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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1953
Page
1
The piece notes police concern over narcotics sold to minors and repeats that past sentences were too light. It discusses Ohio House Bill 219 proposing up to $5 000 fines or 20 year imprisonment for those selling narcotics to minors and urges citizens to support it.
The text describes Rogation observances on Saturday and the related Saints days with public processions in some parishes. It cites prayer as vital, noting James 5:16 18 and gospel promises to ask seek and knock, and mentions blessings for the harvest through folded Lent customs and supplications.
At the ACCY convention in Dayton nearly 200 delegates elected Jack Katenkamp of St. Teresa’s Cincinnati as first ACCY president. Officers include Rita Berner Dayton vice president Evelyn Beck Milford secretary and Joseph Hanrahan Springfield treasurer. Archbishop Alter urged focus on spiritual program and resolutions call parish leadership training and proactive worship for world peace.
G. D. Tranter of the Holy Trinity parish Middletown managed the Middletown division of Armco and presided as master of ceremonies at a dedication blessing. The rite invoked divine protection for the furnace and praise for workers shaping metal through fire.
Archbishop Alter directs a diocesan program to observe May as Mary’s month emphasizing her role as Mother of God and mediator of grace. Parishes and oratories will hold daily Benediction and special devotions with flexible scheduling to suit congregations.
The Shield reports a survey of 6 314 students from 94 of 146 major seminaries in the United States. It shows 74.2 percent of entrants came from urban areas and 14.5 percent from rural areas, highlighting rural Catholic weakness. It maps ages of entrants and notes most began at 17 or 18, with only 1 percent over 30.
Congressman Carroll D. Kearns will describe results of a study of immoral and obscene literature. He is chairman-designate of the committee and will speak at a noon YWCA luncheon in Cincinnati as part of National Social Hygiene day and the Cincinnati Social Hygiene society annual meeting. Dr. Carl A. Wilzbach heads the local National Social Hygiene day committee.
Two candidates for the presidency of the reorganized Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women will be proposed to delegates at the convention on Tuesday April 28 in the Sheraton-Gibson hotel Cincinnati. Mrs Alfred J Berger of St Aloysius parish Delhi and Mrs Frank Graziano of St Albert the Great parish Dayton are the nominees.
Mrs Frank Graziano, president of the archdiocesan council since 1941, will have her duties taken over by the reorganized ACCW Tuesday. A Dayton resident most of her life, she attended St John’s parochial school and Notre Dame academy, then studied via University of Chicago correspondence courses.
Mrs. Alfred J. Berger of Cincinnati author of Cooking for Christ and program chairman of the Xavier University Family Life conference. A St Ursula's Academy graduate with honors and a University of Cincinnati cum laude alumna she earned BA BEd MA and Phi Beta Kappa key for scholastic achievement.
More than 6000 young people and guests took part in vocation day programs at Julienne and Cham iade high schools. About 1000 adults attended the evening program as poster winners were named Eileen Fitzgerald and Bernard Westbrook. Speakers included Archbishop Alter and several priests from local churches and religious orders.
For the third time in five years a Nativity school student wins the Cincinnati city spelling crown. Mary Ann Heiselman, an eighth grade student at Pleasant Ridge school, will represent Greater Cincinnati in the Scripps Howard national competition in May. The sisters credit no special technique, noting their teaching emphasizes ordinary methods.
The archdiocese marks the third anniversary of the death of Archbishop T. McNicholas with a Pontifical Mass celebrated this morning by Archbishop Alter at St. Monica's Cathedral.
The Dempsey firm of Cincinnati celebrates a half century of service to the Archdiocese of Ohio. Since 1908 three Dempsey family members have served as diocesan attorneys and council. The chancery's tribute notes the firm’s long-standing role in defending the diocese.
Sister Paulita Hoffman a Maryknoll nun from Cincinnati urged Americans to fear Communist spread citing China’s 1950s collapse. She spoke in Cincinnati and plans to return to Hong Kong to expand Catholic centers aiding refugees and lay workers while promoting parish missions and relief work.
A Solemn Pontifical Mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Cincinnati will celebrate the 75th anniversary with Archbishop Alter as celebrant and Father Hyacinth Blocker as preacher. A Solemn Requiem is planned for Saturday May 2 at 8 30 for departed parish members.
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