The Record Newspaper 29 February 1940

PERTH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940

Children to Gamelin--

AS THEY DID FOR MARSHAL FOCH

General Gamelin, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied armies in France, has accepted with gratitude the offer of the Holy Communions of the children of Britain.

The "Universe," London Catholicweekly hasstartedanappeal to its readersto priests, parents and teachers especially toaskthe children to pray forthe intentions of the man who, above all men hasthecaresofFrance and of the British Empire upon his shoulders in these anxious days

During the World War readers of the "Universe'' and their friends offered 350.000 Holy Communions forthe intentions of Marshal Foch The idea came

from a humble nun in a West country convent

Theschemewasstartedinthe summer of 1918 after the Allied armies had been pushed back across France Threeweekslater Foch started hisgreat offensive the offensivethatendedthewar Europemaynowbe on the verge ofcatastrophichappenings Human devicesseem impotent to stopthe madness which may bring about the slaughter of countless innocent lives But there sstillprayer'

Approval Granted

On behalf of the Universe," Sir Martin Melvin, Bart, GCS,G., Chairman and Governing Director, wrote to General Gamelin He said: In the desire to strengthen further the close co-operation between our countries in the present war of liberation, I am writing to ask your permission to publish an appeal to the children to offer Holy Communion specially for the intention of General Gamelin, Commander-inChief of the Allied Armies."

The letter recalled the spiritual effort for Marshal Foch and suggested that the response of the children to-day would be even greater The letter con tinued:

'I hope you will be so kind as to consentto our making such an appeal, both as a sign of the intimate co-operation between our nations and in order to obtain spiritual and temporal blessings for our common cause under your illustrious leadership"

General Gamelin's cordial reply was:

I was deeply moved by your letter cf January 18; I heartily approve your project andI very willingly grant you the permission you ask."

There are approximately 444,000 chi!dren in Catholic schools in Britain

"GAMELIN IS A MAN WHO WILL BRING US VICTORY"

Those words were used last September by Cardinal Baudrillart when he was talking to a reporter about his former pupil the soldier who is now supreme Commander of all the French armed forces and of the Allied troops in France tie taught history to General Gamelin at Saint-Cyr, the French Sandhurst, It has always given me the greatest pleasure" said the Cardinal, "to know that the dsection of military affairs is in the hands of a man of great culture who possesses the highest intellectual faculties and the noblest moral qualities."

This tribute at once recalls Marshal Foch (below), who was endowed with those same qualities; and againlike Foch, General Gamelin is now relying upon British prayers to help the Allies to victory

McPherson started to build a small outhouse He worked from the inside and having the materials close at hand, the walls were rising fast when dinnertime arrived, and wth it his son Jock, With honest pride in his eye MePherson looked at Jock over the wall and asked: "Hoo d'ye think I'm getting on?"

"Famous, feyther but hoo dae ye get out? Ye've forgot the door''

One look showed McPherson that his son was right but looking kindly at him, he said: "Jock, youve got a grand heid on ye! Yell be an architect yet, as sure as vour father's a builder" k k

He was new to the Army and, for a subaltern, inclined to indulge in a little self-importance A private sauntered by without saluting

"I'II teach you a lesson,'' barked the second-lieutenant Stand and salute me a hundred times"

Miserably the Tommy began the performance just as a senior officer passed What sort of drill is this?" he inquired

The embarrassed subaltern told him

But surely'' said the senior officer "you are aware that you yourself must acknowledge each salute? Now if you will please begin all over again I'II hold the watch just to see how long it takes to salute two hundred times"

* k k An old fisherman hauled in his net and found a mine n it

Hailing a passing merchant ship, he called, "What shall I do with this?"

Back came a yell from the skipper, 'Give me a hundred yards start, then you can do what you like with it"

k Cohen, small merchant in a small town, visited a city friend The friend noticed that Cohen's suit was much too big for him, and asked him where he had bought it

A tailor in mv home town made it for me " replied Cohen

But it would fit a man twice your size"

"Well'' Cohen remarked with an air of importance, "I'm a much bigger man in mv own town"

=t- * * ,. All down one street he went without making a sale He determined to try a new method At the next house a grumpy woman answered the knock

"Have you a Charles Dickens in your home? he asked poliely, " No' snapped tne woman Or a Robert Louis Stevenson?' No."

Or a Walter Scott?" continued the canvasser, hope dawning in his eyes No, we ain't,'' said the woman, sharply "And what's more, I don't take in lodgers Try next door they do ''

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Into the infants' school rushed an excited woman, brandishing a neavy hammer "Where is Miss Davids?" she cried The teacher named fled, frightened The headmistress said to the noisy visitor: "Madam come to my room where we can have a chat"

Never! I've brought my hammer and I'm going to use it! You're going to see something! My young rascal has ripped his breeches"

'But Miss Davids has nothing to do with it!"

That's quite likely but Im nqt going away until I've drven in the nail my ittle fellow tore himself on'

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AAye,' tne man repled 'You're the fifth to-day,''

The fifth! Heavensthat must have kept you busy I suppose you'll have to do your ordinary work as night then?"

"Aye, mister I mostly does my ord'nary work o' nights"

'Really! Whats your usual job?"

Fetching water to fill this ere ole!"

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Visitors to the house in the daytime made so much noise that the night nurse could not get sufficient rest

One day she mentioned this to the doctor, who wrote a large notice bearing the words'Please remember the night nurse,'' and placed it on the hall table

Next evening when she came on duty, she found beneath the notice a shilling a sixpence, and fourpence in coppers

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Do vou know Mrs Smith's house?" said the stranger to the butcher's boy

Let me see,' said the lad " Taint pork and fatthat's No 3and it ain't two pounds of steak and juicy-that's No7; I know-it's topside and tender and don't pay No, 5, tha's it, ma'am'

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Obviously in some difficulty, he was wandering through a large store

A shopkeeper approached him

"Can 1 be any help, sir?" he asked

Well, pon my soul, it sounds s1uiy, but I forget whether I was told to get a casserole or a camisole, y'know'

Quite easy, sir," sad the shopkeeper 'Is the bird alive or dead?

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A Parliamentary candidate was canvassing constituents He explained his opinions to one housewife, a newcomer to the district, and ended by saying, Well madam, those are my views, and I am hoping this constituency will return me'

"Some hopes you ve got, mister," she said, sadly "Although I ain't lived ere long, I can tell you the people here never return anything!''

k colonel of the old school was addressing two guilty-looking privates whose clothes were torn and ragged

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Sambo had seen a ghost and as he related his experience his knees sagged under him

"Yes suh'' the Negro said, "Ah'd jes' come out of the cowshed with a pail o' milk in mah hand Den Ah hears a noise an' de ghost rushes out,'

'And were you scared?' asked one of his listeners Did you shake with fright?"

'Ah, don't know what Ah shook with," replied Sambo "Ah cain't say I shook at all; but when Ah got in de house dere warn't no milk in de pail-only two pounds ob butter!" k k k k

The sergeant was asking the recruits why walnut was used for the butt of a rifle

Because it has more resistance,' volunteered one man

"Wrong!"

Because it s more elastic"

"Wrong!"

'Perhaps it's because t looks nicer than any other kind,' volunteered another, timidly

'Don t be an ass," sndpped the sergeant "Simply because it was laid down in Regulations' k k k k

The men in the smoking compartment were arguing about great inventors One said Stephenson, who invented the locomotive and made fast travel possible was the greatest Another declared it was the man who invented the compass, which enabledman to navigate the seas, Another spoke up for Edison Still another for the Wrights, Finally, one of them turned to a little man who had remained silent

What do vou think?"

'Vell," he said, with a smile, "the man who invented in'erest vas no fool"

k The sergeant was doing his best with a very awkward squed His temper was wearing a little thin

Presently his language became lurid and a recruit stepped out of the ranks, saving: "I object to a man using bad language"

The sergeant's eyes flashed He produced a notebook

"A man, vou say A man among you'lot! Give me his name!"

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I amaconvertto the Catholic religion I cannot butcongratulateyou with all my hearton the great grace Godhasgivenyou • I heardyoumentionvariations in differentBibles Now Ihave aBible70years old What wouldbe the difference betweenthatand a CatholicBible boughtlast week?

The fact thattheformer Bible s 70 vears oldwouldmakenodifference All dependsuponwhat particular ersion the former Bible is Sinceyouhad it prior to vour conversion to the Catholic Church, I presume that is is acopyofth ordinary Protestant Bible the Authorised Version of Ifsuch be the case from the Catholic Bible b th mission of several Books in the Old Testament and bv many dif erences in translation throughout The Protestant Bible omits the Books of Tobias Judith Wi lom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch the two Books of Machabees and various sections of other Books

Requiem Masses

Whydoes a richCatholicanda man ofstanding havea Requiem Mass said over him whileapoorfellowCatholicis just buriedwithaservicesaid overhim?

Thatquestionis based onwrong information In the first place, many rich Catholics and men of standing are buriedwithjust the ordinary funeral prayers; whilst, ontheother hand, many oftheir poorerfellow Catholics have Requiem Mass. Many people are misled because newspapers give publicity to the funerals of the wealthy and men ofpublicstanding, whilst they see no newsvalue in those of the poor And reading accounts of Requiem Massesonly where socially promnent people are concerned,they wrongly conclude that such Masses are restricted to such twpes only That is erroneous It is quitetheordinary thing forthe most ordinary Catholics to have a Requiem Mass said over them as part of theirfuneral rites

DutyofSocialCharity

If a Catholicis in a highposition, and is ableto give tocharity freely inthe way. of supplying workandfood,isheentitledto goto heaven if he neglectsthat duty?

Not if hisneglect amounts toa mortal sin, and he dies without repentingof that mortal sin

Is he entitled to receive Holy Communionwhen he knows that his conductisopposedto theteachingsofhisreligion?

Not if his neglect amounts to mortal sin, and he hasnot first reDentedofit, securedabsolution in confession, and resolved to avoid similarsins in the future

TheUnbaptised Infant. Will thesoulofastill-bornchild goto heaven?

Not unless the doctor ornurse was ableto baptise the child efore the actual separation of its soul and body Granted com-

plete lackofbaptism,or baptism administered too late, the soul of suchachildwillbe givenby God allthenaturalhappinessofwhich itis capable;butitwilllackthat fulnessofhappinesspossibleonly to thosewho havebeen madeone with Christ bythedivinegrace He alone can give Sincesucha little one of course has been guilty of nopersonal sin, it will never have toendure anypositive suffering It will have all the happiness it isable to enjoy, and will notmiss an additional happiness which it knows to be beyondtherealmof possibility for it No one ever wastestime or tears hoping for the impossible Baptism alone make the very Visionof God asHeis inHimself possible for infantsand that thatVision of God istheHeaven tobe shared bv Christ Our Lord with all who have been incorporated wtF Him,anddieunited toHim bv sanctifyinggrace Non-CatholicMarriages

J G, Hurlstone Park:

Recentlyyoustatedthat, if two baptised non-Catholics were marriedwithoutthewitnessof theCatholicChurchthey were validly married inthesightof God

Correct, provided, of course, there were no diriment impediment from other points of view, such as a previously existing bond of marriage affecting either orbothofthepartiesconcerned Tomakethis absolutely clear does it meanthat if twobaptisednon-Catholics are marriedbyanybody other thana CatholicPriest they arevalidlymarriedinthesightofGod andtheCatholic Church?

Yes For example, if two baptised non-Catholics marry in the Registry Office,and notin a church at all the Catholic Church recognises their marriageasvalid and as a Christian Sacrament She declares that such a marriageis binding until death And if. those two non-Catholics became Catholics, there would be no questionof theirhaving togo through any marriage forms in the Catholic Church. TheCatholic Churchacceptstheir union asChristian marriagefrom the very beginning If theycannot be marriedbyjust "anybody," by whom have they to bemarried?

Sofar as theCatholic Church is concerned, two baptised nonCatholics will be validly married in the sight of God and the Catholic Church no matter where they marry It would beenough for an eligible couple to enter into a deliberate contract with each other to be husband and wife until death But theState would not ackpowledge such a marriage as validincivil law unless this contract were made in the presence of some official au-· thorised by the State tobeawitness in its name For the sake of social order that provision is mostwiseand necessary But you ask onlyfor the Catholicattitude; andthat attitude declares that, from the religious viewpoint of theCatholicChurch, any de-

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finite contract of marriage betweentwobaptisednon-Catholics who are free from diriment impediments s valid and binding beforeGod,however it ismade Whatofthe Unbaptised?

Further,ifoneorbothofthepartiesfirmlyandhonestly believe inareligion which does not have baptism as oneofitsbeliefs,whatistheviewof the Church?

This s a more intricate case

Whether the parties believe in baptism ornot s oneof fact, ie, whetherthepartieshavereceived the SacramentofBaptism, ornot If oth parties are unbaptised, their marriage will be null and void,not only in the eyes of the State, but also in the sight of God, unless they fulfil the requirements of civil law for a valid marriage If one of the parties is baptised, but theother not, thentheCatholicChurch recognises their marriage as valid in the sight of God, however they contract it, whether they have complied with the requirements of civil aw or not But of course,eventhoughsuchamarriage be valid and bindingin conscience and before God, if the couple want the State to ac-

knowledge their marriage, they must comply with the legalconditionsappointed by the State Necessity of Baptism.

ItakeitthattheChurch imposes Baptismasacondition simply becauseitcleansesfrom originalsin,which is necessary before otherSacramentscan be received

The Churchinsists on Baptism because Christ imposed it as necessary, if onewishesto becomeamember of His Churci

Besides cleansing firom original sin, Baptism impressesacharacter or power upon thesoul enabline t to receive other and subsequent Sacraments Without Baptism subsequent Sacraments cannot be validly received For example,had I not received Baptism,myordination as-a priest would be simplynulland void In thesame way just asIcouldnot receive the Sacrament of Holy Ordersvalidly unless first baptised, so those not baptised could not receive the Sacrament of Marriage Atmostthey could but enter into a natural contract ot matrimony Now I hope I have made this difficult matter fairly clear Should obscurity still remain I will gladly try to clarify things still more on request

A Dean Who Sees "Red'

"Tiddlywinks" Randwick: Wouldyou please commenton theenclosedcutting from the Sun" newspaper,of October30 last A friend who is fast becoming a hardened cynicgave it to metostudy

Whatever eise made vour friend cynical, there is no reason why he should become more so because of this particular item For no one should take Dean Hewlett Johnson seriously when he talks Communism But I wi'l run through the report for you The Dean of Canterbury, the Very Rev Hewlett Johnson, preaching in Westminster Abbey declared that the Russianrevolution after thelast

war was spiritual"

Quite recently the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury deplored such uttrances on the part of Dean Johnson, dissociated himself from them, and said that unfortunately he lacked power to prevent such statements as the Dean delights in making, and which can only bring discredit on the Anglican Church

The singularly blind Dean therefore is alone responsible for his own «pinions -though whv he should be allowed to utter them in Westminster Abbey suggests some responsibility at least on the part of the Anglican authorities

The Communists persecute religion when in power, but, where they are not in power they try to entice Christians

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nto a united front'' of corporate acion for social reform, intending to liquidate Christianity toge her with society when they do get the power, And the Dean of Canterbury has walked into the trap If he has studied Communism at all it has been with blinkers on, in order that his range of vision might not extend to any uncomfortable facts Here it will be enough to say that the Russian Revolution after the last war was in favour of Marxian materialism which is the very antithesis of all that can be termed spiritual k k k ¥ "Righteous Russia."

'I cannot help thinking," said the Dean, "that some things which happened in Russia keep the standard of righteousness forard."

Kar! Marx declared religion to be the opium of the people That is the very cornerstone of any Marxist conception in religious matters And the Russian standard of righteousness would demand the liquidation of the Dean of Canterbury himself as a peddler of this opium of the people In 1909 Lenin said, "We must fight relgion That is the ABC of all materialism and of Marxism" In 1935 Stalin said, "Let there be no neutralty where religion is concerned, Against religion and ecclesiastics the Communist Party can only carry on war"' When Soviet agents entered a Catholic Church to confiscate the sac red vessels they arrested the parish priest, Father Rutkovsky In court a witness declared that Father Rutkovsky had knelt to say some prayers when the agents entered the church Krylenko, the prosecutor, said, "That was a counter-revolutionary act" And Father Rutkovsky was sent to a Soviet prison camp Yet the Dean of Canterbury tells us that the Revolution was 'spiritual'' and in the cause of "righteousness" k k k ii Paradise Regained.

