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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1953
Page
12
The 1953 Official Catholic Directory shows U S Catholic elementary and high schools enrolling 3 506 500 pupils, up 725 263 in five years a 26 08 percent rise. Growth spans 1933 to 1953 with 9 029 parochial schools and shifts toward larger high schools.
Catholic sisters banished from Idaho County public schools will teach in parish schools in Greencreek and Reuterville for the coming term. A 3 to 2 school board vote, amid garb debates and legal questions, ends the sisters’ public-school roles after nearly 40 years.
New Haven Conn The Knights of Columbus announce the largest membership in their history with 400 delegates to the supreme council meeting in St Paul featuring a Pontifical Mass at St Pauls Cathedral. Bishop James J Byrne to open. sermon by Bishop Francis J Schenk. Labor Secretary Martin P Durkin and Supreme Knight John E Swift to speak at the August 19 convention dinner.
Pius XI names Sia an the Rome ane Raffaello Forni as first Apostolic Internuncio to Iran and Titular Archbishop of Egina. The appointment follows Iran and the Holy See agreeing to establish diplomatic relations. Monsignor Achille Lupi in Washington will succeed Cadaglio. Silvio Oddi named Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine.
Soviet forces remove Father Joseph Marx a 49 year old Austrian Jesuit after a 15 year China tenure. He is accused of imperialism spying and sabotaging an independent Church movement. Reds admit their Church is a failure.
More than 100 religious orders united at Fordham University to condemn racial discrimination in seminary admissions and placement. The resolution, drafted by Rev. John La Farge, cites a need for education and grace to address policy concerns as Father Bernard Bernard reports rising social awareness among clergy and laity.
in Munsan Korea, Catholic staff and clergy supported armistice talks. Officers Col Andrew J Inney Lt Col Leo J Dulacki Maj Philip Z Corso Capt Louis Moore Lt Louis Balent and Lt Col Anthony D Ewin served with UN command. Masses were offered by Fathers Stephen W Kane and Chester Leszewski.
The piece argues that ignorance of history fattens shallow views on national and world affairs. It stresses the need for formal history teaching, warns against inadequately trained teachers, and urges liberal arts standards. It highlights Catholics’ favorable view of historical study and calls for concrete mastery of American history in schools and universities.
A fragment notes months ago a widely circulated nag. The readable text provides few facts beyond date framing and a general complaint without clear identities or outcomes.
In my generation students left elementary school with strong knowledge of American history. Textbooks were few but well mastered. Public libraries were widely used before radio and TV diverted youths from books, giving a solid grasp of early America, the Revolution, slavery, and the Civil War.
Six men wearing black, linked to St Benedict’s Center in Cambridge, were arrested in Chicago for attempting to enter the Chancery Office of Cardinal Samuel Stritch to question him about Father Leonard Feeney. They claimed to seek his stance on Feeney’s priesthood. The group, named Hugh MacIsaac, Francis Malve, Charles Ewaskie, William Smith Jr, Temple Morgan, and John Conant, were later linked to dispersal incidents at Notre Dame.
Archbishop designate Albert G. Meyer will be installed as head of the Milwaukee Archdiocese late in September. He is the first Milwaukee born Ordinary in the archdiocese history and succeeds Archbishop Moses Kiley who died in April. Meyer, 50, was Bishop of Superior since 1946 and served at St Francis Seminary before becoming bishop. Auxiliary Bishop Roman R. Atkielski has administered the archdiocese since Kiley's death.
Dr. J. B. Matthews said his files contain no Catholic priests with Communist leanings. He noted a misinference from a news report linking clergy to his list, clarifying he cited Protestant ministers in the American Mercury piece and did not name priests or rabbis. Matthews, once on the Senate committee, later joined HUAC in 1938.
The cemetery of San Jose de Guadix in Granada becomes the first novitiate for the Gravedigging Brothers of Mercy. They will bury the dead and pray for the living and the dead while living a life of prayer, silence, work, and penitence. Members wear maroon garb and grow beards, pace the cemetery at night, and may leave only in extreme necessity.
Official figures show 21,600,000 Catholics in the West German Federal Republic, 45.2 percent of a total population of 49,772,000. The 1939 Catholic population was about 18,000,000, with most growth due to roughly 3,000,000 refugees from Eastern Germany after the war.
Al McCoy the former middleweight boxing champion recounts his 1915 audience with Pope Benedict XV in which he received a blessing and a rosary. McCoy, born Alf Rudolph to Russian Jewish parents, later converted thanks to his second wife, now deceased. He recalls his boxing heyday from 1914 to 1917 and his life in Southern California.
In Rome the remains of Mother Frances Siedliska founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family were exhumed and moved to the Generalate chapel. The Polish noblewoman died in 1902 after founding the congregation in 1875 and expanding to Chicago in 1885 with missions across Puerto Rico Poland France Italy England and Australia.
The Rev. Daniel A. Poling, editor of Christian Herald, disputes critics of J. B. Matthews and defends congressional investigations while noting past missteps. He recounts his own early pro Russia stance and criticisms of anti Communist efforts, suggesting doubts about Protestant clergy support in petitions.
Doctors Dr. John H. Lawrence and Dr. John F. Ruzic report Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac suffers an abnormal red blood cell disease worsened by stress in his current environment. After examining him in Yugoslavia, they say modern radioactive therapy offers treatment, but confinement in Krasic’ village limits effectiveness.
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