Citizens Seek Proclamation of Holy Week by President
In Appleton Wisconsin petitions urged President Truman to proclaim Holy Week April 6 to 12 as Peace Week and to designate Good Friday as a day of prayer and penance. Ray Schelfhout led the drive reporting a huge response with about 300000 Pray for Peace stickers. Civic groups schools and denominations assist the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Truman
Ray Schelfhout
Fox River Valley
Stop Mental Illness Early Priest Urges
Rev. Robert E. Gallagher of New York Catholic Charities warns that New York spent 77 million dollars in 1951 to treat 1301 mentally ill patients. He urges early detection to root out psychiatric trouble before it escalates, noting today’s mentally ill and criminals may be among tomorrow’s adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert E. Gallagher
New York Catholic Charities
Farley Stresses Catholic Role in U S Labor Movement
Former Postmaster General James A. Farley told a Holy Name Society gathering at St. John’s parish in White Plains that Catholics have never lost loyalty to the U.S. He praised Catholic leaders for shaping and guiding the labor movement and affirmed Catholicism’s place in the nation. Introduced by Monsignor John J. Hartigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
James A. Farley
Holy Name Society
St. John’s Parish
White Plains
Farley
John J. Hartigan
Made Papal Knights London Knights of St Gregory Award
Two prominent British Catholics, radio and TV writer Ted Kavanagh and Dr William J O Donovan long time secretary of the Catholic Doctors guild, have been named Knights of St Gregory. Dr O Donovan is a London university dermatologist and lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Ted Kavanagh
William J. O’donovan
Catholic Doctors’ Guild
Knights of St. Gregory
O’donovan
London University
Father of Expellees Appeals Aid for Homeless
The Rev. Dr. E. J. Reichenberger of 811 Oakdale Avenue, famed as the Father of the Expellees, calls for relief for displaced Europeans in Western Germany. He notes 300 arrive daily, cites five books and many articles, and pledges literary earnings of 170000 to ease their suffering. Many live in cellars or abandoned Luftwaffe barracks far from towns and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Reichenberger
Oakdale Avenue
Europe
Germany
Father Reichenberger
Vietnam Catholics Among Most Fervent in World
Article notes Vietnam has the highest Catholic percentage on the East Asia mainland with about 1.6 million Catholics out of 20 million. It describes fervent practice in Phat Diem and Bai-Chu, the number of martyrs beatified, native clergy growth, and foreign missions, warning of threats from Viet Minh and arene water.
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Hanoi
Vietminh
Vietnam
Korea
East Asia
Patrick O’connor
C.S.C
NCWC
Phat Diem
North Vietnam
U.S
Bai-Chu
French Union
Indochina
Tonkin
Annam
Cochin-China
Pius XII
Amantes de la Croix
Lovers of the Cross
Paris
North America
Family Retreat Emphasized as Modern Need by Bishop Wright
Worcester bishop urges family retreats to renew home life as a church in miniature. He says these sessions strengthen parental resolve to raise children for the Church and restore sacraments and blessings in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Worcester
Mass
John J. Wright
Wright
National Catholic
Christ
Ace
Family Prayer Refuge For Czechs Under Reds
Vaclav Myslivec reports in Linz Austria on Bohemia and Moravia Christians turning to family prayer as Communists inject Red doctrine into church life. Churches stay open but only patriotic priests speak while pilgrimages and retreats spread indoctrination. A refugee calls church life a delicious apple with the bitter taste of quince Communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaclav Myslivec
Linz
Austria
Bohemia and
Moravia
Prague
Minor Seminary Parley to Meet May 9 10 11
The third annual conference of administrators and teachers of minor seminaries will be held at the Catholic university in Washington on May 9, 10, and 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Catholic University
Washington Race Center Opens Interracial Settlement House
Washington D C Fides House near the Capitol opens after dedication services led by Archbishop O Boyle. Renovated at nearly 75000 dollars the former rooming house will serve about 300 children with classrooms and meeting halls and start classes on marriage and family welfare led by Dr Mary Elizabeth Walsh sociology professor at Catholic University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Fides
Patrick A. O’boyle
United States Capitol
Mary Elizabeth Walsh
Catholic University of America
Jst
Capitol
Leads Corps To Rodeo Prize At Tucson
Audrey Endfield, 16, leader of St. John's Indian mission school drum corps in Arizona, guided the group to three top prizes at the 1951 Tucson rodeo. The article notes chronic facility shortages at reservation schools and the risk to Catholic education for Native children. Rev Bernard Cullen cites funding gaps as a threat to mission work and faith preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Endfield
St. John’s Indian Mission School
Arizona
Tucson
St. John’s
Bernard A. Cullen
Marquette League
Marquette League, Indian Missionary Organization
Fourth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Actual Graces Aid In Performance of Supernatural Acts
A discussion of actual grace as a transient divine help enabling supernatural acts. It explains how God’s impulses move the will and mind toward good, how grace can operate through senses, and how cooperation with grace leads to merit of further graces. The text cites conversion, steadfastness, and avoidance of venial sin.
