FIBHT COMMUNISM FEATURE YEAR Th« R ou ter Hat tba iDtcrnatlonaJ Nnri Serrlca (Wire and Hail), the N. C. W. C. News Serrlee (Inelnding Radioa and Cablet), Listening In WORK OF POPE Ita Own Special Serrlee, Lumen Service of China, International Uloatrated Newt, and N, 0. W. (L Picture Service. CATHOLICS Local Local The decree confirming the Edition Edition virtues o f Mother Frances HIGHLIGHT IN PROGRAM Xavier Cabrini, founder of THE the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, whose beatifi* WORLD EVENTS HIERARCHY cation and canonization are believed near although she died in Chicago only in 1917, Rose From What Seemed to Be Death Bed Church Stands Almost' Alone in Effort to gives as the Church’s weighed To Be Figure Towering Over REGISTER(Name Registered in the U. S, Patent Office) Halt Armies of Irreligion and conclusion regarding her founding of 67 institutions Crumbling Civilization VOL. XIII. No. 52 DENVER, COLO,, SUNDAY, DEC. 26, 1937________________________T W O CENTS Social Destruction in Europe, the United States, and South America within 37 In a year that brought the brutal inhumanity of war To save America from the fate of nations ruined by years; “ It is not granted to to two great sections of the world and hung the dark atheistic Communism and social chaos, twenty million men to fulfill such great threat of warfare over all the civilized world, the octoge­ Joseph P. Kennedy Is Real Family Man “‘*,,eii.‘*%Z‘ed^to°b^ Catholics under the direction of the Hierarchy have fought things with their own strength narian Pontiff, Pius XI, rose from what seemed to be a the United States ambassador to Crebt Britain, Mr. Kennedy has sbrved his country welt as chairman o f on every front throughout 1937. Almost alone as a stable alone.” bed of death to tower ovei\a crumbling civilization as the the United States Maritime commission and chairman o f the Securities and Exchange commission. He force for morality and justice, the Church was a strong most important figure of 1937. This year has brought is shown below with his family. Left to right, they are Mr. Kennedy, Patricia, 13; John F., 20; -We once heard how one of Jean, 9; Eunice, 16; Robert, 12; Kathleen, 17; Edward, 6; Rosemary, 19; Joseph, Jr., 22, and Mrs, bulwark to halt the crusading armies of irreligion and these institutions was estab­ many reasons for rejoicing to the Church throughout the Kennedy, (Bachrach photo.) social destruction. An unparalleled program of Christian lished. Severtl nuns, one of globe, says a copyrighted NCWC news service story, but social action and education marked the work of the Church whom told us the story, were the progress of the Church has been blighted by Satanic this year to preserve the United States as a Christian and put into a dwelling to found persecution in four important nations. a civilized nation. Resolved to refuse “ nothing. an orphanage. They had Engaged in this battle for sanity neither work nor sorrow, for the in a world gone mad was a grow­ hardly any furniture. Mother Church and for souls,” Pius XI ing body of 20,959,134 Catholics, Cabrini, who was always poor, carried on, in spite of his severe according to the Official Catholic illness, the indefatigable labors Communist Party gave them $5 to get started. Labor Entitled to Directory for 1937. This number that have made his reign the woh- There was no food on hand. is an increase of 223,945 over der of the world. In the year that 1936. Directing the work were The mother superior of the brought his 80th birthday, the the Bishops and 31,649 priests in new convent went shopping Pope issued three important en­ Share in Profits, 18,526 churches. In United States and spent the entire $5— on a cyclicals— on Atheistic Commu­ nism, on the state of the Church BISHOPS TELL ATTITUDE picture of the Sacred Heart, in Germany, and on the Rosary; ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS which she placed on a wall wrote an Apostolic letter on the The fight for social justice was Church in Mexico; spoke over the given its most effective expression Numbers 40,ill immediately inside the front Msgr. Sheen Says door. Standing before it, radio to Catholics throughout the in the statement of the N.C.W.C. world on two occasions; inaugu­ Administrative board, “ A Chris­ she told Christ that it was His rated the new Pontifical Academy New York.