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"The Press is Our First Line of Defence" Extracts from the Joint Pastoral of the English Hierarchy' that the Catholic Truth Society, the publishing houses, and the Catholic press generally should be supported as a most vital iaanch of Catholic Action in this country. W e should like to see our Ca' tholic pressmen and all our Catholic writers banded togethet under the patronage of Saint Francis of Sales, pledged to a ;:oiy crusade for Catholic faith and morals. A Press Sunday. W e desire that one Sunday in :- ear be appointed in each diocese and in each parish, at the .iiscretion and by the direction of the Ordinary. as Press Sunday. when sermons should he preached Iin the importance of the Catholic press .and the duty of the faithful to give all possible support to our Catholic writers and A RCHI3ISHOP IIINSLEY. journalists who are doing the CARDINAL O'CONNELL. Archbishop of Boston. and Action work Catholic of of tJa A s a practical example Comof poison the ti-amc work in which all the laity counteracting t ail co-operate, we urge a tai munistic and other immoral litDiplomat, linguist, poet, comLjeater support of the Cathuln. erature. pianist. organist—these are poser. church On that day also at each press than is given to it at pre some of the qualities of Cardinal ( Caof lt,ior display a be should The Catholic press should tholic hooks, of the Catholic William O'Connell. Archbishop IIC ,,f the most useful auxill Trich Society and Catholic So- of Bosnm, who recently cere.;tles in Catholic Action. Guild literature, and of Ca- brated his silver jubilee as a Carcial The press includes not only the dinal—his 77th. birthday. papers and periodicals. tholic CC iv newspapers, but the Ca Among the languages he speaks 'ludic publishing houses and all is Japanese. fluently That IanWESTMINSTER CATHEa tholic periodical literature of Pope took his after fancy, gEage CRUCIFIX. DRAL ; ich there is an abundant yari Pius X. had sent him on a diploety. - ikado 31 matic mission to the M W e must give special mention years ago. 1 1 this regard to the Catholit Only when he is alone does Truth Society ‘vhich was found His Eminence play the organ, ed to be a useful antidote to erbut once, at a Catholic charity ror and a means of instructing concert, he deputised for a piano wn people and the pubi!‘ ist who had failed to turn up. , eneral'..; in the history teachirg Cardinal O'Connell—"Big Bill and practice of the Catholit O'Connell" is a nickname given. faith. to His Eminence on account ol W e make a special appeal. how his stature--is a good "boss." ver in this pastoral for much He says: "A firm superior gets ;4-reater support of the Catholic things done quickly. A gentle newspaper press. which has merone gets them well done." ite(l yell of the Hierarchy and Another hi' of advice he gives the faithful of the country is: "Forgive and forget. The If they received from every first helps your soul, the second support the Catholic family your liver." which those families give to the (.scular press. they would each n ye at least double their present he replaced in its original posicirculation. tion. The late Cardinal removnit of W e make a special point ed the cross because it obscured our is it because newspaper press THE LATE CARDINAL BOURNE. the central figure of the mosaic in atany when defence of line firSt • ho tympanum. and he contendtack is made on religion. and the The thirty feet crucifix which ed that it was out of proportion itsual first source to Nvhi ch our for many years hung Inmi the However that may be, the public rimto answer an ;)eople. look for 1: arch of Westminster Ca- generally was sorry to see it go. ancel : rent objections and difficulties.. and which was removed and numerous petitions have been Jusdral We are anxious for the news%van in' 1°3.3 at the in- r eceived lw the Cathedral aua *o side de- Saner press to prosper and Cardinal Bourne, k. to thorities for its restoraticn ion of anxiou eqyally elop, and we are
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RUMBLE.s, When Was Christ Born?
The Bible in the Law Courts
"W.G.S.," Enfield: I n one of his cartoons Ripley, of "Be lieve it or not" fame, says that 1936 is really 1943. If he is right you need not answer, butIknow that he is not right. Ripley is most probably right, and I am answering for your sake, for you do not know that he is not right, and it is better that you should not entertain any mistaken ideas. Ripley says that Christ was born in the year 6 B.C. The evidence certainly points to that conclusion. How could Christ be born 6 years before He was born? That, of course, would be impossible. But He could certainly be born 6 years before people think He was born.
"W.W.," Petersham: In the Law Courts there is but one Bible—the Protestant translation. Why, then, does the Catholic Bible differ from the official Book? If the Law Courts provided the Protestant Bible only, that would be no reason why the Catholic translation should not differ from it. The choice of a Protestant Bible by the Law Courts for the purpose of putting witnesses on oath has no bearing whatever upon the correctness or otherwise of its contents. The Catholic translation differs from the Authorised Protestant Version because that Version is inaccurate in many places and not acceptable to the Catholic Church, I think, however, that you are mistaken in saying that the Law Courts provide a Protestant Bible only. In some Courts, at least, a Catholic Bible will be provided on request for Catholic witnesses.
Was Dionysius Mistaken? Ripley declares that Dionysius Ex'sgnus. a Scythian monk, creator of the Christian Era, made a mathematical mistake in figuring the birth of Christ. That is correct. In the year 525 Dionysius decided to draw up an exact calendar for the Christian Era. He calculated that Christ was born in the year 753 after the founding of Rome. But it is certain that this is wrong. For Herod, who persecuted Christ and slaughteeed the innocents, died in April, 750. Herod could not have persecuted Christ if Our Lord were not born until 3 years after Herod's death! Again Herod was in Jerusalem when he sought to destroy Christ, yet left Jerusalem for good in November, 749. Therefore Our Lord must have been Moreover, Herod had born by then. made diligent enquiry of the Wise Men as to the circumstances of Our Lord's birth and decided to kill all the male children of two years and under, Evidently, then, Our Lord was at least one year old, or even perhaps 18 months. If we deduct two years from 749 we get back to 747. If, then, Christ was born in 747 after the founding of Rome instead of 753 as Dionysius thought, He was born 6 years before our present mistaken calendar declares. In his Encyclical of 1933, commemorating the 19th. century after Our Lord's death, the Pope says expressly that the uncertainty of men's calculations as to time in no way affects the certainty of Our Lard's birth and death .for the salvation of mankind. And the occurrence of the year 1933 according to the present calendar should at least remind us of the fact that Our Lord did die for us, and inspire grateful memories of His love and generosity.
Unjustified Anxiety. I consider Ripley to be 1936 years too late in his discovery. It is not. Ripley's discovery. He is merely repeating the findings of scholars who have known of this errot during the last two hundred years. But the mistake of Dionysius has so little practical bearing on the facts of Christianity that no one has taken much notice of it, and Ripley knew that it would prove to be a curiosity With your personal to most readers. ideas on the subject you could not but regard the statement of Ripley as quite wrong. And possibly you feel that his assertion is a subtle attack on the truth of the Christian religion. I hope that the information I have given you has rectified Your ideas on both points. Owing to the mistake of Dionysius our present calendar declares Christ to have been born about 6 years after his actual birth. But this mistake as to the time of His birth in no way affects the fact of His birth and has no bearing at all on the truth or otherwise of the Christian religion. The defence of our Christian Faith does not mean that we have to defend a mistaken calendar? SAVE MONEY on Stoves, Coppers, Bath. Bath Heaters, and repairs to all W.A. STOVE COY., conic: Stoves. Wellington and Queen Sts., Perth. 'Phones: B6307 and B2241.
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Bible. Can a Catholic be compelled to make an oath on the Protestant Bible? I do not think so. I believe that one who conscientiously objects to the Bible at all may bind himself to tell the truth in other ways. A Catholic witness should ask for a Catholic Bible, or even take one with him. If, however, no Catholic Bible is available through some oversight, then he should ask to be dispensed from taking his oath on the Bible at all li this is not permitted, and he is told that he must take his oath on the Bible offered to him, he could do so even though it be a Protestant translation. He would intend to do so, not because it is a Protestant translation, but in so far as it contains the genuine Word of God in the sections rightly translated. He could preface his oath with the words, "In so far as this Bible contains the very Word of God, I swear, etc." Hew many different Orders of Nuns are there? I could not say for certain Pro. bably there are some hundreds of different Religious Orders for Women in the Catholic Church, according to the different aspects of the spiritual life and of educational or charitable work. Some nuns wear black, some brown, others blue, and so on, Would you please explain the different styles of uniform in the various suburbs. I am afraid time will not allow me to do so. It would mean my visiting all the schools, hospitals, orphanages, and other Catholic institutions in the suburbs of Sydney, and when I had collected the information it would take far too long to give it. I must ask you therefore to forgive my passing on to your next enquiry. •
A sh Wednesday. What is Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, ushering in the forty days of fasting and penance prior to the celebration of Easter and the Resurrection ..f Christ. Why is it called - Ash Wednesday"? Because on that day the Catholic priest blesses some powdered ashes, and signs the foreheads of the people with them as they come to the altar rails. As he marks them with the
ashes, he says over each, "Remember, man, that thou art dust ,and unto dust thou shalt return." The ashes remind us of the shortness of life, enkindle serious thoughts of eternity, and are a symbol of repentance. How many years old is the celebration of Ash Wednesday? The special celebration of the Wednesday which introduces the forty days before Easter Sunday can be traced back some 1,600 years. In the fourth century it 'is certain from documentary evidence that the early Christians used to regard is as a special day of penance, though it was not the custorn then to make use of ashes. The additional ceremony of sprinkling ashes upon the heads of the people originated most probably in the 7th. century at the time of Pope Gregory the Great. •
Changing Notions of Free Will
"Doubt," Gla,ciesville: I enclose an article from a newspaper. It deals with the responsibility of criminals, and is written by C. R. McRae. Would you please comment upon it? I will deal with the chief points that concern you. Mr. McRae says that men's notions of responsibility are constantly chang. ing; that the Athenians held even inanimate things liable to banishment if they deprived a man of life; and that animals were tried for their offences until the 19th century in parts of Europe. Is that true? It is true that progress in thought during the ages has led to clearer ideas on many subjects. But the A thenians certainly did not attribute free will and moral responsibility to inanimate objects which killed people. They exhibited their respect for human life, and removed the cause, By a quite intelligible asso. dation of ideas they may have followed a procedure similar to that employed for the removal of responsible criminals, but that dpes not mean that they regarded inanimate objects as morally responsible also. It is true that animals were sometimes tried for their offences during the middle ages. But here again we cannot conclude that animals were believed to be en. dowed with moral responsibility. Rather we should conclude that human beings made a rcrugh effort to apply human standards of justice even to brute creation, being unwilling to maltreat animals until the facts had been verified. Some simple people. of course, might have believed them morally guilty, But the philosophical text-books of the day exclude any possibility of belief in free will for animals amongst the reasonably well educated. Nowadays the la-is is much milder, and we should extend much further the limits of irresponsibility. E ven were the facts correctly given, we cannot argue that because some men wrongly attributed to inanimate things and brute animals a moral freedom which they themselves were quite conscious of possessing, therefore they should now deny free will in themselves. Knowledge of their own free xyill was a condition of its application to other objects; and a wrong application of free will to others cannot justify a denial of the thing so misapplied.
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Do Men Possess Free Will? To hold a criminal responsible for his crime is to profess belief in free will. That is true. If human beings have any such freedom, it must be of a very limited kind, because our actions are so greatly determined by heredity and environment, The latter part of Mr. IiciRa.es statement requires proof. No one denies that heredity and environment make certain lines of conduct easy or difficult as the case may be. Nor will anyone deny that the mentally deficient are most likely to follow instincts in accordance with heredit. ary and environal influences. But I certainly deny that normal people are -determined" by heredity and environment. Man's reason enables him to perceive the evil character of certain instinctive tendencies and to conjure up other ideas of his own dignity, per sonal work, social standards, and moral values which neutralise the force of original influences. And man's will enables him to make a free choice of an evil course of conduct, or of a good course of conduct. If heredity and environment determined one's conduct, children of the same family and brought up in the same environment should equally fa low the same line of conduct. But they do not. I have met men of tne utmost integrity whose brothers have become criminals; deeply religious people from thoroughly irreligious families; children of the same stock and circumstances who have chosen vastly different careers in life, and opposite standards of conduct. It is against the facts to say that heredity and environment determine the behaviour of normal people.
Scientific Swing Towards Freedom. We like to think that we act according to our own deliberate choosing. They are those who are tainted by an out-of-date materialistic philosophy who like to think that we do not act according to our own deliberate choosing. And they ignore the facts, whilst the normal judgment of the human race is in full accordance with the facts. The most advanced scientists and physicists to-day are coming back to common sense. In his book, "The Mysteries of the Atom,- published in 1934, Professor Wilson says that in the materialistic conception of the universe prevailing in the 19th, century, free will was thought to be impossible. But the new physics upset that materialistic conception. "The course of events is not determined by the laws of nature . . these merely enable the probability of each possible event to be calculated.What, then, controls the conduct of a human being, it natural taws do not? Professot Wilson replies, "The only answer to this question is that we do not know— unless the brain is controlled by spiritual forces not usuafly included in the physicist's scheme.And he points out that. on the new wave-particle theory of physics there is always a choice of many possible events for a human being, and that such freedom of will involves no violation ot natural law according to the new scientific conception of the universe.
"Knowledge" or "Conjecture"? We know beforehand what cur friends will do and say. because we know their psychological make-up. We do not know their psychological make-up to any great extent. They do not know it themselves. Yan is ever a mystery to himself. And such faint indications of psychological makeup as we do possess, do not enable us to know what our friends will do and say. . We have at best a more or less probable conjecture, and our flien,k are liable at any moment to do the most- unexpected things. How can the criminal will be tree, it we know now the number of murders that ;fa be committed sex* year? We do not "know- th enumber that will be committed next year. Pram
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statistics we can form a probable core lecture. But the conjecture as to what will happen is no proof whatever that it must happen, or that the in dividuals who will commit the mutders will do so by psychological compulsion. If I know that a man has been working for the last four or five years at a given shop or office, I can form a pretty good idea that he will travel there as usual to-morrow morning. But that does not prove that he cannot choose not to go there to morrow morning. Nor does a conjecture as to the average number of crimes that will take place next vear throw any light on the question of freedom of will unless one can say which individual persons will necessarily commit those crimes—and that cannot be done by any manner of means.
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However, if you do Catholic way. not see that. I can only advise you to be true to your conscience, and to live as well as you can. I am determined to fight the influence of Satan wherever I find it. That is excellent. I am heart and soul with you in such an ambition. We But I must utter a warning. must make sure before we begin the fight that what we suspect to be Satan's influence is really Satan's inMany people ascribe to Safluence. tan's influence whatever they themThus selves do not happen to like. the Witnesses of Jehovah see Satan's influence in all civil and ecclesiastical organisations. Again, even when Satan most -probably has got a "finger in the pie," many people concentrate their attention upon the wrong bits of the pie, instead of confining their attack to the portion desecrated by the Satanic digit
The above statements of Mr. McRae are greatly favoured by Communists, But if men who deny free will. are not free, can Communists logically complain of Hitler's treatment of Communists in Germany? They cannot logically hold Hitler to be morally responsible for his treatHitler, according to ment of them. their own theories, is merely doing what he is compelled to do, whether he likes it or not. But that does not make it unreasonable for the Communists in Germany to groan under the treatment they' are receiving, any more than ,a dog should be blamed for yelping when it is kicked. Nor is it unreasonable for Communists here to shed tears of human sympathy for All their suffering brethren abroad. we can say is that, with their denial of free will, it is unreasonable for to blame or reproach Hitler, them Fallacy of Particular Cases. whom they should regard as a merely "Christan Duff -Cooper's mechanical instrument of blind forces Mr. Take a particular case- . A small boy beyond the control of man, and thereHeroes." had a set of diseased tonsils and an fore no more than an unfortunate acadenoidal growth removed. Before cident so far as they are concerned. I enclose a report of a speech by Mr. that, he was a liar and a thief. Euff-Cocper, English Secretary for Afterwards he was not. Was he reWar, which I believe to have been sponsible? dictated by Satan himself. I think we can safely bestow all the Mrs. H. L.., St. Peters: His responsibility was most pproresponsibility upon Mr. Duff-Cooper. bably- diminished by the factor of illWhy do Catholic priests marry a ProYour polite and very respectful letter But health and a clouded mind, testant to a Catholic, believing that invites a reply that will please you. what of the normal boy who has not the couple will be living in adultery? But much as I dislike disappointing diseased tonsils and an adenoidal They do not. If a Protestant and a you, sincerity and straightness demand growth, and yet is given to telling Catholic are married by a Catholic I give the plain blunt truth. that It is a fallacy lies and stealing? priest, they contract a true and valid said that "in the whole Duff-Cooper Mr. of the deepest dye to argue from the marriage, and they are certainly not there have been no Christianity of particular to the universal. living in adultery. They are as much finer Christian heroes than soldiers. Irian and wife as the partners of any That is obviously an exaggerated It would be possible to go on and on, ether marriage. s tatement. Surely we must include in citing actual cases, and in every case Why do they regard the children of the history of Christianity the very you would have to agree that the such mixed marriages cis illegitiPounder of the Christian religion. .fesus criminal was not responsible. There mate? Christ Himself, And He did not emis, I suggest, only one logical conThey do not. And, apart brace a military .career. clusion, that none of them is. from Christ personally, there have Of course, if the Protestant becomes a An been multitudes of finer Christian herCatholic later on, then they are That conclusion is not logical. Mr. Duff-Cooper's oes than soldiers. legitimate! interminable citation of particular s tatement cannot stand as it is. Had cases all drawn from amongst those They are legitimate whether the Prohe said more moderately that many subjeet to inherited diseases or to evil testant becomes a Catholic later on, or soldiers have been fine Christian herenvironal influences can avail nothing not. The conversion of the Protestoes, no one could reasonably quarrel against a still great number of cases ant party has nothing whatever to do with his statement. are absent. in which those factors with the validity of the marriage or Mitigating factors in some cases may Where children. of the legitimacy t he Pacifist Extravagances. diminish moral responsibility, without n earth you got your strange notions entirely destroying freedom of will. on this subject is a puzzle to me. He attacked those who spread abroad But it is absurd to deny free will in the theory that it was against the all criminals, even when we can find Christian religion to fight for anyno mitigating factors, because we have thing. detected mitigating factors in some. ''L. M.," Pad.stow Park: In doing that, he has my full symMr. McRae is behind the times with The extreme pacifist can be pathy his psychology, and I am afraid that I am a Christian in my own way. It would be better to be a Christian as guilty of wild statements and of he never ran have been very familiar in Christ's way—and that means in the unscrupulous propaganda as anyone with the laws of logic. else. And it is a falsification of the teachings of Christ to say that it is against the Christian religion to fight It is also a disloy- for anything." alty to one's country to spread that Ialse idea far and wide amongst the All lawful means should be people. taken to avert the calamity of war. But we are not justified in falsifying t he doctrines of Christ or in denying the duty of citizens to support their t ountry in moments of grave need in We Let us have your TENNIS REPAIR Work. order to escape the catastrophe. As a in take pride who Experts, have our own Repair matter of fact, if other nations forced their work, and every job is Guaranteed. 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Saturday, February 27, 1937. the gravity of the danger. I do not think you are justified in accusing Mr. Duff-Cooper of treachery, or of His indigmerely political motives. nation may not be due to the travesty of Christian doctrine given out by ex treme pacifists, but I would give him credit for sincere anxiety for his coun try's welfare in what he apprehends to be a grave crisis. Is it not the duty of all churches to seek out the cause of war, and stamp it out? I cannot speak on behalf of "all Churches." I can speak only on beThat half of the Catholic Church. Church knows that it is her duty to denounce the causes of war, and to ask men to avoid such causes, and to stamp them out. The Church herself cannot stamp out such causes for the simple reason that her influence upon men is only in that degree in which men allow themselves to be influenced by her. If all professing Christians were Catholic, and all lived up to Catholic principles, you would never see Christians engaged in the sorry business of exterminating one another. War—Just and Unjust. Should the churches separate the belligerents or sool both sides on to finer "Christian" efforts when tite fight is on? Any Church which would be true to Christian principles in this matter would have the obligation to use all influence in trying to bring about peace in accordance with the demands ef justice and charity. Never could it be lawful to urge both sides to con. tinue the war. For in all dispute!, whether between individuals or nations, there is either a real grievance or there is not. If not, both sides should stop the war they should never have commenced. If there is a real grievance, the party which has caused the grievance has no right to do so, has less right to allow it to provoke a war, e nd has still less right to continue the war, The guilty party has the obligation to make reparation of the injury for which it has been responsible. The 'hurch, therefore, could never urge ''both" sides to continue a war. But she could say, and would have to say, that whilst one guilty party must cease at once, the other ianocent party would he justified in fighting on, provided the injustice ibflicted upon it were exceedingly serious, and the offending party refused to make reparation or ceast‘hostilities,
Responsibility of Soldiers. Is a soldier responsible for the deauki of perhaps hundreds of God's own children a "fine Christian hero." and almost a "Saintr Firstly, the ordinary soldier who tights at the bidding of others, is not responsible for the death of those belonging to opposing forces. Secondly, not all who fall in war are "God's own children," All may be God's creatures, but many could easily 17e atheists, unbelievers, and bitter enemies of God. Thirdly, not all soldiers, whether ,hey actually kill numbers of the enemy or not, are "Christian" heroes or Saints." A few may be "Saints"; many may be "Chrietian" heroes; still more may be just "heroes"; and far more still neither "Christians" nor "heroes." Heroism depends upon a man's innate courage and fortitude. Christian character depends upon the olznding of God's grace aim one's livn disposition of soul towards God. Neither heroism nor Christianity haa • fly necessary connection with one's i cing a soldier; nor has one's being a !:eldier any necessary connection with heroism and Christianity. In burning questions like that of war, where sellnment is ever likely to cloud reason, c c must be doubly careful to keep a i alanced judgment and avoid extra. gant statements. Is not a soldier merely a licensed murdering "Robot" at large? lie is not necessarily a "licensed murderer." He could be, were the authorities employing hips engaged in au unjust war, and he knowing this voluntarily enlisted in the cause. In no sense is he a "Robot." If he were that, he could not be morally responsible for anything, and your talk about his being responsible would be absurd, A soldier is a human being, whose reJmnsibility in war is conditioned by a host of circumstances either beyond or o•i thin his control. hope you will answer my questions. i have done -o, and hope that you have been able to follow and apprereplies. o to W1 will have to use strategy to defeat Satan in this world. We will. But v -e ulust first be sure ;h .t we have located him.
