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It Seems (Continued from Page 4) told him, “you believe in the i m m aculate conception of everybody.” But it is almost impossible, even apart from faith, not to believe in original sin; that is, in some primordial tragedy that left us all spiritually wounded. WE KNOW THAT we are, not what we ought to be, what we deeply want to be, what we sense that somehow we ought to be able to be. We have been hurt in the deepest depths of us; and a cry goes us for help. Alone among us, Mary the Virgin was never under the tyranny of sin. But as she im plied in saying of herself, “I am the Immaculate Concep tion,” her perfect preserva tion in grace was not her do ing—it was God’s. To God she owed everything. So do we; and she owes more than we, because to her more was given. The fearful price she paid for it was to share, with the intimacy of perfect motherhood, and for us as well as for herself, the sufferings of her Son in the fullness of our redemption. And so it is that we love and honor her. 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Moreover, the practice of re ceiving Communion on the first Friday of the month must be distinguished from the de votion commonly called the “nine first Fridays.” Both are associated with the seven teenth century mystic, St. Mar garet Mary Alacoque, whose entire life can be epitomized as an intense effort to encourage widespread devotion to the Sacred Heart. But only the first of these two devotions— the practice of receiving Com munion on the first Friday of the month—has been highly indulgenced and liturgically privileged by the Church. And Communion received on the Saturday following the first Friday can suffice insofar as this devotion is concerned. ACCORDING TO the Church’s official handbook of indulgenced prayers and works a plenary indulgence may be gained by those who receive the Eucharist on the first Fri day of the month—nothing is mentioned about nine consecu tive Fridays — provided that they “devoutly assist at public exercises in honor of the Sac red Heart and fulfill the usual conditions (i.e., confession and prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father—at least one Pa ter, Ave and Gloria, for in stance). DORIS REVERE PETERS ~sQnAwerA YOUTH SEWING RELIGIOUSLY I Playing the part of a priest for the first time in his long acting career, Maurice Chevalier, as Father Antonio in the film “Jessica,” sews a heavily embroidered altar cloth. Don Antonio is the central character in the movie currently being shot in Forza D’Argo, Italy.—(NC Photos). BRITISH GIRL ILL AT EASE IN U.S.A. THE IN D U L G EN C E can even be gained by those who for some legitimate reason cannot attend such public ex ercises, so long as they (in ad dition to fulfilling the other requirements cited above) re cite some prayers privately in reparation for the injuries of fered to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and make a visit to a church or public oratory. INVALIDS who cannot visit a church or public oratory can, upon consultation with a priest, receive permission to substitute another work, such as the saying of certain extra prayers in reparation to the Sacred Heart. IN ANY CASE, the first Fri day devotion can be fulfilled and the indulgences obtained by the infirm, for example, who cannot receive Commun ion until the Saturday follow ing. In the words of Dr. Ger ard Montague, in his ‘Prob lems in the Liturgy’: "IN ACCORDANCE with Canon 931 of the Codex, the sacramental confession pre scribed for this indulgence may be made at any time dur ing eight days preceding or following the first Friday, and the Holy Communion may be received either on the previous Thursday or within the suc ceeding week. Hence Holy Communion received on the Saturday satisfies the require- ed condition.” THE "NINE first Fridays” devotion, on the other hand, has never been so officially enriched by the Church. Nor has there ever been a general, authoritative interpretation of the devotion (which is based on a private revelation to St. Margaret Mary). Hence, if one electes to practice this devo tion, one can do nothing else than observe the letter of the law, taking care to receive on nine consecutive first Fridays. SURELY BOTH devotions ought to be encouraged. As re gards the second, one should make the “nine first Fridays” frequently during life, and have the intention, if possible to continue to make them from time to time. Bislops Of Bongo Meet LEOPOLDVILLE, The Con go (NC) — The Bishops of the Congo have met in their Plen ary Conference for the first time since the former Belgian colony achieved independence and the creation of a hierarchy here. All but about half a dozen of the 41 bishops and prefects apostolic were able to attend. The Apostolic Delegate in the Congo, Archbishop Gastone Mopaiski-Perelli, opened the Plenary Conference (Nov. 20) with a brief speech. He noted that the purpose of this sixth conference was to adapt the work of the Catholic Church in the Congo to the new con ditions of independence. Meanwhile, Lovanium Uni versity here has begun its eighth academic year with 632 students from 11 European and African countries. On the university faculty this year are three visiting American profes sors. Lovanium, a Catholic foundation, is the only uni versity in operation in the Congo. Dear Doris: I’m 23 and