Mission Sunday Envelope Message Encourages Faith Support
A fanfold plea from The Society for the Propagation of the Faith advocates donations via Mission Sunday envelopes. It cites aid to 1.1 billion pagans and 219 leper asylums, 1,900 orphanages, 1,200 hospitals, and 100,000 missionaries, urging readers to sacrifice for the Holy Father’s missions and sharing donor testimonies.
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Pope Links Faith and Science in Life of Bishop Stensen
Pope Pius XII praised De Niels Stensen of Denmark as a priest scientist whose life proves faith and science are complementary. The 17th century bishop, once Vicar Apostolic of North Germany and Scandinavia, was celebrated at a ceremony marking the transfer of his remains from San Lorenzo crypt to a sarcophagus donated by Italy’s Education Ministry. His beatification process is expected to begin soon.
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de Niels Stensen
Denmark
Pius XII
Germany
Scandinavia
Stensen
San Lorenzo Church
Ministry of Education
French Bishops to Keep Priest-Worker Effort
Paris reports the church will continue the priest worker effort with stricter rules and direct hierarchy oversight. Cardinal Maurice Feltin signals ongoing cleric participation in factory jobs to aid church trust, as the Seminary of the Mission of France plans a fall reopening with revised study courses.
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Paris
France
Maurice Feltin
The
Mission of France
Mexican Seminarians Choir to Broadcast on Church of the Air
Archbishop Edwin V Byrne of Santa Fe will speak on CBS Radio Church of the Air Sunday November 1. The Montezuma Seminary choir near Las Vegas New Mexico will sing hymns with Rev Manuel Vazquez at the organ. The choir directed by Rev Nicanor Gonzales comprises Mexican students who plan to work as priests in Mexico.
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New York
Edwin V. Byrne
Santa Fe
N. ,Mex
CBS Radio
Montezuma Seminary
Las Vegas
N. Mex
Manuel Vazquez
Nicanor Gonzales
Mexico
Eastern Rite Congress To Honor Christ and Mary
A Eucharistic and Marian Congress of Eastern Rites will be held at Philadelphia Convention Hall from May 28 to 30. Cardinal Agagianian plans to attend and deliver a sermon, with other European cardinals and prelates from Chaldean Armenian Maronite Melkite and Byzantine rites expected to join. The motto is Through Mary to Christ.
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Philadelphia
Eastern Rites
Canada
Mary
Christ
Papal Nuncio Antoniutti Led Canada Mission 15 Years
Ottawa notes Archbishop Ildebrando Antoniutti served as Apostolic Delegate to Canada for fifteen years from 1938, overseeing church expansion including new archdioceses and dioceses, and personally consecrating many bishops. Born 1898 in Nimis Italy, he held multiple Vatican posts and served in Lisbon and Albania before his Spain assignment during the Civil War.
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Ottawa
Spain
Ildebrando Antoniutti
Canada
Antoniutti
Newfoundland
British Columbia
Nimis
Udine
Italy
Antoniotti
Lateran Institute
Rome
Archdiocesan Seminary
China
Peking
Lisbon
Portugal
Albania
Synnada
Spellman Visits Vienna Denies Heart Attack Report
Cardinal Spellman of New York arrived in Vienna after a day of rest amid a heavy travel schedule. His brother Dr Martin Spellman denied a heart attack claim while Spellman met local officials in Vienna and Munich, pledging support to freedom behind the Iron Curtain and praising U S military relations.
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Cardinal Spellman
New York
Martin Spellman
Boston
Gog
Franz Jachym
Llewellyn Thompson
U. S
Alfre Maleta
People’s Party
Munich
Alois Hundhammer
Radio Free Europe
Alumni to Honor Bishop Sheen at National Reunion
Auxiliary Bishop Fulton Sheen will headline the National Reunion of the Catholic University of America Alumni Association at the Statler Hotel in New York. Sessions titled The Position Management and Labor in the American Social Order will feature talks by renowned experts on bar management and related topics.
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Washington
Trappist Abbot Elect to be Blessed November Ninth
Rochester, N Y Abbot-elect M Gerard McGinley COCSO will receive the Abbatial Blessing November 9 from Bishop James E Kearney at Sacred Heart Cathedral The sermon will be delivered by Abbot James Pon5 C8 0 of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemane Kentucky during the ceremony.
