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The Administration
of Sacraments
A full treatment of the
Sacraments must come at a
later stage of one’s study of
theology. Ideal for the pur
pose are the five volumes on
the Sacraments, written by
Msgr. Pohle,
translated by
that wonder
ful lay theo
logian, Ar
thur Preuss,
published by
Herder. Here
we may at
least glance
at three ma
jor questions affecting them
all—who administers, how they
are administered, and what
they do for us.
The Minister
Baptism is so vital—for it is
the beginning of our life as
members of Christ, and one
who has not received it can
receive no other sacrament—
that God allows ANYONE to
baptize. Ideally, of course, it
should be administered by a
priest: but if necessary a lay
man can baptize: even one not
himself baptized may do so,
provided he means to do what
the Church does.
We have touched upon the
intention with which the one
giving baptism gives it. It ap
plies to all sacraments. The
minister is acting in the power
of Christ: he is giving himself
to be used by Christ—giving
HIMSELF, note. Our Lord is
not using him as a tool, for
tool’s are simply used at the
carpenter’s will, their consent
is not asked. The minister gives
himself to he used as Christ
wishes to use him—that, broad
ly, is the doctrine of-Intention.
To go through the actions and
utter the words with no inten
tion of doing what Christ
wanted done—that would be
no sacrament but an empty
form, a parody.
There is one sacrament
which cannot be administered
by a priest at all—-it is Matri
mony, for the man and woman
to be married (orovided they
are baptized) administer it to
each other. They must have
their parish priest there, or
another with his consent. If
they live so far from a priest
that it is practically impossible
to have one present—a month’s
journey, for instance—or on a
desert island, then they may
marry with no priest there.
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The bishop confers Holv Or
ders, and normally Confirma
tion. though he sometimes del
egates one of his clergy. The
other three — Penance, Holy
Eucharist. Extreme TTnction—
can be administered onlv bv
one who has received priestly
Orders.
How Administered
How the various sacraments
are administered does not re-
auire detailed treatment in an
elementary outline of theolo
gy. The Church speaks of the
Matter and Form of each sac
rament, and unon some points
there is vast discussion among
theologians. Here we need
dance only at what must be
done and what must be said.
Of Baptism we have already
spoken. In Confirmation there
is the laying on of the bishon’s
hands and the anointing of the
forehead with consecrated oil.
Matrimony requires that the
man and woman make an
nouncement in the presence of
witnesses of their wish to be
husband and wife.
The person seeking the sac
rament of Penance must con
fess at least all mortal sins
he has committed since he last
received the sacrament, with
contrition and the willingness
to make whatever satisfaction
is required. (Contrition and
satisfaction will be explained
later.) The priest must pro
nounce the words of absolu
tion* “I absolve you from your
sins.”
The Holy Eucharist requires
that the priest say the words
“This is my body” over wheat-
en bread, and the words “This
is my blood” over wine of the
grape. Theologians have much
more to tell, but it need not
be set out here.
In Holy Orders, the bishop
lays his hands on the person
to be ordained and says a
prayer that he may receive
the power of sacerdotal grace
(the word sacerdotal comes
from the Latin word for the
offering of sacrifice).
In Extreme Unction the or
gans of sense are anointed with
oil and the priest prays for
the forgiveness of sins com
mitted through each of them
(though a general prayer that
the sick man’s sins be for
given has been held sufficient).
What has just been said of
the necessary acts and words
of the sacraments is the barest
outline. There are further re
finements as to what is need
ed for validity—that is, to
make the sacraments real and
effective; and there are other
requirements not strictly es
sential for validity but called
for by the Church’s laws.
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In a letter to the U. S. hier
archy announcing the collec
tion, Archbishop Karl J. Alter
of Cincinnati cited the “great
need” of “millions of people”
throughout the world whom it
wil] benefit.
Archbishop Alter, chairman
of the administrative board of
the National Catholic welfare
Conference, said those aided
are “neople who would other
wise be left without sufficient
clothing to cover bodies al
ready suffering from under
nourishment and privation.”
This year’s drive will be the
12th annual Thanksgiving
Clothing Collection sponsored
by the U. S. Bishops. As in
previous years, the usable
clothing, shoes and bedding
collected will be turned over
to Catholic Relief Services —
National Catholic Welfare
Conference for distribution to
the needy.
CRS-NCWC is the overseas
relief agency of the U.S. Bish
ops and the largest private re
lief organization in the world.
