Notre Dame retreat aims to draw 1800 men from 22 states
Readable notes report the 1953 Notre Dame laymen's annual retreat set for August 13 to 16 on campus. Father Richard Kennedy will preach as conferences take place outdoors at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes drawing about 1,800 attendees from 22 states.
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University of Notre Dame
Isex
Richard Kennedy
C.S.C
Our Lady of Lourdes
Washington
Mtative B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
House
African Teacher Tires Lets Ants Ruin School
Father Dan jel D Zerack from Du buque Iowa relates how a school near Kirongwe deteriorated after a local teacher rested eight miles away. Ants destroyed the unused building, forcing Maryknoll Fathers to rebuild at Masonga with a new teacher William who must teach outdoors and indoors. They hope William does not get tired.
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Africa
Dan Jel D. Zerack
Dubuque
Belore
Kirongwe
Thomas
Maryknoll Fathers
Masonga
Bishop Mueller Sees Sweden Open to Catholic Rebuilding
In Munich the Vicar Apostolic of Sweden Bishop Jo sen Mueller declared Sweden is friendly to the Catholic Church and ready for reconstruction after Christian unity split in the 16th century. He noted legal steps largely in place and a sympathetic public mood. He cited about 19 000 Catholics in Sweden served by 46 parishes, including many ethnic Lithuanians and Poles who fled Soviet rule, and highlighted Sweden's overall population.
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Sweden
Jos ' Mueller
Ihon
Josef Wendel
Freising
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Pius XII
Four Vicars Apostolic Named by Holy Father
The Holy See has named four Vicars Apostolic and three Prefects Apostolic, created one new vicariate and five prefectures, and elevated two prefectures to diocese. Appointed are Titular Bishops for Vicars Apostolic and Rt Rev Monsignors for Prefects Apostolic, with several new establishments listed across Africa Asia and the Pacific including Inongo Belgian Congo Maidaguri Sokoto Eldoret Wankie Kuwait Jos Kaduna and Palawan Philippines.
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Belgian Congo
Maidaguri
Sokoto
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Eldoret
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Wankie
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Mando
Town Caesar Founded To Honor Virgin Mary
A July 26 procession will climax Tongeren Basilicas celebrations for a miraculous 15th century Our Lady statue. Tongeren, founded by Julius Caesar, dates to the fourth century as Belgium’s first diocesan see. A 150 girl choir will sing The Angels Hymn of Ise, praised by Archbishop Cento in past remarks.
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Fernando Cento
Belgium
Korean Refugee Finds Home in Admired Land
A Korean refugee named Joe, driven from Seoul in 1950, travels with air force companions to a base in Taejon then Seoul and Itazuke. He lacks a surname until a chaplain suggests Anthony, after which hospital staff note his high IQ and he earns entry to the United States as his new home.
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First Catholic Priest Met by North Carolina Farmer
Father John A. O'Brien of Notre Dame on a South tour met a Richlands tobacco farmer who said he was the first Catholic or priest he had ever met. The encounter underscores North Carolina's small Catholic presence, with 28,600 Catholics out of 4,151,740 residents.
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N. Car
John A. O’brien
Notre Dame University
Richlands
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Avid
North Carolina
Watch Tito Carefully Says Worcester Editorial
Worcester Evening Gazette editorial urges Western watch on Marshal Tito until he acts to end persecution. Rep. Harold Donohue inserted the piece into the Congressional Record. The piece claims Tito signaled possible policy change and urged a reset with the Kremlin while warning of Communist aims over religion and global rule.
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Tito
Worcester
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Evening Gazette
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Massachusetts
Congressional Record
Marshal Tito
Russia
Poland
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Jesuit priest Cassidy marks 60 years of service in NJ NY area
Father Cassidy, 77, a Jesuit for six decades in the New York metropolitan region, received a bedside Mass at Holy Name Hospital Teaneck New Jersey. Ordained in 1909 by Cardinal Gibbons he serves as spiritual father at St. Peter's Prep Jersey City and Parish with an Apostolic Blessing from Pius XII.
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Catholic Actors’ Guild
McKeesee Pa
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Protonotary Apostolic
Covington
Gerhard H. Geisen
Newport
William T. Mul Oy
Geisen
Portsmouth
Dick Shea
West Point
Korea
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Maria Cristina
Neo
Washington
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Wisconsin
House of Presentatives
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China
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Newark
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St. Peter’s Orphanage
Loyola
Chicago
Ill
Loyola University
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S.J
Skilo
Trenton
New Jersey Superior Court
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New York City
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Teaneck
Rand
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Jersey City
Pius XII
Irish Saints Shown On Post Card Series
Dublin sees nine colored Irish saints on souvenir post cards during An Tostal homecoming year. The Capuchin Annual provided the images, with e cards by Richard King. King also designs postage stamp issues at government request.
