April 24, 2015

What was in the news on April 23, 1965?

A new agency is formed in the archdiocese to fight poverty, and nuns see a need for updated rules

Criterion logo from the 1960sBy Brandon A. Evans

This week, we continue to examine what was going on in the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen through the pages of The Criterion.

Here are some of the items found in the April 23, 1965, issue of The Criterion:

  • ‘Opportunity’ agency formed in archdiocese
    • “A new archdiocesan agency has been formed to coordinate Catholic involvement in various aspects of the Economic Opportunity Act, the government’s ‘anti-poverty’ program. The first action of the Opportunity Committee of the archdiocese, headed by Msgr. James P. Galvin, was to petition for an $8,700 federal grant to underwrite participation of Holy Angels Schools in Operation Headstart. Designed to provide special educational and cultural stimulation to pre-school youngsters from low-income families, Operation Headstart will also be established in 20 public schools in the inner-city area of Indianapolis this summer from June 28 to August 30. If accepted, the Holy Angels program will benefit 105 youngsters living in the predominantly Negro neighborhood who will enter first grade next September.”
  • Majority of Protestant baptisms are valid, council consultor says
  • ‘Red Mass’ scheduled by lawyers
  • Canon Law meeting set April 27-28
  • U.S. nuns cite need for updated rules
    • “ST. LOUIS—Catholic nuns from 16 different communities met here and advocated new rules for Sisters, omitting the ‘legalism’ of the past in favor of documents of the Second Vatican Council. The nuns, who comprise the Archdiocesan Sisters’ Sharing Group here, said old rules are largely legal in tone and prescribe only what nuns may and may not do. … A revision of the rules could have a major effect on the lives of nuns, if they follow some of the suggestions in the council documents, according to Sister Angelita Myerscough of the St. Louis University theology faculty.”
  • Cathedral parishioner works with the blind
  • Camp applications pass 1,100 mark
  • Marian devotion seen enhanced by council
  • Walter Lippman lauds U.S. aid to education
  • Ohio bishop scores ‘sex revolution’
  • Anglicans to hear Catholic priest
  • Theologian opposes women’s ordination
  • Conference is set on U.S. and China
  • Panel scheduled on birth control
  • 54 get tuition awards from Marian College
  • Cardinal-patriarch title seen anomalous
  • Religion losing impact: Gallup
  • Anglican will give chasuble to pope

(Read all of these stories from our April 23, 1965, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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