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rAtii c --Ini. l, i. •. i. i ;.ou»... i J .. J.HSL, BOOK REVIEWS EDITED BY EILEEN HALL 3087 Old Jonesboro Road, Hapeville, Georgia Each issue of this Book Page is confided to the patronage of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces, with the hope that every read er and every contributor may be specially favored by her and her Divine Son. CHAPLAIN IN GRAY Our attention has been called to an inaccuracy in our review of Chaplain in Gray: Abram Hyan, the twenty-first and- last book by the Rev. H. J. Heagney, who died on March 2, shortly before its publication. Our re view called Chaplain in Gray, one of the series of American Background Books (Kenedy,' $2.50), “nine-tenths fiction.’’ Fa ther Heagney’s sister, Miss Anne Heagney, a well known author herself, who helped with the re search for Chaplain in Gray, has sent us the following comments, which we are pleased to print: “Although the book reads like exciting fiction,” she says, “it is the result of much careful study and research into wartime cor respondence, records, and other available sources. All of the principal characters in this ju venile book about the Civil War were taken from real life. “Youthful readers will thrill to the courage and exploits of Father Ryan and his beloved younger brother Dave; little Johnny Sloan, the 13-year-olc 7 bugler from Texas; Ted Roberts, a corporal at 15, who could ride and fight like a veteran; and Chaplain Duck, the “Swamp Angel” from Mississippi, who carried a brace of guns but only used them when necessary. These real personalities were discovered by the author in old records of the volunteer soldiers of the South. “Three other soldiers in Jeb Stuart’s famous calvary who ap pear in the story were the an cestors of friends Father Heag ney knew when he was station ed for a number of years as pastor of St. Louis Church in Camden, Arkansas. Often he lis tened to the stories their grand fathers had told them of the war. “Although no biography of Father Ryan existed before this book, Father Heagney had the opportunity of gaining first hand information about the be loved priest-poet of the Confed eracy from old friends who had known him in their childhood and later moved to Arkansas, the author’s home. These had been residents of Augusta, Ga., where Father Ryan was assist ant at St. Patrick’s Church and editor of The Banner of ihe South, and of Mobile, Ala., where the former chaplain was pastor of St. Mary’s Church and made his home for many years. He is buried there and a monu ment erected by donations from the children of the South, by whom he was greatly revered for his Conquered Banner and other inspiring poems of the Lost Cause. “A copy of Chaplain in Gray has been obtained by the United Daughters of the Confederacy for their library of Southern books to be established in Rich mond, Virginia.” THE SPIRIT OF THE SPAN ISH MYSTICS, an Anthology by Kathleen Pond (Kenedy, $3.95). (Reviewed by Elizabeth Hester) St. Ignatius Loyola, St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, all are names familiar not only to Catholics, but also to any lit erate non-Catholic the world over. Less generally remember ed is that they were all six teenth-century Spaniards, and hardly recalled at all is the mul titude on whose shoulders they were raised up. But as is nearly always true of the great, they were spawned in a pool of the near great. Miss Pond, an Oxford scholar, has translated and assembled the work of a representative ga laxy of these lesser figures who grew and wrote in the same world with Teresa, John, and Ignatius. She has included brief selections (two to twelve pages) from twenty-eight personalities, including some infrequently quoted work of the paramount figures. Each writer is introduc ed by a short but satisfactorily c o m p r e hensive biographical note. The book throws into curious ly vivid relief why, with such great resemblance to the lessser figures, the world-famous saints are nonetheless dominant. Their universality (or their very catholicity) is immediately ap parent. Yet for the individual taste, the specific deviation from the average, there are any num ber of writers included who might show one person or an other a great deal more than any of the three stars. Because, above all, every writer included is an individual unto himself and not a pale parrot of every- man. It follows, then, that this book can be an adventure in self-discovery. From this almost violent individualism our own age has, perhaps, a great deal more to learn than we are con ditioned to realize. 