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JANUARY 8, 1955.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
BOOK REVIEWS
EDITED BY EILEEN HALL
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Each issue of this Book Page
is confided lo fhe patronage of
Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces,
with the hope that every read
er and every contributor may
e specially favored by her
and her Divine Son.
CATHERINE OF SIENA, By Sig-
Undset, translated by Kate
Austin-Lund, (Sheed & Ward),
$3.50.
(Reviewed by Leo J. Zuber)
Catherine of Siena. dying at the
age of 33 after a lifetime of in
credible . accomplishment, has
been brought back through the
Undset biography to enlighten
and give purpose to our time. The
subject, surely not among the bet
ter known of, the saints, had a
very special role to play in her
own time. Humble and illiterate,
■fche was endowed by God with
extraordinary graces. Gladly
became His powerful and ef-
IjBotive agent.
^^^Sigrid Undset (1882-1939), one
of the Church’s famous converts,
found in Catherine of Siena the
epitome of something our time so
clearly and so sorely needs. And
Undset, whose own gifts of mind
and soul were not meager by any
measure—she was a Nobel prize
winner in 1928 — concluded the
literary work of her own life by
writing this extensive biography.
Catherine lived in the troubled
^Middle Ages (1347-1380) and. to
^^araphrase St. Francis, where
BflMpre was chaos she gave direc-
Undset was completely at
Hc’.r in the Middle Ages; many of
EHr novels were keyed to that
|RfUM. Her mind deeply embed -
BHtd in the history of those times
|h. keenly aware of trends of her
PKr. war-ridden years, Undset
clearly sees Catherine of Siena as
the appropriate model for our
time. It is quite easy to believe
* that Undset’s. entire life and lite
rary career achieved a significant
climax -in the concluding sentence
of her biography of Catherine:
"We sorely need the wisdom of
the saints.” v
Undset has written sympathe-
tically and understandingly, but
in no sugar-coated fashion, of
Catherine. She evidently felt she
had a mission to accomplish in
writing this biography, but it is
no saintly syrup-bath. The condi
tions of life are the circumstances
of saintliness. Undset broods, ali
she has good reason to, over the
nature of our times. There seems
to be in her writing the recurring
but repressed cry, “Where are to
day’s saints? Where are they?”
RUSSIA WILL BE CONVERTED,
by John M. Haffert, (AMI Inter
national Press), revised edition,
$3.00.
“If they heed my request, Rus
sia will be converted and there
will be peace,” the Mother of God
told the three children of Fatima
in 191.7. “If not, she will spread
her errors throughout the world,
promoting wars and persecutions
of the Church; the-good will be
martyred, the Holy Father will
have much to suffer, Various na
tions will be annihilated. But in
the end, my Immaculate Heart
will triumph ”
Most Catholics are familiar
with the Fatima story, but few of
us are able to realize that Our
Lady’s “if they heed .... if not”
outlines the most tremendous al
ternative ever offered to the free
will of modern man—an alterna
tive so personal that it must con
cern every individual human be
ing; yet, at the same time, so far-
reaching that the entire human
race is inescapably concerned,
with a concern that transcends
and includes any and every other
interest of humanity.
The author of “Russia Will Be
Converted” is.one of the.compara
tive few to whom this all-impor
tant realization, has been given,
for the benefit of us all. An
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GEORGIA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Henry C. Taylor, State Deputy, Atlantal Ga.
Joseph F, Kunze. Past State Deputy, Columbus, Ga.
George W. Hughey, State Secretary, Albany, Ga.
William O'Dowd, State Treasurer, Augusta, Ga.,
R. H. Casson, State Advocate, Macon, Ga.
V. J. Ryan, State Warden, Savannah, Ga.
Ed. P. Daly, District Deputy, First Distinct
James J. O'Shea, District Deputy, Second District
Patrick R. Mulherin, District Deputy, Third District
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ATLANTA COUNCIL
NO. 660
MICHAEL F. WIEDL
Grand Knight
HENRY C. TAYLOR
Financial Secretary
Council Meeting 1st and 3rd
Wednesdays at 8 P. M. at the
Council House, 1200 Peachtree
Street, N. E.
