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THE BULLETIN, September 17, 1960—PAGE 3
BOOK REVIEWS
EDITED BY EILEEN HALL
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Mary, Mediatrix of All graces,
with the hope that every read
er and every contributor may
be specially favored by her
and her Divine Son.
ENCOUNTERS, by Daniel
Berrigan, S.J., World $3.50.
Father Berrigan, author of
the sixty poems in this book,
is Professor of Dogmatic The
ology at LaMoyne College in
Syracuse, New York. His
poems, essays and reviews,
says a note “about the author”
on the page opposite the six
tieth poem, have appeared in
Saturday Review, Atlantic
Monthly, Poetry, Thought,
Commonweal, and other mag
azines.
“In addition,” the note con
tinues, “he has lectured to
many literary and university
groups in this country and
abroad . . . has taught theology
at Fordham University and
done parish work in Brooklyn
as well as in Paris. His en
counters with the world and
the city of men are altogether
real; and in his poems about
them he demonstrates the
rightful credentials of intelli
gence and insight that define
the authentic voice.”
Father Berrigan’s previous
book of poerns, Time Without
Number, the Lamont, Poetry
Selection of 1957, was called
“literary magic” and his sec
ond publication book, The
Bride: Essays in The Church,
has been-termed “a Christian
classic.”
In the face of such evidence,
what can a reviewer say? This
book should be evaluated by
another poet,_.another artist, by
a skilled student of contem
porary literature and arts. The
ordinary layman can only say,
“The poems are beautiful but
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his own inability to compre
hend. So, rather than say more,
we offer you one of the most
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A Slalue of the Blessed
Virgin, Carved in Wood
Wood is noble when it for
gets to resemble and like the
first idea of tree stand straight
up and awaits creation.
Then art is arbitrary; and by
exquisite tricks of trade ,hair-
fall and sandal and maiden-
hand, decrees what moment
Mary will pause in. Forbidding
lips their sound, shapes a
phrase of universal mercy.
And the delicate outthrust foot
protests and starts: you are
my errand.
THE SERMONS OF THE
CURE OF ARS, translated by
Una Morrissy, foreward by
Lancelot Sheppard, introduc
tion and afterword by Monsi
gnor F. Trochu; Regnery, $4.00.
(Reviewed by Margol Aiwood)
The life of St. John Vian-
ney, patron of parish priests,
has become well known in the
century since his death. Not so
well known are his sermons
found while the process of his
canonization was underway
in 1886. Here are 75 of them
written in the early years of
his priesthood. They were com
posed with great effort, Mr.
Sheppard’s foreword states,
and with the needs of. the par
ish of Ars in mind.
The modern reader will be
surprised at the soverity of
lone of most of these composi
tions, but should remember
that the saintly Cure used
what he felt was appropriate
for his age, to jolt his worldly
parishioners back • on to the
road to heaven. These sermons,
together with his example of
unceasing prayer and heroic
penances, transformed Ars
from one of the most desolate
parishes in France to one
which drew thousands of pil
grims from various lands
and continues to do so.
Titles of some of the sermons
are: “The Dreadful State of
the Lukewarm Soul,” “If Man
Knew His Religion,” “Beware
If You Have No Temptation.”
“It was the Cure’s purpose,”
says Mr. Sheppard, “to jolt his
people out of their laxity. Per
haps he will do the same for
us.” The sermons include
many striking examples; my
youngsters liked the story
about one devil sitting outside
a wicked city with nothing to
do, while hundreds of his fel
low-demons held a council of
war over how to overcome the
followers of St. Francis.
Nothing is mentioned any
where in this book about the
important fact that St. John
Vianney was a Marist tertiary,
althought elsewhere Monsi
gnor Trochu has said: The
whole spirit of the Society of
Mary and its blessed Third
Liturgical Reforms
Drop Eight Feast Days,
Shorten Divine Office
In.the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, in Philadelphia, among the thousands of
mourners, children pass by the bier of their archbishop, John Cardinal O’Hara, C.S.C., and
place spiritual bouquet cards. A solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass was said for the late Car
dinal, on September 5. The body was then sent to the University of Notre Dame, for burial
there, where he had been president, 1924 to 1939.—(NC Photos).