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ROTHENBURG'S IAM standing outside the Rathaus (Town Hall) of Rothenburg. It is a picturesque building consisting of a Gothic part built in 1240, and Renaissance additions finished in 1572, eloquent of the changing story of this medieval town, one of the oldest towns in Germany. Until the Peasants' Re-volt in 1525, Rothenburg was a Catholic town, but from then on it joined the Evangelical Brotherhood. This open advocacy of the Reformation explains its subsequent history of seige and bloodshed. Rothenburg. a walled town on the highway of marching armies, tried to hunt with the hounds and run with the hare; it joined the Union and at the same time made overtures to the Emperor and the Empire cause. Such double-dealing could not succeed in fooling- all the Retribupeople all the time. tion swift anri sudden fell on the unfortunate city, which was occupied time and again during that senseless extravagance in blood, known as the Thirty Years' War, which laid waste two-thirds of Germany, and to no purpose, for fighting continued even after those who began it were gone. The Master-Draught The Rathaus clock strikes 12, and we await eagerly for the windows to open. There they are— Tilly. the Imperial Commander in Chief, seated with his baton resting on his knee, shaking his head Opp4site him is incredously. the Burgomaster Nusch, who raises the great flagon of wine to his lips and empties it, to the examazement of Tilly. vl claims: "Mine Gott! he has finished it!" 'Filly, representing the Catholic side, met with fierce resistance by the Rothenburg Protestants. Eventually the town fell to the superior numbers. Tilly ordered his men to plunder and burn the town, and to put tl,;. Burgomaster and his council to Tilly turned a deaf ear death. to the piteous cries of women and children. The executioner was sent for, but he refused to do his duty. The delay caused thereby was used by the Kellermeister I the town ,butler) t& offer the Field Marshal a cup of welcome, and the old imperial goblet was Tilly filled with the best wine. was not addicted to wine, and hesitated to accept this mighty goblet containing over three litres of wine. The day was hot, his generals were thirsty, and thus he was persuaded to take the ;.-oblet. The wine was good, and Tilly- mellowed under its potent influence. He staggered to his f eet and swore he would spare the town and councillors, provided one of the aldermen should empty the bumper at one draught. Burgomaster Nusch took up the challenge, tipped the goblet and finished it, and so saved the town. Tilly kept his word. The council met in the "Lane of joys." and tradition has it that the Burgomaster opened proceedings by asking for a drink. Stout fellow Every Whitsuntide the t own of Rothenburg is en fete for t he historical festival T-.1av, "Der Meistertrunk" (!`The MasterDraught"). which is staged in the court-room of the Rathaus. Hitler's Historical Programme. \ Vhatever one may think of Hitler. no one can deny the gift
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A Medieval Masterpiece. I entered the Church of St. James, a Gothic building with three naves, built in 1373, and sat down before the altar of the Holy (By REV. JOHN T. McMAHON.) Blood, the masterpiece of the wood-carver, Tillmann RiemenAre the his- schneider. To the ete:nal'cr;:dit of of showmanship, which whets the strange stems? enthusiasm of modern German torical foundations of faith to be Rothenburg, be it recorded that youth in those historical land- cast aside to be replaced by the Town Council refused an marks, the three medieval towns, others stamped "made in Ger- offer by Pierpoint Morgan of sevwhose walls, towers, and castles many"? eral millions of marks, so that stand to-day for the admiration their masterpiece crossed the German literature, a A German of the tourist, and the deepening And they rea German seas to U.S.A. of Goethe and Schiller: the festi- art. a German music. depression lay like when fused it and a German Nuremberg, which was never architecture, their beover paralysing mist a Yes, mission! captured, becomes the cradle of mould, mind ,and town. loved possible. and praiseNazism; Rothenburg, saved all these are Riemenschneider created this German Church, A worthy. through the incident I have relatIt is the Last in 1478. work unmindful past. ed, creates a new interest in Ger- forgetful of the improvident for Supper, with two panels, one depresent. the of man lore. Dinkelsbuhl, which I No. that cannot be picting Christ entering Jerusas saw only in the distance, was sav- the future! no. no, or lem, and the other the Agony in programme united ed by the mothers of the town a The wood glows in, that will be the the Garden. persisted if collecting all the babies and putYou gaze in life. warm with on which the Nazi ship will ting them at the feet of Tilly, ask- rock expectcreation, at this wonder crash. flounder and ing him to spare them, which he ing at any moment that the figdid. In the Germany of Hitler ures will leave their places and there is a renaissance of • interest walk about. Riemenschneider, in the heroic stories of the Gerwearing a hat to distinguish himman people. For example. the self from the Apostles, stands beWagner festivals at Bayreuth ; the hind the group in the attitude of school pilgrimages to the homes a humble man. quite happy to o f Geothe and Schiller; the festiDon't wait on his superiors. val historical plays and pageants you like this little human touch held at many centres; the saving in these mediaeval artists They for the nation of the homes of her want to let posterity know who great men and turning them into did the work, and at the same museums; the Nazi parades at time, they wish to he known as Nuremberg—all this is part of servants, humble craftsmen. the programme to stir up the In that altar-piece I read the ashes of the heroic past. and A answer to Hitler's question. through the sense of pride, which faith deep and personal, a sincerthese tableaux viyants instil, to ity unquestionable. a onemindedhelp young Germany hold ' ness which pursued art for art's head aloft and face the,future in sake creeed that living expresconfidence. sion of a great conception born in the mind of a humble man, One may question the intensenurtured in the rich sap of reliness with which this chauvinistic gion until it blossomed forth into program m e is pushed, but there that glorious bloom in front of honest criticism must end, for no That work of art could me. one can be blind to the far-reachnever be inspired hy a religion HERR HITLER. ing educative influence of such a who •%culd utilise religion for propadeserving the hall-mark of "Made treatment of history. We could, ganda purposes—a hindrance to true Germany." in doubtful political very with profit, do much more of that religion and a Concluded.' gain. form of pageantry in school entertainments and occasional celftbrations. To recapture the story of the past in its -original setting. To enter is most illuminating. A 4/CbEAV into the characters portrayed is HOME WITH for anyone. with imagination alive. an interesting experience. These osbestos cement sheets encble you to build sturdy structures Dangers for the Nazi Ship. at low cost. Write for illustrated literature featuring the new horizonSo far do I plead with Hitlei, tal opplicaion of Durobestos. IMMO ,but when the difficult question of religion arises, I must part comWunderlich Limited ; $ pany with him. In all those hisLORD STREET PERTH torical pageants and festivals, re-•PHONE B316t. 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THE DECLINE OF CULTUKE Civilisation Completes Another Cycle Position of the Catholic Church 03)- BRIAN T. DOYLE, in "The Catholic
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EARLY twenty years have passed since Oswrote %V ald Spengler the first volume of his "Der Untergang des Aberlandes," which appeared in a fine English translation under the title of "The DeWritten by cline of the \Vest." a German, before the World War had drawn to its wears close, this book was barely noticed in England, but on the Continent it created intense interest In among intellectual minds. it Spengler advanced and developed a thesis which stunned the tuind,,s of Europe by the profundity of its implications.
Fireside.") face? To settle this question, we can only ge back some ten centuries and examine the intellectual and mental tenour of etch age, as the years go by, and as we once more approach our own age. Out knowledge of the intellectual activity of the period between the tenth and fourteenth centuries is obscure. History defines that period as the Middle Ages, and it is generally coupled with intellectual barrenness, though the fact that men like Aqt.inas, Scotus, Dante and Boccaccio lived in those times, suggests as is undoubtedly the case. that those years were not as sterile as is generally supposed. Throughout this spring-time of Western Civilisation, there was a spirit of religious fervour which has probably never been equalled. Summer -time of Civilisation.
Spengler's Theory. His theme was that a Civilisation, or a "Culture" as he preferred to call it, may be compared to an organism with a period That of cyclical development. is to say-, just as every- organism Spring-time waned and a peris born, grows. reaches maturity, iod of steadily- growing and declines and finally dies, so every spreading knowledge led up to civilisation or culture. though it the point where the Renaissance, actually consists of thousands ot beginning in Italy and spreading millions of men, passes through a to France. Germany and Spain, Briefly that is burst upon similar cycle. the world in all its the theory Spengler expounds. glory. It was a period when inTie shows how each of the eight tellectual enthusiasm became inCivilisations Cultures or great tense, to the point where it even passed through this cycle from exceeded that of classified Greece We are living and Rome. hirth to death. Knowledge and to-day in the ninth, or Western learning were sought after and Civilisation; and Spengler asserts practiced for their own sakes. t hat we have entered the final A tattered manescript, dug out phase and our culture is rapidly from the relics of the past, was approaching its final nemesis. revered and treasured. It creatW e may not agree with Spen- ed a furore of enthusiasm among gler's thesis that st.ch cyclical the intellectuals of the day. Such development proceeds acording was the mentality of this remarkto an immutable and undeniable able age which could produce law; but, on the basis of his geniuses in every phase of art and examine prophecy, we might well learning. It was the age which the present period of civilisa- could produce a consummate tion, trace its historical develop- genius like Leonardo da Vinci ment, and compare the culture of whom history remembers as to-day with that of the earlier painter. sculptor. scientist, maty ears of this phase of Civilisa- hematician. architect and philosotion. pher. It was the age which produced Raphael and Michelangelo. European Development. Western Civilisation was born It was the era which has left a about the tenth century, when tradition of art and scelpture that Christianity burst out in the has never been surpassed. It Gothic North. It passed through appeared that man, after years the comparative gloom of the of darkness had emerged into the Middle Ages it lived through the light. He had come to a realisaglory of the Renaissance, it pass- tion of himself and his natural ed through the storm and unrest powers—man was bent upon selfthe Reformation period, and expression and the result was the so after a few- more centuries, we glorious era which history comfind ourselves in the modern memorates as the Renaissance. But the intellectual and artisworld as we know it. It has been a characteristic of tic enthusiasm of this period has each cycle of civilisation to have never been repeated. To-day, it its own mentality, its own soul, is safe to say, we find it imposessence or self-expression. each sible. to reach the standards of t ‘f which is entirely different the past. Painting had found f rom any other and cannot be artistic expression and had died 7- speated. It would appear also, away by 1700. It produced arthat as the phases change with- tists. in whose work the zenith of in the cycle, the mentality of the artistic purpose was reached. ( ycle changes accordingly. We But that standard has nsst been find this has actually occurred in attained subsequently, and the the cycle of Western Civilisation. tendency is in the opposite diThe question -,ve must answer is, rection to its attainment in the Man's greatest musical does this suggest that Western f t,ture. Civilisation has declined? That it powers would appear to have exis approaching the inevitable hausted themselves before the nemesis which every age must nineteenth century had proceeded
Handel, Bach, Mozart, far. It would appear that the world Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and has lost sight of the intrinsically Schumann had lived and died by valuable things in life._ Over 1836. Liszt, Brahms and Wag- two thousand years ago Socrates ner alone belong to the latter told the Greeks that, knowledge, goodness and beauty were the part of the century. things to be sought after in life, The Decline. Philosophy appears to have a conception not fundamentally reached its peak between the incompatible - with Christian birth of Descartes in 1596 and ethics. But the twentieth centhe death of Hegel in 1831, with tury appears to neglect these such names as Hobbes. Locke, things. Money, speed, hectic Berkeley-. Hume, Spinoza, Leib- pleasure. cacophonous music, inIn ferior literature, distorted art— nitz and Kant intervening. literature we have had a Chau- these are the things sought by cer, Shakespeare. Spenser and the modern world, and they cerMilton; and the glorious era of tainly do not suggest that Westthe Romantic Revival, which ex- ern Civilisation is likely to tended over all European litera- s tage another Renaissance which ture, has come and gone. But will restore mankind to the arliterature to-day does not give tistic and intellectual pinnacles of the appearance of ever reaching the past. A critic of Spengler the artistic level of the past. Like Pointed out recently that "The many other features of the pre- Decline of the West" is one of sent age, it has been on the down the most profoundly tragical grade for many years. and shows works of all times, no less tragno sign of an upward movement. ical, because it is in a large meaTo give a few more examples sure true. We must then face of the decline of our civilisation. the plain fact that the outlook for we have the sphere of govern- modern culture and civilisation is ment and national administra- far from promising. tion. Since Adam Smith pub- Culture and the Catholic Church. It is interesting and illuminatlished his "Wealth of Nations" and political economy received ing to consider briefly the posirecognition as a science. and tion of the Catholic Church in since the Industrial Revolution the fluctuating conditions of huproduced new methods in life. man culture. She has already labour and industry, the world passed through several eras of has -developed an intensely com- c ivilisation .and she is to-day, as plex system of politics, -finance ever, the bulwark of civilisation. and government. Of recent Her children have been leaders in years this system has passed every sphere of art, science and through what is generally called philosophy. but her greatest cona crisis, but which quite likely tribution to civilisation is promay indicate the complete break- bably to be found in the influence down of that system. The world exerted by her constant presence is flooded with conflicting sys- in every corner of the earth. She tems of social and political or- is as a lighthouse in mid-ocean, ganisation. Spenger incidental- built upon a rock which the ly, sees in Fascism the last phase waves and stormy batterings of in what he calls the Winter epoch life can never even shake, let of our civilisation. Some of his alone destroy. She sheds her ilprophecies have come true, es- luminating rays upon the sea ot pecially those on dictatorship. civilisation and brightens a world His prophecy about Fascism may w hich otherwise would be gloomy, chaotic and hopeleac materialise also. She is a place of refuge, too, for Scientific Man "Devilishly" those who are confused, or doubtClever. There is then' considerable ful which is the true course to grounds for believing that our f ollow. Civilisation may change, culture has well-nigh expressed cultures max- come and go, but itself. The examples quoted we have the Divine Promise that show that in many phases of the Church will go on till the end thought and art, mankind in the of time. It should indeed be a past has attained a very high source of hope and consolation to standard. But it would appear m ankind to know that whatever that the pinnacle of human en- happens to Western civilisati,n, deavour in this era of civilisation whether Spengler's prophecy has been reached. the decline has c omes true or not, the Catholic set in. and Western Cicilisa!ion t here to maintain must make way for a culture he; traditonal position a: tile with a different essence and self- bulwark of human society. expression. It is in science alone that man continues to progress with new discoveries and inventions; and yet science, the last and greatest hope of modern civilisation. appears to have reached a deadlock along certain paths. 'a bile in other ways science is becoming detrimental to man's social and moral welfare. 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The Cure of Ypres Chanoine Charles Camiel Delaere, who has died suddenly at the Institute Ste. Camille, near Bruges, was a pupil and friend o f Cardinal Mercier ,and had been Professor of Flemish liter attire at Dixmude before he retired to become Cure of St. Pierre, one of the four great churches of of The first battle Ypres. Y pres began soon after he had finished the restoration of his church, and the city was left unoccupied by the opposing armies, and was for a time imagined to Actually, during the be empty. autumn and winter of 1914, it had a subterranean population of about ten thousand, \ vhich incluaed armed desertei.s from the Army, and lingered on in the face of bombardment, starvation was Looting and epidemic. common, and neither civil nor military authority was on the spot to maintain order. It was a situation .which required all the courage. resource, independence of character and humour which the Cure soon showed himself to possess. His first act'on was to form a Committee of Public Satety in the cellars, and to insist on M . Stoffel, a Freema,;on. being its chairman, on the grounds t hat "the Church ought to take no leading part officially in local ( ;overnment." This was followed by the opening of a hospital for wounded children, the organisation of police health and salvage services, the setting up a printing press for issuing warning notices and arranging for the visiting and maintenance o f order in the cellars. During the months of bombardment, the Cure was always f, rentost in rescue work, where some cellar had been crushed in on its inhabitants. helping in the digging and giving the last Sacraments to He was generally the dying. accompanied bv the heroic Soeur
_Marguerite who, with some other nuns, had remained in the city. Through it all the Cure passed unharmed, though his curate and later his lorry driver were killed i)eside him, and his soutane was seVeral times torn by flying fraEven more remarkable, inents. his spirit survived unshaken by conditions which destroyed the nerves of the strongest, and he had the gift not only of caltnuss himself, but oi keeping • panic from a croNyd of children under shell-fire. In the intervals • of bombardment, he returned at once to the necessary social services, and some idea r2f his unfailing energy and ingenuity may be gained from the fact that he was responsible in varying degrees for the purification of the water supply, the inoculation against typhoid of thirty thousand people. and milk supplie for the children. A fter the total destruction and evacuation of Ypres. he was the last to leave the town, and afterwards remained on th..s outskirts. making frequent visits to the ruins to rescue buried church v essels. ill liSet1111 trea...i ires. pictures and historie.;,i ,iocuments. Among them was the processional flag of the Freemasons. which he returned with a characteristically courteous ant I witty letter. When no more could be done, he retired to direct an orphanage which he had founded. hut on the first tla i f Armistice he was hack (rice more. building the shed which he named the first cathedral, school and town hall of the new city. and thenceforward he gave all his energies to the reconstmetion of the town. Tie was appointed Dean of the Cathedral, and as such conducted its re-dedication. afterwards retiring to take charge of the orphanage witich he had founded near Bruges.
