Rftsubscribing? Plccm Write Teen Page Resumes • Name Exactly at Printed Above Witness Publication, See Page 12 A Jotjriui Devoted to tha Interest* of the CatheKc Church You shall be witnesses unto me, Aeti 1, I SEPTEMBER 19, 1957 DUBUQUE. VOL XXXVII, NO. 33 Rohlman Funeral Friday * • • New Strength for Card. Stritch German Christian Celebrant of Democrat Party Funeral Mass By Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B. Bonn.—(NC)—Germany s grand old man, Konrad Adenauer, Iii5 Eminence Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Arelibisliop of and his Christian Democratic party won an overwhelming vic­ Chicago, will be the celebrant of a Solemn Pontifical Re­ tory in the West Germany parliamentary elections Sunday. quiem Friday, Sept. 20, at 12 o'clock CST, at St. Raphael's With more than 30 million voters going to the polls, 50.2 Cathedral for the Most Rev. Henry P. Rohlman, retired per cent endorsed the policies of the 81-year-old Catholic states­ man who engineered Germany's Archbishop of Dubuque. spectacular rise from rags and 407 member Bundestag, or West Archbishop Rohlman died Friday, Sept. 13, at 10:43 ruins to new riches and prestige German parliament DST, at Xavier Hospital, Dubuque, where he had been a This again insures an absolute Healthy Margin patient since Aug. IS. He was 81 years old. A special bless­ majority for the Christian Demo­ Chancellor Adenauer's party will crats in the new parliament The hold 270 seats, the socialists 169, ing from Pope Pius XII was received by the Archbishop socialists pulled 31.8 per cent, the Free Democrats 41, and the Get- two da\s before his death. Free Democrats 7 7 per cent and man party 17, 249 seats make a ma­ Last Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock the body of the the German partv 3.3 per cent of jority. Archbishop was received at the Cathedral bv the Most Rev. the total vote cast. The smaller In a practical demonstration parties were eliminated from the of living democracy, tl per cant , Archbishop of Dubuque. The body will lie in • * • of those aligibla cast ballets In state until the time of the funeral • * an alaction that was a victary for Mass on Friday. Fourth degree Knights of Columbus maintained an evening vigil the right is a portrait of the lata Archbishop taken several years paaca. Masses and vigil services held each night of Archbishop Rohlman's wake at St. Raphael's Cathe­ ago when he invested three members of the Loras Collage fac­ during that time are described 3 Pontifical In a campaign that was waged dral. Surrounding the Archbishop's bier (left to right) ara Louis ulty with the robes oi a Domestic . elsewhere in this issue of The Wit­ | intensely by all parties, religious -Fautsch, Jack O'Neil, Jack Cam and Worth Slade.The photo to ' issue came to the fore only locally, ness. Masses for and were conspicuously absent on Fitzgerald to Preach the national level. Encyclical on Movies, TV and Radio... Voice Appreciation ... The sermon at Friday's funeral It was clear that the majority of Mass will be preached by the Most Archbishop voters is satisfied that the expert Rev. Edward A Fitzgerald Bishop ment undertaken at the end of of Winona. Minn Bishop Fitzgerald Three Solemn Pontifical Masses World War II to establish a Chris­ Statements on Death of was Archbishop Rohlman's Auxil will be celebrated in St. Raphael's tian party by the common effort of PopeLa udsMedia, Cathedral Friday, Sept. 20, for the) fiary from 1946 until his transfer to both Protestants and Catholics is a Winona in 1949 late Archbishop Rohlman who success. Following the funeral Mass on served at Archbishop of Dubuque Archbishop Rohlman Friday the Archbishop's body from 1944 until his retirement in But Asks Control will be placed in a receiving 1954 Following arc statements of sympathy and appreciation is vault at the cemetery chapel at The first of the three Massea Slain After Vatican City —(NO— His Holi­ trolled by set laws or moral safe­ sued on the occasion of the death of Most Rev. Henry P. Rohl­ Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key will be celebrated by the Most Rev. ness Pope Pius XII has issued an guards. man, Retired Archbishop of Dubuque. West. When final preparations Leo Binz, Archbishop Rohlman's Receiving at' encyclical letter which has been As in Quadragesimo Anno, are completed the remains of successor In Dubuque. The 7th and called here the Quadragesimo An- Pius Xl's groat encyclical of 1931 Archbishop Rohlman will be in­ 8th grade parochial school chil­ no of the public entertainment on reconstructing the social or­ From the Holy Father terred in the Memorial Chapel In dren of the city will attend thia Konrad Adenauar Sunday Mass dia der, Pius XII in Miranda Prorsus St. Raphael's Cathedral. Mass, which will begin at 8 o'clock The message declares that mo­ in clear terms outlines the prob­ Holy Father is grieved to learn of the death of Archbishop Three other Dubuque CUT. , Ind.