A spokesman for the agency
estimated that the clothing
collections of previous years
produced some 120 million
pounds of usable clothing,
shoes, blankets and bedding
supplies. He estimated the
value of the supplies at $145
million.
During the past year, in
addition to conducting its reg
ular worldwide assistance pro
grams, CRS-NCWC as usual
has taken part in relief work
in connection with major dis
asters in several countries.
In June it was estimated
that the agency’s relief sup
plies to Chile, ravaged by
earthquakes and tidal waves,
were worth more than two
million dollars.
Shortly after hurricane Don
na injured many and left oth
ers homeless in Puerto Rico,
CRS-NCWC was on the scene
with a three-and-a-half ton
supply of medicines, clothing
and blankets.
By mid-September the
agency had sent more than
200,000 pounds of foodstuffs
and 5,200 pounds of clothing
to victims of floods in the
Philippines.
In March, following earth
quakes in Aganir, Morocco,
Catholic Relief Services an
nounced it was aiding victims
out of a shipment of 490,000
pounds of clothing sent to Mo
rocco as part of its regular
aid program to that country.
The clothing was collected in
the 1959 Thanksgiving Cloth
ing Collection.
Archbishop Alter noted in
his letter that in each year’s
collection so far the total
amount of clothing collected
has exceeded that of the pre
vious year.
He said this is “ample evi
dence” that the Catholics of
the United States are “most
anxious to cooperate in this
annual effort for the poor
overseas.”.
The Archbishop also said
that priests and Religious have
been “most generous” in help
ing the appeal” even though
it often entails great incon
venience and sacrifice.”
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Dear Doris:
Would you please tell me
what to do in this situation.
I’m a sophomore in high
school. My ambition is to be
a medical secretary. In order
to take the course I have to
earn money for the tuition. I
don’t know whether to get a
part time job and earn some
money or in my spare time
concentrate on learning as
much as I can about typing
and medical terms. I have a
typewriter and medical dic
tionary at home.
DOLORES
If you need to earn the tu
ition money a job after school
seems like a good idea. But,
remember, you need time for
homework and recreation.
Both are important. And with
a job there won’t be much
spare time left for practicing
typing and medical terms.
Since these will be part of the
specialized training you intend
to take why bother with them
now?
For the present concentrate
on high school. Give it all you
have. Develop good study hab
its. They are always an asset
so are good grades. Many of
the things you are studying
in high school will help you
later on.
Keep your ambition to be
come a medical secretary. But
don’t complicate it by trying
to do too much at once. Do
one thing at a time.
ANKLE BRACELET
Dear Doris:
For my birthday recently
the boy I’m going with gave
me a rather expensive ankle
bracelet. My mother says it
was improper of me to ac
cept it. She says that girls
do not accept gifts of jewelry
from boys unless they are en
gaged. I say this gift is merely
a token of our friendship. But
my mother wants me to give
it back to him.
• I think she is being unrea
sonable. What is he going to
do with it? He can’t return it
since both initials are engrav
ed on it. What am I going to
do?
MARY
You have only one thing to
do. Return the bracelet, if your
mother insists, no matter how
awkward a situation it may
be.
It used to be the custom
that ALL gifts of jewelry were
exchanged between engaged
couples only. It is now regard
ed as proper for good friends
to exchange gifts of COS
TUME jewelry. An ankle
bracelet is considered costume
jewelry and doesn’t have the
same significance as real jew
elry. Explain this to your
mother and she may change
her mind.
Your mother isn’t being un
reasonable. She is judging
your acceptance of the present
by her standards. Maybe she
doesn’t like the idea of you
wearing an ankle bracelet.
And she objects more to the
friendship than to the gift.
You would be wise to listen
to her advice. While some so
cial customs and rules of eti
quette change, basic good
taste and refinement never
change. Your mother shows
she has lots of both.
WHEN TO PHONE
Dear Doris:
I’m 17, quite popular with
boys and accept dates once in
awhile. But mostly I refuse
after the second date since
they get so serious and want
to go steady. By not going
with them I’m afraid I have
insulted them.
There is one boy whom I
met a month ago. We meet at
dances and I can tell he would
like to ask me for a date, but
he hesitates. I think some of
the other boys are talking to
him about me.
I would like to date this boy
but I don’t know how to go
about it and don’t want to ask
first. He has a telephone. Shall
I call him first just to start a
conversation?
DOROTHY S.
No, don’t phone him first
just to start a conversation.
That is obvious and sure to
scare him away. If he wants
to date you he will ask you
eventually — so be patient.
