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MARRIAGE
TOWARD MARRIAGE IN
CHRIST, by Thomas C. Donlan,
O. P., Francis L. B. Cunning
ham, O.P., and Augustine Rock,
O.P., (The Priory Press, Dub
uque, Iowa, $1.50). This is the
fii’st of a series of college texts
in theology, to be published by
The Priory Press. As the other
volumes will be, this text is
prepared by a group of Domini
can theologians and presented
within the framework of the
doctrine developed by St. Thom
as Aquinas. Part one of this
book considers the theological
and canonical aspects of mar
riage; part two, preparation for
marriage; part three, marriage
in Christ. The matter is pre
sented for laymen rather than
for the clergy. The nature and
function of the sacramental
grace of marriage is considered
in detail. A bibliography and
index are helpful additions to
the text.
TOGETHER IN MARRIAGE,
by Dr. John J. Kane (Fides,
$2.95), is a down-to-earth book
written for couples who want to
strengthen their marriage. The
author is head of the depart
ment of sociology at the Uni
versity of Notre Dame. He deals
with the perplexing and always
challenging problems of human
life, in three main sections, call
ed “Getting Along Together,”
“Working Together,” and
“Building Together.” His con
cern is with values, not tech
niques, in giving , help to mar
ried couples who have family
problems.
MARRIAGE IS HOLY, edited
by H. Caffarel, translated from
the French by Bernard G.
Murchland, C.S.C. (Fides, $3.75).
One of Fides’ Family Reader
Series, this book is made up of
essays on the spiritual and sac
ramental aspects of marriage,
which are written with an in-
tencity that is often poetic. In
this penetrating study of the
married vocation, the contrib
utors discuss the splendor of
human love, the personality of
woman, the man as father, the
flesh and spirit, the Sacrament
of marriage, vocation to sanct
ity, and the mystery of mar
riage. Discussion questions make
it excellent for a discussion club
text.
MARTYRS, by Donald Att-
water, (Sheed & Ward, $4.00).
(Reviewed by Elizabeth Hester)
To the Christian it is given to
know the most precious of all
truths: That dying is the price
of life. To the non-Christian
who has no assurance that there
will be anything at all for him
once he has died, this proposi
tion is not only false ... it is
anathema itself. And it is the
unhappy pervasiveness of non-
Christian beliefs which probab-
much accounts for the present-
day tendency among educators
and certain levels of the las'
literate to spread only happy
literature in which there is no
dying, no great violence, and no
noticeably large conflict. In
short, the position appears to
be that if you don’t believe
death will bring life, then act
as though there were no such
thing as dying.
The Church, though much
represented by members who
have clearly been affected by
the disease of pretending vio
lence does not exist, neverthe
less rests on such immovable
rocks that the disease, while
fatal to the unanchored non-
Christian, is only a non-fatal
symptom of his times to the
Catholic. One of these rocks is
the Church’s martyrs . . . which
aside from her founder, may
well be her greatest glory.
As regards the martyrs, there
are two ways to discuss them:
Hysterically, with wild intero
perable excesses ... or quietly,
with reverance and a supreme
effort to adhere as closely as pos
sible to the truth of their spi
rits. A book about martyrs
which is hysterical is, of course,
not much help to anything.
But Donald Attwater’s Mar
tyrs is not hysterical. On the
contrary, it is terse, muscular,
and, if anything, a surprisingly
understated collection of stories
about matters that too easily
could provoke (and much too
often do) frenzied exaggerated
sentiments. He covers about six
ty individual martyrs, not
counting several instances of
mass martyrdoms, using in most
cases eye-witness accounts. It
appears that actually being in
the presence of the making of a
martyr is a matter of such mag
nitude that there is no necessity
to put down more than bare
facts. Emotional expletives be
come beside the point, emotion
being inherent in the drama it
self.
Mr.. Attwater’s book deserves
not only praise; it deserves a
lot of close attention. Its great
est value undoubtedly lies in
the direction it guides a read
er, since most of the brief ac
counts given are stimulation to
learn more about these living
dead.