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The Vicar of Christ designated St. Francis of Assisi the patron of Catholic Action. He must have had reasons for selecting him from among so many others. No doubt, "the spirit of St. Francis being the spiril of Christ, without which none can be saved." ini.iuenced the Pope greatly But the main reason seems to he because St. Francis was really the foulAer of Catholic Action and still is the leader in this field through his sons and daughters. His plan, the rule ci the Third Order, especially reformulated and modernised by Pope Leo XIII., the great social leader, is foliewed to-day and is applied to modern conditions by the PontiffS. Catholic Action which lacks the spirit and programme of St. Francis, is more ,or less wo-thless and an ineffective imitation. Throughout the centuries of its existence, the Third Order showed its power and influence. In the days of its glory there was no organisation which Masonry, the archenemy of the Church and her principles, feared and hated as much as this In fact it was not until, Order, through persecution and suppression, the Franciscan Order was almost destroyed that Masonic- power reached its zenith and began to dominate the government of nations. With the revival of Franciscanism by Leo XIII., its influence ogain broadened and deepened. The laity beearie enthused to fight Faith and Justice. An irresistible leadership was created that worked wonders in many countries in the old world. In Australia, since the Church is compara. tively young and still busy with solving the problems incident to its growth and expansion, the Third Order has not been promoted as much is its excellency deserves and the voice of Rome demands. Tertiary fraternities are still scarce, though several are flour. ishing already. Yet on is surprised to find a parish here with a Third Order, whereas in other :ountries one
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The Catholic Spirit in Stone \PA N DING as she always is, the Catholic Church is the greatest single building body in the world. In - Australia the erection of churches, - convents and schools is ceaseless and progressively greater. There is hardly a Sunday a -ear in our own Archdiocese that his Grace the Archbishop does ne.t perform the ceremony of blessing and opening a church, or a parish building for school, conventual or other purpose. Anything relating to building or architecture must. 'hen. have its own interest for Catholic readers. The following article is by Mr. Eric Gill, the gifted Catholic artist, architect, sculptor. carver, WT)Od engraver, desig,ner, and ready and penetrating writer on all subjects' associate.t! with art. In it he tells much that is forgotten about Catholic guilds and medieval manners of \vorkilig-. It is, for example. interesting to learn that -architects rose from the scaffold and did not come down from the University." Shelter. says Mr. Gill. is one O f the chief necessities of human bring-s. The businems of building is derived entirely from this need, and, however grand and impo-•ing the outside may be, the interior is still, and mnst always be, a building's reason for being. 1. therefore, a particular period is notably- successful in dealing with the problems of building, the methods used during that period are of wide and perman, rut interest and importance. Such a period was the Eur4ean middle age, and the magnificence of its remains, even when nothing remains but ruins, has given to medieval building a value for us of the twentieth century which is bv no means wholly or even chiefly sentimental. Engineering in Stone. Now, the chief thin to say about medieval building, the chief thing, that is to say, if we are practical people and not romantics looking only at the surface of t hings. or aesthetes who think that the shapes of things are all that matter either to builders or buyers—the chief thing to say about medieval building is that it is. in the most precise sense of the words, engineering' in stone. Certain problems confront the builder who has the ji- b of covering a certain space—problems of material, problems of labour and appliances, problems of function. The solution of these problems is the builder's job. The particular solution an-ived a t in medieval England is what UT call Gothic architecture. and Gothic architecture is of all the architectures the worH has vet known the only one in which the nature of stone has 1-een intelligently used. Of its nature stone will stand great crushing strain—the very origin of stone is crushing—what is stone but the product of millions of years of crusline—but comparatively little ci-oss strain or tension. Stone will make v ery high pillars, but only very short beams. How the Vault Evolved. The ease with which wooden buildings could he harned and the frequency with wtlich tmildings. in' the early m:ddle ages were dectroved by fir naturally led builders to use stole. as much as possible, and naturally- to start
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ranks) and none of whom was entirely deprived of ;71te11ectua1 responsibility. whereas the former is not a. practical workman but a mathematical calculator, and his works (hols-eN er grand and useful) are the product of men reduced to a sub-human condition of intellectual slavery. Some seem to think medieval building only explainc,ble as a marvel. - The rapidity of the development of modern applied science should have shown them how unnecessary it is to invoke the miraculous. • A Thousand Years of Stone The first experiments (to take England alone) in stone building date back to the earliest 'Saxon times and doubtless there were even then dim memol-ies of Roman stoneworking-). The science of stone building culminated in the fourteenth century (after that, with the growth of commerce and the riches of merchants, it frittered itself away in meaningless elaboration and flamboyancel—nearlv a thousand years! There was plenty of time, even by the slowest methods of trial and error, to develop from the most primitive Saxon building to the most developed and perfect buildings. And the thing was crganised; it was not haphazard. The Me d ie v a 1 guilds. like !hr British Medical Association or the Law Society to-day, had almost complete control of apprenticeship and of the quality of :p.oduction. A master was so called not because he was a master of men, hut because he could show evidence of practical ability. C ommonplace To-day Marvellous To-morrow The busines of me,l'rval building is not a mystery Such a flowering of the hunizt, spirit is mysterious, but it u t a miracle. The time anI the place and the loved one were for once in a while all togethe:. That is all. . And it is precisely the same today. The feats of engineering, wliich we noW perfor--• (without t urning a hair) will , .•-ite pro!'ably seem marvels t ,-1 our posterity. They also are the product of a fortunate concatenation—a dispossessed peasantry hreeding a hungry proletariat. and a worship of utiEt‘ concurring with the universal rule of
with, for walls rather than for strain: in practice only the smallroofs. Holes were made in the est spaces were spanned by walls for light and air (wind stones used as beams, or only windo\vs spaces as in the tympan, of dooreyes.) The arched evolved—one experiment led to ways) where the stone beam supanother. Windows got bigger. ported very little weight. No other stone architecture is Eventually the idea of a stone roof emerged from the idea of so scientific as the Gothic, and its the arched window-op-mling. (The existence is due to the fact that barrel or tunnel vautt is simply its inventors were practical exlike a window through a very peritnental builders working in the period during which all arthick wall.) It is impossible in a short space tists were understood to be ser. to trace the evolution in detail. yams: they were not members Here it is only important to note of the governing class. Building was not a product of and understand that the whole development of medic al building education in schools, but of practical experience on Hy! iob. The was from one experimcot to another in response to "final," "ma- designers of buildings yere the terial," and "efficient- causes— practical working builders. The the "formal" cause- is the imag- architects (i.e., the rulers of the ination of the builder—and that, workmen )rose from :he scaffold in making their experiments, the and did not comedown .from the There was as little builders .were almost. entirely university. consciousness among them as free, in the circumstances of their time, from any architectural pre- "artis,'s" as there is today among judices or predilections—Roman engineers. Engineers and Builders. buildings were centuries .behind The only difference between a and a great gap divided them Roman traditions native enthu- modern engineer and a -medieval siasm outweighed foreign influ- builder is that the tattyt controlences jhst as it does rn science led gangs of human labourers, most of whom shared his enthuand engineering to-day siasm and understood his theory "the consequence was a scien- (for he had risen from their own •,,n11ev tific development of real stone t echnique—a technique slower but no less scientific because it was achieved by trial and error rather than mathematical calculation. By the fourteenth century builders hau carried their technique about as far as it would go. [he limits of the crushability of stone were reached. The pillar could do no more. Walls beCLIMATICALLY CORRECT came simply rows if tilled in with glass. Distributors in W.A. What we call vaulted roofs are simply pillars vaulting across space and the space b;-:tween fill(1934) ed in with the lightest -possible shell of small stones. For the vaulting ribs are no other than curved pillars pressing against the pillared walls. ii stead of standing on the grouril. and the flying buttresses, are no other than an external vaulting ANT) Building Learnt on the Job. STAINED GLASS CHURCH In theory no stone. cot one, is submitted to any Nit a crushing
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C.T.S. Pamphlets. pressure of these difficult times. TT. We have received a supply ui C.T.S. State's treatment of them deserves to pamphlets covering a wide range of be stigmatised in terms which we presubjects. Catholics should give the fer to avoid Catholic Truth Society greater supWhat of the objection that State port. Each subject is treated by an schools are like public highways, the able exponent Each pamphlet costs non-users of which have no grievance? twopence, and can be obtained at the The reply is obvious: (1) The nonVeritas Library, 36 Pier-street, or, from users of public highways are merely the C.T.S. box at your church door. suiting their personal con-veniences; the non-users of State schools are obeyChristian Marriage: Encyclical of Pope ing their conscience, and the State has Pius XI. Catholic Education: Letter of Pope. no right to mulct them for it. (2) The authority of the State in road-building • Pius XI, or in the creation of other material Catholic Action: Prelude To. Catechism of Communism for Catholic utilities is independent. Its authority in education is subordinate, In setting Youth, For God and Spain: Truth About the up a school system the State merel\acts as the delegate of those parents Spanish War. who approve of the system; if, thereJ. Phillips, S.J.: Red Rule in Mexico, fore, it acts unjustly, it a ill give the Daniel A. Lord, S.J.: Birth Control; objecting parents equivalent financial Marry Your Own; Why Leave support for the system they prefer. Home? Hours Off. The State has no right to invade the Owen Dudley, S.J. : The Church Undiscretion of parents; it is not their conquerable, master or dictator. (3) The title, Joseph Rickaby, S.J.: Hell. "State School- or "Public School," as Albert Power, S.J.: 'When Summer at present used, is a misnomer, What Comes. are called "State Schools" or "PubWilliam Fox, S.S.S.: The Golden Hour. lic Schools" should be called undeno M. D. Forrest, M.S.C.: The Religious mutational, or secular, or neutral, ut Life, any one of a dozen other names, acRev. James B. Murtagh: Why Be cording to the nature of the education Moral? they give. They have no right to Florence Macguire: An Hour With Our a name which suggests an exclusive Saviour, claim to State favour or assistance, Damien: Apostle of the Outcast. The entire generation of future citizens For God and Spain. equally entitled to the patronage of Here.is the truth regarding the Spanthe State; no section should be treatish War. One hears so much piffle as paciahs. through the pages of the local press Catechism of Communism for Catholic that a true statement of fact on the Youth. Spanish War is doubly welcome. This is an excellent pamphlet, The facts given can all be attested which should find its way into every by evidence, though it is true that they Catholic home, It is a readable conhave been largely suppressed by most cise account of Communism and Its of the newspapers of the English-using dangers to Catholic youth. Pope Pius world, owing to influences, politiXI. has said of Communism: "The cal, spiritual, or opportunist, which one first, the greatest, the most general does not care to specify here and now. peril is certainly Communism in all Australian Communists continually its forms and degrees, It threatens draw attention to the fact that the all openly and assails individual digdiscredited Spanish Government had nity, the sanctity of the family, the a legal constitutional majority in the safety of civil life, and, above all, reCortes. It is typical of the studied religion. It resorts even to open and ticence of Communist publications that organised negation and assault against the number of votes cast and the God, and especially assault against the number of electers in Spain is rarely. Catholic religion, It is a great and a ever, if cited. The C.E.D.A., the conuniversal danger which threatens the federation of Right parties, made Gil entire world." Parents would do well Robles their chief, with religion, famto procure this pamphlet to better ily, Fatherland, social order, as their equip their children while thee are watchwords, The C.E.D.A., it must the impressionable age. be emphasised ,is not a Fascist party, Prelude to Catholic Action. but a Catholic party, with a proThis is the first pamphlet published gramme, based on the EncYclicals of under the auspices of the Campion So. Pope Leo XIII. and Pope Pius XI. ciety of Victoria, that most progresRead this pamphlet and be informsive of Catholic 'Action societies in ed I Australia. The pamphlet contains a Official Pronouncement on Education. foreword by the Very Rev. W. P. "Catholic Education" is a pamphlet Hackett, S.J.„ director of Xavier C.,1containing two very important doculege, and one of the founders of the ments. The first is ''The Letter of now firmly established Melbourne Centhe Holy Father," forwarded to the tral Catholic Library. Father HacArchbishop of Adelaide, through Car. .:ett writes: dinal Pacelli. This letter from His "Fveryone who values the benefits Holiness the Pope was read at the for- brought by Christianity to the world mal opening of the National Catholic will ,-ejfiice to know that there is a Education Congress held in Adelaide group of intelligent, active young men at the end of last Year. eager to spread the knowledge of the The second document is the official pronounceachievements of the Church, and t ment of the Catholic Hierarchy of make it easier for those outside Australia on the Education question. enter the fold, These dynamic young This pamphlet should be in every Camen have high ideals. and they submit tholic home, themselves to severe intellectual trainExtract from the "Official Pronounce- ing to attain them. All over Vic ment of Hierarchy of Australia.' on toria and beyond there are similai Education: groups, To their members the bookAll over Australia, the State has eslet which follows will prove interesttablished its own schools ing, and will be just the guide they The majority of Australian parents accept need to enable them to plan their them as satisfactory: but a minority, own work efficiently. . . . The (Lie, and a very large minority, consisting are over when we could remain quiet. chiefly of Catholic parents, strongly obThe pages of this pamphlet will guile ject to them and refuse to avail themus to a fuller Catholic life. The elecselves of them. tricity engendered by the Campion SoThe duty of the State to the minor. ciety will, through this means, bring The State is bound 11v itv is clear. light and warmth to many a frozen the natural law to give proportionatesoul, stumbling in the outer darkness." ly the same financial assistance to the "The Catholic Worker." minority as it gives to the majority, Congratulations to the energetic But the State, to the disgrace of all young executive of the "Catholic Australians who have supported it in Worker," Melbourne, on the marvellous its policy of injustice, has failed in success of the first year of its operaits duty. Catholics are hound by tions! With every publication the State law to see that their children are circulation of the paper increases by educated; Catholics are bound by law This is the result of disthousands. to pay taxes, part of which goes to the tribution of the "Catholic Worker" at State schools, and no others. Cathe church doors in most parishes of tholics, therefore, are bound by State Victoria and New South Wales by law either to accept a type of educagroups and members of Campion tion of which they strongly disapprove, In Queensland and South e thers. or to forego all educational benefit Australia the circulation is rapidly infrom the taxes which they have paid. We creasing for a similar reason. and establish schools of their own. ask readers of "The Record- who are They have chosen the latter alterinterested to send along their subnative, and we thank God for it. But scriptions for a Year, and the "Catholit they should never have been asked to Worker- will be forwarded monthly choose. They should never have An extra shilThe subscription is is. been compelled to contribute towards The ling will cover cost of postage. the education of other people's children "Catholic Worker" can he procured at and pay in full for the education of the Chesterton Book Shop and Veritas their own. 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The Popular Front in Spain Unholy Alliance Against Christianity Communist "Liberty of Action" (By PALL BRENNAN.) "We want the Communists of each country to draw and apply all the lessons that can be drawn from their own experience as the revolutionary vanguard of the proletariat. We want them to learn how to sail on the turbulent waters of the class struggle —and not to remain on the shore as observers and registrars of the surging waves in the expectation of fine weather." • T is surely a paradox that whilst attempts to set up Communism are deplorable, Communism Triumphant is defended and revered. throughout the C ommunism world has seen to it that even the extremes of Comintaiism must be inextricably linked with that magic word, Democracy. With few exceptions the Press is full of it, and it has thus become the daily poison which the man in the street is asked or expected to imPropaganda and the conbibe. stant repetition of names take care of that. I was really startled by a blast which came over the ether, emitted by a regular speaker on International affairs, to the effect that it was by no means certain that the Popular Front Government ,which was elected to power in Spain in Fet. ruary. 1936, had any inclination or any intention to develop into a Soviet Government, and that if General Franco had remained quiet all would now be well in Spain. A statement like this could only come from one who is either disingenuous or horribly ignorant. But why is fair play counted out? Why is good sportsmanship forgotten? Why does noblesse oblige count for nothing? Perhaps a day vill come when it will be a standing wonder that the minds of socalled eminent men were so barren. E eryone agrees that the unifying principle throughout Spanish history has been the Catholic Faith. it was a bond of unity which towered over age-long rivalries. such, for instance, as that between Aragon-Catalonia and Castile. Furthermore. it was a bond of unity that was strengthened by the struggle which the whole Iberian peninsula waged against the Moors— a struggle that was religious rather than racial. Later, when the Moors were driven out, and the doctrines of Mahomed were no longer a menace to Christian Spain. it was a Spain acting in perfect unity that saved herself and Europe against that disruptive force within Christendom which is miscalled "The Reformation." The weakening of the Faith only came in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. and the bond which had held Spain together for so long. wd§ dissolved largely through the influence of French Nationalism and Liberalism. Crisis for Christianity. People persist in saying: "Spain is a Catholic country. Why. then. the present state of affairs?" Spain is certainly a
Catholic country-, but it is not because of its Catholicity that its present unhappy state is due, but rather in spite of it. People have scarcely an adequate idea of the extent to which Spain has been (le-christianised within the last 150 years. The de-christianisation of Spain was the result of two forces: Atheism at the Universities and Socialist propaganda. Now the former could never have produced the present state of affairs without the latter. Again, it is erroneous to assume that the people of Spain could live on the faith of their forefathers. As Catholics we have been accustomed to think of Spain as a "most Catholic country." We have been accustomed to dwell on the great work done by Spain in the past in colonising. civilising and evangelising the Americas. In a word, we have confounded the Spain of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with the Spain of the nineteenth and twentieth. The Bishops of Spain had no delusions when, prior to the elections in February. 1936, they ordered Triduums and Novenas, with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament throughout the nation: whilst the Bishop of Barcelona. having good reason to know the calibre of that unholy alliance, the Popular Front, made up of Left Wing Republicans, Socialists, Syndicalists, Communists and Anarchists, wrote in his Pastoral: "We have reached a crisis in our history whose outcome will decide the very existence of Catholic The Fascist Bogey. It \vas Dimitroll, at the Seventh World Congress of the Comintern in 1935. who raised Fascism to the position of Enemy No. 1 of Communism. Normal people apply Fascism to the Italian form of government. To the Communist, however, a Fascist is anybody who opposes the doctrines of the Comintern. Dim, itrotT decided that a rallying-cry for Communists was necessary, and hence he elaborated the slogan: "Unite against Fascism." So now we have Trotsky labelled as a "Fascist," whilst the gentlemen who were recently "tried" in Russia were also "Fascists." The Spanish Catholics, under Gil Robles. were "Fascists," as are also the Nationalist troops in Spain who acknowledge the leadership of General Franco. Presumably the Moors would come under the "Fascist" cateR•ory. too, because they have so ably assisted- in impeding the task of making Spain safe for
Communism. The aim of the of this revolt has already been campaign, told. Dimitroff plan of Suffice it to say here which is called the Popular that Lerroux crushed the rebelFront, is to unite all in a com- lion, and inflicted on the Common effort against the common munists a. serious reverse. To enemy, Fascism. Like the Un- account for the failure of the reited Front, which we recently, volt the organ of the Comintern noted had been formed in Bri- ascribes the following reasons: tain, the aim of the Popular ( 1) The Spanish proletariat was Front is "the destruction of the too much under the influence of bourgeois State, and its replace- the Anarchist and Socialist ment by the Soviet Republic, the chiefs, who were wanting in dedictatorship of the proletariat." cisive action and organising abilShortly after the Spanish Re- ity; (2) the peasants had not public was created in 1931, there been sufficiently worked up: (3), came into being in Spain what the nationalist movement in Catwas known as the "Liga Anti- alonia was too "bourgeois" (for clerical Revolucionaria," and most of their misfortunes, e.g., in which in reality was an affiliation Germany, the Communists blame of the International of Proletar- the "bourgeois") ; (4), propaganian Freethinkers. Its programme da in the Army had not been especially provided for such items pushed forward vigorously as the separation of Church and enough; (5), there was a general State, the expulsion of the lack of organisation. Jesuits, the laicisation of the "Liberty of Action." schools, the active propaganda of Acting on the principle: "UnitAtheism and Marxist material- ed we stand, divided we fall," the ism. Azana and his 1,eft Re- Left parties. that is, the Radicals, publicans, with the support ot Socialists. Anarchists and Comthe Socialists, were content to munists, decided to unite. Uncarry out this programme by less there was unity amongst what they called constitutional them, they could see no chance means, namely, by legislation in of success in future elections. the Cortes. These methods, how- Hence. the Popular Front ever, did not suit the Commun- ( Frente Popular) was formed. ists and Anarchists, and the new Its leaders, according to their reRepublic was only a month old spective parties ,were. Azar*, when the burning of churches be- Caballero, and Prieto. At the gan. In the disorder of the elections in February, 1936, the May Day celebrations the Civil Popular Front gained 251 seats Guard was called out. As a pro- in the Cortes as against 135 for test an epidemic of strikes follow. the Right and 64 for the Centre. A zana formed a Government. To ed, and there were still greater disorders. Now the Communist the Communists it was "hourplan in all of this was to discre- geois"—but that did not matter. dit the Socialist leaders in the They were content to reserve eves of their followers. In this, "liberty of action"—the full the Communist International meaning of which became .apPress played its part. It show- parent in the reign of disorder ed, on the one hand, the miser- which .characterised the advent able plight of the workers, and of the Popular Front Governon the other it showed the Social- ment. The Catholic leader. ist leaders as Cabinet Ministers, Senor Gil Robles, read out in the supporting the bourgeoisie rather Cortes a list of outrages committhan the proletariat. In the ted bet \\Tell February 10 and meantime. Azana and his friends June 16, 1936: Killed. 269; injurwere pre-occupied with constitu- ed. 1.287; churches destroyed, tional points and anti-religious 160: churches damaged. 251: legislation. xvhilst Spain was political clubs damaged, 312; general strikes, 113; partial burning. strikes. 228; newspaper offices deFailure of Socialist Revolt. stroyed. 10; newspaper offices he gravity of the situation damaged. 33; armed robberies. was becoming more and more ap- 138. The Government made no parent to the Catholics of Spain. a ttempt to check the disorders, Under the guidance of such men and by the beginning of Tay as Gil Robles, Don Angel, Her- various rumours of impending era, and others they- became or- "coups di.. force" were in circulaganised, so that in the elections tion. One was that the extreme of November, 1933, the Left suf- 1.eft wi add strike on July 18. acfered a crushing defeat. Here cording to a pre -conceived plan; are the figures of the votes poll- another that the extreme Right ed by each party: Right. 3,3-15,- or the Army would attempt to WO; Centre, 1,31..0(X): Socialists, s trike a coup. On July 17 the 1.627,000; Communists. 195.217. A rmy did strike. The personThoroughly alarmed the Social- nel of the Governmen t underists decided on "united action," went rapid changes. until it and a "Workers' Alliance" was quickly became. if not in name, quickly formed under Socialist at least in fact. the I-Fctatorship leaders. At its inception the of the Proletariat. As was know. Communists were not included this was Dimitroff's ambition in the Alliance, but early in 1934 - ,-hen he formulated the Popular they joined—reserving, -however, Front tactic at the 5eenth "liberty of action." Later events W orid Congress of the Comwill show what "liberty of ac- munist International in 1935. ti( 'n" means to the Communist. Miguel de Unamuno. Spanish One would expect that the philosopher, and one of the outRiglit parties. having a huge ma- standinz- figores that overthrew jority. wbuld he asked to accept t-"!' tIlronf• of Alfonso. has well r esponsibility for the major port- ,nin Tried up the present situation folio:.; in the new Government. in Spain-: "It is a question of eral months elapsed before s - ,-;no• Western civilisation from any member of the Right was Ilot,bevisni." With that 'AIMasked to join the Cabinet. Later, T )1cartilv lrrVbe. when the Prim' Minister admitan the first paragraph of Mr. ted a few more, his action was Brennan's article in last week's the signal for the Socialist revolt issue, the word "Universities" of October, 1934. The full story should have read nftiscovites.")
How Not to Fight Communism York "America," the New Jesuits' Review, is not satisfied with our anti-Communist tactics: Most of our anti-Communist popular literature is commendable for its zest, but its tactics are questionable. . . . To base our argument against Communism on the present condition in Russia seems to me a risky busiAt least, as far as the ness. of the conditions material U.S.S.R. is concerned, all signs point to a considerable betterment in the next few decades. . . . The chief strength of the Communist in our day lies . . . in the large element of truth in the Communist assault upon our present social order.
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The rise of industrialism in our Western world has given rise to .such manifold inequalities and such obvious violations of justice that any system which vigorously points out these abuses is assured of a hearing among the down-trodden. oppressed and Communism does not offer a solution for these evils that will satisfy the reflecting, but it gains adherents because is is in the forefront of the battle aga;nst social misery. . . . Hence, if we are to meet Radicalism successfully we must first face a 11111111)er of disagreeable facts. W e must admit that. Christians have been traitors to Christianity-, and out of that treason has Although come Communism. the Popes have diagnosed our social ills while Communism was still in the embryonic stage, their analysis won little support from a majority of their followers. The Church has lust contact with the masses in many sections of the world because she did not take her rightful place as their spokesman in the face of the intolerable conditions which ground them to NIVe have a true social earth. programme, based on a sound philosophy, but it will avail us little unless we proclaim it in a popular language that the world will understand, and demonstrate it lw the practical works of charity. If our apologetic against Communism is to be successful, it must place less emphasis ou "fighting" Communism, and more on correcting the evils which produce it. A negative attack will not convince, unless the need for a remedy is admitted and a sounder programme advanced. Destructive criticism of itself will never stem the tide, hut a vigorous presentation of the Truth will always prevail."
