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PICTURED DURING AN AUDIENCE WITH POPE PAUL ARE THE BISHOPS OF AUSTRALIA . . From left are Bishop O'Loughlin (Darwin), Bish‘p Cullinane (Auxiliary of Canberra-Goulburn), Bishop Carroll Auxiliary of Sydney), Bishop Prasko (Ukrainian Exarch), Archbishop O'Brien (Canberra-Goulburn), Bishop F. X. Thomas (Geraldton), Bishop Rush (Rockhampton), Bishop Toohey (Maitland), Bishop Muldoon (Auxiliary of Sydney), Car-IV-nal Gilroy (Sydney), Archbishop Pren diville (Perth), Bishop Goody (Bunbury), Archbishop Beovich (Adelaide), Archbishop O'Donnell (Coadjutor of Brisbane). Archbishop Young (Hobart), Bishop Doody ( Armidale), Bishop Jobst (Kimberleys), Bishop Cahill (Cairns), Bishop Gallagher (Port Pine). Bishop McCabe (Wollongong), Bishop Farrelly (L ismore), Bishop Henschke (Wagga). "11.4.4.410#4, P#41.4.4,04N4.4•14.04.0#4.0~0#4.04
* WIIILE in Rome recently, Father P. F. Cunningham took the take to opportunity photographs of the West Australian Hierarchy. The photographs were taken as the Bishops were leaving the council after various sesThe negatives sions. arrived last week.
RIGHT: HIS GRACE pictured in a jovial mood as he ()Teets a friend outside St. Peter's.
LEFT: HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP GOODY of Sunbury.
BOTTOM LEFT: HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP F. X. THOMAS of Geraldton w ith HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP J. CULLINANE of Canberra-Goulburn (Auxiliary). Bishop Thomas returned last Saturday with Bishop T. Cahill of Cairns. RIGHT: HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP J. JOBST, S.A.C., of the Kimberleys is pictured with HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP OTTO RAIBLE, S.A.C., his predecessor as VicarApostolic of the Kimberleys, who retired in A pril, 1959.
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Bishop Fulton Sheen . • .
THE EVOLUTION OF LOVE OVE is an evolution, a growth, and a pilgrimage. The first stage. is the act of choice, with its tremendous joy of discovery, the meeting of one's -soul with another. This choice is made in enthusiasm. It implies an exclusive renouncement to the life that has gone before, and the release from anything that would restrain. It implies a detachment of all that is not pleasing to the Even renouncements of other. other allurements, because they are done in love and enthusiasm. are never considered difficult. With this choice there comes the desire of union, and the urge to know one better ,to understand and be understood, the need of being loved, the desire of security, the search for the repose of the heart which will be the perfection of one's being.
SELF TO OTHER THE second stage is union. It It is is the afternoon of love. the taking possession of one another in a reciprocal gift. Each one gives self to the other in a
double movement of gift and welcome, where the joy of giving is sweetly defeated by the thrill of being received. This is a moment of the sensible Presence of 'God, and one that St. Thomas compares to the Ascension. It is an ecstasy like a ray from the sun, which is God. The real. definition of love is that it is a mutual self-giving which ends in self -recovery. If love were only a mutual self-giving, it would end in exhaustion. But there ultimately comes a moment where there is self-recovery, and the beginning of the family. Even where there is no child, love begins to interiorise. There is a stage reached where it is no longer the body that leads the soul; it is the soul Through a that leads the body. loving war of little acts of selfdenial, a couple finally take possession of that citadel which is not won by passion, but by an application of the Cross of Christ for love of one another . . . and from the fastness of that castle, few there are who seek to stray. There is now no longer a forced unison. but discovered harmony. There comes now a larger learn-
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ing, not at the cost of tears, but a service and dedication to the other The glamour passes. They are no longer two instruments, toneless with self -love and overstrung with pride; love now plays with patient fingers on the string that produced harmony for the children of God.
INCARNATION RETURNING to the child as the fruit of their love, it is seen how closely related it is to the Birth of Christ. All love ends in an incarnation, or a taking on of flesh, even as God took on flesh in the Incarnation. The couple see themselves as a quarry from which God is hewing every soul they bring into the world as an eligible stone, capable of being squared and shaped for service, however slowly, in the heavenly Temple of God. The husband and wife who become father and mother, now see themselves as summoned to be the architects with God of that spiritual house which is built of living stones. The child upon whom they look is the fruit of prayerful love, and not of unsanctified desire. The husband and wife see that their lives would be frustrated if, like an imbecile farmer, they planted His seed in the earth and then tore it up, or planted the vine and then uprooted it, or touched the bow to the violin and never made a melody, or a chisel to marble and never produced a statue.
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IIE LAY AUDITORS RECOMIIAVE THAT MENDED NUMBER THEIR BE INCREASED AT THE THIRD COUNCIL SESSIONS, THAT WOMEN BE INCLUDED AMONG THEM AND THAT AUDITORS BE CO-OPTED BY COMDEALING MISSIONS IN SUBJECTS WITH HAVE THEY WHICH SPECIAL COMPETENCE. It is to be hoped the more intellectuals and more who have been shaped by the apostolate take their places among the lay listeners also. With the exception of Jean Guitton, the present members ate mainly co-ordinators or co-ordination, the top bureaucrats of Catholic international organisations. Few have direct experience of forming Catholic Action groups. It is diffcult to Vittorio understand why Veronese who heads the Bank of Rome to give one example, should talk to the Council Fathers as he did on the second last day of this session, on behalf of Catholic laymen. Guitton is in quite a different category. The Council could develop in the direction of incorporating more laymen who have direct contact with the problems it is discussing and those like Guitton, won recognition in the "open competition" of modern culture rather than in the protected areas of specifically Catholic activity. The news services in this session showed. in fact, that the Council is considerable of capable growth. MORE
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During the first session a French bishop kept "La Croix" supplied with details of the discussion. This time the Council press office itself provided that service. In this session Father Jean Danielou, as well as lecturing the Fathers on such subjects as the Dead Sea Scrolls and advising bishops, wrote comments for "Le Figaro Letteraire" on crucial matters such as the vote on the five propositions. It is difficult to imagine an Anglo-Saxon expert doing like-
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wise. The Council has a great capacity for growth— but it seems to need the French to force it along. DRIVERS
Thirty Romans regret the close of the Council's second session for it allowed them three hours each morning to discuss cycling and football. While the Council Fathers were debating theological points the drivers of the coaches which had brought the Fathers to St. Peters debated with just as much fervour the merits of soccer teams such as Roma, Milan, Inter, Torino, Lazio. Shortly after midday the drivers of the 30 "conciliari," as the buses were dubbed, would complete their exhausting mornings' work by driving the bishops home. The most difficult part of this was negotiating the narrow opening in the barricades erected on the edge of St. Peter's Square. tourists Each morning lined these barricades to catch a sight of their bishop or a well-known figure as the purple and red throng spilled out from the basilica and crossed the square. They might see Cardinal Suenens being chauffeured away in a black limousine, an aged, bearded Eastern Father on foot nearly flattened by a busload of Mexican bishops, another busload behind a caption 'Tour of Rome,' although there were no buses, such as those of the first session, marked 'Rome by night! As the figures pass by foot or by car, word spreads about the morning's happenings: they were as dull as dishwater, explosive, a pointer was given in this direction, nothing has changed, Frings ain't what he used to be . . . Cardinal Gilroy and Bishop Muldoon pass in the back of a Fiat 1100, Archbishop Young meets some of the students frm Propaganda Fide, a Citroen like an old tin can carrying two French periti avoids a busload of Philippine bishops only because the driver swings it violently, Archbishop Heenan walks through the barricades with an observer on each arm.
C OUNCIL SLANG
It is goodbye to all that not only for the bus drivers. There has been a suggestion that any future sessions of the Council be held in some place other than St. Peter's. It is hard to imagine it continuing elsewehere; even the Council slang seemed modelled for the basilica. The closed circuit telecamera on which the Pope followed proceedings had a red lamp which lit whenever he turned it on so this was called 'the eye of the Father'. The final votes wdre called "last judgments' while the 12 presidents were nicknamed 'the 12 apostles' and the four moderators "the evangelists.' Cardinal Doepfner, rapid and decisive, was Matthew;. Suenens was Mark the interpreter of Peter (and for Peter one should read Paul); Lercaro whose sensitivity to art is well-known was Luke, while Agagianian was John, the last of the apostles. For those who wanted to remember the second session a volume "Concilium Oecumenicum Vaticanum II" was on sale in Rome from October and it displaced Latin vocabularies as the most sought after book along via della Conciliazone. Any member of the public who wanted the photos of 2300-odd bishops could acquire the volume at 12,000 lire. For the bishops themselves the price was 5000. An Italian Council Father leafed through it reflectively and then gave judgment. "Beautiful — all the bishops united — and all observing a religious silence." Y4. With about one hundred other Council Fathers the Australian bishops Gallagher and Goody left for a ten day tour of the Holy Land - immediately after the close of the second Council session. The total number of spoken interventions during the second session was 610. Four Australians spoke: Cardinal Gilroy and Bishops Goody, Cahill and Muldoon, who spoke on both "De Ecclesia" and "De Oecumenismo."
On of the disappointments of the second session was that the Council did not take a vote on chapters 4 and 5 of the 'Ecumenism" draft. These chapters deal with the Jews and Religious Liberty respectively. If a vote had accepted them as a basis for discussion no change could have been made in them in the interim between the third and fourth session. As it is, the Theological Commission or the Co-ordinating Commission could, presumably. tell the Secretariat for Christian Unity that they want to reconsider the texts. Suggestions have been made that the debate on the first three chapters of the draft were intentionally prolonged towards the close of the session so that chapters 4 and 5 could not be considered and- that they would be permanently "forgotten." However, as one theologian remarked," you don't have to arrange a filibuster in this Council" and Cardinal Bea, in his address at the close of the last general congregation, gave his pledge that the two chapters would be taken up next time. "What is put off," he said, is not put away." He added that an Ecumenical Directory could be prepared, and foreshadowed the establishment of unity secretariats in many countries. Bishop Carroll, auxiliary of Sydney was added to the Commission on bishops and the government of dioceses, and Bishop Doggett, vicar apostolic Aitape of New Guinea, to that on Missions, when the Fathers elected four additional members for Bishop the Commissions. Carroll gained more votes than any other bishop: 1.738.
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Bishop Goody Speaks For The Hierarchy The following is the text of an intervention in the Council Hall, made by His Lordship Bishop Lancelot Goody, of Bunbury, Western Australia, on November 29, on the subject of Ecumenism. The address was given on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Hierarchies. "The social structure of Australia has been shaped largely by the Protestant majority and although the Catholic minority has notably increased in the last few years, it has had little social or religious influence on the life of the nation. "The great majority of the people of Australia and New Zealand today practise no religion. This indifference has favoured the spread of t olerance. It is also the reason why it is urgent for all Christians (Catholic a n d non-Catholic) to unite to build a bulwark against the materialistic principles and the secularisation of society. DESIRE "Among many Christians, especially priests and ministers, there is a great desire for union. A few days before I left for Rome, the Anglican Bishop of my small city came to me with a contribution towards my Council ex penses from himself and his diocese. He told me that Anglicans in Bunbury hoped much from the success of the Council. "On three occasions before the Council the same bishop and his clergy asked me to talk to them on the Council and Church Unity. They were anxious to know if there could be changes in discipline and teaching which would facilitate union. NOT ISOLATED _ "Such examples, which are not isolated cases, prove that the first difficulties have been overcome in the ecumenical movemen t. What is needed now is not merely a sweet list of what we hold in common, like Baptism and love of the Sacred Scriptures. The first contacts between Christians have been made; now that we are face to face, we owe them a clear and friendly explanation, distinguishing the non-essentials, which can be changed, from the the fundamental and essential doctrines they do not accept, necessary in any union between Catholics and their separated brethren. "Many Anglican priests, for example, who consider themselves true priests in the Catholic meaning of the term, celebrate Mass daily in English, using the Roman rite. They consider Pope Leo XIII's Decree against the validity of Anglican orders was prompted by political circumstances at the time and could easily be changed. "A clear explanation of basic Catholic doctrines is more than ever necessary if we want to see the union movement make progress. EMPHASISE "For these reasons I think the second section of Chapter ill (`About the Churches and Communities resulting from the Protestant Reformation') is too jejune (short). Only doctrines common to them and us are mentioned. It is true that when dialogue is beginning it is not good policy to underline differences before
good relations are established. "But as soon as nonCatholics and Catholics have sat round the same table a few times, we must not only name but emphasise the essential doctrines and practices in the Catholic Church which they do not accept, v.g. a valid hierarchical priesthood in the Catholic sense; the jurisdictional and teaching primacy of the Pope; the sacramental life in all seven sacraments given us by Christ Our Lord; the public veneration of Mary, the Mother of God. "It has been said in the Council that the Decree on Ecumenism has been chiefly pointed towards Catholics to help them understand the undoubted beauty of the separated Churches. But it will certainly be read avidly by many of the separated brethren, and if they see only praise and only those doctrines mentioned, which they already agree with, they will be inclined to think that union is just around the corner. ONE FLOCK "Nobody wants to see a polemical treatment of this subject. Yet to be silent about disputed doctrines or to gloss over them may incline our friends to believe that we are prepared to set those aside, as less important, or give them up altogether. "The only safe preparation for Christian Unity is for us to show the world the most wonderful of all visions—one flock gathered under the leadership of one shepherd, the successor of St. Peter, the whole flock accepting and believing the complete deposit of faith given by Our Saviour to men as their inheritance. "The world must also see us praying and working for this oneness with all our strength. "In our countries the ecumenical movement is clerical rather than popular. The Catholic and non-Catholic laity are relatively indifferent and are still full of their traditional prejudices. Before the desired dialogue can extend to them whom it mostly concerns, we have to assist them to a greater charity and to more frequent sincere prayers for Christian Unity. This will not come without solid instruction in the principles of ecumenism found in the earlier chapters of this schema. TWO POINTS "The points I want to make are: • The practice of true ecti• menism will be made easier by a clear explanation of the fundamental doctrines which all must accept if there is to be union; • That priests everywhere, most of all in the areas with smaller proportions deepen Catholics, of their o w n ecumenical convictions and then teach these principles to their people, counselling them to have that chariii which will always speak and act and pray for o1ie,. flock and one shepherd.
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THE MAN OUR LORD CALLED HIS FATHER
The story of Christianity begins with a housing problem or, at least, a public accornmoda tions problem.
The scene opens on the poor carpenter, Jose-ph of Nazareth, and his pregnant wife Mary looking for a r oom. They are a long way from home, and Mary is close to her scheduled time of delivery. They would probably not have made the trip had they not been colonial subjects of a world power. As commander-in-chief (imperator is the Latin word), Caesar Augustus had lately issued from Rome an executive order proclaiming a general census throughout the whole empire.
designated patron of the Universal Church because he so typifies the UNIVERSAL Church.
THE AVERAGE MAN
As St. Joseph, husband of Our Lady; as St. Joseph, foster father of Our Lord; as St. Joseph, the working man; as St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church; he exemplifies the vocation common to us all, the vocation to be Christians, to live a life according to truth, goodness and love. This is the vocation even of those who do not know Christ.
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In order to be registered, each man had to take his f amily to his ancestral city (a sort of legal residence). This meant a trip from Nazareth, Jose-Ph's actual residence, to Bethlehem, his ancestral home; a bad journey for a woman who was expecting. But when the head of Skate commanded, it was unwise not to obey. The story is well known. There were no vacancies in Bethlehem's public accommodations. The Child was delivered in a stable, with only a hay-filled eating trough for a crib. He was given the name "Jesus" an alternate form of "Joshua."
As a Christian before Christianity, Joseph is a link between us and the , Old Testament patriarch-saints, much as John the Baptist is a link between us and the Old Testament prophet -saints. In him is shown the fulfilment of humanity's destiny—to share the divine life. He had God in his keeping. So, in a sense, do we all. If the unbelievers are to see God, they must see Him in us. The Popes, the bishops, may preach about honesty and purity, about inter-racial and international justice, about love of God and man. But if we, the "average" people, act in violation of these teachings, we are acting in criminal negligence of the God Who is in our keeping. The unbelievers would have seen God in Joseph. Can they see Him in us?
Through the ages, heated arguments have taken place c oncerning Him. The same may be said, to a lesser e xtent, about His mother Mary, despite the fact that it is only because of her Son that she has any importance. But what of Joseph? No pne quotes him; there is no r ecord of any words he spoke — at least no reliable r ecord. No doctrines have revolved around him. He was not even Jesus' real father. Often a recollection about him seems an afterthought. Yet when the Church chose a patron for itself, a patron for the Mystical Body of Christ, it chose, not a saint who was a Pope, or a bishop, or even a priest, not one who had done spectacular deeds or written or spoken memorable words. It chose this man Joseph, about whose life a bare minimum is known. A bare minimum is enough. He was considerate and unselfish enough not to wish to expose his fiancee to shame when he discovered she was pregnant (he did not, at first, know the real reason). He was a poor man, at least in the early days of his marriage. The only donation he could give when he and Mary presented little Jesus in the Temple was two turtle do_ves, the usual offering of the poor. It is probable he may have become well-to-do in later life. through the excellence of his workmanship.
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"YOUR FATHER AND I" Above all, Jesus, God-made-man, called him "father," t hough Jesus literally had only one Father, Who was in heaven. Can there, be any doubt that Jesus called Joseph His father? Some may point to the fact that, at the age of 12, he excused His disappearance and His stay in the Temple on the grounds that He was about His "Father's business." This, they say, proves Jesus did not call Joseph His father. But the context of the story proves just the opposite. The very fact that Mary referred to Joseph and herself as "your father and I" and their very surprise at His answer indicate clearly that Jesus had indeed called Joseph "father." Nor is there any reason to believe He did not continue to do so. In His manhood He was still known in Nazareth as "the carpenter's son." And Jesus' real Father apparently approved, for in His very Word He c alls Joseph and Mary the "father and mother" (Luke 2 :33) and the "parents" (Luke 2:41) of Jesus.
ONE WHO LOVES
There is more to fatherhood than just begetting. The f ather, they say, is the one who loves, and who can doubt, even from the little that is known about Joseph. that he loved his foster Son? Joseph's very selflessness r eveals his capacity to love.
Very well, some may say, Joseph was considerate and unselfish. Lots of men are. There are thousands of poor men in the world, and common sense is not as rare as it may seem. And other foster fathers have. been good to their foster sons. What makes Joseph so unique? One answer might be that there is really nothin_ unique about Joseph. The problems he had many other.have—finding a place to live: supporting a family and protecting it from harm: now and then locating a lost child: even, perhaps, overcoming the often-unfounded suspicion that one's spouse has been unfaithful. These are problems of ordinary people; nothing unique about them. Perhaps that was why he was chosen patron of the Church. The rulers of the Church, the heroes of the Church. :.he learned men of the Church — these are "news," but they are, after all, a small minority. Th:, rest —perhaps we might call them the backbone of the Church—are unknowns. like Joseph. about whom no one ever hears except by accident. Perhaps he was
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STAND-IN FOR KING OF THE JEWS By Ruth S. Oswalde
Artstobolus was to be stand-in for the Christ Child although even Herod was not aware of it until he had seen the grim results of his own folly.
Herod the Great feared the "prophecies" more than all his combined enemies. The latter he could see, circumvent, or destroy. But the "prophecies" were intangible. He could not come to grips with them.
