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Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1958
Page
1
The message from Bishop T. Noa of Marquette addresses errors in a directive that bans parts of creeds and seeks a common denominator. He calls for Catholics within the Marquette diocese to heed a pastoral admonition guiding the movement among the faithful.
Sister M Alonia S S N D marks sixty years in religious vows with Jubilee celebrations in St Louis and Milwaukee. Her career includes teaching in Missouri Iowa and Texas before joining Villa Gesu in St Louis. A pastoral warns Catholics away from Moral Re Armament centers noting its lack of Catholic authority.
As Labor Day nears the Catholic Bishops of the United States remember their 1957 call for a crusade to keep highways safe. The piece cites 1957 motor death totals, notes urban rural splits, and quotes Pope Pius XII urging personal duty and discipline beyond enforcement to reduce accidents.
Mother Devota, former Mary Ruth Sweeney of Wichita Falls, is appointed provincial for the southwest of the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur headquartered at Our Lady of Victory in Fort Worth. She succeeds Mother Eleanor as superior at the University of Dallas House of Study. other OSV posts include Sisters Ann Vincent, Mary Camille, Mary Frances, and Mary Patricia. Registration at OLV for 1958 59 exceeds 280 with over 100 freshmen to three sections. sessions begin August 27.
The Mercantile National Bank of Dallas presents itself as a community bank built by friends with FDIC insurance and a strong local reputation.
A 250 pound Santa Fe brass and silver locomotive bell used on warnings along the Chicago to California route for over 30 years was given to St Francis Church Grapevine. L M Olson of Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe presented the bell to Father Charles Mulholland who blessed it in the church yard. The bell will be hung in the church next week and marks the first such gift to this area from the railway during its diesel transition era.
Cardinal Spellman leads a Solemn Pontifical Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral to mark 100 years since the cornerstone laid for the church. Auxiliary Bishop Flannelly preaches. Jesuit Father Henneberry and Dominican Father Marrin serve in the rites.
Brother Eugene Price S.S.J. took perpetual vows as a Josephite in St. Joseph's Industrial School Clayton Del. He is one of five family members entering religious life. A Baltimore native, he is son of Mr and Mrs George Price. Four of his sisters belong to the Oblate Sisters of Providence. The Prices are Negroes.
Pittsburgh based Auxiliary Bishop Coleman F. Carroll will be installed October 7 at St Mary's Cathedral in Miami as the first Ordinary of the newly created Diocese of Miami. Archbishop Francis P. Keough will officiate. Miami diocese covers 16 Florida counties split from St Augustine.
New York report notes Donald Attwater updates a compact reference on Catholic terms with over a hundred revisions for liturgical canonical changes and recent Church history. The dictionary emphasizes Great Britain and United States practice while detailing Eastern Churches and is published by Macmillan at $5.95.
Pope Pius XII attached indulgences to prayers for farmers after a request from Bishop William T Mulloy of Covington on behalf of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. North American farmers and rural life supporters may gain a partial indulgence of 500 days by reciting one of three prayers and a plenary indulgence monthly upon daily recitation for a month.
Delegates at the 1958 Knights of Columbus Supreme Council in Cleveland viewed the Lone Star Chalice of Texas and a model of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D C. The chalice, valued at 8500 to 10000 dollars and designed by Msgr E G Langenhorst, will be sent to Washington after the convention.
Twenty Catholic higher education institutions received about 437 thousand dollars from the National Science Foundation to support scientific research conferences information exchange and teacher training. The group is part of 6 42 grants totaling 12.16 million dollars in fiscal 1958 with Georgetown University receiving the largest single grant of 186 600 dollars for mechanical translation research.
Nearly 600 students from 12 states attended the first Summer School of Catholic Action held in Oklahoma. Sessions were conducted at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.
Delegates from 26 countries will attend the second International Congress of Catholic Teaching in Rome from September 11 to 14. A preparatory meeting was led by Canon Descamp and Emile Inglesis as general secretary, aiming to unite Catholic primary teaching groups across cultures and professions.
A top Vatican official calls Catholics globally to support Mission Day on Oct 19. Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi, secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, urges prayers and increased missionary funding as persecution persists and faith tries to endure. He asks believers to give generously, reflecting shared sacrifice and unity with mission workers.
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