The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-12-29
FEBRUARY


President Kennedy's
proposal of Federal aid to
public elementary, Sec
ondary schools only set
off a controversy with
Catholic leaders seeking long
term, low interest us. loans
for nonpublic schools.
POPE JOHN NAMED Cleve-
lands Auxiliary Bishop John
J. Krol as Archbishop of
Philadelphia, Auxiliary Bish.
OPP. Joseph McShea of Phila-
delphia as first Bishop of the
new Allentown, Pa, diocese
and Auxiliary Bishop Leo c.
Byrne of st. Louis as Coadju.
tor Bishop of Wichita, Kan.
DEATH CAME TO: Coadju-
tor Bishop Thomas J. McDon-
nell, 66, of Wheeling, in
Huntington, w. Va; Father
Francis Markert, S.V.D., rs,
originator of Catholic Press
Month in 1920, in Waukeegan,
Ill. and Father Edmond B.
Bernard, 46, Catholic Univer-
sity of America theological
school dean, in Washington,
DC. James Francis Cardinal
Mcintyre in Los Angeles
charged us. discrimination
against Cuban refugees by
failure to include financial
aid for Catholic schools their
children attend.
Yvonne, &c, of the famous
Dionne quintuplets, became a
Little Franciscan Sisters nov
ice in Bale St. Paul, Jue. A
message from Pope John
opened the annual Lent cam
paign of us. Catholic school
students for the Bishops Re-
lief Fund. Belleville's Bishop
Albert r. Zuroweste stressed
that the Catholic press aids
it's readers in advancing the
Church's mission in a Catho-
lie Press Month statement.
The 30th anniversary of Vat
lean Radio was observed.
REQUESTS FOR 40 lay
missioners came from eight
countries as SO US. Sees NAM
ed directors for the Papal
Volunteers for Latin Ameri-
ca (PAVLA). Ireland's Fred
erick H. Boland, president of
the UN General Assembly,
was named for the Bellarmine
Medal by Bellarmine College,
Louisville. KY. An estimated
100000 Catholic secular col
lege students took part in the
third annual Cardinal New
man Week in the us. In an
orgy of violence in the Congo
following Staying of Patrlce
Lumumba, Father Rene De
Vos, AS, of the White Fathers,
was murdered, his body mutt
lated in Bukavu. Pope John
asks prayers that the Second
Vatican Council could be held
in 1862.
OTHER FEBRUARY head
lines: Cardinal Cushing Asks
End of US. Aid To Red Po-
land, Yugoslavia 81 Ma
tions Represented Among 500
Men Preparing For Ecumeni'
cal Council Catholic Com
munity In Ruanda, Africa's
Newest Free Nation, Among
Fastest Growing In World
Vatican Official Says Movies
Soon May Be School Of I'M
morality Dominican Re-
public Bishops Reject Request
To Have Trujillo Named Ben
efactor Of Church Kore-
an Premier Rejects Birth Con
troll AS Answer To His Ma
tons Problems.
MARCH
Los Angeles Cardinal
Mcintyre served as Papal
Legate and Boston's Car
dinal Cushing gave the
sermon at the Solemn
Mass in Armagh, Ireland
opening a years observance
of the 1,50Oth anniversary o.
the death of st. Patrick. INT
University of Notre Dame
named President Kennedy tt
receive its 10th annual Lac
tare Medal.
ciNcINNATrs Archbishop
Karl J. Alter, NCWC admin
istrative board chairman, pro
posed an amendment permit
ting long term, low interes
us. construction loans TO
nonpublic schools to the cor
troversial Federal aid to edl
cation bill. Msgr. (Rear Adm
George A. Rosso, Chief of N;
wy Chaplains, cited a critics
shortage of Catholic chaplain
in the Navy. Death claimed
MarcelIo Cardinal Mimmi, q
president of the Pontiflc;
Commission for Latin Amer
ca, who was visited by POP