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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1952
Page
10
The Papal decree on Communion is cited to support frequent reception by children. Experts urge exhortation over coercion, emphasizing right dispositions and love rather than pressure. Set confession times in schools aid devotion without intrusive pressure on youngsters.
London Harman Grisewood, a Catholic, has been named director of the spoken word for the British ng Corporation. The appointment places her in the inner cabinet of the organization. She is 46 and a pioneer of British radio with a long career dating back to earlier decades.
A Rensselaer Ind senior at Enwick School Chicago Ed and M Ryan Jr won a $1,000 scholarship from St Josephs College by ranking first in competitive examinations taken by 150 boys. In all 46 partial tuition grants, ranging from $400 to $1,000, were awarded this year.
The organ, long linked to church music, rises from ancient Egypt and Byzantium to medieval Europe. By the 13th century it was widely used in churches, with innovations like pedals and hydraulic wind methods expanding its range beyond liturgical chants.
The Federal Public Health Service authorized more than 9.5 million dollars for 171 health and hospital projects across multiple states. Projects include St Josephs hospital in Eureka California adding beds, plus locations in Perryville Pennsylvania and Kenosha Wisconsin among others. The total cost for all projects reaches about 158.97 million dollars.
Bishop Garriga reports he confirmed 16000 Catholics since last November during a ceremony assisted by two bishops from nearby dioceses. The event occurred in Corpus Christi Texas as part of regional church gathering amid the Sixth Regional District congress, under the patronage of the Arch bishop and San Antonio province bishops. He will travel to Spain for an audience after leaving for Madrid.
A traveler notes Spanish language immersion through small Spanish towns with few English signs, describes auto roads and sparse filling stations, and comments on hotels and eateries. The author reflects on Mexican travel, hygiene, and risks to public life tied to Church cooperation and education.
A narrator describes Mexican roadways where sturdy burros roam freely and traffic yields as animals cross. The piece notes crosses on burro backs, religious motifs, and the peril of sudden road crossings for drivers and animals alike amid sparse roadside livestock.
The narrator describes rural Western Mexico with grazing cattle and North American farm machinery. Indian villages preserve Aztec era life amid wild attire and busy ranch scenes. A traveler recalls a striking man with a large straw sombrero and a picturesque companion in a town restaurant.
A writer notes life in Mexico as simpler and friendly with smiling people. Observes a strong mixed Indian and White lineage producing a handsome populace and beautiful women, and confirms widespread scenes of peasants resting in the sun with large straw hats.
A speaker argues that Mexico needs complete freedom for the Catholic Church and seeks concordats to prevent abuses. He contends secret societies corrupt politics and that without church freedom Mexico will lag in education, social justice, and progress, risking periodic revolutions and capital flight.
The author asserts Mexican Catholics form the vast majority and that faith remains intense despite clergy shortages. He disputes Protestant infiltration funded by the United States, notes late hour Masses in Mexico City, frequent confessions, and the pivotal role of priests in rites. He warns of civil marriage costs and graft, contends average Mexicans uphold genuine faith, and believes many will join Catholics in heaven.
The text traces early Spanish religious and educational foundations in Mexico from 1519 to 1821, noting Dominican bishops, Franciscan missions, the 1525 bishopric, new universities, and the 1810–1821 independence leaders Hidalgo and Morelos. It ends with a view praising Mexican culture and faith, signed Monsignor Matthew Smith.
Analysis of Catholic teaching that God wills salvation for all and grants grace to all, yet human free will decides acceptance. Cites biblical passages from Ezekiel and Timothy, Church Fathers including Clement, Chrysostom, and Augustine, and notes infants and baptism as separate future topic. Emphasizes that salvation depends on grace and free will, not God’s unwillingness.
Nine Catholic elementary pupils competed in the 25th national spelling bee. A Nativity School student from Washington DC, Powe among the top winners, is 12 year old Men Rusk, a seventh grader. Mary Ellen Shaughnessy won third place and $100 among 51 city and regional champions after missing on herbaceous at word 28.
Berlingske Tidende reports that Denmark’s Vicar Apostolic Theodor Suhr could be elevated to bishop as a diocese. He joined bishops from Oslo Stockholm and Finland for a Nordic Day at Paderborn under the St Ansgar Institute with Archbishop Lorenz Jaeger presiding. Nordic Day is planned as an annual event.
The Rev William Westhoven CP long-time China missionary was jailed by Chinese Reds at a Catholic mission in Chihkiang Hunan. A Center Ohio native and Passionist since 1917 he is the sixth Passionist jailed in China and part of a group totaling 21 U S bishops and priests imprisoned.
The National Catholic Camping association plans the first national conference on Catholic camping from June 17 to 20 at Camp Fatima Dilmanton New Hampshire under Bishop Matthew R Brady of Manchester. Host is Rev Richard Boner director of Camp Fatima. Topics include counselor staff training health sanitation and spiritual aims for day camps. Open to Catholic camp directors administrators counselors priests brothers nuns and lay persons with accommodations available. The association formed last October is part of the NCWC Youth Department.
Britain faces a textile downturn affecting the Catholic region with over one million adherents. Unemployment nears 60,000, rising about 1,400 weekly as workers lose mill jobs and seek other labor. The widespread downturn hits Lancashire and surrounding districts where textile workers have long served Britain’s cloth industry.
The article contrasts McCarran immigration limits with Truman proposals, noting crowded Western Europe and overpopulated Italy and Holland as favored recipients, while criticizing racial discrimination in 1921 and 1924. It cites Eastern Europe as urgent for emigration and argues for a humanitarian approach and broader quota usage.
A Parisian study by Abbe Yvon Daniel reported in La Croix analyzes parish habits. It finds Sunday Mass attendance around one fifth of parish populations, with male to female ratios from 3-6 to 3-4.5, and laborers, though 45 percent of residents, rank low in participation, suggesting limited reach of Catholic action amid France's rising Catholic culture.
A fragmentary report notes Soviet cinema's portrayal of lust as a weakening tool for Communist propaganda. The article suggests the regime has learned this weakness and that film creators are adjusting content accordingly.
Catholic delegates from Italy France Ireland Spain Austria Portugal Lebanon and others led by Dr J J van De Claseyde of Belgium warned UN officials that approving a study of government birth control programs could wreck the World Health Organization. The proposal originated from a Norwegian delegate.
Pope Pius XII set up the Diocese of Fort William Ontario and named Edward Jennings first bishop. The diocese serves about 82,000 Catholics with 50 priests and 150 nuns. Bishop Jennings, 52, long served in WWI with the 6th siege battery after enlisting at 19. The new diocese covers former St Boniface archdiocese and Sault Ste Marie diocese territories.
An ad from the Friends of the Trappists group asks for donations to build a Trappist Abbey in Conyers Georgia. It includes a letter to Father Abbot and lists donors Bonnie Bras of River Forest and other incomplete text from 1915.
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