Magazine Polls Show Majority Want Religion Taught in Schools
In New York notable polls indicate a strong public demand for religious instruction in public schools. Catholic Digest reports 98 of 100 Americans support it while Women Home Companion finds 57 percent in favor, with Catholics and Protestants broadly approving and Jews largely disapproving.
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U U. & Theazine
Woman’s Home Companion
Edwin V. O’hara
Kansas City
Episcopal
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
California Court Rules Tax Exemption For Parochial Schools Invalid
Alameda County Superior Court strikes down Proposition 3 exempting nonprofit private elementary and high schools from tax. Californians voted on Prop 3 last November. Alfred J. Lundberg of the California Taxpayers' Alliance filed suit arguing Prop 8 violated state constitution and First Amendment. Court says decision will be appealed.
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San Francisco
Alameda County
California
Hymnal Being Compiled For Nation-Wide Use
Grand Rapids Michigan reports a national Catholic hymnal in preparation to replace undesired hymns. Father Richard Ginder and Father John Selner lead a nine member committee selecting about 100 titles for Low Mass devotions and school use. If approved, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine may publish the collection.
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Richard Ginder
Father Ginder
American Guild of Musicians
John Selner
U.S
St. Gregory Society
America
Ecommaites
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
NCWC
Rosary Clubs Aid Rehabilitation and Faithful Civic Ties
Honolulu inmates report the Oahu Prison Rosary Club has grown from 10 to 75 100 members since 1949 and boasts only three repeaters after parole. The group meets with Father Maurice Coopman and offers twice weekly religious instruction, supported by local leaders. In Hainan, 3000 Catholics organize a perpetual Rosary amid increased church activity and church construction as Christians face Communist pressure.
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Oahu Prison
Maurice Coopman
Ss.cc
Pasely
NCWC
Petual Rosary
Dominic Desperben
Hainan
Monsignor
Desperben
France
China
Picpus ‘Fathers
Fing
Do You Remember Immigrant Days
A reader recalls waves of immigration and shifts in American opinion. He cites historic flows from Europe, noting Polish and other groups in the United States, with figures and a reflection on national attitudes over time. The piece ends with a prompt to continue on a later page.
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Altoona
Twelfth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Midwest
Nations That Sent Immigrants To The United States
The article lists nations that sent large numbers to the United States between 1820 and 1950. It identifies Austria and Germany among the sending countries, noting substantial immigrant flows to the United States during this period.
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United States
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Emma Coats E— Wescccceussees
Austria
Germany
Croats Urge U S Help Free Prisoners in Yugoslavia
Croatian Americans press the U S government to secure the release of Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac and Bishop Peter Cule of Mostar. They urge aid to families of political refugees and protest aid to Yugoslavia that may bolster Communist aims. The meeting honored Stepinac with a High Mass and featured doctors who treated the Cardinal.
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Chicago
United States
Aloysius Mys
Peter Cule
Mostar
Yugoslavia
Stepinac
Krasic
Cule
Croatia
John F. Ruziét
Ruzic
America
Stephen Lackovic
U. S
NCWC
First Benedictine Mount Saviour Monastery in New York
The Bene dictine Mount Saviour Monastery will rise on a 500 acre farm west of Elmira New York becoming the states first of its kind. The monks who used farm buildings since 1951 celebrated the blessing of the new octagonal chapel on August 16.
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New York
Mount Saviour
Elmira
N. Y
New York State
Vatican Insurance Plan Nears Rollout for Employees
Vatican City plans a medical insurance program for its employees with aims to implement next month. The move seeks to provide coverage for Vatican staff and related personnel.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Record High Church Membership in U S Listed
The 1952 church membership in the United States hits a record 92 277 129, per the 1953 Yearbook of the American Churches by the National Council of Churches. Catholics rise 3.5 percent to 30 253 427, Protestants gain 3.9 percent to 54 229 963, with Judaism steady at 5 000 000.