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Obituary THE LATE MR. HERBERT BERRY. The funeral of the late Mr. Herbert Berry, of 92 North Beach-road, Mt. Hawthorn, took place in the Catholic portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery The deceased genon February 22. tleman was born in England and had resided in Western Australia for the past 12 years, during which period his kindly ways and many sterling qualities had earned for him numerous friends in this State. Mr. Berry was devoted to his wife and family, and his passing will indeed be deeply felt. Shortly before his death, Mr. Berry was received into the Faith, and he A Redied a most edifying death. quiem Mass for the repose of his soul was celebrated in St. Mary's Church, Leederville, Rev. Father Moloney being A guard of honour the celebrant. was formed by the children of St. Mary's High School, and the cortege then proceeded to the cemetery, where in the presence of a large gathering his remains were laid to rest. The Rev. Father Moloney officiated at the graveside, assisted by Rev. Father O'Connor. The chief, mourners were Mrs. H. Berry (wife), Thomas and Cyril (sons), and Mrs, P. J. Daly (daughter), Mrs. T. Berry and Mrs. C. Berry (daugh. ters-in-law), Cyril and Bernard Daly, and Basil and Joseph Berry (grandwere pall-bearers children). The Messrs. F. Broderick, J. Fitzgerald, J. McCavana, H. Caston, F O'Meara, J. R yan, J. Fenton, and P. Galton. Among those present were Messrs. J. J. Arthur Edwards (HA.C.B.S.1, ( Whittaker Bros.), E. Russell (Mt. Hawthorn Modelling Works, Ltd.), W. H. Sinclair (W. Drabble, Ltd.), G. W. Snowball (Barnett Bros., Ltd.), P. Giles, D. C. Perrott, M. Hales, T. M. Gralton. R. Ruediger, P. Hales, R. C. Kane, R. Firman, W. Marquis, C. H. Gill, P. St. Quinton, T. Stanley, B. Devett, H. Gaston. J. J. Brophy, W. Arthur, J. 241cC.'ishin, J. McCavanagh, R .D. Hanna, R. May, A. P. Emery, R. Hanna, W. Killen, V. 0. Killen, G. Kirkby, B. Weller, W. Hardstaff. J. King, J. Abercromby, H. Payne, W. Branch, P. J. Duffy, P. Clohesy, M. Flanagan, R. G. O'Connor, K. Fenton, .1. Fenton, J. Fitzgerald, W. Frewe, T. Beilby, A. V. Eckersley, M. Fitzgerald, and Mesdames Murtha, Catlin, S. W. Surith, M. Laughlin, H. Kirkwood, E. Knowles, O. Ryan, A. Ryan, Flanagan, P. J. Hart, J. J. Fenton, Downey, Knowles, 0. II. Gill and J. M Kane. The funeral arrangements were car. ried out by Messrs. Bawra and O'Dea. THE LATE MR .J. P. DEVLIN By the death of Mr Joseph P. Devlin, which occurred suddenly on January 31, the Catholic community in Perth has suffered the loss of one ot its best known and most highly esteemed members. His death took place in the course of a holiday voyage to Singapore on the trey. Gorgon. Born in 1872 at Tyrone, County Armagh, in Ireland, the dec.-eased was the youngest of a family of five sisters and one brother. Whilst he was yet of tender years the family came to Australia and settled in Victoria, w here he received his education and upbringing. In early manhood, attracted by the flourishing conditions which, in the. roaring nineties, obtained in the Goldfields of the West, he came to this State and for a number of years conducted successful drapery and storekeeping businesses, first at Broad Arrow and later at Kanowna. in those days, as throughout the whole of his business career, the kindliness, vet firmness, of his disposition, together with the tireless zeal and unswerving honesty and determination which he devoted to the advancement of his business could not but win for him thc admiration and respect of all. On leaving the goldfields Mr. Devlin pursued a similar line of business both at Northam and at Meckering, and his efforts continued to meet with high success. He then became interested in hotel properties in various country districts, and in partnership with Mr.. Bailey Brown, maintained an active participation in those businesses until some few years ago. From Meekernig Mr. Devlin came to the city, where. he has resided during the past twenty Up to the time of his death years. he was still well known and highly regarded in Perth business circles Throughout the length cif his residence in the city he had, by the kindliness and loveableness of his disposition and his engaging personality, attracted to himself a wide circle of friends,
A Defender of Catholic Social Teaching. Lecturing to a branch of the Catholic Social Guild in England recently, Mr. H. S. G. Gotlop, F.S.M.C., took for the title of his address: "William Cobbett and 'Rerum Novarum.' " Cobshowed, bett's principles, he came close, in . many ways, . to those expounded by -Pope Leo in his great encyclical, and Cobbett himself was a passionate defender of the Catholic Faith, and an apologist for Catholic teaching, long before any Catholic of importance was in the field. Four
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Cobbett's teaching. Mr. tiollop explained was close to that in "Rerum Novarum" because "Rerum Novarum" was based on the natural law, which applied to all William sects and all peoples. Cobbett lived through the four revolutions which were the foundation of our modern age—the American, French, industrial, and The bad agrarian revolutions. points in those four revolutions w ere responsible for all that was unjust and evil in the modern world. Cobbett alone wholeheartedly opposed all four revolutions. Of these, the one missed out of history textbooks, the Agrarian Revolution, was the most important, because not only was it the fount of factory fodder but it denied the prime principle of Catholic social teaching. viz., wider distribution of private property. The Evil of Enclosure. A survey followed, from the lecturer, of the conditions in England before the Agrarian Revolution, and the effect of that movement in drawing peasantc• from the land into the towns arid crippling those left bchind by the system of "enclosure." Cobbett, him4ell a pioneer of progressive agriculture, nevertheless strongly denounced the -system of enclosed lands. In this he was in complete harmony with "Rerum Novarum." He fought, in the name of liberty, for the cause of the w•orkers against oppression. corruption and injustice. Poor Men's Right Defended. Cobbett wa, the tiefender of the rights of the common man as viewed by the Catholic Church. A notable example of this was his sweeping condemnation of birth-control, which practice was recommended to the labouring chisses by Malthus and Godwin. It was not surprising, therefore, said Mr. Gollop, to find Cobbett a zealous champion of Catholic Emancipation. The lecture ended with an analysis of "Rerum Novarum," showing how closely Cobbett agreed with the principles expounded in the famous encyclical,
amongst whom he was held in high esteem. Indeed, his qualities were such as enabled him to mix, always with the same ease and friendliness, whether with the lowly whom he always help ed and encouraged, or with those in the higher ranks of society. To the end he lived the life of an exemplary Catholic. To mourn their sad loss he leaves a widow a daughter. and throe Sons.
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MISS GWENYTH EYNON, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., A cable message froto Trinity College, London. announcts1 the fact that Miss Gwenyth Eynon, of 133 13agotroad, Subiaco, and pupil of the Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square, gained the Fellowship Diploma of Elocution, the highest degree conferred by the College 'n the Art This brilliant student was examined in Perth in Decembe;of Speech. by •Mr. Paul Edmonds, special examiner in Elocution from Trinity College. This is the fourth Fellowship pupil that has gained this unique distinction from the Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square. Elocution, Theory and Practical, completed: Edith Horn,:. Nssociate Diploma, 89 marks; Roma Roberts, Licentiate Diploma, S3 marks: Nfinerva Walker. Associate Dilpoma, 75 marks.
Celtic Club Farewell Social On Wednesday evening, 17th. inst., a large gathering Of members attended at the Celtic Club to bid "bon voyage" and safe return to His Honour Mr. President Dwyer and Mr. T, Ahern, on the eve of their departure for a holiday visit to Ireland, and to bid "au revolt'. and wish success to Mr. A. Boylan, for many years licensee of the George Hotel, who takes over the Duke of York Hotel, Narrogin, early in March. The president, Mr. E: Needham, M.L.A., presided, and spoke in eulogistic terms of the guest of honour. The president was supported by M. J. j• Lloyd, j.P., vice-president. and Mr, P. J. Mooney, a member of the committee, after which the health of the guests was enthusiastically drunk.
Letters to The Editor MONETARY REFORM. Sir.—In their attacks on the -plundering barons of finance" for thriving on our burden of interest on inflated loans, financial reformers would have us nationalise a system which they admit is morally wrong in the (-Asp of - individuals or corporations. This national "easy money ' principle is just as wrong in governmental as in private practice. Control banking by all means—and advance credit to meet national contingencies (with discretion and within our capacity to meet the Fix a limit to which priinterest(. Above this vate banks may lend. limit let a control authority control advances (still using the machinery of The inprivate banks if advisable). terest on this specially authorised money may not go to private bankers nor yet to government coffers Ala in. teresting problem arises as to the best Possibly it method of utilising it. could be used to retire past loans or to augment the national gold reserve.— D. V. CARR, Yours, etc., 18 Rae-street, Leederville BACK TO THE LAND. Sir,—While appreciating Mr. James Kelly's comments, I should like to stress the fact that the important prao tical task of Catholic sociology is to restore to the proletariat their natural rights to a share in the land of their country. It is the essential first step towards stable and progressive social This fact is being faced conditions. to-day in Austria, Portugal, Italy, where an endeavour is being made to actualise the Christian corporative State. The difficulties created there by land monopoly are almost heart-breaking. In contrast, we in W.A. are in a favoured position: there is not the same entrenched vested interest in land It monopoly that exists in Europe is possible to get something practical done here. I take the line of least resistance and propose that some of this unwanted, abandoned agricultural land of W.A. should be handed over in living areas to those who would tackle it and face the hardship of developing a different technique of winning a living from the soil. If the price to be paid for this transference from preletarianisrn to Christian citizenship is a return for a time—perhaps a long time—to a primitive standard of living, the price is not too high.- -Yours, JOHN JEFFERS etc.
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The Spanish Clock
T wo facts have arisen very clearly out of the Spanish Civil War: Firstly, if Catholics do not support the Catholic Press they yvil! not long be supporting the Catholic cause; secondly, the tortunes of the Nyar can be accurately guaged through the propagandist lies of the seculaf press, which is in open alliance with the For example, when the conflict fades powers of Communism. cempletely from the cable page, or is reported only, with a quiet assurance that all is well with the powers of darkness, one may rest assured that the Spanish Nationalists are holding their own. 'When, on the other hand, Spanish mothers commence strangling their children at the approach of General Franco, it may confidently be assumed that the Nationalists are being decisively victorious. For so furious does the propaganda grow that the propagandists forget that only a week previously they had featured these same mothers as pouring out from Malaga to hail Franco as their liberator "from the Marxist hell." It is a seasonable hour for a strong agitation for plausible lies. W henever one quarrels with the cables one is forthwith reminded that the local papers are merely in the position of parrots re-echoing their masters' words. IA'hether or not this be an excuse for passive complicity in the anti-Christian plot, one is at least on safe grounds in nailing the libels which appear in the original comments of the local press. During the week, for instance, the ."West Australian" quoted Mr. E. H. Carr as writing in '"The Fortnightly Review" that General Franco is nothing so modern as a Fascist. "He is attempting to put back the clock in Spain and This is a restore the dominance of her traditional influences." complete volte-face. because from the outbreak of the Nvar the secular press has not ceased to assure the public that here was a plain issue between Fascism and a lawful Government. Moreover, it is a mere rhetorical trick to talk about the modernity of Fascism. It is far more a revival than an innovation. It marks the return o f the Roman eagles. In any case, the mere point of time in history is not a point at all in controversy. And as for "putting back the clock," Mr. Chesterton's dictum still holds. A clock which cannot be put back is of no tyse. It is not a clock at all; it is (Ally a symbol of irrational progress. It is N,ery interesting to note that now the Fascist slogan as applied to Spain has broken down, what the friends of Russia are really objecting to is the attempt to establish a Christian •Corporatiye State. They do not boldly decry it because it is ChrisThey sneer at. it because it is traditional. tian. Yet only last week. v.-riting Of Mexico and paralleling its case with Spain's, the same newspaper lamented that the people were trying to modernise themselves "by uprooting all their traditions good and bad." In one case the uprooting of tradition is bad because there is an element of goodness in tradition; in the other, the attempt to return to tradition is had because tradition of all kinds is old-fashioned. Here is a clear case of having it both ways. This surprising inconsistency would, of course, destroy the whole force of antiChristian propaganda if the public were given to serious thought But now it is merely fed on catch-words like the one about the clock. Catholics. at least, know that the Spanish clock showed it was over time for a crusade. But of the secular clock it can only be said that it is too fast to be trusted, so fast that it is constantly in advance of the truth.
Industrialist on Trade Unions It was reported from New York during the week that Mr. Henry Ford had advised all workers to stay out of labour organisations. He asserted that international financiers were behind the labour unions because they desired to control industry and kill ecin1;etition. Catholic sociology is well aware of the dangers N'tlici surround trade unionism. Yet at the same time Pope Leo XII!. strenuously upheld the right of the workers to form associaWhile it is true that Mr. Ford tions for their own protection. treats his employees as yell as the social structure permits, it is a:so true that thousands of employers, even in the face of unionism, "sweat" their workers and exploit their economic necessities. What they could and would do in the absence of some protective organisation is illustrated with ugly emphasis by the industrial history of the last century. It must, of course. be remembered that American Labour is facing a grave crisis. The attempt to confederate the trade unions seems doomed to failure, and perhaps it is al! to the good. It is difficult to visualise a more effective flieJlod of fomenting class hatred and struggle. Mr. Ford's contention that international financiers are behind the labour unions with ulterior motives is not so fantastic as it appears on the surface. In view of the alliance between Capitalism and Communism, and their essentially common nature, this Yiex is strengthened because it is in, and through, trade tynions that Communism is making such rapid headway. We have, of cou se. adequate grounds to dissociate ourselves from Mr. Ford's philosophy. We would not consider it a bad thing to see big usiness—the "public utilities"—under public control : there is, moreover, urgent necessity for competition of the modern type to The starvation and subjugation of the workers is be destroyed. snred so long as Governments allow a laissez-faire policy in res ?..ard to the competitive interests of big-scale business. It might be added further that Mr. Ford's practice of paving decent wages and of making his employees share-owners in his business, is not the Alpha and Omega of the Christian solution of the social proThere is no reason why such conditions should not prevail generally in the Servile State.
Ad Multos Annos The news of the appuintment of the distinguished Rector of St. Columba's College, Springwood, Very Rev. Dr. Justin Shnonds, to the Archbishopric of Hobart, vacated by the death of Archbishop Hayden last .year, will be received with pleasure throughout the Commonwealth. The Archbishop-elect, who is the first _-‘ustra-: ban born cleric to achieve this distinction, will be the sixth occupant of the See of Hobart, which was created an Archdiocese as far back as 1888. The Archdiocese has the distinction of being the only one of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, inasmuch as Tasmania is the seat of a Metropolitan without suffragans and is imny2diately subject to the Holy See. Dr. Simonds has had a dist:nguished career. Born at Sydney forty-seven years ago, he received his early education in the Harbour City and at St. PatCollege, .Manly, where he was ordained in 1912. He was immediately appointed to the staff of his Alma Mater and has been engaged in professorial work ever since. In recent years he pursLed a post-graduate course at the University of Louvain. for which he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, and on his return to Australia was appointed Professor of Philosophy at St. Columba's College. Springwood, eventually becoming Rector of the College. The Archbishop-elect is of a retiring disposition, but was universally esteemed by the many- students who studied under him. These, together with his many friends throughout the Commonwealth, will wish him length of years, and a fruitful reign as Chief Pastor of the Church in Tasmania.
Marxism on Three Fronts The victory of General Franco in Southern Spain and the fall o f Madrid which appears imminent, seem to indicate the failure the Communist conspiracy in Europe for the. time being. Moses Rosenberg, the Soviet ambassador to Madrid, was recalled to Moscow during tne week tor "other work.Whether this is the fomenting of civil war in France or for the preparation of new tactics for the Eastern offensive, is not known. Meanwhile, another repulse has been stmered lii time East. •The attempt to torm a "common trout - in China with the complexion of a nationalist move against Japan, has been rejected. It. was reported from Nanking; during the week that General Chiang Kai-shek, nationai political and military leader, had rebuffed tile Communist overtures. Su that on two fronts Communism has suffered a severe check. What the effect of this will be is an interesting speculation. The open approach through the Common Front policy appears to have been a little premature. Perhaps it will be followed I y another "catacomb" policy of intrigue. - * Meantime, at home, the bold bid Cur alliance and ultimat,: supremacy in the ranks of Labour continues. In Victoria especially, the situation is critical. Advocacy for alliance w ith the Communist Party on a "United Front" basis, to prepare a Labour ViCtory for the next elections, has been made by many branches and So far as the official Communist Party is conaffiliated unions. cerned, its numbers would scarcely make much difference oue way. What it could lend the party is vitality. or the other to Labour. dynamic qualities in leadership, and expert propaganda methods. It is earnestly to be hoped that Labour will continue to resist the But an indefinite defensive militant minority within its ranks. Labour, if it is to survive, must crupolicy will not be enough. And it must commence with certain sade against Communism. internal reforms if it is to hold the full allegiance of Catholics. The modification of the socialisation plank mill be indispensable. It was largely the efforts of Catholics who created, and have preThey must now play a leading role served, the Labour Party. in its reform and in its crusade against growing subversive influences. I
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His Grace the Archbishop will bless and open the new Church of St. John Vianney, at Hamilton Hill, at 9 a.m. to-morrow ( Sunday:). A communication has beeh received by His Grace the Archbishop from the Australian Catholic Central Film Committee, recently established at a meeting of the Hierarchy in Adelaide, outlining the details of organisation decided on. It is the intention of His Grace to set up a Diocesan Committee on the lines proposed in order to co-operate with the national campaign. Passengers by the Moreton Bay, which passed through Fremantle en route to Europe on Saturday, were Very Rev Dean Gilroy, of the Archdiocese, Very
R ey. Father Masterson, of C laremont. Rey. Father Gorey, C.SS.R.. and Rev. Father Forde, of Maitland, were passengers by the Oronsay, which passed through Fremantle to Europe on Monday. The annual Newman Mass and Communion Breakfast will be held this Year at St. Mary's Cathedral on Low Sunday. April 4. • A rchbishop's Engagements. Sunday, March 7: Blessing of new Convent for Sisters of St. Joseph at Nannnp. Sunday, March 14: Blessing of new Carmelite Chapel, Dalkeith. Sunday, April 11: Blessing of new Church of St. Columba. at South Perth. Sunday, April 18: Blessing of new Convent at Mosmans Park ( Buckland Hill).
Mr. T. Ahern and his (laughter, Miss Pat Ahern, who left for England by the mail steamer -Oronsay on Monday, were guests of honour at a farewell gathering .at the Savoy Hotel F'on Friday, 19th. inst. Mr. A. Goode presided and among those present were Messrs. M. Ahern, who will manage the business of .Ahern's, Ltd., during his father's absence, B. W illiams, H. Jessop, W. Oats. R. Davidson, M. Flower, S. Smith, S. Bourne, T. Tomlinson, G. Farmer. W. Potter, A. Ross, C. Clarke. J Casey, W. Godden and C. Burgess. Mr. G. V. McCartney, manager of the Fremantle Harbour Trust, left on Monday for a six months' visit to Great Britain ,accompanied by his wife. During his absence he will investigate all phases of harbour administration, the particularly in regard to handling of cargo at the main ports of the United Kingdom. Mr. F. Critch, president of the Fremantle Trotting Club, left Fremantle by the liner Strathnaver on Tuesday on a cruise to New Zealand. On Monday members of the Fremantle City Council and some of those associated with the club wished him bon voyage at an informal gathering Mr. in the Mayor's parlour. Critch is president of the Fremantle branch of the Holy Name Society. • Buckland Hill will henceforth he known as Mosman's Park, according to a decree of the local authorities issued recently. • • • • Mr. J. Cushen, manager of AdCraft Service, who is a patient in Faversham Hospital, Glenroydstreet, Mt. Lawley, expects to leave hospital in a few day.s, although he will not be able to resume his business duties for a short while. The Hibernian annual picnic will be held at Point Walter on Sunday, 28th. inst., and the ''s.s. Perth" leaves Barrack-street Jetty at 11 a.m. sharp. A splendid programme has been arranged; and sweets and ginger beer will be provided for the children. All members and friends are invited to attend this annual function.
REV. NOEL RYAN. S.J, son of the late Mr. M. P. Ryan and of Mrs. Ryan. of Claremont, and brother of the well-known city optician, Mr. M. R yan. took his simple perpetual vows in the Jesuit Novitiate, "Loyola," Victoria. on Monday. 15th. inst. Rey. Mr. Ryan was educated at the Christian Bro(hers College, Fremantle. For the next- three years he will be engaged in a scholastic course at the Melbourne University.
