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BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Only a very few years, ago
modern books written specifi
cally for Catholic children were
pitifully few and far between.
This dearth is fast being rem-
edid, however, and practically
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all publishers of Catholic books
now include a few juvenile
offerings on their semi-annual
lists. Many of them are of ex
cellent quality. Among the early
arrivals this fall were:
STORIES FROM THE NEW
TESTAMENT, by Piet Worm,
Sheed & Ward, $3.00—the third
in the series, of lavishly illus
trated Bible Stories by this gift
ed artist and architect, of Am
sterdam, Holland, who began
drawing pictures first for his
own two children. Like his pre
vious volumes of Old Testament
stories, this book is, done in gay
colors and much gold; the sim
ply written text is of secondary
interest to the vivid and lively
drawings. A splendid gift book.
AFIONG, a Story of West
Africa, by Mother Mary Elean
or, S. H. C. J„ Bruce, $2.25—an
enjoyable story, for ages 9 to
12, of a little African girl who
attends the “House of Book”
conducted by the white mis
sionary “Mudders” (Sisters of
the Holy Child Jesus) and
“Fadders” (St. Patrick Fathers)
and finds happiness in the Cath
olic faith. Although the author
states that all incidents of her
story really happened, the
denouement disappointingly de
pends on the miraculous de
struction of a native ju-ju
shrine. No doubt such phenom
ena can and do happen, but
young minds are all too easily
misled into attaching more im
portance to such incidents than
to the miracles of grace con
stantly wrought without fanfare
as a result of patient and per
severing prayer.
Previously published books
for children include the follow
ing, reviewed by Dorothy Todd:
THE BIG STORY, by Rev.
William Peil, Grail, 35c. This
little booklet explains to very
young children what it means
to be a member of the Mystical
Body of Christ. It is brought
about very effectively by means
of illustrations and simple lan
guage and will be helpful to
those charged with the respon
sibility of teaching children the
truths of holy faith.
MARGARET, by Sister M.
Juliana of Maryknoll, Sheed &
Ward, $2.00. Princess Margaret,
who became Queen of Scotland
when she married King Mal
colm, was such a kind and gen
erous lady that she brought up
nine orphans with her own eight
children. She had churches,
schools and hospitals built for
her people and even served
breakfast every morning to
twenty-four people. The story
of her full and useful life makes
interesting reading especially
for those who are named for
her.
RICHARD, by M. K. Richard
son, Sheed & Ward, $2.00. Rich
ard of Chichester did many dif
ferent things. He was first a
farmer, then a scholar and later
a Bishop. All during his life he
wanted only to know our Lord
more clearly, love Him more
dearly and follow Him more
nearly. After he died people all
over the country, who had not
realizzed that they had a great
saint living among them, began
praying to him for help and he
did not disappoint them. Three
great martyrs were named for
him.
THE FOUR EVANGELISTS,
by Katherine Wood, Kenedy,
$2.50. This book gives an ac
count of the lives of Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John and how
they happened to write the Gos
pels. Each one is different, al
though they all wrote about the
same thing. The many drawings
depict important events in their
lives, making it appealing to
children.
Pope Lauds Diocesan Synods As
Proofs Of Unchanging Value Of
Revealed Truth, Papal Teaching
THE BULLETIN, November 14, 1959—PAGE 7
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ROSMINI, by Claude Leet-
ham, Helicon, $7.50.
(Reviewed by Flannery
O’Connor)
Antonio Rosmini, philosopher,
statesman and priest, founder
of the Institute of Charity,, was
one of the great churchmen of
the 19th century. The causes he
spoke for then read like a cat
alogue of improvements that
have eventually come to pass in
the Church in the 20th century
or in some cases of matters that
are still in agitation. He favor
ed the revival of the philoso
phy of St, Thomas, the use of
the vernacular in the liturgy,
the necessity for an understand
ing of Eastern philosophies, and
native clergy. His political phi
losophy Was substantially that
of Leo XIII but preceed it by
half a century and was .regard
ed in its time as dangerous and
unrealistic. He was viciously
persecuted by high churchmen
who, according to G. Bozzetti
who provides the intfoductiori,
“thus transformed his testimony
into acute martyrdom.”
