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Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1958
Page
10
Rome reports that the Vatican Museums comprise the world’s largest collection of ancient pagan art. The article notes that most major ancient Roman works in Rome today come from efforts of popes who reigned after the Renaissance, shaping scientific and historical archives rather than a few isolated patrons.
In remarks to archaeologists at Castel Gandolfo Pope Pius XII credits the Church with safeguarding ancient art and ruins. He cites Capitoline Museum origins under Sixtus IV and Innocent X, Vatican collections expanded by post Renaissance pontiffs, and the preservation of Ostia Antica.
University of Dallas President F Kenneth Brasted accepted a pine tree from Margaret Ann Barker a U of A freshman from Mt. St. Marys Academy and daughter of Mr and Mrs Boyd Barker Jr The tree from the Crater of Diamonds in Murfreesboro was planted near the women’s residence hall as Arkansas enrollment is hoped to grow alongside it with Donald Yandell of Ft Smith helping with the ground breaking.
Archbishop Robert E. Lucey urges Catholic laymen to pray as hard as they work to sanctify and Christianize their environment. He spoke in a pastoral letter marking the 10th anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution Bis Saeculari and highlighted the Sodality movement as a path to lay sanctification and apostolic zeal.
Gov James T Blair Jr proclaims the week of October 5 to 12 as Columbus Week in Missouri marking the 466th anniversary of the discovery of the New World. The proclamation follows a request from the state council of the Knights of Columbus.
The papal document naming Bishop Joseph L. Federal as Coadjutor Bishop with right of succession to Bishop Duane G. Hunt was read on Oct 5 after Pontifical Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City. Federal has served as Hunt’s Auxiliary.
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