Order is there (in the Cure’s
method of uniting himself
daily with Our Lord); nor is
it rash to say that the Cure of
Ars, a very holy priest, was
a very holy tertiary, and that
the priest in him owed to the
teritary of Mary the fine
flower of his perfection.”
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PATRON SAINT BOOKS:
Linda, by M. K. Richardson;
David, by Eva K. Betz; draw
ings for both books by R. M.
Sax, Sheed & Ward, $2.00.
(Reviewed by Dorothy Todd)
These books, for ages 5 to 9,
are the fourth pair in this ex
cellent series. Preceding them,
in the same format, were
books about Mary and Jos
eph; Margaret and Richard;
Barbara and Francis. This
publisher offers a new pair
each spring and fall. Every
home where there are small
children and every elementary
school library needs the entire
set.
Did you know that Linda is
the ghort form for Rosalinda
which means “Beautiful
Rose”? This book is the story
of St. Rose of Lima, who loved
flowers and spent much time
in her garden. Often a Small
Boy came to the garden to help
her, but she did not know that
He was the Christ Child. When
she was old enough, Rose be
came a Dominican tertiary
and spent her time caring for
the poor and sick who came
to her. The Holy Child did not
come to the garden then, but
Rose did not mind because she
met Him every day in Holy
Communion. One day He
spoke to her, calling her “Rose
of My Heart.” Not long after
ward He took her to heaven
with Him. There is beauty and
inspiration, as well as a deli
cate poetic strain, in Mother
Richardson’s book.
Miss Betz chooses St. David
of Wales as the subject of her
book. Born the son of a Welsh
chieftain, David was a lucky
boy indeed. He lived in a fort
near the sea and had to learn
about boats and fishing before
he ever started to school. At
night his mother told him sto
ries about the great King Dav
id for whom he was named.
He attended school in a mon
astery and learned to read
from a book of King David’s
psalms. When he was twenty
years old he left home for fur
ther studies because he had de
cided to become a missionary
priest and bring the knowledge
of God to pagan people. When
David was ordained, he re
turned to Wales to preach to
his own people. There he built
a monastery in a little valley
behind the cliffs on a rugged
peninsula of Wales, where his
monks lived simply and work
ed hard and were wonderfully
happy. David became bishop
of Wales and lived to be near
ly ninety. God sent an angel
to tell him when his time came
to die. He died in chapel with
all his monks and friends
around him.
Both of these books have
many delightful illustrations
which enhance the text.
PIONEERS FOR CHRIST, by
Doris . Burton, Academy Li
brary Guild, $2.95.
(Reviewed by Mary Zaworski)
Beginning with St. John of
God, born in 1495, founder of
the Brothers Hospitallers, and
continuing to the late Monsi
gnor Flanagan, well known to
contemporary Americans as
the founder of Boys’ Town,
Nebraska, Miss Burton has
compiled a varied and inspir
ing selection of biographies of
devoted workers for Christ and
1 His Church. Her book is sub
titled Ten Founders of Catho
lic Congregations.
The first of these pioneers
for Christ has been canonized
— St. John of God. The heroic
sanctity of others, such as
Blessed Marcellin Champagnat
, and Venerable Francis Liber*
mann, has also been formally
recognized by the Church.
Some of these founders are
well know; others very little
known in this country. For the
latter especially, readers will
be grateful to Doris Burton
for bringing their holy lives to
their attention.
Of particular interest to the
many Marist tertiaries in
Georgia, as well as to others
who love Our Blessed Lady, is
the chapter devoted to the life
of Blessed Marcellin Champa-
nat, founder of the Marist
Brothers. Blessed Champagnat
himself, together with St.
