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sons for their neglect of this
obligation:
“Do you . . . believe you cele
brate the divine sacrifice who
ignore the collection box, who
come to church without an of
fering for the sacrifice . . .?”
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St. Cyprian’s words here
clearly indicate that even in the
early Church there was need to
use strong language at times in
admonitions on Church support.
Another similar example is a
sermon given by the great St.
Augustine, who presided over
the diocese of Hippo in the fifth
century:
“Therefore set aside a portion
and assign a certain fixed
amount either from your annu
al income or from your daily
gain ... It is remarked that
the pharisees gave tithes . . .
And what does our Lord say?
‘Unless your justice abound
more than that of the Scribes
and Pharisees, you shall not en
ter the Kingdom of Heaven.
(Hence, your offerings) should
surpass a tenth part. But you
do not even give a thousandth
part. How can your justice
abound more than his when you
do not even equal his?” ’
Reduced to their most basic
terms, the rules for Cfrtirch
support are as true today as
they ever were. The poor need
not give anything; others need
give only in accordance with
their means; the amount given
by those who possess more
should, consequently, exceed
what is given by those not so
well off.
Q. If a person really can'i
think of a single sin io confess
(say that he is in the habit of
confessing once a week), can he
still receive absolution?
A. A person who fails to- 1 con
fess at least one sin cannot pos
sibly receive absolution. Of its
very nature, absolution from
sin demands the presence of
sin to be absolved from.
A person who sincerely can
not recall at least one sin from
his last confession (a highly im
probable hypothesis since Sac
red Scripture itself states that
even the just -man sins several
times daily) should confess at
least one sin from his past life
for which he is willing to re
new sorrow. A simple formula
to follow is: “I am sorry for all
the sins of my past life, espe
cially for the sin of (here name
a specific sin, such as dishon
esty or lying or uncharity, etc.)
PROBLEM OF OBSCENITY
TO THE FORE AS A NEW
CONGRESS SESSION MEETS
THE BULLETIN, January 23, 1960—PAGE 5
Theology for
The Layman
(Continued from Page 4)
ourselves looking at the effects
upon the members, so far as
these are outwardly visible, The
Church can be seen to be holy
because she teaches a holy doc
trine, she offers to all the means
of holiness, and the saints there
to show how immeasurably ef
fective these means can be. All
three are vast topics. We can at
least glance at them.
That she teaches a holy doc
trine we know, in the fullness
of its reality, by faith. But even
one who has no faith, and either
differs from the Church as to
what holiness or even dismisses
holiness as of no account in a
busy world, can see one plain
fact. In her teaching she al
ways cleaves to her own stand
ard of holiness—that the will of
God is absolute. She never al
lows deviation from it for any
reason whatsoever; worldly ad
vantage, human weakness, she
knows about these things; but
she never allows them to affect
her utterance of God’s law.
She has had popes who made
By J. J. Gilberi
WASHINGTON — The ques
tion of obscenity in pictures
and print is prominently before
the second session of the 86th
Congress which has just begun.
Senators and representatives
have probably received more
mail from constituents regard
ing this problem than at any
time in the past. Certainly
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerfield has received more
such mail than any of his pre
decessors, largely because of
his own spirited and sustained
effort to awaken the general
public to the evil.
Hearings will be held in
Congress. Rep. Kathryn E.
Granahan already has schedul
ed sessions of her House Postal
Operations Subcommittee be
ginning .February 2, to study
the “need for improving” the
motion picture industry’s self-
regulatory system, and the pos
sibility of setting up a similar
program among publishers. The
question of obscene matter may
also come up on the Senate side,
possibly in inquiries into the
state and causes of juvenile de-
no fetish of personal holiness,
but not one of them ever tried
to re-word the law of God to
allow for the indulgence of his
own temptations. And no other
human quality has ever taken
precedence of holiness. Her he
roes are the saints: she inserts
into her liturgy masses for
saints, but not for individual
popes, however great, unless
they too happened to be saints.
And if anyone be tempted to
smile cynically at that last
word, remember that only two
popes of the last four hundred
years have been canonized.
Of the means of holiness as
of the teaching, the same dis
tinction must be drawn between
what her members know by
faith and their own experience,
and what is plainly visible to
anyone who cares to look.
Of this last sort are, to pluck
a few almost at random, the
ways in which she aids her
members to live according to
the holiness she has taught
them. Even one who does not
believe in sacramental Confes
sion. must at least admit that
the Church which requires it
takes the battle with sin serious
ly. The daily • examination of
conscience she urges upon us
witnesses in the same direction,
as are the annual of more fre
quent retreats that she pro
vides.