—(NC)—A man tion pictures, radio and television lems, recommends solutions and Rohlman. He expresses his heartfelt sympathy and cordially are buried in the Cathedral; Bish At 10:90 COT me high school shot and killed his estranged wife should serve to give people a gives a plan of action for Cath­ imparts to your excellency and the clergy and faithful of the op Mathias Lora5, Bishop Clement children and other parochial stu­ Big Subsidy to and then threatened the life of a more respectful understanding" olic bodies. archdiocese his paternal apostolic blessing. Smyth and Archbishop John Hen dents will participate in a Maes parish priest here while a shocked of each other and to bring them The letter addressed to the hier­ Dcllacqtia nessy. to be offered by me Meat Rev. congregation was leaving Sunday closer together archy of the whole world is the The Pallbearers for Archbishop George J. Biskup, Auxiliary Biah- Pennsylvania 39th of the present pontificate, and op of Dubuejue. Bishop Biskup Mass only a few feet away The Pope states that these inven­ Rohlman will be representatives N dated September f. t'"* fea^t "f served under Archbishop Rohl­ Mrs Nita Groover was shot on tions, while products of men's in­ The Apostolic Delegate from each of the ten city parishes, - the Nativity of Mary man as Chancellor and Vicar the steps of the rectory of Holy genuity, are * nevertheless the gifts of Dubuque They are. ' From Catholics Following is a copy of a telegram sent to Archbishop Binz by General of the Archdiocese. (ross Church and when Father of God, our Creator," and as such 4 Principal Parts Ed Graham. St Joseph's. Joe His Kxcellcncy. Archbishop A G. Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to The final Mass of the day will Philadelphia —(NC)—A Catholic Dennis Spalding, the pastor, should have as their first aim "to It is organized into four princi Rhomberg, Cathedral, William the . be offered by Cardinal Stritch of paper said here that Pennsylvania opened the door she screamed serve truth and virtue " pal parts a section on general in Bergman. Holy Trinity; Julius taxpayers are saved more than "Father, please help me He shot structions and one each devoted to Loosbrock, Nativity. Gus Meyer, Chicago at 1 o'clock, daylight sav­ Moral Safeguards Deeply grieved at tho death of His Excellency, Archbishop Rohl­ S153 million annually because me " motion pictures, radio and tele­ Sacred Heart. Carl Clark. St An­ ing time But at the core of his 13,000 word man, I join in warm sympathy with Your Excellencies, the Clergy, Catholi" citizens finance and con­ Cun Misfired vision thony, Ixo Dwyer. St. Columbkille, Bishop Willging Pontificate* encyclical, entitled Miranda Prorsus Religious and Laity of the Archdiocese in your bereavement. I shall duct their own schools in the seven The husband turned his .32 cali­ Television is particularly under Jake Ernsdorff, St. Mary, Tom Thursday's schedule includes a (Remarkable Inventions), Pope Pi­ offer the Holy Sacrifice for the repose of his noble soul that God dioceses of the state ber pistol toward the kneeling scored, as a new medium, for its Flynn, St. Patrick's and George Pontifical Requiem celebrated by us warns that films, radio and tele­ may grant him the eternal reward for which he labored so zealously Operational Cost priest, who prepared to administer marvelous powers for good as well Giellis, Holy Ghost. Bishop Joseph Willging of Pueblo, vision "will certainly restrict the throughout his many years in the priesthood and the episcopacy. An editorial in The Catholic Extreme Unction to the dying wo­ as its great powers for corruption Henry Patrick Rohlman was Colorado. Students of Loras Col­ people's true development and ARCHBISHOP CICOGNANI, Standard and Times, newspaper of man. The gun misfired, though, Comes Into Homes born March 17, 1876 at Appelhul- lege will attend this Mass. Bishop weaken their morals" unless con- Apostolic Delegate. the Philadelphia archdiocese, and the man fled. "This special puuer which tele­ sen in Westphalia, Germany When Willging was a close friend of stated that the archdiocese alone Three parishioners—part of the vision enjoys of Riving pleasure (Continued on page 3, col. 1) (Continued on page 3, col. 3) spares