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follows his founder in his journeys through Europe
care which the spiritual sons of St. John of God
ridden spiritual adventure which is the biography
known for his PRIDTEU books , for his articles in the
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religion is thus unreal ? " It is beyond doubt that
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so lightly ? " No , says the thinking parent . " And psychiatrists
star to popular vocalist . Because of this constant change , many
hero to hero , from athlete to prize fighter , from motion picture
that we are here condemning that perfectly legitimate admiration
like growing pains . " But should unworthy heroes be dismissed
was so with St. Paul of the Cross , that mighty ' Hunter of Souls . '
If you have read many Lives of the great servants of God ,
part in a child's life , especially during his formative years when
he must see them lived out in flesh and blood . For him , ideals
is said that the Elvis Presley cult is on the wave . It this
school work seriously if all their heroes are athletes and enter-
be made to see that children's hero worship does not stop short
God is a glorious thing , a thing worth toiling for , a thing worth
on which to make formal comment . But is it quite so insigni-
hardly think so , for it is one of the distinctive diseases of our
affect ? " Thus , in the training of a child for full Catholic living ,
have a natural tendency to indulge in hero worship . Needless
there is no shrine at all . This may seem an insignificant thing
alone would be , of course , to exaggerate ridiculously . But who
it is not sufficient to fill his mind with religious ' information . '
St. Thomas Aquinas , we wonder would they have been relegated
B. King , remarked recently that " when very little attention
is paid to the worthwhile heroes of our society , children naturally
athletes , vocalists or movie stars . But surely some effort should
a Catholic child should be given an opportunity to worship .
parents' smile indulgently and dismiss their children's heroes
must be embodied in a hero-in a Father Damien , in a Maria
papers were in vague at the time of Amerigo Vesqucci or
is important and what is not . It must not be thought , however ,
them , in early childhood , with real heroes , God's heroes . It
days to be emblazoned in bold headlines across rare ? We
countless others . To attribute their heroic sanctity to this fact
dying for . " Truth is not dynamic until it becomes incarnate . "
One doesn't have to be a parent to know that young folk
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tainers " many of whom jump overnight from a f6 a week
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Lastly important . In many respects , heroes will play a vital
This is true for all of us , but it is particularly valid in the training
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ant , especially where children are concerned :
to say . they are not steadfast in their homage . They fit from
their children as desirable and worthy of emulation are
worthwhile after all ... . You cannot persuade children to take
Goretti . Thus he will come to understand that the service of
in will realise that , in most cases , their parents provided
age to worship at the wrong shrines , or rather to worship when
beginning to develop attitudes , values and a sense of what
so , we render thanks to a benign Providence . If news-
at this point . There are other and greater shrines before v
too was it in the case of St. Therese , St. John Bosco and
a back page paragraph , leaving the Elvis Presleys of those
the facts he has been taught are to be ' real ' for him personally .
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will deny that such precious influences were altogether wit
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vol. 49 .
No. 3 .
sixpence .
July 1958 .
The future troubles .
this Czechoslovak bride .

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with the vast ownership of land by the Church
house in a car with drawn shades . They must
for four hours with Joseph Ploihar . Minister
ment of Czechoslovakia . Mr talk with him had
at my side . Nevertheless , I managed to see
Sisters are regularly changed Someone from
stay out of politics and devote themselves only
of Public Health in the Communist Govern-
convent and they are taken to the Archbishop's
He did not want to deal with the Communists
ment that he as Archbishop would recognize
non-Communists , but they were usually
a Communist minister and used the tram
were practicing . He wanted the " priests to
cent of the population was nominally Catholic )
under any circumstances . He refused to see
to active parish work . " He wanted to do away
Socialists . An interpreter was constantly
munism . I had an uninterrupted conversation
tramatic moments . I asked him point-blank
expected revolution and that is what happened .
the Secret Police fetches them from their
be asked for that permission .
important Catholics who did not want com-
In short , this brave Archbishop had a healthy
plans into execution . He told me at that
rather than ask official permission for petrol ,
and distribute the land among the workers .
since it would be the Communists who must
first promise on oath never to mention the
Communists in power . " I also talked with
house or the Archbishop himself .
view on conditions in his country .
A few nuns . '
Archbishop , confirmed this .
time that he would be silenced after the
He refused most definitely to sign a state-
friendly . " he answered .
I heard later from a high official that these
in a house in the country somewhere in Czecho-
who has taken the place of the imprisoned
not been tortured or locked up in prison ? '
A Czechoslovakia . ' I talked freely with the
RUT he was never given time to bring his
SHORT time ago I was again able to visit
thereafter he was arrested and taken away .
the Government and the new laws . Shortly
Where is Archbishop Berman of Prague ?
that , apart from his lack of freedom , he has
Bishop Stehlik , the vicar capitular of Prague ,
I can assure you of this . '
I asked him if he was still in contact with
' I receive a letter every other month from
Plojhar answered : " The Archbishop lives
the Archbishop , and the letters are very
the Archbishop .
Can you assure me as a man of honour
No . The Archbishop stays entirely out of
slovakia . '
Do you get directives or such ?
" Who takes care of the Archbishop ?
be asked for that permission .
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community . Only parish priests could continue
the only one of the former Catholic organizations
parish church , and the Jesuits had been driven
still in existence-now financially helped by
that many communities of priests had been
work , both in the state hospitals and in the
to work in factories , and no longer live in a
years . This is perhaps connected with the
hospitals and sanatoria of Catholic Charities ,
out . The Premonstratensians , who had always
understood and moved away . ' Later , I heard
to function . The Ignatian Church was not a
The general atmosphere has improved a
great deal for the Church during the last five
suspended , because the ' socialist law forbids
the Communists and under their control .
done parochial work , had to take over the
Church . They call it " living peacefully
no longer in the church .
at once her eyes were full of tears : she
in their convents . They do much excellent
communist ambition to co-exist with the
foreigner and asked if the Jesuit Fathers were
church and its work .
income without labour . The monks were put
turned her head without saying a word . I
I have seen with my own eyes that the
national costume .
together . '
Some convent Sisters were left unmolested
ts of our children . "
THE woman looked at me desperately . All
for interrupting her . I told her that I was a
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There are always fresh flowers under the
village church . They were carrying prayer
English , German or French . They spoke
met them . They lived under the pressure of
beautiful baroque statues on the Charles Bridge ,
people when my interpreter was not present .
to think that the real Church , the community
knew the history of this country , you would
their names or the towns or villages where I
books . I asked them if they could speak
through lack of guidance and good example .
and boys , and even soldiers , who are , of course .
is not so much punishing us as trying to bring
ing in the entrance of a cheerfully decorated
case ; but more important still is the greater
paradoxical statement they told me : If you
still more exposed to communist propaganda .
that the churches in Czechoslovakia are full
and a number of times I saw people praying
us back to the haven of His Heart through
understand this paradox better Catholicism
Him . When one's faith is so watered down that
was no longer blooming in this country ,
more mature , they said . Outward signs are
It is better for safety's sake not to mention
said . This is perhaps the hand of God Who
misery . We have improved and have become
many of the teachers are Communists . They
I SAW two women in a Slovak village stand-
God for His trials which are no doubt tragic ,
a very tragic but also a very blessed time for
St. Louis Register .
and that sometimes no times more Holy
regime . Under these trials , we have all learned
That is true , but we aren't happy . "
When I looked surprised on hearing such a
make Communists of our children . It must
much better than in the first years of the
Communions are given than used to be the
People have met Christ once more in their
through misunderstanding of their need , also
Catholic churches are jammed during Masses .
of the country , decked with flowers .
