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ROADS TO ROME, edited
by John A. O’Brien, All Saints
Press, 1960, 258 pp., 60c.
Reviewed by
W. L. Schmidt
This is a familiar title, hav
ing first been published in
1954 in hard cover. Its present
inexpensive paperback edition
will widen the field of readers,
and is another addition to the
field of pocketbooks which
have made knowledge of
things Catholic more readily
available to everyone.
The search for the meaning
of life goes on in the heart of
every man. With some it is re
lentless, and very strong. Bi
ographies of those engaged in
this search are revealing.
Roads to Rome gives specific
examples of converts? who
have made this search. A. J.
Cronin, for example, who in
tensified his search after be
coming pressingly conscious of
the crisis in human affairs as
a result of atheistic ideologies,
and the spiritual hunger that
gnaws at the hearts of Chris
tians who, nevertheless, rte-
main apathetic in their atti
tude towards God. Alexis Car-
rell, the scientist, who receiv
ed the stirrings of Faith on
witnessing the miracles and
expressions of Faith at
Lourdes; or Ann Fremantle,
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who searched for, and found, a
Religion that could satisfy her
yearning spirit. Then there are
James C. Fry, Gene Fowler,
John C. H. Wu, R. W. Keyser-
lingk, and many others who
have interesting stories to tell
in this little book.
Converts have experiences
on their conversion analogous
to married couples who find a
new world opening up in the
spiritual and physical experi
ences of each other. To many a
life long Catholic it should
give some somber thoughts
that spiritual truths and plea
sures that have been his for
a life time, or readily avail
able, should be left for beau
tiful expression and happy
broadcasting to those who re
ceived them late in life.
TRUTHS MEN LIVE BY. by
John A. O’Brien, Macmillan,
1961, 427 pp., indexed, paper
back, $1.95.
Reviewed by
W. L. Schmidt
The study of nature is deep
ly fascinating. There' is so
much of it, too. The earth, the
oceans, space and all that’s in
it. And, of course, there is man
standing at the pinnacle of ma
terial creation. The more one
studies these, the greater the
awareness of law, order and
providential purposefulness.
Also, the deeper these studies
are pursued, the greater the
awareness of a unity to all
truth. It is this theme of unity
that is developed by Father
O’Brien in his already famous
book, now made available in
inexpensive paperback edition.
St. Thomas Aquinas, in his
great Summa, sets out first to
prove the existence of God.
Once this is firmly established,
all of creation can be intelli
gently discussed in the light of
God. So does Father O’Brien
first prove the existence of
God, demonstrating it conclus
ively from the world around
and within us. From this point
he goes on to expound, in sim
ple language for any laymen to
understand, the mysteries of
Faith and Religion, and the
facts of life encountered in ev
ery - day Living. This- is most
logical. One can’t talk to an
atehist about the effects of the
mysteries of God’s creation if
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he doesn’t believe in God. In
deed, one can’t talk profitably
to another Catholic about cer
tain facets of morality if the
one spoken to is not reason
ably convinced of certain basic
moral principles.
Once God’s existence has
been established, the natural
sequence of thought falls on
duties toward Him. The bind
ing force between God and
man is Religion, and this phase
of social living is man’s guide
toward truth and morality in
living. Father O’Brien explores
Religion in life expertly. His
study of the Soul, which is the
image of God in man, the Bible
and Christ as the founder of
the Christian Religion covers
the field with such clarity that
the reader will be well repaid
each time he takes up this
book to read it anew.
THE HEART OF FATHER
DAMIEN, by Vital Jourdan
S. S. C. C. Guild Press, 500
pp., $1.25.
Reviewed by
Frank D. Lovette
We Lepers! How the echoes
of these words, with their aw
ful implications, have reverb
erated around the civilized
world and caused all men to
admire, the Protestants with
amazement, the Catholics with
pride, the accomplishments of
their speaker, Father Damien!
This holy man, with his mat
ter-of-factness and practical
grasp of a situation into which
he was introduced by his zeal
to be of service to his fellow-
men, stepped into one of the
pest-holes of the world, Molo
kai, and by his self-sacrifice
brought not only untold alle
viation to the sufferings of an
out-cast group of fellow-
beings but the comforts of re
ligion with its proper and fit
ting preparation for their in
evitable death.
