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What a far cry this from the days when Mohammedan hordes look with trust upon the supreme earthly authority of the when the U.N. commenced to operate , it did not look in vain It was thus from the beginning , but never , perhaps so obviously restwhile enemies of the Church of Christ have at last recognised statement is indicative of a tremendous change for this land of father dermat . ' c.p. ' nations before the United Nations came into existence . And backing out as quickly as possible . But let the outcome be lared to explore the area . Of the ten million people in Algeria , to exercise their good offices in the area and now appear to be ments of the Algerian revolt took an unpredictable turn when Ioslem world will soon be converted , but it does mean that a of men , gathered at a critical cross-road of history , needed the National Liberation Front , likewise sought the help of the all but one million are followers of Mohamet . Yet , in their fight for independence . " We do not know what precisely was in North Africa , reported that according to Mosle's nationalists is ever prepared to support its efforts with her sympathetic first official announcement the Holy Father advocated a United the Prophet bore in his heart a hatred for Christianity . with the constitution laid down by her Divine Founder . Holy Father to act as peacemaker . Moulav Verbah , Secretary great and trustworthy influence throughout the world . JUITE recently we saw an example of this recognition - in to intervene , and a rival group in the anti-French rebellion , the his paternal concern for the entire race of men . Indeed in that just how unusual these actions are can be appreciated from the more than at any other time since Christendom was torn a sunder Church in France has been " among their best friends in the Because of this willingness to co-operate on the inter- in Algeria . Morocco and Tunisia , the liberal wing of the Catholic No-one , we can be sure , is more conscious of its many short- aternal arms embrace the world and all the men upon it comings than the Holy Father . Yet he has never spurned it , Algeria is heir to a celebrated anti-Christian tradition , and even stature of the present Supreme Pointiff , we find that to-day in fairly recent times a Christian took his life in his hands if he whether the mediation of the Vatican will bear fruit in Igeria is another question . America and England have tried General of the Algerian National Movement , asked the Vatican collaboration . otable increase in Catholic prestige . This is not to say that the threatened the life of Europe and when every true disciple of but , on the contrary , has frequently declared that the Church Holy See . by the so-called Reformation , the Church is recognised as a success or failure , one fact must emerge unmistakable : the stage has been happily reached at which Mahammedans can meant by " the liberal wing of the Church in France . " but the s to-day . In his very first Encyclical , Pope Pius XII expressed Algeria , of all places . The intensely complicated dev quest for a trustworthy peacemaker , they appealed to the Pope . Yes , times indeed are changing , and the change marks a A modern world power her for what she is , a mighty world power for truth and justice . elo of prayer , it is this assembly of the United Nations . " organisation on earth . That it should be so in accordance oth of the rebel movements involved in the struggle asked the NHE Catholic Church is the most internationally minded ational level , and also because of the intellectual and moral Vatican support . " If ever , " said the Pope , " an asse Catholic Church . Recently a university professor , doing research act that both movements are completely Noslem . In fact , --- Page 9 --- Voi. 49 . 1958 . August --- Page 10 --- natural home for contemplation and peace . those far-off " apparently uncomplicated days . desmond G. Dingle THE project , conceived in tranquillity none . years passed before the rebuilding was begun . expediency . That few are still angered by the end of the mountain massif that stands outside it became a place of pilgrimage , for even in converted it into a stronghold against the the road from Naples to Rome . it seemed a of their efforts that a further period of seventy was its destruction ordered ? of this monastery spread through Italy and IN 1149 , tragedy again struck the monastery . sorry episode is a measure of the extent to surrender of civilisation to barbarism : here other occasion in between on which the man- might of the Roman Empire . Though their the dawn of the fifteenth century until the which men recognise that war has become the ago this was a major undertaking . must go to the foresight of the Germans who occupation was relatively short-lived . the astery's existence was militarily threatened . building was not restored for over a hundred Flying Fortresses released their bombloads on paratively simple task : twelve hundred years for their preservation from the ruins of 1944 These questions are examined by 581 , the Lombards sacked the monastery and a deliberate attack was mounted on a sacred views across the valley of the Rapido river but building . When on February 15th , 1944 , the forward to 1944 without referring to the one It stands 1,700 feet and commands majestic monastery and on his own illustrious Abbacv for the first time in the history of modern war . close for the site of his monastery the summit Abbey set out upon its golden era . Here was But by whom and to what purpose insisted , much against the wishes of the Abbot . truly could man be at one with his God . by starting the construction of the Cathedral construction make such an operation a com- MSS . survive to the present day . The credit To the entire Christian world it comes that would remain remote and inviolate , from its principal attraction lay in its solitude . Here 1966 , St. Desiderius set the seal on the religious beliefs could transcend military out of this shell slowly emerged the monastery of Monte Cassino . ' Situated at the western One cannot , however , ' bring the story the sanctity of life on Monte Cassino until in pered in peace and piety . The influence WHEN eventually the followers of St. years in marked contrast with the present The revived monastery was finished in Benedict re-assembled at Cassino . the cassino . which was to blossom into one of the archi- Benedict died in 541 , his monastery was course , that modern methods of transport and Yet tragic as was this destruction , it was not an ancient temple of religion , they also seventy-three years . Again its very isolation proved its undoing . The marauding Saracens middle of the twentieth . on having them removed to the Vatican some destroyed the long-cherished illusion that quake reduced the buildings to a hollow shell : have been lost to posteriority . Many of these looted , and left . Yet such was the measure begun the transcribing of the important and stood unmolested , for a hundred and HERE , it was universally felt , was the final the soul of man had its problems . When monthte . he monastery , they did more than destroy worthy of their "attentions . They burned . this time in an unexpected war . An earth- tectural wonders of its time . of the Benedictine Abbev on Monte Cassino fortv years after his death . nothing disturbed as good news that which " but for the efforts of the monks must already in the short space of twelve years one in 529 A.D. , sought a retreat of calm and serenity in which to devote his life to God he felt certain that it must contain blunder one which was restored with the help of the months before the attack . the first time that the monastery had suffered , itenary masterpieces of the Ancient World is Reborn . in spite of its remote location . When Benedict , cularly among Catholics , as the destruction after the war . It must be remembered , of IEW incidents in World War II evoked such times proceeded without interruption . In of the hallowed houses of Christendom . ' For and persevering the masterpieces of pre-Christian Italian Government and U.S. aid immediately As the succeeding Emperors presided over master of man rather than his servant . the break-up of the Roman Empire . the A widespread interest and feeling , parti- dedicated work of the monks in serving God --- Page 11 --- years ago . and sacrifice had been in vain . artillery shell had penetrated to within a foot matter . A fortnight