July 12, 2013

What was in the news on July 12, 1963?

Priests lead the march against segregation, and the threat of technocracy can be thwarted by Christians

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 July 12, 1963, issue of The Criterion:

  • Polish Church-State relations flare again
  • St. Gabriel the Archangel – 42nd Marion County parish
  • Beginning of ‘thaw’? Hungary ready to agree on naming of bishops
  • With banners waving: Priests lead marchers in Baltimore protest
    • “BALTIMORE—Seven priests led some 175 parishioners in the picket line as Catholics joined Protestants and Jews in a second massive protest against segregated facilities at Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in suburban Woodlawn. In the picket line also were 50 members of the Catholic Interracial Council of Baltimore. They carried signs which read: ‘All Men Are Made in the Image of God,’ ‘Must Christ Be Crucified on “Grim Oak?” ’ and ‘Can’t We Catholics Even Play Bingo Together?’ Another sign read: ‘Catholics Have Been All Too Slow . . .’ – a quotation from the Lenten pastoral letter of Archbishop Lawrence J. Shehan of Baltimore condemning segregation and urging efforts to overcome it.”
  • Technocracy is no threat to Christians
    • “VATICAN CITY—Christians are the persons best qualified to humanize a society threatened by technocracy or the tyranny of the machine, a Vatican letter has stated. Christians’ ‘sense of human values’ gives them this ability, Cardinal Amleto Cicognani, Papal Secretary of State, said in a letter to this year’s French Social Week (July 9-14).”
  • Women’s club backs down on discrimination policy
  • Solemn closing devotions slated for Carmel novenas
  • Pope Paul praises Latin hierarchy
  • Pope to visit U.S.
  • Montreal ecumenical meeting draws Catholic observers, prayers
  • Some guidelines to the thinking of Paul VI
  • Audience for journalists: Pope Paul VI praises work of world press
  • Pope’s criticism of play about Pius XII published
  • Be cautious of U.S. Reds’ overtures toward Church, Fr. Cronin warns
  • Projects review completed for next council session
  • Married, convert minister to be ordained as priest
  • Italy’s Radical Right displeased with new pope
  • ‘Open occupancy’ backed by prelate
  • Atheist plans center to promote materialism
  • ND book interfaith project
  • Urges involvement in community life
  • Sees sodality movement returning to early spirit
  • Prayer ‘loophole’ cited by justice
  • Supreme Court ruling: Offers renewed hope for Catholic parents
  • Grants permission for Nuptial Masses in evening hour
  • Urges Jewish relations statement by council
  • Founder of popular devotion is dead

(Read all of these stories from our July 12, 1963, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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