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Council of Trent
Expiated for Mother's Sins Nuns Aided in Conversion
Maria Monk's daughter Genevieve Eckel rose from New York and Paris society to convert to Catholicism with nun and Jesuit guidance. Wealth, scandal, and a charity-claimed penance culminated in a burned Connecticut home and a public fulfillment of expiation.
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Maria Monk
John B. Espen
Lizzie St. John Eckel
Hotel Dieu
Montreal
Lizzie St. John
Amon
Lizzie
Horace
Mercy St. John
Amenia
N. Y
New York City
Dwinells
Manhattanville Academy of the Sacred Heart
Madame Hartley
Georgina
New York
Mr. Eckel
Genevieve
Madame Eckel
Paris
Marie Genevieve Dominique Ferdin de Lenore Eckel
Viscount Laferriere
Laferriere
America
Miles
Cardinal McCloskey
Merrick
Bapst
Academy of the Sacred Heart
Connecticut
John Louis Bonn, S.J
Macmillan ‘Co
Nun-Teachers College in Buffalo Serves Sister-Teachers
MT. ST. JOSEPH TEACHERS COLLEGE Buffalo NY operates as one of the few colleges chartered solely to educate sister-teachers. It is run by the Sisters of St Joseph. Nuns from 25 different congregations attend this circle for training and formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Rutherford
N. J
Rutherford Kions
MT. ST. Joseph Teachers’ College
Agassiz Circle
Buffalo
N. Y
Sisters of St. Joseph
Jesse
Owens
Germany
Luz Long
Long
Hitler
der Fuhrer
Spellman Presides At Eastern Rite Mass In New York
Cardinal Spellman presided at a Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine Russian Rite at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Concelebrants included Archpriest Andrew Rogosh and Fathers Theodore Nicholas Andrew and Theophane from the Russian Center at Fordham. The Mass opened Fordham University's 14th annual Conference on Eastern Rites and Liturgies.
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Card
Spellman
New York
Andrew Rogosh
Catholic Near East Welfare Association
Theodore
Nicholas
Andrew
Theophane
Fordham
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Cardinal Spellman
Fordham University
Last Call for Olympics Selections Now Under Way
United States Olympic Committee begins screening talent for Helsinki with eliminations across nine sports from April to July. Trials in soccer wrestling gymnastics walking boxing fencing track weight lifting rowing and decathlon determine the U S team. The article recalls Jim Thorpe and Jesse Owens amid Olympic controversy and Nazi-era attention.