At all times he expected to
share a similar fate, and final
ly fell victim to the dread dis
ease which afflicted his par
ishioners. What but the Grace
of God could have imbued
him with the courage to con
tinue his unthinkable minis
trations!
The life story of this heroic
character is portrayed in great
detail, with factual descrip
tions of the surroundings, po
litical upheavals, and homely
bickerings of which it was
built. Access to voluminous
letters and official documents
has brought to life for the
reader a vivid picttire of Fath
er Damien and his daily occu
pations. Of interest also are
the comments on the Hawaiian
political situation prior to the
islands’ acquisition by the
United States'.
The publishers have done a
great service to the memory
of a good man and to the
reading public by putting this
work in a popular and inex
pensive format.
TALK SENSE!, Edward
Gryst, S.J., Macmillan, 1961,
111 pp., $2.95. '
Reviewed by
Flannery O'Connor
Here is a book suitable for
teaching philosophy to school
boys. It is written in the form
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Catholic Book Week
February 18-24
The Most Reverend John J.
Wright, Bishop of Pittsburgh,
is the Honorary Chairman of
the 22nd Annual Catholic
Book Week, observed this
year, February 18-24, 1962.
Bishop Wright reminds us
that Jesus said: “Ye shall
know the truth and the truth
will make you free.”
Such truth we acquire in
the knowledge that comes
through faith; it is increased
by the knowledge that
comes through the exercise
of reason in study and read
ing.
There are all kinds of
knowledge, but faith and
reason are served by many
means and instruments, but
none is more convenient or
effective than reading.
Hence the special excel
lence of books in the spread
and ihe strengthening of the
truth that makes and keeps
us free.
The Reverend James V. O’-
Halloran, M.M., Librarian at
the Maryknoll Seminary Lib
rary, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, is
the National Chairman of
Catholic Book Week which has
as its theme: Roots of Free
dom: Faith and Knowledge.
The Catholic Library Asso
ciation sponsors Catholic Book
Week, and four other nation
al Catholic organizations aid
in promoting its aims. The
Catholic Press Association, Na
tional Council of Catholic
Men, National Council of
Catholic Women, and Nation
al Office for Decent Literature
are the co-sponsors of this pos
itive effort to promote good
literature.
The seed was planted for an
occasion such as the Catholic
Book Week by a Philadelphia
book seller and publisher,
Mathew Carey who organized
the American Company of
Booksellers. After two years
of declining activity, the ven
ture disintegrated, but the
seed had already been plant
ed.
The Catholic Library Asso
ciation, under the presidency
of Dr. William A .Fitz Gerald
decided to sponsor a Catholic
Book Week in 1940, following
several abortive attempts
throughout the early part of
the 20th century. Since that
time the event has flourished.
To aid in the celebration of
Catholic Book Week adult and
children posters, children’s,
young adult and adult reading
lists, and bookmarks are avail
able. Mrs. Carol Way of Villa-
nova, Pennsylvania, designed
the children’s poster, and the
Packard Press of Philadelphia
created the adult poster. These
materials may be ordered from
the Catholic Library Associa
tion, Villanova, Pennsylvania.
of conversations between a
philosophy professor and a hat
salesman. The conversations,
meant to be funny, for a time
are. According to the jacket,
“if there is any such thing as
‘painless profundity’ this book
is it — unless, of course, you
split your sides laughing.”
You are not liable to do that
and how much effortless phil
osophy you will learn from
this bftok is also doubtful.
There is, interwoven in these
conversations, a complete sys
tem of philosophical reason
ing with all its principles and
complexities, and at the end
of each short chapter a sum
mary statement of the prin
ciples discussed. The sugar
coating dissolves quickly and
the philosophy is left intact,
as difficult as always to digest.
School boys, however, will
probably like this book and
might even acquire from it a
taste for the use of reason.
CITIZEN HURST, by W. A.
Swanberg, Scribners, 1961,
550 pp., illus. $7.50.
Reviewed by
Joseph Power
W. A. Swanberg is a faith
ful and competent biographer.
William Randolph Hurst is not
an interesting subject for a
biographer or for a reader.
From this combination has
come this volume which is a
small part of our nation’s hist
ory, whether we like it or not.
It is a good story of the extra
ordinary life of Hearst, citizen
of these United States.
There is the episode of the
S panish -American War.
