Operation Hospitality at Immaculata High School
A German girl Renate Graetz remains with the Anderson family in Chicago as she completes her senior year at Immaculata High School under the Operation Hospitality program sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Women and its Educational Department.
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Operation Hospitality
National Council of Catholic Women
NCWC
Renate Graetz
Vernon Anderson
Immaculata High School
Chicago
Assistant to Chaplain All Things to All Men
Marine Sgt. Tom W Harvey serves as chaplain's aide to Father John L Ecker of the First Marine Division in Korea. He handles routine duties and anticipates needs, earning trust from U S service members and Korean civilians alike. He even learned Korean to aid communication and once assisted Mass for Cardinal Spellman at Christmas on the front.
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Seoul
Korea
Tom W. Harvey
John L. Ecker
First Marine Division
Harvey
Bristow
Okla
Father Ecker
White Haven
U.S
Tommy
Cardinal Spellman
Judges Launch State Drive Against Obscene Books
Minnesota juvenile court judges led by Judge Vincent Hollaren announce a state wide drive to rid newsstands of indecent comics photographs and literature. Judges Connolly and Walker will lead the effort and volunteers will check against a master list. Mayor Delaney plans a teenage committee to review indecent material in St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Juvenile Court
Vincent Hollaren
Minnesota Association of Juvenile Court Judges
F. J. Connolly
Charles Walker
Edward K. Delaney
St. Paul
Floating Monastery Plan Progresses for Breton Fishermen
Plans to establish a floating monastery to accompany Breton fishermen across the Atlantic advance. Conceived by a Benedictine monk, revived by Bishop Andrea Fauvel, three Les Petits Freres de Jesus monks work at Concarneau sharing life with the fleet.
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Paris
Atlantic
Andrea Fauvel
Quimper
Les Petits Freres de Jesus
Concarneau
Inrpac
Great Expansion Plans For Jewish Jerusalem
The article describes rapid growth in Jerusalem as a vast unfinished hall for international congresses rises under Buildings of the Nation. An international exhibition next year marks Jerusalem's 3 000th year as capital of David's kingdom and a 6 000 000 trees park memorializes the genocide claim. The city expands eastward into Arab Jerusalem, with western expansion absorbing nearby villages while north and south remain limited by borders.
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London
Jerusalem
David
Old City
Jordan
Prime Minister Warns of Communism's Scope
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, addressing St. Michael's College graduates in Toronto, warns that the Cold War encompasses more than military strength. He calls the Soviet State a ruthless tyranny aiming to destroy freedom of mind and soul and urges spiritual resources alongside armed power as the antidote to Communism.
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Toronto
Louis St. Laurent
St. Michael’s
Truman Turkey Send Greetings to Old Sod
President Truman sent personal greetings to Ireland as part of St Patrick’s Day celebrations. A Turkish president and Pakistan’s governor general joined in the greetings. The highlight was a pilgrimage to Slemish Mountain in County Antrim where St Patrick was held as a slave. University students stood out in the festivities.
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Dublin
St. Patrick’s
O’kelly
Truman
Turkey
Pakistan
Slemish
County Antrim
St. Patrick
Ireland
Purge of Five Million Books Hits Marx and Engels
East Germany removes millions of volumes by Marx and Engels in a purge. New editions appear with historically important changes. The drive erases works seen as dangerous to the regime including texts on capitalism, nostalgia for old days, and aristocratic authors.
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Marx
Berlin
Marx and Engels
East Germany
Reds
Engels
Cross of Peace lapel pin adopted by CWV drives
The Catholic War Veterans announce a new Cross of Peace lapel pin to urge world prayer for peace. The green and white Celtic cross over a shamrock will be sold during a designated March week to fund CWV welfare and hospital projects. Donald J. McQuade presents the pin to Father Matthew E. Clancy. R. B. McQuade, originator, stands nearby.
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Donald J. McQuade
Toledo
CWV
Bishop Sheen Denounces Church State Alliance in U S
Auxiliary Bishop Fulton J. Sheen warned against any move toward an established church or church state union. Speaking in a Lent sermon at the Church of the Sacred Heart, he affirmed Catholics’ loyalty to the First Amendment and liberty of conscience for all Americans.
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Washington
Fulton
J. Sheen
New York
United States
Sheen
Church of the Sacred Heart
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
America
Voices of America Expands Religious Program Broadcasts
The Voice of America increases religious content with sermons prayers church services and coverage of religious events. Programs run in over 40 languages including Catholic and Protestant nation programming as appropriate.
