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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1953
Page
9
A reflective piece blends nature notes with a vivid scene of devotion. It contrasts the Praying Mantis as a natural enemy to grasshoppers with a neighborly caution about fire from roadside cigarettes. It recalls a devout flower bouquet at Mass and a heartfelt worshiper whose dark skin stands out as a sign of inclusive reverence.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Simonson of Glen Cove Long Island has been named Ambassador to Ethiopia by President Eisenhower. Simonson 49 is executive secretary of the National Lutheran Council Division of Public Relations and formerly pastor in St Paul Minnesota.
An 80 year old Bishop of Tuticorin, Francis T. Roche S.J., sends grateful words via Father Dasan Dalmeida to Catholic Telegraph Register readers. He notes the St Joseph Leprosy Home, opened in 1949, relies on sulfone drugs, govt grants, and private charity, and asks for ongoing donations to fund care for 200 patients and future wards.
The Red Cross headquarters on East Sixth Street Cincinnati will be torn down ending a century old period. The convent formed the cradle of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in America and housed the Notre Dame Academy educating thousands of girls both Catholic and non Catholic. A Cincinnati manufacturer will replace the site with a large office building ending a long religious era begun in 1841.
Franciscan Father Meinrad Issler O F M celebrated the silver jubilee of his ordination with a Mass of Thanksgiving at St Bonaventure's Church in Cincinnati. He served as assistant pastor at St Stephen's Hamilton from 1937 to 1940 and has held multiple missions and church postings across Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana and Ohio. Assisting him were Father David Hiller and Father William Faber.
Ft. Benning, GA reports a plan to beam the Fatima story via Voice of America to Iron Curtain nations and Russia. Underground movements would paint Marian slogans to provoke unrest, while Catholic broadcasts gain time as a low cost religious warfare strategy.
Washington American service men on leave in Hong Kong will gain access to a National Catholic Community Service guidance and information program. Father George N. Gilligan, a WWII chaplain, will lead the information and guide service with NCCS executive committee chair Michael T. KeHeher announcing the initiative.
Carl Puls a Maryknoll brother and a former Roger Bacon High School student from Cincinnati will leave the United States later this month for a new mission post in Guatemala. He served with the U S Army Medical Corps in India and Burma during World War II and has recently been based at the Maryknoll Junior Seminary in Clarks Summit Pennsylvania. He has two sisters in the Maryknoll community Sister Mary Clara of El Paso Texas and Sister Mary Carolyn who teaches in the Philippines.
A reflective piece argues the Joseph narrative shows moral integrity and divine purpose. It addresses alleged historical inconsistencies, notes dream interpretation in ancient Egypt, and links exile to Israel’s future salvation.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Donachie of Yonkers celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with family members including three priest sons and five nun daughters. A Mass of Thanksgiving was offered at St Barnabas Church with Father Adrian Francis Donachie as celebrant, Father Joseph Donachie as deacon, and Father Bernard Donachie as subdeacon. Two other Donachie children attended.
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