Supreme Court upholds released time for religious instruction
The six to three decision in Zorach v. Gleason upholds New York City released time for students to pursue religious instruction off campus, ruling the program does not establish religion or advance it via public schools. The ruling distinguishes from McCollum and centers on the First and Fourteenth Amendments as applied to state education.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Justice DouGlas
York City
McCollum
New York City
Jk. Court of Appeals
N. Y
C.N. E
U.S. C
Pro
Cone
New York
U.S
Suome
The Apocalypse and Its Message Through the Ages
The Apocalypse or Revelation, attributed to Saint John, was written during persecution periods in Nero or Domitian eras while exiled at Patmos. It foresees Rome’s fall as anti Christian power and the Church’s triumph, urging reform and offering hope amid persecution. A Durer depiction shows the Seer with seven seals and seven stars around God’s hand.
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St. John
Nero
Tian
Patmos
Rome
Intervets
Albrecht Durer
Inventory of Mount Vernon items recounts religious images
An appendix to a 1860 Washington biography lists an 18th century Mount Vernon inventory taken after George Washington's death. It notes two pictures including a Virgin Mary and St John, with appraised values, as recorded by sworn appraisers. Father Repetti, Georgetown archivist, notes the Virgin Mary image has not been publicly shown.
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Washington
Virgin Mary
St. John
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Edward Everett
Sheldon & Co
New York
Mt. Vernon
General Washington
Father Repetti
Protestant Parish Schools Grow 61 Percent in 15 Years
New York reports a nationwide survey by the National Council of Churches shows Protestant day schools rising 61 percent in pre high school enrollment over 15 years. Lutheran Church Missouri Synod heads the system with 1,164 schools and about 100,000 students, followed by Wisconsin Lutherans and other denominations. The study notes rapid nursery school expansion and excludes mission, boarding, and secondary schools.
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New York
United States
National Council of Churches
Lutheran Church-Missouri Act
Lutheran Joint Synod of Wisconsin
Seventh Day Adventists
Mennonites
Christian’ Reformed Church
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Protestant Episcopal Church
Baptist
National Association of Christian Schools
Alf
Nurses urged to fight widespread fear by Archbishop
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston told the National Council of Catholic Nurses in Cleveland that nurses must dispel anxiety afflicting people. He urged focus on sound psychology and modern medicine while urging faith and devotion as relief for nervous exhaustion and fear.
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Cleveland
Richard J. Cushing
Boston
National Council of Catholic Nurses
Ncwc Wire
Rose Venerini Beatified by Pope and Her U S Nuns Work
Blessed Rose Venerini, a 17th century Italian nun who founded schools for girls, was beatified May 4 by Pius XII. Her Venerini Sisters began in Lawrence Massachusetts in 1909 and now operate from Worcester with about 60 nuns serving in Boston Albany Providence Springfield and Worcester.
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Vatican City
Rose Venerini
Pius XII
Venerini
Lawrence
Mass
Cardinal O’connell
U. S
Worcester
Ester Gianantoni
Boston
Albany
Providence
Springfield
Viterbo
Rome
Cardinal Saccheti
Jesuits
St. Lucy, Filippini
Sister Rose
Montefiascone
Rose
Displaced Priests From Iron Curtain Serve in 75 US Dioceses
Washington report shows 415 DP priests from Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, and Slovenia serving 75 American dioceses. An additional 116 DP priests have been accepted and 100 more admitted under private auspices, with 97 emigrating mainly to Canada. The NCWC committee notes English gains, limited higher ed enrollments hindering professors, and 281 children arriving in six months including 98 war orphans from Italy.
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Washington
NCWC
Catholic Committee For Refugees
Lithuania
Cedho-Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Ukraine
Slovenia
Italy
Venezia-Giulia
Germany
Austria
Joseph E. Ritter
St. Louis
New York
Ncwc Wire
Catholics Need More Schools and Teachers Says Survey
The Times survey shows 109,118 Catholic parish teachers across elementary and secondary levels, with 4,000,000 current enrollment and 5,000,000 projected by 1960. It argues for tax aid to Church schools to expand facilities for about 1,000,000 more students over eight years, dismissing claims that funding religious schools is unconstitutional.
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New York Times
I Ss
N Y Red Woman Leader Converts to Catholic Church
Dr Bella V Dodd former New York state legislative director for the Communist party returns to Catholicism. Born Catholic she was a Hunter College professor and radical teacher leader expelled in 1949. She has since taken instruction from Bishop Fulton J Sheen and was recently received back into the Church.
