May 13, 2016

What was in the news on May 13, 1966?

Archabbot Bonaventure of Saint Meinrad resigns, housing law reversed, and Poland reacts to church construction being blocked

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 May 13, 1966, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Richmond parish schools to receive federal funds
    • “RICHMOND, Ind.—A federal grant of $17,037 to the Richmond Community Schools will enable parochial school youngsters to take remedial or enrichment classes this summer at two Catholic schools here.”
  • Archabbot Bonaventure resigns; headed St. Meinrad’s 11 years
    • “ST. MEINRAD, Ind.—Archabbot Bonaventure Knaebel, O.S.B., resigned this week as spiritual leader of St. Meinrad Benedictine Archabbey. He also is vacating his position as chancellor of the School of Theology and College of Liberal Arts, associated with the monastery. Members of the 112-year-old monastic community will elect a successor to Archabbot Bonaventure on June 3. He will continue in his position until that time. Archabbot Bonaventure, who is 47 years old, was elected as Coadjutor Archabbot in 1955 to succeed Archabbot Ignatius Esser, who had held the post the post since 1930. He became Archabbot five years later when Archabbot Ignatius relinquished the ‘place of honor’ in the community.”
  • California housing law is reversed
    • “SAN FRANCISCO—The California Supreme Court has held unconstitutional a section of the state constitution nullifying California fair housing laws. The state court held that the provision of the state constitution violates the U.S. Constitution. The decision was rendered [on May 10] by a 5-2 vote. California voters approved the constitutional provision in the November 1964 election by a 2-1 margin. Known as Proposition 14, the provision nullified state laws barring racial discrimination in the sale or rental of privately owned real estate.”
  • Tri-jubilee rites set in Jennings County
  • Gary diocese merges several parochial schools
  • Father John’s retirement marks the end of an era
  • Homes to become ‘chapels’
    • “BERLIN—Permission will be granted to keep the Blessed Sacrament in private homes in Poland if the Polish government does not allow more new churches to be built, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski of Warsaw told a congregation of 2,000 in Warsaw on his return from millennium celebrations at Czestochowa. ‘Despite all applications, there is permanent refusal,’ the Primate of Poland said. ‘If we are not allowed to build shrines for the Blessed Sacrament, then I as your bishop will give permission to keep the Sacrament in private homes—as it was during the German occupation.’ ”
  • Nuns sing, dance at Mass
  • Fascinating spots on tour itinerary
  • Father Earl A. Feltman to mark 25th jubilee
  • Editor of Criterion named ‘Man of Year’
  • Marian devotions urged
  • Host ‘dispenser’ criticized
  • Catholic, Anglican monks convene
  • 700 to compete in 10th annual track meet
  • Openings still remain for summer campers
  • Priest joins Anglican faculty
  • Take the lead in urban apostolate, clergy told
  • To initiate causes for beatification
  • Plan new hospital for Huntingburg
  • Christian and Jewish Colloquium slated
  • Graduation rites May 19 at St. Meinrad College
  • Ten Marian seniors receive fellowships
  • Brothers see new status for role in the Church

(Read all of these stories from our May 13, 1966, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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