Catholic Population Surges 22 Percent Since 1936 nationwide
The Catholic population rose 47.6 percent from 19 914 927 to 29 240 343 between 1936 and 1952 while the general population grew 22 percent. Catholics now make up 32.8 percent of religiously affiliated people, with growth strongest in states with previously low Catholic shares.
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U.S
Philadelphia
R. W. McCarney Co
Census Bureau
Pacific States
New England
Atlantic
South Atlantic
East North
North Central
Central
Sen Ewesesensaneneer
First Catholic Bishop on U. S. Stamp Highlighted
Washington reports Archbishop Adolf of Mainz appears on a three cent commemorative stamp marking 500 years since Gutenberg printed the Latin Vulgate Bible. He is the first Catholic hierarchical figure pictured on a U S postage stamp. The issue honors Gutenberg and the printing invention with Adolf II of Nassau listed among the design details.
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U. S
Gutenberg
Washington
Adolf of
Mainz
Germany
U.S
Johann Gutenberg
Eine Gutenberg
Adolf II of Nassau
Elector of
Adolf of Nassau
Edward Ae
New York City Public Library
Adolf II
Detroit
Aloysius S. Horn of
Fremont
Red Inferno Bishop O'Shea Arrives in Hong Kong From Prison
Bishop John O'Shea 64 of Kanshaw Kiangsi arrived in Hong Kong after seven months in a Communist China prison. A Vincenitian from Deep River Conn he spent 31 years in China with two aides Sister Vincent de Lude and Father Jules Meyrat, both jailed seven months. He was arrested Feb. 17 charged with assisting the Legion of Mary and aiding imperialist aggression.
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John O’shea
Kanshaw
Kiangsi
Hong Kong
China
O’shea
Deep River
Conn
Vincent de Lude
Charity
Kanchow Hospital
Jules Meyrat
Legion of Mary
Kanchow Mission
Baptized Over 900 in Korean Guerrilla Camp by Refugee Nun
Sister Youn Maura, a Benedictine nun among eight who fled Communist Korea, has baptized more than 900 dying adults and children in a guerilla prisoner-of-war camp in Ighon Korea. She cared for the sick, aiding tuberculosis patients and distributing medical aid with support from Reynolds W Henry and NCWC War Relief Services.
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Korea
Ir Aes
Youn Maura
Rey
Nold W. Henry
Ncwc War Relief Services
NCWC
Parochial Schools Handle Growth Better Than Public Schools
Parochial schools with about 13 percent of students account for roughly 19 percent of school construction funds. Government reports show parochial building at over 300 million dollars annually since 1950, while public construction accelerates. Permits and project data indicate parochial focus on enlarging existing facilities, not far behind public new buildings.
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Washington
Departments of Commerce and Labor
Federal Security Agency
NCWC
Archdiocesan Council Gives $60,000 for Priestly Study
Seattle Catholic women’s council reports contributions totaling over $60,000 in 18 years to aid men pursuing priesthood. The group aims to raise a 10,000 burse annually to support seminarians.
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Seattle
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women
Pope Applauds Franciscan Third Order Fifty Years of Service
Vatican notes Pope Pius XII praise for Franciscan Third Order members linking Catholic Action to a golden jubilee program. A world wide celebration is planned October 24 to 26 with leaders Augustine Lepinski Bede Hess Benignus of St Hilary and John H Boccella cited. The letter highlights vows of sanctification and unity against modern disorders.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Third Order
Catholic Action
Augustine Lepinski
Friars Minor
Bede Hess
Benignus
St. Hilary
Capuchins
John H. Boccella
St. Francis
St. Francis of
Assisi
Ncwc Radio and Wire
Air Force Chaplain Guides Tala Leper Colony Work
Rev. Anthony Hofstee, a Dominican from Seattle, rebuilt Tala leprosy settlement near Manila, starting Mass and a church. The leper population rose to 1,598 with 31 infants in a nursery funded by $22.50 monthly per child, and 11 sisters from the Missionaries of Mary staff the nursery and assist the sick.
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Air Force
Far East
Manila
Tala
Anthony L. Hofstee
Seattle
Praesidia
Legion of Mary
Third Order of St. Dominic
Father Hofstee
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
Bowery Skid Row Not Minus Saints Padre Says
Father Brennan of the Hospace Center for Helpless Men defends Bowery residents as mostly in need of help not a band of bums. He notes about 200 men attend Mass daily with three times that on Sundays at the Catholic Charities agency, which has aided over 350,000 men since its founding.
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New York
Bowery
Charles Brennan
Direcor
Hospace Ca Santee
Ding
Pitenles Ee Co
Father Brennan
Se Catholic Interracial Forum
The
Catholic Charities
Jonah J. Goldstein
Court of General Sessions
Cardinal Spellman
NCWC
Flight sickness in the age of air travel and a journalist’s cure
In a memoir style reminiscence the writer recalls severe air sickness on airplanes from the Rockies to New York and across the Atlantic. He credits imagination as a major factor and notes a rare two hour mountain flight on his return to deliver a pallium to Archbishop Edwin Y. Burne in Santa Fe.
