Ask and Learn By Rev KEKEISEN on healing claims and Catholic birth rate
A column discusses skepticism toward claimed healing powers of a so called seventh son of a seventh son and cites dangers of engaging with such claims. It cites a 1945 survey estimating Catholic family size and birth rates with figures from Clement Mihanovitch and the 1950 U S Census for general birth rates.
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United States
Clement Mihanovitch
Statistical Authority of
St. Louis University
U. S
Vocations Guidance Booklets Promote Religious Paths
The Catholic booklet Vocationa Guidance Stee Book by Rev Godfrey Poage C P outlines vocations for men and women. It details purposes work admission requirements and lists major religious communities. Another work Have You Heard Christ s Call also by Poage is available from the Catholic Information Society in New York.
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Godfrey Poage
C.P
45Th Street
New
Poage
Catholic Information Society
New York
N.Y
NCWC Delegation to Germany Led by Priest Educator
Father William E. McManee assistant director of the NCWC Education Department travels in Germany for a month visiting Bonn first, to meet Chancellor Adenauer and officials. The delegation includes John M. Eklund and Marguerite on Denver, Anne Well, Lilyan M. Alepa, and Dr. Margaret Lindsey, all prominent education leaders.
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New York
William E. McManee
NCWC
Germany
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Father McManus
Botdi Oational Searcs’ Association, Inc
John M. Eklund
Denver
The
American of Teachers
Marguerite
Colorado
Anne < Well
Sweet
Briar
Lilyan M. Alepa Ah
Cincinnati
No East Central Elicnation of University Omen
Margaret Lindsey
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Mexico Students Clash In Morals Campaign
In Morelia Michoacan Mexican students clash during a morals campaign between secular University of San Nicolas and Catholic Action students near a cathedral. Fists fly and stones are thrown as police are called amid chants praising the Reform era laws that secularized universities and cemeteries and made civil marriage mandatory. Catholic students were expelled last November for insulting the Reform forefathers.
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Morelia
Michoacan
Wien
University of
Catholic Action
Univer
Reform
Faith and cures at Catholic shrines discussed by Braver Brayley
Braver Brayley argues many cures at Catholic shrines come from extraordinary answers to prayer rather than miraculous acts. He cites cripples leaving crutches, testimonials, and varied outcomes while distinguishing functional from organic cures and noting psychology and preternatural powers can influence healing. The text questions whether doctors can verify miracles and calls for church judgment when natural explanations fail.
Angels Power and Nature Miracles Beyond Human Ability
The text discusses preternatural powers higher than ordinary nature but below true miracles, including possibilities of demonic or angelic acts with divine permission. It contrasts miracles as supernatural events from God with preternatural phenomena and cites examples like healing, levitation, and Jesus restoring Lazarus, noting mixed reactions among witnesses and Jewish leaders.
Conditions for Miracles and Charisms in Catholic Thought
Monsignor Matthew Smith discusses criteria for genuine miracles per Benedict XIV, noting cures must be incurable, sudden, final, and non-repeatable, and warns against faith cures and sectarian healing. He explains charisms and cites biblical prophecy, underscoring cautious discernment and the Catholic stance on non Catholic healing.
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Benedict
Xiv
Benedict XIV
Evolution of Life and the Debate on Darwinism
A critique of Lin ate Barnett's article on evolution in Life. It challenges Darwinian chance variations and the emergence of the soul, arguing God acted to infuse the spiritual, cites gaps in paleontology, and notes open disbelief among scientists despite some posturing.
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Linate Barnett
Herbert
Spencer
Seaa
Darwin
Chance Silsbee
Paleontology
Feria
Barnett
Life
France
Britain
Death and Immortality in Linus Riordan's Teachings
Linus Riordan explains death as the separation of soul and body with the soul immortal and the body decaying. He cites Genesis and Romans to show original immortality lost through sin, and discusses death as the gateway to judgment, heaven, purgatory, or hell based on grace and mortal sin.