later the landings were the cloisters and the courtyards ; that had in Intact since 54I A.D. , it had survived the more extraordinary fact was discovered . As founder toiled and prayed fourteen hundred of the Saint's tomb-and had failed to explode . was assessed , a startling fact was noted . The made in Normandy , and all the destruction had failed to describe the tomb of St. Benedict . has risen again ; the followers of Benedict are that in the course of the fighting a large calibre bombs that had destroyed the ancient Cathedral workmen removed the rubble , it was found Around this hallowed tomb , the monastery fact damaged the monastery beyond repair , and its priceless organ , that had demolished again devoting their lives to God where their Cassino and when the full extent of the damage When the tide of battle had ebbed from itastrophe . Some months later , an even Press . " - Pope Pius XI . thoughts without the aid of the Catholic The Voice of the Pope Father who could learn my wishes and my voice itself . Few indeed would be the number of the children of the common make my voice heard , but that you really are ' You are my voice . I do not say that you --- Page 12 --- constantly bear witness to what I have found . Catholic Church . I have learned that I must as my untried words , and my daring not yet if with loving heart ) at the Consecration of the him then , and must have been taught well Person . Mr list is a love song about Him and tabernacle of my parish church . The astonish- Catholic Church . " His actual , living , day by which I gladly give up all other things . He is dampened by experience nor directed by I believed in God all the years before I ment of His actual and continuing presence . ( which I am in the Faith ) , my hopes are as big never before quite fully believed in Him ? assume that God awaits my convenience in the ing of His priest . The fact that He has done neither finish nor tire of reciting through a ( and renewed ) proofs of His love . " And of His be constantly " surprised by God's love . the one Person for whom I gladly give up all even though it be an " old story " to my fellow a bit heroic ? It isn't either . God . Who knows usual come down from Heaven at the summon- so ever since the Church began , and has next month , who comes out on the altar each look closely at the things I found , you will has fortunately not put me to the test-yet . morning with the view look of wonder he had leave what may be his last Mass . I too must day presence is the one thing necessary for Vass . taking it for granted that God will as the fresh discoveries I keep making are new same as experiencing with all one's being . how little of a saint and less of a heroine I am . became a Catholic , and learned much about The real presence of Jesus Christ in the Nor dare I watch with accustomed eye ( even and his steps toward the end as if he is both to speak wonderingly of the reality of God , as if find that they are not many things , but one among us must never cease to overwhelm me . Faith for granted . I must not comfortable because I so hungered to know more . But That sounds awfully pious , doesn't it , even Is it surprising that I , a Christian , should lifetime , because fresh discoveries are con- Church make up an endless list that I could stantly lengthening my list . He knows that like any five-year-old youngster Catholics and a " hard story " to the non- not make his coming " usual . " promised to do so until the end of time . does The things I have found in the Catholic believing , even with all one's heart , is not the But that is really misleading , because if you other persons . at his First Mass , and who slows his speech Blessed Sacrament is what I have found in the I know a priest . twenty-three wears ordained Catholics I left behind . reality . I have learned that I must never take my --- Page 13 --- respond , she takes his heart and pulls . And if through the ages , too ) hold exactly the same truths with not a shade of difference and never a lot smarter than all the people who are too thundered " Industry ! " and forbade it . " Quite united in Christ's Mystical Body in a bond will have none of her , though some of them do pleaded that " more devotion be shown to the down and that hell is real , too , that Satan is window-cleaning service that we call confession . the endless arguments , the rector I knew who Whenever a non-Catholic looks Mary's way for me and her other children . You wouldn't to the door of the Episcopal Church . looking only where there is Reality can everything be my sins in confession-no wondering , no ing upon your point of view . ' If he doesn't in Communion . Such as real forgiveness of Church as any of the four classic marks we a few of us saw that it simply didn't make sense , determining mark to-day , because non-Catholics strangers or too busy to nod a greeting , " are worrying , no doubling . Such as knowing that try to apply the other marks to themselves . To know that all of us . millions and millions It is a warm and wonderful thing to know His mother . She is as much a mark of His own purgatory to bear witness to God's mercy . Heaven is a place so real that I can put my feet believe the upset she caused the bitter feelings . he still holds back , she gets behind him and realities , which should not surprise me because To know truth , and to know it with certainly . mother of God " and his own bishop who with even a corner of his mind , she beckons . learned in the catechism . She may even be the stronger and more lasting than any other bond By what reasoning if any at all 1 do not know . the squabbling and free from all the doubts ! That's what happened to me . Mary came pushes which is why so many come into the that all of us Catholics , even though we may be of Catholics all over the world ( and back Next to the gift of Himself . Christ gave us the view is dimmed , we can be cleaned and From that moment he is lost , or saved , depend- made crystal-clear again . a contradiction . To come face to face with so that when we get dirtied or clouded up and smart to believe in him , and that there is a so we followed her home . ' Realities such as receiving Christ Himself mankind can know . We Catholics go to church to give . Church on their knees . What a wonderful thing it is to be out of all to give to God Himself ! Of course we get , too - in overflowing measure , But most wonderful of all is this : to be able real . because God is generosity . But because God is generosity . But we go to 105 --- Page 14 --- They seem " to get nothing out of it . " They do not mercy , to get help and strength for the coming to church is to worship God and to offer Him the hopes to get something , too . But that is secondary . the Mass is the thing . It enables him to do what of promoting their own satisfaction , of seeking singing does not lift their indeed feelings . The It is a drama , but it is not meant to be entertaining . atmosphere does not take their minds off their gift of one's time and effort . The sermon may be very poor indeed . No matter , their worries and problems . in the woods . They say they feel closer to God fears and anxieties . So they resort to some dis- he came to do , namely , pay tribute to God's good- thing out of it . They think of church-aoina in terms traction at home . like listening to symphony music . this way . and find the slow they sought . Hence . find inspiration in a poor speaker's sermon . The standing why so many others stay away from church . inspiration to lift them out of the monotony of He goes primarily to give something to God . He daily living . They want their faded feelings lifted their own expressions , they go to get some- relief from the pressure of the fast pace . But he little consolation , and naturally he wants WHY do people attend church services ? To use A CATHOLIC , of course , needs inspiration and a The Mass does not make a play for the emotions . from hard work , because the first reason for going there is " no need to go to church . ' He draws himself out on Sunday morning , tired WHY GO TO CHURCH ? It makes possible fitting worship of God-man's to some degree . They want their minds taken off These same expressions give us the key to under- first duty . ness , to adore and thank Him , to obtain pardon and or reading a chapter in the Bible or taking a walk does not go to church primarily for these reasons . week . Florida Catholic . No love , no giving , no God . It should . be in a place , once in a while , where men take an annual physical overhauling or seeing your Does it tear your heart apart with pity ? generally get some perspective . ... I like to course , when I go to church . I cannot , tv example , go down the line word for word w. in me , is good ... . It is very much like having dentist twice a year . Except that in the area out of it ... . For one thing , at church I of what goes on there is to encourage whatever , I go to church because the big idea back the Apostles' Creed ... . their hats off-I suppose that " reverence ' is where the church operates , I think most of us the word for it ... . I have reservations , of need to be overhauled offener than that . " ord for it ... . I have reservations , of 106 . 