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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
6
The text discusses Sir John Henry Newman and English literary influence, mentioning Irish blood and a Huguenot strain in the family. It notes a 4,000 hour reading standard and references writers such as Stevenson and Paine, with scattered biographical details from his early life and education.
Four hundred mothers with three or more children attend the Rochester meeting of the National Federation Alumnae. Rev James Ex Bishop of Rochester speaks on Christian family life and presents medals to mothers. NCWC wire reports on the event in Nazareth acad.
A British report details 12 nuns and 50 Anglo Burmese orphans kept in a Mandalay convent by Japanese for three years. They survived on scarce aid with no rations, while the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition cared for the children and ran a girls’ school until the escape.
A syndicated report says Rev Leopold Braun, American priest and Moscow chaplain, faces possible Russian court action for an October assault on a Russian worker at the French embassy. US and Soviet officials declined comment as the matter risks diplomatic repercussions and stirs talk in Moscow.
In Juneau Alaska the Most Rev Joseph R Criment S J aged 87 Vicar Apostolic of Alaska was given a solemn Pontifical Mass May 24 at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Father Walter James Fitzgerald S J Coadjutor Vicar Of Alaska presided The prelate died May 20 after illness His body lay in state until funeral services and burial followed in a crypt at the Shrine of St Therese near Juneau with priests deacons and aides assisting
Weimar Germany Princess Mafalda of Italy daughter of King Victor Emmanuel and wife of Prince Philip of Hesse died Aug 29 in Buchenwald after being detained by the Nazis. Reports say she learned Boris of Bulgaria was poisoned by Hitler order, and a ruse announced his death. A Trieste doctor and a Czech priest allegedly removed her body to avoid cremation.
The Rev Robert E Sheridan a Maryknoll Missioner from Chicago is named chaplain at La Salle College Manila scene of prior massacre of priests and religious by Japanese. He was a prisoner at Bacalod prison and later Santo Tomas before capture by American forces.
Chief Officer Earh omas Brown of Oakland California was trapped under a steel plate for 73 hours during salvage work in Pearl Harbor. Rescue efforts freed him after three days of failure and he later embraced Catholicism after four months of instruction, calling the ordeal a purgatory that led to faith.
Lt. Comdr. Joseph T. O Callahan, the chaplain aboard the carrier Franklin, recalls that prayer began after the March 19 explosion. He says that fear of death was eased by faith and Holy Communion as the ship endured two days of attack, with Catholics making up about one third of the crew among a 2,500 man complement.
Chaplains Foley and Smeltzer assist Marines under heavy fire as Japanese forces retreat. The chapel near the front served memorial services for Roosevelt and now hosts daily religious services despite ongoing bombardment and dogfights with seven enemy planes reported nearby.
Fragmentary note discusses an international office of education as part of a world will and potential risk but offers no concrete details or formal statements. The text references San Francisco and an international education effort without clear specifics.
NCWC wire reports professionals lobbied to insert an education section in chapter IX of revised UN charter proposals. Ville Platte and other delegates debated cultural institute references while Catholic groups urged a central education body as a data and information resource.
Twenty four Hierarchy members including six Archbishops attended the May 24 consecration of Francis Jenks and James Connolly in St Paul Cathedral. About 3 000 present with 600 priests and 350 nuns. Bishop William Brady of Sioux Falls gave the sermon.
Archbishop Downe argues religion conflicts with Marxist theory and cites Russia’s stance on religious tolerance as hypocritical. He states the Vatican and Moscow church developments show a shift, yet attack on Catholicism and religion overall remains a target of communist regimes.
Spokesmen for seven Eastern European nations not under Soviet control urged the United States to nullify the Yalta decisions and to halt further aid to Russia until those nations regain sovereign rights occupied by the Red Army. The rally at City Center, under American Polish associations, vows solidarity with Poland and other freedom loving peoples.
The article quotes Don Luigi Sturzo arguing that the Big Three will set a global order based on spheres of influence. He notes his disillusion with postwar diplomacy and cites his exile after Italy’s fascist rise. The piece references the San Francisco conference and international capitals shaping the future.
In Hertogenbosch Holland the Dutch hierarchy meets for the first time since the end of the war. Archbishop Johannes de Jong says Holland has suffered much yet God protected the people and the country from a worse fate.
Pope Pius XII named the Most Rev William J Hafey bishop of Scranton as assistant at the Pontifical throne in the Netherlands hierarchy since liberation. He thanked Queen Wilhelmina for the people's strength during Nazi occupation.
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