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Linus M. Riordan
Pu.d
Hell
Thank You Peter A Jaknoll Missioner Heabory Mass
A group of men found a man unresponsive after an incident and attempted artificial respiration for twenty minutes before he died. The family then traveled to Mass for resettlement, while Father Reilly works with Chinese refugees in Kowloon Tsai Hong Kong.
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Peter A. Jaknoll
Heabory, Mass
Tesse
Mass
Kowloon-Tsai
Hong Kong
Father Reilly
Lourdes Fatima Visits On De Valera Itinerary
Dublin Ireland visits to Lourdes and Fatima were included in the itinerary of Prime Minister Eamon de Valera during a 14 day continental tour.
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Lourdes
Fatima
de Valera
Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Continent
General Dean Greeted By Division Chaplain in Korea
Father Francis C. Biel, Baltimore born hospital chaplain, greeted Maj. Gen. William Dean at Yongdongpo outside Seoul. Dean wore a 24th Division shoulder patch given by the chaplain after a 30 minute chat. Dean is on his second Korea tour.
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Seoul
Korea
Francis C. Biel
O.F.M
Baltimore
William Dean
Yongdongpo
Dean
24Th Division
Father Biel
Stritch to Speak at Covington Jubilee Mass
Cardinal Samuel Stritch of Chicago will deliver the sermon at Solemn Pontifical Mass in Covington to mark the Covington Diocese centennial on September 20. Archbishop John A. Floersh of Louisville will celebrate the Mass, with Bishop William T. Malloy announcing the centennial observance at St. Marys Cathedral. A centennial pageant is planned by the Catholic Theater Guild for later this year.
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Covington
Samuel Stritch
Chicago
John A. Floersh
Louisville
St. Mary’s Cathedral
William T. Malloy
Catholic Theater Guild
First Meeting of Vocations Section at Notre Dame
The inaugural gathering of the Vocations Section of the Western Catholic Educational Association met at the seventh Pengegaan Institute near South Bend. Attendees included Rev. Ferris Guay chairing the session, Rev. Thomas J. Culhane Jr. secretary, and Rev. John H. Wilson vice chairman, with each holding vocations posts in their respective dioceses and seminaries.
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Wational Catholic Educational Association
Pengegaan Institute
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Ferris Guay
Thomas J. Culhane, Jr
John H. Wilson
Father Guay
Pittsburgh
Father Culhane
Kansas City, Kans
Father Wilson
Holy Cross Seminary
iNotre Dame
Louisiana paper urges God in classrooms in Monroe editorial
The Monroe News-Worker editorial cites the Kinsey report as proof positive that schools need more religion. It argues there is no conflict between church and state and calls for extra minutes to teach God’s word in classrooms.
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Monroe
Monroe News-Worki
Kinsey
God
Tito Using Trieste Dispute to Target Church
Graz reports that Tito's regime accuses the Holy See of backing Italy over Trieste to pressure Yugoslavia's church. Communists label clergy as traitors and tools of Italy, using the dispute to justify oppression against religious leaders.
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Graz
Austria
Tito
Yugoslavia
Italy
Trieste
Holy See
Ode
Yan Seon
Irish Parish Pews Gift Of Archbishop Cushing
Archbishops gift of four new pews to St Mary’s Cistercian in Glencairn Waterford honors donors’ Irish-born parents. Cushing recently returned from leading Catholic Americans on a pilgrimage to Irish shrines.
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Archbishop Cushing
Dublin
Ireland
Cheek
Spellman Denies Church Approved Book Card
Cardinal Spellman denies approval of a church approved book covering a controversial work. The controversy stems from a censor’s reading of the volume and its oblation cover, with objections to several features cited by church authorities.
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Spellman
Monsignor
Free Book on Arthritis and Rheumatism
An enlarged 44 page book titled Rheumatism is offered free to readers who request it. It claims drugs only provide temporary relief and presents a non medical treatment proven over 33 years. No obligation is required. Write to The Ball Clinic Dept 551 Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Ball Clinic
Dept
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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