0. --- Page 15 --- 1930s 0 0 --- Page 16 --- torn by grief . The lines of sorrow written on crosses and trials of life with patient resigna- to have a broken heart , when everything seems important lesson which every Christian might sympathy of friends seems so inadequate . But amidst sorrow there can be joy and peace of others still , lamenting the conduct of a warward the way of the cross , allow the sufferings of this scattered the hungry ... . He hath cast of a beloved child ; others fret over an invalid one , sob quietly on their pillows through the rob it of peace . In his quiet moments he prays , tragedies that have shattered those mothers' torture , the agony that runs so deeply , and of soul , knowing , too , that as Jesus and Mary tion and trust in God . knowing that even God to uphold the down-trodden and oppressed , long , dark hours of the night and into morning . Be it done to me . " Here in her first colour tremendous implications of this personal and that he is asking God to do with him just as plaingly a life of sorrow . Thus she teaches an echoes the dominant note in Mary's heart . praying , hoping against hope , watching and these perhaps more than any others who can life to embitter him , to paralyse his soul and victory through the cross , joy through sorrow . unqualified surrender ? Does he understand Thv Name ... ... They will be done on earth , as it is in heaven . ' but does he ever realize the she proves it as she accepts quietly and uncom- the lowly . " Knowing this . Mary can sense well take to heart , and in doing so , accept the shown strength with His arm : He hath that know not where to turn . Loudly and Our Father . Who art in heaven , hollowed be care-worn faces , tell of the wariness , the to go against us and we are alone . Even the triumphantly , she will proclaim the power of of the paradox that the only way to heaven is world , known and unknown , whose hearts are to some extent share and understand the of secret'sorrow . Many of us know what it is triumph through failure and thus she will bitterly over the sudden and unexpected death If every human heart on earth is a sanctuary down potentates from thrones , while exalting passed along a road of sorrow , we can scarcely son or daughter who has no hope of recovery : always find courage to meet the sword . crushed beneath the wheel of life . " He hath He pleases ? " " Thv will be done on earth " broken almost from the beginning . broken-hearted life of Mary the Mother of God , only too often does the Christian , " unmindful complain if we find ourselves on that same road . waiting for the return of the prodigal . ' It is lives , wounding their hearts . Some keep ITEARTS do not easily break , but almost There are millions of mothers in this sad THE CROSS --- Page 17 --- with all the wickedness for which hell fire is JP to a little more than a century ago fashion in canonizing the supermen of history historians were almost unanimous in con- demning Cromwell . Until Carlvale set the Clarendon's estimate of him was generally accepted in England - " a brave , bad man , --- Page 18 --- alia , that " to say that his ( Cromwell's ) policy at the Irish Historical Society he said , inter in 1953 aproves of the bombing of the Japanese to the simpler principle that the wholesale Cromwell's " smoky soul , " and of his " Irish to a statement made by Sir Winston Churchill into the population elsewhere in Ireland and the inhabitants of Drogheda to strike terror mass murder was a la mode in his time and but entitled " Cromwell and Ireland " delivered There is , of course , another method of white- To extenuate this casualty the author refers on conventional lines . This is paralleled by Cromwell's comment on the Drosheda massacre washing the Protector , and that is to say that the method used by Mr. Robert N. Brown of slaughter of unarmed or disarmed men marks avers that Cromwell ordered the massacre of Queen's University , Belfast . In a lecture a common practice among liberators . This is incident " wrote : " " It is necessary to recur with a mordant and eternal brand the memory us " a marvellous great mercy . " But Sir jesuits , that the end justifies the means . He R. Ashley makes use of a principle with Winston also referred quite specifically to cities , which he called " a miracle of prospered . " That was written just before deliverance " from the heavy potential loss " to prevent the effusion of blood in the future . ' which the Protestants once saddled the involved cruelty to thousands of Irishmen is World War II . of Allied lives if the war had been protracted of conquerors however they may have of conquerors . 110 . --- Page 19 --- no rule but the " I want it " of the selfish pamped his wife and children will suffer . What is he The man having the night out for which THERE are men and women of thirty , forty , and interested . youngster . They don't care whether their desires what is it ? & If that's not a complete spoiled-child outlook , give trouble to other people . They are not ards , who are spoiled children . They recognise nwards , who are spoiled children . They recognise --- Page 20 --- instance of the 2,500,000 lepers in India only about 000 lepers in the world to-day , or one for every 200 sort of accurate statistics . is the fear of revelation heartening within recent years , that one is by the late Joseph O'Connor . The whimsical , wire , without proper medical care . or even ( I have locked up for the rest of their lives behind harhad treatment , and indeed to the compilation of any We have clipped the following paragraphs from an article in The Blarney Magazine he places the proportion as high as 3-5 per 1,000 Hansen's Disease ( leprosy ) , have been so in the whole world and as much as 50 to 90 per twenty years , there are from 10,000,000 to 12,000 , - and widespread diseases in the world . According inclined to think that as a threat to human am not quite satisfied with posthumous perpetuity . receiving proper medical care and attention . For suspected lepers are liable to be carried off to be suffer from leprosy than from tuberculosis , cancer ,000 in certain dense regions . sionary clinics . ' One of the great obstacles to tion of charity that has fought " leprosy for over style runs through every line of it : portion of 1-3 per 1,000 it follows that more people make your case known ? or impaludism ( malaria ) . Leprosy still remains one of the most loathsome . half-icking-and-all-in-earnest " O"Connor and fire-would you be ready to come forward and Out of this vast number only about 100,000 are Blanc of the Cameroons , increase these figures ; Pagan Missions : not so , according to this clipping from Medical advances in the treatment of I am immortal . I know that my soul will live health it must soon be a dead letter . But on after death , for ever and ever , ' aren . But I people . If we accept a more conservative pro- immortality . or discovery . If you lived in a country where The estimates of another specialist . Dr. Michel leprosy . read ) to be summarily disposed of by shooting to Count Raoul Follereau , founder of an organisa- ro,000 , it is reckoned , receive attention in mis- clippings Current and Catholic for our Readers . --- Page 21 --- by the sweated labour of an oppressed people ; a to open trade negotiations with Russia . " I do basic human rights . He might ponder over these given to that retort . " The benefits do not seem to machine . ' The more Communist-produced cars might give pause to weigh these thoughts . We are helping a Communist country to develop : for we are improving the living standards of the Czechs . currency reserves of the Soviet world-propaganda the Communists will have at their disposal . They be passed on to the workers