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Atlantic
Italy
Denver
Rockies
New York
Hudson
Deemas
Edwin Y. Burne
Santa Fe
FBI Chief Calls for Action Against Red Tinge in Teachers
J Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, urged that no one with Communist affiliations be allowed to teach in schools. He linked crime and Communism as twin threats to youth and national security, warning Reds are tightening ranks and promoting underground activity. He urged revitalizing God’s principles in America to combat these threats.
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Boston
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
U. S
America
Mr. Hoover
United States
McCaddin-McQuirk Foundation Celebrates 50 Years Aid to Priests
Special New York report notes the foundation at 103 East 125th Street, New York, marks its 50th jubilee on October 19. It has aided hundreds of young men to enter priesthood and awarded grants totaling more than 830 thousand dollars.
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New York
McCaddin-McQuirk Foundation
Dispatch
East 125Th Street
North
South
Africa
Founda
College of the
Bt of
Roe
Dore
American College
Rome
Peeka St. Paul’s Church
Eliza McCaddin
United States
Monsignor McQuirk
Foundation
Charles V. Scanlan
Raymond A. Lane
M.M
Leo E. Denies
Patrick J. Browne
Ordination and Reform Legacy of Bartolome de Las Casas
The text traces Bartolomé de las Casas arriving in Santo Domingo in 1502 as a slave owner who frees his slaves after a Dominican sermon. It covers his 1510 Dominican ordination, efforts to protect Native peoples, the 1537 Papal Bull by Paul III, and his later life, including influence on priestly ordination in the New World and the enduring legacy noted through the History of the Indies and his death at 92. It also mentions a separate note about Monsignor McQuirk and a lay foundation for educating priests, plus current trustees of the foundation.
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Bartolomeo DE Las Casas
Santo Domingo
Las Casas
Hemisphere
Paul III
Lincoln
Fray Bartolomeo
Mexico
The
Indies
America
Spain
Cay Veda
New World
Leo Canavan
Use of Thou Dropped In Catholic Bible Translation
Catholic scholars complete the first Old Testament volume from original sources with 40 scholars under Hartman. The St Anthony Guild Press halted at 1500 copies for scholars and clergy, aiming for a 1955 full Bible release with New Testament by 1965.
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Washington
God
St. Anthony Guild Press
Paterson
N. J
Catholic Biblical Association
John F. McConnell
M.M
Maryknoll
N.Y
Boniface Mary Ahern
C.P
Chicago
Louis F. Hartman
C.ss.r
Catholic University of America
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Episcopal Committee
Douay
CCD
Pilgrim Virgin Statue Sails to Fatima for Oct 13 Procession
The Pilgrim Virgin of Our Lady of Fatima, seen by over 7 million in the U S and Canada, is aboard a New York ship bound for Fatima Portugal. A procession is set for Oct 13 to mark the 35th anniversary of Mary's sixth apparition to three children. The tour is sponsored by the Scarboro Foreign Mission society with Monsignor John J O'Donnell and others aboard. The statue will return to the United States after the Fatima observance.
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U. S
Canada
New York
Fatima
Portugal
Mary
Desmond Stringer
Scarboro Foreign Mission Society
Ottawa
William McGrath
Newfoundland
Scarboro
China
Toronto
John J. O’donnell
Shrine Church of the Sea
Port of New York
Franciscan Dining Room Feeds Nearly a Million
St. Boniface dining room in San Francisco run by Franciscan Fathers marked two years on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The program serves weekday meals to about 1500 people, with 200 volunteers and has aided over 2500 men into employment. Rev. Alfred Boeddecker directs operations with a board led by Thomas A. Brooks.
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San Francisco
St. Anthony’s
Franciscan Fathers
St. Boniface’s Church
St. Cis of Assisi
St. Boniface Free Empores Co
Lig Room
Alfred Boeddecker
O.F.M
Civii Room
Thomas A. Brooks
Bishop Hodges to be consecrated auxiliary in Richmond
The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond hosts the October 15 consecration of Most Rev. Joseph H. Hodges as Titular Bishop of Rusadus and Auxiliary to Bishop Peter L. Ireton. Chief consecrator is Bishop Ireton with Bishops Vincent S. Waters and John F. Dearden as co consecrators. The sermon will be delivered by Bishop John J. Wright.
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Richmond
Shakespeare Catholic: Scholars Claim He Remained Catholic
Modern researchers Hein rich Mutschmann and Wen terssdorf argue in a Sheed and Ward book that Shakespeare was a Catholic his life and death. They analyzed 197 passages showing references to grace sacraments penance purgatory prayer for the dead saints relics and rosary as well as his effort to marry before a priest. They contend the poet endured persecution yet remained faithful.
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New York
William Shakespeare
Sheed & Ward
Heinrich Mutschmann
A Wenterssdorf
England
Stee Ostteworthy
Shakespeare
Ncwc Wire
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