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DORIS REVERE PETERS
)oris m ^nsuueri
YOUTH
SET GOOD EXAMPLE FOR
YOUNG SISTER; DON'T NAG
Dear Doris:
I would like to know what 1
can do to make my sister realize
she has become careless about
her manners and language. I
have tried to talk to her but she
won’t listen. When my parents
see her this way they punish
her, but when we are at a party
what can I do? I don’t like to
see her punished so I don’t tell
my parents about her manners
away from home. What can I, as
an older sister, do to make her
realize her manners are unbe
coming?
DOLORES
Dear Dolores:
The advice of an older sister
(or brother) is rarely appreciat
ed. Get her friends to help you.
Ask one she likes particularly
well and who is tactful, to talk
to her. Or one of your friends
could drop a hint.
Your letter shows real con
cern for your sister, Dolores.
This is fine, but go easy on her.
Little sisters have a rough time.
They need to be considered as
individuals. They need affection
and approval. She may not want
to act the way she does. She
may simply be trying to attract
attention.
You may be nagging her —
unwillingly, of course. But it
makes her feel inferior. Try not
to nag. Try to show her that
you do approve of her; that she
doesn’t have to used bad man
ners and careless language in
order to be recognized.
And be patient. This might be
just a phase. Continue to set
a good example because one of
these days your little sister will
grow up and start imitating
you.
* * *
TIME OFF ON HOLY DAYS
Dear Doris:
Should I defend my religion
when it comes to asking for
time off to go to Mass on holy
days of obligation?
BOB
Dear Bob:
Certainly. Since it is unlawful
in some states for an employer
to ask your religion you can tell
him when you’re hired that you
are a Catholic and must attend
Mass on certain days in the
year. Or you can wait Until a
few days before the first holy
day and ask for time off. Don’t
be timid, either. Most employers
are aware of their responsibili
ties in this matter.
In the city from which your
letter originates you will have
no trouble-finding a Mass any
hour of the day or evening — on
your own time. And in most
large cities Mass is offered ev
ery day during the noon hour
for the convenience of working
people. If you live in a small
town with few Masses that’s an
other matter. By all means ask
for time off.
But don’t forget Bob, you also
have an obligation to your job
and employer. Don’t leave him
in the lurch. Let him know in
plenty of time so arrangements
can be made for your desk to
be covered if necessary.
* * *
IS IT ETHICAL?
Dear Doris:
I’m 16 and not experienced
with boys.-1 recently met a boy
whom I like and respect. He
seemed to like me and even
brought me home which is out
of his way and told me he
would be seeing me. Just the
other day I learned he already
has a girl friend. What I’d like
to know is this: is it ethical to
make him like me thus making
him drop his girl friend? Or
should I just ignore him or not
bother to see him at all?
PERPLEXED
Dear Perplexed:
Slow down. You’re jumping
to conclusions. Because a boy
shows interest in you doesn’t
mean he intends to drop all his
other friends. The fact that he
has other friends and isn’t one
of the steady daters should
make him more interesting.
Why ignore him? That would
be rude and uncharitable. When
you meet him act the way you
do with others, natural and
friendly. You can’t make people
like you. Friendships develop
naturally and are the result of
mutual interests. Boys and girls
who like the same sports, and
have the same ideas and hob
bies find they get along well
together and become friends.
If he invites you somewhere,
go, if your parents approve. He
may invite you to the summer
hop because he likes the way
you dance. He may ask another
girl to play teniiis because she
plays well. So go with him if
you wish. But forget about
making him like you; or you
may be dxopped.
Doris Revere Peters answers
letters through her column, not
by mail. Please do not ask for
a personal reply. Young readers
are invited to write to her in
care of THE BULLETIN.
QUESTION
BOX
(Continued from Page 4)
bracing at least one hundred
thousand million billion stars
(the figure is suggested by Har
vard astronomer Harlow Shap-
ley, referred to by Father
Daniel Raible in the “America”
article mentioned above). Con
fronted with such fantastic fig
ures, cannot one readily con
ceive of other words similar to
ours worlds whose nature we
may never even fathom?
