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PAGE FOUR — THE BULLETIN, February 22, 1958.
Joseph Breig
Danger Of ‘Who’s Whcism’
I have entered into the discus
sion of alleged American Catholic
mediocrity in order to cite some
neglected considerations, and to
caution against certain dangerous
assumptions.
I sympathize with the objec
tives of the two
men chiefly re
sponsible for
raising the is
sue— Catholic
U n i v e r s ity’s
Msgr. John Tra
cy Ellis, and
Notre Dame
University’s Fa
ther John J. Cavanaugh.
They desire improved Catholic
education, better scholarship, a
more intellectual atmosphere in
homes, and greater all-round
competence among Catholic
Americans.
In seeking those things, how
ever, we must be careful not to
forget that worldly standards and
Christian standards often diverge.
Rightly balanced values are vital.
IN PUBLIC REPORTS of the
remarks of these two men, the
emphasis has been heavily —
sometimes almost gleefully—laid
on the side of criticism of Cath
olics, Catholic education and
Catholic achievement.
Virtually no attention has been
paid to Msgr. Ellis’ references to
the immense obstacles Catholics
have surmounted — their pov
erty, their immigrant ancestry,
and the persistent bigotry under
which they have labored, and still
labor.
Father Cavanaugh did not bal
ance his talk, as Msgr. Ellis did
his book, with such considera
tions. And both men omitted oth
er facts which should be cited
in elementary fairness to Ameri
can Catholics.
IT WAS particularly unfortu
nate that Msgr. Ellis, and after
him Father Cavanaugh, made the
mistake of turning to Who’s Who
in America for evidence of the
comparative accomplishments of
Jews, Protestants and Catholics.
As I showed in a previous col
umn, Who’s Who is not a com
pilation of intellectual eminence.
Indeed, Who’s Who itself admits
that it is not necessarily a record
of worthwhile achievement.
In the preface to the 1948-49
edition, James M. Cain described
Who’s Who as “at the same time
a Dun, a Bradstreet, a Social
Register and a Hall of Fame, all
merged into a grand consolidated
National Glory Highway.”
Essentially, said Cain, inclusion
of one’s name in WTio’s Who
means, “You are a success.” But a
success in what sense? In the
sense that you are well known.
WHO'S WHO editors them
selves, in their statement of ad
mission standards, tell us that
their aim is “to include the
names, NOT NECESSARILY OF
THE BEST, but rather of the best
known,' men and women in all
lines of useful and reputable
achievement.” (The emphasis is
mine.)
Cain adverts to the same stand
ard when he admits the justice of
complaints that Who’s Who has
given too much attention to “ob
scure clerics, do-gooders and pro
fessors in small universities, and
too little to hustlers, comedians
and similar celebrities, really in
the news.”
Thus we have the reality bald
ly stated—if you are “in the
news,” you have the prime qua
lification for being listed in Who’s
Who in America.
OBVIOUSLY, THEN, if we are
to keep our Catholic balance, we
must be at pains to avoid infec
tion with what I beg leave to
describe as Who’s Whoism.
Who’s Whoism is one of the
dangers against which I feel con
strained to raise my voice. An
other is an opposite peril—we
must not fall prey to a mass in
feriority complex; we must not
think of ourselves as a huge col
lective failure.
The contrary is true. We have
shortcomings, but we have done
wonders in a couple of genera
tions. Naturally, I favor making
the success greater. But I will not
be silent in the face of any impli
cation that we need hang our
heads in shame.
Theology
For The
Layman
By F. J. Sheed
A couple of years ago I went
into a Catholic bookshop. The
manager said she was coming to
my lecture that evening, and
then asked what it was to be
about. I said “The Blessed Trin
ity.” She said
“Oh,” and then
after a distinct
pause “Ah
well.” In other
words, if her
Bishop wanted
her to listen to
a lecture on the
Blessed Trinity,
she would listen to it: she hoped,
doubtless, that she would do even
harder things if her Bishop called
for them. The one thing that
emerged most definitely was that
she expected no joy. And in that
she represented any number of
her fellow Catholics. As a body,
we hope to go to heaven, which
means spending eternity with the
Blessed Trinity, and we expect
the experience to be wholly bliss
ful; but in the prospect of spend
ing. an hour with the Blessed
Trinity here below, there is no
anticipation of bliss.
