Various Catholic groups share estate funds in Toledo scene
A will bequeathed about 200000 dollars to Toledo Catholic Protestant and Jewish institutions. Specific gifts include 10000 to Mt Carmel cemetery 5000 to St Francis de Sales and St Vincent hospitals 1000 to St Joseph church and 500 to St Anthony's orphanage.
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Toledo
Mt. Carmel
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
St. Vincent’s and
Pe F
St. S Church
St. Aony’s
Indianapolis
English Booklet Index Lists 5257 Titles for 1950 52
Washington reports the sixth volume of the Index to Catholic Pamphlets in the English Language covers October 1950 to October 1952 and includes 481 pamphlet annotations. Noted are Grail publications, X series titles, five cent pamphlets from Liguorian Office, and Canisius Press with 52 titles.
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Washington
Catholic Universty
The
Grail
Liguorian
Canis Press
New York
Lo On
St. Meinrad
Austrian Catholics Face Severe Priest Shortage
The archdiocese reports a drastic decline, with 300 priests lost to death since the war and only 73 new priests ordained. The Cardinal cites materialism, family disruption, and lack of respect for the priesthood as key causes threatening the church.
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Archbishop Antonio Gets New Post At Vatican
Archbishop Antonio receives a new post at the Vatican replacing the Secretary of State in a reshuffle affecting the papal administration. Monsignor Domenico Tardini is named to lead the office, with changes in ecclesiastical affairs and secretary duties under the Holy See.
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Vatican
Antonio
More
Tardini
Domenico
Three Priests Officiate At Grandmother Mass
In Chicago at St. Francis of Rome three priest-grandsons led the Solemn Requiem Mass for Mrs. Anna Crosby 94 widow of a Chicago policeman. Fathers Thomas Crosby Nicholas Crosby and John Crosby presided. She is survived by three sons a daughter 17 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Chicago
Anna Crosby
St. Francis of Rome
Thomas Crosby
British Unionist Urges Anglo U S Agreement
London reports Trades Union Congress chairman Tom O'Brien, leader of Britain's 8 million trade unionists, warned against bloc theory and urged Britain to back the United States in world leadership, saying the right to live and liberty must be defended.
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London
Tom O’brien
Trades Union Congress
O’brien
Britain
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Catholic Paper Faced With Reduced Circulation
In Berlin the Tag des Herrn, the sole Catholic journal officially allowed in the Communist eastern zone of Germany, receives a substantial cut in its distribution. Editors urge readers to form local readers' circles for each copy while emphasizing spiritual guidance over news.
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Berlin
Germany
Leipzig
Church Is Not Known By Most of Negroes
Rev. Los SVD of St Anne's semi St. Loce notes lack of contact with the Church as the reason for few Colored Catholics. He cites eight million unchurched Negroes in the U S and only 420000 Catholic among 15 million Negroes, with 600 priests and 2000 sisters serving nationwide.
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New Orleans
Lions
Ood
Los Svd
St. Anine
St. Loce Ata
Cens
Hunenights
Orleans
Catholic Action Committee of the South
Lewis
U. S
Historic St Olaf Church Ruined by Large Fire in Minneapolis
The 76 year old St Olaf church suffered about 500000 in losses including equipment and art. Pastor Rev Leonard Cowley notes the parish had bought the church in 1941 for 110000 and spent 300000 remodeling. Assistant Pastor Rev Michael McDonough saved the Blessed Sacrament as fire spread. The building served 8000 to 10000 Loop workers and 3000 university students. Wreckers razed the ruins due to a weakened spire.
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St. Olaf’s Church
Minneapolis
Leonard Cowley
St. Olaf’s Parish
Michael McDonough
Nn First Universalist Society of Minneapolis
St. Olaf’s
University of Minnesota
Sain
Orphans Help Suffering Carpenter Through Charity
Children from Sylvan Heights Home for Orphan Girls in Harrisburg raised 74.45 by doing chores to aid Charles Henarna, a carpenter with spinal nerve atrophy. Nancy Hendricks 5, daughter of the patient, receives the donation from the orphans led by Jackie Mitterlehner 5 and Donna Wagner 4 at the Sisters of Mercy home administered by Rev. Robert J. Maker.
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Sylvan Heights
Harrisburg
Pai
Charles Henarn
Nancy Hendricks
Nancy
William Berson
Hendricks
Jackie Mitterlehner
Donna Wagner
Joan Handz
Sisters of Mercy
Robert J. Maker
Captive Tries Rosaries to Convert Kidnapper in Luzon Jungle
A Manila business executive named Jasan Tony snatched by bandits crafts two crude rosaries from tree bark. He teaches the kidnapper to use one rosary as a personal pledge to survive and hopes the bandit's prayers on the other lead to his conversion after five harrowing days of captivity.
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Manila
Luzon Jungles
Jasan Tony
Our Lady
Ats
Tony
Praers
Jesuit Scholars Compile Polyglot Chinese Dictionary
Fifteen Jesuit and two Jesuit lay brothers expelled from Communist China are compiling a Chinese dictionary. It will include 15,000 characters and 180,000 expressions common in modern media and textbooks. Father Zsamar, a Hungarian, initiated the project which will take about a year and a half to finish. Two American Jesuits are entrusted with the English section.