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The president (Mr. E. Needham, M.L.A.) and committee of the Celtic Club entertained friends at the Club premises last W ednesday night at a ladies' night. Mr. and Mrs. Needham received the guests at the entrance. Jacaranda and plane trees were festooned with coloured electric lights in the garden, and small tables were arranged in cabaret fashion on the lawns underneath the trees, while large coloured flags were draped about. adding brightness to the scene. The supper room and tables were gay with floral decorations composed of asters and Geraldton wax plant. A short speech of welcome was made by the president, and then followed a musical programme contributed to by Misses Lorna Sydney-Smith and Peggy Brennan (songs). Miss Pat Ryan (recitations). Messrs. Torn Power. Fred Burke and J. 1 Savage (songs). and Mr. J. Jackson. conductor of. the Clontarf The acBand (cornet solo). companist was Mrs. H. Lynch. Irwin Lawrence's orchestra played selections in the open air and after supper the guests adjourned to the ballroom where dancing VERY REV. JUST1N SIMONDS, D.Ph. f Louvain), concluded a happy evening. The Rector of St. Columba's Seminary, Springwood, who has been nominated committee responsible for the as the new Archbishop of Hobart, Tasmania. The Archbishop-elect, who success of the proceedings inis only 47 years of age, will be the first Australian-born Archbishop. cluded Mr. E. Needham (presi(lent), Dr. T. W. Horan and Mr. Miss Nora Joyce, of North The Mother Provincial of the T. J. Lloyd (vice-presidents). Sisters of St. John of Got, in Perth. returned last week after Messrs. W. A. Brown (secretary). Australia. who has been In a several weeks' holiday spent in T. Tully (treasurer), J. F. visit to Rome and Ireland in con- (he Eastern States and Tasmania. O - 'Grady. J. L. Hackett. R. H. nection with business 0 f the Higgins. S. Carr. D. Watson. M. Order, returned to f'erth on Returning to his home in Glas- Nallen, S. J. P. O'Halloran. T. Tuesday. gow, Mr. John Collins, a nephew O'Dea, P. J. Mooney. and R. P. of Mrs. M. Gallagher and Mrs. O'Dea. The new church at Hamilton N. Duggan, of West Perth, passHill, in the Palmyra . Parish, ed through Fremantle last week- NEDLANDS . . FOR SALE which has recently been erected end on the "Moreton Bay." Mr. AT 55 WEBSTER STREET. by the parish priest, will be open- Collins, who has spent twelve SPANISH MISSION TYPE HOME. ea by His Grace the Archbishop months on a business trip in the on to-morrow ( Sunday) morning, Eastern States, and is now re- COmmanding position: half minute Loreto Oonvent, Holy Rosary Church at 9 a.m. The new church, turning home, was met at the and School; also adjacent Golf Course. which is a wood and iron struc- boat by Mr. Wm. Gallagher on Tennis and Bowling Greens; within ture, cost about £400. and will Friday afternoon, and spent the minute two Bus routes, serve the needs of the Catholic night in Perth. Containing Hall, Large Lounge, DinOn Saturday community in the immediate vic- morning- he visited Victoria ing and three Bedrooms. Bathroom. with white tiled Roman bath; moderninity. Square Convent, where his cou- ly fitted kitchen, glass cupboards; back sin is a novice. Mr. Collins ex- verandah. W.C., copper and troughs pects to return to Australia all on main floor; large brick Garage, Miss May Holman. M.L.A., Lawns, Gardens, etc. A delightfully about the end of the year. president of the Labour Women's and well kept home, Interstate Executive. who presidMrs. M. Rhodes, of East Can- Apply— W. YOUNG and COMPANY, ed over the Australian Labour nington. who recently returned f 4th. Floor) ROYAL INSURANCE Women's Interstate Conference, from Malaya and Java, with her BUILDINGS. held at Hobart recently, returned daughter. left on Tuesday on 133 ST. GEORGE'S TERRACE, the PERTH. t o Perth by the Great Western first stages of a world tour. She express during the week. left on the "Strathnaver." and FOR SALE. will join the "Monterey" at SydBLACKSMITH AND WHEELMr. J. D. Teahan. of Boulder ney for the United States of AmWRIGHT BUSINESS. City, is at present a \ isitor to the erica, where she will stay with Good South-West town; main city on three-weeks' holiday. Mr. relatives for several months be- road. Perth-Bunbury: no opposition; Teahan is press correspondent fore travelling to England and same hands 14 years: age reason selling. All particulars. "Blacksmith," for "The Record" in Boulder the Continent. this Office. and a prefect of the Holy Name Society. Mr. President Dwyer was given a final farewell evening at Keough's Hall on Sunday night, on the eve of his departure for Ireland on an extended holiday. A presentation was made during the evening on behalf of those present, and several valedictory addresses were made, the speakers being the Rev. Father Wallace, Mr. J. M. Drew, M.L.C., and Messrs. J. J. Monaghan and E. i.e B. Henderson (chairman). The company was entertained by a number of pleasing musical items, among the artists being Rev. Father - O'Reilly and Messrs. Peter Roxbv, P. McCarthy, F. Burke, and T. Forrestal.
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The Children of Mary will hold their 600,000 PEOPLE AFFECTED. usual monthly meeting on Sunday As this afternoon at half-past three. The questions to be decided by the is their first meeting for 1937, all memReferendum on March 6 are too imbers are requested to be present. portant to be settled on party political The additions to the Church, con- lines. There is a human side which sisting of three bays, confessionals, two no man or woman can afford to ignore, side chapels, two sacristies, and the one which effects living conditions of sanctuary, are adVancing rapidly, and many thousands of Australian people. when completed will give Nedlands a The future of many thousand Austramost artistic and spacious church, in lian children is bound up with the keeping with its magnificent site and people's decision on the marketing surroundings. It is hoped that the question. work will be completed some time in The supporters of a "NO" vote are May, when His Grace the Archbishop asking you to defeat these proposals, will solemnly bless and open it. and are apparently giving no thought A meeting of the executive of the to the disastrous effect such a decision will have on the 600,000 men, women local branch of the Holy Name Society was held on Sunday night at the and children settled in the dairying Stop and and dried fruits district. Presbytery after devotions, when Mr. Frank Anderson was elected president, think just where such a policy is leadand Mr. Nicholas Francis vice-presiing your State and yourselves, bedent, Mr. J. Moore secretary, Mr. J. cause any vote which causes disaster Hodgkinson treasurer, and the followto the industry must inevitably react ing were elected prefects: Messrs. T. on yourselves. Dudley and Cullity, J. Bourke, V. A t the moment two valuable primPadraic Lane. The rules of the local ary export industries are vitally affectThey branch were discussed and confirmed. ed by the vote of the people, are the dairying and dried fruit indusMessrs. G. Hannah and F. Corrigan were appointed to take charge of the tries. From the viewpoint of the m usic and singing for the Holy Name elector, it is not the industries but your fellow electors in these industries meetings. It was also decided that an who are affected. There are 600,000 appropriate hymn of the Holy Name should be sung at the Holy Name men, women and children in all Mass, and "Faith of Our Fathers" after States of Australia relying on these Mass. two industries for their living. In your own State there are many thouA very enthusiastic meeting of parsands of people in the dairying and ents and friends of the children atdried fruit areas. tending St. Teresa's School, was held "NO" supporters may deem the welon Monday evening, when many matfare of these people as nothing to ters of importance to this school were worry about, but many of you may Amongst considered and discussed. have blood relations and friends in these was the question of a special uniAre you going to those industries. form for girls and boys. A Parents' desert them, reduce their standard of Association was formed and as a result it was decided that swimming living, and leave them mendicants approaching the Commonwealth Governshould be fostered amongst the chilment for assistance. because you have, dren, and that extra subjects be addby a "NO" vote absolutely smashed ed to the curriculum, including elocutheir marketing organisation, which all, and training for tion and speech has been built up with care and needlework instruction for the girls and thought and has been fair to the genwood work for boys. It was decided eral public. that the expenses for all this will be ( Authorised by Geo. Potter, 82 St. defrayed by the voluntary subscriptions of the Association. We hope in George's Terrace, Perth, WIA. the near future to have a radio installed, so that the children can listen WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER, to the education talks and other mat2 6 OR £2,500? ters of educational importance. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Farrell left by If you keep 2/6 in your pocket it will always only be 2/6, but if you bu, train for the Eastern States last week, where Mr. Farrell will be occupied a ticket in the No. 51 Charities Con or. business matters and Mrs. Farrell sultation, it will have a chance to turn will visit friends in Sydney and her into £2,500. Now 2/6 is a very modpeople in Brisbane. est amount, and any of the prizes Mrs. Dunne and Joan left for Kalwould give you an excellent return for goorlie by train on Monday, after your money. Tickets, at 2'6 each, spending -a holiday at the Nedlands are on sale everywhere. Make a note Park Hotel and Cottesloe. now to buy one.
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Cricket. Our cricket results lately have not been very impressive; but Lady Luck Our has had quite a set against us. match against the Ltunpers could easily have been a win for us instead of a defeat by five runs, whilst if our batsmen had lasted another four overs we would have made a draw of it against ScOts. Charlie Hansen and Mick Greaney bowled very well, but the number of chances which were missed through lax fielding must have Our batsbeen very disheartening. men failed completely and only a last wicket stand by Bill Hughes and Bill Keenan, together with Tom Tozer'ssolid batting, saved us from disgrace.
Miss Mary Brennan, of Burt-street, Boulder, is at present holidaying at the Port of Esperance. Mary usually makes Esperance her holiday resort, Mr. Leo Bown, of Wittenoom-street, returned last week-end from Queensland, where he has had a splendid six weeks' holiday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bown, Mt. Morgan. Miss Jessie Ardagh, of Burt-street, left Kalgoorlie on Sunday last for Fremantle, where she joined the Strath. naver on Tuesday last on a holiday cruise to New Zealand. Dr, Philip Hogan returned during the week, after an enjoyable holiday spent in the capital cities of Australia. Miss Monica Maher, of Moran-street, left last Sunday to spend three weeks' holiday at the coast. Congratulations to Messrs. J. Lovie and G. Easton, Goldfields Inspector and Agent, respectfully, of the Catholic Assurance Co., who last week broke the State record for new business, most of which was done in the Boulder ells. trict. The many friends of Mr. J, Craddock, of the same company (who was recently transferred from the goldfields to Southern Cross) will be pleased to learn that he also broke a record for new business, but his figures were excelled in the Boulder district. All HaDows' Branch, H.A.C.BS. The usual fortnightly meeting ot the All Hallows' Branch was held on February 15, in the presence of a large number of members. The president, Bro. T. Ardagh, occupied the chair, Apologies were received from Bros. Sharkey and Kilderry. Several visi• tors were welcomed, including Bro. Moir, Cottesloe Branch, and Bros. Wild)- and Hill, St. Mary's Branch, Kalgoorlie. The most important busi. ness transacted during the evening was the general discussion on the Communion breakfast to be held early next month. The society decided to cooperate whole heartedly with the Holy Name Societies and instructed the secretary to get in touch with the Holy Name Prefects. Reference was made by Bro. J. Butler to the recent death of Mks. Ardagh, mother of our president,Rand spoke in glowing terms of the wonderful work the deceased had done for the Church Members stood in silence as a mark of respect. The next meeting will he held on Monday March 1, All Hallows' Tennis Club. Another meeting was heki at the courts last Sunday afternoon, to consider our delegates', Messrs. E. Wright and J. Lowry, report re Goldfields Tennis Association meeting, which was held last Friday night, It was decided to enter three ladies' and three gents.' teams for the pennant compe. tion, which will be commenced on SunA raffle of a tennis day, March 21. racquet has been decided upon. which, being donated, should augment the club funds, and thereby assist the expense to be incurred in colasing our second court. When completed the club will have two splendid courts and will need little attention in the future. New players to join the club last week-end were Bill Lowry, of Bellevue, . Bert Reid and J. Aylward. All players making trip to Perth at Easter are reminded that a list has been placed on the notice board, and are requested to place their names thereon.
First Marathon. The first of the Marathon series for 1937 was held on Thursday last, and resulted in Fred Marchesi from a back mark getting first place and fastest Kevin Clarke, from the same time. mark, was second, and was only beatJim en in the final sprint home. Capelli and Tom Sykes filled third and fourth places respectively.
Social Match,
Our match against the Subiaco C.Y.M.S. a fortnight ago provided one of the best social games we have had. Subiaco somehow managed to give us a sound thrashing, but we are confident of turning the tables when we meet them in a return match which is being arranged for in the near future. Easter Camp. So far there are ten starters in our Intendsecond annual Easter camp. ing participants are reminded that deposits of ten shillings must he lodged by the end, of this month. Club Jottings. Our president, Frank Townsend, will arrive back on Tuesday, February 23, which is the occasion of our next moonFrank has been light river trip. having a wonderful time over in the East according to reports. Jack Nicholson, one of the hardworking Easter camp committee, is at present holidaying at Mundaring. Getting ready for the camp. Jack?
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H.A.C.B. SOCIETY Cathedral Women's Branch. The quarterly meeting of the above was held in Druids' Hall en Thursday There was a fair atFebruary 11. tendance of members, and the various items of business transacted included the usual payment of quarterly dues. It was noted with interest that we were to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year with a grand national concert by the children from various Catholic schools, and it was hoped that we may be given the opportunity of hearing some of our old time favourites sing some of the gems of Irish songs as only they can sing them after waning so patiently for this revival. Both the president and treasurer had received letters from the branch secretary iSr. Coffey), en route to Manila, and mentioned she was going on to Japan from there. The acting secretary (Sr. O'Keefe) attenied the fortnightly meeting for the first time as delegate from the branch on Friday night last, and received a very cordial The welcome from those present. main business was the annual picnic to be held at Point Walter on Sunday, 28th, inst.. Sr. O'Keefe, who has been out of touch with the social activities of the society for a number of years, was very pleased to see so many young members taking an active interest in the social life of things and was an appreciative listener to the. i?ariotis discussions re plans for the many competitions and sports nights to be held during the year, as well as the efficitnt manner in which the officers discharged their duties. The branch hopes to be able to take part in sense of the events. The meeting closed with the usual prayers. Metropolitan Social Council. All arrangements were finalised at last Friday's meeting for the annual Hibernian picnic, to be held on Sun-day, 28th. inst. No one should miss the picnic this year; the programme is extra good and the ginger beer is better still. Remember the date and also that the -Perth- leaves at 11 o'clock sharp. On the voting of branches, it was decided that table tennis and quoits would be the games for comParlour bowls are petition this year very popular and wIten all branches are equipped with sets a competition will be arranged. Captain Bro. Harvey was congratulated 1:v the committee for bringing his cric.k'et team into the finals. Cathedral Women's Branch was represented by Sr. O'Keefe, who was welcomed by the president. St. Kevin's Branch, Subiaco, St. Kevin's fortnightly meeting was conducted as usual on Thursday last, 18th. inst., in the Parish Hall. Bro. Stokes presided over a fairly good attendance of members, and the business of the society was conducted with due consideration and efficiency. Members who failed to attend this meeting are especially reminded that next Sunday is the quarterly Communion Sunday of the branch, and all are expected to receive in a body. It is also hoped that members realise that the annual picnic of the society to Point Walter also takes place on Sunday next. The usual attractions of this event in the way of sports for young and old, will take up the greater part of the day, and with the addition of excellent swimming conditions everyone is assured of the very best of outings. St Kevin's is depending on its members to do all in their power to further the success of the picnic, and they are re minded that the picnic is not only open to Hibernians but to any citieens who wish to spend an enjoyable day's out. ing in one of our leading summer reeorts St. Joseph's Branch, Albany. There was only a fair attendance of officers and members at the meeting held on Februaev 15, when the president, Bro. Guilfoyle, occupied the chair. Bro. Bernie Harris took over the secretary's duties in the absence of Sr. Davis. After the usual prayers were said, a meeting of the Badminton Club was held. Sr. Mitchell was again elected secretary. The Badminton Club has decided to have their first opening Right on March 1. This dub was only formed last year, and has had a very successful year,, owing to the kindness of Dean Gilroy and the Sisters of St. Joseph in letting us have the use of the school hall. It is pleasing to see two of our members Bro. Pat Franklin and Bro. T. Gullfoyle. recovering after their very seriens accident. It is to he hoped they will soon he able to play again.
changing of the meeting night from Holy Rosary Branch, Nedlands. Monday. Bro. Moylan strongly opThe meeting held on the 15th. inst was very well attended. The chair 1) .seci the m otion in the interests of was taken by the vice-president, Bro. the society, and after further discusH. W. Shepherd, in the unavoidable sion the motion was put to the ballot, absence of the president, for whom the majority voting in favour of the an apology was received. A good deal change, so as in no way to hinder the social activities of the parish. On the of correspondence was dealt with, including a letter from the Metropolitan motion of Bro. J. Egan, seconded by Bro. W .Moylan, it wal then decided Social Council relative to the annual to alter our meetine night from Monpicnic. The main business of the day to Tuesday evenings, commencing evening was the reception of the comfrom our next meeting night, Tuesmittee's report on the progress of the day, March 2. The m3eting then cloa Easter goose club. This has now been finalised, and members are urged ed and all adjourned- to the big hall, where dancing was indulged in till a to make a supreme effort for the next During the evening Bro. few weeks so as to ensure success for late hour. this venture. The proceeds are in aid Finegan presented Sr. Stickman with a leather hand-bag on behalf of the of the extensions to the Holy Rosary Church, Nedlands, and therefore the members of the branch. On Sunday, support of every member of the branch our first quarterly Communion, there should be forthcoming freely and will- was a splendid response by members. ingly-. The drawing will take place on St. Malachi's Branch. March 22 at St, Teresa's Hall, NedThe fortnightly meeting was held on lands. the 17th. inst., the president, Bro. J. St. Joachim's Branch. McGillicuddy, presiding over a good atThe fortnightly- meeting was held in tendance of members, including the the School-room on Monday, February chaplain, Rev. Father Kennedy. The 22, President Bro. J. Harvey presid- news was imparted to the members ed over a large attendance of memthat Father Kennedy would shortly be bers. The branch passed a vote of transferring to Kalgoorlie and great condolence to the Keogh family, and regret was expressed that he would stood in silent remembrance of the not be able to continue his splendid late Bro. Geoff. Keogh (Grand Audiwork for the branch. Great progress tor), who died on February 21. Bro. has been made during the last twelve J. Harvey nominated Miss Cecelia - months, and the success achieved has Sullivan for membership, and she was been largely attributable to the interduly initiated by the president. Corest manifested by Father Kennedy in respondence was received from the the branch's affairs. The social comDistrict Board urging all members to mittee is now working out a proattend the annual picnic next Sunday. gramme for the entertainment of mem. Bro. George Keogh reported that the memM r. had decided to adopt table ten- hers after the meetings and the bers can therefore look forward with nis and quoits as inter-branch cornpe- pleasure to very attractive meetings tions for the coming winter months. during the next six months. A good Bro. Jack Clements reported that the attendance of members is desired at social held at Our Lady Help of the meeting on Wednesday next, which Christians Branch was a great success. will be the last meeting that Father Bro. C. Stickman, of Our Lady's Kennedy will be able to attend, and Branch, reported that the cricket at this it is intended to honour Bro, match had been arranged to take place Mick Peterson and Sr. I. Fahey, who at Clontarf on March 7. The meeting are shortly to be married. The quarclosed at 8.50 p.m., with the closing terly Communion is to be held at the prayers. After .the meeting the mem7 o'clock Mass on Sunday next, and bers engaged in- table tennis, darts, every member is expected to be pre. and in rifle shooting until 10.45 p.m. sent. St. Patrick's Branch. Mirror of Justice Branch, Bunbury. The fortnightly meeting of St. Patrick's Branch was held on Wednesday, A t the meeting herd on the 16th. 17th. inst., the attendance of members inst., the president, Bro. Alec. Connell, being rather small. Owing to the unrelinquished that office for the reason avoidable absence of the president, the that he will immediately proceed to vice-president occupied the chair. The Sydney for the purpose of carrying out quarterly balance sheet and auditors' hsi long cherished desire of becoming report were read and adopted after a member of the Order of Christian The balance sheet some discussion. showed the affairs of the brunch to Members be in a fairly good state. were reminded of the picnic to he held next Sunday at Point Walter and were urged to attend in full strength. It is hoped to have St. Patrick's represented in the inter-branch relay race A very and other sporting events. old and enthusiastic member and past president of our branch, Bro. G. P. Keough. passed away last Sunday All members will pray morning. earnestly for the happy repose of his soul, and unite with the whole society in W.A. in extending their deepest sympathy to his sorrowing relatives. Members will also be scrry to learn of t he illness of our secretary, Bro. O 'Donoghue, who is at present an inmate of St. John of God Hospital, Subiaeo. We wish him a speedy recovery.
Bro. Connell has been a Brothers. most valuable member of the branch, and during the last twelve months has been instrumental in getting a large number of parishioners to join the branch. After the meeting a complimentary social was tendered to Bro. Connell and also to Bro. Jack Banting, on the eve of his marriage to Mi•=s The social was Blanche Wimbridge. organised conjointly by the St. Patrick's Tennis Club, the Cricket Club, and the Mirror of justice Branch. The Rev. Dr. Kearnan and Rev. Father Hussey were present, and they both paid glowing tributes to the guests as splendid Catholic men, and heartily congratulated Bro. Connell on his decision to join one of the great teaching Orders of the Church. Presentations on behalf of the Mirror of Justice Branch were made to Bro. Connell by the new president, Bro. Mahon, on behalf of the tennis club by the president, Mr. Maurice Cullity, and on behalf of the cricket club by Mr. Des, Kelly. Bro. Mahon also presented to Bro. Connell the prize won by him last year for introducing the greatest number of new members. At the meeting on Tuesday next, March 2, every mem ber is requested to attend.