German . I told them that I was a Dutchman .
God with the opportunity to sacrifice for love of
Sunday we have a big procession . '
trials , persecutions and sorrow . We are hit
one's neighbour in whom we have again
the hard way the great command of love of
THIS is perhaps a time of punishment , they
become indifferent through social misery ,
ment in procession through the village .
very hard , in our shepherds and in ourselves
me , as I was leaving : " It is a comfort for us
anything any more from the officials : and
although it is 65 per cent Catholic . People had
but have been really a blessing .
and on the wall was printed in big letters :
interior spirituality . " We must be grateful to
there unmolested . " Priests and nuns walked
Not only women and girls , I saw many men
of Lenin and Zapotocky ( their head of state ) .
a Catholic , and definitely not a Communist
But our ever are opened . Thank God , it is
not happy at all . "
freely in the streets ; there are shops with
" Is this a parish church ? "
prayers , it is time for a serious spiritual check-up .
in their opinion that they were living through
' In the open ? '
crucifix on the wall . Instead , the portrait
it on Sunday . '
When I visited a school in predominantly
I have talked with numerous priests and lay
of the faithful , grows most when it is
learned to love God .
Yes . Then we go with the Blessed Sagra-
The school is our second home . '
Then you are registered . You can't get
bleeding ... :
It is especially bad to see Catholic names .
could not have the procession to-day , but have
One of the women said outright : " We are
The best luck we can have is to be presented by
I was greatly moved when a Czech said to
Catholic Slovakia , there was no longer a
not last much longer .
said : " Come , show me your church . ' Is
" Are you happy here ? I mean as Catholics . "
communism , but they were usually unanimous
the project for it is a very poor example and gives
and statues are still standing along the roads .
There are not enough priests . The pastor
' It is Corpus Christi . '
activity - of this kind is both foolish and offensive
school ? "
But you are free . You can go to church . '
or a " never fail " novena . To participate in an
There was a map with the Russian alphabet ,
Let us who know freedom remember this .
chain letters and the copying of " never fail ;
Yes . One hour a week . But the parents
aid , comfort , and ammunition to those who criticize
religious articles and books ; and crucifixes
And then ? "
there a special feast to-day ? "
he expects great material blessings to result from
your children can have catechism in
what they wrongly call Catholic superstitious
the Church .
Yes , at seven o'clock . But this coming
from the next village comes . That is why we
have to make out a written request .
' Is there an evening Mass ? "
practices .
There is no such thing as a " good luck " prayer
ippended to the list of those who are furthering
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to the faith .
the cross .
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Andrew , a stoning for James , the flaving-knife
this principle to the mystery of the Incarnation
of early Christian martyrs as it minples its
charity towards His human creatures . No
fulfilled His mission had He so killed , for He
God's infinite generosity and all-embracing
suffering which so characterised the life of
of His life He repeatedly expressed His willing -
Jesus should also touch those who came into
loved me and delivered Himself for me . "
Master marks the lives of Christ's chosen
will . " To redeem mankind by suffering was
for Bartholomew , perilous journeys and a
was God . But there is no greater proof of
necessary for the accomplishment of man's
ings . " He was offered because it was His own
in this great Messianic passage the prophet
sufferings and death of Our Saviour . He
abject of men , " and " a man of screws , " but
the Crucified Christ . It is characteristic of the
It is not surprising that this predilection for
that " man " is stunned into the realisation of
spare pain to His friends . Suffering for their
Apostles . ' There is a cross for Peter and
the thought as sentiments of gratitude over-
kindred stream with the Precious Blood of
could describe the Redeemer as " the most
wonder that St. Paul was overwhelmed with
Colliseum becomes drenched with the blood
VENTURIES before the Incarnation , the
Our Saviour's own free choice . In the course
friend . " Strictly speaking , suffering was not
Saints , too , that all of them , without exception ,
redemption . Without it , Christ could have
Christian understanding of Our Lord's suffer-
spare Himself pain , neither does He seem to
for the one loved . It is in the application of
are subjected to trials and sufferings . They
sword for Paul . The arena of the Roman
used a phrase which gives the key-note to the
A prophet Isaias foretold the humiliating .
flowed from the depths of his soul . " He
love more convincing than willingness to suffer
hath than that a man lay down his life for his
close contact with Him . Just as " He does not
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She loved Jesus as no mother ever loved a son .
attend and see if there be any sorrow like unto
known so long , it seems as if we had found these
we can shed with these on Calvary : they do
foreshadowing of her Son's mighty submission :
eremias : " O all we that pass by the way ,
Little wonder that the saints could not find
that we are then best understood . Father
tion . But it is above all her comforting title
not rest us so . But when once we see they
Fiat , she freely accepted , in advance , all the
ing . She had frequently meditated on the
Her child was God and hence her capacity for
ing that she might the more worthwhile receive
of they great woo and the blue mantle we have
with all its suffering is indeed very striking .
adequate words to describe the intensity of her
surrendering herself to a life of constant suffer-
Mother , we can keep for joy at the greatness
Many of her glorious prerogatives and incom-
Messias . Thus , when she humbly uttered her
took her alone with Him on the road of pain
psalms and prophecies which foretold in vivid .
suffering is beyond human comprehension .
ife was cruel to Mary , but with a magnificent
of thy throne , but they are not such tears as
suffer . " Behold the handmaid of the Lord .
to accomplish the Divine plan of Redemption
sweet sad face of maternal sorrow . the quietness
hurch applies to her the ' Lamentation of
of the Afflicted " and " Queen of Martyrs . '
shared the yearnings of her Son's soul which
alone can know the intensity of her colours ?
destined to hear the titles of " Virgin most
fortitude born of her planitude of grace , she
Mother of Men . " How fitting was it that
the sublime office to be one day conferred on
sorrows . In commemorative her colours the
Faber expressed it well when he wrote :
the Redeemer , she knew that she was
after losing thee and that thou , went another
Mary from that glorious portent in the heavens ,
detail the redemptive sufferings of the promised
to us . By invoking her as such we feel somehow
' Behold I come to do the will . O God . " The
of " Mother of Sorrows " that brings her closest
love measures suffering . then who but God
parable titles cause her children to bow low
pains and humiliations which the Redemption
merciful , " " Refuge of Sinners . " " Comforter
be it done to me according to thy word . "
remendous similarity in the readiness of both
her , the unique assignment of becoming
God should permit her colours ! She was
would involve . Like Jesus she willed to
Her Fist at the Annunciation was like a
and sorrow to the Cross on Calvary .
before her throne in devout and illegal venera-
my sorrow . '
WHEN Marv gave her consent to mother
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is what muttered it was a footing in London .
man of God , and God was on his side , Gradually
Station at Reading .
heart of England , in the city of London itself .
the numbers of his Religious brethren increased .
Unfortunately , Father Dominic did not live
long to enjoy this achievement , for a year later ,
Poplar House in Westend , Hampstead . It was
Dominic Barberi , the Apostle of England's
of these in its turn was later found unsuitable
through the good offices of Dr. Wiseman and
It was Dominic's aim , however , to establish
was a master in things spiritual . He was a
Eventually , his desire was gratified when ,
for various reasons ; one alone was retained
Dr. Ullathorne he obtained a place called
not entirely to Dominic's liking , but - and this
Foundation was added to foundation . Each
Anne's Retreat , Sutton , Lancashire .
in 1849 , his end came tragically in the Railway
a foundation close to the great throbbing
ven . Dominic Barberi , C.P.
