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PHILADELPHIA, —■ Although
the term “obscene” was defined
by the U. S. Supreme Court last
June, a series of subsequent cases
has shown that the same tribunal
considers obscenity to be virtual
ly nonexistent, William B, Ball,
professor of laws at Villanova
University law school, said here.
Citing cases in which the high
est court has permitted the dis
tribution of material declared to
be obscene by lower Federal
courts and Post Office authorities,
Mr. Bali said that when the top
court, speaks of obscenity it appar
ently means material which is so
disgusting that no one will be
tempted by it. Such material he
said, will disgust, rather than at
tract, even the depraved mem
bers of society.
The Villanova professor traced
the withering away of legal safe
guards against obscenity in a talk
before the Notre Dame Club of
Philadelphia. He simultaneously
recommended enlightened and
persuasive resistance to marketed
pornography, on the part of in
dividuals, families and social
organizations.
Prof. Bail said the Supreme
Court’s interpretation of obsceni
ty in censorship cases has given
“a new immunity to publishers
and producers who seek to profit
by the spread of filth among chil
dren and adolescents.
“This situation is accentuated
by the lack of enforcement of
criminal statutes against obsceni
ty,” he said. He predicted that the
legal breakdown will be com
pleted when these statutes, pres
ently enforceable in many com
munities, “are declared uncon
stitutional on the same basic
arguments and philosophy which
have prevailed in the censorship
cases” before the Supreme Court.
As defined b y the Supreme
Court on June 25, 1957 in Roth vs.
United States, obscenity is pres
ent in materia] when, “1o the
average person, applying contem
porary community standards, the
dominant theme of the material
taken as a whole appeals to
prurient interest.”
To regulate immoral publica
tions and entertainment in the
absence of legal power, Mr. Bali
counseled that offended citizens
must encourage voluntary produc
tion codes within certain media.
The public must also practice
mass abstention, he said, when
ever indecent books and films are
offered for consumption.
He cautioned that “those who
want reasonable regulation o f
motion pictures, comics and other
media should avoid acting before
having both the facts and sound
advice.
“Rash and angry protest, how
ever well intentioned, may be
mistaken for mere bad will or
contempt for the feeling and
preferences of others,” he con
tinued. “When we forget to grace
our actions with charity and rea
son, we very logically provoke
bitter feelings and opposition.”
Having taken the necessary
precautions, citizens should “not
lack courage to make protest as
need arises,” he emphasized. “We
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should be especially vigilant
against moves to abolish our right
of protest,” Mr. Ball said, alluding
to legislation proposed by several
groups which would penalize per
sons who urge the public to ab
stain from specific exhibitions of
movies or books.
He told the listeners that Cath
olics “should cease regarding op
position to indecency as a solely
Catholic objective and invite our
non-Catliolic brothers to support
the work of such groups as the
National Legion of Decency and
the National Office for Decent
Literature.
“We should demand enforce
ment of existing criminal stat
utes,” he said, and emphasized
the postive by supporting the
‘good’ in the arts and encouraging
creativeness in them”
Protest made against obscene
books and films “are being con
demned as being anti-demo
cratic,” Mr. Bail acknowledged,
“and there is strong pressure
against the legion and the NODL.
“The repression campaign of
the anticensors is in full swing in
most major cities of the nation,”
he stated. “The anticensors are
waging a fairly effective psycho
logical warfare by denouncing
those who campaign for decency
as being book-burners, conform
ists, vigilantes, mob actionists and
private police.”
Despite the opposition, he
stressed, citizens have the right
of protest “and should never be
afraid to use it, reasonably, for
the promotion of public moriality.
“The true civil libertarian,” he
added, “Will pause in his head
long campaign against ail re
straint, to take heed of the spread
among our youth of the mindless
personality which reacts only to
the stimuli of violent fantasy.”
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from the unique importance of
the Church as the only spiritual
society established by Christ to
minister to man’s spiritual needs.
Wilful violation of the law of
church support could constitute
serious matter, therefore, all
things being equal. Example:
when one’s deliberate refusal to
contribute what he could easily
give without inconvenience re
sults in grave harm to the Church,
or unjustly transfers intolerable
financial burdens to others of the
parish.
