June 1, 2012

What was in the news on June 1, 1962?

Priest-historian warns of anti-clerical sentiment in the U.S., and bishop hits distortion regarding role of laity

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 June 1, 1962, issue of The Criterion:

  • Priest-historian sees peril of anti-clericalism in U.S.
    • “HELENA, Mont.—A top authority on U.S. Catholic Church history warned here ‘of symptoms that suggest an anti-clerical sentiment hitherto unknown to American Catholics’ spreading within the ranks of ‘the strongest laity within the universal Church.’ Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, professor of Church history at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., suggested four of ‘the most effective weapons with which to combat anti-clericalism.’ ‘First, the exercise by both clergy and laity of extreme sensitivity and forbearance in their relations to each other so that nothing be said or done that may exasperate or give cause for needless irritation of offence.’ … ‘Secondly, a steady and deliberate opening up of new channels for apostolic action to the layman …’ ‘Thirdly, I think of the Catholic press as an area which … is peculiarly fitted for the laymen …’ ‘And last, but by no means least, are the varied good works of the National Council of Catholic Men and the National Council of Catholic Women, which for approximately 40 years have been doing yeoman work in activating the laity to a more intelligent and organized service to the Catholic cause.’
  • Not enough leadership: Bishop hits distortion regarding role of laity
  • Encyclical at work: Spanish Church gives support to strikers
  • Franco assails Catholics who back up strikers
  • Latin America workers seek bloodless revolt
  • Music liturgy workshop scheduled at St. Meinrad
  • Peace Corps a two-way street
  • Argentine ambassador to U.N. sketches blueprint for hemispheric relations
  • Lauds president’s parley on economic problems
  • Hungary persecution still rages, paper says
  • House passes bill to aid bus riders
  • Cincinnati hikes salaries of nuns and lay teachers
  • Lay leaders in the Dominican Republic are playing a major rehabilitation role
  • Texts of winning essays in annual Serra contest
  • Board ruling on classes in public schools upset
  • Urge ban on teenage drivers
  • Saint’s birthplace a shrine
  • Breach in Christianity healing, Father Weigel says
  • New Orleans paper raps new segregation group
  • Bill would change present quota rule for immigration
  • Children schooled in atheism
  • Asks lay members for school boards
  • Pope John: Respect for priesthood best spur to vocations
  • New papal policy on cardinal rank goes into effect
  • Louisiana K.C. backs integration
  • Spanish in Mass

(Read all of these stories from our June 1, 1962, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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