Second Spring , must rejoice in Heaven at the
and remains in full vigour to this day-St.
oned , but , no doubt , the great heart of
became a master of the English tongue , but he
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confessed and heard Holy Mass in that spot .
fortified the place , but left the old tap-room
Dog , " and as an Inn gave hospitality to many
with its stone floor in its primitive simplicity .
centre in London . It was called " The Black
of London's most prominent heights , as God's
St. Joseph's ret
Various other changes were effected and thus
from the Spread Eagle or some other coach
reward to Dominic for the stones that were
halting English , to bring England back to the
windows and shutters with iron and half-
27th last .
of St. Joseph , Highgate Hill , London , the
grand and imposing edifice , which crowns one
Centenary of which was celebrated on May
on May 27th , 1858 , was once a coach stage , and
the Inn called " The Black Dog " was trans-
and for two years the Catholics of Highgate
house of which the Fathers took possession ,
sight of the magnificent Retreat and Church
horses were changed there after the first spurt
The Fathers turned the tap-room into a chapel
flung at him when he tried , in his broken and
of a previous old gentleman . He lined the
One poetically gifted might regard that
Faith of her Fathers .
The story of the origin of St. Joseph's ,
weary travellers before it became the property
Highgate , is not without interest . The actual
formed into St. Joseph's Retreat .
View from
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to common usage in our time . Catholics have
employed will vary with the value of the article in
Blessed is he that readers and heareth the words
The term itself is not new . but it has been restored
the Apocalypse , chapter r. verse 3 , which reads :
Christ through Baptism . " As Pope Pius XII
are written in it ... " Possibly this may be the
Communion of Saints , in Christ's references to the
discovering the owner as if you find a hundred
pointed out in his letter on the Musical Body .
a lot about it and hear references to it in sermons .
what is written , not to carry the book around
dictates that " keepeth those things which are
reference you are seeking . But common sense
There is nothing that we know of in the Holy
the fair " flower of the repeated teaching of the
undergone in this . Obviously , the amount of effort
carry it about their person . ' There is a passage in
expected to use the same amount of diligence in
When I was a boy many years ago I never heard
You have a moral obligation to make a reasonable
How is it that something new can be brought into the
not ' new . ' It is contained in the Doctrine of the
Body of Jesus Christ : " and he states that it is
passages ( Ephes . IV. 1-16 : i. Cor. XII. 12-
If a priest says that a certain person will go straight
pounds .
mystical body .
effort to discover the rightful owner . You would ,
with one .
Sacred Scriptures and the Holy Fathers . "
We shall find nothing more noble , more sublime
Is there something in the Bible which says that
True Vine ( John XV. r-ir ) and in many Pauline
not infallible .
Church like this ?L.R.T. ( Co. Galway )
Reader ( ( Glasgow ) .
written in it " means to observe in one's conduct
Bible blessing .
1907 East property
r more divine than the expression ' the Mystical
make an effort to discover the owner ? A.F. ( Dublin ) .
of this prophesy , and keepeth those things which
to Heaven when he dies , is it necessary to have Masses
Bible which announces a blessing on those who
of course , have a claim on the owner for any expenses
The doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ is
question . If you find a shilling , you will not be
always been taught the general idea of union in
anything about the Mystical Body . " But now I read
myone who carries it on his person will be successful ?
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turn back till he had sighted the West Indies ?
they have never stood before the lovely . life-
number who was not proud and happy to be
have never looked upon Michaelangelo's statue
like Madonna of El Greco and Titian and
a scientist or sculptor or artist among that
But was it not Isabella , the Catholic Queen
Was not Amerigo Vespucci the man who
Such would-be-wise , ones have never read a
of a Catholic country , who sold her crown-
not Vasco da Gama and Henry the Navigator
Was not that man a " Catholic who refused to
of David ; they have never feasted their eyes
on Leonardo da Vinci's famous Last Supper ;
and Bartholomew Diaz Catholics as well ?
done her level-best to hold back the march of
able to be called a Catholic .
fashion of founding Public Schools when he
first authentic History of England . It was
a Catholic king called Henry VI who set the
Raphael . Nor are they aware that there is not
ewels so that a continent might be discovered ?
Canterbury Tales . Such would-be-astute ones
line of Dante's Divina Comedia or Chaucer's
T was the Catholic Bede who compiled the
gave America its name - a Catholic ? Were
progress . '
laid the foundation-stone of Eton College . It
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promise that " the gates of Hell will not prevail
the Bible , and who kept them safe and sound
and tumult to a place of peace and comparative
of Gloucester , Ely , Bath , Rheims , and St.
show more clearly the glory and the ' majesty
Cathedral , York Minister and the stately piles
Church is the Church of Christ . She has His
the artist can portray will simply serve as a
the scientist can bring forth will only tend to
of God . She knows that all the beauty which
transcribed the ancient manuscripts , including
printing-press into his native land .
security .
Mark's in Venice . It was Catholic monks who
gress , she has always been most ready to
level-best to hold back the march of pro-
for the needs of posteriority . It was Catholic
edifices as Westminster Abbey and Canterbury
was Catholic hands that raised such magnificent
missionaries who " evangelized Europe and
make fresh discoveries . For the Catholic
transformed it from a mainland of darkness
encourage talent and to foster the desire to
FAR from the Catholic Church doing her
against her . " And she knows that whatever
Catholic Caxton who introduced the first
invented the first English clock . It was the
It was the Catholic monarch , Alfred , who
Stanley B. James
It was the Catholic monarch ,
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really means .
the beauty she has inspired in the past and to
exiled Russian if he had been walking by
continue to inspire till the end of time . '
Hilaire Belloc .
where liberty really lies : he had found out-
I am not certain ; but I have a feeling that he
think of the beauty she still inspires and will
lived under Communist and Catholic forms of
government , and he had learned from experience
would not have passed by and ignored them .
and was never likely to forget - what progress
my side along the streets of Dublin on that
compatriot of mine make those stupid remarks ?
WHAT would have been the reactions of that
For he had lived in Russia before and after
Catholicism has held on to-to look again at
never-to-be-forgotten day when I overheard a
the 1917 Revolution . As well as that , he had
Women's own career . As a great deal
is also been transferred to
1961 American businessman professor from the United States
a buchauer who has been
78 .

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were poured conditionally over my head , and
brought up was heresy . The waters of Baptism
had a host of them through school and college .
the same altar nail where I have been pouring
except that I didn't know anybody there .
They are the ones who don't think my being
seven , and I didn't recognize the few who were .
than that . I used to make friends easily , and
There weren't many people in church for the
couldn't ask any of my family to come and
Some of them , with an outfinging of generosity ,
priest , begged admission to the Roman Catholic
She's a staunch Catholic who thought my Mass
TO-DAY is my fifth birthday in the Faith .
a Catholic makes me " queer . " They just
But I am still close to others from those days .
Protestant faith in which I had been born and
would need our familiar parish priests .
declare " Who knows maybe Vinnie is right
Five years ago to-day I ' knelt before a
I celebrated my birthday this morning at
I did ask a neighbour to my birthday party .
rejoice and give thanks with me , because those
a funeral scheduled for later in the morning
five years . You might call it a birthday party .
of thanksgiving " such a beautiful and holy
grace had overtaken me .
happy about .
that has opened between us .
don't regard my conversion as anything to be
Catholic acquaintances , but they are no more
and we are wrong ! " They are good , and
morning , her husband looked out and said
What Vinnie believes is her own business . '
active . I have lost some of them , of course .
