Protestant ministers and lay- that Catholic^ have given their an Ambassador to the Vatican, he appointment, but had no opin- Archbishop Of Praguç, Czecho- men are going to realize that Mr. blood and their lives for this coun- then we ought to send one to the ion as to whether it should be ap- slovakia, Msgri Josef Beran, con« Blanshard, while leading them on try." With these preliminaries out Archbishop of Canterbury." (But proved or not. secrated. of the way, however, he was soon an *mti-Catholic "separation of : the Archbishop of Canterbury is Mr. Blanchard,; in his talk here, church and state" crusade may be telling his followers what they not thd head of the Anglican claimed that "the majority of committing them to help establish wanted to hear. Church; jthe King of England is, American Catholics do not want 40 Hours Devotion! anj anti-religious, thoroughly secu- "I think thei Catholic people are and we djo send an Ambassador t<\ an ambassador (to the Vatican) larized society. , i victims of the hierarchy . . . theirs him; and to the King of ¡Sweden, because they also believe in the DECEMBER, 1951 . is not a church, but just a collec- head of tjhe Lutheran state church separation of church and state." 13—Holy Kiross, Yonng w ooj« > ¡¡For example, in' acclaiming the tion of fascist dictatorships there; arid to Joseph Statin, ruler Gallup, on the contrary, found 15—Our Lady of Grace, Greene- cisioUnitend oStatef Mars . Suprem8, 1948e, Court'in the s Mcde-- Catholicism is fundamentally the of the Russian Orthodox Church.) hat 35 per cent bf the Catholics burg. Collum "released time" ¡«ase, j same as Communism—totalitarian, "Yes, other nations send dip- hadn't hejard about the appoint- 16—Holy Name, Duquesne. which granted the appeal of ^ pro- non-democratic ve never lomatic j representatives to the ment; 43 jper cent favored it; 12 17—Rosella Hospital, Cliff St fessed atheist to stop the use of advocated boycotting Catholic can- Vatican," he said, "but none of per cent opposed it and ten per 18—St Martin's, 164 Steven public school premises for reljg- Aidâtes for public office, but— them hold to the principle , of sep- cerit didn't care. ' St, West End. ious instruction classes on a coijn- 1 d011'* sa>' that all CatCathlolih c public aration of church and state like Even among Protestants, the ef- 21—St James?, New Alexan- pletely voluntary basis, Mr.*Blan- ! school teachers are necessarily dis we do." (A backf-firing argument orts pi Mr. Blanshard and his fbl- dria. I shard recalled that the Catholic ! lo>'al to the public school system;" if there ever was one, for |it sug- owers don't seem to have acniev- 27—St Pudentiana's, North Bishops said the Supreme Court ^ese are specimens ofc the insinu- gests that all our diplomatic as- ed much success. Gallup says that Rochester. Was in error in this decision, and | a*ions and colored statements he signments cross the "church and 42 per cent of Protestants haven't SI—Purification, Ellwood City. he insinuated that it was a dis- resorted to. I state wall"—the very reason he heard or* re)ad about the matter; loyal. im-American statement for And the "scholarly" Writer of says we shouldn't send an Am- 2 per cent favor the appointment; lines the ".Pittsburgh Press" usad thorn to make. The Bishops, it "well-documented 'books of re- bassador, to the Vatican. And 35 per cent oppose it, and 11 per on its account of the Galhip re- -must • be remembered, didn't! say search" was not above employing doesn't Mr. Blanshard think there cent have no opinion. ; port (Dèe. 9, page 8) were flatly the-.decision should; be disobeyed; some pretty crude methods to is separation of church and state Gallup could be wrong, of incorrect "Voters Oppose Arati»1 they di|d say it was a mistake. So draw out the guffaw^ his follow- in ^ wjhich has had an anti- course; but until there is some er sador to Vatican," ! said the mais ed Supreme Court Justice Reed, s were anxious to give him. clerical government almost con- confirmation for Mr. Blanshard's head, but the report listed obX? tinuously ¡for 50 years?) jvho wrote a dissenting opinioh; ! There were the ancient jibes at fantastic claims it Will be safe to 29 per cent of the yoters,Aas OPi $o $ id the editor of jthe Américain celibacy, s

Society for The Propagation Of The Faith

100-Year-Old Nun

Ordor four Coal Mow IMMEDIATE DELIVERY!