The incident took me back
thirty years. I was a boy, and I
had remarked to the theologian
how sad it was that a layman
could not get a course in Theolo
gy. He said “But why should you
study theology? You are not ob
ligated to.” In my new excitement
over dogma, I was quite incapable
of giving any lucid answer to his
question why. I mumbled some
thing to the effect that the truth
would make me free, and I want
ed to be free. I shall try now to
answer that question of thirty
years back.
In a way I am still hampered
now as I was then by a feeling of
the strangeness of having to make
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S T R A N
Little-Kn<
By M. J. MURRAY
G E BUT TRU
own Facts for Catholics
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Copyright, 1958, N.C.W.C. News Service
"THE 7O YEAR OLD
ITALIAN PRIEST, IS SAID TO
BE THE flRST PRIEST TO KECElVE
the Stigmata or marks
OF CHRlSTk WOUMDS.
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NEWLY BAPTIZED
infant in COUNTRY
Districts of'
SCOTLAND
USED TO GIVE A SLICE OF BREAD AND
CHEESE TO THE FIRST PERSON SHE MET
ON THE ROAD AFTER LEAVING CHURCH: IT
VJAS A GREAT INSULT NOT TO ACCEPT. „
'WAS BUILT FOR THE
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED CHURCH AT
SEIZE, ALSACE, FRANCE,
REPLACING ONE
DESTROYED IN THE WAR.
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Question
Box
By David Q. Liplak
Q. What is the special signifi
cance of the imposition of ashes
on Ash Wednesday? Is it wrong
nof to receive ashes?
A. The imposition of ashes on the
first day of Lent is a sacramental
used by the Church as a stark
reminder of the temporary nature
of this life, and the absolute need
for personal penance in order to
attain eternal salvation.
Like the wearing of palm-cross
es on Palm Sunday, or the bless
ing of throats on the feast of St.
Blaise, the imposition of ashes is
not essential to our belief.
The blessing of ashes cannot
make a poor Catholic a good one
Only the observance of God’s
laws and the reception of His
sacraments can do that. The Ash
Wednesday ceremony is designed
rather to make a good Catholic a
better one.
Because it is sacramental, the
imposition of ashes is an official
prayer of the Church made for
each one of us personally. It pe
titions God that we might deeply
consider the brevity of life, and
accept God’s graces to perform
penance before it is too late.
The history of the use of ashes
as a symbol of atonement goes
back to Old Testament times. Job,
for one example, associates the
notion of ashes with personal
mortification: “Therefore, I rep
rehend myself, and do penance in
dust and ashes.” (Job, XLIII, 6)
Adopting the same symbolism,
the early Christians imposed ash
es on public sinners as a sign of
penance.
Ah ancient ceremony required
certain notorious sinners to
sprinkle themselves with, ashes on
the first Wednesday of Len t.
These penitents were barred from
all church services until Holy
Thursday when they were re
ceived in a solemn ceremony of
reconciliation.
There was always a group of
people, however, who insisted in
sharing the humiliation of Ash
Wednesday, even though not re
quired to do so. As time passed,
more and more of the faithful
voluntarily wore ashes on the
first day of Lent.
Soon afterwards the imposition
of ashes was included in the of
ficial treasury of sacramentals,
and became a familiar mark of
Christians everywhere on Ash
Wednesday.
Because of its sacramental na-
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| Jottings ..
(By BARBARA C. JENCKS)
.
• THE JIM HAGERTY cover
story in “Time” several weeks
back prompted a flood of memo
ries concerning that superb gen
tleman of the press. I had the
good fortune to see quite a bit of
Hagerty while covering the Sum
mer White House in Newport last
September. He impressed me with
his great ability as a press sec
retary for he has been referred to
as “by every standard the best—
and most powerful—press secre
tary in U. S. history.” Yet with it
all he manages to be relaxed and
affable. No wonder, he is not only
presidential confidante in serious
matters of state but socially he is
a constant presidential golfing
companion. Not often is such a
combination found. He never
ceased to amaze me as I watched
him handle with ease and assur
ance the nation’s top-notch press
representatives. Remember those
were the days when the defiance
and discrimination and deeds of
Little Rock had the country tens
ed. One word from Hagerty might
have exploded the whole situa
tion. The press was hungry for a
word or , phrase or presidential
quote which would be headline
bait for their newspapers across
the country. Hagerty’s skill, cau
tion, good sense and stamina
against the baited questions and
nagging and probing would have
won the undying admiration of
even the casual observer. Some
how he never lost his sense of hu
mor (since then he has reportedly
done: so over the Buchwald take
off).- He was relaxed and affable
and funloving after the press ses
sions were. closed. Another man
might have made a dive for pri
vacy and escape from the mob
which had just battered him with
questions. Instead Hagerty moved
among the reporters inquiring
about their golf scores or their
plans for the evening.