The priests who interpreted them dared not discuss them even among themselves. It was said that even the walls of Jerusalem had ears. They pretended vague knowledge when consulted on the matter by the usurper of the ancient throne of the Jewish people. Herod's only connection to the royal Asmonean family was through marriage to Mariamne. His rule was by virtue of Roman armed authority. The throne was his by appointment, not by inheritance. He had intrigued. flattered and libelled to achieve it. He had murdered and pillaged his way as the conqueror. The remaining members of the royal family were virtually prisoners in his palace.
FEARED PRIESTHOOD Among them was a handsome youth named Aristobolus, his wife's teenaged brother, who was to be a stand-in for the Christ Child, although no one was aware of it at the time. Even Herod did not consider Aristobolus a, candidate for the prophecies until after he had seen the grim results of his own folly. As the authority in the Jewish State was equally divided between the crown and the mitre, the court and the temple, Herod had good reason to fear the priesthood. The people trusted the custodians of the Temple. They hated and distrusted. the monarch in the palace. This was a threat with which Herod could come to grips. His best approach seemed to be to weaken the priesthood and thus nullify its authority. Who but Herod would ever have thought of making a 15-year-old box the high priest? Such a proposal was an insult to the Jewish people, or at least Herod thought it would be. Aristobolus could scarcely believe his ears when. ,41NPINPONNINIP04..4.4.#0.0.4.44,1141,044,#•••••##############.11,4P 4.#4,1
after being summoned to the throne room, he was told by his brother-in-law, the king, "I am going to make you high priest of the Jews." The youth quivered in anger at the implied insult to the august office. This office was reserved for the wise and the aged, for the most holy of the servants of God. He was only a boy, with no pretensions to holiness or scholarship. Herod smiled malevolently as he watched the young prince flee from the room and ruminated on how it would shock and startle his in-laws and the haughty men of the temple, who could scarely conceal their scorn of him when in his presence. It was old Hyrcanus, the boy's grandfather, who felt the evil omen and sensed the sheer terror that lurked behind such an astounding appointment. But not even he was sufficiently prophetic to sense the shadow of death that lay across the path of his grandson because o f the ancient prophecy.
PEOPLE DELIGHTED Hyrcanus feared the effect of the appointment on the Jewish people. The insult was too obvious to be ignored. He misjudged the Jews as badly as had Herod. The people were delighted with the handsome young prince. He was one of their own, a Jew of Judea, a part of their They were happy to have him replace tradition. Hananel, the Babylonian Jew. According to Jewish Law, the high priest retained his office until death. Thus they were getting rid of a very undesirable prelate. Aristobolus looked like an angel from heaven in the brilliant ecclesiastical robes and vestments of his office. To his credit, the boy was determined to grow into his holy office. He devoted himself to a study of the Scriptures and made up in reverence for what he lacked in knowledge for the functions of his office. Herod was appalled at the turn of events. Instead of being angry, the Jewish people were overjoyed. They fell in love with the young high priest and he became the lion of the hour. Herod seethed with envy for the popularity of Aristobolus. If the people had their way they would make him king. Someone reminded Herod of the prophecies he was always trying to forget, the promises of the new young king who would role the .Jews! Was Aristobolus the one?
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It was a question that speared the future of Herod like a two-edged sword. The prophecies could not be discounted in spite of their ambiguity. And there was the boy's mother, wicked and ambitious Alexandra, who never ceased causing trouble in the palace. She had been as ambitious as Herod to see Aristobolus high priest. Now she would promote the monarchical cause of her son vigorously. Rome might even let the Jews have their own way in order to keep peace in the realm. Mariamne related to her mother the secret fears of t he king. She heard him mumbling in his sleep and was horrified by his audible reactions and expressions when in the depths of his nightmares. Fearing for the life of her younger brother, the queen deposited the problem of getting him out of Jerusalem in the hands of her very capable mother. Alexandra hit on a scheme by which she would be able to spirit the youth out of Jerusalem and transport him safely to the land of Egypt. where Cleopatra had promised them refuge.
be destroyed while there was still time. It was not easy, however, to get rid of the high priest of Israel. But the perfidy of Herod could meet any contingency. The Feast of the Tabernacle in 35 B.C. sealed the fate of Aristobolus. He performed his functions so perfectly that even the people on the streets were filled with admiration. His name was on the lips of the populace. It would take little to inflame the enthusiasm of the people to the point of acclaiming him their king. He was already a member of the royal family—and there were the prophecies. Herod planned carefully. Alexandra was allowed to go to Jericho where someone suggested that she plan a party for her son. The royal family fell into Herod's trap. The estate on which the entertainment was planned had several large fish ponds. It was a hot day. Aristobolus was an expert swimmer and being still young, was easily induced to lay aside his ceremonial robes for relaxing pleasures.
THE MURDER Herod's agents worked well. Aristobolus was lured to a lonely end of a pond. There several sun-bronzed athletes, with pretended playfulness, began ducking Aristobolus under water. So skilfully did they accomplish this that, after several duckings, they had held his head under water until he was dead! There was a terrible outcry when the tragedy was discovered. No one displayed greater sorrow over the tragic death of the young high priest than Herod, though others were convinced that the death was far from accidental and had been brought about through his orders. He laid the boy's body into the sepulchre with his own hands. Outwardly he was grieved. Inwardly he was jubilant. His plan had worked. The prophecies had been checkmated. His rival was now dead.
MASSACRE Herod was wrong in presuming that there would never again be a threat to his rule. Aristobolus proved to be only a stand-in for the Christ Child. Herod went through the same agony all over again when he realised how wrong he had been. Three Kings from the East came to the palace looking for the Child born King of the Jews. Herod planned to trick them just as he had Alexandra and Aristobolus, but this time he failed. Not even the massacre of all boy babies under the age of two was able to kill the prophecies. The Christ Child reached the land of Egypt which had once been the goal of the unfortunate high priest, who was veritably a stand-in for the Christ Child in the misguided course of history. Herod's error became an indictment of private interpretation of the Scriptures. VINO
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PLAN FAILS Her planned flight, however, went awry. She trusted the wrong servants. Herod was informed of the two coffins she had had made and of the plan by which she and her son would lay themselves in the coffins and, like the bodies of dead servants, be taken to a ship bound for Egypt. Alexandra was allowed to "escape" with Aristobolus in the coffins and was caught in the act. For the time being Herod made no move to punish, for he feared Alexandra might get word to Cleopatra who might, in turn, influence Mark Anthony against him. He pretended to forgive and forget. Herod was fascinated by the coffins and resolved that they would serve the purpose for which they had been acquired. They would be filled with the dead bodie of his brother-in-law and mother-in-law. By this time Herod had convinced himself that the prophecies pointed directly to Aristobolus. He was the boy king who was to rule the Jews. He must therefore
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Recently, between eighty and ninety Papuan nuns, Handmaids of the Lord, finished their annual retreat and gathered in their beautiful new Church at Nazareth near Port Moresby to take part in the ceremonies of reception and profession. A mong them were eight Sisters from the rugged Goilala Sub-District in the Owen Stanley Mountains. Three young Goilala girls were a mong the Aspirants. R UGGED PEOPLE The fact that there are representatives so many f rom this Sub-District is altogether remarkable, as the Goilala people have a reputation as rugged as their Quick - tempered country. and warlike, the men engaged in long-drawn-out vendettas. Fifteen years ago, tribal battles were still common-Place. In this unstable society, women had Now, a very lowly status. increasing contact with Administration officers, missionaries and traders, together with the possibility of sending at least some children to school, has brought peace to the country and freedom of movement to the people. All the same, the majority still live in very primitive conditions in isomountain-top lated, villages. The first missionaries went to District twenty-five years ago. On September 8, of that -year, Fr. Wendling, M.S.C., and Fr. Guivarc'h, M.S.C., offered the first Mass at Lese in front of a curious crowd of fierce warriors armed with spears, bows and arrows. They started a small school with a dozen children and began to build a bush-material church. PROGRESS It soon became evident that the site was not fertile enough to support a Mission Station (which must think in terms of extensive food gardens for future schools and the Fathers decided to move elsewhere. The chief of Kerau, a large tribe located four hour's walk from Sene, came to ask them to transfer to his land. As a proof of its fertility, he made them a present of a large cabbage. In April, 1939, the Mission Station was transferred to Kerau, at 7,300 ft. in a broad valley surrounded by 10,000 ft. peaks. In the intervening 25 years, 32 secondary stations have been built, enabling the three or four missionaries normally stationed at Kerau to spend some four or five weeks each year in all the villages. In this way, 8,800 people have been contacted and 2,600 have been baptised. Thirty two catechists continue the work of evangelisation among their own people. Gradually the people began to discontinue such savage customs as "burying" their dead in trees or on Platforms, wearing the bones of relatives round their necks, and dancing on the bones of the dead at tribal feasts. P AYBACK
MURDER A fter many setbacks, small schools were started in some of the villages, and a boarding school opened at Kerau. In 1948, one of the schoolboys was murdered
as a payback to another tribe, causing the school to be closed for some time. At first, there was considerable prejudice about sending girls to boarding school. When they did come, they frequently ran away to attend the huge tribal dances which replaced fighting and became the main social expression of the people. However, inspite of these unpromising beginnings, 283 boys and 153 girls have passed through the Kerau boarding schools. Now, the most promising boys go to a Central School for the mountain people at Kosipe. Several others are in the middle of their teachertraining at Yule Island. One ex-student is a Seminarian at Rabaul. On July 26 this year, Kerau celebrated its Silver Jubilee, and 3000 Goilala people crowded joyfully to the station. Bishop Eugene Klein, M.S.C., of Yule Island, accompanied by two Papuan priests, Fr. Louis Vangeke, M.S.C., and Fr. Julian Efi, arrived a few days earlier. Meanwhile some of the vitality of the Goilala people is being powerfully channelled in the direction of a new life of the spirit. Yesterday afternoon, Sister Casimir and Sister Magdalene, both professed nuns, and the first to come from their mountain villages in 1955, renewed their vows. Six others made vows for one year, two of them for the first time. I talked to these two after the ceremony, both overflowing with an eager and youthful generosity. Sister Xavierine, of Iveave Village, spent two years at boarding school and accompanied the Superior, Mother Genevieve, to the Mother House in 1958. She is still attending school and is being trained to help in the management of a Mission station. Sister Francesca, of Ivane Village, who also came in 1958, had only one year at Kerau School but has already had five years' further schooling at Nazareth. She is training to be a teacher. There is little likelihood of the Sisters going back to their own District when their training is completed, but they hope one day to return for a visit to their families -- and their eyes shine at the prospect. There is no doubt that their people would be equally happy to welcome them. That the price of missionary effort is now well understood is proved by the fact that, at the end of Jubilee celebrations, Bishdp Klein blessed and distributed fifteen Mission crosses to twelve Goilala men and wives, who had volunteered to go and help open a new Mission District among the primitive, semi - nomadic Kukukuku people.
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Mother Genevieve (superior) and three Handmaidens of the Lord at the Silver Jubilee celebrations of ke Keran mission. The men wait for the distribution of food. In the foreground is Father Francis Guichet M.S.C. priest in charge of the mission.
Faith's Logic Was Main Cause "It was the logic behind the Faith, as presented in your course, that appealed most to me". This was the final observation from a recent convert for whom application for the C atholic Enquiry Centre's correspondence course was a decisive step. The letter with others appears in the Catholic Enquiry Centre's Summer Newsletter published this week. The full text of the letter reads: "Your course was instrumental in my becoming a Catholic. It provided the stimulus that made me seek advice and later instructions from a priest. I found the lessons basically logical, yet simply worded, and expressed. It was the logic behind the Faith. as presented in your course, that appealed most to me. In my old faith I was forever seeking such logic, and never found it. I had always thought that Confession and devotion to the Virgin Mary, among other things, were supreme distortions of the Christian Faith; yet these two matters were explained in such a way as to begin the process by which my doubts were forever dissolved." Another letter from a mother who was received into the Church after she had her children baptised says: "Since I started your course I have found great joy and peace of heart. After 33 years I am more than pleased to have found the truth, and to know that the the Catholic Church is Church for me. Three weeks ago I had two of my children baptised into the Catholic Faith and my other two will soon be baptised after they have had instructions at school. I myself will be baptised in two or three weeks time." 871 CONVERTS In the Newsletter the Enquiry Centre Director Father T. White says: "A further 57 enquirers who completed our correspondence course early this year told us of their reception into the Church. This brings our number of known
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POPE PAUL VI FAVOURS UNITED EUROPE VATICAN CITY.—Pope Paul V1 has warned foes of European unity that they had better reverse themselves lest a unity be forced on Europe by external and material factors to the detriment of the inner spiritual inheritance of the continent.
The . Pope made a strong appeal for a united Europe at an audience granted to leaders of the International Council of the European Movement led by its president, Maurice Faure. It was the third time in his fivemonth reign that Pope Paul has spoken on the subject of European union and it was his most definite statement to date. In September, Pope Paul spoke on the themeoto the European Women's Union and again to the Federation of Italian Catholic University Students. ALL
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Turning to opponents of European unity, the Pope warned that "those who fear that the unification of Europe may bring a leveling, a suppression of the historical and cultural values of the different countries. far from delaying, should instead favour the formation of the structures of the new Europe, so as to avoid unity which might be imposed on her by external and mat..nTal factors to the detriment of her inner spiritual inheritance, or by force of necessity to which it will be difficult tomorrow to offer effective resistance." Pope Paul continued: "We can add another reason (for favouring European unity) which co,ncerns Us more closely — duty. The duty which arises from the desire of promoting and safeguarding peace. Everyone knows the tragic history of our century. "If there is a means to prevent this happening again, it is the construction of a pacified organic united Europe which will give us this." "Peace based on the balance of power or on a truce among antagonisms or purely economic interests is nothing but frail, and will always lack the necessary energies to solve Europe's fundamenal problems, those concerning the populations of which it is composed and the brotherly and community spirit by which it has to be a nimeted." P REPARATORY To achieve its goal, Pope Paul said, the European movement must create "psychological preparation." He added: "You have to create a public opinion as wide as posi,ible, you have to idealise the tasks that the leaders and qualified bodies must pursue. You must let everybody, especially young people, know the excellency of the cause of a united Europe in order that the political and social organisation may be able to be realised and may be maintained with the spontaneous support of the people and in a spirit of mutual and sincere collaboration. For this reason the Church believes it to be her duty and in her power to bring her support to the cause of your movement. Her support, as everybody knows, is spiritual, her atmosphere of universal charity. Her support is also human to all those who recognise the effort of the Church to defend and to diffuse the principles of natural reason, on which people have to base their fundamental humanism."
Pictured are a few of 192 first class relics of saints in the private collection of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wust, of St. Anthony's parish, Washington, D.C. The relics are "ex ossibus" ( from the bones) and each has a Latin certificate of authenticity. To spread devotion to the saints the couple transports their unique collection to interested groups of religious and lay people. The reliquaries shown, left to right, are of: Blessed Dominic of the Mother of God, Passionist priest beatified October 27, 1963; St. Gemma Galgani, stigmatist devoted to the Passion of Our Lord; Blessed John N. Neumann, former Bishop of Philadelphia, first American man beatified October 27, 1963; Blessed Elizabeth Ann Seton, first U.S. born beata March 17, 1963; Relic of the True Cross on which Our Lord died, the most valuable relic in the collection and Blessed Imelda ( 1321-1333) the child saint, patron of First Communicants.
Early Idea Of Unity VATICAN CITY: Pope Paul VI and all 19 Ukrainian Rite bishops at the ecumenical council took part in a solemn ceremony honouring the relics of St. Josaphat, a 17th century martr of Christian unity. The relics were brought into St. Peter's basilica three days earlier from an unspecified place in Vatican City by Ukrainian Rite Archbishop Josyf Slipyi of
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See of Polotsk, Aleletius Smotritsky. In the 1690's, Czar Peter I of Russia ordered the saint's remains burned. But they were secretly removed and entrusted to Polish Prince Charles Radziwill who enshrined them in his castle at Bila. After St. Josaphat's canonisation in 1867, the Czar's police buried the body under a church built in Bila in the saint's honour. The body was recovered in 1915 through information given by a man who witnessed the removal and reburial.
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THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL MAY BE REMEMBERED IN HISTORY AS THE COUNCIL THAT BROUGHT THE PEOPLE BACK INTO THE PUBLIC WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH.
EXPERT TELLS WHAT DECREE MEANS TO US On October 31, with overwhelming approval of the final chapter of the document, the c ouncil completed its work on the 130-paragraph Constitution on the Liturgy which was the first item on its agenda more than a year
Sacred Songs
rimonial impediments on the First Sunday of .Advent or on improper books on the feast of Pentecost. All this has ecumenical overtones, both the emphasis upon a real announcement of God's word from the Bible and upon preaching at Mass. In theory the Church has never neglected this — the word of God is read to the people at every Mass. In practice, the reading, especially on weekdays, seems hurried and superficial, and the sermon an extra element. Protestants, who traditionally place great stress on God's word. may see in this new development of Catholic worship something comprehensible and attractive. Giving public worship back to the people, or better, bringing the people back into worship, involves action or participation. The revision of the Mass text and rite in the next few years will eliminate unnecessary additions (like the last Gospel or the prayers after Mass) and simplify complex parts ( like the over-long Offertory prayers of the priest). But a simpler, clearer service will not be enough if the people do not take part actively and consciously.