There is no take-it-or-leave-it
about the Church’s condemna
tion of sin and urging to holi
ness. Consider another thing:
the spiritual writings of her
greatest children are read not
only by her own members, but
by men of all faiths. St. Augus
tine’s Confession, The Imitation
of Christ, St. Francis de Sales’
Introduction to the Devout Life
are read by Christians outside
the Church as they read no
books by writers of their own
faith.
More upon the means of holi
ness the Church offers, and a
rapid look at the evidence of
the saints will come in the next
article.
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Meanwhile the utter gravity
of the situation has been em
phasized here by an authority
few can question.
“The morals of America are
beseiged today by an unprin
cipled force which will spare
no home or community In its
quest for illicit profits,” this
man stated in a message spread
throughout the country.
“I am speaking of the un
questionably base individuals
who spread obscene literature
across our land through the
means of films, decks of play
ing cards, photograph, ‘comic’
books, salacious magazines, pa
perbacked books and other por
nographic products,” he added.
“These forms of obscenity in
deed threaten the morality of
our nation and its richer treas
ure — our young people.”
He charged that “forces of
evil” are working “to contami
nate all that we hold decent,”
and said “the most disgusting
part” of it all is that “youth is
subjected to lurid exhibitions of
obscenity in many of the places
where they seek clean enter
tainment.”
He said “it is also a grevious
fact that drugstores and ‘sweet
shops,’ pleasant meeting places
for the past generations, now
display publications which a
few years ago would have a
place in only the bawdiest of
gathering places. These signs of
moral decay, tolerated by ad
ults, cannot help but debase
the thinking of our impression
able teen-agers.”
He declared that “this dia
bolical business is costing this
nation much more than money.
It is robbing our country and
particularly our younger gen
eration of decency — it is a
seedbed for delinquency among
juveniles and depravity among
all ages.”
He pointed to a sharp in
crease in sex crimes, and add
ed: “This truly shocking and
shameful state of affairs is
made even more deplorable by
the knowledge that sex crimes
and obscene and vulgar litera
ture go hand in hand.”
“If we are going to survive
m o r a 11 y,” he concluded,
“Americans must search with
in themselves for the answers
to these questions: Have local
governing authorities investi
gated to ensure that laws
against smut salesmen in their
communities are strong en
ough? Is the public outcry of
sufficient strength to impress
local judges with the need of
defending morality by sentenc
ing filth purveyors to maxi
mum terms? Are community
and civic groups cooperating
with law enforcement authori
ties in fighting this debasing
blight?”
The man who painted this
shocking picture of the threat
of obscenity is J. Edgar Hoo
ver, director of the Federal Bu
reau of Investigation. He was
not talking to a church group.
He was speaking, through a
message in the FBI Law En
forcement Bulletin, “to all law
enforcement officials.”
MARRIAGES
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AUGUSTA — Miss Evelyn
Marie O’Byrne, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Allen O’Byrne of
Augusta and Mr. John Franklin
Bennett, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Franklin Bennett,
Sr., of Augusta, were married
December 27th at St. Patrick’s
Church, Rev. Arthur A. Weltzer
officiating.
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DECATUR — Miss Dannie
Sue Mackin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Avery of Decatur
and Richard Wilkinson Bell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene N. Bell
of Birmingham were married at
St. Thomas More Church, Rev.
Jarlath Burke officiating.
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SAVANNAH —Miss Eliza
beth Ann Pacifici, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Pacifici
of Boston, Mass., and Kenneth
Smith Harrelson, son of Mrs.
Poole Harrelson, were married
December 27th at the Sacred
Heart Church, Rev. Damian
Muldowney officiating.
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WONG-CHU
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SAVANNAH — Miss Joan
Chu, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ting Shan Chu of Savannah
Beach and William Luke Wong,
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Wong of Atlanta were married
December 27th at the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, Rt. Rev.
Msgr. T. James McNamara offi
ciating.
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Cardinal Wszynski
Most Influential
Man In Poland
The author of the following
article is editor of the Catholic
Review, Baltimore archdiocesan
weekly, who recently returned
from a fact-finding visit to the
Soviet Union.
(By Gerard E. Sherry)
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
Wladyslaw Gomulka may be
the political boss in Poland, but
the man who has the most in
fluence is His Eminence Stefan
Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of
that country.
