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PAGE 4—THE BULLETIN, October 4, 1958 JOSEPH BREIG Men Who Can’t Lie The world, I think, has never seen a good humor more gar gantuan than G. K. Chesterton’s. Somewhere in his numberless writings, this very great English man once remarked that George Bernard could not tell a lie unless he thought it was the truth.l Then, with a| roar of laugh ter that came? right through| the printed page, G. K. H. add ed: “I find myself laboring un der the same intolerable handi cap.” Chesterton and Shaw dis agreed about almost everything except that they cared for each other. Two men more unlike can hardly be imagined; but they were alike in this — their tongues were not forked. They were not false. They were sin cere, as most men are, thank God. Of the vast majority of us it can also be said that we can not tell a lie unless we think it is the truth. THIS IS THE BASIS without which decent human relations are impossible. This is the foun dation on which stands the house of mankind, in which we can live together in reasonable brotherly harmony, however much we may disagree about one or many facts, one or many principles, one or many judg ments. Honesty is what makes the world go round, and pre vents it from shattering into fragments. Loose on earth today, how ever, there is a philosophy which makes a dogma out of malicious lying. Its disciples are taught to be honest only when honesty suits their wicked pur poses better than dishonesty. Thus even honesty is made dis honest; thus even truth becomes a lie in the mouth of the com munist propagandists. Thus mal ice becomes a way of life and falsehood the very cast of a man’s mind. ERNEST HEMINGWAY, like G. K. Chesterton, is a man of huge good humor and luminous sincerity. Like Chesterton and Shaw, he is incapable of telling a lie unless he thinks it is the truth. That is to say, he cannot lie at all. He is a man of in tellectual integrity. And so he took legal action not long ago to prevent the republishing, in an anthology, of several short stories he wrote in the late 1930s. At the time he wrote those stories, Hemingway, like count less other intellectuals of all stripes, had been deceived by a conspiracy of lies. His stories concerned the Spanish “civil war,” which was in fact the first Soviet military a g gression against what it is now fashion able to call the West, although intruth the right name for it remains Christendom. COMMUNIST INFILTRA- TION, subversion, propaganda and agitation triggered the war in Spain in 1936, and kept it raging until nearly a million Spaniards were dead. Heming way, then a newspaper corre spondent, spent some time with the so-called Loyalists. He was gulled into seeing them as the defenders of democracy, fighting against “fascism.” He expressed that belief in the stories he now does not want republished. Hemingway, like Chesterton, like Shaw—and even as you and I cannot tell a lie unless he supposes it to be the truth. Un like the communists, he is honest. He now knows that in 1936-39 he was the victim of lies that poisoned public opinion throughout the English-speaking world. He cannot tell a lie when he knows it is a lie — and so he does not want his Spanish war stories to be reprinted. The legal position taken by Hemingway’s lawyer is that re publication of the stories would do “great injury and irreparable damage” to Hemingway. In a court of law, you’ve got to show something of the sort. But from what I know of Ernest Heming way, my judgement is that his strongest objection to republica tion rests upon the fact that he is a man of integrity, who hates lies and does not want to do the malicious work of liars. By David Q. Liplak Q.I'm fully aware that the Church condemns artificial birth control as being contrary to the natural moral law, which, of course, binds all men every where, regardless of creed. So that I'm not going to make the mistake of arguing that the Church's stand against con traception is strictly ecclesiasti cal (like the Friday abstinence) and hence doesn't apply to non- Caiholics. What I can't see, though, is this: since contracep tion is opposed to the natural law, how explain the fact that so many outside the Church fail (or refuse) to recognize the prac tice as sinful? And how can non- Catholic ministers, who are sup posed to know some Christian theology at least, continually make so serious mistakes in this matter? A. Artifical birth prevention is, the Church teaches, intrin sically opposed to the natural moral law. Thus it is possible to argue from reason alone that contraception is absolutely im moral, regardless of one’s per sonal religious convictions. Re duced to its simplest form, the argument from reason against artifical birth control is that the practice consists in a deliberate frustration of the natural effects of the use of the generative faculties. HOW THEN explain the phe nomenon that so many (certain ly not all) non-Catholics fail (Continued on Page Six) How Do You Rate on Facts of Faithl (By Brian Cronin) 1. The object like a shepherd’s stick, carried by a Bishop as a symbol that he is shepherd of the faithful, is called the: (a) Crooks? (b) Wand? (c) Crosier? (d) Mitre? 