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TWENTY-TWO
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
JUNE 21, 1952
BOOK REVIEWS
EDITED BY EILEEN HALL
This Book Page is confided
each month to the patronage of
Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces,
with the hope that every read
er and every contributor may
be specially favored by her
and her Divine Son.
THE MEANING OF CIVILIZA
TION, by Bohdan Chudoba,
(Kenedy), $4.00.
(Reviewed by Leo J. Zuber)
It is rather reliably reported
that Thomas Aquinas repeatedly
asked of professor, acquaintance,
companion, or anyone else handy
“What is God?” Professor Chudo-
ba’s volume, “The Meaning of
Civilization,” is his answer to
“What is civilization?” Just on the
face of it, his question is far simp
ler to answer than the one Thomas
put in the.; path of the unwary.
Chbdoba’s answer is only 314
pages long. Little wonder Thomas
Aquinas would ask his question,
then wander off without awaiting
an answer.
With a mind steeped in learning
derived from prolonged study at
universities, libraries, and archi
val centers abroad, the author pre
sents a panorama of what lies im
plicit in the term Christian civili
zation. To possess perspective, the
panorama develops the concept of
human culture in general. It then
portrays culture in its ever in
creasing development first under
pre-Christian, later under Christ
ian, conditions, Man’s possession
of a human mind, with its inherent
talents and abilities, is basic to an
appreciation of culture and civili
zation.
But culture and civilization must
have purpose and guidance; they
must develop in the light of man’s
object in possessing human life.
Pre-Christian civilization develop
ed in yearning, in aspiration, in
anticipation. Christian culture and
civilization have been a virtual
flowering, and not without some
Weeds getting into the garden.
The creative power of man, its
application and misapplication, are
the basic theme of this volume. We
rarely realize vividly that we share
with God in the creative ability.
Civilization is the product of the
use of that ability. In the develop
ment of our civilization, objectives
either have been in accord with
Christian purpose or they have
not. Our appetites are corporeal
and spiritual; in their satisfaction
we can serve God and, at the same
time, man’s inclinations as striv
ing man.
Professor Chudoba’s treatment
of a fascinating topic is at times
strewn with academic ivy. The au
thor has exploded'with ideas; their
scope and magnitude leave one a
little overwhelmed. Their develop
ment sounds suspiciously like a
series of university lectures; they
have the flavor and cadence of
oratory.
Regardless of literary style, they
are packed with information and
delightful enlightenment. Even so,
when you’re through, your mind
keeps right on wandering and ask
ing about the meaning of civiliza-
tio. Which is as it should be.
knowledge on the part of the read
er.
Like the author’s earlier books,
“The Spirituality of St. Therese”
and “The Heart of St. Therese”,
this detailed and documented study
of the sufferings of this great saint
will bring a better understanding
of the Little Flower. It is an ex
cellent and beautifully written
book.
Dwight Hollowed
To Head Atlanta
Council, K. ol C.
SAINT THERESE AND SUFFER
ING, by Abbe Andre Combes,
translated by Msgr. Philip E.
Hallett, (Kenedy), $2.50.
(Reviewed by Mary Rose Costello)
Abbe Combes, in the third book
of his scholarly series about St.
Therese, refutes the opinions of
earlier writers who interpreted the
frequent tears of Therese’s child
hood as evidence of an emotional
or psychic disturbance. He draws
instead the picture of a child who,
by her nature, suffered intense
ly but who actually showed re
markable strength.
From this early time of trials
Therese progressed to the point of
anticipating sorrow and suffering,
knowing that God sent them as a
special mark of His favor. A par
ticular grace was granted this fa
vored child of God when she was
14 years old. A sublime joy in
suffering became her strength.
Therese’s great sanctity was fully
achieved in her final years when
all of her mind and heart were
consumed with love of Christ. At
this stage, everything was sub
merged in her intense love and
she accepted either joy or suffer
ing with heroic indifference, as
the will of God.
Christ Himself showed us the
necessity of suffering. Through
excerpts from the writings of St.
Therese and through his own inter
pretations, Abbe Combes empha
sizes this necessity for all of us.
The many references to incidents
in the life of Therese assume this
THE ENEMY WITHIN, by Ray
mond J. de Jaegher and Irene
Corbally Kuhn, (Doubleday5,
$3.75.