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Rochester
N. Y
M. Gerard McGinley
Co.c.s.o
James E. Kearney
Cay
Lady of the Genesee
M. James Pon
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemane
Kentucky
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Catholic Woman Cited For Work Among Blind In New York
Madeline Walsh Smith a leading Catholic in work for the blind will receive the Medallion of Honor at the Women s International Exposition 30th annual meeting on November 2 She is founder president of Anthonian Hall a Brooklyn institute for blind women and serves as vice chairman of the New York State Commission for the Blind plus member of the Brooklyn Advisory Board of Catholic Charities.
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New York
Madeline Walsh Smith
Miss Smith
Anthonian Hall
Brooklyn
New York State Commission For the Blind
Catholic Charities
Kings College main building dedicated in Wilkes Barre
Bishop William J. Hafey of Scranton officiated the dedication of Kings College main building in Wilkes Barre Oct. 25. The building, bought from Lehigh Valley Coal Co for nearly 500000, was renovated with classrooms a modern library a basement cafeteria and administrative offices.
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Wilkes-Barre
William J. Hafey
Scranton
King’s College
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Spaniards' Holy Year To Honor Apostle James
The 1954 Holy Year of Compostela in Santiago de Compostela will honor St James the Apostle founder of the Church in Spain and patron of the nation.
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Australia Rosary Drive in Sydney Urged by Pius XII
Pope Pius XII calls for fidelity of all devout Catholics to the Family Rosary Crusade in Australia led by Father Patric Peyton C.S.C. from Albany New York as the campaign reaches Sydney.
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Australia
Sydney
Pius XII
Patric Peyton
C.S.C
Albany
N. Y
Hartford appoints first Archbishop Henry J. O'Brien
The ceremony at St. Joseph's Cathedral installs Most Rev. Henry J. O'Brien as Hartford's first Archbishop with Archbishop Amleto Cicognani presiding. Dignitaries including Gov. John Lodge Lt. Gov. Edward Allen Sen. William Purtell and Revs Dodd Sadlak attend. Archbishop Cushing delivers sermon drawing parallels to wartime faith.
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Conn
Henry J. O’brien
Amleto G. Cicognani
U.S
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
John Lodge
Edward N. Allen
U. S
William A. Purtell
113 TV Outlets to Use Family Theater Shorts
Hollywood Calif Some 113 stations requested use of the Family Theater series Inspiration Please. The 12 one minute spot announcements cover family values and may be used as fill ins sign offs or public service announcements. Subjects include Lincoln Carrel Teresa Jefferson Franklin Henry Pasteur Victoria St Francis of Assisi Haydn Marconi Mort Thompson USMC who fought at Okinawa. Laeceon Please available at no charge for four months by writing to Family Theater 7201 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood 46.
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Calif
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Catholics Not Afraid Of Religious Controversy
Vatican Radio quotes Jesuit Father Joseph Crehan defending Catholic stance amid concerns from Archbishop of Canterbury about intransigence. Crehan says the church condemns compromise of core beliefs echoed by 18th century English Freemasons.
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Pilgrims Flock to Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs
More than 300000 pilgrims and visitors came to the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in 1953, shrine director Father Louis A. Devaney said. Thousands attended special devotions on October 25 as the pilgrimage season closed.
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Auriesville
Former Slovak Legate To Holy See Is Buried
Carol Sidor 52 former Slovak ambassador to the Holy See in 1939 40 was buried from Sts Cyril and Methodius Church He served as Slovak Council abroad chairman and Slovak Parliament member 1935 vice premier 1938 Prime Minister of autonomous Slovak Government 1939 minister interior and ambassador to the Holy See Reds in Bratislava sentenced him in absentia to 20 years in prison in 1947 seized his property He then came to Canie with his wife and five children.
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Holy See
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Sts. Cyril and Methodius
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Sidor
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Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart to Be Installed at Catholic University
The installation of Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart as eighth rector of the Catholic University of America will take place on November 19. The event coincides with the 50th anniversary program of the National Catholic Educational Association. Many U S hierarchy members attending the annual meeting will participate in the rites.
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Washington
Bryan J. McEntegart
Th Catholic Niversity of America
National Catholic Educational Association
U. S. Hierarchy
Catholic University
Natural Law Prompts Modern Constitutional Reverberations
The article argues that natural law is reemerging in contemporary charters and constitutions from Ireland and the Philippines to Spain, Japan, Brazil, and the UN Bill of Rights. It traces the idea from ancient codes to St Thomas Aquinas and U S founding figures, noting Holmes’s earlier denial and a current shift back to traditional concepts.
