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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1952
Page
13
In a bilingual broadcast Franco argues his foreign minister’s Near East tour thanks Islam’s rulers for defending Spain and justice. He notes Morocco’s role in Spain’s fight against atheistic materialism and claims a parallel resurgence of Arabic and Hispanic peoples amid decay elsewhere.
Washington reports a National Catholic Community Service preinduction booklet Greeting s warnings soldiers about overindulgence. It urges knowing personal limits and moderation while noting the military allows drinking as long as it does not disgrace service. Copies are available from the National Catholic Community Service in Washington.
In Richmond Indiana at Earlham College the National Association of College and University Chaplains heard Dr Mordecai W Johnson of Howard University urge action as he blamed curriculum focus and science for degrading religious life in higher education. Delegates from about forty schools attended.
Through efforts of a society for fostering priestly vocations in Oliveira Brazil, 25 seminarians are now studying in six seminaries with five more to enter soon. This marks a notable rise from four applicants in 1948 as the diocese, with about 168000 Catholics, expands its vocations program.
Prof. G F Thomas of Princeton urged moral training alongside pure medical science at Buck Hill Falls Pa. He warned Nazi doctors show dangers when Christianity is removed from medical education to serve the State and said Communism carries similar risks.
Bishop Lorenzo Bianchi, 52, appointed 1949 to Hong Kong, is reportedly blocked from returning as Chinese Communist authorities sentence him to six months for subversive activities under missionary guise. An extraordinary service prayed for his release, requested by Father Antonio Riganti and the diocese’s Vicar General.
Rome Saint Joseph of Leonissa named patron of the Trabzon Turkey independent mission by Pius XII. The Capuchin saint canonized 1745 cared for galley slaves in Turkish control. he died of cancer after imprisonment in Constantinople. Trabzon mission serves 3,850,000 people with 175 Catholics. Turkey’s 21,000,000 population has 55,000 Catholics.
Hanoi reports warn Paris may pull 190000 French troops from Indochina risking a Communist sweep across Southeast Asia. Vietnamese forces fight with French but lack top command experience. casualties are high and morale wanes as debate over withdrawal grows. France seeks to preserve prestige and control while avoiding surrender of Indochina to Vietminh amid uncertain Chinese intervention.
New York Auxiliary Bishop James H. Griffiths condemned U S backing of the Tito regime in Yugoslavia at a Waldorf Astoria breakfast. He accused the government of inconsistency in fighting Communism at home while supporting Tito abroad, arguing Marxism remains Marxism regardless of locale.
At Ain Karem the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary near Jerusalem was formally consecrated. Construction began between the two world wars and most of the exterior was finished before World War II interrupted progress. Interior frescoes were later completed by Prof. Cesare Vagarini.
Monsignor John M. Fleming said a reported threatened boycott of Jewish merchants over Good Friday observance stemmed from a mistaken zeal. The Chancery announced it had no prior knowledge of lay groups planning to close non-Catholic shops noon to 3 PM and would not have approved the campaign.
The East German Almanac shows Easter and Pentecost canceled as legal holidays. Four Christian holidays remain Christmas New Year Ascension and Protestant Atonement day. The calendar marks fifteen Communist anniversaries including Stalin Marx and Lenin birthdays.
Damien Brother Iyesina meets Brother Damien a native born on the day the first Maryknoll Brother arrived in the region. The newly arrived Brother Damien from Wheeling West Virginia adopts the baptismal name Damien under local custom for timely events.
Work proceeds in Madras India for the registration of Catholic delegates for the sixth International Conference of Social Work to be held in December. All Catholic social agencies in India have been asked to enroll as members.
The National Catholic Rural Movement in Australia reports aid to displaced people and other migrants from Europe in settling on the land or in country towns. It warns that a migration policy aimed at boosting industrial labor could fuel city centralization and pose grave danger.
Trieste reports on Tito era policies in Yugoslavia where the church loses state aid and faces suppression. Parents are pressured to shield children from religious contact while teachers monitor pupils religious activity and clerical influence. Ljudska Pravica criticizes mothers sending kids to catechism and warns schools must resist mysticism and preserve socialist revolution.
The Hungarian Communist regime ordered registration of all seminarians and dismissed spiritual directors at the two largest seminaries. It aims to establish state operated seminaries with new directors from patriotic priests and to introduce a Marxism Leninism course as a next step.
Reverend Thomas N. Quirk a Maryknoll missioner from Portsmouth New Hampshire argues that ants in Africa are more dangerous than the continent’s man eating beasts, posing greater threats to health and life than big game.
The article argues that sainthood and eternal life are merited through free, supernatural acts done in grace with actual divine assistance. It outlines that merit requires freedom, moral goodness, living in grace, and mortal life prior to death, with grace and human will jointly producing merit.
Boston born minister John Thayer, a Native of New England, is one of the first American converts to Roman Catholicism after the life of Benedict Labre inspires him. His journey spans Yale education, service with John Hancock, and ordination in 1789, leading to a later mission in Kentucky and decades of priestly work before his death in 1815.
Special Holy Thursday services at St. Marys church marked 277 years since Father James Marquette S J founded Illinois first Christian mission and held the territorys first parochial services. Cardinal Stritch attended along with the late Archbishop Schlarman. A bronze and granite marker was unveiled last October at the church.
Four members of the Brothers of Christian Instruction from Alfred Missouri journeyed from New York aboard the Queen Mary to Isle of Jersey for the order's general chapter. Delegates include David Patrick Denis from Alfred and Davien Fall River. The order has 2000 members teaching 50000 pupils across 250 schools worldwide.
A wide look at 1952 baseball hopes as key players depart for military service and injuries reshuffle forecasts. The piece cites Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Monte Irvin, and other stars, with predictions for Dodgers Cubs Cardinals Yankees and White Sox. It notes Nellie Fox and Chico Carrasquel as rising names and mentions Frank Lane and Hector Rodriguez affecting Chicago White Sox expectations. Thecolumn also touches on fan loyalty and a funeral sign gag tied to baseball crowds.
Gene Picciano a Catholic University drama student will share top billing with Chester Morris in Each Dawn I Die on the CBS radio network Sunday April 20 at 8 30 p m EST He is the ninth collegian in the intercollegiate acting competition and competes for a $2000 grand finals prize June 15.
A St. Louis jail prays after Mass for prisoners with special prayers to St. Dismas the Good Thief. Rev. Thomas J. Davitt of St. Louis University leads as chaplain. The Sisters of Mercy began related work in 1856, aiding condemned prisoners and assisting the chaplain.
An estimated 50 people died when St. Theresa's church in Caracas collapsed after a curtain fire broke out during Holy Week services. Hundreds screamed and stamped as walls and roof failed, and the church was among the oldest in the city.
More than 20,000 Notre Dame alumni and friends worldwide will mark Universal Notre Dame Night on April 21 the 29th annual observance. A special tribute reflects on the six year presidency of Very Rev John J Cavanaugh C S C.
The Very Rev Paul C Reinert S J announces the creation of a biophysics institute within St Louis Universitys biology department and graduate school. The lab will offer specialized bio physics training to selected graduates and continues quick freeze life preservation research with Levenz and Menz operating freeze drying and rehydration experiments on chick embryos.
Sister Mary Virg Becker founder of missions in the Hawaii Islands died at Joseph's Hospital Kansas City after a two month illness. She arrived in Hawaii in 1938 and remained eight years guiding schools and instruction centers with 30 sisters.
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