I think Our Lord arranged for me to be
dazed and a little faint that such a miracle of
She can't come .
Even the priest was strange probably because
my knees were weak as I walked out of church
perhaps only I am conscious of the great gulf
A friends . In five years I have made many
IND , Iet's face it , I don't have any Catholic
Church , and declared my conviction that the
choose to ignore it , and defend me stoutly with
and in the Episcopalian parish where I was
out my gratitude every morning during these
of the family who are still speaking to me
idea . " But when I tapped at her door this
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a Sunday or two , there were people to notice ,
down deep especially if you were a newcomer .
first of us to leave . Every Sunday he had a
would spread their warmth through the week
to the sacristy . their singing fading to silence
in a long and lovely recessional from the stalls
be , and I am also sure that most of them
there , no attempt to remove the label of " out-
the parking lot . lest they be bottle-necked ?
deliberately unfriendly in the parish organiza-
and the sidewalk . It might be half an hour or
such good company made you feel good war
day rush . We are supposed to worship God
would be ready at the door to greet even the
the sacristv'door , the church is half empty . ' Is
first and then to enjoy Him in our fellow men .
ill member of the family , some few words that
speak for us . Why can't we speak for our-
the Catholic Church nobody notices . Perhaps
our church was empty of all that really battered
God is here and He notices and that's all that
cession of priest and altar boys has reached
sider " which they hung on me five years ago .
nobody was there but us . Perhaps in the
so before we could get away , but lingering in
in the distance . Then we would kneel for a
final private prayer , while the rector would
considers them unfriendly . ' They are ' not
find little groups of friends covering the lawn
handclasp , a pleasantry , a question about an
papers ? . Or do they want to be first out of
books tell us that the altar boys are there to
would be astonished to know that anyone
we had to cling together in the old days . because
FTER the main Sunday service , not a soul
be concerned , inquire if we were ill , and great
Actually , they don't even seem to be warm
towards each other . ' There are cliques and
Why do" Catholics dash away so madly after
to the following Sunday . We'd go outside , to
Sunday is supposed to be a day of leisure , the
us with genuine pleasure on our return . " In
We belonged . We each meant something
vested choir of men and boys wound their war
tion to which I believe , but there is no warmth
to the priest . just like the altar boys ! The
come scurrying down a side aisle so that he
to the other . If we missed going to church of
Catholic Church nobody need notice . Because
A would leave the church until after the
Sunday dinner that urgent ? Or the Sunday
pettv rivalries , and tempests always stirring
pause that refreshes " out of the hectic week-
Sunday Mass ? Even before the little pro-
in the teapot . '
That's what we heretics used to do .
matters .
unfriendly . I am sure they don't mean to
DON'T know why Catholics are so
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any Secondary School within the four corners .
credit . I was a native Irish speaker . I had
merged into July , and July gave way to August :
f3-to-0 per working week as fair payment
one as myself ? And surely within the Irish
offering me the salary of 7,300 per annum .
it . He was willing to pay me the sum of
testimonials were excellent . Mr professors
and of my love there was a niche for such a
fellow-students looked upon me as a born
inevitable holidays . Was the offer quite in
I had a B.A. and a Higher Diploma to my
spoke of me in the highest possible terms . Mr.
It was June when I finished at the university ,
entailed ? Carefully I weighed up the pros .
teacher . Surely within the four corners of the
secured a certificate of competency to teach a
of Ireland . " And there seemed no possible
and by the time September arrived the only
keep body and soul together on such a pittance
to me . But , even as I went , there was always
clothe oneself , pay for both " dies " and
whether I had understood the purport of his
for my services , and made no provision for the
f3-ro-0 for each working week ; and , apart
templated possible failure . But June soon
And within four days I received a reply ,
educational system there was room for me and
the columns of a British paper . That day
So what was there left for me to do ? Nothing
reason why my hopes shouldn't be realised .
to the man who had made the offer , asking
conclusion that I simply couldn't manage to
apply for a job in Ireland , and the dreams which
and cons . Carefully I studied the cost of
from a f5 bonus which he might , through the
living . And at the end of it all I came to the
Irish offer to hand was one that suggested
resident . To me at the time it seemed almost
-but to try my luck ' further afield ! '
earnest ? I decided to make sure . So I wrote
the thought : Please God . I won't stay away
aundry , and cover the incidental expenses
he would choose to ignore the holidays .
For the first time in my life I began to scan
as I have sufficient capital to my back , I'll
for my unbounded enthusiasm ?
letter correctly . By return post his answer
and at that time I never for a moment con-
too good to be true .
THIS I emigrated : Thus I left behind me
came . Yes ; I had understood every word of
I the homeland that would be forever dear
kindness of his heart , give me at Christmas .
lass through the medium of Irish . Mr.
answered one of the most likely advertisements .
which " the task of mere survival inevitably
" I asked myself there and then . Could one
WILD one really survive on such a wage ?
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in regard to the exile-teacher . For it may be
fool would go so far as to say that we cannot
schools of London ? Was he any the worse
If they only could ! " I mentally corrected
in Ireland would give us the slightest idea of
young people need to be warned of the manifold
would our exiles give their votes - if the choice
Was not O'Connell educated in the Colleges
man who has only heard of such places as
good enough for one generation , it is also good
all ? Everyone knows that many of our young
It is grand to be Irish and proud of it . It
in the Colleges of Rome and Louvain and
any less Irish just because they had imbited
was a wistful expression on his face as he spoke .
praised in the Irish way of life . But only a
step off the boat in a foreign land . Yet how
Education would do well to revise their attitude
it may be very well to say all these things ;
has stayed at home and done all his teaching
declare that , simply because a system has been
London and Birmingham and Manchester be
learn something from other peoples and from
but I , for one , feel they are not true .
Salamanca ? ' And were they considered as
pitfalls which they are to avoid ? How can a
people are compelled to emigrate . Everyone
their knowledge in the schools and academies .
lay in their hands ? I will let a young man
face , and resolve to be practical about it
of Douai and St. Over and even in the Law
all very well to live in splendid isolation and
in Ireland is a better man than he who has
the dangers of exile ! " he breathed , and there
those whom he is supposed to be preparing
with a grain of intelligence knows that these
for that ? Did not our priests and scholars
is grand to realise that there is much to be
whom I met at a church-social in London last
luring the Penal Days receive their instruction
himself describe to his pupils the numerous
travelled far and taught extensively . Yes ,
can a teacher who has never lived abroad
even aware of the shares that lie in wait for
choosing their own mentors ? " And to whom
WHY not look the question straight in the
enough for all successive generations . It may
other nations .
dangers and difficulties which they will
TOW what would the young people of Ireland
Personally I think the Irish Department of
him .
for the roadway of life ?
If only the people who taught us at home
of a foreign clime ?
assuredly have to face , just as soon as they
be all very well to declare that the teacher who
summer answer these questions .
" say if they were in the happy position of
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# Examine the works , you fiber . Look into
Aha , you fiber . you and the clock make a fine
your soul .
could it be that your actions are evil and have
straight answer to a straight question .
Besides , it's not fair to leave it like that :
. If you tell lies , something is wrong . ' You are
matters and lie to cover up the shillings you pocketed .
