Belgian Aid to German Expellee Priests Supported by Belgium
Cardinal Frings of Cologne thanked Cardinal van Roey for Belgian support to German expellee priests. The Aid to Eastern Priests organization founded in 1948 by Father Werenfried van Straaten of Antwerp supplied food clothing 30 automobiles and 10 mobile chapels and plans an international training center for expellee theologians to train priests for Eastern Europe.
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Co ’ G v
Joseph Frings
Cologne
Joseph E. van Roey
Belgium
Reu
Werenfried van Straaten
Antwerp
Father van Straaten
Communists Infiltrating Brazil Warns Officials
Reports warn of a Communist coup in Brazil with alleged infiltration across government and society. President Getulio Vargas cites external and internal enemies as threats to national frontiers.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Britain Combats Red Propaganda Amid Austerity
A new Communist offensive seeks to sow unrest under austerity. Britain’s Catholic groups organize to unite unionists and counter Reds efforts to disrupt rearmament and social cohesion.
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London
Britain
Legion Asked to Lead Toledo Fight Against Enemies
George J. Re of Toledo urged members of the Legion to lead the fight against enemies forging his name in a Toledo paper. He spoke of a struggle against treachery and urged vigilance in defense of the community.
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Toledo
George J. Re
Ate Legion
Hn Og 3
Geome
Expres
Gion
Prayers for Orphans Offerings By Catholic Parish
A faith group at St Michaels parish pledges daily prayers for orphans and infants under care of the society. The record notes charitable devotion and church support for vulnerable children within the parish community.
Yale Students Clash With Editor Over Communist Appointment
Manchester Union Leader reports Yale Daily News condemns Rev. John Courtney S.J. appointment as communist. Editorials debate academic freedom and alleged teaching of crime while accused “little stupids” claim communism endorses all evils.
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Manchester
Yale
Uiversity
Edi
Radice
Manchester Union
John Courtney
Ey S.J
Yale Daily News
Eee
Archbishop Breaks Ground on $4 Million Nazareth Orphanage
Archbishop Richard Cushing of Boston officiated the groundbreaking for Nazareth, a $4 million orphanage to house 300 children in connected cottages. The complex will include five to six beds per cottage, infirmary, kitchen, and dining areas, replacing Boston's 88 year old Home for Catholic Children.
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Boston
Richard’ “ Cushing
Nazareth
Cial Trucks
Fans Visit Polio Victim Dave Madden From Eyota
A group from St Marys college Winona visits Dave Madden a four year old polio patient at J Marys hospital Rochester Michigan in his two hours of mobile time daily He attends Mass recites the Rosary and shares prayers with other patients doctors and nurses The visitors include Shrake and Gorman cocaptains of Marian cage squad Pat Costello and Emily Johnson Also noted is Dave congratulating Jello on a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference scoring record.
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Dave Madden
Eyota
Minn
St. Mary’s College
Winona
Harry
Pat” Costello
Chicago
Emily Johnson
Mankato
Jim “Stick
Shrake
Hugh Gorman
Dave
Jello
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
New Blanshard Attacks Catholic View in Scotland
Yale professor Brand Blanshard, as this year's Gifford lecturer at St. Andrews, argued that revelation offers truths in harmony with natural reason and that its existence can be proved by reason. Jesuit Rev. Thomas Cor nbihely of Campionhall replied, defending Catholic claims.
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London
Yale University
Scotland
Thomas Cornbishely
Campionhall
Jesuit House of Studies
Oxford University
Brand Blanshard
Gifford
St. Andrew’s University
Edinburgh
Paul Blanshard
Guardian Figure Controls Hungarian Bishop in Szombathely
Vatican Radio reports Bishop Alessandro Kovacs of Szombathely is under tight supervision by Vago, a former shoemaker and State Office clerk. Vago shares meals with the bishop, handles diocesan correspondence, and holds the diocese seal and phone duties. Kovacs’ pastorals are written with Red regime collaborators and stamped by Vago.
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London
Vatican Radio
Allessandro Kovacs
Szombathely
Vago
State Office
Chu
Kovacs
Blood Donors Win Favor In Fasting Rules of Lent
Archbishop Moses E. Kiley grants a partial dispensation to Catholics who donate blood during Lent in Milwaukee. Donors may have a snack and liquids after giving blood, per a notice to the Junior League blood center. Meat abstinence remains in effect.