TRÄNTEfi li COMPANY AMO^O and AMERICAN ORANGE GASOLINE American Oil Product* j and other Nationally Known Products Wafer Healer Repairing ALL MAKES INSTANTANEOUS American Oil Co. Courtesy WATCH HEATERS REPAIRED Card» Honored M Eaan EipwtM« TSHW.Corsoa CO 1-9863 USED HEATERS BOUGHT and SOLD Free Estimate FRED KILLMEYER lit Brocvillc Si, Pfh. I, Pa. 1708 FHtfc Ava. AT. 1-9837 EV. 1-3989 Pittsburgh 19. Pa.

Photography ... . At Its Beit 1 illWil AMD CAJOLE OBOUPS—KNDITIDUAL KHmURk •>tn•«*!>• af Maniaca Uim» Btrtfc OwMCmIm. OtMtevgè fa»« TBB LATEST Ol PICTUBE PBAMES Lincoln Nursery A Good Place to Buy SCATENA STUDIO MAHAN & WRIGHT STUDIOSI aome-Grown Christmas Trees Artistic Decorators * Cteartters Avhim. McKms Socks Pa. W 1-8731 *nd Christmas Greens Spcdalisiac IB Cbarehca, Chórete Marals aa4 Lttargfcal Altan 10748 Frankstown Rd. 4884 BAUM BLVD. SC 1*3243 PE 1-9841 MILLVALE UPHOLSTERY MoaphoMorloq — Wood Finishing Ff Dopondablo Sorvlco CO. I.23^4 FRANK K KIRNER Ciifom Farnltaro Modo to Ordor Tiroogk tho Yoar Phono Church Gooda, Mollgloat Articlos i Alto Export Cfooiiif JOHN GENSLINGER 389 MARKET STREET PITTSBURGH 22. Pi 312 Groat Avt„ Millvak Ml. Owsod and Oporotod by tho Frank H. Klrsor Family BRADDOCK TYPEWRITER SHOP JAKES W, 1IAHON. rfop. Sfa Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa Typewriters - Addlnf Martrincs - Mimeeffrayhs ^ Sititi—Cutral lasarme SALES and SERVICE * 3rd and Grant Sta. Statjaaery . Office Supplies HEADQUARTERS ft» CHURCH MZM^OOBAPB PAPER Daqnaaoa, Pa. MM Ava.. Braddack BR. SIX THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC Thursday, December 13,19&L 21 Priests Ordained Could You? Ml. Mercy College At College in Rome With the advent of The Activities Christ Child at hand, we think Rome, Dec. 8—Bishop Martin J. gratefully of our own homes The annual candlelight btM O'Connor, rector of the North and families. We should think, sponsored by "The McAulejaa^l American College in Rome, today too, of the little children whose student publication at Moaati. raised to the priesthood 21 semin- Jives are shadowed because Mercy College, will be held Thro*» I arians from various cities in the AD Set their own homes and families day evening, Dec. 2?, at the Sdfifej United States, forming the first have failed than. ley Hotel. Mary Jo Dunn, With Bowling Green out of the way as the No. One victim of post-war ordination class at ¡the Allegheny County Juvenile Auleyan" editor, is general chair* ^ the 195-1-52 season, Coach Dudey Moore and his Duquesne University college. Court has 43 children from 1 man for [the affair. basketball team can now look, forward to the winning, of the 21 re- All of the newly-ordained to 5 years of age in temporary maining contests. Although Duquesne copped this priests came here in 1948, and shelter waiting the warmth and first game, Monday night, at the Gardens, much is will complete their studies next security of family placement. To Present 'Messiah* 31 to be desired for the club to be considered among June, after which they will return . I There is Susan, for instance, to their respective dioceses in the Handel's oratorio "The Messiah1* the greafUuquesne teams of the past. United States for assignment. an extremely pleasant, at- Cdach Moore haw a hard schedule ahead. With tractive baby not quite 2 years will be presented by the Pitta- several seasoned jjlayers on the bench, who have old, whose eyes are big and burgh Symphony Orchestra wUk shiny like two Christmas stars the Mendelssohn Choir on Turn* . been replaced by first year