Pontifical Mission Reports $10 Million in Near East Aid
Monsignor McMahon reports the Pontifical Mission for Palestine has given more than 10 million dollars in four years to relieve refugee suffering in seven Arab countries and Israel. Aid includes 2 000 tons of food, 1 800 tons of clothing, and 20 tons of medical supplies aiding over 300 000 Arab refugees and 25 000 Arab children in 330 schools.
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Washington
Pontifical Mission For Palestine
Near East
U. S
Israel
Thomas J.mcmahon
New York
Pontifical Mission
Catholic Near East Welfare Association
U.S
Ncwc War Relief Services
National Council of Catholic Women
Catholic Medical Mission Board
Franciscan Commissariat of the Holy
Greece
Turkey
Lebanon
Syria
Iran
Palestine
Jor
Labor
Jordan
Pius XII
Cardinal Spellman
Francis P. Keough
Baltimore
Mooney
Detroit
Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
John J. Mitty
San Francisco
Moses E. Kiley
Milwaukee
Monsignor McMahon
Pope Pius XII
NCWC
Americans in Jordan Study Arabic at Terra Santa College
Parents and siblings accompany new students in Arabic classes run by the Franciscans at Terra Sancta college in Amman. Freshmen come from families connected to the American embassy and the Point Four Administration. The program marks a rare coed experiment in Jordan where boys and girls normally do not attend the same school beyond third grade.
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Amman
Jordan
Terra Sancta College
Franciscans
Point Four
Limited Hummel Figurines Support Convent Appeal
The importation of original Hummel figurines designed by the late Berta Hummel is offered to readers. The Virgin Mary piece stands about 12 inches high, hand painted in white bisque, with royalties aiding the German convent. Obtainable for six dollars via Naskeag Company, Dept. R. Box 1110, Boston.
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Berta
Maria Innocentia) Hummel
Hummel
Hammel
Naskeag Company
Dept. R
Boston
Mass
The Virgin in White Original Hummel Figure
A 12 inch high gleaming white Virgin Mary Hummel figure is offered by Naskeag Company. Limited quantities available. price six dollars via check or money order to Naskeag Company Dept. R Boston MA.
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Naskeag Company Dept. R
Boston
Mass
UN Must Be Reorganized Or Will Die Says Jesuit
Rome reports a Civilta Cattolica piece by Father A Messineo warns the United Nations must reform or collapse. The article cites a deepening split between blocs and distrust as a key danger to the UN’s survival. Washington commentators urge ending unlimited sovereignty to fix the veto, calling for a broad campaign to strengthen the UN in 1955.
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Rome
United Nations
Civilta Cattolica
V. A. Messineo
Father Messineo
Union of Nations
Washington
Raymond F. McCoy
The
Catholic Association For International Peace
A. Messineo
S.J
Civilta Catoo
McCoy
Security Council
Nations and Peoples
League of Nations
Messineo
Jubilee Mass at House of Cleophas in Emmaus
In Jerusalem Emmaus a Pontifical Mass marked the church’s 50th consecration anniversary. Father Hyacinth Faccio, Custos of the Holy Land, celebrated using pallia. The house of St. Cleophas, bought by Marchioness Pauline de Nicolay in 1859, now preserves relics and surrounding ruins within its walls, highlighting prior nonCatholic ownership and later church foundations.
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Jerusalem
Emmaus
Lord
Hyacinth Faccio
O.F.M
Holy Land
Pancalia
St. Cleophas
Simon and Jude
19 Generals Attend Burial of Long-Time Chaplain
Honorary pallbearers at Father Daniel M. Lynch's funeral included 19 generals and two colonels. A Solemn Requiem was held at St. Ignatius church Chestnut Hill before burial at Weston College. Lynch, a retired brigadier general and WWII chaplain, earned Silver Stars and the Purple Heart.
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Boston
Daniel M. Lynch
Father Lynch
St. Ignatius’ Church
Chestnut Hill
Weston College
Joseph Maxwell
S.J
Boston College
Massachusetts National Guard
Massachusetts Military Academy
William Green Praised Encyclicals By Popes in 1929 Speech
William Green, longtime A F of L president who died November 21, hailed the papal encyclicals of Leo XIII and Pius XI as infallible guides for labor. He spoke at a Catholic university in 1929, urging workers to accept Leo XIII’s truths as a reply to opponents of unionism, while Arch bishop O’Boyle called Green wise and rooted in the Mitchell and Gompers traditions.
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Washington
William Green
A. F. of L
Leo XIII
Pius XI
Catholic University
Green
Patrick O’boyle
Ncwc Social Action de Loria
John Mitchell
Samuel Gompers
Philip Murray
Archbishop Boyle
Seminary Head Monsignor Foley Named Vatican Consultor
The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Malachy P. Foley rector of St. Mary of the Lake seminary Mundelein Illinois since 1944 has been named a Consultor of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities. Cardinal Pizzardo is prefect of the congregation which oversees governance discipline and studies in seminaries except those under the renames congregation.
