Catholic Church Aims to Grow Negro Membership
Nashville report cites Harold E. Fey saying Catholicism plans expanded outreach to African Americans. He notes over 500 priests full time on the effort, religious orders rising from nine to 22, and about 72 nun orders with more than 1,000 nuns dedicated to colored missions in schools, hospitals, and social services.
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Nashville, Tenn
ANP
Harold E. Fey
The
Christian Century
Message Magazine
Catholicism and the
Baptist Sunday School BTU Meet Opens in Memphis
MEMPHIS ANP reports the 44th annual session of the National Sunday School and BTU congress to convene June 21 to 26. Headquarters at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church. Registration June 20 at Booker T. Washington High School. Official opening at 11 a.m. June 21 in Ellis Auditorium.
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Memphis
ANP
National Sunday School
BTU
W. H. Jernagin
Congress
Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
Booker T. Washington High School
Ellis Auditorium
Baptists Designate June 19 as National Laymen's Week
In New Orleans the National Baptist Laymen move announced Sunday that June 19 will be National Laymen's day. James E. Gayle, executive secretary, said the observance aims to unite Baptists in enlisting men in the church program and to hold a city meeting of the faith to promote the day.
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New Orleans
ANP
National Baptist Laymen
James E. Gayle
Presbyterians Vote Against Racial Segregation Policy
At the 161st general assembly in Buffalo New York delegates voted to adopt a record opposing racial segregation within the Presbyterian Church in the United States. The move drew resistance from southern ministers and elders who feared it could hinder northern southern reunification efforts after the Civil War split.
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Buffalso
N. Y
ANP
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Sentence Sermons from a Miami pastor on earthly wealth
A collection of moral reflections by Rev. Frank Clarence Lowry published in the Miami Times, urging readers to fear riches and material vanity. The passages warn that wealth can lead to spiritual ruin, urging faith in Jesus over gold and silver.
Elks Contests May Feature Interracial Finals
Washington ANP reports Judge William C Hueston grand commissioner of education for the IBPOE of the Elks of the World says the National Oratorical contest this year may include both Negro and White contestants. John Dornberg a 17 year old White winner in Denver advances to the regional in Oklahoma City with potential to reach the San Francisco national August 21 27.
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Washington
ANP
William C. Hueston
Ibpoe of the Elks of the World
Denver
Colo
John Dornberg
The
Elk’s Educational Department
Hueston
Oklahoma City
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
St. Louis
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