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ATLANTA, GA. BEN OWEN CO. WHOLESALE BUILDERS HARDWARE OVERHEAD DOOR COMPANY DEVOE PAINT 1230 MORRIS ROAD P. O. BOX 827 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA BOOK REVIEWS THE BULLETIN, December 26, 1&59-PAGE 7 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. MODERN GLOOM AND CHRISTIAN HOPE, by Hilda Graef, Regnery, $3.50. Miss Graef states that her “present brief study of modern thought and literature is in tended solely as a criticism of contemporary pessimism from the Christian point of view,” that its purpose is “to analyze the works of some representa tives of this thought and to show its opposition to an au thentic Christian outlook, with its emphasis on hope and its rejection of ‘dread’ and despair, the pet subject of so much re cent writing.” Her criticism im plies no literary judgments, she says, and her point of view is “solely that of the Christian, for whom hope is one of the theological virtues and despair a sin ...” Anyone who has been puzzled by such popular contemporary terms as “existentialism,” “an gry young men,” “outsiders,” who has wondered about the sources of the marked tendency to gloom encountered in current philosophy and literature, will appreciate the light that Miss Graef’s little book throws on these perplexing questions. Af ter sketching briefly the thought of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sar tre and others, she discusses the “diseased, meaningless world” reflected in the novels of Si mone de Beauvior and Francoise Sagan, the rebellious writings of John Osborne and Colin Wil son, the combination of “exis tentialist attitudes and Chris tian faith” found in such Cath olic writers as Gabriel Marcel, Francois Mauriac and Graham Green; and finally two moderns whom she calls “poets of Chris tian hone,” Paul Claudel and T. S. Eliot. From Hollywood To Kenya Is Story Of Lay Missioner NYERI, KENYA, (NC)—From a Hollywood sound stage to a Kenya mission school would be an impossible step for most people—but not for Nora O’- Mahony. Miss . O’Mahony, formerly a member of Dublin’s Abbey Theater players, has in recent years appeared on stage, screen and television in the U. S. She had roles in the Holywood films “The Remarkable Mrs. Penny- pocker” and “Darby O’Gill and the Little People.” Today she teaches English to African girls in a Nyeri mission school. Miss O’Mahony became inter ested in the lay missionary apostolate after reading an article in the Tidings, Los An geles archdiocesan newspaper. The article described the work of the Lay Mission Help ers Association. Last year she took training courses at the or- BEST WISHES From PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY 1330 Warren Ave. Columbus, Ga. COMMERCIAL PRINTERS Incorporated Printers and Lithographers 1029 THIRTEENTH STREET PHONE FAIR 4-1308 COLUMBUS. GA. T!f Accused Of Presenting ‘Basically Mediocre Image’ Of America And Americans In her final chapter she quotes at length from the Epistle to the Romans in which “almost two thousand years be fore our present neo-pagan fash ion of pessimism and despair, St. Paul elaborated a theology of hope,” and she concludes, in opposition to the “contem porary prophets of gloom that even this world is not all pain and frustration, that life holds joy as well as grief . . . that even the sufferings, of this life, which so hypnotize our gloomy contemporaries, can be com pletely transformed by faith.” Recommended for high school libraries, as well as for adults. (N.C.W.C. News Service) WASHINGTON — Television is presenting a “basically me diocre image” of America and Americans, a Catholic priest has told the Federal Communica tions Commission. Father William F. Lynch, S.J., also warned that the “oceans of fantasy and dreams and distortions” presented by the mass media could eventual ly make Americans “not willing or able to face the political or military decision history some times calls for.” Father Lynch made the state ment (Dec. 11) during hearings by the FCC on radio and tele vision network programming policies, and the extent of its powers to regulate these pol- The Jesuit educator, a mem ber of the faculty at George town University, is the author of a recently published book, “The Image Industries,” that is strongly critical of the U. S. mass media. In his statement to the FCC, Father Lynch urged the crea tion of “a national group of competent citizens” which would issue periodic reports on television’s “achievement or lack of achievement ... in the order of art, entertainment, in formation and education.” He said he is “deeply con cerned” about the “qualitative and cultural level of the pro gram work of the TV industry.” “It is the basically mediocre image of ourselves and the im age of this nation, as it is be ing projected to ourselves and to the world by TV, that is bothering millions of Ameri cans,” he stated. Father Lynch contended that the problem of television quali ty “cannot be handled ade quately by any regulatory pro cess.” He continued: “The really cri tical problem is that of the qua lity and balance of the pro graming offered to a whole nation in such a way