"Russia now is learning economic lib erty It has not become a great nation for nothing"

The Anglican Dean of Canterbury probably thinks he is adopting a wise course He sees that Protestant young people absorbing their ideas from Left Book Clubs,'' have gone socialist In an effort to recapture them for religion, he tries to identify Christianity with socialism and to show that he too can praise what they praise But the substitution of the Marxian Utopia of which he dreams, for the heaven promised by Christ, will not produce any religious revival In 1934 Dean Johnson wrote as follows: "In Germany the Jews are persecuted with a ruthlessness which is utterly unscrupulous, Jew and Christian possess common ground We can pray together I speak as a Christian We ought, unless I totally misread my Christian obligations, neither to despise other religions nor to say that all religions are equally good To me Christianity is the central point of a wide circle of light which shines forth from a Heaveny Father upon the world He has made I know that my apprehension of the Christian Faith is pitiably imperfect still"

Now of· that last admission there is no need to say anything But how does the Dean appreciate the pact between his beloved Russia and the Germany whose ruthless unscrupulous persecution of the Jews he attacks with such deep feeling Again, what sort of a reception would he get in Russia if he began to preach publicly about Christianity and a Heavenly Father? Or if he began to indulge in that 'counter-revolutionary act'prayer? "Not for nothing," says the Dean, has Russia become a great power" Then what is the something'' he forsees as Russia's mission to the world? To propagate the Dean's belief in Christianity, a Heavenly Father, spiritual values prayer, and righteousness? Ask Stalin! k k k k Reverence For God.

"Communism," added the Dean, "has recovered the essential form of real belief in God."

That is why Russia is flooded with blasphemous cartoons ot the Trinity, and illustrated comic lives of Christ That is why they have substituted for the law: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself," the new commandment: Thou shalt hate thy rich neighbour as the very devil" That is why "Isvestia," n 1929, said, "He is a true disciple of Lenin to the extent that he fights against religion We stand for the creation of atheist groups" Is all that what the Dean of Canterburv calls "recovering the essential form of real belief in God?"

Organised Christianity."

"The esential form of real belief in Gcd has largely been lost in organised Christianity as at present constituted"

The Dean deserves the remark that he speaks only for the organised Church to which he belongs, and which alone apparently he knows Certainly his words cannot justly be applied to the Catholie Church But his criticism of "organised Christiani y" makes one ask whether he wants a disorganised Christianity If so Russia will be as willing to help him as he seems willing to help her Addressing the "League of the Militant Godless" recently, one Stephanoff said: ' We must act in such a manner that every blow struk at the traditional structure of the church or clergy reaches religion as a whole A decisive struggle against the priest, whether he calls himself pastor, curate, rabbi, patriarch, or pope, is indispensable" Stephanoff would certainly include one calling himself the Dean of Canterbury! He goes on to add "Equally remorselessly we must fight against God whether He be known as Jehovah, or Allah, Jesus or Buddha" And Krylenko, the State Prosecutor in the trial of Archbishop Cieplak, said in court, "I spit on all religion, Jewish Christian, Mahometan, or of any other kind" But I have said enough to show the value of the Dean's eulogy of Russia as a spiritual and religious agency in the name of God When Mark Twain heard that his death had been reported he remarked that the report was slightly exaggerated To the same extent one can sav that Dean Hewlett Johnson's verdict of Russia is slightly mistaken

EXTRAORDINARY PRIVILEGE SOUGHT.

An effort is being made in London to have a special Freemasons' Bill passed Of this Bill, "The Universe" says: We sincerely hope that neither the absence of MP's nor the haste of parliamentary procedure in war-time will enable the promoters of the new Freemasons' Bill to carry it Its long preamble recites the existng Acts which prohibit unlawful societies and seditious meetings and the Bill seeks to claim an entire and retrospective exemption from these Acts for the meetings of Masonic Lodges Nothing contained in any enactment relative to unlawlful assemblies or unlawful oaths shall apply or shall be deemed ever to have applied to the meetings or proceedings of any Lodge of Freemasons or to anv Member of any such Lodge in respect of anything done or omitted by him in or about any such meetings or proceedings'' This extraordinary privilege is demanded on the ground that "for more than 200 years'' all English Masonic Lodges have been strictly forbidden to countenance" any subversive act or to be concerned in plots and conspiracies In explanation of this preposterous Bill, it is stated that "doubts have arisen as to the application of the Acts of 1799 and 1817 to Lodges of Freemasons,"' and that it is expedient that these 'Acts should be declared "wholly inapplicable to them,'' and that the obligation to comply with them should be removed.

This is a clear attempt to establish a privileged position for the Masonic Lodges under existing legislation, without even amending the law

Hundreds of other societies or organisations would be equally justified in claiming that they have never countenanced subversive action or encouraged conspiracies But to confer privileges on a secret society is an outrageous suggestion The distinction between English Masonry and the Grand Orient is well known, but only Masons and few of them at that know what the aims of Freemasonry are at any time

Legislation against illegal societies is a very necessary sfeguard against such bodies, however powerful they ma be

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Thursday, February. 29, 1940

ET us recall the facts After im-

II Case

L posing his will on the Baltic riverain states to the South Latvia Estonia, and Lithuania, Stalin turned his attention to Finland and demanded the cession of territory on the Karelian Isthmus (for the securit of Leningrad'), the lease of certain slands in the gulf of Finland and of the port of Hango In return an offer was made to the Finns to rectify the Karelian frontier to their advantage and to pay rents and compensation

On the basis of these demands the two countries opened negotiations From the first, Finland took a grave view of their possible outcome; she mobilised a part of her armed forces and the evacuation of Helsinki began at once However throughout November the talks continued and it was not until M Molotov broadcast ussia's terms and thus compromised the prestige of the US.SR that the possibilitv of the Union resorting to force came to be seriously considered-at least outside Finland

The Finns were ready to lease their slands and to cede the desired territor over against Leningrad; but on the grounds of their strict neutrality they refused to enter into a Mutual Assistanee pact or to lease, as a Soviet militarv base, the key port of Hango) On these points the negotiations broke down and on November 15 the third Finnish delegation arrived back from Moscow without having reached an agreement

Then Russia resorted to the technique to which Hitler has so painfully accustomed us in the case of the Austrians, Czechs and Poles

First of all a violent press and propaganda campaign broke out in the USSR denouncing Finlands three millions as a menace to the integrity of the Union, 180 million strong The Finnish Government (before its recent reconstruction and after it, strongly Social-Democrat) was accused of being a reactionary tyranny imposed on the exploited Finns (with the obvious corollary that the Finns were in desperate need of liberation")

WAR

On Novembr 25 came the first Russian accusation f Finnish agression," a shooting incident on the Karelian frontier, and the moving up of Russian troops to the Finnish borders led the Finns to offer a mixed commission to enquire into the incident on the spot The Finns were also prepared to re-open negotiations and changed their government, leaving MM Erkko and Cajander whom the Soviet press had singled out for particular vilifica tion They also accep ed the United States offer of mediation

Their efforts were vain On the morning of November 30 the Russians launched an attack along the entire Finnish frontier and Helsinki was oombed repeatedly

The Russian proclaimed their aggresion a war of liberation Any question as to whether they would con.cent themselves with limited objectives (the occupation of the Isthmus the islands of Hango) was settled by their setting p a puppet government under a Finish Communist, Kuiscuen, in the first occupied village and concluding with him a treaty by which Finland was virtually reduced to a Soviet colony To-day the fight still continues, the Finns putting up a valiant struggle against tremendous odds but the outcome (3 millions against 180) can hardly be in doubt

Russia could not have chosen a more unpromising object of 'liberation" than the free, peace-loving, democratic Finns and crys of disgust and reprobation have been raised in every quartcr of the globe

Condemnation has often been strongest among those circles which formerly looked to the Soviet Union as a new civilisation and an earnest of a happier future for mankind Their disillusion s a easure of their disgust, Other circles are not so disinterested There is more than a tinge of relief in the horrifed indignation of the 'Haves," either nations or classes

of

BY BARBARA WARD n the Christian kront

SCORN

Finland

will) is it because they are repeating the words of the apostle, "Lord, whither shall we go?"

Whether they admit it or not the Soviet have been a challenge to their established order and it is with real satisfacion that they can now point the finger of scorn to the "defender of the worker" bombing workers' fiats and the champion ot democracy' riding roughshod over a freely-elected government It is pious and righceous indignation coming irom such quarters coupled with the moral horrors of various "old lags' (Italy. for example, who hastens to say that there is nothing in common here with Albania or byscinia-true perhaps as to circumstance, but tatse in principle) when should make us cautious in our choice of protest and chary as to the expression of disgust we-very properlyfeel.

First, then, it is forgotten that Stalin hasacausein terms of power politics

We who spend our time castigating Hitler for breaking his word are suddeniy surprised that the Russian Dictator appears to doubt the Fuhrer's promises A German attack on Russia is as possible after the Non-Aggression Pact as before (indeed more likely if Hitler's practice in the matter of pacts is anything to go by); therefore if Russia takes advantage of Germany's preoccupation elsewhere to secure the Baltie then- n the game of power-she is doing what Italy, Germany or Japan, or conceivably we, would do in similar circumstances

It is when the Russians force us from the level of power polities that we can begin to feel an especial horror at the procedure. Not content with their underlying strategic preoccupation, the Russians must needs deck it out with the stale trappings of Marxian terminology Because the Finnish Government resists them it becomes a "reactionary White Terror;'' because the Finns prepare to defend their liberty they are henchmen of the world capitalist conspiracy;" because the overwhelming majority in Finland prefer peace and independence, a puppet People's Government'' must be set up to "negotiate" with Russia

It is this linking of a naked manoeuvre in the game of power with an idealistic creed which creates the added and peculiar vileness of Stalin's act of aggression

How, then, do we, as Catholics, consider the case of Finland? Vis a' vis the Communist Party proper, we can have little but pity and (though this is human and not Christian) a certain contempt; for the Communist Party receiving all its directives from Moscow and prepared each week to alter its line''according to the changing strategy of the Kremlin is quite simply a body of agents for a foreign Power which cares nothing for the cause of the worker and everything for its own expansion and security The Communist proper is not serving the working class; he is serving the Red Boss of the Kremlin and the more we point this out the better not only on grounds of a proper patriotism but also to save the sincere Communist from the depths of intellectual degradation which he is suffering at the hands of a eraftv and unscrupulous Georgian peasant

DISILLUSIONMENT

But for the convinced Marxist, this line of approach is useless He is probablv much more distressed by Moscow's treachery than we are His ideal is shattered his dream destroyed To such peoples, lashing out over Finland is not the approach They feel t as much as we-more perhaps, and if the evidence of Stalinism does not turn them from the Marxian gospel it may well be because they see no alternative which in a world where the Catholic Church has taught or moved for two thousand vears is a shocking indictment of us Catholies If in face of hideous social jnjustice men remain Communist in spite of Stalin (and they

nomic and political power in the hands of a professional caste of bureaucrats ay create a position in which the State itself becomes the private property of the bureaucrats That we need a more socially just and more collective economy is a point of agreement between Catholics and Communists

The only way in which we Catholics can make use of the Finnish debacle, is by demanding of our Communist protagonist in all honesty to consider how far Communism as such must incvitably lead to Stalinism

It is not all the personal guilt of Stalin (Indeed a pure Marxist cannot admit personal guilt He holds that if Stalin has become an imperialist, it is because economically determined circumstances has made him so) We should suggest that elements in Marxism considered dispassionately have in them the seeds of exactly this kind of disaster; for example a 'dictatorship of the proletariat, however abstract in theory must be incorporated in a man and all history shows that dictators far from "withering" become more and more passionately attached to power The use of an abstract term veils the concrete possibility-which has become reality in Russiaof setting n power in the name of the proletariat a ruthless despot "

Again, the "collectivisation of the means of production" does not necessarily and of tself secure a better social system

Because 'no one owns anything'' it does not by any means follow that everybody owns everything On the contrary, the concentration of all eco-

Now is the time to show that our functional approach to the problems of a collective economy has the possibility of avoiding the crushing tyranny under which Russia has fallen

OUR OWN

FAILURE

Again the faet that, after the revolution and after the abolition of property, imperialism, aggression, bad faith war are possible undermines one of the most attractive features of Marxism its automatic nature, "If property goes, paradise will be attained'automatically The Russian example does help that a change of institutions of itself at best can only create tte precondition of better order never that order tself Without the personal search tor justice (which is the basis for our faith) there can be no social istic

The Russian s therefore a point at which we can perhaps reinstate the Catholic doctrine of sanctification and the search for God

We can-yes but not unless we are in earnest about it ourselves The wide sympathy with Marxism is in pa:t evrdence of our failure We do not cover up our failure by crowing when our adversary stumbles If we had shown a quarter of the moral indignation over our owneconomic distressed areaswhich we are prepared to show over Fmn+and we should be a more effective force

The case of Finland is a case not only for a Communist examination of conscience We may use it to look with clearer eyes at ourselves

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A YEARS MISSION RESULTS IN JAPAN

Itismatterofcommon knowledgethat in JapantheChurch makes less rapid headway than in many otherpartsof the mission world Despitethis anotable advance wasrealisedlastyearin Japan proper Adult baptismsincreased by 220 andthetotalofCatholics by 4,272 Thisisthe largest advance in recent years The highest figure previously registered,thatfor1931,indicatedan increaseof3,525 in thetotal of Catholics In1938the increase wasonly1,531 InKorea Catholics increased by8,095, despite thefact that 998 emigrants left the Prefecture of Zenshu Even inZenshuadult baptisms totalled 332, which shows thatprogress is being made there,too InJapanproper the richest harvest of conversions was reaped in big cities ikeTokyo and Osaka In the former adultbaptsms totalled508,inthe latter 220 Hardships caused by the warhave ed many particularly women, toseek comfort in religion In these too populous citiesa considerable number of universitystudents, puzzled by the enigma of ife,placethemselvesunder instruction

The total of adult baptismsreg2 stered n Japan proper islisted at 1,991, n Koreaat6,067, and in Formaso at102,makinga total tor the whole Japanese Empireof 8,160 Totheabove converts irom paganism mustbeadded 220 ProtestantChristianswho have becomeCatholics,70 in Japan, 42 in Korea, and 8 in Formaso Infant baptisms are listed in Japanat 3,449, n Koreaat6,919 and in Formosaat 35, atotal of 10 723 for the whole Japanese Empire ThetotalCatholic population, which on June 30, 1930, was 270,903 n Japan 113,488, in Korea148,187,and in Formosa 9,228has risen by June 30,1939, to 283488inJapan 117760, in Korea 156,282 and n Formosa 9,449 Theincreaseduringthis periodof twelvemonthswas thus 12,588 Certainly thesefigures are small whencompared,for instance, with the rapid progress beingmade in theBelgian Congo Butwhenthelocalconditionsof the Japanese world are takeninto consideration, they areworthy of attention

Japan, it shouldnotbeforgotten, has for thepasttwo years beenatwar The life of the countryisatpresentorganisedon awarasis,withaviewtoterminating the conflictwithChinaas soonaspossibleinamannersuch asmaysatisfythe national aspirationsof Japan FiveJapanesepriests,about20 seminarists and many Catholic lavmen have been mobilised Quite a numer of Catholics,includingoneof thesonsof th celebrated Admiral Yamamoto,havelaiddowntheir ivesfortheircountry All this obviouslyentails a certaindislocationofnormalapostolicwork

AlthoughasindividualsCatholicshavegivenevery proof of their patriotism,itshouldnotbe overlookedthatthewarspiritinevitablytendstorevivethe nationalistic prejudices of days gone by Foreignmissionaries, particularly if theyarenationals ofoneorotherofthebelligerent countries, areeasily suspected of

PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH IN SOUTH AMERICAN BACKWOODS

In the SanJorge Apostolic Prefecture, in charge of Spanish priests of the Brugos Foreign Mission Society, MissionSunday was celebrated withgreatfervour nOctoberlast

Thousands of leaflets,explainingthemeaningofthe festival andtheaim andactivities of the Propagation of the Faith Society, werepreviously distrubutedthroughoutthedistrict On thedayitself69 new groups of ten memberswereenrolled, thousandsofCommunionswere made forthe Missions, andarelatively large sumof money collectedfor thesupportofthe Missions A weeklateramonstermeetingof boys andgirls belonging to'the EucharisticCrusade was held Many of the children cametothe rendezvousinboats Then they all marched in procession, with banners flying, singing the crusaders' hymn and shouting, "Via Cristo Rey!" The festivities closed with aHolyHourattendedbyvastnumbersofpeople

SALESIANS BRING CIVILISATION TO BRAZILIAN HINTERLAND

In a recent broadcast General Alexandrino da Cumha Commander of the Brazilian Military Commission charged with the inspection of the frontier e tween Colombia, Venezuela, and Bra zil paid a glowing tribute to the apostolic labours of the Salesian missionary priests and nuns along the upper reaches of the Amazon 'The work of the Salesians n the Rio Negro country, stated the General has been a boon to the whole district Barcelos, S Gabriel, Taracua and other Salesian missions had become centres of moral and civil carpenters, cobblers" and tailors' workshops, in which Indian boys are taught to earn a honest live lihood Now all this could never have been achieved except at the cost of real personal sacrifice engendered by Christian idealism Nothing, continued the General, had made a deeper mpress1on on him during his travels through the tropical jungle of the upper Amazon Where a few years ago there were only a few wretched Indian huts, to-day dwell groups of Indians whom the Salesians have not onlv instructed in the truths of the Christian Faith, but have also raised up to the social level of the whites"