Where a boy is concerned
telephone only for something
specific. For example; would
you like him to serve on the
decorating committee for the
Halloween Dance? Or would
the group like him to go to the
picnic? If so, a phone call is
fine. Otherwise don’t phone;
wait.
Don’t worry that the other
boys talk about your reluc
tance to go steady or get seri
ous after a second date. This
is “happy” talk; and very fav
orable. It’s also a good reputa
tion to have and bound to at
tract favorable companions.
CURRENT SES
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON — Actress
Helen Hayes will be the prin
cipal banquet speaker at the
is based on the convention
theme, “These Works of
Love.”
Earlier, Bishop Robert J.
Dwyer of Reno, host to the
convention, will offer a Sol
emn Pontifical Mass that will
formally open the sessions.
Bishop Allen J. Babcock of
Grand Rapids, Mich., will
preach. He is chairman of the
Department of Lay Organiza
tions, National Catholic Wel
fare Conference, which in
cludes the NCCW.
HELEN HAYES
30th biennial convention of
the National Council of Cath
olic Women, to be held in Las
Vegas, Nev., from October 31
to November 4.
At NCCW headquarters here
Margaret Mealcy, executive
secretary, said that more than
3,000 Catholic women and
their guests are expected to at
tend the banquet, which will
be held on November 3 in the
Las Vegas Convention Center.
Miss Hayes will speak on “The
Eternal Role.”
John C. Hayes, Chicago ed
ucator and president of the
National Council of Catholic
Men, will extend greetings.
Mrs. Mark A. Theissen of Cov
ington, Ky., retiring NCCW
president, will give her fare
well address and introduce
newly elected officers of the
council. Marie Thompson,
NCCW national director, will
be the toastmaster.
Miss Mealey said that 27 of
the U. S. Hierarchy are ex
pected to attend the sessions.
His Eminence Richard Card
inal Cushing, Archbishop of
Boston, will deliver the key
note, address on October 31. It
Jottings
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green sea had passed through
the blue and a shadow of
brown earth through the crim
son, as in the work of the an
cient colorists. The conception
was common and more than
common, and yet never
merely uncommon. She was a
peasant and She was a Queen,
and in that sense She was a
Lady; but not the sort of sham
lady who pretends to be a
peasant, nor the sort of sham
peasant who pretends to be a
lady. She was barefoot like
any colleen on the hills; yet,
there was nothing merely local
about her simplicity. I have
never known who was the
artist and I doubt if anybody
knov/s; I only know that it is
Irish, and I almost think that
I should have known without
being told.
w "I HAVE heard of one
other man who felt as I do,
and went miles out of his
way at intervals to revisit the
little church with an intense
earnestness in which there is
something of endless youth;
and I have sometimes started,
as if I had actually heard the
words spoken across that emp
tiness: I am the Mother of
God and this is Himself, and
He is the boy you will all be
wanting at the last . . .”
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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y„
— Heightened current inter
est in the activities of the
United Nations has focused at
tention on the work of the Of
fice for United Nations Affairs
of the National Catholic Wel
fare Conference.
Sometimes it may seem that
public interest in the U. N.
is a fickle thing, attracted
only by table-pounding inci
dents and ignoring the tre
mendous amount of hard work
that goes on day by day, week
after week, in the many of
fices concerned with U. N.
matters.
The U. N. Office of the
N.C.W.C. is one of these. Here
four persons — and many
volunteer associates — keep
close watch on U. N. events
under the direction of Cath
erine Schaefer.
Responsible for the office
and working closely with it is
Auxiliary Bishop James H.
Griffiths of New York, chair
man of the Bishops’ Peace
Committee and assistant for
U. N. affairs to Archbishop
Karl J. Alter of Cincinnati,
chairman of the N.C.W.C. Ad
ministrative Board.
The N.C.W.C.’s United Na
tions office — located on East
36th St. in New York —. fre
quently serves as a welcoming
office for Catholics from other
lands coming to the U. S. or
to the U.N., a place where
they may meet other Cath
olics with similar interests.
Receptions have been held to
greet many distinguished visi
tors and the office has been a
focal point for observers rep
resenting international non
governmental organizations at
the U.N.
The interest of the U. S.
Bishops in the United Nations
has been evidenced for many
years — even before the U. N.
was officially organized.
The U. S. State Department
invited a number of non-gov
ernmental organizations to the
San Francisco conference at
which the U. N. was organ
ized. Among the 48 national
organizations invited were the
N.C.W.C. and the Catholic As
sociation for Internationa]
Peace.
