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God and for the spiritual
benefit of authors, publishers,
reviewers and readers.
MYSTICS OF OUR TIMES,
Hilda Graef, Hanover House,
1962, 238 pp., $4.50.
Reviewed by Flannery O’
Connor.
MYSTICS OF OUR TIMES
contains ten short biographies
of modern men and women who
have lived the mystical life and
concerned themselves with con
temporary problems. The sub
jects, among which are both
laymen and religious, are as
diverse in temperament and in
terests as the American con
vert, Isaac Hecker, the Irish
stenographer, Edel Quinn, and
the French scientist, Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin, S. J.,
but they all have in common
that each was, in his way,
ahead of his time, some by
as much as a century. No stress
is laid on mystical phenomena.
The intention throughout has
been to show that "... be
cause our world is so distract
ing and, at the same time so
desperately in need of God,
He will give very special graces
to those who, whether as priests
or laymen, have been called to
work for him in this world and
who must use those means con
temporary society has put at
their disposal."
In spite of an undistinguished
style, the book is enjoyable,
easily read, and offers consid
erable food for reflection.
THE GOLDEN ENCYCLOPE
DIA OF ART, by Eleanor C.
Munro, Golden Press, 1961,
300 pp., illus., $15.00.
Reviewed by Leo J. Zuber.
"Art, the creation of things
that have form and beauty. . .”
are the apt opening words of
this volume which equally apt
ly escapes any adjective label.
No one knows better than the
art-oriented individual how far
art is removed from the Ameri
can home except, of course,
in the rare instance. Now art
in the form of this book can
come into the home and not
have an honored, respected and
very dusty place there. This
is a highly functional volume.
It works!
The selection of illustrations
(over 650 in all; more than
300 in full color), to say the
least, is excellent; their re
production, "in living color,"
is equally excellent. One can
look at the pictures without
reading a- word of text but
he is not likely to do so. A
dip, even at randum, into the
text shows it to be palatable
and enticing to the reader, not
a struggle for him. Now, if
you are looking for a stodgy
text book on art, you’ll have
to go elsewhere. This is an
easy reader about art. It
starts, appropriately, in pre
historic man’s caves and fields
and progresses through to the
present century. One does not
condense that span of time and
its art developments in any
cursory remark or two. But
the story of man’s development
in this field shows so clearly
his slight portion in God’s own
creative ability and how it im
pels and motivates man to ex
pression.
While art covers a wider
field, this volume is concern
ed primarily with painting,
sculpture, and architecture.
Music and the written word
fall outside the scope of this
volume as does the mainstream
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THE BULLETIN, August 18, 1962—PAGE 7
THE
GOLDEN
ENCYCLOPEDIA
PAINTING <SCUI PTURH 'ARCHITECTURE
AND ORNAMENT' FROM PREHISTORIC
TIMES TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
BY ELEANOR C. MUNRQ ' « • ,
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of ceramics and tapestry, for
example.
This book is a commercial
enterprise but, above that, it
clearly speaks for itself as a
labor of love. Its author, Elea
nor Munro, is a gifted writer
in the art field; she makes
herself understandable. She, the
publisher, and the need and
opportunity for this book make
a noteworthy coincidence.
And Bramante, Bernini and
Michelangelo and St. Peter’s,
Rome, were also a fortunate and
blessed coincidence. It scares
a person at times to think about
the possible alternatives.
CHURCHES IN NORTH
AMERICA: AN INTRO-
duction, by Gustave Weigel
S. J., Helicon Press, 1961,
152 pp., $3.95.
Reviewed by Joseph Power.
Here is a handbook on our
neighbor’s churches, which is
the work of a professional in the
field of religion. Here is a
reference book not burdened
with notes. The various church
es of our separated brethren
are arranged in order.
Father Weigel often de
scribes by suggesting the dif
ferences in teaching and prac
tice of the many churches in
a religious denomination. The
method is illuminating. A case
in point is the story which be
gins in the Southland more than
a century ago, with the careers
of Thomas and Alexander
Campbell. Father and son, they
were Baptist ministers. Before
the time of our Civil War, they
had led congregations to form
what we call the Christian
Church, separate and apart
from other denominations. In
the early part of this century
this group quietly divided it
self into the Disciples of Christ
and the Churches of Christ.
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Under Louis XIV, an Academy
was set up in France which clas
sified all the known art tech
niques and styles, just as scien
tists were doing in their sphere.
It dictated standards of achieve
ment for the times and Charles
Le Brun was its first director.