Club House open every waning
at the above address
PATRICK WALSH COUNCIL
677
JAMES O. BENNETT
Grand Knight
FRANK EGBERT
Financial Secretary
Meets 2nd and 4th Monday
Visiting Brothers, Welcome
2575 Henry Si„ Augusta Ga,
MACON COUNCIL NO, 92S
JOSEPH P. CASSIDY
Grand Knight
ROBERT J. HINSON
Financial Secretary
2986 Houston Ave.
Meets the First and Third
Tuesdays at 8:15 P, M.
541 New Street
Macon, Ga.
SAVANNAH COUNCIL
NO. 631
PETER SCHUSTER
Grand Knight
Joseph m. McDonough
Financial Secretary
3 Liberty Street West
Savannah, Ga.
BISHOP GROSS COUNCIL
NO. 1019
PHILIP J. BATASTINI
Grand Knight
JOE F. KUNZE
Financial Secretary
Meets 1st and 3rd Mondays
8 P. M„ .802 Broadway
K. C. Hall
Columbus, Ga.
HENRY THOMAS ROSS
COUNCIL NO. 1939
R. J. CLANCEY,
Grand Knight
JOHN H. STILES,
Financial Secretary
Meets Fourth Tuesday at
Xavier Hall
Brunswick, Ga,
ALBANY COUNCIL NO. 3607
JOHN R. ROSS, Grand Knight
CLARENCE R. SHOEMAKER, Financial Secretary
Council Meets Second and Fourth Monday at 8:30 P, M,.
400 N. Jefferson Street
American Catholic layman, with a
background of journalism and
public speaking, he has been pri
vileged to witness cures at Fa
tima, to assist with some of the
huge and inspiring demonstra
tions of faith at that shrine, to
visit with Sister Lucia, only living
member of the trio to whom Our
Lady entrusted her great warn
ing, as well as with other dignita
ries intimately interested in the
Fatima message, to accompany
the Pilgrim Virgin statue on some
of its journeys in this country sev
eral years ago, and in other ways
to give himself, heart and soul,
to absorbing' and diffusing the de
sires of Heaven itself, as made
known to humanity by Heaven’s
Queen.
NO TIME TO WASTE
In this book, with little regard
for literary style, he gives us the
benefit of his extraordinary pri
vileges. The lack of literary style
serves only to heighten the ur
gency of the message itself, as
though there was no time to waste
on such trivialities, as indeed
there isn’t—if only we could bo
brought to realize it! Mr. Haffert
certainly makes his contribution,
to that realization. He attempts to
bridge the gap between Catholic
and non-Catholic, as though it too
is- but another triviality, as in
some respects it is, and he shows
why Protestants and Jews, as
well as Catholics, can and .must
heed the warnings of Heaven’s,
Messenger.
In his final chapter he “regrets
that he leaves almost as much un
said as has been said”— a poig
nant expression of human inade
quacy in the face of facts so im
mense and so frightful. Yet in
the preceding chapters he has suc
ceeded in showing convincingly
that every “individual person who
Has read the facts” must “make
up his mind to do something
about them”; and showing con
cisely also that the essence of the
Fatima message is a plea for per
sonal dedication and fidelity to
daily spiritual duty (which duty,
he quotes Archbishop Goodier as
saying, is “to be what God made
us to be”), that the Rosary, the
waring of the scapular, the first
Saturday Communions of repara
tion requested by Our Lady are
simply means to enlighten and
strengthen us for this dedication
and fidelity to duty.
This is a powerful book. It'
won't be remembered as great li
terature but, far more important)
it will help determine the future
of the human race.
EILEEN HALL
BOOKS RECEIVED
CATECHISM IN STORIES,- by
Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.,
(Bruce), $3.50.
JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN,
by Denis O’Shea, (Bruce), $3.75,
BRIDE FOR NEW ORLEANS,
by Edward F. Murphy, (Hanover
House), $3.75.
