Convent Complex Opened by Cardinal Spellman in New York
Cardinal Spellman blessed the new seven story convent and retreat house of the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix in Manhattan. The facility replaces five brownstones and offers 40 retreat bedrooms plus a sun roof dining rooms kitchen and chapel for perpetual adoration. The order founded in 1854 by Baroness Bardhess D Houghvorst of Belgium was represented by Mother Mary Reparatrix and St John Fisher during the dedication.
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Sisters of Mary Trix
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Adoration of the el Sacrament
Peese
Sisters of Mary Reparatrix
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Cpb St. Wilfred
St. John Fisher
Cincinnati
Detrott
Newan
Albany
NCWC
Convent of Mary Reparatrix
Sisters of the Society of Mary Reparatrix
Large Trend of Conversions Among United States Negroes Reported
Washington reports 9 462 adult Negro converts in 1951 and a 52 5 percent growth in Catholic Negroes from 1940 to 1950. The Catholic mission notes 455 churches served by 637 priests and 73 554 pupils in 329 schools. Bishop Gerow cites Mississippi Catholic growth, with 52 190 total Negro Catholics and 5 988 in the state.
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United States
Washington
U.S
Catholic N
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Newpo Ms
Ireland
Gerow
Protestant Booklet Urges Quit Fighting Catholics
A Protestant speaker condemns Protestant cooperation with Communists in the sectarian fight against the Catholic Church. He cites Newton and Oxnam, the Red Dean Hewlett Johnson, and warns Protestants against aligning with secularism and Bolshevism while stressing unity among Christians in the broader struggle.
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Soviet Union
G. Bromley Oxnam
Federal Council of Churches In America
Bolshevist
Russia
Oxnam
Hamana
U.S
S.R
Spannmenin
Hewlett Johnson
Red Dean
Canterbury
United States
Markham
Pius XII
Christ
Libya’s new constitution vows religious freedom under state Catholic minority
The Libyan constitution proclaims Islam as the state religion while promising protection for all faiths. It notes Catholics form a small, mainly foreigner minority in a predominantly Muslim country.
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Tripoli
Libya
Classified Ads and Offers From Historic Register Editions
An array of late 19th to early 20th century styled notices advertise newspaper ad rates and conditions for register editions, bulk word pricing, and payment terms. The page lists job guidance, free books, salary samples, and product catalog offers, including women focused shoes, home typing services, and wedding invitations from Indianapolis and Philadelphia suppliers.
Osservatore Explains Fatima Photo Mistake
Osservatore Romano defends publication of Fatima images in good faith and notes later proof they were not 1917. The Vatican paper cites authenticating witnesses and archived Fatima copies in Leiria while acknowledging the mislabeling tied to the Mendonca family.
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Truman Attends National Catholic Conference on Family Life
President Truman sends best wishes for the 20th annual National Catholic Conference on Family Life to be held March 24 to 26 in Columbus. The theme The Home a Church in Miniature emphasizes religion in home life with a national radio hour on March 23 and a Family Holy Hour across hundreds of churches on March 26.
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Truman
Christian In Action
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U.S
Protestant Negro Leader Seeks Meeting With Pius XII
Dr. Channing H. Tobias, noted Protestant Negro leader and U. S. delegate to the United Nations, visited Pope Pius XII in Rome. He told the Catholic Interracial Council in New York that the Pope gave warm assent to his belief that world peace requires thorough spiritual understanding and a united voice for peaceful living.
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United Nations
Catholic Interracial Council
New York
Chaplain Peeters Decorated for Korean War Valor
Rev. Lt. R Thomas Peeters of Green Bay diocese and Second Marine Division earned the Bronze Star with combat V for three days of aid to wounded during Sept 11 13 1951 actions. He is from Little Chute Wisconsin and was ordained in 1942.
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N. Car
Korea
R. Thomas Peeters
Green Bay
Second Marine Division
Father Peeters
Little Chute
Wis
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de Pere
St. John’s University
Collegeville
Minn
Navy Chaplain Corps
Early Christian Spread in Central Africa Traced Back
Anglican missionary J T Munday reports from Livingstone Lusaka that Congo basin opened to Christianity in 1482 per Portuguese annals. Baptisms of Mani Songo Mani Congo and councilors, plus Henry son of the Paramount Chief, 1521 bishop, are cited. Gonsalvo da Silveira's 1560 preaching noted in Makaranga exile kingdom. Dominicans active in 17th century.
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Rhodesia
Ivingston Ottish
Central Africa
J. T. Munday
Munday
Congo
Mani Songo
Mani Congo
Jef
Henry
Gonsalvo da Silveira
Makaranga
Monomotapa
Sebastian
Spanish Dailies Back Cardinal on Tolerance Issue
Madrid papers align with Cardinal Pedro Segura y Saenz that Protestant missionaries target Spain the aim to undermine Catholic unity. Arriba rejects claims the state or church failed to safeguard Catholic unity while noting Truman Griffis remarks.
