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The Southern Cross, April 1, 1965—PAGE 5
FAMILY CLINIC
By JOHN J KANE, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
University of Notre Dame
For some time I have been
reading hair raising accounts
o^ampus morals. My daughter
at a state university and
English instructor advocated
books dealing with sex and told
the boys to experiment. We tried
to get our daughter into a Catho
lic college, but her grades were
not good enough. I think all par
ents should be alarmed over this
situation.
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At the outset, we may as well
admit there have always been
certain problems of sexual im
morality on certain campuses.
The consequences of original sin
still remain in all of us, even
after the Sacrament of Baptism.
You are quite right - there
has been a rash of alarmist
literature on this point. I made
a point of analyzing two of these
books whose titles I prefer not
to mention. One study did not
include any Catholic institution,
only state and private institu
tions, and in some cases col
leges exclusively for girls. It
is a highly impressionistic ac
count. There was no real ef
fort to do a scientific study.
You must remember that per-
4Hbs who volunteer for this kind
^Jmterview may not be typical
of the entire population at any
single campus. Not infrequently
they are individuals who face
serious problems of sex adjust
ment and are indirectly looking
for help when they volunteer for
such interviews.
On the other hand, there have
been some psychiatric studies
which, while they do not meet
rigid scientific specifications,
probably come closer to the truth.
They give no parents any reason
for peace of mind about this
matter. But again, these are
usually case histories of boys
and girls who have experienced
difficulty in the area of sex.
There has been a debate rag
ing about certain types of books,
particularly those by Salinger,
which seem to make a particu
lar appeal to teenagers. Some
English instructors, including
Catholics, believe such books
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are desirable reading for teen
agers. Others disagree.
There is no doubt that books
which are pornographic should be
banned enitrely. But one cannot
eliminate books, some of which
are real literature and do refer
to sex behavior. It all depends
upon how the subject is handled.
Some of the truly great English
literature does contain sex epi
sodes, but I do not thank they
should be eliminated for this
reason. Every parent must re
member that by the time a boy
or girl reaches the age of 18 in
our society, he or she is not en
tirely ignorant of sex matters.
The problem usually is that
too many have a very distorted
notion of sex. This could be
avoided if parents would pro
vide adequate sex instruction be
ginning when children are quite
young and not waiting until the
tender age of 17, 18 or 20 to dis
cuss such matters.
There are a number of books
in the Catholic field and I refer
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The Christophers published rec
ords some years ago for the same
purpose.
Any college professor who
would urge boys to “ do some
experimenting” in the area of
sex, if true, should be brought
to the attention of the college
administration. This is patently
absurd.
Since your daughter is at a
state university, I urge you to
see that she joins the Newman
club and participates actively
in it. A good Newman club is
the best assurance for any Catho
lic parent with a child at a
non-Catholic institution. Here
they can continue to learn a-
bout their religion, sacraments
are readily available, and there
is daily Mass if they care to
attend. They also have priest
counsellors to help them with
all kinds of problems that arise.
I have spoken at many New
man clubs- throughout the coun
try and each time I am deeply
impressed by the work that is
being done and by the caliber of
the students who belong to the
Newman club. I have found them
deeply interested in their faith
and eager to practice it.
Finally, I should not like to
leave readers with the impres
sion that the type of situation
you mention in your letter is
typical of all state university
campuses. This simply is not
so. Many have strict regulations
regarding hours when boys and
girls may be out. They do make
an honest effort to supervise the
behavior of their students. But
even boys and girls living at
home under adequate parental
supervision sometimes get into
trouble. The number of pre
marital pregnancies in our so
ciety is ample testimony of this.
The best that any parent can
do is to attempt to prepare
their children for the inevitable
encouter with sex. This is best
done, not merely by providing
physiological information, but
by providing strong religious mo
tivation to practice the virtue of
chastity. Children so armed will
not encounter serious problems
when they leave home. Children
without such preparation are
most fortunate if they don’t.
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PRESENT RECORD PLAYER — Sacred Heart School, Savannah, recently was
presented a record player by the Savannah Dental Association. Sixty-five per
cent of the school’s students secured dental certificates, highest percentage in
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at Sacred Heart; Mrs. Julia Whalen, School Nurse and Mrs. Dolly Smith, Welfare
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Authority And Liberty
Conflict 66 Exaggerated”
SYDNEY, Australia (NC) —
The United States may have its
PAVLA, but in Australia the
key word for lay missionaries
is PALMS.
PAVLA stands for the Papal
Volunteers for Latin America,
a program through which young
lay people can serve their Church
in the mission lands of Latin
America. Founded in Sydney,
PALMS stands for the Paulian
Association Lay MissionarySec-
retariat which sends lay men
and women into many of the
hundreds of South Pacific islands
where the shortage of priests
and teachers is especially great.
In eastern New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands, both under Au
stralian mandate, there are more
than two million persons. Most
of these are not Christians and
many live in the most primitive
conditions. Many of the places
where they live can be reached
only by plane or boat.
PALMS was organized to send
teachers to the islands—teachers
who could not only conduct a
class in English or religion, but
who could also do such jobs as
run a trading post, nurse at a
dispensary, operate a lumber
mill or even an airplane if the
need arose.
All of the mission schools
are subsidized by the Austra
lian Federal government. In some
cases the government pays the
teachers’ salaries.
In the past four years, PALMS
VATICAN CITY (NC) —Pope
Paul VI has expressed the hope
that the Mariological Congress
held in the Dominican Republic
(March 18 to 21) will bring non-
Catholics to reconsider the
“place which the Lord assigned
to Mary in the economy of
redemption, based on the testi
mony of Sacred Scripture.”
