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QUESTION
BOX
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ignorance of the crudest kind
will excuse.
O. What exactly is meant by
a "religious profession"?
A. ‘‘Religious profession” re
fers, in general, to that volun
tary act by which a man or
woman embraces the religious
state by taking the three pub
lic vows of poverty, chastity
and obedience; thus entering
upon an agreement with a par
ticular institute, which, when
accepted by the superior of
that institute, initiates a spe
cial relationship of rights and
obligations between the pro
fessed and the institute.
* * *
Q. Whai is an interdict?
A. An interdict can be de
scribed as an extreme censure
by which the faithful, while
remaining in communion with
the Church, are nonetheless
forbidden the use of certain
sacred things (i.e., liturgical
services, some of the sacra
ments, etc.)
Fr. O
m •
(Continued from Page 4)
weeks I was baptized, received
Holy Communion, our marri
age was validated and our
baby baptized. I love my holy
Faith more every day. The
‘break’ came when I read that
book and got down on my
knees and prayed to God for
guidance in deciding aright.
My constant prayer now is
that my own family and others
who haven’t read with an open
mind or prayed with a humble
heart will see the light.”
Father O’Brien will be
grateful to readers who know
of anyone who has won two or
more confcrts if they will send
the names and addresses of such
persons to him at Notre Dame
University, Notre Dame In
diana.
DORIS REVERE PETERS
YOUTH
"CONFUSED" TEEN IS
REALLY ON RIGHT TRACK
Backdrop
(Continued from Page 4)
President, and upon a miscon
ception of what is implied in
a Catholic’s allegiance to the
Pope.
The ministerial groups who
conjure up a transformation of
the United States under a
Catholic President from a
Protestant-dominated republic
to a Catholic-oriented vassal
of the Papacy talks as though
they believed the President of
the United States rules by
edict. Single-handed, it is sug
gested, he could revamp the
American system of govern
ment to conform to designs
(non-existent, of course) of the
Vatican and the American
hierarchy.
Even if such designs did
exist, there is very little a
President of the United States
could do to carry them out. As
any school boy knows, the
President does not make the
laws; he merely proposes legis
lation and vetoes legislation
passed by Congress, subject to
Congressional overriding.
To recognize the absurdity
of the so-called “dangers” to
the American system which
some Americans profess to re
gard as implicit in the election
of a Catholic to the Presiden
cy, all one has to do is ask
oneself what would be the
reaction of Congress to pro
posals by a Catholic President
to carry out the Catholicizing
by law of the United States,
which, we are told, is the aim
of the Pope and the Hierarchy.
In answer to those who say
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Dear Doris:
I’m a very confused teen and
am looking for answers. I read
your column and think you
give good Christian advice. I
am wondering how the Church
stands on such things as lights
out parties, necking and pet
ting, etc. A lot of girls I know
think it is horrid. I haven’t
picked up these habits and
never will but seme people
act as though they have no
conscience. I will surely be
grateful for any advice.
Helen Ann
You’re not as confused as
you think you are. When you
say lights out parties and eve
rything that goes with them
are “horrid” then you’re on
the right track — so stay
there.
The Catechism you used in
grammar school very clearly
and simply stated the Church’s
wise counsel: “We are com
manded to be pure and modest
in outward behavior.” It goes
on to say, “the sixth command
ment forbids all impurity and
immodesty in words, looks,
and actions, whether alone or
with others.” All those who
are sincerely interested in
youth agree with the teaching
of the Church in this matter.
Lights out parties, petting
and necking don’t help you to
remain pure and modest. They
usually lead to sin. You’re
supposed to have fun in your
teens. Sin is certainly no fun;
so stay away from it. It’s far
more fun with lights on
dancing, listening to records
or even making sandwiches in
the kitchen.
Those girls who act as if
they have no conscience mUy
think they have to act this
way in order to be popular.
I’m sure you realize nothing
is farther from the truth.
Necking and petting is cheap.
A cheap girl may be talked
about but she is not popular.
And she is definitely not re
spected.
DINNER DATE
Dear Doris:
When on a dinner date with
a girl can you encourage her
to order something if she
doesn’t want to just because
she is shy?