(N. C. W. C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY — His Holi
ness Pope John XXIII has hail
ed the convoking of diocesan
synods as solemn affirmations
of “the unchangeable value of
revealed truth and of pontifical
teaching.”
In a special audience the Pope
received 2,000 people from the
Italian city of Trieste where a
synod — a meeting of the cler
gy of the diocese to study and
take action on problems within
the diocese — had been recently
concluded.
The Pope said that the synod
was a “joyful response, not in
words in deeds, to those people
who are in the habit of claim
ing that spiritual and moral val
ues are becoming darkened and
who pessimistically refrain from
contributing to the world’s im
provement.”
The Pope said “a synod
solemnly affirms the unchange-
More than with his philoso
phical or political accomplish
ments the reader of this biogra
phy will be impressed with
Rosmini’s balanced good sense
in guiding the Institute of Cha
rity. He seems to have had the
only clear head in the insti
tute. Its members were the first
missionaries to the English in
the 19th century and some of
the most interesting parts of
this book deal with Rosmini’s
difficulty in controlling by cor
respondence their Italian ex
cesses in devotion. He was con
tinually having to restrain them
from forcing scapulars and rig
orous retreats on the English in
stead of instilling in them de
votion to the essentials of the
religion, or what he called the
“bread” of the faith rather than
the “sugar.” This is a rewarding
biography of a man full of good
sense.
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SAINTS AND OURSELVES,
Third Series, edited by Philip
Caraman, S.J., Kenedy, $3.50.
This collection of ten hagio
graphies by outstanding Catho
lic writers is refreshing. The
following three well travelled
saints are especially interesting:
St. Benedict Joseph Labre, the
holy hobo, who tramped around
Europe on perpetual pilgrim
ages; St. .Monica, who for. twen
ty years followed her wayward
son across. Africa and Europe;
and St. Catherine of Siena, who
after letters to the Pope in
which she addressed him as
“Dear little Bobbo,” and then
told him to be a man, trekked
from Siena to Avignon and per
suaded him to return to Italy.
CATHOLIC LITERARY
OPINIONS IN THE 19TH CEN
TURY, by- P. H. Vitale, Acade
my Library Guild, $3.75 — A
collection of literary criticisms
by Newman, Patmore, Hopkins
and others. Excellent for those
who have majored in English or
are literary minded. For any
one else, beware! The thesis
running through the different
essays is that not only the in
tellectual and moral as such,
but the religious and philoso
phic as well, are essential at
tributes of true greatness in lit
erature. — John Schroder, S.J.
able value of rev'ealed truth
and of pontifical teaching as the
sure norm of truth and of cer
tainty.”
“Your gesture confirms and
strengthens discipline and,
whenever there is need, it re
establishes order which is some
times weakened by mistaken
habits,” he added.
“In this way there is brought
into play a strong plan of moral
consolidation, demanding from
each one and from all together,
clergy and faithful, clarity of
ideas, a resolute will and sure
guidance.
“A synod also means fervor
for new and fruitful activities
in all fields of Catholic life from
the parish to the care of voca
tions; from the school to Catho
lic Action; from the press to
social action; from charitable
action to leisurely recreation . . .
“All this is the magnificient
affirmation of the Catholic
world and of its always re
newed effort to give those an
swers and those decisions which
alone can return order and
security to present day society.”
To a group of minor semi
narians and choir boys from
the Italian city of Rieti who
were also present the Pope said:
“There is nothing more com
forting to the heart of a bishop
— and we experienced it at
Venice— than to meet a living
crown of youth around the altar
and to discover in each one of
them some marked sign of piety,
of innocence and of gentleness
of behavior, leading him to heed
the invitation of the Master:
“Come and follow me.”
At the end of the audience
the Holy Father was presented
with a scale model of the Italian
ship Vittoria on which he had
traveled several times to the
Middle East. It was built by
members of the United Trieste
Shipyards.
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