• HANGING UP from a long
distance call from the Attorney
General, Hagerty waved me into
his office one afternoon and gave
me an unprecedented interview.
With the daily press conference
only an hour away, he surely
had more important matters to
absorb him. He talked with me in
unhurried and affable manner as
I were doing him a favor. He
told me about his early days as
political writer and about his
famous political-writer father and
his sons and his expected grand
son (who arrived two days later),
and he talked about golf (but
wouldn’t disclose either his score
or the president’s). He then turn
ed the interview around and ask
ed about the “Visitor” and com
mented upon its editorials and
makeup. He asked me about
Ireland and we talked of teach
ing journalism. He gave me ad
vice which I have put into good
use in getting student journalists
to knuckle down and write
straight news stories. “There are
too many columnists” in Hager
ty’s opinion. Too few can write
totally objective, unslanted, im-
oersonal news stories, he feels.
During the course . of the presi
dential vacation Hagerty and !
met often. He always had time
to stop and pass the time of day
and yet he was the busiest per
son on the presidential staff. We
met in the press room and carried
on a good natured banter. We
met at some of the parties like
the one at the Breakers where he
joined the Visitor press dele
gates for an extended chat. But
my initial meeting with Hagerty
is the best story of all.
• THE FIRST NIGHT in New
port after picking up my White
House press credentials at the
Naval base (and these I still treas
ure), my friend and I went to the
famous “Christies” to dine. Not
long after we were seated in
walked Mr. and Mrs. Hagerty.
They were given a table far from
the view of the harbor. We mo
tioned the head waiter over to
our table and told him that the
gentleman who had just come in
was Jim Hagerty, presidential
press secretary. Quickly their ta
ble was changed to one which
sported an ocean view. I then
took out one of my calling cards
-reserved for state occasions—
and wrote a note thanking Mr.
Hagerty for obtaining press priv
ileges for me. (This was a result
of the open letter to the President
which I wrote in these columns.)
I gave the note to our waiter and
tipped him a quarter. However
it did not occur to the waiter that
the quarter was his tip and he
handed the card, note, and the
quarter on to the press secretary.
Smiling broadly, Mr. Hagerty got
up and walked over to our table
and thanked me for the note, and
the quarter! “If only I had
thought of this idea sooner,” he
commented,
SHARING OUR TREASURE
Good Example Opens Architect's Eyes
By REV. JOHN A. O'BRIEN. Ph. D.
(University of Notre Dame)
James M. Turner, 1336 Park
Drive, Munster, Indiana, is a
graduate of the University of Illi
nois, an architect of marked abil
ity and a recent convert. Among
the factors which over the years
drew him ever closer to the
Church’s portal
were the seri
ousness with
which his Cath
olic friends
took their re
ligion and the ®
good example
they set. The
latter clinched
it.
“My first sustained contact with
Catholics,” began Jim, “was when
I started going with Mary Wal
lace. She had attended St. Agnes
Academy, just across from the
Cathedral, in Indianapolis, and
was greatly impressed by the
Sisters. They not only spoke
about holiness but practiced it.
While still a student there, Mary
became a Catholic.
“After our marriage I came to
realize more clearly what an im
portant role religion plays in the
life of a Catholic. Mary would
start the day with prayer and
end it with prayer. There was
prayer before meals and prayer
after meals. Mass, Confession,
Holy Communion, Benediction,
and Forty Hours’ Devotion were
other devotions which brought
their lovely fragrance into her
life.
I sensed their beauty, but my
staunch Protestant upbringing
held me fast. I had been taught to
look askance at devotion to Mary
and the saints as detracting from
the worship due to God. Mary
never argued religion but was
always ready with an explana
tion if I expressed interest.
“When our son Jim arrived, he
was baptized in the Catholic
faith, as I had promised. He has
been reared as a good Catholic
and is now a senior with the
Jesuits at Campion Academy,
Prarie du Chien, Wisconsin.
“During World War II I was a
major in the engineering corps,
357th General Service Regiment
and was one of a small group
the Pope. He clasped my hand
and blessed a rosary for me. The
holiness which radiated from him
gripped like magnitism and
moved me deeply. I had three
visits and each had the same ef
fect.