SACRED SCRIPTURE no
where affirms the impossibility
of rational life different from
our own in outer space. Neither
do apostolic tradition nor the
pronouncements of the Church.
In the words of Father Francis
Connell:
"REVELATION, the common
teaching of the Fathers, tradi
tion, the solemn pronounce
ments of the Popes—none of
these say that there cannot be
life other than on earth . . .
Theologians have never dared
to limit the Omnipotence of God
to the creation of the world as
we know it.”
IF RATIONAL beings (not
necessarily human beings as
such) do exist in outer space,
they could still be living in a
state of paradise, comparable to
that possessed by Adam and
Eve before the fall. If so, they
would probably be intellectually
and physically superior to us.
"ANOTHER POSSIBILITY,"
in the words of Father Connell
again, “is a world of rational
beings who, like the fallen
angels, sinned against God and
were never given another
chance to be reinstated in God’s
grace.
“(Or) it is possible these con
jectured beings were given a
supernatural destiny from God
and extraordinary gifts (but)
they sinned and lost them. It
could be that the Second Per
son of the Blessed Trinity as
sumed the nature of rational
beings of another world, as well
as human nature on earth. Or,
one of the other Divine Persons
could have become Incarnate on
another planet . . .”
THERE ARE EVEN other
variations conceivable. Conceiv
able is the key word here, be
cause all this speculation re-
vovles about the slimmest pos
sibility.
A FAR MORE practical dis
cussion as regards outer space
is that of the eventual inhabita
tion of other planets by our own
race. The possibility of inter
planetary travel is no longer
mere fiction. Thus Pope Pius
XII himself, in one of his final
messages, did not reject the
thesis that the secrets of outer
space are now within man’s
grasp. In an address to a family
life conference on January 20,
1958, he said:
"AS FOR the future, who can
foresee what new and un
suspected resources may be
found on our planet, and what
surprises may be uncovered out
side of it by the wonderful
scientific achievements that
have just barely begun? . . .
Science is changing what used
to be considered the dreams of
wild imaginations into useful
realities.”
Papal Chamberlain
BALTIMORE, (NC) — Tho
mas W. Pangborn, Hagerstown,
Md., industrialist and philan
thropist, has been named a pri
vate papal chamberlain of the
sword by His Holiness Pope
John XXIII.
Archbishop Francis P. Keough
of Baltimore said that official
notification of the award was
made by His Eminence Domeni
co Cardinal Tardini, Vatican
Secretary of State.
Private papal chamberlains
of the sword and cape were
created by Pope Urban VII in
the 17th century. They are
members of the pontifical fam
ily and in precedence they fol
low the prelates of the Church.
RECORD BREAKERS ON U. $. OLYMPIC TEAM
A1 Cantello (left) and Donald George Bragg, ex-Catholic college sport stars are in.
flying condition for the international Olympic games to be' held in Rome. Cantello, a.
Marine Corps lieutenant, is an alumnus of La Salle College, Philadelphia, and has a world!
javelin throwing record of 282 feet, three and a half inches. Bragg, muscular Villanova
(Pa,) University alumnus, recently lifted the pole vault ceiling to 15 feet, nine and (WSr
i quarter inches in the Olympic trials. (NG Photos)
More Than 5.5 Million Expected
To Enroll This Fall In Nation’s
Catholic Schools, Report States
Pope John
Receives
By John J. Daly, Jr.
N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE)
WASHINGTON — About 5,-
539,750 students will enroll in
U. S. Catholic colleges, high
schools and elementary schools
this fall, setting another record
high total.
The totals estimated in a re
port made here are:
Grade schools: 4,389,963, an
increase of 127,863 over last
year.
High schools: 849,850, an in
crease of 24,753.
Colleges and universities:
299,937 in regular sessions, an
increase of 14,283.
These estimates were released
here by the Department of Edu
cation of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference. The de
partment will issue an actual
count of October enrollment
next spring.
The estimated total of 5,239,-
813 students to enroll in Cath
olic elementary and secondary
schools indicates these young
sters will account for about 13
per cent of all students in the
United States between the ages
of five and 17 years.
Public schools this fall, from
kindergarten through grade 12,
will enroll an estimated 37,600,-
000 students, according to a re
port from the U. S. Office of
Education of the Department of
Health, Eiucation and Welfare.
