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tude of “neglect and extreme
carelessness” that works against
the truth, and termed “ridicu
lous” the opinion that all relig
ions are equally true.
Passing on to the general sub
ject. of unity, the Pontiff de
clared: “A sincere love of truth
then is essential for all, whether
private citizens or those who
hold destinies of nations in their
hands, if they wish to attain
that harmony and peace from
which arise true prosperity,
whether of individuals or of
whole peoples.”
He warned that “if nations do
not aim at fraternal unity
that must rest on the precepts
of justice and be nourished by
charity, conditions of gravest
crisis remain.”
“As a result,” he continued,
“all prudent men complain and
grieve that it seems to be un
certain whether the same
events are moving toward the
establishing of a solid, true and
genuine peace or are slipping in
complete blindness toward a
new and frightful warlike con
flagration.
“We say complete blindness
for if — which God prevent ■—
a new war breaks out nothing
else will await or confront all
peoples, (such are the dreadful
armaments which our age
age brings into play), but ap
palling destruction and ruin,
and this whether they are vic
tor of vanquished.
“We therefore ask all, and
statesmen in particular, that
they ponder these matters pru
dently and earnestly before
God the judge; and, as a result,
with genuine good will, be rea
dy to try every approach which
may lead to the essential uni
ty .. .
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all the keys to personal happi- *
ness and world peace; it holds
them exclusively. But these
keys were never meant for just
a chosen few; they must be
shared with all men of all ages,
everywhere.
CONCRETELY th i s means
that Catholics are bound to
“talk-up” the Faith whenever a
good opportunity to do so pre
sents itself. When they prudent
ly can, they must inject the
Catholic viewpoint, correct mis
conceptions about religion or
Christianity, uphold Christian
morals, doctrine, discipline,
practice, etc.
ENTRANCE INTO religious
discussions should be always
guided by certain restraining
norms, however, because of the
highly pi'ejudicial circumstances
surrounding the subject.
FIRST, A CATHOLIC can
never hope to justify himself
in explaining the Faith out of
motives less worthy than a pure
desire for the greater glory of
God and the salvation of souls.
Personal ambition, intellectual
pride, bigotry or anger, all ren
der religious discussions largely
worthless form the beginning.
THROUGHOUT, more over,
charity must prevail. Dialogues
about religion can never be
allowed to deteriorate merely
into critiques, of persons pro
fessing the beliefs being dis
cussed. Sarcasm, cynicism, ridi
cule, and the like, are out of
place, if any lasting good is to
be accomplished.
EVERY religious dialogue,
finally should be governed by
true knowledge. Rather than
misdirect an inquirer, a Catho
lic should readily admit his de
ficiency on a point, promising
at the same time to look into
the truth of it. All of this under
scores, obviously, the need of
being well informed about reli
gion. In turn, this implies a
duty on the part of adult Catho
lics to read about their Faith in
both books and journals.
DISCUSSING R E L I GION,
then, is fundamentally a good
and useful occupation, provided
it is carried on in charity, wis
dom and prudence.
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STORM OUT OF CORN
WALL by S.M.C., Kenedy, $3.75.
When, in 1548, the English
Crown imposed the Book of
Common Prayer as a substitute
for the Mass, the Cornishmen of
the West rose up in rebellion.
This unsuccessful uprising, call
ed the “Prayerbook Rebellion,”
provides the historical frame
work for this newly published
novel.
S.M.C. is the pen name of a
Dominican Sister of the English
Services Held For
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ATLANTA, Ga.—F u n e r a 1
services for Mr. Claude E. Gam
brell were held June 17th at St.
Thomas More Church, Rev.
John W. Leahy officiating.
Survivors are Claude Brice
Gambrell, U. S. Navy, Great
Lakes, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Hartley, Pittsfield, Mass.;
Dr. Elizebeth Gambrell, Decatur,
Dr. and Mrs. N. R. McEwen,
Ashland, Va„ aunts and three
grandchildren.
Services For
J. S. Chisnell
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral
services for Joseph Syl Chisnell
were held June 18th at the Im
maculate Conception Church,
Rev. Rayner A. Dray officiatfriff.
Survivors are his wife the
former Julia Phillips; sisters,
Mrs. Agnes Nelson and Miss
Mary Lockridge; daughters, Mrs.
Frank P. Castellano and Mrs.
Johnnie Vanderburg, and three
grandchildren, all of Atlanta.
Theology
For The
Layman
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thing, too. It is the picture
making power by which we can
mentally reproduce sights seen,
sounds heard, textures touched,
tastes, scents. For the intellect,
the knowing power, it is a neses-
sary servant. Made as we are
we could not very well live in
a material universe without it.
But all too often it is a master,
substituting its pictures for the
hard effort the intellect should
be making, refusing to let the
intellect accept spiritual truths
simply because imagination can
not make pictures of them.
It is worth our while to pause
here and think over this domi
nance „ of imagination in our
selves—the times when we
meant to think some problem
out and imagination so distract
ed us that at the end of an hour
we realized no thinking had
been done; the times when we
made some good resolution, and
the mental picture of a girl or
a drink shattered the resolution
in an instant. And all because
in Adam we lost the gift of
integrity.
But it is not only as individ
uals that we were all involved
in the catastrophe; we were in
volved as a race too. In Adam
the race was tested. Before his
sin the race—in him—was
united with God: after, the uni
ty was broken. There had been
unity between the race and God,
now there was a breach between
them. Remember that, for God,
the race is a fact, a reality. Each
man is not only himself, he is a
member of the race.