PORTRAIT OF A CHAM
PION, by Joseph E. Kerne, S.J.
(Newman, $3.50).
(Reviewed by Leo J. Zuber)
Stanley (or Stanislaus) Kosta
lived a short life, a difficult life,
but evidently a very holy life.
Born in Poland, he ended his
trying days in a Jesuit seminary
in Rome. On his deathbed, he
recited his first vows as a mem
ber of the Society of Jesus.
Stanley was born to wealth
and position; even though rais
ed in a Catholic family,, with an
uncle a bishop, every family ob
stacle was placed in his path
toward the religious life. He
achieved sainthood by bearing
up with remarkable fortitude
and forebearance under .never-
ending attacks and ridicule.
The biography is based on
such ascertainable facts as are
available on its subject; the au
thor has used literary license
and, I fear, much too much pad
ding to round out non-docu-
mented aspects of the saint’s
life in an effort to make the
biography readable. The license
is understandable in reason; the
padding is another matter.
THE ELEMENTS OF LOGIC,
by Vincent E. Smith (Bruce,
$3.50).
Dr. Smith, of Notre Dame
University, presents here a one-
semester course in logic that
may also be used as an intro
duction to philosophy. He has
previously authored other books
popularizing philosophy, such
as Footnotes for the Atom and
Philosophical Frontiers of Phy
sics. In this work he quotes
statements of Plato, Aristotle,
St. Augustine, St. Thomas, Des
cartes, Newton, and various
other philosophers of all ages,
showing how they applied prin
ciples of logic, correctly or in
correctly, to reach their con
clusions. Present modes of rea
soning, such as the so-called
scientific method and mathe
matical logic, are discussed. The
text is arranged so that few ex
planations are needed and stu
dents can concentrate on work
ing exercise.
DAWSON COMING TO U. S.
Christopher Dawson, well-
known British historian, is ar
riving in the United States the
end of June to assume his post
at Harvard University as
Chauncey Stillman Professor of
Roman Catholic theological stu-
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dies. Mr. Dawson will be the
first to occupy this newly-
created chair.
In recent years he has been
entirely occupied with writing.
His most recent books have
been Dynamics of World His
tory, Understanding Europe,
Medieval Essays, and the two
Gifford Lectures, Religion and
Culture and Religion and the
Rise of Western Culture.
Mr. Dawson, now sixty-eight,
was educated at Winchester and
Oxford, and has held extended
lectureships at Exeter and Liv
erpool.
Prior to going to Harvard, Mr.
Dawson will give seven lectures
on the Christian interpretation
of history at Gonzaga Universi
ty in Spokane, Washington.
CHAPLAIN IN GRAY: AB
RAM RYAN, by H. G. Heagney
(Kenedy, $2.50).
(Reviewed by John
Schroder, S.J.)
This is a romanticized biogra
phy of Father Ryan, poet of the
Confederacy. It is nine-tenths
fiction, one-tenth biography. The
fiction is based on a pro-South
ern view of the War Between
the States. However, the young
sters (for whom it was written)
should enjoy and profit from it.
It is written in a lively, concise
style, and is quite Catholic in
tone. The characters are stereo
typed, but guns blaze on every,
page.
Editor’s note: Father Heag
ney, author of Chaplain in Gray,
was a priest of the diocese of
Little Rock, and well known for
his contributions to various
Catholic magazines, including
those for children, and for other
popular biographies. His Behold
This Heart (about St. Margaret
Mary) and Madame de Chantal
(about St. Jane Frances) were
particularly well received. His
biography of Father Abram
Ryan was published on April 17.
The author did not live to see
its publication. He died in Hot
Springs, Arkansas, on March 2
at the age of 68, in the forty-
fifth year of his priesthood.
FIDES REPRINTS
Fides Publishers have recent
ly entered the paperback field,
with reprints of three of their
most popular hard-cover books.