OUR LITTLE NUNS, a book of
cartoons, drawn by Joe Lane,
compiled by Eileen O’Hayer, (Ex
tension Magazine), $1.00.
These and other good books
are available at the Notre Dame
Book Shop and Lending Library,
181 Peachtree St., N. E., Atlanta,
Ga. .
MRS. E. M. CAREY
DIES IN ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Elizabeth M. Carey
were held December 15th at the
Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Fath
er John Ernmerth officiating.
Survivors are her daughter,
Mrs. Henry- C. Taylor, Sr.; grand
children, Henry C. Taylor, Jr.,
Mrs. L. W. Reuter, Mrs. William
F. Moore, James C. Taylor. James
Alvin Carey, Miami.
George E. Bullock
Services Are Held
SAVANNAH, Ga. — F u n e r a 1
services for George Ely Bullock
were held December 15th at the
Church of the Most Blessed Sac
rament, Rev. Thomas A. Brennan,
officiating.
Survivors ’ are his wife, Mrs.
Jeannette Bullock of Savannah;
a daughter, Mrs. Albert Sluder
of Savannah; five brothers, Allen
Bullock of Augusta, Me.; Henry
Bullock and Robert Bullock, both
of Winter Haven, Fla.: Luther
Bullock and Charles Bullock, both
of Nashville, Ga.; four sisters,
Mrs. Edgar Griffin of Nashville,
Mrs. Lizzie McWhite of Pamplico,
S. C., and Miss Pearl Bullock of
Fort Myers, Fla.; two grandchil
dren and three great grandchilk
dren.
Mrs. Nora Riordan
Dies In Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—Funeral serv
ices for Mrs. Nora Hallinan Riox-
dan, were held December 29th at
the Sacred Heart Church, Rev.
Father Peter F. O’Donnell offici
ating.
Survivors are one daughter,
Miss Francis Riordan, of Augusta:
one son, Henry S. Riordan, of
North Augusta: one sister, Miss
Mamie Hallinan, of Augusta; five,
grandchildren, Mrs. A. T. Fleming
of Savannah, Mrs. W. E. Burgess
of Albany, Mrs. L. J. Ward of Au
gusta, John Sancken of Macon,
and Herman Sancken of Albany.
MRS. BALIFF
SERVICES HELD
SAVANNAH, Ga.-Funeral
services for Mrs. Bernadette S.
Bailiff were held December 28th
at the Cathedral of St. John the
Baptist, Msgr. T. James McNa
mara officiating.
Survivors are her husband, Har
ry A., of Atlanta, her mother, Mrs.
James M. Sullivan, of Savannah;
one brother, James M. Sullivan,
of Savannah; three sisters, Mrs.
Taylor E. Hovnes of Atlanta. Mrs.
Glenn E. Johnson of Savannah,,
and Mrs. Cord Meyer, Jr., of Sav
annah.
LABOR MAD
“INDUSTRIAL
DEMOCRACY”
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Writing in
“Our Sunday Visitor,” the Rt. Rev.
Monsignor T. James McNamara,
rector of the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, declared that organiz
ed labor “caused the nation to be
come an industrial democracy”
and also checked those “who
seemed bent on introducing .the
Marxian concept of class struggle
in American life.”
Consignor McNamara said that
labor did not take from the econ
omy but from those who “prof’t>
eered on the economy” with no
intent of offering the worker
“equal opportunity.”
He also warned against “apa
thy” on the part of workers who
no longer sense the need for
unions.
“This is, indeed, unfortunate
because gains can be lost and re
actionary standards .re-establish
ed.”
“Sursum Corda”
Makes Final
Appearance
WASHINGTON (NC) — “Sur
sum Corda” has appeared in an.
unbroken series extending back
to October 22, 1928. It was being
subscribed to by some 50 Catholic
newspapers' in the United States
at the time of its conclusion.
Termination of the column,
came with little notice. Father
Gillis himself made the announce
ment, converting his last column
into a valedictory.
Frank A. Hall, director of the
N.C.W.C. News Service, which,
syndicated Father Gillis’s column,
said the announcement ofitsodis-
continuance was a cause for
“genuine sorrow.”
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