Hearst, the newspaper man,
wanted more readers for his
newspaper kingdom. Agita
tion for war with Spain, over
Cuba, would stir up Ameri
cans, would increase circula
tion of Hearstpapers. There
fore, Hearst was in the fore
front of those calling for war
on Spain.
President McKinley knew
better. But the hand of the
President was forced. McKin
ley declared war.
It mattered not to Hearst
that the war might be averted.
William R. Hearst blandly took
credit for the Spanish-Ameri-
can War.
The eighty years of Hearst
provided many more bizarre
chapters for a biographer to
struggle with. Mr. Swanberg,
a good biographer, puts this
episode in its proper place,
which is in the history of the
United States.
ADOPTION OF NEW IDEAS
AND PRACTICES, by Herbert
F. Lionberger, Iowa State Uni
versity Press, 1960, 164 pp.,
indexed, $3.50.
Reviewed by
W. L, Schmidt
At first thought a review of
this book might seem a bit
alien to the general theme of
these columns. The theme of
this book is not religious. Nor
is its title entirely descriptive
of its contents. It is a sociol
ogical study of the influences
and economic habits of farm
ers. Though it is primarily in
tended for educators, salesmen,
editors, advertisers and the
like, it will be of some inter
est to farmers and rural peo
ple themselves. In it they will
find how they’ve been stud
ied, charted, and their motiva
tions examined in minute de
tail in order that the pliers
of merchandise might better
be able to make forcful selling
approaches.
Of all social groups, the
farmers are perhaps the slow
est to take to new ideas. Sales
men have found that it takes
approximately six years, for
example, to completely sell a
farm community on the idea
of trying a new hybrid seed.
Acceptance of other ideas, so
ciological and economic, fol
lows similar patterns.
Farmers and rural people
will find this an interesting
study about themselves, though
the approach and the technical
terminology will require a bit
of effort to overcome. Adver
tisers, salesmen, and the like
will find it extremely helpful
in extending their power of
influence.
OUR LADY AND THE
CHURCH, by Hugo Rahner,
S.J., Pantheon, 1961, 128 pp.,
$3.50.
Reviewed by
Rev. Leonard F. X. Mayhew
Two main currents emerge
clearly as 'the peculiarly cha
racteristic themes of modern
Catholic theology: an intensive
development of Marian doc
trine and a steadily deepening
understanding of the nature
of the Church. Mariology has
received a great impulse from
the papal definitions of the
Immaculate Conception and
the Assumption. Widespread
interest in the implications of
the doctrine of the Mystical
Body as well as in the liturgy
and scaramental theology has
proved an effective stimulus
to theological research and
apostolic efforts as well. Fa
ther Rahner succeeds in the
present work in demonstrat
ing the intimate connection
between Marian doctrine and
Church-oriented thought and
devotion. Even more import
antly he shows clearly that
traditional theology and devo
tion have always seen Mary
and the Church in close asso
ciation — as type and fulfill
ment, as mother and offspring.
The author draws heavily on
the Fathers and the great med
ieval theologians to show that
two lines of thought which
might be thought to represent
divergent viewpoints are ac
tually complementary facets of
the one truth.
AND THEN THERE WERE
EIGHT, by Paul Molloy, Dou
bleday, 1961, 189 pp., $3.95.
Reviewed by
Celo K. Shook
And Then There Were Eight
is a vitamin in reading fare as
Paul Molloy, a successful TV
columnist and newspaper man,
gives a delightful picture of
his eight children, their fun,
their faith and every day
problems. It is sound proof
that a family does not need
to bend its ideals to the pres
sures of modern living and
that a love of God and family
can be united with the most
sophisticated situations.
Molloy is funny as he tucks
a towel around his waist and
“mothers his brood” while his
wife is in the hospital having
another baby. He is serious as
he evaluates his blessings and
solves his problems and he is
inspiring as he combines his
faith, hard work and talent
to build a brilliant career.
THE PASTORIAL COM
PANION, by Marcian J. Math
is, O. F. M., J. C. D. and Nich
olas W. Meyer O. F. M., S. T.
D., Franciscan Herald Press,
1961, 474 up., $4.00.
Reviewed by
Rev. Leonard F. X. Mayhew
This book does not pretend
to be a complete treatise on
Canon Law. The authors’ pur
pose is to treat succinctly the
application of ecclesiastical
law to situations of common
occurrence which may prove
perplexing for the parish
priest. The book is a remark
able success both in its com
pleteness and the clarity with
which it handles the complexi
ties of Canon Law. Any priest
in the ministry will find it a
great help in his daily work.
