Pope Names Bishops Dearden Cousins to New Archdioceses
Pope John XXIII names Pittsburgh Archbishop John F. Dearden as Archbishop of Detroit and Peoria Bishop William E. Cousins as Archbishop of Milwaukee. The appointments, announced in Washington, fill sees left vacant by Cardinal Stritch and Cardinal Mooney. Dearden, born 1907 in Rhode Island, and Cousins, born 1902 in Chicago, have long clerical records in Ohio Illinois and Chicago.
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John XXVIII
United States
John F. Dearden
Pittsburgh
Detroit
William E. Cousins
Peoria
Ill
Milwaukee
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Valley Falls
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Cousins
Chicago
Washington
John XXIII
Msgr
Achille Lupi
Apostolic Delegation
Edward Mooney
Rome
Cardinal urges New Year resolve to enforce law
Washington A New Year's resolution urged by Richard Cardinal Cushing Archbishop of Boston calls Americans to devote themselves to enforcing law. He cites the Circumcision feast and urges individuals to fight rackets gambling drugs juvenile delinquency and crime while asking how far personal action can shape world events.
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Richard Cardinal Cushing
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Cardinal Cushing
Pope Blesses American Cardinals with Sign of the Cross
In Vatican City, Pope John XXIII grants a special audience to 300 American worshipers including Cardinals Spellman Cushing and O’Hara. He expresses affection for the United States, invites unity in faith, and blesses the crowd with the Sign of the Cross alongside the three Cardinals.
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Pope John XXIII
America
United States
Cardinal Spellman
Holy See
Holy Father
Requiem Set For Sister Of Cardinal Cushing In Boston
In Boston Elizabeth B Cush ing 67 oldest sister of Cardinal Richard Cushing died December 13 from a cerebral hemorrhage A Requiem Mass was held at St Bridget s South Boston Father William Francis nephew of the Cardinal led the mass along with two Cardinal Cushings sisters Mrs Ann Francis and Mrs Mary Pierce who had just returned from Rome for the funeral Masses were also offered in Rome at seven altars in Santa Susanna the titular church of Cardinal Cushing with Auxiliary Bishop Jeremiah F Minihan presiding and six other Boston prelates at side altars.
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St. Bridget’s Church
Elizabeth B. Cushing
Richard Cardinal Cushing
William Francis
Miss Cushing
Francis
Cardinal Cushing
Ann Francis
Mary Pierce
Rome
Santa Susanna’s
Jeremiah F. Minihan
Boston Archdiocese
World Wide Catholic News Briefs
About 800 children are being taught in the old seminary and the upper floors have been converted into dormitories for girls.
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Priest escorted to safety as communists disrupt speech
In Bombay a Catholic priest speaker Father Joseph Vadakkan faced a hostile crowd of communists during a two hour talk critical of Kerala's communist government. Police and supporters formed a cordon to shield him as slogans flew about Death to Father Vadakkan and Victory to the Kerala government.
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Bombay
India
Joseph Vadakkan
Kerala
Father Vadakkan
Polish priest jailed for political sermons in Poland
Tomaszow parish priest Father Fiat-Faczynski, a top Lublin diocese official, received a two year prison term from the Lublin Provincial Court. Reports say he was convicted of turning his church into a political tribunal to attack the communist government while admitting to preaching sermons that he says followed Church law.
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Warsaw
Tomaszow
Poland
Lublin
Father Fiat-Faczynski
Peoples’ Authority
Good Example Emphasized by Catholic Educators Meet
Mgr. Patrick J. Ryan urged 3,000 Pennsylvania Catholic educators at the Penn-Sheraton convention to model two attitudes: retreat from the world or engage with Protestants and Jews to influence. He and Father Thomas Reidy cited education as a lifelong process and noted Pennsylvania Catholic schools educate about 750,000 students with 4,000 teachers, surpassing public school numbers in Pittsburgh Diocese.
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Mgr
Patrick J. Ryan
Army Chaplains
Pennsylvania Catholic Educational Association
Penn-Sheraton Hotel
Msgr. Ryan
The
Catholic Digest Magazine
Msgr
Ryan
United States
Thomas Reidy
O.S.F.S
Association
Pennsylvania
Father Reidy
Diocese of
Pontifical Requiem Mass for Mrs. Furlow in Dallas
Mrs. Edward D. Furlow a Dallas resident for 32 years died Dec 17 after a short illness. Born in Saint Jo Texas she was named a Lady of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. She belonged to Christ the King Parish the Martha Society and Notre Dame Club auxiliary. Rosary was recited Dec 18 Rosary in Crane Langley Chapel and a Pontifical Requiem Mass was held Dec 19 at Christ the King Church officiated by Bishop Thomas K. Gorman. Interment followed at Calvary Hill Cemetery.
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Dallas
Edward D. Furlow
Mrs. Furlow
St. Jo
Montague County
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Christ the King Parish
Order of Martha Catholic Extension Society
Grignion de Montfort
Women’s Auxiliary
Notre Dame Club of
Crane-Langley
Christ the King Church
Colgate
Thomas K. Gorman
Calvary Hill Cemetery
Catholic Bishop Visits Huksan Islands for First Time
Bishop Harold Henry of Kwangju Sinoset becomes the first bishop to reach the Huksan Archipelago in the Yellow Sea. He dedicates a new brick church to Our Lady of the Seven Colors seating 800, built entirely with mainland materials due to local shortages.
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Huksan
Korea
Yellow Sea
Harold Henry
Kwangju Sinoset
Our Lady of the Seven Colors
Martyrdoms of Confession Highlight Mission Appeals
In Hengyang a priest Father Aloysius Chang refused to reveal penitent confessions to Communist authorities and was beaten to death. The piece urges Catholic sacrifices for missions, noting small daily gifts to the Holy Father and promoting the World Mission Rosary with donation details and address for Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen.
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Hengyang
Aloysius Chang
Caesar
Holy Father
World Mission
Fulton J. Sheen
Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
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