but into the foreign Communist prosperity . This also , should certainly obviously the export of cars is a big item in their Coolidge to his ministers , who had been urging him words , spoken as far back as ' 1928 , by Calvin can hardly deny that he is about to buy a car built market for Communist products and furthering products of its State-managed car factory . We sold in the Sterling area , the more Sterling assets economic plan . It may be argued that by so doing Although a8 per cent. of the people in Latin in each country at a price below that of any other their waves : thereby expanding still further the good use of our example , in making a trade agree- away any of the rights of humanity and making America are baptised , and one-third make their one of the biggest Soviet armaments factories . we we are giving very " bad example in developing involved in trade with satellite countries . make in the corresponding category , " the lie is labour is not free in those lands in our accepted know enough about satellite nations to know that but if we bear in mind that the Skoda 440 is sold privilege of trade with Russia ANY of the cherished car produced under a regime that has destroyed cause us to stop and think of the ramifications Communist trade . " The official Export Corpora- first Communion , only seven out of 200 men and rights of humanity ; I do not propose to make 440 if it meets his requirements , he should at least realise the possible implications of his action . He might ask ourselves are we , perhaps , bartering Whilst Sean Citizen is at liberty to buy a Skoda not propose , " he said , " to barter away for the ment , to induce other Christian nations to buy tion for Czechoslovakia will not be slow to make merchandise of Christian principles . propaganda in the Sterling area . ditions in Latin America : will use this or part of its spread Communist right of 200 women practise the Faith , says a report published by the Latin American Bishops' for education to help restore the Church's influence These brief paragraphs , called from the Universe , tell their own sad story of con- among the masses of the people . In our haste to do trade with the car-branch of By buying Skoda cars we are helping the economy merchandise of Christian principles . " Furthermore , as a professedly Christian country sense of the word . of one of the satellite nations . In other words we The scarcity of priests is a big difficulty . More The Bishops plan to establish diocesan secretariat . s.O.S. Council . the cross cross . --- Page 22 --- Well . I made her very sorry for this because the world disappear . Now , I thought , if you I always thought never knew when to let she took quite a bit of time trying to time I wanted to be a priest and the thought although she knew nothing of the kind . main thing about this incident is that the you to be a priest , although this would though the horse was only an old broom-stick . calling one young man to share the priesthood of Christ can say , " I forgive , " and the worst sins in ing it over and sees all the wonderful people with his long black cloak and funny-looking would like to say a few prayers for the priest . I got stuck on the Our Father and em- possibly be ? can boat that for real living , what could it simplify matters quite a bit . But still I imagination I was a cowboy on a horse even through faith , and that wasn't so bad : but Briefly described here is the method used by Providence in this imagination . They said that there is you can imagine the priest . He can say doesn't come down out of heaven some fine then the priest walked in in the flesh and poor . I wanted to be just like this grand ordinary mortal might assume this great think that God uses other people to call you Next I think that the pastor called me that are even more wonderful than anything dignity and I liked it . This was the first especially when he came walking into church used to go over the various types of life that higher had he chosen to be a priest . In these hat . But he was a very nice man no matter world for a priest to understand why he for God . He was perhaps a little hard on over their children . Then my mother , who such a beautiful picture of both God and the doing the calling for God . because mothers like priests to make fusses never left my mind . he matter with me anyway . However , the you're a child your heart goes out to the day you will be a priest too . " This was the the older people once in a while , but he could THIS was Mother . But Dad was just as more than ever why in the world God ever admitted that he might have gone a little and I think he should have . But even he only one man in the world that can do things priest that , to tell you the truth . I didn't and Dad always gave himself too billing is a priest because , when he starts think - priest lived there . Mr mother had painted day and whisper in your ear that He wants reverent to the priesthood . ' He ' and I in the world who are not priests , he wonders My parents and teachers made the most of that was bad . ' You're as I was . I already and the bread becomes God Himself . He knew how great he was and I was afraid Father said , " Now , little man , maybe some straighten out that I really knew it and then to the priesthood and to Him . ' In my case , I talked a little bit to God , whom we saw and more than this he loved the poor . When called me to God were my parents , my pastor Of course , everybody knows that God MY first experience with the priesthood first time that it occurred to me that an was a bad one . Mr mother took me to how great he was . He made a fuss over me when we got outside she asked me what was and the good teachers in school . chose him . just like most children . Sometimes in church one day when I was four years old barrassed her a lot . I know this because well enough alone , said that she knew I ways , I think my mother and dad were be because he was a prince to the children and I knew beforehand that God and the as in most other cases . those people that I had a big imagination when I was small would be best for a man when he grew up over a piece of bread . " This is Mr. body . " know which was which . First Mother and Our Divine Lord uses a variety of methods when issuing His I is probably the hardest thing in the man of God . call to priests . --- Page 23 --- to be a priest because I always thought that getting pious ? " as though this were some- They truly understand what a great life the I do what wise people say and they ought now and ask the boys what they want to be , know this because when I go into school I ask them why , it is because they want the might be a bit presumous of me wanting priests were so great and , to face the truth , most of them want to be priests ; and when priesthood is . to give the priesthood a try . But there was thing to be ashamed of . Or they might say , still one hurdle to go over . I thought it you meet a lot of wise people and they say , time ? " " You mean you're not going to little bit older and still want to be a priest I wasn't . So I got up enough nerve to ask Unfortunately , though , when you get a power to consecrate and to forgive sins . Well , anyway , I finally got the courage Don't tell me that you are going away to a seminary and wear black clothes all " the What's the matter with you ? Are you to be ashamed of themselves ... . dances any more ? " You know as well as REACHERS still do this in school . I day . ' he'd have his own business 1961 62.000 --- Page 24 --- Therefore , a man may not marry the sister of his direct line , marriage is prohibited in every degree . breach of legal justice of the virtue that obliges as the " customs and excise " mandates of the State . justice . And the delinquent is bound to strict infallibility upon herself . But , in point of fact endowed her with this gift ( the Gospels bear eloquent Church pretended to confer the prerogative of THE STANDARD by that eminent theologian , the that it is a gift freely bestowed by her Divine of the collateral line . If the relationship is in the late Doctor Michael O'Donnell . ' Here are his conscience to comply with what may be described descendant of his first wife . For grave reasons the interpreters . There is a violation of commutative Gospels ... . What answer should I give to this ? But one who orders you to good without a vestige A Protestant friend of mine suggests that the not marry the real daughter of his first wife or any T.McG. ( Glasgow ) . testimony to the fact ) , and she humbly admits illicit spirits , commonly called poteen ? " Still . " removed from the humility enjoined by Christ in the indeed be arrogant beyond all imagining if the that aside . According to the second . there is a Marriage is prohibited to those related by affinity it does not arise from Divine Law . " I know that when a wife dies . the widower may not conscience regarding the making , sale and use of think this question deserves . We may , however Space does not permit the full answer which we of faith and morals ) ' is an arrogant claim and is far of authority for doing so is certainly arrogant . arrogance C.D.F. ( Co. Armagh ) . Will you please explain what is my position in According to one . furnished by the very strict First of all , your query brings up the question Church can dispense from this impediment , since observations : " Briefly , there are three answers . say this much : The claim mentioned above would for the manner and degree in which we are bound in affinity . Church's claim to infallibility last world-wide teacher Founder . A duly accredited judge is not arrogant . poteen . marry the deceased woman's sister . Are there any first wife , ' or the cousin of his first wife . ' He may estitution : for practical purposes we may leave some years ago , this problem was discussed in she has done nothing of the sort . Christ Himself if this relationship is in the first or second degree other Church prohibitions along these lines ? - it does not arise from Divine Law . Are there any other Church prohibitions along narry the deceased woman's sister . --- Page 25 --- compelled to stop a passerby to recover my because we have to , but-because we simply on a certain foggy night in the middle of Somehow his friends always on your mind . Do you remember the story would say that we Irish go abroad - not the greatest consequences are sometimes County Clare , and his father was a farmer . instances in greater detail . ' To're an Irish difficult to take in a cursory reference to Barry O'Rourke look at the place was quite enough for me . reader who has never left home it may prove matter . Life for us is merely a sort of not being well-acquainted with the district . So the job of finding the house proved you mean , and I don't imagine it's going to read another word . I could only sit there , with serious blue eyes and a deep , sonorous with Denis . Out of trivial things like this forefinger , while memory swiftly evoked But the farm was rather small and therefore the words she wrote . school on the outskirts of Birmingham , insufficient to meet the family's needs . So the letter clutched between thumb and particular exile who has left a deep impression prove at all satisfactory . However , you varn . " he breathed , as soon as his laughter emigrants lately , and there are many who marked the beginning of my acquaintance thought of him as Denis was right . That particular boarding- he spoke , I knew he was Irish . ' vastly-overcrowded Birmingham . It was queried , as soon as he came to a nause . DENIS had insisted upon accompanying Denis had emigrated and was working in from life by really pointless . It did , however , produce ENIGMA . the vast majority of us have no choice in the address of a possible boarding-house , but , At that he emitted a swift and lengthy " in concentrating so much on the general thing about himself . He hailed from the within a stone's throw " of the " place , " he house proved anything but satisfactory . One in a nearby restaurant . ' Birmingham for a contractor . This pen-picture is drawn I missed my way , and I was therefore strav remarks , uttered at odd moments by over his rugged face . about a tall , broad-shouldered compatriot February , and I was trying to find the FIRST met Denis when I was hunting shimmered and swayed before my eyes , and and there was just a hint of reprimand in invited him to have a cup of coffee with me intimated briskly . " But I know the house Over that cup of coffee he told me some- one good result , and that result was that it without delay - is to pen a sketch of one I believe you are wrong , " she writes . That passerby was Denis . The moment I've been reading quite a lot about our every detail of the story that wound itself To tell the truth , you happen to be bearings . Would you rather be at home ? " I run of exiles and in failing to cite particular he parried . Oh ! " he explained , as soon as I men- tioned the address I was looking for . " So various lips . What you should do - and do subsided . U.a Nun who teaches in an all-age Don't tell me you've swallowed that at that moment I found myself unable to Is there any need to ask that question ? " He gazed at me , wonderment written all remember Denis ? ' can try . " I for suitable living-accommodation in Not really , " I told him . " I know that teaching here in Birmingham ? Do you you told me once when you were actually I nodded my head . it's dies you're after ? laugh . NLY yesterday I received a letter from Well , it's like this . ' I tried to explain . want to . ' " Do I remember " Denis ? " The words . me to the door . And afterwards I voice . Denis- THE born ! --- Page 26 --- through secondary school and seminary . This must be a great occasion for you , ' And yet , for all you say , I daresay you'll Birmingham , if only he could stay at home ? ' Denis wasn't the sort to take an unnecessary IT was towards the end of Mau that I went on cigarettes and whose main aim in life many advantages which were denied to exemplary lady-and highly-intelligent . too- explained . " He's going to be ordained . " for the smoke and grime of a place like money to support his ageing parents . It one who never spent a penny of his wages seemed every day to grow progressively exile so that Tom would be able to have the time I puzzled over the problem , but it was Denis's free and open nature . For a long Was Denis a miser ? I found myself asking who went to bed regularly at ten o'clock As well as that , he had regularly sent home But Denis shook his head emphatically . during that time he had seen Tom safely I never wanted to leave home , " was his in his hand . For a couple of minutes he certain extent , he remained a sort of an and never visited a public-house . Here was five years older than his brother . Both were Twelve years he had spent in exile , and dying to be old enough to leave home ? ou intend to stay in Ireland ? " I asked him . full story . ' It appears that Denis was some door neighbour of his who happened I won't stay a day longer than I need , " simply no use . The answer to the enigma standing by the window with an open letter myself . All the evidence seemed to point NOT from Denis himself but from a next- before I had ever spoken to him . To a months . I fancied I was beginning to know seemed to be the amassing of all the money exchange the peace and loveliness of Ireland in that direction . Yet , somehow . I couldn't I'm going to stay there for good , " he to be living in Birmingham did I alsoan the NIT didn't ask him any more questions one evening to his " digs . " and found him them through college . At the age of eighteen For there was a man who toiled from the reconcile miserliness or parsimony with crack of dawn until late in the evening- floundered and decided not to go on . ' Well Denis therefore decided to take the road to As the weeks went by and lengthened into just as far from knowing him as I had been and prayed for , " he informed me . Some special reason for the journey ? enigma . there is always the exception who is merely he assured me . economic prison . We are forced to emigrate , each night-who never darkened a cinema whether we like it or not . But , as you know . I knew how adept Denis was at refusing to next question . answer certain questions . didn't say a word : then : " I'll be going to Ireland next week , " he suddenly announced . Denis better . And yet in a way . I was he could honestly earn . cross-quiz It's my young brother , Tom , " Denis silence a minute : then : " How long do holiday . simple reply . " Who but a fool would ever It is something I have always longed smiled . settle down " here in the end ? " was my himself . but the farm was too small to see either of fainter . to marry ? ' ( See page 1 lb. col. 2 ) . " that night ... ... . ' But ... ' but ... ? ' I began , then " Very special " he returned quietly . THE CROSS ? I probed : for I knew only too well that 6 . Is it always better to remain single t ( See page (23 , col. ) ) . I remarked slowly . persons in Latin America ? ( See page 113 . What have you learned from this No. of . Who authorised the bombing of Monte sage 109, col. 1 ) . 