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FEBRUARY 19, 1944
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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A VISIT TO SPAIN
It will be unpleasant news for
Life and Time and the Saturday
Evening- Post to read of Henry J.
Taylor’s visit to Spain in the New
York World-Telegram. Mr. Tay
lor brings out the following points
which we quote from the Brook
lyn Tablet: The abdication of Mus
solini and the rout of fascism in
Italy,did not weaken Franco’s po
sition. It simply showed Franco’s
wisdom in keeping out of the war.
The army is loyal to Franco, and
the monarchist movement which is
reported here to be anti-Franco is
actually controlled by the general
who is a monarchist. Neither the
army nor the civilians have any
use for the “Falange” and Franco
is uprooting it. Just as Ramon
Serrano Suner, the pro-axis sym
pathizer and brother-in-law of
Franco, was thrown out of power,
so will be the Falange. The gen
eral is strengthening the Cortes,
and this movement is receiving the
acclaim - and obtaining the confi
dence of the country. The Cortes
which will soon rule the country
will be composed of fifty mayors
of various cities and towns; forty-
seven members elected by the pro
vincial assemblies; one hundred
and thirty members elected from
trade unions, fourteen from pro
fessional organizations and ten
presidents of universities. It will
have the power to Originate every
law and decree in Spain with no
veto power from Franco. Incident
ally- Mr.' Taylor states that the en
tire prison population of Spain is
36,000 with but a small percentage
of political -prisoners; and the
total number- of executions last
year was nine. " After what the
Luce publications and the -Post
have written about Spain they
should-feel humiliated to-have one
of our best - newspaper reporters
who has just returned from Spain
show how utterly without founda
tion,. their, .statements were a.id
are, Mr. Taylor ,has no axe to
grind- He went to Spain believ
ing the things said about Franco.
He is too honest not to be con
vinced when the proof,. is irrefut
able. (Ave Maria). . ,
TO COMBAT DISUNITY
Formcnters of anti-religious and
anti-racial feeling are becoming
increasingly active in this country.
They are publishing articles and
advertisements in periodicals.
Their activities are being abetted
by those - who whisper unjust
charges against entire religious
and racial groups.
This circumstances lends point-
to the endorsement given by Arch
bishop Francis J. Spellman to a
four-point program to combat dis
unity arising from wholesale ac
cusations. The program, which
was issued by the American Jewish
committee, is as follows;
“1. I will spread no rumor and
no slander against any sect (faith).
“2. I will never try to indict a
whole people by reason of the de
linquency of any member,
“3. 1 will daily deal with every
man in business, in social, and in
political relations, only on the
basis of his true individual worth.
“4. In my daily conduct I will
consecrate myself, hour by hour, to
the achievement bf the highest
ideal of the dignity of mankind,
human equality, human fellowship,
and human brotherhood.”
The “dignity of mankind” is
founded iri the fact that all men
are' children of God and brothers
of Jesus Christ, their Divine
Savior.
Dealing with a man "on the
basis of his true individual worth"
is in accord with the moral law.
It also harmonizes with the Dec
laration of Independence which
proclaims that “all men are creat
ed equal; that they are endowed
by their,. Creator with certain in
alienable rights; that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness.” (Michigan Catholic)
AS EXPECTED
Nazi warnings of expected trans-.
formation of the city of Rome* into
a great battlefield failed to shake
the determination' of Pope Pius
XII to temain in the Vatican. It
would have been contrary to all
the faith of the church he heads
had the Pope heeded the Nazi de
sires and fled to possible safety
while so many of his people tnust,
inevitably, die.
• Nor is it to be expected the
Nazi will shoiw any respect 'or
reverence for the 'treasures of
Rome, qifher sacred or secular,'
if they believe they can gain any
thing whatsoever; ,in a military
sense, by destroying it entirely, by
fighting* .through, its' streets, block
by block.
Nazidom, long ago repudiated
the •Christian, religion... Na^idpnt,
long ago, proved itsolf .a vandal
wherever . precious , examples of
art or architecture may. be found.
Nazidom, long.. ago, proved, itself
akin , to, the brute in all its deal
ings with decent • humanity and
with human culture. ,
Sad- as it will- be,-tragic as it
will be, there is but scant likeli
hood Rome may be spared the
full’ horrors of a city caught in
the' grip of modern- war.
Yet any who think that destruc
tion of material things can affect
at all the spiritual power of
Christianity know but little of
the truth inherent in Christian
faith.—(The Atlanta Constitution.)
