Marist To Be Canonized And Pacific Island Converts Soon
New Orleans reports orders for the final steps in the canonization of Blessed Peter Aloysius Maria Chanel, protomartyr of Oceania. His death preceded mass island conversion within five months, as the Marist mission to Fortuna faced hostility from local powers.
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Peter Aloysius Maria Chanel
Society
New Orleans
Oceania
Peter F. ‘Quinn
S.M
Washington
Marist Fathers
Alcime Cyr
Marists
Rome
Peter Chanel
Cle
Lyons
France
Trompier
Crozet
Marist Society
Gregory XVI
South Pacific
Peter
Fortuna
Meitala
Pageae
Onean
Father Chane
Leo XIII
Stop Trade With Reds World Christians Urged
A Polish escapee urged a global boycott by Christian firms and labor to pressure Red regimes. He said Christian firms should avoid goods from behind the Iron Curtain and workers should refuse to handle Red-destined goods. The piece notes Soviet persecution of the Catholic Church intensifying and calls for Polish exiles to unite under Gen. K Sosnkowski with support from Archbishop Gawlina and Rome.
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United Nations
Warsaw
London
Unity Movement
K. Sosnkowski
Yalta
Joseph Gawlina
Rome
Adam Sapieha
Upite
Poland
NCWC
Radio and Wire
Dallas Expansion Spurs Major Diocese Construction
Dallas Texas reports $4,05,704 in construction planned or underway in the Diocese of Dallas. Current contracts total $1,963,847 with an estimated $2,741,000 for additional reconstruction.
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Dallas
Tex
Allas
Catholic Protest in Ecuador Reaches Dr. Milton Eisenhower
A memorandum from Ecuadorian lay Catholics to Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower on his Latin America goodwill tour urges unity and religious faith. Signatories include Ecuador's Supreme Court president and government officials, reflecting broad Catholic sentiment against Protestant evangelizing efforts in the region.
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Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Ecuador
Lega Msts
AUDIT
Sunzay Amet Mateene
Latin America
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Obata Callana
VVC Wvmacrs
BOC Hower
Manuel Elicio,flor
Supreme Court of Justice
Bogota
Colombia
U.S
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Christian Brothers Promote Constant Acts of Love for God
Christian Brothers worldwide urge habitual acts of love for God using the simple prayer Oh my God I love You. Monsignor Curran of Halifax who calls the appeal a clarion call has distributed over a million leaflets in eight languages. Am mendale Normal Institute in Beltsville Maryland spreads the leaflet and notes it may aid sinners toward justification and non Catholics toward salvation. Brother Alfred, once with St. John’s College in Washington, now serves at Am mendale.
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Beltsville
Christian Brothers
Christian Brother
E. Alfred
Monsignor
Charles F. Curran
Halifax
N.S
Monsignor Curran
Ammendale Normal Institute
Blessings in Homes Called Topic of Family Study
A 1952 NCW Family Life Bureau report shows U S Catholic parents forming more home study groups to spiritualize daily life. The Your Home series became the bureau’s most popular publication guiding family religious observances in sickness, new homes, travel, and even pets.
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Washington
U. S
NCW@ Family Life Bureau
Family Life Bureau
Edgar Schmiedeler
NCWC
Mistaken Identity at Japanese Rectory Inquires About God
A Japanese policeman visited the rectory asking if God was at home and sought to speak with Father James Norris a Columban missionary. Norris replied that his mother may have called him an angel but questioned why a Japanese officer would address him so.
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Hitoyoshi
Japan
James Norris
Father Norris
Protestant groups protest Catholic mixed Marriage rules
Two dispatches from Protestant conventions oppose Catholic requirements for mixed marriages. The Evangelical and Reformed General Synod in Tiffin Ohio states such contracts deny spiritual freedom and warns that Catholic authority is not needed for validity. It calls for understanding that marriages by Protestant or Catholic clergy are legally and spiritually valid.
