K of C Leader Foley Dies While Speaking in New York
Joseph M. Foley aged 58, a former head of the Knights of Columbus in New York, collapsed while speaking at a meeting. At his death he was serving as Fourth Degree head in the Second New York District and was identified with the New York State Knights of Columbus Hospital Association.
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New York
Joseph M. Foley
The
Knights of Columbus
New York State
New York Council
Foley
Knights of Columbus’ Hospital Association
Obulates of My Immaculate Nativity Lights Display
In Hudson New Hampshire the Oblates of My Immaculate Nativity set a Christmas scene at the Mary Queen of the Apostles Retreat House. The display uses more than 3 000 red and green lights powered by 33 000 watts creating a festive illumination.
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Hudson, N.H
New Hampshire
Mary Queen of Apostles
Cardinal Spellman’s busy Korea visit schedule outlined
Cardinal Francis Spellman follows a tight Dec 23 to 27 itinerary in Korea with Masses at multiple corps and division HQs. He meets soldiers and chaplains, distributes 25 000 medals and 25 000 holy pictures, then heads to Japan Jan 1 after visiting Anchorage en route.
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Seoul
Korea
Cardinal Francis Spellman
Ain Ing
Eighth Army
Ninth Corps
Thomas F. Hickey
Bernard Fenton
Fall River
Tenth Corps
George Lehman
Milwaukee
St. Columban Mission
U.S
First Marine Division
Frank O’leary
Boston
Japan
Cardinal Spellman
William F. Nern
Giles A. Webster
O.F.M
New York
George Carroll
Maryknoll
Orient
Anchorage
Alaska
NCWC
The Cross and Resurrection First in His Plan
A religious meditation on Jesus life and death, noting that His redemptive death and resurrection preceded His birth and framed His earthly mission. It contrasts human life from birth to death with Christ’s reversed sequence from Cross to crib.
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Bethlehem
Egypt
Nazareth
Galilee
Jerusalem
Calvary
Shadow of Calvary on the manger and holy figures
The excerpt ties Jesus birth to prophecy of the Cross. It notes Mary’s foreknowledge, the two beasts beside the infant as thieves’ foreshadowing, and Joseph of Arimathea bearing spices. It contrasts Jesus’ first breath with beasts and his final breath among humans acting like beasts.
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Calvary
Golgotha
Joseph
Arimethea
Christmas Feast of Love Inspires Gift Sacrifices
The text frames Christmas as a feast of love, centering on the God-man’s life sacrifice. It emphasizes expressing love through sacrificing for gifts to show friends they are cherished.
Missioners urged as sacrifice to aid souls in Asia and Africa
The Holy Father seeks missionaries for Africa India Burma and Japan. Support missions through sacrifices such as old gold or the value of smoking and surrender of luxuries that remind you love is best expressed.
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Africa
India
Burma
Japan
Holy Father
God Love You Medal for Missions Support
A church appeal asks supporters to wear a God Love You medal to show faith in spreading the Kingdom of God. It invites a $5 offering for a silver medal or $10 for a gold filled medal and a request for a World Mission Rosary, with a $2 sacrifice for the Missions to receive the Rosary.
Gifts to the Missions From Parishioners
A sequence of short donations and pledges from various parishioners to the Missions. Amounts range from 1 to 60 dollars with notes of personal sacrifice and promises tied to personal milestones and acts of faith. Names include D O and E S P among others.
Sacrifice Sheet Sent to Church Leaders for Mission Aid
A directive column asks readers to cut out the column and mail it to the Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen as National Director of The Society for the Propagation of the Faith or to Diocesan Director Monsignor Edward A. Freking with addresses in New York and Cincinnati for missionary support.
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Fulton J. Sheen
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
East 38Th Street
New York
Edward A. Freking
Shattuc Avenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
Missioner to Eskimos Reported Safe After Arctic Silence
Father Joseph Bulliard a 39 year old Oblate missionary to migrant Eskimos in Canada's frozen North was traced after a year's silence and reported safe and in good health. He had survived a supply lag and previously endured a seven month shelter in 1949 with his Eskimo parishioners before returning to the mission.
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Churchill
Man
Joseph Bulliard
Eileen
Arctic
Canada
Garry Lake
Father Bulliard
Archbishop Cicognani Leads Unique Byzantine Rite Ordination
Archbishop Cicognani presided at the ordination of Rev. Paul Guthrie OFM as a priest after a switch from Latin to Byzantine Rite. The Byzantine Commissariat of the Franciscans prepares men for missions among Eastern Rite Catholics, serving about 854000 Slavic-origin people in the United States and Canada. Father Guthrie is the first to answer this call with Bishop Daniel Cus Pittsburgh ordaining him.