men in the starting line- day evening, Dec. IS, «I 8Jt- | up, he 'can look foward to many sleepless nights if Parish Briefs searching for a home to bright- Rev. Michael McNicholas, C.M., en. o'clock, in Syria Motqua. Sokfatr his veterans go stale from splinters and yearling of New York, concluded on Mon- will be Frances Yeead, soprano; material being employed buckle under the strain. If you could board a child in day evening the Miraculous Medal your family, please call Miss Nan Merriman, contralto; JoMrfc.. As long as the veterans hold up, Duquesne Univer- novena he had been conducting in McKnight—MU 1-8210. Laderoute, tenor, and Donald v sity can expect a successful season. honor of th£ Feast of the Immac- Gramm, baritone. | ,.V Loyola i of the South is to be another test for ulate Conception in St. Veronica's Dudey M<1 tore and Duquesne. Loyola is the guest Isabella Church, Am bridge. team at tljie Gardens, Tuesday night, Dec. 18. New members will be received into the parish branch of the THE KNIGHTS LIFE INSURANCE CO. Many empty seats were seen at the Gardens, Monday night. Could Or AMEBICA this mean that the fans are keeping away because of the frigitf air at Arch confraternity o f Christian Mothers, which was established "Faithful Protector of Tour Family" the Garde is? Let us hope you Duquesne rooters go out to the Gardens last July, in SI Helen's Church, come Tuesday night and pack the* I Ranks in fourth place in Pennsylvania for East Pittsburgh, following the weekly premium Insurance in force. place. \ saving to the duckpin operators of early Mass next Sunday morning, Thirty-eight District Offices in this As long as the National Produc- $85,000 annually. Dec. 16. { State including: tion Authority can dictate as to The Administration will ask for A meeting of the Holy Name So- Pittsburgh No. Main A Wabash St. Pgh. ü how much building material can an additional ninej billion dollars ciety of St. Titos' Church, Aliquip- be allocated for certain types of pa, held last Sunday, was address- Pittsburgh Na. 2—8230 Penn Avenue, Pgh. • in new taxes nexf January, and Pittsburgh Na. »->203 East Ohio St, Pgh* 12 construction, Duquesne University you may rest assured that a cer- ed by Judge L. Kenneth Harkins, will have to avail itself of the fa- tain clique will want to tax the a member of the society's diocesan cilities at the Garden». What? Use speakers bureau. St., j JOSEPHH. REIMAN, bowlers. The problem is to be fac- N. S., Pittsburgh 12, Pa. president •* . the University of Pittsburgh Field ed again until a trend of national The members of the Glee Club House? Who you Ridding? The tax reduction sets in; of St George's Parish, Allentown, I will present the Christmas cantata Field House is for Pitt. And if the Every bowler should be part of teamjs at the University of Pitts- "Christmas by Candlelight" in the the sanctioned bodies. If you are parish auditorium at 8:00 o'clock burg^ are anything along the lines a tenpihner, the American Bowl- The Most Beautiful of ttie past the Field House will on Sunday evening, Dec. 16. ing Congress is your organization. More than one thousand chil- become a "White Elephant" as did The duckpinner should belong to the Stadium. dren of St. Paul'a Cathedral the American Rubberband Duck- schools will make the Holy Year 7-Day SANCTUARY LAMPS Duquesne University and the pin Bowling Congress and the Na- Jubilee visits on Sunday, Dec. 23. University of Pittsburgh along tional Efuck Pin Bowlingj Con- Admits of the parish who have not EVER OFFERED! with the strong