This is the opinion of a Pol
ish lawyer whom I interviewed
recently at Warsaw airport.
He said that the effects of
the 1956 Poznan riots were still
being felt in all parts of Poland.
While Mr. Gomulka had origi
nally eased the communist pres
sures on the people, he is once
more applying the screws both
economically and from the point
of view of the Church, he said.
I asked him how the people
had answered the regime’s new
pressure tactics. He said:
“Take the case of attacks on
the Church and its priests. Ev
ery time this happens, the peo
ple go in droves to demonstrate
where they stand. They pack
the churches, not only for Sun
day Mass but also for evening
services, special novenas and
pilgrimages. They can’t demon
strate in the streets so they go
before the Tabernacle. This ap
plies not only to older people.
Many young persons keep their
OBITUARIES
Services For
Mrs. Powers
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Charlotte Powers,
were held January 2nd at the
Most Blessed Sacrament
Church.
Savannah Services
For John Cuthbert
SAVANNAH—Funeral serv
ices for John Charles Cuthbert
were held Januady 2nd at the
Most Blessed Sacrament
Church.
Survivors are a son, Charles
B. Cuthbert; four grandchil
dren; several nieces and
nephews.
SAVANNAH — Miss Cath
erine T. Cooley, daughter of
Mrs. Michael T. Cooley and
Walter Leacy Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Xavier Smith
were married January 2nd at
the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. James
McNamara officiating.
Faith despite the communist in
roads in education and leisure.”
“Everywhere the Cardinal
goes,” he said, “crowds gather.
Whenever communist dignitaries
go places, the crowds have to be
marshaled. The mood of the
audiences also is completely
different. For the Cardinal
there are sincere cheers of joy;
for Gomulka, the crowds are
often sullen and silent.”
"There's a greai shortage of
priests. Seminarians are being
drafted into the army. Many
parish buildings are inadequate
for services or social activities.
Rebuilding is at the whim of
the communists. They have re
built some war-damaged cathe
drals and churches to give for
eigners an impression of bene
volence towards the Church.
However, they create so many
impediments in the way of
building new parishes and
buildings that the work of the
Church is slowed in this field.
"The one bright hope is the
faith of our Polish people. At
present Poland is a land of
great religious fervor. If it can
be kept this way, then we have
nothing to fear, no matter what
the communists may plan for
us in the futire. After all, we
must not forget that we also
have Mary, Queen of Poland, as
our protectress."
Services For
Mrs. Weaver
Funeral services for Mrs.
Margaret Gallagher Weaver, a
former Savannahian died iii
York, Pa., were held January
2nd at St. Joseph’s Churchy
York, Pa.
Survivors are her husband,
Louis S. Weaver of York; a
daughter, Romaiane; a son,
Louis, Jr.; her mother, Mrs.
Blanche Sheahan Gallagher, of
Savannah; an uncle, Eugene
Sheahan, of Wattsville, Ala.; an
aunt, Mrs. Annie Goidbold, of
Savannah; a sister, Mrs. Rich*
ard C. McNamara, of Savannah,
Services For
E. E. Costello
AUGUSTA—Funeral service*
for Emmet Donoghue (Donnie)
Costello were held January
13th at the Sacred Heart
Church, Rev. Gerald Arm
strong, S.J., officiating.
Survivors are three nieces,
Mrs. W. A. Cashin, Mrs. W. H.
Holmes and Mrs. Thomas E.
Bailey, all of Augusta; a neph
ew, Edward Mulherin of
Lorain, Ohio.
Atlanta Services
Mrs. Mary Thurston
ATLANTA—Funeral services
for Mrs. Mary E. Thurston were
held December 31st at the Ca
thedral of Christ the King, Rev.
John F. McDonough officiating.
Mrs. Mary G. Davies
Services In Atlanta
ATLANTA—Funeral services
for Mrs. Mary Green Davies
were held January 8th at Our
Lady of Assumption Church,
Rev. Richard Morrow offici
ating.
Survivors are four sons,
Charles F. Davies, Bogota, N. J.;
Harry J. Davies, Los Angles,
Calif.; Alexander P. Davies,
Lompoc, Calif.; and Joseph
Davies, Tucson, Ariz.; one
daughter, Mrs. Robert L. Mc
Gowan.
Savannah Services
Mrs. Annie Hall
SAVANNAH — Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Annie F. Hall, were
held January 11th in the Chapel
of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Survivors are two sons, Han
sel L. Hall, of Richmond, Va.;
and Julian W. Hall of Decatur.