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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1952
Page
2
The archbishop urged looking beyond the tinseled facade of commercial Christmas to the deeper meaning rooted in the incarnation. He stated that without Christ there is no Christmas and without savior, there is no salvation.
Bishop-elect Thomas J. Danehy of Manitowoc Wisconsin will become the 10th Maryknoller consecrated a bishop. His mission territory in Northern Bolivia covers 40 000 square miles with about 50 000 people. he helped start social service projects to raise living standards in the Pando region since 1942.
Aboard the U S S Leyte near Rome Carl E Karns aviation photographer third class from Tipp City was baptized at St Suzanna s Church and received First Holy Communion at St Peter s Basilica on the same day. He was granted a private audience with the Pope at Castelgandolfo. Karns, 21, native of Piqua, has been in the Navy four years. his wife and mother reside in Tipp City.
Rev Ralph Lawrence of Norwood and Father W Stanley Fleming of Ludlow Ky were among 28 North American seminarians ordained at the Lateran Basilica Rome Cardinal Micara officiated alongside four bishops during the December 20 rite The group included two U S war veterans One former radio announcer and a former Dupont employee. Father Lawrence will remain in Rome through next summer to finish theology and offered his First Solemn Mass in the Church of St Lawrence Outside the Walls.
The Observer praises Timothy J. Mulvey’s These Are Your Sons for its gripping account of Korean War service. It follows the sons and sweethearts who sacrifice for America, portraying heroism, suffering, and the deep humanity of those who answer the call to serve.
Nation wide Day of Prayer and Reparation planned for Sunday December 28 to strengthen ties with persecuted Catholics abroad. Observance ties to Feast of St Thomas Becket and to Bishops conference urging parish participation in religious solidarity.
The text reflects on the Octave of the Nativity and the Mass Introit praising Mary as Mediatrix, noting prayers for intercession and the Life Author. It contrasts with remarks on circumcision and baptism symbolism, then surveys bishops and clerical leaders condemning Communist suppression of the Church and vows to persevere through heavenly grace.
Navy Department announces Wor ship kits for lay military personnel who lead services. Contents include Catholic rosaries a prayer book and a booklet Pray Together by Rev Patrick Peyton along with 12 Protestant service recordings worship manuals sermons and Jewish prayer books. Church bulletins New Testaments and Protestant equipment complete the kit prepared by the chaplains division.
Archbishop Karl J. Alter delivers a 1944 address titled The State and The Family at a Washington conference. The piece outlines Catholic teachings on the family, contrasts Christian and totalitarian state attitudes, and appears in The Catholic Mind Through 50 Years from America Press.
The body of St Francis Xavier, laid in quicklime after his death on December 3, 1552, remains incorrupt four centuries later. Pilgrims at St Catherine’s Cathedral observed the body shrinking from five feet three inches to four feet, yet showing no major deterioration. Flesh has dried, eyes closed, toes and fingers distinct, with the right hand in Rome and upper arm in Macao. The coffin will be sealed January 3 to prevent further disintegration.
Washington District of Columbia leads with 871 students. The article lists state by state counts from Alabama to Wyoming, showing California 39, New York 261, Maryland 565, Pennsylvania 230, Illinois 80, and other totals across 48 states plus DC in the Catholic University enrollment.
Hundreds of posters mark the Chair of Unity Octave, a global eight day Catholic observance January 18 to 25. Sponsored by the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement mother-house in Garrison, New York, the 46 by 30 inch displays depict St. Peter's Basilica and crowds advancing toward it signaling a hoped reunion of Christians with Catholicism.
The wife of Kojiro Inoue, Japan's first Minister to the Vatican, converts to Catholicism. Inoue, born 51 years ago, has long Catholic ties, including Gyosei High School run by the Marianist Society. The Vatican move establishes full Japan Holy See relations following notes exchanged last Jan. 23.
A Chicago judge spared burglar Joseph J. Vaitakonis 32 from prison after a priest appealed for probation. The Rev. Stanley Adominas, chaplain, argued the offender’s mother lived at Holy Family rest home for the aged. The judge ordered visits to the home, weekly church services, and employment.
A Chancery bulletin directs the Cincinnati archdiocese to observe a Day of Prayer with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in all churches from after the last Mass until Benediction, a Holy Hour at the end, and the recitation or singing of the Litany of the Saints. Sermons at Mass will recount the story of persecution and its causes for inspiration and emulation.
In Rome the International School was blessed by Cardinal Mi a as Vicar of Rome. The English language institution serves both boarders and day students drawn from diplomatic military and business families in Europe. Father Edward Heston and Brother Ellis Greene led the ceremony with Catholic Congregation leaders and U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker attending.
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