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Vatican City
Malachy P. Foley
St. Mary of the Lake
Mundelein
Sacred Congregation of Seminaries
Cardinal Pizzardo
Renmanes
Monsignor
Oley
Weet Preparatory Seminary
Mysterious Boulogne spire rights itself after storm
A 15 foot concrete spire at Boulogne sur Mer leaned 15 degrees after an all night storm and posed a traffic hazard. Steeplejacks repaired it and found the spire perfectly straight when they finished. Wind direction remained the same as the gale that damaged it. Observers inspected the straightened steeple but released no findings yet.
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Paris
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Irish Radio London director named for state system
Maurice Gorham, noted London Catholic author and journalist, is appointed director of Radio Eireann, the state owned Irish broadcasting service, after 21 years as a leading figure in British broadcasting.
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London
Maurice Gorham
Radio Eireann
Irish Broadcasting System
Central Office Review Unit Formed For Literature
Chicago hosts a new central office for reviewing literature by the National Organization for Decent Literature. Bishop John F. Noll announces the consolidation of work from three cities under Cardinal Stritch approval. Five reviewers apply a six point code to decide if a publication glorifies crime or is objectionable, with four votes needed.
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Washington
Chicago
National Organization For Decent Literature
John F. Noll
Fort Wayne
Ind
Bishops’ Committee For Decent
Cardinal Stritch
Chicago Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women
School Superintendents Elect New National Officers
Father James M. Brown of San Francisco was chosen president of the Department of School Superintendents of the National Catholic Educational Association at the Mayflower hotel in Washington. Monsignor Thomas J. Quigley of Pittsburgh and Father David Fullmer of Chicago were elected vice president and secretary respectively, with Monsignors C. E. Elwell of Cleveland and W. A. Crowley of Burlington named to the executive board. An executive committee includes Father Leary Ogdensburg New York Monsignor Ryan Cincinnati Father Maloney Atlanta Father Ulrich Omaha.
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Washington
James M. Brown
San Francisco
National Catholic Educational Association
Mayflower Hotel
Thomas J. Quigley
Pittsburgh
David Fullmer
Chicago
C. E. Elwell
Cleveland
W. A. Crowley
Burlington
Arthur Leary
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Carl J Ryan
Cincinnati
Cornelius L. Maloney
Atlanta
James E. Hoftich
St. Louis
R. C. Ulrich
Omaha
Monk Named First Executive Director of Armed Forces Chaplains Board
Chaplain Francis L. McGann of Newport Rhode Island has been named the first executive director of the Armed Forces Chaplains Board. He entered the Navy Chaplains Corps in 1941 and served with the Marine Corps in the Pacific including Guadalcanal and Okinawa. He most recently served at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. He studied at Fordham University and the Catholic University of America before ordination at St Benedicts Fort Augustus Scotland in 1987.
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Navy Chaplains’ Corps
Marine Corps
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Father McGann
Fordham University
New York
Catholic University of America
Washington, D.C
St. Benedict's Og
Fort Augustus
Scotland
New Archbishop Boland of Newark Chosen for See
The Most Rev Thomas A Boland native of Orange New Jersey will lead the Newark archdiocese the nation’s fifth largest He studied at Seton Hall and a North American college in Rome ordained in 1922 He later taught at Seton Hall high school college and the Immaculate Conception seminary He served as rector and chancellor before being named Auxiliary Bishop of Newark in 1940 and Bishop of Paterson in 1947 The Newark archdiocese covers over one million Catholics with 893 priests and 210 parishes He succeeds Archbishop Thomas J Walsh who died last June
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Thomas A. Boland
Newark
Char
Orange
N. J
Seton All
South Orange
Rome
U. S
Seton Hall High School
Immaculate Soncaprion Seminary
Darlington
Boland
Paterson
New Jersey
Thomas J. Walsh
Bishop Silvan P Valentin Expelled by Chinese Reds
The article reports the expulsion of Bishop Silvan P Valentin of Sikang province and four other missionaries by Communist China. It notes 19 months of prison hardship for Valentin and that 6,000 Catholics in his diocese lose foreign missionaries, with several Chinese priests jailed or imprisoned.
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Alsert O’hara
S. Jong Kong
China
Silvan P. Valentin
Francis Stockwell
Chicago
Jean Baptist Charrier
Joseph le Corre
Ferdinando Pecorero
Foreign Mission Society of Paris
Matthew Ruf
Bethlehem Mission Society
Valentin
Sikang
Bishops' Statement Provokes Broad Backlash Across Denominations
In New York the Bishops' Annual Statement defending tax aid for Catholic school services drew swift criticism from Unitarian ministers in Boston and leaders from Methodist and Baptist groups. Critics argued secular control of public schools and noted the statement's stance on religion's role, while some religious figures supported the bishops' argument for religious necessity.