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General Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Tiffin
University of Detroit to Train Priests in Psychology
An institute for clergy in Detroit will begin August 3 at the University of Detroit to address special psychological problems faced by priests. The program includes alcoholism discussion, study of mental illness through clinical observation, and emphasis on integrating psychological, psychiatric, and spiritual guidance.
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Detroit
Mich
University of Detroit
Four Million Blue Army Grows From Fatima Vows In New Jersey
In Plainfield New Jersey the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, begun by Rev Harold V Colgan after a near fatal heart ailment in 1946, has expanded to 26 countries. A Fatima congress in Newark highlighted Pilgrim Virgin statues to be enshrined in Seoul Cathedral and in the United Nations building.
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Plainfield
N. J
Blue Army
Our Lady of Fatima
Harold V. Colgan
Uct
Our Lady At Fatima
Thomas A. Goshed
Newark
Leonard Raymond
Allahabad
India
Fatima
United. Nations
Seoul
Boland
New York City
Korea
South Korea
Eaid
Russia
Mary of the Immaculate Heart
Lucia
Pontiff Receives Prince Akihito in Ceremony of Honors
The Pope presented Prince Akihito with the gold medal of his Pontificate and received two large silver vases bearing Japan's imperial arms. The Pontiff offered good wishes for the Emperor and the imperial family and urged special consideration for Catholics of Japan, noting their loyalty and welfare.
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Akihito
Japan
Holy Father
Latin American Churches face priest shortage and aging clergy
Vatican City reports 40 000 Latin American churches without priests as about 25 000 priests serve a needed 140 000. Bolivia’s La Paz Archdiocese has only ~300 priests for 12 500 faithful with five new ordinations this year. Salesians expand St Jerome's seminary as U S bishops aid efforts.
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Jerome
la Pex
Bolivia
la Paz
Oruro
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Salesians
St. Jerome’s
Ous
U.S
U.S. Bisho
Pius XII
Salesian Fathers
Queen Elizabeth Visits Scottish Lourdes during Scotland Tour
Queen Elizabeth travels through Edinburgh on a state visit to Scotland. At Carfin Grotto, dubbed the Scottish Lourdes, she waves to children as they pray under a banner about their queen. Archbishop Gordon Gray and Bishop James Black greet her, with concern over TV edits omitting papal gifts references.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Een
Elizabeth
Industrial
Lanarkshire
Duke of
Gordon Gray
St. Andrews
Edinbi
James Black
Paisley
Holyroodhouse Palace
Holy See
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Church and school construction race toward record totals
Washington reports 1953 first half construction gains lift church building to about 208 million dollars and private schools and related buildings to 191 million. Private hospitals and institutional work run 156 million while privately financed social and recreational construction climbs to 14 million in June, with substantial year over year increases in most sectors.
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Washington
Commerce
Free Polish Election Is U S Honor Duty Says Cardinal Mooney
Cardinal Mooney declares that the United States is honor bound to fulfill its Yalta pledge for a free Polish election. He warns against inaction and urges persistent U S pressure in international councils to ensure Poland gains a government truly representing its people.
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U. S
Cardinal Mooney
Edward M
United States
Yalta
Poland
Pola
Great Britain
Russia
America
Councils of the Nations
St Philip of Jesus the Mexican Martyr Foretold Nagasaki
The article recounts St Philip of Jesus, a Mexican Franciscan and the first American foreign mission martyr, foretold Nagasaki's ruin in 1597. It notes his canonization in 1862, his patronage of Mexico City, and details of the martyrdom with Franciscan friars and Japanese Tertiaries. It mentions his early life, voyage to Japan, and current writings and dedications by Crusader’s Almanac.
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St. Philip of Jesus
American Foreign Mission
Nagasaki
Washington
Japan
St. Philip
Mount of Martyrs
Mexico City
Irenaeus Herschel
O.F.M
St. Bonaventure’s University
New York
Philip
Franciscans
Philippines
Mexico
Albion
Buffalo
Philip of Jesus
Jesus
NCWC
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