100 YEARS
JANUARY 7, 2011 • THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT
WAR ENDS — BEGINS TIMELINE HIGHLIGHTS PEOPLE AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT A CENTURY OF DEADLINES AT CATHOLIC BULLETIN AND CATHOLIC SPIRIT
1911 First issue of the Catholic Bulletin published, Jan. 7.
1919 Father John Volz named ARCHBISHOP editor IRELAND of the Catholic Bulletin. * Msgr. John A. Ryan, a St. Paul priest, leads the National Catholic Welfare Conference’s Social Action Department, which issues a “radical� Bishops’ Program of
1936 Catholic Digest magazine founded by St. Paul priest Father Louis Gales and edited by Father Paul Bussard. 1938 Catholic Youth Centers opened in both St. Paul and Minneapolis.
1915 First Mass in “new� Cathedral of St. Paul, Archbishop John Ireland presiding. * Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary dedicated. 1918 Archbishop John Ireland dies, Sept. 25. * World War I ends.
1929 Great Depression starts. Churches feed the hungry.
1939 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli elected Pope Pius XII.
Social Reconstruction calling for minimum wage laws, child labor laws, regulation of public utilities. 1923 Nazareth Hall opens for classes as the archdiocese’s minor seminary.
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1925 Bernard Vaughn named first lay editor of the Catholic Bulletin, a post he held for 33 years.
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1926 Pro-Cathedral in Minneapolis named a minor basilica, the first in the United States, with the new name, the Basilica of St. Mary. 1927 Diocesan Teachers College opened in James J. Hill home with 250 religious sisters registered for classes. 1928 Al Smith, governor of New York, first Catholic to run for president, defeated by Herbert Hoover. Smith said Republican Party used his religion to defeat him.
1940 Resurrection Cemetery consecrated. 1941 Ninth National Eucharistic Congress held in Twin Cities. * Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U.S. enters World War II. * Family Rosary Crusade for peace. 1945 U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. 1947 Catholics asked to pray for the conversion of Russia. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4A
LOOKING BACK
Associate publisher Bob Zyskowski searched the newspaper’s archives to produce the following timeline of events and significant people in the life of the church in this archdiocese, which were all featured in The Catholic Bulletin and The Catholic Spirit.
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