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Vol. XXXV, No.5 Price 30¢ May, 1953

You Can Be a Missionary­ Among Foreign Students

REV. FREDERICK A. McGUIRE, C.M.

THE FAMILY LIFE BUREAU, N.C.W.C.

THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC CEMETERY CONFERENCE

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN N.C.W.C.

TELEVISION IS YOUR BUSINESS

WOMEN AT THE FAMILY LIFE CONFERENCE

N.C.C.M. 1953 CONVENTION

CALENDAR OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS

A NATIONAL MONTHLY PUBusHEo BY THE llfa,tiOna( CatlioUC We{fi:tre Con erence Calendar of Scheduled Catholic Meetings and Events TABLE OF CONTENTS May, 1953 May, 1953 2-3-NoRTH CAROLINA CATHOLIC LAYMEN's AssociATION-7th annual convention, Goldsboro, N. Car. PAGE 2-5-GUILD OF CATHOLIC PsYCHIATRISTS-3rd annual meeting, Los An­ geles, Calif. Calendar of Scheduled Catholic Meet- ings and Events • ...... 2 3-APOSTLESHIP OF THE SEA SUNDAY 3-5-NATIONAL CATHOLIC MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION-national con­ Bishops Act on Needs of N.C.W.C •.. 3 vention, Atlanta, Ga. The New Department of Immigra- 6-9-CATHOLIC PREss AssoCIATION-annual convention, Atlantic City, N. J. tion .••...... •...... 3 20-SoLEMN INsTALLATION oF THE MosT REv. JAMES A. McNuLTY as You Can be a Missionary-Among Bishop of Paterson. Foreign Students ...... 4 25-28-CATHOLIC HosPITAL AssoaATION-38th annual convention, Kansas By Rev. Frederhk A. McGuire, City, Mo. C.M. 29-June 2-KAPPA GAMMA Pr-llth national congress, New York City. The Family Life Bureau of the 6 N.C.W.C. June, 1953 By Most Rev. Peter W. Bar­ tholome, D.D. 9-13---C.A.THOLIC THEATER CoNFERENCE-9th biennial convention, Denver, Colo. The National Catholic Cemetery Con- ference ...... •...... 8 14-20-INSTITUTE ON INDUSTRY AND SOCIAL ACTION-Washington, D. C. By Rev. F. ]. McElligott 22-24-CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL SociETY-general meeting, Baltimore, Md.

Current Developments in N.C.W.C.. . 10 24-26-FRANCISCAN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE-34th annual meeting, Washington, D. C. News of Work, Projects, Interests 26-29-SERRA INTERNATIONAL-national convention, Seattle, Wash. Our Contributors ...... • . . . . 13 28-July 3-YouNG CHRISTIAN WoRKERS-annual convention, Notre Dame National Council Catholic Women • • 14 University, South Bend, Ind. Television Is Your Business­ 30-July I-CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN DoCTRINE-Priests' Institute, Du­ ltv omen at the Family Life luth, Minn. Conference- A.C.C.W. Con­ ventions: Trai11ing Schools for Jt~ly, 1953 Action- Readying for the A­ Bomb 14-16-CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKING--6th regional con­ ference, Albuquerque, N. Mex. National Council Catholic Men 18 19-22-CATHOLIC CENTRAL VEREIN OF AMERICA and THE NATIONAL CATHO­ 1953 Convention- Television­ LIC WoMEN's UNION-annual conventions, San Antonio, Texas Radio for May Items of Interest ...... 20 August, 1953 3-7-DIOCESAN DIRECTORS OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN Doc­ TRINE-17th annual convention, New York, New York 17-21-NATIONAL LITURGICAL CONFERENCE-14th national week, Grand The contents of CATHOLIC AcriON are Rapids, Mich. indexed in the Catholk Periodi(al Ind1x. 22-24-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDENTS-Student government presidents' conference, Cincinnati, Ohio. CATHOLIC ACTION has granted per­ mission to University Microfilms, 313 25-27-CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN DocTRINE-regional congress for N, First Street, Ann Arbor, Mich., to Province of Indianapolis, Lafayette, Ind. produce volumes of CATHOLIC ACTION 25-30-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDENTS-10th na­ in microfilm form. tional Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio. Turn to page 20

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Vol. XXXV, No. 5 May, 1953

HE Archbishops and Bishops of the Adminis­ Tanner, assistant general secretary, N.C.W.C., is sec­ trative Board of the N.C.W.C. met at head­ retary of the Governing Committee. T quarters on April 14 for their usual Spring session. HE Department of Immigration, created at the In view of the extensive and increasing interest be- April meeting of the Administrative Board ing manifested in problems of immigration, the Board T from the 32 year-old N.C.W.C. Bureau of Im­ voted to raise the status of the Bureau of migration has an enviable record to its credit. Bishops Immigration, which had existed as an Throughout the years this N.C.W.C. office has Act on integral part of the N.C.W.C. under the helped with countless problems of emigration as well Needs of Executive Department from its first as immigration, with problems of de­ N.C.W.C. days, to a full Department in the Con­ The New portation, naturalization and citizenship. ference. Department It has also helped hundred of priests Bishop Michael J. Ready of Columbus was named Of and religious with matters incident to episcopal chairman of the Department of Immigra­ Immigration their travel to posts throughout the world. tion, and Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore of Helena, assist­ It is interesting to note that Mr. ant episcopal chairman. These Bishops were holding Mohler, who becomes the director of the new depart­ these same offices in the Department of Catholic Ac­ ment, not only was head of the old N.C.W.C. Bureau tion Study, N.C.W.C. of Immigration but founded the bureau for the Bruce M. Mohler, director of the N.C.W.C. Bu­ Bishops. He also set up field offices in New York reau of Immigration, since 1920, becomes director of and El Paso, which throughout the years have served the new Department of Immigration and Sarah a steady stream of clients. W eadick, assistant director of the Bureau, becomes Mr. Mohler attended the International Immigra­ assistant director of the Department. tion Conference in Rome in July, 1924 and later visited various European countries to establish con­ The members of the Board transferred the func­ tacts and explain the N.C.W.C. immigration work. tions of the existing Department of Catholic Action He represented War Relief Services-N.C.W.C. in 1943 Study to the N.C.W.C. Bureau of Information and to investigate relief needs and refugee situations in discontinued the Catholic Action Study Department. Portugal, Spain, North Africa, Italy, Sicily, Malta and At this meeting the Administrative Board also re­ England during W odd War II. constituted the Governing Committee of War Relief His Holiness Pope Pius XII recognized Mr. Services-National Catholic Welfare Conference. Mohler's unusual services to the Church when, in The committee is composed of Archbishop Karl J. 1944, he named him a Knight Commander of the Alter of Cincinnati, Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle Order of St. Gregory the Great. of Washington, Archbishop John F. O'Hara, C.S.C., Miss Sarah W eadick, too, the assistant director of of Philadelphia, Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne the Department, has a long and valued service in the and Bishop Thomas K. Gorman, Coadjutor of Dallas. work both at Ellis Island and in the Washington of­ Archbishop Alter, Archbishop O'Boyle and Bishop fice, and has received recognition by the Holy Father. Noll are ex officio members, by virtue of being The New York Port Office of the Department is chairman, vice-chairman and secretary, respectively, of under the direction of Mr. Thomas F. Mulholland, the N.C.W.C. Administrative Board. Bishop Charles K.S.G., who, like Mr. Mohler has been with the work Hubert LeBlond of St. Joseph, Missouri, will be in­ since its beginning. Mr. Cleofas Calleros has been vited by the committee to sit with it. Msgr. Paul F. the Mexican Border representative since 1926. May, 1953 [3] You Can Be a Missionary­ Among Foreign Students

Rev. Frederick A. McGuire, C.M.

N RECENT YEARS the American Catholic people contact with Catholics will aid the Church's mission I have shown an increasing interest in foreign mis­ to all souls. sionary work. Part of this increasing interest is Many of these students are from the wealthier due in no small measure to the fact that so many families in their homeland and are here in the United young Americans during the war years had an oppor­ States at their own expense. Others are here as a tunity to view foreign missionary work at close range. result of scholarships offered by the universities or The second reason for this increasing interest is prob­ colleges, or as a result of fellowships offered by gov­ ably the fact that America has been thrown into the ernmental or international organizations. Our Catho­ position of world leadership and the American people lic colleges and universities have been generous in are beginning to realize more and more the need of offering scholarships to outstanding Catholic students. understanding the thinking of peoples in distant Nevertheless, the great majority of students from mis­ lands. The Holy Father looks particularly to the sionary countries are not in Catholic colleges or uni­ American people for financial support of the world­ versities but in secular institutions. wide missionary effort, and he has not been dis­ Father Sobrino, S.J., has estimated that 92ro of the appointed. The response of the American people to students from Latin America studying in the United the numerous appeals for monetary assistance has States are in non-Catholic institutions. An action taken been most gratifying. last year by the National Catholic Educational Asso­ More and more American Catholics are anxious to ciation may ameliorate this condition somewhat. A participate in the actual missionary work. Vocations to field agent of the NCEA visited the various dioceses the missionary religious communities have increased of Latin America, encouraging the establishment of in the past ten years by leaps and bounds. Young an information desk which would distribute di.cec­ Americans, men and women, who feel no call to re­ tories of North American Catholic colleges and uni­ ligious life, are anxious nevertheless to give some versities and make available other pertinent facts years of their life as lay workers in missionary .fields. about the advantages of Catholic education in the Very few lay people can afford to leave the United United States. The official Directory of Catholic States to devote a portion of their lives to actual work Schools and Colleges in the United States was trans­ in mission areas. But there is an activity, which might lated into Spanish especially for this project. well be called missionary, possible to all Catholic lay In a survey made of all foreign students now study­ people right here in the United States. It is in every ing in the United States, we find that they number sense a foreign missionary work to be exercised within 30,844. This number includes all foreign students the boundaries of the United States. It is a work and not only those from missionary areas. Out of which may well contribute in an astounding degree to this total 7252 are Catholics, and 7485 are Protestant. the future success of missionary work in fields afar. We know that the great majority of the Catholic stu­ Here in the United States there are thousands of dents are not in Catholic colleges. There are 2997 young men and women from foreign mission countries Chinese students, 1142 Indian students, 1162 Japa­ studying for higher degrees. Of necessity these young nese students, and 1215 Mexican students. These are men and women will take on leadership after their some of the larger groups. return to the homeland. In most of the missionary For many years Protestant church groups and Prot­ countries higher education is at a premium. Only a estant social agencies have been very active in provid­ tiny fraction of the population has an opportunity for ing these students from foreign countries with guid­ a university education. Quite naturally those who have ance and hospitality. One of the most effective groups had access to higher education will be called upon is the Committee on Friendly Relations Among For­ to take up positions of responsibility in government eign Students. This Committee is prepared to meet and in industry. If these people are Catholics they can all students as they arrive in New York or San Fran­ bring into their future positions the influence of their cisco, and to arrange for them to be met at other ports personal beliefs and can, by their example, be of un­ of entry. It arranges for housing, sightseeing, etc., told bel p to the missionaries. If non-Catholics, warm and makes arrangements for travel to the colleges.