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Methodist Church
Southern Batist Convention
National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc
National Baptist Convention of America
The
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Presbyterian Church In the
U.S. A
United Lutheran Church In America
American Baptist Convention
Prelate protests Arabs' land loss in Israel
Archbishop George Hakim, Melchite Rite Bishop of Acre and the only Catholic bishop in Israel, says Arabs in the Galilee have lost land or been displaced under security orders. He cites villages moved, lands worked by Kibbutzim, and church demolitions amid absentee-law enforcement, opposing Arab emigration.
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Lebanon
George Hakim
Acre
Israel
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New York Times
Galilee
el Dammoun
Sihmata
Tr Cee Ageetiee
Nazareth
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Faith Converts Non Catholic Girl Through Mail Course
At the Knights of Columbus convention a report shows Catholicity correspondence drew 1,296,236 inquiries and 117,282 enrollments by July 31. Luke E. Hart relayed a tale of a non Catholic girl who sought to prove Catholicism wrong but joined the faith. An advertising journal editorial preview notes the program’s five year growth and its success factors.
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St.Paul, Minn
Large U S Delegation For Rome College Rites
A large U S delegation including at least 30 bishops and hundreds of priest alumni will attend dedication ceremonies for the North American College in Rome from Oct 14 to 16. Cardinal Spellman Mooney Stritch will preside at various services. the new six story campus houses 311 students, with capacity for 52 more, and features 307 single rooms, a chapel, and a vast courtyard inscribed with all US archdioceses. The project, designed by Count Enrico Galeazzi, began in 1949 and costs reach about 4 million dollars including furnishings.
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U.S
New North American College
Martin J. O’connor
Pontifical Institution
Francis Spellman
Cardinal Mooney
Nog
Cardinal Stritch
Cardinal Spellman
Pius IX
Board of Bishops
Via del’ Umilta
Collee
St. P
Manns
Tdom
O’connor
Scranton
King Sisters of ‘the Holy Somat
Casa San Giovanni
Via del’ Umilia
Enrico P. Galeazzi
McCarran Family Marks 50th Anniversary on Bermuda Voyage
Senator Pat McCarran and wife sail to Bermuda with 11 family members including two nun daughters Sister Mary Margaret and Sister Mary Mercy. The Queen of Bermuda carried the party as they celebrated 50th wedding anniversary aboard the cruise. Also present were Dr and Mrs Patrick McCarran with two children and Mr and Mrs Edwin P Hay with two children.
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Pat McCarran
Dem.-Nev
New York
Bermuda
Mary Margaret
Mary Mercy
McCarrans
Patrick McCarran
Edwin P. Hay
No Religion Amnesty Granted Under Temple Policy
Amnesty granted under a temple policy amid debates over religious doctrine. The measure, described as a religious amnesty, aims to ease tensions by allowing certain acts of forgiveness within five assess.
Abolish Strikes Advise Labor Unions To Seek Cooperation
Monsignor Donald A. MacLean of the Catholic University of America urged 4,000 attendees at a Eucharistic congress in Antigonish Nova Scotia to discard class struggle and strikes. He warned against creeping socialism and communism, calling for cooperative effort among labor and capital for the common good and the law of mutual love as the basis of Christian social order.
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Antigonish
N. S
Monsignor
Donald A. MacLean
Catholic University of America
Monsignor MacLean
NCWC
Which Rev John Murphy 59 in US Have That Name
New York editor Richard Batt notes there are 59 Father John Murphy priests in the United States from Reid’s survey. Murphy remains the top first name among clergy, with Sullivan and Kellys close behind in the 1942 ranking. O’Briens and O’Connors shift positions as the list evolves.
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U.S
New York
Richard Batt
Cath News
John Murphys
U. S
Reid
John J. Murphy
Sullivans
Kellys
Walshes
Murphys
O’briens
O’connors
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Alshes
Ryans
Smiths
Arthys
Burkes
Gallaghers
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