The Federal education office
estimated that 6,800,000 children
will be in nonpublic elementary
and secondary schools.. Its re
port does not break this down
into the number attending Cath
olic schools and the number in
other independent educational
institutions.
In April of this year, the
NCWC department reported
that for the first time, the com
bined total enrollment in Cath
olic grade and high schools had
passed the five million mark, a
total of 5,087,197.
This total and the expected
increase this fall represents
continuation of an enrollment
trend in Catholic schools that
has been especially strong since
1945, the year marked unoffi
cially as the beginning of the
current “enrollment boom.”
This past academic year,
grade schools marked a 100 per
cent increase in enrollment
since the end of World War II.
High schools undoubtedly will
achieve the same distinction this
school year. They need an en
rollment of 841,414 to double
since 1945 and the fall estimate
is 849,850.
No estimates on new teachers
or school buildings or additions
were made in the NCWC de
partment’s statement of enroll
ment estimates.
However, in the department’s
1959 “Summary of Catholic
Education,” a booklet of school
statistics, it reports that in
October, 1959, there were 10,-
278 Catholic grade schools
staffed by 102,622 teachers.' The
number includes 77,172 religious
teachers and 24,450 lay teachers.
In the same summary, the de
partment reports 2,390 sec
ondary shcools staffed by 40,-
708 teachers, of whom 31,280
are religious teachers and 9,428
are lay teachers.
The department counted 231
universities and colleges in 1959.
The total number of teachers
was set at 23,000 of which 8,-
557 are religious teachers and
14,443 are lay people.
The department’s summary
sells for $1 a copy. The publish
er’s address is NCWC Depart
ment of Education, 1312 Mas
sachusetts Ave., N. W., Wash
ington 5, D. C.
Jottings...
(Continued from Page 4)
longings from the mind and
heart of man. We know that no
armies, no new missile develop
ments, not even new faces in
Washington, D. C. can insure us
peace for our nation. Yet there
is an answer to our inner peace.
It is hard to understand how
man can survive one moment
without this knowledge.
• WITH CHRIST in the
Blessed Sacrament, we can bear
all things. His strength will su
stain us. His presence will com
fort us. Man needs this know
ledge more than he ever did
against the backdrop of this
torrent of scientific discovery.
He needs God to assure him
that there is nothing — rockets,
deaths, war, poverty, pain, fail
ure — that can separate him
from God. Even if human as
sociations fail to answer his
restlessness, God will never fail.
Although our loved one are sep
arated from us, though we are
unsuccessful, though places and
faces disappear, though wars
and famines come, there is God
who is the same yesterday, to
day and tomorrow.
Fr. O'Brien
(Continued from Page 4)
ished it. I did so. Then he told
me to come down to the parish
house two nights a week for
instructions. I brought my wife,
my brother Stanley and his
wife, and we spent an enjoy
able three months , listening to
Father explain the Catholic re
ligion from A to Z.
“The thing that sold us all
was the fact that, unlike Pro
testant Churches the Catholic
Church was founded by Christ
and stamped with the indelible
mark of unity, which distin
guished it from all others. In
short, we discovered that the
Catholic religion is God-made,
while the Protestant creeds are
man-made. That is what it all
boils down to.
“We were baptized on Holy
Thursday, 1939, and the six chil
dren of the two families were
baptized later. My eldest son,
Sydney Peter, is now a priest in
the Sacramento diocese and my
brother’s eldest son Howard is
a Franciscan Father. We’re all
grateful to Elwood Gilson whose
zeal and willingness to explain
his Faith started us on the path
that led to the Church’s open
door and Christ’s outstretched
arms.”
Father O'Brien will be grate
ful to readers who know of any
one who has won two or more
converts if they will send the
names and addresses of such
persons fo him at Notre Dame
University, Noire Dame, Indi
ana.
By James C. O'Neill
(Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY—One of the
most unusual and colorful audi
ences in the reign of His Holi
ness Pope John XXIII took
place in. St. Peter’s Square
when the Pope greeted 4,000
Olympic athletes.
The athletes were joined (Aug.