(Reviewed by Wenonah Chambers)
Father de Jaegher, a Belgian
missionary to China from 1930 to
1949, presents an enlightening and
unforgettable eyewitness report on
Communist terrorism and domina
tion in the Far East. Irene Corbal
ly Kuhn, who collaborated with
him on this book, is a well known
writer who has spent much time
in China.
We in America find it practical
ly impossible to realize just how
horrible the demoniac force of
Communism actually is. We tell
ourselves, “It can’t happen here.”
After reading “The Enemy With
in,” one is a little closer to the
realization of the tragic truth, a
little farther from our blind denial
of the possibility of its happen
ing here, a little more serious
about applying Our Lady of Fa
tima’s remedy—the only possible
remedy—prayer and penance.
The authors explain why China
refused to sign the Versailles
Treaty, why Chinese students sup
ported the position taken at Ver
sailles by Dr, Lou Tsendtsiang, a
prominent Catholic who later be
came a priest and a monk; why
these students commemorated
China’s betrayal by forming the
Student Movement of the Fourth
of May, 1919; how Russia, after
overthrowing the czarist govern
ment and setting up a Bolshevik
state, turned to China to exploit
the injustice of the Western Pow
ers.
They describe the second diplo
matic betrayal after the Second
World War, which blew the spark
into a raging inferno that is des
troying China today. They tell how
the Communists organized “cells”
in the universities and even infil
trated the Catholic University at
Piepieng.
Chiang Kai-shek is described as
the “one man who really under
stood” what was going on. The au
thors give us an interesting pic
ture of the Generalissimo and
quote him as saying, “We can ac
complish everything if we all work,
and if we can overcome the ob
stacle (Communism). It is import
ant that we do not underrate its
strength or its ramifications.”
This grimly fascinating book de
scribes Communist tortures frank
ly. The Chinese Communists have
skinned people alive, boiled them
alive, buried them alive by the
thousands—just a few of their
many hideous means of execution.
No wonder terrorism in China has
paid off for the Reds.
It will do us good to face the
satanic reality that we find so
hard to believe.
Notre Dame Book Shop in Atlanta
Seems Destined to Develop Into
A Catholic Information Center
DWIGHT HOLLOWELL
ATLANTA, Ga.—Dwight L. Hoi
lowell, who has served as deputy
grand knight of Atlanta Council,
No. 660, Knights of Columbus, ofr
the past two years,* was elected
grand knight of the council at a
meeting held on June 11. He suc
ceeds Jack Langley.
Other officers elected at the
meeting were Michael F. Wiedl,
Jr., chancellor; Louis C. Baugnon,
treasurer; William J. McAlpin, ad
vocate; Damon J. Swann, record
ing secretary; John E. McGowan,
warden; Leslie L. Charbonnett, in
side guard; Michael J. Bolek, Wil
liam T. Jordan, outside guards;
Jack T. Langley, James J. Galvin,
Thomas J. Griffin, trustees.
Henry C. Taylor is the financial
secretary of the council.
THE RED LILY, by William Den
nis Ryan, (Paluch), 25c.
(Reviewed by Mary Eileen Hall,
age 18)
Once again the wonderful story
of St. Maria Goretti has been told,
this time for small children. In
stead of a fictional bedtime story
of “The Big Bad Wolf” or some
thing similar, read them this true-
to-life “big bad wolf” tale—this
story of lovely Maria, the teeners’
ideal, the martyr of purity.
As many times as I have heard
little Maria’s story, it becomes
more beautiful each time I read
or hear it again. “The Red Lily”
is exactly what the smaller chil
dren need. Striking pictures of
Maria and the boy who killed her
add to the attraction of the book.
They are photos from th e Italian
movie about St. Maria Goretti,
“Heaven on the Swampland”.
While this book is especially for
little children, I’nf sure it will at
tract the attention and interest of
many teeners too.
Mount St. Joseph
Pupils in Augusta
Presented in Recital
AUGUSTA, Ga. -— Piano and
voice grade pupils at Mount St.
Joseph Academy, taught by Sister
Teresa Joseph, C. S. J., and Sister
Mary John, C. S. J., were present
ed in a recital at the school audi
torium.
