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Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1958
Page
8
The typhoon Winnie devastates Formosa’s Hwalien Prefecture with heavy damage to churches and homes. About half of local churches damaged as 46,000 people homeless, nearly 2,000 houses flattened and 4,000 damaged amid the disaster.
Brother Hubert Gerard F S C of Christian Brothers College High School St Louis named national director of public relations for the Christian Brothers The appointment was announced at a meeting of the Christian Brothers Educational Association in St Marys College Winona Minn Gerard born near Fond du Lac Wis joined the Brothers in 1925 and has taught in Illinois Missouri Minnesota and written many articles on the Brothers work.
Fort Worth hosts a series of church and community events from August to November including women’s retreats at Our Lady of Victory and a style show by Court Louise. Parish fairs, a spahetti dinner, a diocesan train tour, and a Christ the King procession are planned with details on locations and chairpersons. The Texas Chapter of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae meets at Hotel Texas and OLV as hostesses.
Channel 5 will air the last three segments of Rome Eternal starting Sunday at 4 pm after earlier scheduling conflicts. Part II features ten great Roman basilicas with ancient mosaics and marble work. Paul Horgan provides commentary on early church buildings. later programs cover Renaissance Rome and 20th Century Rome with August air dates noted.
In Ottawa the University of Ottawa announced a 15 million dollar building program over the next decade to accommodate rapid enrollment growth. Rector Father Henri Francis Legare noted enrollment may exceed 5,000 by 1968, doubling now, and highlighted expansion from six to eleven faculties and institutes.
Sixty four pilgrims from Louisiana led by Bishop Charles P Greco of Alexandria visited the shrine of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Cap de la Madeleine Quebec. The Louisiana pilgrimage is an annual event.
A group of 15 pilgrims led by Bishop Thomas K. Gorman of Dallas Fort Worth met Pope Pius XII during a general audience at Castel Gandolfo.
A new Rome guide book in Schwann Travel Guides outlines more than 40 churches and many martyrdom sites. It uses a German original from 1956, translated into English, with sections on Rome of the martyrs, catacombs, Constantine era, medieval to Baroque periods.
O. L. Jack Gunter of Holy Name of Jesus Parish announces the opening of Gunter Electric at 924 East Spurgeon Fort Worth. The firm will handle all types of electrical construction including commercial industrial and residential. Gunter previously worked at Monger Electric and resides on Spurgeon Street with his wife and three children.
A devotional line emphasizes every step of Jesus toward Calvary as a path toward the believer's heart, offering spiritual focus and reverent meditation.
Rome report by James C. O Neill says Msgr Bela Varga, head of the National Hungarian Committee, warns the West must remember Hungary amid Middle East turmoil. He cites 100,000 plus Soviet troops, economic control, prison and labor camps, and high abortion rates, urging UN action to remove troops and establish a neutral Hungarian government.
At Ste Anne de Beauregard shrine in Quebec one hundred thousand people joined in a prayer for world peace during the feast of Ste Anne. Archbishop Paul Emile Cardinal Leger led as Apostolic Legate of Pope Pius XII with pilgrims from Canada the United States and Europe. US groups numbered sixty, led by Cardinal Spellman Archbishop of New York and bishops Greco of Alexandria and McCarty of Rapid City.
The Diocese of Little Rock schedules a regional CCD convention meeting Aug. 10 to prepare for the four state event Oct. 9-12. Bishop Albert Lt. Fletcher will preside and each parish or mission in Arkansas will send at least two delegates. Committees will be chosen and an executive committee named. Archdiocese of New Orleans and several dioceses will be represented in October.
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