Fr. Sheerin
(Continued from Page 4)
certainly not combatants and
here is where we run into
trouble in trying to defend
our deterrence policy. The bas
is of our policy is a threat. We
threaten that if the Soviets
strike us first, we will retali
ate by annihilating many of
their most important cities.
I think it is highly probable
that the only reason why the
Soviets have not attacked us
is this fear of what we will do
in retaliation. In other words,
we are preserving the peace
by deterring them from start
ing a war. But is our threat a
good or evil thing?
RIGHT TO THREATEN?
As Christians we cannot de
molish whole cities, killing
non-combatants along with the
military. This would be plain
murder of the innocent. If we
know we have no right in con
science to kill infants, old peo
ple and invalids — have we
any right to threaten to kill
them? If it would be wrong
to intend to kill them, is it
right to pretend that we to
kill them?
Moreover, it was always
considered wrong to hold a
civilian population as “host
ages” in war. Is not our deter
rence policy doing just that—
holding the Russian people as
“hostages?” Some will say that
it would be useless for us to
assert that we would retaliate
by striking military targets
only. Because the Russians
would never believe us. But is
it right to tell a lie just be
cause we know the other per
son will not believe us?
The New Delhi statement
said: “Total disarmament is
the goal, and it should be ap
proached step by step with ex
periments in neutralization, in F
spection and control of partic
ular zones.” Pope Pius XII ex
pressed the same idea many
times. But our way to the goal
is beset by moral dilemmas.
Our present deterrence policy
keeps the peace but is it an
honest policy? Secondly, we
must disarm no faster than
Soviet Russia for the sight of
our weakness will only tempt
her and provoke her to start a
war.
THE BULLETIN, February 3, 1962—rAGE 5
Fr. O'Brien
(Continued from Page 4)
the meaning of faith, stressed
so strongly in Lutheran the
ology.
“Beginning with the doc
trine of totally corrupting
original sin, Lutherans consid
er Christ’s death as the pay
ment not only for this but also
for the temporal and eternal
punishment due for actual sin.
This payment is a free gift, ac
ceptance being no more a
work than is a beggar’s accept
ance of money. Acceptance is
the essential meaning of faith.
Good works are only an evi
dence of faith or acceptance of
Christ and are without merit.
“But this is flatly contra
dicted by the Apostle James
who says: ‘By works a man
is justified, and not by faith
only ... For just as the body
without the spirit is dead, so
faith also without works is
dead’ (James 2:26). When Lu
ther found himself contradict
ed by St. James’ epistle, he
called it ‘an epistle of straw’
and told his followers to dis
regard it.
“The Apostle was, however,
only echoing the teaching of
Christ who said, ‘Not every
one who says to me, “Lord,
Lord” shall enter the kingdom
of heaven; but he who does
the will of my Father in hea
ven shall enter the kingdom
of heaven’ (Matt. 7: 21). Thus
I learned that the Catholic
Church teaches Christ’s true
doctrine of the necessity both
of faith and of good works. I
perceived too that the Catholic
Church alone was founded di
rectly by Christ and is an ac
tual visible entity and not a
vague association of all be
lievers.
“She alone possesses the
marks of unity, sanctity, cath
olicity and apostolicity, which
distinguish Christs Church
from all the Churches founded
by men. I was helped in my
investigation by “The Faith
of Millions” and the widely
circulated booklet, “Finding
Christ’s Church,” replete with
charts. With deep gratitude to
Martha for encouraging me to
investigate her religion, I en
tered Christ’s true Church, the
one fold with the one shep
herd.”
Question Box—
(Continued from Page 4)
Similarly, in many dioceses an
excommunication is incurred
by Catholics who attempt mar
riage before a civil official or
a justice of the peace — again,
because of the sacred charac
ter of marriage.
SINCE MARRIAGE par
takes of the nature of a con
tract, moreover, certain neces
sary conditions must be met to
ensure validity. No one can de
ny that the parties must be of
sufficient age, for instance, or
that they must be free. Among
the conditions required of the
faithful is that they exchange
vows before a priest and two
witnesses. For a Catholic to ig
nore this ordinary require
ment entails, as we said, seri
ous sin, and frequently ex-
communication as well. By
this sinful act a marriage has
been merely attempted, how
ever, not actually contracted.
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