Last Missionary Leaves Region Halted Work in Kweilin
Special report notes the Kweilin prefecture in Kwangsi closed by Communist forces. Father Robert W. Greene and the remaining Maryknoll staff faced arrest or confinement as missionaries retreat from South China. The piece details prior mission infrastructure and the broader fate of foreign Catholic workers in China after Reds seized control.
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Hong Kong
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Robert W. Greene
Jasper
Ind
Ign
Maryknoll
South China
Marykno Knoll
China
Ee Kaying
Kongmoon
Kwangtung
Wuchow
Father Greene
Communist
U.S
Red China
U. S
Excavations Director and Pope ally Ludwig Kaas Dies
Vatican City reports the death of Ludwig Kaas 70 after a brief illness on April 25. He served as secretary of the Sacred Congregation of the Basilica of St. Peter and for 11 years directed its excavations. A German Center party leader, Kaas sat in the Reichstag thrice and represented Germany at the League of Nations. He fled Nazi Germany in 1938 and became a Canon of St. Peter's before continuing his Rome post until death.
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Vatican City
Pius XII Penaiatos
Ludwig Kaas
Monsignor Kaas
Sacred Congregation
Basilica of St. Peter
Trie
Germany
Center
League of Nations
Center Party
Hitler
Rome
St. Peter’s
1300 Temporary Altars For Barcelona Congress
In preparation for the International Eucharistic Congress in Barcelona from May 27 to June 1, 1930, 1300 temporary altars are provided for Masses by visiting prelates and priests. 1000 altar boys will assist at Masses while 300 clergy hear confessions and administer Communion. Twenty five confession centers will serve foreign languages. Over 100 youth pilgrimages will be sheltered in tents. Spanish schoolchildren will offer a spiritual bouquet to the Blessed Sacrament. The total offerings will be announced on the congress's second day.
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Barcelona
Spain
Canada Protests Death of Priest in Red China
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent told the House of Commons that the death of Rev. Joseph Leon Arcand in Chefoo China arose from neglect or maltreatment by Chinese Communist authorities. Arcand died Feb 8 after six months in a jail term, brought to hospital in a deplorable condition. Canadian prisoners in Red China include Bishop Cuthbert O Gara and several missionaries and nuns.
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Ottawa
Joseph Leon Arcand
Chefoo
China
Louis St. Laurent
House of Commons
Father Arcand
U. S
United Kingdom
Cuthbert O’gara
C.P
Yuanling
Gustave Prevost
Eugene Lauzon
Arsenius Mullen
G. F.M
Ste. Marie-Germaine
Ste. Alphonse du Redempteur
Nuns Found New Fatima Cloister Linked to Open Holy Year
The American founded Dominican nuns of the Perpetual Rosary established a monastery near the Fatima basilica to be named for Pius XII. Mary Louis Bertrand, Prioress General, oversaw the Fatima project as ceremonies closed the Holy Year and marked the Camden 1901 jubilee. Monasteries also operate in Syracuse Rome and Glasgow with continuous recitation of the Rosary.
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Rome
Dominican Nuns of the
Perpetual A7
Fatima
Mary Louis Bertrand
Pius XII
Frederico Edeschini
Catholic railroad men form chapter 2 in Rawlins
The Order of St. Christopher reports a flood of inquiries from 48 cities in 24 states after a Register National Edition story on Chicago chapter 1. Inquiries prompted the formation of chapter 2 in Rawlins Wyoming and came from places as distant as Seattle Washington Brownville Junction Maine Houston Texas and Minneapolis Minnesota. The Chicago group lists P O box 670 Chicago as its address.
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Chicago
Order of St. Christopher
Register
Rawlins
Wyo
Seattle
Ash
Brownville Junction
Houston
Tex
Minneapolis
Vienna Cathedral Reopened After Week of Restorations
The reconstruc tion of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna ends with rededication led by Cardinal Innitzer. Austria’s national shrine, rebuilt at a cost around $1,000,000, features a new bell from St Florian and a storied 553 foot steeple der Stef Fel. Pope Pius XII lauds Austrian unity and Christian heritage.
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St. Stephen’s
Vienna
Cardinal Innitzer
Austria
Europe
Berg
Pius XII
Stefansdom
Holy Father
War Relief Services Provide $13 Million Half Year Aid
NCWC War Relief Services reports nearly 13 million dollars in relief materials sent Oct 1 1951 to May 31 1952 to Western Europe Korea China and the Middle East. Shipments totaled 29 139 438 pounds valued at 12 740 639 dollars aided by the 1951 Thanksgiving clothing drive and bishops funds. Refugee flows rose with 20 000 monthly from Soviet Germany to the West and 3 000 from Soviet satellites to Western Europe. 32 313 Catholic displaced persons arrived in the United States. 127 693 DPs were brought by War Relief Services out of 44 672 total dollars.
