Word: april
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Spring issue of "From the Housetops," Karam referred to Father Donnelly's answer by saying "a weaker defense of theological opinion could not be found," and went on with a point-by-point rebuttal. This issue of "From the Housetops" disappeared from the newsstands in Harvard Square on April 20. There has not been a subsequent issue printed...
...April 13, the controversy flared into the newspaper headlines. There professors from Boston College and one teacher from the Boston College High School had been fired by Father William J. Keleher, S. J., president of Boston College, for "preaching in and out of class matters of doctrine that should have been left in the hands of competent theologians; matters contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church; and ideas leading to intolerance and bigotry...
...April 13 was the Wednesday preceding Easter. The authorities of the Church were unable to answer this charge of heresy until the following Monday, as Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday intervened. Before the Archbishop could reply Father Feeney publicly supported the fired...
Archbishop Cushing made his first public announcement on April 18. It appeared in the form of a signed decree in the Boston papers, which said in part: "Because of grave offenses against the general laws of the Catholic Church. The Rev. Leonard Feeney, S. J., has lost the right to perform any priestly functions, including preaching and teaching of religion...
...remainder of the archdiocese headed by Archbishop Cushing follows the wording of the official interpretation of Catholic dogma which is found in a book revised every ten years called "The Baltimore Catechism." The most recent revision of this work occurred last April during the height of the controversy, though there was no connection between the two. The relevant part of the Catechism says in effect that all that possess God's grace, even if they are not actual members of the Church, are considered as belonging to the soul of the Church and thus can achieve salvation...