In some countries there has already been a revival of psalm recitation and singing; the psalms are, after all, the common hymns of Jews and Christians alike, ago. composed under God's inEVEN NOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO SUM UP THE spiration. We can expect NEARLY UNANIMOUS DECISION ON that their use in English at OUNCIL'S C Mass will revive Catholic THE REFORM OF CATHOLIC WORSHIP. love of these sacred songs. Today they are largely un• Permission for the use of the vernacular languages in familiar and their unfamilithis will help where the people's undercountries arity suggests that a mere standing; translation of Mass texts from Latin to English is no • Revision of all services so that they will be simpler cure-all. This is the reason clearer, with a greater part for the peoples, and that the bishops of the counagain with allowance for regional variations; cil have decided that there • A programme of instruction for clergy and faithful must be programmes of instruction, so that the in the meaning of worship. words of worship may be understood — and thus said with meaning and prayerful purpose by the people. A second feature of the The reading of the Bible A LENGTHY AND FORis intended to be an an- . Mass of the future will be a MAL DOCUMENT HAS nouncement of God's word new approach to preaching, by which priests will be exBEEN AGREED UPON. IT to the people, yet up to now pected to make the sermon the official reading has been WILL BE CHURCH LEGIS- done by the priest, standing an integral and related part LATION AND EXHORTA- with his back to the people of the Mass itself, not a seeming interruption. This TION. IT WILL DECREE A and speaking in unintelli- development should be gible language. On Sundays, PROJECT OF CHANGE IN in fact, a makeshift repeti- helped along by two proTHE TEXTS, PRAYERS tion in English has been mised reforms in the rite of Mass, already agreed upon AND RITES BY WHICH necessary if the people were by the council. to hear the word of God at THE FIRST is to make CATHOLICS WORSHIP all. the "service of the word of GOD. Almost as important, the God" ( Epistle, Gospel, serparts of the people will be mon) stand out distinctly in But what will this mean said or sung in their own the structure of Mass, proon Sunday morning in the language, and this reveals bably by having the priest This is the third aspect of average parish? What has l iturgical growth that we lead this part of Mass from an aspect of Catholic worthe council accomplished ship that Latin has conthe bench or seat or even may picture for the future. for the people in their life It has been called, and procealed. If there are prayers pulpit. of prayer and worship? THE SECOND is to pro- bably misnamed, the "diaof the Mass to be said by vide a greater variety of logue Mass." The point of Sunday is the Lord's Day, the priest, there are also course is that every Mass at the day on which the prayers which belong to the Epistle and Gospel passages which the people assist is, in a cycle of two, three or people. There is a kind of Church celebrates each or should be, a dialogue week the triumphant re- apportionment of roles: the more years. Mass. Whether low Mass or surrection of Christ from priest has his part, the high Mass, there should be the dead. The best way to people have their part—and a dialogue of prayer and the people's part should be picture liturgical change reresponse between priest and sulting from the Second in the language they underpeople. The priest leads and Vatican Council is to de- stand. presides, the , people rescribe its impact on Sunday spond. Thus the Gloria and Creed, This does not mean that Mass, when the community the hymns of Christian joy In many places the faiththe priest will be bound of believers comes together and faith, will not be said slavishly to follow the Sun- ful are well prepared for to celebrate the Eucharistic in Latin by the priest, but in day Gospel Text in his ser- this development, urged by sacrifice. English by the people. The mon. It does mean that he popes and bishops and If we look ahead one or same is true of the Sanctus should preach in the con- priests for many years. Elsetwo or three years—it could and the Agnus Dei. In every text and setting of the where it still seems a novbe more or less—the most Mass there is psalmody, sacred texts of Mass, trying elty, something for a special Obvious and striking change verses from the Old Testa- always to relate an indivi- occasion or a special group. we can expect is the use of ment recited or sung be- dual truth or doctrine of The mistake has been to the vernacular languages or tween the Epistle and Gosfaith to the whole Christian look upon the common reMother tongues in the Mass. pel, at the beginning of sponse, recitation and singmessage. replacing the Latin language Mass, at the Offertory of ing of the people as someThis, even apart from the in many parts of the ser- bread and wine, at Commuthing exceptional, for exvice. To begin with, the nion. All these, properly liturgy, is one of the great ample, with two Sunday readings from the Bible, speaking, are the people's lessons of the council, that Masses "dialogue Masses" Epistles and Gospels will be song or prayer and may be doctrines may not be iso- and the rest silent services. in the language of the permitted in the people's lated one from the other, There will be a disalways but must be integrated—the People. language. doctrine of the Blessed tinction between Masses Virgin Mary seen in the with elaborate participation mystery of God's plan of by the congregation, high [W. & G. JANISSEN—Electrical Contractor salvation, the Church, for Masses and Tow Masses with hymns and the like, on 207 WHARF ST. (Cr, Renou St.), QUEENS PK. 68-1243. example. the one hand, and weekday If the preaching at Mass Masses or Sunday Masses is always in the context of with smaller numbers preworship, it will never appear sent, on the other. But the THE COLONIAL MUTUAL FIRE t o be extraneous. 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Matt Talbot, a Dublin lumberyard worker and reformed alcoholic, died in 1925. An example of deep spirituality to his fellows, he had secretly worn a belt of chains as a penance.
that seven out of ten of Argentina's gainfully em-
centres in South America. Arnaldo Lujan, Y.C.W. travelling secretary for South America, told the
fifth South American congress of the Y.C.W.
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Directing a Dublin public collection to promote the beatification cause, Archbishop McQuaid reminded that processes requiring years of careful investigation still lie ahead. He also urged prayers invoking Matt Talbot's intercession with God be . offered, so that there be an opportunity for 'possible miracles, which are necessary in the cause.
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Land Reformer Made President BISHOP Manuel Larrain, of Talca, Chile, has been elected president of the Latin American Bishops' Council (C.E.L.A.M.) at a meeting of the bishops in Rome. Bishop Larrain, a major proponent of land reform in
Chile, succeeds Archbishop Miguel Dairo Mirando, of Mexico City. Bishop LIrrain previously was first vice C.E.L.A.M.. of president Auxiliary Archbishop Helder Camara of Rio de Janeiro, formerly second vice-president, was elected first vice-president. Archbishop Carlos RodriguezQuiros, of San Jose, Costa Rica, was chosen second vice-president.
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Anglican Pilgrimage LED by a Catholic priest and and Anglican chaplain,
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THE British Broadcasting Corporation will telecast the life story of Pope Paul VI as a New Year's Day
feature. A B.B.C. team, including Father Agnellus Andrew, 0.F.M., its Catholic religious adviser, is now in Rome making scenes for the programme.
ALL the Dutch Bishops will attend a mass meeting, in Utrecht on Friday, December 13, where a panel of three bishops will answer questions on the Ecumenical Council put by three laymen, Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, of Utrecht, will offer a Mass and preach. T h e Dutch Bishops are organising the meeting.
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Family Day Decreed AN hour-long nation-wide television programme featuring an appearance by Pope Paul VI marked Brazil's Family Day on December 8. President Joao Goulart decreed Family Day after a visit from Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., who has been directing a Family Rosary Crusade in Brazil. The Irishborn priest is founder and director of the Family Rosary Crusade. Father Peyton's office had a rranged for the programme, which included an appearance by film star Bing Crosby, to be carried by Brazil's 25 television channels and 3,000 radio stations.
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THE ADVISORY BOARD OF THE FAMILY LIFE BUREAU OF THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE HAS PROTESTED AGAINST LAWS IN 20 STATES OF AMERICA PROHIBITING INTER -RACIAL MARRIAGES AS "IMMORAL.," In a resolution adopted at its annual three-day meeting, the board also deplored "the attitudes and cruel behaviour of Amercian society, which penalises and ostracises those persons who exercise their fundamental human right to a free choice of marital parner by entering into inter-racial marriages." Another resolution from the 75 -member board drew attention to the "pressing need- for foster care and adoptive homes for Negro, Puerto Rican and other ethnic group children "deprived of parental care."
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• EMPEROR Hirohito delegated Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko to represent him at a Requiem Mass for President Kennedy at St. Ignatius' Church in Tokyo on the day of the funeral in Washington. Premier Hayato Ikeda and Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira had ffown to Washington to attend the rites there.
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K idnapped For Mission A CURATE of a central Colombian town has returned safely 11 days after being kidnapped for a "mission" among 3,000 bandits. Father Jose Hernandez, C.M., a Belalcazar curate, was taken by three armed men to an encamptnent of bandits led by a notorious
chieftain, "Major Clo." Father Hernandez w a s treated with respect during a busy week of hearing confessions, witnessing marriages and baptising.
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Honours For Presidents ITALIAN President Antonio Segni and the former Italian President Giovanni Gronchi were awarded honorary degrees by the University of Loyola of Chicago on December 2. The special convocation of the university, organised by the Loyola University Rome centre, presented honorary
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1963
Promises Are Still Broken
V ATICAN CITY.—L'Osservatore Romano has r eferred to three anti-Church acts by the Polish communist government in recent days a nd said t hey refute those who believe that the "life of the Church in Poland is full of p romise and that co-existence "between Catholicism and Marxism has been happily achieved." The Vatican City daily singled out the nationalisation of a Catholic music school, the drafting of seminaries for military service and the confiscation of 60,000 copies of a book containing the writings and lectures of Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Polish Primate.
BOOKS PULPED Printed in Paris, the paper said they arrived by train in Warsaw in the last week of September and were confiscated by the Polish government on the ground that "they endanger the security and interests of the State."
The article said Polish officials forcibly closed the school of music founded by the Salesian Fathers at Przemysl and that the closing brought about "serious reactions of the people." government the Though showed itself callous to public reaction, L'Osservatore Romano said, "the Catholic Faith of the Poles will certainly not be uprooted by closing down a school of s acred music."
The 60,000 copies contained three volumes of sermons which the Cardinal had preached publicly in Poland in preparation for the millennium. Prior to printing, the sermons were never questioned by the censor's office nor was the Cardinal ever called to answer before the law for their contents. The volumes were sent to Jeziorno near Warsaw to be ground to pulp, L'Osservatore Romano reported.
A GREEMENT BROKEN The article noted that despite the Church-State agreement of 1950 which "provided that seminarians were to be exempt from military service," the government has called up many seminarians from seminaries in Poznan, Gniezno, Przemysl, Warsaw and Tarnow and that it appears whole classes have been called to duty. It said: "Not only was this pledge of 1950 disregarded, but the government refuses to grant to seminarians benefits- granted to other students who are exempted from military service and required only to undergo military training and to Spend a month in military service annually." In regard to Cardinal Wyszynski's works, it said it has been learned they were sent as a personal gift to the Cardinal in honour of the approaching millennium of Poland's Christianity by the World Alliance of Catholic Women's Organisations.
Loreto Federation Promotes Active Interest
ONE OF THE FEW, IF NOT THE ONLY, PAST ASSOCIATION PUPILS' TO BE FEDERATED IN AUSTRALIA HELD THEIR FIFTH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE RECENTLY IN BALLARAT. The federation consists of eight Loreto Past Pupils' Associations and was established in 1954. Two are from New South Wales and Ballarat and one each from Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Melbourne. S OLUTIONS Its members include mothers of families, professional and business women and young women who have just left school. The Federation -is concerned with the problems which all these groups have and in their meetings try to give them some solu-
tion and practical applicaat the 1963 Conference, fiftion. teen resolutions were passed. Mrs. F. G. Prendergast of In particular, she said, that Freshwater Parade, Clare- it emphasised the necessity mont, wir, was the W.A. defor parental example being legate to the recent confer- in accordance with the instructions and standard of ence said that one of the the school and that also objects of the Federation is there should be close co-op"to encourage all Loreto eration between the parents past pupils to take an increasingly active interest in and teachers." national and international Other subjects dealt with problems." She said that by the Conference and the Executive Committee has brought back by the deleurged that -members particigates to the various Past pate in municipal affairs, Associations were the adopwomen's organisations, polition of a guidance code, road tical parties and to take a safety education at home and greater interest in State, school, the necessity of Federal and International warning against harmful matters. films and sensational reportEXAMPLE ing, the soundness of the Mrs. Prendergast said that family unit.
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"All of this," L'Osservatore Romano said, 'gives food for thought. Firstly there is an insult to Cardinal Wyszynski. Gratitude is not a sentiment to be cultivated -in the gardens of communism, and the man who only a few years ago was exalted and honoured as an enlightened patriot is now made to appear at home and abroad as a 'retrograde.'" L'Osservatore Romano concluded by noting that "the episode which throws a light on the whole background, would lend itself to irony were it not for the sorrowful situation it reveals. We shall limit ourselves to taking note of this as of other episodes and will regard them as symptoms. Our wish is that others should also take note of it, those who persist in saying or believing that the life of the Church in Poland is full of promise and that coexistence between Catholicism and Marxism has been happily achieved."
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A Safety Message From The National Safety Council Of Western Australia
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ACH year the happiness associated with the Christmas and New Year festive and holiday season is marred by a series of accidents on our roads. These accidents, which cause untold harm and suffering, however, CAN be avoided.
Drinking drivers celebrating at parties have been the cause of many of the accidents in past years. The danger of mixing drinking and driving cannot be overstressed—even two or three drinks affect a driver's ability to handle his vehicle competently and safely. That "one for the road" may be the deciding factor of whether you get home safely-or not. It would be far better to share a taxi than to drive with your faculties impaired by a few social drinks—the results could be disastrous, with you and others being injured or even killed. Each year at Christmas and during the New Year holiday break, thousands leave the city bound for favourite holiday spots at the beach and hills. Many of these holidaymakers are travelling by car. If you are on a motoring holiday make sure your vehicle is mechanically sound. Mechanical defects can cause inconvenience; and faulty steering, defective brakes, poor lights, bald tyres and other similar faults can involve you in a serious accident. Check these components before the holidays start. Allow plenty of time to reach your destination. Late departure may rob you of opportunities to stop during the trip for short intervals when you can relax and stretch your legs and perhaps have a cup of coffee or some similar refreshment.
DRIVING FATIGUE Without these breaks, driving fatigue will often be experienced over long distances, creating a danger which has been the cause of many accidents on country roads. Fatigue brought about by continuous driving over long periods is first felt as eye strain and lack of concentration and although special efforts may be made by the driver to maintain his normal standard of observation, he will find that the task becomes increasingly difficult. His speed will slacken and his recognition and reactions in dangerous situations become late mid inaccurate. which can easily lead to an accident. Drivers who do not have experience on country roads should keep their speeds down. Moderate speeds will help ensuw safe arrival. 'Special attention should also be given to packing luggage in trailers and roof racks so that the weight is evenly distributed, with heavy items at the bottom of the load. Care should also be taken to ensure that articles do not project past the bodywork or cover clearance or rear view lamps. When driving at night it is important to keep the windscreen as clean as possible to ensure maximum visSion. Lights, of course, should be checked before departure on a holiday and spare globes should also be carried.
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As always. drivers must read the road ahead. The good driver is the one who looks well ahead. recognises any changes in road surface conditions and then applies the correct values of braking, acceleration and steering so that maximum road-holding is always achieved. Keep alert and when in doubt about the condition of the road surface ahead, slow down to a steady speed and play it safe. by following these simple rules and practising caution at all times when driving, either in the metropolitan area or the country, your chances of enjoying a safe and happy Christmas and New Year will be greatly enhanced.
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Christian Behaviour Can Help -Us Be Better Drivers There is no better time than Christmas to ask ourselves this question: Do I behave like a Christian behind the wheel of my car Am I courteous, considerate, patient? Am I mindful of Our Lord's a dmonition: "Love your neighbour"if that neighbour happens to be in the car ahead of me, preventing me from passing? Or a pedestrian slowly crossing after the light has changed? With the holiday season here again bringing the usual wave of excitement, parties and last minute shopping — the accident rate goes up! Many innocent people are injured and kil-
led during a season when we should be most mindful of toward obligations our others. Instead. many of us rush about — driving here and there with little thought to Our Lord's words in His sermon on the mount. "All that you wish men to do to you, even so do you also to them.- During this holy season drivers should be par-
ticularly mindful of this because they have it in their power to reduce accidents
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tion are now realising the tremendous part personality and character play in the making of a good or bad driver. "We drive as we are." Dr.
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• A strong campaign safe, sane driving.
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The first of these needs is being met by school, homo and effective national organisations and civic groups. Much progress has been made. It is difficult to reach the pre-school child and the elderly. New approaches are constantly being sought. The second is one which hits hard at every single 'driver of a car in the country. Even those among us who are' usually careful drivers are often guilty of
• Complete familiarity with the rules of the road. • Adequate knowledge of the mechanics of the car. • Physical fitness. • Self-discipline and selfcontrol. DIMENSION
and th,' -rules, he may still be a killer behind the wheel. Why? The answer opens up the latest theory about safe driving, the new dimension in driver education (now being used in New York and explored elsewhere) which
points up the high percentage of accidents caused by unsafe attitudes while driving. The new approach came to the foreground when it
driver did not see the child at all. Yet many children run into the street and are not hit. Many drivers do see the child. Many drivers are driving slowly and carefully enough to see and be able to stop in time to prevent an accident. The skill of this type driver may be playing a secondary role. Actually, he may be driving "Christian-style." He is loving his neighbour and showing it The old man, who was
knocked down as he slowly limped across the street with
his bag of groceries, may never buy groceries again. Instead, he may spend his remaining years in bed —
f ollow the golden rule behind the wheel, that number could be reduced dramatically.
of a bottle) to a minimum. drinking driver may feel like a good driver when
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on quiet residential streets by suddenly running into the street unexpecedly. True, it's not the driver's fault — not technically. The
one deliberately runs down a child or an old man — or any One of the thousands of careless adults of all ages who break safety rules. Too many human beings are killed annually in traffic accidents. Statistics alone are enough to make us take inventorY of ourselves as drivers. If all the drivers on the road today would decide to
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in reality he is taking chances and risking lives— including his ov.-n.
a Fupermarket, that we stop and ponder the problem. Did the child dash into the street from between two parked cars? A large proportion of children are hit
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and ,green traffic lights. He should be especially mindful of the elderly and of children playing near the stream of traffic during t heir vacation from school. Above all he should keep the Christmas "joy" (the kind that comes from out
yell trained a driver may be, or how much knowledge he possesses about the car, the road
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own importance. 4. They seem unable to respect the rights of others. . 5. They act impulsively— take chances. Experts in safety educa-
education programme for pedestrians:
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street crossing. Nine out of ten pedestrians killed in accidents are non-drivers. This alarming statistic points up to two great needs: • An even greater safety
The driver should keep in mind the excitement in the air and try to be especially alert. He should be aware of the distraction of Christmas lights swinging across
No matter how
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was discovered that accident repeaters often show these
often purely selfish demands. It is not until we read in the paper of a little child killed by a car while playing in front of his OWII home, or an old man being knocked down while crossing the street after leaving
Overtaking a bus on a bend caused this — One Killed This broad sweep is deceptive, pass or take it wide and you are courting danger and death. commented at the Traffic Court Conference in Miami.
tin-Christian attitudes when under stress.
"Egotistical, overaggressive, impolite, irrational, non-conforming, impulsive, domineering, combative or
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intolerant persons will act that way behind the wheel." CHANGING P OPULATION PROPORTIONS
Modern medical science is increasing the life span to a point where we have a much larger proportion of elderly persons than previously. At the same time there is a steady increase in
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NE thousand three hundred and eighty three people were killed in country road accidents between September, 1962 and August this year, compared with 1136 deaths on metropolitan roads.
These grim statistics of death on Australian roads show that country r oads for the period were more dangerous than metropol itan roads. A lthough no complete investigation has bean made throughout the Commonwealth, spot c hecks of country road accidents indicate that the majority of people killed in country road accidents are country residents. In the metropolitan areas a larger proportion of pedestrians are killed than in the country. The country driver therefore, is not as safe as he may think. Traffic is generally lighter in the country, but the statistics prove that lighter traffic is a greater danger than it is an advantage. The great enemy of the city driver is congestion, which causes frustrating and t ime-consuming delays in traffic snarls. T OO GOOD But in the country the driver's worst enemy is the good straight road which lures him into losing control of his vehicle. It is true that the death total on country roads increases in holiday periods. but this increase only accounts for a small proportion of the regular and repeating death figures on country roads. Last December, January and April, country road deaths averaged 134 per month compared with an average for the other six months of 110. In the same periods city road deaths de-
AUSTRIAN C HRISTMAS In the mountain regions of Western Austria, entire villages join in carol singing on Christmas Eve. Beginning with the family living farthest from the village church, torch-bearing carolers form a procession. At each house along the Way greetings of "Froehliche Weihnachten- are exchanged. and the inhabitants fall in line. Eventually, the whole Population is part of the parade as it arrives at the church steps in time for midnight Mass.
creased, in the three holiday months, from an average of 95 to 85. 40 PERCENT It is also true that a percentage of the regular average total of deaths on country roads are people who live in metropolitan areas, but an analysis made of road last during the deaths Christmas - New Year holidays of Australian road accidents showed the forty percent of the deaths were country residents. This survey suggests that forty-four country people are killed on Australian country roads every month. This amounts to more than 500 country people killed on country roads a year. The countryman must be as alert and responsible in his driving as the city driver is when he. is concerned avoiding with primarily tangled bumper bars and torn fenders in heavy traffic. His failure to be alert can lead to excessive speed and loss of control, resulting in collision or the onecar accident which figurecountry prominently in road accident statistics. C ONTROLLED SPEED Realistic road safety advice does not advise snail's pace crawl adong the open road. There is evidence t o suggest that the very slow driver can be the prime cause of a road accident because he forces faster vehicles to take risks in pa,-sing. What is needed is a controlled speed — a pace at which the driver can take defensive or avoidance action if the need arises, or stop his vehicle in a reasonable distance. Longer average journey:suggest that many countrymen could he the virtirilS
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Peace To Men Of Good
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THE NEW LOOK IN CHURCHES
Will Is True Meaning We who speak English, whatever our religion, have in common a literary tradition that has been formed with and by the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible. Practically day by day we quote the language of this translation, without even being conscious of it, as we use various customary English idioms and turns of speech, just as we so often quote Shakespeare without knowing it. On the other hand, the Catholic is at times made very -much aware of the difference between the Authorised Version and his own English Bible, when there is question of certain wellknown passages which he has heard since a child. One of these will be brought to his attention again quite soon.
