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YOUTH
EMBARRASSED BY CATHOLIC
STUDENTS' BEHAVIOR
Fatima Anniversary
Draws Multitudes;
Pope's Letter Read
Dear Doris:
I have just finished reading
Campus Chatter. It told about
a Catholic high school beating
the school that I go to. We
played them a week before
this game and I as a Catholic
was never so embarrassed. The
kids from my town were cuss
ed at and booed. I have never
seen such an exhibition!
What should I tell the kids
I go to school with? It would
have been different if it was
just a few but it was prac
tically the whole school.
JUDI
Catholic schools are filled
with young Americans who at
tend for the excellence of the
courses, the superior and de
voted teachers and the very
real Catholic training and phi
losophy. These things can
hardly be judged at a ball
game.
In the competition of a close
and exciting game aren’t
cheers and boos taken for
granted? However, if the
sportsmanship and behavior of
the school was as bad as your
letter indicated the faculty no
ticed it too. Disciplinary ac
tion would be taken, if neces
sary, to prevent such an “ex
hibition” from happening
again.
You are not expected, Judi,
to defend everything another
Catholic or Catholic school
does. We are all human, with
strengths and weaknesses.
Your public school friends rea
lize this, so there’s no need
for being embarrassed.
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BROKEN ROSARIES
Our thanks to readers Julia
Sullivan and Emma S. Markell
who suggested the following
places to send broken rosaries,
statues, etc.
The Family Rosary, 773
Madison Avenue, Albany 8,
New York will appreciate your
rosaries as they are trying to
collect one million rosaries for
the people of South America.
The seminarians at De Sales
Hall, 5001 Eastern Avenue,
Hyattsville, Maryland, repair
all religious articles and send
them to the Missions in Africa.
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BIRTHMARKS
Dear Doris:
I graduated from high school
in June and I’m seriously con
sidering becoming a nun. I
have several birthmarks on my
face and as far as I can re
member I’ve never seen a nun
with moles on her face. Do you
think this would hinder me
from becoming a nun? These
birthmarks have been the
cause of my inferiority com
plex. Nuns have such wonder
ful personalities and I have
far from that.
C. Y.
Neither a birthmark nor an
inferiority complex will keep
you out of the convent, if that
is where you belong. But the
latter could become quite a
burden in any state in life.
Why not get rid of it?
First talk to a priest con
cerning your vocation. If you
don’t konw one go to your
pastor. He will advise you or
recommend another priest.
You need spiritual direction to
help you determine if you real
ly have a vocation.
No matter what you decide
it is useless to feel inferior just
because of a couple of moles.
See your family doctor and in
quire if they can be removed.
If not, take heart. There are
few flawless beauties. Almost
everyone has some physical
imperfection and the most at
tractive people are those who
have developed such a pleas
ant personality that it com
pletely overshadows their de
fects.
Try to remember that God
created you in His own image
and likeness. Concentrate on
your assets, both physical and
spiritual. There is nothing
more pleasing than a smile,
more engaging than a happy
laugh. Both are a cinch to cul-
First 50-Year
Man
a 76-year-old Divine Word
missionary laboring in New
Guinea since 1912, became
the first priest on the New
Guinea mainland to celebrate
his 50th year as a priest.
The sole custodian of the
mission at Halopa for the
past 40 years, he has thrived
on unfiltered rainwater, taro
and other native vegetables.
A native of Cologne, he was
ordained in Vienna in 1911
and left the following year
for New Guinea where he
has served ever since. Father
Ladener celebrated his gold
en jubilee in Alexishafen
near the spot where he set
foot on New Guinea soil 49
years ago. (NC Photos)
tivate; both an asset in the
convent.
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FORGET YOURSELF
Dear Doris:
I am embarrassingly shy. My
friends call me a square be
cause of it. I am mostly shy
when I am around boys. How
can I overcome it.
Too Shy
Begin by forgetting all about
yourself and how you look,
what you are wearing or what
you are going to say. Think of
the other person and what he
is saying or doing. Boys some
times are more shy than you.
In fact everyone is shy at some
time or other but some man
age to hide it better than oth
ers.
Don’t try to talk too much—
listen. And listen some more.