24) by tens of thousands of
Romans and visitors who cheer
ed without interruption as the
Pope was carried through the
square on his portable throne.
The square began filling in
the early hours of the afternoon
despite the August heat. At 4
p. m. the Olympic athletes be
gan arriving. They marched to a
specially built stand flanking
the steps of St. Peters, carrying
high the flags of their respec
tive nations.
At 5:30 the Pope, who had
come from his summer resi
dence at Castelgandolfo for the
audience, was carried through
the bronze doors of St. Peter’s
Basilica into the square. The
Pope’s smiling face responded
to the loud ovation of the
crowd and his hand moved con
tinually in the Sign of the
Cross.
Once on his throne atop the
steps of the basilica the Pope
was flanked by cardinals, pre
lates, Vatican court officials,
diplomats accredited to the Holy
See and top Olympic authorities.
The Palatine Guard struck up
the papal anthem and its re
frain echoed through the giant
arcade embracing the square.
At the end of the music,
Italian Minister of Defense
Giulio Andreotti, who is presi
dent of the Italian Olympic
committee, delivered a speech
of homage in Latin.
Pope John then replied in
Latin in a 10-minute discourse.
When he was finished a resume
of his remarks was broadcast
in 15 languages.
The choice of languages was
particularly significant and rep
resented the Pope’s special con
cern. As though to stress the
Church’s concern for all peoples,
of the world, the Pope’s re
marks were broadcast in Rus
sian, Chinese, Rumanian, Polish,
Arabic, Czech, Slovak, English,
Hungarian, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Italian, German
and Dutch.
Athletes of countries domi-
anted by communism were
noticeably absent from the
audience.
At the conclusion of the mul
tilanguage resumes, Mr. An
dreotti presented Pope John
with a silver statuette of St.
John Bosco by sculptor Pietro
Canonica, and with a Latin ode
on the Olympics written by Fa
ther Vittorio Genovesi.
As the audience drew to a
close the darkening bulk of St.
Peter’s emerged from the shad
ows in specially prepared light
ing, which played over it fa
cade. Miehaelangelo’s dome and
Bernini’s collonade were like
wise washed with the illumina
tion, which was created for the
Olympics.
BIG BLUFF
The chip many a troublesome
man carries on his shoulder is
nothing but bark.
THE BULLETIN, September 3, 1960—PAGE 5
Ceykmese Catholics Pray, „
Toll Bells, In Face Of
Threat To School System
N.C.W.C. NEWS SERVICE
COLOMBO, Ceylon — The
Catholic Hierarchy of Ceylon
has met the announcement of
the new government’s school
nationalization plan with a call
for the tolling of church bells
and special prayers for the
Catholic school system.
A Catholic spokesman in this
capital estimated that some 600
Catholic schools in the nation—-
out of a total of about 750—
would be affected if the govern
ment program is carried out.
He said that bells will be tolled
in mourning and prayers will be
recited for the schools in the
nation’s 1,100 churches every
Sunday.
The nationalization proposal
of the Great, Ceylon Freedom
party government of Mrs. Siri-
mavo Bandaranaike was reveal
ed (Aug. 12) in the speech by
Governor Sir Oliver Goonetil-
leke. The speech, which opened
the legislature, is traditionally
prepared by a new government
to outline the main points of its
program.
Mrs. Bandaranaike’s party
long has been on record as fav
oring nationalization of the edu
cational system. On becoming
Premier after the party won the
July 20 elections, Mrs. Ban
daranaike said in a victory
statement that a special com
mission would be set up to
handle the entire question of
education. At the same time, the
new Minister of Education said
that any change in Ceylon’s edu
cational setup would be “gov
erned by justice and the spirit of
democracy.” The Education
Minister also said that there
would be “no dislocation” of
the existing system and “no in
jury” to the various religious
denominations, which conduct
the majority of Ceylon’s schools.
The Catholics of Ceylon—to
taling about 700,000, or seven
per cent of the population—
have some 22,000 students in
their school system. Most of the
Catholic schools — along with
those of other denominations—
Dr. Rumbaut is a man of
many parts. A physician in gen
eral practice, he turned to psy
chiatry and was on the staff of
the State Mental Hospital at
Mazorra when he fled to this
country with his family, includ
ing five children.