[4] CATHOLIC ACTION It believes in carefully planned programs of home before with no action taken whatsoever. The result, hospitality to introduce the international student to however, of this inertia will undoubtedly be that many the American people. Its program department gives Catholic students living in the secularist atmosphere help and advice to students seeking part-time employ­ of present day America will return to their homelands ment, summer work opportunities, speaking engage­ with a completely wrong idea of Catholic life in the ments, and such other experiences as may supplement United States, and will be less fervent as Catholics educational interests and objectives. Members of the or possibly will have lost their faith. The non­ staff visit college campuses at the request of college Catholic students, untouched by any Catholic effort, authorities, making use of specialized knowledge and will return to their homelands strongly imbued with experience to provide various program services. It the neo-pagan philosophy of the secularist educational communicates with students from abroad who seek systems so common in many universities and will advice on colleges, scholarship agencies, and informa­ make the future work of the Catholic missionary much tion on the United States. It makes available to com­ more difficult. The writer has met returned students munities its resources for the development of coor­ from the United States in the Far East who are not dinated programs in which college and community only completely without any religious concepts, but groups cooperate. who are also quite bitter about the unpleasant experi­ In the whole of the United States there is no one ences they had in the United States as a result of Catholic agency doing a similar work. There is no racial discrimination. Catholic agency which has a thorough knowledge of If the existing Catholic organizations through their this student problem. And yet this work of assisting leadership would determine to face up to this problem and guiding the students can be a most gratifying ex­ and do something about it, it is quite possible that a perience to anyone who is willing to devote some program of real effectiveness could be implemented spare time to it. The student newly arrived from a without the expenditure of any large sums of money. foreign country is homesick, insecure, and anxious This is primarily a work which is personal. Those who for friendship. If he or she is a Catholic there is enter upon it must be deeply convinced of the need always the hope and the expectation that the Catholic of such efforts and must have a true interest in the people of the United States will give a hearty wel­ welfare of those with whom they will work. Most come. Disappointment and bitterness sometimes re­ of the dioceses of the United States have Catholic sult from the fact that rarely does the Catholic student organizations which could well take upon themselves receive any attention whatsoever from Catholic insti­ this type of Catholic action without extending their tutions. There is no one organization to which the present staff. The National Council of Catholic Men student may turn for help in the many problems that and the National Council of Catholic Women, may arise. There is no arrangement, as a general rule, through their affiliates, could do a magnificent job for the student to receive hospitality in Catholic of hospitality for foreign students. The Newman homes during the various college vacation periods. It Clubs, active on most of our non-Catholic university is very sad to relate but usually quite true that Catho­ campuses, could provide special guidance programs lic families in the United States are loathe to receive for the students. The Knights of Columbus, for ex­ the non-white student as a guest in their homes. Re­ ample, could do a great deal to solve the employment cently an outstanding Nigerian student told the writer problems of the young men who are graduates of that Protestant groups have time and time again in­ our universities. vited him to participate in various social activities, Already in some localities affiliates of N.C.C.W., have been willing to arrange tours for him so that he notably units of the International Federation of Cath­ might see more of America, have offered their services olic Alumnae, are active. Newman Clubs also are in finding summer work for him. But never once has now at work on the problem. Many of these clubs any Catholic group offered to give him encourage­ have aided surveys of foreign students on various ment of this nature despite the fact that he is a campuses, and the National Newman Club Federa­ Catholic and a student in a Catholic university. tion is now engaged in two projects which have im­ The numerous Chinese students in the United mediate bearing on the situation. States are permitted, by a special Act of Congress, to In Latin America, through the offices of Enrique remain in the country indefinitely after graduation Ybarra, Catholic senior students in high schools are because of the fact that they do not wish to return being contacted to inform them of the Cat~olic c~l­ to Communist-held China. These Chinese students leges and universities offering the courses tn whtch are anxious to obtain jobs. They find prejudice stand­ they are interested. . . ing in their way and once again they discover that The National Office has recetved m the last week there is no Catholic group willing to come out and a listing of the foreign students now in. the United try to place them in positions consonant with their States, which is being processed for deltvery to the training. local Newman Club chaplains. The problem is, first of all, the recognition of the The National Association of Foreign Student Ad­ opportunity for real Catholic action among these stu­ visers numbers among its membership many Catholics dents from foreign countries. It is possible to go on as Turn to page 13

May, 1953 [5] The Family Life Bureau of the N.C. W. C.* Most Rev. Peter W. Bartholome, D.O.

HE FAMILY LIFE BUREAU is an agency ventions, maternity guilds, forums and institutes, study T within the framework of the Social Action De­ clubs, family retreats and conferences. The Bureau partment of the ~ atio~al ~atholic W elfa~e has also been partially responsible for the program Conference. As its name Impltes, Its sole concern Is of courses of instructions in high schools, colleges and the family-its economic, social and spiritual and universities on Christian marriage, the family, and religious welfare. child care and training. A number of inspirational In its functioning throughout the country, it takes activities have been introduced, such as the selection on the general character of other agencies in t?e of a Catholic Mother of the Year, the awarding of N.C. W. C. Being an agency of theN. C. W. C. Its the Family Medal to individuals who have done note­ activities have the official approval of the Bishops of worthy work for the family, a Mother's Day program, the country. Each Bishop in his own diocese, how­ the National Family Holy Hour during the time of the national convention, the renewal of the Pledge of ever, has full liberty to reject or accept its program. Christian Marriage, the Enthronement of the Sacred Whenever possible the Bureau ac?ieves. the realiza­ Heart in the Home, and family prayer. tion of its program through Catholtc ActiOn Depart­ The Family Life Bureau encourages legislation of ments of the N. C. W. C., namely, N. C. C. M., N. C. an economic and social nature beneficial to the Chris­ C. W. and the Youth Department. Other diocesan tian family. The Bureau has been represented at all and parish agencies are use~ if the f~rme~ are . not national meetings and has been influential in bringing available. The Bureau has mnety Family Ltfe Duec­ to the fore the Christian viewpoint on marriage and tors, each officially appointed by his Ordinary. the family. Its influence in this regard has been per­ The Bureau has maintained relations with all civic, haps largely negative as far as the non-Catholic public national and international family movements. It com­ is concerned. mands the respect of national an~ international or­ In the international field of Family Life, expressions ganizations in the field of the family. of high regard of the work of the Bureau have. be~n One of the chief aims and purposes of the Bureau manifested on the part of students of the famtly m is in the field of study and research on the nature, many countries. history and present conditions of the family. Students It must be borne in mind that the Family Life Bu­ of research in the field of the family were gathered reau is primarily interested in the spiritual and r~li­ together in what is known as the National Catholic gious rehabilitation and development of the family. Conference on Family Life in 1933. These specialists The Bureau realizes full well that the economic and meet each year with the Family Life Director to ex­ social environment play an important part in the de­ change and discuss the results of their research and velopment of the family and, of course, does not neg­ study. Out of this Conference developed the literature lect any attempts on the part of anyone toward the of the Christian family that has had a telling effect improvement of these conditions. However, the Bu­ in the development of a general interest in the family. reau feels that if the spiritual and religious element Rev. Dr. Edgar Schmiedeler, 0. S. B., who is the direc­ in family living is developed and restored that many tor of the Family Life Bureau since its inception, has of the economic and social elements hostile to the devoted most of his efforts to promote this study welfare of the family will in large measure disappear. and research. His scholarly ability, coupled with his It is for this reason that the Bureau makes a special zeal and industry, has developed a very extensive and appeal to the priests listening to me that the . effo:ts exhaustive literature in the field of the family. made in the parishes and dioceses must be pnmanly Out of this study and research grew and developed spiritual in their content and in th~ir applicatio~. Of programs of action which are recommended to the course, it is necessary to have an mstructed latty on family life directors and their Ordinaries, such a.s the nature of the Sacrament of Matrimony and the marriage preparation courses, diocesan family life con- family. It is for that reason that the Bureau urges most strongly upon the pastors that they have mar­ riage preparation courses f~r ~hose who ~re cont~m­ * Given at a special session for the clergy in conjunction with the 21st annual convention of the National Conference on Family plating marriage and to a 11ffi1ted degree tn the htgh Life, held at Philadelphia, March 16-18. 1953. schools and colleges.

