May 1, 2015

What was in the news on April 30, 1965?

The archdiocese plans a Catholic Center in Bloomington, and the pope ends an ornate tradition

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 30, 1965, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Archdiocese announces plans for new IU Catholic Center: $500,000 project includes church
    • “A new Catholic Center, to be constructed by the archdiocese, is being planned for Indiana University in Bloomington, Archbishop [Paul C.] Schulte announced this week. The $500,000 project will include a church-auditorium accommodating 1,000 persons, a multi-purpose hall, conference rooms and an attached staff residence. Archbishop Schulte announced the proposed Catholic Center in a letter mailed this week to the 65,000 Catholic households in the 39-county archdiocese. The student facilities, to be located on a tract near campus housing units, will be financed by contributions during a one-day fund campaign throughout the 165 archdiocesan parishes. Archbishop Schulte has asked for ‘one adequate contribution’ from each parishioner or wage earner. … At present, the 2,500 Catholic students on the Bloomington campus worship at St. Charles Borromeo Church, the only parish located in Monroe County. The parish, which has more than 2,500 permanent parishioners, can no longer accommodate the I.U. students.”
  • Six to be ordained for the archdiocese
  • Will pontiff pay visit to Poland?
  • Diocesan, parish collegiality seen
    • “ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Father Bernard Haring, a Vatican Council expert, said here that the principle of collegiality will eventually be adopted on the diocesan and parish level and that the Constitution on the Church will build a ‘new atmosphere of freedom’ in the Catholic Church.”
  • Quell rumor on Jewish statement
  • Pope drops ceremonial fans
    • “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI has ended the use of the ornate ostrich fans and silken canopy, which formally magnified the splendor of papal processions on ceremonial occasions. Earlier this year, he began using the episcopal crosier, which had disappeared from papal usage in medieval times.”
  • Criterion travel section: Boothbay, Maine
  • ND to honor 12 scientists
  • Unearth site of ancient abbey
  • Who is John Howard Griffin?
  • Answers arguments of traditionalists
  • Statement on liberty advocated
  • Scecina to host CYO parley; 700 expected
  • They’re so few of them: Yugoslav churches jammed for a reason
  • Adapt to the times, Latin Church urged
  • Need public funds to back charities
  • ND Club pays honor to J. Albert Smith
  • In Australia: Parents’ strike stirs revolt over school aid
  • ‘Ecumenical genie is out of bottle’
  • U.S. clergy lauded for civil rights role
  • Society announces a new alignment

(Read all of these stories from our April 30, 1965, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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