— (Special) — Labor tian Attitude on Social Problems,” Washington. — Membership in business to see that this enter­ of Sciences; closed the World should have a greater share of the issued following the Bis||pps’ the Communist party of the prise did not fail. Catholic Catholic Press exhibition in Rome profits of production, the Rt. Rev. meeting. Earlier in the year. United States is back up to more Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen of the Cath­ neighbors brought in enough and made plans for an interna­ Bishops of the San Antonio prov­ than 40,000 after a . climb from tional Christian Art exhibit; olic university declared in outlin­ ince had published a long study a mid-depression low of about food to enable the nuns to named five new Cardinals; con­ ing a plan for a system of union­ of these problems. Social Action 7,500, the N.C.W.C. Social Ac­ eat. The institution prospered tinued his work to smooth the ism based on the Papal encylicals. Schools for the Clergy were held tion department’s survey of Com­ from that time onward. relations of the Church and civil In a sermon at the Church of the at Milwaukee, Toledo, San Fran­ munism shows. Although enrolled ■ Blessed Sacrament, he said that “ If you have faith as a governments all over the world; cisco, and Los Angeles in the sum­ members of the party are few, gave aid to the stricken and suf­ labor and capital must co-operate mer. Late in the year, the N.C.W. they are zealous and well organ­ grain of mustard seed, you fering of all nations from the in the same unions fraternally in­ C. Social Action department, after ized, and they exercipe control, shall say to this mountain: resources of the Vatican; inaugu­ stead of antagonizing each other. an exhaustive survey of Com­ over other groups that contain , Remove from hence thither, rated the new Pontifical Rouma­ “ Society should not be made up munism in America, called for the thousands of members. and it shall remove; and noth­ nian college and the Lateran of capital and labor as it is,” he appointment of committees to di­ Red leaders parade as repre­ athenaeum; continually preached said. “ Instead, there should be rect a Christian social education sentatives of the working classes, ing shall be impossible for peace and morality to a world sick division into such groups as auto, program in each diocese to coun­ but membership in the party is you” (Matt, xvii, 19). with warfare and irreligion. steel, and agriculturnl, with per­ teract the growing influence of made up mostly of pseudo-intel­ (Turn to Page 4 — Column 1) (Turn to Page 2 — Colum n 7) haps 30 to 50 separate bodies. The radical groups. The Knights of lectuals and white-collar men. important thing is that the group Columbus inaugurated a nation­ Actual workingmen make up only must not be one of employes alone. wide educational campaign to in­ one third of the party. Almost Founded Society in United States The coal industry union or guild Shows Priestly Spirit form Americans of the dangers half the members are in one city. would be made up of employers of increasing Communistic sym­ New York, and one state, Cali­ and employes, for instance.” pathies. Archbishop McNicholas fornia. BEATIFICATION IS NEAR Monsignor Sheen defended this appointed 19 priests to a labor Acting under definite orders plan against the charge of Fascism. FATHER COUQHLIN QENTLY advisory committee in the Arch­ from Moscow, the few active mem­ “ While it is true that in Germany diocese of Cincinnati. bers do an amazing amount of and Italy this form of union ex­ The Catholic Conference on In­ work. Rigid training and stern FOR MOTHER DUCHESNE ists to some extent, it is controlled dustrial Problems held sessions in discipline, a compact few acting by the State,” he said. “ Under the CHIDES 'SOCIAL JUSTICE’ Fresno, Denver, Davenport, Hart­ under orders, a form of organiza­ Church’s plan there is no such ford, Rochester, Des Moines, Cin­ tion that,lets the party reach any The beatification of Mother her beatification were begmn ift control. The guild serves as the cinnati, and Portlaiid, Ore,, to type of member quickly, a policy (By M sgr. M a t t h e w S m it h ) attached to the statement of the of thousands of persons who be­ Philippine-Rose Duchesne, foun­ 1984 and have been developed intermediary between one private give publicity to the Church’s of attacking evils boldly, creation dress in.America of the first houses The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, Holy See in regard to his case. both in Rome and in the Arebdio-. enterprise and another, -and be­ came interested with him in my social and economic program, of^ osely dependent organizations, of the Society of the Sacred Heart, who has returned as editorial Fatner Coughlin substantially up­ cese of St. Louis, where Mother tween private enterprise and the return to the air, through the co-operation with every organiza­ was brought a step nearer recently holds the chief arguments pre­ The Rural Life conference con­ Duchesne established the first State.