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Hong Kong
Jesuit Price
Lay Rothers
China
Father Zsamar
All Patricks Hear From St Patrick Missouri Shrine Plans
St Patrick Missouri promotes a national shrine to St Patrick with Father Francis O Duignan sending letters to Patricks across America. Donations exceed 100000 dollars as the town of 50 aims to become a world renowned destination with a unique postmark day.
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St. Patrick
United States
Father Francis O’duignan
St. Patrick’s Church
America
Patrick
Father O’duignan
St. Patrick’s
New Ward Cornerstone Placed At St Joseph's Leprosy Home
Bishop Francis T. Roche laid the cornerstone for a new ward at St. Joseph's leprosy home. Opened last year the facility is staffed by Franciscan Missionaries of Mary and owes its expansion largely to local Rotary club efforts.
President Eisenhower on Universal Military Service
The president declines to express a position on universal military service until a final commission report is ready. The commission believes UMT may be possible under current conditions, but the president remains unconvinced and signals he will address America's duty if force becomes a threat to youth.
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Washingtonl
Eisenhower
U.M.T
America
St Paul Parishioners Thank Pope for Christus Dominus Letter
More than 1,300 members of Conception parish in St Paul Minn send a letter to the pope thanking him for his recent Christus Dominus message. Arch Bishop John Murray of St Paul forwards the parishioners appreciation and explains the Pew requests to receive the Eucharist as last year and to perform extra spiritual works.
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St. Paul, Minn
Late Conception
Pope
Christus Dominus
Pled
Holy Father
St. Paul
Vatican
Archbisho
John One Murray
St.Paul
Minister Honors Priest at State Capitol Ceremony
A Minnesota minister presented Rev. Francis J. Gan, professor at St. Paulry, with a special citation from the National Conference of Christians and Jews for service to the cause of brotherhoods during ceremonies at the State Capitol in Saint Paul.
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Prit St
Private Catholic girls protest skimpy team uniforms
At Sellers public school near Cypress Mississippi a Catholic girls basketball team from the CYO protested skimpy uniforms. They sought modest attire and, with support from non Catholic classmates and the principal, chose to provide their own outfits for the season and began play under the new attire policy.
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Cypress
Miss
Sellers Public School
CYO
Ligen
Blue Jeans
Ted
Mary
Redemptorists Plan 12 Medical Missions in South America
Two S. missionaries sailed for South America carrying over a half ton of medicines for medical missions in Brazil and Paraguay. Father Gerard Ellinghaus and Father Joseph Jennings, both C.SS.R., head to Bel Vista and Asahelye to establish 12 mission centers serving about 200000 people across 180000 square kilometers. natives lack basic life essentials and need medical dental and spiritual care.
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New York
Redemptorist
So America
Brazil
Paraguay
Baitime
Gerard Ellinghaus
C.ss.r
Asahelye
May
Ag Cis Jennings
Bel Vista
Bishop Calls Norway to Celebrate Church History Milestone
Oslo reports Bishop as Vicar Apostolic urges celebration of nearly 400 years of Trondheim archdiocese legacy. He notes 1537 Protestant upheaval, the exodus of the last Catholic Bishop, and the foundation of Trondheim shaping Norway’s religious unity and cultural ties with Europe.
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Oslo
Norway
Trondheim
Europe
Holy See
Campaign to Ban Filth Expands Across U S Cities
Campaigns sweep Cincinnati Scranton and Los Angeles to bar obscene literature with Catholic and civic groups urging parents police and bishops to testify restrict dealers and push hearings. Texas Senate committee to hear bill banning lewd covers March 16. Knights of Columbus lead drives in Scranton and Loyola council in Los Angeles targets lurid billboards and asks residents to contact the city attorney. Washington reports a rising tide of public concern.
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Cincinnati
Scranton
Los Angeles
Texas
Senate
PTA
Stanley R. Schrotel
Knights of Columbus
William J. Hafey
Columbus
Loyola Council of the K
Wilshire Boulevard
Washington
Heroic Sanctity a Possible Saint for Pierre Toussaint
Arthur and Elizabeth Sheehan propose a growing conviction of heroic sanctity in Pierre Toussaint, a Haitian born former slave and famed New York charity worker. They presented evidence to the Catholic Interracial Council in New York, noting his extraordinary charity toward orphans seminarians and missionaries. Toussaint died in 1853.
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New York
Ted
Pierre Toussaint
Toussaint
Arthur
Elizabeth Sheehan
Catholic Interracial Council
Haiti
Sheehan
Reconstruction drive for St Josephs church Hamburg
Catholics and non Catholics in Hamburg unite to raise funds for rebuilding St Josephs church after an air raid destroyed most of the structure ten years ago. Only parts of the 1718 outer walls survive.