team of Carnegie "BLBBSBD "•AB* gress. Remember, if this tax once made their visits may accompany MOTHER" OIFTR MA*V* Tech could make the Field House gets on bowling it will be perma- the children ... Newly elected the mecca of all the schools in the nent, as all similar taxes have al- officers of the Cathedral Holy '•4.00 eastern section of the country. ways been. Name Society are:-president, James Duquesne and Tech are all set Bowling has become a family J. Hughes; vice presidents, Robert with good teams. Pitt should be Recreation. If taxes hit this rec- McSorley and Dr. Leo CDonnell; set. And with the Field House, reation, then what is the family to treasurer, Leonard G. Niehoff; EACH wow! [look forward tb for inexpensive marshal, Daniel R. O'Leary. Mr. Posi r*i< Bowling Message recreation? McSorley will also serve as sec- Mj«k*r« As the first vice president of the retary. U. S. A. ^National Duck Pin Bowling Cop- You may consult the writer for So that every member of Nativ- ress and executive secretary of any and whatever information you ity Parish, North Side, may receive he American Rubberband Duck may desire. Call CO. 1-2093. Communion on Christmas Day, Pin Bowling Congress, this writer confessions will be heard there the can testify that the activities of afternoons and evenings of Dec. 21, bowling are a cause of concern. Gpild for Blind 22, 23 and [For the past year the officials of Newly Elected officers of the jthe two organizations, as well as Plans Breakfast Holy Name Society of St. Bern- jthose from the American Bowling ard's Parish, Mt. Lebanon), are: Congress, a tenpin organization, ¿ishop John F. t)earden and president, Charles A. Vettefl; vice and the National Bowling Con- Judge Henry X. O'Brien will ad-j presidents, Clement Sweeney and gress,! to which all bowlers, man- dress the second annual Com- Lawrence Hufnagel; treasurer, ufacturers of bowling equipment munion breakfast of the Catholic Robert M. Kelly; secretaries, Wil- and bowling operators are repre- Gujld for the Blind, to be held liam Smith and John Scanlon; Sunday, Dec. UL at Central Cath- marshals, Charles |5wick, Thomas sented, have been worried about olic High School, following the Frey, A1 Sherry, William Boggs, taxes. 10:0g| o'clock Mass in St. Paul!s Jr. '' I '/.i A. L. Ebersole. executive (secre- Cathedral, at which the members Cjlare Duff, a new member of the tary of j the National Duck Pin and guests will receive Holy Com- Holy Name Society's diocesan Bowling Congress, transmitted an munion. Presiding at the i break- Speakers bureau,! addressed a important ¡message to all the bowl- fast will be Richard O'Hara, a meeting of the Hjolv Name Society ing establishment operators and member of the Lucyan Club of Al- of St.I Joseph1« ¡Church, New proprietors. Howe vèr, as usual the legheny County. Brighton, last Sunday. bowlers know every little of this Some 250 persons, including GUARANTEED 100% SMOKELESS CANDLES! message. Here is so^ne of it: guests and guides, are expected to Thr ough the concerted efforts of be presenjt. Rev. Paul M.Lackner Eucharislic Congress Choose from 7 Glorious Colors: all the sanctioned bowlers, erf ten- is diocesan director of the guild. roe», Mae, jreilew, white, purple, pink pins and of duckpinjs, the 20% tax May, <1952 Barcelona win attract many thous- Be first to sanctify your home with thMe j relicknia lamp«! RUSH $1 per game on bowling was prevent- ands. It IS later than you think! for each lamp desired. We pay postafe. COD order« accepted; ed. The Congressional Tax con- (