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Washington
Amleto Giovannii Cicognani
Paul Guthrie
O.F.M
U. S&s
Byzantine Commissariat
Franciscans
Nited States
Canada
Father Guthrie
Daniel Cus
Pittsburgh
Msgr. J. E. Schieder Named Domestic Prelate in Buffalo
The Buffalo Diocese named Msgr. Joseph E. Schieder one of seven new Domestic Prelates. Also named were Monsignor Bernard J. McLaughlin and Sylvester J. Holbes as Domestic Prel ates, with Albert Rung named Officialis of the Diocesan Tribunal. Schieder had recently returned from a two month Orient trip representing the U S State Department at a 22 nation youth meeting in Tokyo.
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Buffalo
Joeph E. Schieder
NCWC
Joseph A. Burke
Bernard J. McLaughlin
Sylvester J. Holbes
Albert Rung
Schieder
U. S. State Department
Tokyo
Japan
Newman Day observed on 400 campuses Feb. 28
National Cardinal Newman Day will be observed Sunday February 28 by 400 Newman Clubs for Catholic students at state and secular colleges and universities. The observance promotes Cardinal Newman’s educational ideals with programs tied to the theme Newman Idea in Action.
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West Lafayette
Ind
Cardinal Newman
Cardinal John Henry Newman
Oxford
Knights of Columbus Buy Yankee Stadium Land in Complex Deal
The Knights of Columbus acquired Yankee Stadium land and adjacent parking through a chain of sales starting with Jos Topping and Pes Webb selling to Arnold M. Johnson for 6.5 million, who then sold to the K of C for 2.5 million. Leases keep Yankees in control for 28 years with renewal options.
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New York
Knights of Columbus
Supreme Council
K. of C
Jos Topping
Pes Webb
Arnold M. Johnson
Chic and Associates
Yankees
Johnson
Supreme Knight
Luke Hart
Yankee
Chicago Group
Hart
Beatification Cause Opened for Last Great Chief's Son
Zephyrin Mamunoura son of the Pampas chief is proclaimed Servant of God and the Salesian Bulletin notes his beatification process begun in Rome. He was educated at Salesian schools in Patagonia Buenos Aires and Rome and died in Rome at age 20 while pursuing Salesian priesthood.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Zephyrin Mamunoura
Pampas
Rome
Salesian Bulletin
Patagonia
Buenos Aires
Woman Becomes First Female Head of Catholic U Anthropology
Dr Regina Flannery Herzfeld was appointed chief of the anthropology department at the Catholic University of America graduate school of arts and sciences, becoming the first woman to head a department there. The rector Bishop Bryan J McEntegart also announced reappointments and promotion of 17 faculty, naming department directors Monsignors Maurice S Sheehy and Francis J Houlahan and Father Louis F Hartman C SS R.
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Washington
Regina Flannery Herzfeld
Catholic University of America Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Bryan J. McEntegart
Maurice S. Sheehy
Francis J. Houlahan
Louis F. Hartman
C.ss.r
Priests Rush to Aid B-29 Disaster Victims
On Guam a B 29 crash killed 19 and injured 14. Air force chaplains Father Hart Mooney Quinn and others administered last rites and aided victims as debris and flame tore through officers quarters.
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Guam
Air Force
Navy
Vincent F. Hart
C.ss.r
Chi
Robert M. Mooney
Previtenss
R.I
John F. Quinn
Dubuque
Air Force Chaplains
Roger K. McClone
Green Pes
Alfred Norcae
Bedford
Felix Flores
O.F.M. Cap
Cicognani Named to Apostolic Signatura and Canon Law Commission
Pope Pius XII appoints Cardinal Gaetano Cicognani to the Apostolic Signatura and to the Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law. He is brother of Archbishop Amleto Cicognani and former Papal Nuncio to Spain. The Signatura is the church’s supreme tribunal.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Gaetano Cicognani
Apostolic Signatura
Pontifical Commission For the Interpretation
Cicognani
Amleto Giovanni
U. S
Sacred College
Spain
Church
Church Spire Growth Tied to Daingerfield Population
Daingerfield Texas church growth linked to civic development says Marvin Watson head of the local Chamber of Commerce. He notes eight churches in the area two years ago and now 175 in city limits as the Church of Our Lady of Fatima increased faith options. The chamber aids new residents seeking worship and Watson tracks church affiliation for newcomers. About 100 new residents arrived in the past year.
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Daingerfield
Tex
Marvin Watson
Chamber of Commerce
Watson
Ingerfield
Funeral services for Charles N. Lischka
Funeral services for Charles N. Lischka former member of the NCWC Department of Education and longtime Hollywood staffer for the Production Code Administration of the Motion Picture Producers of America were held in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Charles N. Lischka
Ncwc Department of Education
Hollywood
Production Code Administration
The
Motion Picture Producers of America
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Victims of Red Hatred Across Global Church Hierarchy
A NCWC News Service survey lists 13 American-born prelates among hundreds of church leaders persecuted by Communist regimes. Cardnials, archbishops, bishops, and monsignors face murder, imprisonment, exile, or removal in China, Korea, Romania, Yugoslavia, Poland, and beyond.