"CHRISTIAN WORKER' MONUMENT. -Position to be Changed. The monument erected at the beginning of the century in Rome near the apse of St. John Lateran in commemoration of the encyclical "Rerum Novart.m," is to inoved. The monument depicts a Chri, tian worker with hands raised to draw to Rome in pilgrimage the Christian workers of the world. The building of the new Grand Seminary of the Lateran and the desire to render more visible the beautiful facade of the baptistery of St. John Lateran, the only remaining part of the ancient church, has necessitated the removal of the monument. It is to be re-erected in a more conspicuous place in the middle of the esplanade which leads from the baptistery to the canon's lodgings. The Catholic Press is my voice' —Pope Pius XI.
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Our Lady Help of Christians Branch, Victoria Park East. ‘.3vt the fortnightly meeting held in the Church Hall on Monday, Bro. Finegan presided over a fair attendance ol members. On the motion of Bro. Ryan, seconded by Bro. Raftus, the quarterly Communion was fixed for the third Sunday of the montl: in each quarter. On Monday, 15th. inst., a rood attendance of members was eresided over by the president, Bro. .1. Finegan, this being our first quarterly meeting, and alsc a summons meeting, to deal with the notice of motion given by Bro. B. Ryan re changing of meeting night from Monday, and furthermore a social evening to which St. Joachim's were invited to hid farewell to Sr. Teresa Stricianan. On the motion of Bro. M. oylan, seconded by Bro. Stickman, it was decided to run two teams in the relay race at the Bro. picnic on Sunday, 28th. inst. Kilmartin nominated Mr. E. M. McOwing to Carthy for membership. the absence of Bro. Ryan, Bro. J. Egan, senr., presented the motion of which notice had been given, the
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RIGHT REV. MATTHEW BRODIE, D.D., Bishop of Christchurch, the anniversary of whose Episcopal Consecration occurs to-day. He was consecrated on February 27, 1916, by His Excellency Most Rev, B. Cerretti, D.D., first Apostolic Delegate to Australasia. The Diocese of Christchurch comprises the whole of the Provinces of Canterbury and Westland, a small portion of the Province of Nelson, and Chatham Islands.
Pin jarra The following additional donations to the new Presbytery are hereby gratefully acknowledged: Rev. Dr. Sullivan, i2; Rev. Father Langmead, £1 : Rev. Father Aherne, £1; Rey. Father Linehan. £1; and Mr. and Mrs. j. Casey. Leederville, £1. The secretary, Mr. L. McLeriwn, has arrangements well in hand for the annual St. Patrick's Ball. The function is to take place on March 13. Thanks to Mr. Pring, the tickets are now available. On March 8, Mrs. Debhaunty is organising a euchre party to help cover the necessary expenses. A fter a serious illness in St. John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Mrs. Pickering We wish has returned to Pinjarra. her a speedy return to good health.
The St. Patrick's Day Committee is taking great pains to make the annual concert one of the most outstanding successes of the year. Pupils from the various Catholic schools in the metropolitan area will assist towards this end, and from these fruitful sources of talent a very adequate selection of items has been chosen. Special care has been taken to ensure the utmost variety in the entertainment. which will _include choral numbers, dancing, massed drill displays, chamber music, solo vocalists. and instrumental music both solo and orchestral. Among the artists who \\rill contribute to this memorable evening are: PupPs of Loreto Convents, Pupils of Christian Brothers' College, Rev. Father A. Lynch. Pupils Christian Brothers. Highgate Hill. Intermediate School. Pupils Leederville Convent, Miss L. Sydney Smith. Pupils Victoria Square College, Singing Students St. Brigid's Convent, West Perth, Pupils St. Joseph's School, Victoria' Square, Pupils Sacred Heart Convent. Highgate Hill, Mr. S. Lynch, Pupils St. Joachim's Convent, Victoria Park. Miss M. de Mamjet Clontarf Band. Admission to all parts of the theatre, 2s., with is. extra for booking. As a record attendance is anticipated. the Catholic public is advised not to delay in purchasifig tickets and reserving seats. Judge: "What were you thinking about when you stole the sheep?" Prisoner: "I don't know. I must have been woolgathering."
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-The World Looks to France "I Am An Optimist," Declares Cardinal. " We are the nation in which the whole world is hoping. We must fulfil our duty and not decei the world. With these words Cardinal Verdier, Archbishop of Paris, recently addressed the Catholic Action groups of the Paris diocese. • "I am an impenitent optimist," declared Cardinal Verdier. " We shall have our trials, perhaps, but we must look ahead. Confidence! The end of the crisis will be the triumph of Christian civilisation.Establishing a New Ordet. His Eminence expressed his hopes in the groups of Catholi.-7 Action as the means of establishing a new order, in which France \would conjoin just and wise liberty. He urged them to be Catholics in the workshops and the home, and not only in church on Sundays. In this way Christian life would penetrate everywhere. "I have travelled much," he said, "and I find that the France they love is Catholic France. the Historically. France and Church cannot be separated. they are t.‘vo magnificent unities."
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ANOTHER IRISH BISHOP DEAD. Influenza, which is raging all. o ver Ireland, has claimed a distinguished victim in the person. of Most Rev. Dr. Patrick Finnegan, veteran Bishop of Kilmore. The late Bishop, who was in his seventy-ninth year, received his, early education in his native town of Cavan. and was ordained priest in 1881. After having been successively Professor of Theology at St. Patrick's College. Cavan, Administrator of the Cathedral parish, and parish priest of Ballinamore, County Leitrim, he succeeded Most Rev. Dr. Boylan in the historic See of Kihnore in 1910. During his twenty-seven years as Bishop, Dr. Finnegan strove unceasing-ly to further religious and educational projects in his diocese, and inaugurated a fund for the building of a new Cathedral, which, it is hoped, will be erected within the next few years. Although a Nationalist of the old conservative order and slow to accept the changes which came with the rise of the Republican movement, his Mining sineerit•c IVA • ,iniversali C rIPMiSed
SON. OF BELGIAN AMBASSADOR AT VATICAN KILLED IN MADRID. The Holy Father. in a long telegram signed by Cardinal Pacelli, expr- el his deepest symoo•hv to the Belgian Ambassador at the Poly See on the death of the Anil-ass:idol son, Baron Jacques de Borchgrave, who was '<lied it; Madrid. Rumours that he was assassinated by the Reds and that his body had been discovered to have been mutilated, have not been confirmed, the Belga Agency reporting that his body has not been exhumed. The Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs has asked for an enquiry into the sudden death of this member of. the Belgian Diplomatic Corps in Madrid. Baron Jacques de Borchgrave was the First Secretary at the Belgian Embassy in Madrid. his father having been Ambassador there from 1920-1932. Barin Jacques, who had been a scout, spent himself during these last months in helping the afflicted in the beleagured capital. Many religious of both sexes have expressed their thanks to him for saving their lives. The Baron's name is familiar to English followers of golf in that Baron Elie de Borchgrave is a constant player in first-class amateur competitions. His sister is an Assumptionist nun in England. DEATH. WEBB.-0E February 11. 1937, Francis Joseph beloved son of Mr. and Wrs. J. Knight, of :\rniadale. and. formerly , ,f KaL;corlie. loved brother of Bill and Betty: aged 36 years. R equiescat in Pace. I N MEMORIAM. PLANT() --In qad but loving memory of our dear darling wife and mother, Isobelle Anastasia Pianto, who passed away at St. John of God's Hospital. Subiaco, on Februaary 27, 1935. Immaculate Heart of • Mary, your prayers for her extol. 0. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on her soul. - Peace, Perfect Peace. —Inserted by her sorrowing husband, Joe; sons, Lou, Joe, Ossie, Harry and Jack: daughters Isobel. Kath.. Rose, and Mary Pianto. of Menzies. EGAN.—Of your charity, pray for the repose of the souls of James Patrick Egan, died February 18. 1929; Prank Egan. died November 26.'1935; and Bridget Egan, died October 9, 1924. Eternal rest grant unto them, 0 Lord. —Inserted by E. H. Egan and family and A. M. Flynn.
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Living With The Church Sunday, February 2P : Third SunSemi-double. day in Lent. Violet. Monday, March 1: Feria. Sim2,- A claictis. Violet. ple. l'reface 3, Living- and Dead. of Lent. The Epistle recount: the cure from leprosy of Naman the Syrian, and in the Gospel Our Lord reminds the Pharisees of this -miracle when !-..:pealcing of His own mission. Tuesday. March 2: Feria. Sim2 k cunctis. Violet. ple. 3, Living and Dead. Pr:face of Lent. The Epistle teaches that sin is a debit which is forgiven by God, whilst the Gospel in,3 7 sts on our -duty to forgive our neighbour. 'Wednesday. March 3 Feria. Simcunctis. 2, Violet. ple. 3. Living and Dead. Preface of Lent. "T will hope in the T.ord: I will be glad and rejoice in Thy mercy; for Thou hast regardel my humility." (Introit.) Thursday, March 4: St. Casimir, Confessor. Semi-doutale. White. 2, Feria. 3, St. Lucius. Pope and Martyr. Tract. Preface of Lent. Last Gospel of Feria. St. Casimir was the son of Casimir III. king of Poland. and Elizabeth of Austria ; he made himself celebrated in the Church for his devotion to the Passion of Our Lord and the I-1( 1v Eucharist. He died in 1483. Friday, March 5: Feria. Simple. Violet. 2, A cunctis. 3. LivPreface of ing and Dead. Lent. "Pursue, 0 Lord, our fasts with Thy gracious favour; that as in our body we abstain from food, so we may fast from sin in our min(l." (Collect.) Saturday, March 6: SS. Pe-rpetua and Felicity. Martyrs. Double. Red. 2. Feria. Tract. Preface of I.ent. Last Gospel of Feria. St. Perpetua was a lady of high rank of Carthage; St. FelicWhen arrestity was a slave. ed under the persecti.tion of Sevems, both showed a magnificent example of courage in the amphitheatre when they were exposed to wild beasts. They finally died by the sword, r:bout 203. Sunday. March. 7: F-urth SunSemi-double day in Lent. Violet or Rose. 2, St. Thomas of Aquin. Confessor and DocCreed. tor of the Church. Preface of Lent. The first word of the Introit is the keynote to the spirit of the liturgy; joy is also shown by the rose coloured vestments, permission to use the organ. etc. The Gospel account of th miraculous feeding of the five thousand is intended especially to prepare us for the coming Pasch and the anniversary of the institution of the Holy Eucharist.
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FIND THE BALL! Here is a (Troup of our Test cricketers—but the ball has been deleted. Mark with a cross where you consider it should be, fill in the coupon and send in your entry before Wednesday. March 3. First correct solutirn received, or else the most approximate to the true position, wins: Model Yacht (40M. x 25in.) mr Doll's Cot (complete with bedding), or Book Prize. These prizes are on view at "The Record" Office. Make your own choice from this selection. Each competitor may send any number of entries, but each entry must be on a separate coupon. Results published next week. VInic Addrc-Age I accept the management's decision as final.
Death of Father Francis de Zulueta Well-Known Jesuit Author. Father Francis de Z lueta, the well-known Jesuit author, died at Roehampton last month in his 84th. year. He came of a distinguished Spanish family settled in Great He was the son of Britain. Pedro Jose Count de Terre Diaz, and uncle of the late Cardinal Merry del Val, the Marquis Merry del Val (former Spanish Ambassador in Londcn), and Professor de Zulueta, Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford. Father de Zulueta was born in London on June 29, 1853. I.ike his distinguished relatives, he was educated at Beaumont.
As a priest he worked on the Missions at Manchester, Bournemouth, Wimbledon, and for a time at Farm Street. His health was very indifferent z,nd it was soon realised that his real vocation lay in giving retreats, writ-
He was a regular contributor to the Catholic newspapers and "The Ministry of periodicals. Daily Communion," "Gathered Fragments," "Notes on Retreats to Youth," "Guide to Retreats" and many other such pamphlets sufficiently show the trend of his mind and the love of his heart: the Blessed Sacrament and the Young. He was also a composer of taste and many of his productions are used regularly in Church services throughout the British EmTo mention a few of the pire. best known, the "Sacred Heart Devotions"; a number of Benediction Services: mltets "on Lauda Sion," "0 Cor amoris victima," "To Joseph celebrent." and some Masses.
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TWENTY REFUGEE CARMELITES RESCUED BY BRITISH NAVY. Community Dispersed by the Reds. The "Lniyerse" reports having received a letter from Father EdWard Dewey, naval chaplain now serving in H.M.S. Woolwich, telling of the rescue by the British warship of five Carmelite The nuns belonged to nuns. the convent at Burriaol, north of Valencia, the community numbering- seventeen. They had been driven from their convent by the Reds, and were living in private houses. In tie warship they were able to receive the Sacraments and hear Mass in the ship's chapel. Father Dewey, who learnt Spanish when he was at Valladolid. acted as interpreter for the refugees in H.M.S. Woolwich. PAPAL PAVILION BEGUN FOR PARIS EXHIBITION. 100th. Church to be Built by Cardinal. A pavilion which witi represent the Holy See at the International Exhibition in Paris. in 1937 was I egun recently. when the foundation-stone was laid by Cardinal Verdier. Archbishop of Paris. The chapel of the pavilion will he the 100th. church built by Cardinal Verdict- in three years. The CardinaP was accompanied by Bishop Crepin, auxiliary Bishop of Paris, and Bishop Audollent, of Blois. His Eminence said zhl Catholics united their efforts in buildtha t pavilion. and it typified the Church's mission. transcending national boundaries, for the good of mankind. Customer: "I want something downright funny and quaint as a mascot fox my car." Girl (minding shop) : - Father, you are wanted." "I can easily tell you're a married man. No hales in your socks now." One of the first things my "No. wife taught me was how to darn
Communism Begets Fascism The Frankenstein It Cannot Control FEW days ago a prosocial minent Catholic worker in the Labour Movement, and in sympathy with Communism, sent me the subjoined letter: Dear Father McNabb,—There is a large munber of Catholics in this country who are , ery deeply concerned that the Church, and the Catholic press, are becoming, in the minds of many completely identified with Fascism and the attack on Democracy for which Fascism stands. I have invited one or two friends who, like mysclf, have been fighting what we believe to be a very serious criticism of the Church and one likely to do incalculable harm by making progressive thought in this country feel that there is no place for it inside the Catholic Church. Will you conic along and meet our little group at a quite private and informal meeting on Wednesday or Friday? In Reply. To this invitation J at once sent the following reply:— Dear A—B.,—Unfortunately both the Wednesday and Friday are engaged. I am myself lecturing on those nights. But no doubt a word or two on what I might be likely to say at your meeting may not be unwelcome. I think it is hardly necessary to assure You, who have known me for some .years. that I belong to no political party. I take it as my priestly duty to defend the poor. But I also take it as part of that priestly duty to defend them only by justice and the truth. Again; all my long I have hated strife so much 7hat I have adventured on the difficult craft of peace-maker. although I could never be a pacifist.
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An Obstacle to Catholic Action ( B) VINCENT McN iBB, 0.P.) Now I take it as almcst proved that there is great injustice done. wittingly and unwittingly-, by those who give the name of Fascist to everyone who is not a Communist. If this false labelling does not soon end it will be difficult for me to continue to defend the sincerity of Communists. The authentic or, at least, the successful Communism of Russia and Mexico, has been honest enough to proclaim its resolve to end religion and especially the Catholic Church. Now please rememl-,er that I do not' object to this as to an inconsistency. Indeed if I were a Communist my anti-God activity would probably *out-Stalin Stalin. But I hope I should have enough intelligence and enough sporting instinct to realise that Catholics will very likely and rightly object to being "liquidated" by Indeed they yill Comm unists. very likely try to liquidate their would-be liquidators. Intelligence Wins Wars. Some years ago at the street corners in Whitechapel and Bethnal Green I told my Communist 'ritnds the Catholic attitude towards threatened liquidation. Indeed I almost foretold the Spanish matter. And in sheer love of the poor I said with an anguish in my soul which prompted the tone of anger in my words: "I am not deeply read in history. But my rea:ling- of history is this, that the hand-workers have never risen against the intellectuals without being defeated. Sheer physical force may win the first battle or battles. But wars are won only by intelligence." What I have just w-ritten is borne out even by the recent history of Russian Comthunism. Lenin's Communism was a call, not to discussion but te "action." His first step (in war defeated Russia a very easy and successful step) was to create social chaos. His next step was to support (in order to supplant) a w eak Socialism. His final step ( in Russia a most facile and successful step) was to s ize power from this weak Socialist Government and once in power to use ruthless war-methods for quelling all opposition. Ag-ain; remember that for the m oment I am not nti it the methods of Lenin. am asking you and other Communists or supporters of Com— munism, to remember that "tw6 can play at that game" is a fundamental principle of sport or NV a r War, of conrse. 'like .',-)eace. has But it is the side its victories. w hich wins the last victory, and not the first victory, wbich wins onief i-nittcrneiI Tclw st y fertiN(-,nliudsi 1,110\ti athe sk im to be so 'blinded by some of the real or reputed prodixt-s of Comtrimism in the financial or econo-
mic field as to overbok the fact_ that the chief product of Communism is—Fascism! Remember that Fascism came, not before but after, Communism and came as a defence against Communism. Both Mussolini and Hitler are, if not Communist trained, at least Socialist trained. Its Own Child. But now that Communism has begotten the Frankenstein of Fascism which it cannot control, it is turning angrily and inconse(juently to the Church to control the child it (Communism) has begotten. For th:s reason I am beginning. to get Communists t o listen whilst in my peacemaking effort I say: "Why do You Communists, with your violent and explicit anti-God policy, endanger your own life? Do you not realise that your policy of driving out religion is driving even Catholics into the camp of Fascists and Nazis? Don't think that Catholics, as Catholics, approve of Fascism merely because they tolerate it. Don't think that they tolerate it for any higher reason that that, compared with Communism, Fascism is t he lesser of two evils. When o ffered the choice between, on the one hand, a Fascism Wiich tolerates, or at least does not intend to annihilate religi(.m. al`11. the other hand, a Communism which quite honestly and openly professes to annihilate religion. Catholics find the choice obvious. though regrettable." Powers of Reaction. All this I have written as one w hose ill-kept duty and desire is to protect the poor. As I am writing it T wish and pray that my Communist friends would face the facts—all, and not less than all, the facts. The declared anti-God policy of Communism. carried out with such effectiveness in Russia and Mexico. is making- me almost despair- of any social betterment; becauSe it is making a widespread and reasonable justification for the powers of reaction. Indeed. this reaction. already ominously powerful. is like to gain such head that he unique and sound principles (-J Social .fustice and Reconstruction set forth in the "Rerum '. .ovarttm" and the "Quadragesimo Amino," if broached during the next century or two. may find a widefronted opposition as masked C ommunism.