With the establishment of
the U. N. in New York, the
U. S. Bishops decided to have
a liaison with it through the
N.C.C.W. Office for U. N. af
fairs. As Bishop Griffiths
points out: “Largely because
of the insistence of the United
States, the headquarters of the
United Nations was set up in
New York. Hence, it was only
logical that the N.C.W.C. Of
fice should also be placed in
that city.”
He also pays tribute to the
late Cardinal Samuel Stritch
of Chicago who, “with char
acteristic foresight and keen
appreciation of international
developments,” urged on the
Bishops “the wisdom of es
tablishing” under N.C.W.C.
auspices an office for U. N.
affairs.
Bishop Griffiths has on
many occasions represented
the Holy See in connection
with the work of the United
Nations. In the convention on
the Arbitration of Foreign
Awards, he acted as Pleni
potentiary. He served as ob
server at the U.N. Economic
and Social Council. He repre
sented the Holy See in Tech
nical Assistance and World
Refugee Pledging Conferences.
The Office for U. N. Affairs
is not a special department of
the N.C.W.C., but a part of its
Executive Department. Miss
Schaefer’s official title is As
sistant to the General Secre
tary of the N.C.W.C. for Unit
ed Nations Affairs.”
When the U. N. office was
first established, Miss Schaefer
was its only occupant. The
first office was in space pro
vided in the administrative
offices of the Arch diocese of
New York. Since those days,
it has grown, both in space
and in recognition.
The work of the office is
varied and difficult to put into
little — or even big — cubby
holes. The office is accredited
to the department of public
information at the U. N. as an
observer organization, and also
to the U. S. Mission to the
U.N.
Miss Schaefer represents the
World Union of Catholic Wo
men’s Organizations at the
U. N. Economic and Social
Council. Her assistant, Alba
Zizzamia, represents it at the
U. N. Children’s Emergency
Fund. Miss Zizzamia is also
the N.C.W.C. News Service
correspondent at the U. N.
The NC office exchanges in
formation with official Cath
olic information offices of in
ternational organizations, such
as the International Catholic
Organization office at U. N.
Educational, Scientific a n d
Cultural Organization head
quarters in Paris.
It has given much help to
IISES HTTE
E OF If. N.
observers from such organiza
tions to the U. N. when they
come to New York, helping
them to become acquainted
and briefing them on problems
under discussion.
The office has been used
frequently for seminars — for
Catholic editors, for instance,
to acquaint them with U. N.
affairs, and for the National
Council of Catholic Women.
Miss Zizzamia, as an instance
of their work, will be talking
on the United Nations and the
new nations at the NCCW
convention to be held in Las
Vegas, Nev. (Oct. 30 to Nov.
4). She has followed U. N.
work on dependent areas,
which has influenced the
emancipation of so many of
the countries and took a study
trip to Africa some years ago.
So she knows at first hand the
countries and problems she
will discuss.
Miss Schaefer too has trav
eled extensively in connection
with her work to Latin Amer
ica, Asia, Australia and Eu
rope.
An important part of their
work is their monthly publica
tion, New Notes. A discussion
of circulation. There is also a
Spanish edition, which goes to
Latin American organizations.
Another function is supply
ing U. N. information to the
N.C.W.C. This includes of
course the Executive Depart
ment, of which it is a part.
It also includes the other de
partments and officials of the
N.C.W.C.
The office’s staff members
regularly attend sessions of
the U. N. and its councils and
committees.
The Office for U. N. Affairs
has developed into a sort of
liaison point where members
of international Catholic or
ganizations represented at the
U. N. may meet. Delegates of
the various countries also
have recognized that the office
provides a ready source of
authentic information and
documentation on the attitude
and position of the Church on
various non-political social
problems.
It is a small office, when
compared with similar types
cf organizations in the area of
U. N. affairs. Yet, as Bishop
Griffiths remarks:
“The office has functioned
a
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with commendable success and
quiet efficiency so as to merit
the respect of many officials
of the United Nations organi
zation itself, the regard of
delegations of many nations,
and also of international non
governmental bodies accredit
ed by the U. N. with consulta
tive status.”
FR. LUCIEN BOUCHARD,
O.S.B., of South Attleboro,
Mass., (above) was one of five
missionaries who fled from
the Laotian provincial capital
of Sam Neua only two hours
before it was captured by
communist-led P a t h e t Lao
guerilla fighters. The Oblate
priest arrived in Vientiane,
the capital of Laos, with three
French Oblate priests and a
Canadian Oblate Brother.
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