Further information about the work of the Salesians in this wild part of South America is supplied by a promnent member of the Salesian Societv Monsignor Peter Massa, Apostolic Ad ministrator of the Rio Negro district who recently made a journey up the Rio Tiquiee, a river as yet scarcelv explored by white people He received a splendid welcome from the Indian tribes dwelling in this region After performing a number of strange ceremonies, the Indians elected Monsignor Massa a Touchiauaassu, that is one of their great chieftans

The Rio Negro mission personnel consists cf 62 Salesian Missionaries and 45 Daughters of Our Lady Help of Christians The atter do hospital work and are shortly to be placed in charge of a new institution at Mauaos the capital of the State, in which +he children of lepers will receive special attention As is well known the climatic conditions of the upper Amazon weigh heavily on white people who re side there for any length of time The whole Rio Negro district is malarious This ft helps to give the measure of the spirit of self-sacrifice of the Sales ian Missionaries working in this region,

beingspies Such suspicionsare evenextendedsometimestoJapanesepriests,becausethey are known to be friendly with foreigners How much this may hampermissionwork is obvious

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1939--A YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL ACTIVITIES

The Mission Aid Societies were founded in the Archdiocese in October, 1938, so that last year was virtually the first year of organised Mission Aid activity in Perth The results were most gratifying and a pledge of still greater success in the future

TheDiocesanDirector'sreport fortheyearshowstheexcellent results achievedsofar special word of thanksis due tothe promoters, both in theparishes and among the school children, for their loyalty and zealinfurtheringtheinterestsoftheMissions

REPORT FOR YEAR 1939

Presented at the Quarterly Diocesan Conference, February 16, 1940

Society for the Propagation of the Faith

TheSocietyisnowestablished nalltheparishesinthe Archdiocese, andprogressthisyearhas been very saustactory, as ap pears from thehnancial statement alreadyread Promoters

Itisessential that the parish priests supply the Diocesan Director wrun a list of thenames and addresses of promoters, as thus istheonly hn betweenthe Drector and tne membersofthe Society,andalso because a copy ofthepaper,"CatholcMissions, s senttothe individual promoter It might be mentioned that tnere are 500 promotersin the Society \ny changeinthelistofpromoters, or change of address, shouldbe notified andinorderto facilitatethis,a listofthepromoters in hisparishwillbesent to each parishpriestatthebegnmmgoftheyearforrevision and correction it necessary

Contributions

The contributions from the parish shoul be forwarded to theDiocesan Director,"Catholic Missions"Of ce,VictoriaSquare, Perth,and it would be appreciated if chequeswere made payable to "CatholicMissions'' It isnecessarythatallcontributions e in thehanlsoftheDirectorat thelatestbvtheendofthevear, asotherwise it is impossible to include them intheannuallist

Holy Childhood

The Society for the Holy Childhood isnowestablished in al theschoolsofthe Archdio cese, and the reports from most of them for the vear 1939 wereverv satisfactory

Although thefosteringofthe Hole Childhood Societv can be left inthehandsoftheteachers, t shouldbethebusinessofthe parishpriest to regard himself as responsiblefortheSocietvinthe parochialschool andalsotoforward contributions,togetherwith thoseforthePropagationof the Faith

Itakethisoccasionto thank HisGracethe Archbishop for makingtheDiocesanofficeavailable for the Mission Societv workandforhiscontinuedinterestin,andsupportof,theMiss1on AidSocieties;tothepriests for their active co-operation in theworkoftheSocieties andto theteachersinour schools for theirfosteringof the Societies among thechildren

E SULLIVAN DiocesanDirector

Propagation of the Faith Hoy Untdhood

Expenses

Nett amount forwarded to Natonal Treasurer 553 3 4

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St Patrick's Boys' School

Christian Brothers' College, Perth

Christian Brothers' College, Kalgoorlie

Convent of Mercy, Coolgardie

St Joseph s Victoria Square

quinas College

St Brigid's High School, West Perth

Sacred Heart High School

Highgete Hill

Loreto Convent, Osborne, Claremont

Ladies' College Victoria Square $

St Bngid s, Lesmurdie

Loreto Convent, Nedlands

Christian Brothers' College, Highgate

St Brigid's Primary School, West Perth

Christian Brothers' College

Fremantle

St Mary's, Maylands

Sacred Heart, Tuckfeldstreet Frernantle

AII Hallows, Boulder

St Mary's High School, Leederville

St Joseph's, Subiaco

St Joseph's, Queen's Park

St Joseph's, Parry-street, Fremantle

St Jochim s Victoria Park

St Brigid's Midland Junction

St Mary's, Kalgoorlie

St Patrick's, Havelock-street

St Marv's Primarv School

Leederville Presentation Convent "Iona," Mosman Park

St Joseph's, Cunderdin

St Anthony's Wanneroo

Sacred Heart Primarv School

St Joseph's, Northam

St Joseph's, Bunbury

St. Philomena's, Narrogin

Presentation Convent, Beverley

St Louis Preparatory School, Claremont St Josephs, Albany Merey College, Victoria Park St Joseph's, Kellerberrin St Jerome's, Spearwood St Columba's South Perth

St Patrick's, York St Columbas, Bayswater St Joseph's College Fremantle

T is the will of God that all persons accomplish the work of their calung AAs for the knowledge of the will of God on the state of life which every one has to adopt during the short time we pass in this world, it is not difficult also to know it, if we preserve ourselves in the state of sanctitying grace; if we pray to God, conult the circumstances of Providence His holy thoughts in our conscience, submitting all things to the great affair of our salvation, and consulting also with such dispositions our canonical and spiritual superiors

Nothing is so important for spiritual superiors, nothing is so important for all Christians, especially during the time of youth, as to study the will of God for the selection of a state of life in order to accomplish His will Everyne belongs to Him; He may do what He pleases with us either for our own personal sanctification, or for the pubice and common good of religion and ocie.y In fact when it is said: 'This is the will of God your sanctifixation," it is not to be understood for our mere sanctification, but also for the sanctification of all

Happy are they, then, who hear the voice of God in themselves wi h a spirit of feith! They shall be blessed as the children of God living in His spirit; they will be blessed with the prosperity of charity in this world and the felicitv of God Himself in Heaven

We must know, dearly beloved, that a Christian is not a manof self-love; he loves God above all things, and for God Himself; he loves himself for God also and his neighbour as himself for

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St Joseph's Busselton

St Anthony's, W Northam

St Anne's, Belmont

Star of the Sea, Cottesloe

St Patrick's Carey-street

St Joseph s, Nannup

St Kieran s Osborne Park

St Mary's South Bunbury

St Joseph's Manjimup

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St Theresa's, Lake Gwelup

Sacred Heart, Wagin

St Mary's, East Guildford

God, Who is the end and great reward of all His faithful servants Yes a Christian must not live for himself alone; he is essentially bound with God and his neighbour by the ties of taith hope and charity; the will of God leads him to work, praya and merit in the spirit of the communion of saints that is for his own sanctifi cation and the sanctification of his neighbour; and as every Christian does r ought to do so, everyone then may enrich and be enriched with the common spiritual treasures of Christian charity, in the communion of saints

But to consider this important matter more practically every person especially during youth, must study two general ways of vocation opened to the faithful, viz, the common Christian ife of the laity in the world and the life consecrated to God to procure the salvation of the neighbour either in the ministry of the sanctuary or by the profession of the evangelical counsels or the works of charity and education Ah! blessed are these who, hearing the voice of God in their hearts, give themselves to Him, to do what He pleses with them Their crown shall be very glorious in Heaven

But, alas! those who do not accomplish the will of God by not embracing the state of life which may please Him, they lose many celestial favours and sometimes they are liable to lose their own salvation; for the graces of the will of God are the most efficacious to salvation, and the ways of self-will lead often to nature, from nature to vive and thence to final impenitence and eternal reprobation

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The ceremony of blessing and opening the extensions to the Loreto Convent and High School, Webster-street, Nedlands, was performed on Sunday afternoon by His Grace the Archbishop His Grace was welcomed by the Very Rev Father Moss on behalf of the Sisters and the people of the parish.

His Grace, addressing the gathering, said that no invitation he had ever received was more welcome than the request to open the new convent extensions, because no work was more urgent or more necessary This was a happy occasion for the Sisters Thecompletion of their building meant much to them They had worked for that day, and during the past few years had passed through many severe difficulties with the greatest patience He congratulated them on the splendid work thev were doing, for n that work they were upholding the highest traditions of their Order

The girls who were educated at the Convent received not only a religious education but also a soun secular education of the highest standard as the results of the public exan inations demonstrated

Training of Teachers

It was sometimes said, continued His Grace, that nuns were unable to keep abreast of the times that their spiritual reading occupied them to the exclusion of the necessary study of the latest developments in educational practice They were represented as being out of touch with modern thought This was a gross misrepresentation, The Sisters were women of the highest culture, who had studied seriously for

their work and continued to keep in touch with the latest thought n education

Furthermore, in Goderichstreet, there was a Teachers' Training College and a most upto-date library All the mem· bers of the faculty possessed degrees from the University of Western Australia At this Training College Sisters of all the Orders who had not

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venience and increased educational facilities The school was most up-to-date and embraced an arts room, science room, library and a large kindergarten He knew that thev would continue to send forth from their halls vear after year young women fitted n everv wav to undertake the responsibilities of life; that they would give to the Church and to the State what both had a right

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Other speakers were Mr Norbert Keenan, M LA., and the Very Rev Father Haugh, PrinThursday, February 29,

cipal of the Oblate Fathers, Fremantle

Mr Keenan said that he valued highly the privilege of speaking at such a ceremonv It was an important occasion for the dis trict

Safeguarding the Young

There was at the present time turmoil in Europe It was spreading God alone knew I w tar it would spread or how long t would last One of the causes oi this turmoil was the fact that religion had been made the subject of attack in many parts of the world, and the worst of this attack was directed against the minds of the young They were being poisoned with false doctrines, designed to draw them away from God

In view of this, the opening or extension of a Christian school was a most important occasion Here the Sisters would teach the children the necessary secular subjects, but they would learn something that was of far more importance than secular educa tion-thev would learn to know God

Father Haugh's address was an eloquent appeal for financial support

Pontifical Benediction.

The opening ceremony was followed by Pontifical Benediction, given by His Grace in the Convent Chapel Later the visitors were the guests of the Sisters at afternoon tea

I0s: His Grace the Archbishop

£25: Rev Mother Provincial, I B V M

£15: Mrs Mulcahy and family

£10 10s: Mr and Mrs E Le B Henderson

£10: Mr and Mrs T Ahern

£7 7s: Mr and Mrs I P. O'Hara

£5 5s each: Very Rev Father E Moss; Loreto Convent, Swanbourne

£5 each: Mr and Mrs Walter Dwyer; Mr and Mrs Ralph; Mrs J O'Sullivan

£3 3s: Mr andMrs J Belt

£2 2s each: Rt Rev Monsignor Moloney; Very Rev Dr E Kennedy; The Redemptorist Fathers; The Oblate Fathers; The Jesuit Fathers; Very Rev. Father J Fahey;Mrs Lightfoot; Mr Gavan Duffy; Hon Norbert Keenan; Children of Mary Sodality Nedlands; Mrs J J Farrell;Mrs B Bryan; Mr C Dudey; Mr and Mrs F Anderson; Mr and Mrs G D Henderson; Mr and Mrs T Cullity; Mr I O'Hara; Mr J R Burke; Mrs Marsh; Mr H Costello;Mr and Mrs W H Dunphy

£2 each: Mr T Murphy; Mr. N Francis

£1 11s 6d each: Mr Clune; Mrs Hodgkinson

£1 6s: Mr and Mrs M J Ryan

£1 Is each: Rev Father T Masterson;Rev Father O'Reilly; Rev Father J Casey; Rev Father J O'Mahony; Christian Brothers, Perth; Mr W L Donohue; Mrs Norris; Mr and Mrs J O'Dea; Mr E J McCormack; Miss Dorothy Radford; Miss S Grave; Mrs Scahill; Miss Monica Joyce; Mrs G Hannah; Mrs Clark : Mrs. Beresford; Miss Gavan Duff, Miss G Gavan Duffy; Miss Janet Johnston; Mrs A M Potts

10s 6d each Mr J Norris; Mr D Connor; Mr Lithgo; Mrs C Paterson; Mr J Day; Mr and Mrs McDowell; Mrs Child; Mr R Lan Miss D Ryan; Miss M Bogue; Mr Herlihy; Mrs Toup

1Os each: Mr Rowden; Miss A Noel; Clamp; Wellwisher; Mr. Francis, junr ; Mrs Shepl Mr and Mrs Treacey; M and Mrs Foley; Mrs Mc Alo» ·y; Mr P J Dolan; Mrs Truslove

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6s each· Miss Carraill; A Friend

5s each: Mr and Mrs Keogh; Mrs Lennon; Mrs Power; A Friend

2s each: Mr F Clarke; Mrs Johnson; I Friend; Irish; A Friend

Mother Superior and Community wish to express very sincere thanks to all who so generously gave donations, also to those who made gifts of furnishings for the new, building Cathedral Parish

The first meeting of the year of the Cathedral Branch of the Catholic Women's League will be held at the Cathe dral Hall at 8 pm on Monday March 4 This is the annual meeting, and officers, committee and delegates shall be elected A report f the year's work of the branch will be presented, and an audited statemtnt of receipts and expenditure has been prepared All members and intending members are requested to bring subscriptions as financial members only can take part In the voting guessing competition (3d) will also take place, the proceeds of which go to the Soldiers' Reception Committee The president and committee extend this invitetion in the hopes of a full meeting, as the Cathedral wants workers and supporters, and keeping our motto "Charity Work Loyalty" in Lmtnd, come and help the Cathedral eague

Miss Alice Smith. a worker in Cathedral activities for over twen'v vears left for a visit to the Eastern States lest week, Her manv friends wish her a very happy holiday

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A very pretty wedding was solemnised at Sao Paulo Brazil South Ameriea, on December 16, 1939, when Miss Monica Emily Kitchen, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs B Kitchen of 19 Lacey-street Perth was married to Mr Anthony Eduardo Canale, third son oi Mr and Mrs Canale, of Rio de Janeiro Nuptial Mass was celebrated by Rev Father Stephens The church was beautifully decorated with lilies, carnations and Easter lilies while the high altar was adorned with white flowers Impressive music was rendered by the organist

The bride, who was given away by Mr Cunningham of Sao Paulo was attractively gowned in white satin, with heart-shaped bodice, with long sleeves moulded to the figure; the full-flared skirt fell to form a long train and her long misty veil was held in place with a Juliet cap and orange blossom, a shoulder-length veil covering her face She carried a bouquet of white roses

The two bridesmaids were cousins of the bridegroom; one in cyclamen pink moire taffeta, with tulle veil to tone, carrying blue delphiniums with fresh flowers in her hair; the other bridesmaid in blue moire taffeta, blue veil shoulder length, and carrying shell colour gladioli

After the ceremony a very happy reception was held at the home of the groom's parents, and over 100 relatives and friends partook of a sumptuous repast In the lounge bouquets and baskets of orchids presented an exuisite display Toasts were honoured,including that to the bride's people, here in Perth

The bride is an ex-pupil of the Sacred Heart Convent, Highgate The honeymoon was spent at Pocos de Caldas n the hills between Sao Paulo and Rio, and thence to Copacabana Bay, the beauty spot of Rio The happy couple were the recipients of many beautiful and useful gifts They will make their future home at Copacabana Bay, Rio de Janeiro

FIRM AS THE SPHINX

THE night was still but the air of the garden was heavily charged with the - 2 scent of magnolias The full moon beat down with a pitiless benevolence upon the solid white plantation house and the two fgures n the garden before it She sat by a pergola which was alive with roses, half reclining and gazing at the stars with a maudlin fixity The moonlight did but little to conceal the incarnadined gash of a too-full mouth, and the freakish creation of her New York modiste emphasised that the figure it draped was something sufficiently out ofthe course of nature to be seductive He stood n a suggestive silence drawing nervously upon a cigarette Presentlv he threw it a\\"ay "ith ft g-e;ture that ndicated that some inner resolve had een made

Helen,'' he said, n a halfchoked, exciting whisper, as he advanced towards her, "life doesn't mean anything to me without you Can't you see we were made for each other? It's only the cruel suspense in which you keep me that sends me recklessly into the arms of other women ''

"No Armand,'' she replied, with a revealing flash of dental art, it won't work out You'd bore me as soon as the others, and I'd bore you even quicker Don't let's go over all that again ve cut vou out of mv life, as one cuts a rotten piece out of an apple We're no good either of us You can't think me any cheaper than I think you '

She sighed a ittle as he took her n his arms The embrace must have+endured a full two minutes and might have continued longer but for a distraction in the stalls Paul Trout made a most audible noise that was suspiciously like the prelude to expectoration 'For God's sake,'' he exclaimed, in a loud whisper to his friend, Phil Fontaine, "let's get out of here into some clean air I can stand the rigours of mass perspiration and B O , but all the air-conditioning in the world couldn't freshen the moral stench of a plot like that '

They moved out between the rows and Trout vented some of his indignation oh the toes of an elderly gentleman There was some ditticuty passing two young girls whose eyes were glued to the screen with the hypnotised took of rabbits in the glare of car lights There was some annoyance as Trout momentarily shut out the vision of ove and one of the painted juveniles said something that sounded like, Pansy can't take it" Trout reddened and was glad to be in the aisle That's that,'he said, with a deep sigh of relief as he strode up the aisie with unnecessary energy Fontaine followed more leisurely and as they reached the door to the foyer he said, with a slight smile, ' Where's your hat?"