Father Vawter received his Doctorate in in Scripture Sacred R ome in 1957. He is associate editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly and the author of two books, "A Popular Explanation of the Four Gospels (1955) and "A Path Through Genesis ( 1956).
The glorious story of our Lord's birth will be told once more in our newspapers and magazines and on Christmas cards, and the angelic choir of that first Christmas morning will be quoted as singing: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
about 1380, and the Catholic translation made at Rheims in 1582. They were made not from the Greek directly but from the Latin Vulgate, itself a more ancient translation, of course, where appeared the words familiar to us: "pax hominibus bonae voluntatis," — "peace to The men of good will." translators James King could say, with some justice, that in going back to the original Greek they were on firmer ground than those who followed the Latin Vulgate, which, at least in this instance, seemed to be an erroneous translation.
W HY THE DIFFERENCE? The Catholic is used to a different version of these words from St. Luke's Gospel, a version that is incorporated in the Gloria of the Mass: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will." He may also wonder why this difference, which appears to be considerable, should exist between the two versions.
These two were the translation of Wycliffe, made
But modern scholars now agree that the Vulgate was a faithful translation after all. Better Greek manuscripts than the ones known or at least recognised in the time of the King James Version have since come to light, and they support the Vulgate text. They show that when the Vulgate translation was made, it was made from a Greek text that had better preserved the original inspired words of the evangelist, without the "corrections" of later copyToday all modern ists. translation of Luke 2:14, whether by Catholics or Protestants, agree with the Vulgate reading, though they may understand it vpiously.
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THE URGE TO SIMPLIFY The reading followed by the King James Version was the result of something fairly common in the manuscript transmission of the biblical text — the urge of a copyist to simplify. It must have been an urge that occurred very early, to acccount for the appearance of this reading in so many of the manuscripts. "Peace to men of good will" was what the evangelist first wrote. But what did it mean? Was the "good will" (which is a single word in the Greek)-- that possessed by certain men? Or was he referring to the good will of God (which is the usual biblical meaning of the word) ? If God's will was meant, in what sense was it meant? From one point of view, it was a simpler matter to solve all these problems by changing the text to "good will to men," which anybody could understand. In recent years new light has been shed on this biblical verse from an unexpected source, which not only confirms that the Vulgate, "Catholic" version is the correct one, but also gives us a better idea of its meaning. "Men of good will," as we have just said, is ambiguous, but "peace" is not. language, biblical In "peace" is virtually the same as "salvation" — it means harmony with God, the union or renewal of union between God and man. This, in itself, has always made it more than likely that the "good will" in question was God's rather than men's for the Bible is here ascribing the coming of salvation to God's love freely given, not to any worthiness on man's part. Now we have contemporary evidence that is precisely what the expression did mean. D EAD SEA SCROLLS SHED LIGHT In the writings of the Jewish community that produced the so-called Dead Sea Scrolls of which so much has been written lately, "men of God's good will" is a phrase that turns up rather frequently. In these texts it means those whom God has chosen, those to whom he has freely extended his good will of salvation. There is every reason to believe that in the Gospel, written in approximately the same time and environment. these words have the same significance. In this light, the angelic chorus takes on a new dimension and depth as we see its full import: "Glory to God in the highest" — that is, in heaven; "and on earth peace" — the same heavenly glory shared with men — "to men of (his) good will" — shared with those whom God has chosen to favour with salvation through the sending of his Son. "Peace on earth, good will to men" is a good Christian sentiment in which we can all share. We should not be too disturbed, therefore, when we hear the Bible quoted even this way, though it is incorrectly quoted. But at the same time we should remember what the Bible really says, something far more important. It is both a glorious and a humbling thought to know that we are " men of good will," for we are such only through the infinite mercy of God.
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V ATICAN CITY.—Pope Paul V1 explained to his Wednesday general audience what he intends when he gives them His blessing. The Pope paid tribute to the feeling of devotion e xpressed by the thousands gathered in the Hall of Benedictions. "We praise you and thank you" for it. "It is not given to our humble person but to the Lord and it is to Him that it expresses itself through acts of faith and love. It is to His Church that it expresses its firm and joyful devotion." SANCTIFICATION The Pope then tuned to the subject of his blessing saying, "We would like to explain to you what a blessing is. St. Ambrose defines it as the votive c onferring of a sanctification and of particular graces, that is to say, an invocation to render holy a person or a thing and to obtain for them a special f avour from God. And this is what We intend to do for you today. We pray God that He may fill you with His grace and as the Apostle (St. Paul) says that He may 'grant you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in deep knowledge of Him, that the eyes of your mind being enlightened so that you may know what is the ,whole of His calling " (Eph. 1-17/18).
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The Riddle of the Black Madonnas THE BLACK VIRGIN OF MONTSERRAT
OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA
She stares fixedly into space from her place of honour, high above the richly decorated altar of a side chapel. Her black face beneath her jewelled tiara, and the black Child on her lap or on her arm, are patches of shadow against her gleaming white s atin gown. the unsuspecting visitor is affronted and shocked: a black Madonna and Child Well, yes, perhaps in Africa — but here in France, in the heart of Europe? Worse yet, it is such an ugly statue! The Child is a wizened little old man who stiffly raises one hand in blessing. His Mother has a long with high face narrow cheekbones, great, staring, eyes too almond-shaped large for her face, a prominent nose which is far too long for her receding mouth and chin. But all of these statues are not ugly. Perhaps the most beautiful and certainly one of the most famous is the Black Madonna of Montserrat which, according to legend, came from Jerusalem and was taken to the mountains near Barcelona to save it from the Saracens. The statue remains today in a shrine near the Benedictine Monastery of Montserrat.
NUMEROUS TITLES The traveller meets the Black Virgin everywhere in Europe. Numerous shrines are dedicated to her in Spain and Italy, and especially in central France (Rocamadour, Le Puy, Dijon and Beaune, to mention only a few of the French shrines). She is venerated under numerous titles: at Dijon, for example, she is Our Lady of Good Hope, at Chartres she is Our Lady of the Pillar, at numerous other places she is simply "the Black Virgin." In the East the statues are replaced by painted images: Our Lady of Czesthe tochowa in Poland, numerous icons of Russia and Greece. Painted or sculptured, the Black Virgin is everywhere the object of special devotions, and her altars are always bright with flowers, lighted candles, offerings from grateful pe-
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titioners. Who is she — and why is she? These black wooden statues date from the Romanesque period; the earliest ones we have, seem to be 11th century works. Many of them are merely copies of older images. Their origin is a hotly debated question; seemingly the most reasonable opinion places their most immediate ancestry in central France, in the cult statues of mother and child turned out in vast numbers by the pottery "factories" of pre-Christian Roman Gaul. These statues honoured the beloved Gallo-Roman goddesses called the matres ( the Roman matronae) — the goddesses of the earth and of all growing, living Each matre prethings. sided over her special, locality, protecting its fields and animals, watching over the growth of the crops, listening to the petitions of expectant mothers. As the guardians of living things the matres were naturally the most popular deities of an agricultural people such as the Gauls. Their worship was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that not even the powerful new Christian God could eradicate it.
'CONVERSION' The early Fathers of the French church wisely decided to "convert" the matres and their shrines, rather than try to abolish them altogether. The Mother of God thus came to take over their functions and even their preferred places of residence: near streams and rivers, in grottos, on mountain peaks like Le Puy and Rocamadour. Ultimately, however, the idea of a Black Mother goes far back into the pre-historic depths of the human soul, into the psychic processes formed by the centuries of our existence as tillers of the soil. Long before the advent of Christianity the Mediterranean peoples worshipped black goddesses of the earth, under various names: Isis, Cybele, Demeter, Diana, Artemis. Greek, Cretan and Phoenician colonisers and merchants these introduced goddesses to the peoples they encountered in their maritime ventures into the Western Mediterranean. Thus they entered France by way of the Greek colony of Marseille, travelling up the Rhone River with the spreading colony, and their cult was later reinforced by the arrival of the Roman in Gaul. The worship of the great Earth-Mother goddesses of the East was too deeply rooted in the Mediterranean peoples to be driven out by the masculine, more spiritual Christian God, and it may well be that the attitude of the Fathers of the early Church toward His
Mother was influenced by subconscious memories of this cult.
Controversy has waxed strong over the explanation of the black colour of these statues. Many historians have tried to see in it a deliberate reference to the words of Solomon's "Canticle of Canticles": "I am as dark — but lovely, 0 daughters of Jerusalem — as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Salma. Do not stare at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has burned me." (1: 5-6). Others believe that the black colour is simply an accident: the colour of the wood gradually darkened due to exposure to atmospheric conditions. On the other hand, the use of black wood may have been the artist's choice, subconscious or otherwise, for the colour black has always been associated with the Earth and her twin faces of life and death. It symbolises night, the mother of all creation; it stands for life and fecundity as well as for sadness, death and destruction. The black goddesses of the East descend into the dark kingdom of death and bring forth those slumbering there into the light of day; or they come up once a year from their homes in subterranean realms, to signal the rebirth of life upon the earth after the death-like night of winter.
ant and heiress of all the Earth-Mother goddesses that men have ever worshipped — but • she stands as far above them as her Son outshines the gods of the Greek pantheon. In this Woman and her Son, man finally found what he had been confusedly searching for in all times and in all places since his first appearance in the Universe: the one God, and the one Woman who, at once Mother of God and Mother of men, helps to join the two within the boundless, unending flow of love that is life itself.
DIRECT DESCENDANT Thus the beloved Black Virgin has a long and glorShe ious family lineage. symbolises all that men have worshipped and held dear from the very beginning of their history as human beings: thinking, eternally renascent life and Woman who bestows it, the spiritual Mother who is the mediatrix of life-giving supernatural graces, the mysterious forces that cause living things to burst forth from the earth each spring, only to die and return to her womb in the fall. She is the direct descend-
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Teachers' Mass In February For the last ten years, it has been customary to close the school year with a Mass and Communion breakfast for Catholic teachers. More recently that Mass has been held at St. Thomas More College Chapel about mid-December.
V, CAROL SINGING at the C.W.L. Christmas party at the Catholic Centre on Monday night was led by MRS. HINES, accompanied by MRS. O'BRIEN on the Special guests of the piano and MRS. BARBARA COLREAVY on the violin. to the singing. contributed X, MULLINEU ROY and League, CLIFF GANNAWAY
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THE CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE CHRISTMAS PARTY HELD LAST MONDAY. The President, Mrs. R. S. Jolley welcomed Lady Howard, Mrs. Child (a past president) and many representatives from the various organisations with whom the League is affiliated, also a large number of members. Entertainment was supplied by Mrs. Carmel Hynes ( vocal) Mrs. Barbara Colreavy (violin) and their accompaniste, Mrs. Gleeson. Community singing, commencing with the Christmas carols, was much enjoyed by all present. The serving of a delicious supper then took place. In pride of place was the lovely Christmas cake decorated with red roses, made by a South Perth member, Mrs. Murphy. This was the last League 1963. Good activity for wishes for a happy Christ mas and a successful New Year were wished to everybody. INGLEWOOD BRANCH At the home of Mrs. E. Inglewood the French, Branch held their break-up party. A good number of members attended and for an hour enjoyed the hilari ous game of Beetle. The price for the top score went to Mrs. Motteram, whilst the honour of having the
"funniest beetle' went to Mrs. Hart. During supper, which took the form of a barbecue, the Lowry, Mrs. president, thanked members for their help and co-operation during the year. Much had been achieved and she hoped that 1964 would find a confirming of good works. She asked Mrs. Motteram to accept a small gift in appreciation of the kindness of her husband and herself in allowing the branch to use their home for monthly meetings. Thanks were also given to Mr. and Mrs. French for
making their home available to members for the party. Good wishes were extended to all League members for the coming festive seasons. The executive of the Cottesloe branch wishes to remind members that their Christmas party has been arranged for December 17 at the Brighton Hotel — lunch at 12.30 p.m. and afternoon tea. Maylands branch will hold their final card evening on Tuesday, December 17. The branch is on roster for daily teas from December 16 to December 20.
Roster For Chapel Adoration Renewed of Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament during daily Exposition at All Saints' Memorial Centre Chapel, are advised that Legionaries of Mary will be in attendance at the Chapel each day to receive completed cards and to issue new cards for the coming year, which commences this month (December). FOUNDATION
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reply to many toasts and wishes for a happy voyage, Kathleen and Brendan said that they would always have fond memories of their many Australian and Irish friends here, and in particular the continued kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ward. Members are reminded t hat invitations to the Christmas party, which is being held at a suburban home, are already being sent out, and anyone wishing to renew their annual subscription should do so now, as in keeping with club policy invitations will be sent only to those whose financial membership is current. The Thursday night dancing class will have its last dance on December 19, before the class goes into recess for Christmas.
All enquiries to the secretary, Eddie Fitzmaurice, 62
Redfern Street, North Perth, phone 24-4691.
At the end of 1962 the question was raised about the possibility of change to the beginning of the school year. The committee has decided to inaugurate the change this year. Consequently there will be no Mass for this purpose at the end of the year. The Mass and Communion breakfast will be held on Saturday, February 15, 1964, at St. Thomas More Chapel. It is hoped at that Mass to provide those who attend with a programme of activities for the ensuring year. T h e Catholic Teachers Guild aims to maintain a register of Catholic teachers in State and Independent schools, to arrange for their attendance at an annual Mass and Communion breakfast, and to offer opportunities for spiritual, intellectual and social activity amongst its members. The current year has not been marked by vigorous attendances and activity, and the committee hopes to improve both these things in the coming year. The attention of newly graduated teachers to the guild is especially drawn, and their attendance at the Mass particularly asked of those who are in or near the metropolitan area. Further notice will be given nearer to the date.
THE REVEREND JOHN KEVIN HARTE, S.J., who for three years was on the staff of St. Louis' School, Claremont, will be ordained to the priesthood in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on January 2, 1964, and will say his first Mass at 10 a.m. on January 3 at the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford. The only son of Mrs. E. Harte, of Ormond, Victoria, and the late Mr. J. L. Harte, he was educated by the Presentation Sisters at St. Kevin's, Ormond, and by the Christian Brothers at St. Thomas More's and C.B.C. St. Kilda, and St. Kevin's, Toorak. He was awarded the Australian scholarship of the Royal Schools of Music at the age of 15, and spent the next four years at Melbourne University, where he graduated Bachelor of Music in 1951. In 1952 he entered the Jesuit Novitiate at Watsonia. Victoria, and studied humanities and philosophy there from 1954 to 1957. In 1958 he came to St. Louis. where he taught senior Biology and Chemistry and formed a four-part choir of over eighty boys which soon became well known and earned the praise of Professor Frank Callaway. As a pianist, Mr. Harte found time to give recitals and t o broadcast for the A.B.C. with violinist Graham Wood. Since he came to Canisius College, Pymble, New South Wales, to study theology, he has given s everal broadcasts for the A.B.C. in Sydney.
Traditional Mass for Germans • As in previous years,
there will be the traditional Mass for all German-speaking people in the Metropolitan area at the Pallottine Mission Centre, Fifth Avenue. Riverton, on Thursday, December 26 (St. Stephen's Day) at '7.30 p.m. Holy Mass will be followed by a Christmas party in the new social hall. All interested are invited.
Xaverian Club Xaverian Club members have offered their sympathy to a member of the committee, Hazel Pauley, on the recent sad loss of her father. A large number attended tennis last Friday night and had a very enjoyable time. Tennis is held every Friday night at St. Mary's Tennis Club, Britannia Road, Leederville. Transport is provided for those requiring it from No. 1 William Street, Perth, at 7.45 p.m. On December 22, club members will be attending "Carols by Candlelight" in Supreme Court Gardens. Members meet outside the gardens at 7.30 p.m. The New Year's Eve party this year will be spent on the river, as the committee has hired a boat which will be leaving Barrack Street Jetty at 8 p.m. Would anyone wishing to come please hand in their names to Bernadette McCormack or Maureen Oliver. The Xaverian Club is for single Catholics over 21. For inf or ma tion concerning membership, please ring Bernadette McCormack on 67-4450.
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Therry Committee for 1964. Front Row:GRENVILLE MURRAY, EDNA HOPKINS, COLETTE WILTSHIRE. Back Row: PETER McGUINNISS, ANN BURNETT.
