The National Catholic Welfare Conference Source: An Official of the Organization The National Catholic Welfare Conference was organized in 1919 as a common agency acting under the bishops to promote the welfare of the Catholics of the United States. The Conference has for its incorporated purposes "unifying, coordinating and organizing the Catholic people of the United States in works of education, social welfare, immigrant aid and other activities." The Conference comprises the following departments and bureaus: Executive Bureaus maintained: Information, Immigration, National Center Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Publications, Business and Auditing, and Catholic Action, monthly publication, N. C. W. C. Youth-Facilitates exchange of information regarding the philosophy, organization, and programcontent of Catholic youth organizations; promotes the National Catholic Youth Council, the federating agency for all existing, approved Catholic youth groups; contacts and evaluates national governmental and non-governmental youth organizations and youth servicing organizations. Education-Divisions: Statistics and Information, Teachers' Registration, Library. Press-Serves the Catholic press in the United States and abroad with regular news, features, editorial and pictorial services. Social Action-Covers the fields of Industrial Relations, International Affairs, Civic Education, Social Welfare, Family Life and Rural Life. Legal Serves as a clearing house of information on Federal, State and local legislation. Lay Organizations Includes the National Council of Catholic Men and the National Council of Catholic Women, which maintain at N. C. W. C. headquarters permanent representations in the interests of the Catholic laity. These councils function through some 4,700 affiliated societiesnational, State, diocesan, district, local and parish; also through units of the councils in many of the dioceses. Catholic Action Study-Devoted to research and reports as to pronouncements, methods, programs and achievements in the work of Catholic Action at home and abroad. Edward Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit, chairman of the Administrative Board and episcopal chairman of the Executive Department; Most Rev. John B. Peterson, Bishop of Manchester, vice chairman of the Administrative Board and episcopal chairman of the Department of Education; Most Rev. Francis J. Spellman, Archbishop of New York. secretary of the Administrative Board: Most Rev. Francis C. Kelley, Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, treasurer of the Administrative Board and episcopal chairman of the Department of Lay Organizations; Most Rev. John Gregory Murray, Archbishop of St. Paul, episcopal chairman, Department of Catholic Action Study; Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh, episcopal chairman of the Legal Department. Most Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara, Bishop of Kansas City and episcopal chairman of the Social Action Department; Most Rev. John Mark Gannon, Bishop of Erie, episcopal chairman of the Press Department; and the Most Rev. John A. Duffy, Bishop of Buffalo, episcopal chairman of the Department of Youth; and Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, O.P.. Archbishop of Cincinnati, member of the Board without portfolio. Assistant Bishops, Administrative Board-Most Rev. Emmet M. Walsh, Bishop of Charleston; Most Rev. Richard O. Gerow, Bishop of Natchez: Most Rev. Karl J. Alter, Bishop of Toledo; Most Rev. Thomas K. Gorman, Bishop of Reno: Most Rev. Francis P. Keough, Bishop of Providence: Most Rev. Walter A. Foery, Bishop of Syracuse: Most Rev. Bartholomew J. Eustace. Bishop of Camden, and Most Rev. Charles Hubert LeBlond, Bishop of St. Joseph. The Right Rev. Msgr. Michael J. Ready, General Secretary; Rev. Howard J. Carroll, S.T.D., Asst. Gen. Sec. Under the N.C.W.C. Episcopal Committee on Motion Pictures (Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, O.P., Archbishop of Cincinnati, chairman; Most Rev. John J. Cantwell, Archbishop of Los Angeles; Most Rev. Hugh C. Boyle, Bishop of Pittsburgh; Most Rev. John F. Noll, Bishop of Fort Wayne, and Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue, Auxiliary Bishop of New York) there functions the Legion of Decency, organized for the purpose of securing for the public wholesome screen enterplishment of this end is the publishing of a weekly classification of current films. The Legion of Decency has its National Office in the Archdiocese of New York--Address: 485 Madison Ave., New York City, N. Y. The executive secretary is Rev. John J. McClafferty. The N. C. C. M. maintains at its national headquarters a Catholic Evidence Bureau and a Catho-tainment. One of the means towards the accomlic Radio Bureau; and sponsors a weekly nationwide radio Catholic Hour over the network of the National Broadcasting Company. The N. C. C. W. maintains in Washington, D. C., the National Catholic