2. Only one of the Apostles died a natural death. He was: (a) Peter? (b) Philip? (c) John? (d) Simon? 3. “Blessed are the poor in spirit for . . . (a) . . . theirs is the kingdom of heaven”? (b) . . . they shall be comforted”? (c) . . . they shall be satisfied”? (d) . . . they shall possess the land”? 4. In May 1917, the Blessed Virgin appeared to three peasant children at: (a) Knock, Ireland? (b) Lourdes, France? (c) Fatima, Portugal? (d) Guadalupe, Mexico? 5. When the Pope speaks “ex cathedra” it means that he speaks: (a) Infallibly on matters of faith and morals? (b) In Latin? (c) From a cathedral? (d) To private audiences? 6. The part of the Mass during which the priest washes his hands is Called the: (a) Collect? (b) Lavabo? (c) Post- Communion? 7. A series of 30 Masses celebrated on 30 consecutive days for the soul of a dead person is called a: (a) Votive Mass? (b) Missa Cantata? (c) Gregorian Mass? (d) Pontifical Mass? 8. Which of these States has the highest percentage (over 60%) of Catholics per population?: (a) New York? (b) Mas sachusetts? (c) Rhode Island (d) Maryland? Give yourself 10 marks for each correct answer below. Rating: 80-Excellent; 70-Very Good; 60-Good; 50-Fair. ANSWERS: 1 (c); 2 (c); 3 (a); 4 (c); 6 (b); 7 (c); 8 (c). 5 (a); Theology For The Layman CT L JLA NOE BUT T R If ittU-Known Fac»* for Catholic* By M. J. MURRAY E OvrHlht mi XC W c. JTm (By F. J. Sheed) The distinction of action among the Persons of the Bless ed Trinity is a fact of the inner life of God. It is within the di vine nature that each lives, knows, loves, as Himself, dis tinct. But the ac tions of the divine nature upon created beings — our selves for ex ample — are the actions of all three Per sons, acting together as one principle of action. It is by Fa ther, Son and Holy Ghost that, for example, the universe is created and sustained in being, that each individual soul is cre ated and sanctified in grace. There is no external operation of the divine nature which is the work of one Person as dis tinct from the others. Yet Scripture and Liturgy are constantly attributing certain di vine operations' to Father or Son or Holy Ghost! In the Nicene Creed, for instance, the Father is Creator, (he Son is Redeemer, the Holy Spirit is Sanctifier, giver of Life. That the Son should be called redeemer is obvious enough: He did in fact become man and die for our sal vation. ’ ■ iH ' 1 But since all three Persons create, why is the Father called Creator? Since all three Persons sanctify, why is the Holy Spirit called Sanctifier? Why — to use a theological term — is cre ation appropriated to the one, sanctification to the other? If there is to be appropriation, of course, we can see why it is- done like this: we can see, in other words, how these particu lar appropriations are appropri ate. Within the divine Nature, the Father is Origin, Son and Holy Spirit both proceed from Him. Creation — by which the world originates, and by which each soul originates — is spok en of as belonging especially to the Father. Again, within the divine Na ture, the Holy Spirit is Love, the utterance of the Love of Father and Son. Sanctification, grace— these are gifts, and gifts are the work of love: they are appropri ated to the Holy Spirit. Grace is a created gift of love; the Holy Spirit is the uncreated gift of love. By grace, Father and Son express their love for us — as eternally they express their love for each other — in the Holy Spirit. Is there any similar appropri ation to the Second Person? As we have noted, He is called Re deemer; but not by appropria tion, since He did in fact redeem us Himself: it was not Father, Son and Holy Ghost who be came man and died for us, but the Son only (Redemption was not an operation of the divine nature but of the human nature He made His own.) But He has His appropriation all the same. In the Creed, God the Father is called creator, and we have just seen why. But in the open ing of St. John’s Gospel, the Second Person seems to be cre ator too. Creation, as a work of origination, bringing something into existence where nothing was, is appropriated to the Fa ther. But what was brought into existence was not a chaos, but a universe ordered in its ele ments; it was a work of wisdom, therefore, and as such appropri ated to the Second Person, the Word of God, who proceeds by the way of knowledge. The structure of the universe and all things in it, the order of the uni verse, is attributed especially to the Son; and when the order was brought to disorder by sin, it was the Son who became man to repair the disorder and make the new order of redeemed mankind. But the perfect aptness of the attribution of operations to one or other Person, must not blind us to the reality that in all these operations all three Persons are at work. Grace comes, says Our Lord, from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our souls; but He also says “If anyone love Me,, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make