1958 CAMPION AWARD The Campion Award, pre sented annually to a Catholic author by the Catholic Book Club in recognition of a distin guished and longtime contribu tion to Catholic letters; was giv en this year to the Reverend James F. Brodrick, S.J., histori an and biographer, at a testi monial dinner at the Prince George Hotel in New York City on May 14th. Father Brodrick, who resides in London, flew to New York to receive the tribute. This marks the fourth presentation of the Campion medallion to an out standing Catholic writer; pre vious . recipients have been Jacques Maritain, Helen Con stance White and Paul Horgan. A writer of rigorous and sound scholarship whose body of work on Church history and Saints is considered to be among the most penetrating, il luminating and masterly in its field, Father Brodrick is the author of the following books; The Life of Saint Robert Bellar- mine (1928; first published by Kenedy and now issued by Newman Press), The Economic ESTABLISHED 1B9B Complete Banking and Trust Facilities The Liberty National Bank & Tiust Co. SAVANNAH, GHOtGIA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CDRPDRATIDN RHODES-HAVERTY BLDG. ATLANTA 1, GEORGIA Jackson 1-0316 Long Distance 421 Authorized Silverlool Electric Motor Repair Rod & Reel Repairs Daisy Airgun Repair Coleman & AGM Gas Lamps Repair DR. 7-8825 BOUTELLE’S SERVICE P. O. Box 2006, So. Dec. Sta. Decatur, Ga. Morals of ihe Jesuits (1934; Ox ford University Press), St. Peter Canisius (1935; published by Sheed and Ward), The Origin of the Jesuits (1940; Longmans, Green), The Progress of Ihe Jesuits (1946; Longmans, Green), A Procession of Saints (1949; Longmans, Green), St. Francis Xavier (1952, Pellegrini and Cudahy) and St. Ignatius Loyola (1956; Farrar, Straus and Cudahy). Father Brodrick is presently at work, on the second and final volume of his life of St. Ignatius Loyola, which will be published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Born in Ireland in 1891, Fa ther Brodrick joined the Society of Jesus in London in 1910 and was ordained a priest in 1923, having taught school for five years during the interval at Stonyhurst. Since 1923, he has held various posts within the Church, devoting as much time as possible to his writing. In addition to being a scholar whose contribution to Catholic biography and Church history has earned him fame through out Europe and in the United States, Father Brodrick has a reputation for being one of the most readable Catholic writers at work today, his books mark ed by style and humor. Some thing of Father Broderick’s wit (and modest opinion of his own gifts) can be gleaned from an excerpt from a letter to his pub lisher, who had queried him about his early career: “I worked for a time with Father Herbert Thurston, the greatest scholar the English Jesuits have produced, and by watching his methods learned a little of the arts of the histori an. But Father Thurston could not make another Thurston out of Father Brodrick because I had not the gifts and was, be sides, of a rather romantic turn, much addicted to poetry . . . and my health has always been bad, a fact which I attribute to the delayed results of the Irish Famine.” After receiving the Campion Award on May 14, Father Brod rick is scheduled to give several lectures in the New York area before returning to England next September. VISION BOOKS The Thomas More Association Medal, awarded annually for the most distinguished contribu tion to Catholic publishing in the previous year, has been pre sented to Farrar, Straus and Cudahy for Vision Books. Sheila Cudahy, Vice-President and Secretary of Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, is Editor-in-Chief of The Vision Books series. “The series,” says Miss Cu dahy, who, with the assistance of Clare Costello, is responsible for its publication, “grew out of my feeling that there has long been a need for biographies of outstanding Catholics, interest ingly written but nevertheless based solidly on historical fact. We believed that young readers as well as parents, teachers, and librarians would welcome books so written and would support a series which had a wide range. Now that the series is two-and- one-half years old, our faith has been justified by the fact that there are nearly a million cop ies in the hands of young read ers.” The citation accompanying the Medal which was presented in Chicago on May 4 reads in part: “For too long the Catholic juvenile book has been the neg lected step-child of Catholic publishing ... It was not sur prising that Catholic children grew up finding little to attract them in Catholic juvenile books, or that they failed to acquire the incentive to look further into Catholic literature as adults . . . Vision Books has dramatic ally lived up to the promises of its publishers. 