# It could be that you are dishonest in money
saying it is twelve-thirty when the right time is
tishonest schemes . something or anything at
them up .
to make yourself sound important .
in the works . '
wrong with you .
pair ! Neither of you can be trusted . The clock
" It could be that you are just two-faced ,
face to the world .
you fiber !
are an understand character , trying to keep a fair
variance with wholesome living .
with lies the hours you waste of your employer's
who have something to hide : mean thoughts ,
hat clock and . ' just as definitely there is something
THERE is always a reason and it is never a nice
People should be able to look at the clock and know
" But her cousin has a car ? Yes ? She isn't
you are envions of other people . Because you want
ten-minutes-to-twelve and you that can't give a
Quiz " looks out at you-
Definitely , there is something wrong with
works is that a low mean feeling of envy is rusting
cousin's car . "
said it to annoy her . She's always talking about her
difference . You were telling a lie . Why ? Because
ITTR may bring from an even more ugly fault
reason . In your case , what is wrong with the
WHATEVER it is . you fiber . don't imagine for
inventing tall tales . ' You'll soon be a habitual liar .
pretending to be what you are not .
living on good terms with your conscience or you
last night . Why tell a silly lie like that ?
hat they can believe what it says .
dishonourable . Truth comes naturally to honest
ND what about you ? Shouldn't neonle he able
right . If you don't , it will get worse . You'll go on
covering up something discreditable . Living is
# You'd better look into it , and put things
will scorn to lie .
time .
telling lies when she sneaks of it . ' There is a big
Truth and the Devil is the Father of Lies . You
I could be that you are a lazy offering up
lips . Lies are the twistings and turnings of those
peaking . " Only crooked people have need to cloak
the sight of God , you will remember that God is
What about it ? " you might answer , " I just
TUST a moment . I want to know the right
Post car . We had a marvellous time . '
" Where did you go last night ? "
nor there . ' Either you are a wholesome nerson
imiss amiss inside you . that something has gone
# If you are wholesome . trying to live well in
to be hidden by lies ? God forbid ! .
a moment that a few white lies are neither here
Oh I went for a motor-rin with some friends .
say ? Between decent folk there should be no
1940s ,
" to ask you a question and believe what you
need to examine it , to look inside , to find out what
wrong with the works .
Furthermore . if somebody doesn't do something
reason .
their doings with falsehoods .
need to wonder is that the truth he far chat is
innounce to the world that there is something
# You fibher ! ' Van weren't outside the doc
makes it tell the time wrong . ' There must be a
time . What does the town clock say ? Half
something , you know .
about that clock it will keep on telling the time mission .
xamine it and sea what is wrong inside . ' There is
you , nor be surprised if they imagine the worst .
vet ! " That clock is not telling the right time .
and probably get worse and worse . ) Somebody should
past twelve ! But the Angelus has not run
vill speak the truth . By telling lies you
" Oh I went for a motor-run with s
" But if you are given to telling lies . You
the truth ? ' If you have nothing to hide you
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divulged what had been praying on my agnostic
brated on July 6th-figures in this extra-
We both laughed , but then I became serious , and
assaulted ; what's so holy about that ? " I turned
wires , my friend said , " You must meet my uncle .
tself is only one of probably more than several
been that her aggressor should not sin , should not
In Rome , a decade ago , I lunched one day with
At the end of a long conversation over crossed
ordinary conversion story told by America
not disconnected us . Twice we attempted to get
Catholic faith , and four months later I was received
hundred million similar stellar systems which
into the Church .
I said , " Surely any girl would defend herself if
stars comprising our Milky War . The Milky War
her last words showed that her chief concern had
A few days later I had to telephone this young
Protestant , saving . " Surely you must think this
Bonde in the pages of THE Catholic Digest :
Swiss on a business matter . I was calling from
coming beatification of Maria Goretti .
St. Maria Goretti-whose Feast is cele-
comprise the universe .
me the other day about Maria Goretti ... . "
The sun , however huge it seems to us . is nothing
He smiled , and told me very simply that what
make another call I found that the operator had
who unfolded to me the truth and beauty of the
Makia Goketti .
offend God : she had far more concern for the
with one another , so what shall we talk about ? "
with a diameter of,0003937 of an inch , then the
my hotel , and when I raised the receiver again to
ionour of God than for her own life .
free of one another , and failed .
If we were to visualize the earth as a tiny speech
business is all nonsense ? "
a young Swiss whom I wrongly presumed to be
mind : " I wish you'd explain what you said to
He is a Catholic priest . " I did meet this priest ,
e admired about Maria Goretti was the fact that
it an ordinary star among the many billions of
From Wolfgang .
paragraphs :
Among the Stars ,
tholic friends . The talk turned to the
among the Stars .
t last my friend said , " We seem to be s
Muller's book ,
we have taken these
among .
information-packed .
man .
information-packed paragraphs :
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Second , we have to be serious about our growth
and what she is supposed to do in this world .
street corner and preach ' Christ : everyone is not
does not mean that everyone has to stand on a
question : " What do they want us to do ? '
must acquire a deep understanding of the Church
The need in our times for complete Catholics
First of all , and this is essential , the Catholic
pped for that . So we must try to answer the
asm is no substitute for knowledge ... .

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the London premiere of an opera in which
Carmelites by Georges Bernanos ) and before
made such a profound impression on the
of these garments are enshrined in a reliquary
Carmel . They say that as a young girl she lived
written between 1823 and 1836 by one of the
became Mother Marie of the Incarnation . She
given flower to such a world-sweeping work ,
bishop to enable her to enter the convent of
Compiegne and its martyred Carmelites shine
first literature , then drama , then music have
in brilliant circumstances and then quite
much criticism , few contemporary operas have
source of all was the invaluable Relation
This was Francoise-Genevieve Philippe who
Although the score has been subjected to
that the novel ( The Song at the Scaffold by
was said to be the natural daughter of a French
beatification was initiated and sent to Rome .
Compiegne to Covent Garden ; yet , because
international cultural world ; and it is a
been made the handmaids of love , this year of
special grace , 1958 , has seen at Covent Garden
of gilded cedarwood and venerated annually
Poulenc ) there was the play ( Dialogues des
was at Stanbrook Abbey that the process of
and to sort out how much is real , and how much
thought ourselves unworthy to wear them , but
of Compiegne , beatified in 1906 . In fact , it
imaginary , of the story as presented to us
At Stanbrook Abbey , where this same com-
fascinating study to examine the pattern that
entered the Carmel of Compiegne in 1786 and
before the opera ( The Carmelites by Francis
forced by necessity , we put them on , and those
prince and , according to Gertrud von le Fort :
suddenly at the grave of the Carmelite nun .
Stanbrook , " and even a longer one from
. She required a special dispensation from the
clothes constituted the greatest part of the mean
on the feast day of the martyred Carmelites
over nearly two hundred years has finally
Compiegne community who survived the
T is a longish war from Compiegne to
noble soul .
Gertrud von le . Fort ) ; and the common
with a renewed lustre .
desire to expiate the sins of the court ( to which
munity is now securely settled , the remains
apparel which we had on our return to England .
martyrdom .
The old clothes which before appeared of small
value were so much esteemed " by us that we
Madame' Acarie , she was seized by a burning
explains a great deal in the life of this rare and
that the poor Carmelites had been all guillotined .
to-day .