“Gradually I began to realize
that this was not only a saintly
man but also the head of a Church
which went back to the days of
Christ. When I took instructions
from Father Robert Weis at St.
Thomas More Church in Mun
ster, I learned that Pope Pius XII
is the 260th successor of St. Peter,
upon whom Christ conferred the
primacy among all the Apostles.
“Then the whole terrific truth
burst in upon me: this was not
a man-made but a God-made
Church. Founded directly by
Christ, it was commissioned by
Him to teach all men . . . and
that included me. Father Weis
gave me a copy of The Faith of
Millions and that left no room
for doubt that my place and that
of every other person in the
world is in the Catholic Church.
“Preparing me for 20 years for
that mighty truth has been the
good example of my wife, my son
and the Catholic people I came to
know. Religion is an integral part
of their lives; it makes them joy
ous, humble, tranquil and good.
It’s not like clothes put on and
off but a part of their very blood
stream.
“James R. Morrison of Ham
mond is a busy contractor, erect
ing many large buildings. But he
takes time off to make this week
end Retreat at Notre Dame, and
brings me with him.
“Yes, the Catholic Church has
the credentials to prove her di
vine origin and authority. But it
was the good example of Catho
lics which opened my eyes so I
could see and appreciate her di
vine character. Without that ex
ample I might never have been
able to see.”
Father O’Brien will be grateful
to readers who know of anyone
who has won two or more con
verts if they will send the names
and addresses of such persons to
him at Notre Dame University,
privileged to have a visit with | Notre Dame, Indiana. w
slips me a note must also slip
me a quarter.” So from then on
through the various meetings our
private joke was the quarter
episode. If I had been from the
Unitqd Press, I couldn’t have
been treated more courteously or
kindly by this press secretary
superb. As I wrote in my lead to
the “Visitor” feature on Jim Hag
erty: “He walks with presidents
and cabinet members and is a
newsman’s newsman and with it
all he keeps that common touch
which wins him the affection of
those he meets as well as their
respect.
Savannah Services
For Joseph Bell, Jr,
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Funeral
services for Joseph M. Bell, Jr.
were held February 3rd at the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Survivors are a son, Joseph
Bell, U. S. Air Force, Morocco; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W.
Bell, Sr. Savannah; three sisters,
Mrs. Leon Grayson, Washington,
D. C., Mrs. Max D. Pruitt, Savan
nah, and Mrs. Lawrence E. Mor
gan, Savannah; a brother, Charles
that everyone who B. Bell, Savannah.
SERVICES FOR
MRS. ALLEN
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral
services for Mrs. Flora Senior
Allen were held February 5th at
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Rev.
Michael McKeever officiating.
Survivors are Mr. Joseph Allen,
Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Senior of
Atlanta; Mrs. Luriene Graven of
Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. B. H. Taylor
and family of Atlanta; Mrs. Wil-
helmina Stewart and family of
Detroit. Mich; Mr. E. H. Senior
and family of Atlanta; Mr. and
Mrs. James Senior of Detroit,
Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Senior
and family of Atlanta; Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Senior and family,
of Philadelphia, Pa.; and Mrs. Isa-
dore Senior and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Allen Sr. Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Allen, Jr. of Colum
bus, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. James
Allen of New York City; Mr. and
Mrs. James Cross of Albany. Ga.;
Mrs. Rosa Shelton of Columbus,
Gr.
Is Modern Church Architecture Unchristian?
THE BACKDROP
The controversy over the de
sign of the chapel for the new
Air Force Academy, near Colo
rado Springs, Colo., is about to be
resumed in Congress.
Three years ago the lawmakers
rejected with
scorn the Air
Force’s first ul
tra-modern de-
si g n. Many §
Congr essmen
thought the
proposed chapel
resembled no
thing so m u c h ®
as a Second World War Quonset
hut with a series of low peaks on
the roof tree. So averse were
they to such an unconventional
house of worship that they held
up funds for the Acaremy build
ings and directed the Air Force to
bring in a new design.
Now that they have seen the
second one, the Congressional
critics are more horrified than
they were before. They say they
were led to believe the Air Force
would return with a design closer
to those of the chapels at West
Point and Annapolis, which were
built many years ago. Instead,
they are complaining, the new
design is, if anything, more fan
tastic than the first.
Retaining the basic lines of the
original design, the Air Force
architects have exaggerated the
serrated roof line by bringing the
peaks to sharper points. The
steeply angled sides also are ser
rated along the lines of the eaves,
giving the facades an accordion-
like appearance.