1957 saw this pioneering series permanently established as a significant achievement in Catholic litera ture and Catholic publishing. The combination of bold and original planning and talented authors, of reasonable prices and high standards of format and typography have produced books that are worthy of the ac claim and success they have achieved. Vision Books, by their general level of excellence must be credited with opening new vistas for Catholic youth . . . For the skill and enterprise that created and continues Vision Books; for so emphatically rais ing the standards of Catholic juvenile books; for creating a challenge to excellence that has already resulted in more and finer books for Catholic young people from other publishers, the Directors and Staff of the Thomas More Association honor Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy with this medal and citation..” Catholic Candidate Loses In Japanese Elections; Reds Win Only One Seat Sn Lower House By Father R. J. Pelow, S.F.M. (N.C.W.C. News Service) TOKYO, — The only Catholic candidate running for a seat in Japan’s House of Representa tives failed to win re-election and the Communist party lost one of its two seats in the lower house. The Catholic candidate, Mich ael Jinkichi Shirahama, a Lib eral-Democrat from Nagasaki, lost despite the fact that his par ty was returned to power with a clear majority. A total of 951 candidates ran for the 467 member House of Representatives in what observ ers were unanimous in agreeing was the most quiet pre-election campaign of the postwar period. Slightly more than 40 million of the 52,030,395 eligible voters cast their ballots, nearly three million young men and women voting for their first time. 413 Liberal-Democratic can didates ran for office, as op posed to 246 members of the major opposition party, the So cialists. The communist candi dates numbered 114, with 178 minor party members of inde pendents also seeking election. Twenty-two Christians were among the registered candidates for the elections. Election results showed that the party headed by Prime Min ister Nobusuke Kishi, the Lib eral-Democrats, won 287 seats; the Socialists, 166, the commun ists, one and other groups, 13. As predicted generally the So cialists increased their holdings, winning eight more seats than they had held in the old House. But their advance was not as great as had been anticipated by public opinion polls. When Parliament was dissolv ed April 25 the Liberal-Demo crats claimed 290 seats, the So cialists 158 and the Communists two. There seemed to be an ab sence of any sharp difference of opinion on the part of the major parties as far as domestic issues were concerned. In foreign policy, the Social ists especially urged the early restoration of .normal relations with communist China and an early peace with the U.S.S.R. Prime Minister Kishi’s party emphasized peace diplomacy based on the U. N. Charter, co operation with the Free World and an early ban on nuclear weapons. As could be expected, the communists called for the amendment and abolition of the U. S.-Japan Security Pact and administrative agreements, an early return of Okinawa and Bonin islands to Japan, the res toration of relations between Japan and communist China, and the conclusion of a peace treaty with the Soviet Union. The mass withdrawal of com munist candidates on the eve of the 1955 elections was not re peated this time. The Reds here seemed to concentrate on mak ing the people realize they were getting stronger and urged the establishment of “a new demo cratic government.” Apparently the Japanese voters were not impressed because they elected only one of the 114 Red candi dates. However, the communists did receive over a million votes, as compared to the 733,120 votes in the 1955 elections. In the 1949 elections the Japanese commun ists had their greatest success when they gained 35 seats with some 3 million votes. Two events did not endear the Reds to the people here during the past few months. One was the “Truck Corps Case,” and the other the “People’s Fleet Case.” In the Truck Corps Case a number of Reds and fellow- travelers were arrested on sus picion of having taken over con trol of some enterprises to pump money out of them illegally for the party. On March 12, in the People’s Fleet Case, a Red central com mittee member, Fumikichi Ok- ada, was arrested for allegedly organizing clandestine voyages to communist China as well as conveying party leaders back and forth while they were hid ing underground. Shortly before the elections, communist China and the Soviet Union entered the political scene here and were accused of interfering in Japanese politics. The Red Chinese savagely at tacked Prime Minister Kishi with having a “hostile attitude” to China following two events. One concerned the shelving of the fourth unofficial trade agreement between China and Japan. The Red Chinese during the negotiations for the trade pact had insisted that their trade missions in Japan should be given the right to fly their national flag. Nationalist China protested vigorously when it learned of this, and at one time threatened to break off all trade relations with Japan. The Japa nese government then