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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 21, 1952
CATHOLIC PRESS ASSOCIATION
HOLDING ANNUAL CONVENTION
AT UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
NEW YORK.—(NO— His Emin
ence Samuel Cardinal Stritch,
Archbishop of Chicago, is giving
the banquet address during the an
nual Catholic Press Association
convention at the University of
Notre Dame, June 18 to 21, it was
announced by CPA headquarters
here.
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman, CPA
honorary president, is delivering a
major address at the convention’s
awards luncheon. The Bishop, re
cently installed as Coadjutor of
Dallas, is Episcopal Chairman of
the Press Department, National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
Bishop Gorman will also preside
at a session which will hear a re
port of the N. C. W. C. News Ser
vice Liaison Committee and a dis
cussion of News Service matters.
The episcopal host to the con
vention, Bishop John F. Noll of
Fort Wayne, gave the keynote ad
dress at the luncheon on the open
ing day. He is the founding editor
of Our Sunday Visitor, a charter
member of the CPA.
A Mass for deceased members
of the association was offered by
Bishop Albert R. Zuroweste, as
sistant episcopal chairman of the
N. C. W. C. Press Department.
Delegates were welcomed to the
convention by Bishop Leo A. Purs-
ley, Auxiliary of Fort Wayne.
Sixteen panel discussions are
considering practical problems of
importance to Catholic publishing,
with particular emphasis on the
needs of smaller publishers.
Father Thomas A. Meehan, Chi
cago New World editor and pro
gram committee chairman, urged
all publishers to be represented by
at least two delegates. He pointed
out that it would be necessary in
some instances to hold two or,
three work panels simultaneous
ly. He said the committee is con
vinced “that the convention dis-
succions will contribute heavily to
the continued improvement and
even greater effectiveness of the
Catholic press in the years ahead.”
29,407,520 Catholic in United States
According to 1952 Catholic Directory
(Continued from Page One)
Isles, other English speaking coun
tries and the Philippines. The
cloth bound, complete edition,
1,248 pages, weighs 'IVi pounds.
An increase of 570 in the num
ber of the clergy brings the total
of ordained priest sto 44,459, the
largest ever recorded. Eight mem
bers of the Hierarchy and 729
priests are listed in the Necrolo
gy. Professed Religious personnel
include 7,975 Brothers and 156,696
Sisters—4,873 more Religious than
a year ago. Of these Religious
75,422 are engaged in works other
than teaching.
Full-time teaching staffs of all
educational institutions under
Catholic auspices have increased
by 2,011, to a record total of 113,-
106. They comprise 7,829 priests,
3,612 Brothers, 402 scholastics, 85,-
637 nuns and 15,626 lay teachers.
Thus there are 364 more lay teach
ers and 1,647 more Religious
teachin gin Catholic schools than
one year ago.
The new total of 11,987 separate
educational institutions, an in
crease of 220 within the year, in
cludes 73 diocesan seminaries; 351
religious-community seminaries or
novitiates and scholasticates; 233
colleges and universities; 1,623 di
ocesan and parish high schools; 818
private high schools; 8,358 parish
elementary schools and 531 private
elementary schools.
There are also 152 protective in
stitutions, with 15,029 children un
der instruction.
New educational institution in
clude one diocesan and 31 religious
seminaries; 17 private high schools
and 156 new parochial elementary
schools established during 1951.
The number of parochial high
schools has been reduced by five.
The 73 diocesan seminaries re
port enrollments of 14,121 semina
rians, an increase of 94i; while the
351 novitiates and scholasticates of
the religious communities have 16,-
867 students, or 1,249 more than
one year ago. This is a total in
crease of 2,190 candidates for the
priesthood, indicating a record to
tal of 30,988.
Reversal of the postwar in
creases in enrollments in Catholic
colleges and universities Is again
reflected by the decrease of 31,699
students during the past year, com
pared to a decrease of 16,091 stu
dents during 1950-51. The present
total is 204,937. There are still
twice as many students in Catho
lic colleges as were enrolled in
1946.