CATHOLICS ALSO DISAGREE
To Senator A. Willis Robertson,
of Virginia, the new design looks
like a “series of wigwams.” He
has announced that he will fight
By JOHN C. O’BRIEN
against its approval.
Senator Dennis Chavez, of New
Mexico, a Catholic accustomed to
the Spanish mission style of the
Southwest, thinks the new design
is not only “more atrocious” than
the first but “un-Christian.”
The Air Force and many lead
ing architects defend the new de
sign as in keeping with the moun
tainous backdrop of the new
academy. Situated at the foot of
the Rockies, it looks out upon a
chain of peaks dominated by
Pike’s, one of the highest in the
southern end of the range. The
peaked roof-tree of the proposed
chapel, the architects maintain,
harmonizes with the natural set
ting.
Catholics, of course, have an
interest in the design of the
chapel, in which Mass will be said
for the Catholic cadets attending
the academy. Among Catholics,
as might be expected, there rages
a controversy ho less spirited than
that between Congressmen and
the Air Force. Admirers of the
conventional styles of church ar
chitecture are sharply critical of
the much smaller number who
approve the modern designs.
Some Catholics seem to believe
there is something almost hereti
cal about holding Mass in any
edifice that departs radically from
the churches they are used to. As
a matter of fact, however, there
is no “approved” type of ecclesi
astical architecture. Mass may be
said from the tailboard of a jeep,
as it often was by military chap
lains during the last war.
The early Christians, as we
know, heard Mass in tunnels un
der Rome, now famed as the cata
combs. When it was safe for them
to come up from the under
ground, they built their churches
with materials available in the
regions in which they lived and
followed the architectural styles
with which they were familiar.
The early Christians in Rome, for
example, did not hesitate to con
vert pagan temples into churches
or erect Christian edifices on the
ruins of all kinds of Rom-an struc
tures.
MODERN AND CHRISTIAN
As time went on, different
types of ecclesiastical architecture
were developed, each reflecting
the taste and the genius of the
builders. The Roman Christians
gave us the Romanesque, the East
developed the ornate Byzantine,
the Italians one type of Gothic,
the French and the English each
another type of Gothic. The
Franciscan friars who settled with
the Spanish in the Southwest
used adobe mud to fashion their
thick walled churches with their
dark, cool interiors.
In other parts of this country,
settled mainly by Europeans, all
types of traditional styles of ar
chitecture have been copied, often
with little success. But in recent
years a few pastors and their
flocks have turned to the modern,
functional designs which are
growing in favor. Here and there,
particularly in the West, one may
find Catholic churches almost as
radically different from tradition
al churches as the proposed chap
el at the Air. Force Academy.
It is possible to maintain, as
many architects do, that the cap
stone of ecclesiastical architec
ture are the great Gothic cathe
drals of France and Germany. But
the modern functional styles are
cheaper and better adapted to
modern needs. And no matter
how far they depart from tradi
tion, they are not “un-Christian.”
Not All Martyrs Are Dead
This We Believe
No matter what people say,
character is still the best collat
eral for a loan.
Young Agnes stood before the
pagan Roman judge to answer to
the charge of being a Christian.
The judge was a reasonable man.
If Agnes would just offer a pinch
of incense to the pagan gods, the
whole thing could be forgotten.
And after all, what harm would
it do to anybody?
If you had been a friend of
Agnes, what would you have ad
vised at this point? Would you
say, “Go ahead and do it; you can
always go to confession after
wards.”? Or would you say, “God
can’t expect you to die just to
keep one of His commandments.
God will understand. Go ahead
and offer the incense.”? Or would
you be a true friend and say, “My
dear Agnes, there are some ac
tions so intrinsically wrong that
even God cannot dispense from
the obligation to renounce them.
When an action is intrinsically
evil we must die, if need be, ra
ther than commit it. Denial of
your religion is one of those ac
tions. You have no choice except
to bare your neck to the execu
tioner’s sword.”?
Fortunately Agnes did not need
our advice. That is why on Janu
ary 21 we celebrate the feast of
St. Agnes, virgin and martyr.
Agnes’ love for Christ was more
powerful than her love for life.
And she went to her death so
happily that her executioner had
trouble aiming his sword through
the mist of his tears.
The incident of Agnes has been
recalled by a letter from a wor
ried mother. She and her hus
band, now in their mid-twenties,
have five small children ranging
in age from one month to four
and one half years. The couple
married young, and wanted and
prayed for a large family. How
ever, complications have arisen.