made it clear that it disapproves the right of the communist Chinese to fly their flags in Japan and that it is not going to recognize the Peking regime. On May 2 the so-called Naga saki flag-incident occurred. A Red Chinese flag, displayed at an exhibition of postage stamps , in a Nagasaki department store was ripped down by a Japanese youth. The offender was arrest ed. by the police but released with a reprimand when it was determined that he had acted on the spur of the moment and was not the agent of any po litical organization. A week lat er Red Chinese Foreign Min ister Chen Yi launched a seath- ing attack against Prime Minis ter Kishi charging that the Nag asaki incident was a grave at tack on his country. , The communist Chinese then suspended all trade relations with Japan and later seized some Japanese fishing boats in the East China Sea claiming they were trespassing forbidden waters. Just one week prior to the elections the Soviet Union made an official enquiry about the presence of nuclear weapons in Japan. The Soviets, too, were promptly accused here of at tempting tc embarrass the Kishi government in order to in fluence the general elections. In a radio and television broadcast followed the elections Socialist leader Mosaburo Suz uki pointed out that diplomatic moves by some countries aiming to sway the elections tended to “provoke the antipathy” of the voters. He suggested that the Soviet allegation about nuclear weapons in Japan and Red Chi na’s suspension of trade had not aided his party in the elections. There were no religious is sues at stake in the election. Freedom of religion is guaran teed by Japan’s constitution and the high regard the Japanese government has for the Vatican was evidenced in the recent pro moting of its diplomatic mission at the Vatican to embassy rank. Services For Dennis D. Leary ATLANTA, -— Funeral serv ices for Mr. Dennis D. Leary were held May 31st at St. An thony’s Church, Rev. John W. Leahy officating. Survivors are his daughter, Mrs. John L. Ryan, Atlanta; sis ters, Mrs. Mary Walker, Mrs. Doll Bollin, New London, Conn., Mrs. Delia McGiboney, Norwich, Conn.; brothers, Mr. Cornelius Leary, New London, Conn; grandchildren, Mr. Denis L. Ryan, Mr. R. W. Hull, Orlander; Mr. John L. Ryan, Jr., San Jose, Costa Rica; Mr. Henry C. Ryan, Orlander; 10 great-grandchil dren. Services For Mrs. Cecelia M. Jackson AUGUSTA, — Funeral serv ices for Mrs. Cecelia McGinn Jackson were held May 26th at the Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Joseph L. LeRoy, S.J. officiat ing. Survivors are one son, Robert F. Jackson, and one grand daughter, Miss Patricia Jackson, both of Augusta. Brunswick Services For Miss Ammons BRUNSWICK—Funeral serv ices for Miss Frances Ann Am mons were held May 29th at St. Frances Xavier Church, Rev. James Cummins officiating. Survivors are her brother, Mrs. Warren Atwater of Bruns wick and one sister, Miss Rose Mary Ammons, Tampa, Florida. Mrs. Mary Collins Services In Augusta AUGUSTA — Funeral serv ices for Miss Mary Collins were held May 30th at St. Mary’s-on- the-Hill Church, Rev. Ralph E. Seikel officiating. Survivors are a niece, Mrs. John W. McDonald, Jr., and one nephew, Henry Mura, both of Augusta. IS EVERYTHING PICKRICK See Drive For Closer Relations (By John A. Greaves) (N.C.W.C. News Service) LONDON—An intense drive for closer relations between the Anglican Communion and Orth odox churches will be made in July at an international meet ing of non-Catholic Christian leaders in London. More than 400 invitations have been sent to Anglican-affiliated and Orthodox leaders to attend the convention. Known as the Lambeth Conference, w h i c h takes place every 10 years, it will be held at Lambeth Palace, London headquarters of the Anglican Archbishop of Canter bury, from July 3 to August 10. Though the Orthodox dele gates will take no actual part in the discussions, they have been asked to come to England a week before the meeting opens for exploratory talks with Ang lican theologians, the longterm aim of which will be full com munion between Anglican and Orthodox Churches. Invitations have gone to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Istan bul, the Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Moscow, Bulgaria and Romania, the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and the Orth odox Archbishop of Alhens. An invitation which has caus ed considerable controversy here is that sent to Archbishop Maka- rios, Orthodox leader in Cyprus, Britain’s Mediterranean island colony, who was exiled two years ago for alleged collabora tion with nationalists seeking union with Greece. Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canter bury and Primate of the Church of England, issued the invita tions without consulting the British government. He has been criticized on the ground of polit ical interference by inviting Archbishop Makarios at a time when talks on a new constitu tion for the restless Cypriot people are reportedly nearing completion. Archbishop Fisher himself told a press conference that the in vitations was “purely ecclesias tical” and.that Archbishop Ma karios was naturally included as the church of Cyprus is one of the most ancient of the Ortho dox churches. It sent a represen tative to the 1930 Lambeth Con ference. The last such gathering in this country was held in 1948. The Orthodox prelates will at tend the opening services in Canterbury Cathedral and in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and will be formally presented to the Protestant bishops at the opening session. Five main points are on the conference agenda: the authori ty and message of the Bible, the progress of Anglicanism, inter national problems such as dis armament and nationalism, the family in modern society and the unity of the Church. The last is expected to be the major focal point of discussion. Differences separating the churches are “a scandal and an impediment,” Dr. Fisher told his press conference. “It is now accepted that Jesus Christ, who is the head of the Church, means it to be one..Whereas 40 years ago nobody but a few wild en thusiasts thought it possible, now every sensible member of every communion knows it is possible.” Moves proposed for closer union between the Anglican and Presbyterian churches will be studied. The conference will be private and any decisions it makes will be offered as “solemn advice” to each church. They will not be binding. An official report on the conference will be issued late in August. Among prelates taking part in the meeting will be 101 from the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, 32 from the Church of England in Can ada and other members of the Anglican Communion from all parts of the world—including five from communist China. MARRIAGES o — o I PRICE-WHITE I O O SAVANNAH — Miss Mary Patricia White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Patrick White and William Joseph Price, Jr., son of Mrs. William Joseph Price and the late Mr. Price were married May 24th at the Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Nor- bert McGowan, O.S.B. officiat ing. Catholics Sweep Belgian Election By Father Joseph Windey, S.J. (N.C.W.C. News Service) BRUSSELS, Belgium —- This nation’s Catholic-oriented party —the Social Christians (PSC)— has been swept into power by a swing to the right which sur prised even the party leaders. After being the opposition party in both the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives since 1954, the PSC won a clear majority of the popularly elect ed Senators, gained eight seats in the house, and picked up 30 seats in the Provincial Coun cils. Socialist Premier Archille Van Acker, who immediately sent his resignation to King Baudouin, was to head a care taker government until the formation of a new government. The King was expected to ask the Social Christians to form a new government on the basis of their sweeping victory, even though the PSC does not have a clear majority in the 212-mem ber lower house. Social Christian gains in Wal loon areas and the industrial province of Liege were not enough to supply the Catholic party the necessary 107-seat ma jority. The PSC was expected to offer some cabinet posts to Lib eral delegates. Greatest losses were suffered by the Communist party, whose power was cut in half in both the Senate and the lower house. The Reds lost one Senate seat, two house seats, and seven seats on the Provincial Councils. Of the 106 Senate seats up for direct election, the PSC took 54 -—a gain of five; the Socialist party won 39—a loss of three; the Liberal party, won 12—a loss of one, and the Reds kept one seat. The remaining 69 seats of the 175 seat upper house are filled by indirect elections. The elec tion system called for a meet ing of the Provincial councillors on June 8 to elect 46 Senators. When the Senate next convenes, the 152 members will them selves elect another 27 Senators to fill all seats. Because the So cial Christians have a majority of the Provincial Councillors, they are expected to bolster their majority in the Senate. In the lower house, where the PSC is facer with 85 Socialists, 20 Liberals and two commun ists, the Social Christians were faced with the choice of form ing either a minority govern ment or seeking a coalition with the Liberals. The one member of the Flemish party, the Volks- unie, traditionally votes with the Catholic party, bringing the PSC total to 105. PIANO SERVICE POLLARD PIANO TUNERS JA. 4-2548 C & S REALTY COMPANY “Specialists in Commercial- Industrial Real Estate” 604 Mortgage Guarantee Building JA. 4-2053 Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev., Industrial Dev., Subdivision Dev. 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