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Milwaukee
Moses E. Kiley
Junior League Blood Center
Girl Scout Leader Dame Leslie Whateley Tours Catholic U
Dame Leslie Whateley of London head of the World bureau of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts toured the Catholic University of America and visited the National Catholic Social Service offices. The WAC veteran attended the 40th anniversary in New York and chose St Anthony’s parish for her sightseeing in Washington.
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Leslie Lee
London
World Bureau of Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts
Catholic University
Washington
Dorothea Sullivan
National Catholics of Social Service
Girl Scouts of America
Leslie
Women’s Army Corps
Britain
New York
Leslie Whateley
Women’s Army Co
St. Anthony’s
Catholic Men Units Invited to Toledo Meeting
All Catholic men’s organizations in the United States are invited to send representatives to the 32nd annual National Council of Catholic Men meeting in Toledo Ohio on April 19 and 20. Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston announces the event and outlines eight workshops to discuss how Catholic men can work to restore all things in Christ.
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Washington
U.S
National Council of Catholic Men
Toledo
Richard J. Cushing
Boston
Episcopal
NCWC
Martin Work
NCCM
Stewart Lynch
Wilmington
Del
Geo R. Ellis
Mr. Work
Ncwc Wire
Second Hungarian Bishop Dead at Hands of Reds Martyr List Grows
The death of Bishop Zoltan Meszlenyi, former Auxil of Esztergom, raises the martyr list to 22 bishops known or reported killed by Reds. Meszlenyi, 60, a 1915 ordination and 1937 consecration, had been a prisoner since mid-1950 and disappeared after arrest. A new Hungarian priests questionnaire seeks anti Communist sympathies and potential removal from pastorates. Cardinal Mindszenty and Archbishop Groesz remain detained in Hungary.
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Vienna
Zoltan Meszlenyi
Esztergom
Reds
Meszlenyi
Vilmos Apor Ofyoer
Hungary
Lawyers Are Censured Who Win at Any Cost
In celebrating the Philadelphia Bar association's 150th anniversary, Archbishop John F. O'Hara denounced lawyers whose sole ethic is to win cases at any cost. He warned that gangsters would fare better if not for dishonest lawyers who profit from crime. He stressed absolute morality on divorce and birth control amid conventional codes. Auxiliary Bishop J. Carroll McCormick gave the Solemn Pontifical Votive Mass for the St. Thomas More society.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Bar Association
John F. O’hara
J. Carroll McCormick
St. Thomas More Society
Quebec Secures One Year Federal University Aid
Quebec agrees with Ottawa to receive about 2 million dollars in federal grants for universities for one year while safeguarding provincial rights, as other provinces already accepted seven million dollars in aid and Quebec had feared meddling in education.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Voters urged to name moral leaders in Mexican elections
The Central Committee of Mexican Catholic Action calls voters to support candidates believed to advance religion and national interests. The upcoming elections include a new President and Senate and Chamber of Deputies. The group says it remains outside any political party.
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Mexico City
Mexican Catholic Action
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Mexico
Catholic Action Organization
Beatification Dates Set By Holy See Changes Noted
Vatican press office released a final schedule altering two beatification dates. Sister Bertilla Boscardin of the Sisters of St Dorothea will be beatified June 1 and Servite priest Rev Antonio Maria Pucci will be beatified June 22, with June 15 previously listed as tentative. Other dates remain May 4 for Sister Rose Venerini and May 18 for Raphaela Maria.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Bertilla Boscardin
Rose Venerini
Enerini Nuns
Raphaela Maria
Yes Handmaids of the Sacred Heart
Priests Imprisoned in Czecho-Slovakia Camps
Veritas bulletin lists nine concentration camps for priests and religious and seven camps where clergy are held with others. It notes 2,800 priests are confined in five of the 16 sites. Also, 65 Catholics face six months to four years for hiding church articles from Communist looting.
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New York
Veritas
The
Christian Academy
Czecho-Slovakia
Prisoner Reported in Chinese Mission Term
The Rev Marcellus White C P of Waltham Mass a veteran Chinese missionary has been arrested at his Yangshan mission church in Hunan and is imprisoned in Yauling jail. Four other American Passionists bishops and priests are held there with eight more under house arrest in the region.