THERRY REPORT '63
This has been a very noteworthy year for the Therry Society, and a ppears to be the opening of an era of even greater achievements. previous paragraphs form gave in the middle of the BY A THERRY MEMBER much of the report which all those who delighted year Once again the Annual attended with the enthusiwas tendered by the retirSchool's Drama Festival was ing president Miss Edna talent which was and asm an outstanding success and FROM THE CLAREMONT Hopkins. displayed. LAST SUNDAY MORNING A GROUP OF CHILDREN now, in its third year, apinnovation in the Another N IN THE NEWLY COMMUNIO HOLY The new committee elecPARISH RECEIVED THEIR FIRST pears to be firmly entrenchsociety's activities this year, Grenthe Mr. of of consisted activities ted ed in the EXTENDED PARISH CHURCH. was the series of drama president, Miss Catholic schools. Miss Coleen ville Murray, by given classes viceWiltshire, Colette There is no reason N‘11y In the afternoon, His Clifford. Members who atpresident, Miss Edna Hopthis Fesival should not conBishop M. McKeon Lordship only not tended these classes kins, secretary, Mrs. Ann tinue to grow in stature and received valuable instrucblessed the new extensions Burnett, treasurer and Mr. become a very telling force and gave Pontifical Benediction in acting and producMcGiunniss, social Peter in the life of the communtion. In his talk to the parithemtion, but also found Lordship secretary. It is the hope shioners, H i s ity. selves fired by Miss Clifof the new committee that spoke with great praise for INTERSTATE ford's own great love of the coming year will be even the parish priest, Father J. theatre, and had many enThis year, closely linked noteworthy in Therry McCormack, who he said more joyable evenings of enterwith annual Festival, occurhistory, as the reality of the was one of the pioneer • ON ACCOUNT of tainment as well. As a mark red the most remarkable own theatre is alof Western Australia society's priests the Christmas holiof appreciation, Miss Clifachievement of all, the inmost within sight. To achieve and had done much to ena n d earlier days first the as elected was ford Festival, Interstate augural this goal will require the dear him to thousands of times, on publicati the of member honorary an event which should go people. utmost effort from every copy subscribers to society. down in theatrical history praised His Lordship also member, and the support of "The Record" a r e The annual general meetbecause of its unique charthe architectural work of all friends and well-wishers ested to have requ held was society ing of the acter. Mr. B. Jackson, who was a their notes in the of Therry, 18, and the November EARN THE HIGHEST on Claremont. parishioner of It is believed that nothoffice by Monday BANK INTEREST AVINGS S and this church was his ing like this has occurred Pubmorning's mail. ecclesiastical in design first in amateur theatrical circlication cannot be architecture. The builders, les anywhere else in the guaranteed after that Bianchini Bros., were also world. When it is considtime. praised by His Lordshihp. ered that three companies of school children and their Flame" by Margaret Priest, producers and chaperones A )1ON LAIENT BEGAN ment of the early Church. and the procession of the were brought over 2,000 miles at no cost to them- IN SYDNEY A FEW YEARS will be characterised and animals into the Ark when aniselves, that leading figures THE mimed by three hundred sixty wonderfully made MEET TO AGO These used. are heads mal Benedict's St. children from in the Hierarchy, the busiRMING COMMERCIASchool. It will be presented were loaned by Scotch Colness and political fields, ALA headed by the Prime Min- LISING OF THE CHRIST- on a multi-level stage. The lege. 1-11._ Lordship Bishop M. interpretation and performister himself, took an active MAS FESTIVAL. ance of the pageant is in the McKeon will be attending practical interest in this the pageant, as will the All the Christian Churches hands of Joan Pope, and the FestiNsal, Therry is surely Hon. D. Brand, a Premier, present to the in together are met effects lighting justified in taking pride that the name of the society will large-scale demonstration in hands of Ian Jarvis of the M.L.A., the Anglican ArchFOR SERVICE SINCE 1895 be linked with a great the- Hyde Park, which gave in a University. Two interesting bishop of Perth, the Most the true vivid pageant features are "the light," Rev. G. Appleton, and the atrical first. Christmas story. which is represented by a heads of each of the other • In remarking on this event This year, for the first of the "Eternal denominations. replica which is outstanding not time in Western Australia, only in the year's activities, a branch of this movement but in Merry history. the has been formed in Applesociety places on record its cross. It has as its chairappreciation of the unremitman Father Albert Lynch, ting effort of Mr. Gerard the secretary is the Rev. T. Leahy in inaugurating and Luckett (Presbyterian) and organising the Festival. It the Rev. W. Riley (Angliis impossible to think of the can) for its treasurer, while First National Catholic the publicity officer is the, Schools' Drama Festival Rev. W Hawker (MethodWithout linking his name to ist). its success. On the Friday before Finance this year has been Christmas (December 20) at a problem, particularly in 8 p.m. a Christmas pageant the last few months when entitled "Christ The Light the greater part of the so- Of The World" will be preciety funds was invested in sented at Tomkins Park, on the expenses of the Canning Highway, Melville, National Festival, As a on the river side, just below result it was not possible t h e Applecross Overseas to stage any production in StaTelecommunications this latter stage of the year, tion — next to the bowling but the society now green. has two Plays in rehearsal, "ChristNARRATIVE mas in the Market Place" The entire narrative is Which will be presented at the Guild taken from the scriptures, Theatre Decemand the narrator will be Ian ber 18-21, and "A Phoenix too Frequent" Beatty of ABW2. Some parts which is a special of the story will be tolci production for the University in song by a combined choir Catholic Federaand soloists Molly McGurk, tion of Australia Christmas and to be held at Conference John Brown and Keith St. Thomas Middleton. Mary Kerr will More College in January. It accompany on an amplified is hoped to have a public electronic organ. Fanfares Presentation of this latter reetings ear specially composed by David Play at a later date. University the of Tunley J UNIOR Music Department will be THERRY played by the Salvation Junior Therry Army Fortress Band, who Under the skilful Theatre, guidance will also accompany carols of Miss Coralie Condon, con- in which the public will be • FATHER JAMES CORCORAN, who was ordained tinues to thrive and the soKilkenny, the Natifor the Archdiocese in St. Kieran's College, ciety is deeply appreciative invited to join at Father last. Friday vity scene. Of the time on June 2, arrived in Perth on and effort exCathedral Mary's St. to attached Corcoran, temporarily Pended by Miss Condon. The MIMED STORY of Templeafternoon staff, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Corcoran, the The whole story, from which the Ireland. more, County Tipperary, junior members creation until the establish-
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At the Y.C.W. end of the year dance at the Y.A.L. are PHIL MAYNARD of Wembley, GERALDINE LA ROCHE of Cannington, LOUISE CANGEMI of Inglewood and NEVILLE POWER of Inglewood.
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On a tiny rugged island off the south coast of Wales is a laboratory surrounded by fields of lavender and gorse. Despite its rough and in the lee of the rocky nature, the island sits warm Gulf Stream; flowers soften its outline and provide high quality essences for the manufacture of perfume and perfume sachets. whenever tides and Visitors to the island, who go by boat the flowers — and a monweather permit, see the rocks, astery. For the island of Caldey is now owned and worked Order. The first Benedictine by monks of the Cistercian in the eleventh century. Abbey was founded on the island monks Bound by their Order to be self-supporting, the grow acres of flowers, import natural oils, musk, ambergris essences, and sell the and jasmine, extract and blend the in perfumes to a large number of discriminating buyers Rhodesia and Malta, Australia, in increasingly, and, ritain B the United States. A NEW VENTURE perfume is a relatively new venture Abbey But Caldey of for this monastic community which is devoted to a life prayer, worship, study and manual labour. When the monks began ten years ago to cultivate the lavender and verbena, which grows naturally on the island, they did so as a means of self-preservation. An agricultural community, they found the barren soil of the island was becoming increasingly difficult to cultivate. Other communities, in the same situation, have created a liqueur, Caldey monks created a perfume and have had the treof satisfaction mendous knowing that, without advertisement, the product is holding its own in one of the most competitive markets in the world. The monks deserve praise for their thorough and scientific approach. Their scents
are not "primitive concoctions bubbling in gallipots over wood-fires." They decided on perfumemaking as their main means of support because they needed a product which was non-perishable, which required a small amount of man-power, and which was easy to transport by boat to the mainland in precarious weather conditions. Shown how to extract es sences from locally- grown lavender by a French priest, they took expert advice on the most scientific methods of processing from one of Britain's leading perfume chemists. The Procurator is responsible for buying the essential oils and for selling the range of perfumes, bath
The perfume store at the Cistercian monastery on Caldey Island, off the south coast of Wales, where the monks have built up a growing business to save their Order. essences, toilet waters and pomanders which are now being made. The name of Caldey Abbey has spread from the island itself: perfumes are now sold, not only on the bland and in South Wales, Fut in Knightsbridge, Lonmost sophisticated don's shopping centre, and by stores of high standard in many parts of the world. H ELPED TO BUILD R OADS The Knightsbridge shop is run with great affection and dedication by a woman whose husband is a personal friend of the Abbot of Caldey. Mrs. Judkins has
has managed the shop for two years on a voluntary basis. She says quite simply: "I do it because we like them very much. I have helped them in the shop on the island — it seemed natural to help to create new customers here.
"Island Gorse," "Island Fern," and "Violets in the Rain" capture the summer scents of Caldey. The inspiration of the whole venture is somehow
summed up in the Caldey Abbey perfume trademark, designed by the monks, which shows a delicately abstract flower enclosing its own scent within its petals.
"The money from the perfume has enabled the monks to make a few roads on the island (they do all the stone-breaking themselves), and there is the enormous satisfaction of knowing that the community is in no danger of being dissolved." The names of the perfumes which she sells — 4PsO, , ,0#4.411 44.04.4"4"4.4.04.4.4•4"....041
No Real Objection To Women Listeningi PARIS.—An Italian bishop has said there is "no theoretical objection" to inviting women to the Ecumenical Council as auditors. Thirteen lay auditors, all men, already have been appointed. Bishop Emilio Guano, of Leghorn, told the Paris Catholic daily La Croix that, on the Church's attitude towards women, reference is often made to St. Paul, who wrote to St. Timothy: "Let a woman learn in silence." "One must distinguish." the Bishop said, "between
a doctrinal position on the ministerial priesthood and a disciplinary position which was meant for a definite period but is not a general principle. "There are perhaps still certain psychological The Church prefers to move ahead reserves. gradually. "One can see lately how women work in the Church. There have even been striking events in history, not altogether isolated; for example, the life of St. Catherine of Siena." This saint's outspoken advice was followed by two 14-century Popes.
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since children, gitimate R.: Your tribute to Pope ready to go." Then he asked for the Last Sacraments, most historians credited him unithe reflects XXIII ohn J with six, namely, John saying: "Let us do things versal esteem in which he Pope Caesar, Lucretia, Godfrey Christians." good as newspapers Our held. was and two others whose names John XXIII certainly set us r eported that just before he both of how I can't recall. But he had example an extraall reading was he died to live and how to die. That none of these children as a ordinary messages sent to Pope .The youngest of them said, however, of him from all parts of the -cannot be was born at least 12 years who livPopes the of some for pray "I as, such orld, w ed 400 years ago during before he was elected Pope. your health, althoughIam a what is known as the Ren- Had I been asked how many Buddhist;" or, "Our Australian hearts are with you aissance period of history, Popes had illegitimate children — a question I don't and about whom you now ( signed) Four Protestants;" remember having been put or, yet again, "As far as an inquire. to me before — I would atheist can pray, I pray for B AD POPES IN have said none as Popes, but the prompt recovery of Your P AST AGES that four of them had such Holiness." children before their election told that, in been have I Q.: Pope John was a man of as Popes, namely Innocent the early years of your humility piety, faith, deep VIII (1482-1492), Alexander session, when asked if the characing and an all-embr VI (1492-1503), Julius II t hen Pope at some time in ity. In his will, he stressed (1503-1513), and Paul HI history had two illegitia from come had he that (1534-1549). mate children, you said and family, poor peasant that five Popes had illeIt should be noted that said that he had vowed povgitimate children. I know these four Popes between young and quite when erty t hat things lose nothing 1484 and 1549 all lived durobserved it, that no relain the telling, and I'm sure ing the Renaissance period, tives had ever benefited y ou will put me right if one of general moral laxity having his from aterially m you were wrongly quoted. in Europe; and of Pope Paul become a priest and that he R.: I do not remember III in particular that the had nothing to leave them having given such an last of his children was born ever upon blessing his xcept e them. When told that death answer. I do remember hav- in 1509 and that he was not even ordained as a priest ing told an inquirer some was near, he said to his docuntil 1519, ten years later, tor: "So I have a tumour. 30 years ago that he was at the age of 51. When he Well, the Will of God be mistaken in saying that the done. My bags are packed Borgia Pope Alexander VI was elected as Pope in 1534, (1492-1503) had five ille- he determined on the reform and I am ready, more than
of the Church "both in head and members," called together the great Council of Trent in 1545, and through its legislation made it impossible for such types of men ever to be elected as
ness, he would have been a saint, even as so many of the Popes were saints." On other occasions, in regard to the Borgia Pope, Alexander W, I have said, firstly, that Popes, like all Popes again! other men, have to work out their own personal salvaFAITH OF CATHOLICS tion. To be elected Pope is CONFIRMED not to get a through ticket Q.: I was also told you were to heaven, but only to have n ot very complimentary in one's responsibilities before y our criticism of these God immeasureably increaspopes and would like to ed. Christ Himself said: k now just what you said. "Unto whom much is given, R.: My reply concerned of him much shall be rethe one Pope, Alexander VI, quired." Lk. 12.48. about whom aloneIwas askGranted that Alexander VI ed. Here is what I said as published in 1934 in Vol. I was a wicked man, the Catholic Church says: "Very of my collected "Radio Rewell. He was wicked. I only plies": "Alexander was certainly hope he repented before he died. If not, he is in hell." a disgrace to his office. But it is just because his office Meantime, she not only does demanded such holiness that not bid us to imitate such a man. She forbids us to his life was utterly incongrudo so. ous with it. Yet if you reSecondly, all the Popes ject the papal system because of Alexander you must throughout the centuries logically reject the College have professed the same reof Apostles because of Ju- ligion and held the same office; yet out of some 260 das. And remember that the life led by Alexander disgusts Catholics far more than it disgusts Protestants, for Catholics know what is really to be expected of a Pope in accordance with Catholic spiritual - principles Had Alexander lived up to Catholic teaching in its full-
R.: He made no statement in praise of the Catholic Church, despite a widespread belief that he did. The s tatement you have in mind is enshrined in Schuster's "Bible History and Story of the Church," page 365. There is quoted as saying: "Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in Germany I looked to the universities to defend it, knowng that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; the universities were immediately silenced. Then I looked to the great editors . . . (but) only the Catholic Church protested against the Hitlerian onslaught on liberty." In that quotation, however, there is one vital error which robs it of all value as a tribute to the Catholic Church; for Einstein spoke only of "the Church," not of "the Catholic Church," and he was not thinking of the Catholic Church at the time.
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ANTI-CATHOLIC PREJUDICE Q.: WAS EINSTEIN AT ONE TIME PREJUDICED AGAINST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? R.: He was always prejudiced against the Catholic Church. The London "Tablet," October 3, 1953, records his support for the bitterly anti-Catholic lecturer, Paul Blanshard, at Princeton University, U.S.A. "I 'wish," Einstein said, "to express my gratitude to a man who is fighting the abuses of a powerful organisation. We are grateful to him for his efforts." To Protestant inquiries as to how he could reconcile this with his reported tribute to the resistance by the Catholic Church to Hitler in Germany, he said he had spoken only of "the Church," not of -the Catholic Church:" and he had in mind the Protestant Confessional' Churches and men like the Lutheran Pastor Niemoller. In reply to a Catholic protest against his support for the Paul Blanchard lecture at Princeton University, he answered: "I am convinced that some political and social practices of Catholic organisations are dangerous for the community as a whole, here and everywhere" ("Tablet," October 3, 1953).
SOURCE OF ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION Q.: WHERE DID EINSTEIN'S STATEMENT FIRST APPEAR? R.: In an article he wrote early in 1940 for the French r adical newspaper, "L'Ere Nouvelle." In the article he spoke simply of "L'Eglise," the "Church." To French r eaders that could mean only the Church with which they were familiar, the Catholic Church, and that erroneous impression gained currency among Catholics in other countries. But truth demands that even mistakes made in quite good faith should be corrected when discovered. Einstein had no intention of paying any tribute to the Catholic Church.
Thirdly, the proportion of Popes who have been really unworthy of their office, whether through moral laxity or worldliness, avarice, political ambitions and favouritism works out at about 1 in 40, whereas the proportion of failures among the Apostles themselves was 1 in 12. Fourthly, unworthy Popes in past ages are no argument against the historical founCatholic the of dation Church by Christ; while, on the other hand, they prove His protection of her right through to the present day, not only despite external enemies but despite even such an enemy within as an unworthy man succeeding to the office of St. Peter as head of the Church on earth. Far from weakening, this confirms the faith of every well-instructed Catholic.
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Einstein And The Catholic Church LISTENER, RANDWICK, ASKS: Could you quote for me what Professor Einstein said in praise of the Catholic Church when he landed in America from Germany during the Second World War?
Popes, over 80 of them have earned the reputation of saints by their outstanding virtue and holiness.
E INSTEIN'S OWN "RELIGION" Q.: WAS EINSTEIN A PRACTISING JEW? R.: No. Although Jewish by birth, religiously he rejected belief in divine revelation of any kind, even that of his own Judaism. He was not an atheist. But while admitting the existence of God, he did not believe that God is a personal Being nor that men could enter into any personal relationships with Him. He had no sympathy with Protestantism as a religion. But he admired the courageous protests of many Lutherans in Germany against Hitler's tyranny. He must have admired the courage of Catholic leaders also, of men such as Cardinal Faulhaber, Bishop Von Galen and Bishop Preysing. But he had a deep prejudice against the Catholic Church as such; and in view of his own express declaration that he intended no tribute to that Church the statement about which you are inquiring should not be quoted by Catholic writers as if he did. Those who, in all sincerity, do quote it in such a way, are doing so mistakenly.
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THE RECORD," by .ourtesy of Station 2SM ,ydnev, publishes some if Dr. Rumble's radio a nswers each week. Queries from our read-rs (which must be acompanied by name and iddress of sender) are answered over the radio o their due turn, which 9 volveS a delay of some .eeks. R eplies to them may be for 1 iiiblication these i In c olumn, lr may not then m ong those chosen
"MEN WON'T BE TOLD" Q.: It is psychologically impossible for the Church to command anyone to believe personally in a teaching without offering compelling reasons as a motive for such belief. R.: It is not psychologically impossible for the Church to command that, even if it were psychologically impossible for a pertz; c.mply with the cornIA But even that is not psychologically impossible. Even in the natural order, there are some things of which we can see the truth for ourselves. The proof confronts us and is a compelling reason for accepting it. We don't merely take someone else's word for it. which presupposes the will U) believe it in his author't • But there are often --• not t4.17-otty,t-: things v.-e immediate experience of them. but through human t estimony. Our knowledge of past historical events is based on faith in the reliability of human testimony, as, for example, that William the Conqueror invaded Britain in 1066. How else could you know that? In a similar way, although on a different level, a Catholic's knowledge of the truths of his religion is based on faith in the reliable teaching authority the Catholic of Church. O UTWARD CONFORMITY "HYPOCRISY" Q.: A man might conform his judgment to the teachings of the Church, but they would not be his personal beliefs. R . : If he conformed his judgment, he would judge
them to be true -and they would be his personal beliefs. Without that, there would be no conformity of judgement, but only an insincere outward profession of beliefs in things he neither judged nor believed to be true Where teachings are proclaimed with the infallible teaching-authority of the Catholic Church, of course, the Catholic accepts them as ultimately based on the Word of God Himself and accepts them by an act of faith in God as thus manifesting the truth. But non-infallible, yet authoritative teachings and decisions of the Church are a matter for sincere religious acceptance by Catholics—religious because the motive is religious: namely, reliance on the ordinary yet supernatural or God-given authority of the teaching-office of the Church. If we could not rely on the ordinary teaching - office of the Church, the value of her religious guidance would practically disappear, or she would have to .make almost an infinite number of intallible definitions and proclamations which it would he quite unreasonable to expect. "CHURCH NOT ALWAYS I NFALLIBLE" Q.: Are all the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church to be regarded as
R.: I have just indicated that they are not. But if official, they are authoritative even where they are not infallible. Because they do not claim infallibility, theoretically they do not exclude the absolute possibility of a mistake; but in practice they exclude any reasonable fear of error or room for doubt. In practice, the Catholic is safe in "thinking with the Church," and in accepting with unwavering personal conviction the decrees and decisions of the Pope, or of the Sacred Congregation authorised by him to speak in his name, or of the common teaching of Catholic theologians — not necesarily the stray opinions of individual theologians --, or even the common beliefs of Catholic the faithful throughout the world— again, not necessarily the peculiar and possibly eccentric views of individual Catholics. We believe that the Holy Spirit watches collectively over the whole Church; and only in exceptional and particular instances would one be excused from personal beliff in this non-infallible but authoritative proclammation of the faith by the Church, and in dissenting from it. The conditions governing such an exceptional case are involved in your further questions, which ‘ve'll take next time.
