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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1953
Page
9
A paste of late news items covers religious and political events from Korea to Europe. From a statue blessing for the First Marine Division in Korea to birth control debates in Hartford and policy moves in Belgrade, Rome, and New York, the miscellany ties church figures, lawmakers, and wartime histories into a single wire of postwar reporting.
The Rev P M Dobberstein pastor of Sts Peter and Pauls West Bend Iowa is shown working on the Grotto of the Redemption which he has been building for 36 years. The grotto features a large way of the cross and a shrine to Our Lady visited by about 100000 people annually from across the United States and valued at 1000000. It is adorned with precious stones ores minerals fossils petrifications corals and shells enough to fill 100 railroad cars.
A lead editorial in the South ern Cross challenges a pamphlet by a Nationalist committee calling for anti Catholic measures. Proposals seek banning Catholics from entering the country, restricting Catholic publications, placing all Catholic institutions under government control, and deporting priests nuns teachers or Catholics who attack Protestants. The Southern Cross warns such plans push state control of religious schools and threaten religious freedom.
The Rev. Charles Hugo Doyle writes a new counsel book for priests on confessing to adults children religious and clerics. Published by Nugent Press in Tarrytown New York the work titled What to Say to the Penitent. Doyle is also author of Dana Is Forever and serves as instructor and resident chaplain at Lady Cliff College for Women in Highland Falls New York.
Berlin reports Gestapo tactics and a harsh press campaign against church leaders as Father Franz Busch and Reverend Karl August Brandt receive hard labor sentences for boycott agitation. The regime imposes church activity limits requiring police permits for retreats and lectures.
Philadelphia clergy face a new mercantile tax on church stipends and funeral fees. The City Solicitor ruled clergy are taxable on business receipts and professional earnings, with mercantile licenses required. only regular salaries may be exempt, plus a 1.25 percent wage tax on stated salaries.
John McNamara, president of Sean Ogiling na Eireann, spoke at a Communion breakfast at the Concourse Plaza hotel New York on the 37th anniversary of the Easter Week Rising in Dublin. The group attended Mass at St. Jerome's church and marched along the Grand Concourse led by the County Corkmen pipe band. McNamara, a Sinn Fein member, fought for Irish freedom as a student in Dublin.
Vatican City releases a two stamp set commemorating the 50th anniversary of St. Maria Goretti's martyrdom. The 12 year old Italian girl was killed in 1902 while defending her chastity. The stamps bear the 1952 date and were planned for release on the martyrdom anniversary.
The pope, urged by his doctor, now sleeps from midnight to 6 30 a.m. after previously resting four and a half hours. Vatican officials say he works during the day from 9 15 until lunch, then reads newspapers and walks before continuing work into the afternoon.
Summer programs at St. Louis University include more than 15 institutes and conferences. Topics cover special education guidance testing reading marriage counseling child development hospital services and audio visual aids.
Connecticut congressman Morano sails to Europe to tour NATO defense stations in France and Italy as part of aForeign Affairs Subcommittee on National Security. He plans a reunion with former boss Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce while pushing policy moves against an outdated Italian peace treaty.
The Catholic church calls for a national May 1 observance of special prayer. Leaders cite communism, Red tyranny in China, Korean War impact, and missionary needs. Detroit hosts a major rally with Father Keller delivering the address "To the Whole World."
In New Jersey the Alexian Brothers operate a male hospital in Elizabeth and ask prospective patients only if they need care. The order, founded in Brabant in 1365, features brothers who wear garb and take vows. nearly all brothers are registered nurses.
The Papal envoy attends a farewell journey for Prince Akihito to the Vatican and European capitals. John Akira Matsui, former secretary to Prime Minister Yoshida and Catholic layman, accompanies the prince as interpreter.
A marathon relay in West Germany will start at Altend Cathedral and travel to Catholic worship centers nationwide. The event honors the Blessed Virgin and involves youths carrying lighted candles into churches with ceremonies on the altars. The 1950 origin marks it as an annual observance under the theme Mary, Help of Christians.
Visitors at the Sacred Heart exhibit in Boston will contact Father Carl Zimmer in New Guinea via short wave radio. The exhibit, at the Heart seminary, showcases the church mission work in the Pacific as part of the National Miss on Exhibit.
Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York died at the annual Manhattan College Alumni Society banquet. Dennis Day, singer and entertainer, received the annual honor for bringing wholesome entertainment into American homes and for leading an exemplary family life. Day, a 1938 Manhattan graduate, was honored by the college.
A church marks the Feast of Saint Bernadette of Lourdes born in Lourdes in 1844. She witnessed Marian apparitions at age 14 in 1858 and later joined the Sisters of Charity, taking vows in 1866 and 1878 before death in 1879. Canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1938.
Austin Texas marks the 50th anniversary of the worst St Edward’s University disaster by launching a long range plan. Groundbreaking for a new main library building begins at once with work set for April 9 1903. Seven dormitories and classroom buildings are planned in coming years. St Edward’s is a four year men’s college run by the Congregation of the Holy Cross.
A plan for a lay campaign to spread the faith through street preaching and literature distribution in New York. Seminarians and Catholic men will organize efforts at a central Ring E 11th Street base, with future lay groups to Carolina for street work and a rally at Yankee Stadium. An additional center is planned to train lay women to defend and extend Catholic faith amid anti Catholic activity.
Omaha broadcast marks Creighton University's 7th anniversary with Stars on air including Bing Crosby Bob Hope Ann Blythe and Russell. Pontifical Mass at John's Church offered by Archbishop Bergan. Jubilee week continues with Archbish Bishop Caroli Stritch as speaker and Frank Fay entertainment at the jubilee banquet April 16.
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