Research Catalog

Title

Our bishops speak: national pastorals and annual statements of the hierarchy of the United States; resolutions of episcopal committees and communications of the Administrative Board of the National Catholic Welfare Conference. 1919-1951. With a foreword, notes, and index by Raphael M. Huber.

Author

Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops

Publication

Milwaukee, Bruce [1952]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Huber, Raphael M. (Raphael Mary), 1883-1963
• National Catholic Welfare Conference. Administrative Board.

Description

xxxiii, 402 pages; 24 cm

Subject

• Catholic Church > Pastoral letters and charges
• Église catholique > Mandements et lettres pastorales
• Catholic Church
• Nation Catholic Welfare Conference
• Bischofskonferenz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika
• Verlautbarung
• Bischof
• USA

Genre/Form

Pastoral letters and charges

Note

• "Companion to ... The national pastorals of the American hierarchy: 1791-1919."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Part 1: Annual statements and other communications of the hierarchy of the United States -- Section A: Annual statements of the bishops -- 1. Pasoral letter of 1919 (Sept. 1919) -- 2. Pastoral letter on Mexico (Dec., 1926) -- 3. Pastoral letter on the catholic crusade for democracy, through the Catholic University of America (Oct., 1938) -- 4. Statement on the crisis of Christianity (Nov., 1941) -- 5. Statement on victory and peace (Nov., 1942) -- 6. On the essentials of a good peace (Nov., 1943) -- 7. On international order (Nov., 1944) -- 8. Between war and peace (Nov., 1945) -- 9. On man and the peace (Nov., 1945) -- 10. On secularism (Nov., 1947) -- 11. On the Christian in action (Nov., 1948) -- 12. On the Christian family (Nov., 1949) -- 13. On the child: citizen of two worlds (Nov., 1950) -- Section B: resolutions and letters of the hierarchy sent to individuals --^
• 14. Letter to President Wilson, on the establishment of the National Catholic War Council and Pledge of Catholic Loyalty (April, 1917) -- 15. Letter to Cardinal Logue, on the fate of Ireland (Sept., 1921) -- 16. Resolutions to Archbishop Dowling, in appreciation of devoted services (Nov., 1929) -- 17. Letter to Dr. Turner, on Federated Colored Catholics of the U.S.A. (Nov., 1939) -- 18. Brief to Chairman McNutt, War Manpower Commission (Nov., 1942) -- Section C: Resolutions and statements of the hierarchy of the United States on Episcopal committees on various topics -- 19. Statement on disarmament (Sept., 1921) -- 20. Resolution on conditions in Russia (Sept., 1924) -- 21. Resolution on the Church situation in Guatemala (Sept., 1924) -- 22. Letter of sympathy to the hierarchy, priests, and laity of Mexico (Sept., 1926) -- 23. Resolution of home and foreign missions (Sept., 1927) -- 24. Statements on unemployment (Nov. 1930) -- 25. Statement on the economic crisis (Nov., 1931) --^
• 26. Resolution on relief mobilization (Nov., 1932) -- 27. Resolution on the right use of leisure time (Nov., 1932) -- 28. Resolution in condemnation of indecent literature (Nov., 1932) -- 29. Protest against continued persecution of the church in Mexico (Jan., 1933) -- 30. Plans to extend the legion of decency (June, 1934) -- 31. Statement on anti Christian tyranny in Mexico (Nov., 1934) -- 32. Statement on the general moving picture situation (Nov., 1934) -- 33. Statement on catholic action (Nov., 1935) -- 34. Letter of appeal for the training of Mexican priests (Sept., 1936) -- 35. Message urging prayers for church in war torn Spain (Nov., 1936) -- 36. Statement on affiliation of lay groups with the N.C. W.C. (Nov., 1936) -- 37. Statement condemning immoral films, unclean shows, and unwise drinking (Nov., 1937) -- 38. Letter to the Spanish hierarchy (Nov., 1937) -- 39. Letter to the German hierarchy (Nov., 1937) -- 40. Statement of peace and war (Nov., 1939) --^
• 41. Statement on Poland (Nov., 1939) -- 43. Renewal of loyalty to the ideals of the American Republic (Nov., 1940) -- 44. Warning on motion pictures (Nov., 1940) -- 45. Statement on the pope's peace points concerning the law of nations (Jan., 1942) -- 46. Resolution on compulsory military training (Nov., 1944) -- 47. Resolution on religious freedom in Poland and Baltic States (Nov., 1944) -- 48. Statement on federal aid for education (Nov., 1944) -- 49. Resolution on compulsory military training (Nov., 1945)
• -- 50. Resolution on apathy regarding iron curtain religious persecution (Nov., 1950) -- Resolution of sympathy for victims of iron curtain persecution -- Part 2: Statements of the Administrative Board of the N.C.W.C. -- 52. Bishops' program of social reconstruction (Feb., 1919) -- 53. Statement on universal disarmament (1921) -- 54. Statement on birth control (Jan., 1922) -- 55. Statement on paternalism in government (Feb., 1922) -- 56. Resolution on the catholic press (Sept., 1923) -- 57. Plea for world peace (May, 1924) -- 58. Statement on Mexican injustice to the church (April, 1926) -- 59. Letter on the centenary of Simon Bolivar (Nov., 1931) -- 60. Statement on the Present Crisis (April, 1933) -- 61. Statement on the degradation of the family, demoralization of youth, and the corruption of business (Nov., 1933) -- 62. Statement in defense of the rights of workers to organize (April, 1934) -- 63. Statement on government's silence on Mexico (May, 1935) --^
• 64. Statement on lessons taught by Papal Encyclicals (Nov., 1936) -- 65. Statement in memory of Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J. Burke, C.S.P. (Nov., 1936) -- 66. Statement on the Christian attitude on social problems (Nov., 1937) -- 67. Statement on the second world youth congress (July, 1938) -- 68. Statement on industrial and social peace ( Oct., 1938) -- 69. Statement on American government's efforts for a peace conference (April, 1939) -- 70. Statement in praise of Christian democracy crusade and condemnation of bigotry (April, 1939) -- 71. Statement on the church and social order (Feb., 1940) -- 72. Statement on the catholic church and National Defense (July, 1940) -- 73. Appeal for Peace and Public Support of the Government's Defense program (April, 1940) -- 74. Letter to Senator Walter F. George opposing tax on benefits (Aug., 1941) -- 75a. Letter to President Roosevelt Pledging Support in the national crises of World War 2 (Dec., 1941) --^
• 75b. Acknowledgement of President Roosevelt (Dec., 1941) -- 76. Message of sympathy to the bishops of France (June, 1944) -- 77. Statement on World Peace (April, 1945) -- 78. Appeal for Food for the children of Europe and the Far East (May, 1946) -- 79. Statement in protest of the injustice of the trial of Archbishop of Aloysius Stepinac, D.D., of Zagreb, Jugoslavia (Sept. 1946) -- 80a. Appeal for the internationalization of Jerusalem and its environs (April and Nov., 1949) -- 80b. Statement on the status of Jerusalem and the Holy Places (Nov., 1950) -- 81. Statement on God's law: The measure of human conduct (Nov., 1951).

LCCN

^^^52006477^

OCLC

• 977841
• SCSB-10115412

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library