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JANUARY 24, 1953
THE BULLETIN 3E THE CATHOLIC L AYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIFTEEN
BOOK REVIEWS
EDITED BY EILEEN HALL
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Monsignor Frederick G. Hochwalt, Director of the Department of
Education, N.C.W.C., Washington, recently a U. S. delegate to the
seventh general conference of UNESCO in Paris is shown with four
of the five official observers to the Conference from the Holy See.
Cardinal-elect Roncalli, Papal Nuncio to France, headed the delegation
from the Vatican. Left to right: Msgr. Hochwalt; Msgr. Xavier de
Homstein; Msgr. Angelo Pedroni; Rev. Maurice Quequiner and
M. Jese Lamaud. (NC Photos)
Mrs. Mary Garren
Funeral in Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga. •— Funeral ser
vices for Mrs Mary Bessant Car
een were held December 28 at St.
Mary’son-the-Hill Church, Father
John J. Kennedy, V. F., officiat
ing.
A native of Moorehead, Minn.,
Mrs. Garren had resided in Au
gusta most of her life. She was the
daughter of the late Henry Bessant
and Mary Hayes Bessant.
Surviving are her husband, Se
well Garren of Augusta; four sons,
and nine grandchildren.
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MODERN MARTYR, by Bishop
James Anthony Waish, (McMul
len), $1.50.
(Reviewed by Wenonah Chambers)
Church towers rise today from
all the little villages in the bloody
battleground of Vietnam, in
French Indo-China, and one out
of every ten persons there is
Catholic. It was different in 1861
when Father Tbeophane Venard
was martyred by tyrants who be
lieved they were killing the seed
of the Christian religion.
Theophane was a 9-year-old
French lad when Father Charles
Cornay was martyred. He was so
I impressed by the accounts of the
priest’s heroic sufferings and death
that he announced, “I am going to
Tong King some day and I too am
going to be a martyr!”
And so he died — priest and
martyr—just as he dreamed when
he tended his sheep on tjie slopes
of the Golden Valley, wishing to
go to far-off Tong King and die
for his God. His was a simple life,
full of child-like trust in the love
of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and of
his dear ones at home.
The spirit of Blessed Theophane
Venard lives on at a seminary at
Clark’s Summit in the Abington
Hills, eight miles from Saranton,
Pa. Most of those who complete
their training for the priesthood at
"The Venard” are bard at work
bringing the blessings of our reli
gion to people of other lands.
Some of them have, been killed and
others, no doubt, will also follow
in the footsteps of their martyr
hero. The French boy started
something when he said he’d sail
across the sea and die a martyr.
American boys by the dozens are
saying it every year and their ef
forts are watering the seed he
planted so long ago.
Bishop Walsh, author of this
book, is co-founder of Maryknoll
and well qualified to give us an ac
curate biography of this modern
martyr.
THE AMERICAN DREAM, by
John A. O’Brien, published by
Our Sunday Visitor and the Na
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews, 15c.
Each year, a week in February
is set aside as Brotherhood: Week
and a message is issued by the
President reminding us to put into
practice the ideals of tolerance,
justice and good will.
Brotherhod Week w»as first con
ceived by the late Father Hugh W.
McMenamin. Its observance was
started in 1934 by the National
Conference of Christians and Jews.
This booklet by Father O’Brien
will be of interest to citizens of all
faiths and all races. We need this
reminder of “the American
Dream,” the unity that codies with
internal harmony which will make
America a stronger and happier
nation.
The author tells many an in
teresting incident to prove that
good will and cooperation can exist
among people of the varied races
and creeds in our country today.
Two of the many subjects he dis
cusses are entitled “Separation of
Church and State” and “Our Debt
to Israel.” He points out that we
must all work together to make the
American Dream come true at this
time when national unity is so ur
gently needed.
—Wenonah Chambers.
THE PEOPLE’S PRIEST, by John
C. Heenan, .(Sheed & Ward),
$2.75.
(Reviewed by Wenonah Chambers)
Bishop Heenan wrote this book
‘ to give younger priests the re
sults of twenty years experience in
the ministry.” Although it was
written for priests, it is good read
ing for the average Catholic as
well. We get a better understand
ing of the human side of our parish
priest from an author who is
known as “Britain’s Radio Priest,”
We sometimes forget that
priests, as men, are human and
are apt to have faults. We think of
the priesthod as a state of perfec
tion and, rightly, expect our priests
to be Christ-like. We forget that
we are often to blame when they
fail to live up to our expectations.
As we read Bishop Heenan’s critic
isms of clerical behavior we get a
salutary picture of our own short
comings.
The author is sometimes almost
bruitally frank. He explains, for
instance, how our being late for ap
pointments may throw a priest’s
well planned day into one of utter
confusion, even though the inci
dent may seem unimportant to us
because we are received calmly
and meekly by the priest. He ex
plains the value to the young
priest of patience and humiilty
without criticising as harshly as
they deserve the people who are
really at fault.
You’ll be more considerate in
your dealings with your pastor if
you take Bishop Heenan’s advice to
heart.
INTRODUCING THE SAINTS, by
Mary E. McGill, (Grail), 2 vol
umes, $2.00 each.
(Reviewed by Margaret Donovan)
To most of us, a few of the
saints are well known. We con
tinually ask St. Anthony to find
things we have lost, St. Jude to
help us do the impossible, St. Jos
eph to take charge of the family
finances. Others we call on often.
Some grow as close to us as our
friends on earth.
