God and Gorillas in Chambers Hypothesis
An editorial installment discusses Whittaker Chambers and The Saturday Evening Post novel Witness. It defends Chambers against critics who attack his defense of God and links his stance to Dostoevsky and Scholastic philosophers. The piece argues believers see religion as bedrock while critics misread Chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker Chambers
Time
Saturday -Evening Post
Chambers
Witness
Craig Thompson
God
C. P. Ives
The
Baltimore Sun
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Mr. Thompson
Saturday Evening Post
Dostoievski
Portia Pittman Praises Cardinal Spellman In DC Coin Gift
Mrs Portia Washington Pittman presents Cardinal Spellman with three United States half dollars honoring Booker T Washington and George Washington Carver. The coins, sold for 2 dollars under Congressional authority, benefit the Booker T Washington Birthplace Memorial in Virginia aiding underprivileged Negroes. Spellman lauds Washingtons legacy and promotes American unity.
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Portia Washington Pittman
Cardinal
United States
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Booker T. Washington Birthplace
Virginia
New Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Welcomed
Bishop A Danglemayr was welcomed as the new pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Dallas at a 5 to 7 pm reception on November 23 1952 in the parish hall. Attendees included Father W J McCoey Mrs Lee Caffo president of the Altar Society Mrs Dorothy Huffhines president of the Mothers Club Mr Brownie Huffhines president of the Men’s Club and Mr Joseph Caffo president of the Holy Name Society. The hall was decorated with autumn leaves greenery red berries and white mums. Despite a heavy rainstorm a large turnout attended the reception for their new pastor and longtime friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Danglemayr
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Brownie Huffhines
Leo Caffo
Altar Society
Danglemayr
Dorothy Huffhines
Mother's Club
Joseph Caffo
Holy Name Society
Cortland Avenue
Dallas
W. J. McCoey
Lee Caffo
Mother’s Club
Catholic Maritime Clubs Had Busy Year
Washington report shows 270,000 plus visitors to seven U S ports. Three clubs with lodging housed 22 017 seamen and others provided 5 376 more beds. Apostleship of the Sea head Bishop Caillouet cited 2 196 ships visited, 18 455 mail contacts, 51 440 seaman interviews, 1 303 ship libraries, 390 hospital visits, 99 696 religious items dispersed, 17 347 relief cases, 61 altars served, and 61 converts. Seamen of 36 nationalities used the facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Apostleship of the Sea
L. Abel Caillouet
New Orleans
Caillouet
Apostleship
U. S
Belleville Diocese Opens 24 New Schools Since WWII
Rev Laurence O Connell, diocesan superintendent of schools, announced that since World War II more than five million dollars has been spent on constructing new schools in the Belleville Diocese. A total of 24 new schools have been built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville, Ill
Belleville
Laurence O’connell
Cheer Up The Joy Of Thanksgiving For Christmas
A reflective blessing urges gratitude and courage as Christmas nears. It celebrates God as a cheerful giver and calls readers to rejoice on the journey, praising with a lifted voice and recognizing happiness in life’s gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Ross
Nationalized churches shaped the Reformation by politics
Bird Coler argues that politics nationalized churches during the Reformation, with Henry VIII defining the Church of England and the Lords defining the Church of Scotland. He notes these were not mere locations but unique rites and dogmas tied to national revelation, even in Lutheran states where ritual remained unified yet nationally subservient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VIII
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Church of Alexandria
Church of Rome
Bird Coler
Mass for Mother Mary Immaculate Held at Ursuline Academy
Solemn Requiem High Mass was offered for Mother Mary Immaculate Elva Lucille Adams at Ursuline Academy in Dallas. She taught at Christ the King Church School and Ursuline Academy, studied at Loyola New Orleans and De Paul Chicago, and died after a long illness. Bishop Thomas Gorman presided with Monsignor Bender and a list of clergy. burial followed in Ursuline Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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Immaculate Heart of Mary
Julius Spicer
Robi. Johnson
Wilfred M. Defevere
Paul J. Higginbotham
Wm. J. Stack
C.M
Thomas K. Gorman
John R. Johnson
E. V. McCullough
Frank O’brien
Ursuline Academy
Walnut Hill
Mother Mary Immaculate
Christ the King Church School
Mary Immaculate
Elva Lucille Adams
Dallas
Order of St. Ursulin
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Old Ursuline Academy
North Haskell
Live Oak
Bryan
Loyola University
New Orleans
de Paul University
Chicago
Ill
Frontenac
Mich
Festus, Mo
Christ the King
St. Paul’s Hospital
Msgr
W. J. Bender
Charles Mulholland
Robert Tynan
William Smyth
Father and Son Banquet at Jesuit High School
The traditional Father and Son Banquet at Jesuit High School was held on Wednesday December 3 at 7 pm in the Jesuit High School Hall. Rev J A Sweeny S J, President of Jesuit, served as toastmaster and headed a program by Mr Harry Crenthher, President of The Quarterback Club. Decorations featured the Christmas motif and the dinner was handled by the Mothers Club of Jesuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesuit High School
J. A. Sweeny
S.J
Jesuit
Harry Crenthher
The
Mothers Club of
Seven modern Jewish philosophers convert to Christ
Father John M. Oesterreicher, Austrian convert, cites Henri Bergson, Edmund Husserl, Adolph Reinach, Max Scheler, Paul Landsberg, Max Picard and Edith Stein as seven modern Jewish philosophers who found Christ. He describes four barriers between God and man: poisoned modern thought, wall of silence about Christ, anti church prejudice, and anti Semitism.