our abode with him.” So it is in fact an indwelling of all three Per sons. Then why have appropri ation at all? In order, one may assume, to keep the distinction of the three (Continued on Page Six) P? w i fl l0D OF GORNHOt/^ U HAS FOUR. FORTIFIED ROUND CHURCHES 700 y£#/?S OLD. EflR-TH Wff/? H uS faND surmounted by a: ns,ffz. ) % 0 lf, lL sr^ e ^-we f0tJ S £uO« r ' OF (NO£P£Wf^ t y)h° STJOACWM, FATHER. OF OUR LADY, AND ST JOSE PH, HER Husband, were members of me ROYAL HOUSE OF DAVID, AND AS SUCH WERE ENTITLED TO BE ADDRESSED AS ''RABANNA" OR LORD. SHARING OUR TREASURE Good Example Helps Airman Win Wife By REV. JOHN A, O'BRIEN, Ph. D. . (University of Notre Dame) Among all the influences which help to lead persons into the Church the most powerful is that of good example. If that is lacking, argument is seldom convincing. If it is pjggent, logic takes on a new dimen-ii sion and read ily carries conviction. In deed a Cath olic living an upright life is a walking tes timonial to the sanctifying character of his re ligion. With God’s grace he will not find it too difficult to lead a truth seeker into the Church. The experience of Mrs. Kathleen Hughes, 4123 77th St., Elm hurst, New York, shows the truth of the statement. “I was born and reared in England,” related Mrs. Hughes, “and never dreamed I would one day become a Catholic. Dur ing World War II I met Harry Hughes who was in the U. S. Air Force. We became good friends, and I soon learned that Harry was a Catholic who not only believed in his religion but loved it as well. “Our friendship blossomed in to love and we became engaged. The Catholic Church has a wise rule, requiring non-Catholics to take some instructions covering chiefly her teachings on mar riage and the family life. She wants us to appreciate the se riousness of the step we are taking in entering into marriage. “I went for these instructions to Father Diamond at Norwich. Never once did he urge me to convert. After our marriage this devoted priest continued to be our friend, one in whom we could confide and be assured of his help at all times. “I came to the United States with my husband, and began going to Mass with tpm:-'! didn’t understand what was going oh at the altar, but I went regular ly, and I must say that I always felt better attending Mass and doing whatever praying I could.” “A missal or prayerbook,” I remarked, “would have helped a lot.” “That’s true. My husband gave me the good example of day- to-day Catholic life,” continued Mrs. Hughes, “but exerted no pressure on me to become a Catholic. In 1946 our son Rob ert John was born. When he came of school age, we enrolled him at St. Mary, Help of Chris tians parochial school. “I was very proud of him when he made his first Holy Communion. What a wonderful feeling he must have today, I thought. I sadly recalled that I never went through anything' like that. I helped to prepare him for his first Communion by hearing his catechism. This in turn helped me. “I had come to realize that the Catholic Church, alone of all the Christian Churches, went back to Christ, and alone could claim Him as her founder. Hence she spoke with divine authority. I could no longer be satisfied with a man-made creed and determined to ask for admittance into Christ’s true Church. “Both my husband and son were overjoyed when I told them of my decision. For five months I went in all kinds of weather.—rain, sleet and snow —to a class of instruction con ducted by Father John J. Egan. He explained everything so clearly that there could be no misunderstanding. Right up to the night before baptism he told us we were under no obligation to become Catholics unless we were convinced that the Cath olic Church is the one true Church. “Along with the other mem bers of the class I was baptized on May 31, 1957 and began a new life in Christ. How happy I am to know that I am a mem ber of Christ’s Mystical Body and am nourished with His body and blood in Holy Communion. My one regret is that I wait ed so long.” Father O’Brien will be grateful to readers who know of anyone who has won two or more con verts if they will send the names and addresses of such persons to him at Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana. AN INTERESTED AUDIENCE Exchange teachers visiting Washington under the sponsor ship of the U. S. Government learn about the history of the Catholic Church in the United States. Robert T. Murphy, director of the N.C.W.C. Foreign Visitors Office, answers questions about the picture of a letter of congratulations sent to President George Washington in 1789 and his reply. Pictured with Mr. Murphy in the Bishops’ Conference Room, N.C.W.C., are, left to right: Miss Nilufer Tuzel of Turkey, Mr. Hirofumi Okada of Japan, Mr. Ananta Dasgupta of Pakistan and Miss Oretta Marchi of Italy. (NC Photos) Social Security And Increasing Longevity THE BACKDROP /!