[6] CATHOLIC ACTION The family aspects and character of the sacraments creep into our families that is responsible for ~e sad must be more fully realized and applied to our people. situation that we find ourselves in today. With the It is my opinion that if the pastors and priests of the approach to the problem that the Family Life Bureau parishes would bring out and create a family setting expressed in the ideas that I have just given you, I in the administration of the Sacrament of Baptism know that the Catholic family can be restored to a and the reception of the Sacraments of Penance and full Christian vigor. Holy Communion that a spiritual rejuvenation would We have all of the organization and all of the take place in the members of the family. Make the means right within the Church herself, in every dio­ Baptism of the new born child a family affair and a cese and parish throughout the world, to accomplish family feast day. Instead of having parish organiza­ a spiritual rejuvenation in the family. Ve:y sh~rt­ tions go to Communion monthly adopt the system of lived and meager will be the results of Cathohc Act10n Family Communion once a month or every Sunday. on a diocesan or national scale, or even on a parochial What a fine religious atmosphere would develop in a level, if the family is not truly Christian. All the home were all members of the family to go to Con­ efforts of the bishops and pastors and all religious fession and receive Holy Communion on the same orders in national societies and organizations will be Saturday and Sunday. The preparation of the child quite superficial and will fail to produce a ge~ui~e for First Holy Communion is made an obligation of Christian thinking and living unless the family IS the parents in some parishes. In some parishes that Christ-like in its living and thinking. No power in I know the parents personally present their sons and the world, no matter how antagonistic it is to God daughters to the Bishop for Confirmation. And what and to the Church, will succeed in destroying Christ a magnificent opportunity the Sacrament of Extreme if the homes of the nation are Christian. The Christian Unction gives to any pastor to inject into the family home is a fortress that no governmental influence can the Christian viewpoints and teachings. Even the penetrate. Even the modern attack by the radio, the Sacrament of Holy Orders has a family aspect and, press and television will not effect the home adversely of course, Marriage is by its very nature a family Sac­ if there is a Christian living and thinking in that rament. These family aspects of the sacraments have home. It is for this reason that the Family Life Bureau been ignored in a large measure by the Church and of the National Catholic Welfare Conference with its we rely on parish organizations and diocesan organ­ program for spiritualizing the family is, according to izations to give the Bread of Life to our people. We my judgment, the most important agency in the Na­ ignore the basic and strongest unit in human society tional Catholic Welfare Conference for it is basic to to foster a love for Christ and the Church. the restoration of Catholic living and the maintenance These simple facts, I think, are known and recog­ of Catholic life in America. The Family Life Bureau nized by all of you but we have not been conscious is the smallest bureau in Washington. It depends for enough of them in their application except within the its success on the Bishops, first of all, and upon each last few years in some sections of our country. A pastor throughout the nation. It will furnish you a proper use of the sacraments of the Church by the program to carry out in your parish life that will family is the principal means at our disposal toward renew the face of your parish. You need no special developing the Christian family and bringing Christ organization. You do need an intelligent understand­ back into it. in()' of the question, a highly spiritual outlook on the Family prayer will develop with this attitude of the pr~blem and a calm, persevering, determined attitude family toward the Sacraments. Catholic reading, there­ toward the promoting of activities relative to the fore the Catholic Press, will take on a new life in the Christian welfare of the family. homes of the nation. Family retreats will be relished I trust that this convention, which within the past by Christian families and Christ and the Christian years has done much to alert priests, religio~s and spirit will be restored in the homes of the nation. laity in the various parts of the country to the Impor­ Sometimes I think we are too prone to rationalize the tance of the Christian family in the life of the Church problems of the family. We are forever making an and the nation, shall have the same results here in analysis of the situation and relying too much on leg­ islation, social welfare programs and agencies of Philadelphia. And let me say .as a .P.arting word th.at rehabilitation. Most effort is spent in applying psy­ the movement toward the sptntuahzing of the Chns­ chological, economic, social and intellectual remedies tian family in this country has taken on a tremendous and we in the Church are prone to do the same. Christ impetus throughout the nation. Priests and people gave us a Church that inaugurates in the soul of man are aware of its importance. Everywhe~e .some e~ort the life of grace in Baptism which is fostered through­ of some kind is being made. The publtc IS. conscious out a man's life by the reception of the various sacra­ of this effort that is made by the Catholic Church ments to meet the necessities of individual, family relative to the family and I can safely say that the and social living. I feel that we have ignored the future of the Christian family in the United States family aspect of the sacraments and have therefore is a very promising one if the p~o~ra~ mak~ng the allowed a secularistic and materialistic thinking to family genuinely spiritual and Chnst an IS earned out.

May, 1953 [7] The National Catholic Cemetery Conference Reverend F. J. McElligott

O THOSE mindful of the need for and the bene­ establishment should be undertaken. In a meeting T fits available to Catholic hospitals, schools, attended by representatives of twenty-four arch­ charity bureaus and similar institutions through dioceses and dioceses, held in Chicago on February 1 their respective nation-wide organizations, it will come and 2, 1949, the name of the organization was decided, as no surprise to learn that the Catholic cemeteries the Constitution and By-Laws were adopted, mem­ of the United States, with the authorization and en­ bership qualifications and other operational methods couragement of the Hierarchy and the guidance of the were determined and the National Catholic Cemetery National Catholic Welfare Conference, have devel­ Conference came into being. oped the National Catholic Cemetery Conference. To The objectives toward which the activities of be sure in cemetery work, as in the field of hospitals, N.C.C.C. are directed can best be stated by quoting schools, charities and other enterprises, there are vari­ directly from the Constitution which enumerates four ous national organizations. Notwithstanding the specific goals : services which such organizations provide, few Cath­ 1. To provide a forum for the discussion of all olics whose activities fall within the areas mentioned phases of Catholic cemetery development, oper­ would question the importance of organization under ation and maintenance; Catholic auspices in their respective fields. Similarly, 2. To foster and promote the religious, charitable within the ranks of Catholic cemetery administrators and educational interests of Catholic cemeteries and in N.C.W.C. circles during the past decade par­ in the United States of America and their bene­ ticularly there developed a growing recognition of the ficiaries in cemetery service; need for establishing an active organization of Catholic 3. To aid Catholic cemetery officials to understand cemetery officials. and solve their cemetery problems by the as­ The Catholic cemetery is an integral institution of sembling of accurate information with refer­ the Catholic Church. Cemeteries are established, ad· ence thereto or through other means; and ministered and maintained by the Church in keeping 4. To aid them in improving cemetery services in with its beliefs and practices and in fulfillment of the the respective archdioceses and dioceses served provisions of its Canon Law. The needs which they meet, the people that they serve and the services that by them. they provide are Catholic. While some secular or The motivation for all Conference activity is found commercial methods may be adapted for use in the in the constitutional mandate: "It shall be a guiding operation of Catholic cemeteries, such methods are principle of the Conference that burial of the dead is employed only to the extent that they aid in the dis­ one of the Corporal Works of Mercy." charge of the religious function of burying the dead In its objectives, in its membership and in its activi· and caring properly for these "reliquaries of the ties, N.C.C.C. is directed particularly to the thousands saints." Despite apparent similarities between of small Catholic cemeteries scattered throughout the Catholic and non-Catholic cemeteries, Catholic ceme­ nation, although it is not unmindful of the needs teries are essentially different from all other cemeteries. and the peculiar problems of Catholic cemeteries in Keenly aware of these basic considerations, the metropolitan areas. Within one year following its Administrative Board of the National Catholic W el­ establishment, when the second annual conference was fare Conference in November, 1945, voted to en­ held in Boston in February, 1950, membership had courage directors of Catholic cemeteries to organize on grown to 120 members. Less than three years later, a country-wide level under the direction of the when the fifth annual meeting convened in Chicago Hierarchy. The Constitution and By-Laws subse­ in October, 1952, almost 400 members representing quently were developed for this embryonic organiza­ 88 archdioceses and dioceses of the United States gave tion and were approved by the Administrative Board ample testimony of the growth of this neophyte among at its meeting in November, 1948; the Board also national organizations. determined that the new organization should be During the four years of its existence, the Confer­ affiliated with the National Catholic Welfare Confer­ ence has marshalled its resources and channelled its ence through the office of the General Secretary, that activities principally through the following media: it should "be forever under the ecclesiastical control 1) An annual meeting; 2) Distribution of papers and supervision" of the Church, and that its prompt delivered at the annual meeting; 3) Circulation of a