Trout gasped and trotted back to retrieve his property When he rejoined Fontaine his face seemed to pro mise apoplexy "Have a drink?" inquired Fontaine, as if the earth were not heaving beneath them Trout didn't reply, but gulped down an anaemic orange concoction which he would ordinarily have poured into the Kentia palms [After that he lit a cigarette and the two friends squatted on a settee Pre sently he spoke in a grim tone

The Sphinx is firm-fixed in the sands of Egypt, and the Charities Consulta- He sat bv her and she did not tions are firm-fixed in the good-will of resist his encircling arm 'My Could you ever have suspected such the West Australian public The No filthy sloppy tripe from such a caste + love, there is no need to take our- 86 Consultation is now open and offers and from such a title?'' he demanded a first prize of £6,000 Tickets are on selves too seriously Marriage as f Fontaine had had some share in sale everywhere at 2/6 each probably wouldnt work out, and the production

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'It was pretty terrible," Phil assented quickly 'but it's not so dangerous as the fis that are not immoral' What are you getting at?" Trout demended, loweringly

Well, I mean that a picture like the thing inside shocks ordinarily decent peoplelike ourselves,' he added slyly. It's a bottle plainly labelled 'Poison.' If any one drinks from it then he must expect what's coming to him But the ordinary type of picture to which we are accustomed is frequently very harmful precisely because it has that indefinable quality to which the censor cen't actually take exception It portrays usually ordinary life events in a completely false perspective The houses in which film characters live are usually pent-houses,' luxurious apartments etc Actresses never wear or dinary clothes The meanest gown would cost what a workman earns per annum They never eet anything cooked in a frying pan-it's always caviar, patie de fois gras, and champagne"

'Well, that's hardly blameworthy" objected Trout "I suppose they're al lowed to eat, drink, dress and live as the authorof the scenario directs'

Yes, but don't you see the effect of all this on a people who have had mass education thrust upon them They begin to pine for the uxurious kind of life they see in the f1ms Many working girls for instance, spend every sou they earn on clothes The fashion shops which ape Hollwod models are the rage Girls paint and waddle because favourite screen stars do They don't went homes and marriage and children, because the whole trend of film life s towards ease free love, and the avoidance of responsibiI tty And perhaps above all the films have been responsible for the sordid sensual notions of love that prevail to day 'Necking' 'wooing.,' and pet ting' are becoming normal pleasures among adolescents"

"I suppose,'' interjected Trout, "that there. is really a fair deal of mimicrv that's quite unconscious And I do grant you that films become an addic tion like smoking Do you think it possible that some young people find t difficult to differentiate between real life and ife as the films portray it?"

Fontaine shrugged his shoulders I don't know about that," he said, "but I think that many girls particularly, regard the Hollywood thing as the ideal life and try to approximate to it As a result, you have this ghastly pursuit after 'glamour' In practice this means a hideous regimentation Everybody wears lop-sided hats and they must be down over the same eye Everyone must paint lips eyebrows finger nails, and even toe-nails You may see different dress materials but there's a horrid monotony about the stvle If they're being worn short evervone mustdo so Initiative originality, individuality-these are the major social sins Youd think that, having to wear uniforms of servility at work they'd be glad to let their personalities have a chance in leisure moments But they don't"

Iont be too hard on the women Trout broke in, valorously This film bug has the men too, though they wont admit it I know dozens of young fellows who fancy themselves in the part of The Gret Lover And nothing is more common than the concept of the He-man the fellow with hair on his chest There's no room for a man now unless he's tough ike the stick-up guys or the G men Hundreds of young fellaws mentally pack a rod' This is, of course, a complete reversal of the notion of manhood that Christianity gave the world Once the hero was parfait gentil knight, and even the degeneration of the Reformation has left us the idea of a 'gentle' man But he no longer has the stage It's the age of the gorilla-man And the joke of it all is that the He-man is really a sissy He's got no essential self-control Any woman can twine him around her little finger In fact she literally wears the trousers"

"Now, who's being tough?" inquired Fontaine ungenerously 'But there are hundreds of other ways films are affecting life detrimentallv Take this wave of infant prodigies, for example Much of its amounts to glorifying sheer cheek znd impudence The child has suddenly become preternaturallv wise, and the parents phenomenally stupid But in all such cases vou'll note the are one-child families And considering the childthe prodigy-I don t blame them'

Yes" said Trout, "the Legion of Decency did a good job but it couldn't touch the central problem the attitude towards life adopted by the films. A man will project his personality into his work And in that sense each film is a bit of biography And so when one considers the souls of film makers, the prospect for them is not too rosy"

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Comment

The Left Book Club and the Red Den

THE Lcft Book Club made an unobtrusive effort to lit its diminished head in our evening contemporary at the week-end We cannot comphment the organisation on 1ts subtlety, for it followed the • thread-bare technique of setting up a nominally Christian prelate the Dean of Canterbury to wit as evidence that Russia is the "most Christian country" Everybody knows, or ought to know, b this that Communism is irrevocably committed to atheism as the established religion And people who are supposed to be the ntellectual vanguard of Communism ought to have more nous than to choose this most inopportune historical moment to retell the most obvious lie about the Soviet Besides it's against Party rules at the moment

The "correct line' for the time being is open antagonism to religion and an attempt to fan sectarianism by identitying religion with political hooliganism

Or does that only apply to Catholics?

It is really very careless oi the Party not to let all the auxiliaries and subsidiaries know of new tactics But perhaps they've so many that it's easy· to lose sight of one or two, especially ii they're only for purposes of Intellectual gant.

Anyway, the Leit Book Club occupied almost two columns of Roman type (inappropriately enough) assuring peopte, firstly, of wnat a clever man the Dean of Canterbury is, secondly, how perfectly Christian he finds the boviet (in which Christ and His teachings are caricatured), and thirdly, what a good book of his they have ior sale at a "special price'' for non-members

Before we discuss the Dean we will refresh the minds of our readers with the aims of the Club In a pamphlet issued by them they aim, they claim, to help in the terribly urgent struggle for WorlI Peace and against Fascism "

This is one of the disadvantages of belonging to a movement whose only moral principles are those of expediency They should never commit themselves to the written word. For the aims of the Club were penned betore Russia entered into the moving alliance with Europe's archFascist and before the two allies marched into Poland to butcher her people Since then, of course, the Soviet has endeavoured, none op successfully, to annihilate the Fins Against war and Fas· ? crsm,' indeed!

To revert to the Dean He was, of course a tremendous catch" for the Communists, more Important even than the Duchess of Atholl, and consequently greater pains have been lavished on the propaganda for the sale of his book But the Dean is as unfortunate as his wholesale distributors It was very bad luck indeed that a book written in the summer with the thesis of the Soviet as the supreme guardian ot democracy should have been too long a-cooking

The Dean's epilogue to the book is dated November 2, and it has traces of embarrassment Had it been written on December 2 it would have been very uncomfortable, and if on January 2, the

Dean would hardly have been able to lift his head again

In short, the Dean has been sadly duped Thus cnly can his monumental credulity be explained His pre-clerical life as an engineer would explain his devotion to 'Polvtechnicisation in the Soviet,Union and his simple, good-heartedness would attract him to the Reds' cant about Brotherhood

But' he could onlv have received his idea that religion of any sort, let alone Christianity, fourished in Russia from very speciallv conducted tours and from the hearsay of people with an axe to grind

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While the Left Book Club has been staging its ill-timed comeback, another organisation sponsored y the friends of the Soviet has become lost in an altogether too decent obscuritv This is the Society with the pretentious title of "The Societv for the Promotion of Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union" This was no group of wild enthusiasts, but a body of responsible people who from the eminence of their office attracted considerable public attention The Anglican Archbishop of Perth, and now the Anglican Primate of Australia, was its distinguished president The signatories of the letter in the public press of July 1936, which marked the Society's inauguration, included the present Acting ice-Chancellor of the University, another University lecturer, nd a prominent non-Conformist ninister It was stated be "The Record" at the time that "it s lear that this societv is being

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Hformed to convince the people of Western Australia that there is no religious persecution or other form of oppression in Russia, and that the aims of the USSR a entirelv peaceful, being directed only against war, Fascism, and all forms of intellectual enslavement "

subsequently the Sydney "Bulletin' had some critical remarks to make about the Societv, which were reprinted b the "Dail> News"'and another local paper with hostile comments Professor Beasley took up the challenge, but did not answer the charges The attitude adopted by "The Record" he discouraged with threats of legal action

Interestingly enough, the Societv for Cultural Relations was apparently one of the offshoots which resulted from the Communist Congress at \msterdam in August, 1932-a "Congress against Imperialistic Wars " We have been wondering what cultural relations the Society is at present promoting with the USSR in Finland We fully understand, of course, that the attack on the Finns is not an "imperialist war," but simply an attempt to rescue the Finns from themselves This is undoubtedly a highly cultural enterprise with manv valuable lessons for Australians to learn

The Society set out to discover the real truth about conditions in Soviet Russia We suggest now is the acceptable time 4 4

Revelations of wendenborg

A new Church was opened in Perth during the week by the New Church Societv It traces its origins back to the writings of Emanuel Swendenborg, who spent half of his life as mathematician, scientist, and engineer, and the remainder in theology and a mysticism peculiarly his

POISON

OK was it that an appreciable number of Spaniards embraced Communism and took part in uch atrocities as the burning of churches and the murdering of religious?"

asked Rev Dr John O'Brien, an American priest of General Franco in a recent interview

'Weare in a position toanswerthat question no," he replied, "for we nave put that question to each person condemned to death-only after careful investigation and fair trial-for atrocities involving deliberate murder oi non-combatants

The answer shows that ninety-nine per cent were infected with the virus of atheistic Communism, not by books r learned treatises, but by Red newspapers For years preceding our up rising these papers had been defaming our priests and religious, ridiculing the Christian religion, and all religion in fact, as a humbug and poking fun at the idea of a God

It was these Red dailies which little by little destroyed the religious faith of many a misguided youth They promised him wealth, land, riches; instilled h tred of all who owned property They pictured the Church as he defender of the sys em of private ownership and therefore as an enemy and an obstacle to their collective Utopiasan obstacle which must be removed

RUSSIA AS MODEL.

In these newspapers Russia was held up as a model, It was pictured as a paradise for the common man The words of Lenin that Spain would be the next coun ry in Europe in which a Soviet dictatorship would be estab lished, were frequently quoted The family as an institution was attacked, and free love was advocated"

'Thus did these Red newspapers sow the seed for the whirlwind of fury and destruc ion which was to descend -on the churches monasteries hospitals upon priests and nuns and lay people who believed in the Christian religion or even in God'' Thus spoke the Generalissimo, calmly, but with unmistakable earnestness

What will be the policy of thenew Spain in regard to such newspapers?" «as the question then put to the Caui'o, as he is affectionately called here Silent for a moment then choosing his words carefully, Franco replied: 'Freedom of the press will be protected Constructive criticism will be welcomed But license to spread falsehood, to defame religion to disseminate hatred against the owner of property or the worker, to divide Spain, to engage ih a campaign of sabotage against the Government and the nation will not, be toler ted"

The ruler of New Spain gives one an impression of restrained power and complete self-confidence He had spoken quietly, without bombast or egotism But there was determination in his eves, and he spoke as one who knew what was to be done and would do it with despatch

It had been a memorable interview

own In the year 1745 Swendenborg, then in London, alleged that Christ had appeared to him and instructed him in the spiritual sense of the Scriptures Furthermore, from that date to the day of his death in 1772, he contended he was in constant inercourse with God, angels and spirits Swendenborg himself made no attempt at founding a separate Church, apparently believing that his followers might be members of any Christian denomination But as in many other cases (notably Darwin's) the disciples went far beyond the intentions of the master. However, it must be admitted that Swendenborg's views were, in many respects, so novel that their adoption made the foundation of a distinct religious body inevitable In England the work was undertaken by two Anglican clergymen and a former Metho dist preacher

The doctrinal trend of the New Church suggests that as the Christian religion superseded the Jewish so the Swedenborgian revelation supplements the Christian. It does so however, in a curious manner It denies that the Trinitv consists of three distinct Divine Persons; it has a new conception of the Incarnation wherein Christ is not the Incarnation of a second Divine Person, but of the Divine as a whole There are further peculiar notions about the "continuous Divine influx" and the inferiority of man to the races which inhabit Jupiter, Mercury and other planets, and the denial of the resurrection of the body The Last Judgment has already taken place; it was held in 1757 in Swendenborg's presence All of which shows an interesting development on the newer Protestantism There is still a Revelation but it is strictly private, and its authenticity cannot be investigated like the Catholic claims can And Swedenborg was short-sighted in not providing some authoritative nterpreter of his doctrine What commenced with private revelation will develop a hundred and one exponents if it has not already done so And each will be as trustworthv or untrustworthy as the other

DEATHS

McDOWELL-On February 7, 1940, at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Eileen Elizabeth, dearly beloved youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs E D McDowell, of Russell Esplande, Bunbury, loving sister of Edward, Whalter, Laurie and Frankie; beloved granddaughter of Mrs E A 0Connor and Mr I McDowell, and loving niece ot the Rev Father F J O'Connor, Bi'l, Eileen (Mrs E Woodthorpe, Trixie and Agnes; aged 7 vears and 6 months

ARTHUR O your charity pray for the soul of Alfred Ernest who passed peacefully away t Mt Lawley on January 30, 1940; dearly loved husband of Mary Francis, 209 Eighth Avenue, Mavlands, loved father of Aileen Edna and Ernest RI P

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C.W.O. Appeal

A letter from His Grace the Archbishop, read from all pulpits in the Archdiocese on Sunday last, drew attention to the need of providing adequate spiritual facilities for the men who have b en called to the colours The Catholic Welfare Organisation, which was set up some time ago for the purpose by His Grace, has been working quietly, and ts first objective will be the erection of a permanent wooden hut t the Northam Military Camp. When this is completed facilities will be afforded for the celebration of Holy Mass under conditions which befit the performance of the central act of our Faith At present these facilities are lacking, and their absence should be a matter of considerable concern to all Catholics Under normal, peace-time conditions the practice of the Faith is difficult, and the living of a full Catholic life is constantly endangered by the influences in the world about us When war comes the position is greatly aggravated. There is unaccustomed discipline and an amount of enforced leisure The spiritual dangers which beset the career of the soldier are very severe and so, proportionately, his need of the supernatural strength and courage which religion brings, is greater To make possible the celebration of the Mass and the administration of the Sacraments in a militarv camp is a spiritual work of immense worth

To do this-as indeed to propagate the Faith in any directioncalls for the whole-hearted co-operation of the Catholic people Money is needed to build the hut, which will serve not only as a centre for the practice of religion, but as a place of wholesome recreation also The Archbishop has been reluctant to make a public appeal to the Catholic community, considering the difficulty of the times, and has been motivated to do so only by the urgency, of the Catholic soldiers' needs However, participation in war must inevitably entail hardship and sacrifice qn the soldiers and noncombatants alike And what we do gladly in the cause of patriotism we should be prepared to do even more readily in the cause of religion Actually the appeal is for a very nominal sum of £400 which should not unduly tax the generosity of individual Catholics, considering their numerical strength in the community Catholics moreover, are not strangers to sacrifice Their history has been one long story of generosity and consequently hardship, and to this element we largely owe the vigour and the preservation of the Faith in this country

There is also an element of local pride in the appeal The other States, several of which have a greater numerical proportion of Catholics and a larger measure of material prosperity, have a similar work in hand The Catholic hut in Sydney was opened on the 4th inst, and the Victorian counterpart some short time previously Considering these factors, the Catholic effort in this State is well advanced and compares favourably with Catholic activity elsewhere The financial appeal here is considerably lightened by the decision to devote to the work the proceeds of the second collection in all the churches of the Archdiocese on Sunday next, March 3 Hence, nothing additional is actually imposed on the individual, although the merits of the objective will prompt Catholics to make a more generous contribution than usual Individual donations will also, of course, be gratefully received, and both these and the parochial collections will be duly acknowledged in these columns

Mr.

Taylor Received by_ the Pope Myron

Vatican City, Feb 27

The Vatican to-day published President Roosevelt's letter to the Popesimultaneouslywiththe letter nominating Mr Myron C Taylor as the President's personal envoy to the Vatican

In his letter, Mr Roosevelt reminded the Pope of his suggeston for the dispatch of a personal , representative in order to pr9mote American-Italian efforts to secure peace and alleviate suffering The President went on to express the hope that Mr Taylor would provide a channel for exchange of views on the promot ing of international concord and re-establishment of a more permanent peace based on freedom and the assurance of life and integrity for all nations under God

ARCHBISHOP'S ENGAGEMENTS

March 10: Administers the Sacrament of Confirmation and lessesthenew Presbvterv and temporary Chapel, Palmyra

March.