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Hamburg
Germany
St. Joseph’s
Netherlands Flood Victims Granted Lent Fast Dispensation
The Dutch hierarchy released a bulletin granting all flood victims permission to break the Lenten fast. They may eat meat on all days except Good Friday as part of the relief order.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
Twins to receive Holy Orders in spring ordination
Deace George and John Vrabely will be ordained as priests in Fort Wayne Indiana this spring. The notice appears in Follow Christ the vocation pamphlet from St Meinrad Abbey Indiana where the twins study for the priesthood.
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Deace George
John Vrabely
Ft. Wayne
Ind
St. Meinrad’s Abbey
St. Meinrad
Brave Priest Slain Near Mission in Burma
A veteran Italian priest of the Pontifical Mission Society, Father Cremofiesi, long stationed at a mission near Toungoo, Burma, was killed by guerrillas while remaining at his post. A fellow Italian, Father Peter Manghisi, was killed nearby on a highway with a mechanic. The attack occurred amid fighting around the mission complex.
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Rome
Refleck
Father Cremofiesi
Pontifical Mission Society of Sts. Peter and Paul
Oungoo
Burma
Toungoo
Mission ' Society
Peter Manghisi
Na Burma
Pettida
Ang
Bishops' Relief Called Most Charitable Contribution
Sawyers in Portland Oregon donate 2000 dollars to the Big Welfare and Emergency Relief committee. The fund channels aid through Catholic Bishops United States and finances NCWC Wa Relief Services.
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Washi
Sawyer’s
Portland Ore
United State
Ncwc Wa
German Catholics Pray For Enslaved Neighbor in Frankfurt
German Catholics in the Diocese of Omarae plan Lent services and public meetings under the slogan Church of Silence Church of Suffering. Intercession services and pathos for persecuted Pictatintee in communist nations are described with a Pontifical Mass planned for Palm Sunday in Frankfurt Dome.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Omarae
Church of Silence
Palm Sunda
Irish Nuns Found New U S Conven in Philadelphia
Irish nuns arrive in Philadelphia to establish a new convent for the Congregation of Our Lady of Mercy founded in Ireland in 1924. The mother-house is in Killeshandra with sisters from England Scotland South Africa and America. The order runs 13 schools 5 teacher training colleges and five large hospitals across Africa.
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Philadelphia
Lewy Seag
Ireland
Killesshandr
Sere Sena
England
Scotland
Africa
America
Rising Met Tenor Mad Start in Church Choi New York
Frank Guarrera aged 29, a rising Metropolitan tenor, drew glowing notices after church choir performances in Philadelphia and New York. He later married Adelina Sint in 1944 and has two children. In 1948 he won the Sopranolitek auditions and was chosen by Toscanini for an opera at Scala, earning praise from critics and fans. He looks forward to singing for service men at the USC NCCS club in Oakland.
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New York
Frank Guarrer
Gost Sonemany
Milan
I Scala
Toscanin
Servi
Ben
Rita
Philadelhia
John’s
Adelina Sint
Guerera
Arturo Tocanini
Scala
Hest
Usc-Nccs Club
Oaklan
Basques Mauriac Irai Over Arrest of Priest
In Bayonne France four priests were arrested for illegal actions related to aiding two missing Jewish war orphans to Spain. The incident sparked strong resentment among the Basque community of Southwest France. Paris writer Francois Mauriac commented on the arrests. The Finaly brothers, raised Catholic after Nazi killings, oppose moving to Israel. their custody is disputed by relatives.
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Ottawa
Canada
Spain
Berlin
Arthur Langner
Saxony
Youngies
Reds
York
England
Lethalic Digest Reader
H. Allen
Pthe
Paul Bussard
Catholic Digest Reader
Catholic Digest
Bayonne
France
Fran
Paris
Francois Mauriac
Finaly Brothers
Israel
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Georgetown University
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Catholic Men
National Council of Catholic Men
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Edouard Herriot
National Assembly
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Atlantic City
National Catholic Educational Association
Cardinal Stepinac
California
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Sacred College
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St. Anthony’s Church
Manchester
William H. Dalton
Augusta
National Council of Catholic Women
Carol Lane
National Safety One
Shell Oil Company
Pax Romana
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World Organization of Catholic Students
Aloisius Muench
Land
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Copenhagen
Denmark
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Marjorie Theil
Nott Dame Academy
Miss Thiel
John F. Schuler
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Nick Pitzen
Dick Brown
River Forest
Ill
Rosary College
Plagg
Switzerland
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Sigvrid Undset
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Nava Research
Creighton
Omaha
Cardinal Stritch
Creighton University
Fontenelle Hotel
Bombay
India
Cardinal Valerian Grace
St. Xavier's High School
Edwin P. Scanlan
U.S.A
St. Patrick’s Citch San Diego
CBS Io
Church of the Air
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Chautauqua County Medical Association
Paula Blood
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Serran
Serra International
St. Mary’s College
Winona
Minn
Everett Burke
Winona Serra
Serrans
U.S
Cardinal Samuel Stritch
Burke
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John Snyder
Robert Munns
Robert Lee
St. Mary’ S College
Christian Brothers
All Patricks
St. Patrick, Mo
Pce Ab A
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Mad Start
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