[8] CATHOLIC ACTION monthly newsletter; 4) A program of active com­ an average of three enclosures has been distributed to mittees; and 5) Development of special projects. members with each issue of Notes and Quotes, con­ Should there be doubt about the varied concerns of sisting of leaflets and other printed materials pre­ a Catholic cemetery administrator, an enumeration of pared by member cemeteries. some of the subjects formally considered at annual In view of the fact that present membership in meetings should quickly dispel such thoughts. In the N.C.C.C. is slightly less than 450 members, it is of first conference following the establishment of more than passing interest to note that approximately N.C.C.C., attention was directed to such basic con­ twenty per cent of the members are engaged in com­ siderations as: ''Are Catholic Cemeteries Really Neces­ mittee activities. Among the committees active at this sary?", "How Can I Rehabilitate a Catholic Ceme­ time are the following: Canon Law, Civil Law, De­ tery?" This subject included planning and execution velopment of Cemeteries, Equipment, Landscaping, of and proper safeguarding of what would be ac­ Legislation, Membership, Monument Inscription, Par­ complished through rehabilitation of a cemetery. Rules ish Cemetery, Publications, Research and Sales and and Regulations likewise were considered and atten­ Service. In addition to these committees, there are, of tion was directed to employee benefits, what constitutes course, the Administrative and Executive Committees a living wage, and application of papal encyclicals to and several committees whose activities are related to cemetery management and to cemetery workers. In the annual meeting of the Conference. In the main, subsequent meetings, while ample time was provided committee activities have been concerned with de­ for informal discussion and interchange of experiences, velopment of reports on particular subjects of current subjects of prepared papers included such matters as interest for publication in the monthly newsletter. In "Legal Pitfalls to be Avoided"; "Union and Manage­ many instances, however, special service has been ment Relations"; "The Ecclesiastical Law Concern­ given to members by individual committees, particu­ ing Christian Burial"; "Building a Catholic Cemetery"; larly in connection with the development of new "A Planned Program to Cut Costs"; "A Model Set of cemeteries and new sections within a cemetery, equip­ Rules and Regulations"; and a variety of other equally ment and development of service programs. important matters. Particular attention was given to Several special projects have been undertaken by operation of small cemeteries in the discussion of a the Conference in addition to normal committee ac­ "Basic Blueprint for Small Cemeteries" and in panel tivity. A significant contribution on behalf of Catholic discussions confined to problems of small cemeteries. cemeteries throughout the country was made with the Persons responsible for cemetery operations and adoption of a model set of rules and regulations for particularly priests assigned to such work are amazed a Catholic cemetery. Numerous requests for copies of at the dearth of written material for their guidance in these rules and regulations have been received from the manifold activities involved in cemetery adminis­ member and non-member cemeteries. The Conference tration. The papers presented at the annual meetings also has published a booklet containing the English of N.C.C.C. during the past three years constitute a translation of the Canons of the Code of Canon Law, growing volume of valuable material on the basic which pertains to Christian burial, together with the principles and operations of Catholic cemeteries, en­ Decrees of the Plenary Councils of Baltimore on riched by the wisdom and experience of veteran this subject. Additional projects are underway at the cemetery administrators. present time, particularly development of a model set Within two months after the organization of of records for small cemeteries, and, through the N.C.C.C., the Administrative Committee responsible wholehearted cooperation of the Legal Department, for the government of the Conference, realizing the National Catholic Welfare Conference, compilation need for a periodical to serve as a vehicle of informa­ of civil statutes of the various states insofar as they tion for its rapidly expanding membership, authorized relate to the administration and care of Catholic publication of a monthly newsletter, Notes and cemeteries. Quotes. From its modest beginning as a three-page To achieve more fully its status as a national mimeographed letter in May, 1949, Notes and Quotes oraanization and to aid all Catholic cemeteries in has developed into a ten page printed journal which ac~ordance ~ith the objectives for which N.C.C.C. includes, pictures, drawings and maps to illustrate the was established, added effort is being put forth to wide range of articles which it features. Due largely bring to the attention of potential members the ber:efi~s to the activity of the numerous N.C.C.C. committees which can be obtained only through membershtp tn and to the willingness of members to prepare articles N.C.C.C. The substantial growth of the Conference of general interest, an increasingly valuable array of is a source of much gratification. It is ample evidence, information has been made available to the member­ too of the recognition among Catholic cemeteries of ship through this important medium. Periodic sur­ the' need for the Conference and of the desire for in­ veys have been conducted among the members to de­ formation and assistance which can best be rendered termine areas of particular interest and on the basis through such an organization. of the suggestions thus received, articles and special Additional information may be obtained from Father features have been developed to meet the needs and McElligott, secretary of N.C.C.C., 1400 Sortth lVolf Road, desires of N.C.C.C. members. During the past year, Hillside, Illinois.

May, 1953 [9] CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN N.C.W.C.

I News of Work, Projects, Interests

HE CLOSE COOPERATION existing between of Social Action, N.C.W.C., is making studies of con­ the National Catholic Community Service and ditions and activities relating to the importation of T the various departments and bureaus of the Puerto Ricans into the United States for defense work. National Catholic Welfare Conference is stressed in Throughout the country, affiliates of the National a report of the Secretary to the NCCS Board of Trus­ Council of Catholic Women supply a large proportion tees. of the volunteers in NCCS local units. Through an arrangement made by the NCCS, the Close cooperation, particularly in connection with Director of the N.C.W.C. Bureau of Family life, Fa­ pre-induction activities, continues with the N.C.W.C. ther Edgar Schmiedeler, O.S.B., has made a study of Youth, Press and Education Departments, the Na­ family conditions in communities near some of the tional Councils of Men and Women, and the Con­ military installations in the United States, together fraternity of Christian Doctrine. with the family programs of the NCCS-USO opera­ tions. A pamphlet tentatively entitled "The Catholic In The "Good Old Summer Time 11 Family in Uniform" has been written by Dr. Schmiede­ ler and Chaplain (Col.) Constantine Zielinski, of the Summer is almost here, and while it may be a slack Office of Air Force Chaplains, and is almost ready season in some places it is far from that in the head­ for the printer. Father Zielinski is chairman of the quarters of the National Council of Catholic Women. NCCS Chaplains Committee on Religious Program. Not only are there the routine, and not so routine, The NCCS-produced pre-induction pamphlet Greet­ matters that steadily demand attention, but Summer ings! continues to enjoy great popularity, a supple­ is a time of intensive planning, so far as N.C.C.W. is mentary Guide for use by teachers and leaders of concerned. pre-induction groups is nearing completion, and many There is no national convention of the N.C.C.W. Catholic high schools are using the pamphlet in pre­ this year, but a large and highly successful Regional induction courses. The appearance of the Syllabus Conference has just ended in Fresno, Calif., with for High School Teachers of Pre-Induction Training, delegates from a very wide area attending. And now prepared by the Department of Education, N.C.W.C., work has begun on Committee Institutes coming up resulted in a large increase in the number of high in August. The Women's Council carries on a great schools which use Greetings! as a basic text. deal of its work through a system of national com­ Recently arrangements were made with the Na­ mittees. These are groups of women, each committee tional Council of Catholic Men for the inclusion of a carefully selected for the contributions its members special page for Catholic servicemen in the N.C.C.M. can make, each dealing with a specific topic on a publication Catholic Men. NCCS has been promoting national basis. The N.C.C.W. is "sold" on the value bulk-copy subscriptions to this publication by chaplains of this type of procedure, and the Committee Insti­ and NCCS-USO clubs, and as a result of the first tutes help it to develop the leadership that is necessary month's effort some 15,000 copies per month were for the implementation of the committee system. To ordered for distribution by chaplains and USO clubs. this end, Committee Institutes will be held in Minne­ sota, at a spot in the Middle West yet to be announced, In the celebration of Catholic Youth Week, NCCS in the South, and on the East Coast. distributed special observance kits to all of its USO clubs and to all Catholic military chaplains. NCCS And, of course, it is not too early to prepare for joined in the observance of Catholic Bible Week, in the next national convention of the N.C.C.W. which cooperation with the Confraternity of Christian Doc­ will be held in Boston, November 7 to 10, 1954. trine. In its work with persons engaged in defense N.C.C.W. expects the 1954 meeting to be one of the industry, NCCS in cooperation with the Department largest ever held. Boston hotels, the convention bu-

[10] CATHOLIC ACTION reau, and the newly-organized Boston Archdiocesan What is said to be a unique approach has been Council of Catholic Women have been contacted in developed for the Fourth National Conference on connection with the preparations. Catholic Youth Work, to be held at Boston, Novem­ Eighteen national chairmen are working on pro­ ber 9 to 13. It was worked out by veteran youth gram pla?s for the coming year. By the end of June directors at a planning committee meeting held in every natwnal committee will have its outlines so that New York. It will not be made public until it has diocesan chairmen throughout the country c~n plan been submitted to regional and associate regional during the summer for the program of the year. directors across the country. !ncidentally, a new program of civic cooperation is Youth Department staff members have in recent bemg undertaken by the N.C.C.W. in the field of days participated in national executive committee traffic safety. A handbook stressing the three "E' s" of meetings of the National Newman Club Federation traffic safety-education, engineering and enforcement held at Ames, Iowa, and the National Federation of -has been sent to every affiliated organization to Catholic College Students, Washington, D.C.; the a.ssist them i~ developing local programs. As a na­ conventions of the National Catholic Educational As­ hon~l fe~eratl?n, N.C.C.W. has participated in every sociation, Atlantic City, N.J.; the Catholic Committee Prestdent s Htghway Safety Conference since their of the South, Richmond, V a.: the National Council inception in 1946. Now intensive effort is being ex­ of Catholic Men, St. Louis; and the first convention erted to make the Action Program of the Conference sponsored by the newly-formed Diocesan Council of effective at the grass roots. Catholic Youth of Charleston, S.C. Yes, the "good old summer time" is an excellent At .the reque~t of Archbishop Richard J. Cushing, time for planning. Monstgnor Schteder and Father Eiselein conducted sessions for priests of each of the districts and dean­ The First of Its Kind eries of the Boston Archdiocese in preperation for The National Catholic Camping Association, part the founding of an Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Youth. of th~ N.C.W.C. Yo~th De~artment, will meet a long­ standmg need when tt provtdes, for the first time this summer, an Aquatic Institute for Seminarians and Not as Easy as It Looks Religious. Because there is so very much happening each day, and every day, the average layman might be led to In conjunction with the Eastern Area of the Amer­ think that the newsman's lot is an easy one. Indeed, ican Red Cross, the NCCA will make it possible for there is no lack of activity for anyone engaged in many seminarians ~nd religious who serve as camp reporting and editing the news, but news reporting is counsel~ors to obtatn Red Cross training leading to more difficult today than ever before. th~ ratmg of ~.ater Safety Instructors. Previously thts type of trammg had to be obtained at co-educa­ There are many reasons for this, and relatively few tional National Aquatic Schools. of them stem from the volume of news, although this presents enlarged problems in gathering, handling, The first five-day Aquatic Institute for Cathedral selecting and printing. The chief reasons are that Camp, New Bedford, Mass., is scheduled for June 22 censorship and "blackouts" (iron and bamboo cur­ to 26, Msgr. Joseph E. Schieder, director of the tains of silence) conceal developments in much of the N.C.W.C. Youth Department and the NCCA, has world; governments have entered actively into the announced. The spiritual needs of the trainees will manipulation and "planting" of news for propaganda be well provided for at the Fall River diocesan camp, purposes, and the "lie" has become an official weapon which will also make available excellent facilities for in many countries. So, at the very time when man the training course. needs most to be properly informed, handlers of news At a regional meeting of diocesan youth directors are confronted with the necessity of questioning, test­ just held in St. Paul, Minn., priests from seven of the ing, weighing and sifting almost all news reports, and province's nine dioceses reported on the progress in at a time when there are more of them than at any youth work over a widespread area in the States of time before. Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Plans were made for a regional federation of diocesan councils And this is not a problem of the secular press alone. It is in a special way a concern of the Catholic Press. of Catholic youth to meet for the first time in Sep­ Catholics form the great bulk, or a large segment, of tember, 195 3. Father J. Eugene Eiselein, assistant the population in many of those countries where per­ ?irector of the Youth Department, outlined the serv­ secution rages and rigid censorship stands guard. Ices of N.C.W.C., and the Youth Department in And, as the ~ecular press finds it increasingly costly, particular, with special emphasis on the new frame­ as well as dtfficult, to combat these obstructions, so work provided by the National Council of Catholic does the Catholic Press. Youth's diocesan section (the National Federation of Diocesan Catholic Youth Councils) with its relation This question, though constant and pressing for to individual parish Wlits. some years now, is somewhat to the fore at present,

