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TWENTY-SIX
THE BULLETIN OF TIIE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 27, 1947
BOOK REVIEWS
By EILEEN HALL
THE THREE AGES OF THE IN
TERIOR LIFE, by Reginald Gar-
rigou-Lagrangc, (Herder), $5.00.
This is anything else than a book
review ... a confession maybe.
The chapter headings looked in
triguing — thrilling even. We
could hardly wait to start reading
—and a rainy Sunday afternoon
obligingly happened along.
Before long we had the sensation
of plodding along a long, endless
road and seeming to get nowhere.
So we had to admit, reluctantly,
that Father Garrigou-Lagrange
writes for much wiser, more learn
ed minds than ours. (Even if Mary
McGill DID review "The Three
Ages” in "Our Sunday Visitor”!)
Later we discovered this book
COULD be a delightful and fruit
ful reference source, even if we
couldn’t read it from beginning
to end.
And we also received the con
soling assurance from a priest-
friend who HAS that wisdom and
learning we lacked that the fact
(hat we “had trouble getting
through The Three Ages’ ” only
meant we weren’t one of those "un
comfortable people” called “geni
uses.” (Um!)
He also told us: “It is quite im
portant for at least one thing: it
explodes the misleading approach
to life of perfection as a road dis
tantly marked into three separate
stages. Father Garrigou’s is the
truer one: that there are elements
of all three present, no matter
what progress we have attained.
Thus, in the beginning we can
expect to find elements of con
templation in our prayer; in the
life of those well-along we will
observe the need for the mortifi
cations that characterized the be
ginner; and so too with the last,
most perfect, stage—that of the
so-called Unitive Way.”
BROTHER TO BROTHER, by
Henry Brenner, O. S. B„ (The
Grail). $1.25. Reviewed by VVeno-
nah Chambers.
Love of our neighbors is so im
portant an ingredient of our whole
existence on this earth that it is
second only to Love of God. That
is one of many reasons why I
found this little book inspiring. It
seems the book’s real purpose is
NOT to present a sort of exhibit
of what is possible and what is
really being accomplished (though
the writer does that beautifully
too); but rather to enkindle a fire
in the reader—a fire which will
cause him to show in his life more
loving fervor toward his neighbor;
to prove by his own daily actions
that Christianity really thrives
and subsists on charity; and to
enjoy interiorly that pleasure
which results only from brotherly
love—the pleasure of helping
others for the Love of Him Who
helps us all at every moment of
our existence.
I’tn sure all who read this book
wilj agree that fraternal charity
ought to run through our life like
a thread, and continue on when we
die. joining earth to Heaven, mor
tality to immortality, time te
eternity.
A QUARTET OF PAMPHLETS
from the Grail Press. Reviewed
by Rita Saniry McGill.
BLESS YOUR. CHILDREN, by
Abbot Ignatius F.sser. O. S. B.,
5c.
A nickel will be well spent for
this pocket-size essay which
charmingly encourages parents to
exercise their privilege of “paren
tal blessing.' A bit of the history
of parental blessing, and exam
ples of its uses throughout the Sa
cred Scriptures leave each parent-
reader_ persuaded that he will
henceforth extend a blessing to his
child at every opportunity making
the Sign of the Cross on the child's
forehead, with the right thumb,
and saying: “I bless you, my child,
in the name of the Father
etc.
THUS SAITH A ROBIN, by Fa
ther Jerome, O. S. B., St. Leo,
Fla., 25c.
This is a collection of brief, in
spirational poems to the Blessed
Mother. There is beauty of thought
and sincere devotion in them, but
the sentiments are sometimes
marred by a slight awkwardness of
expression. The poet’s sincerity is
impressive, however, and his work
may inspire others to an expres
sion of their own thoughts of
Mary
THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN, by Pas
chal Boland, O. S. B., 10c.
An interestingly mixed and va
ried series of one-paragraph phil
osophies on the spiritual and the
worldly. For example: “A gossiper
often seems to have that divine
gift of creating something out of
nothing;” and “A Christian that
strives to become a Saint, be
comes at least a good Christian.”
FREQUENT AND EARLY COM
MUNION. (Decrees of Pope
Pius X), 10c.
Some interesting facts of church
history in regard to Holy Commu
nion which are included in the
booklet, along with the statements
in regard to the Church’s present
position concerning the Holy Eu
charist, make this a pamphlet
wortii reading and keeping for ref
erence.
LIFFEY LANE, by Maura Lavcrty,
(Lougman’s), $2.50.
You won’t soon forget the inter
esting characters and incidents in
this new Irish novel—the story of
little Chrissie Doyle, who lived in
a Dublin slum. The slender thread
of plot ("Chrissie Doyle was in
trouble. Yesterday she had com
mitted a sin.”) weaves the various
flashbacks into unified whole and
cornels to a satisfying climax in the
last brief chapter—in Sister Mar
tha’s delightful speech, “ . . .1
said to myself, Chrissie must have
been sorely tempted . . . Don’t iet
it worry you any more, child. The
best of us can yield to tempta
tion . . . You're not going to put
yourself above God’s Saints, are
you, Chrissie? You’re net going to
think yourself better than they
were? . . . . ”
You won’t forget Chrissie and
Sister Martha — nor selfish little
Kevin whom Chrissie loved and
spoiled—nor Eileen Harte who re
membered the time, in one of her
childhood confessions, when "for
one awful moment she thought he
(the priest) was going to cry”—nor
the Buckley family and the hor
ror of “the Night of the Rat”—nor
any of the other very, very human
hutrians who lived in Liffey Lane.
