August 1, 2014

What was in the news on July 31, 1964?

Thoughts on the upcoming third session of the Second Vatican Council, and number of Cuban refugees grows

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 July 31, 1964, issue of The Criterion:

  • 3rd session of council seen as ‘most productive’
    • “VATICAN CITY—The outlook for the third session of the Second Vatican Council is that it should be the most productive session yet. The productivity of the upcoming session of the council, which opens on September 14, can be logically expected for several reasons. Most significant is the fact that the 13 schemata, or projects to be acted on by the council Fathers, have been heavily edited to make them clearer and shorter. Secondly, much work has already been done. During the second session of the council, six out of the eight chapters of the schema on the Church were debated and discussion ended. Likewise, the three chapters of the schema on ecumenism have passed the initial phase, and four chapters of the schema on the bishops were also discussed.”
  • Vernacular date is set in Canada
  • 78 years in order: Oldenburg nun, 94, once ran print shop
  • Baby-sitting earnings reunited Cuban family
  • Urges understanding in quest for unity
  • Cardinal McIntyre declines to take stand on fair housing proposition
  • Orders meet at Alverna
  • Hospital to get new power plant
  • Offers aid to public school
  • Catholic population on rise in Britain
  • Sisters of Charity adopt new habit
  • Archbishop Ramsey: Denies ‘plot’ to make Anglican join Rome
  • House passes measure to curb ‘offensive’ mail
  • Proposes minimum 14-year school span
  • Deny missioners returning to Sudan
  • Sewing machines help cause
  • Triangular motif set for Congress altar
  • Kennedy urges change in immigration law
  • Delay cathedral to aid the needy
  • Clergy-psychiatrist cooperation lauded
  • Former editor of ‘Commonweal’ to be ordained
  • Layman will edit Roman Breviary
  • Sistine, Pauline chapel paintings to be shown on TV
  • Vatican to renew audience rooms
  • Golf tourney thrills nuns
  • Orthodox theologian’s view: Church not fully ecumenical, observer at council declares
  • Cuban refugees in U.S. number more than 80,000
  • Diocese announces retirement plan for lay employees
  • Harlem-reared nun recounts ‘heartaches’
  • Become ‘involved,’ Kennedy advises Catholic students

(Read all of these stories from our July 31, 1964, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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