1st Sunday: Wagin.-One day of Exposition

2nd Sunday: Coolgardie-One day of Exposition

3rd Sunday: Kondinin.-One day of Exposition 4th Sunday: NorsemanOne day of Exposition.

5th Sunday: Subiaco -Forty Hours' Prayer (29th-31st.)

April

1st Sunday: Kalamunda-One day of Exposition. 2nd. Sunday: Midland Junction-One day of Exposition. 3rd Sunday: Palmyra -One day of Exposition 4th Sunday: Kellerberrin -One day of Exposition (Note: The Forty Hours' Devotion at St Joseph's, Subiaco, has been transferred from the 4th to the 5th. Sunday in March.)

The Papal Court received Mr Taylor to-day with traditional ambassadorial ceremony His car flew the American and Papal flags He wore the customary evening dress The Swiss Guards saluted and the Palatine Guards furnished a guard of honour The Pope received Mr Taylor in the small throne room in the presence of his entourage Later the attendants withdrew to enable the Pope and Mr Taylor to have a private conversation

Mr Taylor, after his audience, said that the Pope had asked him to greet President Roosevelt and the Americans

Mr Taylor will live in Florence and maintain an office near the Vatican

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Thursday, February 29,1940

LENTEN LECTURE III

DESTINY OF MAN

Every reasonable man must answer those eternal questions: Whence have Icome? Why am Ionearth? Whither am I going?" You must answer them So mustI

The Church answers these questions with all precision and certainty She tells us we are fromGod; we are on earth to know, loveand serve Him, and we are destined to be happy with Him foreverinHeaven Everywhere in the Bible is this answer to be found Human reason, too, is clear andconvincing in its answer There isa consciousness in us all of the immortality of the soul, perfectandunending Likewise, there is an impelling instinct for happiness in every human heart for perfect, unending happiness, which our reason tells uswe must becapableof satistying--otherwise the noblest aspirations of man are doomed to be frustrated Moreover, nothing on earth can ever bringperfect happiness to the soul of man

It is no illusion Perfect unending happiness is man's eternal destiny, and it is in God's infinite perfection that unending joy is to be found

The alternative to that destiny the possibility of eternal loss of God-is just as clearly proven from the Bible and from reason OurLord Himself has tevealed to usthefinaljudgment of mankindandtheeternalpunishment He willinflictontheunjust He has even revealedto us the unquenchable character of the awful fire ofHell

It wouldbeblasphemy to ask seriously is such punishment reasonable or just It is an infinitely just and mercifulGodwho created Hell, and an infinitely loving Saviour who will condemn theunjusttoits eternal flames Besides,God gives every human beingsufficient supernatural help to save his soul, and so those who are lost are lost through their ownfault

What conditions does God requireus to fulfil in order to gain eternal life? "He that doth the Wilt of My Fatherwho is inHeaven, he shall enter ntothe Kingdom of Heaven" We must fulfilthe Will of GodasHe has revealed it to us WILL OF GOD.

TheWillofGodis normally revealed to us in four waysthrough conscience, His Commandments His Church, and His Providence

Conscience is our own natural human reason guiding us to choose what is good and avoid what is evil Butconscience is fallible So our loving Godhas not left men to the doubtsanderrorsofhuman reason He has given us His Commandmentsa more complete and definite exression of His Will

AndHehas entrusted these Commandments to the infallible interpretationofHis Church So, $wwmww{ j OoURSE OF LENTEN SERMONS m s t i follo7<ing

forCatholics,the Will of God is no mere vague subjective thing which we cannot know with certainty How verywrong then are those Catholics who question the ruling of the Church in any matterthat concerns their soul's welfare God also manifests His Will continually through His Providence Nothing canhappenthat He has not foreseen, nothing that He has not either willed or permitted. Let us resignourselves to wavs of God's Providence;then all things shall work together unto good God's Will then expresses itself in thesefourwavs So following the dictates of conscience and the teachingof Revelation, we know wearelivingas God made men to live Themore virtuous weare the nearerweapproach to the ideal of human nature

But we must rememberwe alwaysneed the specialhelpofGod if we are to live in accordance withHisDivineWill Andthat special help will come to us through prayer Hewho prays will of a certaintv save his soul, and thus attain to his eternaldestiny

A message from Sydney reports that the conditicn of Archbishop Kelly was slightly improved last night Desite a wonderful fight to regain his health, His Grace has been considerably handicapped by increasing weakness, which is causing his medical advisers deep concern k t #k k

The Rev Brother Placid, Principal oi St Ildephonsus' College, New Norcia, has been transferred to the Marist Juniorate at Mittagong, New South Wales He will be Director of the Juniorate House Brother Placids place at New Norcia has been taken by Rev Brother Bernard, who was formerlv Director of the Marist Brothers' School, Mosman, Sydney, and reently Director of the Mittagong Junorate

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Miss Alberta Conroy (President of the Therry Society, Melbourne) left Perth bv the Westland on Tuesday, fter having spent the past few weeks with her aunt (Mrs M Murphy), of Bronte-street, East Perth

k k k k Mrs Paul McGuire wife of the Australian novelist-lecturer, whose recently published "Australian Journey" has done much to publicise Australia among English reading people, has returned to Adelaide after a visit to England, the Continent, and America

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Mrs Beckmann, of Victoria Park, has returned home after placing her son George in the CBC, Geraldton, and following a short visit to Cue where Mr Beckmann has been transferred Next month Mrs Beckmann will re turn to Cue to make her future home there

k k k st Next Mondey night's meeting of Ca tholic Action trainees will be held at the Chesterton Club and not at the Cathedral Hall as previously

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Re Father Harold Lalor will give a antern slide lecture on The Holy Shroud on Wednesday, March 13, at the Chesterton Club

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A Study Circle will be held at 123 Glendower-street Perth on Tuesday March 5 Subjects will be Liturgy, Holy Scripture and the Dialogue

Mass A cordial invitation is given to all ladies interested in these subjects to attend at the above address on March 5 at 8 pm k k k k

A cabled report from Madrid during the week stated that the Franco Government has approved of a law suppressing freemasonry and all secret institutions There are at present no Masonic lodges in Spain, but the law is designed to prevent them from re opening,

St. Patrick's Day, 1940

St Patrick's Day this year will be celebrated in the same manner as was the feast last year. The National Concert will be held at the Capitol Theatre on Friday evening, March 15. On Saturday, March 16, a dsplay by the children of the metropolitan schools will be staged at Gloucester Park DISPLAY BY CHILDREN OF METROPOLITAN SCHOOLS.

ARRXNGEl\rEN'TSarewell in handforwhatpromises to be one of the most spectacular celebrations of St Patrick'sDav ever held in Perth. Noeffortis being sparedbythe energetic committeeinchargeto make the day a most enjoyable one for adultsandchildrenalike

Aprogrammeof picnic races has been arranged to suit all ages, from those under 8 to under 16, whichwillensuretheenjoyment of the dav bv the children as well as affording the opportunity of winninga prize

A specialprogrammeofchampionshipeventswillcaterforthe more ambitious of our young athletes

The outstanding feature of the day will undoubtedly be the demonstration of Dano-Swedish Physical Exercises by girls of parochial schools, and the Physical Exercise Display by the pupils of the Christian Brothers' schools

The attention ofallconcerned isdrawn to the Sports Programme on age 23 of this issue Entries for this special programmeclose with Hon.Secretary,ChurchOffice onMarch6 Final Rehearsal for Display

The date oithefinal rehearsal at Gloucester Park has been changed It will now take place on Thursday, March 14, and not on Friday aspreviouslyannounced

School Quotas

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SPE.AKlXG generally men and women achieve themselves by devoting themselves Individualism must be abandoned to achieve individuality Egoism must be renounced to acquire personality The secret of the astonishing success of Communism is that it has understood and applied this strange law of religion and life

Self-abnegation is of the essence of true religion Self-abnegation is also a postulate of counter-religion As Christianity has its mysticism, so has anti-Christianity The former bids its followers deny themselves in the interests of God; the latter forces its followers, to deny themselves in the int8rests of man

Irreligion has its own perverted and distorted "saints" Among its adherents there are fanatics who sacrifice themselves for the realisa ion of that future Kingdom of Man on earthwhere, as they imagine, injustice shall be no more, nor shall inequality, nor laborious toil, nor want There are men arid women among them ewho work hard, live ascetically and renounce repose, in the interests of the god, Humanity, They willingly, in response to the appeal of their prophets merge their individuality in the multitude in order that the multitude mav one day be "great and glorious and free" Thev bind themselves that the multi ude m y be loosed They enslave themselves that mankind may be free

Communism is the counterpart of Catho'icity and has appropriated and turned to its oz ends, one of the deopest religious instincts of man-the instinct that tells him that self-suicide is the condition of life, whatever it be, towhich he aspires

The time has come or at least is rapidly approaching, when man will have to choose between the cross of Christ and the sign of anti-Christ

wms ms e m CONCERT BY SCHOOL CHILDREN # «

The St Patrick's Day celebrations will include a concert, to be presented in the Capitol Theatre on Friday evening, March 15 The programme will be presented by children of the metropolitan convents and boys' schools, and promises to be a most enjoyable entertainment, and one appropriate to the significance of the occasion.

The concert will commence at 8 pm The prices of admis= sion will be 2s to the front stall and dress circle, and 1s to • the back stalls Seats may be reserved in the front stalls at ;cholson's, the booking fee

• being Is making the total ii charge for reserved seats 3s rum. s sun a mm n

number of girls taking part in the d'splay at the earliest possible date

IRISH NATIONAL STEP DANCING.

Theheatprior to thefinal of the periodical competitions (which is totakeplaceattheSt Patrick's Day Sports) was conducted on Wednesday, February 28 The results will be published next week

The Goldfields district is taking considerable interest, it isunderstood, in theIrish Jig (open) Competition,whichistobeheld at the sports, and there is a possibility of competitors from that areabeingnominees

Parents! Celebrate St Patrick's Day, 1940, with your children at Gloucester Park

The Solution of

Each holds out its promise From the former, one rises to a life which is truly divine; from the latter one descends to a life that is veritably ani mal

The cross is the solution of all things Man has to be executed upon it or through it

Hence it is that Saint Paul cries out: "We preach Christ crucified" One has the meaning of Christianity only when the full meaning of those words has been grasped That meaning is not- conveyed in the formula, "Christ crucified for us," but in the formula, "Christ crucified for us and in us"

Catholic Young Ladies' Club

The general meeting was held on Thursday, February 22, at Miss Peggy Knox's house in North Perth There was a very good attendance, and the meeting went off very well Four new members were introduced-Roma Atkinson, Daphne Knox, Byrnice Berry and Isabel Boylan

The elections were held and the president (Olive Cowan) end the treasurer (Jean Hopkins) advised that thy vere not standing for re-election Nominations were taken, and voting resulted· President, P Knox; vice-president Kath Easton; treasurer, Mavis Casey; secretary, May Campbell; assistant secretary, Audrey Anderson; librarien Dulcie Swarbrick; press correspondent

Sheila Whiteley

We have to extend our thanks to the outgoing committee for their enthusiastic work in the past ear, and also congratulate the committee just elected Games were held after the meeting and a very enjoyable supper was served The girls wish to thank Mrs Knox for her kind hospitx lity on this occasion

The next meeting will be at the home of Sheila Whiteley at Mt Lawley By the way, girls, watch these notes care fully, as we are making arrangements for more central premises very shortly

HE Economist" began its last issue of 199 with a leader on "The Liberal Tradition"' That a Liberal paper should restate its principles at the end of a year lke 199 is not surprising Nor is it surprising to find a good deal of the old Liberal phraseology: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity and we are told that 'Historical and anthropological research has weakened the hold of historic Christianitv" what is surprising and even astonithing, is to tind that these phrases are rignt off the main track of the article: they are dragged in by way of landmarks to reassure old-style Lipera.ls who might easily feel lost in the main stream

The main theme of the article is an appeal to Europe's Christian tradition in political theory and philosophy, and an affirmation of something very like Catholic principles of social and economic organisation Laissez-faireand the antithesis it generated absolute abolition of property, are equally rejected; the rights of property are restated but emphasis is also put on the obligations of property owners and on the duty of the State to see that they are carried out

If allowance is made for compulsory retention of old Libtral formulas without which the article could hardly be called Liberal at all it seems that the writer supports very much the sort of social order outlined by the Encyclicals. He specifically appeals for the restoration of a Christien order and praises President Roosevelt's decision to send an envoy to Rome to help the Pope's effort to bring a Christian order into existence

STRONGHOLD SURRENDERS

The "Economist" was a stronghold of the old-style Liberals whose literary and intellectual strength in the last few years has been a good deal greater than their political influence Now the stronghold has surrendered. With this event culminates a process of thought which has been going on for some years Step by step, Liberals (including the many Liberals and near-Liberals n the Conservative and Labour Parties) have been disillusioned over the last few years Liberal economic institutions proved unable to handle modern problems, and in several cases Liberal political institutions turned out to have too little hold on the people to survive economic difficulties

Some, in reaction against the failure of capitalists to control their own ndustrial system turned towards Matxism, as the most practical means of bringing industry under social supervision O:hers reacted egainst the Communist attack on private property and turned to a political philosophy which offered to guarantee property in its rights: a strong Right Wins of British Conservatism sdw Hitler as the barrier to Bolshevism

Then came the events of the ast year or two The Russian purges, and the attacks on Poland and Finland, showed many who were blind before that Russian policy is directed bv an olioarchv whose con'rol of the Press

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Naturaliy enough they moved towards the Catholic position, The Encyclicals have all along pointed the vay to harmonise the rights and duties cf property, and to protect human personality against capitalist industrialIsm withcut handing over control of industry and the State to bureaucratic oligarchy.

This was precisely the doctrine for which the moderates were looking: and so we arrive at the revolutionary leader of December's "Economist" A Revolution is in progress in England, and we still must hope that its effects will show at once while the war is still going on el ht± On.MS It would be easv to make out a list of social reforms which could be carried out when the war comes to an end but can anything be found to do, during the wor itself? Best of all, can any reform be found which so to speak, arises out of the conduct of the war: some development n the social and economic system which must be carried out for efficient conduct of the war and which by mere preservation of slight modification could be made useful in time of peace? Fortunately, there are several possible developments Take, for instance the two facts that house-buldin has been largely stopped, and that several hundred thousend recple hove been evacuated from the most crowded cities and groups of cities, into the countryside The check in house-building will presumablv have the same effect as in the last war: a colossal ccumlation of arrears which will have to be made up by the most vigorous possible building bv all agencies local authorities and private enterprise alike At the end of the last war accumulated arrers of hoeing ?mounted probblv to more

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• radio and education, enables them to give their measures a false appearance of democracy: and who (as they themselves haad always mde clear o anyone who cared to listen) recognise no moral pr+nerpies outside their own interpretation of the interes s of the woring class Submission to government or this kind began to appear too high a price for even he most successtul social control of industry, Similarly, it appeared thas the Nazi regime besides being violently aggressive abroad and intolerant at home, was no barrier at all to Bolshevism and gave no more protection to the rights of property in Germany than the ruling oligarchy for the time being chose Ihese events turned many who had swung to the extremes back towards the centre: at the same time, the faiure of the extremes to provide satistactory political and econimie systems stimulated those who all along had held moderate views to reformulate their opinions so as to meet the criticisms which hed driven some away from moderation

than half a million dwellings In the present war arrears will pile up more lowly, since the rate of increase of the pcpula ion has fallen: also, the need at he end of the war will be less, since he country's housing position is deeidedlv better in 1939 than it was in .914 Farther the building industry's capacity s far greeter than it was then, c chat arrears should be easier to catch up In spite of all this, it is probable that there will be considerable arrears at the end of the War, which will have to be caught up by a special effort We beve a pause now, which will be followed in a short time by a food of housing Would it not be possible to use

M P FOGARTY n the I ABLET

he pause to plan whether the flood is o ue dnectea-not merely on tne local, or sometimes regonal, Das1s ot existing own ptanmng, but on a nation! care: 1ne uood of new housing and ew factories into overbunit regions +ouna tor instance London or Brnunsham, has been cheed: betore it uegns again, couiu piens not be maue o drec 1 for instance, into the aepeessea areas which the War is unikey to leave better ont than it round hem? Or if nos into the depressed areas. perhaps mnto satetli e towns round tue geat centres ot population t any rate, somewhere away rom re wens whose expansion the War has mercifully checed ere Is where tne fact of large-scale evacuation comes in Masses ot peopie and especialy of children are earning for he first me the advantges or living in or close to open counay By au accounts they appreciate e lesson. 1here is tneretore Ikely o be penty ot popular support for a poltey ot redistriouung the population -ALLY ALLOWANUE, ga1n, in recent arscussions of how the War should be financed, a greae deal has been heard ot he danger hat wages will be raised to meet increases n the cost of living, then prices to meet the rise in wages, and so on in the same spral as in 1914-20 he aanger is real enough: but there is aso the tact tnat without some 1nrtase of wages Large work.ng-cla a.mlies wiu suffer severey roIn the ±1 cost oi Living Ihe remeay is obvious: family al lowances which will in any case be para to an increasing proportion of all amilies as more and more men are arawn into the armed torces Family allowances have been recommended by Catholics tor years past tor a vari e y ot reasons, particularly as a measure of social justice towards large families and as a means tor checking he coming fall in population 1her introaucion would serve boh the ends ct the War and the ends ot peace Some time ago the Institute of Public Opinion found a substantial majority of public opinion mn favour of family alowances: in the last few weeks they have been endorsed by an increasing number of political leaders and by an influential section of the Press, The introduction of exchange control at the outbreak of war was not a ew and sudden departure, but the culmination of a process which has been going on since 1931 In 1931 this country was forced off the gold standard (with some temporary loss of reputaion for financial efficiency) because in the absence of central control and direction of policy several financial institutions lent recklessly abroad: and because of the presence in London of mhasses of liquid capital capable of being moved quickly out of the countrv Ever since, a growing degree of control of operations involving foreign ex change has been built up Foreign cxchange and foreign investment have been directed along carefully-planned lines It still, however, remained posible for movements across the exch nges to have embarrassing effects on Britain's internal economy, until xchange control was imposed There is exchange control and exchange control; some of the ex: mples which have been sen in the last few years are as undesirable as any lack of ontrol they may have replaced But a least the machinery of a moderately administered exchange control might Le kept in being after the War, to heck the kind cf capital movement cm which (for instance) France and New Zealand have suffered in the last few years

