January 11, 2013

What was in the news on Jan. 11, 1963?

Protestant monks aid cause of church unity, and Detroit interfaith leaders work to eliminate bias in housing

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. 11, 1963, issue of The Criterion:

  • Protestant monks in France are aiding the cause of church unity
    • “TAIZE, France—A cluster of unity-minded Protestant monks, the Brotherhood of Taize, France, is fast being recognized in Catholic and Protestant circles as one of the brightest signs of visible Christian unity on the religious horizon. Their purpose? Reconciliation—between separated Christians, between husbands and wives, between unbelievers and the church, between mankind and the challenges of an industrialized world. Their method? To pray and live together at Taize as a monastic community dedicated to God, and to work ‘in the world’ as men having secular occupations, but dedicated to Christian unity.”
  • Interfaith leaders in Detroit open drive to eliminate bias in housing
    • “DETROIT—Participants in this city’s first interreligious conference on racial discrimination in housing adopted a statement recommending specific ways in which churches and synagogues can fight bias in housing. Admitting that religious groups have failed to do enough in this area, the statement urged congregations to set up committees on racial equality and recommended the formation of interreligious committees in each legislative district to work for ‘appropriate state open-occupancy legislation.’ ”
  • Netherlands bishop: Refuses to move priest who criticized Curia
  • Greater generosity to missions urged
  • Marian lectures to offer a look at Hoosier politics
  • ‘Sense of morality’ needed, pope says
  • The apostolate of the metropolis
  • The Achilles’ heel of the lay apostolate
  • More priests ousted: Anti-Church campaign continuing in Sudan
  • Use modern language, Mariologists advised
  • Pontiff makes comment of progress of council
  • Interfaith meeting set to study Council of Trent
  • Non-Catholic clergymen, priests meet in retreat
  • ‘Catholic Family of the Year’ boasts four in religion
  • Episcopate ‘found itself’ at council, says Fr. Congar
  • Lauds ‘open end’ aspect of religious dialogue
  • Woods relic collection moved to new location
  • Mother of two nuns becomes postulant
  • New school system planned in Canada
  • Holds school tax aid not unconstitutional
  • Battle looming: Aid-to-education is seen as major Congress issue
  • Race bigots seen guilty of moral ‘dishonesty’
  • Dedicated priests: Little anti-clericalism in U.S., historian notes

(Read all of these stories from our Jan. 11, 1963, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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