May, 1953 [11] and will be discussed at the annual convention of birthplace, while under the political control of Jordan, the Catholic Press Association of the United States, is in the part of Jordan that falls under the Palestine held in Atlantic City, May 6 to 9. quota. The latter is in a chronic state of exhaustion, As a part of its service to the Catholic Press, the while the quota for Jordan is wide open. The only Press Department of the N.C.W.C. keeps American explanation for this latter situation seems to be either Catholic editors and publishers posted on unusual de­ that not many people are born east of the Jordan, or velopments in the field of journalism that come to its else that they like it where they are. attention. A new diversion for the Department of Im­ The Atlantic City meeting is also expected to see a migration has developed in the form of requests from discussion of ways and means of extending and im­ its old friend, the St. Raphael's Verein in Germany, proving the coverage of Catholic news in the United to look into the antecedents, solvency and general re­ States. News reporting in this country does not pre­ liability of certain persons and firms in the United sent the same problems as are encountered in foreign States that are offering jobs to persons of special lands, but it is constantly growing in its demands on qualifications in Germany. personnel and facilities, always presenting new facets, St. Raphael's Verein has always concerned itself ever challenging. with the welfare of Catholics emigrating from Ger­ The CPA, incidentally, is entering upon its Atlantic many and now, after the interruption caused by the City meeting with its largest membership in history. war, has resumed its former activities. The new Im­ Reports for the convention give assurance of even migration and Naturalization Act makes it possible greater and steady growth. The CPA conventions are for aliens to come to pre-arranged employment unless attended by the editors, publishers and business man­ the Department of Labor has informed the Attorney agers of Catholic newspapers and magazines in the General that there is a surplus of that kind of labor United States and Canada. Officials report that the in the vicinity to which the alien is destined. Hence agency is expanding even further its usefulness and this type of request for investigations and reports. services to member publications. The Department has up to now been very successful in obtaining excellent descriptions of the opportunities Always Something New! being offered and has taken pleasure in transmitting Even with its long experience in dealing with the these to Germany. problems of immigrants, the Department of Immigra­ tion is constantly .finding new and challenging as­ 700,000 Youth Expected pects in an ever-changing work. Something of the atmosphere of Christmas card A matter of extreme importance to a majority of manufacturers designing their greeting cards in Feb­ the clients of the Department is the comparative ruary has characterized the National Center of the state of exhaustion of the particular quota under Confraternity of Christian Docrtine, the staff of which they fall on the basis of their country of birth. which has been busy all winter in preparing for the Keeping up with the status of the various quotas in­ 1953 Religious Vacation School program. Now in volves also keeping up with the latest geographical their 30th year, these four-week periods of religious boundaries, which lately have had a way of chang­ instruction in June and July for Catholic pupils at­ ing in a somewhat astonishing manner. tending public schools were the .first phase of the Take French Indo-China, for instance. Once the CCD program to be developed on a national basis. Department checked under French Indo-China to see More than 700,000 Catholic youth will attend whether a quota number might be available for a parish Vacation Schools in 1953. particular client, but not any more. Now it must The Religious Vacation School Manuals, which out­ check under Cambodia, or under VietNam, or under line daily programs of teacher and pupil activity for Laos, all French Indo-China having been divided, like every morning of the four-week period, are presently Gaul, into three parts. It thus becomes necessary to undergoing a major revision. Members of religious learn in which particular part of the territory the communities engaged exclusively in teaching public Department's client .first saw the light of day. school pupils have been working for two years on As for Jordan, that quota is really something spe­ the project. cial. Once there was a country called Palestine. Po­ At least two of the three volumes which make up litically, there is no longer such a country. That the series will be available for 195 3 sessions. These territory is now a part either of Israel or the Hashemite will detail catechetical lesson plans for teachers of Kingdom of Jordan. This division, however, does not the eight elementary grades and are based on edi­ mean anything so simple as that there are now two tions of the First Communion, No. 1 and No. 2 quotas where there was but one before. Not at afl. Revised Baltimore Catechism. They provide Religious There are now three quotas where formerly there was and lay teachers with an outline of what and how one, and one of the quotas is that of Palestine! to teach each of the twenty periods which make up the The Department is always being told that a standard Religious Vacation School program in the client was born in Jordan, only to .find out that his United Sates. Experienced teachers .find the Manuals

[12] CATHOLIC ACTION a timesaver; inexperienced teachers, a vertitable life­ When the annual convention of the Catholic Com­ saver. mittee of the South was held at Richmond, Va., April In addition to religion lesson outlines for the 21 to 24, two Social Action Department workers were teacher, the Manuals contain suggestions on project prominent in its deliberations. Father George G. Hig­ and craft periods, the daily singing and recreation gins, assistant director, addressed the convention as a periods, a graded outline of instructions on and sug­ whole and also took part in panel discussions of its gestions for active participation in Holy Mass. A de­ Committee on Industrial Relations. Miss Margaret tailed appendix lists appropriate handbooks and texts Garrity took part in panel meetings discussing for both teachers and pupils, visual and audio-visual "Equality of Opportunity as an Essential for Christian aids. Family Life:· On quite a different occasion, in Washington, As now in practice the aaily Religious Vacation Father Higgins conducted a panel discussion on School Schedule is: "Church and Labor, for a group of Italian labor 8:15 Holy Mass leaders who are visiting in the United States under 9:00 Opening prayers and hymn the auspices of the Mutual Security Administration. Salute to the Cross and Salute to the Flag Father John F. Cronin, S.S., assistant director of 9: 10 Sacred Story and Picture Study the department, was appointed program chairman to Christian Doctrine and Religious Practice prepare for the annual convention of the All-American Lesson for the day Conference to Combat Communism. He was also a 10:10 Recess with supervised recreation consultant to the National Civil Liberties Clearing­ 10:30 Singing Period house at its annual meeting in Washington. Out in 10:45 Liturgical Period Detroit, Father Cronin spoke to the Catholic Physicians 11:00 Project period Guild of that city on "The Social Responsibilities of 11:50 Closing prayers the Doctor... YOU CAN BE A MISSIONARY "Proceedings" in Book Form Continued from page 5 The Proceedings of the Philadelphia convention of -lay men and women, priests and sisters-at work the National Conference on Family Life will be avail­ on local campuses. able in a few days. It will be a fair-sized volume and But much more needs to be done. Effective han­ is expected to prove highly useful, both as private dling requires organized and federated action. The reading and as source material for study club pro­ real crux of the problem is, first of all a desire to do grams. The theme of the convention was ''The Father, something, and then the coordination of the various The Head of the Home.·· agencies available for work. It is not, after all, a Preparation of the great amount of material that problem of such magnitude that the machinery for has gone into the proceedings is a work which recently such an operation could not be set up in a matter of has occupied the attention of the N.C.W.C. Family a few months. Those who have already come in Life Bureau. contact with students from foreign countries have Simultaneously, the Bureau has been engaged in found real satisfaction and pleasure in learning so bringing together all available information on the much about the homeland and the culture of another various nominees proposed for the title of 1953 people. Perhaps the individual Catholic reading this Catholic Mother of the Year. The mother thus article will be tempted to pass over the whole problem honored is traditionally named on the Feast of St. and decide that it is not for him or for her to do Monica, and a great deal of preliminary work must anything about it. That will be most unfortunate be­ precede the announcement of the judges. cause the problem will be solved only if enough individuals decide that it must be faced. Surely the The Director of the Bureau took an active part magnificent organization of the Catholic Church in in a workshop on the family at the St. Louis con­ the United States is not incapable of taking on this vention of the National Council of Catholic Men, and task. spoke at the regional meeting of the National Council of Catholic Women held in Fresno, Calif. On these trips westward, the Director was able to contact a OUR CONTRIBUTORS dozen or more diocesan directors of Family Life. Rev. Frederick A. McGuire, C.M., is director of the Mission Secretariat of the United States. Most Rev. Peter W. Bartholome, D.O., Auxiliary Bishop of St. Meetings in Wide Variety Cloud, is episcopal moderator of the Family life Bureau. Rev. F. J. McElligott is secretary of the National Catholic Members of the Department of Social Action staff Cemetery Conference. continue to take active parts in a wide variety of im­ Ramona Smart (Mrs. Winfield D.) is the national vice chair· portant meetings and programs. Some of these meet­ man, N.C.C.W. Committee on Public Relations. Mary Spillman (Mrs. Albert R.) is N.C.C.W. national director ings and discussions are held under Catholic auspices, from the Province of New York. some are not.

