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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1953
Page
12
Camp Fire Girls celebrate an infant birthday week from March 16 to 21. An event at St Joseph's Hill features a Catholic group placing flowers at the Infant of Prague statue. Made line Hart of Statenland, N Y, assists in the observance and pays homage at the statue.
Wire and Radio Love at First Sight in Notre Dame and Danbury. public entertainment shifts to Hotel Green. Boston elderly home to include a beauty parlor run by Carmelite nuns. Philippine education debates over religious instruction and a Catholic wedding sponsor issue. Albany honors Helena Walker Homan for journalism. Vatican Radio reports Polish protests against government controls. Aberdeen issues a hospital confession card with bishop approval.
The Ball Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri promotes a free book titled Rheumatism that explains a specialized treatment system using mineral waters and baths. Readers may request the book without obligation by writing to the clinic for details on overcoming rheumatism arthritis and related symptoms.
In Malaga Diocese a Rosary Crusade drew total pledges from more than 750000 people across 23,000 men and 150000 ralliers in the plaza. Dawn prayers, street processions, and women’s marches marked the day as Bishop Herrera sponsored the drive. Parallel crusades reached Gibraltar and Melilla as part of the worldwide effort led by Father Patrick Peyton.
Archbishop Gates Testa, previously apostolic delegate to Palestine since 1948, is appointed Papal Nuncio to Switzerland. The 66 year old native of Boltiere, Bergamo, was ordained in 1910 and became Archbishop in 1934, succeeding the post left vacant in January.
Paul Blanshard aims a second petition to revoke the citizenship of Archbishop Gerald P. Byrne, Papal envoy to Ireland, who has returned to the United States after a year abroad. The State Department has not received the second petition. the first was submitted to the Dublin embassy and denied because Archbishop Byrne served ecclesiastical duties and did not swear allegiance to a foreign power.
Veterans Administration activated in 159 VA hospitals in 90 archdioceses and dioceses nationwide. Philomena Kerwin NCVS organization director announced after a meeting of the VA national advisory committee for voluntary service. Thomas Hinton NCCS executive director attended.
Two children abducted and moved across the border were returned to Catholic guardians. A court ruled the action not criminal and freed three clergymen. The boys Gerald and Robert, walking through snow, reached safety amid complex custody history. Their Jewish parents died after entrusting them to a Catholic caretaker who baptized them.
Former Auxiliary Bishop Rufinome of Manila was arrested by Japanese forces for anti Japanese propaganda while serving as secretary to the Vienna bishop. He received a seven year sentence, was held at Fort San and later at Muntinlupa prison, and was liberated with American forces. He earned a theology doctorate at the Gregorian University after being ordained in Rome in 1931.
Sister Ma Ea of St Joseph's Academy Bay St. Louis becomes the first nun to head the Foreign Language committee for Pass Christian high school evaluation. She has previously served on boards for area parochial schools.
New Subiaco Abbey in Subiaco Arkansas marks 75 years since its 1878 founding when Father Wolfgang Schlumpf and Brothers Casper and Hilarion arrived to establish the monastery. The abbey now numbers 120 monks and a new monastic church is under construction to serve the abbey parish and a 225-student school. The Rt Rev Paul M Nahlen CSB is the current abbot and will celebrate the jubilee of his religious profession.
William Martin Jeffers, former president of Union Pacific and wartime rubber administrator, died March 6 in Pasadena at 77. Credited by FDR with organizing the synthetic rubber program, he boosted production to surpass imports by 25 percent in one year. He led UP from 1937 to 1945 and later retired on a $30,000 annual pension. He married Lena Schatz in 1900 and had two nephews and a daughter.
Entries in the Catholic Hour TV contest closed March 1 and drew submissions from more than 40 sees among 55 telecast districts. Winners will be announced by a panel including Archbishop Ric Cushing of Boston and Frank M. Conner of RCA, who donated three TV sets for prizes. Francis I. Nally of NCCM also is listed on the judging slate.
The cause for the beatification of Cardinal Merry del Val opened on the 23rd anniversary of his death. The Spanish cardinal who died in 1929 served as secretary of state under Leo XIII and Pius X, and spoke English.
Prof Eliezer L Sukenik, who died aged 64, is credited with discovering what may be the earliest Christian records and the first written reference to the Crucifixion. The Israeli archaeologist deciphered ancient scrolls from a Jericho cave, a find linked to Bedouins and the Negev region, reshaping understanding of early Christianity.
In Mairobi, Kenya, catechist Mariano Wacira, a 40 year veteran, is said to be among Africans martyred during Mau Mau unrest. He reportedly held the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal from Pius XII, but was hacked to death with companions before the honor could be conferred. The revolt drove locals from mission schools, prompting Vincariate Apostolic of Nyeri to seek government aid as Consolata mission efforts defend villagers against attacks.
Catholic priests publicly rebuked landowner Roos and denounced a union sponsored motion picture being filmed locally. They criticized a statement by a man claiming to speak for the church and rejected alleged Communist influence in the project as absurd. The actors and crew reportedly prepared to return to Mexico City after the dispute.
The film The Glory depicts a Jesuit priest and a layman in a 36 minute documentary. It received Business Screen magazine’s seal of excellence for inspirational value and its portrayal of religious life in America. The award supports the Shrub near Peekskill campaign.
Seven condemned Mau Mau murderers in Nairobi were baptized before execution after a European priest offered last rites. The prisoners initially refused but later requested the priest, and a baptism was performed the night before their deaths despite protests by guards and a police presence.
Report states a donation to an area church was made anonymously, with a cashed check mailed May 15, 1982. Officials and a priest named Hugh Winn are cited in a dispute over restitution, as Rev. Dwyer notes the donor’s identity remains unknown.
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