Cricket at C B.C., Perth C.B.C., 2nd. XI.. drew With Hale. Scores: C.B.C., 9 wickets (declared) for 107 (Davies 40, Alderman 33, Kelsall 25) : Hale, 5 wickets for 82 (flohessy for 24, Casey 1 for 61. C .R.0 tinder 15, lost to Hale liv one run. Scores: C.B.C., 40 (Alderman 11, Rigg 12), and 5 wickets for 31 hessy 25, Worner 11): Hale, 41 !Bourke 4 for 4, Werner 3 for 5, Clohessy 2 for 13. Alderman 1 for 91. under 13, drew with Guildford. Scores: C.B.C., 76 (T. Cullity 24); Guildford, 7 wickets for 5.1 (Mansell 6 fdr 15, (unity 1 for 9). , C.R.C. under 14, defeated Hale by 47 runs. Scores: C.B.C., 2 wicket. ( declared' for 12S (Rigg 56 not out. A lderman 27. Clohessy 21): Hale, RI ( Alderman 5 for 25. K. Seage 2 for 61
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On the Guadarrama Front
knees in an officer's redoubt. I September 5th.: I leave Sehave not sufficient hc:A.s. Pracgovia for San Rafael at 7.30. Artically all want Holy CommunThe Commandant • "Will ion. rive 8.30 at San Rafael. Have you be able to give me Holy supper with the regiment. Communion?" Certaility. and if Father Navares is very kind, diary of a priest, Father the from extracts following HE there are others I shall give them a he gives me a quilt and finds died in Spain while acting as who S.J. Martinez, a piece of the large Host. DurJuan -Leon. e _car tc, bring me to Alto-d the of picture a gives forces, t Nationalis the Mass a Red aeroplane ing the to chaplain The capSilence in the hills. The notes are translated angle. Thanks be to over us. passed unfamiliar an civil from war tain is most obligiag: "Sleep they were written. which to is. Breakcame in harm no God form c telegraphi literally the ,in here; to-morrow we shall see." go for the confesI must fast. midnight, Towards night. The cap- all the Then to a soldier already settled say, is not Catholic! tion between the two sions of those that I could not for the night: "Move up, we are tain asks for my crucifix, he c ommunica My What have they to hear yesterday, about thirty. going to make three beds out of kisses it and we part till to-mor- fronts. the are G you you, I thank od Then the say to one another? At day- Sovereign Good. . . . t wo." Beside the bridge; the row. . . . Dinner. break, confessions again. Father Rosary. . . . night is rather fresh. They had Garcia begins Mass. These last lines were written the : to go We (Sunday) September 9th.: 6th. September the en- on September 12th. at him for altar the put Six days . volunteers the by but held sector 7.30, "You will .say Mass at trance to the trench. They dug later the writer of them was dead. A heroes. like acting are They on task a impose I am going to "Stoop?" down at the deepest spot so that Father Garcia in a letter to an_quarter. you—you will preach after the dangerous me, the priest might be protected by other Jesuit, wrote Very well. I preach the commandant says to gospel." The soldiers are the parapet. Thirty receive "This trench in enfiladed and either bent or kneeling. I conat two Masses. "On the morning of the 18th., in There, seen." be our caps can Com tnunion. The he was carrying on the duties of tinue to hear confessiens. . . . gun. machine a is us. of front Talk with the officrr.. Splen. Splendid officers. . . . One man Reds must have heard some his ministry in the advanced The commandant receives asks about confession. Yes. All noise, because the shooting be- Positions of the right wing, just did. We must Communion. About fifty go to beside the Reds. ly Ho After breakIgo to a communi- gins again. want work hard to transform Spain. cation trench. Confessions there Holy Communion. After Father fast he said that he would not go W e must give ourselves com- for three hours. Among my Garcia, I celebrated Mass at the. on, for he had more confessions of Education pletely to her. penitents the commandant and same place. When the shooting to hear, and he proposed to say on —cultivati classes working the The command- is loudest I elevate the Body of Mass . on the following day in a all the officers. of spiritual outlook—less formal- ant and lieutenant want a picture Christ. the Lord of Peace. . . . neighbouring position. ism. of the Sacred Heart with an Act A fter breakfast we g-s. Father to goes "After talking to the soldiers He Garcia. ther Fa The\ are ex- Garcia and I, to visit the posiof Consecration. say Mass at San Rafael. He re- cellent'fellows. Geing hack tions. "There is danger at this for a moment, he went to the sector of the second regiment. near - Follow me . . run turns and we go to our respective we have to cross some other dan. point. "Up there me: over uns a to relief station, in order to hear The machine-g says He posts. ger zones, hut we get through have got the line of this spot. . . . the confessions of those who had there, that is the place . . . You safely. asked him. It was a quarter Zig-zag as you run. . . ." see the earth and Ow pine trees, soldie.rs some back, get I hen I W blood. He of ast eight in the mosn'ng. colour the P have they What a welcome we get from asked a lieutenant to lend him shall show you the position. of the company of St. Quentin Some poor those in the front line! There his redoubt for a shor'. time for Down there. at Guadarrama, is want confession. who army Red the been already have who from are hunsome fellows two at confessions The lieutenant gave line: firing Reds' the ours. w ere looking for water have been a whole month at the same place, it xvillingly. The Father had dred metres' distaner. One of them was a with their machine guns. . . . just heard the confession of a Along there several bullets whiz- captured. zed by me. but none hit me. That clerk, conscripted in his office. The enemy are eights- yards soldier, and was giving absoluis your place for the present. . ." He asks if he would not be al- away. . . . They watch our every tion to a sergeant when a shell The captain and the lieuten- lowed to go back 'o Madrid. movement and adjust their rifles. from an 81 mm. mortar burst ant . . . Three hundred metres "This is a fascist revolution?" he . . . We pass the place where the above him and his penitent, away, a shell wounds a soldier, t ells us. "The fascists have im- soldier was killed to whom I wounding them mortally. breaking the two hones of his leg. prisoned all the military." . . . But gave conditional absolution. Pro"After the explosion, the lieuFather Garcia rushes to him, so then: "And you, do vou belong vidence is certainly guarding does the lieutenant. Other shells to the regular army?" They do Father Garcia so that he may tenant searched among the debris fall behind the rocks. and our not want to go back tI their own continue the work he 'las under- and, going to the place where the taken. Last week, at the begin- priest was, called out to him: guns reply. . . . Here I am with side. When night falls the sound ot ning of his Mass a shell fell_ be- 'Have You been hit?' Getting no the sergeant. Carballo, at the quarters of the commandant. We a bugle comes from the Red lines, side him but did not explode. If reply, he went over and found Is this to one were to tell me "Yen will be him and the sergeant lying on the give each other mutual courage. and a flame rises. guide back those who has e got certaiffly killed, go away," I ground covered with blood. The I have had my baptism of fire. This is a mis- priest had a large wound on the should not go. "Where shall I put mv table?" lost? more. and head. His eves were half open. is it something sion replies: ant command The Father Garcia is a hero. He There was a smile on his face." "Wherever you like. I. shall not has done wonderful work among better, than a mission. take any responsibility for it." the men. He has tireless energy The higher command come We eat heartily and talk a that brings him everywhere. I • FOR THAT WEDDING battle planes have brought Our . Will they attack? Our do not know how he has not And All Occ2sions where a Taxi is the in planes down ten enemy Required, artillery which has Fcnt over been hit. Whenever a soldier Mass in BERNIE EVANS. some shells has silenced them. . . falls he rushes to him, even province of Santander. GEORGE'S TERRACE RANK. We cannot asthe trenches. Advice from Father' Garcia: through a shower of ballets. You semble all because of the danger *---.-c,--nascNlger Sedan. That can hear him cry out: "Quick. 1. Visit the positions. Moderate Charges. be from the air, and there must • T)17 ,;• Ps4sr.1: Rank, B4720. helps, and the men are grateful t he Holy Oils, he scents to be dysilence. I have to say it on my Jr addition, when occa- ing. . . ." fssir it. sion arises iou have opportuniSeptember 10th.: Great moveties for hearing confession. Three, Red of artillery. ment 2. The staff officers help in oplanes fly over San Rafael aer every way. but do not worry The and drop eighty bombs. them too much. ot the guns never stops on nd sou 3. Holy oils . . . Mass . . . scapeither side. ulars. A t the front, with the St. 4. Whateve.r inconvenience, and More shells. company-. Quentin annoyance you may meet, do not He dead. One skirmish. A complain. an head the through was pierced 5. Optimism. always. al Cendition ago. half a hour and September 8th.—The captain Shall . absoluticn and ing anoint line goes with me to the front Heaps more sunshine and sumHe wants all to re- I go up and see them? I am positions. yet and how about your mer . member their religious duties. I forbidden! -It is too dangerous bathers? take the opportunity to hear No one must stir without necesIn the afternoon sity." styles at confessions. See this season's Father Garcia arrives at 5.30. about thirty come. One of the 's. Jantzen's at half price, Cogan Tomen is to make his first Commu- All delighted to see h;tn. and other good Australian makes Conon. Communi Holy morrow I nion. I am very glad that at popular prices. fessions. Where? At the opencame. I thank (loth . . . Almost all The men want Communion. ing of this trench. Night. Dinner. . confession to go We shall arrange about Mass. faint a with burning is lantern A at line the in said is The Rosary We light! that out All light. "Put Very good. 6 o'clock. sleep." TREET CENTRAL to want HAY pray. Giving absolution. . . . sleep We rain? to going it Is bulSouls raised to God while " Where the good Hats are" It does not lets whistle by and cannon drop in the open an. ceasing their shells. . . . And Spain they rain. Guns fire without
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Saturday, February 27, 1937.
Developnbent of Catholic Education in Australia. .V1'Hi.
Advent of the Irish Christian Brothers AUSTRALIAN PROVINCIAL SYNOD OF 1869
Catholics' Indifference- Towards Their Schools The Christian Brothers of Ireland. Bishop Goold asked the ChrisBrothers tian for a community for Melbourne, but the General replied that the demands of Ireland were so great as to leave nobody free for distant missions. When he found that his request was not likely to be granted, he followed the precedent followed by Archbishop Polding nearly twenty-five years before. He forced the hands of the General by a special order from the Pope. He was promised a community. With corresponding difficulty he obtained from the Archbishop of Dublin another community of six Sisters of Mercy, which settled at GeeNeither the General of long. the Christian Brothers nor the A rchbishop of Dublin realised the critical position of the Church in Australia. nor the glorious destiny that awaited their followers in this great land.
(By REV. BROTHER URBAN CORRIGAN, M.A., Dip.Ed.) The common objections to the partieulsrs known to the Catho- sun, a Presbyterian minister, of claims of the Church in educalics of Victoria was discharged W est Melbourne, on behalf ot a tion are answered one by one. by the Hon. Sir John O'Shanassy Conference of Protestants (Pres- The children should learn their in an able and earnest speech, re- byterian and Wesleyan) minis- religion at home; many parents plete with Catholic sentiment ters on the subject of education. are without religious knowledge and electric with Catholic spirit. I told him that Catholics would or are too careless to teach their Other speakers on this occasion only join them in demanding children. Instruction should be were the Right Rev. Dr. Shiel, from Parliament a system of given by a visiting ministei ; the :ishop of Adelaide, Very Rev. education that would secure to schools are so numerous and the J oseph Dalton, S.J., Rev. Wm. t hem their own separate schools. clergy are so few that this is imSuch intermittent inS.J.. the Hon. J. H. Plun- He said that to this condition possible. kett. Attorney-General of New there could be no objection on struction would have no permanSouth Wales, the Hon. M. A. their part; it was pure and just. ent influence either on conduct ;v1cDonnell. Dr. McCarthy. and jhe conversation lasted an hour." or on character. "If the poor people are told t he Hon. Michael O'Grady. (Moran, p. 794.) This meeting of welcome was The Australian Provincial Synod, that the Government ought to supervise the expenditure of :I's° designed to rally Catholic 1869. money which it allots, acknowinfluence for defensive purposes In April, Archbishop Polding sesainst the educational policy of assembled his nine suffragan ledge it at once, and say that we the Government. It showed Bishops for the most important desire no bar to the inspection of that the secular system would do Provincial Synod yet held. To Government in everything that little to withdraw the determina- Melbourne came Bishops Mur- related to secular instruction. If it is said that the denominatiou of the Catholic people from phy, of Hobart. James Quinn. of tional schools have not attained •naoitaining their right to give a Brisbane, Matthew Quinn, ot religious education to their chil- Bathurst, Murray, of Maitland, in secular teaching the standard dren ; they would oppose any Shiel, of Adelaide, Laningan of which ought to have been attainsystem that did not combine Ca- Goulburn, 'and the resident pre- ed, the simple reply is "Give us The four -Christian Brothers— tholic with secular teaching. "To late, Bishop Goold, completed the the means of attaining any desirable standard .as you give than Brothers Treacy, Lynch, Bodkin, give unmistakable proof of the assembly. and Nolan—arrived sincerity by the of the hearty welcome Recent developments in the to others and we, too, will show "Donald McKay" on November accorded to the Brothers, a col- Education question were the at least equal results.'" "If it is alleged that the exist, 18. 1868; they found neither lection was made at the conclu- main reasons for the issue of a house nor school prepared, nor sion of the meeting. and the sum formal statement on the destiny ence of the two -Systems of the accommodation of any sort pro- Ot £730 was handed to the Sup- of the schools. Though the for- denominational and mixed vided. They were stranded and erior as a result." (Annals of the mulation of the details of eccle- schools would cause great addisVCIT forced to depend on the Catholic Church in Victoria siastical discipline on other mat- tional expense. you may without charity of priests and people Archbishop Carr. 1897.) With ters may have been necessary, it offending against charity or civiluntil the Bishop himself should this gift the Brothers were able was not essential. Education ity answer that such a pretended arrive. He landed six days to pay their rent, meet their had become vital and the position obstacle is a pure farce, that the later with a purse almost empty bills, and renovate their school. was alarming. The abolition of increase, even if there were any, a fter sn extended tour of Eu- This very practical improvement the 1)enominational Boards in when aid was dealt impartially. lope All the Bishop could give took up -£400. Victoria in 1862. in New South would be such a trifle. in comparithem was advice to trust themThe Catholic Association in Wales in 1866. Highinbotham's son with what is readily lavished selves to the generosity of the Victoria now devoted most of its C ommission and his proposal to on gaols and police, that it is utpeople. It was a great test of attention and funds to the school withdraw support from schools terly incredible it could he held 3 t'leir fortitude. They did not problem. on February 10 the not handed )‘. Cr to the State, tht sufficient motive for the oppresstep to think they were invited Bishop writes: " "a resolution spread of the secularist move- sion of a large portion of the gins-ts whose welcome had been was passed asking me to author- ment under capable management community.' "If it is asserted that mixed \ erleoked, hat they settled ise an annual collection to be and school administration. dh! schools and colleges promote muclown to make the best of the made towards the establishing of c onfusion that arose over t ion. They rented a house a general Catholic school fund secret Catholic wish that their tual respect and charity, we can in 124 Nicholson-street, and Hy- for the relief of poor schools un- priests should not receive a Gov- only answer that experience utterly contradicts the assertion. If esen the money to pay their assisted by the State. I shall ernment salary while theit t here seems to be peace and char,iebts. On January 18 they do so." (Moran. p. 792.) schools should be supported from ity in such cases, it is a deceitful t ook control of St. Francis' the common purse; these were Other Denominations Oppose a ppearance Boys' School. the central school ; it is the peacefulness the motives that prompted the Higinbotham's Bill. e f the city. decrees of the Second Australian of death, that is of indifference. The Royal Commission on Edu- Provin Though the Brothers were apcial Synod. held in Mel- W here there is indifference, there cation had roused much opposi- of 1869 were is not likely to be contention. parently neglected, they were mainly refensiye. "And, lastly, when it is said not forgotten ; the people were tion among Methodists and PresConstructive educational printhat the State cannot regard not unmindful of the men who byterians besides Catholics. The ciples had been formulated by recommendation the Hierarchy had given up home to teach their Commission's nine years previ- sects. we have to reply that the public schools themselves are in children to become better Catho- that "sectarian teaching shall be ously. The new decrees of 1869 lics and better citizens. The e xcluded from the schools by ex- were a protest against an injus- the most grievous sense of the word sectarian: they offer to hi tian Brothers were to be press legislative enactment" was tice .a warning against an evil, a some the spearhead of Catholic de- the basis on which Mr. Higin- reprimand for personal sects all that is desired and indiffer- d fense of education in Victoria. botham drafted an Education ence, an exhortation env to others that which is acto unity and Though their arrival was over- Bill. an answer to common objections. counted necessary." (Moran, p. On March 8, Bishop Goold The decrees of looksd because they had been 1862 were design- 776.) The appeal stirred Catholic sent out unannounced, a spectac- "presided at a meeting of the Ca- ed to mould public opinion. those p eople so greatly that Highinular welcome was arranged for tholic clergy and laity in refer- of 1869 were mainly deefnsive. bothain's measure was defeated. them on January 25. 1869. a week ence to a motion brought. before The Bishops Blame Indifferen ce. D after they had opened their Parliament by Mr. Higinbotham enominational education con. . • it is difficult to believe school. The Bishop presided. with.regard to the grant for pub- how, under such a Government tinued, shaken and uncertain of t he future. In introducing the Brothers. His lic education, from all share in as ours, genuine denomina tional Lordship pointed to the expedi- which it would exclude all future education could have been refusency of being prepared for the schools. and schools not now re- ed, if too many Catholics had ontingencv that was likely to ceiving aid from it unless vest- not been lukewarm and indiffered in the Government Board of ent." arise in regard to Catholic edu(Moran. p. 775.) cation, viz., the withdrawal of Education. The meeting wan "Of their fidelity and soundt ho Government grant, and he well attended and of one mind." heartedness we have no doubt: of It • slso pointed to the great value (Moran, p. 793.) their being in some cases misled e) the Brothers, as highly trainA section of the Presbyterians by words we have some fear. ed and devoted labourers in the and Wesleyans sought Catholic And. therefore .to many of the co-operation to stop the measure. false assertions and good esuse. But the Bishop sophistical not :zplain the extraordinary ex D On March 19 a delegate came to r easoning that are 0 0 WALTER irector!' repeated, and BUCKIIRIDOL ertions he had found it necessary, discuss the matter with the Bis- are repeated with P1.0.0., TSAI brazen reiteraC., D.B tc make in order to secure the hop. BraintaAtios. Loudon. tion. you must oppose perseverTHIS' Cre4er !We are "About 1 o'clock (I) had a ing denial and services ( f the Brothers. The row refutation." (ibid. 01111171M1161141. grateful (kits.- of making these long visit from Rev. Mr. Robert- p. 776.)
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Saturday, February 27, 1937.
A Catholic President GARCIA MORENO Ecuador —theModel of a ChristianState (By- F. J. WALLACE, S.J.) It is certainly true that revolutions seem to be very frequent in .South American Republics. Yet in this country, with all its love oi change, there sprang up in the 19th. century a state that was called by Leo XIII. "The model of a Christian state." In itself that is no small praise, but when it is considered that the country had been torn by revolutions and that the character of the average South American in naturally , fiery, the praise looms larger. The State was Ecuador, and the man responsible was a certain Garcia Moreno. He was born in 1821, the youngest of a family of eight. .11.:ss father died while he was still attending school, and but for the charity of a friendly priest, his -education must have been abandoned. In 1836 he went to the University of Quito. where he did brilliantly. At the age of 20 he decided to study law. As a lawyer he must have been rather unique, for once when asked by the presiding judge to undertake the defence of a notorious assassin, he bluntly replied, 'It would be easier for me to become a murderer than to defend one." And so the legal profession (lid not hold him for long. Politics and Press. This brilliant young lawyer now interested himself in politics. In this year of 1844 there broke out just .another one of those revolutions so frequent in A certain PreSouth America. sident Flores had made himself unpopular with the people of Ecuador by his acts of intolerance against Catholic the Church. Flores was defeated and Moreno began to come into prominence. The Government of his country entrusted to him the task of levying a special tax t o pay the troops, as the Treasnry was empty. This was an unenviable task, and it speaks vo!umes for the man that he succe:ded without loss to his reputation. But Ecuador was by no means through with revolutions. and or the next five Years uprisMon ings occur periodically. cut- dis-Tproved of thc Government that had succeeded Flores, and exprePsed his disapproval in his u WO straight-forward way in several rLpers he founded— "El Zurr;ago" ("The Whip"), and "El Mablo." In 1849, sick of this c:,ntinual strife and definitely in the had bQE.,ks of the Governm,:r t, he sailed for France. He returned to Ecuador after a six-months absence to find in power General Urbina an avowed Socialis* and 'enemy of Religion. Once more in a new paper. "La Nacion.” he opposed the injustice of the Go-ie.-rim ent. He was arrestod and exiled. and 1854 found him once again in 'rance. Two ye-1,-s later he was nutted to retirn to Ecuador Genera'. Roble,. -Alio was the y of TT hina. ail! bar' succeed(I him as President Garcia that his belov,11 country was ruin t n ler this So-
now the Republic of the Sacred Heart. So in a short lifetime one man had succeeded in transforming a State rotten with Socialism into the Republic of the Sacred Heart. Only God knows the enthusiasm that must have burnt in that patriot's heart and He alone knows the labours he must have put forth.
cialistic regime, d.isd he set his mind and heart on overthrowing it. Just another revolution broke out in 1S5 . and Garcia Moreno was in Ow thick of it. At first things did not go well, but in the followinfr year Urbina By and Roblez were defeated. 1860 the Socialist f;:rce had been completely routed and early in 1861 Garcia Moreno was made President. For fifteen years he had fought for the freedom of his country and now he was to rule it. Not even the most sanguine could say that he had an easy task ahead of him new.
ST. JOHN OF GOD BROTHER HAS NURSED TWO POPES. The nursing of His Holiness the Pope has been entrusted to the Brothers of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, who conduct a large general hospital in Rome and whose mother house is at Stillorgan, Co. Dublin.
Letter to Pius IX. Somehow he now felt that his One of the two Brothers of St. There John of God—Brother Faustino end was drawing near. were rumours of plots all around and Brother Filippo—who are in him and people \\Trc imploring constant attendance on His Holihim to take some precautions. ness, also had the privilege of During this uneasiness he wrote nursing Pope Benedict XV. to Pius IN: "I implore your benediction, most Holy Father, having without any merit on my ZIOI2rs' part been again elected President of this Catholic Republic. The nPw Presidential era begins . on August 30, wi..m I shall have to take the oath to the Con3t-'7, tion, and when it will be my duty to give official notice of it to 111111111111M111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 your Holiness. But I wished to THE let you know to-day, so as to obtain from heaven the light and IN AUSTRALIA WITHstrength which I need now, more than at any other, to remain the devoted son of our Holy Redeemer, and the loyal and obeTasma's Amazing Iron-Cored Coll w hich Shuts Out Everything except dient servant of His Vicar. . . the, Sounds you Want to near. What greater happiness can be a warded to me, most Holy Father, than to see myself deRFC EIVERS tested and calumniated for the ae4X47itzttailir tteatft Pi** love of Our Divine Redeemer? ! But what still greater happiness would it be. if your benediction could obtain from heaven the grace to shed my blood for Him. 772 HAY STREET. PERTH Who. being God, has deigned to Fremantle, Kalgoorlie, Narshed every drop of His at the pilrogin, Bunbury, lar and npor. the Cross." A ssassination. On August 6, 1874, his prayer GARCIA MORENO (1821-74), was answered. While leaving the Cathedral he was set upon Patriot and Statesman by several assassins and mortal111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ly wounded. Within a quarter of an hour he was dead. Presidency. To-day the visitor to Quito He set about his difficult task sees his statue standing in the with a will, revising the coun- public square, with the inscriptry's financial affairs—never a tion "To Garcia Moreno, the simple task in any country, much noblest of the sons of Ecuador, less in a South American Re- dying for his religion and his public, that had been ravaged and country. a grateful Republic." torn by revolutions. Next he In this inscription we can surely attended to the army and educa- see the whole life of this model tion. All the time he had to of Catholic Action summed up. keep an eye on budding revolutionaries and unfriendly neighThe keen musician had taken his bours. Urbina tried his hand at motorist friend to hear a soloist in the seaside band. a revolution in 1865, and was dc. 64 BARRACK STREET, PERTH. feated only by the prompt action During the rendering the music "fan" Also at No. 14 Newspaper Arcade, said: "Ah—he's playing that 'forte." of the President. St. George's Terrace.
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Sorrow and Separation were thy lot, 0 Virgin mild, When Joseph heard the warning For Thy Child. Yet, _ didst thou not in Egypt's land Find Paradise, Feeling the clasping joy of Jesus Hand? Wooing His Eyes?