Bill
Lots of girls panic when
first confronted with one of
those king size, deluxe menus.
Even an A student in advanc
ed French draws a blank. She
can’t recognize a thing and
wishes she was home eating
meat loaf with the family.
Your date may be torn be
tween what she would like to
order and what she thinks you
can afford. So help her out.
Tell her what you’re ordering
and make a few suggestions.
Since it’s up to the man to
give the order to the waiter
you can take the initiative.
Say, “How about the lamb
chops?” or, “Perhaps you
would like the turkey dinner.”
This will allay her fears
about your finances and put
her at ease. And another so
cial hurdle is passed.
CASE FOR DOCTOR
Dear Doris:
My mother and I have a
problem that I wish you would
settle. I am 18-years old. I
have appendicitis and every
now and then have an attack.
I work as a clerk in a dime
store and several weeks ago
I had an attack at work. My
mother thinks now I should
have it removed. But because
of a bad experience I had with
my tonsils — a hemorrhage
and a sick spell from the ether
Theology
For The
Layman
THE BULLETIN, October 1, i960—PAGE 5
I don’t want to do it. Be
sides people with chronic ap
pendicitis never have an acute
attack. What is your advice?
1 know my mother worries a
lot.
Ruth
Consult a doctor—and soon.
Besides worrying your mother
you’re taking foolish chances.
Only a doctor can say whether
any chronic illness can or can
not develop into an acute
situation.
A doctor will also calm your
anxiety about a hemorrhage
and discomfort from ether, if
in his opinion, an operation is
necessary. There are new
drugs and different kinds of
anesthetics which make sur
gery far more comfortable
than a few years ago.
If you haven’t a family doc
tor I’m sure the company for
which you work has a com
pany doctor. In either case see
one soon. Let the doctor make
the diagnosis. Then follow his
advice.
Doris Revere Peters answers
letters through her column, not
by mail. Phase do not ask for a
personal reply. Young readers
are invited to write to her in
care of The Bulletin.
Pamphlet' Series
NEY YORK (NC) — Six
pamphlets designed primarily
for the youth of the armed
forces and for young men
about to enter military life
have been published by the
National Catholic Community
Service, Washington, D. C.
Frank M. Folsom, chairman
of the NCCS executive com
mittee and a vice president
of the USO, said here in an
nouncing the pamphlets’ pub
lication that such subjects as
sex, marriage, patriotism and
moral, spiritual resources and
adjustment to military life are
included.
All six were written by Fa
ther Edward V. Stanford,
O.S.A., former president of
Villanova University, at the
request of the NCCS.
Mr. Folsom said copies of
the pamphlets will be sent to
diocesan directors of youth
and education, Catholic chap
lains in the armed forces, and
to all USO clubs throughout
the world.
Copies of the pamphlets are
available at NCCS headquar
ters, 1312 Massachusetts Ave.,
N. W., Washington, D. C.
Public opinion in a democ
racy means everything—with
out it nothing can succeed.
* * *
Plans and perseverance are
insurance policies for the
future.
COLUMN 65
SACRAMENTS (2)
We have considered what
must be called Ihe problem of
Sacraments — namely the
strangeness of using the con
tact of material things with
man’s body as a means of giv
ing spiritual
life to his
soul. The
highly edu
cated unbe
lie v e r re
gards it as a
hangover
from primi-
t i v e r e 1 i-
gions,' whose
members knew nothing of
spirit; who plain blunt unbe
lievers sneers that he can’t
see any religious value in wet
ting a baby’s head. As against
both we emphasize that man
himself —• every man, includ
ing Christ Our Lord in His
humanity — is a stranger un
ion of matter and spirit than
any sacrament; and that in the
eyes of God who created it
matter has not only an import
ance but a sacredness which
our own generation has lost
the eyes to see.
Observe that not any ma
terial thing will do for any
sacrament: each has its own
appropriate matter. We bap
tize with water, not wine or
oil; the priest cannot change
water into Our Lord’s body.
