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PERTH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1937.
SIXTY-THIRD YEAR.
"The Press is Our First Line of Defence" Extracts from the Joint Pastoral of the English Hierarchy' that the Catholic Truth Society, the publishing houses, and the Catholic press generally should be supported as a most vital iaanch of Catholic Action in this country. W e should like to see our Ca' tholic pressmen and all our Catholic writers banded togethet under the patronage of Saint Francis of Sales, pledged to a ;:oiy crusade for Catholic faith and morals. A Press Sunday. W e desire that one Sunday in :- ear be appointed in each diocese and in each parish, at the .iiscretion and by the direction of the Ordinary. as Press Sunday. when sermons should he preached Iin the importance of the Catholic press .and the duty of the faithful to give all possible support to our Catholic writers and A RCHI3ISHOP IIINSLEY. journalists who are doing the CARDINAL O'CONNELL. Archbishop of Boston. and Action work Catholic of of tJa A s a practical example Comof poison the ti-amc work in which all the laity counteracting t ail co-operate, we urge a tai munistic and other immoral litDiplomat, linguist, poet, comLjeater support of the Cathuln. erature. pianist. organist—these are poser. church On that day also at each press than is given to it at pre some of the qualities of Cardinal ( Caof lt,ior display a be should The Catholic press should tholic hooks, of the Catholic William O'Connell. Archbishop IIC ,,f the most useful auxill Trich Society and Catholic So- of Bosnm, who recently cere.;tles in Catholic Action. Guild literature, and of Ca- brated his silver jubilee as a Carcial The press includes not only the dinal—his 77th. birthday. papers and periodicals. tholic CC iv newspapers, but the Ca Among the languages he speaks 'ludic publishing houses and all is Japanese. fluently That IanWESTMINSTER CATHEa tholic periodical literature of Pope took his after fancy, gEage CRUCIFIX. DRAL ; ich there is an abundant yari Pius X. had sent him on a diploety. - ikado 31 matic mission to the M W e must give special mention years ago. 1 1 this regard to the Catholit Only when he is alone does Truth Society ‘vhich was found His Eminence play the organ, ed to be a useful antidote to erbut once, at a Catholic charity ror and a means of instructing concert, he deputised for a piano wn people and the pubi!‘ ist who had failed to turn up. , eneral'..; in the history teachirg Cardinal O'Connell—"Big Bill and practice of the Catholit O'Connell" is a nickname given. faith. to His Eminence on account ol W e make a special appeal. how his stature--is a good "boss." ver in this pastoral for much He says: "A firm superior gets ;4-reater support of the Catholic things done quickly. A gentle newspaper press. which has merone gets them well done." ite(l yell of the Hierarchy and Another hi' of advice he gives the faithful of the country is: "Forgive and forget. The If they received from every first helps your soul, the second support the Catholic family your liver." which those families give to the (.scular press. they would each n ye at least double their present he replaced in its original posicirculation. tion. The late Cardinal removnit of W e make a special point ed the cross because it obscured our is it because newspaper press THE LATE CARDINAL BOURNE. the central figure of the mosaic in atany when defence of line firSt • ho tympanum. and he contendtack is made on religion. and the The thirty feet crucifix which ed that it was out of proportion itsual first source to Nvhi ch our for many years hung Inmi the However that may be, the public rimto answer an ;)eople. look for 1: arch of Westminster Ca- generally was sorry to see it go. ancel : rent objections and difficulties.. and which was removed and numerous petitions have been Jusdral We are anxious for the news%van in' 1°3.3 at the in- r eceived lw the Cathedral aua *o side de- Saner press to prosper and Cardinal Bourne, k. to thorities for its restoraticn ion of anxiou eqyally elop, and we are
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