Miss McGill has written the
lives of 52 saints, one for each
week in the year, and one for every
occasion, it seems They W'ere orig
inally published in Our Sunday
Visitor, and now have been gath
ered into two attractive, perma
nent volumes that you’ll like to
keep in your library.
St. Joseph is there; and St. An
drew, the first apostle, who
brought his brother Peter to Christ:
St. Peter, the Rock on which was
built the true Church two thou
sand years ago; St. Dismas, the
good thief, who was crucified with
Jesus; St. John Vianney, the Cure
of Ars, who has become a good
friend of mine and has obtained a
number of, favors for me since I
became acquainted with him not so
long ago. You’ll, find some of your
own favorites in these two books
and you’ll enjoy being introduced
to some new ones.
MARGARET OF METOLA, by W.
R. Bonniwell, O. P., (Kenedy),
$2.50.
(Reviewed by Mary Rose Costello)
This book is a simply written ac
count of a wonderful life, a life
which the author rightly feels is
too remarkable to remain un
known. In the thirteenth century,
Margaret’s magnificent courage,
intelligence and sanctity pierced
the darkest veil of physical and
material want. Her story is retold
today by this Dominican priest
who, besides this short and simple
narrative, has also completed a
critical report of Margaret’s life.
Margaret was born, blind and
crippled, of noble Italian lineage.
Her lonely childhood was made
still more painful by parents who
were horrified and ashamed of
their child’s handicaps. But small
as she was, Margaret accepted her
suffering as a special mark of
God’s favor and her soul was
blessed by increasing sweetness
and spirituality.
At 17, Margaret was taken to a
famous shrine in a distant city,
but failing to obtain a miracle, her
heartless parents abandoned her
there. But poor and rich alike soon
began to vie for the privilege of
caring for the girl, when it became
known that her presence in a
houshold brought peace and con
tentment and more fervent devo
tion to God.
She became a member of the
Third Order of St. Dominic and
faithfully followed the rule of the
Order until her death at age 33.
The people who kned her, mourn
ed and acclaimed her a saint.
Through the ages a long list of doc
umented miracles has accumulated,
attesting to her sanctity.
Her story is inspiring and inter
esting reading.
THE SHEPHERDS OF FATIMA,
by Father John de Marchi, retold
in English by Elisabeth Cobb, il
lustrated by Jeanyee Wong,
(Sheed & Ward), $2.00.
(Reviewed by Wenonah Chambers)
This is one of those rare juvenile
books that was not written for any
particular age group. Our 4-year-
old was just as interested in it as
our 10-year-old. They all retell the
story to their playmates and I’m
sure Our Lady is well pleased with
their simple attempts to tell “most
ever’body ’bout the three little
children of Fatima.’
Our Lady’s coming to Fatima,
the book jacket says, is easily seen,
in Heaven, at least, as the most
tremendous event of the century.
Because of that tremendous im
portance, the story can be told
over and over again without dan
ger of our growing tired of hearing
it.
Father de Marchi is close to the
story. He has visited with Lucia
and with the parents of Francisco
and Jacinta. We are grateful to him
and to Elisabeth Cobb who has re
told the story for American chil
dren, and to Jeanyee Wong,-the il
lustrator too.
God Who chose those'three little
Scholarship Exam
Announced by St.
Genevieve's College
Each year the Alumnae Associa
tion of St. Genevieve's College in
Asheville, North Carolina offers
to graduates of Catholic high
schools in the South a full tuition
scholarship to the Junior College.
Awarded on the basis of a compe
titive examination, this scholar
ship will be granted at the end of
February 1953.
The examination will be held in
Lorin Hall on the campus at nine
o’clock on January 31, Applica
tions should reach the office of
the dean during the week preced
ing the examination.
Students living too far away to
assist at the examination may ap
ply for permission to take it at the
high school they are now attending.
Special arrangements will be made
with the Principals of the re
spective high schools.
shepherds as messengers again
shows us how dearly He loves His
little ones. In their innocence, they
understand better the meaning of
Our Lady’s message and cooper
ate with her in helping our mixed-
up old world which is so badly
manager by grown-ups.
PAMPHLETS FROM THE GRAIL
PRESS:
THE MASS YEAR FOR 1953,
with reflections from “The Words
of Life,” by Dom Columba
Marmion, O. S. B.. 35c—new edi
tion of the annual ‘ daily Mass
guide,” supplemented with
thoughts from a great master of
the spiritual life.
FAMILY SACRA MENTALS,
edited by Walter Sullivan, O. S. B.,
15c—to remind us, in concrete
language, that family duties are
mainly spiritual, to help one an
other become saints.
MARY, MEDIATRIX OF ALL
GRACES, by Father Stanislas, O.
F. M., Cap., S. T. D.. translated
and adapted by Gregory Van der
Decken, O. F. M. Cap.. 25c-—ex
planation of the truth that Jesus
parts with grace at the prayer of
His Mother.
DEVOTION TO ST. JOSEPH,
by the Very Rev. John A. Elbert,
S. M., 15c—a record of the history
of devotion to the foster father of
Jesus.
FOLLOW CHRIST — popularly
written behind-the-scenes glimpses
of life in seminaries, convents, mis
sions, lay missions and hospitals.
GREGORIAN CHANT, by Dom
Stephen Thuis, O. S. B.. M. Mus.,
35c popular edition; $1 deluxe —
a plea for active participation in
the liturgy and a scholarly history
of church music.
ON PROMOTING SANCTITY
IN THE PRIESTLY LIFE, by Pope
Pius XII, 25c—the Holy Father’s
apostolic message exhorting . Ibis
priests to greater sanstity.
—Sylvia Zsuffa.
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