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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1953
Page
9
Vatican theologians resume canonization review for three American nuns recently beatified, advancing their causes toward sainthood and requiring further scrutiny by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in Vatican City.
East Boston special report notes the 65th anniversary of St John Bosco's death. The piece highlights Bosco’s path from cobbler to educator and the global Salesian order's reach with 1,000-plus schools and 72 countries. It covers the Salesian Sisters founders beatifications and the U S provincial structure with missions in Kansas City, Wichita, and Columbia.
A Wisconsin Catholic priest argued that appointing Dr. Conant would bolster secularists in education and harm Catholic unity in Germany. He noted the Baden Württemberg government’s anti tradition stance and said the move comes amid Vatican concord tensions with West Germany.
New York special reports the Christopher movement founded by Rev James Keller to convert Americans by bringing Christ to others. Converts recount radio broadcasts and films influencing Catholics, with 750000 News Notes copies monthly and thousands of small gifts keeping the effort funded.
President Eisenhower sent a telegram to Willard Keith congratulating Cardinal James Francis McIntyre on his elevation to the Sacred College. The Los Angeles civic reception, Jan 22, drew over 6,500 people with leaders from many fields and clergy from the Pacific slope.
New York report describes Father Joseph Manton recounting cases where priests kept confessions secret at all costs. Examples include Father Dumoulin aiding a dying killer in 1889 and a 1927 Mexican priest killed for not releasing confessional information. The talk links Saint John Nepomucene and the seal to a ship at midnight metaphor, stressing priests cannot disclose what they hear.
Cardinal James McIntyre presided at a Solemn Pontifical Funeral Mass for Rt. Rev. Monsignor John Cawley Vicar General of the Los Angeles Archdiocese at St Vibiana Cathedral on January 27. Cawley died January 17 in Geneva en route home for medical care.
The piece centers on criticisms of Dr Caswell and his stance on religion in public education. It discusses perceived straw man arguments, secularism in schools, and debates over church and state in education, noting opposition from critics of public schooling and debates about reform versus anti public school views.
Caswell is accused of secularism for resisting explicit religious instruction in schools. The writer questions how schooling can promote religion without teaching it and argues religion should be taught like chemistry or history. The piece asserts Catholics see secularism as overblown and notes teachers who are believers may convey faith subtly.
A report from Pusan shows Catholic soldiers in the Republican army posting holy pictures along the slopes near Holy Mountain to bolster morale as they prepare to defend their positions against United Nations allied forces. The account cites Father omnoary knoll missioner from Piteettighd, Mass. as a source describing the practice.
The article praises St Francis de Sales as a writer who popularized Catholic positions and spread pamphlets during the Reformation era. It notes his Introduction to the Devout Life as a best seller after the Bible and Imitation of Christ and cites his feast day on January 29. It adds that in 1923 the Holy Father named him patron of journalists.
The Defiance College choir performed for President Eisenhower in Washington D C and disclosed that his favorite hymn is Lead Kindly Light. The hymn was composed by Cardinal John Henry Newman when he was an Anglican.
At Mexico City the Catholic Culture Congress formed a permanent commission to demand repeal of anticlerical laws restricting church activities. The group warns the religious education ban remains a dictatorship against Mexico’s democratic state and cites widening spiritual inequality voiced by Catholic candidate Efrain Gonzalez Luna.
Chancellor Adenauer dismissed claims of a Nazi comeback after a Western German survey suggested Nazism could gain ground. He backed British actions and urged vigilance, noting only a small Nazi presence within his Christian Democratic Union despite the survey's limited scale.
American airmen at the U S 20th fighter bomber base in Wethersfield Essex must wait six months before marrying British girls. Base chaplains Father Chester B Maczarny and Protestant Minister Claude Strait imposed the probationary period to examine suitability and background. The rule, though not compulsory, requires the commanding officer’s blessing after the six month wait and thorough checks on family finances character and prospects. Some English girls have been disappointed but see the delay as beneficial for both sides.
Secretary of Labor Martin P. Durkin promotes an Industrial Relations Council to manage labor disputes via collective bargaining without hijacking union autonomy. The council unites labor and employers, involving the Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems and NCWC figures, with aims of economic justice and government restraint.
Archbishop McQuaid directs diocesan review of Jesuit Father Sullivan born 1861 to gather writings biographical sketches and grave pilgrimage sites mark his posthumous sainthood effort. The famed cleric, once called the Beau Brummel of Dublin, spent life aiding the poverty stricken and drew many cures attributed to him.
Arch bishop Josef Groesz, imprisoned by Hungarian Reds, suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized. The 65 year old Ordinary of Kalocsa was sentenced to 15 years in prison in June 195}.
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