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Voices of America
Washington, D.C
The
Voice of America
U. S
Villagers Preserve Altar Sixty Years in Japan
In Wakayama Prefecture the village of Kegashi Kishi kept church furnishings including an altar tabernacle and altar stone for more than six decades. Father Thomas J. Griffin found them and celebrated Mass with 23 Catholics, noting the locals asked for a teacher to join the Church, hoping many would convert.
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Wakayama
Japan
Thomas J. Griffin
Kegashi-Kishi
Father Griffin
Kegashi- Kishi
Canon Law Experts Plan Congress to Fete Gratian
World canon law specialists gather for an international congress honoring Gratian. Attendees include Prof. Stephen Kuttner of Catholic University of America. On April 22, Prof. Battaglia will present Pope Pius XII with a gold medal and Bologna University. An olive tree from Carraria, Gratian’s Tuscan birthplace, will be offered to the Pontiff.
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Rome
Gratian
Franciscus Gratianus
Stephen Kuttner
Catholic University of America
Pius XII
Battaglia
Bologna University
Carraria
Tuscany
Gratianus
Jesuit urges U S to meet Red force with force
Fort Monmouth New Jersey Reverend Edmund A Walsh S J of Georgetown University warns that Communists respect only force and readiness for mobilization in 1953. He urges the United States to match reprisal for reprisal and be prepared to meet force with force to deter world domination.
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Fort Monmouth
N.J
Porte
Edmund A. Walsh
S.J
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Washington, D.C
Father Walsh
Church of England seeks clergy pay rise and housing
The Archbishop of Canterbury calls for minimum clerical pay of £500 plus a free house and £600 later to address poverty among Anglicans. London diocese has already set £500 with house and child grants of £25 to £35 per child.
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Church of England
London
the Times
Great Britain
Canterbury
Catholic High To Take Most Of Towns Pupils
Pierz Minnesota reports that a new parochial high school will open for the 1952 53 term. The district with 181 students at nearby Little Falls will see about 150 enroll in the Catholic school leaving about 31 to attend the public high school elsewhere.
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Pierz
Minn
Milo Butorac
A Tle Falls
Gable
Werner Flicker
Little Falls
Sisters Seek Photo Of First American Head Ursula Bissonnette
The Sisters of Charity in Lakewood Ohio seek a family photograph of their first American superior Ursula Bissonnette born May 26 1818 La Prairie Sandusky County Ohio died Sept 11 1863 Cleveland Ohio. They appeal for any relatives who might loan a picture and note her Quebec origins and extensive family across several states.
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Sylvania
Sisters of Charity
Lakewood Avenue
Lakewood
Ohio
Ursula Bissonnette
Quebec
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
California
la Prairie
Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre Honor in Corpus Christi
Sixteen Catholics of the Corpus Christi Diocese receive papal honors. Bishops M. Garriga and Eugene L. McGuinness lead. Knights include Raul Casso Ben F Vaugham and Tom Wessels. Ladies named include Mary E Lambert Kate O Connor and Elena Kenedy. Investiture held at Corpus Christi Cathedral on May 4.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Diocese of
Pius XII
Garriga
Raul Casso
Ben F. Vaugham
Wilson Heard
Tom Wessels
Dudley Dougherty
Mmes
F. William Carr
Mary E. Lambert
J. E. Bauer
Anne S. Wells
Schools Using Nuns as Teachers Face Suit in Missouri
A circuit court suit seeks an injunction to stop two Franklin County districts from running schools taught by nuns. It claims three elementary schools labeled public by the state use local and state tax funds unlawfully. Defense says plaintiffs lack a showing of injury.
