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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1952
Page
9
Falconer New York a nineteen year old youth now entering the navy donated the fifteen hundred dollars he saved from work since high school to purchase the last stained glass window for the church.
A historical note traces how America is named for St. Emeric via Amerigo Vespucci. It recounts Emeric’s canonization and Hungarian patronage, Vespucci’s 1497–1500 voyages, and Waldseemüller 1507 naming the New World America. A parish story follows about a Navy-bound youth funding a church window with $1,500.
The Rev Harold Purcell 72 founder of the City of St Jude died Oct 22 after nearly 20 years directing an apostolate to Black Americans. He built a church school social center near Montgomery and added a 1947 modern school and a hospital funded largely by private contributions. Born in Gerardville Pa he joined the Passionists in 1898 and was ordained 1904. He left the order in 1934 to pursue work among Negroes under Bishop Thomas J Toolen of Mobile.
Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter urged a Christian international immigration policy and criticized the McCarran Walter act as discriminatory. He argued for a program selecting migrants without bias and for American leadership to inspire global resettlement and aid for refugees and the displaced.
The Catholic Church is presented as a real friend of Scripture against Reformers who deny church teaching authority. Private interpretation leads to many denominations and disunity in the United States, while Catholics and Protestants share that the Bible is guided by God and true. Early Fathers and council statements emphasize divine origin and truth.
An influential strand of Protestantism, though biblically anchored, fostered theories that reframe Scriptural histories as myths and elevate biblical inspiration to the same level as other speculative ideas.
In Providentissimus Deus of November 18 1893 Pope Leo XIII declares inspiration as a supernatural action whereby God moved and assisted sacred writers to think clearly desire to write faithfully and express all He wished with infallible truth.
The article argues God is the principal author of the Bible while acknowledging human channels as secondary and instrumental authors, emphasizing that God bears responsibility for both the creation and the contents of every book. The discussion notes ongoing considerations about how human contributors fit into divine authorship.
A letter from Arthur H. Vandenberg quotes General Eisenhower on appointing an Ambassador to the Holy See. He notes the matter aroused strong citizen interest and that he would seek Congress input before any policy shift. Adlai Stevenson later suggested no strong opposition to a Vatican envoy.
London headlines suggest a Vatican diplomat may be appointed to London for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. A full Britain Holy See diplomatic tie could be established, replacing the non diplomatic Apostolic Delegate Archbishop William Godfrey. Read Catholic circles see a rare chance to correct a long standing anomaly in London’s diplomatic corps.
At the King George VI funeral in February, Papal representative Arch bishop Paolo Giobbe, Papal Internuncio to Holland, drew comment by ranking above the Russian ambassador. Yugoslavia’s Ales Bebler may gain precedence over a Vatican envoy at the coronation, prompting calls for a Nuncio to Britain. The Duke of Norfolk, as Earl Marshal, will issue invitations and oversee coronation actions at Westminster Abbey.
A Spanish missionary among Peruvian Indians, Father Andres Rejo, is reported to have baptized 45,000 natives over 40 years. He blessed 3,000 marriages and administered Extreme Unction to 16,000, nearing the baptismal feats of St. Peter Claver.
A statue of Our Lady will be placed atop the tower of a Saint-Cloud chapel in a ceremony involving lowering the statue from a helicopter. The chapel honors Our Lady of the Air, patroness of aviators, replacing an older Virgin statue blown away in a storm.
Archbishop Cushing in Milwaukee urged Catholics to wage an intellectual attack on materialism, not just its effects, warning post Christian materialists risk losing spiritual aims. He contrasted materialism with Communism, urging laity to defend faith amid political turmoil. Congressman McCormack accepted a Peace Medal, pledging renewed resolve and universal brotherhood.
Milwaukee area announces a new graduate theology program leading to a Master of Theology degree. The initiative, pursued by religious groups and laity, aims to offer summer session studies in 1958 to broaden theological education.
Denver marks the 25th anniversary of the Register National Edition as its reach tops 800000 homes across 32 archdioceses and dioceses. Monsignor Smith founded the Denver Catholic Register 48 years ago and the National Edition began in 1927 with a yearend mass and national editors gathering in Denver.
An obituary notice notes the death of U S envoy Dublin seehenshe Pres ident Sean O Kelly and other Irish figures. A requiem Mass is set for October 23 at the University for the late U P Sea to Eire. Francis Matthews died in Omaha on the 18th.
Six priests and twenty two scholastics of the Society of Jesus arrived in Tokyo in recent weeks to begin mission work. Among them are ten Spaniards and four scholastics and priests from various nations including Belgium Hungary and more.
Rev. James A. Gately, a Vincentian priest and China veteran, warns that communism means absolute military control and police surveillance. He recalls police rosters and house accountability, children indoctrination, and that US presence is viewed as the No. 1 enemy by Red officials.
More than 250000 pilgrims and tourists visited the Jesuit North American National Martyrs Shrine from May to November. Cardinal Spellman and several bishops from the American Hierarchy attended. The Trapp Family Singers gave a concert at the shrine.
The World Jewish Congress survey places the global Jewish population at 11 672 000 across 97 countries. The United States Israel and Russia together hold over 70 percent, with US about 5 million, USSR about 2 million, Israel 1 45 million, and China 1 2 million.
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