ECONOMIC

PLANNING

As a final example of the way n which war- ime expedients might be retamed or adapted tor peace-time use, take the general supervision an pan ming or tne whole national economy wmch has already been established in part, and must sooner or later pe made complete if this country is to mobil Ise its grea est possible war etfort General economic planning, airected to mobilise all possible resources for war, must have machinery which could be used in peace for solving he pro blems which became unpleasantly familiar in the last decade or so Ma chinery for mobilising capital and directing it in he right channels would be invaluable for dealing ( for instance) with the problems of the Spe cial Areas, or with the general problem of booms and slumps Control of imports and exports as to volume and kind could be used n peace time, not to check but to even out foreign trade from year to year, It will never be possible to remove this country from the influence of trade «yules tit] some means has been found of insulating it, at least partly, irom the influence on imports and exports cf trade flcctuations in other countries

More exampes could be quoted of the way in which wartime institutions could be retained or adapted for peace; but these re enough to show the possibilties We may not be able actually to do much now towards constructing a Christian social order: but at, least we can plan it in part, and in other part can plan to use machinery not established ior war to serve in peace 'leariy we can do much: but are we in iaet doing it? Are our eadrs the Government and the various ctepartments, doing or encouraging others to do as mnch as they might? It must, unfrtu ately, be admitted that they are not

Town planning, fer instance, has been checked There is no sign that the machinery of economic planning will be used even for such an obvious purpose as preventing dislocation of in<dustry in the year or two after the end oi the War Judging by some pre-War pronouncements (notably Mr Ernest Brown), the Government suffers from an extraordinary optimism on this head, quite unjustified by past experience

The Government has not even completed the machinery of economic planning needed for the War itselfthere is stll no powerful central agency supervising the allocation of all resources, The German wireless the other lay very reasonably pointed out that whereas rationing adop ed at the outbreak of wer (as in Germany) signified clear-sighted determination to devote every possible resource to war materials and waste nothing on civil onsumption, adaption of rationing in Britain after long delays and desperate attempts to avoid it is a sign of muddling ncompetence nd weakness While stupidities of this sort continue, it cannot be said that the machinery of economic planning is adequate for dealing with the problems either of war or of peace Of family allowances or planning forwrd to use exchange con'rol after the War ends there is no sign

Dardenup Handicap: Sir Agrion 1; Superfine, 2; Socialist, 3 Denman Handicap: Romanette, 1; Er:kine, 2; Gold Jay, 3. Gscpyno Trial Handicap: Breakers, 1; Early November, 2; Whirlette, 3 Claremont Handicap: Atorna, 1; Saint Warden, 2; Beaufiler, 3 March Handicap: Nirimba 1; Pantea, 2; Aga King, 3. We'ter Handicp: La Habra, 1; Gusto, 2; Jonathan Swift, 3. Trotting Selections

GLOUCESTER PARK Saturday March 2 1940. Kellerberrin Handicap: Polly Alvis, 1; Plearant Boy 2; Nan Way, 3 Kununoppin Handicap: May Hope 1; Kitty Owyn, 2; Mavis Royal, 3 Country Trotting Derby: Arabian Ls,1; Red Runner, 2; Red Brick, 3 Northam Handicap: Prince Yamma 1; Bessie Donald 2; Smart Sally,3 Merredin Handicep: Mill Adonis, 1% Ancient Mory, 2; Venmavis, 3 Country Clubs' Handicap: Arabian Las,1; Leighton,2; Tiny Heather, 3 High-Class Handicap: Storm Cloud, 1; Alfred's Double, 2; Lulu Mick, 3

Subiaco

Annual teneraI

By "RON."?'

Meeting

The annual championship tournament of the above club will commence on March 8 and 9, and continue on following week-ends Entries will close with the hon secretary (Mr R A Morris) or any of the committee on Sunday, March 3 All members are requested to enter in this tournament, which will comprise ten events The clubs annual general meeting will take place in St Joseph's Hall on Tuesday evening March 12, at 8 pm The committee requests the attendance of all members, as very important business concerning the club in general will be discussed

Congratulations are extended to our "A Grade team who went through the seasn undefeated in the Association's Summer Shield Competition and were successful in securing the shield

The 'C" Grade team are also to be commended on reaching the final

AII Hallows' Tennis Club

Next Sunday night at 8l5 pm in the School-room a special meeting will be held to finalise arrangements for the Easter trip to Perth

For Wednesday night, March 6, at ANA Courts, Kalgoorlie, a night tennis outing hos been arranged by the club to farewell Miss Enid Sharkey who is shortly leaving for Perth All members and friends are invited to attend this send-off t a popular member of the club

Mixed pennants, conducted by the Goldfields Association ommence on Sunday April 7

Several new men have joined the club lately, but the club requires several more ladies to ensure a successful season r St Kevin's Tennis Club

Palmyra

On Sunday, March 10, His Grace the Archbishop will bless the new Oratory and Presbvterv at Hammad-street, Palmyra "

The Oratory will later become the Sacristy and part of the Sanctuary of a new church. The Presbytery a modern structure, will be opened under the unique circumstance of a considerable reduction on the cost of the former residence

Puring the afternoon there will be onfirmation fat 2 15 pm) enrolment o Holy_Angels, reception of aspirants gnd Children of Mary, a processionof he Blessed Sacrament, and Benediction.

It is expected the function will con-

clude about 4 o'clock A challenge match will be played on the new tenms court later

, The: tnirteen h annual general meeting of the WA CLTA took place in the supper room of the Perth Town Hall on Friday evening last, February 23 The president (Mr A E Heagey) presided over a very large gathering ot members The hon secretary tMr J T Edwards) in a very excellent report outlined the activities of the Association during the past twelve months He st te that the total membership now stood at 635 and that the number of atfiiated clubs were at present 15 ll metropolitan and 4 country) Besides these clubs had been established at Shenton Park and Katanning, whilst St Brigid's, Collie, has been reorganised tt is hoped that these three will affili ate in the coming year

The election of office-bearers took place and resulted as follows: Patron, His Grace the Archbishop; vice-patrons, Drs T W Meagher, J W Horan, and V H Webster, Messrs F A ve·dham MLA H McDermott E A Dunphy J Walsh T Ahern J J Minihan, T Outridge, R W Bryant, P R Jackson, and F J O'Dea; presi dent Mr A E Heagney; vice-presi dents, Messrs.D A McGillivray and J W Wall; hon secretary, Mr J T Ed wards; hon treasurer, Mr P Reilly; hon auditors, Messrs E Farmer and W Pve

MISS PATRICIA BYRNE

talented daughter of Mr and Mrs W Byrne, of Northam, who was succssful in gaining two music exhibitions during the year An exhibition of £2 for Grade V Pianoforte (88 marks), and £2 exhibition for Junior Theory (100 marks) were her attainments Patricia is a pupil of the Sacred Heart Convent, Katanning

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Bunbury

Hibernian Picnic

This was held on Sunday, February 18, at Turkey Point It was an outstanding success, thanks to the efforts of Mr Henrv Schmettan Rev Father Farrelly, our chaplain, was present and encouraged everyone to take part in the events Ginger beer water melons etc were provided for the children, and were appreciated. Altogether about sixty people were present Tennis and swimming were much enjoyed as well as a fishing competition, treasure hunt, etc,

St Patrick's Tennis Club

The night was perfect for the river trip and dance at Turkey Point on Saturday February 24 The evening passed pleasantly with dancing and games, which all thoroughly enjoyed We were fortunate to have with us Miss Evelyn Beston, of Perth, who delighted all with her beautiful contralto voice Miss Bridges, a talented elocutionist also contributed several items

On Sundav afternoon members of St Brigids Club, Collie, were entertained at the courts A merry chin tournament was conducted and two of the visitors (Miss Millar and Mr Henderson) were the lucky winners of the trophies

Sunday Masses

St Patrick's Church o'clock

HARVEY

9 30 and 7

MASS TIME TABLE

March 3: Harvey 8 am: Waroona 10 am March 10: Harvev 8 am, Yarloop Io am

March 17: Waroona 830 a.m; Harvev, 10 am March 24: Yarloop, 8 a m : Harvey, 10 am

March 31: Harvey, 8 a m ; Waroona, 10 a m April 7· Harvey 8 am : Yarloop 10 am April 14: Waroona, 830 am : Harvey, 10 am April 21: Yarloop, 8 am: Harvey, 10 a m April 28: Harvey, 8 am.: Waroona, 10 am

March 3: Pinjarra, 715 am Serpentine 9 am

March 10: Jarrahdale 8 a.m.:; Mundijong, 10 am

March 17: Mandurah $ jarra 10 a m

March 24: Mandurah, $ a m; Rockngham, 10 am

March 31: Dwellingup, 3 am : No. 2 Mill, 10 a.m

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During the evening reference was made by the president to the two innovations to be made this year These are the establishment of Association headquarters in Bacton House, and the conduct of tennis in our secondary and primary schools He urged all members to give their fullest support to these two projects, which should go a long way in advancing Catholic tennis n WA Highgate Club

At the general meeting held on z7th inst, and which was largely attended, the following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mr L Conroy: secretary, Miss J Russell eptain, Mr J Kenneally It was with regret that the meeting accepted the resignations of Mr J O'Brien and Mr K Milne from the positions of secretarv and captain respectively We hope that when military duties permit they will again place their valuable services at the disposal of the committee Members are reminded that the annual tournament, comprising singles and doubles championships, will commence on Sunday, March 10 Entries must be in the hands of the com mittee not later than Tuesday, March 5 Official Opening of Highgate Courts On Sunday, March 17, His Grace the Archbishop will officially open the new courts at 3 pm An invitation is extended to members of other clubs and tr all parishioners to be present

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WPraised by its Enemies

E all know of the magnificent revolution which the JOC has inspired among the workers of Europe Much less is known here about the JEC (Jeunesse Etudiante Chretienne) which is the Catholic Action organisaion in the colleges and schools in France and Belgium The JEC works on lines which the J0C has made so practical and successful

In the Cahiers dAction Sociale et Religieuse' there is a striking tribute to the achievements of the JEC And this tribute comes from the enemy

According to the "Cahiers'' there appeared in "Lay Action," a monthly bulletin of the General Confederation of Lay Worka report presented to a gathering of the League of Education by Madame Schwab, President of the Democratic Action or Women on The Lav Ideal and Youth" (Remember that n this article the word "lay' does not mean simply "laymen" It means anti-clerical" and usually agnostic materialist, socialist)

This report, which is the result of answer to a questionnaire of the League of Education, is an examination of tbe lay conscience'' "In face of the growing nfluence of Catholicism in education it asked the question what

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must be the revision of the actual means of Lay defence and of Lay action, our object here is not to confute scme of the statements which she made, but to quote her own evidence as to the electiveness of Catholic Action in France. Here is one passage from her report: 'The intense propaganda of the clerical forces which 1s made thoroughly and freely under the leadershrp of the Jecists creates a danger which no Lay organisation should underestimate Ifeducation has to £uomit to these repeated attacksgranted the normal and rapid growth cf the leaders of these movementsit is not too absurd to imagine that tc-morrow the great majority of Frech youth may be called to serve the ends of the Catho.ic Church'' It is a remarkable admission, after fiftv vears of secular education in France that Catholic Action should be drawing the new generation back to the ancient Faith The author of the report goes on to suggest many reasons why this is so In some of them she comes back to the problem of Catholic Action Here tor example is a word about the Jecist programme: "Someone has just recently sent me a document: a school programme got out by the Jecists, which is an absolute masterpiece of its kind and which I would certainly like to see us mitate in our own way It must be a very pleasant programme to possess and when I was at high school, would have been very glad to have had one like it In the very first pages you can read In order to be capable of holding in the world, the posts of influence which will allow us to realise our ideals-which to-day we can almost onlv dream abou let us work and let us cultivate our abilities Let us be constant ' However, the Jecist programme has not done that on its own, Where does the rest come from Let Madame Schwab tell us:

"What is evident from all these reparts is that the Church for the last wenty years has understood the bringing up oi youth far better tnan we have Certainiy thanks to that fact it has succeeded far better than we have"

'The explanation of why we are forced on to the defensive is not because of our principles of tolerance: it s that the Church brings to the service of its conservatism and its orderly system, new methods, attractive methods which conquer youth And t shows a psychological knowledge which so far has done great harm to Lay Action"

Our young people have not lived through the period of the open conflict between Republicans and Cathocs From that time the Church has not shown herself openly She has changed her tactics The young peo ple now see the Church as she shows Herself to them through the medium of the Jecist comrades who invite their friends to social gatherings and outings, which create the atmosphere favourable for action These constitute only a first approach by which they may get at their growing personalities and reach into their inner lives I ask what are we offering to the youth of the high schools in place of this tenacious, daily and intelligent effect?"

Well that is for the ladv to answer herself We simply quote her evidence She concludes: All our reports reveal that the Lay ideal is in retreat or at least there is lack of progress" Now what does she propose in ts place?

She proposes precisely those very principles originated by the J0.C and carried into practice by the JEC No greater praie could be given to the success of the methods of Catholic Action.

Here are her proposals:

(1) First you must exalt ideals you must not speak too much of material things but set up a pride and joy n being anti-clerical' and Lay in outlook,' Catholic Action stresses

always that all its activity is the consequence of the incorporation of all baptised Catholics in Christ Its final end is the noblest possible-the igdor of Christ tz) You must concern yourself with the whole of the interests of the young man or woman Young people insist on being taken seriously.' This agam is the Idea of the J ± C.: that we must change the whole environment and the whole persona}ity It is not sufficient to be concerned on!y with one aspect, such as the spiritual or the 'intellectual One must consider spiritual intellectual maerial and social wants in every Catholic Action organisotion (3) "We must co-crdinate the e;forts of all our keen supporters We must have somet:lag solid and upto-date'' u\gain, ore sees the prim ciple of the specialise! Catholi Action movement: that they must embrace all the people of a particular class

4) "Youth must be organised and directed by youth, all our groupings must be directed by young people themselves'' Thus, again, is a triumph for the Catholic Ac ion movement, particularly the J 0C, which insists that a movement of young workers can only be led and organised by young workers

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(5) You must takepeople as they are and not as you would like them to be Young people want to me together for sport to amuse themnselves, to find friends The Lay spirit will triumph in the midst of these attractive clubs and gatherings, exactly the same principle for our movement that is no insistence on rigid religious obligations as the beginning, tor the mass of members Otherwise the very ones we want would be driven away She quoted three other principles from one lelegate: Here they are: (1) "Legislative action is not of much interest or value to youth we must reach their hear s, and there:ore those adults who have nything to do with youth movements, must themselves remain young. t2) We must understand youththere is a whole generation of difference, and that is very hard to ver. come

(3) We must have a positive programme The lay formula must cease to be solelv anti-this or antithat It must be constructive And this gentleman concluded by these remarkable words, "There are in the figure of Christ elements which we could use many lay aspects which are capable of attracting and influencing"' Catholic Action, too, refuses to merely ANTI-: anti-Communist or anti-capitauist It is seeking always to build a new world, to use prayer, study and organised assistance rather than mere destructive abuse, violence or bitterness It is a new and a splendid thing that our enemies should thus reluctantly acknowledge that it is our methods that are up-to-date, and theirs hich re old-fashioned and ineffective Australians will be encouraged by this further proof that Catholic Action -whether that of the J0C or the Grail or the JEC, has proved itself so attractive and inspiring The growth of Catholic Action mav be slow and almost imperceptible, but in the long run it wins the field

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SOME COMMENTS ON FREEDOM OF THOUGHT

T always beats me, Rusticus, how an educated and-forgive the impertinenceotherwise intelligent fellow like yourself will submit so easily to dictation in the matter of yyour beliefs said Modernus with a puzzled frown Rusticus sighed contentedly and settled himself deeper into his chair The dinner had been good, superlatively so Modernus always did bis guests well even if his ideas were a bit mu !i'el at times that fish course now He gazed for a moment at the ash of his cot then in a non-commtt! tone ' tat so?"

es" went on his host, "I could quite understand it ir a less enlightenen ae when most people had not the mm· tion to think: f· r themselves and eere content to > ice exactly as they were told, no matter how unreasonable the dogma But in the City of Victora in the Yearof Grace, 1940well, it's bevond me

Oh it's reasonable enough if you view it in the right way" replied Rusticus with a shrug : The right way?" asked the other in surprise "Surely there is no other wav of looking at it After all, you will admit that liberty is the most preeious heritageof a human being' 'All very proper and sententious,' laughed Rusticus, "but proceed I am in complete agreement.'

