Fortitude and Faith in Bishop Ford’s Martyrdom
Editorial honors Bishop Ford and the Maryknollers focusing on fortitude as the supreme Christian virtue amid persecution in China. The piece praises his bravery, disciplined mind, and steadfast witness to Christ, arguing martyrs embody the truth of faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Ford
Maryknollers
China
Christ
Ford
Jesuits
Vincentians
Dominicans
Franciscans
Marists
Paris
Eleazar
God
St. Thomas Aquinas
Kremlin Plans for Us Invasion via Fifth Column
The text argues Moscow plans to strike America by bombing harbors and industrial centers with European and Asian allies, aiming to trigger a Fifth Column inside the US. It claims Soviet rulers believed such a column exists, citing Spain Czecho Slovakia Poland Hungary and China as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kremlin
America
Europe
Asia
Russia
Spain
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
China
Catholic Nurse magazine debuts edited by Archbishop Cushing
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston personally editors and funds The Catholic Nurse for two years. The quarterly publication serves the National Council of Catholic Nurses and the National Catholic Welfare Conference Department of Lay Organizations with a circulation near 20,000 and distribution to Catholic hospitals and nursing schools nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Nurse
Richard J. Cushing
Boston
Episcopal
National Catholic Welfare Conference Department of Lay Organizations
National Council of Catholic Nurses
United States
N.C.C.N
Sterilization to prevent crime debate voiced as illogical
The retired philosopher argues that sterilizing those with inherited original sin would be illogical and impractical, claiming the premise rests on flawed assumptions about crime and heredity. He contends such policies ignore ethics and human rights while offering no workable solution.
Indifferentism Decried by New Hampshire Bishop
Bishop Matthew F. Brady of Manchester warns against indifferentism to God and religion in America calling it a great sin. He urges stronger religious commitment and reverence across communities and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Matthew F. Brady
Manchester
America
These Are Your Sons Heroism Told in New Korea Book
New book These Are Your Sons by missionary Rev Timothy J Mulvey recounts U N troop heroism in Korea. McGraw Hill predicts strong sales and has ordered a second edition before release. Cardinal Spellman inspired the project after reading Mulvey's letter about Oblate missions aiding wounded soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Korea
New York
McGraw-Hill of
Timothy J. Mulvey
O.M.L
Japan
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Father Mulvey
Korean
McGraw-Hill
Need for More Catholic Schools and Agencies Noted
The text argues Catholics should support expanding Catholic schools and agencies to provide free time guidance for boys and girls, reflecting a call for greater educational and organizational resources within the church community.
The Divinity of Christ and the Arius Heresy Legacy
A Catholic column explains that God made humanity to know love and serve Him, with Christ as God eternal taught by the Church. It recounts Arius’s 4th century denial of Jesus’s divinity, the Council of Nicaea, and the enduring heresy now reborn as modern Arianism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Heaven
Jesus Christ
Christ
Alexandria
Egypt
Peter of
Arius
Libya
Alexander
Constantine
Rome
St. Peter’s Basilica
Nicaea
St. Sylvester
Hosius of
Cordova
God the Father
Our Holy Father
Fathers and the rise of socialism in America
A reflective piece traces how wealth and fractured family ties shape socialist sentiment in the United States. It links parent-child dynamics, absentee fathers, and inheritance disputes to calls for social reform, noting Park Avenue elites and college campuses as microcosms. It argues older fortunes lose motive to defend private property, fueling drift toward socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Marx
Stalin
Park Avenue
New York City
College
Cathedrals in the Wilderness reviewed for Catholic frontier history
J Herman Schallinger's Cathedrals in the Wilderness surveys the early American Catholic Church from 1790 onward. It highlights Benedict Joseph Flaget and peers who built the Bardstown diocese and expanded across the Midwest, portraying their labors, travels, and sacrifices in founding a mature church amid frontier life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Herman Schallinger
St. Thomas College
St. Paul, Minn
Cese
U.S.A
Bardstown
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Arkansas
Minnesota
Idaho
Benedict Joseph Flaget
West
Nerinckx
Loretto
Badin
Abell
David
Boone
Christ
Flaget
Chaplain To Clean Up PX Magazine Racks
Washington NC reports complaints of indecent literature sold at armed forces post exchanges should be routed through regular military channels to the chief of chaplains of the particular command. The item notes a chaplain’s role in addressing rack content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Armed Forces
Armed Forces Chaplain Board to Probe Book Rack Concerns
Rev Maj Gen Charles I Carpenter says local action may fail and the Armed Forces Chaplain Board will investigate. The board will direct the distributing agency to clean up book and magazine racks if needed, under the Department of Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief of Chaplains
Armed Forces Chaplain Board
Charles I. Carpenter
Air Forces Chaplains
Department of Defense
Women in the workforce fueled by gadgets and wage gaps
A commentary argues that many married women seek external work to fund gadgets and offset what they see as insufficient male wages. It blames ruthless merchandising policies and fashion stewards for exploiting households and shaping consumer demand.
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Magazine For Nurses
Moston
Rev
John O'Rourke
Baltimore
Our Lord
Council of
New York Public Library
Edward Laning
Gutenberg
Mainz
U. S
Johann Gutenberg
NCWC
Chicago
New Mexico
Detroit
Bruce Publishing Co
Milwaukee
Church
Ralph Bayard
C.M
Lone-Star Vanguard
Texas
Galveston
Odin
John Carroll
Dio
Christ Our Lord
St. Paul
Father
Jookants Gutenberg
Diocese of
Dallas
Our Father
Mary
St. Francis Xavier
Thomas K.gorman
Rhasus
The
Texas Catholic
Dallas, Texas
Bishop’s House of Charity
Stoneleigh
Riverside
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