The theologians express this
by saying that the Sacraments
symbolize what they effect. In
ordinary life, water is for
cleansing, and the most simply
stateable effect of Baptism
upon the soul is to cleanse it
of sin. (Later the beginner will
come to learn a deeper sym
bolism in the baptismal water,
but still rooted in one of the
more wonderful natural uses
of water.) Bread and wine are
food, and by their consecration
Christ Our Lord becomes the
food of our soul. Oil is used
for healing, it is used also to
give strength and suppleness
to the athlete’s body.
All these are ways in which
we are reminded of the close
connection there is to be be
tween Grace and the nature
into which it is to be infused.
But there is something more
striking still. In two ways the
Sacramental System follows
the actual design, one might
say the structure and shape,
of man’s nature.
In the first place, the ma
terials used are water, bread,
wine, oil and human speech.
In a sense these five are a kind
of skeleton upon which man’s
natural life is built; they are
the basic elements, the first
four making bodily life possi
ble, the fifth being indispensa
ble to social life.
In the second place the Sac
raments are linked with what
we may call the normal se
quence of human life in gen
eral. There is birth and growth
and death: to these correspond
Baptism, Confirmation and Ex
treme Unction. In between
growth and death comes the
union of the sexes for the con
tinuance of the race, to which
correspond Matrimony; and for
some the duty of representing
God in relation to the com
munity and the community in
relation to God, for which Our
Lord provided Holy Orders. Of
these five Sacraments three —
Baptism, Confirmation and
Holy Orders — cannot be re
peated at all, because they
represent ways of sharing in
the priesthood of Christ: we
shall return to this. Matrimony
can be repeated, if a wife or
husband dies; Extreme Unc
tion can be repeated because it
is given in danger of death,
and although death comes
only once, the danger of death
may occur more frequently.
There are two other ele
ments of natural life not hap
pening once, or rarely, but one
of them daily, the other all too
frequently. The daily one is
essential to life, it is the need
for food; the too frequent one
is practically inseparable from
life, it is the need for healing
in sickness. These also have
their corresponding Sacra
ments. For our healing there is
Penance, Confession of sin to
the priest followed by Absolu
tion; the Blessed Eucharist is
there for the Bread of our life.
Yet of course it is not the
matter in the Sacrament which
produces the effect in the soul;
it is not even the minister who
uses it; it is always Christ
Himself. Provided the minister
does what Christ wants done,
then from that which is done
(ex opere operate) the result
follows. The minister of the
Sacrament does not originate
the Grace it brings; if he is
holy, that does not increase it;
if he is unholy, that does not
diminish it. Provided he gives
himself to be used by Christ
in the administering of the
Sacrament, the Grace comes to
the soul. Our own sinfulness
might prevent this Grace bene
fiting us — St. Paul tells us
that he who receives the
Blessed Eucharist unworthily
“eats and drinks judgement to
himself,” but the Sacrament
has brought it to us.
Urges Aid
For Missions
VATICAN CITY (Radio, NC)
—The world’s Catholics have
been urged to help the Church
keep pace with the rapid
changes taking place in mis
sion territories.
The appeal was made by
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi,
Secretary of the Sacred Con
gregation for the Propagation
of the Faith. It was made in
connection with Mission Sun
day, to be held this year on
October 23.
The Archbishop pointed out
that in a changing world the
Church as always “tirelessly
carries out its work of evan
gelization.”
But now, he went on, “the
hour in which changes are tak
ing place with dizzying rap
idity has struck for the world.
In the face of these changes
the Church feels it necessary
to mobilize all the vital forces
of the faithful in prayer and
generosity.”
Archbishop Sigismondi said
that Catholics in the numer
ous newly established nations
in mission territories must
show themselves to be effec
tive workers for progress and,
“if necessary, witness unto he
roism of charity and forgive
ness.”
yg FOR. ALL
PURPOSES
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he could not sincerely take an
oath to defend the Constitu
tion because of his allegiance
to the Pope, Senator Kenedy
has been pointing out that he
has taken that oath many
times, as an officer of the
United States Navy and as a
member of both houses of
Congress. Defense of the Con
stitution involves no conflict
of allegiance, since allegiance
to the Pope runs to morals
and doctrine, not to matters
of governmental policy.
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