Time Line 1953 Oct 272008 Births Archbishop Albert LeGatt Ordinations Religious Professions Consecrations Deaths Blessed Szilárd István Bogdánffy Venerable Teresa Candamo Álvarez-Calderon Venerations Blessed Elena Guerra Beatifications Canonizations Founded Elevations Blessed Alojzije Stepinac Publications Pope Pius XII: Fulgens Corona - Proclaiming A Marian Year To Commemorate The Centenary Of The Definition Of The Dogma Of The Immaculate Conception, 8 September 1953 Other Events United States president Eisenhower signs an order adding the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegience 1952 1954