came to this country from the British Isles a few years ago with my par ents. My one desire is to be married and blessed with chil dren. Recently I made a work ing-vacation trip home. I re newed old friendships and made many new friends. There I am accepted and us ually liked by everyone. While here in your wonderful coun try I am a completely different person, withdrawn and ill at ease. I do not indulge in alco holic beverages and on occas ion feel rather left out. I think my nondrinking is one of the reasons why I lack confidence. I go out rather often but not as frequently as I did at home. I like to dance but feel ill at ease at parties. Most of my friends are married or engaged but at this late date I feel I shall never meet anyone. PHILOMENA I am sorry space makes it necessary to condense your letter. Many young women, foreign born or American, face some of the problems you men tioned. If you sincerely want to make a life in the U. S. you must concentrate on the good and pleasant here and strive to understand us. Continue your social life. It should help you adjust to our customs. Your nondrinking should not make you feel ill at ease. Many do not “indulge” and are popular and successful socially. You can always order a soft drink. Who knows what’s in a glass? You sound impatient about marriage, and this impatience could be the cause of your other anxieties. While there is a trend toward young marriag es it is just a trend, not a law. And you can still get married any time you find just the right man. But this depends on who and what you consider “just right.” You may be fool ishly looking for perfection. Do not be afraid of your womanly instincts. Continue to pray. The Lord will reward you for your motivation and your faith. Remember God cre ated you a woman and gave you the qualities necessary to fulfill the role of motherhood, whether that role be physical or spiritual. ADOPTED CHILD Dear Doris: I recently read an article in a newspaper on whether or not to tell a child he is adopted. I would like the Church’s opin ion on this. When should he be told and does his age enter into it? JOHN The Church has no official opinion on this. But the per sonnel of child caring agencies of all religions recommend that the child be told as soon as possible. This is done by in troducing into his vocabulary (when he is able to understand the meaning) such words as “chosen child” and “adopted.” When this is done naturally and gradually with prayers and anecdotes that fit the par ticular family situation the child’s adjustment to the idea is easy and in most cases com pletely satisfactory. Dear Doris: What does a boy mean when he says seriously over and over, “Will you wait for me?” DESPERATE I assume he means, “Will you wait for me to grow up, to finish school, to get a job and get settled?” If you don’t date anyone else this could be a long wait — and a lonesome one. Why not ask him exactly what he means the next time he mentions it. DATING AGE Dear Doris: Do you think 15 is a good age to start dating? I don’t insist on going out alone be cause in our town everyone goes out in groups of three or four couples to the various par ties and dances, etc. GAIL Depends on you Gail. If you want to start dating, 15 is a good age to begin—and in groups as you mentioned. You are lucky to be living in a town where the custom of group dating prevails. It makes it easier for you to as sume responsibility and devel op your personality in a nat ural and normal fashion. TOO THIN? Dear Doris: I’m very thin and have no figure at all. This does not bother me but I would like to gain some weight. AGNES A well balanced diet, fresh air, exercise and sufficient rest should keep you healthy and help you develop at your nor mal rate. Everyone develops physcially and mentally at dif ferent speeds. Some years you grow inches and add pounds while other years you seem to stand still. Unless you are underweight, don’t worry. It’s easy to gain weight, but difficult to lose. The school nurse will be glad to check your weight and rec ommend a diet and/or vita mins. She will also recommend a visit to the doctor if neces sary. * # * 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. Fatima Shrine In Hong Kong HONG KONG (NC) — More than 4,000 Hong Kong Catho lics, led by Bishop Lawrence Bianchi, P.I.M.E., and escorted by a Sea Scout unit, traveled by chartered ferry boats to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima on Cheung Chau Island and witnessed the blessing of the rebuilt church there. The motorist’s day in court makes traffic law enforcement either effective or useless, ac cording to A. E. Spottke, vice president of Allstate Insurance Companies. A traffic offender must be considered the same as any other lawbreaker and be treated fairly but firmly in order to establish more obedi ence to the rules of the road. THE BULLETIN, December 9, 1951—PAGE 5 World Council Of Churches' Assembly Hears Unity Pleas; Fears Voiced On Russian Church NEW DELHI, (NC) — Ap peals for Christian unity have risen from both Orthodox and Protestant leaders at the third assembly of the World Council of Churches, which bands to gether virtually all the world’s non-Catholic Christian faiths. Ecumenical Patriarch Athe- nagoras of Constaninople urg ed all Christians “regardless of their confessions” to under stand and act on “the quest of our