In the National Revolutionary
Movement established in 1952,
he opposed the dictatorship of
Batista before Fidel Castro made
a single move. He is also a grad
uate of a school of journalism,
a successful writer, a former edi
tor of CAY magazine, and a
correspondent of NC until 1956.
He was national vice president
of the Youth of Catholic Action
in Cuba in the 40’s, and was also
president of the university section
of that movement. In 1950, he
founded the Christian Human
ism Movement, to spread Chris
tian principles in the social, eco
nomic and political fields.
In this, the first of tivo arti
cles, he tells graphically ivhat has
happened to the Castro Revolu
tion in Cuba. His testimony at
this time is particularly important
since he fled from Cuba only a
few days ago.
By Dr. Ruben Dario Rumbauf
(Written for N.C.W.C.
NEWS SERVICE)
MIAMI — One word charac
terizes the Castro regime in
Cuba: betrayal.
As Cubans in growing num
bers realize this, they are at
first saddened, then indignant.
They do not want their Revolu
tion to go down the Red drain.
The Fidel Castro group came
to power thanks to the deter
mined help of 95% of the Cuban
people.
The Castro group promised,
in speeches and in public docu
ments, to bring about a genuine
ly democratic reorganization of
the government, under the ban
ner of patriotism, social justice
and honesty.
Fidel Castro called all this
“humanismo” and even led
many to believe that between
his type of reform and that de
manded by Christian humanism
there was very little difference.
But by June of 1959, Castro
and his men began to turn into
the greatest frauds of the 20th
century; democracy became to-
receive government aid to help
pay for salaries and mainten
ance. In recent years, the All-
Ceylon Buddhist Congress has
been pressing for nationaliza
tion of Catholic schools that re
ceive state aid.
The Governor General in his
speech from the throne indi
cated that the new government
will take steps to insure that
Buddhism, which is the major
ity religion, is given what he
called its due recognition and
proper place.
A national system of educa
tion conforming to the cultural,
religious and economic aspira
tions of the people is to be es
tablished, he said. In line with
this, according to the speech,
legislation will be introduced
to provide takeover by the gov
ernment of all grade three
schools receiving state aid, in
cluding primary, postprimary
and rural schools.
The Governor General also
announced that the government
plans to take over control of
Ceylon’s major newspapers.
Without mentioning that the
Ceylonese press came out over
whelmingly against the Great
Ceylon Freedom party and its
leftist coalition prior to the elec
tions, the Governor General also
said that a commission would
be set up to investigate the
functioning of the press during
the election campaign.
The speech also stated that
Ceylon would maintain a policy
of neutralism and coexistence in
foreign affairs.
The threat to the Catholic
school system of Ceylon is a
recurring one. In the summer of
1959, . Archbishop Thomas B.
Cooray, O.M.I., of Colombo as
serted that there had been a
relentless campaign to include
religious schools in a “soulless,
lifeless and godless . . . govern
ment system of education.” The
Archbishop, who is Read of the
Ceylonese Hierarchy, said at
that time:
“Do not touch our schools.
We shall desist unto blood.”
talitarianism; Cuban national
ism was turned into chauvinism
and hostility to neighbor na
tions; vengeance was substituted
for social juctice, and supposed
honesty became the cloak for
dishonesty, falsehood and char
acter assassination.
Castro rooted out all traces
of the influence of moderates
and Christian leaders, so strong
at the start of his regime. A
one-man rule was established
with the progressive elimination
of all capable leaders, some by
death, some by' exile, some by
imprisonment.
At the same time, all means
of free communication were sup
pressed or brought under the
rigorous control of the Castro
government — newspapers,
magazines, radio and television
stations, publishing houses.
And while the real fighting
men who made the Revolution
were being persecuted, Fidel
Castro was giving the commu
nist cadres full freedom and his
moral support for their penetra
tion tactics, to the point that
today they dictate his policies.
In the name of a mythological
monster called “the Revolution,”
Castro and his men firmly be
lieve they can commit and jus
tify the worst violations of hu
man rights.
