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Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1957
Page
3
A former Protestant priest, Father Robert Hovda, urged Catholics and Protestants to know one another to achieve peace. He cited barriers in theology, stressed mutual knowledge, common action, and respect, and outlined steps to renew dialogue without surrendering faith.
President Theodor Heuss of West Germany will make an official visit to the Vatican and Italian governments at the end of November. The trip to Italy is by invitation of President Giovanni Gronchi who hosted a German visit last year.
An estimate places about 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building in New York City, a figure cited alongside the landmark’s enduring construction lore.
Fort Worth registrations for Laneri High School St Alice Parochial School and St Ignatius Academy are announced with varied start dates for each grade level at Laneri Aug 19 to Aug 22 none from 9 am to noon St Alice divides by last name Aug 20 24 Kindergarten Aug 20 8 30 am to noon St Ignatius accepts Aug registrations for grades 1 7 at St Patrick Co Cathedral office Classes begin Sept 3 with music drama and dance offerings at the academy now run by the co cathedral parish under Msgr Vincent Wolf.
Mariazell Austria delegates at Pax Christi congress hear Louis Paul Aujoulat and Father Bettray warn the Church risks losing the colored peoples of the world. Bettray cites Western arrogance fueling nationalism and materialism aiding communist influence while urging true Catholic education and non Western identity in missions supported by Africa’s bishops and 70,000 colored students in Western Europe.
By the end of 1954 there were 506,700 cigarette vending machines in use across the United States. They accounted for 16 percent of all sales, vending 2,818,278,800 packs valued at $690 million. Ave Maria.
Sacramento report notes Jesuit Father John Bonn, author of The Lively Arts of Sister Gervaise, describes murderers as his favorite people. Bonn, an expert on prison conditions, is in Carmichael to lead retreats at the Cenacle.
Fort Worth three leaders from the Fort Worth Deanery Council of Catholic Women attended the southwest NCCW training institute August 12 through 16 at Incarnate Word College in San Antonio. Departing and active officers included Mrs. John R. Ford, Mrs. John F. Geis, and Mrs. Denning Schattman with roles in organization development and Christian Culture. The talks featured Father Bonn, a prison reform advocate, who urged rehabilitation and criticized life sentences while supporting the death penalty and promoting prison study work with Gov. Ribicoff’s Connecticut committee.
An international meeting to promote global understanding was presided over by His Eminence Maurice Cardinal Feltin, Archbishop of Paris. Attending bishops included Pierre Theas of Tarbes and Lourdes, Francois Charriere of Lausanne Geneva and Fribourg, Josef Schroeffer of Eichstatt, and Paul Rusch, Apostolic Administrator of Innsbruck.
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