Convert Policeman’s Life of Apostolic Service and Death
A policeman who became a convert devoted his life to church work and charitable acts. He helped at Masses, assisted Franciscan and St Vincent de Paul activities, and aided converts, dying in the hospice he adopted as his parish home. Thousands mourned his passing in Sydney.
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Happy
Sydney
Legion of Holy He Society
St. Vincent ¢ Paul Society
Coroner’s Court
Mary Mary
Folkoon
Missionary priest’s brutal imprisonment behind Bamboo Curtain
Father Daniel Sicard, a Jesuit missioner, endured 13 months in a one room jail with 22 prisoners after arrest in November 1951 for opposing the Progressive Church Movement. He was starved and beaten, forced to stand on a table during a three hour when he faced vilifications, and banished after a 1 000 mile journey to Hong Kong. He received Holy Communion twice though the guards. He now lies in St Francis hospital Hong Kong. He remains hopeful for others suffering and prays for their freedom.
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Father Daniel Sicard
Colombia
Father Sicard
Missi
Hyid
Progressive Church
Agge
Beati
Freedom of
Hong Kong
St. Francis’ Hospital
NCWC
Radio and Wire
U S Lepers Raise Funds to Aid Priest in India
The Lepers at the South Marin Society raised 150 dollars for Father Thad Mudry in Bihar North India. Stanley Stein, editor, reported the campaign and noted the effort as a start toward meeting sulfone needs.
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U.S
India
Carville
S. Marine
Amon
Corea
Thad Mudry
Bihar
North India
Father Mudry
Epiphany Reflections on the Magi and Divine Manifestation
The passage recalls the Magi guided by a star to Bethlehem to honor the infant Jesus by worship and gifts. It notes Epiphany as marking Christ's divinity at baptism and the Cana miracle, with emphasis on liturgical octaves and the Second Sunday after Epiphany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Frank
Jordan
Cana
Ially
Relief materials drive reports seven and a half million pounds
Archbishop Karl J Alter, chairman of the NCCW War Relief Services, reports more than 7 500 000 pounds of shoes and other relief materials collected for needy war victims. About 4 000 000 pounds have shipped overseas, with half sent to Korea and others to Germany Italy Austria and Formosa. The partial tally comes from the NCCW warehouse in San Francisco and New York.
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New York
Co Ae
War
Vic
Karl’ J. Alter
Soar Ad
Ainistrative Board
Korea
Moun
Germany
Italy
Austria
Nccw War Rlief Services
Sea
Cisco
Ie Ly NY
Formosa
NCWC
Indian Scholar Defends Saint Thomas in India Legend
Indian scholar Mr Thomas argues St Thomas preached in India and died there. He cites third century writings and early Fathers like Gregory Nazianzen and Ephrem the Syrian, and points to oral traditions and monuments as evidence supporting apostolic activity in India despite opposing views. Celebrations mark St Thomas arrival and Xavier centenary in India.
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India
Thomas
Judas Thomas
Mr. Thomas
St. Gregory
Nazian St. Jerome
St. Gaudentius
St. Gregory of ‘Tours
Ephrem the Syrian
St. Thomas
Arabia
Abyssinia
St. Jhomba
St. Thomas and Eurth
St. Francis Xavier
NCWC
Protestant Claims Cure Attributed to Our Lady of Banneux Visit
A Protestant family from Liege sought a miracle at the Chapel of Our Lady of Banneux after noting their sick relative improved following the visit to a dean in Billsteadt. The apparition, later approved, described herself as the Virgin of the Poor and aimed to bring relief to the ill.
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Belgium
Protate Tatty
Mary
Banneux
Liege
Our Lady of Banneux
Louis L. Kerks
Religious education in public schools stirs Catholic Protestant debate
The American Jewish LISTENING IN group criticizes Catholic and Protestant positions on public school religious instruction. The Catholic bishops reaffirm support for parental religious instruction while denying a tax funds claim, stressing the state must respect God and parental conscience in education. The Protestant and Orthodox stance via the National Council of Churches represents 34 million members. There is no tax funds mention for parochial aid in the Jewish statement.
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I Conran
National Council of Churches
Congress Wrong in teaching religion or parish school support
The Bishops' Statement argues against explicit religious instruction in public schools while supporting civil services like health and transportation. It notes Supreme Court decisions permit secular aid and urges a cooperative stance toward all children. It contends extreme secularism in public schools is unconstitutional and indefensible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court
Archbishop Alter Denies Church Seeks Government Aid
Archbishop Karl Alter states the Church will not seek federal financial help or accept U S government support. He argues parents have rights to equal treatment in public education benefits from taxes, criticizing sectarian and Jewish bodies for focusing on Catholic money rather than broader tax issues.