"If." continued Modernus, if you dens a man freedom of thought of intellect, you at once nullify that liberty at its source" "Freedom of the intellect? Why, my dear fellow, the thing is a philosophical absurdity There is no such thing No. there is no such thing" Modernus looked as if he could not believe his ears and Urbanus the third member of the party, said "Rot" with a depth of, feeling

Perhaps it's the old Scotch,'' suggested Morernus at length, My freedom of action is limited by the demands of good order and the rights of my neighbour, that much I freely admit " 'Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right," sang Rusticus in a slightly cracked baritone Modernus ignored the interruption and went an: "My freedom to swing mv arm ends where the other fellow's nose begins But the other fellow's nose does not begin in my brain nor in mv soul either I have an absolute right to think freely and believe free1y"7

To think freely and believe freely yes, but not to think or believe what you please," insister Rusticus

That is what the whole argument Is about'' answered Urbanus acidly Rusticus heaved himself out of his chair and stood with his back to the fire

"Let us put the thing in the form of a parable'' said he "When a small bov informs his teacher that seven times nine makes sixty-four she quite rightly reaches for the cane, Whatever doubts Sir Arthur Keith may have had about the validity of the Multiplication Table her common sense tells her that Donald ignores it at his peril"

"Kindly be more explicit" urged Modernus

"Well after all, philosophy is largely a matter of common sense and, in punishing the boy, she has unconsciously affirmed the fundamental truth about the intellect"

"I'I! buy it," sait Urbanus, lapsing inti American

"You asked for it so here goes The nature of the intellect is to seek truth, not to rest until it finds it and having done so to be content Truth is, as it were the goal of the mind What I mean is this Mv mind cannot stop short at what it knows to be falsehood or a half-truth I cannot believe what I know to be untrue however politic it might be to do so Is that agreed?

The others had no objection, so he continued:

"On the other hand once I_am con vinced of the truth of a certain propo sition, mv intellect cannot refuse to give it its full assent I know without any shadow of doubt for instance that two and two make four so there can be no question of writing down five, even to hoodwink the auditors There at once my freedom to think as I please has to be abandoned and my 1iberty of intellect is at an end To put it briev: mv freedom is limited by the evidence of truth; that is by external coaction which is the negation of freedom "

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He refilled his glass and through the liquid Then:

"Such liberty is not even desirable The journalist who said in praise of Bertrand Russell He has that absolute freedom from dogma which only the first-class mind ever achieves,' was talking through her hat because the better the mind the more it is fixed by clear and definite judgments As our education increases our intellectual freedom is correspondingly decreased and limited by the truths which we discover The only person who can be said to be free in this matter is he who is uneducated and ignorant Take the example of a raw first-year medical student listening to a lecture by a wellknown surgeon The student may be said to have an open mind on most of his course, but the mind of his professor is completely tied down t the dogmas of his science and I don't think there can be any doubt about which is 'the first class mind' No! freedom of the intellect is a defect if anything because the perfection of the mind is to be completely subjected to the truth"

"But truth is so difficult to iscover," objected Modernus "Why some of our best minds "

There is an absurd modern notion,' interrupted Rusticus, 'that sceptism is something to be admired as if it im plied a refreshing humihty To me, however, it always seems an abject coniession of defeat to be content to answer 'I don't know to most of the important questions in life, a thing which the really first-class mind wilt never do What is this the poet fellow says, There's more faith in honest doubt Than in all their creeds together.' or something like that Never heard such nonsense in all my life"

But how do you account for the almost universal prevalence of scepticism nowadays?" Modernus inquired

"It has always seemed to me that the spirit underlying most of it is one of pride, unconscious perhaps, but none the less pride Even as far backas the eighteenth century Leibniz complained of the inclination of thinkers to jettison all previous judgments and to start afresh for themselves Under these circumstances it is no wonder that the unaided intellect should sooner or later be brought to a halt by an unanswerable question-mark It is unreasonable to accept an authority blindly, I grant you But once you have proved its validity and its right to teach there is no difficulty about assenting to its dogmas even if they are difficult to understand, It is the part of a reasonable man to bow to fruth when she is introduced to him bv one who knows her"

At this point Urbanus who, like the duchess, had contributed little to the conversation went chasing after a new hare

"I am sure you will agree that once a man is convinced of the truth of an dea he should be free to speak as he thinks on all occasions It has been the Giordano Brunos and the Galileos who have made the progress of science possible at all Remember what Tyrrell said? 'A man should be free to follow the dominant influence of his life even if it should break the heart of the world'"

"Your acquaintance with the facts of history is lamentably vague, my dear Urbanus'' said Rustieus 'but let that pass Do you fully realise the social implications of your suggestion? Were you not naturally so careful of the company you keep, I should imagine vou would have found congenial company among the Anabaptists of Munster Such anarchical ideas!'

'Oh. every criticism of social institutions is a matter of degree And when extreme principles are put forward, we mav believe their author is actuated by sincere desire to remedy what he conceives to be abuses, That is altogether beside the point The real test is not what a cracked or misguided intellectual may think right but what is good of Society what coincides with the laws of truth in their social aspect You Liberals will admit that actions subversive of good order should be put down even with violence

Yet vou will have no nterference whatever with freedom of expression Such an atitude is highly llogical"I can't see that it is Each man's experience is a valuable contribution to the intellectual heritage of humanitv and must not be suppressed if our knowledge is to be rounded whole' Such relativism makes me tired," saih Rusticus irritably "The fact is that the Common Good and the unit"; of Truth are of vastly more importance than the 'subjective aberrations of an individual, and all social authority is

based on that principle The Church admirably proved her wisdom when she taught that the heretic was the most dangerous sinner of them all and acted accordingly,"

"So you would restore the Inquisition and the 'Auto da Fe," sneered Urbanus Not at all" returned Rusticus with a smile, "I am not concerned with the actual method of suppressing dangerous opinions but only with their danger Surely you realise that ideas are explosive things, the falser they are the more explosive They are not born in a void but sooner or later find expression in action, and if allowed to seep into the social consciousness they will in time undermine the foundations of Society Take for example the modern teaching on marriage The result has been that in America to-day one out of every six marriages ends in the divorce court Allow perfect freedom of expression to the advocates of Birth Control, Euthanasia, sterilisation and similar teachings and even their preach ers will come in time to lament the damage they have done Learn in time from the example of Mrs Sanger There can be no doubt about it, the present unsavoury mess we have landed into is completely due to the prevailing anarchy of thought, and until some authority is recognised to guide and restrain the minds of men there will be nothing to stop the ever accelerating 'Decline of the West' We Catholies claim to have such an author ity and we can prove 'ts claims; that is why we refuse to drift along with to dav's diseased and faithless herd'"

At this moment an unexpected interruption put an end to the protests of his friends Framed in the doorway stood two hundred pounds of feminine indignation "Are you men never going to stop talking? Shame on you, Rusticus Haven't vou more sense than to be encouraging that erring hus band of mine when he has to be at the office in the morning?"

Urb: nus rose and sheepishly sought his hat Oh, the blessings of the married state,'' murmured Rusticus, who was himself a bachelor W P MacDonagh SJ in "The Rock"

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On Sunday, 18th inst, the annual picnic of the Hibernian Society was held The launches Valdana and Val kyrie were chartered to convey the pienickers to Keane's Point, but the crowd made it necessary to engage the Valthora es well The weather was ideal and the large party seemed imbued with the carnival spirit As usual the children were especially catered for The sporting events for the children and adults were keenly contested, and there were large entries specially for the Hibernian tianaicap The following are the results of the chief events: Juvenile Inter-Branch Relay Race, 40u yaras: St Kevmn s Subaco 1; St Joseph's, Clontarf, 2 Senior Inter-Branch Relay Race, 400 yards: Help of Christians Branch gained 1st and 2nd places HA BS Handicap, 19O yards: Bro 5tan Martin, 1; Bro W, Wooltorton 2 Mile Race: Bro W Wooltorton 1; Bro E McCarthy, 2 Married Ladies' Race: Mrs Neal I; Mrs Dixon 2Single Ladies' Race: Miss D Wooltorton, 1; Miss D Knox, 2 At the conclusion of the sports, Bro L Burrowes president of the council thanked those present for their patronage, and congratulated the committee on the success of the outing The Grand President, Bro L Goerke presented the trophies The happy party returned to Perth at 830 pm , after an enjoyable day spent n pleasant surroundings

The committee sincerely thanks the members who acted as officials and to all who worked so hard to make the picnic such a success

St Joachim's Branch

Bro J Sullivan presided at the meeting held on February 19 Members will be very sorry to hear that Bro G Keogh s in hospital Sr M Brennan is now convalescent We wish to very highly commend the members of the MSC on the outstanding success of the annual picnic We also extend hearty congratulations to Help of Christians' Branch on their success The next meeting is on March 4

THE RECORD

DEATH OF BROTHER W. G. DOWNES

Many people in West Australia as welas in the Eastern states, will hear «th regret of the death of Rev Brother W G Downes, who passed to his eternal reward on Friday last, February 23 after a painful illness at the Mater Misercordiae Hospital, Brisbane

Forty-five years of age Brother Downes was in the prime of life, despite his thirty years of devoted service to the cause of Catholic education Born of Irish parents, he was a native of Clunes a mining centre of Victoria in the Ballarat district His mother whose maiden name was Collins was a close relative of the Irish patriot, Michel Collins Both parents predeceased him He was the youngest of a family of seven six of whom were boys His four surviving brothers now reside in the Eastern States His only sister is Sister M Gregory, of the Good Shepherd Convent Ashfield, Sydney, yho journeyed to Brisbane to be with him in his last illness

CAREER.

The early days of his career as a Christian Brother were spent by Brother Downes in Queensland, notably at Warwick He ater assumed the responsibility of managing St Thomas' School, Clifton Hill (Melbourne) and the Christian Brothers' School at Ballaret East whence he came to the West to take a prominent part n the educational life of this State, being associated in turn with the Christian Brothers' schools n Fremantle, Perth (St Patrick's), and Geraldton On leaving this State two years ago he spent a short period n Adelaide (Wakefieldstreet), before going to Queensland, and entering on his last llness n Brisbane

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Brother Downes was a man of tremendous energy and enthusiasm He threw himself whole-heartedly into every t:sk that he undertook and a remarkable measure of success attended his efforts He raised St Patrick's School to a high state of efficiency and did much to establish its high reputation in this city

He will be remembered for his excellent school choirs, successful at many e competition

It is not surprising that several of the members of those choirs should ater distinguish themselves on the concert platform in Perth He was a

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great lover of flowers and a keen garaener His success in the cultivation of blooms is attested by the many pze won n the flower shows

WORK AT GERALDTON

iis period of office at CBC, Geraldton was marked by extraordinary deeiopment 1hat period saw new uit ngs erected and a very large increase n the number of boarders The pie enc prosperous condtion of the College s in no small measure due to his successful management

It is herd to realise that Brother Downes suffered for many years from he malady that ultimately proved fatal to him Now that he has aid aside the cross that he carried so courageously and cheerfully in life, may we hope that those in whose interests he laboured so unsparingly will pay the tribute of a prayer for one whose life's aim was "to do and to teach"

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IHE LATE EILEEN McDOWELL

At dawn on Ash Wednesday, a sainty child Eleen McDowel younger aaugnter of Mr and Mrs E D MeDowel, passed to her eternal reward after weeks of intense suffering Born in Bunbury in 1932 the deceased little girl was known throughout the district, where her singular charm of manner endeared her to all Of a deeply religious nature, great was her Joy when cnosen to strew tlowers before the Blessed Sacrament and eagerly she onged for the day of her First Communion It was while preparing for that great day that she became dangerousty ll and on the first Friday in December, at St John of God Hospital she made her First Holy Communion As she lay on her bed of death her suffterings increased, but lovingly and bravely she accepted them She received the Last Sacraments full of joy and even consoled those who wept The happy day for the prvitegead child came at lass, when, on the morning of February 7, God release tne rail little body trom such intense suffering uring her ong illness her uncle Kev rather F J O'Connor) was in constant attendance

On Thursday morning, February 8, her remains were taken to St Josephs Church, where Requiem Mass was celebraved by the Rev Father O'Connor, in the presence of a large congregation At the conclusion of the Mass the final absolution was given, at which the Right Rev Monsgnor Fagan, VG, assisted Later the cortege proceeded to the Catholic portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery The prayers at the graveside were recited by Rev Father OConnor, assisted by the Rev Fathrs Moore, O M I., Masterson, Moss, McArdle, Casey and Murphy The chief mourners were: Parents, brothers and sister; Mrs E A O Connor (grandmother; Rev Father F O'Connor and Messrs H W O'Connor, L J McDowell, and W R Rogers uncles); Mesdames E Woodthorpe, W Rogers, H W O'Connor, L J McDowell J MeDowell and the Misses Trixie and Agnes O'Connor (aunts); Misses Joan McDowell and Marie OConnor, Mr J Kenneally, and Masters Ken Rogers Brian O'Connor, and Tom and John McDowell (cousins) Among those present were: The Lord Mayor of Perth (Dr T W Meagher), Mr H S Raphael, M LIA , Messrs C Angell, F E Macmurtrie, A H Christian, W R Turner, J F McCarthy, M Facius, W F McGrath, C E Hutchinson T H Swain B L Hangeard representing Millars Timber and Trading Company), J Finegan, senr, H Tracey, senr, J Finnegan, junr, A Oldrini, CJ Monaghan H Landwehr. I Stewart, P Cohesy, P H Jones, J E Bourke J R Bourke W J Lewis, K Beaton W Donohoe H L Moore, and J Pennycuick,

Mesdames C Woodthorpe J E Jones, M Mccaul, W Courtnev, H Landwehr, C J Monaghan, M Cullen A Pitman, J Ramsay,, P J McCarthy, M Hewitt, R J Thompson and T McMahon

Misses Belle Woodthorpe, Elsie Jones Lucy Lewin, Stella Mulvale, M Thompson, Dola Buswell, M Hastie, M Battams, M Thompson, C and M O'Leary and Peggie Daphne and Eddie Murnane

Floral tributes were received from the following: Sorrowing parents rothers and sister; Mr and Mrs. H W O'Connor: Mr and Mrs W H Dunphy; Mr and Mrs John Dunphy, Mr and Mrs W R Rogers; Mr and Mrs L J McDowell; Mr and Mrs J Woodthorpe; Mr and Mrs Doug Talboys; Staff of Millars Timber and Trading Company (Bunbury), Staff of Millar Timber and Trading Company (Pe th) Staff f the Commonwealth Bank (Bunbry); Mr and Mrs S H Bradshaw; Dr and Mrs L W Martin; Miss Pauline Bradshaw; Mr and Mrs Webster; Mr and Mrs George James; Mr and Mrs G H Plunkett; Mrs Cumberland; Mrs R Stapleton Miss W Adams; Miss M Williams; Mrs Strauss; Mrs Courtney and family, Mrs Curtis and Kathleen; Misses Peggy, Daphne and Eddie Murnane, and Mr Ken Beaton

Numerous letters, telegrams and messages of condolence were received by the bereaved family

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EILEEN

And there are some born in the Mind of God Whose soul He clothes in flesh for a brief hour That it mgnt grace awhile this world of men, And manitest to all His love's sweet power Such was Eileen the little girl of seven Whose innoceney now gives charm to ieaven

God has reservations with us all! e strive to take what comes forth from His Hand Knowing His ways are not our unwise ways And tnat we cannot see what He has scanned; Thus can we smile, whose lonely hearts bemoan

The fragile life He claimed back as His own

Just long enough He left her to us here

To gain to her small self our wealth of love

Just long enough that on her bed of death

She should receive her God from Heaven above; Mary Immaculate, thou didst see that union, And angels sang at Eileen's First Communion

That daf He gave His Gift, making of her 1 member of His Apostolate of Pain; Staunch childish heart it had an apos- tle's zeal

She gave her sufferings sinful souls to gain

A victim of expiation? Surely yes!

Who soothed God's outraged Heart with her caress

Now she s gone A tiny grave doth hold All that was mortal of this privileged child: But in the Choir of Seraphs she hath place, Her soul a lame of ardour undefiled And we are left to mourn? Ah sav not so!