Thousands of small property
owners, on the farms and in
the cities alike, have been de
prived of their holdings and of
their legitimate means of liveli
hood, and without compensa
tion. The land reform — banner
and promise of the Revolution—
has been totally disrupted by
and small concerns have been
the whimsical political aims of
the communist leadership. Big
“expropriated” without the
slightest pretense of reimburs
ing the owners, and this is done
under the false premise that
“private property is the product
of robbery.”
What is worse, the most un
realistic plans are drawn up and
put into effect in taking over
these concerns, with the result
that complete ruin has engulfed
many sectors of the national
economy. It is a fact that 90
per cent of the management
placed in charge of the confis-
Dynamically
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
NEW YORK (NC) — A Hos
pital executive said here that
Catholics in public relations
work should broaden their scope
if they wish to present the
Church effectively in a commu
nications age.
“Get off the dime! Get mov
ing! Cover the territory!”
There were some of the ex
hortations given (Aug. 25) by
John V. Connorton, executive
director of the Greater New
York Hospital Association, to
110 delegates attending the
National Catholic Communica
tions Seminar.
Among the seminar’s 35 in
structors from the communica
tions field, both Catholic and
general, was Bishop Thomas K.
Gorman of Dallas-Fort Worth.
He is episcopal chairman of the
Bureau of Information of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, which sponsored the
seminar.
Mr. Connorton declared that
the great dialogue between va
rious faiths and the call of His
Holiness Pope John XXIII for
unity should end any Catholic
reluctance to engage in public
relations activities.
He urged Religious who have
been saying “No comment” to
reporters to join the “Bushel
Basket Busters.”
“Live the Christian life,” he
told the priests, Brothers, Sis
ters and laymen at the seminar.
“But let the world know what it
is,” he added.
Referring to public relations
as “a form of adult education,”
Mr. Connerton said the com
mand to “Go forth and teach all
nations” means in the present
age to “move through the mass
media.”
The seminar’s 110 students in
cluded directors of Catholic dio
cesan bureaus of information,
public relations representatives
of religious communities,
schools, hospitals and lay or
ganizations, and several Protes
tant and Jewish representatives.
Hi-'-
Reception,
Profession %
At Sacred Hea^
BELMONT — Annual prof
sion and reception ceremonii
took place at Sacred Heart Con
vent in Belmont on August 15
and 16. A number of young wo
men dedicated themselves to the
service of God by the vows of
poverty, chastity, and obedience •
and the service of the poor, sick,
and ignorant, or received tjie
white veil of a novice in the
hope of taking a further step
in two more years.
RECEIVED WERE: Miss
Joyce Stillwell of Madison
Heights, Va., to be known in
religion as Sister Mary de Mont-
fort; Miss Constance DiLalla of
Greenport, L. I., N. Y., Sister
Mary Constance; Miss Ruthanne
Young of Jacksonville, N. C.,
Sister Mary Ruth.
PRONOUNCING FIRST
VOWS: Sister Mary Adrian of
Salisbury, N. C.; Sister Jane
Francis of Gastonia, N. C.; Sis
ter Mary Angela of Cheraw,
S. C.; and Sister Mary Delores
of Greensboro, N. C. The first
three trained at Mercy Hospital
in Charlotte, N. C.
FINAL VOWS: Sister Mary
Rosalind of Wilmington, N. C.;
Sister Mary Martin of Wilming
ton, N. C.; Sister Mary Delia
of Flushing, L. I., N. Y.; Sister
Mary Gloria of New York City;
Sister Mary Loretto of Washing
ton, D. C.; Sister Mary Mat
thew of Blue Hill, Maine. Sister
Roaslain, Sister Gloria, and Sis
ter Matthew were in the field
of Medical Technology before
entering and are well known in
local medical circles. Sister
Mary Ruth, Sister Mary Rosa
lind, Sister Mary Martin, and
Sister Mary Delores are alum
nae of Sacred Heart Junior Col
lege or of Sacred Heart Acad
emy.
cated concerns is totally inef-
fecient. Many of those entrusted
with management are illiterate.
Such is the catastrophe visi
ble today, that people are ex
changing four Cuban pesos for
one dollar, when only a few
months ago the currencies were
on a par.
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