May, 1953 [13] NATIONAL COUNCIL Television Is Your Business­ Women at the Family Life Con­ CATHOLIC WOMEN ference--Conventions-Defense

Television Is Your Business Ramona Smart

HE WHOLE FUTURE USE of television for Our next problem was what to do with our re­ education and culture in the public interest is sults, that is, what would be the most effective way T dependent upon an interested and vocal public. of presenting them to the people who were in a This powerful instrument of mass enlightenment as position to do something about it? We learned that well as entertainment must be so regulated in the NARTB was issuing a Television Code for the use public interest that it can achieve its full stature in of the industry and wished to receive comment such the service of mankind. as ours. So we sent a copy of our survey results to Last Fall the Parish Council of Catholic Women the Television Code Review Board, also to the vari­ of St. James Church, Falls Church, Va., felt that the ous local networks and to each of the local papers. television industry was not discharging its obligation It was a most fortunate coincidence that the NARTB in providing a sufficient amount of suitable program­ Code was adopted on March 1, 1952 and our survey ing for children. As a group of Catholic mothers, results were sent to the press at almost the same we had various complaints about the programs our time. It made a good news story and the resultant children watched, both from the moral standard and publicity nationally brought us mail from parents all the cultural level. So we decided to do something over the United States. about it. It was now apparent that the Committee could not We took a poll in our local parochial school, St. stop its efforts at this point. One of the key questions James. We found, that out of 1,400 children enrolled, the reporters asked was "What did the NARTB Re­ over 1,000 watched television regularly. So we view Board say?" and also "What results will the decided that a survey of parental opinion in such enactment of the code have on children's programs?" a group would be worth the effort of collecting. "Will the NARTB Seal of Good Practice really have Before this decision we discussed various methods of an effect?" We couldn't quit until we had the answers pointing out to the industry the antagonism they to some of these questions. We also had a particular were buying from a large consumer group of parents distinction in being the first voluntary parental group by sponsoring offensive shows. We thought of to make such a survey in the Nation and the general giving out postcards to be used, but decided we would interest shown made it almost obligatory to continue be at the mercy of the radical minority which by their with our policing efforts. prudish opinions make a farce of a worthy cause. One of the questions sent in by the principal of a Our next problem was what form of questionnaire school which was much interested in our survey we should use. We spent much time telephoning asked if we had compiled a list of the approved pro­ various colleges and universities to see if perhaps a grams for children. As our first questionnaire was so graduate student might be writing his thesis on such simple we had not given any standards for any parent's a subject, but found none, so as the Little Red Hen decision on the worth of a program. We decided that did, we did it ourselves. Our first questionnaire was our next survey should state some simple standards very simple. We sent out a mimeographed sheet with for children's programs by which it would be possible a space for the child's name, age, and grade, and to judge the overall merit of a program and also inform " a space for his parent to write the ten most watched the industry specifically what was wrong. We took the programs and his (the parent's) opinion of them as four words from the Seal of Good Practice: Educa­ wholesome and worthy programs for his child's view­ tion, Entertainment, Information and Culture and ing, and any other comment he cared to make. asked the parents to guide themselves by four state­ Our results were spectacular. The proportion of re­ ments that we printed on the questionnaire. turns was very large and it was apparent that the Because much of the recreational reading time of majority of parents was much concerned with the our children was being sacrificed to television pro­ problem. The criticisms were so fine and so con­ grams, we asked: structive that it was a joy to compile them. We felt First, is this program a worthy substitute for a good that we had a truly useful set of parental comments book for my child? We felt that the industry might to give to the television industry. find more suitable subject material and the parents

[14] CATHOLIC ACTION had many suggestions of a constructive nature on this speakers for the industry was Mrs. Geraldine B. score. We realized, and several comments corrobo­ Zorbaugh, acting general counsel for American rated the fact, that television should not take the Broadcasting Company. Charming and convincing as place of reading, but if the industry listed Education as the lady might be, I must point out some big holes in one of its standards we felt that it would be possible her testimony when she presented FBI figures to prove to score the educational value of the program by that crime programs on television have no effect on considering a statement such as the above when a city's crime rate. This was an example of mis­ judging a program. leading propaganda which did accomplish its goal. Second, does this program entertain my child with­ Frank Orme (TV Magazine) was not so convinced out resort to vulgarity or disrespect for parents or and I quote his review of her testimony in October constituted authority? 1952 TV Magazine: Third, does this program inform my child of facts The bulk of the criticism of crime programing which add to his or her knowledge? has been aimed at the presentation of crime, horror, and brutality in programs for children. Specifically, Fourth, does this program abide by a high moral the charges against these programs are, that they standard? increase fears and nervousness, interfere with health­ These questionnaires were sent out April 20, 1952, ful eating and sleeping habits, and that they pro­ and returned to us April 28, 1952. Seven hundred of duce a callousness to the suffering of others and an the one thousand questionnaires were filled in and atrophy of sympathy and compassion toward those returned, the majority of which stated that the enact­ in distress. ment of the Television Code had very little influence It is hardly possible that the effects of these TV on the type of programs offered for children, particu­ programs for children from five to twelve, viewed larly those shown between the hours of five and seven in volume only during the past three years, would be daily. Some of the programs given the poorest pa­ reflected in the records of auto thefts, murders, rental rating were still offered at that time and these burglaries and robberies in American cities during were made even more objectionable by the fact that 1951! Mrs. Zorbaugh dodged an issue which is no worthy programs were offered in competition with a national social problem to demolish a non-existent them. wraith. Intentionally or otherwise, she used FBI As before, copies of the results of our survey were statistics to attack the validity of conclusions not sent to the industry and NARTB, plus the press. even remotely associated with these figures. Needless to say, we were called by many of the local It had never been the intent or desire of the St. papers and managers of local TV stations. James Parish Council to be known as a group of At the close of our second survey we turned our "reformers." We felt from the beginning that our results over to the National Council of Catholic approach to television should be positive and we tried Women, as the correspondence nationally was be­ to make it so. That is the reason that, in our second coming too heavy for a small group to handle. It was survey, we listed the programs in order of their merit at this time that I was requested to present our findings so that these worthy programs would be made known to the Harris Committee. I was called as a witness to the parental public. We wished also that the pro­ on September 25, and after a short statement for the ducers of some of these fine programs would know Movietone News Service, I went into the committee that their productions are valued and appreciated. room where Monte Levy, staff counsel of the American At the present time the National Council of Civil Liberties Union, was testifying. If it were Catholic Women is conducting a nation-wide survey possible to select a witness more diametrically opposed of children's programs with the feeling that this neces­ to all our group stood for I don't know where he could sary improvement will be accomplished, not by legal be found. Mr. Levy felt that the NARTB Code means, but by a very effective bit of voluntary action. "violated the freedom of the people of this country We must make our desires and suggestions known to and the broadcasting industry itself." He felt that the the sponsors of po?~ programs .. The advertis~ng studio should be so sensitive to the ears of the public industry is very sensttlve to the votce of the buytng that anything offensive to a large segment of the public. population would be cleaned up by the network. If What is television's future? That is your business. that were so, then all the documented evidence I had The tremendous potentialities of television's power to the contrary would prove that somebody was off to inform should be a source of great interest to the track. The committee was most unreceptive to leaders in any field. Are our children going to ex­ his feeling that the NARTB Code was squelching perience their due inheritance: the bes~ music, the some creative "Artist." Even Mr. Klein, who said finest minds, the cream of the arts and hterature, the that at one time he agreed with Mr. Levy's views, best information on history and government, or shall declared his position "untenable." we let them open the door labeled television and learn According to the press, one of the most effective how to sing commercials with Howdy Doody?

May, 1953 [15] Women at the Family Life Conference Mary Spillman ''THE FATHER, the Head of the Home" was At the session on The Family and the Economic, the theme of the 21st annual convention of Miss Katherine B. Kelly, field secretary, Social Action the National Catholic Family Life Conference Department, N.C.W.C., speaking on "Mothers in In­ held in Philadelphia, Pa., March 16-18. The conven­ dustry," said 80 percent of female workers are em­ tion opened with Pontifical High Mass in the Cathe­ ployed because they need to support themselves or dral of SS. Peter and Paul, celebrated by Most Rev­ must contribute toward family expenses. In one of erend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate the statements adopted at the convention it was de­ to the United States. plored as a "disgrace that in this land of plenty and Our President, Mrs. William H. Dalton, headed a phenomenal production mothers are forced to work group of N.C.C.W. women who participated in the for a livelihood-robbing the worker's child of the convention. Mrs. Dalton presided at the general ses­ natural right to a mother's care and making impossible sion on the first night. At that session Most Reverend even the minimum of genuine family life." Peter W. Bartholome, Coadjutor Bishop of St. Cloud Miss Catherine Schaefer, N.C.W.C. observer at the and episcopal moderator of the Family Life Bureau, United Nations, in speaking on "Recent Family N.C.W.C., presented four National Catholic Action Developments in the Western W odd" said, "Fortu­ Awards to two priests and two women. nately now the Western World begins to realize that One of these women was Maria Augusta Trapp, the family is worth saving. This is partly due to a mother of the famed Trapp Family Singers. As Mrs. reassertion of the natural instinct of self-preservation, Trapp was unable to be present at this particular which even Soviet Russia experienced. But it is also session, Miss Margaret Mealey, executive secretary, due to a growing consciousness of its great dignity and N.C.C.W., accepted for her. The other woman to be responsibility on the part of the family itself. For honored was the late Madame F. Steenberghe-En­ this, the Church can take credit." Miss Schaefer also geringh, of Holland, who was president of the W odd stated that an understanding of the true nature of Union of Catholic Women's Organizations. The marriage and the family has been furthered through posthumous award was accepted by Mrs. Henry "studies of the Family Life Bureau of N.C.W.C., Mannix, vice-president general of the World Union of the Family Life Conferences and the practical study and past president of N.C.C.W. and action of the Councils of Catholic Men and At the second general session Miss Kathryn H. Women." McCarthy, national director, N.C.C.W., Province of In her paper on "Promoting the Family Apostolate," Philadelphia, and national chairman, N.C.C.W. Com­ Miss Margaret Mealey emphasized that one learns to mittee on Youth, read an address, "The Mother, the know, love and serve God through the practical ap­ Heart of the Home," prepared by Dr. Maria Schlueter plication of religious principles to daily living. She Hermkes, Rhondorf, Germany. told of the N.C.C.W. cooperation in the work of National organizations affiliated with N.C.C.W. the Family Apostolate through its 7800 affiliations in were represented by Miss Frances M. Maher, supreme 86 dioceses in the United States. regent of the Catholic Daughters of America, and Mrs. John S. Shada, Detroit A.C.C.W. chairman Mrs. Helen T. Howard, national regent, Daughters of of the Committee on Family and Parent Education, Isabella. Both women presided at important meetings described how the program of her committee is made on the Head of the Home and Family Interests. Mrs. available to the parishes in Detroit. W. H. Rohman, president of the National Catholic Addresses at the session devoted to Family Interests Women's Union, represented that organization. Mrs. were delivered by Mrs. Kenton Kilmer, Mrs. John S. Mary Filser Lohr, past president of the N.C.W.U., Reilly, president, National Catholic Conference on spoke on "The Maternity Guilds" at the meeting on Family Life, and Miss Dorothea F. Sullivan, Na­ The Organized Family Apostolate. Mrs. Francis I. tional Catholic School of Social Service of the Catholic Fasy, president, Philadelphia Alliance of Catholic University of America. Miss Ann Culkin, president Women, chaired one session. of the Scranton D.C.C.W., spoke on "This Thing Former National Directors of N.C.C.W. attending Called Personality." the convention were Mrs. Robert Donaldson, Province On St. Patrick's Day the attending members of of Newark, and Mrs. Joseph Michels, Province of diocesan councils of Catholic women had a luncheon Philadelphia. The present National Board was rep­ at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Thirty-eight women resented by our President, Mrs. Dalton, Miss Kathryn including Sister M. Nazarene, I.H.M., and Sister M. McCarthy and Mrs. Albert Spillman. Others attend­ Paul Joseph, I.H.M., of Scranton, Pa., enjoyed this ing were Mrs. Richard F. Gormley, national chairman, social get-together. The Harrisburg and Brooklyn Committee on Spiritual Development, and Mrs. Wal­ Councils had the largest representations. There were ter Sneider, vice-chairman of the Family and Parent seven from the Harrisburg Council, headed by Mrs. Education Committee. Bernard Wert, diocesan president, and Mrs. Louis A.

