Dallas Store Marks Tenth Anniversary
Ten years after opening on Dec 8 the Immaculate Conception feast day, Catholic Arts and Gifts in Dallas celebrates its tenth anniversary. Owners Mr and Mrs Joe J Abraham recall early struggles and note a diverse stock from Italy Germany Holland and Portugal plus nativity sets and Hummels. The shop serves clergy lay and youth and is known as Marys Center.
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Dallas
Joseph J. Abraham
Mother
Joe J. Abraham
Catholic Arts and Gifts
Catholic Arts & Gifts
Mary’s Center
Christianity and Freemasonry Explored in New Book
Milwaukee author William J. Whalen presents Christianity and Freemasonry as a Catholic critique. He argues masons' naturalistic beliefs deny key Christian truths including the Trinity, the fall of man, and the Incarnation. Bruce Publishing releases the study at $3.75.
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Milwaukee
Freemasonry
William J. Whalen
Whalen
New Bible Translation Is Published in Japan
In Tokyo the Franciscan Biblical Institute issues the first volume of a proposed critical Japanese translation of the entire Sacred Scriptures.
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New Bible Translation
Japan
Tokyo
Franciscan Biblical Institute
Mission Intentions Remain Unchanged
Vatican City reports the Apostleship of Prayer monthly intentions for 1959 will stay in force after Pope Pius XII. Jesuit director Frederick Schwendmann says there is no reason to change them despite the papal election. Each month outlines aims for unity, Asia, Africa, missions, and Christian duty across regions.
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Vatican City
Apostleship of Prayer
Pius XII
Frederick Schwendimann
Madagascar
Asia
Africa
Nothing Great or Pleasant But God Says Kempis
Manifesto of spiritual restraint urging only God as worthy goal and source of all fulfillment. A devotional line emphasizes abandoning worldly praise and comfort in favor of divine will. The phrasing reflects a Summarized religious exhortation from Kempsis text tradition.
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God
Kempis
Liturgical Calendar Notes December Fridays Through St Lucy
The text lists Mass proprium for the Advent season from Sunday December 7 to Saturday December 13. It specifies liturgical colors violet or white or red, with details on Gloria Credo and Preface omissions and Benediction endings for several days. It highlights Guadalupe Day on December 12 and St. Lucy feast on December 13.
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B.V.M
St. Damasus
B.V.M. of Guadalupe
Latin America
Ennis Forney Fort Worth Propagation of the Faith Collection
A 1958 listing shows amounts for Ennis and Forney as well as Fort Worth contributions to the Propagation of the Faith collection. Figures include 70.25 66.35 1,248.00 372.10, indicating town or parish totals and church fund allocations.
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Fort Worth
Holy Name Fort Worth
Guadalupe Mission Fort Worth
Mother of Mercy
Alice
Fort Worth St Andrew
Fort Worth St George Fort Worth Paul
St. Peter Claver
Tyler
Imaculate Conception
Alley View
Holy Family Wexahachie
Stephenville Mission
Wichite Falls
Wichita Falls
of Guedoly
Windthurst
Queen of Peace Winters
St. Mary
Moser Named DCCM Chairman of Religious Activities
A C Moser Jr appointed chairman of the Dallas Ft. Worth Diocesan Council of Catholic Men Religious Activities Committee. native Dallasite, St Edward school alum and Texas A&M 1932 graduate, he chairs parish and diocesan programs and serves on the city plan commission.
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A. C. Moser, Jr
DCCM
Dallas
A. C. Moser Jr
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Moser
St. Mary University At
San Antonio
Holy
Catholics Attend Reparation Services In South Africa
In Cape Town and across South Africa Catholic churches held reparation services after the Dutch Reformed Church ban on a Christmas seal showing the Madonna and Child. The controversy boosted sales, but the Christmas Stamp Fund faces an $11,000 loss from seal cancellations.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Christmas Stamp Fund
Jesus
Protestant Association of South Africa
American Doctor Wins 1959 Damien Dutton Award
Dr. Herbert W. Wade, an American-born physician who has cared for leprosy patients in the Philippines for 36 years, receives the Damien Dutton Award at the International Leprosy Association’s world congress closing session in Tokyo. Wade has led the association since 1946 and is a non Catholic recipient honored by Archbishop Peter Tatsuo Doi.
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Tokyo
Herbert W. Wade
Philippines
Damien Dutton
The
International Leprosy Association
Wade
Peter Tatsuo Doi
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Abrahams
New Book
Ron
American Bank & Trust CO
F.D.J.C. Zangs
12Th Street
Saint Andrew Daily Missal
Morocco
Chinais A
Levent Grein
P & of Lehmane Co
Sibley St
Thailand
ORDO
Stovall’s
Preston Hollow Drug Store
Preston Road
Ennis Forney
Denisor Dodson
Abilene Coed Eee
Abilene St Francis
Anson St . Micheel
St . Maria Goretti
Athens St Edward
Ballinger St. Mary
Breckenridge Sacred Heart Willem
Celine Sts. Peter & John
Cisco Holy Rosary
Esville
Clyde Stam
Ommerce St
Corsicara Immaculate Conception
Crowell Jo
Louis A. Dion
Assumption College
Worcester
Mass
Moscow
Georges Bissonnette
Soviet Union
U. S
Father Christmas
Medical Arts
Metzger
Metzger‘s Milk
Gotham
Electrical Contractors & Engineers
Bae
Great Maker
Dan River
Spring
Galey & Lord
Burlington
Browns. S, M. L
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