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Bill Warner
United States Olympic Committee
Helsinki
New York
U.S
St. Louis
Iowa State Ames
Penn State College
Baltimore
Yonkers
N. Y
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Independence Day
Tulare
Calif
Worcester
Mass
Harrisburg
Indianapolis
America
Education of Retarded To Be Convention Topic
A National Catholic Educational Association convention in Kansas City will feature a panel on special education in Catholic schools. It covers facilities for retarded and cerebral palsied children and includes Rev. E Hehrmann of the Catholic Guidance center and Rev. William F Jenks of the Visually Handicapped Institute. Monsignor James W Feider will discuss The Spiritual Potential of the Retarded Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
National Catholic Educational Association
E. Hehrmann
Catholic Guidance Center
St. Louis
James W. Feider
St. Colletta’s School For
Jefferson, Wis
Word of Mouth Urgings Draw Converts in Japan
In Kyoto, Japan, a catechism class at St. Francis church drew 24 attendees after radio and newspaper announcements and pulpit talks. A total of 16 converts credited word of mouth urging from friends, with divers sources including radio, newspapers, and conversations.
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Japan
Kyoto
St. Francis’ Church
Clement Hansan
M.M
Kansas
Negro Welfare Parley to Meet in St Louis in April
Archbishop Ritter invites the Midwest Clergy Conference on Negro Welfare to hold its spring meeting in St Louis April 23 and 24. Cohosts are Rev. James Bresnahan and Rev. Paul Reinert. The conference has 200 members in 13 states and comprises pastors serving Negro parishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negro Welfare
St. Louis
Joseph E. Ritter
Midwest Clergy Conference On
James E. Bresnahan
St. Ann’s
Paul C. Reinert
S.j
St. Louis University
Jesuit Educators to Meet in Easter Week Convention
About two hundred Jesuit educators including presidents deans and principals from 27 colleges and universities 38 secondary schools and 22 seminaries will gather at Rockhurst College Kansas City Missouri for the annual Jesuit Educational Association convention during Easter week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Society of Jesus
United States
Rockhurst
College
Jesuit Educational Association
3 600 000 on Formosa Begin Turn to Religion
Notre Dame Indiana reports J De Jaegher former Chinese missionary described a large religious shift on Formosa involving 3 000 000 Chinese refugees and 600 000 Nationalist troops. He spoke at St Marys college for women about why Christians are drawing converts as Communism fails China. He noted five arrests during twenty years in China.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Formosa
J. de Jaegher
China
St. Mary’s College For Women
Father de Jaegher
Far Ast
Catholic Digest
Two Priest Chaplains Promoted to Colonels
Washington announces two Army chaplains promoted to colonels for service in World War II. Rev. Peter S. Rush of Newark, Bronze Star recipient, is assigned to Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. Rev. William J. Moran of San Francisco, Bronze Star and Order of the Crown (Italy) recipient, is stationed in Hawaii.
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Washington
Chaplain Corps
Reguar
Peter S. Rush
Newark
Ft. Jackson
William J. Moran
Archdiocese of
San Francisco
Order of the Crown
Italy
Hawaii
Bishop Sheen TV Series Lauded Across Faiths
Auxiliary Bishop Fulton J. Sheen of New York launched Life Is Worth Living, a half hour telecast praised by many faiths. The program airs at 8 p.m. New York time on Station WABD and the Dumont network. Producer is Rev. Edwin Broderick, NY Archdiocese television and radio director. Sheen serves as national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton J. Sheen
New York
New York Time
WABD
Dumont Television Network
Edwin B. Broderick
New York Archdiocese
Bishop Sheen
Society For the Propagations of the Faith
Negro Paper Benefit To Aid Catholic Center Concert Benefit
The Pittsburgh Courier names St les School and Community Center fund New York as beneficiary of its annual band concert at Carnegie Hall on April 19. Proceeds aid Harlem recreational facilities and the winners receive golden trophies.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Courier
America
St.les School and Community Center Fund
New York
Carnegie Hall
Cornelius J. Drew
Harlem
A. J. John Becomes First Catholic PM in Travancore Cochin
In Trivandrum A. J. John is named the first Catholic Prime Minister of the Travancore Cochin state and also takes Education Minister portofol. The prior Education Ministry pushed to close private Christian schools, provoking criticism from Christians.
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Trivandrum
India
Travancore-Cochin
A. J. John
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