[16] CATHOLIC ACTION Creeden, diocesan Family and Parent Education chair­ mittee on Family and Parent Education m Kings man. Among the eight women from the Brooklyn County and Queens County, respectively. Council were Mrs. F. Gerald Rigney, diocesan presi­ The three-day convention closed with a Family dent, Miss Marie Berry, diocesan recording secretary, Holy Hour in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul. Mrs. J. A. Gerardi, diocesan chairman of the Family Six hundred and fourteen couples-all silver jubilar­ and Parent Education Committee, Mrs. Francis E. ians this year-were present to renew their marriage Shea and Mrs. Brian Spencer, chairmen of the Com- vows. A.C.C.W. Conventions: Training Schools for Action HE recent conventions of the Portland and Detroit ... The 15th annual convention of the T Detroit Archdiocesan Councils of Catholic Detroit A.C.C.W., held March 26 with over 1500 Women offered intensive training for the con­ women in attendance, was dedicated to the theme tinuing action pledged by the participants. "God's Will: Our Work." While the President, Mrs. Portland . . . Carrying through the theme "Knock Cyril P. Lundy, reported the splendid cooperation of and It shall be opened to You," the Portland A.C.C.W. the Council during the past year in civic and com­ planned its 29th annual convention program to give munity projects, the women were urged by Rev. the greatest possible opportunity for individual par­ Hubert A. Maino, spiritual moderator, to accelerate ticipation. Held March 14-15, with 260 delegates the recruitment of new members to meet the needs of attending, the convention program included four work­ the Council's expanding program. His Eminence, shops on Council activities. A symposium was pre­ Edward Cardinal Mooney, commended the Council sented on four phases of the Bishops' Statement, "Re­ on its "social maturity" in planning workshops in ligion: Our Most Vital National Asset." Most Rev. three vital fields of the lay apostolate-family life, Edward D. Howard, Archbishop of Portland, and Hon. Paul L. Patterson, governor of Oregon, were social action, and international relations. He urged guest speakers at the convention. Resolutions adopted action in these fields as the best way to "bear Christ advocated state legislation entitling all persons to full into the market place." His Eminence also praised and equal rights without regard to race, creed, or the splendid work the Council has accomplished in its color; expressed full confidence in national leaders; decency crusade in which 130 parishes had participated and pledged continued support of Catholic schools during the past year. To further this work, Rev. and of the religious education program of the C.C.D. Thomas J. Fitzgerald, spiritual moderator of the The President, Mrs. Malcolm McLean, who presided Chicago A.C.C.W. addressed the convention on the at the sessions, continues in office. decent literature program of the Chicago Council. Readying for the A-Bomb HOULD the atom bomb strike the United States, The health of food handlers, cleanliness of staff, con­ large areas may be without electricity, gas, tr~ns­ dition of kitchen and dining areas, are all important S portation and fuel; homes, restaurants, cafetenas, factors in maintaining health. Emergency kitchen sites food equipment and storage facilities may be de­ must be selected and care exercised in the preparation stroyed. The responsibility for feeding the people and service of food. will then rest upon civilian agencies. Hence civilians All these subjects came up for discussion at the must be trained. In preparation for such an emer­ meeting and information was given the group toward gency, the jointly sponsored Federal Civil Defense their solution. Lively discussions were had on re­ Administration-Quartermaster Corps pilot training frigeration, sewerage and emergency waste disposal, program on improvisation in emergency feeding was and the prevention and control of food poisoning in held at Fort Lee, Virginia, March 4-6. Mrs. Con­ disaster feeding. A combination hot plate and oven stantine A. McCarty, of the Richmond D.C.C.W., and double barrel oven were erected in the demon­ represented the N.C.C.W. and the National Confer­ stration. Oil drums may be used for cooking and ence of Catholic Charities at this meeting. sterilizing; tin cans may be converted into spoons, cups, The first discussion, "Russia has the Atom Bomb," dippers, scoops, etc. W at~r heater an~ cooking fa­ set the tempo for the sessions that followed. Faced cilities may be made of bncks supporting half of a squarely, the situation may call for the establishment 55-gallon drum covered with a piece of sheet metal of a system of mass feeding, water purification and and suspended across a fire trench. sanitation inspection. Cooking and eating utensils, The pilot course indicated that only a trained per­ water supply, production of food supplies, disposal of garbage and refuse, washing facilities, toilets (either sonnel can prevent unnecessary deaths in the aftermath standard or improvised), accident hazards, first aid of an atomic attack. It generated enthusiasm to share equipment, fire fighting weapons,-all present prob­ with others the knowledge and methods that may save lems that must be solved by the volunteer worker. many lives in an emergency.

May, 1953 [17] NATIONAL COUNCIL 1953 Convention - Television - CATHOLIC MEN Radio for May

1953 Convention AT THE 3 3rd Annual Convention of the National Following there was a general discussion on organi­ £l_ Council of Catholic Men in St. Louis, April11- zation and development. 12, two Archbishops in formal addresses put Other general session speakers included Father heavy emphasis upon the importance of the laity's Joseph H. Anler, moderator of the St. Louis Arch­ work in spreading the faith and furthering the cause diocesan Council of Catholic Men; Eugene J. Sullivan, of the Church in the United States. president of the St. Louis Council, and Mayor Joseph "If all things are to be restored in Christ," said M. Darst of St. Louis. The chairman of the local St. Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston, "the work Louis Committee on Arrangements for the convention will have to be done, in the main, by the laity. Upon was Hon. David A. McMullan, national secretary of our men and women, our boys and girls, chiefly de­ N.C.C.M. and former president of the St. Louis pends the well-being of the Church and the State, of A.C.C.M. human society at large." The delegates represented some four million Cath­ The National Council of Catholic Men is one of olic men in approximately 7,000 national, diocesan, the most important undertakings with which a Bishop state and parish organizations throughout the country. could engage himself, according to Archbishop Joseph The theme of the convention was, "A Program for E. Ritter of St. Louis, host to the convention. The St. Catholic Action," and its main work was done in Louis Archbishop added that: "There is hardly any­ workshops dealing with seven fields in which thing, next to the administration of the Sacraments, N.C.C.M. has embarked on a program of action. The the pastoral work of the Church, that is more im­ workshops gave all delegates opportunities to express portant than this, what we are trying to accomplish their individual views on how particular problems through the Council of Catholic Men. . . . I do not should be met and the work advanced. exaggerate when I tell you that the future of the The workshops dealt with civic and social action, Church in our country is not in the hands of the communications, family life, legislation, public rela­ Bishops, but in the hands of you, the laymen of the tions, religious activities, and youth. country." Resolutions adopted at the convention called for a Archbishop Cushing, who is episcopal chairman of study of the United Nations in the light of the Papal the Department of Lay Organizations of the peace program and urged the United States to keep N.C.W.C., made his address at the convention ban­ before the United Nations the idea of God. quet which was attended by approximately 500 dele­ Also called for was the resettlement of populations gates from all sections of the United States. Wives in less-developed and potentially-rich areas of the and guests accompanied them. On the side the Arch­ world; for special legislation for the admission of bishop said that he wished organizations would spend additional refugees, expellees and displaced persons less time "saving the saved." on a non-quota basis, and recommendation for a thor­ In addition to the two Archbishops, eight other ough study of the U. S. immigration policy toward members of the Hierarchy were present at the conven­ the end that a more Christian and equitable attitude tion. They included: Bishops Albert R. Zuroweste might be adopted. of Belleville, Ill.; William A. O'Connor, Springfield, N.C.C.M. called for the internationalization of Ill.; Mark K. Carroll, Wichita, Kans.; Francis R. Jerusalem; for the father to fill his place as head of Cotton, Owensboro, Ky.; Edwin V. O'Hara, Kansas the family; that God be restored in the home and City, Mo.; Albert G. Meyer, Superior, Wise.; Charles that the spirit of secularism be removed from it. Vo­ H. Helmsing, Auxiliary, St. Louis; and Allen J. Bab­ cations, particularly in the teaching professions, were cock, Auxiliary, Detroit. called for and the parochial school system praised. The opening session was called to order by Presi­ N.C.C.M. also recommended the support of the in­ dent Francis I. Nally of Toledo. Rt. Rev. Msgr. vestigation by Congressional committees of indecent Howard J. Carroll, general secretary of the National and offensive literature. And it praised and endorsed Catholic Welfare Conference, explained the work of the work of the National Council of Catholic Youth the N.C.W.C., while Martin H. Work, executive sec­ and the National Catholic Community Service. retary of N.C.C.M., described the program of action That the year ending March 1, 1953, was a most which the National Council has undertaken. successful one for N.C.C.M., perhaps the most sue-