A girl who is a good audience
is easy to be with and boys ap
preciate this.
When you are out with the
gang or about to meet a new
person stand up straight, hold
your head up and smile. It is
amazing just what looking
poised will do for you. If you
can look at ease the crowd
will forget about your shyness
and eventually you will too.
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Dear Doris:
My girl friend and I would
like to know what we should
do if a boy keeps following us
around?
BABS
Stop encouraging him.
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.
It Seems
(Continued from Page 4)
spiritual bouquet from readers
for Joseph Cardinal Mindszen-
ty and all other victims of
communism. I did not wish to
impose on your generosity, but
I made the suggestion. You are
responding. Already, 30 Mass
es have been offered through
stipends sent to me and hand
ed to the Society for the Prop
agation of the Faith. Please
let me know what contribution
you wish to make to our bou
quet.
Perfection is one thing that
may never be reached, but it
is worth reaching for.
(NCWC News Service)
FATIMA, Portugal — More
than a quarter-million pil
grims from many countries at
tended a Mass for the Sick at
this shrine on the 44th anni
versary of the last appearance
of the Blessed Virgin here.
The U. S. was represented
by a contingent of the Blue
Army, which devotes itself to
spreading the message of Fa
tima. It was led by its founder,
Msgr. Harold Colgan of Plain-
field, N. J.
Some groups of Portuguese
pilgrims had walked the coun
try’s dusty roads for days to
reach Fatima.
The pilgrims heard a letter
from His Holiness Pope John
XXIII declare: “We consider
this celebration a happy fore
cast of a rejuvenation of
Christian life, for which Our
heart as Universal Pastor and
Father is constantly search
ing.” The Pope’s letter was ad
dressed to Manuel Cardinal
Qoncalves Cerepeira, Patriarch
of Lisbon.
Pope John urged Catholics
to pray for the reign of God in
souls, in families and in socie
ty. He also asked prayers for
the coming ecumenical council
and for peace among the peo
ples of the world.
PHILADELPHIA — A free
correspondence course in
Catholic belief and practice is
being offered for the ninth
consecutive year by students
of the theology department of
St. Charles Seminary, Phila
delphia.
Initiated in 1953 as a service
for those who wish to investi
gate the teachings of the Cath
olic Church in the privacy of
their own homes, the Home
Study Service has answered
1000 requests for information
from inquirers in 17 foreign
countries, six provinces of
Canada, 45 states of the Unit
ed States, and the District of
Columbia.
The course is available,
without cost or obligation, to
anyone, regardless of religious
affiliation. While not intended
to take the place of more com
plete courses offered in parish
centers, the instruction-by
mail program is designed to
provide a basic knowledge and
undersatnding of the Catholic
Church and its doctrines.
COMPLETE COURSE
Inquirers receive an attrac
tive, easy-to-read textbook on
Catholic doctrine and practice.
After reading several chapters
of the book, the inquirer is
asked to complete an examina
tion on the assigned material.
Unlike examinations in school,
however, this home examina
tion is an “open book test,”
in which the inquirer is free
to refer to the text to verify
his answers.
The inquirer mails the com-
Cardinal Goncalves Cerejei-
ra offered the Mass and
preached the sermon.
He recalled that the appari
tions at Fatima took place in
1917 at the very time that
communism was triumphing in
Russia. He emphasized com
munism’s fundamental antag
onism to Christianity, and
pointed out that appeals to
Our Lady of the Rosary have
been associated in the past
with victory over the enemies
of Christianity. Now the Pope
is again calling for recitation
of the Rosary, he said.
“Communism promises a
new world, but its deepest in
spiration is against God,
against Christ and against the
Church,” he declared.
“Its soul, if one may talk of
such a thing, is atheism.”
At the end of the Mass for
the Sick, Portugal’s consecra
tion to the Immaculate Heart
of Mary was renewed and
about 300 sick persons were
brought forward for blessing.
From midnight the Blessed
Sacrament was exposed for
all-night adoration on an ele
vated altar outside the basilica.
Inside, 500 priests celebrated
Mass until noon. About 35,00
people received Holy Com
munion.
pleted examination to a semi
narian who has been assigned
to the personal handling of his
course. The seminarian cor
rects and grades the test form
and returns it to the inquirer,
together with the answers to
any difficulties which the in
quirer might have encounter
ed.