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St. Louis
Franklin County
State Department of Education
Gildehaus
Krakow
Ziegemeyer
Noted Convert Monsignor Lord Guided by Study to Priesthood
The Rev Monsignor Robert H Lord a Harvard history professor who resigned in 1926 to enter the priesthood is now pastor at St Pauls Wellesley Archdiocese of Boston His conversion in 1920 followed years of study and belief in integral Catholicism He served at Harvard during World War I and later taught at St Johns Seminary He has written many works on Polish history peace conferences and the history of the Archdiocese of Boston
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Jouhn B. Ebel
Harvard University
Archdiocese of
Boston
Robert H. Lord
Lord
France
Versailles
E Bernon Plano
Ill
Monsignor Lord
Frank Howard Lord
Julia Custin Lord
Vienna
Berlin
Moscow
Harv. University
Department of
House
U.S
Pepcopoetas
Poland
Monsignor
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Harvard
J. John’s Seminary
Brighton
William O’connell
St. John’s Seminary
St. Paul’s Parish
Wellesley
Herbert Hoover
Poincaire
Marshal Foch
University of
Charles H. Haskins
Archibald Cary Coolidge
Harold J. Coolidge
Charles D. Hazen
William R. Thayer
American Catholic Historical Association
Catholics in St. Louis archdiocese aid missions with $583,459
The Catholics of the St. Louis archdiocese contributed 583,459.31 dollars to the church’s mission work in 1951, Auxiliary Bishop Charles H. Helmsing reports. The Cathedral led parish giving with 29,167.28 dollars, surpassing the diocese’s total from 25 years earlier.
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Charles H. Helmsing
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Sociologist Attacks Mixed Marriages Data
St Louis report on mixed marriages argues against optimism about conversions. Father John L. Thomas notes only four to five percent of non Catholic partners convert, with adultery and nonchurch attendance dominating failure rates among 1,284 couples.
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St. Louis
Social Order
Thomas
Boxing Can Be Good Not Bad Says Parish Priest
In a debated view on boxing, a priest argues that the sport can be good and clean when intention and rules aim to outpoint rather than injure. He cites a Holy Name smoker bout as evidence that skilled boxers can perform with grace and restraint.
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Fox
Aly
Coen
Eiter
Louie
Seven gifts of the Holy Ghost outlined with infused virtues
The text explains how the infused virtues and gifts of the Holy Ghost guide supernatural life. It lists the seven gifts wisdom understanding knowledge counsel piety fortitude and fear of the Lord and describes how they act to perfect virtue and increase devotion to God.
First Tagalog New Testament Translation Nears Completion
The Philippines prepare the first complete Tagalog New Testament after Easter with 16 000 copies printed at the University of the Philippines press. Rev Juan Trinidad S J began the translation at San Jose seminary during the Japanese occupation after returning from Rome with a doctorate in Sacred Scripture.
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Manila
Philippines
University of the Philippines
San Jose Seminary
Juan Trinidad
S.J
Rome
Methodists Hospital Work for Blind Opens New Jobs
Indianapolis Methodist hospital installs telephone recording equipment allowing blind stenographers to dictate clinical findings. Staff physicians dictate from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. In five months 6,682 reports were produced, highlighting new opportunities for handicapped workers, per Hospital Progress.
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St. Louis
Inapolis
Hospital Progress
Catholic Hospital Association
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Career Conference Opens With Pontifical Mass in Springfield
Mayor John E. MacWerter signs a proclamation naming Career Conference days. Attendees include Sister Mary Blanche Mother Florence Urseline Academy and clergy from Cathedral Boys' High School. Bishop William A. O'Connor presided at Pontifical Mass. Conference sponsored by Cathedral High School and diocesan school run by Clerics of St Viator.
Shrine plan at Cave Rock near Lake Tahoe outlined
Bishop Thomas Keece urges Reno to accept a Fatima shrine proposed by Rev. John J. Ryan. Land 26 feet above Lake Tahoe at Cave Rock donated by Capt. George Whittell. The 12 acre site will be developed over 10 years with a $1,000,000 budget.
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Reno
Nev
Thomas Keece
Decese
Dallas
Cave Rock
Lake Tahoe
George Whittell
John J. Ryan
Hospital Guilds Reach 103 372 Members
The Catholic Hospital Association reports in Hospital Progress that U S old hospitals and allied agencies are aided by over 100 000 volunteer guild members. Questionnaires show a total of 103 372 guild members, revealing the movement's scale.
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U. S
Catholic Hospital Association
Hospital Progress
Catholic Hospital Guild
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U. S. Army
Catholic High
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K. of C
Alan Gathright
James Jones
United Church Toledo Council of Churches
Walter E. Borah
Church Council
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Radio Rosary
WBL
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Wis
Sheboygan K. of C. Council
Eugene Bartzen
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R. of C
Leroy Dierbeck
Harold Petronis
Nick Dohme
Bill Warner
Louwie
Catholic University
Holy Ghost
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Tagalog
Springfield
Fatima
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