-One Who Hops " 0, dearie me, In my mind I almost see Shall I say Un petit flea? No I shan't, Because I can't Say with learned certainty Whether adjectives of flea Always end themselves with e.
Sorrow and Separation are the lot, 0 Mother mine, Of those who take His Blood As Marriage Wine— The Priest, the Nun, the Brother, Who leave all To heed the mystic-sweetness Of His Call. Yet, do they not thy rapture share in part, Who share this Second Sorrow ot Thy heart? —AUNT BESSY. THE MAIL BAG AT ZERO. Dear Aunt Bessy,-1 am enclosing a card and 2/6. I thought I'd better the Ne.w.. -Year Resolution use -quickly, unless it wears out. e„ GINGER. Dear Ginger,—St. Patrick is reported to have said on one occasion, when an ancestor of Sandy's was inclined to put 3(1. on the plate (though I never thought our method of church collection came down from the days of Ireland's Apostle), that it was always commendable to be slightly Scotch where one's good resolutions were concerned, and Sandy can never decide whether the .saint meant that it was commendable to keep the resolution itself or the medium through which elle intended to express it. He always judges it to mean the latter, and as I am glad you don't, for you took on eight cards in the first ten your of the New Year, and the resolution should not wear out until the Thank you other six come home. AUNT_ BESSY. very much.
"One Who Hops " Shall I essay To bid a grasshopper good-day And let him tarry on his way? No I won't, Because you don't Welcome grasshoppers they say, For they come to eat your hay, Leaving you the costs to pay. "One Who Hops!" My quick mind flew To a Nor'-West kangaroo, Which I thought such deed might do, Not a bit Could I fit This new cap upon that 'roo, For you see 'twas made for You, Even tho' your hops are few. "One Who pardon beg, Foçj, hung my thinking peg Rigiit on Someone's Gammy Leg, Scenting bluff Sure enough. When I 'phoned Six Four Five Three, Gammy Leg said, "Don't blame me, Brother So and So's your flea." If that's so, my mind has cramps For when first I saw those stamps, And that "Just a trifle" touch, "I-Fm," said I, "that's Such and Such," "Just a trifle" like you sent, Always makes my heart content. And I'll welcome to my crops Any more from "One Who Hops." —AUNT BESSY.
East of Victoria Park. Darling Aunt Bessy,—It was wonderful to see my name in your Page again, after so long, though I do think Sandy McDougall should be publicly exposed for his utter disregard of the truth. Perhaps your Cornentes did not notice, but our family has been Never Never. always trained to adhere strictly. to the truth, so we weie all quica to ne• Dear Aunt Bess',—Enclosing small You will remember donation for the Bushies:. Fund. I tice his lapse. that he boasted about his father and am sure you enjoyed your Christmas tiAinner after. the brilliant total for 1936. Mr. McTavish being Lound lnwn te the Pledge until his tavern birtn. solat;st Kishing you better luck still for day, and then he fol!owei up that peopir 'I may this year's total go to laudable news by proclaiming that his • (Pardonnez moi, but where t twenty-first birthd:e• wae yet six years 1I go if it does?) I sent a small box off. Of course, on accoun: of being :-I'll'stamps a couple of weeks ago; the box -vas a pink and black one, so I an elocutionist, my memory is aa fresh as a daisy, and I ream :o 'r tha- Yoe . expect they arrived alright? —Yours w ished him Many Happy Returns cf THE NEVER NEVER. frona, his 15th. birthday thre.: years ago. ba Dear Never Never,—Never be says evidently he :atends to have the nxious about anything you send away Happy Returns, and she doesn't blame in a black and white box, because him because she has been hiving the a relation of the Duke of Wellington most joyous raturns ot forty-f.e . once told me that if you ever send ond birthday for the last eight yeerre anything away in a black and pink and even poor Dad has to seem ail box it always reaches its destination in conscious of the atand-still; still, rhat good time, order and condition—that's why I've always nursed a secret wish is a feminine eaelkness that is accepted the same as a printer's error, but it that _someone will put me in a black can be left at that, I could say aland pink coffin and label for Heamost severe and cutting things about ven when my time has come to go for Sandy McDougal', only somehow I my last motor drive. Will you see still try to regard him in the same about it if you happen to be on the light as he was in the day he savel spot at the time? Anyway, your my life in Mecourt-street, and that WaS stamps did arrive, but I didn't drop Aunt Bessy, did you the moonlight. down to the fact that they came from Mrs. B. of C.. so I acknowledged them ever notice how the moonlight always softens your outlook? I think it is as from an anonymous donor, but likpositively bewitching and I'm not ed getting them all the same. Many prised that poets and artists and musithanks for the 2%6, and as for that cians always work best when um'er £2,000, what did I say about future ts mellow influence. I always think, Objectives if you helped me get the too, that it is real sign that there is Thousand? AUNT BESSY, not much poetry, music or art in dogs because they positively get annoyed, Hay-street. and bark in a most unrefined manner Dear Aunt Bessy,—Just a small dowhen there is a strong moon about. nation towards your 1937 Objective, Pa and Ma and I were sorry to heat With best wishes from, about poor Sandy's boils all the same. M UG COMP. and we hope they are better now, I am sorry that -Sandy got upset when ' Dear Mug Comp..—I've half a mind he heard about my cousin Edgar take to take you_for my 1937 mascot —would ing me to the pictures, because he You object? I mean, of course, after ought to know that Edgar, being my the usual reservations had been put first cousin, he would not prevent me upon my Heavenly Protectors, but, from going to the pictures with Sandy when somebody not of my Faith has However, we the greatness of soul and intellect to if he wanted me to. eupoort my efforts for the Bushies' :e- Tre. and that at the cost of personal sacrifice, to say the least, it helps my heart to function with new zest fer thp ,7-ork. Thank you very much. AUNT BESSY.
are going to the Coronation instead, and we are terribly thrilled about it, Ma and I. Pa's brother, the solicitor, has an office' quite near St: Paul's Cathedral or Buckingham Palace. I'm not sure which, but I know he has an office somewhere in London and he has offered us a quarter of the window space for the great occasion, so we have decided it is worth our fare money, as the firm of Snoggins and Snoggins will see to all our spot expenses, and we won't lose much in exchange. I do wish you could come and see my trousseau—you would lose your eyesight, because there's hardly anything to see, but it is a wonderful help where the luggage problem is concerned. fAiint Besse, I was going to ask a favour of you. Would you undertake to mind my appendix until I return? You see, we have no one we can really trust here, and Pa and Ma are keen on preserving my appendix, because they think I will become a celebrity once I go to London, and the firm of Snoggins and Snoggins have informed Pa that the really best investment he could make for any f uture members of our family is to hold my appendix in ieserye, as it may bring in three times as much as the letter that Wellington wrote at a a.m. one morning a few hundred years ago. (I was never great on historical dates Aunty, so excuse me if I should have said ten years ago), and I believe that brought in a few hundreds, so for that reason we would simply love if you would guard my appendix for me and we will only be away until November. I had such a horrid dream about you the other night. I dreamt you were up in an aeroplane and never came down, and it was horribly realistic, because we were all gathered around watching for the aeroplane to come down, and it became air bound and got caught between two clouds; thank goodness just as the aereclane went further on I woke up. Edgar said it was the result of eating too much ice cream during the heat wave, but I am afraid I've been studying poetry too seriously lately, and I couldn't help thinking of you when I read this lovely poem the night before I had the dream. It is called Mary Deats, and as it isn't by me this time, you might print it: Mary Deals. "Forty-one years Mary Deats, Sold the village children sweets, Helped judiciously to pick Bullseye, jujube, sugarstick. Ginger, sea-foam, Peggy's Leg, Marzipan and Easter Egg, Making with immense delay Threepence go the longest way. Sage adviser of our past, Mary Deats is gone at last. "Peardrops, was it?" Here they are! Thrust- her forearm in the jar, Took it out, and clasped her side. Said, "Excuse me, sir," and died." —L. A. G. Strong. It did Isn't that pathetic, Aunty? make me so relieved to think I didn't have my appendix still, and I do hope if ever you have a pain in your side you will get Your appendix out on the With fondest love to everyspot. body, and hoping Sandy 'McDougall has not had any relapse, and that you will get another £2,000 this year.— Your most affectionate niece, MARY THERESE SNOGGINS. P S,: Please don't cut the "h" out of my second name, as Ma likes it spelt with it S. Dear Mary,—We were all delighted to receive evidence that you are still in the land of the living ,though You need not have been so Tharp in your comment on Sandy's age, as those who know Sandy well never bother cor. tradicting any statement he makes, as it only inclines him to go one further, You are very fortunate to be getting to London for the important event in May, but I regret that I cannot undertake to look after your appendix, as the. doctor says I must have six months
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,win-ttion rules the other faculties, he finds most pleasure in, fanciful reveries, whose dreamy Sunday: The gift of prayer is and indefinite forms he much a pledge of salvation.—St. Marprefers to the cold precision of garet Mary. our ideas. This fondness for Monday : To him who rememmystic and figurative language, bers that he has deserved hell all common to the Eastern mind, suffering seems right. was an invaluable advantage for Tuesday: Be bright and cheerJesus, because during the last ful. Forget yourself, and strive year of His Ministry it allowed His Church, Her Constitution, Her Hierarchy to make others happy. of His giving the Jews just such Accused of a Devil. subject to His Mother. 'Wednesday: The man who Here- glimpses of His meaning as were wastes his time does not seem In Saint Matthew's account the after He belonged to God and desirable for them, while it also to realise that he will need it all reply of the Lord is reported to the souls whom He had come permitted him to display His before he dies. more at length. He told His to save. thought even more clearly before. "Who is My Mother and who the eyes of His Apostles and inThursday: Let us never aban- slanderers that they ought at These were don our ordinary devotions, or least to be consistent with them- are My brethren?" was His reply timate disciples. any other good work, through selves; and should judge the tree to the one who had informed the circumstances which promptAnd as ed the Master to take up with human respect, dryness, or dis- by its fruits. If He did actually Him of their arrival. drive out devils, why did they the man was silent, Jesus' glance this new form of preaching. gust. Friday: The bed of suffering is not acknowledge the fact? The fell upon the disciples seated in a The Sower. a school of humility, where we tree is .good which bears good circle about Him. He stretched Jesus was not left long alone learn not only our weakness fruit. And yet, after all, no one out his hands towards them,— on the lakeside. Out of Caphar"Behold My Mother and My and misery but how vain, sensi- need be amazed at their blasnaum there came a great throng brethren !" phemies, said; for He the "for mouth every speaks tive, and feeble we are. who crowded all the open space one who does from the the will fulness of of the My heart; Saturday: God knows everyaround Him, and stood about the thing. There are volumes of and assuredly these creatures, this Father Who is in Heaven is My beach in little knots, waiting such brother, brood My sister, of vipers, could and not fail to My comfort in that. God means time as He might choose to speak. mother." Then poison rising, tit& speech the with Masthe everything. There is light for ter left the house and took the There was a boat drawn up 014, every darkness out of that sim- venom of malice. road leading to the lake, where the sand, and in this the Saviour Jesus was still speaking when ple truth. a man pushed his way up to Him. He seated Himself by the beach. found a seat, from which He could be seen and heard. Over "Your mother and your brethPreaching by Parable. the heads of the people who ccrvren are without," he said; "they The insulting charges which ered all the strand His eyes could are seeking for you." we have just noticed, the efforts rest upon smooth fields sloping made by Jesus to enlighten the to Mary His Mother. the water's edge, beaten paths The Lord's kindred, hopeless of people, the uneasiness shown by winding through rich meadows cured every month , making any headway against the His kinsfolk—all indicate what while here and there a huge rock with crowds, had probably turned to great changes had taken place in or clump of cactus-lik e thistles. Mary for aid; and the Virgin, Capharnaum during this second would give a sterner aspect to mission into Galilee. startled by their wild tales, had The crea- the pleasant harvest lands. left her retreat to go with them. tures of the Sanhedrin had "Listen!" said Jesus, stretching Used to seeing Him yield to the profited by the absence of the ou t His hands toward those famiSaviour to disquiet public opinlightest wish of Mary, they Price 1/9 per packet or 3d. each thought He could not resist an ion ; and though most of the citi- liar shores of Genesareth. "The appeal coming from her. SOLD EVERYWHERE. But zens were still. loyal to their Soiver went out to sow, and the Christ could no longer be Benefactor, the number of His NN-bile he was sowing some grains enemies had so far increased that fell into the roadway, and the .fesus thought best to forego any birds of the sky lighted and confurther teaching in the simple sumed them; some other fell and direct style which lie had upon stony ground, where there was not much earth, and it hitherto used. spr ung up itnmediatelv because However much Ile may have it had no depth of soil ; but when have differed xvith the Scribes, the sun was up it was scorched, lie would, notwithstanding, submit to the limitations of their and as it had no roots it witheeforms, and hence He determined ed away; still others fell among to present His doctrine hereafter thistles, and the thistles grew up in Parables. as was their cus- and choked them; others, finally. fell in good earth, and bore fruit, tom. But while these masters some a hundred. others sixty, and of Israel only employed allegory in order to hide from the others thirty fold. He who has public the treasures of wisdom ears to hear let him hear!" w hich they wished to confine to MT BEADS their disciples. the design of Jesus in using these veiled figPURE ures of speech was to gain die Sweet, blessed beads! I would not part With one of you for richest gem time which was necessary for the That gleams in kingly diadem: C' mpletion of His divine instruc Ye know the history of my heart. • 4111P tions; for He had yet to disclose %it • 41111P the chiefest portion of His work For I have told you every grief In all the days of twenty years, —the establishing of His Church. .41 And I have moistened you with tears. ,a her Constitution. her Hierarchy— And in your decades found relief. an everlasting object of undying distrust and hatred to the great A h, time has fled, and friends have failed, ones of earth. 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On November 26, 1936, the Rev. Mother in charge of the Abhor as Study Centre Convent School at Penang, Rev. of Tarcisius, the St. Mother English students and profes was "Dames de St. Maur," sors will be able to study or to awarded the decoration of the rest with French and Italian colBritish Empire, in the of Order recognition of her educational leagnes in an ancient BenedicThe tine abbey ot Normandy, if a services to the Colony. inanimousho adopted decision of medal was presented to her by the Eure department general His Excellency the Governor, council is put into action. The Sir Shenton Thomas. The ceremony took place at abbey is that of Bec-Helloin.. ;JA the Paris-Deauville road, 80 miles the convent in the presence of a north of the capital. It history distinguished gathering, which is connected with two great Engincluded the Bishop of Malacca, the Right Rev. Dr Devals, and lish primates and Archbi2hops the Resident Councillor at Pen- Canterbury, Lanfrane and St. ..s.11:elm, who made it the great ang, the Hon. Mr. A. M.- GoodThe The Governor, in his university of the We;:. man. Eure council is to invite the glowing speech. referred in terms to Rey. Mother Tarcisius's French Government to turn the record of thirty-two years' work abbey into a study, holiday ani for the welfare of the Colony. He convalescent centre for English, referred to the new foundations French and Italians, thus, after she had opened at Kuala Lum- many hundreds of years. restorpur, Kiang. Sungei Patana, Alor ing it in some way to the briPiant role it played in the past. Star and other Centres and to the fact that the number of pupils atFounded in 1034 and dissolved tending the Convent Schools has risen since 1935 from 5,000 to at the French Revolution, the ab9,000. The real joy of the Rev. bey is at present a cavalry tiaitMother, however. concluded His ing centre, soldiers living in the Excellency, is the knowledge monastery. and horses occupyThe IT. that her children take with them ing the cloisters. Church is in Century ruins. First into the world and impart to others that influence for good Lanfranc and then Anslem, both with which they have come into Italians. took charge there. estabcontact .throtkgh her watchful- lishing both its and their relmtatiorls. They later succeeded each ness and care. other at Canterbury. ficnvt.VIII.'s schism deprived the abbey of many of its benefices. It BLESSING BY PRIEST AT INAUGURATION OF PRESI- was sacked by the Huguenots. DENT OF U.S.A.
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An amusing leaflet has been issued by Father John O'Connor - -G.K.C,'s •"Father Brown"----th advertise Father Vincent Mcto Nabb's forthcoming visit Bradford to lecture for the Catholic Social C;nild. He introduces the famous Dominican as "Vincent McNabb. Friar of the Order of Preachers. .Master of Theology. Chevalier of the Belgian Crown. and all that.' and goes on to say that he "war born in Belfast sixtv-nine Years . go. and his father was a sea-cap1 tain in the Merchant Service. unless we are sadly misinformed " You cannot he Master in Theology until you have taught it for 25 years, so that is that. . . . He and the present. Archl.ishop of Westminster were the first in the world to take serious ice of the Pope's letter on the Condition of Labour, as hardly anyone else knew what it was about. or cared very much. Cardinal Maiming having just died " We are rash enough to surmise that he may refer us to that liairraising docnment.. "Onadrag.. .*. esimo Anno." which is only a rethat the minder to Catholic "Rertim Novarum" fell flatter than the Sermon on the Mount.
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"Father McNabb," adds Father ( )'Connor. "olved the problem ‘yhicb . sttimped the Coalition t ;ovennuent of 1917-18--Paotism. "He said that you had a perfect right to he a non-combatant and have that right protected bv t he State. if only you gave ui • three things for which a man is hound to fight Wife. Wealth Win or Liberty. This You do hy taking- the Tiv.;,e Vows."'
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a Negro worships and prays in a • ilent church, and w hen he takes s part in a solemn service, thc whole building should be a true expression of his devout, prayerful soul singing the praises of the Then—and then only — I.ord. church and people are truly unit• ed from a human and divine point of view. The church is the house o f the Lard; it is the house. too, o f His children, which they have built with their own hands . and decorated according to their own I wish also to quote a taste.' few words from the splendid spaech of the Governor of the C ongo. M. P. Ryckmans: 'We must remove once and for all from the mind of the Negro the m isconception that the missionary is a kind of iconoclast, who destroys for the mere joy of causing destruction. The pagan world must likewise become convinced of this truth—that the Church belongs to all peoples and to all times; that she approves of everything that is fine
The Belgian Congo Missions have opened an Exhibition of Congolese Art at Leopoldville, and Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi, Prefect of Propaganda, in a letter to the Apostolic Delegate in the Belgian Congo. makes the following apt remarks: "We must not overlook the fact that it is important that native Christian art should appeal to the natives, not that it should p!case us. The, exhibition is important not so much from the p()int of view of ,he canons oe. art as from its bearings on the elethods to be employed by those W ( rking on the mission field. As vimr Excellency aptly puts it. 'The Cathldic Church is neither Belgian. nor French. Italian. American: it is Catholic. Therefore it nmst be Belgian in Belgium. . and CongoFrench in France Church lese in the Congo. buildings and furniture should .11 ft both in design and colour. to the requirements of Conart. -En this manner when 04/0-414P-400. .
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new religious institutions. Some of these house older institutions from vIiich were transferred quarters within Rome; the others arc new foundations. In this same quarter you now tind the new minor seminary of the Rome diocese, the house of the Sisters of St. Charles of Benedictine Nancy. the new monastery of St. Jerome—where the work of the revision of the Vulgate is being carried out— and the Brazilian College, whose ,tudents came to the Gregorian University each day in their own motor-buses.
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and beautiful in the life and habits of different races: that she t olerates what is not opposed to her teaching. and wishes to destroy only what is bad. . . . In my opinion native art should be e ncot..raged simply because it is native art, rather than on account of its intrinsic artistic v alue. . . ANGLICANS PRAY FOR THE POPE,
Founder of Brothers of Christian Schools The body of St. John Baptist de la Salle, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, who died 218 years ago at SaintVon. Rouen, is shortly to be transferred from Belgium to the Brothers' splendid new headquarters on the hills behind the Vatican City, along the Via Aurelia. These buildings have been erected for the general curia and s econd novitiate of the De la `.;alle Brothers. The Superior General and his a ssistants have already taken up residence there, haying transferred their headquarters from Belgium. where they had been since t heir exile from Paris in 1903. Great preparations are being made for the reception of the saint's remains at Milan and Turin. where the Brothers have very flourishing institutions, colleges and schools. From Turin the relics will he . taken to other cities where the Brothers have schools. For their reception in Rome celebrations are being prepared on a very solemn and imposing scale. Born at Rheims on April 30, 1651, St. John Baptist de la Salle died on Good Friday. April 7. He was canonised by 1719. Pope Leo XIII. on May 24 19(1) The Brothers' headquarters are in the vicinity of several other
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400 Years Since Similar Prayer in Chester Cathedral. Prayers on behalf of the Pope \\ ere offered recently by the congregation in Chester Anglican Cathedral at the invitation of the Dean. the Very Rev. F. S. M. B ennett. Addressing the congregation the Dean said: "Let us pray for all who are sick, and with our Roman Catholic friends, for the Pope, that he may be relieved of his pain and restored to better health." Chester Cathedral until 1541 was a Benedictine Abbey, and it l; believed that the Pope has not t een prayed for lw name in the C athedral since 1558. 'IT HE CAUSE OF MATT TALBOT.
M zitt Talbot. the Dublin Nvorking man, who died Nyith so remarkable a reputation for sanc!ity, has been brought to the minds of many afresh by a painting in which Sean O'Sullivan. the P ortrait painter, has depicted t he holy tenement dweller at his prayers. This remarkable piece of art is reproduced in the "Capuchin Annual." Last month, Joseph Glynn's Life of Matt Talbot, which has gone into hundreds of thousands of copies in •,tost of the great languages of S T. .10IIN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE. F urope, was issued also in Irish
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