as to cre ate the danger of fostering a national imagination and cul ture that is not worth living for and not worth dying for . . . “We could make every possi ble sacrifice to defend the na tion, but it is necessary to ask whether it is possible that, if we do nothing about the state of our most habitual images and rhythms as they are being fos tered by TV, we will have no thing on our hands worth de fending.” Father Lynch said the nation al citizens’ board he has in mind to report on television would actually help to “give the indus try the freedom it needs to do better work.” “Now it is not free, though it uses all the time-honored terms of free enterprise,” he said. He explained that the tel evision industry is at present under too much pressure from advertisers to be truly free. ganization’s Los Angeles head quarters. Then abruptly she was of fered five jobs at once—two movie roles, parts in two Broad way plays, and a position in a Kenya school operated by the Consolata Fathers. She chose the mission post. Though primarily a teacher now, Miss O’Mahony has not lost touch altogether with the world of the stage. As a side project, she is directing an operetta to be produced by seminarians at St. Paul’s Semi nary here. The former actress thinks more Catholics should try the way of life she has chosen. “If every Catholic who is free of obligations would give a few years to God in the missions, the way many young men must give years to military service— what a benefit it would be in the mission field,” she declared. Indian Church Facing ‘Dawn Of Bright New Day’ STATE AWARD FOR BISHOP GEROW (N.C.W.C. News Service) WEST BADEN SPRINGS, Ind. — The Church in India fac es “the dawn of a bright new day,” said a Jesuit missionary who has spent 32 years in that country. Speaking to theology students at West Baden College, Jesuit seminary here, Father John J. Brennan, S.J., declared: “Never before in the 400 years of Jesuit missionary activity in India has the field been so ripe for the harvest.” Recently returned from the Patna mission conducted by the Jesuits of the Chicago Province, Father Brennan, who was sta tioned at Krist Raja (Christ the King) High School, cited the following “recent develop ments” as the basis of his op timistic view: 1. Church leadership is pass ing more into the hands of na tive Indians. “In 1947,” he not ed, “only eight, of the 40 Cath olic Bishons of India were In dians; today, 40 out of 65 are Indians.” 2. Native vocations are on the increase. “The South Indian state of Kerala alone sends 400 missionaries yearly to other parts of India,” Father Bren nan said. 3. The Constitution of India, drawn up in 1947, recognizes “the right to practice, profess, and propagate the religion of one’s choice.” Moreover, it safe guards the right of religious mi norities to establish and operate schools of their own, he said. 4. The caste system, “a great obstacle to conversions,” is be ginning to crumble. “In north India,” said Father Brennan, “Christianity could make head way for the most part only with the lower castes, so it became chiefly associated with the ig norant and the outcast, making it an object of scorn for the in tellectual and influential.” 5. Influential Indians are at taching greater value to the in stitutions and the teachings of the Church. “Our schools,” said the missionary, “are recognized as among the best in the coun try.” Father Brennan pointed out that Catholic schools “are ed ucating many boys from the in fluential families of India.” “While comparatively few of these boys are converted in school, they are carrying away with them a sound Christian moral training and an appreci ation for the Church which will greatly influence their activities and judgments as the leaders of the country in the future,” he said. (N.C.W.C. News Service) JACKSON, Miss. — Bishop Richard O. Gerow of Natchez- Jackson, Miss., has been named a 1960 recipient of an award given for outstanding service to the state of Mississippi. He was chosen to receive one of the 1960 First Federal Foun dation Awards, along with for mer Gov. Hugh L. White of Mississippi and Rex I. Brown, chairman emeritus of the board of the Mississippi Power and Light Company. Bishop Gerow’s selection was announced by J. D. Williams, chancellor of the University of Mississippi, which administers the program. The awards were established by the First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Jackson. The 1960 awards will be pre sented to Bishop Gerow, Mr. White and Mr. Brown at a tele vised banquet here on January 29th. Announcing Bishop Gerow’s selection, Mr. Williams said he is “well known and highly re spected throughout the state both as a religious leader and as a man of deep patriotic and hu manitarian interests.” “Mississippi and its interests has no more devoted advocate,” he said. Bishop Gerow, 74, was born in Mobile, Ala., on May 3, 1885. Ordained in Rome in 1909, he held various posts in the Mobile diocese until being named Bish op of Natchez in 1924. ZELLAH’S FLOWER SHOP SUMMER FLOWERS WEDDINGS • FUNERALS • PARTIES WE DELIVER 421 Moreland Ave., N. E. 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