Publicity and Publications Box 9 By 1950, the Sword of the Spirit had come under the chairmanship of Douglas Woodruff, with F Vanden Heuvel as Hon Treasurer and Freda Beales as Hon Secretary. It launched a new membership drive focusing on international issues, in particular the persecution of Catholics in Communist bloc countries in East and Central Europe, the destruction of Catholic missions in Asia, and monitoring the newly created United Nations and other international organisations involved with the protection of human rights.