After the completion of five
or six such tests, the inquirer
receives a handsome diploma,
suitable for framing.
NOTABLE FEATURE
A notable feature of the cor
respondence course is that all
material is sent in plain en
velopes, without markings, in
order to protect the inquirer’s
privacy.
Also, all correspondence is
considered confidential, and no
one will call on inquirers as a
result of their contacting the
Home Study Service.
The entire program, which
is sponsored by the St. Robert
Bellarmine Society of St.
Charles Seminary, is under the
direction of a priest-modera
tor.
INQUIRIES WELCOMED
Non-Catholics desirous of in
vestigating the teachings of
the Catholic Church and Cath
olics who wish to review Cath
olic doctrine are invited to
contact: Home Study Service,
St. Charles Seminary, Over
brook, Philadelphia 51, Pa.
Don’t underrate your com
petition—6r overrate your
skill.
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First Visit From the Divine Friend
Small eyes gaze in wonderment as the Divine Friend of
children comes to a Sudanese child for the first time. A
small girl of the Zande tribe of Sudan, along with several of
her friends, receives her First Holy Communion from a mis
sionary priest in Mopoi. Each little girl carried a bouquet
of fresh flowers to the altar, (NC Photos)
Seminary Instruction-By-Mail
Service Now In Ninth Year
THE BULLETIN, October 28, 1961, Page 5
Post Office Reports
Significant Inn ease
In Antt-^mut Efforts
MARRIAGES
j DOYLE-DORR |
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NORTH AUGUSTA, S. C.—
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Miss Jessie Elizabeth Dorr,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Ferris Dorr, Si\, and Francis
Ivins Doyle, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Joseph Doyle,
were married October 7th at
Our Lady of Peace Cho L,
Father Joseph J. Murphy uifi-
ciating.
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| DINKINS-GILES |
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NORTH AUGUSTA, S. C.—
Miss Patricia Annette Giles,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cla
rence M. Giles of Augusta, and'
Ernest Rodgers Dinkins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dinkins
of Augusta, were married Oc
tober 7th, Father Joseph J.
Murphy officiating.
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| GOVREAU-CONTOIS |
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DUBLIN — Miss Mary Ann
Contois, daughter of Mr. Hec
tor J. Contois of Canadaigua,
N. Y. and William F. Govreau,
Jr., of Dublin, were married
August 18th at St. Thomas’
Church in Rochester, N. Y. The
bride’s uncle, Msgr. Harry
Contois officiating.
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| PINCKNEY-ROGERS |
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SAVANNAH — Miss Linda
Lou Rogers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Coy Mallory Rogers
and Francis Marion Pinckney,
son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Eustice Pinckney of Bluffton,
S. C., were married October
14th at the Blessed Sacrament
Church, Father John J. Simin-
ion of St. Andrews’ Church of
Bluffton officiating.
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| DANIEL-SCHWANER |
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DUBLIN — Miss Lowann
Schwaner of Scottsbluff, Ne
braska and George C. Daniel,
Jr. of Dublin and Warner Rob
ins were married at a Nuptial
Mass at St. Agnes Church in
Scottsbluff on July 23rd, with
Father Whalen officiating.
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| WILLIAMS-FREEMAN |
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COLUMBUS — Miss Janet
Marie Freeman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Franklin
Freeman and Ensign John
Christopher Williams, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Williams
were married at a Nuptial
Mass October 14th at St.
Anne’s Church. Officiating at
the wedding ceremony was the
Rt. Rev. Herman J. Deimel,
V.F.
Warn Of Attacks
On Democracy In
Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, P. R. (NC) —
The Bishops of Puerto Rico
have stated that the island’s
“Christian civilization calls for
a Christian democracy” and
rejects as unworthy any at
tempts to subvert it.
They warned in a pastoral
letter that “philosophical posi
tions and practical attitudes
absolutely irreconcilable with
the Christian Faith have been
diffused today.”
The letter was signed by
Archbishop James P. Davis of
San Juan, Bishops James E.
