• Priest Gives Last Rites In Korean
Balancing the Books
Whalen Work Authoritative
(::HEJU (NC) - A Columban missionary priest administered the last sacraments in a Buddhist temp~e here in Korea. Father Edward Quinn, S.S.C., of Omaha, Neb., had previously attended a 15-year-old Catholic girl, stricken with lung disease, in her home. When he returned a few, days lat.er, he was told
Appraised of Freemasonry' By Rt. Rev. Msgr. John S. Kennedy Are all the Freemasons anti-Catholic? Why does the Catholic Church impose severe penalties on any of her members ,who join a Masonic organization? These are questions to which all of us should have clear-cut answers. For Masonry numbers many ern world., When France was go millions of adherents in the ing through a particularly bitter United States. One of every winter, he undertook to do some 12 American men is a mason. thing for the hungering and And our next door neighbor may be both a Mason and as friendly, kindly, fair a ' man as one could meet. The an s w e r s are pro v ide d in Christianity and American Free m,a son r y by Williah J. Whalen (Bruce. $3.75). To take the second question' first, Mr; Whalen shows amply and conclusively why the Church forbids Ca tholics to become Ma sons. The principal reason is that Masonry is a religion itself. A leading Masonic authority on the subject has unequivoca:Ily written, "The truth is that Ma sonry is undoubtedly a religious institution." This same man de clares that Masonry has its own creed. It has its own religious ritual. It also has its own code of morality. Ignores Christ The Masonic religion is one of naturalism. It ignores Christ. In deed it is forbidden for Masons to "mention the name of Christ aloud among their brethren." But this by-passing of Christ is obviously incompatible with the commitment to Christ which is the essence of Catholicism. Mr. Whalen also examines at length the Masonic rites of ini tiation, with particular attention to the oaths that are sworn. These are exceedingly solemn. If, seriously meant, they are objectionable because in the name of God they bind the taker to submit to frightful enormities for the sake of trivia. If not seri ously meant, they are quite as objectionable because theycoii stitute insincere oath-taking. As for the question of Masonic opposition to the Church, dis tinctions must be made. The non American Grand Orient lodges are manifestly anti-Catholic. On the American scene, the local lodges do not have such a char acter at all. But the Southern .Jurisdiction of the Scottish rite is extremely, vocapy, and active ly anti-Catholic. Mr. Whalen analyzes six con secutive issues of the organiza tion's montnly publication, the New Age, and finds that the chief c,oncern of this magazine (received by members in 33 states) is dissemination of anti Catholic propaganda and fomen tation of anti-Catholic animus. Gives Practical Information He says, "The rite also claims a large share of the credit for the founding of Protestants and Other Americans United for Sep aration of Church and State, or simply POAU. It furnishes part of the annual budget of POAU which warns .Americans of the Roman menace to free institu tions and traditions." He points out that the rite'. Grand Inspector General in Cali fornia was the leading figure in opposition to tax exemption for parochial schools in that state. There is much more to the boQk than the supplying of an-, lIwers to the two questions cited at the outset of this review. Thus, the history of Masonry is rec'apitulated, its pretensions to ancient origin are exposed as baseless', its various degrees are explained, its ancillary and rival organizations a're described, with special note of the Shrine and its most curious use of the Koran and its oath to protect ,the Mo hammedan faith. This is a dispassionate, author ltative, probing look at Freema sonry, offering plenty of. prac tical informatio'n in concise·form. Apostolates, The name of A,bbe Pierre. ,',"bcated ,thr.oughout"the, w~
homeless thousands in Paris whose existence was made far worse by, the brutal cold. He publicized the:' plight and ap pealed to his fellow countrymen to help him feed, clothe, and shelter these, unfortunates. There was a tremendous response.. Two or three books have de scri~d his work at that time and later. One might draw from them the conclusion that his sole concern has' been meeting a temporary emergency. But that impression is dissipated by Man Is Your Brother (Newman. $2.50), 'a collection of Abbe Pierre's television talks and ser mons. The talks, which take up more than half the book, discuss very bluntly, wha't the speaker sees, on the basis of statistical evi dence, as a relatively permanent crisis, a bad situation to which the free world must seriously, perhaps heroically, address itselL Thus, he shows that about half of all mankind is going hungry, not because of some passing catastrophe, 'but because of a failure to plan the world's food pl'Oduction and distribution in telligently. So it is with housing, and so with work. Moving Discourses To meet these grave disloca tions, some pl'Opose drastic pop ulation control by birth preven tion. But this, as Abbe Pierre says is against nature and in trinsically wrong. He styles it a counsel of des pair, and calls for the spread of information about the problem, general discussion of it, common, sustained effort to solve it. All must become aware of what he calls "the law of laws": namely, ;'that there can be no real secur ity or happiness for'anyone un less there is a minimum of hap piness and a fair share foil' everyone." The second part of the book comprises moving discourses on spiritual themes, which touch on t~ motives for a Christian ap proach to life arid our suffering fellows, and indicate the super natural means for sustaining the' work of justice and charity. This volume demonstrates how far-reaching, deep-reaching is Abbe Pierre's vision, how pro found his thinking, and how strong his powers to convince and persuade. st. Philip Neri A priest of another era and with a diferent apostolate is the subject of Fat.her Louis Bouyer's The Roman Socrates (Newman. $1.50). This, provides a sketch of St. Philip Neri (1515:'1595), lil Flarentine by birth, but re Downed for his marvelous work with the gilded youth of Rome. At a ,time when 'the Church was plagued by the Reformation from without and disorder and corruption within, this extraor dinary man began a work "de pending for its effect on personal influence alone, on a simple friendship in which a soul's whole life may be transformed." How effective was this informal and easy-going approach, Father Bouyer amply indicates., He gives us a most attractive account of the personality and work of St. Philip, and without directly saying so, suggests that the saint's techniques, might be peculiarly effective in our own day.
that she had been taken by her family, all Buddhists, to die in a Buddhist temple. The priest finally located her and got permission from the Buddhist monk to speak to her alone. He found her family had taken her to the temple on the pretense they were taking her to a hospital.
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Council 86 Social Members of Fall River Coun ,~il, Knights of Columbus, wives and .friends will welcome in the New Year at a social, Dec. 31 at a Westport restaurant. Outside Guard Albert Riley is general chairman. Trustee .John Mello, reported at this week's council session that all ,.,:ti~kets,.,-w~...e" sold. ' ,,' ,'.
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A convert of only a year, tile girl was overjoyed to see a priest again. She received the last sac raments as she lay dying at a statue of Buddha, vigil lights burning all around. Although Father Quinn was not permitted to see the girl again, he learned she remained steadfast in her Faith.
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