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Cincinnati
Christ
God
John M. Oesterreicher
Father Oesterreicher
Austria
Hitler
Henri Bergson
Edmund Husserl
Adolph Reinach
Max Scheler
Paul Landsberg
Max Picard
Edith Stein
Man
Five Named to Gallery of Catholic Authors Group
Five members of the Gallery of Living Catholic Authors were named to the Academy at Georgetown University. Non American appointees Gertrud von LeFort Father R Garrigon Lagrange O P and Donald Attwater join Americans Ross J S Hoffman and Thomas Merton. The Academy quota is 40 with 25 non-Americans and 15 Americans. For the first time the non American quota is filled while two American seats remain vacant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of
Riggs Memorial Library
Georgetown University
Gertrud von LeFort
R. Garrigon-Lagrange
O.P
Donald Attwater
Dr. Ross
J. S. Hoffman
Thomas Merton
Academy
Notre Dame Club of Dallas Christmas Dance Planned
The Notre Dame Club of Dallas announces a Communion breakfast on December 7 at Lakewood Country Club after Mass at St. Thomas Church. The annual Christmas dance, featuring Clair Perrault and his orchestra, runs December 26 from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at Dallas Country Club with tickets $12.50 per couple before December 10 and $15 after. tables are reserved and the event is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame Club of
Dallas
Sam A. Wing, Jr
Lakewood Country Club
St. Thomas Church
John A. Schroeter
Notre Dame
Dallas Country Club
Clair Perrault
J. M. Reichenstein, Jr
Reichenstein
Lobello Drive
Priests and Orphans Aided by Refugee Committee
Archbishop Ritter reports the Catholic Committee for Refugees aided 1,254 displaced priests over three years and brought 1,781 orphans to Catholic homes since 1946. Since 1949 European refugee professors were placed with 40 Catholic universities, while 252 displaced orphans and 33 war orphans arrived last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee For Refugees
Washington
Catholic Committee For Refugees
Joseph E. Ritter
St. Louis
United States
Bingo and Mexican Supper at Our Lady of Guadalupe
A bingo and Mexican supper are planned for Saturday December 6 from 8 to 10 p m at Our Lady of Guadalupe Social Center. Sponsored by St Teresa's Mission Church and St Teresa's Club of St Edward's Parish, the event aids Mexican mission work in Cement City West Dallas. Mexican supper in the school cafeteria and bingo in the Hall at 2503 N Harwood Street with door prizes. all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Guadalupe
St. Teresa’s Mission Church
St. Edward’s Parish
Cement City
West Dallas
St. Teresa’s
N. Harwood Street
Irish-born priest named charge d'affaires in New Delhi
Msgr. John Gordon, an Irish-born priest formerly with the Vatican Secretariat of State in Rome, has been named charge d'affaires of the papal legation in New Delhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
John Gordon
Vatican Secretariate of State
Rome
Visit the Holy Places cachet issued in Jordan tourism push
Amman authorities issued air letters bearing a bilingual English and French cachet reading Visit the Holy Places to promote Jordan as a tourist destination under a Point IV program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman, Jordan
Jordan
Atlanta Protestant Group Approves Petition for School Time
The Atlanta Christian Council voted 32 to 12 to petition city and county school boards to release one hour weekly for religious instruction. A committee will draft a detailed proposal to present to the boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Okays Motion
Atlanta Christian Council
Council
Boards of Education
Western Aid Strengthens Tito Despite People Being Bound
New York November. The Christian Democratic News Service says Western help bolsters Tito’s dictatorship while not restoring freedom. It notes intensified religious persecution in Slovakia and argues the West seeks only military and economic gains, not democratic rights.
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New York
Nov
Yugoslavia
Tito
Slovakia
The Best Speech for Victory May Be Let’s Get to Work
A concise takeaway notes the idea that the strongest victory speech may be a call to action. It emphasizes immediate effort and collaborative work to sustain success.
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