■■“ an i mu iiniijt By JOHN C. O’BRIEN Amendments to the social se curity act passed by the recent Congress" increased retirement payments and provided other benefits for Americans in the upper age brackets. But already the Government’s fiscal authorities foresee still further pres sure for ex panding social security cov erage and in creasing bene fits. They are beginning t o ask them selves wheth er we can continue to devote an ever-increasing proportion of our national income to provid ing benefits for our older popu lation while producing a rising standard of living for all of our people. The fact is that the number of persons in our population over 65 is increasing steadily. Population experts predict that the number of persons who have attained the eligibility age for social security payments will inc ease from about 15,000,000 at the present time to about 21,000,000 in less than 20 years. SHARP INCREASE Between 1900 and 1955, the chances of survival from birth to age 65 has increased sharply for both men and women. With a breakthrough on such major killers as heart disease and can cer, the population experts ex pect that by 1975, as many as 69 out of 100 male babies and 83 out of 100 female babies will be expected to reach the age 65. Further complicating the problem of providing retirement pensions is the increase in the life span—the increase in the number of years which a person who has reached the age of 65 may expect to live. In 1900, for example, about seven out of 100 female babies and five out of 100 male babies could expect to reach the age of 85. By 1950, the number of fe males out of each 100 who at tained that age had increased to 21 and the number of males to 12. By 1975, it is expected that the survivors of 85 years of age will have increased to 30 for females and 17 for males. The greater longevity of wom en means that as time passes a high proportion of surviving women with a long life expec tancy will be widows. This will raise a new problem for the social security system, for the widow’s pension allow ance under the present law is only roughly one-half of what a husband and wife receive. Facing a prospective life span of up to 20 years and having reached the age when disabili ties require medical care, these widows will find their pensions inadequate for their minimum needs. Inevitably, the experts concede, there will be pressure to increase the survivor’s allow ance. LONGER WORK LIFE In order to finance the in creases voted by the last Con gress, it was necessary to in crease the social security tax. Beginning in January, 1959, the tax for both employers and em ployees will be hiked from two and one quarter to two and one half percent. And after this year the tax will be levied on the first $4,800 instead of the first $4,200 of earnings. Even with the increase in tax es, social security experts are not certain that the social se curity system is yet on a sound financial basis. And if, as the experts predict, the proportion of elderly people to the total population continues to rise, the question arises can the economy support further demands for re tirement benefits? When it comes to giving an answer the economists are di vided. One school, however, be lieves further expansion of ben efits can be sustained without reducing the standard of living. They base this belief upon the fact that men and women, as their life span has increased, have worked more years than they did in the past. This long work life of the average worker, these economists maintain, has increased and will continue to increase the national income. • Jottings... (By BARBARA C. JENCKS) • THIS IS the space age. Man’s eye is focused upon the heavens with new interest. In a few days we mark the end of Space Year I. We find our con versations and our vocabularies still filled with scientific termi nology. We find our hearts still awed and still fearful. The world still defies the scientist who can place a moon in the heavens and send a rocket to the moon. Many still turn their backs upon the God who con trols these very heavens and who created a world. But, moreover, He created man so that one day he might gain the victory of outer space for an eternity in heaven. As Catho lics, we know that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is still the greatest victory over space and time. We know that our eyes must center way beyond Sput nik to God and our final desti ny. Will man’s new interest in the heavens bring him closer to the God? Little has been said about the spiritual aspects of the space age. Man looms great in this new role of creator. God fails to figure prominently. • SPACE YEAR I or not, this is still the year of Our Lord and this particular year is also the Year of Our Lady of Lourdes. Satellites may come and go but this truth remains. As Catholics, we have the op portunity each day to assist at Mass which, is offered on altars in every part of the world. God is still in His heavens and not a moment of the day passes but somewhere on earth, too, the sacrifice of the cross, the great est victory of Outer space, is offered. In this age of uncer tainty when new areas of con quest are opening and men are passing themselves off as gods, it is more important than ever that our sights be turned to God each day