Piano pupils participating were
Larry Turley, Cheire . Carpenter,
Linda Thompson. Michael Riggin,
Florence Davis, Barbara Reynolds,
Julie Walsh, Sally Bedinfield, Sara
Joe Roberts, Jodie O’Connell,
Helen Turley, Amy Barth, Jeanne
Fletcher, Darlene Hess, Nancy
Campbell, Emmaline Rice, Anita
Harris, Gail Melton, Virgil Pres
cott, Teresa Kiett, Joyce Tucker,
Peggy Saul, Wiliifred Temples,
Sharon Ostafin, Joseph Ostafin,
Barbara Bedingfield, Wanda
Weatherford, Mary Louise Rob
erts, Betty Bohler, Anne Marie
Weigle.
Voice students appearing on the
program were Mary Turley, Eliza
beth Burpee, Kay Saunders,
Wanda Weatherford and Virginia
Harris. The accompanists were
Betty Bohler and Anne Marie
Weigle.
THE HOUSE OF SHANAHAN, by
Roger B. Dooley, Doubleday),
$3.00.
(Reviewed by Virginia Maekey)
This is a good novel about Irish
Catholic family life in Buffalo dur
ing two drama-filled years of the
roaring twenties. Through'the eyes
of Rose Shanahan Crowley are told
the joys and sorrows of the Shana
hans; her own sorrow, the prob
lems of her brother Dennis, her
sister-in-law Genevieve, and her
cousin Isabel.
Mr. Dooley has shown how one
Irish community met the moder
nity of America without losing the
heritage of its ancient past; the
strengthening clannishness, gaiety,
toughness and profound loyalty to
religion.
Mr. Dooley, who is a full time
assistant professor of English at
Canisius College in Buffalo, N. Y.,
has received wide acclaim for his
earlier novels, “Less Than the
Angels” and “Days Beyond Re
call.”
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
YANKEE PRIEST, by Edward F.
Murphy, (Doubleday), $3.50.
LUMEN BOOKS, published by the
J. S. Paulch Co., Inc., P. O. Box
3386, Chicago 54, 111., 50c each;
the following titles:
THE HALLOWED HOUR, by A. H.
Parr.
THE MOUNTAINS MOVED, by A.
H. Parr.
THE LEAST OF THE BRETHERN,
by Harold J. Heagney.
BLOCKADE RUNNER, by Harold
J. Heagney.
THE FAMILY FOR FAMILIES, by
Francis L. Filas, S. J.
ON THE WAY BACK HOME, by
James V. Lindon, S J.
FROM ONE CONVERT TO AN
OTHER, by John M. Riach, C. S.
P.
IN GARMENTS ALL RED, by
Godfrey Poage. C. P.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Now open in
its new location, on Peachtree
street, opposite Davison’s, the
Notre Dame Book Shop promises
to develop into a Catholic Infor
mation Center in the heart of At
lanta’s downtown shopping district.
About five years ago, Mrs. Wil
liam H. Schroder called together a
group of Catholic men and women
here and proposed to them the
idea of a Catholic lending library
and book shop to be operated by
volunteers as part of, Atlanta’s pro
gram of Catholic Action. This book
shop would serve the Catholics of
the Atlanta area on a non-profit
basis, and would supply books and
pamphlets to non-Catholics who
might be interested in learning
about the Catholic Church and its
teachings.
The project was officially
launched in September, 1948, ’ and
has set for itself the goal of be
coming a Catholic information cen
ter along the lines of those already
in operation in many large cities
in this country.
Until last month, the Notre
Dame Book Shop was located in
the Buckhead area, not far from
the Co-Cathedral of Christ the
King, but it is now occupying the
second floor of the building at 181
Peachtree street, over Walgreen’s
drug store.
To its stock of books, the shop
has added a full line of religious
articles, and has offered the use
of its reading room, after hours, to
study clubs and discussions groups,
to which the shop will supply ma
terial at cost.
Special attention is given to mail
orders by the Notre Dame Book
Shop, and those who live outside of
the Atlanta area can upon request
have their names added to a mail
ing list which would keep them in
formed as to what books are avail
able through the shop or its li
brary.
