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uNtvERsrrrs ‘operation youth’ elects
Following the week-long “Operation Youth.” citizenship training program on the eampu3
of Xavier University, Cincinnati, O., the 110 high school hoys participating elected
their mayor and other officers. Now in its 11th year, the program, open to all races
and creeds, is designed to heighten appreciation of American principles of government
and economics. Elected mayor was Garry Billiard, Bellevue, O., shown holding flag and
gavel. Also, Robert Deters (left), Cincinnati; Father Paul O’Connor, S.J., Xavier
president and Douglas Zimpfer, Troy, Ohio. (NC Photos)
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UMFUNDISI, MISSIONER
TO THE ZULUS, by Thomas M.
Calkins, O.S.M., Bruce, $3.50.
(Reviewed by Leo J. Zuber)
How do you suppose a for
mer shoe-shine boy from Chi
cago’s west side would work out
as a missionary in Zulu Land?
Father Calkins, a Servite,
writes a refreshing and sober
ing account of his first seven
years with the Zulus and la
bels it with the native term for
Father.
He writes a straightforward,
enlightening prose. There are
no pious, maudlin, sentimental
detours. He and his associates,
another priest or two and a lay
brother, had a mission territory
of some 9,000 square miles in
northern Natal. Their job is to
make the Catholic Church
known in pagan country, to at
tract and to convert, to estab
lish mission churches and to
man them, to teach and to ope
rate schools, and, for the far
distant future, to lay the foun
dations for a native Catholic
people with a native clergy. For
the present, training native
boys as altar boys is something
of an achievement.
The black pagan people and
the white Umfundisi are the
proverbial poles apart in. just
about all things. A celibate
bringing a gospel of monoga
my to a people thoroughly giv
en to polygyny doesn’t have a
clear field ahead. Visiting the
well and the sick in their
thatched-hut homes with floors
of dried cow dung and with a
central heating system of sorts,
a smoky open fire, is more than
novel to one used to the lux
uries of Chicago housing, how
ever primitive the latter might
be. In the hot seasons, for Sun
day Masses, a churchful of na
tives reeking with BO and no
breeze blowing.
The vocation is not just to the
priesthood; it is also to patience,
patience, and then still more
patience. The inherent good
mental faculties of the natives
is not to be overlooked; they
may be unschooled but they are
not necessarily stupid. Quite the
contrary. The humor of never-
ending situations in not wasted;
without the sense of humor, the
missionary effort would be
frustrating and futile. The smile
is universal language.
UMFUNDISI is not a time
less classic; it is rewarding
reading. It speaks volumes for
the men who seek to serve God
and their fellow men but not
in routine parochial assign
ments; however important they
may be. There are many ex
cellent pictures and two serv
iceable maps. The impression
from words and pictures is that
the kid from Chicago’s west
side did alright those first seven
years; he and others like him
will do even better in the seven
times seven years that are still
to come.
ADAM, EVE AND THE
APE, by Louis de Wohl, Reg-
nery, $2.75.
Louis de Wohl, author of
some thirty popular novels, pre
sents here fifty-one brief, witty
and pointed essays on “things
human and divine.” The essays
are “occasionally illustrated”
with clever sketches by the au
thor. “With lusty cheerfulness,”
says the book jacket, “Faith at
tacks the doubters and deniers
. . . Faith rides herd over the
terrain of modern fallacy . . .”
A skillful blend of witticism,
sound logic and quick vigorous
thrusts against current errors.
Mr. de Wohl’s little book is an
interesting addition to the lib
rary of popularly presented
apologetics.
UNITS CF COLUMBUS
RHRAKE TBPS BILLION
NEW HAVEN—The Knights
of Columbus has passed the bil
lion dollar mark in the amount
of insurance in force on the
lives of its members. This an
nouncement was made at the
regular quarterly meeting of the
Board of Directors held in New
York City, June 24-25.
In noting the attainment of
the billion-dollar goal, which he
had set in 1956, Supreme Knight
Hart said:
“Today, I am happy to an
nounce that this prediction has
been fulfilled and we have one
billion seven million dollars of
insurance in force. Therefore,
the Knights of Columbus today
has more insurance in force on
the lives of its members and
their families than there was on
the entire population of the
United States in 1892 . . . Every
member is proud of this result,
which is a realization of the
hopes and desires of Father Mc-
Givney, the saintly priest to
whose vision and hiroic sacri
fice the Order owes its exist
ence.”
The Order has assets of more
than $160,000,000 and, since its
founding has paid more than
$140,000,000 to members and
their beneficiaries.
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Forces In Korea —— —— — —————
OMAHA, Neb., (NC)—A mis
sionary priest has praised the
United Nations forces in Korea
for affording thousands of Ko
reans a chance to practice their
faith.
Father Francis Woods, S.S.C.,
stopping here enroute to his
native Ireland, said that the
South Koreans would not have
the opportunity of practicing
their faith or saving their souls
if the North Korean forces were
now occupying their land.
The Columban missionary de
clared that South Korea will
never go communist. “The peo
ple have seen the Reds operate
(during the war) and want no
part of them,” he said.
Father Woods, who served as
auxiliary chaplain with the U.S.
Second Division in Korea, was
officially designated a sergeant
during the Korean conflict. He
holds the U.S. Medal of Free
dom, highest military decoration
to a person not a citizen- of the
United States.
NEW VOLUMES
NEW YORK, (NC)—The 43rd
and 44th volumes in the 150-
volume “Twentieth Century En
cyclopedia of Catholicism” have
been published by Hawthron
Books here.
The 43rd volume is “The
Christian Calendar” by Noele
M. Denis-Boulet, French philo
sopher. She resides in Clermont,
France, holds degrees from the
University of Paris and the In-
stitut Catholique de Paris and
is the author of more than a
half-dozen philosophical books.
“The Later Middel Ages” by
Bernard Guillemain, French
historian, is the 44th volume. He
is a professor at the University
of Bordeaux and the author of
several historical books.
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