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Father George M. Kempker, USNR, of West Point, Nebr., Marine Corps Chaplain, celebrates Mass af
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kneel in the swampy ground of the jungle. Marine Corps photo. (N.C.W.C.)
BOOK REVIEWS
By W. L. SCHMIDT
The middle of the last, century
was an intellectually stormy
period; stormy for ‘thte army
Protestants- whose zeal ‘for their
own faith back-fired and' thrust
them headlong- into the folds of
Catholicism. A person embody
ing this spirit of the time was
the stormy Orestes Brownson
whose spiritual’make up and de
sire for truth kept his powerful
intellect, in a constant whirl as
he fled from one faith to another,
from one inferior to what he
believed a superior social experi
ment until, at long last, after other
great minds had entered the
Church, he took notice of. the
Catholic religion and. studied its
doctrines. Convinced by her
trujhs, he was converted and set
about trying to convert others, and
spent the rest of his life in writ
ing, lecturing, publishing periodi-.
cals, and, true to his nature,
fiercely opposing hi? opponents.
“Orestes Brownson”,, by, Theo
dore Maynard (Mcmillan, N. Y.,
$3.00), will be considered an out
standing contribution towards the
study and understanding of the
character of Brownson. Not con
cerned with his works, for they
are voluminous, the author gives
rather a study of the nature of
the man behind these works. His
writings are alluded to insofar as
they help to understand him. In
giving such a thorough picture of
Brownson, the author gives also
the mid-nineteenth century char
acter and spirit, understanding
quite well that a person can be
put in his true light only when
studied in relation with the times
that bore him.
, Readers of Captain McGuire’s
popular book. “Rig for Church”
-yyill more than welcome the sequel
tp.it, “The Captain Wears A Cross”
(Macmillan, $2.00), in which' he
gives a more , precise description
of Pearl Harbor and continues
with his experiences • until the
time of his commission to serve
on the staff of the commanding
general of the Marine Corps, San
Diego Area. Very often Captain
McGuire interrupts strict chrono
logy with degressions on interest
ing and lively incidents that oc
curred during his long, career as
Navy Chaplain, and with amusing
and inspirational stories of heroism
and loyalty of the men under his
guidance and care, ,and of many
others with whom he was thrown
in contact.- Not only, is the book
absorbing in its accounts. It is
a book of praise for all the Chap
lains, of whatever creed, who, dare
fire and death to administer to
the spiritual needs of the boys
fighting for God and country.
. .“Life With the Holy Ghost”, by
Rev. Hugh Francis Blunt (Bruce
Pullishing Co., $1.75). is the result
of long study and fervent medita
tion on the relation between the
Holy Ghost and mankind. This
result is presented in clear and
concise terms that cannot help
but produce greater understand
ing in the mind of the reader of
the benefits of the Gifts of the
Holy Ghost, and induce him to
use them to much greater extent
than before' The General Editor
of the Religion and Culture Series,
in Which this book appears, uses
the familiar Words in his preface:'
“We must fight firC with fire.”
With the fire of the Holy GIit)9t
any fire of our enemies can be
met be ' it man’s or devil’s.
Integrating the lessons this book
holds with our own individual
lives will • arm us with a fiery:
weapon, that will know no opposi
tion. . . -
E. J. Edwards, -S. V. D,, spent-
five years in the Philippines and
became thoroughly acquainted
with the men and women he intro-,
duces in his lively story, “White
Fire” (Bruce, $2.75), a story of
heroic patience of the doctors
and, sisters, and thp resignation
and . despair found among the
lepers ot whom they devoted their
lives. , The story centers around
$istej- Agnes Marie, the youngest
member among those serving the,
lepers, and Dr. Hewitt, a non-
Cat'nolie research worker experl-,
mentiug with a serum that was to
cure leprosy. The sum of the doc
tor’s antagonism towards women
and his near-atheistic ideas, Sis
ter Agnes’ devotion towards her
patients, and the stirring sub-plots
offered by the varied characters
of the lepers themselves amounts]
to sparkling and fascinating read
ing. Father Edwards is an ex
pert in story telling, and those
familiar with his previous works
will find the same ingredients of
interest and Beauty in his pres
ent work.
Catholic statistic brought up to
date can now be had with the
1944 edition of “The National
Catholic Almanac” published by
St. Anthony Guild of Paterson.
N. J. ($1.Q0). The facts and fig--'
ures this almanac supplies to--
gether with its thorough coverage
of such subjects as Religion, His
tory, Literature, Government, and
many others, make it a valuable
book for every home.
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