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I [ BOOKS! (MAKE ( a i (HOMI : m lAJriterd and Real erd EDITED BY LEO J. ZUBER 2332 North Docatur Rd. Decatur. Goorgia A. M. D. G. For the greater glory of God and for the spiritual benefit of authors, publishers, reviewers and readers. THE TRIUMPH OF CHRIST, by A.M. Henry, Fides, 1962, Dome Edition, 150 pp., 95£. Reviewed by Theodora Koob. This book, originally pub lished in Paris in French, has something of a double purpose for the Catholic layman. First of all, it presents a simple and concise, yet sufficient scholarly, organization of the significant details of Christ’s life, complete with very clear biblical documentation. Then, at the end of each of its three major sections stands a por tion called ‘Reflections and Perspectives.’ In these lie the meat of this little book, the main course, so to speak. Pri marily, Henry sees his Christ as a truly significant Deity for every man, close, necessary, and vital to all. A particular point is made of the humaniz ing of our religion from Christ’s own preaching down the ages to the present time. Especially interesting to many readers will be the part dealing with Hell. The expo sition of the author's concept is dynamic and modern, even arresting at times. He makes the point that 'the judgment of the damned is not a human judgment. . .’ nor can man conceive of Hell in terms of his human point of view. In summation, The Triumph of Christ is in His resurrec tion and can rightfully be no where else. The hope of res- urection binds us in everlast ing ties to the fundamentals of our faith. For a paper bound book The Triumph Of Christ may be com mended for its adequately large and clear type. BAATAN THE MARCH OF DEATH, by Stanley L. Falk, Norton, 1962, 256 pp., $3.95. Reviewed by Sister Mary Thaddeus S.S.J. Much has already been written on the infamous death march of Bataan. After the surrender in 1942, the remov al of the American and Fili pino prisoners from Bataan to quarters out of the fighting area, was an event which is still deeply embedded in the mem ory of many a World War II veteran. The cruelties, disease, ex haustion, hunger, thirst, burn ing heat, and death itself were all experiences not easily for- gotton by those prisoners who survived the ordeal. These we do not minimize. They hap pened, and the memories re tained by victims are, no doubt, very real. However, Stanley Falk’s ap praisal of this historic inci dent might be called one of clarification. Viewing the over all picture in retrospect, he was able to use information not available for previous accounts. He corrects misconceptions of Japanese atrocities, not by denying them, but by present ing facts indicating that these atrocities were not experienced to an equal degree by all pris oners. All suffered inconven iences to a greater or less ex tent, but that all were sub jected to constant and deliber ately planned brutality is in accurate. Of special note is Mr. Falk's convincing explanation of the how and why of the death march. He points out that the evacua tion of prisioners was not mal iciously planned, as so often stated, but was the result of a tragic combination of cir cumstances and events. The reader is left with a new and less harrowing account of this portion of the war in the Pa cific area. For those who may be skep tical of this review of the au thor’s treatment, be assured that he omits none of the grim and shocking details of the march, gathered from numerous official documents in both American and Japanese records. There are sections of the book which would nor mally instill hatred and the desire for revenge, but Falk's explanation of the Japan ese character and training of fers the reader a well bal anced appraisal of the over all circumstances. Repetition of details tends to make the account somewhat tiresome, but this is almost inevitable in a book of this kind. Considering the diffi culty of restating incidents al ready confused in the mind of the public, the author has given us an informative, carefully annotated, statistically accur ate and very readable account of our World War II heroes. STORYBOOK SHELF By Michele Caraher ALICE’S BIRTHDAY One July day in 1862, the Rev. Charles L. Dodgson, ba chelor and mathematician, took little Alice Liddell and her ROME sisters for a picnic trip on the river near Oxford. He was a cold and stiff man, some times even to the children whose company he preferred. But he could — and did as they rowed slowly along under the hot sun — invent nonsense tales with delightful ease. This day he chose the charm ing Alice Liddell, ten years old and his special favorite, as the heroine who “had never before seen a rabbit with either a waist-coat pocket or a watch to take out of it.’’ All through the afternoon and much later than usual into the evening he told them of Alice's marvelous adventures underground: And ever, as the story drained The wells of fancy dry, And faintly strove that weary one To put the subject by, “The rest next time’’ — "It is next timel" The happy voices cry. That night, pestered by the real Alice, he wrote out the tale. Two years later, at the urging of friends, he added new jokes and stories to it, gave it to Sir JohnTenniel to illustrate, and sent it off without much thought of fame. But ALICE IN WONDERLAND and, later, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, were to live in one edition after another long after the real Lewis Carroll was dead. If some of the jokes and puns must today wait for the older child to appreciate them, if the sly digs at govern esses and moral poems lost their tang with the end of the Victorian era, the Cheshire Cat’s smile still lingers on. If the humor, as when Alice cannot remember who she is, is sometimes nightmarish, who can resist silly Old Father William? And finally, if John Tenniel’s Alice seems a rather prim, formidable little girl with a head too big for her body (as she did to me as a- child), still she will always be the lucky girl who found a magic door and looking-glass, which one might just find tomorrow in SERVICE RUSSELL PHARMACY "LET US BE YOUR DRUGGIST” Phone 234-3323 North Broad St. Rome Sheet Metal Contracting — Roofing Heating And Air Conditioning Rome Sheet Metal Works 123 E. 8th AVE. 232-5693 ROME BRIGHTON MILLS Shannon, Georgia A Division of KLOPMAN MILLS, INC WILLINGHAM-NELMS INSURANCE AGENCY Associated With O. P..., Willingham and Company 428 BROAD STREET ROME GLASS SERVICE CO. PLATE GLASS - MIRRORS 224 North Fifth Avenue Rome one’s own house. (A RECOM MENDED EDITION OF ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDER LAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS IS THE PENGUIN “PUFFIN’’ PAPER BACK, #169, $1.25.) Council Gives Sense Of Unity ROME, (NC) — The Second Vatican Council is a source of “immense grace for the Church,” said Maurice Cardin - al Feltin, Archbishop of Paris, “because it enables bishops from all over the world to live, pray and work together for many weeks.” In a pastoral letter to his archdiocese, the Cardinal said it would be premature to com ment on what the council has accomplished so far. However, he talked of the general im pression of the council and the sense of unity it has created among the world’s bishops. “Our morning Mass gathers in the Vatican basilica the heads of all the dioceses in the uni verse and thus renders tan gible that universal communion which is spiritually present at every Mass but which is gen erally invisible.” THE BULLETIN, December 8, 1962—PAGE 7 FAMOUS PORTUGUESE CHOIR AT MARIAN SHRINE The famed all-male Orfeon Choir of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, opened its U. S. tour at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D. C. The 85- voice choral group from the third oldest university in the world is making its first American tour under the sponsorship of the Free Concerts Foundation of Chicago. Be hind the group is the Shrine’s canopied main altar. (NC Photos) Expert Explains Church’s Difficulty In Using Mass Media To Spread Gospel ROME (NC) - A need for funds and skill makes it hard for the Church to use mass communications media in spreading the Gospel, an ex pert of the Second Vatican Coun cil said here. Father Enrico Baragli, S.J., named by His Holiness Pope John XXIII to help the council Fathers in the field of com munications, told newsmen here that one of the main reasons why the council is treating with mass media is their ability to carry Christ’s message every where. Father Baragli, who is on the staff of the Rome Jesuit fort- —Archbishop John J. Swint of Wheeling , W. Va, died (Nov. 23) of an apparent heart attack at the St. Joseph’s Ca thedral residence just three weeks before his 83rd birth day. The first native of West Virginia raised to the epis copacy, he was a priest for 58 years and a bishop for 40 years. Ordained in 1904, he founded the Diocesan Aposto lic Mission Band in Wheeling in 1908. He was named auxil iary to the Bishop of Wheeling in February, 1922, and Bishop of Wheeling in October 1922, after the death of Bishop Pat rick Donahue. Bishop Joseph H. Hodges, new Bishop of Wheeling, presided at the re quiem Mass (Nov. 28) - (NC Photos) HORTON’S LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING ROME nightly magazine Civilta Cattol- ica, said that the “wholeteach ing Church. . . is concerned in the matter.” The Jesuit priest listed three reasons why it is difficult to harness mass media for the work of spreading the Gospel: —The great technical, phy- chological and artistic compe tence needed to use these means well. — “The specialized con tribution of laymen could help in the solution of this difficul ty,” Father Baragli comment ed. —The high cost of using these means. — He suggested that funds being used on churches, hospitals and schools might be used to solve this problem. —Ownership or control of the media by state authorities or political factions. — Fa ther Baragli once again sug gested that the help of laymen might overcome this difficulty. Father Baragli said that it would be an “oversimpli fication” to say that the possi bilities of using mass media to carry out the duty of preaching the Gospel everywhere “are completely fulfilled in L’Osser- vatore Romano (Vatican City daily newspaper) and Vatican Radio, however necessary and praiseworthy their work is.” A Second reason for the coun cil’s interest in mass media, Father Baragli noted, is their influence on the cultural and moral lives of those they reach. He listed among problems stemming from this aspect: the limits of the authority of the state and the family, civil, cen sorship, Church classifica tions, professional ethics, free dom to inform and right to in formation. 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