PRACTICALLY, one need only
contribute according to his means.
Since personal and family finan
cial circumstances differ widely,
no definite amount can be establ
ished as a norm. The wealthy of
course are bound to give more
than the poor; and those who are
fairly prosperous should certainly
offer more than those of average
means. In every case, a sense of
values should be maintained; i.e.,
a Catholic of means could hardly
be justified in habitually donat
ing to Church on a Sunday morn
ing what he would be ashamed to
offer a doorman as a tip.
Q: Does the duly of church sup
port mean that everyone in the
parish should use the budget-en
velope system?
A: For the sake of good order
and administration, every parish-
oner should try to cooperate with
the pastor in whatever offeratory
plan he has determined for the
whole parish. If the budget-envel
ope system happens to be the
established system, then one
should make every reasonable ef
fort to use the envelopes. The
envelope system insures the par
ish of a regular income week
after week, thus permitting the
pastor to pay parochial debts on
time, and anticipate the future
financial needs of the parish with
considerable accuracy.
Q: Wouldn't you say that a
parent who sends his child to his
parish school has a very special
duly to contribute to his church
it he can?
A: The duty of church support
is a general one binding all Cath
olics according to their ability to
give. It is inconceivable, however,
that a parent who sends his child
to a parish school should of his
own fault neglect to support his
parish, provided, of course that
he can. If able, such a parent
should also be scrupulous about
using the collection system deter
mined for the parish.
* * *
The purpose of this column is
to assist the laity to a fuller un
derstanding of their religion. It
does not seek to promote contro
versy. Questions concerning per
sonal marriage problems should be
referred to one’s parish priest.
SAINT BERNADETTE SOU-
BIROUS, by Monsignor Francis
Trochu, translated from the
French and adapted by John
Joyce, S. J. (Pantheon $4.95).
Published on February 11, the
centennial of Bernadette’s first
vision at Lourdes, this is an Eng
lish translation of the definitive
biography of the saint, by a schol
arly historian who had access to
all published and unpublished
documents pertaining to her life.
The book contains 22 illustrations,
a map of the area where Berna
dette’s life was spent, a bibli
ography and an index.
After briefly sketching her
childhood, the author relates the
perennially fascinating account of
the apparitions and of the valiant
struggle of the 14-year-old shep
herdess, against various obstacles,
including the incredulity of both
lay and clerical persons, to con
vey the messages Our Lady en
trusted to her—chiefly, of course,
her plea for prayer and penance.
In the third section of the book,
Bernadette’s life as Sister Marie-
Bernard, in the Convent of Nev-
ers, is shown. It was a life of ob
scure martyrdom caused by an
uncomprehending superior and
the suffering of illness. Here Ber
nadette grew in the herioc sancti
ty for which the Church has can
onized her.
Monsignor Truchu is also the
author of biographies Qf St. John
Vianney, St. Francis de Sales, and
various founders of religious
orders. Many of his books have
been honored by the Academie
Franqai&e.
Jacob, Tobias, Daniel, and Job.
Finally, the angels of the New
Testament appear, the Angel of
the Annunciation, those associat
ed with Our Lord’s life and with
the Apostles. In a world which,
for the most part, has lost its be
lief in the reality of the spirit
world, this book is refreshing and
encouraging. Satan has so well
succeeded in convincing people
that he, as well as the good
angels, are only fantasies, that
those whose faith is removed from
the simplicity of childhood con
sider such stories as these mere
ly fiction. They are not; the false
gods of materialism are the fic
tional ones.
A BOOK OF ANGELS, by Mari
gold Hunt (Sheed & Ward, $3.00).
Miss Hunt’s new book is thor
oughly enjoyable, both for young
readers and adults ones. The
stories she tells are taken from
the Bible and related in simple
words, in a style that charms the
reader. The fallen angel who
tempted Adam and Eve in Para
dise is first introduced; then those
good angels who, as God’s mes
sengers, guided Abraham, Isaac,
YOU, by Father M. Raymond,
O. C. S. O. (Bruce, $4.50).
This popular Trappist author
has persistently labored for years
to tell Catholics just what it
means to be members of the Mys
tical-Body of Christ. In his latest
book, he again attempts to drive
home that tremendously impor
tant point, by showing that all,
not just a few, are. called to union
with God in Christ, the Head of
the Mystical Body. This, as Father
Raymond has said elsewhere, is
“the sound, sane, sober, sensible
mysticism,” simple union with
God in His Church.