As this is the season of the year
for June brides, the Notre Dame
Book Shop is featuring books on
marriage. Among these are “Three
to Get Married,” by Bishop Fulton
J. Sheen; “So, You Want to Get
Married,” by Dorothy Fremont
Grant; “The Art of Happy Mar
riage,” by Magner; “Cana Is For
ever," by Doyle; “Sins of the Pa
rents,” by Doyle; “The Home and
Its Inner Spiritual Life,” by a
Cai'thusian of Miraflores; Mixed
Marriages and Prenuptial Instruc
tions,” by Bonzelet; and “Mar
riage, Morals and Medical Ethics,”
by Goad and Kelly.
For those who are inclined to
ward vocations for the priesthood
or the religious life, the book shop
is offering such books as “The
Greatest Calling,” by Myers; “Vo
cation to Love,” by Daken; “A
Priest Must Preach,” by Murphy;
“The Eternal Priesthood, by Man
ning; “A People’s Priest,” by Hee-
nan; “Vessel of Clay,” by Trese;
“Devotedly Yours,” by Bertrande;
“A Retreat,” by Hedley, and num
erous others.
The shop also intends to carry
church goods on order, for delivery
to parish priests within a day or so.
The shop had an exhibit at the re
cent convention of the Savannah-
Atlanta Diocesan Council of Cath
olic Women in Savannah and has
also held exhibits in a number of
parishes in the Diocese of Savan-
nah-Atlanta.
Lists of books for summer read
ing have ben mailed from the shop
to more than 1,000 persons in
Georgia. Many of the volumes, on
the shelves of the lending library
have been donated by friends of
the shop and donations of used
books will be welcomed. It is hop
ed, too, that some generous friends
of the enterprise will provide a
small adding machine, a typewrit
er and an electric fan which are
needed.
Current Catholic magazines are
always acceptable, for the reading
rooms and for distribution. Dupli
cate books are being placed in
public libraries.
The staff of volunteer workers is
headed by Mrs. Henry L. de Give;
Jr., and Miss Rosemary Hogan,
There is an advisory board of di
rectors, a representative group
taken from all of the Atlanta
parishes.
Truly, the suggestion made by
Archbishop Gerald O’Hara, to a
group of Catholic women in At
lanta a few years ago has borne
fruit, and the increasing number
of inquirers who are calling at the
Notre Dame Book Shop for infor
mation in regard to Catholic doc
trines and practices give encour
agement to the idea that the book
shop will before long be a fully ac
credited Catholic Information Cen
ter.
Two Georgians Awarded
Degrees at Notre Dame
NOTRE DAME, Ind.— Andrew
M. Fairlie, Jr., of Atlanta, who re
ceived a B. S. degree in Chemical
Engineering, and Francis E. Rouse,
of Augusta, who received a B. S.
degree in Commerce, were among
the 907 students of the Univer
sity of Notre Dame who were
awarded degrees at the 107th Com
mencement held on June 1 on the
Notre Dame campus.
Dr. Charles Malik, Minister of
Lebanon to the United States, and
Chairman of the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights, de
livered the address to the. gradu
ates. At the Baccalaureate Mass,
Bishop Albert F. Cousineau, C. S.
C., Coadjutor of Cap Hatien, Haiti,
and former Superior General of
the Congregation of the Holy
Cross, pontificated. The sermon
was delivered by Archbishop Pat
rick A. O’Boyle of Washington.
PRAYERS FOR PEASE
FREE UPON REQUEST
Copies of three new prayers;
"PRAYER FOR PEACE TO THE
PRINCE OF PEACE," "PRAYER
TO THE HOLY FAMILY FOR OUR
BOYS IN THE SERVICE" and
"VICTORY PEACE PRAYER TO
ST. ANTHONY," may be obtained
without charge by readers of The
Bulletin by writing to Charles A.
Bittighofer, 127 North Massachus
etts Avenue, Atlantic City, New
Jersey.
Kindly enclose in your letter a
SELF _ ADDRESSED, STAMPED
ENVELOPE with your request for
the new prayer leaflets.
Notre Dame Book Shop
Announces The Opening
of its
NEW STORE
181 Peachtree — Across From Davison's
Phone ALpine 1388
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
LARGEST SELECTION OF BOOKS
AND RELIGIOUS ARTICLES
LENDING LIBRARY
HOURS.
Reading Room Available After Hours
For Discussion Groups.
Monday Saturday 10 A. M.-5 P. M.
Open Friday Evening Until 9 P. M,