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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1952
Page
8
A national survey shows private colleges now enroll 52 percent of students while public colleges take the majority. The shift marks a reversal from several years ago when private schools held the lead. New York reports the finding as public institutions gain momentum nationwide.
The Infant of Prague, carved in Spain and passed through a Spanish princess to Lady Polixena Lobkowitz, was moved to the Carmelite church in Prague after looting by Gustavus Adolphus, later restored and enshrined behind the Iron Curtain for over a century. The piece notes devotion and calls for peace and freedom. Additionally, a NYT survey shows rising college enrollment, shifting tuition, and private colleges in financial strain, with private and denominational schools facing red ink and fund raising efforts.
A wood statue about 20 inches tall stands with a raised right hand in blessing and joined fingers like a pope. The left hand holds a golden orb and the figure is dressed in rich garments.
Nineteen students at the University of St. Nicholas in Morelia are expelled for militant Catholic activity. They belonged to Mexican Catholic Action and were accused by university head Torres Fraga of undermining liberal traditions. A 10,000-strong protest gathered before Gov. Damaso Cardenas’s house, amid report of stink bombs from Marxist agitators.
James Kelly reports Bishop Edward J. Galvin of the Diocese of Hanyang, founder of the Columban Fathers, praised devotion amid Communist pressure. He mentions four Columbans and several Chinese priests under surveillance, notes his escape to Hong Kong under armed guard, and recalls the order's 1917 approval and growth to 600 priests in seven missions.
Notre Dame scientists Dr. Kenneth N. Campbell and Dr. Albert L. Delisle will take prominent roles at the 119th AAAS meeting in St. Louis December 26 to 31. Campbell will preside over a symposium on cancer malaria and tuberculosis research. Delisle will present a paper on his work with giant plant forms.
A GI in Korea, Jim Smith, writes from Heartbreak Ridge to students at St. Peter's College in Jersey City urging prayer. He says no one should be ashamed to pray and urges starting the Rosary as a world reform.
Sister Rosamunda Stella Maria Mudd died at 81 in Salt Lake City. She was the last surviving daughter of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, who aided John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln's assassination. Her life traced to colonial Maryland roots and she spent 50 years in the Sacred Heart Academy religious order in Ogden Utah.
Twenty eight North American college students were among 485 seminarians ordained in Rome on December 20, with 76 ordained in the Lateran Basilica by Cardinal Clemente Micara. The ordinations included Father Joseph W. Hartman of Washington D C a West Pointer and former army major Father Maurice Deason of Austin Texas a former air force major Father James Chambers a 27 year old radio announcer from Buffalo N Y and Father Henri Folts 35 of Wilmington Delaware formerly with Du Pont. Forty two North American families watched the rites.
London reports the British priest and author Rev Owen Francis Dudley known as The Masterful Monk died December 8 at age 70 after retirement. A former Church of England minister converted to Catholicism he wrote The Coming of the Monster You Thousands Like You and The Son on the Earth and was honored by the International Mark Twain Society. He served as a World War I army chaplain and joined the Catholic Missionary Society in 1919. A brother Jesuit Father Eustate Dudley lives in Manchester.
A New York CNA report notes the Seabees in naval service pursue a notable hobby of constructing churches. The piece highlights devotion to parish building as a distinctive activity during wartime service.
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston will inaugurate the Catholic Hour on television at 1:30 EST Sunday January 4 over NBC TV. He will greet supporters and explain Catholic beliefs, with Father Vincent Holden narrating and actors from the Catholic Actors Guild assisting. The show replaces Frontiers of Faith as NBC discontinues the Catholic segment.
The Catholic Maritime News reports the first Apostleship of the Sea Sunday will be observed May 3 1953 in New Orleans. Port chaplains and lay helpers approved May 3 and future observances on the first Sunday in May aligning with Mary’s May devotion to seafarers.
An editorial reflection contrasts Napoleon Bonaparte and George Washington, noting Napoleon crowned emperor May 18 1804 while Washington declined a kingly title in 1782. It chronicles Napoleon’s military campaigns from Ulm to Austerlitz and Moscow, the 1814 fall of Paris, and his exile to Elba, with Washington’s enduring democratic legacy.
The immediate result of Napoleon's claim to royalty was to arouse Europe as he entered 1805 in conflict with Russia and Austria. The entry notes ongoing coalitions and the evolving European balance of power during the early 1800s.
By 1812 he invades Russia with 610000 men entering Moscow on September 14. The account notes a disastrous campaign with widespread retreat and heavy losses amid harsh winter and stretched supply lines.
On March 1, 1815 Napoleon left Elba and reached France where his army joined him on March 22. Allied forces confronted him and he suffered defeat at Waterloo on June 18. He abdicated for his infant son on June 22 and sailed to Rochefort on July 3 as events moved toward end of his rule.
In Sofia a Red Bulgarian court sentenced Bishop Eugene Bossilkoff of Nikopol to death on October 3. The 52 year old Passionist, fluent in multiple languages, had long warned he could die martyr for the Christian faith amid Bulgaria’s communist regime. Bossilkoff, native to Nikopol, was named bishop in 1947 after studying in Rome and with Passionists in Holland and Belgium.
More than 200 members of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish in Kenmore Akron kneel at a Solemn Pontifical Liturgy to profess obedience to the pope and join the Catholic Church. Rev. Gregory Berzinec, former Orthodox chaplain, leads the group in declaring allegiance to Bishop Ivancho, marking the first such event in the United States. The move heals the schism, with Berzinec to serve as reader before becoming priest in the Catholic Church.
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing urged Catholic educators to support a coeducational program as the norm and noted that coeducation is here to stay. He cited archdiocesan enrollment figures and argued for broader Catholic vocational education while preparing for a national education association convention.
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