times, which is our unity in Christ.” The ranking prelate of the Greek Orthodox Church said in a statement read to the as sembly: “It is in our own unity that the world will be enabled to evaluate the real meaning of brotherhood and hope and assurance of a new epoch in Christ.” A U. S. Protestant theologian echoed the Patriarch’s call, and asked for emphasis on unity of faith rather than mere unity of organization. “The church has found a melancholy number of ways to express her variety,” com mented Dr. Joseph A. Sittler, Jr., professor of systematic theology at the University of Chicago, in a keynote address to the assembly. “She has found fewer ways to express her unity. But if we are indeed called to unity and if we can obey that call in terms of a contemporary Chris- tology, expanded to dimensions of New Testament vision, we shall perhaps obey into fuller unity.” Dr. Sittler titled his address “Called to Unity.” Anglican Archbishop Mich ael Ramsey of Canterbury said the search for holiness is es sential for the achievement of unity. “It is useless to think that we can look for unity in Christ’s name unless we are looking no less for holiness in His obedience and for the re alization of the truth which He has revealed,” the Anglican primate said. He warned against thinking that “just a few simple facts and principles” are. all that is needed for unity. The Ethiopian statement,, read to the assembly by Bishop Theophilos, suggested close study of the traditional doc trines with a view to defining them more clearly. Bishop Theophilos also de plored “sheep stealing” or proselytizing among Orthodox Christians by other Christian denominations. He warned that Christianity is in danger of being regarded as a “white man’s religion” in Africa. A statement by Patriarch Alexis of Moscow, ranking prelate of the Russian Ortho dox Church, was read to the assembly shortly after his church was voted into mem bership in the WCC. He called for concerted ac tion by all Christians to get the world’s leaders into a dis armament conference. Patriarch Alexis said the Russian Orthodox Church is aware of the difficulties along the road to unity of all Chris tians, but is prepared to do what it can in that direction within the WCC. Some groups within the WCC raised serious questions about the advisability of ad mitting the Russian church. A member of the WCC’s central committee said fears that the Russian Orthodox would try to infuse Soviet ideology into the council has been studied and set aside. WCC’s general secretary, Dr. W. A. Visser’t Hooft, declared before the vote that Russian membership would be “a tre mendous opportunity for real spiritual dialogue between Eastern and Western church es.” Yet outside the assembly hall a picket walked to and fro bearing a sign: “Russian clergy are communist agents, not servants of God.” Both Archbishop John Sha- hovsky of the Russian Ortho- dox-Greek Catholic Church of North America and Dr. Zoltan Beby of the Hungarian Re formed Church in America ex pressed deep misgivings about membership of the Russian Orthodox Church in the WCC. Twenty-two other churches besides the Russian Orthodox Church were admitted to mem bership during the 18-day (Nov. 18-Dec. 6) assembly. That brought total membership from 175 denominations to 198. Only 146 denominations were included in the WCC at the time of its formation at the first assembly in 1948. Now more than 350,000,000 Chris tians of 60 nations are repre sented. The Catholic Church is rep resented at the WCC assembly by five official observers. The American observer, Fa ther Edward Duff, S.J., praised the assembly’s strivings for unity. “These people really want to stay together,” said the Jesuit director of the Institute for Social Order in St. Louis “It is not just theoretical. The earnestness of their work and prayer is very inspiring.” He called the assembly “as tonishing” and “providential.” Progress For Church In Formosa TAICHUNG, (NC) — A 40- Hours devotion held simultan eously in 33 mission parishes here — where only a decade ago a priest would be lucky to muster enough people for a single ceremony—gives evi dence of the spiritual growth in this young mission territory. The devotion opened in Tai chung’s new Procathedral of Christ the Savior with a Mass celebrated by Msgr. William F. Kupfer, M.M., of Flushing, N. Y., Apostolic Prefect of Tai chung. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament throughout the three following days was held in the 33 Maryknoll missions— comprising new, impressive, city churches and remote, tiny mission chapels among the aborigines. Both morning and evening Masses were offered in most parishes, with sermons preached in three Chinese dia lects — Taiwanese, Mandarin, and Hakka. The devotion end ed with an outdoor procession and Benediction in each par ish. Mission pastors reported that the turnout is growing each year and the devotion seems to be popular with the new Catholics of Taichung — an area which has grown from a handful of Catholics in 1951 to 30,705 in 1961. C&S REALTY COMPANY “Specialists in Commercial- Industrial Real Estate” 604 Mortgage Guarantee Building Warehouses, Stores, Mfg. Plants, Acreage, Shopping Center Dev., Industrial Dev., Subdivision Dev., Insurance JA. 4-2053 MIKE fe STEVE SERTICH 2730 Piedmont Road, N. E. Atlanta 5. 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