the taxpayer $83,612,278.50 dazed crowd who had just left 9 within the family circle." says the Archbishop Leo Binz • • • • • • each year o'clock Mass—chased him but he Red Mass at Pope, "is reckoned of very great The editorial emphasiied that evaded them. Police later appre­ importance, since it can contribute STATEMENT OF THE MOST REV. LEO BINZ, "the figure is for operational hended the gunman. a great deal to the religious life, ARCHBISHOP OF DUBUQUE costs only and does no* include Received Communion Cedar Rapids the intellectual development and Since it became apparent some days ago thai the death of His the many millions of dollars Father Spalding, who remem­ the habits of those who make up Excellency Archbishop Rohlman, was near at hand, I have found my­ spent by Catholics for school bered giving Mrs. Groover Holy the family " self recalling in considerable detail the history of our close associa­ Sun., Sept. 22 tion construction." , Communion at the just completed For this reason, the Pontiff ex Mass. said the couple had been hav­ The editorial explained that the A "Red Mass'' in. observance of horts Catholics, paituuiariy the I first became acquainted with him during my student days at ing serious domestic troubles. saving to the taxpayer is computed the Fall opening of the Law Courts clergy, to turn their attention to when he was attached to the faculty as business man­ by multiplying the annual cost to will be ottered by the Most Rev "this new art." and to give their1 ager. In fact, I recall the occasion He had been invited to officiate the public school systems of edu­ Doubt Reported Red Leo Binz, Archbishop of Dubuque full and active cooperation to the at a religious function in the Visitation Convent, and he invited me cating one child ($312 50) in the on Sunday, Sept. 22, 1957 in Im­ development of its advantages. along to serve at the altar Little did I dream that in the inscrutable northeast region of the United Arrest of Hungarian maculate Conception Church, Ce­ Urges National Offices designs of Divine Providence, I would be called in later years to as­ States by the number of children dar Rapids. The encyclical, one of the long­ sist him in his office as Archbishop of Dubuque. in Catholic schools of the respec­ Bishop's Chairman I remember how thrilled I was as a young priest when the late The Catholic Lawyers Guild of est issued by Pope Pius XII, calls tive dioceses Vienna.—(\Q—No confirmation Holy Father, Pop<= Pius XI. honored two of my former teachers, ap­ the Archdiocese of Dubuque has in­ on the bishops to establish without For Welfare of Nation is available here of the reported pointing Archbishop Howard to Portland, Oregon, and assigning vited all members of the Bench "Catholic schools receive no The Witness will print the Bishop Rohlman to the Diocese of Davenport as its Chief Shepherd. arrest of Archbishop Jozsef Groesz and Bar and their guests to attend state aid, no federal aid. the edi­ complete text of the encyclical It was a very special thrill to send off congratulatory telegrams to of Kalocza, Hungary, acting chair­ this Solemn Pontifical Votive torial stated "They are supported in installments beginning next those two distinguished Prelates. How incredible it seems that those man of the Hungarian Bishops' Mass of the Holy Spirit in honor by the contributions and sacrifices week. events took place thirty years ago. conference of Saint Thomas More and Saint of Catholics who believe in their Informed ecclesiastic quarters Fifteen years later my association with Archbishop Rohlman Ives, Patrons of the Legal Profes delay national offices for motion schools as indispensable for their here consider it unlikely that the deepened when I was myself named a Bishop. He was a Coconsecrator sion. pictures, radio and television in children and a vital contribution Red Hungarian government would in 1942 along with Archbishop Hoban of Cleveland at my episcopal Bishop Fitzgerald Cardinal Stritch every country where they do not to the welfare of our nation." arrest Archbishop Groesz on the Msgr. Sheeny to Preach in Rockford. The Rt Rev Msgr Maurice S already exist. After Archbishop Rohlman returned to Dubuque in 1944. I saw eve of the United Nations com­ I entered the hospital on August 18, he has understood well that his Sheehy, Ph D., Dean of the Cedar Such offices, the Tope says are to him more frequently. 