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Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1958
Page
1
The 100th anniversary of Latin American College was marked with a Pontifical Mass at the church where the college was founded, in Rome. The ceremony honored the institution and its early origins.
Father Hubert P. Winthagen 55 director of the Catholic Herald Hawaii diocesan newspaper died from a heart ailment at St Francis Hospital five days before the 25th anniversary of his arrival in Hawaii. Mass was offered at St Patrick's Church Honolulu.
Kerala's communist-led assembly meets early in Ernakulam to debate proposed amendments to a bill that would threaten Catholic education institutions. The move mirrors wider religious tensions in the state as education policy comes under scrutiny.
Nearly five million pilgrims visited Lourdes this year for the 100th anniversary of the Blessed Virgin apparitions. The Lourdes Medical Bureau saw 2,961 doctors, 49,500 sick people bathed in holy water, and 32 cures set aside for further examination. About 3,800,000 Communions were distributed since February and 153,000 Masses were offered at the shrine.
More than 20 American Maryknoll missionaries met in Merida to discuss schools, urban and rural relief work, and Protestantism. The three day conference was the fifth in the series and directed by Father Andrew Cassidy of New York.
Rome reports Dr. Filippo Rocchi, the physician who treated Cardinals Samuel Stritch and Edward Mooney during their last illnesses, is viewed as a possible choice for the post of papal physician. He was summoned on Oct 25, just before he was to serve at the conclave.
Prime Minister Robert Menzies led a large victory for his government as Catholics reacted with relief that the nation’s most religiously charged campaign in years had ended.
The International Union of Catholic Employers Association will hold its next gathering in Lucerne Switzerland in June with the theme Social Peace and the Responsibility of Employers.
An alumnus from Pope John ROME in Radio North Carolina notes that on January 2, 1901 a Bergamo diocese seminarian enrolled at the Lateran University in Rome and that on November 27, 1958 Pope John XXIII returned to attend its inauguration.
Mercantile National Bank invites customers to join a Christmas Club prepay plan promising early savings and convenience. The ad notes FDIC membership and emphasizes savings for holiday purchasing with a friendly tone.
Byzantine Rite Catholics in the United States marked the tenth anniversary of Romania s communist suppression of the church. Mass was celebrated at St Columba Cathedral in Youngstown with a sermon by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Schmonchuk. Association president Father Iuliu Aron is pastor at St Mary s Dearborn Michigan.
Rome welcomed its new bishop as Pope John XXIII rode through downtown in a motorcade to assume possession of the Archbasilica of St John Lateran. He would occupy the throne of Peter, the city’s first bishop.
Pope John XXIII left Vatican City for his third weekly visit in the Diocese of Rome. He visited the Pontifical Roman Seminary and the Lateran University, meeting officials, cardinals, and students as cheering crowds lined the streets.
Cardinals and papal court officials joined Pope John XXIII in a week long Vatican spiritual retreat as Advent nears. Public Vatican activity slowed. the Pontiff briefly received the Shah of Iran on December 1. The retreat was led by Jesuit Father Carlo Messori Roncaglia, a noted Italian orator and former WWII chaplain.
French voters delivered a political shift as communists lost ground in the first round while Catholic figures like Schumann Pflimlin and Pinay won seats in the new National Assembly. In Vatican news Pope John XXIII announced a three consistory plan to elevate 23 cardinals including American prelates. ceremonies begin December 15 with a private consistory and continue December 17 in a semi public session.
Father Robert North S J director of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem gives eight lectures on Old Testament scholarship and Biblical archaeology at St Louis University in St Louis.
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing urged higher education rooted in belief in God as essential to counter communism. Speaking at St. Anselm’s College in Manchester New Hampshire he warned secular institutions have strayed and named the college’s four million dollar building drive. He cited atheistic propaganda mills in Leningrad and recalled a Boston speech attacking a smear campaign against the FBI and J Edgar Hoover amid a threatening telegram.
Fire at Our Lady of the Angels parochial school kills 90 students as 1,300 occupants flee. Sisters of Charity run the school. Arson is suspected as investigators sweep the scene for a cause. Dozens are rescued from upper floors after parents rush to the scene.
Catholic men in the Boston archdiocese sponsor a plan to observe the twelve days after Christmas with public events. The initiative urges delaying Christmas lights and nativity displays until Christmas Eve and Epiphany, promoting penance and prayer during Advent and the first 25 days of December.
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