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Marcellus White
Waltham
Mass
Yuanling
Hunan
Yangshan
Union City
N. J
Ernest Welch
Father White
Yauling
Cuthbert O’gara
C.P
Paul Abinger
Bishop Leipzig Promotes Sunday Home Devotions in Oregon
In eastern Oregon parishes Bishop Francis P Leipzig launches a campaign urging families who cannot reach Mass to observe Sunday devotion at home. When Mass is distant, families should recite the Mass prayers the Rosary and a litany at 10 am Sundays. four Confraternity conferences will be held in April at The Dalles Redmond La Grande and Nyssa.
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Baker
Ore
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Francis P. Leipzig
Oregon
Leipzig
Dalles
Redmond
la Grande
Nyssa
Christ’s tough gentleness stressed in Lent message
The Rev. Thomas J. Sullivan says Christian art softens Christ’s image, missing the tough doctrine he taught. He urges Lent penance for 40 days at the Manresa retreat house, arguing penance could address world problems and guide retreatants to act.
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Los Angeles
Christ
Thomas J. Sullivan
S. J
Manresa
Here
Father Sullivan
American College May Open at Louvain in ’52
Rev. Thomas F. Maloney has been named rector of the American college at Louvain University Belgium by a bishops' board and will sail April 15 to reopen the college closed in May 1940 after the Nazi invasion. He aims to reopen in the fall of 1952 and was ordained in 1930 after studying in Louvain since 1924. The college was founded in 1857 by Bishops Spalding and LeFevre.
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Louvain’s
American College
M. J. Spalding
Peter Paul Lefevre
U. S
Classified Ads and Services in Local Newspaper Roundup
A dense clipping lists classified rates and offerings including photo finishing Album Style Jumbo Prints and home based income ads. It notes 800000 circulation across editions, rates per word, minimums, and four issue discounts. It also includes nursing training, employment opportunities, wedding invitations, baby announcements, and sewing at home programs with addresses and contact details.
Vatican City Governor Marchese Serafini Dies at 88
Marchese Carmilo Serafini, governor of the State of Vatican City since its founding, died at age 88 on March 21. Appointed by Pius XI on June 7, 1929 after the Lateran Treaty, he joined the Holy See in 1890 as a numismatist and served as curator of the numismatic cabinet and a member of the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology.
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Vatican City
Marchese Camilio Serafini
Pius
Italy
Serafini
Holy See
Numismatic Cabinet
Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archeology
Parish creates committee to unite families in recreation
At St. Wendelin's parish a nine member committee forms a plan for a parish recreation program. Joseph Schill CYO moderator aims to bring fathers mothers and children together for social activities to reverse years of family separation. The example cites the Joe dach family who dance together each Saturday for square dance parties.
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Fostoria
St. Wendelin’s
CYO
Joseph Schill
Joedach
Christ Jesus Our H King Eucharistic Prayer Book
A 500 page prayer book by Daniel A Lord offers devotionals for the Eucharist including The Theology of the Eucharist The Liturgy of the Eucharist and basic prayers. Priced at 2 for soft cover and 3 for imitation leather with gold edges. Available at book stores or from the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart.
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Leuls
God Love You Mission Appeals Spurred by Pope Quotes
A religious note urges sacrifices for the Holy Father Missions with stories of a seminarian swapping a $40 cassock for an $18 one and sending the difference, and a woman promising $50 to fund missions if she avoids hospitalization. It also includes controversial lines about Hindu scriptures and urged acts of charity among women.
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S. B
Holy Father
Holy Father’s
Holy Father’ Missions
India
P. M
Holy Father’s Missions
Mohammed
Fatima
Mary
Spain
World Mission Rosary and Faithful Sacrifices Endorse St Patrick’s Day Theme
A prayerful appeal praises rosary devotion for missions, notes monthly sacrifices totaling dollars for the Holy Father’s Missions, and urges ongoing gifts to The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. It references Fatima’s vision, Christian charity, and organizing groups to fund missions through personal sacrifices.
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World Mission
Holy Father’s Missions
Chenin Diocese
China
Holy Father's Missions
Fulton J. Sheen
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
E. 38Th St
New York
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Rhode Island
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Holy Land
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South America
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Immaculate Conception Shrine
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Tut LeBlanc
SPECK
Catholic Action the South
Sonu
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Catholic U
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Rochester
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Chicago School of Herog
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Ushner’s
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Marchese Serafini
Christ Jesus
Daniel A. Lord
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