1 was happy as a neighbor in Winona to accept mittee's debate and discussion of I illness was terminal He has calmly and quietly awaited his meeting Official Schedule Rapids Deanery and pastor of Im­ be entrusted to "men skilled in the a number of kind invitations from him to take part in Dubuque the report. | with his Maker, putting into practice what he had often said with gen- ARCHBISHOP BINZ maculate Conception Church, will use of these arts." with a priest events. I mention, for example, offering a Pontifical Mass and preach­ The official Hungarian commun­ ! tie Christian humor. "If the Good Lord wants me, He knows where Ho Friday, September 20: preach the sermon appointed by the bishops assisting ing at Loras College on the Patronal Feast of St Joseph, delivering ist news agency. Magyar Taviratl can find me " 8 00 A.M C.DT — Dubuque. St. Following the "Red Mass" a them as advisor a Baccaulaureate Sermon on a Commencement Day, taking part in Iroda, has also denied the reports i The Good Lord has gathered Archbishop Rohlman to Himself. Raphael's Cathedral Solemn luncheon, arranged by the Catholic Legion of Decency Praised the dedication of Christ the King Chapel, and attending the Eighth , May the charity of our prayers follow Him' May he rest in eternal Pontifical Requiem Mass for Lawyers Guild, will be served at In this, the Pope echoed the call Archdiocesan Synod, held in that Chapel peace' Archbishop Rohlman EMBER DAYS the Cedar Rapids Country Club at of Pius XI. in his 1936 oncvclical In 1949, His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, now gloriously reigning, 1 00 P.M . C D T — Dubuque. St Wednesday, Sept. II, was an 2 p.m. The Honorable Henry N designated me as the Coadjutor to Archbishop Rohlman, and I became Raphael's Cathedral. Attend Sol­ ember day. So are Friday, Sept. Graven. United States district his successor five years later How closely we have worked together in Bishop George J. Biskup emn Pontifical Funeral Mass of 20, and Saturday, Sept. 21. Fri­ judge. Northern District of Iowa, these seven years since my arrival in Dubuque Archbishop Rohlman. day, as usual, is a day of com­ will be the luncheon speaker It is not boasting to say that no one knows better than I the zeal Witness Gets STATEMENT OF HIS EXCELLENCY, Sunday, September 22: plete abstinence from meat. Sat­ To Elect Officers of Archbishop Rohlman for the Archdiocese of Dubuque His ambi­ THE MOST REV. GEORGE J. BISKUP, 7 00 A.M.. C.S T — Norway, St, urday is a day of partial abstin­ tions, not for himself, but for every Catholic cause, were limitless, The luncheon will also be the AUXILIARY TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBUQUE Michael's Church. Attend Low ence with meat allowed at only occasion for a brief meeting of the A New Column and the record of his accomplishments is marvelous indeed Mass. one meal. The law of abstinence Catholic Lawyers Guild of the Beginning this week, The Wit­ If I were to give particulars to illustrate that thought I would Today Archbishop Rohlman reached the fulness of his 81 years 12 15 P M . C.S.T.—Cedar Rapids, obliges all Catholics seven years Archdiocese of Dubuque and new ness starts publication of a new speak of the zealous spirit with which Archbishop Rohlman led the of earthly life, fifty-six of which were spent in the priestly ministry Immaculate Conception Church. of age or older. officers will be elected for the column, "Sports Spectrum" by way in the erection of two Seminaries, the Provincial Mount Saint and thirty in the episcopate. Today, also, we pray. Archbishop Rohl- h ic P^nHficnl High Mass of the Holy Ember days are also fast days. coming year according tj President Mike Pauly, freshman at Loras Bernard Seminary and the Eenvnary of Saint Piu' X "T i record rr^n begins h eternn! life enjoins; '.he reward promised by the Spirit (The Red Mass) for the That means that only one full John J Locher, Jr., of Cedar College. shows that every Bishop and Archbishop of Dubuque had dreamed the Great High Priest Himself to His faithful servants opening the the Law Courts. meal may be taken on those days. Rapids The Spectrum will specialize dream of providing Seminary training here in Iowa It was left to I know that I am only expressing the thoughts of clergy, relig­ T '.day, September 24: The only ether solid food allowed Monsignor J D Kcarn, Cedar in the activities of high schools His Excellency, Archbishop Rohlman, to achieve that happy goal ious and laity of the Archdiocese when I say that the death of Arch­ 10 10 A.M . C D T — Dubuque, St is to be taken in twa other meals Rapids, will be assistant priest at of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. When I succeeded him as Archbishop of Dubuque I found my­ bishop Rohlman is a loss for all of us Although he had been retired