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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
AUGUSTA 25. 1945
BOOK REVIEWS
By EILEEN HALL
, A PADRE VIEWS SOUTH
AMERICA, by Peter Master)-
Dunne, S. J., (Bruce), $2.50.
On leave from his post as Pro
fessor of America.. History at the
University of San Francisco, Cal.,
Father Dunne spent a year, from
July. 1943, to July, 1944, visiting
the various nations of South
America. In his book he record
ed practically every aspect of
interest to North Americans. He
describes the natural wonders, the
magnificent architecture of the
churches and public buildings,
gi- es glimpses of high points in
South American history, so little
known to us, their nearest neigh
bors.
He tells of archaeological relics
of the pre-European inhabitants of
the continent, and perhaps, best
of all, presents a clear picture of
the peoples, their distinctive cus
toms, their cultur , predominant
ly Latin but blended with Indian
and Negro, their almost unani
mous Catholicism, too often (espe
cially among the men) in name
only.
Father Dunne's book is a won
derland of sparkling information
on so many different phases of
the nations to the south of us,
that it will appeal alike to stu
dents, travelers (even arm-chair
travelers), and those of us who
like simply the human interest
side of the picture.
Father Dunne points out that
although South America is pre
dominantly Catholic, the actual
practice of the faith is too often
slighted; too much has in the past
been invested in costly churches
and shrines to the neglect of edu
cation of the people; that, al
though South American C holies
resent the intrusion of some Pro
testant missionaries who behave
unethically, other such workers
may actually be of benefit to the
Latin American nations by arous
ing their la ent Catholicism.
Most South Americans, he says,
are unable to realize t' e amicable
relations which, for the most part,
prevail in the United States be
tween Catholics and Protestants,
looking on the latter with unwar-
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ranted distrust, appa . y unable
to understand that the many
points of agreement between the
two religious groups make it pos
sible for them to work coopefa-
tively and without friction side by
side
NO GREATER LOVE, by Arch
bishop Francis J. Spellman (Scrib
ner’s), $2.00.
In his 1944 .tor. of the Euro
pean battlefronts, Archbishop
Spellman visited intimately with
great men and the humblest G.I.s
alike. In his new book, released
last month, he presents revealing
po. traits of these men, whether
general, king or Pope or the boy
who used to live next door to
you. He listened to many of
them, those youn . vet ins in
hospit..ls, their leaders, their chap
lains, and their doctors, because,
“If you don’t talk to someone
you’ll go mad,” they told him.
He gives his readers warm, hu
man, heart-wrenching accounts of
these men’s gallantry and sheer
courage . . . both the living and
those who “gave their lives that
other men might liv: in peace.”
In his final pages he proves him
self a magnificent poet, in addi
tion to being the excellent report
er his entire book shows him to
be.
He has praise for the medical
men and the chaplains, both of
whom have demonstrated a devo
tion to their charges, which he
says could have sprung only from
a deep faith in God and love of
their fellow-men.
He gives a glimpse of the mis
ery of war-wrecked nations, the
homeless, starving children, which
makes us devoutly thankful our
soldiers fought to keep the same
stark trabedy from engulfing our
land; and at .he same time gives
us realization that the most we
can do to help those people re
gard normal living will be none
too much.
NEW YORK, by John Mase
field, (Macmillan), $2.60.
England’s poet laureate and
novelist par excellence, John
Ma.ifield, gives a detailed picture
of a brief period of his boyhood.
He was just 13 when he became a
“new chum” aboard a British
training ship. The cruel hazing
administered by older, saltier ship
mates, the boy seemed to accept
unresentfully, and with youth’s
adaptability he took things as they
came.
He gazed wont erlngly at the
strange new world of ships and
seamen, just as ar.y 13-year-old
would do; but with a remarkable
naivete which, if not quite for
eign to today’s youth, seems well
concealed by most of them.
He indulged in hero worship
toward any of the older men who
showed him aiiy kit.4 f decent
•eatment; yet • seemed iddly un-
touened by the uncouth, disagree
able manners (or rather, lack of
them) displayed by other mem
bers of the crew.
It is an interesting tale. But
a mother can be nothing else but
thankful that here 12-year-old is
still safe at home, rather than
undergoing the varied experiences
young Masefield encountered some
half a century ago.
"THE WORLD, THE FLESH
AND FATHER SMITH,” a novel
by Bruce Marshall, author of
"Father Malachy’s Miracle,” and a
convert to Catholicism, was a July
selection of the Book-of-thc-Month
Club. A story of a Scottish priest
and his fellow clerics, the work
has been widely and favorably re
viewed.
S-Sgt. Riordan, Augusta,
Awarded Bronze Star
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Staff Sergeant
Henry S. Riordan. now stationed
in Puerto Rico with the Army Air
Force Caribbean Division, Air
Transport Command, has been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
Sergeant Riordan, who served 32
months in England and France,
also wears the ETO Ribbon with
seven battle stars and shares in a
Distinguished Presidential Unit
Citation.
The Caribbean Division in
which Staff Sergeant Riordan is
now serving, is the Air Transport
Command organization engaged in
transporting thousands of Ameri
can troops by air each month from
(he European and Mediterranean
theatres of operation to the United
States. In addition to this, the Di-
Treasurer of C. L. A.
Endowment Fund
HUGHES SPALDING
The Endowment Fund of the
Catholic Laymen’s Association of
Georgia, created in 1925, repre
sents special bequests and dona
tions made to the Association. It
is held in trust by a committee
headed by the Vice-President of
the Association with -Hughes
fepalding, of Atlanta, as treasurer.
Other members of the Endow
ment Fund Committee are the
Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D.,
Bishop Savannah-Atlanta; Bernard
J. Kane, Atlanta; Martin J. Cal
laghan, Macon; James Dickey, At
lanta; Fred Doyle, Savannah; Al
fred M. Battey, Augusta; B. S.
Fahy, Rome and Fred Wiggins, Al
bany.
vision has maintained an aerial
supply route to American forces in
the Chiria-India-Burma theatre*
Solemn Profession of
Sister Mary Redemptus
at Convent in Baltimore
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The Rt. Rev.
Msgr. T. James McNamara, rector
of the Cathedral of' St. Johrt the
Baptist, presided at the solemn
profession of his sister ,Miss Mar
garet Mary McNamara, who as Sis
ter Mary Redemptus, R. S. M.,
made her final vows as a Sister of
Mercy at Mount St. Agnes Con
vent, Baltimore, Md.
(Before entering the convent,
Sister Mary Redemptus, the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Me
Namara, of Savannah, was connect
ed with the Savannah Health Cen
ter for three years. She followed
her nursing profession in New
York City after graduating from
the French Hospital Training
School for Nurses.
Sister Mary Redemptus attend
ed Misericordia College in Dallas,
Pa., after graduating from St. Vin
cent Academy in Savannah. She
entered the noviate of the Sisters
of Mercy five and a half years ago.
PAULIST MISSIONARY
CONDUCTS MISSION AT
CHURCH IN ABBEVILLE
• Special to The Bulletin)
ABBEVILLE, S. C. — The Rev.
John M. Donelon, C. S. P., of the
Paulist Fathers Mission ^Center at
Clcmson, conducted a trailer
mission on I he grounds of the Sa-
crea Heart Church in Abbeville
from August 6 to August 10. Fa
ther Donelson was assisted in
conducting the mission by the
Rev. Maurice R. Daly, pastor of
St. Joseph’s Church, Anderson,
and the Sacred Heart Church
here.
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