Our Common Catholic Interests - Month by Month With the N.C.W.C. - Service Table of Contents - July, 1945

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Monthly journal issue for July 1945 presenting “Our Common Catholic Interests” and related Catholic welfare programming. Includes a service table of contents listing topics such as the Pope’s appeals for safeguarding fragile peace efforts, a new official Catholic directory, legal developments on church and divorce, school lunches, and regular updates “Month by Month with the N.C.W.C.” Coverage also highlights national councils for Catholic men and women and themes addressing chastity and initiatives to start “another war” through Catholic hour dramatizations.

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Service Table of Contents

Our Common Catholic Interests

Holy Father Appeals for Safeguard of Present Frail Peace Efforts—New Official Catholic Directory Records Growth in Many Fields

"NCCS—Arm of the Church in War-Time"

Legal Developments Affecting the Church: The Supreme Court and Divorce

School Lunches

Month by Month with the N.C.W.C.

National Council Catholic Women

Two Institutes: Two Types of Education

National Council Catholic Men

Hints on How to Start Another War

In Defense of Chastity

Facts About the National Catholic Welfare Conference

July,1945 Vol.XXVII.No.7 P JOURNALISM DEPARTMENTMARYGROVE COLLEGE # "NCCS-ARM OF THE CHURCH IN WAR-TIME” THE SUPREME COURT AND DIVORCESCHOOL LUNCHES HOW TO START ANOTHER WARIN DEFENSE OF CHASTITYTWO INSTITUTES-TWO TYPES OF EDUCATION # Our Common Catholic InterestsMonth by Month With the N.C.W.C. A NATIONAL MONTHLY PUBLISHED BY THENATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE Price:20c | SERVICE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
JULY,1945
PAGE
Our Common Catholic Interests....3
Holy Father Appeals for Safeguard
of Present Frail Peace Efforts—
New Oficial Catholic Directory
Records Growth in Many Fields.
"NCCS—Arm of the Church in
7
War-Time"............…...
Legal Developments Affecting the
Church:The Supreme Court and
Divorce ..………………9
By GEORGE REED
School Lunches...…….….10
By REV.WILL1AM E.McMANUS
Month by Month with the N.C.W.C.12
National Council Catholic Women..14
Two Institutes:Two Types of Edu-
cation—Director of Peruvian Social
Service Scbool Visits N.C.C.W.一
Councils Evaluate Activity—With
Our Nationals
National Council Catholic Men....18
Hints on How to Start Another War
—Catholic Hour Dramatizations
Win National Award—Radio
Scbedule
In Defense of Chastity....……..22
By C.J.ENZLER
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The contents of CATHOLIc AcTION are
fully indexed in the Catbolic Periodicsl
Index. | FA C T S A BOUT T HE
NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE
“Over a manifold activity of the laity,carried on in various localities according
to the needs of the times,is placed the National Catholic Welfare Conference,an
organization which 8upplies a ready and well-adapted instrument for your episcopal
ministry.”—Pope Pius XII.
The National Catholic Welfare Conference was organized in September,1919.
The N.C.W.C.is a common agency acting under the authority of the bishops to
promote the welfare of the Catholics of the country.
It has for its incorporated purposes "unifying,coordinating and organizing the
Catholic people of the United States in works of education,social welfare,immigrant
aid aud other activities."
It comprises the following departments and bureaus:
EXECUTIVE—Bureaus maintained:Immigration,National Center Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine,Information,Publications,Business and Auditing,and CATH-
OLIC ACTION,monthly publication,N.C.w.C.
YoUTI—Facilitates exchange of information regarding the philosophy,organization,
and program-content 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-govern-
mental youth organizations and youth servicing organizations.
EDUCATION—Divisions:Statistics and Information,Teacher Placement,Research
Catholic Education,Library Service,and Inter-American Collaboration.
PRESS—Serves the Catholie press in the United States and abroad with regular new8,
features,editorial and pictorial services.
SoCIAL AcTION--Covers the fields of Industrial Relations,International Afairs,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 Natioual
Council of Catholic Women,which maintain at N.C.W.C.headquarters perma-
nent representations in the interests of the Catholic laity.These councils function
through some 7,000 affiliated societies—national,state,diocesan,district,local and
parish;also through units of the councils in many of the dioceses.
The N.C.C.M.maintains at its national headquarters a Catholic Evidence
Bureau,sponsors two weekly nationwide radio programs—the Catholic Hour o

FAQs

What is the document’s main focus in July 1945?

It focuses on “Our Common Catholic Interests” and monthly Catholic welfare updates under the National Catholic Welfare Conference (N.C.W.C.).

Which article topics are listed in the service table of contents?

The contents list topics including peace efforts and an official directory, a church-and-divorce legal development, school lunches, month-by-month N.C.W.C. updates, and sections for Catholic men and women, plus “In Defense of Chastity.”

What information is provided about the National Catholic Welfare Conference?

It describes the N.C.W.C.’s purpose, its organization into departments and bureaus (executive, youth, education, press, social action, legal, and lay organizations), and how authority and authorization for official action are handled.

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