Enrollment of full-time pupils in
Catholic elementary and high
schools increased by 144,595 dur
ing the past year. The 1,623 parish
and diocesan high schools report
353,465 pupils, an increase of 16,-
051 above 1951. The 818 private
high schools with 205,025 show an
increase of 7,428 in one year. Par
ish elementary school pupils now
number 2,692,706, or 117,377 more
compared to an increase of 97,588
in the preceding year) while stu
dents in private elementary schools
have increased by 3,739 to a total
of 84,151.
Thirteen new institutions bring
the total of Catholic general hos
pitals to 772, while bed capacities
have been increased by 17,460 to
present facilities of 117,033. The
number of special hospitals is now
117, an increase of five,, and added,
facilities accommodate ,10,141 pa
tients or 1,376 more beds than the
year before k
With the Catholic population at
29,407,520; it is evident that the
impressive total of 5,177,094 pa
tients treated in Catholic hospitals
during 1951 includes a large num
ber of non-Catholics. It represents
334,000 more patients than were
served in the previous year.
Current enrollments of 31,755
students in 366 Catholic training
schools for nurses represent a de
crease of 514 within the past year.
The record total was 39,997 student
nurses in 1946. Homes for invalids
and the aged now number 271, an
increase of nine. They care for
24,055 residents, or 874 more than
in 1951.
The number of infant baptisms,
I, 018,303, shows an increase of 44,-
759 for the year 1951, compared
to an increase of 30,101 infant bap
tisms during 1950.
Marriages recorded decreased
slightly, by 8,417, to 319,846. -
During the year 276,197 Catho
lics died in the U. S., 8,676 more
deaths than in 1950.
In its largest issue ever, the
130th printing of The Official Cath
olic Director, for 1952, appears in
the same three editions and bind
ings as heretofore: A paper-bound
volume of 1,084 pages, presenting
data and statistics for the United
States and Possessions; the com
plete edition, giving data for the
U. S. A., Canada, Ireland, the
United Kingdom, Australia, New
Zealand, and the Philippines, 1,248
pages, paper bound, and the same
volume in stiff cloth covers.
Children of Parish
In Valdosta Receive
First Holy Communion
VALDOSTA, Ga.—Sixteen chil
dren of the parish received their
first Holy Communion recently at
St. John the Evangelist Church
here at a Mass celebrated by the
pastor, Father John J. Kennedy,
during which hymns were sung by
the children’s choir.
The first communicants were
Gary Nichols, Barry Blackerby,
Peter Van Horn, Don DeLoaeh,
Benny Nolan, Richard Wall, James
Pisane, Steve Vatalaro, Caren Hel
ler, Carol Eing, Cathy Johansen,
Diane Watts, Ronnie Carlo, Musa
Hopson, Michael Prendergast and
Margaret Dickerson.
Twenty-eight children of the
parish and a number of adults
.were confirmed by the Most Rev
erend Francis E. Hyland. D. D.,
J. C. D., Auxiliary Bishop of the
Savannah-Atlanta. The children
confirmed were the members of
the first Communion class and
Josephine Thomas, Martha Braden,
Colleen Scott, Karen Kanty, Bendy
Matherne, Tommy Mee, Billy
Nijem, Kenny Dutra, Frank Mc-
Guinness, John Wall. Kathleen
Wall, Ralph Vatalaro and Wally
Wall.
At the annual May procession in
honor of the Blessed Virgin Moth-'
er of God, Estelle Malham placed
th floral crown on the statue of
Our Blessed Lady. Her attendants
were Gloria George, Kitty Rabon,
Leona Abood, Margaret Barganier
and Theresa Lahood. Inez Wall, a
kindergarten pupil at St. John’s
School, was the crownbearer. The
train-bearers were Ricky Scott and
Charles Keene, also of the kinder
garten.
The .annual observance of Forty
Hours Devotion brought .. tiyqlve
priests here to participate in the
closing services.
Fill Vacant Sees
BISHOP COUSINS
Two vacant Sees in the United
States were filled in the announce
ment of two Episcopal appoint
ments by His Holiness Pope Pius
XII. Auxiliary Bishop William E.
Cousins of Chicago has been named
Bishop of Peoria.
