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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1952
Page
8
Trappist monks of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Life begin a new construction project in Georgia. Their aim is to convert non Catholic neighbors by spreading their Jesuit oriented message through devotion to Mary and Jesus.
The Apostle of Rome G. Charles plans to resume permanent buildings for the Georgia abbey after a five year halt. Footings exist for chapel refectory and dormitories as monks, totaling 90, advance despite fund and material shortages. The 1,800 acre abbey near Atlanta attracts non Catholic visitors and relies on supporters across America.
Washington reports that 146 Catholic universities colleges and normal schools have unveiled summer session programs this year. The NCWC Department of Education survey outlines offerings across nine categories and includes details on duration location and credit options.
In Mexico the Catholic Church flourishes again after the execution of Father Pro and the ban on clergy. Devotion grows with his picture sold in shops and beatification steps under way. Benedictine education expands with a Pontifical college and Father Lambert of U.S.B. gains fame as a football coach at a nearby polytechnical college.
Mexico shows rapid church construction while President Al eman prioritizes education. Report visits a newly built school, exploring educational focus and community impact.
The associate rector of St James the Episcopal church in Scarsdale New York resigns to join the Catholic Church. Kernan a Yale and General Theological seminary graduate accuses Scarsdale school officials of tolerating Communist influence and says conversion was inevitable. Authorities deny the charges and recently won support in a school board election.
The Galveston Diocese reports a fund campaign to raise 2 million for a new St. Mary seminary in Houston exceeded expectations, reaching 3 081 million. Campaigns in four divisions totaled 540 570, and results soared after Bishop Nold urged parishioners nationwide. Some gifts continued arriving after May 14.
A NCWC report says St Therese of Lisieux nearly traveled to Hanoi to join the Carmel there. Ill health and a novena to Theophane Venard kept her in Lisieux. Her writings later reached Vietnam as Indochina formed and Carmel in Hanoi grew.
London special report outlines Dr. Austin Birch proposal that disestablishing the Church of England could return crown-held churches to the Catholic Church or to secular use. He argues disestablishment would free the church and allow denominations to share or reclaim church property.
Austria's Chancellor Leopold Figl recalls his friendship with editor Friedrich Funder of Die Furche. He remembers working beside Funder in a Dachau sand pit during their Nazi concentration camp imprisonment. The two endured and supported each other through the brutal camp period.
Sister Miriam Teresa, beatification cause opened in Paterson Diocese, belonged to the Greek Rite and attended Latin Rite parish but never joined the Latin Rite. Born in a Ruthenian Greek parish, she joined the Sisters of Charity of St Elizabeth and died at 26 in the mother-house. The 1946 prayer group fostered her cause and sponsored events with Greek and Latin Rite participants including Mass in Bayonne and a biography review by Theodore Maynard.
Mrs. Lehane, St Patrick’s oldest parishioner born March 14 1859 in San Antonio, was totally blind and almost deaf. She married John Lehane October 7 1884, moved to Fort Worth, and survived by three children, ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Her husband was vice president of the St Louis and Southwestern railroad. She attended St Patrick’s dedication in 1892 and lived through many bishops.
Official permission is granted to erect the first Catholic church in Rochester near St Andrew's Cathedral area. St John Fisher canonized in 1935 with Thomas More. Rochester bishop Bishop James E. Kearney welcomes the new English church in his diocese. Mass may be celebrated after preparations and Rome's approval.
Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac, jailed in Krasic, says there is no freedom in Tito land and that his life is a sham of liberty. He cites restricted movement, censorship, and no contact with the outside world while praising his faithful flock. He warns against Communist propaganda in schools and prays Belgium stays free from communism.
Police and university security increased guards at Curley Hall after Bishop Patrick J. McCormick, 71, rector, received nightly anonymous threats. Calls traced to pay stations. officials deem the messages a crank’s prank as city cruisers patrol the campus.
In Ibero America the priesthood shows slow growth amid rising population. Vocations rose from 4 383 in 1945 to 6 094 in 1951 while ordinations climbed from 531 in 1949 to 622 in 1951 though 65 dioceses did not ordain in 1951. Latin America grows two percent annually, faster than other regions.
Special railway facilities at Middlesborough Park ground were requisitioned to hear the Rev Peyton C S C America’s agent of the Rosary. The event drew a large crowd as Fr Peyton spoke.
The National Council of Catholic Men aided Rep. E. C. Gathings of Arkansas in pushing two House resolutions for a nine member committee to probe obscene materials and indecent radio and TV programs. NCCM provided books magazines comics and other objectionable items to lawmakers and urged action to curb sales to children.
Sister Rafaela Maria, founder of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was beatified at St. Peter's Basilica 27 years after her death. The process began in 1936 with prior steps in 1940, and miracles attributed to her were approved in January. Pope Pius XII presided at the ceremony and veneration, with her worldwide community represented in Philadelphia.
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