In this book, Father Raymond
approaches his reader directly,
with the questions each one con
stantly. asks himself: Who am I?
Why am I here? His answer shows
that each individual human being
is not simply one among millions
in a small comer of an immense
universe, hut an indispensably
precious part of Christ’s Mystical
Body.
“You are sent by God to show
His presence in a manner no
human before you, no human on
earth with,.,, yqjp.jyi, )iqip^yyho
may com.- after > you; could, or
ever can, manifest Him. You have
something to show, which, if you
fail, will be lost to man, to the
world, and in one sense, even to
God Himself, for all eternity.
Amazing truth!
Anyone who is ever tempted to
doubt his own importance in
God’s scheme of things will he
assured of the worth of his life
if he absorbs even a small amount
of Father Raymond’s powerful
message.
APPOINTMENT OF TWO NEW
ORDINARIES FILLED ALL
OF THE SEES IN THE U. S.
The only sure way to kill time
—get busy and work it to death.
(By J. J. Gilbert)
WASHINGTON — With the re
cent appointment of two new or
dinaries — Msgr. Howard J. Car-
roll to be Bishop of Altoona-
Johnstown, Pa., and Bishop Clar
ence G. Issenmann to head the
Diocese of Columbus, Ohio — it
was noted that every see in the
United States was filled.
This is an unusual situation, in
view of the many posts involved
and the inevitable recurrence of
vacancies.
When this situation last ob
tained it would be difficult to
say with certainty. But it has
been some time apparently. The
N. C. W. C. News Service re
ported in December, 1937, that
all U. S. sees had been filled for
the first time in quite a while.
A similar situation has not been
reported since That Time.' ’ m ~" K
A comparative glance at sta
tistics for 1937 and 1957 reveals
the impressive growth of the
Church in the United States in
the last 20 years.
In 1937, there were 130 mem
bers of the hierarchy in the Unit
ed States. These included four
Cardmals, 15 other Archbishops,
05 Bishops who were ordinaries
of sees or vicariates, four Coad
jutor Bishops and 12 Auxiliary
Bishops.
There were at that time 16
archdioceses, and 92 dioceses.
In 1957, the members of the
hierarchy in the United States
total 210. There are four Cardi
nals, 31 Archbishops, 103 Bish
ops who are ordinaries of sees,
two Coadjutor Bishops and 70
Auxiliary Bishops.
There are today 26 archdioceses
and 111 dipceses in the United
States. '
The first Bishop in the
United States — the Most Rev.
John Carroll of Baltimore — was
consecrated August 15, 1790.
More than 700 American Bish
ops have been appointed since
that time.
A tabulation made in 1940
showed that 523 American Bish
ops had been named up until
that time. More than 200 Bishops
have been named since 1940.
It is interesting that the first
U. S. Bishop and one of the two
latest to be appointed are Car
rolls. There have been six Ameri
can Bishops named Carroll.
They include Archbishop John
Carroll of Baltimore (1790-1815)
Bishop John P. Carroll of Helena
Mont., (1904-1925); Bishop James
J. Carroll, a native of Pembroke
Maine, who was Bishop of Nuev;
Segovia, Philippine Islands, from
1908 to 1913; Bishop Mark K
Carroll of Wichita, Kans.; Auxil
iary Bishop Coleman F. Carroll
of Pittsburgh, a brother of th
newly-named Bishop Howard J
Carroll of Altoona-Johnstown.
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THE LAYMAN
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there is no more to be said. It is
his business, at least it’s not mine.
But life is not only getting, it
must be giving as well, and a
Catholic can hardly be so easily
satisfied with what, he is giving.
The most obvious fact of our day
that we are surrounded by mil
lions who are starved of food that
Christ Our Lord wanted them to
have—they are getting too small
ration of truth, and of the Eu
charist no ration at all. We regret
their starvation, of course, but we
do not lose any sleep over it;
which raises the question whether
we really appreciate the food we
ourselves get from the Church:
we should not take it so calmly
if their starvation was bodily: for
we do know the value of the
bread that perishes.