Now available in attractive,
low-priced editions are:
LEND ME YOUR HANDS, by
Bernard Meyer, M.M., $1.50, a
manual for parish Catholic Ac
tion, with an all-new section of
discussion questions that will
m.qjje it an ideal text for study
club purposes. This book has al
ready gone into four printings
in the hardcover edition since its
release in 1955.
CONVERSA TION WITH
CHRIST, by Peter Thomas-
Rohrbach, O.C.D., $1.2.5, one : of
the Fides Family Readers,- is an
introduction to mental prayer,
presenting simply and clearly
the method of meditation em
ployed by St. Teresa of Avila.
The , original edition, published
in 1956, has been widely used
as a handbook on mental prayer,
by both lay Catholics and re
ligious.
FATHER OF THE FAMILY,
by Eugene S. Geissler, $1.25,
presents an inside view of the
often neglected member of the
family. The author, a father of
ten children, has also written
and edited several other books
on Catholic family life, includ
ing You and Your Children and
the recently released Growing
Up Together.
The covers of these new pa
perbacks will feature the art
work of Clarence E. Geise,
which was originally presented
on the dust jackets of the hard
cover editions.
WE SING WHILE THERE'S
VOICE LEFT, by Dorn Hubert
van Zeller, O.S.B. (Sheed &
Ward, $2.50).
(Reviewed by Cecelia L. Hines)
Spiritual books often prove
difficult or impossible for the
average lay reader, mainly for
two very good reasons. They
are difficult because the sub
ject is often approached as an
abstraction, without having the
taste or shape of spiritual ex
perience; impossible because the
writer loses sight of the. great
spiritual middle class who buy,
read, and need spiritual books,
and he therefore makes use of
strange and unfamiliar objects
of subject and style.
Dom van Zellar, in presenting
We Sing While There's Voice
Lefl, has done neither of these
things. A writer long known for
his directness, readability and
vitality, he speaks candidly
about this double danger and
furnishes a sensible norm by
which to judge spiritual writ
ing. His illuminating comments
about spiritual writers and their
peculiar problems are as inter
esting as his subject matter. In
a chapter dealing with the pit-
falls surrounding such a writer,
he says it is necessary that he
be an individual who has tested
the subject by “personal know
ledge of himself or by the prac
tice of his .subject.”
We Sing is the fourth of a
series come to be known as the
We group, all of which have
proved quite popular. There is
nothing new in the subject mat
ter, but the author’s vision and
language is consistently fresh
and appealing. The well-turned
phrases catch the eye and linger
in the. mind. Here is a good ex
ample: “Apart from deliberate
distractions and discourage
ments, the main obstacle to true
interior prayer is thought about
interior prayer.” Other state
ments, while noticeably free
from harshness, have the quality
of well-tempered steel, for ex
ample: “Neither marriage nor
monasticism is intended to sup
port people whose purpose is
to lean.”
Dom van Zellar also reiterates
most forcibly that “the Christian
aim is no distant ideal,” but that
it is difficult, and even has a
touch of dramatic force verging
on the melodramatic, in the
struggle with “powers and prin
cipalities,” to develop its power
ful potential among human be
ings.
POPE PIUS XII AND CATH
OLIC EDUCATION, edited by
Vincent. A. Yzermans (Grail,
$1.00).
(Reviewed by John
... . Schroder, S.J.) .
T his 173-page, paperback
book offers proof, of .the pro
found erudition and sound judg
ment of Pope Pius XII. Briefly
and clearly he analyzes, and
evaluates: every phase of twen
tieth-century education. The
reader journeys from catechism
to astronomy and nuclear phy
sics, from sports and gymnas
tics to the Church and history,
from humanism to the secret of
good schools. These terse state
ments of the Pope, collected and
edited by Father Yzermans, are
eminently worth reading.
CWV Receives Award
For Promoting 'In
God We Trust' Motto
WASHINGTON, (NC) — A
Freedoms Foundation award
was presented here to the
Catholic War Veterans for their
promotion of the official motto
of the United States, “In God
We Trust.”