. The next day the news became public
had done before her . This past history of hers
she owed her life ! ) just as Madame Louise de
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seek refuse in wild flight to the outside world ,
eventually her mother's death . Blanche de la
by Father Raymond Bruckberer . He intended
Mother de Croissy princess at the time of
the Agony of Christ . Glowingly it patterns
inscrutable willing of God . Marie of the Incarna-
will be able to cope with it , but even behind
igil beside her dead body . ' the invasion of the
imaginary events . " Devoted to the Agony of
on , to relate the sorrow and the glory of the
death of Mother de Croissy , the loneliness of
1779 to 1785 , when she was succeeded by
in the early stages of the story by these
preparing to exit in the dvins of Thy death ,
dies , and her painful struggle at the end , have
Mother Lidoine : but the drama is heightened
Blanche's reception and of having her die soon
at personal experience , at least in the field of
has utilised the dramatic license of making
take her place on the scaffold ; while in the
afterwards . Actually , she was professor from
no real escape from her dread . The painful
contrived episodes than Gertrud von le Fort
cloister by the revolutionaries , causes a state
courage that Blanche might find hers , lives
resolution . At the eleventh hour she does
cross upon the Princess some time before she
special sympathy for the full-of-fear postulant ;
his script to be a film , rather than a stage play .
but at the twelfth she returns , victorious , to
Force has been a prey to fear throughout her
tion who has made an offering of her own
Jesus in the Garden , Mother de Croissy has a
This is a key line to the drama's basic theme .
to the fictitious death of Mother de Croissy .
mystical contemplation ?Gertrud von le Fort
for her name ' in religion is Sister Blanche of
he sheltering walls of the convent she finds
Actually he did not work directly from her
in turn . the dread of death which is laid as a
novel , but from a scenario based on her novel ,
Though last communicated to her Thy mortal fear .
Georges Bernanos makes even more of these
of panic which annihilates her efforts at
O' Mother , consider the secret of my name !
girlhood . It is her hope that in the Carmel she
veakness helping the will of God to be accom-
plished in love .
And Blanche is made to say :
While Gertrud von le Fort describes her as
episode in the streets of Paris which caused
their relentless effect on Sister Blanche .
her heartrending story of fear in all its human
Born prematurely because of a fearful
A and does the coincidence of surname hint
martyrdom .
His opening scenes in the Carmel lead strongly
I S well as inventive Blanche de la Force
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THE CROSS .
88 .
a day on his script , and the thoughts he noted
world . ' Although Poulenc's score , basically
a natural part of human frailty , has been
sion . Audiences , in varying degree , have been
my name ! ' says Blanche . ' ' Consider the
Eventually . Ricordi , the Italian publishers of
mortally ill , he worked from eight to ten hours
the contemplative Gertrud von le Fort , like
glory-of the Agony of Christ , as represented
companions on the scaffold . The fear of death ,
Poulenc-like the mortally ill Bernanos , like
Bernanos was instantly and widely acclaimed .
end , has been judged by some to be too
temporary French music , ' noted more for
undramatic and monotonous to match the
graceful songs and piano pieces , settled down
reveal how he himself . while treating of the
has truly looked upon the sorrow - and the
he had been planning to write for some years
mention only some of the opera houses of the
should be transferred to the operatic stage .
and left with the feeling that the dedicated
to write a score and this ' playboy of con-
secret of the Agony of Christ ! ' say Marie of
of the Holy Agonv . What he wrote in Joy
Presented posthumously as a stage play in
Since then it has been presented in Paris ,
Paris , the Dialogues des Carmelites of Georges
La Scala , Milan , the opera , even as the
ready for martyrdom and yet deprived of it-
whole has everywhere made a profound impres-
play , was instantly and widely acclaimed .
conquered by the love of God for man , the
drawn into something of a mystical experience ,
the courageous Marie of the Incarnation so
the Incarnation , Gertrud von le Fort , Georges
n his diary concerning the Life of Jesus which
all at once , to us .
at others cured , disowned by everyone - and
by the victorious agony of Blanche and her
beautiful to look at no ! is ridiculed at times .
in his late fifties to what was obviously a
deaths of Mother de Croissy and Sister Blanche ,
Verdi and Puccini , invited Francis Poulenc
power of the Bernanos script , the opera as a
Bernanos . Francis Poulenc , each in turn and
Vienna . San Francisco . London , Lisbon , to
simple and serene and only triumphant at the
and suggestions were soon forthcoming that it
GIVEN its world premiere early last year at
prepared himself too for death , under the sign
he repeated as an introit to his Dialogues :
closely with his own preoccupation . Already
love of man for God . ' Consider the secret of
vet , make no mistake about it , she is present at
dedicated work .
redeemed on the eve of Good Friday . She is not
every deathbed-she is man's intercessor .
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a quaint origin .
stand outside the principal house in the
village and are its pride and property .
quently it does not even change hands . If
copper slab two feet long and a foot wide .
once worth 35s . in Sweden-compares
a transaction involves a fei too large to be
Among its queer " money " are bricks of
over the shoulder .
cattle . White and purple wampum beads .
and many other similar articles have been
confident nobody will carry it off . Fre-
larger than a pinhead , and weighing one
used as money at different times .
his neighbour's " yard . "
to purchase a wife ! " There are much larger
Yap has a stone currency basis , and three
America from time immemorial . In the
fine specimens of its money , known as
is one of the most fascinating of all subjects ,
made of leather , glass and porcelain .
jungle village going to market with slaves .
politely handed it over , and shortly after-
A.D. , liquorice-soaked tobacco , and grass
wards' four servants came to him carrying
variety , of which it is true to say the average
used as money for a long time . The early
collection of coinage existing anywhere .
strangely with a South Indian gold coin no
his debt with that . He saw the queen of a
For the age-old phrase ,
from Yap , the tiny Pacific Island , which is
New York to see the most remarkable
The collection begins with a clay bill used
people carry their smaller money on sticks .
and Hindustan . Salt , rice , tea , dates , ivory ,
buy whole villages but are never sold . They
E. R. YARHAM suggests
some of the world's largest money - a 31 lb .
certain sections of the Congo , and money
Southern colonies of America tobacco was
from North America , brasswire money from
years , and it contains " coins " of astonishing
in many hunting communities - as North
the world measured their wealth in oxen or
A NOTHER of the world's most remarkable
money of the North American Indians , as
years old , and it is in perfect condition .
chieftain greatly admired his hat . He
rolling
densed milk , paper money printed in 1300
puts his mark on it and leaves the stone in
The story of the development of money
to which historians have paid much attention .
ised in New Guinea , letter paper with
carrying a three-foot disc on a bamboo pole .
THE most prized example is about 200
a hole in the middle . ' The chieftain settled
compressed tea . a woodpecker's calp. con-
The collection contains dogs " eye-teeth
made of whelk and clam shells , were the
stones , some twice the height of a man and
The coin is 26 in. in diameter and weighs
the natives display their stone money ,
money .
Kloster Chorin , a town to the west of Berlin .
monetary exhibits is to be seen at
10,000 accounts . It is almost big enough
moved conveniently , the new owner merely
untroubled by the currency problems that
It is a Museum of Money with more than
weighing at least two tons . They would
But its most remarkable coins are those
Hoarding is unknown on Yap . In fact
3,000 exhibits covering a period of 4,000
Bismarck's head as water-mark used before
18 ft. canoe , one-fourth acre of land , or about
in Babylon 5,000 years ago , and a piece of
Romans and other ancient peoples all over
fei , " " are in the bank's collection .
developed .
a huge disc of stone , four feet across , with
curry shells were of the natives of Africa .
W visited the Chase National Bank of
Innumerable different things have been used
he war in parts of the Sudan , fur-money
A traveller visited the island , and a
Skins have been a medium of exchange
to serve as money as civilization has
120 lb . A fee of this size has the value of an
beset other nations . The reason is that
person had no idea so many existed .