The Pope noted in his talk
at his weekly general audience
(March 24) that non-Catholic ob
servers took part in the Mario
logical Congress and the Marian
Congress that immediately fol
lowed it.
He said the congresses were
has sent more than 100 lay volun
teers to the island missions, but
the number is not nearly enough.
In the New Guinea provinces
alone, there are at least 200 open
ings waiting to be filled.
Typical of the volunteers are
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Meere who
teach at a training college for
teachers at Mt. Hagen, New Gui
nea. Now serving on their sec
ond two-year term, the Meeres
are trying to adopt two native
children at the mission.
“This work gives us a chance
to share in the work of the
priests and religious,” said
Meere. “It gives us the reward
of knowing we are really taking
the faith to native people and
helping to save souls.”
PALMS has already conducted
two resident training courses for
lay missionaries in Sydney and is
planning a third for May. Volun T
teers ordinarily enlist for two
years.
PALMS is not the only mis
sionary organization working in
the Pacific islands. The Society
for the Propagation of the Faith,
the mission bishops and indivi
dual religious orders have re
cruited lay persons. Many of the
volunteers are from countries
other than Australia. Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Kempf from Ohio,
along with their six daughters
aged from one to 10, recently
left here for Sacred Heart Mis
sion on the island of New Ire
land.
occasions for the “most atten
tive study and the most fervent
devotion.”
Pope Paul said the Mariolo
gical Congress could build on the
doctrine announced in the ecu
menical council’s Constitution or
the Nature of the Church and exa
mine Mary’s role in its “Christ
ocentric and ecclesial aspects.”
He said that the work of the con
gress was “expounding and ex
ploring the words of Sacred
Scripture referring to the Most
Blessed Mary, offering thus the
best explanation of the legiti
macy, even the obligation, of the
very special veneration which
the Catholic Church pays to the
Mother of Christ.”
BOLOGNA, Italy (NC)—Talk
of a crisis in the Church about
the conflect between authority
and liberty is sometimes unduly
exaggerated or dramatized,
according to one of the Church’s
top ecumenical experts.
Augustin Cardinal Bea, S.J.,
president of the Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity, said
that although ‘ ‘perplexity and dis
orientation” have resulted from
the ecumenical council, this
should not cause alarm.
“It is necessary,” he said,
“to face up to things with that
profound pastoral spirit which
is the main characteristic of
the present council. This pas
toral spirit means brotherly and
fatherly love, and therefore un
derstanding, accompanied by pa
tient firmness to illumine and
guide the faithful.”
Cardinal Bea made his com
ment in an interview given (March
25) to the Bologna Catholic daily,
L’Awenire d’Italia. They were in
answer to a question whether the
Church’s effort at renewal and
dialogue with non-Catholics does
not lead to a crisis between the
Church’s authority and individual
freedom.
Cardinal Bea said: “These are
certainly undeniable facts, but
it is also undeniable that they
have been unduly exaggerated or
dramatized at times by the timo
rous or by those who may not
have fully understood the pro
found changes the Holy Ghost is
working in His Church.”
The cardinal added that the re
sult of these changes may give
rise in some cases to “perplexity
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a ‘crisis of growth.’ But in cases
of this kind one should neither
become alarmed nor let oneself
be carried by the current.”
Instead, the cardinal advised,
one should keep in mind the
council’s pastoral spirit and give
guidance and leadership in a fat
herly and brotherly manner.
The interviewer suggested that
the council’s Decree on Ecu-
menis m is more attractive in
countries with a number of re
ligions and asked what can be
done to make the effort toward
Christian unity more meaningful
in countries where most people
are Catholics.
Cardinal Bea said that in the
latter countries, such as Italy,
Catholics must become conscious
of their “responsibility before
God and Christ for the whole
Church, for its welfare and for
its unity. It will follow that they
will hear, so to speak, the moans
of the Bride of Christ because of
the painful divisions among the
baptized and the believers in
Christ.”
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The Junior class of Aquinas High School, Augusta held a car
wash last Saturday at the school. Proceeds will be used to help
defray the cost of the Junior-Senior Prom in May.
New Marist Provincial
Word has been received in Augusta that the Very Reverend
Brother Charles Raphael, Superior General of the Marist Brothers
of the Schools has named Brother Kiernan T. Brennan as Provin
cial of the Province of Poughkeepsie. The Marist Brothers teach
at Aquinas High School.
Aid Easter Seal Sale
More than forty students of Aquinas High School, Augusta,
helped the Augusta Easter Seal Association by soliciting con
tributions on downtown streets and various shopping centers.
All were asked to support the “Buck a Cup” or “Brace a Child”
Easter Seal Campaign.
Day Of Recollection
Approximately forty ladies attended a Day of Recollection at
St. Joseph’s Church, Macon. The Reverend Cornelius F. McLaugh
lin, USAF conducted the exercises. Spiritual Development Commit
tee of the Parish Council of Catholic Women sponsored the activity,
under the direction of Mrs. Chris R. Sheridan, chairman, with Mrs.
Robert Hurley, Jr. and Mrs. Holst Beall, Sr. assisting.
St. Francis P.C.C.W.
Feed-A-Family self denial mite boxes were turned in at the
March meeting of St. Francis Xavier (Brunswick) P C. C. W.
Mrs. John Cox, president, appointed the Flower Committee Chair
man, Mrs. Charles George and the Sanctuary Chairman, Mrs.
J. Armand Lloyd to act as a committee to arrange the Altar of
Repose for Holy Thursday. Delegates named to the D.C.C.W.
Convention to be held at Macon are Mrs. P D. Joines, Sr. and
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