Washington Gladden Honored in Book on Dark Days Stalwart
A new history of the United States recalls Dr. Washington Gladden a Congregationalist minister who defended Catholic and Jewish rights and opposed anti Catholic agitation. The volume covers anti Catholicism from the Quebec Act through Know Nothings the APA and Klan with authors from Notre Dame Fordham and Cardinal Hayes. The book lists a price of seven dollars fifty.
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American Protective Association
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Abor
U.S
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Iowa
Quebec
Ohio
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Canada
Continental Congress
Charles Carroll
John Carroll
Baltimore
France
Ireland
Ursuline Convent
Charlestown
Mass
Philadelphia
Know ‘Nothings
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
KKK
New Klan
al Smith
Thomas T. McAvoy
Gracie Fields Says She Will Convert to Catholicism
Gracie Fields announces she will become Catholic before marrying Boris Alperovic a stateless Bosnian refugee. Her first husband Archie Pitt wed in 1940 and died later. Monty Banks, her second husband, died last year.
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Italy
Gracie Fields
Boris al Rovic
Miss Fields
Alperovic
Archie Pitt
Monty Banks
Stay in China 45 Held in Prisons Or in House Arrest
Divine Word Society in Rome reports 155 priests and 27 brothers remain in Communist China. Forty five are imprisoned or under house arrest while continuing missionary work amid strict control. A North China letter describes family treachery under Red rule and a priest recalling a retreat master’s role. The nun reportedly faced severe punishment and a superior fell ill in jail.
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China
Society of the Divine Word
Rome
Divine Word
North
Protestant Worship Reexamined by Chad Walsh
The piece reviews a work edited by David Wesley describing Protestant worship as minister centered and argues for returning focus to the Bible and Christ. It notes Walsh a Virginian atheist turned Episcopal priest and Beloit College English associate, outlining key critiques and the shift toward Bible centered worship.
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Paris
Wilcox & Follett Co
David Wesley
Chad Walsh
Episcopal Church
Mr. Walsh
Beatification Hopes Tied to Philadelphia Archbishop Install
Archb ishop O Hara’s installation as fifth archbishop and ninth ordinary of Philadelphia on Jan 9 drew 80 hierarchy members, Gov. Fine and Mayor Clark present. Beatification of Bishop Neumann, his predecessor, remains before Rome, as his cause seeks recognition of heroic virtue.
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Philadelphia
John F. O’hara
U.S
Benedict XV
Sacred Congregation of Rites
Rome
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Joseph §. Clark, Jr
Joseph Mink
Buffalo
O’hara
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Bethlehem
Catherine Drexel
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Joseph A. Burke
NCWC
C.S.C
Sts. Peter and Paul’s
Bishops Refuse Pope Position in Chinese Schismatic Church
In China the schismatic Progressive Catholic Church faces resistance as bishops decline papal invitations. Missionaries warn extinction risks for local clergy amid Communist pressure, noting 1,368 foreign priests expelled and 300 imprisoned in 1951.
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Hong Kong
Jame
Nanchang
Kiangsi Vince
Nanchung
Szechwan
John Chang
Peking
Thomas J. Bauer
China
Pace
Spellman Visits Hong Kong Exiled Clergy in Red China Speak
Cardinal Spellman presented in Hong Kong as nine priests and two nuns from Wuchow diocese seek freedom from Communist China. He saluted the group at a welcome by Archbishop Riberi, with Mass for UN war dead and gifts to refugees. He then travels via Philippines, Korea troops, Calcutta toward Rome.
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Cardina Spellman
New York
Ss. Maryknollers
Reds
U. S
Wuchow
Kwangsi Province
South China
Frederick J. Beckka
Cleveland
James V. Buttino
Cortland
N. Y
Patrick J. Donnelly
Landsdowne
Stephen B. Edmonds
Cambridge
Anthony J. Kar
Lovecius
Chicago
John J. Michelko
William J. Morri
William P. Mulcahy
Framingham
Mass
Barbara Marie Rubner
Milwaukee
Hong Kong
China
Jesus
Anthony Riberi
Apostles of Christ
Rome
Philippines
Korea
Calcutta
India
St. Joseph’s Church
Kec Kong
Government House
Alexander Grantham
Red China
NCWC
No Atheist Just Agnostic in UNESCO World History Project
Dr. Red Turner of Yale, denying atheism but identifying as agnostic, defends his stance amid criticism tied to William Buckley Jr. and his book God and Man at Yale. Monsignor Hoch criticizes UNESCO's history project leadership and warns the select group could harm the agency.
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Yale
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Pawtucket Times
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William F. Buckley, Jr
God
Frederick G. Hoch
Walt
Ncwc Education Department
U. S
Carmelite Mission Expansion Marks St Therese Jubilee
Carmelite Mission expansion to mark the St Therese Jubilee begins with apostolate launch as Rev V T Hoban announces Rev Kieran OHara left Jan 15 for South America to supervise the program. Pope Pius XI named St Therese universal patroness of missions on Dec 14 1927. The National Shrine of the Little Flower hosts devotions and relics collection noted as the saint s second largest shrine.
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Little Flower
V. T. Hoban
Society of the Little Flower
Kieran O’hara
South America
Pius XI
St. Therese of
Lisieux
St. Therese
Russia
Over 50 Radio Outlets for Catholic Bible Week
More than 50 radio television outlets in 24 states carry Catholic Bible Week programs February 10 to 16. The Sacred Heart program provides about 40 stations with coverage, including major markets like Los Angeles New Orleans St. Louis Houston and Washington. Catholic Biblical Association sponsors discussants Bishop Edwin V. Ohara and J C S R editors among presenters with choirs from Mitchell Hollywood Xavier New Orleans and Alverno College.
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Washington
Christian Doctrine
Catholic Biblical Association
Sacred Heart
Cage
Los Angeles
New Orleans
St. Louis
Houston
Serre Pye
CCD Episcopal Committee
Mitchell Choirboys
Hollywood
Xavier University Glee Club
Alverno College Choir
Mario Salvador
Edwin V. O’hara
Kansas City
Probe of Chai Envoy Drugged Cards Demands Inquiry
Washington. Wa Hays of Ohio demands a complete investigation by the House Foreign Affairs Committee into claims that Dr. Emil Weil, the U S minister to Hungary, directed actions involving Chai envoy Jose Mins late in 1947. Hays cites reports of Weil’s responsibility for misleading conduct and urges recall of the minister.
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Wa Hays
Ohio
Emil Weil
Josef Min
House Foreign Affairs Contee
Hays
Weil
Soy
Iman
NCWC
Special Ruling Affects Small Group German Scholars Tell Why
Frankfurt reports Bishop Albert Stohr ordaining Rev. Rudolph Goethe, a married former Protestant minister. The Church says this unique ruling, aimed at reuniting separated brethren, preserves priestly celibacy while allowing ordained marriage. The decision echoes the Ruthenian reunion precedent and states the church remains bound by divine law.
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Frankfurt
Albert Stohr
Mainz
Rudolph Goethe
Stohr
Goethe
Pius XII
Eugenalter
Christlicher Sonntag
Freiburg Catholic Weekly
Holy Father
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