Word: rurality
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...most important product in rural America is children-not wheat or corn or flax ... The object of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, among other things, is to make the rural pastor conscious of the importance of his profession and of its dignity ... The Church is the biggest single factor in building up rural communities...
...Church for Hickory. One of the bishop's most successful rural projects in his own diocese has been street preaching. In 36 counties of southwestern Missouri, some 70 of his priests are touring in pairs from town to town in any kind of car they can get, so long as it can be equipped with a loudspeaker. At each stopping place the travelers seek out the local priest and with him go to work on a street corner preaching, answering questions, passing out pamphlets. This project has been especially effective in reclaiming backsliders. As a result of one such...
...decade at Kansas City Bishop O'Hara has put up 30 churches in rural counties, 25 of which had never before had a Catholic church. He is now in the process of building a church in Hickory County-the only county in the diocese which is still without one. "There is not a single Catholic family in Hickory County," said Bishop O'Hara last week. "But." he added "there will...
...social and intellectual prestige that Harvard has in the East But at opposite ends of the continent, these universities represent opposite ways of college life. The gay, outdoor, coed, magazine-type collegiate life dominates Stanford. Often called a playboy's school, Stanford presents a happy blend of good comradeship, rural atmosphere, and high scholarship...
...rural atmosphere is part of the Stanford scheme. Away from the crowded cities, boys and girls, or rather roughs and coeds as they are called, are supposed to grow up in an invigorating atmosphere. The University's 9000 acres give students room to get up and stretch, while the intellectual advantages of San Francisco remain only 33 miles away...