Her doctor tells this mother that
she should have no further preg
nancy for at least two years. Firm
in her faith, she rejects the doc
tor’s suggestion that she use con
traceptives. She finds that rythm
does not work for her. Her con
fessor counsels total abstinence
but her husband, conscious per
haps of his own weakness, fears
that this would lead to other
sins. The situation is made still
more grave by economic stress.
With a below-average income
and with the babies coming so
fast, it has been impossible to
save money for a down payment
on a house. High rents limit the
family to an inadequate two-
bedroom home. Where will they
put another baby if it comes?
“When I think of all these
things and the possibility of an
other pregnancy too soon, I al
most go crazy. How does one
find the strength and courage to
persevere?” This is the anguish
ed cry from a good mother’s
heart, and she finds no encou-
(By FATHER LEO TRESE)
ragement from relatives or
friends. Most of them criticize
her for having so many children,
and even the “good Catholics”
among them urge her to turn to
contraceptives. Here is , another
Agnes standing before the magi
strate. What would you tell her?
In all probability this mother
already has been offered that
handy opiate for an uneasy con
science: “The Church is too strict
about birth control.” The well
instructed Catholic knows that
the Church has no jurisdiction
over the natural law. Contracep
tion is not a matter of Church
discipline, like abstaining from
meat on Friday. We are con
cerned here with an action which
is wrong by its very nature, al
ways and under all circumstanc
es. The Church cannot dispense
from theft, from lying, from
blasphemy — nor from sexual
abuses. In matters such as these
the Church cannot dispense, and
God does not.
Doubtless our worried mother
also has been admonished about
her disregard for the children’s
future. “It isn’t fair to have so
many children if you can’t give
them all the advantages they
should have,” is the way the ad
monition runs. Those who so speak
ignore not only God’s providence,
but also the host of outstanding
men and women who have come
from poor and numerous fami-.
lies. An even grimmer warning
that our harassed mother almost
certainly has heard from her
friends, is of her family’s need
for her. “What about the poor
children if anything happens to
the mother?” is an alarming
thought. Yet it infers that God
is a callous monster. Actually
these are God’s children; no one
loves them more than He. If He
should take the mother to Him
self, He will not shirk His re
sponsibility to the little ones left
behind. It happened that Agnes
was a virgin. But if Agnes had
been the mother of ten small
children, she still would have had
to bow her head to the swords
man’s blow.
So what shall we say to our
modern Agnes? It grieves me to
admit that I can offer no solu
tion to her problem, except to
say that abstinence IS possible,
with intensive use of prayer and;
the sacraments. I know that it is
possible because I know of cou
ples who have practiced absti
nence over long periods of time.
Beyond that I can only lament:
the fact that we live in a society
which seems not to value chil
dren as a natural resource; a
society which offers price sup
ports to butter and to wheat, but
no aid to parents of large families.
It is hard to give no other an
swer to this mother’s problem
beyond the simple truth that
love for God means a willingness
to die rather than to sin. I have,
no right to ask it of her, having
given so little; but as she suf
fers her martyrdom day by day
I hope that she may give me
some small remembrance in her
prayers. Such powerful prayers
they v/ill be, from one who walks
up Calvary with. Christ.
TIP TO MOTORISTS
Try to keep as much horse
sense behind the wheel as
you have horsepower under the
hood.
lullrtttt
416 8TH ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
Published fortnightly by the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Geor
gia, Inc., with the Approbation of the Most Reverend Archbishop-
Bishop of Savannah, the Most Reverend Bishop of Atlanta, and the
Right Reverend Abbot Ordinary of Belmont.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office, Monroe, Georgia,
and accepted for. mailing at special rate of postage provided by para
graph (e) of section 34.40, Postal Laws and Regulations.
Rev FRANCIS J. DONOHUE REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN
Editor . Savannah Edition Editor Atlanta Edition
JOHN MARKWALTER
Managing Editor
Vol. 38
Saturday, Feb. 22, 1958
No. 19
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS FOR 1957-1958
E. M. HE AG ARTY, Waycross Honorary Vice-President
GEORGE GINGELL, Columbus ' - President
MRS. DAN HARRIS, Macon — Vice-President
TOM GRIFFIN, Atlanta - Vice-President
NICK CAMERIO, Macon Secretary
•JOHN T. BUCKLEY, Augusta Treasurer
JOHN MARKWALTER, Augusta Executive Secretary
MISS CECILE FERRY, Augusta Financial Secretary