School of Social Service. N. C. W. C. Administrative Board-Most Rev. The Ten Commandments Source: The Holy Bible; Exodus 20: 2-17 The Ten Commandments-known also as the Decalogue-according to Exodus XX:19, were proclaimed by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinal and afterward inscribed on two tables of stone (Exod. XXXI:18). In the King James version (1611) of the Bible the Ten Commandments are: I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's. The Douay version of the Bible, published in 1609, and the King James version, are in substantial agreement as regards the Ten Commandments, although there is a variation in verbiage. Creed Committee on Publication. Accepted by the House of Representatives, on behalf of the American People, April 3, 1918. The American's Written by William Tyler Page, Clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives, in 1917, and adopted and promulgated by the Government's I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support Its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. Roman Catholic Hierarchy of the United States Source: Apostolic Delegation, Washington Apostolic Delegate to the United States-Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, S.T.D., Ph.D., J.U.D. Auditor-Msgr. Egidio Vagnozzi, S.T.D., Ph.D., J.C.D. Secretaries-Msgr. Leo Binz, S.T.D., Ph.D., Msgr. Joseph M. McShea, S.T.D., Ph.D., Msgr. Romolo Carboni, J.C.D. and Very Rev. Edward C. Daly, O.P., S.T.M. The office of the Apostolic Delegate is at No. 3339 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D. C. See Archbishops Chicago, Ill...... Stephen J. Donohue (Aux.)1934 J. F. A. McIntyre (Aux)..1941 Pa....D. J. Dougherty, Cardinal. 1903 Hugh L. Lamb (Aux.).....1936 Edward D. Howard. ARCHDIOCESES Cons. See Cons. .1919 .1921 Philadelphia 1926 . John J. Glennon.. .1896 George J. Donnelly (Aux.).1940 1920 .1934 .1926 Thomas A. Connolly (Aux.)1939 Sante Fe, N. M.... Rudolf Gerken.. .1927 Sidney M. Metzger (Aux.).1940 Cincinnati, Ohio....John T. McNicholas, O. P.1918 Detroit, Mich......Edward A. Mooney Dubuque, Iowa.....Francis J. L. Beckman.... Louisville, Ky. . John A. Floersh.. Milwaukee, Wis.. .Moses E. Kiley.. New Orleans, La....Joseph F. Rummel. 1924 1917 1923 1934 ..1928 Washington, D. C.. Michael J. Curley.........1914 The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is thus defined by the Catholic Dictionary"The Blessed Virgin Mary was preserved from the stain of original sin in the first instant of her conception in the womb of her mother. This was a singular privilege and grace of God, granted in view of the merits of Jesus Christ. By her conception is meant not the act or part of her parents in it, nor the formation of her body, nor the conception of Christ later in her own womb; from the moment her soul was created and infused into her body it was free from original sin and filled with sanctifying grace. Her soul was neve: stained by original sin, nor by the depraved emotions, passions and weaknesses consequent on that sin, but created in a state of original sanctity, innocence and justice. She had at least the graces of the first Eve before the Fall, and more." St. Augustine, Fla. .Joseph P. Hurley 1940 J. F. Busch. 1910 Charles H. LeBlond. 1933 Robert J. Armstrong. 1929 Wm. F. Murphy. 1938 . Duane G. Hunt. 1937 Chas. F. Buddy. 1936 San Juan, P. R. Edwin B. Byrne. 1925 Savannah, Ga.. G. P. O'Hara .1929 I Scranton, Pa William J. Hatey. 1925 ( Seattle, Wash .Gerald Shaughnessy. 8. M.1933 .Edmond Heelan 1919 William O. Brady 1939 T Charles White.. Thos. M. O'Leary 1924 1921 1928 Vacant A Syracuse, N. Y Toledo, Ohio. Trenton, N. J Wichita, Kan C. H. Winkelman. .1933 Edmond J. Fitzmaurice. 1925 1926 .1932 Roman Catholic Hierarchy At the head of the Roman Catholic Church is the Supreme Pontiff, Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, born at Rome, March 2, 1876, ordained priest April 2, 1899, consecrated bishop by Benedict XV, May 13, 1917, proclaimed cardinal, December 16, 1929, and Secretary of State, February 7, 1930: elected Pope as successor of Pius XI, March 2, 1939: crowned March 12, 1939. The Pontiff is, in orders, a Bishop. His ecclesiastical title is: His Holiness, the Pope; Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ; Successor of St. Name Cardinal-Bishops Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Peter, Prince of the Apostles; Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church; Patriarch of the West; Primate of Italy: Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province; Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City. The College of Cardinals, when complete, is made up of 70 members, of whom 6 are CardinalBishops, 50 are Cardinal-Priests, and 14 are Cardinal-Deacons. The College is the Senate of the Roman Church. The Cardinals advise the Pope and elect his successor. The Cardinal-Bishops take their titles from the Suburban Sees of Rome. NaYear of tionality Office or Dignity Tommaso Plo Boggiani....Bishop of Porto and Santa Rufina; Chancellor Enrico Gasparri... Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani.. Carlo Salotti. Enrico Sibilia. Cardinal-Priests- Joseph Ernest Van Roey Pedro Segura v Saenz Emanuele Goncalves Cerejeira Sebastiano Leme de Silveira Raffaele Cario Rossi. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi. Federico Tedeschini. Birth Year of Bishop of Ostia and Albano, Dean; Prefect Italian..... 1851 1911 of the Church... Bishop of Velletri; Prefect of the Supreme Bishop of Palestrina; Prefect of S. C. Rites.. Archbishop of Strigonia, Primate of Hungary Hungarian. 1884 1927 Italian..... 1880 1929 Portuguese 1888 1929 Italian. 1874 1929 Irish.. 1881 1929 Recent archaeological discoveries in the Bible lands re-establish its early books as historical contemporaneous records of conditions as they existed in the days of the Patriarchs and Moses, it was stated in 1938 in New York City at the opening session of the Institutes of Biblical and Post-Biblical Literatures by Prof. William F. Albright, Biblical authority of Johns Hopkins University. The first revision of the Baltimore Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church was published in 1941, according to an announcement by the Episcopal Committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Most of the answers of the old catechism, which has been widely used in parochial schools, have been simplified and modernized in terminology and treatment of subject matter. The Baltimore Catechism was published in 1891. The work of revision, under the guidance of the committee, was carried on for six years by scholars and by all the bishops of the American hierarchy. Before publication it was submitted to the Sacred Congregation of the Council in Rome. 257 St. Stephanus I. 715 St. Gregorius II. 731 St. Gregorius III. 741 St. Zacharius 752 Stephanus II. 1061 1073 Alexander II. 1464 Paulus II. 1471 Sixtus IV. 1484 Innocentius VIII 1087 Victor III. 1492 752 261 757 St. Stephanus III. St. Paulus I. 1088 Urbanus II. 771 768 Stephanus IV. Hadrianus I. 795 St. Leo III. 260 St. Sixtus II. St. Dionysius 272 St. Felix I. 275 St. Eutychianus 283 St. Calus 296 St. Marcellinus 304 St. Marcellus I. 309 St. Eusebius 311 St. Melchiades 314 St. Sylvester I. 337 St. Marcus 341 St. Julius I. 352 St. Liberius 363 St. Felix II. 367 St. Dainasus 366 Ursinus 384 St. Siriclus 399 St. Anastasius I. 402 St. Innocentius I. 417 St. Zosimus 418 St. Bonifacius I. 423 St. Celestinus I. 432 St. Sixtus III. 440 St. Leo I. 461 St. Hilarus 468 St. Simplicius 483 St. Felix III. 492 St. Gelasius I. 496 St. Anastasius II. 498 St. Symmachus 514 St. Hormisdas 523 St. Joannes I. 526 St. Felix IV. 530 Bonifacius II. 532 Joannes II. 816 St. Stephanus V. 817 St. Paschalls I. 824 Eugenius II. 827 Valentinus Gregorius IV. Serglus II. 827 844 847 St. Leo IV. 872 Joannes VIII. Formosus 896 Bonifacius VI. 896 Stephanus VII. 897 Romanus 898 Theodorus II. 898 Joaunes IX. Benedictus IV. 900 903 Leo V. 903 Christophorus 904 Sergius III. 911 913 Anastasius III. 915 Joannes X. 928 929 Stephanus VIII. Joannes XI. 939 Stephanus IX. The temporal power of the Pope, which was extinguished by the italian Government in 1871. was re-established by the Lateran Treaties of 1929, Peace on Urbanus IV. 1281 Martinus IV. Innocentius XII. 1700 Clement XI. 1721 Innocentius XIII. 1724 Benedictus XIII. Gregorius XVL 1846 Pius IX. 1878 Leo XIII. 1903 Pius X. 1914 Benedictus XV. 1922 Plus XI. 1939 Pius XII. which created the State of Vatican City, including St. Peter's Plazza. Earth-to The Vulgate edition of the New Testament, published by the English College at Rheims in 1582 gives the 14th verse of the 2nd chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke as follows: "Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis," which has been translated by: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will." The Protestant, or King James, version divides the words into two phrases to read "Peace on Whom? Earth, Good Will to Men," thus, it is contended scholars, interpreting into them a by some double benediction of peace and good will, one without dependence on the other. Other scholars translate the Greek original of the Latin Vulgate to mean: "Peace, good pleasure or "peace among the men of his among men.' good pleasure," or agam "the peace which comes of God's good pleasure is among men." The Old Testament Latin Vulgate was first published by the English College at Douay in 1609, Roman Catholic Statistics for the United States World's Sunday School Membership Source: World's Sunday School Association, N. Y. City Total Teach's Pupils Members 369,510 3.145,895 34,139,624 37,285,519 361,145 3,301,784 33,245,045 36,546,829 320,620 3,323,030 33,751,623 37,074,662 347,001 3,520.192 29,157,419 32,677,611 310,057 2,669.630.27,345,407 30,015,037 255,544 2,419,444 22,618,392 25,037,836 N. Amer...175,411 2,026,737,20,607,046 22,633,783 |