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Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1958
Page
1
The Sudanese Catholic community wonders how the military takeover will affect their status. Previously under the coalition government, Catholic village schools and boys' elementary schools in southern Sudan were seized by the state in 1957, a pattern that may or may not repeat under new rulers.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Kreiss of Oakland California arrived as lay helpers for the Kwangju mission. They join Bishop Harold Henry to assist in material administration. Kreiss brings supply logistics and accounting experience while Mrs Kreiss offers secretarial and office management skills.
Bishop Leo Lommel of Luxembourg offered a Mass at St Willibrord’s tomb to open a pastoral conference of western European priests in Echternach. The event, sponsored by the Catholic Association for International Relations, discusses peaceful coexistence and nuclear arms.
Paris notes three clerics now popular as phonograph recording artists. Father Aimé Duval, the Jesuit famed across Europe, Father Cocagne the Dominican, and newly joined Franciscan Father Bernard de Brienne all achieve record success.
Archbishop Umberto Mazzoni declared in La Paz that Bolivia needs more North American priests and religious. He spoke before leaving for Buenos Aires to assume the new post as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina after four years serving in Bolivia.
Vatican City reports Pope John XXIII said he was united in spirit with Venetians at the Our Lady of Health celebration. The Pontiff spoke via Vatican Radio to worshippers gathered at the octagonal Church of Our Lady of Health, a 1630 plague memorial, as thousands traversed boat bridges over the Grand Canal to attend.
Joel Larsson director of a company with many Italian workers in Gothenburg has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for establishing a Catholic chapel and day nursery for the employees. The presentation was made.
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Reverend Thomas K. Gorman urges support for the University of Dallas and Catholic University of America. He emphasizes Texas contribution to national Catholic education and social leadership, aligning with the National Catholic Welfare Conference and Pope John XXIII.
In his first general audience Pope John XXIII identified himself as a farmer's son and spoke in Clementine Hall to about 200 priests and 200-plus attendees from Austria, Italy, Britain, and the United States. He urged charitable work, emphasized farmers' needs, and urged soldiers and sailors to carry Christ in their hearts.
Cardinal-elect Domenico Tardin rose through the Vatican Secretariat of State for 37 years and was named Pro Secretary of State after Pope John XXIII’s election. Born February 29, 1888 in Rome, he held multiple high posts including Undersecretary of Extraordinary Affairs and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Interpretation of the Code of Canon Law.
Loyola University of New Orleans has been selected for a 1500 unrestricted Texaco grant for the 1958-59 academic year under Texaco’s aid to education program. The grant funds come without stipulation on use and support privately financed colleges along with 175 scholarships at 67 institutions.
Father Irving F. Klister of St. Pius X parish becomes editor and business manager of the Southwest Catholic Register in El Paso. Bishop Sidney M. Metzger announces the appointment. Klister is Notre Dame graduate and Mt. St. Marys seminary alum, ordained in 1944. He previously served as chancellor and editor of Catholic Herald Citizen in Milwaukee.
Vatican City reporting on the major issues facing Pope John XXIII as communism and racism threaten world peace and social order. Count Giuseppe Dalla Torre outlines chronicled papal prestige and the churchs response through four pontificates from Pius X to John XXIII.
The Diocese of Dallas-Ft Worth reports rising Sunday Mass attendance with counts in October 1957 74 429 June 1958 76 698 and October 1958 83 061. The 1952 baseline was 51 980, a gain of 31 000 by 1958. Dallas parishes rose from 28 086 in 1957 to 32 085 in 1958 and Ft Worth parishes from 13 569 to 15 685.
Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, newly named cardinal, returned to Washington amid a welcome at Union Station. Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle led the homecoming delegation with auxiliary bishops and about 50 priests, including Msgr. William J. McDonald, rector of Catholic University, among the attendees.
Clare Boothe Luce former ambassador to Italy received an award from the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults at a Dallas meeting on November 18. She urged philanthropy and praised medical professionals and lay volunteers for aiding crippled Americans, noting 158,506 helped last year and nearly nine million still in need.
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