If spiritual starvation is to be
relieved, it must he largely the
work of the laity, who are in
daily contact with starvation’s
victims. We must come to an un
derstanding of the great dogmas,
so that we know them in them-
elves and in their power to
nourish; we must bend every ef
fort to mastering their utterance.
Only so can we relieve the star
vation that now lies all about
us. Once we see it, we see that we
must set about it—primarily and
overwhelmingly for the sake of
bese others, since it is intolera
hie that men should be perishing
for want of truth that we could
bring them. But only for their
sake. For our own sake too: for
t is not good to be the sane min
ority in a society that is losing
ontact with God.
This series of articles will be
oncerned with Theology from
the point of view of this two fold
need—the need of our own souls
for the food and light and love
of God that the great dogmas
bring with them; and the need of
men all about us, a need which
an be met only if we meet it.
Our next articles will contain
oractical advice on how to study
Theology. Then we shall embark
ipon what the Church has to
(each us about God. The articles
will be linked together; it might
>e worthwhile to keep back num
bers for re-reading. It cannot all
oe easy. Some of it will be tough
going but the reward is great; as
physical fitness means tough go
ng but is worth the effort.
iprrr SAVASTSiAH TO2SOT, "March 5, -195S-PACF
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)—
The Supreme Sacred Congrega
tion of the Holy Office has issued
a notice to Ordinaries adomishing
them not to introduce or suppress
elements of liturgical ceremonies
without due authorization of the
Apostolic See.
The document took note of
cases where priests have sought
through publications to insert
prayers or scriptural reading into
liturgical functions or into the
celebration of Mass, and have at
tempted to eliminate other texts
on the pretext of reviving the
ancient liturgy of the Church or
of promoting the participation of
the faithful in the sacred rites.
The admonition recommends
that Ordinaries warn members of
the clergy that the task of estab
lishing rules and directives per
taining to the liturgy and of ap
proving liturgical books and new
litanies to be recited in public be
longs to the Holy, See.
It added that prayers and pious
exercises in churches as well as
oratories must be submitted to
the local ordinary for his exami
nation and cannot be used with
out his explicit permission. In
difficult cases, the Ordinaries are
instructed to submit the matter
to the Holy See.
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BOSTON (NC)—An interpreter
of national voting patterns said
here a future presidential candi
date who is a Catholic will be
helped, rather than hindered, by
his religion.
Dr. Lawrence Fuchs of Bran-
deis University, who has studied
voting behavior since World War
II, made this statement in an ad
dress to 200 faculty members and
students at Boston University’s
Citizenship Project.
Dr. Fuchs said he believes that
anti-Catholic voting sentiment on
*he Presidential level has been
diminishing for the past 16 years
and what remains of it is now to
he found largely in areas that, are
nolitically unimportant.
He cited the rural south and,
f o a lesser extent, the rural mid
west as still anti-Catholic areas.
But he claimed there has been a
fading of bias there, in addition
to a declining population.
Prof. Fuchs said another ..im
portant factor is the steadily
growing Catholic p o p u lation,
which he maintained is increasing
at a greater rate than that of non-
Catholics in the urbanized and
industrialized states which carry
large electoral vote blocs.
The Brandeis analyst said he
has found much less religious in
fluence in potential votes for a
high national office, such as the
presidency, than for local offices.
He added that he thinks the ef
fects of the Soviet challenges in
defense, education and economic
fields will far outweigh any re
ligious factor in future national
elections.
Prof. Fuchs said that in 1956
he consulted with nearly every
state delegation at the Democrat
ic National Convention, and
found a wide sentiment for
Catholic on the ticket.
He asserted that it was Mas
sachusetts Sen. John Kennedy’s
youth that prevented him from
being nominated as the vice pres
idential candidate that year and
not his religion.
Notable Record
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., (NC)
The Diocese of Springfield-Cape
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olics per square mile than many
parts of Asia, donated $51,000 for
the mission during last year, it
was reported by Bishop Charles
H. Helmsing.
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