January 25, 2013

What was in the news on Jan. 25, 1963?

A united religious plea for racial justice, and the archbishop’s request for prayers of unity

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. 25, 1963, issue of The Criterion:

  • U.S. interfaith leaders deal staggering blow to race bias
  • Editorial: Taxing our schools
  • Liturgical Study Day is scheduled
  • ‘Appeal to Conscience’
  • Fatima Retreat House plans get green light
  • Sudan expulsions ‘grieve’ Pontiff
  • Citizens for Educational Freedom: What do they seek?
  • Also in Chicago: Religion and Race parley recalls historic 1893 interfaith meeting
  • ‘Medical critique’: Fears physical effects of birth control pills
  • Clarifies non-Catholic status in Mystical Body
  • Cardinal Bea points to church unity advances
  • Urges more sermons on social problems
  • Conference of hierarchy established
  • Pope is healthy, Cardinal asserts
    • “BOSTON—The health of His Holiness Pope John XXIII is still good, Cardinal Richard Cushing said, ‘despite the rumors you may hear.’ The Archbishop of Boston cited himself as an example of how unfounded rumors about the health of prominent churchmen may be circulated. ‘Don’t believe the rumors that the Pope has cancer and will die and that’s the end of the ecumenical council,’ he said. ‘Eight years ago they said I had cancer and gave me eight months to livebut I’m still here and hope to be for some time.’ ”
  • Expect food need to double by ‘80
  • Catholic colleges in space program
  • Cardinal takes ski training
  • Some practical rules for boy-girl conduct
  • Seven Korean leaders baptized
  • As result of council: Bishops’ conferences seen in larger role
  • Bishops seeks transcript of first council session
  • Council exceeded hopes, Protestant monk says
  • Bishop tells ministers about Vatican Council
  • Church’s scope seen wider than person and family
  • Population study grant announced
  • Council mandate coming, laity told
  • ‘An unbalanced view’: Church authority image seen hindrance to unity
  • Maestro honored by Pope
  • Council interim body holds its first meeting
  • Greater role of religion cited by Bishop Wright
  • Evening Funeral Mass started on trial basis
  • Plan ‘alphabet’ pilot project
    • “CLEVELAND, Ohio—A small group of first-graders soon will begin a pilot-study project using a reading method that utilizes a 43-character alphabet instead of the traditional 26 letters. … The new reading method, based on the Augmented Roman Alphabet, uses all the English letters except Q and X plus some combinations and near-combinations of conventional letters to make the 43 basic sounds in the language.”

(Read all of these stories from our Jan. 25, 1963, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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