Raphael's Cathedral. Low Mass which combined will not be the Mass Rev. Bernard L. White This is the only place where self not only the possessor of his friendship, which I always enjoyed, from his office as our Spiritual Shepherd since the end of 1954, he Formal Opening of the Loras larger than one full meal. The Fairfax, and Rev Donald Peters one can get a good' view of our but the recipient a'so of an endowment of inestimable value The was still among us with his kindly and fjtherh interest in the affairs College School Year law of fasting obliges all Catho­ Cedar Rapids, will be deacons of Archdiocesan schools in one con­ careful and efficient administration of the affairs of the Archdiocese of the Archdiocese We shall, all of us. miss the untiring energy, his Thursday, September 26: lics who have reached the age of honor Deacon and subdeacon of venient summary. under his charge, the record of his devotion to the training of our I holy zeal, his charitable presence all those characteristics which 21 and are not yet 59 years old, 3 00 V M.. C.S.T — Cedar Rapids the Mass will be Rev John C Frie- College activity and profes­ priests, his enthusiastic support of Loras College and all our educa were the hallmarks of his life and of his works <)nl> with his death, unless they ara excused or ex­ Regis High School Blessing of idell Iowa City and Rev Francis J sional sports will not be neg­ tional institutions, his concern for the unfortunate and orphaned chil­ I believe, do we begin to come to a full realization of the important Cornerstone empted. |Dunn. Dubuque. lected. dren of the Archdiocese all these and many more wonderful accom­ • and far-flung proiects he rca'ized for the service of souls in Dubuque Saturday, September 21: plishments were a part of the priceless heritage he bequeathed to and Davenport His single-minded devotion to the cause of advancing 5 30 P.M.,. C.S.T.—Spillville, Arch- me, his successor, and to the priests, religious and laity of the Arch­ the work of God stamps all that he has left to us as his heritage. diocesan Council of Catholic OFFICIAL diocese, his spiritual children. | We are the fortunate heirs of his example and his leadership in Women. Board o£ Directors' And How IS Uncle Bert? CLERGY APPOINTMENTS It is with the greatest respect and reverence that I think back i the possession of our seminaries, colleges, hospitals, the orphanage, Meeting. The Rev. Philip A. Hamilton to be to the Father Rohlman of the Loras College faculty I cannot help new parishes, schools, student centers, and all the many spiritual BISHOP BISKUP Maybe you were legitimately absent from your pew in the a member of the faculty of Loras but recall the familiar nickname with which the students had "chris­ works he inaugurated and fostered. Friday, September 20: parish church last Sunday. You might have been ill, you might College, tened" him. To all of us he was "Daddy" Rohlman. That name was The occasion of death is a time for sorrow, and I will join with 10 30 A.M., CD T — Dubuque, St. nave attended Mass elsewhere while on a squirrel hunting expedi­ The Rev Joseph F Griffin to post­ nothing less than a recognition of his constant paternal charity, his all in the Archdiocese in the sorrow that comes with the death of Raphael's Cathedral Attend Sol­ tion or you might have been visiting your Uncle Bert and Aunt graduate studies at St. Louis fatherly inspiration, and his habitually gentle manner Archbishop Rohlman. But for us as Christians death is also the be­ emn Pontifical Requiem Mass for Martha over in Wisconsin. University. Today, the Archdiocese has lost one who has truly been a ginning of life everlasting, and in this respect, despite our bereave­ Archbishop Rohlman The Rev Thomas Carpender to be Spiritual Father for the more than fifty-five years he has been a ment, it it also the occasion of holy joy For we pray that Archbishop 1 00 P M., CD T. — Dubuque, St. If for these or other reasons, you neglected to lurn in your Chaplain of Immaculate (oncep- Priest and Bishop. He has left us his good example, and his many Rohlmao, who sowed the good seed among us so liberally, will now Raphael's Cathedral Solemn Pon- Witness subscription envelope, you still have a chance this com- tion Academy, Dubuque. works are both his monument and our inheritance. from his place of reward beg from His Divine Judge the increase of C..-.!.^ Tk. ...1. :-H •— —'• on nn .. i •• bishop Rohlman. penditure you'll never regret. red Heart Church, Oelwein been his edifying, patient resignation in the face of death. Since he May his immortal soul rest in peace.