Protests in Hong Kong and Catholic notices abroad
Protestant foreign missionaries in China number 20 to 30 with about a dozen in prison as Communist control persists since 1949. Catholic calendars are sought for reform school inmates in Camp Hill Pennsylvania. Seven of fourteen Australian diocesan priests who served in Japan have returned home after five years. Scholarships for Catholic University of America open across 22 archdiocesan provinces and Washington.
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China
Ie Ment
Camp Hill
Louis Dougherty
Pennsylvania Industrial School For Boys
Albes
Christ
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Tokyo
Australia
Washington
Patrick J. McCormick
Catholic University of America
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Archdiocese of Washington
Cairo
Mohammed Naguib
Tito anger to Canterbury over Yugoslav religious policy
Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher warns Tito at a Council of Christians and Jews meeting that Yugoslavia attacks on Christian freedoms threaten good relations with Britain. Fisher notes anti religious government action against the Serb Orthodox and Catholic churches, urging full religious liberty and a protest from Eden to Tito.
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London
Canterbury
Yugoslavia
Council of Christians and
Tito
Britain
Holy See
England
Geoffrey Fisher
Fisher
Dr. Fisher
Anthony Eden
Marshal Tito
Vicentije Prodanov
Western Germans Aid Kinsmen Reds Oppress Cologne
Catholics in Western Germany prayed and donated on Christmas to aid 1m refugees fleeing Communist oppression in East Germany. Cardinal Frings led parish collections and a relief drive in Berlin West. A new Catholic Berlin Emergency Relief will coordinate food and clothing and organize West German adoptions of East German families.
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Cologne
Germany
West Berlin
Josef Frings
Berlin
Welsh Bishop Fosters Cause of Protomartyr
Bishop John E. Petit of Men evia, Wales, seeks prayers for Blessed Richard Gwyn’s canonization. Gwyn, protomartyr of Wales, was killed in Wrexham on Oct 17 1584 for teaching Catholicism. Gwyn was born at Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire.
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Wales
John E. Petit
Menevia
Richard Gwyn
Richard
Llanidloes
Montgomeryshire
Air Reservist Profiles Busy Chaplain in Korea
Father Jerome R. Merwick O.B., a U.S. air force chaplain with the 49th fighter bomber wing in Korea, is featured on the December Air Reservist cover giving food to war orphans. The issue notes his seven priestly years in uniform and a second active-duty tour.
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Washington
Jerome R. Merwick
O.8
Air Force
Korea
Air Reservist
49Th
Father Merwick
Old St Patrick’s Church Fends Off Bigots Since 1835
The brick Saint Patrick’s Church on Northampton Street in Boston was built to resist arson by Know Nothing mobs. Begun 1835 and dedicated 1836, it withstood multiple burning attempts while Father Thomas Lynch cared for Irish immigrants and parishioners who stood guard day and night.
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Ind
Frederick Philip Kenkel
Notre Dame’sedal
Thomas T. McAvoy
C.S.C
Popel Kutet
Ean Enkel
St. Louis
Kenked
Boston
Joseph O’looney
C.S.P
Boston Common
John B. Haynes
Richard J. Cushing
St. John’s Seminary
St. Patrick’s
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Know Nothings
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas Lynch
St. Pat's
First Permanent Catholic Church Erected in Adams County Ohio
The first permanent Catholic church in Adams County Ohio is being built in West Union by Holy Trinity parish. Rev. William Smith of the Glenmary Missioners leads the mission, with roots dating to a 1940 visit. 12 conversions have occurred since February 1950 and 15 are under instruction. Glenmary headquarters are in Glendale, Ohio.
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Amarillo
Tex
Midland Assembly
Knights of Columbus
Bishop Ford Assembly
Bishop Ford
Adams County
Holy Trinity Parish
West A
Cincinnati
West Union
William Smith
Glenmary
Glenmary Missioners
Glendale
Notre Dame Scholars To Address Scientists At AAAS
Notre Dame, Ind. two scientists will play prominent roles at the 119th AAAS meeting in St. Louis Dec 26 31. Dr Kennetha chemistry professor and ACS division chair will preside over a symposium on cancer malaria and tuberculosis research. Dr Albert L Delisle biology associate professor will present a paper on his work in giant plant form development.
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Notre Dame
Ind
American Association For the Advancement of Science
St. A Es
Kennethea
Medicinal Chemistry
American Chemical Society
Albert L. Delisle
Catholic Pupils Aided By French Parliament
Paris reports that France extends state aid to Catholic education. A 1951 law providing scholarships to Catholic primary schools is broadened to allow state scholarships for Catholic university studies and education allowances for families via church or school groups. Cardinal Roques cautions that full equality remains distant in church state relations.
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Paris
Catholic Universe E Senate
Hemi
Clement Roques
Rennes
Viccaret
Prof to Aid Radio Effort Aimed at Iron Curtain
Dr. Lev E. Dobriansky of seeures university travels to Germany to assist in finalizing plans for a new anti Soviet radio station. He will coordinate between the Ukrainian Congress Committee in America and Ukrainian groups in Western Europe for a station funded by private American donations. The broadcasts target the Iron Curtain region and will be run by émigrés from the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Lev E. Dobriansky
Seeures University
Germany
Dobriansky
Ukrainian Congress Committee
America
Europe
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Sociological Society Meeting in Milwaukee
The American Catholic Sociological Society holds its 14th annual convention at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, December 28 to 30. Local chair is Dr. Arthur T. Donohue professor and acting director of Marquette sociology. Topics include colonpology family sociology and educational sociology.
