Unparalleled Interest in Bible Week Shown Across U S
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine reports the Bible week response is unprecedented with New York City and Washington D C showing the strongest demand. National center dispatched 85 000 Bible week posters and 550 000 booklets as free distribution materials to parishes schools libraries and centers.
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U.S
New York City
D.C
National Center
CCD
Grand Rapids
Buffalo
New York
Timore
Wheeling
America
NCWC
Return of Orthodox Unity Octave Speakers Advocate Faith
In the National Shrine service Monsignor McMahon condemned persecution and urged linking peace with God. Monsignor Freking warned that global cooperation without acknowledgment of divine destiny fails. William L. Newton praised Catholics and the lapsed Catholic speaker faced praise and critique from church leaders. The report notes questions about renunciation of faith and calls for unity in faith.
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Monsignor
Edward A. Freking
Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade
Cincinnati
William L. Newton
Cleves
Francis J. Connell
C.ss.r
Catholic University
NCWC
History Studies Bring Professor To Catholic Fold
Dr. Cone, a University of Kentucky professor and author of Torchbearer of Freedom, spoke on history’s role in Catholic continuity at a Lexington meeting. The event, tied to the Lexington group, featured Rev. Leonard Nienabor and Archdiocese figures, with a luncheon following.
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J of
Faith of Martyrs: Chinese Girls Endure Red Torture at School
Two Chinese girls under twenty endured brutal torture after Communist forces seized their school church officials say the girls kept silent and recited the Rosary under sustained abuse. The assailants forced kneeling on broken boards and smeared filth on their faces.
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Maryknoll
Pripostulsata
Sis
Free Book On Arthritis And Rheumatism
Excelsior Springs clinics promote a free book titled Rheumatism explaining why drugs fail and how their treatment system with mineral waters may relieve rheumatic symptoms. No obligation to request. Write to The Ball Clinic Dept 551 Excelsior Springs Missouri today.
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Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Excelsior i Springs
Missouri
Missing 21 Catholic Missionaries From Korea List Revealed
Names of 21 Catholic foreign missionaries arrested by Communist forces in South Korea in July 1950 are missing from the list handed to UN officers at Panmunjom. Only eight missionaries, four nuns, appear on the list. two prelates among the unaccounted for include J Byrne of Washington and Monsignor Brennan of Chicago.
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Hong Kong
South Korea
Patrick J. Brennan
Chicago
Kwangju
Reds
Catholic Missionarie
Monem Thomas
Adelee
Ireland
Chunchon
Philip Crosbie
Australia
Celestin Coyes
Paris Foreign Society
Ae Booth
M.M
Brooklyon
Agenie
Cord
Philippe
Inter
Cis
Ib Columban
Sours Pagway
Anthony Collier
Olnnaher Beek County Louth
Thomas
Believe Bis
Eis
Aaeea
France
Ingwor Radio Radio
Wire
Catholic Who's Who Adds 500 New Subjects in Tenth Edition
Detroit report notes The Catholic Who's Who for 1952 1958 adds more than 500 biographies in its tenth edition compiled by Walter Romig from Lake Grosse Pointe 30 The series emphasizes achievement across fields and cites its guiding theme that a person is the chief fact in assessing humanity This reference work remains a premier Catholic biographical resource.
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Catholic Who's Who
Detroit
Walter Romig
Lake_ Grosse Pointe
Ich
Mary
United States
Carlyle
Old-Fashioned Dating For Happier Marriages
Catholic Father Scully urges early marriages based on strong family ties and clear understanding of marriage duties. He notes many couples delay due to parental coddling and financial concerns for young women, and cautions men who prioritize leisure over commitment.
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Scully
County Board Supports School In Legal Challenge
The County Board’s financing of fuel for a local school, tied to St. Bernard's church and Clementsville community, faced constitutional questions. Assistant Attorney General Owen Keller noted the arrangement involves both Catholic and Protestant pupils and was challenged after a University of Kentucky report in 1951 deemed the setup unsatisfactory and unconstitutional.
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Picanes
Owen Keller
St. Bernard’s Church
Clementsville
Bureau of School Service of the
University of Kentucky
Kentucky
Catholic Authors Win Best Books Awards 1952
Louis, Mo Boske and two converts Cee Greene and Jes Maritain win the 1952 Gallery of Living Catholic Authors prizes. The fiction award goes to State University of ae Press while the nonfiction prize honors Line eee et Em of Christ. Harold C Gardiner chairs the committee with Monsignor Egan and others noting ineligible works.