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CWC
United States
Karl Alter
Jewish Soldier Seeks Priest for Confessions in Korea
A Jewish soldier with the Eighth Army in Korea asks a chapel priest about Confession after Mass. The soldier, a Baltimore, Maryland native, names Corp. Robert Rose as the sender and requests guidance for late arrivals.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Cardinal Spelli Beginnin
Chapel
Army Corps
Hetu
NC Fat
Corp
Robert Rose
Baltimore, Md
Taeler Is Set Free for Year in Red Jail
The 55 year old Maryknoll priest Father McGinn was freed after a year in Chinese Red jail. He described bleak conditions and a two hour trial before imprisonment at Lintan, Kwangtung. He arrived welcomed by church colleagues in Kongmoon.
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Taeler
Red
Lintan
Kwangtung
Maryknoll
Wocentian
NCW Radio
Exile Deserves U S Praise Bishop Cleary for Aid to Doolittle Flier
Bishop Cleary of St Columban’s in Nebraska sheltered a Doolittle raid airman in Nancheng China after the Tokyo raid. The rescued flyer was treated by a refugee doctor. General Doolittle thanked Cleary in Hong Kong. The town endured Japanese threats and later civil war, with multiple Columban missionaries jailed or killed.
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U. S
Cleary
Doolittle
China
St. Columban’s
Neb
Bioo Cleary
Nancheng
Kiangsi
Reds
Tokyo
Bishop
Hong Kon
Nazi Germany
Nanchéng
Bep. Cleary
Coy
Cornelius Tierney
Timothy Leonard
Edward J. Galvin
F the
Columbans
United States
Father of 14 to Return Forest Solemn Mass
The solemn Mass will be offered for Rev. Patrick J father of 14 with two brothers and several sisters in religious life. Father Claude II of Vinton Iowa will be the celebrant and Brother Charles Norton, studying for the priesthood at the Dominican House of Studies River Forest Illinois, will read the subdeacon. The elder priest will return for further study at Beda College Rome and has a sister Sister Mary Leone and another Sister Mary Lee. a married sister Mrs. Mary Ruhter of Chicago and an uncle Edward with American Express in St. Louis.
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Claude II
Vinton
Charles Norton
Dominican House of Studies
River Forest
Patrick J
The
Beda College
Rome
Pat
Mary Leone
Visitation Convent
Dubuque
Mary Lee
Sisters of Charity
Maywood
Ill
Mary Ruhter
Chicago
Edward
American Express Company
St. Louis, Mo
Cardinals Ages Set at Con sistory Average Sixty-Eight
Vatican City reports the Sacred College will average 68 years after this month’s consistory. Ages range from 46 to 87, with Cardinal-designate Carlo Agostini of Venice among the oldest and Cardinal-designate Siro of Genoa the youngest at 46. The four American cardinals in the new College are aged 63 to 70, led by Cardinal Mooney at 70.
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Vatican City
Sacred College
Carlo Agostini
Venice
Pero
Cardinal Verde
Basilica of St. Mary Major
Rome
Siro
Genoa
Cardinal Pignatelli de Belmonte
Cardinals of
Westminster
Cardinal Mooney
Cardinal Stritch
Cardinal Spellman
Cardinalet
Big J. Francis A. McIntyre
New Cardinal From India Named to College of Cardinals
Vatican City names Archbishop Valerian Gracias of Bombay to the College of Cardinals, the first Indian Cardinal. Gracias, 52, native of Karachi, Pakistan, was ordained earlier in his priestly career. The appointment increases the college’s nation count to 28.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Valerian Gracias
Bombay
India
College of Cardinals
Carlos Agostini
Venice
Gracias
Karachi
Pakistan
Cae Ee
Public School Educators Weigh Religion in Classrooms
A Georgetown panel including Dr. Galen and William Carr says public educators are not anti religious and will cooperate on religion in public schools. No national policy exists. decisions rest with local communities and state law. educators fear controversy while acknowledging religion is a normal life aspect.
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Georgetown Unive
Galen i
Ws offic reirede —_ ay
M. Mvechen
Amer
William G. Carr
National
LE Tion Association
Linton
Carr
Re. Carr
Jones
Ncwc Wire
Pope voices depersonalization worry in Christmas address
In his Dec 24 message in 24 languages, Pope Pius XII denounces the depersonalization of man even where Christian charity prevails. He calls the poor the priority of blessing, warns of humanity's failure to control modern forces, and stresses reliance on God's redemptive action to heal social ills.
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Vatican
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Daysius XII
Mather
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