Rosario J. Scibilia, CWV ex
ecutive director, accepted ■ the
George Washington Honor Med
al award from Dr. Kenneth D.
Wells, president of Freedoms
Foundation, at a ceremony in
the Capitol Building.
The citation on the award
states:, “For outstanding
achievement in bringing about
a . better understanding of the
American way of life.”
Freedoms Foundation of Val
ley Forge was founded in
March, 1949. It is a nonprofit,'
nonpolitical, : nonsectarian or
ganization. President Eisen
hower is honorary chairman,
and former president Herbert
Hoover is honorary president.
The bill making “In God We
Trust” the official motto of the
United States was enacted into
law on July 30, 1956. The motto
now appears on U. S. stamps
and coins.
TRAVELS IN CIRCLES
Wh.en a man loses his self
control it means his steering ap
paratus is broken.
GOOD OR BAD?
Force of habit is about the
only claim some people have for
strength of character.
The only time some people
really get busy is when they are
meddling in others’ affairs.
‘The Champ’
A Catholic mother of five chil
dren, a free-lance writer, lias
been named Ceylon's "Catholic
writer-of-the-year.” Mrs. Jan
Cooke (above) was the winner
in the annual contest spon
sored by The Messenger, Catho
lic journal of Colombo, Ceylon.
(NC Photos)
1920 Instruction
Covers Case Of
Cardinal Stritch
(Radio, N.C.)
ROME — His Eminence Sam
uel Cardinal Stritch, whose
right arm was amputated in an
operation here, may celebrate
Mass despite his loss.
To do so the Archbishop of
Chicago, recently named Pro-
Prefect of the Sacred Congrega
tion for the Propagation of the
Faith, can avail himself of an
instruction issued here on. Jan
uary 28, 1920.
The instruction, issued by the
Sacred Congregation of Rites
and approved by Pope Benedict
XV, lists the special conditions
to be observed by “priests who,
deprived of their right arm,
have received apostolic dispen
sation for the celebration' of
Mass.”
It outlines in detail all the
acts to be performed both by
the celebrant and the priest as
sisting him. The essential con
dition is that a priest without
a right arm must always be as
sisted by another priest : who
. will help him in all stages of
the Mass.
The infirm priest will trace
the sign of the cross with his
left hand over himself, the sac
red vessels and the people..pres-
. ent. Whenever liturgical norms
provide that the celebrant is to
hold his hands together in frcint
of his chest, the infirm priest
will normally perform this act
with his left hand alone,, un
less he can conveniently avail
himself of an artificial right
hand which will enable him to
observe the normal liturgical
requirement.
The assistant priest will turn
the pages of the missal and will,
for precautionary reasons, as
sure the stability of the chalice
with the fingers of his left, hand
whenever the celebrant covers
or uncovers it.
The instruction also deals with
certain special details for the
purpose of ensuring the regular
celebration of the Mass with
special reference to the Conse
cration and Communion.
The document bears the sig
nature of the then Prefect of the
Congregation of Rites,; Cardinal
Antonio Vice, and its Secretary
of that time, Cardinal Alessan
dro Verde, who died here re
cently.
‘HAPPY WARRIOR’ SMILE
Alfred E. Smith, Jr. (left), flashes a smile reminiscent of
his late father as he examines a copy of “Sidewalk States
man," a young folk’s biography of A1 Smith. Thomas Kene
dy of P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York publishers, looks on.
This new life story of the “Happy Warrior” is one of the
volumes in the American Background Books, a series for
Catholic youth (ages 10 to 15) dealing with the lives of
Catholic men and women who have played a prominent role
ia the history of America. (NC Photos)
THE BULLETIN, May 17, 1958—eAGe ,
MOTHER OF
THE YEAR
SEATTLE, Wash., (NC) — A
57-year-old widow, who gave
five of her 13 children to the re
ligious life, has been selected
by the Seattle Knights of Co
lumbus for Mother-of-the Year
honors.