2 . When did Oliver Cromwell die ? ( See Affinity ? ( See page 1/6. col. 1 ) . Might Task what ? " Cassino ? ( See page 103 , col. 1 ) . 5 . What it meant by the impediment of n the world ? ( See made 1/2. col. 1 ) . Pius X ? ( See page 121 , col. 1 Can you name the birth-place of St. 8 . What is " meant her the word ' Megapolis ' ? What is the proportion of baptised THE CROSS . col. 1 ) . What is the estimated number of Lepers . 118 --- Page 27 --- there was a striking resemblance between values . Denis would be among the first to that another artist might succeed . Truly at his heart for the lush-green loveliness of head and thank God Who in His Infinite tell me that . And every morning as lone Denis . I had looked into his eyes and listened ' beautiful . shone across his life and enabled career and worked as a manual labourer so which he had done . A poem of epic grandeur sacrifice go without its reward . the rearming that must so often have gnawed To all " interests and purposes , it might there are greater things in life than paintings remembered a world-famous painting called of Praver " would never tell of the good him on his way and the love that , Serene and God , he will remember the hands that helped father Charles of Mount Argus " goodness had seen fit not to let such a by Father Christopher . C.P. Irishman . He was merely another name on greater interest to me . For I had known appear that Denis was just an ordinary dear to his soul . And I could only bow my to him speak . I understood the trials and the books of the contracting firm for which of my compatriot : but I immediately him to find in the end the fulfilment of his position to return to the country he loved he worked . A painting such as " Hands in this country of exiles and I appreciated The present story , however , proved of far would never be penned about his life . But A shorter and more recent booklet presenting the engaging life-story of Father Charles . Is. 0d. ( by post 1s. 3d. ) . ' Hands of Prayer . " And I recalled how , All above obtainable from the Rev. Manager , " THE CROSS " , Mt. Argus or poetry . With his wonderful sense of " were mine as I pieceed together the story of the priesthood that he felt himself in a in that instance , an artist had sacrificed his for the sake of one who was wonderfully had simply sacrificed his own dreams . whose cause for Beatification is before the Holy See . ICAN hardly describe the feelings that 6s. 6d . ( by post 6s . Ild. ) Ireland and its azure-lidded skies . vicissitudes that must have been his lot as a certain priest goes into the altar of heart's desire . of a hundred years of Passionist life and activity in Ireland . the two stories . A Knight of the crucified " sight and Tom was safely on the threshold An authentic account of the life and virtues of the Servant of God so well . He had asked for so little from life . He " The Passionists in Ireland " 5s . Od. post free . Passionist publications . was only when the final milestone was in THE CROSS . A beautiful and lavishly illustrated brochure to mark the completion 119 . 19011900190001000000000000000000000000000000000 --- Page 28 --- Brothers of Charity , Brothers of St. John Sisters of Mercy , Cru Patrician Brothers , E Presentation brother dor do . do . do : --- Page 29 --- curate who was coaching his young brother , in village of Reise , Italy . All the inhabitants Latin . He realized that Bepi was a clever boy and thought it a pity that he could not have a I was the morning of September 18th , 1858 , and as porter and cleaner at the Town Hall to village post-master . but the income was small supplement the weekly income . In the Sarro celebrated by their own villager , Bepi Sarto , so he found it necessary to work as a cobbler was then that he came under the notice of the better education than that provided by the three acres of land-and a cow . " He was the tion and Bepi won a scholarship . although they were poor , all were contested . the family lived . He was also the owner of were gathered there , for the Mass was being who agreed , but pointed out that his parents family there were two " boys and five girls . and village school . He consulted with his Superior , and the place the small Church in the scholarship . With the consent of his parents pleased and proud his mother must have been and at the age of ten was head acolve . It day at the Cathedral at Castlefranco . What of her son who had been ordained the previous now known to the world as Saint Pius X . ' How the priest coached him for the entrance examina- days - he had taken his first step on the road could not afford the fees at Castlefranco High or to give him his correct name Giuseppe- to Rome . a long way Bepi had come since his schoolboy Theirs " was a happy home . School , but of course the boy might get a Bepi's father owned the little house in which BEPI was a Mass server at the village Church . as the youthful Giuseppe Sarto The road to greatness is never easy- discovered when he set out upon the --- Page 30 --- Parish Priest there , who was a semi-invalid , which brought him to the highest position in the world that of ruling from the Chair of St. had been transferred elsewhere . He found it a sewing , provided a living for them although relieve him of many of his duties . To the the presence of thousands of pilgrims , including managed the three acres of land , and by her inhabitants were mostly simple people and So we shall understand each other . " The so Bepi went back to continue his studies At last her sacrifice was rewarded . Having parishioners he proved a true friend - one who up his studies and stay at home . The villagers was always ready to advise and help them . many from his native Reise and Pauda , the felt that it was his duty to stay at home . but September 17th. 1858 . Bepi Sarto had reached And his advisor and friend the parish curate would manage replied " I have earned money after seven years of study , he was ordained on like it . The people are poor and I am poor . his goal - he was a priest . to work so hard , but she would say cheerfully another problem , whether he should stay at first step on the road which lay ahead - a road glory lay ahead , when on May 29th , 1954 , in winner of the family or return to the Seminary . dressmaking before and I can do it again . ' take back His gift . " And when asked how she Well there's no merit without sacrifice . ' and his mother , with the Help of the children , nents as " outstanding " and " exceptional , " penniless and Bepi felt he would have to give zealous and hard-working man , and able to TIS first appointment was as curate in the at holiday times , he felt distressed at her having his mother decided the matter . ' She said " I small town or Tombolo , where the it was a great struggle . When Bepi came home his appointment to Tombolo was but the rattle dealers . He told his mother " I shall peasant boy was canonised by Pope Pius XII . Peter in the Vatican . Yet greater honour and his dying father . Now he was faced with was delighted to find his new curate was a have given you to God . ' Would He have me difficult decision to make . His mother was sed all his examinations with such com home and take his father's place as the bread- his dying father . --- Page 31 --- PERSANTS ! . of landsmen as It was Karl Marx who thought those , " Stupid " --- Page 32 --- 124 ears are still kept as heirlooms . But though wonder of the surrounding countryside . The benefits . This is all very specious , but it is stalks produced as much as eight or nine heads persecuted by his landlord because he refused false . There lived in the west of my country heartily after his wheat had been burned in the night . " The next year his wheat-field was the civilisation , " but the task is really beyond us . schemes failed . To the pagans of the old world of wheat , and the yield was such as to recoup ( Anglican ) church . That farmer prayed very believe that all their gods , specially invoked as a bountiful harvest but rather for spiritual ought not to pray for such concrete benefits the farmer for all his losses . To this day that a farmer who was rack rented and bitterly depend upon the vagaries of the complex even by many Christians as rather foolish , this was a fearful disaster , and well might they