McManus, C.SS. R., of Ponce
and Alfredo Mende^, C.|3 ; .C.,
of Arecibo; Auxiliary Bishop
Luis Aponte Martinez of
Ponce; and Bishop Edward J.
Harper, C.SS.R., Prelate Nul-
lius of the Virgin Islands.
The letter stated in part:
“We now warn you, most be
loved sons, that we Christians
who have undeservedly in
herited the most precious lega
cy of the Faith should fight
for its preservation and de
fense, and not imitate those
who intend to reconcile things
which are wholly irreconcil
able.”
“The Christian family and
education of children in the
Christian plan of life,” the
Bishop stated, “demands a fav
orable environment and the
acknowledgement of rights
which man has as a creature
of God and not of the state.
In other words, Puerto Rican
Christian civilization calls for
a Christian democracy and re
jects as unworthy and unjust
its deformation or lack of it.”
2730 Piedmont Road, N. E.
Atlanta 5, Georgia
(NCy'C News Service-
\\ ASHINGTON — The U. S.
Post Office Department has
reported a “significant in
crease” in axrests and convic
tions during 1961 for violation
of the postal anti-obscenity
laws.
Postmaster General J. Ed
ward Day said that through
the third quarter of 1961, end
ing September 15, the Postal
Inspection Service arrested 98
person on obscenity charges.
This represents an increase
of 21 per cent over the same
period last year.
Day disclosed (Oct. 18), that
there have been 69 convictions
this year as a result of Postal
Inspection Service investiga
tions — an increase of almost
17 per cent over the convic
tion total for the same period
in 1960.
The Post Office commented
that announcement of the
quarterly cumulative totals
Fr. Sheerin
(Continued from Page 4)
wars do not necessarily spiral
into big ones. We have had
many provocations since the
end of World War II which
in earlier eras would have
been the occasion for general
war.” It is as dangerous to as
sume all little wars will be
come big wars as to assume
no little war will mushroom
into a nuclear war.
The pacifist regards the
SAC program and missile bas
es as provocations to war. Yet
the thinking behind them is
that they will not provoke a
war. To understand our deter
rence policy one must study
all its angles.
The U. S. is painfully aware
it is in a dangerous situation.
Its aim therefore is to make
the situation less risky. In its
SAC program it demonstrates
to Russia its overwhelming
striking power. Our aim is to
show the Soviets what will hit
them if they attack first. In a
sense our deterrence policy is
a failure if Russia attacks: it
is true that we can strike back
but our purpose is to deter the
Russians from attacking us.
Lefever, however, points out
that we are doing something
at present that might prove
self-defeating. The Soviets will
be deterred if they think we
will strike first and we are
doing something that seems
provocative. We have a large
supply of weapons that can be
used mainly for a first-strike
blow at Russia. For instance,
the airplanes on the ground at
SAC bases are sitting ducks,
easy prey for a Soviet attack
and they could not be used for
striking back since they would
be destroyed.
But we also have weapons
such as submarine missiles to
was in keeping with Day’s
policy, announced earlier in
tne year, that the department
would in general limit its pub
lic statements on obscenity in
the mails to reports on cases
investigated and convictions
obtained.
Day expressed the opinion
that the latest report “supports
the wisdom of our policy of
placing emphasis on results ob
tained, rather than publicizing
the fact that obscene and por
nographic matter is available
to our youth through the mails.
“Such ballyhoo can only
serve to weaken our enforce
ment program,” he added.
The department also an
nounced that there were 100
arrests and 103 convictions for
mail fraud during the first
three quarters of 1961. The ar
rests represented a decrease of
about one per cent and the
convictions an increase of
about 47 per cent over last
year.
be launched from underwater
and these would be used as
second-strike weapons, after a
Russian first blow. The Rus
sians see that we have a large
store of first-strike arms and
a very small stock of second-
strike weapons and probably
they interpret it to mean we
are more interested in striking
a first blow than in retaliating
after a Russian first blow. As
Lefever says, “This fact can
frighten the daylights out of
the Russians.”
The pacifist would say, “Get
rid of all nuclear weapons.”
The man who understands the
whole problem and is anxious
to reduce risk would advocate
an increase of second-strike
weapons (and probably a de
crease in first-strike arms.)
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