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New York
Francis P. LeBuffe
S.J
James V. Hayes
American Philosophy of Law
N.Y
Jesuit Education Association
Ireland
St. Thomas Aquinas
U. S
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Jefferson
Hamilton
James Wilson
Joseph Story
Oliver ‘Wendell Holmes
De Paul University Seeks 5.5 Million for Four New Buildings
De Paul University in Chicago announces a 5.5 million development program funded by a long term campaign. Planned projects include an all purpose auditorium a three story library a three story laboratory addition to the Hall of Science a ponies annex and expansion of downtown facilities. Auditorium cost is estimated at 1.2 million with 250 000 already raised from students and alumni.
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Chicago
de Paul University
Father Comerford J. O’malley
C.M
Cardinal Stritch
O’malley
Illinois
U.S
Plans Arctic Invasions For Science Ten Years
Washington plans say Rev Artheme A Dutilly OML will return to the Arctic next summer and each season for ten years to lead a botanical research project as director of the Arctic Institute of the Catholic Union of America. He has spent 18 summers in Arctic exploration with two priest companions and collected more than 1000 varieties of plants in Canada, facing scientific challenges and emergency rations near the Albany River in Hudsons Bay where two Indian guides hunted for food.
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Hudson’s Bay
Stepinac Seen Improving After Treatment in Belgrade
German specialist Dr Ludwig Heilmeyer examined Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac at Krasic. He said the Cardinal’s condition has improved thanks to American treatment but remains at risk due to vascular damage from mental strain. The diagnosis, confirmed by Dr John F Ruzic, notes a blood disease potentially controllable for 10 to 15 years.
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Ludwig Heilmeyer
Aloysius Stepinac
Krasic
Freiburg
John H. Lawrence
Donner Laboratory
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Catholic U Dramatists Open 16th Play Season
The Catholic University drama department starts its 16th season with Henry IV Part I. Five plays run two weeks each through spring attracting diplomats executives critics and scouts. Rev Gilbert V Hartke leads a program that has sent actors and shows to Broadway and formed Players Incorporated touring Korea for service members.
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Catholic University
New York
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Workers' Role Highlighted by French Catholic Action
The French Assembly of Cardinals and Archbishops praised Action Catholique Ouvriere for promoting lay Christian activism among workers. Ce Soir claims the Communist Party views priest workers as a threat and warns they are increasingly experienced in propaganda.
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87 Priest-Chaplains At 3 Korean Retreats
Ninety seven U S Catholic chaplains in Korea held three retreats at St Columban s Mission near the unfinished chapel recalling U S priests killed in Korea Monsignor Julius Dillon of Hartford Conn led the retreats with moderators Fathers Francis Bridenstine Edward J Saunders and James Fenton guiding 22 28 and 37 retreatants respectively
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Korea
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Hartford
Conn
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China
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U. S
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Milwaukee
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Ore
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West Berlin elects Dr Walther Schreiber mayor
West Berlin chose Dr Walther Schreiber a Christian Democrat to succeed the late Dr Ernst Reuter the Social Democrat Schreiber aged 69 assumes the mayoralty in the allied enclave.
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Walther Schreiber
West Berlin
Ernst Reuter
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De Emphasizing God Harmful to America
Father Egbert Donovan head of St. Vincent's Preparatory School warns that de-emphasizing spirituality undermines democracy and helps Communists, arguing the rights come from God and materialism makes the nation un-American.
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America
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Filipinos See Ballot as Sacred Says Archbishop Cuenco
Archbishop Jose Cuenco of Jaro Iligilo urged Philippine voters to treat the ballot as sacred for all citizens. He warned against commercializing the vote or using it for selfish aims during the November presidential election with candidates Quirino of the Liberal Party and Ramon Magsaysay of the Nacionalista Party.
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Jose Cuenco
Jaro
Ilgilo
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Elpidio Quirino
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Ramon Potatoes
Sisters Take Over 150-Bed Kirkwood Hospital
The Sisters of St Joseph win a 20-year contract to operate a 150-bed former Marine hospital in Kirkwood starting Nov 1. Upon termination title to the main hospital and nine buildings will pass to the community. complex sits on 14 acres valued at about $1.9 million.
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Sisters of St. Joseph
Kirkwood
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