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Louis
Mo—Boske
Cee Greene
Pee Ae
University of Ae Press
Harold C. Gardiner
Pate
America
Father Find Prat
Graham Greene
Jacques Maritain
Paris
Anne
Princeton University Department of Philosophy
Joseph M. Egan
New York
Anne Fremantle
Francis X. Connolly
James Tobin
Fordham University
Czech Reds Confiscate Norbertine Monastery in Strahov
Prague radio reports the Premonstratensian monastery at Strahov near Prague will be converted into a people s museum by the Ministry for Church Affairs of Communist Czechoslovakia. The Norbertine order, founded by St Norbert in the 12th century, has U S headquarters at St Norbert Abbey in West De Pere Wisconsin and members serving in several U S dioceses.
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West de Pere
Wis
Strahov
Prague
Ministry For Church Affairs
Czecho-Slovakia
Canons Regular of
America
Philadelphia
Green Bay
Great Falls
Helena
Madison
Ette
Rockford
Saginaw
Wilmington
Invalided and Cured by Intercession of Blessed Pius X
Springfield in May 1951 Joseph C Meisner of 517 N Seventh St credits recovery from a spinal injury after extended illness and hospital care to the intercession of Blessed Pius X Following lengthy treatments relapses and prayers the patient regained use of his limb and returned to work aided by Ursuline Sisters appeal for prayers to Pius X from the hospital and community
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Springfield
Ill
Joseph C. Meisner
N. Seventh Street
Pius X
St. Johis Muavatory
Meisner
Len
Ursuline Sisters
CIO President Praises U S Catholic Press
Philip Murray of the CIO writes to the Catholic Press association during February Catholic Press month. He urges American Catholics to support the Catholic press as vital to the mind of the people and warns that liberty suffers where free press is suppressed.
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New York
Philip Murray
Congress of Inustrial Organizations
Catholic Press Association
U.S
Thomas Jefferson
Archbishops Attend Greensburg Installation Headlined by O’Hara
Archbishop John F. O’Hara presents the crosier to Bishop Hugh L. Lamb during Lamb’s installation as the first Ordinary of Greensburg Pennsylvania in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. Four archbishops and 22 bishops attended the ceremony including leaders from Milwaukee, Santa Fe, Cleveland, Erie, Wheeling, and more.
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John F. O’hara
Cs.c
Philadelphia
Hugh L. Lamb
Greensburg
Michael J. Ready
Columbus
Thomas L. Noa
Maroquette
Thomas J. McDonough
St. Augustine
J. Carroll
Henry T. Konowski
Scranton
Thomas J. McDonnell
Wheeling
John F. Dearden
Pittsburgh
Edward M. McManaman
Erie
William E. Cousins
Chicago
Francis Island
Savannah-Atlanta
Thomas E. Markham
Boston
Joseph L. Federal
Salt Lake
15th Year of Brooklyn Instruction Plan Opens
The Brooklyn diocese marks the 15th year of its instruction plan for non Catholics as part of an apostolate. Archbishop Molloy urges pastors to deepen spiritual and moral commitment, noting 17 000 attendees over 14 years and calling for renewed participation.
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Brooklyn
Ieaten
Thomas _E. Molloy
Sena
Sme
McGowan
Charity Bribe Offer to Priest Reported to FBI
The Rev Henry Haacke editor of the Messenger told the FBI that a gambling syndicate man offered $100000 for a proposed hospital in return for silence about slot machines. He refused and reported the matter to his attorney.
Priests Among First Responders at Elizabeth Air Crash
After a Convair crash that killed 29, priests from St. Elizabeth and nearby churches arrived to minister Last Rites. Rev. Michael Whelan and Rev. Gerard Whelan helped at the scene alongside volunteers and hospital staff of St. Elizabeth’s hospital.
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St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Sisters of Charity
Seismographs Linked to Forecast Weather at Fordham
Researchers at Fordham University under Father Lynch and a U S Navy contract studied microseismic waves recorded on seismographs. They found patterns tied to Great Lakes weather changes and propose using the Great Lakes as a wet weather forecasting station to predict conditions moving west to east.
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Paver He Cigpaegrengsy
Fordham University
U.S. Navy
Fordham
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Office of Naval Research
University
Father Lynch
Curb Rupture Claim Promises Home Test Proof
An advertisement offers a 20 day home test to prove a grain rupture control method at no cost. It pledges widespread praise and invites readers to write Box 20 J CAPT. W. A. Collings Inc Watertown NY for full particulars.
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Pittsfield
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C.O.D
Lane Geneong Division
Esmond
Rhode Island
Anton Koberger
Biblical Society of America
U. S
China
Br. Pius X
CIO
U. S. Catholic Press
CAPT
W. A. Collings, Inc
Watertown, H. Y
Tate
Our Lady of Fatima
Ancass Pure Des Acetatite
Remo Egan CO
Desk
Greystone, R
Sales CO
Salina, Kansas
Ssourne
Francis J. Kev
Whitmann
Here
William Spellma
Magia
the Elmo CO
Sams Davenport
Iowa
UNION
POST
Iearatog
Father
Provincial Society of the Divine Savior
St. Nasianz
Wisconsin
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