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THE pantheist holds that God and what we • call the whole created universe are one and •• the same thing. Henri Bergson, a French J wi 11 philosopher, who ‘.va born in 1859 and died in 1941. taught a system of "creative evolution." the whole universe being animated by a "Life Force," of which the human mind is a product. This -Life Force" expresses itself in us by intuitions which are a higher form of knowledge than we can get by intellectual inquiry. Every man has in himself. lecording to Bergson, a vital experience of God and hould use his intelligence in efforts to understand it. Believing that. the "Life Force" found its fullest ievelopment in the mystics and saints, he studied their writings and arrived at conclusions in practic quite opposed to his theory of evolutionary pantheism In the last years of his life he became convinced o f the truth of a transcendent God who had given His only-begotten Son in Christ for the redemption of mankind, the work of Christ being continued in this world by means of the Catholic Church. After his death there was found written in his will: ' 'My reflections have led me nearer and nearer to Catholicism, in which I see the complete fulfilment of Judaism. I hope that a Catholic priest, if the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris will permit it, will say he prayers of the Church at my burial." The mystery s that he did not ask to be actually received into the Th tholic Church before he died. Friends, in whom he had 'confided, said he would have done so only for the fact that precisely at that time —Bergson died in 1941—thousands of his fellow Jews were suffering tich cruel persecution even to extermination in gas)vens at the hands of Hitler in Germany that he could -iot bring himself to desert them at such a time and and proclaim to the world tliat he had abandoned .Judaism for Catholicism. 2 t
F.J.P., BONDI BEACH: I ENCLOSE A NEWSPAPER CUTTING FROM THE "DAILY LONDON TELEGRAPH AND MORNING POST." OF JUNE 18, 1963. WOULD YOU P LEASE COMMENT ON T HE CONTENTION OF BISHOP FULTON SHEEN? R.: The report, from the paper's "own correspondent, New York," is an excellent example of how things can be misrepresented in "headlines." For Bishop Fulton Sheen's statement is published under the caption: "Mercy Death Permissible— Says Bishop." For most readers of the paper, "Mercy Death" is an alternative term for "Euthanasia," or deliberately putting to death in a painless way people suffering from iticaable illnesses. Such deliberate killing is simply murder, and Bishop Fulton Sheen would utterly condemn it. But let us take the actual text of his statement. NOT "EUTHANASIA" Q.: Addressing the American Medical Association, Dr. Fulton Sheen said that it was "permissible under certain circumstances to allow a person to die." R.: Note the choice of words. To allow a person to die, letting nature itself take its course, is a very different proposition from deliberately terminating a man's life by killing him. And even then, there is the qualification "under certain circumstances." • "LETTING NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE Q.: Bishop Sheen said "if he were a hopeless cancer patient. kept barely alive by a battery of tubes and other devices. 'I would ask them to take them away.' He added. 'I find no moral difficulty in this.'" R.: All Catholic theologians would agree with that. Doctors exist to alleviate suffering and to restore sick people to health. It is true, also, that they exist . to save life and not destroy it. That forbids all direct and deliberate killing of a living person. But, in the case of an incurable person where there are grounds p
for no reasonable doubt at all that his disease is incur, able, that there is no 1101)e whatever that he can be re. stored to health, and that to prolong his life longer than normally would be, not to alleviate his sufferings hut to make him endure still more severe pain, then it would be quite lawful rnor• ally to omit, not ordinary. but all extraordinary mea,' sures to keep him still alive, and simply to let nature take its course. THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE Q.: Bishop Sheen said "he would urge a family to t ake the doctor's advice on whether a patient should be kept alive by 'extraordinary tech. niques.'" R.: Since it is morally lawful to omit extraordinary measures to keep a man living in such circumstances, a family would be well-advised to follow a conscientious doctor's advice as to whether or not such extraordinary efforts should be continued. But a conscientious doctor would have his O‘A n obligations as regards the advice to be given. It is his duty to preserve life as long as he can by normally accepted methods which seem likely to benefit the patient and ‘vhic!-, do not involve excessive expense, risk, pain or other inconveniences. Where extra. ordinary measures are involved, however, such as more or less drastic medicines or operations which might or might not be successful, or which could be very costly or involve excessive trouble, the patient himself would have the right to refuse them and say simply that he would prefer to die. The doctor's duty would first and foremost be to do what the patient w ishes. Only if the patient is too far gone and in a coma or delirious, could the doctor comply with the wishes of the family instead. But he would be free to advise eithe: the' patient or the famiiy as the case might be to be content with good nursing care and the alleviation of pain as far as possible. without resorting to extraordinary means to prolong life beyond the stage at which it would end Ii the illness were allowed to follow its natural course.
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H.M.V. Presents First Gluck Opera In Australia been done so * GLUCK: Iphigenie en has never deserves it I he proud—and Tauride (excerpts in this musical is consuppose 57/6. H.M.V., rench). F sidered very old-fashioned This issue is a most re- nowadays, but it is wondermarkable tribute to our ful music. The excerpts are musical taste. It is the first generous and the recording Gluck opera to be available is sound. to Australians in the history of the gramophone. * BEETHOVEN: Piano Gluck was what Tovey Sonatas "Moonlight," used to call an Interesting "Pathetique" and "Les Tovey Figure; istoriacl H Adieux." R.C.A., 57/6. into composers d ivided The fulsome sleeve notes I.H.F.'s (who carried out reforms) and musicians. I are pitched, as all American advertising is, halfway becannot think of a composer tween the Empire State who has had so many at and Heaven; such Building time come-backs; empted t make one suslatives super operas his of one again and is is revived, but, outside pect that the product third-rate instead of secondFrance, he never goes into of his rate. repertory. Most Good wine, however, needs operas are based on Greek the tragedy, which is scarecely no bush, so let's ignore ornamental shrubbery. I box-office. Nevertheless, the music have been waiting for years for a really first - class from this, his finest if not most famous opera, is mag- "Moonlight," and this is it:
gramme—Sheherazade, five Greek melodies, two Hebrew melodies; despite beautiful singing, de los Angeles doesn't quite bring out the exotic qualities of the "Sheherazade" cycle. Her style is much better suited to the Greek and Hebrew songs. D u p ar c ' s "Invitation au Voyage" is beautifully sung, as are two songs by Debussy. A disc of quiet enjoyment.
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ARY SENIOR is to produce another of Arthur Miller's plays for Patch. She has previously produced "The Crucible" with great success; in fact, it broke many boxoffice records. Now she is to produce "Death of a Salesman," considered by many to be Miller's finest play. It was seen here some time ago as a motion picture. Its story of the "little hero"— Willy Lowman — has become an American classic. "Death of a Salesman" will go into rehearsal soon for a season early in 1964. Patch is to go into recess for a few weeks over the Christmas period after its current production of "Colorst ravaganza."
signing the sets and the music is by Bob Nussbaum.
LERNER AND LOEWE'S lavish musical play "Camelot," which had its Australasian premiere at H e r Majesty's Theatre on November 30, seems set for a highly successful season in Adelaide, J. C. Williamson took a bold step in giving Adelaide the privilege of seeing this production, with its- flashes of witty dialogue and songs with a haunting quality, before London, thus investing a new life and vigour in the Adelaide theatre circle. According to the criticis, it has evidently "paid off."
on the shoulders of Maurice Jones. The costumes will be by Neil Hunsley, whose costumes were seen in last year's production of "Bartholomew Fair." With the cancellation of "Henry V," it will be the only Shakespeare in the festival for 1964—the 400th anniversary of the birth of Shakespeare.
WENDY WATSON, the new stage manager for the Playhouse, comes from a prominent Perth family with a keen interest in drama. She first showed an interest in the theatre when she worked backstaRt: during the East Lynne Company's season at the beginning of 1962. After this she assisted with the costuming for the University Dramatic Society's production of "Ring Around the Moon." Her first job as a stage manager was in another U.D.S. production, "T h e Good Woman of Setzuan." Her first professional attempt was for "Taste of Honey" for Theatre '62 at the Playhouse. Subsequently s he has stagemanaged "Iolanthe" for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of W.A. and several Bankside Theatre productions.
* DVORAK: Piano Quintet. Decca, 57/6. For years I have been pointing out that the ideal music for home listening is chamber music; this kind of music is unpopular because it does not lend itself to public playing half so well as orchestral music. Within ANOTHER Festival of "THIEVES' CARNIVAL" its confines it has almost as attraction will be Perth ( Le Bal des Voleurs ), by the much variety as orchestral It will be the first "Hamlet." music has and it is not all French playwright Jean production in the new Forbe to produced is Anouilh, abstruse and difficult. Notune Theatre at the Univerfor the 1964 Festival of " , 0 "."0, , e , ININI41 , e04.04 , ,4 1"#######.#4.4 body could help loving Schu, re,e,e4,4,e,ereIre4 Jeanna Bradley is sity. bert's "Trout" Quintet and Perth by Colleen Clifford. It directing a cast which inthe by has been described here is its mate, played decludes Ian Tweedy, Neville lectably by Clifford Curzon author as a "comedy ballet.- Teene, Faith Clayton, Penand the Vienna Philhar- As far as movement is con- elope, Hanrahan, Michael cerned, it is one of the most monic Quartet. Raybeautiful plays written. Col- Louis, Kevin Hodges, and many Omedei mond to which know I don't leen Clifford is directing her By H. T. GOLLOP others associated with praise the more, the work cast to give the lines their Bankside productions. want you if the players; or PANP , ,11,0#04,PO4`4 necessary flourish. 141.#4141.011.011 , 00.4441.1,~41,14.#4 , MINIV,41 to sample its lucid tranquilThe task of designing the It is to be staged in the lity, try the slow movement sets has fallen once again in Sunken January. Garden nificent, and Rita Gorr. Rubinstein is beyond mere —you will never have heard technical brilliance, his in- anything more lovely. 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GRID of SPORT Old Rivals Play Fine Game ford relaxed slightly and Highgate, using a more orthodox form of defence, gradually whittled down Bedford's lead. In the closing stages Bedford steadied under pressure and ran out worthy winners. Bedford Park have lost only one game this season— to East Victoria Park by one point—and their team is a nicely moulded combination of speed and height. East Victoria Park scored an easy win over a lethargic Cottesloe side. Cottesloe appear in danger of losing their position in the four to either Shenton Park or Claremont, who both scored
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impressive victories last week. B-GRADE Scarborough are now the only undefeated team in this grade after North Doubleview's surprise win over Como's effort Highgate. against Scarborough was quite commendable, b u t Scarborough were below full strength and must still be rated as favourites for the premiership in this grade. West Perth moved within striking distance of the top four with an easy win over Palmyra. They have shown marked improvement in the last two weeks and appear sure of further wins. Osborne.Park were beaten by East Victoria Park in a fast, open game. This was Osborne Park's first defeat for the season and also East Victoria Park's first win Such reversals of form make winners hard to predict. C-GRADE Claremont and Leederville still retain their undefeated records with comfortable wins over Como and Highgate respectively. This completed a black week for the Highgate club, which failed to record a victory in any grade. Five teams have won t wo games in this section, so that the competition for third and fourth positions on the premiership table, behind the two leaders, should provide some close matches in future rounds. Bedford Park appeared best of the five before last week's games, but their loss to East Victoria Park has left the field wide open. Whichever teams do qualify for the final round will have to show top form to trouble either Leederville or Claremont. D-GRADE Bentley suffered their first defeat for the season when they went down to Shenton Park. Bentley relied too heavily on individual efforts whereas Shenton Park combined well and thoroughly deserved their win. Applecross continued their undefeated record with a 43 win against South Perth. Both defences were on top t hroughout the match — it was well into the second half before either side scored. Palmyra, the only other undefeated team in this section, had a comfortable win over Bassendean. The top four in this section appear fairly well established with the third and fourth teams eight points clear of their other rivals. Clubs are rethinded that it is essential that their players wear the correct uniform with a clearly marked number. In future, offending players will not be allowed to take part in their particular match. RESULTS Fairest and best in brackets. A-GRADE: East Victoria Park 30 d Cottesloe 8 (A
Kuipers, EVP; K. Horgan, Cot; G. Pickering, EVP); Claremont 56 d Bassendean 11 (W. Pond, C; P. Krepp, B; K. Mann, C); Bedford Park 25 d Highgate 23 (R. McLennan, BP; M. Horrocks, H; G. McLennan, BP); Shenton Park 31 d Applecross 14 (M. Freeman, SP; A. Terhorst, SP; R. Larsen, A). B.GRADE: Bedford Park 57 d Shenton Park 14 (L. Walton, BP; M. O'Connor, BP; A. Nolan BP); East Victoria Park 23 d Osborne Park 15 (R. Richards, EVP; G. Lewis, OP; P. Stilling, EVP); Scarborough 19 d Como 14 (P. Bloxsome, S; P. Wright, S; K. Sala, C); North Doubleview 26 d Highgate 17 (R. Motteram, H; B. Brennan, ND; I. SydneySmith, ND); West Perth 40 d Palmyra 14 (J. Carmignani, WP; F. Martin, P; J. Martino, WP). C-GRADE: Kensington 18 d North Doubleview 16 (P. Treacy, K; J. Burrell, ND; B. Baskerville, ND); Claremont 21 d Como 5 (A. Ryan, Cl; J. Hall C; H. Croxon, Cl); East Victoria Park 20 d Bedford Park 15 (P. Schifferli, EVP; P. Thompson, BP; J. Richards, EVP); West Perth 19 d Manning 12 (J. Georgiades, WP; V. Williams, M; R. Eades, WP); Leederville 22 d Highgate 0 (D. Cherry, H; H. Gudden, L; I Leddin, L). D-GRADE: Shenton Park 23 d Bentley 15 (P. Archibald, B; T. Woods, SP; G. Monck, SP); Applecross 4 d South Perth 3 (R. Taylor, A; R. Gibson, SP; J. Harvey, A ); Palmyra 28 d Bassendean 8 (F. Coleman, P; R. McKibbin, B; R. Ditchburn, P); Riverton 19 d Morley 15 (P. Albert, R: T. Hebb, M; R. Nederpelt, M); Kensington de Como on a forfeit. PREMIERSHIP TABLES A-GRADE: East Vic. Park 16; Bedford Park, Highgate 12; Cottesloe, Shenton Park, Claremont 8; Applecross, Bassendean nil. B-GRADE : Scarborough 16; Highgate, Osborne Park 12; Bedford Park, West Perth, North Doubleview, Como 8; East Vic. Park, Shenton Park 4; Palmyra nil. C - GRADE: Claremont, Leederville 16; Bedford Pk., Kensington, Como, East Vic. Park, Highgate 8; West Perth, North Doubleview 4; Manning nil. D - GRADE: Applecross, Palmyra 16; Shenton Park, Bentley 12; Como, South Perth, Morley Park, Riverton, Bassendean, Kensington 4. THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS Tuesaay, December 17: 7.45—Claremont v Cottesloe (A-Grade); 8.45—Shenton Park v Bedford Pk. (A-Grade); 9.15—Bentley v Applecross (D-Grade). Thursday, December 19. 8.45 — North Doubleview v Como (B-Grade) . 9.45—Bedford Park Highgate (B-Grade). • # 4.0,0,0,4.4e4P4P4.#04
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seemed to have e v ery Ascot Cup over n 1THE 1 miles turned out to chance. Kama could prove be one of the most exciting races seen by racegoers for many a day. Three furlongs from home RESOLUTION and CYGNET STAR cleared out from the rest of the field and settled a ding-dong down to battle, which they maintained until close to the post where Resolution got the upper hand and won in time which equalled the State record. Early in the race COOLADERRA went to the front with Resolution and Cygnet Star in Here close attendance. Treen made a masterly move in moving his mount up to within half a length of the leader and outside Cygnet Star. Treen kept his rival there for two furlongs, during which time the horse fought for his head but had nowhere to go. It was only when The pace slackened about four furlongs from home that Resolution was taken to the front and hard ridden hands and heels, he was able to see it out. The second horse, who had won at his three previous starts, had not run for several weeks and appeared a little underdone. In the Perth Cup, which is run over a further half -mile, these two -horses look like repeating Saturday's performance with the result going the same way. However, it should be remembered that Cygnet Star is by Star of Baroda, whose stock stay longer than your mother-in-law and he is also the sire of Gatum Gatum, the winner of the last Melbourne Cup. Resolution is now favourite for the Cup and Saturday's win has earned him the full 71b. penalty in the big race, which only brings his weight up to 7.11, or one pound more than he carried to success in the Ascot Cup. FORGET HER RUN
How often has it been proved that you can't give a start in sprint races? And that is just what happened to CAROL'S CHOICE when she was beaten by WATERLOVER in the Hopetoun Handicap (1). Although beaten, this filly's run was full of merit, and unbeaten LITTLE RODERICK will need all his early brilliant speed to keep clear in the finish of the Karrakatta Plate in which he meets Carol's Choice at the end of this month. GREATLY IMPROVED It was only by a narrow margin that BRIAN BRI was able to hang on and beat MAGIC RED in the seven-furlong Novice. Ridden from behind for the first time — he has only raced a few times—he came home well and will be greatly improved by the run. This is one well worth saving your pennies for. When it was known that the services of Frank Treen had been obtained for SLY FOX. he was backed like a certainty, but once more he let his backers down badly.
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A five-lengths win in the Champion Fillies Stakes by DINNA TELL gave her connections hope for a win in the W.A. Derby, to be run later in the month. While it is true that our three-yearolds—that is those left rac- • ing—are a rather ordinary lot, it is asking much for a filly to beat the colts over 11 miles. Also the fact that DALGERIE, who had no form, was able to run second to her does not put the win on a very high plane. The race was full of incident, as before the start COUNTESS MYTH was found to be lame and was withdrawn, and APTOLAND broke through the barrier and was not allowed to start. Both happenings cost supporters of the winner 2/6 in the E1 on the face value of the ticket.
ElKEEPS IMPROVING It is only a few weeks since -NORVAL BOY won a novice race, but since that win he won the W.A. Guineas and on Saturday won the six-furlong Empire Sprint, beating some of our best sprinters, and lowered the State record time for six furlongs. If reserved for the Railway Stakes, this horse in his present form must have a first-class chance, as in the Empire he beat BIG BOB, who is no slouch, in no uncertain manner. • CONVINCING WIN Carrying 9.5-331b. above his weight in the Railway S takes—CIVVYSON, by the confident way he was ridden by Treen, was never going to lose the 71-furlong Welter. With such a light weight, plus his ability to always be close to leaders ,gives him a real chance in the big race and he now rules as favourite for the event. For the second week on end, BURRELL had to be content with second place in the last race of the day.
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In setting up a big lead early and then hanging on to run third to CIVVYSON in the last race over 71 GAULL.10 furlongs, DE showed that he is fast approaching the form that enabled him to win races.in the Eastern States. With only 7.3 in the Railway, be could improve sufficientlY in the next couple of weekS t o give him a rough chance.
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State record for the distance. The time of 21.2 Was only .3 of a second outside Antao's Games record of 20.9. Rod was timed at 21.4, which beats the national junior record, but because of the lack of Association timekeepers, Rod cannot -elaim this record. Coach Trevor Wilson demonstrated to his proteges just how to run the furlong. His time of 21.5sec. equalled the old record held by former Y.C.W. star Bill DeGruchy. Trevor narrowly defeated Phil Shepperd of Eastern Districts. Ted Hussey easily won the A3 event in the good time of 22.1sec. Lou Scott ran away with the Cl division and won by a good four yards from his nearest rival —his time was a very creditable 22.6sec. The club's strength was demonstrated by Peter Clarke when he ran 22.9sec. in the E-Grade division. It's a very long time since an E-
EASY WIN Jim Steffan and Paul Fisher were still in winning form in the C-Grade 440yds. hurdles. They both won their events easily and if they were given stronger other from competition clubs they would possibly turn in better times. Paul Fisher's performances in this grade are truly outstanding as he is still a junior. Lou Scott and Arthur Ward were in good form to run 10.2 and 10.5 respectively. Lou ran second and Arthur won his event. In the Juvenile division, Alec Brown, Keith McCauliff and Nick Varga are performing well. All ran into places in their 100yds. events. These performances are particularly good because these boys are only 12, and are competing against 13 and 14 year olds. In a competition highlighted with very fast times, Y.C.W. members again scooped the pool in the sprint events. Of nine 220 yards events entered, Y.C.W. members won seven and were "pipped on the post" in the other two. NEW RECORD Rodney McGhee ran second to Vic Biffen of Eastern Districts, who set a new
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HALF-MILE Danny Dwyer came into his own in the E-Grade halfmile. He was well back in the field for the better part of the race and put in a de„vastating burst that his rivals could not counter in the run to the tape. Dan's time was 2min. 12sec., which shows great promise for future events. John Hadfield ran second to Ben Mackie of Y.M.C.A. in the A-Grade three miles event. The time for the event was particularly good and both Mackie and Hadfield were beginning to feel the strain in the last lap. Then through an error on the part of the officials both athletes were ordered to complete another lap. Al other competitor in the event, who was somewhat distressed at the end of the event nearly cried when he was told to keep going.
