This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Texas Catholic
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1952
Page
5
Frances H Capers serves as the women's editor covering Fort Worth area happenings. She writes features on community events, fashion, and local profiles, shaping the paper's female readership lens with reports and columns.
Three departing college students and two seminarians were honored by St. Alice Catholic Youth Organization with a farewell party at the Peninsula Club on September 4. Honorees include Mary Colvin a 1952 salutatorian who will attend St. Marys of the Woods in Indiana, Thomas Murray Donald Harris E C Hayes and Dan Simon. Hayes and Simon are Laneri High School graduates who will attend St Johns Seminary in San Antonio.
Forty Hours Devotions ended at St. Marys Church with a Tuesday procession. The event featured forty pages and flower girls, a Knights of Columbus guard of honor, and Holy Name Society members under Rev. Philip O Regan. Msgr. O Donohoe preached on The Blessed Sacrament and the Rosary, with Msgr. Zachry delivering the Monday sermon. Music came from the senior parish choir on Sunday and the school choir on Monday and Tuesday. Marie Lydon was the organist.
St Mary’s Parish Bazaar scheduled for Saturday Oct 4 from 4 to 11 p.m. at St Mary’s School grounds 1320 South Jennings. Rev Philip O Regan announces plans with Dr G L Guthrie as chairman and a long list of committee members running booths prizes and activities. Holy Name Society sponsors major attractions including a 4 ton room air conditioner and other prizes. The event is among Fort Worth’s oldest Catholic Church social occasions attracting thousands.
St Rita’s Club has its second annual show on Saturday at 8 p.m. in Paschal High School Auditorium. The original comedy dress rehearsal features a musical within a musical European Honeymoon with cast from Fort Worth Arlington and the club. Leading roles include Vera Denehey B Marvin Wilson G Rufus Parr Celeste Felix Nancy Burkhart Chiif Ashe Elsie Burkhart Joe Foster Noel Evans Clara Noel Peggy Brown Janet McIntyre Raymond Steward Rosemary Bailey Betty Ashe Sue Alexander Zena Johnson. Musicians Joseph Felix Harold Deen Charles Gallagher Jr. Several thousand saw the 1951 Old Time Vaudeville.
Rev. Joseph M. Thomas assistant pastor at St. Alice Church and White Settlement Catholic Mission joined the St. John's Seminary graduates reunion in Little Rock Arkansas September 15 to 17. Other Dallas diocesan priests Rev. Lawrence DeFalco Edwin Johnson C E McTamney and Gerald Cooney also attended. Plans were made to hold the 1953 reunion in Dallas.
This fragment frames atheism as the supreme malevolence among people, arguing it rejects God who is deemed the greatest good. The claim positions belief as the ultimate moral standard and casts denial as a profound vice.
Most Rev. Thomas K. Gorman urged parish cooperation as the measure of success at the Fort Worth Deanery Council of Catholic Women luncheon. More than 150 women from 385 parish groups attended, with 16 parish councils represented by priests. New officers were installed and the yearbook listed 11 major activities including garden clubs projects and a Madonna Show planned for Mothers Day 1953.
Fort Worth parishioners welcomed the new $55,000 fireproof St Thomas School at 2923 N W 27th St with more than 820 students in the first week of September. Rev E J Gerlich said three buses will transport children from River Oaks Castleberry Indian Oaks and Lake Worth districts. The facility houses eight classrooms with five Benedictine sisters and three lay teachers. First graders number 112. Open house August 31 featured former graduates as guides and refreshments by the Mothers Club.
Community calendar lists events from Sept 27 to Jan 24 including St Rita’s Club musical comedy Dress Rehearsal at Paschal High School Auditorium and will Rogers venues hosting a Mardi Gras in Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum plus parish bazaars and cabaret nights at St Alice School hall and St Thomas Church venues.
The St. Alice club announces officers including president Mrs J J Hurley and secretary Mrs W F Shurtleff. Elected leaders include vice presidents Mrs J R Leeton and Mrs B H Raines, with librarians and treasurers listed plus Rev. Ernest Langenhorst as pastor and chaplain.
The Knights of Columbus Hall at Tenth and Collier Streets hosts the Fort Worth Men’s Retreat League gathering this Sunday. St Francis Xavier group will convene at 3 p.m. for the event.
Albert Young was elected president of the Holy Name Society organized Sept 14 at White Settlement Catholic Mission. Other officers named by the group of 20 men are John Fenoglio vice president Travis Hawkins secretary Emil Carminati treasurer and Joe Fisher marshal. The society was organized under Rev. Joseph M. Thomas.
St Patrick Church Fort Worth tops the Diocese of Dallas with an average Sunday Mass attendance of 3 465 per survey conducted in June for Most Rev Thomas K Gorman The parish offers seven Masses weekly and is led by Msgr Joseph G O Donohoe with assistants Rev Lawrence DeFalco Rev Carl Vogel and Rev Leonard Knoff O S B a regular Sunday assistant The Legion of Mary was recently added to parish societies with Father Vogel as moderator and Laneri High School priest Rev Knoff involved.
A schedule of Catholic Inquiry Classes is offered in multiple Fort Worth parishes with sessions led by Rev. E Langehorst Rev. E J Gerlich Rev. Robert C Rehkemper Rev. Lawrence DeFalco Rev. Meinard Marbauch OSB and Rev. Alphonse Bock OSB and Msgr Thomas S Zachry. Classes run at various times with no fees and textbooks provided for Catholics and non Catholics. The discussions are informational not controversial.
The Order of Martha No 452 in Fort Worth starts its fall meetings on the second Thursdays in the St Patrick’s Church library. The 75 member group, first in the Dallas diocese, has donated altar linens and vestments to missions. Officers term ends in October: Miss Josephine Greiner president, Mrs Leo Cosgrove vice president, Mrs Margaret Mahoney secretary, Mrs W C Oest corresponding secretary, Mrs Fred Guminski treasurer, Mrs J F Greiner reporter.
Fort Worth Texas Catholic Garden Clubs announce a Madonna Show for the Garden Center on Mothers Day and corsage making for the blind. The two clubs will stage a city wide Madonna Show and coordinate with parish Altar Societies while also decorating St Mary's Church grounds. Bishop Gor man spoke at a deanery luncheon.
A concise critique notes that a hidden power structure inside official government erodes democratic institutions and oversight, undermining public accountability and trust. The claim highlights systemic secrecy, unaccountable decision making, and the risk to civil liberties and constitutional norms.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.