At right his FOUR FACES—AD
MIRATION, CRYING SMILES,
DISPAIR in which he showed
his talent for classifying,
making a study of various
expressions of which the human
face is capable. From the
GOLDEN ExNCYCLOPEDlA OF
ART by Eleanor C. Munro.
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Father Weigel tells us how
and why these divisions
occurred.
A reference to the relations
of church and state in Massa
chusetts covers a period of two
centuries. "The Pilgrim Fa
thers were companions of a
Separatist group in England
which was Calvinistic in its
beliefs but under neither
crown nor bishop." "Puritans
within the Church of England
also decided to go to America
in order to put their ideas into
practice settling in
1629 around Boston."
By 1648 they became one
and they called themselves the
Congregational Churches.
Their theology was strict Cal
vinism."
"These New England Congre-
gationalists were an interesting
group. They influenced the his
tory of the United States very
much. Yet it is hardly trie to say
that they understood democracy
as the American Constitution--
conceives it ” “As
late as 1833 the Congregational
Church was the state religion
of Massachusetts, and financed
by that state.”
This volume would grace the
bookshelves of a home, having
a place amid the reference
works of the family.
THE PHOTO ALBUM OF ST.
THERESE OF LIS1EUX; com
mentary by Francois deSainte-
Marie, O.C.D.; translation by
Peter - Thomas Rohrbach
O.C.D.; Kenedy, 1962, 224 p.;
illus., $12.50
Reviewed by Eileen Hall.
Is any Catholic totally unac
quainted with St. Therese?
Surely a few facts at least, of
that brief but dynamic young
life which ended to all appear
ances on September 30, 1897
(just 65 years ago) are known
to all; for Therese’s life, like
that of all the blessed, was
"only changed, not taken away,"
and became more dynamic than
ever.
Many have known her only
as the sentimentally sweet
"Little Flower" depicted with
an armful of roses, symbolic
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of the favors she promised
to shower from heaven. Others
suffering revulsion at those
garish caricatures, have dis
covered the authentically human
Therese Martin, a young woman
who, when she died at the age
of 23, had achieved a measure
of heroic sanctity seldom equa
lled.
Therese’s friends and rela
tives, including three blood sis
ters who shared her vocation
to the Carmelite convent at
Lisieux, France, unintention
ally contributed to the false
portraits of their saint by fos
tering the sentimental devotion
rather than the hard but beau
tiful truth.
One of them, Celine Martin
(Sister Genevieve in religion)
had artistic talent which was
undeveloped after she embraced
the cloistered life but was re
sponsible nevertheless for nu
merous photographs and sev
eral idealized paintings of the
saint. Photography was primi
tive at that time, but Celine
did well with what she had.
After the manner of their times,
the nuns retouched the photo
graphs before releasing them
to the public.
Sixty years later a certain
proportion of St. Therese’s im
mense public has achieved a
more mature view of both art
and of sanctity and will ap
preciate these authentic photo
graphs, restored as far as pos
sible to their original state,
as true portraits of the beloved
girl whose engaging smile (says
the author of the present text)
"emanates from the depths of
physical and spiritual suffering
borne with astonishing interior
Strength."
THE LIFE AND TEACHING
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
by Nicola Avancini, S. J., Ken
edy, 1961, 554 pp., $4.95.
Reviewed by E. Matthews.
Written in 1666, Avancini’s
meditations on life and teach
ing of our Lord have long been
a spiritual classic in Latin,
and this English translation by
B. E. Kenworthy-Browne prom
ises to become as popular as
the Imitation. The meditations
are arranged for each day of
the year following the liturgi
cal season, with those in the
season after Trinity being on
the attributes of God and the
ministry of our Lord. Avancini
quotes from the Scriptures on
the subject for the day and the
several points of meaningful
interpretations.
The Table of Contents is
complete, and this edition in
cludes an index of the Gospel
for the day with the applicable
meditation and an arrangement
of meditations for an eight-day
retreat and for a triduum.
In his Preface, the Rt. Rev.
the Abbot of Ampleforth, O. S.
B., recommends the book to
all who are looking for help
in prayer.
Contributions of
Polish Praised
WASHINGTON, (NC) - Rep.
Glenn Cunningham of Nebraska
paid tribute to Polish Ameri
can s in a House address for
their "great contributions" to
America.
Cunningham noted that the
Polish-American Congress of
Nebraska will celebrate the
1,000th anniversary of Chris
tianity in Poland on Septem
ber 16. A highlight of the ob
servance will be a Pontifical
Mass offered by Archbishop
Gerald T. Bergan of Omaha in
Immaculate Conception church
there.
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