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Patrick
Columkile
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Fiacre
Senan
Brendan
Columban
Laurence O’toole
Ita
King
National Slovak Sokols Meet Shatters Records in Cleveland
The National Slovak Catholic Sokols held a major track and field meet in Cleveland with nine national records broken. The climax featured a mass at St Cyril and Methodius Church led by Bishop Walsh. The organization, founded 1905 in Passaic, New Jersey, now counts 45 000 members and 20 000 children. a 50 000 strong crowd attended a parade before the event and Ohio Governor Frank Lausche spoke.
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Ee Cleveland
I Assin
Sts. Cyril Read Methodius’ Church
Walsh
Passaic
N.J
Sokols
St. Martin
Sokol
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Shady Run Field
Polish Communists Seize Church Posts in Poland
London reports the Polish Communist regime asserts control over church posts from parish assistants to archbishops by decree and presidential order. Observers call it a violation of the 1952 constitution and 1950 church state accord, aiming to place priests as civil servants under state authority and weaken Holy See ties.
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Boleslaw Beirut
Poland
Holy See
Bureau For Religious Affairs
NCWC
Time to Reconstruct Church in Korea Is Now
Father Hugh Craig, veteran Catholic missioner for Korea, urges immediate intensive reconstruction of the church. He reports baptisms among Koreans and some Red soldiers, notes scarce Catholic literature, and says Korean nuns aided prisoners with many entering the Church after liberation.
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Korea
Washington
Hugh Craig
Father Craig
Marines in Korea Recite Rosary Daily Report
Lincoln Park Michigan reports Pfc. James A. Hughes Jr of Dearborn serves with the Marine Corps and joins a daily group Rosary recitation in Korea. The bulletin notes the men believe prayer is the world’s hope for peace and urges continued practice of the Black Rosary.
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Mich
James A. Hughes, Jr, Jr
Dearborn
Masun
Marine Corps
Michigan
Korea
Political peace sought by Argentine cardinals
Cardinals Santiago Capello of Buenos Aires and Antonio Caggiano of Rosario seek political peace between the Peron government and opposition parties. The effort started from a Democratic Party prisoner’s letter and has Socialist Party backing. Interior Minister Borlenghi was asked to support the initiative.
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Santiago Capello
Antonio Caggiano
Rosario
Peron
Democratic Party
Socialist Party
Angel Borlenghi
Aerial Botanist Plans Seventh Arctic Survey
Maximilian Duman, biology professor at St. Vincent's College Latrobe Pennsylvania, will undertake his seventh aerial exploration of Arctic and Sub arctic Canada this summer. Sponsored by the army quartermaster corps, he analyzes stereo photographs to map terrain climate and soil, revealing regional cultures.
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St. Vincent's College
Latrobe
Arctic
Canada
Army Quartermaster Corps
Prelates’ Example Aids Colored Church Growth
The Minneapolis Spokesman Negro paper lauds Catholic leadership under Bishop Vincent Waters and Archbishops Rummel and Ritter for integration efforts. It quotes Waters of Raleigh NC praising a no racial section policy in the Raleigh Diocese and notes church strides against segregation in several cases.
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New Orleans
Princess Isabel Freed Slaves Honored by Church and State
Rio de Janeiro remember ed Isabel de Orleans Princess aganza who ended slavery in Brazil in 1888. Cardinal Camara led a Solemn Pontifical Mass as a gun carriage carried flag draped tributes for a princess of the Brazilian imperial line. Isabel signed the 1871 law ending slavery in practice and freed remaining slaves in 1888. Her husband Count d Eu was devoutly Catholic and refused a Masonic event. The Brazilian Empire ended in 1889 with Dom Pedro II.
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Bra
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Barroso
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Leo XIII
Goa
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Average Irish Family Now Has Five Members
A Central Statistics Office report shows the average Irish family fell from eight to five members. The size remains higher than many countries and nearly double Britain. Since 1947 Ireland’s marriage rate holds at about 5.4 per thousand. The study notes Catholic groups have larger families.
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Medal of Honor Awarded to William Shuck Jr for Korea Action
Heroic action by William Shuck Jr of Clearfield Pennsylvania led a squad through heavy fire to seize a fortified enemy post in Korea. The Holy Name Society member placed his men’s safety above his own and was honored posthumously with the Congressional Medal of Honor. parents reside in Richmond Diocese West Virginia.
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Korea
Holy Name Society
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