to attend the services of the Established much talk these days about " saving western since the wind " and the rains and the sunshine way as the rest . But our God has never failed Praying for the harvest is sometimes regarded There remain those who tell us that we to give good harvests , had failed them and died . storm is Lord of nature , and we should pray field is known as " the Field of Blessing " and us and is eternal in the heavens . ' There is settlers from the soldiers . In the end all such (F it were not for the Christian dispensation . barometric system . Yet He who stilled a in all confidence . that our civilisation is bound to go the same I should have no hesitation in affirming From " backward " villages such as this cana ( --- Page 33 --- feeling , but they betray their hand when a is threatened . Now they have a new com- They deny vigorously that such is their you'd really think they had been elevated the fold , or when a failure who quickened They're too gloomy , too sad , too resentful became saintly the moment other men and their pulse pulls out of the mess he was in. by the falls of other people . As though they Why ? Because now their own position resounding successes just because others a new equal , and that's something their YOME people derive a twisted , perverted When this occurs , they don't cheer , con- faces or catch the superior air in their bearing , women became sinful . As though they were To see the ill-concealed delight on their sinner who gave them comfort returns to gratulate or say a hearty " Welcome home ! for that . pride can't tolerate . petitor , a new rival . Worse yet , they have of others . were dismal failures . O pleasure from the sins and failures --- Page 34 --- reconciled to a faith they never denied . All last have worked but one hour and thou Hopkins , Joyce Meyer and Joanne Connelly that fellow's 20th century counterparts ask the same answer the Church issues when descendants when they complain : " These righteous Pharisees . And don't assume that And had they been around when He ate Prodigal's brother or the workers in the THE answer to the Prodigal's brother is tenderness to a remorseful Magdalen , they a priest before they died . All three had been don't assume they weren't present in their " And the answer to the protesting workers hese momentous events took place . But representatives , the cold , unforgiving , self- Cross when Our Lord promised Paradise Timmie and Peggy and Joanne were given to when the likes of Jimmie Dorsey , Peggy the whys and wherefores , these " zealots " tions offered them . ' And it is no less doubtful It is highly doubtful , therefore , that the And they don't give half a hoot when it is vineyard ever really accepted the explana- would have raised their eyes to Heaven in Had they been informed of His exquisite had made them equal to us that have borne mock astonishment and said . " What next ! " the burden of the day and the heat . " three had given evidence of repentance . from their Father's House . lessly have explained , " He can't do that ! ' bitingly . " Why all the fuss about the con- version of a winner ? I've been faithful all They don't give a hoot that all three had ments such as : " What's the Church coming with sinners , they would have remarked , having them accepted are two entirely is the same answer that is given their modern are buried with a Mass ? How can they be recognized ? By com- in regard to their 20th century companions . Providing explanations , of course , and these self-canonized creatures are not on are not interested in how it came about that to the repentant thief . they would doubt - DESPITE a pretense at wanting to know Christian burial after having wondered far my life and no one ever took notice . ' He should be more careful . " HAD these worthies been at the foot of the Physically they weren't on hand when different matters . hand to-day . THE CROSS . --- Page 35 --- our this evening , Vincent ! " she "clock , and she said she would call " and I said that you would be ad that you're not coming home u see , there was a visitor for you Michael Haslam . --- Page 36 --- to the little house on Minnow Street , and he would the hallway , and although he suspected that she comparing Stella's sophisticated , inviporting per- Kathleen . And although some silent whisper in his heart kept telling him , throughout that long , thought-tortured afternoon , that there might have the acts ... . he would find his thoughts straving in the conversation or a curtain pause between sonality with that of the quiet , unassuming following day , and Vincent made his way , almost lively : yet , at strav moments ... " during a lull arriving at the doorstep , perhaps eager and radiantly afterwards , Vincent tried to appear bright and have a disturbing mental picture of Kathleen carry off the coveted first prize . They parted been some very concrete reason why Kathleen had outside Stella's house , arranging to meet the as he came in , the usually kind and idly little land- happy at the prospect of seeing him again , only to As Stella and he died in a smart restaurant to together in the packed , well-groomed theatre not replied to his letters . that , indeed , the reason he had half-told Mrs. Dunwood to deliver to her . left behind him for good . had deliberately made it her business to see him As he entered Number Eight Minnow Street , to every opportunity that presented itself , he found Zenith works in order to keep their appointment . slowly , feeling that the nearer he came to Mrs. ing her own certainly that ' The Valley ' would problem which both had presented to him . which Stella had introduced him , and as they sat final viewing of the pictures on the marrow , express - Yes she did ! " retorted Mrs. Dunwood , looking his discomfort he encountered Mrs. Dunwood in reluctantly , towards Minnow Street . He walked why she had not written might not be that she Stella , he tried to dismiss the disturbing thoughts Sherlock belonged to a part of his life which he had tall , slim . dark-haired girl who was such a gay and self , he felt ... or wanted to feel ... " that Kathleen nvigorating companion . that had beset him all afternoon , and as he left the of antiquity that was completely alien to their friendship , as he had assumed and convinced him- be confronted by the shattering , lame message which Dunwood's little house . ' the nearer he was approach - he forced a gaiety that he was not , in his heart Did ... . did she come ? " he asked quietly . lady hardly spoke to him and he could sense a hint himself becoming more and more attracted to the relationship . ' ETER the show . Vincent walked home with Despite himself , Vincent found that he was now wished to bow to her father's wishes and end their S the hour approached for his meeting with ing Kathleen and the past and the awkward A" Stella . She talked almost all the time about the feeling . ' Did she ... say anything ? " inquired Vincent . as you said ... ' told her you wouldn't be back ! ' at him hard . " And I gave her your message just 128 --- Page 37 --- war . Virginia McKenna is charming as Madame tribute to a French born British girl spy in the last LITTLE HUT . THE : The worst features of this film cause which one would expect from a woman , who O.P. - Objectionable in part . editing , has produced a film that will keep every- missions abroad . Although restrained , the sentimental Apaches , mixed group of white people including Anaches give the Sixth U.S. Cavalry a pretty rough OBSESSION : Raf Vallone and Michele Morgan'd on time and the casualties are heavy on both sides . Szabo but fails to convey the dedication to the anale is brought in to bolster the film which lacks CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE : Quiet , effective A.A. - Suitable for Adult . two young boys . American and Japanese , who are DRAGOON WELLS MASSACRE : Arizona Desert . KING IN NEW YORK . A : Here . Chanlin turns his fairy tale set in the imaginary country of Ritalla . leaves her baby , to undertake such dangerous out any heroics , hair-breath escapes , violence or KATHY O : A novel approach to the Hollywood FORT MASSACRE : In New Mexico in 1879 the Busters . " " Around the World in 80 Days , " etc. ) by Japan , is horrified by the lowly status of Japanese ESCAPADE IN JAPAN : An entertaining story of unscrupulous gun-runner , usual love affairs and so ommy Steele is quite pleasant , especially when he much real adventure . The true story was probably CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW : A thriller with- piece . ( A.A. ) . much more exciting than this cost piece the ladies set-up-the " misunderstood and "temperamental " child Audiences . forth . ' A fight between two women might have been G.A. -Suitable for General GIDEON'S DAY : Chief Inspector Gideon Jack talent against America . The land which has nurtured gun-play . But director Michael Anderson ( " The Dam a net hull is unashamedly sentimental and some cinema . The photography is excellent and the editing Hawkins ) of Scotland Yard has a busy and ac ex- distasteful but is hardly worth noticing . Average BRAVE ONE . THE : A really worthwhile piece of until the finish of this unpretentious but effective beauty spots of Japan . ( G.A. ) actress who because of her years does not fit in to Audiences . s doing non-rock "n' roll numbers . In fact , this film will love . ( G.A. ) . MOTHER-SIR ! : Joan Bennett as the wife of a masterly building up of tension and some superb age . In a nutshell , ' A King in New York ' fails in The surname is definitely a massacre . A satisfying young . ( A.A. ) . women and proceeds to elevate them with near are the publicity and the innuendoes it carries : is smooth and intelligent . ' The story about the unexpected twists of the plot keep suspense alive who fostered by rock in roll , will survive it . ( G.A. ) times drags . " ( G.A. ) . efforts of a young Mexican boy to save the life of suggests that Tommy will be one of the few singers . Western . (G.A. ) . U.S. Naval Commander ( Gary Merrill ) stationed in in England unless the distributors felt the notoriety unning away from the police , and trying to reach one guessing to the end . Your enjoyment of this nothing new . ( G.A. ) . dounce as natural should be rated as a black mark . Duke MORE JEANS . THE : A modern-dress the American boy's parents in Tokyo . It gives an chantic results Mediocre social comedy offering film would be spoiled . If you knew the ending- its immediate object but it is rich in incidental An interesting continental trial scene and some would be of some help to a film which , otherwise . # to the cameraman to take us to the DEADLY MANTIS . THE : The title role is played enjoyable thriller of its class . " ( G.A. ) has no claim to public attention . ( A.A. ) mystery played against a background or circus life . citing a day as one could possibly conceive . Among film for Western fans . ( G.A. ) . lavahable . it has moments of real terror for the their own trapeze work in this French-Italian murder M.G.M. motto . " Ars aratia artistis " comes in here . humour . ( G.A. ) . don't let anyone tell you about it . ( G.A. ) wreak havoc over the U.S. Though the yarn is of Chaplin cannot be repressed : it is undermined by is occasional over-acting and that some incidents the usual scheme of things and has to get special AVA shipwrecked on a desert island with TWO mounted sermon this film is a bore . Yet the artistry . Objectionable . difficult to understand why it act an " X " Certificate in the Arctic ice for centuries , has escaped to Sterling are also in this leisurely production which anyone could see , although the acceptance of (G.A. ) . his peculiar genius since 1913 . As a lavishly The version shown here is cut but , even then . it is are far-father the film remains a competent and by an enormous prehistoric monster who , preserved treatment from her studio bosses . Patty McCormack of the possibilities presented by the plot , sentiment BLUSHING colour . " One wonders where even the his problems are the bribery and murder of a is less annoying than most child stars ' and , in spite VEN " And again we are told the film is " in detective-sergeant . It doesn't really matter that there cinema guide restricted to a minimum . Dan Durvea and Jan National Film Institute Ratings experative assessment --- Page 38 --- without the guard . The poor guard to be " shouting at and greeting one phone pole , as the place was well me too . Little children are running and that they would like a Church . few young men who always wait to languages . Miners returning from When any of the Catholics see me to their huts around the station to busy climbing on to lorries of the With the departure of the train and spent two hours on top of a tele- them up to the village four miles left for a few moments of excite- for St. Bernard's church-school is and work began on making concrete They had a good laugh one day . selling bread and cooked meat . the train away from a halting place . known as leopard country , until the elephants , zebra and giraffes . smiling dark faces . Everyone seems show off their ability to jump on the away . The guard blows his whistle and ' all climb aboard except for a guitar . Passengers for Ramousta are when one of the drivers told how THE windows and doors of the the goldmines of Johannesburg may be going as far north as Tanganyika . they wave and short greetings to the train dancing beside the line only about 500 yards from Ramoutsa . next train arrived to relieve him . children had no means of education on the night before , he had driven and cooked mealies . Men are busy around trying to sell watermelon's another in a great variety of NO day goes by without my spend . orries , the Ramoutsa people return train when it is getting up speed . carriages are crowded with Chief Mokgosi kindly gave a site Station . In 1956 the people to the strains of a home-made Indian traders who will convey continue their work which they had approached me and said that their ment and fun . Some of the passengers are out of ing some time at the railway . they saw up country . lions . --- Page 39 --- At that moment I saw three men hand , driving posts into the ground first world war , but where exactly that he was on a troopship in the helping me and he was trying to explain further , he told me that pains . With that I handed the old good opportunity to change the Ireland long ago . As I wouldn't going into a hut nearby . It was a rooms 30 feet long each and a an old box with a big hammer in my bricks . In three months the building ' Oh " he said , " they are gone in to to make a fence . An old man was very sick and not able to move . So school now and 100 people attend believe it , he got more excited in his talk and finally I made out St. Bernards . I was standing on there was a man inside who was convince me that he once visited about 60 Catholic children in the the men went in every few hours to he had been he was not so sure . go to Heaven via Ramoutsa . This is sanctuary of 10 feet . There are was erected consisting of two class turn him round a bit to ease the man the hammer and told him to Mass every Sunday . Many souls now What are the three men doing ? " carry on with the work . I wanted ONE day ! I was working outside turn over a man . " " When asked to the story of one . conversation , so I said to him : to see if I could help at all . --- Page 40 --- on . Always wear a shady hat when possesses marvellous properties , it blood and supplies us with the nec- ing paddling in the sea climbing and toiled hard during the year to for us , it chases the microbes of warmth , its golden light , its health days we sing . Thank God for the members . What a thrilling time much happier , stronger and better they are having , running wild , both- little at first and more as time does he mountains , helping in the fields a wonderful effect on all . Everyone , both young and old , relatives its and the fresh air . It is amazing how children , are greatly cheered by its than several hours of artificial man we feel when the sun shines . It has know that now they may relax to the rays are strong . After the rainy thought for all " who have studied the system as it goes beneath the tonic for mind ' and body . A half an We can be neither well nor or basking in their own gardens . dearers when sun bathing , just a disease and it banishes poison from wrapper in visions of the young Guild their heart's content . Francis is There is magic in the sunshine made sunshine . It has been proved . world merry and a ladysome . Holidays hour of God's own sunshine is better skin . ' The sick . ' especially little sunshine and delights of Summer . soothes . it heals , it enriches " the We thank our loving Father God . But we should take the sun by Who gives us everything essary vitamin D which is so good The Blessings of Sunshine . are everywhere in our Irish land . 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