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Madrid
Pedro Segura Y Saenz
Seville
Spain
Arriba
Falangist
Cardinal Segurx
Truman
Griffis
New York Assembly Approves Comic Book Control Bill
The New York Assembly approved a bill making it a misdemeanor to publish and sell comic books depicting fictional crime bloodshed or lust that could incite minors to immoral acts. It has moved to the Senate. Assemblyman Joseph F. Carlino criticized the industry for lack of self police.
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Albany
N.Y
New York Assembly
Senate
Requiem Mass for Dr John P O Hara Portland Bishop serves
Bishop Edwin V O Hara of Kansas City offered Solemn Pontifical Mass of Requiem for his brother Dr John P O Hara 73 historian and educator of Portland who died in his auto near Butte Montana while en route to visit a brother He taught at the University of Oregon and Call of St Teresa and edited the Catholic Sentinel for 25 years Survived by wife son daughter sister and a brother path noted his Notre Dame and Paris training.
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Ore
Edwin V. O’hara
Kansas City
John P. O’hara
St. Mary’s
O’hara
Butte
Mont
Hamilton
Filmore County
Minn
University of Notre Dame
University of Paris
Catholic Sentinel
University of Oregon
Call of St. Teresa
Kansas
Dee
United States
Correction by ex marine Maloof appears in Gainesville Sun
Louis J. Maloof a decorated veteran wrote a 68 inch correction to a Gainesville Daily Sun report on a Protestants and Others United meeting. The piece ran in three and one half columns. Maloof a former newsman college teacher and Cardinal Thomas Tien secretary is an officer of the University of Florida Newman club and pursuing doctoral work in Gainesville Florida.
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China
Louis J. Maloof
Gainesville
Colombian citizens protest insults fueling mobs
Leading Colombian professionals urge restraint after violence against Protestant missionaries. A letter to U S Ambassador Waynick denounces insulting practices seen as provoking disturbances and harming U S Colombian friendship. Catholic majority cited. constitution guarantees religious freedom.
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Bogota
U.S
Capus. M. Waynick
Wea Neey
Aeticne
U. S
Protestant Evangelical Confederation of Colombia
Colombia
Sound Films Aid Catechism Teachers in New York
A 17 member board led by Mich ael F. Mullen C M directs a project to produce sound film strips for catechism teaching. Sponsored by St John’s University the study has focused on using sound film to teach the Creed with ten units needed for completion. The overall program plans 30 units and a three year production span.
Christian Democrats win in new German state
Catholic voters help the Christian Democratic party gain control of a new state formed from Baden Hohenzollern and Württemberg. With 6.6 million people and about half Catholic, the party takes about 35 percent, heading a 50 seat majority in the 121 seat assembly.
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Christian Demos
Refugees’ Party
Christian Socrats
Federal Republic of Germany
Bavaria
North Rhine Westhalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Irish Columban Priest Named Apostolic Administrator in Philippines
The Rev Patrick Cronin, an Irish Columban, is named Apostolic Administrator of the Prelature of Occidental Misamis in the Philippines. The canonically erected territory was part of the Cagayan diocese and was led by Cronin as its General before his new appointment. Cronin was ordained in 1987 and has spent years in the region amid Vatican confirmations and diocesan changes.
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Patrick Cronin
Occidental Misamis
Philippines
Cagayan
James_T. Hayes
S.J
Father Cronin
Bishop Ford Missing After Long Absence in Communist China
In Hin sawa Canton a Maryknoll bishop and sister were seized in 1960 and 1961 respectively and have not been heard from since April 15, 1961. They were taken during security raids at the Meihsien church compound and were later seen amid a show of Communist hostility. No verified updates on their fate have emerged.
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Hong Kong
Maryknoll
Hin Sawa
Francis X. Ford
Jean Marie Ryan
New York City
Canton
Arenes
Meihsien
Kwantu
Ford
Eds
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Catholics Plan Repeated Operation Hospitality Program
Catholic families will again host foreign students under Operation Hospitality sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Women and NCWC Education Department. A family that participated last year offered to host again while students come to the United States under U. S. State Department sponsorship.
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Washington
Austin
National Council of Catholic Women
Ncwc Education Department
America
U. S. State Department
Servite General Arrives in America for Order Elections
The Very Rev. Alphonse M. Benetti arrives from Rome to preside over the crete elections of Our Lady of Sorrows province in Chicago on April 21 and St. Joseph province on April 29. He plans to go to Canada for chapter meetings on May 6 before returning to Rome for the Venerable Anthony Pucci’s June ceremony.
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Order
Servants of Mary Servite Pathers
America
Rome
Crete
Anthony Pucci
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