September 30, 2016

What was in the news on September 30, 1966?

A new office to fight poverty, an encyclical on peace, and the start of a nursing program at Marian College

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 September 30, 1966, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • New secretariat planned to fight world poverty
    • “VATICAN CITY—Fears that the Second Vatican Council’s recommendation for the creation of a Church organization to deal with problems of world poverty and development might be ignored have been answered by L’Osservatore Romano, Vatican City daily. In an unsigned but authoritative article in its edition of September 23, the paper announced that a provisional committee for implementing the organization of a secretariat for the lay apostolate and of an organization to deal with development and social justice is soon to meet in Rome under the chairmanship of Cardinal Maurice Roy of Quebec.”
  • Discuss council documents: Historic theological parley opens in Rome
  • Marian to introduce 4-year nurse course
    • “Officials of Marian College and St. Vincent’s Hospital announced plans this week to establish a four-year collegiate nursing program leading to a bachelor of science degree in nursing. Sister Carlos, D.C., administrator of St. Vincent’s, and Msgr. Francis J. Reine, president of Marian, disclosed that the nursing program is scheduled to open with the fall semester of 1968. Enrollment in the first class will be limited to 40 students.”
  • Terre Haute school body organized
  • Orientation slated for new teachers
  • Spanish prelate quits state post
  • Papal mission sent to Vietnam
  • West Baden going under the hammer
  • Prayer Vigil set at IU
  • Text of Pope Paul VI’s ‘peace’ encyclical
  • Pope tells why he issued encyclical
    • “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI has declared he issued his new encyclical letter [Christi Matri Rosarrii] calling for peaceful settlement of war because he is convinced that by speaking out he may be able to reach the men of today, and that the fate of the world can be changed by prayer. … To those who claim that it takes force, power, money and propaganda to bring about an effective settlement of world problems, the pope answered that his policy was and is: ‘We can speak out and pray.’ He affirmed his belief that the spoken word still has some value in contemporary history ‘because of the mystery of truth which it contains and reveals, because of the unarmed and invincible strength it has when it is free, sincere and real, and because of the faith we have in men.’ ”
  • Peace plea is lauded by Hartke
  • Layman to direct diocesan business
  • Cites need for valiant women in the Church
  • Abp. Hoban dies at 88
  • Pontiff issues letter on use of Latin
  • Holy Spirit Parish schedules blessing of school addition
  • Marian to present The Fantasticks
  • Financial rights of Church stressed
  • Rectory completed at Bradford parish
  • Father and Son Fellowship set October 8-9
  • Catholic Youth Week plans developing
  • Interfaith nuns’ residence
  • Discovery backs Biblical record
  • Example called key to more vocations
  • St. Meinrad slates annual pilgrimages
  • Annual benefit dinner set for Child Center
  • Foster parent ‘image’ changed, survey shows
  • Orders formation of parish councils
  • Stresses enduring role of Catholic education

(Read all of these stories from our September 30, 1966, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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