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Milwaukee
Wis
American Catholic Sociological Society
Marquette University
Arthur T. Donohue
Marquette
New Negro Bishop Named Auxiliary Bishop of Accra
The Most Rev. Joseph Bowers S.V.D. is named auxiliary bishop of Accra Gold Coast West Africa. An alumnus of St Augustine's Seminary Bay St. Louis Mississippi he is said to be a motive of the British West Indies.
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Gold Coast
West Africa
Joseph Bowers
S.V.D
St. Augustine’s Seminary
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Bowers
British West Indies
Bishop Galvin in U S Founder of Columbans
James Kerry reports Bishop Edward J. Galvin of the Diocese of Hanyang, founder of the Columban Fathers, arrived in the United States after expulsion by Chinese Communists. He urged prayer over the material approach, citing persistence of four Columbans and others under surveillance in Hanyang.
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U.S
Columbans
San Francisco
Edward J. Galvin
U.S.C
Hanyang
Columban Fathers
Galvis
Galvin
Anyang
Hong Kong
Divine Word Priests Bound for Nanzoan Nagoya Faculty
Two Society of the Divine Word priests formerly in China are en route to join Nan Zen University in Nagoya Japan. Father Venne led Fu Jen University’s German department in Peking 1940 46 and earned a PhD in literature while Father Kroker studied in Shanghai 1939 46 and earned a law doctorate and a PhD in philosophy in Zurich. Nanzoan’s faculty, funded by American donors, became a full university in 1949 with eight departments. Fu Jen in Peking is now under Communist control.
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Chicago
Society of of the Divine Word
China
Nagoya
Japan
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E. J. M. Kroker
Fu Jen University
Peking
Zurich
Switzernes
Father Kroker
Shanghai
Germany
Nanzan University
Society of the Divine State
Uni
Fu Jen
Reds
Success Marks Work Of Wee Christophers
Thousands of automobile stickers bumper strips and window display posters asked that Christ be put back in Christmas. The movement began in 1950 at St Philip Neri school with encouragement from the sisters and spread this year across the state.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Little Christophers
St. Philip Neri’s School
Virgin of Guadalupe Mantle to Reach Japan in 1940s Ceremonies
In Mexico City on December 12 the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Archbishop Luis Martinez blessed an image to be sent to Japan by Father Jose Galdeano. The ceremony drew thousands at the Basilica with vows that the Virgin will carry the faith to Japan. Shunichi Kose attended as ambassador.
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Mexico City
Luis Martinez
Japan
Jose Galdeano
Mexico
Shunichi Kose
Martinez
Angel Maria Garibay
Juan Diego
Guadalupe Basilica
Polish Cardinal Hopes to Attend Rome Consistory
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski aims to travel to Rome for the Consistory on January 12 to receive the cardinal's hat, but travel rests on obtaining a passport from Poland's Communist Foreign Ministry. Three Polish bishops face ongoing persecution with house arrest and imprisonment in Katowice Kielce and Bednorz.
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Poland
Rome
Holy Father
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stanislaw Adamski
Katowice
Julius Bieniek
Herbert Bednorz
Kaczmarek
Kielce
Filip Bednorz
Francis E Moriarty Named New President of NE Catholic Education Assn
The Very Rev Francis E Moriarty S S E was elected president of the New England Catholic Education Association at its Boston meeting. He presides at St Michael's College Winloos Park Vermont and at 34 is among the nation's youngest college presidents. Moriarty, a Holyoke Mass native, joined St Michael's in 1940.
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Francis E Moriarty
S.E
Neland Catholic Education Association
St. Michael’s College
Winioos Park
Father Moriarty
Holyoke
Mass
St. Michael’s
Boston
Missioner Saves Lives After Explosion Blood Donation
Six people died after a blast but a missioner donated blood to save six more. Father Savage called Father Sullivan at a POW camp 20 miles away, sharing blood for plasma until a U.S. doctor arrived.
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Pathe Pathe
John Savage
S.S.C
Sugwipe
Father Savage
Tom Sulivan
Father Sylvan
U.S
75th Jubilee Observance Marks Deadwood Parish
Deadwood South Dakota hosts the 75th anniversary of St Ambrose Parish with a solemn pontifical Mass led by Bishop William T. McCart. The first public Mass was offered in May 1877 by Rev John Lonergan, the Black Hills’ first resident priest, as a settlement formed after the mining boom and Indian removal.
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Deadwood
S. Dak
St. Androse’s
William T. McCart
C.ss.r
Rapid City
Roac
John Lonerga
Henry Kipp
Patrick O’dowd
St. Ambrose
Cardinal Mindszenty Gains in Health Amid Cold War Report
A New York report from the Social Mission notes Cardinal Mindszenty is in better health and has gained weight. The update cites his mother and mentions sisters behind the Iron Curtain working in factories and mines. The charity effort, supported by American generosity, seeks to bring Christmas celebrations to those under Communist regimes.
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New York
Social Mission
Pam
72Nd Street
Nove
Iron Curtain
Russia
Generosi Aga
M D Degree Conferred on Sister Mary Paracliia
Sister Mary Paracliia of the Medical Mission Sister in Philadelphia has received the Doctor of Medicine degree from Utrecht, the Netherlands, in a formal academic ceremony.
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Mary Paracliia Ee
Philadelphia
Utrecht, Ho
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