Peter Chanel and the Vener
able Jean-Claude Colin, found
er of the Society of Mary, was
one of the first twenty Marist
priests who made profession in
the new Society on September
24, 1836, Feast of Our Lady, of
Mercy.
Doris Burton’s'fine work de
serves the profound gratitude
of any reader. It has been par
ticularly recommended for
Young Adults, being included
in the Catholic Library Asso
ciation’s selection of best books
for that age group.
THE LIFE OF BENEDICT
XV, by Rev. Walter H. Peters,
Bruce, $4.50.
The first English biography
of the retiring, but keenly
competent and intelligent,
Pope Benedict XV, whose pon
tificate ended less than forty
years ago, is authorized by Fa
ther Peters, chairman of the
religion department of St. Tho
mas College, St. Paul, Minn.
Father Peters presents a pic
ture of warmth and insight
into the personal life of the
reticent, physically unattrac
tive, meticulously proper, but
brilliant and tireless man who
succeeded Saint Pius X in the
papacy in the midst of World
War I, in 1914. Giacomo Della
Chiesa, he says, was content
to work quietly and effectively
in the background, always
close to and in complete com
mand of details surrounding
important world events. But
the calamities of war and the
stolid, almost pathetic appear
ance of the pontiff relegated
him to comparative oblivion in
subsequent history.
It is known, the author says,
that Benedict’s charities dur
ing the war so depleted the
Vatican treasury that money
had to be borrowed for his
funeral; that he was one of the
greatest thinkers of his time
and had no need of ghost writ
ers; that he was one of the
ablest administrators in the
Vatican; and that given time,
he could have enriched Catho
lic literature with the fruit of
his pen.
The Life of Benedict XV, a
selection of the Catholic Lit
erary Foundation, is an im
portant contribution to modern
Catholic history and biogra
phy.
THE LITTLE WAYS (and)
MORE LITTLE WAYS, both
by E. Carolyn Conway, illu
strated by Astrid Walford,
Helicon Press, $2.50 each book.
(Reviewed by Martha Fowler)
These books are episodes
from the; lives of saints, writ
ten especially for children.
Each book contains twenty
chapters ranging from such
well known saints as Joan of
Arc and. Vincent de Paul to
the lesser known but equally
fascinating Peter Chanel and
Kenneth of England.
The author’s aim in writing
these books has been to foster
devotion to the saints as real
people and ready friends to
every child. The illustrations
are very good and children
from six to fourteen will en
joy both pictures and text.
BORN FREE, by Joy Adam
son, Pantheon, $4.95.
(Reviewed by Martha Fowler)
This is the true story of
Elsa, a lion cub, who was rear
ed with loving care by the
author and her game-warden
husband. Living in Kenya, Af
rica, they were accustomed to
wild animals and their habits.
After having taken one as a
pet, they set about training
their lioness to hunt and fend
for herself, realizing that they
would eventually have to
choose between giving her to
a zoo or giving her a freedom
which, without such training,
she would be unfit to enjoy
or even to survive. They were
successful in their training and
Elsa, when the book was writ
ten, was enjoying her freedom.
The Adamsons visited her at
regular intervals and she wel
comed them with affection.
This book has many pages
of remarkable photographs
which add much to the book’s
interest and appeal to the
reader.
CATHOLIC MARRIAGE
READER, a selection of arti
cles from Marriage Magazine,
Grial Press, St. Meinrad, In
diana, 50c.
Nine articles, originally pub
lished in Marriage Magazine,
on such varying aspects of
family life as: Mental Health
in Marriage; The Fear of Par
enthood; How to Start Family
Prayer; The Later Years; etc.,
are reprinted here. Such well
known authors as Gerald
Vann, O.P.; John J. Kane; Ed
Willock; and Henry V. Sattler,
C.SS.R., are among those rep
resented.