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C Dear Boys and Girls, Well, we have made up a bit of space this week and I llope you enjoy your pages in the special Christmas issue. I hope that all the worry of the exams is now over and that you were all successful and that you pass into the next grade. By the time that you read this, you will all be on holidays and I suppose many will be at a loss what to do. Don't forget helping round the home, there are always lots of jobs to be done and remember that Mum might need a break too. So I know that you won't be selfish and think only of yourselves. Also, if you know any of your friends or boys and girls who might be sick in your area, don't forget to drop in and see them to help pass the time. Had a letter from Alec Brown Thanks Alec — you have certainly had a busy time. Alec sends Christmas w ishes to all J.R's. A special note to J. Duffy, Norseman Father Foley has given me a letter and some photographs. I wi ll use them soon and return them to you, so they are not lost. We have a new colouring competition for you It will last for about a month so don't delay with your entries. If any of you go away for holidays, you might like to share them with the rest of us who have not gone, by writing in about them. God bless you al l .
New Members PINA ITALIANO (11), of 77 Grosvenor Road, Mt. Lawley, goes to Sacred Heart Primary School, Highgate, and likes swimming and reading. PAMELA HEARNE (11), of 193 South Terrace, Como, goes to Holy Cross School, Kensington, and plays tennis. KENNETH RAMPANT (8), of 3 Goodall Street, Cloverdale, is a pupil of Notre Dame School and likes running. KEVIN FLYNN (7), 336 Fulham Street, Cloverdale, also goes to Notre Dame School and his hobby is cricket. ( I j
DONNA PENDREIGH (6), of 4 Norris Street, Cloverdale, goes to Notre Dame School and likes writing and sums. CAROL HOLDEN (8), of 51 Gregory Street, Cloverdale, attends Notre Dame School and likes sums and reading. KIMBERLEY O'NEILL, ( 9), P.O., Dalwallinu, is a pupil of St. Joseph's Convent and his hobbies are cricket, football and bike-riding. .
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DECEMBER 15 . . . LINLEY GREEN, 40 of Conochie Crescent, Manning, will be 11. Linley goes to St. Pius X School. JAN FINNS, of Kukerin, will be 11, too. PETER RAY, of Albany Highway, Armadale, will be seven. Peter is a pupil
of St. Francis Xavier's. CAROLYN KNIGHT, of 33
Whitfield Street, Floreat Park, will be 11. Carolyn attends Our Lady of Victories School. ANNE KELLY, of 67 Stock Road, Bicton, will be five. VICKI O'SULLIVAN. of 39 Barlee Street, Mt. Lawley, will be nine. Vicki goes to Sacred Heart Convent.
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MASSES OF THE WEEK December 15 (Violet): Third Sunday of Advent —Gaudete Sunday (1st Class). No Gloria. Creed. Preface of the Trinity. December 16 (Red): St. Eusebius, Bishop and Martyr (3rd Class). Mass "Sacerdotes Dei." Second Prayer, Advent. Common Preface. December 17 (Violet): Mass of the Sunday (3rd Class). Common Preface. December 18 (Violet): Quarter Tense (2nd Class). Common Preface. December 19 (Violet): Mass of the Sunday (3rd Class). Common Preface. December 20 (Violet): Quarter Tense (2nd Class). Common Preface. December 21 (Red): Quarter Tense. Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle (2nd Class). Second Prayer. Saturday in Quarter Tense. Creed. Preface of the Apostles. December 22 (Violet): Fourth Sunday of Advent (1st Class). No Gloria. Creed. Preface of the Trinity.
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DECEMBER 16 . . . WARREN HOPKINS, of 9 Apara Way, Nollamara, will be nine. Warren goes
to Our Lady of Lourdes School. MICHAEL MILLS, 4 Bourke Street, South Perth, will be ten. Michael goes to Holy Cross School, Kensington. KIMBERLEY O'NEIL L, P.O., Dalwallinu, will also be ten. Kimberley attends St. Joseph's School.
On TUESDAY DECEMBER 17 . . . JOHN HARVEY, of 117 Matheson Road, Applecross, will be 12. John at-
tends Trinity College. ROBERT ANDERSON, Box 40, P.O., Bolgart, will be
12, too. Robert goes to St. Aloysius' Convent, Toodyay. MICHAEL WHITE, of 9 Lynton Street, Doubleview, will be 13. Michael Is a pupil of C.B.C. Leederville. PATRICIA D'ARCY, of 132 Salvado Road, Wembley,
will be ten. Patricia attends Brigidine Convent. CATHY ATKINS, of 32 Thor Street, North Doubleview, will be seven. Cathy goes to St. Dominic's School.
On WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18 . . . PETER HEPPLE, 25 Oxford Street, Leederville, will be ten. MARGARET KIERATH, 35 Brockman Street, Norseman, will be nine. Margaret goes to Sacred Heart Convent. CHRISTINE KELLEY, 26 Homewood Street, Cloverdale, will also be nine. Christine attends Notre Dame School. ANNE SELL, 239 Roberts Street, Joondanna, will be five.
On THURSDAY DECEMBER 19 . . . KAREN GILLEN, of 42 Manning Road, South Como, will be six. Karen is going to St. Pius X School after Christmas. AURIOL HEARY, 16 Maldon Way, Mt. Pleasant, will be ten. Auriol attends St. Benedict's School. PAUL FREAKLEY, of 15 Arthur Street, Kewdale, will be six. Paul goes to Holy Name School, Carlisle. ANNETTE McMULLEN, 95 Woolwich Street, West Leederville, will be ten. Annette is a pupil of the Brigidine Convent.
On FRIDAY DECEMBER 20 . . . JENNIFER FILLER, of 38
Dover Roacx, Scarborough, will be nine. Jennifer go( to St. John's School.
GRAHAM THOMPSON, 68 Stock Road, Attadale, will be six. Graham goes to St. Joseph's.
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4( WHAT BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE IN OTHER LANDS In every country in the world people make special Christmas dishes and special kinds of cakes and candies for children. These sweet things we call Christmas goodies.
When I was a little boy in an eastern Pennsylvania town my mother made two boilers (which big wash modern washing machines with one big boiler have not displaced in many homes) full of different kinds of little Christmas cakes. We boys and girls exchanged such cakes every Christmas with our neighbour children.
GENOESE CAKE The Italian people have one of the strangest of all They Christmas dishes. love to have fried eels for their Christmas dinners, and many of the Italians who have lived in our country for many years always try to get eels for Christmas. But Italian boys and girls all love their special Christmas cake as much as they do eels. It is called Genoese cake. It is thickly iced and is served in quite thin slices. It must have been first baked in Genoa, the native city of Columbus. The Swedish people are great people to have fish dinners on Christmas, but they always prepare it in a very special way. Of course they also have many kinds of Cakes which are made very, very sweet. But think of what the Bavarian fathers and mothers prepare for their children! Several families put their money together and buy — imagine it— a whole cow. This is roasted the day before Christmas and then di-
vided among the families who purchased it. In Spain the dish known as the national dish of this land is always served at is called Christmas. It Punchero 011a" and is a mixture of chicken, bacon, mutton, beef, pig's head, lard and garlic. Now how do you think you would like this dish? But, I know you would like very much the goodies served with "Punchero," preserved fruits and nuts. To English boys and girls roast goose and plum pudding are what our turkey and cranberry sauce are to us. It wouldn't be hard work for Americans to enjoy this English dinner if we ever happen to be in England for Christmas. German boys and girls are fond of special Christmas cakes and hard spice cakes cut in many funny shapes. These funny-shaped cakes were the kind I had out of the big wash boilers and my mother learned to make them from neighbours who came- originally from Germany. LUCKY DUTCH
I think Dutch boys and girls are perhaps the luckiest of all Christmas children. They have Saint Nicholas cakes which are made so that they get better and better the longer they are kept. Of course these Dutch children always save a lot of their cakes to eat after Christmas.
Christmas twist, a threebraid cake, is the favourite of Bohemian boys and girls as Noel .cakes, made of sweet cream, are of French young folks. While these noel cakes are being baked mothers and children sing the carol, "Noel! Noel!" In Austria and Poland cinnamon stars and cakes that are much like candy are the delight of all. All boys and girls who will enjoy their usual bountiful supply of Christmas goodies should be thankful that the boys and girls in some far away lands will also enjoy even goodies Christmas though they are very poor. These goodies will be made from flour, milk, sugar and other ingredients which our country sent to them from our food surplus.
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to napkin rings Gay brighten the breakfast table on Christmas' morning are easy to make. , For each one you'll need a 3" x 5- piece of Christmas gift-wrap paper, and a Christmas seal. All you have to do is overlap the short ends of the piece of paper, and paste t hem together in the centre with a Christmas seal. Roll a paper napkin and slip it into the ring. Fix one for each member of your family, and place them on the table for an extra treat on Christmas morning.
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JOKING OF COURSE
An Inspector boarding a bus was surprised to find the conductor sitting at ease and smoking while a flustered passenger was dashing about collecting fares. "What does this mean?" he demanded. "You sitting there and a passenger doing your work!" "That's all right." said the conductor, an ex-seaman. "He's a stowaway I found on board, and as he can't pay his fare I'm making him work his passage." Office Boy: -A man called an hour ago, sir. He was terribly angry about something. He said he wanted to give you a b)ack eye." Manager: "What did you tell him?" Office Boy: "I said I was sorry you were not in." Y oung Actor: "The star t ook away the whole of my part last night." Friend: "How was that?" Young Actor: "I have to come on to the stage and say: 'Madam, your horse is saddled, and last night she came in and said, with a wave of her hands: "Yes. I know that my horse is sadled." Two Thieves had broken into a drapery store and were busy gathering up men's suits. "Look at the price on this suit," said one. ' know replied the other. I "Absolute robbery, that's what it is." 'Pa sent me for a piece of rope the same as this." "All right, sonny. How
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much does he want?" "Just enough to reach from the goat to the fence." 7-1?' Wife: Burglar's First "What's your little boy going to be when he grows up?" Second Burglar's Wife: "Guess he's going to follow in the finger-prints of his old man." A Motorist was driving through a remote country When he stopped in a small village to get something to eat he noticed that his watch had stopped. As he paused on the porch of the small cafe, he asked a native lounging there: "Wonder if you could tell me what time it is "It's 12 o'clock," replied the lounger. "Only 12 o'clock," questraveller. n the tioned t hought it was much more t han that." "It's never more than t hat in this part of the country," replied the native. "It goes up to 12 o'clock and then starts all over again." A Housewife, cleaning her windows, leaned out too 'far and fell, landing squarely in a dust bin. A passing Chinese gentleman commented: "These foreigners velly wasteful. Woman good for ten years yet." A Man was presented with an account which he had good reason to believe had already been paid. "Haven't I paid this account?" he asked the boy who brought it to him.
don't know, sir," vas the reply. master your "Does know?" "No, sir." "How do you know that ?" "I heard him say so." "And after that he had the impudence to send you to see if I knew. eh?" "Well you see, sir, it's like this. The boss don't know, I don't know and you don't know. So the boss says if you pays it again we shall all know." Her Father: "Can you give my daughter the luxuries to which she has been accustomed?" Young Man: "Not much longer. That's why I want to get married." ' The Hotel was amongst t he worst in the country. As the two visitom retired to their bedroom, one sniffed suspiciously. "Well," he said. "If that's not the limit! There's gas escaping." "Can you blame it!" replied his friend bitterly. "Sorry, sir, we are full up —but there is room No. 112. A sleep-walker has that and as long as he is on the roof you could sleep in the bed."
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COUNCIL PASSES COMMUNICATIONS SCHEMA VATICAN CITY.—The decree on communications media has joined that of the liturgy as work completed and accepted by the ecumenical council. the second chapter, Julius Cardinal Doepfner of Munich became presiding moderator. With the discussion of the chapters moving so quickly, it began to be apparent that, With 2,112 voting, • the before the week was out, schema thus passed with a the assembly could be calrelatively narrow margin of upon to vote on whether led 190 votes above the , miniFirst in the order of the or not to accept the fourth mum required for a twoday's business was an anand fifth chapters of the thirds majority. nouncement made by the schema for further discucouncil secretary, General, sion. If this were done, one Two votes were taken to Pericle Felici, of the thorniest issues of Archbishop complete the schema: One solemn public ses- the second session could be a that on the amendments to the sion of the council would settled before the session's schema and another on acheld on Wednesday Dec. be final working day, Dec. 2. ceptance of the schema as 4. At this session, with a whole. Before these votes Paul Emile Cardinal LegPaul VI present, the were taken, Eugene Cardin- Pope Fathers will vote er of Montreal, the first council al Tisserant, chairman of the and definitely on speaker of the day on the council presidents, took the solemnly first chapter of the schema whatever decrees have been floor to inform the assemon ecumenism, complained by that time in approved bly, that, as the Bishops one of its weaknesses that were entering the council the daily general congrega- is "its manner of presenting This established once tions. hall for this assembly, unity as a note of the for all the date for the printed sheets had been and church." promulgation of the decrees;._ distributed expressing disit had been reported earlier satisfaction with the schema A DVANTAGE that the Pope would proon communications media DIVERSITY OF claim the decrees on Nov. and urging other members He added: "Because of un29. of the council to vote against due insistence on unity in it. The sheet bore the namThe discussions in the the past, the false impreses of those bishops who had council hall turned on the sion is given that the Church signed the circular. first and second chapters cf promotes a monolithic unity the schema on ecumenism. which entails excessive uniD ENOUNCED Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro formity in doctrine, liturgy Cardinal Tiserant denoun- of Bologna was the presidand so on. In our insistence ced the circular as "most ing moderator over discuson unity, we have too often vigorously to be deplored sion on the first chapter. lost sight of the advantage inasmuch as the schema in When by a standing vote, of diversity. question, in its component discussion moved on to "Charity and truth must not suffer in our discussions. But we must pursue truth EXCITINGLY DIFFERENT! in humility as well as in charity. Since separation became a sad reality, our separated brethren have been engaged in their own doctrinal research. DiscrepBy GOLDEN MILE CORDIALS ancies between them and us cannot be resolved without no#4•••••••••••••••••••••044 joint theological investigation. Specialising in SCHOOL and "The Church has known many heresies and schisms I NSTITUTIONS Supply The remedy is not necessarily authority, but in humble ,4,4,0411.4PANPI NIP4,111.4..#4,11 progress in the Faith." At the American Bishops' press panel session that afPHONE: 71-2529 ternoon, Father Gustave Weigel, S.J., of Woodstock After Hours: 24-3118 (Md.) College, noted that Cardinal Leger was warning against what is called "immobilism." He said that this is characterised by the mentality that feels that all things and all attitudes should be held onto simply because they are old. PLASTIC PAINT W AY EXPRESSED Actually, said Father Weigel, in the case of truth itself, there can be no change. But the way truth is formGLOSS PAINT ulated, and its expression can change to meet the reThe perfect pair for a perfect finish quirements of the times. Interior and Exterior The last speaker of the Bishop Pierre Martin, day, SYNFLAT and HADRIAN PAINTS S.M., Vicar Apostolic of New were used exclusively in the new Caledonia, spoke in a simiSt. John of God Maternity Hospital, Subiaco.. lar vein. In a plea for concrete directives for the ecumenical movement, he urgNOTE: For FREE COLOUR ADVISORY SERVICE contact— ed that the Catholic Church be willing to put itself on trial. The schema on communications media was passed in the council assembly of November 25 with a vote of 1,598 favourable, 503 opposed and 11 null.
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I n the new Church of St. Theresa, Sion Mills, Country Tyrone, Northern Ireland, is this stained glass window depicting the the Blessed Mary weaving. The artist, Patrick Pollen, of Dublin, was inspired by the linen-weaving industry there. )a
New Blessed Suffered Much In Short Life
Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio lived 19 years and five days.
In that brief span he had enough suffering for a life four times as long. But within that same brief span Blessed Nunzio achieved a height of holiness his elders envied. The Church beatified him on December 8. Born into poverty, he was orphaned before the age of six. He fell into the hands of a heartless uncle who underfed him and overworked him, even when an injury made him a cripple in constant pain. From this injury, which grew worse with the years, Blessed Nunzio was to die. DECENT SOLDIER Against the mean figure of Blessed Nunzio's uncle stands the Christian figure of a professional soldier, an absolute stranger, who took the boy into his home and treated him as his son. It was this man, Col. Felice Wochinger of the First Grenadiers of the Royal who Guard in Naples, brought the holiness of his young protege to the attention of Church authorities. He later had the happiness of seeing the cause of beatification introduced in Rome. _ Blessed Nunzio was born on April 30, 1817, at the village of Pesco Sansonesco, northwest of Rome. His f ather was a shoemaker, and his mother was a woolspinner. Blessed Nunzio was confirmed when he was three years old, but he was not to receive his first Communion until he was more than 15. Blessed Nunzio's father died in 1820 at the age of 26. In 1822 Blessed Nunzio's mother remarried. Her second husband was from the town of Corvara, where the family went to live. MOTHER DIED Blessed Nunzio, now five, began going to a school taught by the parish priest. But his mother died within a year of her second marriage.
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Blessed Nunzio's stepfather, who treated the child harshly and even gave him too little food, sent him back to Pesco Sansonesco where he lived with his mother's mother. For three years the child lived happily with his loving grandmother, but on her death he was sent to his maternal uncle, Domenico Luciano. took Wochinger Col. Blessed Nunzio to the home of a sister, but by this time the boy was suffering convulsions. Shortly after, the colonel took him to the Hospital for incurables and promised to visit him often. Blessed Nunzio stayed in the hospital 22 months. While there, he attracted the attention of the chaplains and physicians for his selflessness, resignation and spirit of prayer. It was in the hospital that he received his first Communion. The doctors finally told Col. Wochinger they could do no more for the boy.
SERVANT Two days before Blessed Nunzio's 17th birthday, Col. Wochinger brought him to The his own appartment.
boy slept in the colonel's own room, where the colonel could give him immediate help when he needed it. The colonel also put a servant at Blessed Nunzio's disposal, with orders to look after him. He stayed in the colonel's home until his death — except for some time on the Isle of Ischia near the northwest entrance to the Bay of Naples. Inexorably, the illness took firmer hold on the youth. In November, 1835, The he developed dropsy. fame of his holiness spread and priests, Religious and lay people came to his bedside to ask his prayers. On May 5, 1836. Blessed Nunzio asked for the Last Sacraments. The chaplain of the palace, Don Vincenso Gallo, was brought. After receiving the Sacraments, Blessed Nunzio asked for a crucifix. He clutched the crucifix and gazed at a statue of the Blessed Virgin. His last words were: "See how beautiful she is." Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio was declared Venerable bY Pope Leo XIII in 1891.
