January 22, 2016

What was in the news on Jan. 21, 1966?

Faiths join together to fight poverty, the Anglican Primate to visit the pope, and money saved by archdiocesan Purchasing Office

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 Jan. 21, 1966, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Major faith bodies join forces to fight poverty
    • “WASHINGTON—Three major Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic organizations have formed the Inter-Religious Committee Against Poverty to rally the full weight of their constituencies in the national war against poverty. Joining in establishment of the 45-member committee are the Synagogue Council of America in cooperation with other Jewish bodies, the National Council of Churches, and the National Catholic Welfare Conference. … “The co-chairmen said the committee is being formed because the sponsoring bodies are ‘united in the conviction that toleration of persistent poverty amid our national affluence is morally indefensible, and that the combined efforts of both voluntary and governmental agencies are required for the successful waging of a total war upon this social and moral blight.’ ”
  • Anglican Primate to visit Pope Paul
    • “VATICAN CITY—Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury, Primate of All England and leader of the world-wide Anglican Communion, will visit Pope Paul VI on March 23. Archbishop Ramsey will come to Vatican City in his capacity as head of the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops. Archbishop Ramsey’s predecessor in the Canterbury See, Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher, visited Pope John XXIII here in 1960. It was the first meeting between a primate of England and a pope since the Reformation.”
  • $58,000 is ‘saved’ by Purchasing Office
    • “A savings of nearly $58,000 has been effected by the newly organized Archdiocesan Purchasing Department in its first six months of operation, The Criterion learned this week. Sal Puntarelli, who serves as manager of purchases, told The Criterion that 60 to 70 percent of parishes, high schools and other Catholic institutions were voluntarily using the purchasing office which has resulted in contracts for $232,000 in materials.”
  • Fr. DePauw is ordered to return
  • ‘Evangelization’ project asked for Latin America
  • Home for Aged given $700,000 ‘windfall’
  • Fr. Kieran Conley, theologian, dies
  • Major bequests left to Church
  • Text of Church in Modern World schema
  • Father Leonard Lux, Benedictine, dies
  • Mission letter: A Benedictine Sister writes from Colombia mission post
  • NY press ‘went berserk’ during strike
  • Rumor mills grinding about new cardinals
  • Vatican letter scores unlimited capitalism
  • Stage is ready for Style Show at Holy Name
  • Details announced for cage tourneys
  • Episcopal link with Canon Law Society set up
  • Paraplegic ordained priest
  • ‘That Darn Cat’ rated as pretty darn good
  • Forbid children to peddle chances
  • Wisconsin priest given Turkey See
  • Sees hope for common Scripture lessons
  • Madison school to be named for Pope John XXIII
  • Sen. Marie Lauck to be speaker at DCCW luncheon
  • Pope to split up Paris archdiocese
  • Friars don civilian garb for new apostolate
  • Editor slated to speak at Terre Haute meeting
  • Seminary section is being shifted
  • How the American GI’s helped a priest reclaim his church
  • Eternal City now has 231 parishes
  • Recollection set for lay teachers
  • Arguments disputed for group confession
  • Stresses need for dialogue with U.S. secular humanists
  • New interfaith magazine due off press this month

(Read all of these stories from our Jan. 21, 1966, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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