And you’ll think how like hu
mans everywhere they are—you’ve
seen Chrissie’s counterpart right
here in Georgia—and most of the
others’ too. You don’t really feel
too sorry for their poverty, for.
they have that greater treasure
which is unknown to the hearts
which scorn them . • and the
author has remembered that im
portant fact, which is the thing
that gives “Liffey Lane” its great
est charm.
AMBER EYES, by Patsey Ellis
and Aimce Torrlani, (Grail),
$1.50.
The 13-year-old viewpoint (by
Mary Eileen Hall); This is a book
about little fairies. These little
fairies were kind to everyone. If
anyone was ill or anything went
wrong, all the others did their
share to help make everything
happy again. Amber Eyes was a
very selfish little fairy until she
came to the wonderful garden.
She learned to be happy and
helpful too. This book was writ
ten to teach little and big chil
dren to be kind. If the little
fairies can be so kind, human be
ings ought to try to be too.
And the adult opinion: "Fairy
land,” said Chesterton, “is noth
ing but the sunny country of
common sense.” Some educators,
in that long interval between our
childhood and the present, have
■almost succeeded in banishing
fairy tales from school books and
children’s literature in general,
and our children are the losers.
Like "Rag-a-Tag” (by the same
authors), this little book is a nos
talgic glimpse of the “sunny
country” we loved in our own
childhood . . both the joyous
pictures which just beg children
to color them, and the simply told
stories which bring us back again
to quoting Chesterton: “In perfect
force there is a kind of frivolity,
an airiness that can maintain it
self in the air . , . full of light
and fluttering draperies, of quick
and capering feet . . . Pride is
the downward drag of all things
into an easy solemnity . . . For
solemnity flows out of men nat
urally; but laughter is a leap.”
“Let’s give our children more
of the laughter and lightness of
fairyland ... in spite of what
modern educators say.
MISS FRANCES O’NEILL
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.,—Monsig
nor Joseph O’Brien, pastor of St.
Patrick’s Church, officiated at fu
neral services held here for Miss
Frances O’Neill, formerly of
Charleston, who died in Water-
town, Mass., September 1.
Mrs. Edna Wright
Dies in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Mrs. Edna
Sumner Wright, wife of the late
Frank E. Wright, died on Septem
ber 15, funeral services being held
from St. Patrick’s Church. Father
Sarr officiating.
Mrs. Wright was a daughter of
the late Thomas C. Sumner and
Mrs. Maria Fitzgerald Sumner.
She is survived by a daughter.
Mrs. Donald C. Osborn, Harling-
ton, Texas; two sons, Frank E.
Wright and Sumner Wright, Au
gusta; a half-sister, Mrs. Nellie
Bresnahan, Augusta, three grand
children and a number of nieces
and nephews.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
FIRST FRIDAY CLUB
MEETS IN AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga-.—Father James
Buckley, S. J.. assistant pastor of
the Sacred Heart Church, was the
guest speaker at the September
meeting of the First Friday Club
of Patrick Walsh Council, Knights
of Columbus, held at the Town
Tavern.
Members of the club receive
Holy Communion on the first Fri
day of each month at their re
spective parish churches and then
gather later in the day to have
luncheon together.
MRS. CHARLES DANNHAUER
FUNERAL IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Sarah V. Dann-
hauer, widow of Charles Dann-
hauer, who died August 30, were
held at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, Father Louis F.
Sterker officiating.
Mrs. Dannhauer was born in
Charleston, the daughter of
Thomas Leonard and Mrs. Sarah
Cox Leonard, both of Ireland. She
is survived by several cousins.
MISS GERALDINE KENNEDY
FUNERAI, IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.— Funeral ser
vices for Miss Geraldine Kennedy,
who died August 27. in White
Plains, N. Y., were held at the
Blessed Sacrament Church here.
Miss Kennedy, the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kenne
dy, of Savannah, was a niece of
the late Father Robert Kennedy,
for many years pastor of the Im
maculate Conception Church In
Atlanta. She was connected with
Dunbarton College, conducted by
the Sisters of the Holy Cross in
Washington, D. C.
CALLIK RUDOLPH SHOtlSE
DIES IN JACKSONVILLE
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Callie Ru
dolph Shouse, for many years a
resident of Savannah, died in
Jacksonville, August 27, funeral
services being held from St.. Paul’s
Church there, with interment in
Savannah.
Mr. Shouse is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Lula Boyer, of Chat
tanooga. and Mts. Betty Garrett,
of Talladega. Ala.; a brother, A. R.
Shouse. of Jacksonville, and sev
eral nieces.
BALDOMERO ALONSO
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga. — Funeral
services for Baldomero Alonso,
who died September 16, were held
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist.
Mr. Baldomero is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Josefa Alonso: four
sons, Ramon Alfonso, Cyril B.
Alonso, Angelo Alonso and Rob
ert J. Alonso; a daughter, Mrs. W.
E, Duggar, and three grandchil
dren.
MRS. MARY NOVAK
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Mrs. Mary
Viobie Novak, mother of Mrs. Ed
ward Oliek. of Atlanta, died here
on September 8, funeral service
being held at the Sacred Heart
Church.
A native of Czechoslovakia, Mrs.
Novak had lived in New York
most of her adult life. For the past
year she had made her home with
her daughter here.
In addition to her daughter here,
Mrs. Novak is survived by another
daughter, Mrs. Herman Nolte, of
New York, and a son, John E.
Novak, of New York.
MRS. JULIETTE DESCHENES
FUNERAL IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Mrs. Juliette Deschenes,
who died September 18, were held
at the Cathedral of Christ the
King. Monsignor Joseph G. Cas
sidy officiating.
Mrs. Deschenes is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. T. W. Pletehcr, At
lanta; three grandchildren, Mrs.
W. J. Bindewald. Birmingham;
Miss Renee Fletcher and Peter
Fletcher, Atlanta, and “two great
grandchildren. —-— *—■
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