The Savannah bulletin. (Monroe, Ga.) 1958-1958, January 04, 1958, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextJANUARY 4, 1958. THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA NINE WEST END’S FASHION CENTER 8SS GORDON, S. W. PL. 5-98S7 ATLANTA Conner Pharmacy Prescript-ions, Drugs, Sundries and Fountain 3533 Jonesboro Rd„ S. E. Blair Village MA. 2-3434 :::: HAPEVILLE, GA. J. W. TONEY COMMISSIONER, DeKALB COUNTY Dauids IDecalur J JS euSonS Cj recti neiS T. V. WILLIAMS STATE REVENUE COMMISSIONER EASTWOOD HARDWARE & BUILDERS BU. 9-4934 3898 Glenwood Road Decatur, Ga. STROMBERG-CARLSON CO. A Complete Line of Sound and Intercommunication Equipment to Fit Your Needs SCHOOL SYSTEMS OUR SPECIALTY 703 Spring Sireei. N. W. Atlanta, Ga. Phone TRinity 4-4557 FOREMOST EVENTS OF CHURCH IN U. S„ THROUGHOUT WORLD (Continued From Page Seven) dents registered for U. S. Catho lic colleges, high and elementary schools this year. Death claimed: His Eminence Giovanni Cardinal Mercati, 90, Church librarian- archivist, in Rome; Msgr. Ronald A. Knox, 69, convert, Bible trans- „ ... , lator-author, in Frome, England; j Bisho P Ge , or ^ W ' Ahrof Trenton Benedictine Abbot Boniface Seng, 89, St. Bernard’s Abbey, Cullman, Ala., and Mrs. Ernest Leger, 78, mother Emile Cardinal Leger, in Mont real. Archbishop Cicogani, Aposto lic Delegate to U. S., asserted Latin is, will remain, official language of Church, at Onida, Wis., seminary dedication. Na tional Federation of Catholic Stu dents and National Newman Club Federation brought 1,500 student leaders to New York for conven tion. Other conventions: 102nd of Catholic Central Union (Vere- in) in Allentown, Pa., 22nd na tional of Catholic War Veterans in Milwaukee; 27th biennial of Order of Alhambra in Buffalo, N. Y., and 75th annual of Knights of Columbus in Chicago. CIO-AFL President George Meany and actress Ii'ene Dunne were named U. S. delegates to the UN. Malaya’s Bishops issued a joint pastoral hailing nation’s in dependence from Great Britain. Most Rev. David F. Hickey, 75, Jesuit, first Bishop of Belize, British Honduras, retired, took up residence in his native St. Louis. First United Medal of St. Proco pius Benedictine Abbey for out standing church unity work was awarded Auxiliary Archbishop William D. O’Brien of Chicago, and the first Damien Award of scientists, agreed. Two of the year’s largest Catholic gatherings were held —- 400 journalists from 32 nations gathered at the fifth World Congress of the Catholic Press in Vienna, Austria, and 2,300 delegates met at the second World Congress of the Lay Apos- tolate in Rome. For promoting interracial jus tice, AFL-CIO President George Meany, Washington, and James W. Dorsey, Milwaukee, Negro of ficial of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission’s fair employment di vision, were voted 1957 James J. Hoey Awards. Father Raymond A. McGowan, San Antonio, for- Catholic students. Brooklyn’s ; j^g]- director of the NCWC Social Rohlman, 81, of Dubuque, died. Richmond’s Bishop Peter L. Ire- ton was presented with the first Shield of Blessed Gregory X, Crusader decoration of the na tional Holy Name Society. De spite a privilege — revoking or der by Princeton University, announced Dominican Father Hugh Hamilton would continue as chaplain of the Aquinas Foun- • of His Eminence Paul dation - contel ' for university Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart was named for the 1957 Cardinal Gib bons Medal of the alumni associ ation of the Catholic University of America, where he formerly was rector. University of Detroit launched a large scale college-at- home instruction program via tel evision. Catholic press editorials generally support President Eis enhower’s action of sending Fed eral troops to Little Rock, Ark., to enforce racial integration court order among public high school students. Other September