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UITE RECENTLY, I CAME ACROSS WHAT COULD BE TERMED A ONE-ACT TRAGEDY IN AN AMERICAN JESUIT JOURNAL. It was a cry from the heart from Cardinal Wysynski against t he Communist policy of legalising abortion. Here it is, just as the Cardinal delivered it:
O CTOBER 5: Today my life began. My parents do not know it yet. I am as small as the seed of an apple, but it is I already. And I am to be a girl. I shall have blonde hair and blue eyes. Just about every thing is settled. -Even the fact that I shall love f lowers. O CTOBER 19: I have grown a little, but I am still too small to do anything by myself. My mother does just about everything for me. And the odd thing is that she Still doesn't even know that she is carrying me under her heart. and that she is helping me already. She is even feeding me with her own blood. She is so good. Some people say that I am no! a real person yet, that only my mother exists. But I am a real Person, just as a small crumb of bread is truly bread. My mother is. And I am.
OCTOBER 25: My heart began to beat today, all by itself. From now on it shall gently beat for the rest of my life, without ever stopping to rest. And after many years it will tire. It will stop. and then I shall
DECEMBER 10: My hair is growing. It is smooth and bright and shiny. I wonder what kind of hair my mother has? D ECEMBER 13: I am just about able to see. It is dark around me., When mother brings me into the world, it will be full of sunshine and flowers. I have never seen a flower, you know. But what I want more than anything is to see my mother. How do you look, Mamma?
NOVEMBER 2: I am growing a little every day. My arms and legg are beginning to take shape. But I have to wait a long time yet before these little legs will raise me in my mother's arms; before these little arms will be able to gather flowers and embrace my father.
DECEMBER 24: I wonder if my mother hears the whispering of my heart? Some children come into the world a little sick. And then the delicate hands of the doctor perform miracles to bring them to health. But my heart is strong and healthy. It beats so evenly — tup-tup-tup . . . You'll have a healthy little daughter. Mamma.
NOVEMBER 12: Tiny fingers are lieginning to form on my hands. Funny how small they are. I shall be able to stroke my mother's hair with them. And I shall try to put her hair into my mouth and she will probably say —"Oh! nasty." N OVEMBER 20: It wasn't until today that the doctor told my mother that I am living under her heart. She must be happy. Are you happy "Mamma?"
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NOVEMBER 25: My mother and daddy are probably thinking about a name for me. But they don't even known that I am a little girl. They are probably saying Andy. But I want to be called Cathy. I am getting so big already.
OCTOBER 23: My mouth is just beginning to open now. Just think in a year or so I shall be laughing, and later talking. I know that my first word shall be "Mamma."
DECEMBER 28: mother killed me.
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In response to many requests about the technical details of the reconstructed organ in St. Mary's Cathedral, the following specifications are given: GREAT ORGAN Violone 16', Open Diapason 8', Melodic Diapason 8', Claribel 8', Gedact 8', Gamba 8', Dulciana 8', Principal 4', Flute D'Orchestra 4', Gamba 4', Gamba 2 2/3, Super Octave 2', Gamba 2', Gamba 1 3/5', Mixture 1519-22 (3 ranks), Tuba 8', • Trumpet 8', Clarion 4'.
By Rev. Father W. J. Foley • NEWS FROM ROME "We have attempted too little to learn what the Hindus believe" what stirs five million pilgrims to come to bathe in the Ganges and Jumna Rivers in a single Thus spoke Bishop day. Raymond of Allahabad, now in Rome, who has called for Catholic scholars throughout the world to engage in dialogue with Hindus on the topmost level. (For the past twenty years, a few priests mainly Belgian Jesuits, have done so). The Hindus have "a strong notion of a spiritual, personal God and a great spirit of renunciation." Although the State is now officially secularist and many leaders claim to be without religion, the influence of centuries -old Hindu thought is felt, while "the Indian Constitution is in fact riddled with Christian thought." • BETWEEN THE CROSS A ND THE CRESCENT As the most populated country in Africa, Nigeria is composed of an East-West culture that poses many problems for the Church. The West has placed its stamp on the coastal regions, where life is now modern and civilised, whereas Northern Nigeria bears an Oriental character. In this part of the country the Crescent rules and the Koran is the Law. Islam came into the land over 150 years ago, when the Fulani force overran the intribes. Haussa digenous They regarded the pagan people of the coastal region contemptuously, but today it is this area that is the centre of all political and industrial activities while the Mohammedan North is considered conservative and backward. Such progress is largely due to the Church's introduction of a well-organised school system that
raised the level of education and prepared the coastal people for living in a modern democracy. C HOIR ORGAN Stable mission work in Lieblich Gedact 16', Violin these parts began when the Diapason 8', Stopped DiapaEnglish took possession of son 8', Gedact 8', Salicional the present capital, Lagos, in 8', Octave 4', Lieblich Flute 1861. At the time the Eng4', Salicet 4', Nazard 2 1/3', lish formed a united colony Piccolo 2', Tierce 1 3/5', of the three former ProTrumpet 8', Clarinet 8', tectorates of the East, West Closed Horn 8', Tuba 8', and North in 1914, there Tuba Clarion Tremulant 4'. were only a few thousand Christians in the land. By C OUPLERS 1934 they numbered 100,000 Choir to Pedal, Great to and when the colony received its independence in 1960 Pedal, Swell to Pedal, Swell to Great, Swell to Great Suthere were already 2l milper, Swell to Great Sub, lion Catholics among the Swell Sub. Swell Super, population of 35 millions. They were being ministered Swell to Choir, Swell to Choir Sub, Swell to Choir to by 800 priests, 500 Sisters and 12,000 catechists. Super, Choir to Great, Great and Pedal Pistons coupled. The integration of the an incountries into three SWELL ORGAN dependant federation has Geigen Diapason 8', Hohl opened the door to the Mohammedan North for the Flute 8', Viol d'orchestre 8', Vox Angelica (2 ranks T.C.) Church. The tribe of the Octave 4', Flauto 4', FifIbos in the Eastern part of teenth 2', Mixture 15-19-22 Nigeria; one of the most vi( 3 ranks) Double Trumpet vacious and open minded peoples of Africa and by 16', Trumpet 8', Oboe 8', nature religious, and easily Clarion Tremulant 8'. converted and have proved PEDAL ORGAN excellent lay apostles. Major Bass (wood) 16', Members of the "BrotherOpen Diapason 16', Violone hood of Christian Doctrine" in the Archdiocese of Onit- 16', Sub Bass 16', Bourdon sha alone prepared 134,000 16', Quint 10', Principal 8', souls for Baptism in 1958. Bass Flute 8', String 8', Salicional 8', Octave Quin( As many Ibos have emigrated to the Mohammedan 5', Fifteenth 4', Octave Flute North, Christian outposts 4', Mixture (4 ranks) Ophiare being formed in the cleide 16', Double Trumpet 16', Trumpet 8'. Clarion 4'. land of the Crescent. • KOREA
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nedy area of County Wexford and elsewhere. The most remarkable memorial has already been offered up by the people of Ireland: days of prayer in all Irish churches, in Jewish synagogues, and whereever people meet to worship God. In the Protestant Cathedral of Saint Patrick's, where Jonathan Swift was Dean, the attendance at the memorial service for President Kennedy — and it was held on a week day — was the
run their greyhounds, and in ballrooms, at public meetings, and any function you care to name. Immediately after the functions many tragedy, were cancelled altogether, but anything that has been held since, in literally everything, has also paid its tribute of silence and prayer. The cadets of the Irish Army, who were at the Kennedy funeral at the special request of Mrs. Kennedy, were highly praised in the United States for their pre-
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cision, appearance and bearing. These are the Officers of tomorrolv, and President Kennedy, after seeing them at a Dublin commemoration which he attended, was deeply impressed and talked about them often when he returned to the United States. Mrs. Kennedy remembered this, and they were in Arlington Cemetery to fire the volleys over the graveside. D RINK AND D RIVING There are two Irish approaches to excessive drinking; one, on the spiritual plane, is the admirable work of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association: and
the other, although they are not altogether unrelated, is the State concern for safe driving. Alcohol is not the cause
if all accidents, but is the cause of too many of them,
and when the Minister for Local Government (one of whose concern is roads) launched a December Safety Campaign this month, he said the "season of good cheer" often produced "the deadly cocktail of drink and driving." The Minister — Mr. Neal Blaney, a Donegalman — emphasised how even very little drink could impair the control of a car, A man, he
said, could be far from intoxicated in the social sense, and indeed well able to manage the controls of his ve-
hicle, but yet have his judgment and attention affected.
He advised people going to parties to have a nondrinker who would drive, or if necessary to go by taxi: and never to drink before or during a long journey, or on an empty stomach. And even without drink, he said, the "party spirit" could lead to carelessness in some people. Incidentally, not only are
churchmen active in the Total Abstinence Association. but in ordinary road safety campaigns. The President of the Safety First Association of Ireland is Rev. D. P. Kennedy, a Jesuit, and he was with the Minister when the December
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He felt, he said, that with the support of the ecclesiastical authorities, the effects of the campaign would be dramatic. In December last year, there were 502 casualties — or 36 killed and 466 injured. Many of these, of course, were not the result of alcohcl, and if you consider the hundreds of thousands of people who are in the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, wearing their Sacred
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(when the few shillings available are wrongly used) can lead to excessive drinking, and in past years when these conditions were prevalent, Father Theobald Matthew began his great temperance crusade, whose full flowering is seen today in a Pioneer Total Abstinence with over half a million members. As the standard of living goes up, drinking becomes more rational. One sees nowadays an increasing number of young people absorbing all sorts of ice-cream mixtures, milk shakes, coffees and similar beverages in bright, attractive surroundings — many of them in Dublin provided by Italian families who specialise in this form of catering. At press receptions, where alcohol is usually "laid on," one notices that the average young journalist, if he is not a Pioneer, has one or two sherries and leaves it at that. Better living conditions have brought a whole new approach to the uses of drink on the one hand, and on the other hand (complete abstention for spiritual reasons) the Pioneer Association is a very large part of the foundations of Irish life today. We haven't yet reached the last lost weekend of the last alcoholic, nor has any
other country, but sanity, commonsense — and, of course, much more real enjoyment for 'both drinkers
and non-drinkers — are an increasing part of Irish life. "SEAN T." REMEMBERS Most of the few survivors from the events that led to the foundation of this State are in their seventies or eighties; some older. When the last of them goes, there can be no new eye-witness accounts of those exciting days. President de Valera. now over eighty, has attended a function ' to introduce the memoirs of the former President, Sean T. O'Kelly. known throughout Ireland as, simply, Sean T. The first edition is in the
Irish language, and is called, appropriately, "Sean T." and it tells of events and organisations that brought Mr. O'Kelly, now living in retirement in County Wicklow, to the Presidential mansion in the PhoeniN
Park, Dublin. Sean T. became so popular that, for his second term of office as President. no one troubled to oppose him. He is a very small man, and doesn't mind what you say about his size because he is full of humour. and would probably appreciate as much as anybody the remark of a North of Ireland man at the Dublin
Horse Show attended by Sean T: "Cut the grass and let us see him," as Sean T. walked across the grounds. POST EARLY There's an extra reason
this year for posting early to Ireland for Christmas: there may be a work-torule and overtime ban by
post office workers. And there may not: it would be unofficial, by branches of the union urging greater speed in dealing with a pay claim. taking Discussions are place; but anyway, whether it's go-slow or go-fast, it's always a wise rule to post early. A MONG RECENT DEATHS . . . That of, Very Rev. William Hennessy, parish priest,
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A CHANCE TO LOVE It was a home for pre-delinquent girls, located on the Canadian border. There were about 18 girls in residence receiving counselling and direction to compensate for the unfortunate effects of a previously bad environment. The Sister in charge spoke about each of them with affection and concern. She said the hardest thing was to get through to them, to touch their hearts and get them involved in something or somebody other than themselves. She wasn't blaming them for being so selfcentred. They had few stable human relationships in their young lives. No one in the past had given any special evidence of being concerned about them. Grown a little cynical with the selfishness of others, they had developed an armour of resistance to involvement in the lives of others.
WELL TAUGHT SO WELL had they been taught by the selfishness and indifference of people that the Sister observed it would take a minor miracle of grace to get them thinking and concerned about someone else. But she smiled that God was good and had provided that miracle in the person of John F. Kennedy. A look of surprise brought out the explanation. State-wide TV programmes were easily received in that border city. When they first- saw the young senator on the screen beginning his long campaign for the nomination they were intrigued by his good looks and charm, by his vitality and manliness, by his smile and his wit. They went out their way to collect his pictures zind to listen to what commentators had to say about him. When they realised he might have great difficulty in winning the primary in West Virginia. a State which was only five per cent Catholic, they began to pray for him. His decisive victory proved to them that they could help. More and more they got involved with him. It did not bother them that he didn't even know of their existence. They knew all about him. They prayed him through the primaries, rosaried and Massed him right up to the decisive moment at the Democratic convention. Then they cheered and danced for joy at the news that he had won against what had seemed overwhelming odds. They remained convinced that, if it hadn't been for them, he would not have won.
GREAT INTEREST HIS APPEARANCES on the famous TV debates were followed with no greater interest by anyone in the United States than by that group of Canadian girls. Group Rosaries became a common thing. They asked the chaplairl for special novenas. They arose early for morning Mass and Communion. They talked with great vivacity to anyone who would listen about their hopes and fears for their hero. They just could not understand why everyone in the United States wouldn't vote for him. When the news came that he had won, they were overjoyed. When it was realised that his victory was such a narrow one, it was only the final proof that if it hadn't been for their prayers and sacrifices he would have lost. As the Sister said: "Whatever good Mr. Kennedy will do in the future, as far as I am concerned he will never do anything better than what he has done for these girls. He has given them the chance to love." The address of the local Catholic Marriage Guidance Centre is 77 ST. GEORGE'S TERRACE, PERTH. 23-4548.
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ADELAIDE V.isitors. — Bed and breakfast; central, quiet homely surroundings; motel room 35/-, guest room 25/. adults; children reduced rates. — Write Jasper Motel and Guest House, 17 Jasper Street, Hyde Park, S.A.
Dancing Tuition
GERALDTON: St. Francis Guest House, telephone 683. Bed and breakfast 17/6 night; other meals optional.
MODERN Dancing Class, Monday night, R.S.L. Hall, Guildford Road, Maylands; supervision W. Thompson and D. Mackie. Commences 8.30 p.m. Admission 4/-.
Travel Service FREMANTLE-ITALY, from £A97; Fremantle-U.K., from Fremantle-Holland £A109; from £A115; personal service free of charge.—Phone 64-2723 all hours, Centropa W.A. Travel Agency, 14 Disney Street, Brentwood, W.A.
Houses For Sale COSA per vendere a Mt. Yokine. — Tel. V. Corica, 29-1802. MT. YOKINE: Cream Brick and Tile, 3 bedrooms, near R.C. Church and School; extra - modern, just completed; bus, shopping centre.—For further information please ring builder, 29-1802, any time. Price £5,500, can finance on £2,000. HOUSES built on your own block from £3,300. — Please ring Builder, 29-1802, any time.
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TO MANY THE COMING NEW YEAR IS A HOPE FOR BETTER WELFARE THAN IN 1963,
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REFER — OF COURSE — TO
MATERIAL
WELFARE. But strangely enough material welfare is always just that. No matter how much we gain there is always better yet. Each year is hoped to be better than the last in a never-ending strain for more and more and more. It is a goal that can never be reached. Before the New Year comes Christmas and the celebration of He Who taught, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God . . ." Christmas is an opportunity for all of us to set a true goal for 1964 — the goal of spiritual blessing — of true happiness through sacrifice for others, The extreme theory of Marxism is to slaughter half the world to gain material welfare. In reverse to this, Our Lord gave His life for others — that we all might live in His Spirit. . This is what we must do to be received into the Kingdom of Heaven.
g Christmas Tilessaye from
The Cheviot Land and Estate Agency 42 St. George's Terrace, Perth . _____4_
Accommodation
Greetings PARENTS & Friends' Association, C.B.H.S. (Highgate): The Brothers of C.B.H.S., Highgate, together with the Committee of the Parents and Friends' Association, desire to wish everyone connected with the school a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and wish to take the opportunity of thanking all our friends and members who have helped so willingly during the past year.
ADELAIDE: Accommocration and hospitality at their best; only motel on the Main North Road, two miles from city; tariff, breakfast incl., £4/10/- double, children special rates; restaurant open to public. — Phone 65-9091, Mr. and Mrs. T. Meichen, Scotty's Motel, corner of Main North Road- Nottage Terrace, Medindie.
For Hire
Available
REFINED Girl wanted to share modern fully furnished flat with same for approximately six months.— Ring 60-3400, Como.
Foster Parents CATHOLIC Foster Home needed for 17-year-old working girl.—Phone Child Welfare, 23-1921.
Engagements, Births, Marriages, Deaths, In Memoriam, Accommodation, Wanted, For Sale, and all classes of Classified Advertisements: 4/- for the first 10 words, then 1/6 for every 5 words or part thereof.
CROCKERY, Cutlery, Barbecue equipment. Coloured lights, chairs, etc. Palmer's. 6-6448.
Public Notice
P'_EASE NOTE.—Classif;ed Advertissments sent by mail LEARN to Drive; dual control; licence assured; floor or steering column gears; clients called for all areas. —Stan Fenner. Tel. 67-2958.
cannot be inserted unless accompanied by a co\ ering remittance in accordance with the rates listed above.
SPRING into Summer with new Holden from James Clay!
For Sale
TO RING
21-2837
Phones: 21-7484, 21-7837 Emergency: 86-1639, 41-2601 Principals: Joseph L. Rogers Alfred L. Rogers, Dip. D.S. Convenient CAR PARKING can be arranged by phone
Al l Correspondence should be addressed to The Manager.
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Phone: 6 1829
Practitioners in All Branches of Dentistry 790-794 HAY STREET, PERTH
450 HAY STREET.
Telephone:, 21-2837. Box R 1279, G.P.O., Perth. Subscription Rates: £2/5/6 per year; £1/2/9 per half-year.
Specialists in Fabric Care
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The Record
21-2838
JOHN BRADLEY R.E.I.W.A.
Member of the Multi listing Bureau of W.A. Properties in all areas. JOONDANNA: 4 Sl. units, BIT, Blt. 9 yrs. High Pos. War Serv. Fin. £4,250 or offer. BAYSWATER: High Pos. excell. views. B/I, 4 sl. units or 3 and TV room, Large Lnge., spac. K & D, fc & wt's. £3,300 or offer. st. JAMES PARK: Spac. mod. 13/ T, 3 b/rs, Study, comf. L, sep. DR, large K, ample cpbds., bath, sh. rec., H.W.S., neat grnds., fully retie. Double Gar. Immed Poss. £5,750. BLOCKS WEMBLEY: High pos., suit Duplex if desired. Ring for Partics. WANTED ! ! ! WEMBLEY and FLOREAT: 2, 3 and 4 BR Homes for Schoolteachers and Retired Farmers. Ring 87-1820 all hrs. JOHN BRADLEY R.E.I.W.A. Leederville Estate Agency, 14 Marlow Street, Wembley.
HOLDEN SPECIAL SEDAN
Plan your summer holiday around a New Holden — from JAMES CLAY MOTORS. The new Holden is packed with new features . . . new power from the two engines . . . more miles to every gallon . . . great, new styling. Spring into Summer with Holden from JAMES CLAY MOTORS. DON'T DELAY — CALL IN TODAY! James Clay Motors are your authorised Holden dealers. See James Clay Motors Pty. Ltd. for, a valuation on your present car . . . and a power test drive of the new Holden along the Kwinana Freeway. *After Hours:
PHONE NOW FOR A FREE TEST DRIVE
86 6262
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