The booklet is useful as an
introduction to the fine maga
zine or, for those already ac
quainted with the periodical,
a collection of some of its best
reprints.
Tanganyika Priest Studies Here
Father Joseph Sipendi, assistant secretary for education
in the Tanganyika Catholic Welfare Organization, visits the
headquarters office of the National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, Washington, D. C. He is a guest of the Holy Ghost
Fathers. Here for study under the auspices of HEW, he
will study school administration at the University of Cali
fornia, whence he will return to Tanganyika. He is shown
with Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt (right), and Father Wil
liam G. Marley, C.S.Sp. of the Holy Ghost Development
Bureau, Washington, D. C.—(NC Photos).
(Radio, NCWC News Service)
VATICAN CITY—The long-
awaited reforms of the brevia
ry and Roman Missal have
shortened the liturgical hour of
Matins, recognized the classes
of feasts, and abolished eight
feast days.
The reorganization of t h e
two liturgical books and the
calendar is contained in 530
numbered canons published in
the Acta Apostolicae Sedis, of
ficial publication of the Holy
See. The changes go into effect
January 1, 1961.
The aim of the reform is to
simplify and clarify existing
liturgical norms rather than to
introduce any startling inno
vations.
L’Osseervatore Romano,
Vatican City daily, published
an authoritative article on the
reform by Father Joseph
Loew, C.SS.R., an official of
the Sacred Congregation of
Rites’ section on revision of
liturgical books.
The new code of rubrics, ac
cording to Father Loew, “col
lects rubrical legislation con
tained in numerous and dif
ferent texts, puts them in or
der, simplifies them and fuses
them into one single body.”
The reform was officially an
nounced by His Holiness Pope
John XXIII in a personal
statement on rubrical instruc
tions dated July 25. As the
Pope stated at that time, the
code is divided into three parts
—general rubrics, rubrics of
the Roman breviary, and ru
brics, of the Roman Missal, to
gether wtih the new liturgical
calendar.
The old twofold classifica
tion of liturgical days accord
ing to rank and rite has been
discarded. Now feast days are
of one of three classes. There
is no longer the distinction of
the feasts in “doubles” and
“simples.”
Thus, Sundays are divided
into two classes: Sundays of
the first class include those of
Advent and Lent. Sundays of
the second class include others
during the liturgical year.
Feasts .which up to now
have been classified as “dou
bles of the first or second
class” will now be known as
feasts of the “first or second
class.”
The other feasts which up to
now have been classified as
“doubles” and “simples” will
be gathered together as feasts
of the third class under the
new code. The fourth classifi
cation is that of a commemo
ration for the less solemn form
of celebration.
Ferial days — weekdays
which are not feast days •—
are classified according to four
classes. They are:
First class —- Ash Wednes
day and all of Holy Week.
Second class — ember days
and the second part of Advent.
Third class — ferial days of
Lent and the first part of Ad
vent.
Fourth class — ferial days of
the Christmas period, of the
Easter period and non-feast
days throughout the year.
The precedence of feasts
over ferial days or vice versa
will be governed by a special
table of precedence.
Another change under the
code is that the four classes
are now applied to votive
Masses and to Masses for the
dead, so that they may be cel
ebrated according to the im
portance conceded them by the
new classification.
Thus, explained Father
Loew, “for example a second-
class votive Mass indicates a
votive Mass that can be cele
brated even on a second-class
day. A third-class votive Mass
indicates a Mass than can be
celebrated on all third-class
days, and a fourth-class votive
Mass signifies a Mass that can
be celebrated only on fourth-
class days—on ordinary ferial
days.”
The new code does not
change the essential structure
or form of the Divine Office.
However, by simplifying the
classification of liturgical days,
the recitation of the breviary
will automatically be shorten
ed.
Although there have been
requests to eliminate the re-
sponsories, versicles and bless
ings, this has not been done.
