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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1953
Page
12
The POAU claims Protestant allies are being targeted by Catholic influence in U S public life. Dr Glenn Archer warns against a "Catholic conspiracy" while opposing clerical power in education and political boards. The group denounces Catholic candidates and urges Protestants to reject Catholic education allies.
Monsignor Alberto Borio-Mella di Sant Elia longtime chief ed as Chamberlain to Pius XII and governor of the conclave died March 20 after an attack of bronchial pneumonia. He oversaw Pontifical ceremonies and audiences and served under Pius X Benedict and Pius. He was an uncle of Renata Arborio-Mella Sant Elia and related to Adm. Ellery Stone.
Henry Ford II chairman of the committee for the 11th annual Detroit Archdiocesan Development Fund campaign. A St Pauls parish member, Ford is the top auto industry executive to lead the fund supporting construction, charitable and social causes in Detroit.
The proposal establishes a coeducational university linked to Detroit via a Basilian Fathers connection. The plan envisions a campus that integrates all branches of the institution and is noted for its cross border collaboration with the Detroit area.
In Holy Week the piece recalls Isa 53 and the Passion of Christ, noting that Christ was bruised for our sins and by His wounds we are healed. The card credits Leo Canavan as art editor for the illustration on the page.
Canadian Lt. Gen. Morris Abraham Cohen recalls advising Sun Yat-sen after World War I. He notes Western powers refused military instructors to China, allowing Soviet advisers like Borodin to enter in 1923 and steer the Kuomintang toward Communist influence, aiding China’s later civil upheavals.
Lexington hosts a two day meeting of the Guilds of St Paul with a city wide canvass. About Catholic belief booklets and a questions card drew nearly 50 inquiries. Bishop Mulloy invites Mrs Clare Booth Luce to address the conference as visiting guilds arrive.
The article recalls pilgrims visiting the Tower of London to honor martyrs St John Fisher and Cardinal Thomas More, notes their fates under Henry VIII, and recounts Fisher’s cell, starvation, and lack of a confessor. It parallels Mindszenty and Stepinac as condemned religious figures in modern history.
A dramatic recital of a martyr’s calm before execution. The narrative recalls the day of death, the saint’s serene refusal to fear, and the anticipation of immediate heaven as the Tower lieutenant announces the hour. The piece links the attitude to St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, noted in column.
In Bay St. Louis Mississippi on April 22 1953 Cardinal Spellman will consecrate Most Rev Joseph Oliver Bowers to the Episcopacy for the Diocese of Accra Gold Coast Africa in a ceremony at the Church of Our Lady of the Gulf. Co consecrators include Bishops Richard Gerow and deph Joger with Archbishop Joseph Rummel and other Divine Word Society officers assisting. The event follows a long series of missionary holy orders and features a dinner with toastmaster Most Rev William O'Brien.
Catholic Americans fund a 16 foot Immaculate Heart of Mary statue to stand in Fatima Shrine. Sculptor Father Thomas McGlynn will carve the 40 ton marble piece at St. Monica's Raleigh with Lucy dos Santos guiding the vision. Contributions go to American Friends of Fatima via John S. Gleason Jr. in Chicago.
A West Coast site near the Willamette valley will host the first Oregon abbey for a New Mexico based Trappist community. Abbot Golumban Hawkins confirms purchase of a 1200 acre tract three miles north of the Willamette region with temporary buildings to be erected as the 50 strong choir monks and lay brothers relocate from Pecos.
The Bishop stated at a diner event that separation of church and state is not the issue but that moral and religious instruction should be properly taught in schools. He argued the amendment was guided by religiously educated leaders rather than hostile minds.
Bogdan Raditsa cites how Tito’s regime framed Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac as responsible for wartime excesses to suppress his influence. Croatian Communists led by Dr. Bakatić opposed charges likely to shock Croat public, while the prelate publicly denounced massacres and coerced conversions. The account notes Stepinac’s defiant stance, including a direct remark to Tito’s office that God commands not to kill.
A Maryknoll missioner Father Robert W. Greene recounts a one year imprisonment in China and a Palm Sunday five hour trial in which he was struck and exhausted. Easter Sunday forced to stand silent for seven hours before 6 000 spectators. Officials say his mind is broken and deportation from China is set. The note adds a warning of Communist threats toward the United States.
Superior Court Judge T Wallace Leyden ruled that distributing Protestant Gideon Bibles to Rutherford public school pupils is not unconstitutional. He said it is bad policy but permissible voluntary distribution and not an establishment of religion. The injunction remains pending appeal and Bibles are impounded.
A saint in Rome exclaimed two hours after Pope Pius IX died. The cause began in 1908 and was revived in 1953.
Hong Kong report counts four foreign bishops and numerous priests killed by Chinese Reds since 1940, with many deaths in jail or from ill treatment. The China Missionary Bulletin notes incomplete records for laity and native clergy, and urges missionaries to contribute missing data before records are lost.
A solemn Mass in the Romanian Byzantine Rite at Most Holy Trinity Church Detroit commemorated Catholic martyrs in Romania under Communist rule. After the service a Michigan Romanian Catholics meeting featured Circuit Judge Moynihan Monsignor Hickey Princess Ileana of Romania and Rev Celestin J Steiner.
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