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Washington
NCWC
China
Red Korea
Red
Romania
Francis X. Ford
M.M
Ambrose Pinger
O.F.M
Patrick J. Byrne
Patrick T. Brennan
Eire
Gerald P. O’hara
Apostolic Internunciature
Red China
Ctims
Thomas Tien
Joeeeins
Russia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Albania
Bulgaria
Czecho-Slovakia
Moe
Ee Ee
Joseph Mindszenty
Ary
Akaer
Indo-China
Stefan Wysynski
Poland
Red Russia
Ioag
Rigiar
Aloysius Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Spellman blesses Korea clothing cargo in New York
Cardinal Spellman blessed the first shipment from the 1953 Thanksgiving Clothing Campaign at a New York war pier. The 2,600 pound cargo valued at $4.5 million includes clothing shoes and medicines and will reach Pusan Korea on January 20. The drive has sent 16.668 million pounds worth $15.26 million to Korea over six years. Monsignor Swanstrom and other church officials attended the ceremony along with Dr Youn Yang Korean Ambassador to the U.S.
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New York
New York War Pier
Francis Spellman
Korea
U. S
Pusan
Edward E. Swanstrom
Ncwc War Relief Services
Cardinal Spellman
Er Swanstrom
Youn Yang
U.S
Aloysius J. Wycis
Supreme Court to Hear Film Censorship Issue
The Supreme Court will review state preshow censorship of motion pictures. Attorney Mrs Jenee Perlow Shien tag argues for La Ronde distributor challenging First and Fourteenth Amendment protections. New York State banned La Ronde in 1951 for immorality and moral corruption. Justices meet January 5 for conference before oral arguments.
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Washington
United States
Colar
Jenee Perlow Shientag
New York State
Justs
Artillerymen Attend Mass on Patron's Day in Korea
On St Barbara’s feast 350 U S artillerymen attended Mass and 100 went to Confession and Communion. It was the first Friday of December. The Solemn Mass was celebrated in a cold shed on a bare Korean hill by the First Corps.
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Korea
St. Barbara
U. S
Troops in Korea Pack Big Tent for Mission
Columban Father Brian Geraghty led two three day missions for the 40th U. S. Division in forward areas. Masses drew 1,000 nightly crowds with confessions and Benediction. About 240 received Communion on the final night and total six day attendance reached 4,500. Father Geraghty, a 20 year Korea missionary, praised the soldiers’ earnestness.
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U. S
Korea
Father Geraghty
Problems of Child Care on Lamp Unto My Feet
Monsignor John E. Reilly of the New York Foundling Hospital and moderator Bill Leonard will discuss child care issues on CBS Network December 27 from 2.30 to 3 p.m. The program Lamp Unto My Feet airs live in New York.
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New York
John E. Reilly
New York Foundling Hospital
Bill Leonard
CBS
Jesuits Europe s 1st Settlers in Virginia
A fragmentary account notes Spanish Jesuit priests and lay brothers among the first European settlers in Virginia, 37 years before English colonization. It cites a massacre and survivor testimony, with details drawn from a U S Catholic annals chapter based on the 1570 1672 Spanish mission in Virginia.
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Europe
Virginia
New York
England
U.S. Catholic Annals
University of North Carolina Press
Clifford Lewis
S.J
Albert Loomis
Eune St. James
Wiliamsburg
Ee Ian
Eisenhower urges universal military training
President Eisenhower recommends universal military training to start by January 1, 1955, and directs the National Security Training Commission to act on the proposal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Training Commission
Charity Fakers Duped Public Of 120 Million, New York
A joint legislative committee heard charity fakers have siphoned at least 120 million dollars from this year's record public donations totaling about 4.0 billion. Officials warned the public to beware fraudulent solicitations and urged tighter oversight.
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New York
Eegen
Modern Samaritans Brothers in Religious Nursing Order
An illustrated booklet offers free information about the oldest religious nursing order of men. It notes professionally trained Brothers staff all hospital departments and invites inquiries to the Alexiam Brothers Vocational Director at 1230 W. Sideen Avenue Chicago 14.
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Christ
Alexiam Brothers
W. Siden Avenue
Chicago
No Secret Is Safe Anti Red Book Targeted by Union Leader
The Union Leader denounces efforts to hamper Father Mark Tennien M M and his anti Communist book No Secret Is Safe. It cites accusations of Red influence reaching government, media, and institutions in New Hampshire.
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Manchester
N. H
Commie China Wre
Mark Tennien
M.M
Mateepelites
Father Tennien
New Hampshire
Great Historian Guiraud Dies in Paris at 87
Jean Guiraud longtime director of La Croix and former Besancon history professor died in Paris after decades of research. He reportedly worked 12 hours daily on historical study up to his death.
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Paris
Jean Guiraud
la Croix
University of Besancon
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