Enrolment in religious education programs tops 1.89 million
Reports by Dr Edwin L Shaver at the annual meeting of the Division of Christian Education show nationwide enrollment of 1 890 000 Protestant school children in released time religious education. He said figures refute the idea that weekday religious instruction is dying out.
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Columbus
United States
Edwin L. Shaver
Chicago
Division of Christian Education
National Council of Churches (Protestant
Mass production trailer homes urged to aid migrant labor
Reverend Theodore J. Radtke urged Congress to back mass produced trailer homes for migrant farm workers with sleeping and cooking facilities, priced 500 to 1000 dollars. He proposed a 95 cent hour minimum wage, a federal migratory labor committee, water facilities, regulated transport by crew leaders, recruiter licensing, funded migrant student districts, and an international border authority to develop border resources and curb wetbacks.
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Washington
Theodore J. Radtke
Bishops’ Committee
Ather Radtke
Father Radtke
Mexico
U. S
NCWC
Nation Foreign Editor Detained on Arrival in New York
Julio Alvarez del Vayo, former Spanish foreign minister and current Nation foreign editor, was detained on Liberto and taken to Ellis Island with his wife. They were released on parole the next day pending further study of their case. Immigration official Edward J. Shaughnessy cited information but did not reveal details.
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New York
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Spain
The
Nation
Ellis Island
Edward J. Shaughnessy
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Herbert Matthews
New York Times
del Vayo
Catholic Population Grows in Fiji Islands by Fifty Percent
In Fiji Islands the Catholic population has risen over 50 percent in thirty years. At Bishop Victor Foley’s invitation 13 members of St Columban's Foreign Mission society arrive Feb 25 for a three month study of native languages and customs before starting mission work in the Western sector. The party includes 11 priests from Ireland, Father Charles O’Mahoney, and Australian Father Roderick Hoult from New Zealand.
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Rock Hill
Conn
Washington, D
National Shrine of of Immaculati
Elizabeth
N.J
Anne de ‘Conception
United States
Patrick J.o’connor
Catholic University of America
Big Sisters
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
H. Lester Cuddihy
Port Barre
Stary
Austin Chachere
Astor
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
House of Commons
London
Michael O'Neill
Gente Healy
Washington
Truman
Cpl
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Fowler
Calif
Korea
Corporal Hernandez
Guadalu P. Hernandez
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Vatican
Theodor Heuss
Otto Dibelius
Berlin
Council of the Evangelical Church In Germany
EKID
Lauds
Jackson
Miss
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Richard O. Gerow
Natchez
Hugh White
Mississippi
Helen Marie
St. Dominic’s Hospital
White
Sydney
Australia
Fiji Islands
Victor Foley
S.M
St. Columban’s Foreign Mission Society
Islands
Ieland
Charles O'Mahoney
S.S.C
Rome
Roderick Hoult
8.S.C
New Zealand
Father Brown Inspires Priest O Connor to Chesterton Church Entry
Monsignor Joseph J O Connor who died in Leeds at age helped Chesterton shape Father Brown and inspired other works He was ordained in Rome 56 years ago and studied there before spending his life in Leeds He translated hymns lectured on arts and broadcast on ghosts He received Chesterton into the Church in 1922
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Hedwig Klausener
Henrick Klausener
Gestapo
Latholikentag
Berlin
Friedrich Dessauer
Fribourg University
Switzerland
Newark
V. G. Dies
Jersey City
N. J
John C. McClary
St. Aedan’s
New York City
New York
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Abbey Theater
Dublin
Academy of American Poets
Hugh Bullock
Academy
Colum
U.S
John A. Greaves
London
Joseph J. O’connor
Father Brown
G. K. Chesterton
Monsignor O’connor
Leeds
Chesterton
Rome
Lepanto
Slovenian Us family arrives in New York as DP resettlement
The Peregrin Us family, 13 members plus Mr Us, greet by Rev Aloysius J Wycislo director of NCWC War Relief Services in New York. The Slovenian family includes ME and Mrs Us, eight sons aged 8 to 24, and three daughters aged 3 to 10, among the largest DP arrivals to the U.S. pending settlement.
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Ncwc War Relief Services
Peregrin Us
Mr. Us
New York City
Mrs. Us
U. 8
Spellman Attends Rome Campanile Restoration Ceremony
Cardinal Spellman visits Rome for the completion ceremony of the Basilica of Sts. John and Paul campanile restoration. The base uses large stone blocks once part of Emperor Claudius's temple.
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Rome
Cardinal Spellman
Basilica of Sts. John and Paul
Claudius
Church Unity Meeting Outlines Paths to Agreement
Rev Dwyer of the Society outlines three levels for Catholics and other denominations to foster unity through good neighborliness prayer and doctrine. A 1 000 strong gathering of Catholics Protestants and Nonconformists discussed mutual understanding and listening to differ ing beliefs as a path toward unity.
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London
Dwyer
Tate Ic Missionary Society
Steel for Schools Cut Yet Building Continues
Under defense regulations steel for school construction has been sharply reduced. Laminated wood beams and reinforced concrete compensate, with less than 250 tons of steel per 1,000,000 dollars of construction today versus 400 tons previously. Gymnasiums and auditoriums lag, while processing second-quarter applications supports 1,500 new starts in addition to over 2,000 projects already under way.
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Washington
Office of Education
Free Holy Bible offer from Catholic Literary Foundation
A Catholic appeal promotes a free Douay Version Holy Bible with annotations and notes, inviting readers to join the Catholic Literary Foundation. It touts home use, readable English, flat pages, indexes, maps, family record pages, and daily scripture in the home with no upfront payment.
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Catholic Literary Foundation
The
North Broadway
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Seminary Founded After 20 Year Struggle in Africa
Father Odilon Chevrier oversaw the 1945 establishment of the Pius XII University of Africa in Basutoland after a decades long effort to train native clergy. He tours the United States to generate support for Oblate missions and to raise one million dollars for building and endowment to sustain faculty and students.
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New Orleans
South Africa
Odilon Chevrier
Nurses Hear Church Leader Urge Doing Good Over Self
Rev. James M. Keller M M of the Christophers told Hotel Dieu nurses that too many pursue careers to do well rather than to do good. He warned that if the U S declines to totalitarianism blame will fall on good people who did nothing as Communists work like demons.
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New Orleans
U. S
James M. Keller
M.M
The
Christophers
Hotel Dieu
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