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

MIS-. MdISdI6L NCI d1 Cldiiu
of New York. a convert who
has five daughters, was NAM
ed the National Catholic
Mother of the Year. William
F. Johnson of Paterson, NJ,
was elected president at the
National Council of Catholic
Men convention in Pitts
burgh. Holy Cross Sister M,
Madeleva, educator-poetress,
announced she would retire in
August after q years as pres
ident of st. Mary's College,
Notre Dame, Ind.
Pope John appointed Aux
iliary Bishop Joseph H. Hodg-
es Of Richmond as Coadjutor
Bishop of Wheeling, w. Va,
with the right of succession,
and Msgr. Gerald O'Keefe,
Chancellor, as Auxiliary Bish-
OPP of st. Paul, Mimi. Father
Albert j. Nevins, MN, was
reelected president at the 51st
annual Catholic Press Associ-
alton convention in Vancou-
yer, BIC.
a CANE TO: Auxili-
airy Bishop Cletus Benjamin
of Philadelphia, 50, in Phila-
delphia; Gary Cooper, so,
movie star and convert, in
Beverly Hills, Calf, and
Thomas E. Murray, SO, former
Atomic Energy Commission
er, in New York.
Cardinal Spellman under
went a successful eye opera
ton in New York. Brother
Erminus Joseph, F.S.C., was
named Provincial General of
the Christian Brothers in the
us. and Philippines, while
Father Bonaventure Koelzer,
S.A., was elected Superior
General of the Society of the
Atonement. The us. Supreme
Court upheld the right of
states to ban business activi-
ties on Sundays.
OTHER MAY HEADLINES:
Castro Says He'll Nationalize
Catholic Schools, Dust For
eign Priests Atlanta's
Censorship Law Held Uncon-
stitutional; City Prev e n t e d
From Banning Film ... Red
Victory In Laos Imperils All
Southeast Asia =. Nurse For
Space Hero Alan Shepard
Prayed Rosary Over And Over
For Success Of His Flight .
us. Catholics Helped Reset
tie More Than 1900 Refugees
Trujillo's Congress Gets
Bill To Seize Catholic Church
es, Schools In Dominican Re-
public Pope Consecrates
ID Missionary Bishops At Vat
lean Ceremony.
JUNE
The House of Repre-
sentativeS Rules Commit
tee bottled up Federal aid
to public schools legisla-
ton until a us. aid to pri-
vate schools measure is read
led. Laurean Cardinal Ru-
gambwa of Tanganyika, the
Church's only Negro Cardi-
nal, and Aloisius Cardinal
Muench of the Vatican admin
istrative staff were among
those honored at Notre Dame
u. commencement rites. First
% us. Papal Volunteers for
Latin America left Wichita.
Kan, for Brazil, Peru and
British Honduras.
Generalissimo Rafael Tru'
jillo was assassinated in the
Dominican Repu b Ii C. Greek
Rite Bishop Nicholas T. Elkc
in a Cincinnati speech dis
closed 100 priests are working
secretly behind the Iron Cur
tain.
POPE JOHN named: Msgr
John F. Wheaton, Wickliffe
Ohio, seminary rector, Aux
Hilary Bishop of Cleveland
and Msgr. George Gottwald
st. Louis cathedral admins
traitor, Auxiliary Bishop of ST
Louis. Frank A. Hall
N.C.W.C. News Service direc
tor, was elected president a
the international Federation
of Catholic News Agencie'
convention in Brussels, Bel
GUM.
US. SUPREME coUR7
ruled a state cannot requir'
belief in God as a condition
to holding public office ant
refused to review constitu
tionality of Connecticut's 81
year-old laws against artificial
birth control.
Hungary's Red regime i'm
prisoned nine priests, tire
laymen on charges of al
tempting to overthrow tn
government. Belgium's Kin.
Baudouin and Queen Fabiol
were received by Pope John
A Family Rosary Crusade b,
Father Patrick Peyton, csc
in Caracas, Venezuela, was al
tended by 100000.
Father Vincent Dore, 0.P
was named president of Prov
idence R.I.) College. Mar,
knoll (the Catholic Foreig
Mission Society observed ii
golden jubilee. An Intern;
tional Cooperation Admin
tration report said Catholi
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