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New York
Bella V. Dodd
Communist Party
Richard Reid
The
Catholic News
Reid
Dr. Dodd
Hunter College
Fulton J. Sheen
Young Pastor Baptizes 120 in One Day in Masonga Africa
In Musoma prefecture a 30 year old Maryknoll Missioner from New York Father John M Schiff baptized 120 persons in a single day. He notes 850 converts over the past two years and says large numbers reflect the Lord’s blessing.
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Masonga
Africa
Musoma
John M. Schiff
Maryknoll
New York City
Joint Trial Planned for Two Czech Prelates
Veritas notes a likely, staged trial by the Czecho-Slovak regime of Archbishop Josef Beran of Prague and Bishop Josef Hlouch of Budějovice. The move aims to mimic delays while Rudolf Slaný and Vladimir Clementis face treason charges, portraying clerics as sabotaging socialist reconstruction. Beran and Hlouch are banished and confined for alleged noncooperation and opposition to church laws.
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Vatican City
Josef Beran
Prague
Josef Hlouch
Budejovice
Christian Academy of Czecho- Slovakia
Rome
Rudolf Slansky
Vladimir Clementis
Mer
Beran
Hlouch
Republic
Before and After China Ordeal of Father Greene
Maryknoll priest Father Robert W. Greene of Jasper faced harsh treatment by Chinese authorities. After two years under house arrest in Tun gan he was formally arrested and paraded at a mass accusation trial before about 5 000 onlookers. He endured 11 days of relentless questioning that left his mind blurred between reality and fantasy.
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Robert W. Greene
Maryknoll
Jasper
Hong Kong
Tungan
Kwangsi
Third Court Rules Image Of Frances Cabrini Stays
The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings and rejected claims by layman leaders and five Protestant clergymen that a statue of Mother Frances Cabrini on city property violates church and state separation. Cabrini lived in New Orleans, founded religious houses here, and did charitable work for the poor. Protestants sought removal via court action.
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New Orleans
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
Canal Boulevard
Harrison Street
Mother Cabrini
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Order of the Alhambra
Detroit Catholics donate 25000 to National Shrine
Cardinal Mooney Detroit forwards 25000 to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Catholic University of America. This marks the second offering from Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
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Shrine
Washington
Cardinal Mooney
Detroit
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Catholic University of America
Archdiocese of
Mission Work Opens Among 1 000 000 Chinese Refugees
Hong Kong hosts a vast refugee population with 1 000 000 Chinese displaced and sheltering in tin and tar paper camps. Missionary priests and sisters from Maryknoll and local order aid refugees by establishing churches and information centers in two camps. Maryknoll Sisters plan a women’s center in another camp.
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Hong Kong
Byre
Red China
Thomas J. Malone
Howard D. Trube
Stephen B. Bonds
Maryknoll Sisters
Father Trube
Bronx
N. Y
Obsession by Evil Spirits Reported by Catholic Authority
Father Pascal Parente of the Catholic University notes a rise in diaboli cal obsession amid today's nervous climate. He cites three cases this year, explains possession versus obsession, and describes signs like knowledge of unseen languages and superhuman strength. He details exorcism rites, limits of demonic control, and Parente's background as a Benevento native and theologian in the United States.
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Washington
Pascal Parente
Catholic University
Father Parente
Eee
Father Parcente
Oespaser
St. Bonaventure
Iowa
New York City
Parente
Benevento
Naples
Italy
Gregorian University
Rome
United States
Trentom
Catholic U
Special Dispatch
NCWC
Writers of All Faiths to Contribute Saints Book
Clare Boothe Luce will edit a new Saints volume from Sheed and Ward with contributors like Mortimer Adler on St. Thomas Aquinas and Evelyn Waugh on St. Helena. Illustrators include Salvador Dali and Andre Girard as the roster lists writers from England and America.
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New York
England
America
Sie le Olie
Sheed & Ward
Clare Boothe Luce
White Chambers
St. Benedict
Pa’ | Gallico
St. Francis of Assisi
Mortimer Adler
St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Merton
St. John of the Cross
Rebecca West
St. Angeation
Bruce Marshall
Karl Stern
St. Therese of Lisieux
Evelyn Waugh
St. Helena
Barbara Ward
Thomas More
Gerald Heard
St. ‘Francis de Sales
Kathleen Norris
St. Jude
Alfred Noyes
St. John the Evangelist
Andre Girard
Salvador Dali
Jean Charlot
Lauren Or
Released Time Classes Expansion Across Nation
The U S Supreme Court upholding the New York released time program is expected to expand religious instruction outside schools. Two million students in 46 states may join by local action, with off campus classes favored and staffing a major future challenge for Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
New York State
Andrew G. Clauson, Jr
New York City
Supreme Court
UN Commission
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