in adoration, petition and thanksgiving. We cannot survive on our own if we would win an eternity. • BECAUSE of the mysteries of science today and the re ports which are taken for grant ed, the mysteries of our faith are perhaps easier than ever be fore for young people to com prehend, a Sister-teacher told a class recently. If a youngster can believe that man can put a moon in the sky, why not even more easily believe the won derful accomplishments of a God who made both heaven and earth? Monsignor de Raeymae- ker, internationally famous phi losopher, has said that “Scien tists of past centuries have prac tically no impact on their mod ern counterparts but even the ancient philosophers continue to influence the minds of men.” Theologian Rev. James M. Egan, O.P., said recently that “The sciences vastly extend men’s knowledge, helping them fulfill the command of Gpd:, ‘Dominate the earth’.” But he also caution ed that they serve willingly the evil purposes of men and that the danger of standing at the threshold of outer space is in the fact that we still have so far to go in living on this earth in a human and Christian manner. • THIS gigantic increase of knowledge, the opening up of new areas, new discoveries, make it even more urgent that we seek the Wisdom which gives meaning and purpose and unity. God is master of space and of time and of man. As Catholics, we have the Mass. While pondering the mystery of the atom, the sputnik and the rocket, we so often fail to com prehend the full sweep of the power and glory of our relig ious heritage. Space Year I ends as does the Year of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven and Earth, who bore Him “whom the whole world cannot contain.” We as mortals in this age of space can each day tabernacle Him in our hearts. Man’s greatest glory is not that he has raised a satel lite to the heavens or reached the moon but simply that God loves him. Catholic Chaplains Honor Howland Shaw DETROIT — Former U. S. Diplomat G, Howland Shaw was honored by the American Cath olic Correctional Chaplains As sociation here. “His Brother’s Keeper” award was awarded by the Most Rev. Martin D. Mc Namara, D.D., of Joliet, Illinois. The honor was given in recog nition of Mr. Shaw’s faithful and efficient service for many years in the Near East. Weekly Calendar Of Feast Days (N.C.W.C. News Service) SUNDAY, October 5 — St. Placid and Companions, Mar tyrs. He was born in Rome of a patrician family in 515. At the age of seven his father took him to the monastery of Subiaco and at 13 he followed St. Benedict to establish a monastery. Five years later the place was over run by barbarians who burned everything to the ground. St. Placid, his two brothers, Euty- chius and Victorinus; his sister, Flavia, who had come to visit them; along with Donatus, Fir- matus, Faustus and some 30 other monks, were put to death for their faith. MONDAY, October 6 — St. Bruno, Confessor. The founder of the Carthusians was born in Cologne about 1030 and studied in Paris. He was made canon of Cologne and later held the same office at Rheims. With six companions determined to for sake the world, he retired to Grande Chartreuse. There they were welcomed by St. Hugh, Bishop of Grenoble. Later St. Bruno was called to Rome by a former disciple, Pope Urban II. The bustle of the city disturbed him. He retired to the moun tains of Calabria, where he founded a second Charterhouse. He died about 1101 and was canonized 500 years later. TUESDAY, October 7 — Feast of the Most Holy Rosary. This feast also commemorates St. Mary of Victory, a day which Pope Pius V instituted to be kept each year in memory of the victory granted to the Chris tians in a naval battle against the Turks after invoking the help of the Mother of God. WEDNESDAY, October 8 — St. Bridget of Sweden, Widow. She was a member of the Swed ish royal family born in 1034. She married Prince Ulpho of Sweden and they had eight children. Many years later she and her husband separated by (Continued on Page Five) 5ty* HuUrtitt 416 8TH ST., AUGUSTA, GA. Published fortnightly by the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, Inc., with the Approbation of the Most Reverend Arch bishop-Bishop of Savannah, The Most Reverend Bishop of Atlanta and the Right Reverend Abbot Ordinary of Belmont. Subscription price $3.00 per year. Second class mail privileges authorized at Monroe, Georgia. Send notice of change of address to P. O. Box 320, Monroe, Georgia. REV. FRANCIS J. DONOHUE REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN Editor Savannah Edition Editor Atlanta Edition JOHN MARKWALTER Managing Editor Vol. 39 Saturday, October 4, 1958 No. 9 ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1957-1958 GEORGE GINGELL, Columbus President E. M. HEAGARTY, Waycross Honorary Vice-President MRS. DAN HARRIS, Macon Vice-President TOM GRIFFIN, Atlanta —1 Vice-President NICK CAMERIO, Macon Secretary JOHN T. BUCKLEY, Augusta Treasurer ALVIN M. McAULIFFE, Augusta Auditor , JOHN MARKWALTER, Augusta ^ Executive Secretary MISS CECILE FERRY, Augusta Financial Secretary