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PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN CUBA
QUERY GOVERNMENT POLICY
HAVANA (NC)—An associa
tion of nongovernment schools
has pointed to question marks
is the Cuban government's edu
cation policy. ~
The Confederation of Cuban
Colleges (preparatory schools),
in a leaflet entitled "Freedom
of Education in Cuba," drew
attention to the following ques
tions:
—How will private prepara
tory schools and their diplomas
be recognized by the govern
ment?
—What is to happen to teach
ers without teaching degrees?
—What textbooks are to be
used?
The leaflet was written by
Father Juan M. Dorta Duque,
S.J., whom the Bishops of Cuba
have appointed as spokesman
on educational affairs.
An educational reform de
creed at the end of 1959 by Edu
cation Minister Alrnando Hart
has brought public education
to poor districts of the city and
to remote farming areas.
But it has been criticized for
centralizing teacher training in
the hands of the slate, and im
posing on private schools uni
formity of administration and
class schedules.
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Dear Doris:
I’m a sophomore in a Catholic
high school and recently the
crowd I go with found out that
one of the girls in our crowd
is a “tramp.” We found out she
has been having affairs with
boys. Doris, believe me, my
crowd is very good. We all go to
Mass on Sunday and receive
Holy Communion. We go to
dances and parties and are la
beled respectable. Our problem
is what to do.
Should we tell her mother?
We have cut off our friendship
and she isn’t allowed into our
crowd. Doris, I have heard that
“one bad apple” ruins the bar
rel. What are we to do if our
whole crowd gets this name?
Are we supposed to tell our
families? I’m sure your reply
will aid us a great deal. Thank
you.
A Good Crowd
A BIG 'IF'
Dear friends in a good crowd:
I’m relieved to see you put
the word “tramp” in quotes. I
hope this means you’re uncer
tain about the label given your
friend. I’m not worried about
the “one bad apple” spoiling
you. Since you go to Mass and
the sacraments regularly you
have God’s grace to help you.
But I am worried about this
other girl.
If what you have heard is
true (I say IF because rumors
often get started without foun
dation or truth) she needs a
friend. One with sound moral
principles, in whom she can
confide. One she can trust. She
also needs love and understand
ing, She does not need rejection.
Certainly you can understand
this. How would you feel if, for
any reason, you were excluded
or rejected by your group?
Teen-agers need the acceptance
of other teen-agers to feel good.
And when you feel good it’s
easier to be good.
Don’t be afraid. Practice
Christian charity and help your
friend. Not by running to her
mother but rather by being nice
and showing her your love. Re
lating her faults or sins to her
mother or anyone else will solve
nothing. Keep her with you and
away from the temptations of
bad companions. Call for her
when you’re going to confes
sion. Take her with you to
Mass.
Most of all, get her to talk to
a priest. She needs the guidance
and direction only a priest can
give. Pray for the tact you will
need in convincing her of this.
If she ever needed a friend,
she needs one now. Don’t leave
her stranded.
DATING AGE VARIES
Deer Doris:
I’m 15 years old. Some of my
friends can’t see why I don’t
date. I have told them it’s be
cause my mother doesn’t allow
me to. My mother says that a
girl shouldn’t go out until she
is at least 17. I think I’m mature
for my age but I don’t want to
go out on dates yet. I can have
fun doing other things. Am I
immature because I don’t date?
Chrissy
Dear Chrissy:
No, you’re not immature just
because you don’t want to date
at 15. There’s no rule about this
and no definite age at which
girls start going out with boys.
Many girls, and boys, don’t date
until they are 17 or older. Some
even wait until they are gradu
ated from high school. They all
have different reasons. Some,
like you, are just not interested
yet. Others are obeying their
parents.
Since your mother doesn’t ap
prove of dating until 17 you can
respect her wishes easily and
without conflict. You’re fortu
nate.
You’re also lucky to have oth
er interests which provide fun.
During our high school years
we are developing all sides of
our personality. Our interests
and activities play an important
role in this. They help us to be
come happy people, interesting
to ourselves and to others. They
help us to become mature ad
ults.
So. Chrissy, I think you are
very mature for 15. And also
very lucky.
'THANK-YOU' A MUST
Dear Doris:
I’m a 16 year old boy. I have
been invited to spend the week
end at the home of a school
friend. It’s his summer house
out of the city. Is it necessary
to take a gift to his parents or
should I simply write a Thank-
you note later?
Dear Bob:
It’s not necessary to take a
gift but it’s considered the nice
thing to do. In any case, keep
it simple. His parents won’t ex
pect one. A box of candy for the
family is an acceptable gift. But
a thank-you note after the visit
is a must. And, Bob, don’t put
this off. It should be written
not later than ten days after
you return.
Doris Revere Peters answers
letters through her column, not
by mail. Young readers are in
vited to write to her in care of
The Bulletin.
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(Continued from Page 5)
This is what we mean by the
Communion of the Saints — the
one holy Church united under
Christ Our Redeemer. All the
members of the three divisions
are of one family, sharing in the
spiritual treasures of the
Church, caring about each other
and helping each other.
