The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-01-04

Bishops at their annual meeting
In Washington called for a fer
vent crusade of prayers for peace
in their statement, Peace, Unity
The Hope of Mankind" And it
was the year when Archbishop
Francis P. Keough of Baltimore
was again elected chairman of
the Administrative Board, Ma
tionA Catholic Welfare Confer
ence.
Here are some of the years
outstanding events:
JANUARY
At the hierarchy's request, u.
S. Catholics opened the year with
a day of prayer for the persecut.
ed of the world. After stopoffs
at the Vatican and Germany, Car
dinal Spellman returned to New
York from his globe-girdling tour
which opened with a Christmas
visit to GPs in Korea and Japan.
The Pope named Quebec the Pri-
NATAL see of Canada and Que
bees Archbishop Maurice Roy as
the nations Primate.
World wide observance of the
Chair of Unity Octave for lone
fold, one shepherd" was report
ed the largest ever. At its New
York convention, the Neurological
Society of America gave its 1855
award to Father Bernard l.. Le-
FroiS, S.V.D., for his book, "A
Woman Clothed With The Sun. J"
Personal papers of the late Phil
ip Murray, CIO president and la
Dor leader, we're presented to the
Catholic University of America.
Directories disclosed Catholic
populations of the Philippines in
creased 100000 to 17,144, 162;
| Australia, AZ, ,491 TO l 500 1868, and
New Zealand, 1882 to 260,O81.
-Four Years in a Red He'll"
book by Father Harold w.
! RisneY, S.V.D., former prisoner
of Chinese Reds, began running
as a serial in US. newspapers
Two million non-catholies Wis
tied Catholic churches and
heard talks on Catholic beliefs
during Oklahoma wide "oper-
alton Understanding" sponsor
ed by Bishop Eugene J. Nc
Guinness of Oklahoma City and
Tulsa.
Emphasizing the Pope's plea
that a Bible be in every Catholic
home and be read, the fourth an.
nual observance of Bible Week
was conducted by the Catholic
Biblical Association.
Three Vienna, Austria, nuns
were refused entry to India on
| grounds of mo need for mission
ary nurses"
Other January headlines: Au-
thor Publisher Frank Sheed
Awarded Honorary Theology De
gree AT Vatican Congregation S
Request Pope Gives Moral
Approval to Newly.Developed
Method of Natural, Painless
Childbirth Catholic Book
/ Production Increased 20 Percent
During 1855, Survey Shows.
Catholic Church Given Highest
Possible Rating by American In
stitution of Management Audit
Pope's Colorful Swiss Guard
Celebrates 450th Anniversary.
FEBRUARY
Hailing Catholic Press month"; s
observance, Bishop Thomas K.
German of Dallas Fort Worth,
NCWC Press Department chair
man, said recent progress of Ca
tholic journalism has been amaz.
ing but it still is not sufficiently
strong.
Delegates TO . world indus
trial relations congress in Rome
were told by Pope Plus prog
ress in improving working con-
ditions has been foo slow. In a
message TO nearly 4-million
youngsters in v. S. Catholic
schools, the Pope urged them TO
break all previous records of
generosity in giving TO their
Lenten collection for the Bish-
ops Fund 10 aid The homeless,
hassard and hungry overseas.
Death claimed Father James B.
Macelwane, 81. 73, renowned
seismologist, in st. Louis: Cor
nelius Connie Mack McGillicud-
dy, 80, baseball's grand old man,
in Philadelphia, and James E.
Cummings, 81, retired assistant
director of the NCWC Education
Department, in Washington.
Sen. William F. LANCER, Sen
ate refugee subcommittee head,
in San Francisco predicted the
Refugee Relief Act allowing 209,-
900 refugees to enter the us.
by December 81, 1856, will be ex-
tended. The 10th annual National
Catholic Book Week was OBJ
served.
Catholic leaders scored The
Search For Bride Murphy"
book dealing with reinearns-
tion, as contrary 10 Church
teachings.
Kentucky's Court of Appeals
upheld the right of nuns to wear
religious garb while serving as
public school teachers. Father
Edgar Schmiedeler, O.S,B., for
Is years director of the NCWC