Because Adam broke the uni
ty, his children were born mem
bers of a fallen race, a race no
longer at one with God—a race,
therefore, to which heaven was
closed. A given man might be
virtuous; but he was a virtuous
member of a fallen race. Loving
God, he might gain sanctifying
grace, which means the power
to live the life of heaven, but
he still belonged to a race to
which heaven was closed. Only
if the breach between his race
and God could be healed, could'
he attain his own destiny, reach
heaven; even naturally we are
members one of another.
This is ihe problem created by
congregation of St. Catherine of
Siena. Most of her religious life
has been devoted to teaching,
with writing as a sideline. This
sideline, however, has resulted
in several novels, including the
very popular Brother Peiroc's
Return, and biographies of
Princess Margaret of Hungary,
St. Vincent Ferrar, and others.
An early book of folklore,
Once in Cornwall, preceded this
novel laid in that section of the
British Isles. Unlike earlier re
bellions against the Crown, the
Western uprising' of 1548 was
fermented by the people, Corn
wall's artisans and peasants.
They were first driven to revolt
when the King’s commissioners
desecrated the statues in their
churches. Twelve months after
the revolt was put down, when
the Common Prayer service was
introduced, they rose again. A
great march, planned to carry
the Cornish cause to London,
ended at Exeter where the Cor
nishmen were crushed by the
royal army.
It is in terms of the Cornish
common folk, characterized by
the novel’s pivotal figure, the
youth Michael Penlee, that the
drama builds to its climax.
Michael, after fleeing from the
scene of the struggle, joins the
beseiged army in time to per
form a final act of courage be
fore the ultimate disaster over
takes the rebel cause.
This new novel is a welcome
addition to the store of historical
fiction from the Catholic point
of view; and those who enjoyed
Brother Peiroc's Return will be
happy to hear more from its au
thor who hides her personality
behind so shy a pen name.
Mrs. James Ragon
Atlanta Services
ATLANTA — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. James (Julie) Ra
gon were held June 30th at the
Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Cla
rence J. Biggers officiating.
Survivors are Miss Leonora
Ragon, Miss Rosalee Ragon, Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Coursey, Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Ragon, Mrs.
E. R. McDonald, Charleston, S.
C.; Mr. and Mrs. William G.
Ragon, Mr. and Mrs. Don Dug
ger, Deland, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
James R. Leidgen and great
grandchildren.
Four Georgians
Graduate From
Catholic University
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
Catholic University of America
recently graduated four resi
dents of Georgia:
Three from Atlanta: James
Marshall Schafer, 850 Starlight
Circle, N.E., received the Bach
elor of Mechanical Engineering
degree; Lucy Benedict Hep
burn,1388 Harvard Road, N.E.,
was awarded the Bachelor of
Arts degreee; and Sister M.
Raymond McMahon, C.S.J., 64
Baker Street, N.E., received the
degree of Master of Arts from
the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences.
Charlie R. Harvey, 721 Fourth
Avenue, Columbus, was award
ed the degree of Master of
Science in Library Science.
The presentation took place
at Catholic University’s 70th
Annual Commencement Exer
cises, held June 7.
LIGHT IN SILENCE, by
Claude Koch, Dodd Mead, $3.50.
This i is a distinguished, some
times very funny, occasionally
tedious novel, set in a commun
ity of brothers on the heights
above the Niagara Gorge.
Worldly interests and pride of
intellect have impinged on what
was once a simple mendicant or
der. The action of the novel is
built around the events which,
restore its original spirit to the
Community of St. Bardolph.
What is required to get rid of
the evil is sanctity and Mr.
Koch’s portrait of the saint —
an old brother known as The
Pirate — is both believable and
appealing. With great ease he
accomplishes one of the most
difficult tasks a novelist can set
himself. The Pirate, who teaches
English and attends condemned
movies, disguised in an ancient
sweater — embarrasses the
“progressive” elements of the
community by having a vision
during the week when the state
examiners are to arrive.
Character’s outside of the or
der are less successfully treat
ed, the book is about a hundred
pages too long, but a very fine
performance withal.
—F. O’Connor
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difficulties that arise and the
heroic demands that are made
on those who follow their voca
tion.
The three Sisters — identified
only as an Ursuline, Sister of
Charity and Sister of Notre
Dame ■— were critical of the
film, all expressing the opinion
that it fails to picture the true
spirit of religious life.
The Ursuline commented that
she hopes non-Catholics will dis
tinguish that the story is of one
nun in one order, “but I don’t
know how they can keep from
making generalizations if they
have had no previous contacts
with nuns, unless they are un
usually open-minded . . .” She
said some Catholics “will have a
struggle not to put them (nuns)
into the same category . .
The Sister of Charity writes
that she regrets the film was
made. “This is convent life as
seen by a girl who, despite her
manifest sincerity, was most de
cidedly not called to religious
life,” she says.
The Sister of Notre Dame also
expresses the fear non-Catholics
will take “The Nun’s Story” as a
picture of all religious life. “It
is almost impossible for them
not to form this judgment,” she
writes, adding: “As portrayed
here, the religious life seems
grim, friendless, lacking in spi
ritual life and warmth.”
The magazine’s film critic,
Moira Walsh, says that the film
is “a masterly job of conveying
the book’s spiritual essence in a
medium which usually defies ef
forts to use it as a conductor for
a spiritual theme.”
Pointing out that some of the
events in the family of the
book’s main character do not
conform to the truth regarding
the real family of the woman on
whose life the book was based,
Miss Walsh comments:
“Miss Hulme is correct in
claiming an author’s privilege
of selecting and inventing de
tails. However, she would prob
ably admit that, had she any
idea that the book would achieve
its overwhelming success and
would therefore be placed under
a searching microscope, she
would have been more careful
that her fictional embroidery
was not susceptible to this
charge.”
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tracing the development of the
Sacramental life of the Church
up to the present day.
The Theology Library was
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the sin of the representative
man. The race had been at one
with God; it was no longer at ‘
one; the central problem was at-
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