It’s a beautiful doctrine, and a
consoling one. We’re never far
from friends — just a prayer
away. Death never really sepa
rates us from loved ones. As
long as we remain in God’s
friendship, we maintain day-
and-night contact with all oth
ers in the state of grace for
eternity.
Little Cholmondoley can’t ex
plain all this, but he realizes
it. That’s why he feels close to
his deceased Uncle Bill. That’s
why he prays so fervently each
night for his mother.
And that’s why he can kneel
down and have a man-to-man
chat with St. Peter, the “brick”
that Christ used beneath His
new building.
Vatican Praises
American See
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)
—A Vatican congregation has
praised the Kansas City-St.
Joseph diocese for its efforts to
increase religious vocations.
The tribute came for the Sac
red Congregation of Seminaries
and Universities in a letter sent
to Bishop John P. Cody of Kan
sas City-St. Joseph.
The letter stated that the dio
cese’s vocation agency will be
affiliated with the Ponifical Or
ganization for Priestly Voca
tions. The organization’s presi
dent is His Eminence Giuseppe
Cardinal Pizzardo, Prefect of
the seminaries’ congregation.
Theology for
The Layman
(Continued from Page 4)
anything from losing a job to
martyrdom. In fact there are
circumstances in which letting
oneself be martyred is highly
, prudent, and the avoidance of
martyrdom would be imprudent
in the extreme. There is no gain
in avoiding martyrdom at the
loss of one’s eternal soul. The
very motto of Prudence is that
he who loses his life shall save
it.
Prudence is thus the virtue
which enables the intellect to
see what is right to do. The oth
er three help the will to do
what the intellect sees. Justice
concerns our dealing with oth
ers. It is a strong will that they
should have what is due to
them—not that we should have
what is due to us! It needs no
supernatural virtue to set us
claiming everything we our
selves are entitled to. Our in
stinct is to do that, and a very
dangerous instinct it is — St.
Thomas Aquinas remarks that
where every man seeks his
rights, there is chaos. Justice is
not simply that we refrain from
grabbing what we are not en
titled to — that might be mere
ly spiritual anemia. It is a
strong will that others should
receive their due.
Very interestingly St. Tho
mas places Religion under the
Moral Virtues of Justice, be
cause it means giving God the
worship which is due to Him.
The man who believes in God
but never does anything about
worship would be startled to
hear himself accused of injus
tice, of failing to meet an ob
ligation, of a fraudulent non
payment of debt.
Temperance and Fortiiude
concern our handling of our
selves. The world contains
things — in some moods we feel
it is full of things — which at
tract us almost irresistably; we
know that we should not have
them, that we cannot have them
without damage to the soul, yet
the tug is there, to a point
where resisting it may be ago
ny. The world also contains
things which frighten us, which
we would do anything to avoid,
yet which duty calls upon us
to face. Temperance aids the
will to turn from the dazzlingly
attractive things we should
shun. Fortitude aids the will to
face What every instinct tells
it to run away from.
The word temperance in Eng
lish has come to apply partic
ularly to alcohol, but it must
govern our relation to every
thing. It is from a Latin word
meaning “to moderate.” Mode
ration means taking all things
in proper measure; but the pro
per measure is not always the
same for everyone. There are
those for whom the proper mea
sure of alcohol is none at all —
if they drink so much as a glass
they will not stop till they are
drunk. For most, temperance in
this matter lies in Chesterton’s
phrase — that we thank God for
wine by not drinking too much
of it.
THE BULLETIN, June 11, 1960—PAGE: 5
QUESTION
BOX
(Continued from Page 4)
drawn to and fro between two
“dclecations,” the one good; the
other immoral. Unable to resist
by virtue of his own will, he
always and invariably yields to
the relatively stronger “deleca-
tion” — whatever that happens
to be in his own particular
case. If this stronger “deleca-
tion” was a “heavenly deleca-
tion,” he acted virtuously; if
not, he sinned.
WHEREAS Jansen was the
draftsman, the organizer of Jan
senism was John Duvergier de
Hauranne, also known as St.
Cyran, from the name of the
abbey he assumed direction of
in 1620. It was this man who
convinced the Amaulds to
sponsor Jansen’s ideas, and who
succeeded in forming a party of
intellectual converts at Port
Royal.
TYPICAL OF THE frighten
ing sacramental consequences
of Jansenism is the doctrine on
the reception of Holy Commun
ion outlined by St. Cyran’s suc
cessor, Anthony Arnauld. Ac
cording to him absolution and
the Holy Eucharist should al
ways be denied except to those
manifesting perfect contrition.
Before receiving Communion,
moreover, one should piousj^
await a special call from God/! 1
Although Jansenism was con
demned several times by the
Holy See, it continued to con
taminate French thinking up to
the 18th century.
It is probable that this
gloomy heresy might still exist
in certain parts of the Church,
were it not for the supreme au
thority vested in the Vicar of
Christ to declare infallibly in
such matters. Hence, a play like
the recent French import “Port
Royal” cannot help but distort
the truth. The fact of the matter
is that had Jansenism prevailed,
the play itself would be forbid
den viewing for the “elect.” ’Is
this an idea worth defending?
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