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of God the Father would seem
unnecessary. Nor does the
Feast of Pentecost present any
particular problem here, for
Pentecost does not commem
orate the Holy Spirit as one
of the Three Divine Persons,
but only recalls the descent of
the Paraclete upon the Apos
tles. And the many feasts in
honor of Christ our Saviour
are not to be understood so
much as honoring the Son of
God proceeding from the Fa
ther but rather as celebrating,
in the words of Father Monta
gue again, “the graces and
mysteries in the life of the
God-Man, of the Word In
carnate,”
ONE MAJOR practical rea
son militating against the in
stitution of a feast in honor of
the Father was offered by
Pope Benedict XIV. It is, in
belief, that the innovation
would be followed by petitions
for the establishment of a
feast commemorating God the
Son not as the Word Incarnate
but as proceeding from the
Father; and also for a third
Feast commemorating the
Procession of the Holy Spirit
from the Father and the Son.
As a result, misunderstanding
might evolve, especially among
the less well informed, with
regard to the essential unity
of God; i.e., that God is abso
lutely one in essence and in
nature.
* * *
Q. Where in Ihe Bible is
there any definite statement
as to which books are inspired
by God and which are not?
A. There is no such 'state
ment in the Bible. The only
way we know what books are
inspired (and therefore are tc
be virtue of the teaching au
thority of the Church. As, St.
Augustine said: “I would, not
believe the gospel, unless the
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authority of the Catholic
Church affected me.”
One writer explains the
problem in this wise: “The
Catholic position is that the
formal witness of God to the
inspiration of the Sacred
Scriptures was revealed to
the Apostles and handed down
by them to the whole Church;
that it has been preserved
from error by divine ecclesias
tical tradition, and is being
legitimately proposed by the
teaching office of the Church.”
J. J. Gilbert
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the communists will increase
their demands, If the govern
ment takes strong action, the
communists will make propa
ganda hay.
—Communists are trained to
use the most inflammatory slo
gans, which appeal immedi
ately to the immature or ill-
educated.
Irish Immigrants Bn England
Are Missioners Aiding Church
LONDON (NC) — The 30,-
100 Irishmen who come to
England each year are un
obtrusive missionaries, an Ir
ish bishop said here.
Bishop James Staunton of
Ferns said the immigrants
from Ireland are giving a boost
to the Church here similar to
<,hat given by their country
men who came to England to
escape the Irish famines of the
I9th century.
Bishop Staunton, secretary
of the Irish Episcopal Com
mittee for Emigrants, denied
that many of the Irish immi
grants are poorly educated as
Catholics and lose their Faith
on coming to predominantly
Protestant England.
Such a claim is an absurd
exaggeration, said the Bishop
in an interview published here
in the Universe, national Cath
olic weekly. He quoted Bish
op George Dwyer of Leeds,
English industrial center, as
saying:
“The vast majority (of Irish
immigrants) are staunch and
loyal Catholics stronger in the
practice of their Faith than
any other national group in
the country.”
Ireland, although outside the
British Commonwealth, has a
special agreement with the
United Kingdom which allows
Irishmen to come here without
passports and gives them un
restricted residence rights.
Many of the immigrants are
recruited for the big new road
building projects in rural are
as — where they live in camps
—and for new housing devel
opments on the cities’ fringes.
Bishop Staunton pointed out
that through arrangements
with his committee such build
ing squads sometimes bring
their own priest with them or
are sent visiting missionaries
from time to time from Ire
land. Irish seminaries, he add
ed, are now sending about 33
priests specially trained to
work among the Irish in Brit
ain each year.
The British and Irish troops
maintain close relations in
this matter and many priests
here report that the newly ar
rived Irish quickly become the
most active members of their
congregations, Bishop Staun
ton said.
One deliberate policy adopt
ed by the two hierarchies is
to seek to prevent the Irish
from forming separate com
munities and to encourage
them to infiltrate into the gen
eral life of this country. For
this reason Irish churches —
on the lines of the French,
Italian, Belgian, German and
other national churches in
London — are not set up, the
Bishop said.
Catholic lay welfare socie
ties in both countries are ad
vising and helping the new
comers, he added. Irish centers
in London and other big cities
provide social contacts for
lonely new arrivals. The Le
gion of Mary concentrates on
contacting Irish girls, meeting
them at the quayside or at
rail terminals and shepherding
them to reliable homes.
Many of the women enter
hotel work, where they have
their own visiting priests.
Many more go into nursing,
and British hospitals today re
cruit from them over 50 per
cent of their staff.
Pope Receives
Swedish Sovereigns;
New Envoy
VATICAN CITY, (Radio,
NC)—His Holiness Pope John
XXIII has received the King
and Queen of Sweden, and
Pakistan’s new minister to the
Holy See.
The Pope’s 30-minute audi
ence with King Gustav VI
and Queen Louise was in
keeping with their dignity as
sovereigns, but was not ac
companied by the usual proto
col. This was because there are
no diplomatic relations be
tween Sweden and the Vati
can.
King Gustav during his visit
to Italy has been supervising
archaeological e x c a v a tions,
which are his hobby.
Pope John received the
Pakistani minister, Maj. Gen.
A. M. Raza, for the presenta
tion of his credentials.
Extra driver alertness is
needed at dawn and at dusk
when a driver’s vision is al
ways poorest. Vision experts
say there isn’t sufficient nat
ural light to see by, yet it isn’t
dark enough for headlights to
be completely effective.
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Tucson, Ariz., and named
him a titular archbishop.
Coadjutor Bishop Francis J.
Green (lower photo) suc
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Gercke, 86, has headed the
southern Arizona diocese
since 1923. (NC Photos)
"GOLDEN ERA"
NEW ORLEANS, (NC) —
“This is the golden era of the
laity,” a Bishop said here.
“Happy is the priest, who
has laity organized to work
under his direction, especially
in endeavors of the Confrater
nity of Christian Doctrine,”
Bishop Charles P. Greco of
Alexandria, La., said.
Bishop Greco spoke at a
Pontifical High Mass offered
for delegates to a regional
conference of the Confrater
nity of Christian Doctrine in
the New Orleans province.
OUR LADY'S STATUE MOVES SOUTH—One of 25
statues of Our Lady being given the Argentine shrine of
Our Lady of Lujan near Buenos Aires, the statue of Our
Lady of the Immaculate Conception (above) is blessed by
Msgr. Thomas J. Grady, director of the National Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The statue will
represent U. S. Catholics in the Argentine shrine where de
votion to the Blessed Virgin dates from the 17th century.
—(NC Photos).
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