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New York
Unitarian Ministers’ Association
Boston
American Unitaria Association
Lawrence A. Cremin
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
G. Bromley Oxnam
Washington, D.C
Separation of Church and State
Atlantic City
Josephe M. Dawson
Baptist Joint Committee On Public Affairs
No Class In Religion Torn Apart Argument in Atlanta
In a letter to the Atlanta Constitution Rev. Dr. J. R. Brokfoff argues for released time religious instruction, contending current secular schooling fosters crime. He cites FBI juvenile study and notes few homes align with church education, urging school board approval for September 1953 implementation.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Christian Council
Brokhoff
FBI
Board of Education
NCWG
New Bishop Installed For Youngstown Diocese After McFadden
Bishop Emmet M. Walsh automatically succeeds to the Youngstown see upon Bishop James McFadden's death. Walsh, previously Charleston bishop, was named coadjutor in 1949 and has long led Catholic legal work with NCWC. McFadden, 71, died after serving since 1943 and came from a steelworker family. Cardinal Mooney presided at funeral Mass.
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James A. McFadden
Emmet M. Walsh
Youngstown
Walsh
Successon
McFadden
Charleston
Ohio
Beaufort
St. Bernard’s
Rochester
N. Y
Savannah- Atlanta
NCWC
Cleveland
400 Protestants Urge End to Aid to Spain
A group of 400 Protestant clergymen and laypersons delivered a letter to the White House calling on President Truman to withhold further financial aid to Spain for the rest of his term. They urge a foreign policy free of American money supporting a government that persecutes Protestants, saying protest is a duty of Americans.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Italian Deputy Quits Reds Returns to Faith
In Rome Luigi Silipo, a Communist deputy from Catanza, announced to the Chamber of Deputies that he has returned to Catholicism and renounced the Communist party. He offered his resignation, but the majority rejected it, keeping him in office despite leftist opposition.
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Josep J. Sullivan
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Communist Party
Luigi Silipo
Red Aap
Catanzaro
Italian Communi Party
Silipo
Comm
Commu
Classified ads offer varied jobs and services
Wholesale items catalog 25¢ refundable. Help wanted male keeper and maintenance man. Catholic church sanitorium on North side. Room and board provided. 40 hours weekly with holidays and vacation. Care Register, Box 1620, Denver. Television writers needed for new stations. Nurses training schools advertise high weekly pay. Photo finishing offers jumbo prints and album styles with mailers and price lists from Photolab Box 552%, Dept B Chicago.
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North Side
Ieago
Dept. TC. Care Register
Denver
Dept. B
Chicago
St Walburga Shrine Called Lourdes of the Middle Ages
St Meinrad Ind report notes Eichstaett shrine hailed as Lourdes of the Middle Ages in a centennial commemoration of Benedictine nuns arrival in the U.S. The booklet cites Saint Walburga born 710, abbess at Heidenheim, relics moved to Eichstaett, and oil drops said to aid the faithful.
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ST. Walburga
St. Meinrad
Ind
Lourdes
Walurga
Eichstaett
U.S
Eichstadtt
St. Mary’s
Elks County
Grail
St. Meinrad’s
Eichstadt
England
St. Boniface
Germany
Heidenheim
Otkar
Eichstaett Abbey
Augustina
Colorado
South Boulder
St. Walburga’s
Notre Dame Students Learn Retail Management on Co op
Notre Dame College of Commerce students study retail merchandising by working 15 to 20 hours weekly in South Bend's two largest department stores. The college and store officials support the cooperative training program.
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Notre Dame
Ind
College of Commerce
South Bend
Cole of Commerce
Worcester bishop warns of dangers for intellectuals
Bishop John J. Wright of Worcester predicts years of trouble for the intellectually adventurous. Speaking to the Theta Septi fraternity he says loyalties of a few cause embarrassment to genuine intellects and fears society may lose creative thinkers if college men stay in a safe, ultraconservative mold.
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Bisho
Worcester
Mass
John J. Wright
Geounine
E. A
Theta Septi Fraternity
National Catholic Organization
Beethoven’s Nose Sparks Debate in Vermont Park
Dr Richard Stoehr emeritus professor at St Michael’s College and former Vienna Conservatory professor argues a sketch of a little man with a thumb at his nose on a manuscript page of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is the composer’s own. He links it to optimism in Schiller’s Ode to Joy that underpins the finale.
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Winooski Park
Richard Stoehr
St. Michael’s College
Vienna Conservatory of Music
Oven
Stoehr
Schiller
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