headlines: Action Department, was voted the 1957 Peace Award of the Catholic Association for International Peace. Death claimed: Trappist Abbot Robert McGann, 71, of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost Mona stery, Conyers, Ga., in Paris, France, and Father Alexander Josselin, 56, Montfort Fathers Su perior General, in Nantes, France. U. S. Catholics were urged to mark Oct. 12 as a day of prayer for “solution of difficulties” by Bishop Albert L. Fletcher of Lit tle Rock, Ark., scene of public high school students racial inte- Over 100 Catholics Killed In ! gration problem. The Franciscans’ World’s Second Worst Railroad Mishap. In Jamaica . . . U. S. Bishops’ Agency Opens New Pol and Relief Program, First Of Its Kind Since 1950 . . . U. S. Military Ordinariate Given Diocesan Sta tus By Vatican . . . UN Censures Russia For Intervention In Hun garian Revolution . . . Pope Says Films, Radio, TV Should Bring People Closer; Encyclical Urges: Review Offices . . . UN Assembly Again Blocks Red China Member ship. OCTOBER Russia’s success in launching T , TT . , , the first world satellite indicates Loyola U., Chicago, was presented . , „ TT „ , „ , T T . „ : a lag m production of U. S. scien- to Frank J. Lewis. 90, Chicago _ . T TT , tists, Fathers Francis J. Hevden philanthropist. Other August headlines: Hun garian Reds Arrest Priests, Lay men In New Crackdown On Church . . . Plane Co-Pilot In First A-Bombing, Missioner Who Lived Through It, Meet On 12th Anniversary Of Hiroshima Holo caust . . . Philadelphia Archbishop O’Hara Says Catholic Schools Saved U. S. Taxpayers $1.5 Bil lion . . . Holy Father Warns 30,- 000 Young Christian Workers Against False Prophets of Hate, Rebellion . . . 700,000 Greet Card inal Wyszynski at Poland’s Fam ed Czestochowa Shrine . . . ‘Cru sades For Souls’ Led 2,180,290 Converts To Church In 21 Years, Fr. John O’Brien Says. SEPTEMBER A survey made at Catholic Students’ Mission Crusade head quarters in Cincinnati estimated there are 496,512,000,000 Catho lics in the world, a year’s increase of 12,435,000. In a double cere mony, Auxiliary Bishops. Martin W. Stanton and William W. Cur tis of Newark were consecrated; Bishop James V. Casey of Lincoln Neb., was installed, and Auxili ary Bishop Edward J. Maginn of Albany, N. Y., was consecrated. New York’s Cardinal Spellman observed his 25th year as a bishop with a Mass of Thanksgiving in Yankee Stadium. Joseph R. Har ris, LaSalle College, Philadelphia, was elected president at the Na tional Federation of Catholic Col lege Students Convention in New York, first Negro to hold that of fice. At its first North American meeting, held in Montreal, 1,000 delegates from 40 nations took part in the 10th International Catholic Bureau congress. Msgr. William L. Wozniak, Buffalo, N. Y., was elected president at the National Conference of Catholic Charities convention, held jointly with the St. Vincent de Paul So ciety, in Kansas City, Mo . and Patrick H. Yancey, Jesuit St. Bonaventure (N. Y.) Universi ty opened celebration of its cen tennial year. Millions of U. S. Catholic young people participat ed in the 7th National Catholic Youth Week, Oct. 27-Nov. 3. Msgr. Frederick W. Freking, 44, of the Winona, Minn., diocese, spiritual director of the North American College in Rome, was named Bishop of Salina, Kan. A $2 million fire destroyed Ottumwa Heights (Iowa) academy and junior college and Sisters of Holy Humility of Mary motherhouse. Other October headlines: Card inal Tisserant Decorated By France’s President Coty ... Phil adelphia Cathedral Opens After Two Years Of Large Scale Reno- (Continued on Page Ten) DENNY’S BARBER & BEAUTY SHOP BU. 9-0535 509-511 Derrill Drive Decatur, Ga. ^JJappij ^ijew Ijjear Ricardo's Beauty Salon TR. 4-7556 1843 Peachtree Road Atlanta, Ga. Piedmont Pharmacy Serving the Midtown Area TR. 2-2211 991 PIEDMONT, N. E. ATLANTA, GA.