Mrs. John E. McKay, who
numbers three nuns and two
seminarians in her family, is
also the grandmother of eight
children.
Her daughters in religious
life are Sister Victor Mary of
the Holy Name Sisters, Spo
kane, Wash.; Sister Mary Thom-
asene of the Dominican Sis
ters, Bellingham, Wash., and
Mother Mary Patricia of the
Missionary Sisters of the Sacred
Heart, Chicago. One son, Thom
as, is in the Jesuit Novitiate at
Sheridan, Ore., and another,
Conlon, is at Maryknoll Junior
Seminary, Mountain View, Cal
ifornia.
Mrs. McKay, who always has
insisted “my children belong to
God,” has a medical doctor, a
business executive, a university
professor and a printer in her
family. Her youngest child, 13,
will be graduated in June from
St. James Cathedral School
here. Her husband died in 1951
and a printing firm he founded
is now being operated by two
sons. Mrs. McKay supervises the
cafeteria at the Cathedral
school.
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Message From
Your President
At the cordial invitation of
The Most Reverend Joseph E.
Ritter, S.T.D., Archbishop of St.
Louis, and the Archdiocesan
Council of Catholic Women the
biennial convention of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Wo
men will be held in that city,
September 20-24, 1958. Your Na
tional Board of Directors spent
many hours in January discus
sing the proposed program so
that the forthcoming meetings
will be as profitable as possible.
They selected the theme. Within
The Folds of Her Mantle, from
a mural in the lobby of our
headquarters building which
shows Our Lady’s flowing cape
enclosing symbols of the vhri-
ous departments of the Nation
al Catholic Welfare Conference.
With the exception of the open
ing Mass in the magnificent Ca
thedral on Sunday afternoon, all
events will be-scheduled in the
Kiel Auditorium. Delegates will
be housed in hotels in the vicin
ity.
In order to meet the needs of
our guests, the convention will
feature four concurrent sessions
on Saturday afternoon for dio
cesan, deanery and parish coun
cil presidents, and for commit
tee chairmen. Workshops will
be held on three afternoons.
Several outstanding speakers
have already been secured for
the stimulating and diversified
evening meetings. The St. Louis
Archdiocesan Council of Catho
lic Women has been working for
several months on details to
make this convention outstand
ing. Please note the dates on
your calendar, September 20-24,
and begin to make your travel
plans.
For those whose vacation in
cludes a trip to Europe may we
urge that consideration be given
to a visit not only of Lourdes
but also to the Pavilion of the
Holy See and Universal Catho
licism at the Brussels Fair.
When the gates of Civitas Dei
the Vatican exhibit, opened on
April 17 visitors saw a dy
namic presentation of the
Church’s great concern for Man
and His Happiness, the theme
of the fair.
Let us beg the intercession
of Our Lady, Queen of the
World, for the success of these
events!
MARY H. MAHONEY
(Mrs. Robert H.),
N. C. W. C. President
Chamblee Services
For Lori Morton
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — Funeral
services for Lori Ann Morton
were held May 6th at Our Lady
of the Assumption Church, Rev.
John Mulroy officiating.
Survivors are Mr. and Mrs.
Lou Morton, Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Jirsenele, Marshfield, Wis.; Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence A. Morton,
Hamilton, Ohis.
M. Sgt. Hopfinger
Services In Atlanta
ATLANTA — Funeral serv
ices for M. Sgt. L. W. Hopfinger
were held May 1st at St. An
thony’s Church.
Survivors are his wife; daugh
ters, Mrs. Anne Lariscy and_
Miss Mary Lee Hopfinger, both
of Atlanta; a son, James W.
Hopfinger, also of Atlanta; sis
ters, Misses Tillit, Rose and
Lydia Hopfinger of St. Louis
and Misses Annie and Ella Hop
finger of Kansas City, and bro
thers, Raymond Hopfinger of
St. Louis and Philip and E. G.
Hopfinger of Kansas City.
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