Father Loew explained:
“Probably one forgets too easi
ly the values of elements so
greatly conducive to. ref lection
and so very efficacious for spi
ritual formation.”
The greatest changes have
been made in the Matins, the
longest part of the Divine Of
fice. For the most part of the
year, the Matins will now con
sist of a single nocturn of nine
pslams and three lessons.
The single nocturn will ap
ply to all Sundays, to ail ferial
days — with the exception of
the last three days of Holy
Week —- also — to vigils, feasts
of the third class, days of the
octave of Christmas and to the
Saturday office of Our Lady.
Feasts of the first and sec
ond class and of the last three
days of Holy Week will keep
the Matins of three nocturns,
with a total of nine psalms arid
nine lessons. Easter and Pen
tecost, with their respective
octaves, will keep the tradi
tional order of Matins, with
three psalms and three lessons.
Father Loew pointed out
that the simplification and ab
breviation was begun in 1955,
when “semidoubles” were re
duced to “simples” to assist
priests who are greatly bur
dened with increasing pastoral
demands.
“Now this principle is ex
tended . to practically all days
of the year, including Sun
day,” he said.
The new edition of the lit
urgical calendar follows the
classilication of leasts and
ferial days as ordained by the
new code.
Eight feasts have been re
moved because they occur
twice in honor of a mystery or
some saint.
Feasts that have been can
celed are: Chair of St. Peter
at Rome, January 18; Finding
of the Holy Cross, May 3; St.
John before trie Latin Gate,
May 6; Apparition of St. Mich
ael the Archangel, May 8; St.
Leo II, July 3; St. Anacletus,
July 13; St. Peter in Chains,
August 1, and Finding of the
Jtsoay of St. Stephen, August 3.
Also removed was the com
memoration of St. Vitalis on
April 28.
Another group of feasts has
been reduced to a commemo
ration because of their local
character or because of un
certainty over historical ele
ments.
Among them are the feasts
of St. George, April 23; least of
Cur Lady of Mount Carmel,
July 16; feast of St. Alexiy,
July 17; feast of SS. Cyriacus,
Largus and Smaragdus, Aug
ust 8; feast of the Stigmata of
St. Francis of Assisi, Septem
ber 17; feast of St. Eustace and
companions, September 20;
feast of Our Lady of Ransom,
Septemebr 24; feast of St. Tho
mas of Canterbury, December
29; feast of St. Sylvester I, De
cember 31, and a feast of the
Seven Sorrows of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.
Father Loew noted that “a
work based on the principles
of criticism of sources would
certainly have demanded more
decisions, but we repeat one
did not wish to create anything
new, but only edit and revise
what already existed, although
altering where it proved nec-
sisted on the pastoral aspect of
the liturgical revisions.
“It wouid seem to us in fact
that one of the principal as
pects of the new code of ru
brics is precisely that there
has been a combination of the
exact and ordered determina
tion even in detail of the ex
ternal celebration of worship
with a pastoral vision of the
liturgy,” he said.
No Compensation
For Nationalized
Church Schools
COLOMBO, Ceylon (NC) —
The Church wiii receive no
compensation when Catholic
schools in Ceylon are taken
over by the state, the nation’s
new Minister of Education has
stated.
“It would be immoral for
anybody to ask for such com
pensation,” Budiuddin Mah-
med added in a speech in the
House of Representatives here.
The nationalization of Cath
olic schools in this southeast
Asian island country was an
nounced in August following
tne victory of tne Great Cey
lon Freedom party in the July
20 elections.
Meanwhile, plans have been
made to introduce a bill in
the House to require govern
ment permission for the build
ing of new churches or tem
ples. Churches and temples in
the neighborhood of archeolo
gical monuments will be de
stroyed, according to the pro
posed bill.
If the proposal is adopted,
government permission to
build a new place of worship
will be granted only if there
are at least 1,000 members of
a religion wittnn a half a mile
of a proposed site. It will also
ban construction of a church
within a mile of a currently
existing one.
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