She bought coconuts with this . Lesser
7HEN I was in the United States . I
IN.
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From that peculiar exercise is said to have
selling native wives for salt is not unknown .
all kinds of devices , using bead-like pieces
tree which was obviously not a pine , so the
reckoned their wealth in cattle . The Latin
salt was often used as money in Tibet ,
The early 17th century New England
of their pay . This amount was known as
money , and it played an important part in
what were known as " pine-tree shillings . "
mentioned , the early peoples of the world
money . Even to-day in parts of Africa
pecuniary . " The word " salary " likewise
This recalled America's first money troubles ,
the financial system of the Mogul emperors .
money " and " rolling in wealth " now used
than twelve pennyworth in a single trans-
his coins so as to enjoy his wealth to the full .
or two back a collection of early American
with money can be traced to the use of
make their own money , beginning with
and pine tree shillings were sold in London .
and then musket balls valued at a farthing
action . A little later the colonists began to
of pine-tree shillings , roll twice a day among
Marco Polo spoke of salt being used as
merchant , who possessed a large number
coins , dollars , dimes , half-dimes , and oak
been derived the phrase employed to denote
one of the world's most important types of
each . No one was obliged to take more
and the origin of the phrases " rolling inn
for Roman soldiers to receive salt as part
out of the word " pecunia " ( Latin for
ON occasion even civilized people have
has a Latin derivation . ' It was the custom
queer forms of currency . For instance , as
of winkle shells valued at six beads a penny ,
ordinary coins , and so they had to resort to
Salt , as a matter of fact , has always been
word " pecus " ( meaning " oxen " ) is the
IN one of his tales Hawthorne makes a rich
the connection between this and " salary "
settlers found themselves very short of
To vary the picture the engraver made a
all over the English-speaking world .
money , ' ) , and so we have our word
a person's affluence .
salarium , " that is , " salt money , " and
is obvious .
Afussia , and other countries in Africa
and Asia .
had to resort to queer coinages . A year
colonists named it an oak or a willow .
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has been working for hours and read himself
things is part of his growth-pattern . Adults
Everything he reads becomes part of him .
set aside the troubling reports on which he
and direct . He loves , he hates , he thrills
can , and often must , wall off one aspect of
activities , his mealtime conversations , what
shockers is something to a mind too sharply
identifies himself with one of the characters .
he sees when he rides in the car , his required
what your Johnny does all day long-not
challenged by realities .
murder mystery . The super-violence of the
Johnny meets , via the printed and
as the printed page leads him on . He
reading , the reading he does for fun . '
Johnny doesn't find anything dramlike
The teacher wisely answered , " It is
their life from another . A president may
pictured page , folks his parents are proud
in the shockers . His responses are simple
THE other day I heard a parent ask a
to sleep with a wild . Western or a gory
Everything the child does or says or
teacher " What is the curriculum ?
just his school studies , but also his play
TOW wonderful that is , or can be , when
your .
DOES .
READ ?
CHILD .
What
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has been confined solely to men's establishments ,
latter . Our apologies for an overdrawn picture .
publication , The Sign , as well as The Catholic
magazines are always available . So your
rather sweeping statement might be qualified
But , as you can easily understand , our experience
I know of other ladies' salons where Catholic
I do not think we are unique in this , as
THE CROSS , but also that excellent American
with our very numerous non-Catholic clients .
and , we repeat , not even once have we seen an
the majority of hairdressers are Catholic
Catholic paper or magazine in any of their
regularly available " for our clients not only
avowedly Catholic magazine in any of them . Ed.
Digest . I might add that they are very
THE CROSS you mentioned that in Ireland
a little , at least by giving credit where credit
dressing salons , and that yours is among the
magazines are available in several ladies' hair-
Catholic hairdressers .
Editor , The Cross ,
May I say a word on behalf of the ladies'
On the Editor's Page of a recent issue of
hairdressers ? In our establishment we have
We are gratified to know that Catholic
is due , as well as blame where it is deserved ... .
" but not even once have we seen an avowedly
popular , not only with Catholics , but also
establishments . '
Dublin Hairdresser . '
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of someday earning his living from the pursuit
they had a picnic lunch , with the keen air of the
of Coolnaloon , that rambling , sprawling lovely
Stella ! " he replied , eagerly . " We can go back to
painting , and about the ambitions he entertained
VISIT DYUS
canvas in the picture he had entitled ' The Valley . '
girl , Mrs. Dunwood thought privately that she was
country adding edge to their appetites .
town . On the heatherv slopes of a mountainside ,
As he was speaking . Stella was staring at him with
said anything to Stella about his own interest in
told Stella Marlow : too about the green Irish valley
hour , taking a long-distance bus that carried them
down to join them at their meal . But although
tried to capture its magic and Enchantment on
So eager was Vincent to show the painting to
that painting is the most wonderful of occupations ,
to him , and he found himself telling her about his
somewhat on the sophisticated side for Vincent .
way back to Dulchester .
Why , I can show it to you this very evening ,
I see a scene like this ! " Stella went on . " I think
telling her .
don't you , Vincent ? "
VINCENT smiled at this tall . ' slender English
She'll be delighted to meet you ! '
see it , that they left for home early and made their
' Talways wish that I could paint ... ' whenever
she remarked casually .
suddenly .
AT tea at Number Eight Minnow Street Mrs.
Dunwood welcomed Vincent's guest and sat
That's a grand idea ! " Stella agreed .
had finished eating , then looked at Vincent
Vincent looked at her in surprise . He had never
Stella Marlow was obviously a person who liked
t , nor about the pictures he had painted .
I'd love to see your painting , Vincent ! " she
tella , and , indeed , so keen did the girl appear to
vallev in which he had grown , and how he had
he found Stella a friendly and pleasant mannered
girl whose company had come to mean so in
had meant more to him than anything else . He
" This would be a lovely scene for a painter ! "
Stella gazed down the mountainside when they
The Valley . " I am sure it is very beautiful ! "
far from the soot-begrimed streets of the industrial
Someday , you must show me
Dulchester and have our tea with Mrs. Dunwood .
growing interest . listening carefully to all he was
aid , smiling . " Somebody , you must show me
said , smiling .
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to take place at the Zenith works . Somehow he
owners , and as Vincent carried ' The Valley ' back
entries for the poster competition was scheduled .
on the marrow , when the preliminary viewing of
of hope that it might be the selected entry .
Joe Trent's entry , but when they came to Vincent's
to Minnow Street at lunch-hour , his heart was full
wards , the pictures were taken away by their
a day which had been an extremely happy one .
Thoughts of the painting turned Vincent's mind
of the various designs and pictures brought along
of them had been Stella Marlow , and she had been
A few of the directors spent some time scrutinising
together in a city restaurant earlier that day . One
felt now , after Stella's encouragement , that ' The
together for a long time in subdued tones . After-
picture they stood around it , too , and talked
room of the company by several of the directors
as he made his way slowly back to Minnow
engaged in an earnest conversation with her com-
Street , his heart was a glow with the memories of
Valley " really stood a chance of winning .
their exhibits and these were viewed in the boat
panion ... ... and her companion had been Joe
He was remembering the two people he had seen
As he was leaving that evening , he was overtaken
by Robin .
was held . It was a brief affair , in which the owners .
ATER , Vincent walked home with Stella , and
The next morning the viewing of the paintings .
Robin O'Shea's good-natural face darkened .
Everyone is of the opinion you'll win the first
prize , Vincent ! " his friend said happily .