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Washington
Europe
Korea
China
Middle East
NCWC
Ncwc Administrative Board
U.S
Germany
Austria
Trieste
Italy
U. S
Agency of the
American Bishops
Bishops Urge Prayers for Tyranny Victims Worldwide
Archbishops and Bishops of the NCWC Administrative Board appeal to Catholics and non-Catholics to pray for those suffering under tyranny in Communist countries. They condemn religious persecution in Czecho Slovakia Romania Lithuania and Albania and express solidarity with Chinese Catholics facing imprisonment and death. The statement labels Communism as the enemy of decency and highlights the plight of bishops priests and faithful in China and beyond.
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Washington
NCWC
China
Czecho- Slovakia
Romania
Lithuania
Albania
Poland
Cote
Press Symbol On Bishop's Seal Heraldic Motif Debuts
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman, to be installed May 8 as Coadjutor to Dallas Bishop Joseph P. Lynch, bears a coat of arms with open scissors symbolizing Catholic journalism. Former Tidings editor in Los Angeles, he leads NCWC Press and served as Reno bishop since 1931.
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Thomas K. Gorman
Joseph P Lynch
Dallas
Los Angeles
Gorman
Practice Faith Openly Pope Tells Bank Staffs
Vatican reports Pius XII urges Bank of Italy employees and government workers to practice faith openly not in private life. He calls for courageous public demonstration, warning against fear of opinion and inner greed that could erode judgment.
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Vatican City
Bank of Italy
Pius XII
Perha
Ave Maria Hour wins national religious radio award
The Ave Maria Hour produced by the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement at Graymoor New York received the first award for religious radio programs. The honor was given at the 16th American Exhibition of Educational and Radio and TV at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
Graymoor
N. Y
Ohio State University
Pontiff Praises Doctors as Collaborators With God
Pope Pius XII addressing delegates of the European Congress of Gastroenterologists called doctors true collaborators with God in defending and developing His creation. He urged the Christian mind to value efforts boosting physical strength and intellectual labor, hoping man, with God's help, will reach greater perfection and capacity for good.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Tomas Hopp
Holy Father
Expert on Foreign Affairs Fr Walsh to Note Jubilee
Washington The Rev Dr Edmund A Walsh a Jesuit of Georgetown University will note his 50th year as a Jesuit on May 4 with a reception in McDonough Memorial gymnasium. He has held postings from the War Department to the Nuremberg staff and helped found the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.
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Washington
Edmund A. Walsh
Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service
McDonough Memorial Gymnasium
Father Walsh
Society of Jesus
Cardinal James Gibbons
Boston
New York
London
Dublin
Innsbruck
Rodstock
France
War Department
Georgetown
Army
School of
Pius XI
Russia
Mexico
Vatican
Command and General Staff School
Judge Advocate General School
Joseph P. Chamberlain
Columbia University
Institute of World Polity
U. S
Operation Paintbrush Aims to Clean Paris Slums
A Secours Catholique campaign titled Operation Paintbrush will spearhead a two year drive to improve substandard unsanitary housing in Paris slums. A coordinating committee will organize volunteers and enlist merchants to donate paint materials and supplies for building repairs and decorating.
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Paris
Paintbrush
Secours Catolique
Orest
Arts
94 Year Old Founder of Nuns Is Honored in Philadelphia
Mother M. Katharine Drexel, 94, founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, was named Philadelphia's Great Lady of the Century and received a $1,000 award from the Alliance of Catholic Women. More than 4,100 women attended the luncheon in her honor. The Drexel family background and her 1891 founding, growth to 500 nuns in 60 convents, and teaching in 63 schools are noted. Ill health kept her from attending.
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Philadelphia
M. Katherine Drexel
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament For
Alliance of Catholic Women
Drexel
Francis Anthony Drexel
Leo XIII
Delaware
Torresdale
Xavier University
New Orleans
Toledo hosts NCCM annual meeting and elects leaders
Francis I. Nally of Toledo was elected president of the National Council of Catholic Men at its 32nd annual meeting in Toledo. He succeeds Stewart Lynch of Wilmington, Del. Albert Sattler of New York was elected vice president. The Toledo gathering was the NCCM’s first meeting outside Washington in over 20 years, with more than 3,000 local to national lay organizations listed as members.
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Francis I. Nally
Toledo
National Council of Catholic Men
Stewart Lynch
Wilmington
Del
Albert Sattler
New York
NCCM
Washington, D. C
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Pontiff
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Jubilee
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Japan
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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
King’s Point
Catholic Writers’ Guild
S.J
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Gerard Rooney
Boston Pilot
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St. Gabriel's Monastery Church
Brighton
Catholic Men’s Council
St. Paul, Minn
America
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OUR Lady OF
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