BISHOP-ELECT DWYER
Monsignor Robert J. Dwyer,
rector of the Cathedral of the
Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah,
and editor of The Intermountain
Catholic Register, who has been
appointed Bishop of Reno.—(NC
Photos).
Heresy or Schism?
LORAIN, Ohio—(RNS)—Passing
of the collection basket has been
done away with in St. Anthony of
Padua Church here.
The experiment, which has at
tracted a great deal of interest
throughout the Diocese of Cleve
land, was started some weeks ago
by the pastor, Father Richard J.
Arlt, O. F. M. Conv. He put up a
sign inside the church vestibule
which read:
"No Collection In The Church.
Deposit Your Offerings in Re
ceptacle at Foot of Stairs.”
Since then, it is said, thq income
of the church has shown a steady
increase.
Father Arlt said that reverence
for the Blessed Sacrament and
trust in Divine Providence led him
to eliminate the passing of collec
tion baskets during Mass. He felt
the need to take this action, he
added, after visiting a church in
Detroit.
“There, each time the priest
turned around to say ‘Dominus
Vobiscum’ he was confronted with
the spectacle of a rustling and
bustling congregation fishing
through pockets and purses,”
Father Arlt explained.
Parishioners of the church are
in hearty accord with the innova
tion. With no baskets being pass
ed, they said, it is much easier to
concentrate upon what is going on
at the altar.
There are 765 envelope holders
in the parish. Father Arlt, a
former Army chaplain, is now
building an annex of four rooms
and a. social hall to the eight-room
school and kindergarten. He also
is building a convent for the Sis
ters of the Third Order of St.
Francis who teach in the parish
school.
DR. BERNARD IDDINGS BELL,
of the University of Chicago, an
Episcopalian minister-educator, in
a lecture sponsored by the Great
Books Program of the Cleveland
Public Library, declared: “Relig
ion ,piust be tapght to.our children
if Americans, are going to be hap
py and this will mean teaching re
ligion in public schools.”
jWide Interest Shown In Bible Week to
Observe 500th Gutenberg Anniversary
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
WASHINGTON. — Widespread
interest in the Bible Week from
September 28 to October, 5, mark
ing the 500th anniversary of the
Catholic Gutenberg Bible, the first
printed book, is evidenced in the
daily mail received by the Catho
lic Biblical Association of America
which together with the Confra
ternity of Christian Doetrine is
sponsoring the observance.
In addition to honoring the
Catholic laymen, Johann Guten
berg, who selected the Latin Vul
gate Edition of the Bible as com
piled by St. Jerome as the first
book to be printed from movable
type, the Week will mark one of
the greatest accomplishments of
| American Catholic Biblical scho-
! larship—the publication of the
| first of four volumes of the Old
j Testament translated directly from
the original languages.
This volume will contain transla
tions of the first eight books of
the Old Testament: Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deu
teronomy, Josue, Judges and Ruth.
This project is being carried out
by members of the Catholic Bibli
cal Association of America under
the patronage of the Episcopal
Committee of the Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine.
Some dioceses are planning New
Testament and Bible sales cam
paigns during the week. This fea-
tux'e will parallel the Protestant
observance of Gutenberg Week,
during which time it is expected
that a million copies of their Re
vised Standard Version, due for
Fall publication, will be sold. The
new Protestant version is consider
ed a great improvement over the
popular King James version.
Belmont Abbey
College Alumni
Meet in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N. C.—Election of
officers highlighted an organiza
tional meeting of the Charlotte
Chapter of the Belmont Abbey
College Alumni Association held
at Kuester’s.
Wink Locklair was elected presi
dent; Don Lampke, vice-president;
Arthur Goodman, secretary, and
Richard O’Donoghue, treasurer.
Speakers at the meeting were
Father Cuthbert E. Alien, dean of
men at the college; Howard A.
Wheeler, director of atheltics, and
George E. Stuart, Jr., alumni di
rector.
OHIO’S KNIGHTS OF COLUM
BUS want the wording of the
pledge of allegiance to the flag of
the United States changed. At
their state convention a resolution
was adopted which urged that the
wording of the pledge be chang
ed to “one nation, under God, in
divisible, with liberty and justice
for all.”
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