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ONE IS ONLY HUMAN, by
G. B. Stern, Regnery, $3.50. ’
(Reviewed by Elizabeth Hester)
The English have a special
breed of their own which is at
once very clever and erudite
and, with it all, somewhat sog-
gily given to sentimentalizing
animals, or cricket, or some pe
culiarly English institution.
This sentimentalizing not infre
quently takes an inverted form,
wherein the object in question
is lambasted far out of propor
tion to its real importance. G.
B. Stern is one such — a mas
sive lady in her late sixties now
—who has authored a great
many books and who some
years ago became a convert to
the Catholic faith.
This short book is a gentle
rather loosely assembled dis
cussion of commonplace sins,
mostly •— as the title suggests
— of a venial type. As she is in
the class of Englishmen describ
ed above, Miss Stern’s discus
sion bears down repeatedly if
not heavily on the unfortunate
tendency in many animal lov
ers to endow their pets with
souls. This will find applica
tion in America, but probably
not to the proportionate degree
that the very British Miss Stern
sees fit to give it. There is also
a pleasantly edifying discourse
on One-Upmanship: Catholic
Angle; Miss Stern calls it “scor
ing.”
The author teeters constantly
on the edge of a marsh of cute
ness and coyness, but, remark
ably, never quite falls into the
mire. Though one feels uneasy
about it, it must be said of Miss
Stern that she has the compe
tence to charm. The fact that
she does so on topics of con
science lends some worth to
One Is Only Human.
SEARCH FOR SANCTITY,
by Abbot Damian Jentges,
O.S.B., Academy Library' Guild,
$3.95.
(Reviewed by Margot Atwood)
Abbot Damian Jentges brings
to this book twenty-seven years
of experience in spiritual guid
ance: lay and religious retreats,
missions, private direction and
conducting the “Question Box”
column in “St. Joseph Maga
zine.
His book deals with six peo
ple who were under the Abbot’s
direction and whose problems
correspond to the most common
ones encountered by lay people.
The book is divided into four
cycles of one year and each in
terview is recorded as it took
place. This heightens the read
er’s interest, as the story con
tinues. One is struck with the
fact that the story of a soul, as
it grows in the love of God, is
indeed a great adventure of the
first order, whether the soul
concerned is a 60-year-old
grandmother, a convert bache
lor or career girl, a “cradle-
Catholie” mother of seven, or
the father of four, or an imma
ture teenager.
Abbot Jentges’ guidance does
not neglect the physical aspects
of life in stressing the spiritual.
Each of the six persons, and the
reader as well, is made to un
derstand the significance of ev
eryday occurances in his rela
tionship with God. Solutions are
worked out for many of the
most common problems (steady
dating by teenagers; obligation
of children in caring for an al
coholic mother; relationship
toward fallen-away Catholics;
the search for one’s vocation —
to name only a few.)
Explanations of the Church’s
stand on current events are
brought in. Spiritual reading
for different ages and intellects
is suggested. Prayer, trust in
God and frequent reception of
the sacraments are stressed.
Search for Sanctity is rich in
common sense advice for all
sorts of people who want to live
deeper spiritual lives.
THE COMMUNIST PERSUA
SION, by Eleutherius Winance,
O.S.B., Kenedy.
(Reviewed by Margot Atwood)
The subtitle of this 225-page,
well outlined book is “A per
sonal Experience of Brainwash
ing.” Father Winance, a Belgian
Benediction missionary and uni
versity professor, spent fifteen
years teaching in China, twenty-
six months under the Red re
gime. He was expelled in 1952
and now teaches philosophy at
St. John’s University, College-
ville, Minnesota.
His book is divided into three
parts: 1. Technique and psychol
ogy of indoctrination. Four-hour
long meetings (Hsio-Hsi) held
three times a week, oftener and
longer if the need arose, were
just a part of the program of
persuasion. 2. Trial and expul
sion. Included is a diary-like
account of the author’s arrest,
trial and painful journey half
way across China to be “banish
ed forever.” 3. Cause and effect.
A study of the writings of the
Chinese Communists combined
with news coming out of China
and the author’s own experi
ences gives insight into the
methods used in subjugating the
Church in China, the efficiency
of brainwashing, the cost of
material progress (slavery) and
the analysis of the present
situation.
Any discussion of present-day
China is depressing and one is
filled with horror at the diaboli
cal treatment of men’s minds.
This book is no exception. The
author seems more at ease in
the first and last parts than in
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THE BULLETIN, May St!, " »50—rA T ^
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HANDBOOK ON OCCUPATIONS
WASHINGTON, (NC) —The
chief of the U.S. Air Force re
search and development said
here that development of warn
ing and communications satel
lites is essential to U.S. security.
Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever
told delegates to the golden ju
bilee Catholic Press Association
convention that observance
satellites will . help offset the
Soviets’ secrecy advantage.
Gen. Schriever joined other
top authorities in the space and
missile field in a special con
vention session (May 11).
Those taking part included
Dr. T. Keith Glennan, admini
strator of the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra
tion (NASA); Dr. Homer E.
Newell, deputy director of its
space flight program; Milton
Rosen, its deputy director of
vehicles; and George W. Low,
chief of its manned space
flight program.
Dr. Newell conceded in his
talk that sometimes it is difficult
to “foresee specific applications”
of NASA research programs in
outer space.
However;, he added, “the fact
that the laws of the universe
form the very basis of our en
gineering sciences underscores
the need to pursue this part of
the program vigorously.”