[18] CATHOLIC ACTION cessful in its 33-year history was evident from the facts quests had been received for copies of radio and TV and figures included in the report of activities sub­ talks and productions. mitted by Mr. Work. Officers elected at the convention were: The following tabulation of organizations affiliated Francis I. Nally, Toledo, 0., president; Albert J. with N.C.C.M. will give a good comparison between Sattler, New York, N. Y., vice-president; David A. the years 1952 and 1953: McMullan, St. Louis, Mo., secretary; Patrick F. Mc­ Donald, Boston, Mass., treasurer. 1952 1953 National Organizations 14 14 In addition to the above officers, the following were Diocesan Councils ...... 17 22 n~ed for the executive committee: Joseph Lemp, Parishes in Diocesan Affiliates .. 3,098 4,088 Ptttsburgh, Pa.; Garnet Griffin, Detroit, Mich.; and Parish Organizations ...... 2,044 2,155 John Hayes, Chicago. State or Regional ...... 32 25 The five new diocesan councils added were Boston Television Cincinnati, San Francisco, Springfield and Spokane. ' HE CATHOLIC HOUR-TV was given the high­ One of the most effective pieces of work done by T est award of all network religious TV programs N.C.C.M. was that related to the activities of the ~Y. the 23rd Institute for Education by Radio­ Congressional committees investigating indecent liter­ Televtston sponsored by Ohio State University. ature. N.C.C.M., by supplying evidential matter se­ . The citation reads: "For an intelligent and educa­ c~r~ng support ?f affil~ates throughout the cou~try, tional approach to religion both in revealing miscon­ gtvmg consultative adv1ee, etc., was publicly credited ceptions and in restating clearly the true meanings by the author of the legislation in question, Congress­ through commonplace, everyday experiences." rna? E. C. Gathings (D., Ark.) with being the organi­ za.twn who brought the committee into being and The following schools won TV sets in the Catholic wtthout whose help the investigating body would not J:Iour-~V .contest, sponsored by N.C.C.M. in conjunc­ tion wtth 1ts January TV series, for having the highest have been able to function as effectively as it did. percentage of pupils viewing all four programs: During the year, many meetings and conferences Villa Angela Academy, Cleveland, Ohio (907{); of national and international importance were at­ Academy of Our Lady of Nazareth, Wakefield, Mass. tended ~y staff members and specially-designated rep­ resentatives. (851o); Monsignor Ryan Memorial High School, Dorchester, Mass. (81%) . . The growth of Catholic Men, the monthly publica­ The following schools were awarded cash prizes bon of N.C.C.M., from a circulation of 6,600 in 1950 for submitting the slogans judged most appropriate to to o:rer 70,000 in 195 3 is an indication of its pop­ ulanty. the theme and format of The Catholic Hour on TV. St. John the Baptist Academy, Syracuse, N. Y. In t~e field of rad!o,. Mr. Work reported that the ($100.00), "The Catholic Hour Televised-God's Cathohc H?ur, .now 1n tt.s 24th year, is being carried by 143 stations tn the Umted States. This gives it the Word Visualized.'' greatest coverage by far of any religious program on O'Donoghue High School, Charlotte, N. C. the NBC network. ($50.00), "Seeing Is Believing-Do Both-View the The Christian in Action, now marking the tenth Catholic Hour.'' year of N.C.C.M.'s presentation on the ABC network St. Michael's High School, Chicago, Ill. ( $50.00), continues to be broadcast every week. ' "Helpful, Holy, Full of Power, That's the TV Cath­ N.C.C.M .. sul?plies spe.akers for the Thursday pro­ olic Hour." grams of Fatth 1n Our Ttme, a five-a-week series pro­ duced by the Mutual Broadcasting System. Radio for May In the field of television, N.C.C.M. introduced the Catholic Hour (NBC, 2:00-2:30 p.m., EST, Sundays). Catholic H?ur to network TV on January 4, 1953. Hollywood notables Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Ann It had prevwusly appeared as the Catholic portion of Blythe and Rod O'Connor are to be featured in a special the NBC-TV religious hour under the general pro­ dramatic series on the "Five Glorious Mysteries," presented by N.C.C.M. in cooperation with the Catholic Daughters of gram title of "~rontiers of Faith." Under present America and the Family Rosary Crusade. arrangements wtth NBC-TV the Catholic Hour is Christian in Action (ABC, 11:30-12 Noon, EST, Sun­ televised on 20 Sundays during the year. days). Father Alfred C. Rush, C.Ss.R., Holy Redeemer In June, 1952, N.C.C.M. inaugurated a Film Infor­ College, Washington, D. C., gives a series of five talks on m~tion S~rvice .. In a monthly publication Close-Up "The Everlasting Family." Music by St. Patrick's Choir, thts servlCe revtews and appratses 16-mm religious Washington, D. C. films suitable for use by Catholics on TV as well as Faith in 011r Time (MBS, 12:45-1:00 p.m., EST, Tues­ days and Thursdays). On the Thursday programs in May, for private or public or club showings. a series of four talks by Father John Selner, S.. , St. Mary's Statistics indicate that during the year 41,867 re- Seminary, Baltimore, Md.

May, 1953 [19] Death Claims Arch bishop Kiley Calendar of Scheduled Catholic Meetings and Events The Most Reverend Moses Elias Kiley, Archbishop of Milwaukee for thirteen years, died on April 15. (Continued from page 2} Prior to his administration of the Milwaukee See, His Excellency was September, 1953 Bishop of Trenton for six years. At the time of his appointment to Tren­ 2-6--NATION.AL NEWMAN CLUB FEDERATION-39th national convention, ton he was serving as Spiritual Di­ Minneapolis, Minn. rector of the North American College 22-24--NATIONAL CATHOLIC CEMETERY CONFERENCE-annual meeting, in Rome and was consecrated in Cleveland, Ohio. Rome, on St. Patrick's Day, 1934. Archbishop Kiley was born in Cape 27-28-CATHOLIC CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONs­ Breton in 1876 and was educated in regional conference, Portland, Ore. Originally set for early October. Canada, in the United States and in Rome. He was ordained in Rome in 1911 and began his priestly career October, 1953 in Chicago, specializing in the field 1-6-NATIONAL CoNFERENCE OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES- annual convention, of charity. He became Chicago's first director of Associated Catholic Char­ St. Louis, Mo. ities. In 1924 he was named a Mon­ 10-12- CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE-regional congress for signor and two years later returned to Province of Boston at Springfield, Mass. the North American College as its spiritual director. 18-25-NATIONAL CATHOLIC: YouTH WEEK-3rd annual May his soul rest in peace. 22-24--CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN DoCTRINE-regional congress for Bishop McNulty Province of New York at Rochester, N. Y. Named Bishop of Paterson The Most Reverend James A. Me­ November, 1953 N ulty, who has been Auxiliary Bishop of Newark since 1947, has been 3-5- CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE-regional congress for named Bishop of Paterson by His Province of San Antonio at Amarillo, Texas. Holiness Pope Pius XII. Bishop McNulty was born in New 5-8-NATIONAL FEDERATION OF DIOCESAN CATHOLIC YOUTH COUNCILs­ York City, January 16, 1900. He second national convention, Boston, Mass. completed his education at Louvain 8-9-NATIONAL CATHOLIC CAMPING AssOCIATION-second national con­ University, Belgium, and was or­ vention, Boston, Mass. dained to the priesthood there on July 12, 1925. His Excellency received 9-13-NATIONAL CoNFERENCE ON CATHOLIC YouTH WoRK-fourth na­ pastoral, educational and diocesan as­ tional meeting, Boston, Mass. signments in the Newark Archdiocese, and, in August, 1947, was named Titular Bishop of Methone and Aux­ December, 1953 iliary to the Archbishop of Newark. Congratulations and prayers go to 28-30-AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORICAL AssoCIATION-34th annual meeting, Bishop McNulty in his new work. Chicago, Ill.

CATHOLIC ACfiON- MoNTHLY PUBLICATION OP THB NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE "We have grouped togethlf, und~r th1 National Cath­ Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop of Youngstown, episcopal chairman oli( Welfare Conftren(e, the various atendt~s by whi(h of the Legal Department; Most Rev. Thomas K. Gorman, the (ause of religion is furthered. Ea(h of th1se, (On­ Coadjutor Bishop of Dallas, episcopal chairman of the Press tinuinl{ its own spedal work in its (hosen field, will Department; Most Rev. Matthew F. Brady, Bishop of Man­ now derive additional support through general (0- chester, episcopal chairman of the Department of Education; operation." Most Rev. Michael J. Ready, Bishop of Columbus, episcopal chairman of the Department of Immigration. -from the 1919 Pastoral Letter of the Archbishops and Bishops of the U. S. RIGHT REV. MSGR. HOWARD J. CARROLL, S.T.D. OFFICERS OF THE General Secretary N.C.W.C. ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD VERY REV. MSGR. PAUL F. TANNER Most Rev. Karl J. Alter, Archbishop of Cincinnati, chair­ Assistant General Secretary man of the Administrative Board and episcopal chairman of the Executive Department; Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, Arch­ bishop of Washington, vice chairman of the Administrative " VERY REV. MsGR. PAUL F. TANNER Beard and episcopal chairman of the Department of Social Editor Action; Most Rev. John F. O'Hara, C.S.C., Archbishop of EDITH H. J.AR.BOB Philadelphia, treasurer of the Administrative Board; Most Rev. Assistant Editor John F. Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne, secretary of the Adminis­ trative Board ; Most Rev. John J. Mitty, Archbishop of San Opinions expressed in artides published i11 this magazi111 '"' Francisco, episcopal chairman of the Youth Department; Most to b1 regarded tiS tho11 of the respe(lifll (ontributors. Th11 do ReT. Richard J. Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, episcopal 1101 ne(tJSarily (llff1 with them th1 formal approvlll of tiH chairman of the Department of Lay Organizations; Most Rev. Administrative Board, National Catho/i( W 1lf•r~ Co•f~re11(1.

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