French-Canadian Oblate Named Basutoland Education Secretary
Father R. L. Guilbeault OML, a French Canadian priest, becomes secretary of education for Basutoland Protectorate. He notes the post is temporary, yet has held it 13 years, supervising 900 schools of which 400 are Catholic and the rest run by A or Protestant sects. He travels by horseback on inspection tours and comments on local school administration challenges.
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Africa
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Guilbeault
Union of South Africa
Paris Dam May Engulf Abbey in Pontigny Crisis
The 800 year old Pontigny abbey near Paris could be submerged or isolated if a plan to build the largest dam on the Yonne river proceeds. Founded in 1114 by Hugh of Macon, it houses the tomb of St Edmund and has a long history with the Fathers of St. Edmund. The piece also profiles Father Joe Guilbeault and the Pius XII college in Roma, noting its role in training African leaders and its impact across Basutoland Uganda Nigeria and South Africa.
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Pontigny Abbey
Fathers of St. Edmund
U.S
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Macon
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Union of South Africa
Joe Guilbeault
Africa
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Roma
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Gold Coast
Uganda
Nigeria
England
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Guilbeault
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Apostola
Beaulé
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Christ
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Jackson
Priest Models Basuto Chief Outfit For Feature
Father R. L. Guilbeault visits a display and models the Basuto chief outfit. He explains the hat works like a thatched roof, shedding water effectively.
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R. L. Guilbeault
O.M.I
Conversion Method By A Lawyer Leads To New Converts
A lawyer and convert-maker visits a Catholic retreat Master at the Convent of the Cenacle in St. Louis. He recalls meeting the chaplain at the University of Illinois 25 years ago and shares a reading-based approach to evangelism through lending Catholic books and discussing them with friends to spark interest and inquiries.
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Gilmore
Converts Through Catholic Pamphlets And Personal Witness
A St Louis university philosophy convert describes lendingCatholic books The Faith of Millions Truths Men Live By and others to non believers He recounts guiding Dr William H Vogt obstetric professor at St Louis University to join the Church and notes his wife Rose as his first conversion The interview highlights personal outreach and church involvement
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William H. Vogt
St. Louis University
Hugo E. Harkins
S.J
St. Francis Xavier’s Church
Sacred Heart
Father Harkins
Vogt
Nativity of Our Lord Preface to Redemption Calendar Dec 21 27 1952
Church calendar for Dec 21 to 27 1952 notes Fourth Sunday of Advent December 21 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini December 22 Saint Thomas the Apostle December 23 Didymus the Twin December 24 Vigil December 25 Nativity Feast December 26 Saint Stephen December 27 Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist details Thomas journey to India and Stephen’s martyrdom referenced plain and brief noting canonization of Cabrini in 1946 and notable sermons within liturgical observance.
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Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart
U.S
Cabrini
St. Thomas the Apostle
Didymus
Thomas
India
Jesus Christ
Bethlehem
St. Stephen
Stephen Seeree
Saul
Paul
John
Evangelist
Our Lord
Christ
Poster Contest Winner Named for Book Week 1953
Jo Ann Picola of Mundelein college won first prize of 25 dollars in a poster contest by the Catholic Library Association. Her design will be the poster for Catholic Book Week in 1953.
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Chicago
Jo Ann Picola
Mundelein College
Catholic Library Association
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