Stella thinks it's rather good ! '
( To be continued )
Trent .
" I hope so ! " Vincent replied . " Anyw.
Anyway , "
THE CROSS
" Do you really think she's got eyes in
The Back of her head ? "
" More Little Nuns " I
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a local street-gang discovers and destroys the
poorer quarters of Paris . Friendship , loyalty , the
PARIS HOLIDAY : A digest of former films which
NOT OF THIS EARTH : The inhabitants of the
evaporating . They plan to use the blood of earth
violent deaths within a few days . ' The hero ( there's
People to whom he hands a piece of parchment die .
less , it is suitable for general audiences with a
like many a digest , proves slightly indigestible . It
pathetic secret , the gang leader helps the girl to
LAST OF THE BADMEN : Although nobody could
friend , an escaped murderer and a nice girl in the
a girl too , of course ) barely escapes by returning
sadness of old age . are the themes . ' The ending is
planet Davanna want blood-they find theirs is
to test it . Eventually , he is killed but we will get
ment and an outside gang that wishes to make
adventures of a lazy old man , his guitar-playing
very understanding and genuine piece which might
special proviso that it should not be shown in
between a maker of illicit spirit , the U.S. Govern-
story with one difference - the father is so opposed
Interest is maintained throughout by a commentary
Kaye . Since the fun is mainly juvenile and harm -
believe the title . Western fans should be released
the parchment to the doctor just before the killing
Americans who helped France in 1917 . It could
capital on it . ( A.A. ) .
THUNDER ROAD : The story of the battle
HEART OF A CHILD : A routine how-loves-day
make another garden amid church ruins . This is a
a small flower garden on a London bomb site . After
with this pseudo-documentary style Western .
people , if it is suitable , and , so they send an expert
from Davanna arrives to continue the research
hospitals or homes for mental cases . ( G.A. ) .
A.A. - Suitable for Adult
Audiences .
temon is due to appear exit the doctor . ( A.A. )
HELL BENT FOR GLORY : A tribute to young
giving precise details of time , place , etc. ( G.A. )
reminds one of " Knock on Wood " - the plot is
PORTE DES ULAS . LA : The Chantinesque
NIGHT OF THE DEMON : The villain of this
daughter of a good-for-nothing actress tries to make
the St. Bernard dog . but one cannot forget the
1930s
ferv similar-but it lacks the genius of Danny
to the boy keeping the dog that he beats him
before the film ends . " ( A.A. ) .
more of this horror theme because another man
norror film is a doctor who deals in the occult .
macabre and semi-tragic . ( G.A. )
sincerity . The adult characters lack conviction
unconscious and later refuses to help save his life
O. Objectionable .
but the children are expertly handled . ( G.A. )
be enjoyed by all with a taste for sentiment and
when trapped in the snow . The star of the film is
Audiences .
sadistic father . ( A.A. )
O.P. -Objectionable in part .
G.A.-Sultable for General
INNOCENT SINNERS : The unwanted rz-year-old
have been an exciting picture . ( A.A. ) .
IDE
before the film ends . " ( A.A. ) .
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saw , and the conquest we have
made is more than we really
and snakes . " However I went , I
water , and plenty of wild animals
Many have asked me how Father
populated with black people , a
country of intense heat , very little
eat to witchcraftors , chiefs . " water
anticipated .
Principal Missions and Main !
Mapping .
after week to keep our work going .
so-and-so is . how Sister so-and-sn .
from what kind of food the priests
good old Dublin to dwell in a desert
CHYLY OF WILDHAMNESS , WILDING " WOODE
Desert . What a prospect ! Leaving
February 6 1959 #
and found that Bechuanaland con-
sisted mostly of the Kalahari
to Mafeking .
To Capetown .
FR. Carthage , C.P.
who make many sacrifices week
Map shows Railway .
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feat in that very hot country .
after and they are kept busy from
I 50 miles further north is our next
school . ' The ' priests in this mission
garden , which will be no mean
one end of the week to the other .
proposed Mission , in a place
in obtaining work after leaving
be frightened " even to touch it .
have many other areas to look
possible to mention here all the
SEVEN miles from St. Joseph's
about 400 Catholics there and they
are very pleased to have this
days of weary waiting that Fr.
hoves to begin building this year ! I
called Mahalapye . At the present
Mission in that area . Whenever
However we know that God is
Three Sisters teach the higher
offered to us in order to build a
trying to establish a little vegetable
had been trying to get permission
trial behind us , most of us would
church there . For many years he
how Fr. Placid built a very beautiful
catechism classes in the various
subjects in this school , while
Mission is a place called Mogodit-
Fr. Urban gets sufficient funds he
Dispensary . Brother Isidore is also
to build a school in that village .
villages .
church of their own .
building of this Mission . It is not
another looks after the little
Fr. Urban , a site has now been
there and is very busy just now
Placid spent in trying to get the
the fence of the village . There are
time we have no buildings there ,
of square miles has been opened up
Another 20 miles further north
church at Serowe and Palapye .
to us . Had we not six years of
work and has already established
shane . It is interesting to know
give a church to the people . Fr.
Fr. Eunan is now continuing this
But the chief would not give him
Placid built one right up against
the necessary permission , and built
It is also his intention to build a
his own school to keep the Catholics
to visit the surrounding villages .
Placid is also responsible for the
Thus a whole new area of thousands
out . ' So not to be outdone and tr
due to the enterprise and zeal of
site of this church-school . However
but the priest visits it once a month .
his patience and the many days he
this site at Morwa with permission
You will all be glad to know that
is another church-school with the
title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel .
Fr. Eunan is living there . Fr.
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two priests and the third died
Geography twice a week , we are
As thick as from Heaven to
el's Guild .
do not like foreigners . They killed
of money . The Eskimoes are
are nearly all pagans and this
Then the Bishop asked him to tell
learning about North America .
you appreciate the value of prayer :
returned to his Master , reported
said the holy Bishop , " See that
trade the Eskimos food instead
Mission , the Sister told us . is the
Sister was telling us how the people
of an Our Father ? "
that an Our Father is worth ? "
Kathleen Harte says " We go to
earth , " was the reply . The Cook
the words of the Sovereign Pontiff .
As large as the surface of the
fallen and humiliated . " the Cook
eyes , reported the last answer to
the Pope : " How large is the piece
went home and , with downcast
which your stinginess deprives me . "
of gold that represents the worth
and with a sad countenance asked
life in Alaska .
Back went the servant to Rome .
" Such then is the treasure of
foxes . Trappers come and they
his Master .
Ulric asked : " How large a piece
Tom Bolger informs us . " " They
intention . "
Our Father is worth a piece of
interesting missives from them .
Holy Father , of the piece of gold
make a living in Alaska . " They
and asked him how much silver
Eskimos are very strange people . "
an Our Father was worth . " An
splendid account , Kathleen . " The
Rome : " What is the thickness .
letter writers . There are several
his three ' Our Fathers ' for my
and henceforth feed the beggar for
answer back to the Bishop St.
most difficult in the world . "
earth . " said the Pope , " for an
Again the servant returned to
the thickness of the piece of gold ... .
of man can be attached . " Crest-
they also hunt for mink and silver
gold , " replied the Pope .
Our Arklow friends are first-class .
the love of God ; so that each time
hunt and fish for whales for oil ,
he receives an alms he may recite .
the possessions to which the heart
mount Argus , Dublin . '
Our Father is worth more than all
When " the Cook brought this
of gold ? '