In his talk, Gen. Schriever
predicted great advantages to
the U.S. from the MIDAS satel
lite now being developed. Pur
pose of the MIDAS, he said, is
“to detect missile firings” and
to give the U.S. advance warn
ing time in which to prepare
against missile attack.
his description of his ordeal.
We need to understand Com
munist methods. This book is a
big help in this, as well as a
tentative explanation of the ac
tion of some of the Church’s
hierarchy in China.
MARTHA, MARTHA, by Pat
ricia McGerr, Kenedy, $3.95.
(Reviewed by Marlha Fowler)
“Martha, Martha, thou art
anxious and troubled about
many things and yet only one
thing is needful. Mary has chos
en the best part and it will not
be taken away from her.” These
words spoken by Jesus form
the basis for this interesting
biblical novel.
The first few chapters tell of
the happy family life of Martha,
Mary, Lazarus and their father
in the town of Bethany. Events
move swiftly all through this
book to an exciting climax. The
incidents that followed the an
nouncement of Martha’s forth
coming marriage lead to tragedy
that almost destroys the sisters.
Who but Christ could judge
whether Martha’s unforgiving
bitterness or Mary’s adultery
was the worse sin?
Martha’s faith in God and
man was boosted when Jesus
raised Lazarus from the dead,
but it was only on Calvary that
she fully understood His virordS
of rebuke to her.
Miss McGerr, known to mys
tery fans as the author of seven
Crime Club mysteries, has
blended imaginative details with
known facts from the Gospels
and tradition in this, her first
serious full-length work, to tell
the story of these beloved sis
ters as it might have happened.
Her conception of the apostles,
especially of Judas the betrayer,
is particularly convincing and
adds much to the readability of
this excellent book.
Anfi-smut Bill
'Buried' In
The Senate
WASHINGTON—A con
gressional leader in the fight
against obscene literature has
complained that an antismut
bill she is sponsoring has been
“buried in a Senate committee.”
Rep. Kathryn E. Granahan of
Pennsylvania made the charge
(May 13) in an address to a
magazine editors’ session during
the golden jubilee convention
of the Catholic Press Associa
tion.
She also scored public “com
placency, carelessness, ignorance
or laziness” because of which
the pornography problem in this
country “threatens to get com
pletely out of hand.”
Rep. Granahan urged the
Catholic press to call for action
on her anti-obscenity bill (H.R.
7379) by the Senate Post Office
and Civil Service Committee,
before which it is now pending.
She said that up to now all
efforts to bring the bill before
the Senate “have been to no
avail:—even though it was re
ported unanimously by our
House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee and passed
the House of Representatives by
an overwhelming majority last
year.”
The measure would extend to
45 Bays the maximum period for
which the Post Office can im-
Press Challenged
To Deal With
itecent Advances
By Russell B. Shaw
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — The Cath
olic press was challenged here
to “come to grips with” recent
advances in science, interna
tional relations, human rights
and higher education.
“If we can bring to bear on
these problems the ancient wis
dom that is Catholicism, we
will command more respect and
have more say in the way the
world is going,” declared Father
Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.,
president of Notre Dame (Ind.)
University.
Father Hesburgh spoke (May
11) at the Keynote Luncheon of
the 50th anniversary conven
tion of the Catholic Press Asso
ciation, an organization of
workers in U. S. and Canadian
newspapers, magazines and oth
er publishing operations.
He urged the Catholic press
officials to “interpret the facts
of modern life” to their readers.
Pie said that Catholics general
ly, and Catholic editors in par
ticular, must “come to grips”
with the challenges presented
by four great issues — scien
tific developments, the chang
ing international scene, human
rights, and problems of higher
education.
“Ours is not an age lacking
power, but an age lacking di
rection — the wisdom without
which power runs wild,” he
said. ,
“Piety as such is not a sub
stitute for competence,” he de
clared, stressing that Catholic
colleges must meet the intellec
tual standards of their non-
Catholic counterparts.
WASHINGTON—The vocation
of the Catholic priest appears for
the first time in the 1959 Occu
pational Outlook Handbook,
which recently made its appear
ance here.
It is included in a wholly
new section on the clergy, which
pound mail addressed to sus
pected smut distributors while
it takes action against them.
Post Office spokesman say the
present maximum impounding
time, 20 days, is not long enough
to complete action against dis
tributors, who thus are enabled
to reap their profits while a case
against them is still pending.
By impounding their mail, the
Post Office prevents distribu
tors from collecting payments
sent them in response to their
ads for pornography.
The Granahan bill would also
streamline the Post Office’s ad
ministrative procedure in ob
scenity cases in several techni
cal respects. It has been en
dorsed by postal officials many
times.
also includes for the first time
reports on ti,c training and work
of Protestam; ministers and
Jewish rabbis, uhe handbook,
published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, U.S. Depart
ment of Labor, is intended for
the guidance of persons plan
ning their careers. In all, it con
tains references to 600 occupa
tions and 30 major industries.
Dealing with the training and
qualifications of a priest, the
handbook says in part:
“Young men are never denied
entry into seminaries because of
lack of funds. In seminaries for
secular priests, the bishop may
make arrangements for loans to
the students. Those in religious
seminaries are often financed by
contributions of benefactors.
Among the qualities consid-
eicu most desirable in candi
dates for the Catholic priest
hood are a love of and concern
for people, a deep religious.ron-
viction, a desire to spread the
Gospel of Christ, at least aver
age intellectual ability, capacity
to speak and write correctly and
fluently, and more than average
skill in working with people.
Candidates for the priesthood
must understand that priests are
not permitted to marry and are
dedicated to a life of chastity.”
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