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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1945
Page
9
A fragmented report notes Father Douglas, a missionary in Pelilla, Philippines, connected to guerrilla activity and last rites during ongoing skirmishes. An interview mentions a priest linked to the priestly duties and requested to identify those involved.
The article discusses the value of differences among creeds, urging acceptance of truth across religions. It recounts Eve’s experiences in Catholic and Congregational services, contrasts parental influence on faith, and notes a tragic event involving Father Douglas in the Philippines during World War II, with details from St. Columban Fathers.
The text recounts Ignatius of Loyola beginning as a wounded Spaniard in 1517 who read spiritual books during recovery. Those writings inspired a profound transformation, leading him to found a religious order later known as the Society of Jesus and to become venerated as a saint.
The Jesuit order reports four million dollars in war losses across its Philippine missions. Losses include 47 churches and the Ateneo de Manila valued at 1.7 million. The Manila observatory and seminary were destroyed. the Novitiate houses over 50 Filipino Jesuits. The war's toll follows MacArthur's July liberation of the islands.
The article notes a bill by Rep John W Flannagan Jr to permanently set federal participation in school lunches for about 5 million children in nearly 28 thousand American schools. Catholic officials cite War Food Administration data showing many Catholic students in non public schools attend the lunch program.
A new booklet Action outlines a comprehensive program for over 1,000 Catholic students at the State University of Iowa. Priest team serves hospital patients, conducts daily Masses, lectures, radio broadcasts, and Newman club activities while seeking endowment and plans for a larger chapel.
Catholic Action expands in Barcelona factories and workshops with lay counselors and apostolates. Workers receive religious instruction, apostolates at home, and organized retreats. more than 2,000 Asturian miners joined retreats last year. The movement includes weekly worker papers and social cultural efforts coordinated with Salesian programs serving 1,500 boys in Madrid.
A vast Paris crowd prayed at the Sacre Coeur as the Holy Father spoke by radio. Cardinal Gerlier and other church leaders attended from near and far, renewing the consecration on the 200 foot high platform.
Washington reports denominational colleges seven in number, open to the public, could share emergency federal aid under House Bill 3116. Ralph C Hutchinson testified for Washville Jefferson College urging a seven member commission appointed by the president to negotiate with eligible institutions. The bill ties aid to need and tuition levels, capping at 2500 dollars for the 1945-46 fiscal year, with the commission to end six months after the war.
Father Kerrigan a lieutenant will confirm 42 service men at a Midway Islands base using special faculties due to wartime isolation. The class includes 17 converts. Kerrigan previously served at Newburgh and Detroit and is an Oblate priest linked to Medford Massachusetts.
Freiburg dispatch notes priests serving as messengers by bicycle to reconnect diocesan communications cut by Allied bombing. With trains and phones down, Catholic administration relies on cycling clergy to deliver letters across more than a thousand parishes in a 1.5 million strong diocese. A Catholic Action secretariat forms in Frankfurt on Main to coordinate relief and rebuilding under occupation authorities.
A New York bishop and Vicar General described Italy as in the worst condition, stating the Italian people long for peace, stability, and honest work. He recalled a 1925 Cardinal Neverto remark about peace and national healing, urging calm and patient prayers for a peaceful nation.
The Rt. Rev. Thomas W. Morton died in Winnipeg at 83. Born to an Anglican minister, he taught Prime Minister Winston Churchill and led St. Mary’s Cathedral from 1920 to 1984 after converting to Catholicism in Birmingham. Morton was ordained in 1942 and later served in Canada since 1919.
In York England two houses on the Shambles tied to Blessed Margaret Clitherow have been bought on behalf of Bishop Shine to serve as a memorial. Margaret Clitherow, born about 1558, was martyred for harboring priests and refused Anglican rites. The sites 35 and 36 Shambles were purchased to preserve the historic home and hiding places with the hand of Margaret housed at Bar Convent.
Monroe parishioners of Mary Immaculate celebrate silver jubilee of the Parish Visitors. They conducted home visits following a census to assess spiritual needs and provide guidance. The program emphasizes sacramental prep and confidential conversations to aid families and individuals in seeking grace.
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