Her memory guides us as we onward go

1940:

The Outlook for Women I YEATES &

YEATES

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By DENE FITZGIBBON (Noted Irish journalist and playwright) OPTOMETRISTS

There are thousands of women of all classes economically stranded in London since war brought unemployment

Any of the women's residential clubs is a good index of the flotsam and jetsam of the economic and political up heaval In the club where I reside the majority are middle-aged spinsters who as a result of another world war were swept into the whirlpool of commercialism Matrimony having escaped them, they find arid independence in a career To-day most of them are unemployed

There are highly cultured women also whose work in continental countries melted away at the outbreak ol war They had come hurrying home expecting to find billets where a knowledge of half a dozen langnageswould be an asset They are still waiting

Among us also are actresses artists, writers, the intelligentsia, virtually all of whom have no food ticket to the future There are the young girls, of course Gay, with a brittle insouciance, extending a careless if condescending camaraderie to the older women Soignee and debonnaire, they represent all the King's uniforms Late fruits of a post-war upbringing, they appear to have come into the world shorn of illusions, and are secure in the knowledge that this is an age of vouth with the employers' slogan: Youth will be served (first)" So the world is their oyter that requires no subtle arts to open One just crashes 1n

A previouswargave work to women cf all ages Has this war nothing to cffer the over-thirties but the dole?

Ii this is the case in other countries as well as ours, it w uld seem that modern civilisation in rgard to women is as ruthless Nature whom Tennyson accused of caring nothing for the mass so long as the type survives

Do present cnditions of employment justify the change from Victorian ecurity when that colourless product of the last century, the penniless Victorian spinster, could count at least on the security of a roof even though she ate the bread of family dependence? Did sherealise when she began tentatively to tap a typewriter and furtively enjoy the benefits of a "higher education" that she was being "sold a pup?"

During the last war women carried on with mens work successfully Today they are better prepared both physically and mentally to do the same; but will their reward be as scanty? For today at forty-five the majority of unmarried women are unemployed or have no security for the future

Are women themselves to blame for this state of things?

After the Great War women got the vote, but did they use it as a lever to get better working conditions or raise their status generally? Or was the vast majority merely content to transfer the Victorian mentality to the flatiet? Their only sign of emancipation was the readiness with which thev swarmed to the cities to undercut wages and glut the labour market their chief mental stimuli, the sexv novel, tiresome aftermath of the war

Looking back, it seems that women used the 1920's to vulgarise rather than emancipate themselves-perhaps a natural reactionand true of the world generally

Jazz-minded vulgarity fascinated the 1920's A large percentage of bachelor women took libertv for license with a reversion to old pagan standards Have women for twenty years wasted the opportunity the last war gave them?

We were told that the 1914 war was fought so that this would be a brighter and better world But is it? Until rearmament started, unemployment and depression were rampant A decade ago America, with her banks chocked with bullion had millions on the bread line We remember the "hunger marches" of a vear or two

ago

Only the other dav a man and his wife were charged in America with travelling continuouslv in the underground, because thev were homeless and unemploved. 'Tt is not a crime" said the magistrate, "but a calamitv to be unemployed" Similar cases might be cited here

In a sermon recentlv a renowned Churchman warned his listeners that if we wish to be rid of Communism we must first end destitution" He added that "work dependent upon the whim of employers, or on the selfishness of speculators, reduces workers to the status of slaves"

"The modern slave," he said, is worse off than his counterpart in barbarian days, for in this civilisatfon he lacks security "

That is the position of the great number of women wage-earners They have no security for the future in spite of the fact that women are free to crash into the professions and big business and that some of them hold key positions The records of women's charitable organisations teem with stories of the destitution of the rank and file

We do not know what sinister gifts 1940 has instorefor us, buteven if it gives women wider liberty, the gift will be useless unless we are prepared to throw in our influence against the social crimes of unemployment and destitution "The Universe"

Children America's

NO RELIGIOUS TEACHING FOR 16,000,000

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About one-half of the children and youth of Americasome 16 000 000 -receive no formal religious instruction, according to a report prepared for the White House conference on Children in a Democracy.

Yetreligion thereportpointsout is presented as one of the fundamental essentials of the preservationof a democracy

Teaching religion to the youth of the land is termed 'an unsolved problem"

Religious leaders were called to the conference to help to solve the problem, which is thus defined: How to utilise the resources of religion in meeting the needs of children without in any way violating freedom of conscience or the principle of separation of Church and State"

The reasoning of the report is that personal and social integrity is more vital to democracy than physical fitness, technical efficienev and well-informed mentality and that there is grave question as to whether "a merely secular code of ethics can carry this load"

"Whatever else we may help the child to achieve in the fulfilment of his needs, we have not met his greatest need until we have helped him to build a practical phalosophy of life, Historically, man has achieved this end chiefly through art, philosophy and religion."

Progress, But-

Ofpresent-dayAmerica the report makes this analysis: In scientific discovery technology, and material achievements there has beenphenomenal progress, but in appreciation and achievement of values-in art, morals and religion-there is a great cultural lag. "

Primary responsibility for religious development of children is placed with parents but serious question is raised as to how the child's religious eeds shall be met as he grows older

It is pointed out that religion was once part of the integral educatisn of children in the countrv, the first sch..cls having been religious schools But as a result of several factors such as the rise of the district school, increasing curriculum demands, and sectarianism of American religion, religiors teaching was excluded from elementarv schools

58 MISSIONARY PRIESTS ARRIVE IN PEKING.

Despite the wars now going in both in the Fast East and in Europe, missionaries continue to pour into China

Shipping accommodation is, of course restricted on boats coming from Europe Consequently, many priests have been compelled to 'bunk'' in steerage Manv of the newcomers will spend a period of time in Peking, studying Chinese; others however, have already been assigned to those missions up and down the country

The close of the old vear witnessed the arrival here of 18 Franciscans

Three priests, one lay brother and five theological students have already proceeded to the Franciscans at Tungchow Shensi Province; the remainder of the group are to stay for one vear at the Franqjscan language school in Peking Sixteen Scheut missioners reached Peking about the same time

Another is expected shortly They are now staving at the Scheut Society's Language School there Seventeen priests of the Divine Word Society arrived towards the end of November second group of seven priests of the same missionarv society a few weeks later

The majority are assigned to the Divine Word Societv's missions in Shantung, Honan and Kansu Provinces One or two are remaining at the Catholic Universitv in Peking

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W.A C.A First Grade Results West Perth, 8 for 180 (dee) and 4 for 77, defeated Mt Lawley, 162, on nrst innings Nor h Perth 150 and 35, defeated Claremont, 100 and 7 for 54, on first innings Subiaco 5 for 336 (dec) and 1 for 2I defeated Fremantle, 210, on first innings East Perth, 8 for 165 (de ) defeated N,E Fremantle, 90 and 127, on first innings k #r • Noteworthy Performances.

Batting: Delis (F ) 68 Bowling: Wilberforce (N P ), 5 for 26; McGill (N P ), 5 for 34; A Zimbulis (NP) 5 for 43; Eyres (C1) 4 for 15; A Gardiner (EP), 6 for 35; Marshal (WP), 6 for 36. k k k #

Commencing Saturday East Perth v Claremont, at W A C,A West Perth v North Perth, at Loton's

Mt Lawley v Fremantle at Maylands

Subiaco v, N E Fremantle, at Subiaco.

t k k # Premiership Points

They say John L Sullivan won many a fight by his glaring at an opponenthad him beaten before the box-on was gven

There was one man, however who did not fall for it and he was Jim Corbett, who simply wouldn't let John L catch his eye, as he laughed and bowed to friends at the ringside Then when he crawled through the ropes, he slapped the champion lightly on his broad back and made several jocular remarks to him

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The team that won the first Test in England in 1882 played Yorkshire on that tour no less than five times, winning three and drawing two The 1888, 1893, and 1896 teams each met Yorkshire three times and of these nine matches Yorkshire won onlv one k k k UNBOWLABLE.

C J B Wood s the only crick:tzr in first-class mlatches toehave carried his bat through both innings and make a centurv in each He scored 107 not out and 117 not out k k k BOUNDARIES

Percy Perrin, of England, made 68 boundary hits in an nnings of 343 not out-a record. Don Bradman scored 49 boundaries in is world record score of 452 against Queensland

Tennis Restrings from 6/6 to 27/6, at

That EI Ouafi was the smallest man who ever won an Olympic event He won the Marathon (26 miles 385 yards) at the Olympic Games in 1928?

That bare-knuckle contests were intr duced by Englishman J mes Figg the Father of Modern Pugilism?'

That Bil Robinson, world famous tap-dancer, holds the following world records for backward running 50 yards in 6 seconds; 75 yards in 8 1-5 seconds; 100 yards in 13 1-5 seconds?

That the longest heavyweight championship bout was that between John L Sullivan and Jake Kilrain which the former won?

That Sam Langford, who fought in Perth, and one of the greatest negro fighters of all time fought for 20 years In the last seven he was blind in one eye, yet had 80 tough fights?

That Jack Dempsey reigned as world's heavyweight champion longer than any other who gained the highest honor in boxing?

THE SOCKER SOCKED

Probably there's nothing the tight fan loves quite so much as to see "a socker socked" Fight fans may enjoy seeing the acknowledged socker' land his terrific wallops, but when somebody else comes along and plants a punch on the socker's chin with the force of a steam hammer, that's when the fans stand on their seats and their voices are loud and long in the land

The classic examples of this fan pro clivity was demonstrated at the cost of "Soldier" Kearns and 'One-Round Davis One time the latter scored 16 "KO,'s'' in 17 fightsand that's knocking 'em The police stopped the 7th. bout Soldier" was matched with Davis, who had just completed a stretch of 10 KO's" It was bound to be a wild and woolly affair for each was a siogger of the most powerful type Nobodv ever accused Kearns of being a weakling therefore when he rushed out in the first round and smacked Davis on the chin, with the full weight of his 210 pounds behind the punch, the fans knew something terrific would happen And it did! Davis whirled over in the air and landed on his neck His feet kept right on going over his head and he flattened out with his head doubled under him in such a position that everyone thought his neck was broken, You couldn't see his head at all-only his shoulders and back

The referee counted him out and nervously rolled him over prepared to

% $.dee«toot«¢«o¢toot¢to¢oooooo¢to¢«too«o o" d toran ambulance Davis sat up, y[T['y-4[]NT[tN([;

shook his head and m a few momert J

his name » tendom towards the sixteenth

And here's how "Soldier' got his: :he le ' He was matched with Jess Willard century was t e prevaence of v1tch- !

" hunting People were ready to see

The fight went along into the 8th «itches everywhere. The most com-

d •hen Kearns delivered a Xmas - roun W had fc [e + mnon natural Occurrences

present that he a realy tor Iess buted to the evil works

was a perfect punch, and Kearns drop; cent and often silly old

%er# j veer irs

ijjard didn't go down, Instead he ir was heavy with

set his teeth, sprang at 'Soldier, and

landed a terrific right with all the ter Tc-day

rife power of his it, 6in-

That right caught Kearns on the side off the witch hunters' mentality

of the chin their attitude tozards

The fans, who were expecting the Soldier'' to do the socking, were astounded to see his 210lbs somersaulting in the air It was a "dinkum" somersault-he flew head over heels, landing on the canvas stone-cold, face down, with his head towards Willard The socker was socked Kearns had several encounters after that, but he never again was the KO terror to others prior to Willard's giving him a dose of his own medicine

The WA TurfCb will conduct a meeting at Headquarters on Saturday The programme and an early (before the weights) both-ways'' tip are given below: Dardanup Handicap Muffitt Denman Handicap: Hestia Gascovne Trial: Astrasign Claremont Handicap: Juana

March Handicap: St Warden Welter: Skylark

THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP

The Newmarket Handicap, over the straight six furlongs, will be run at Flemington on Saturday The race appears very open but may result: Manrico I Unishak 2 Aurie's Star 3

There will be a meeting at Gloucester Park on Saturday

The programme is: Kellerberrin Handicap, 2,19, over 1l miles; Kunonoppin Handicap, 1l miles; Country Trotting Derby, 1l miles; Merredin Handicap, 1l miles; Country Clubs' Handicap, 1} miles; High Class Handicap (214 and better), 1l miles Fields will be large and interesting racing is assured

EIRE'S FIRST POCKET WARSHIP BLESSED IN LONDON. Vessel Will Form Part of Coastal Defence London

The first pocket warship of the new Eire Navy-the motor torpedo boat M1-was blessed recently at the Cadogan Dock on the Thames by Father John Cremin, assistant priest of St Saviour's, Lewisham, and chairman of the London Gaelic Athletic Association.

The Flying Sword" has been bought direct by Mr De Valera's Government from Messrs. John I. Thornycroft

Mr John Dulanty, Irish High Commissioner, hoisted the Irish tricolour to mark the formal handing over of the M 1

The vessel is to form part of Eire's coastal defence. The nucleus of the service already exists in the fishery patrol boats Mirchu and Fort Rannock

Personnel to man the fleet js being chosen bv a selection board n Dublin Hundreds of applications have been received

Father Cremin blessed the boat at therequest of Commander Dunphy, organiser of the new fleet, and crew Commander Dunphy lived in London for some time and was a wellknown Catholic Evidence Guild speaker Al] the crew were recruited from the Irish Sea Scouts' organisation

Father Cremin presented the commander with a large crucifix which nowhangs in a conspicuous position in the vessel

A sustained heresy hunt runs through some Catholic papers as though Catholies had nothing to do but sniff round and smell out Communisma negative role at the best, at the worst excessively dangerous, for the Catholic name gets linked with the most miscellaneous company of witch hunterspillars of the status quo, grinders of the faces of the poor, and others with even unlovelier characteristics; dangerous too for, whether we like it or not, the Catholic press is read by non-Catholics

Recent instances in England call for comment, the one a long attack on a private organisation for social research, PEP, accusing it of Communist tendencies and of links with Jewry (our Catholic press s adding Jews to Communists on its list of heretics), another a short article in a weekly giving a very false impression of the personnel and tendencies of Chatham House naturally on the grounds of its alleged Leftism

Yet the Lett will not be conquered by insult No amount of ducking ever reformed a single witch The Christian Democrat"

OLD SCHOOL FRIEND IS NOW POPE'S DOCTOR.

The Holy Father has named Prof Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisiofficial doctor to the Holy See and the Papal Court

Prof Galeazzi, an honorary captain of the Palatine Guard is an old friend cf the Pope since school-days and has been the Pope's personal doctor since his election

The professor will now be a privileged member of the Papal Court and will travel with the Pope wherever he goes attending all public ceremonies and wearing uniform on special occasions At important functions he will have a reserved place close to His Holness

BEATIFICATION CAUSE OF THE HOLY MAN OF TOURS" INTRODUCED

Rome

The Holy Father has signed the decree of the S Congregation of Rites for the introduction of the beatification cause of the Ven, Leo Dupont, the 'Holy Man of Tours"

The Ven Leo founded at Tours France about 1851, the Archconfraternity of the Ho!y Face for the prevention of blasphemy and the observancc of Sunday

The insignia of the archconfraternity is the Face of the Suffering Saviour on the veil of St Vernica It is worn bv the members on a scapular, cross or medal

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YOUTH KILLED IN SPEE BATTLE WROTE: "I AM PREPARED."

London

Before the Battle of the River Plate Ravmond Bowes, aged 18, serving in HM S Exeter, wrote a letter to his parents in Waterford, Eire

Should circumstances arise,'' he said, and that God should give you a cross, I want vou both to carry it as He did

His

I am well prepared to meet my God, thanks, mother, to your teaching and upbringing.

"If I am on dutv at Christmas here, I shall gaze up to the starlit sky and think of the far far distant church bell tolling for Midnight Mass I shall be kneeling beside you in spirit"

Two days before his parents received this letter a message told them that he had been killed in the Graf Spee engagement

Born in London, where the family lived for some years, he was an only child RIP

TWENTY-TWO

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Q What special ceremony takes place on Laetare Sundav?

A The Blessing of the Golden Rose by the Pope, who presents it to some distinguished or royel personage in reward of faithful service to the Church Originally a natural bloom used to.be blessed and presented to the Roman Prefect or some high official of the Roman Court The rose may be blessed at other times

• What is special to the Saturday before Passion Sunday?

A It is a day ppointed for the Ordination service, and is known as Sitientes' Saturdav, from the first word of the Introit

O What fast is most insisted upon in the liturgy?

A Fast from sin without which the fast from food profi.teth nothing, fast from self-indulgence, worldly pleasures and frivolous amusements

Dancing the frequentation of cinemas and theatres, the reading of novels, though not necessarily sinfulin themselves are opposed to the spirit of recollection that should characterise a good Catholic during the holy season of Lent At one time the very Courts of Justice were not held in Lent for all men stood, as it were, convinced of sin before the bar of Divine Justice: 'And grant us while by fasts we strive This mortal bodv to control To fast from all the food of sin And so to purify the soul" (Hymn at Vespers)

(Cf The Secret of the Mass of.Ember Wednesday in September)

Q Did the Lenten fast always last for forty days as now?

Gregory the Great four more days were added to complete the number to forty, and Ash Wednesday thus became the 'caput jejunii'' th~ beginning of the fast From the liturgicalpoint of view it would be more accuf'ate to regard these four days as a further period of intensive preparation for the Lent

Q What special significance is attached to the number forty?

A Forty is a sacred number For forty days the deluge lasted, for forty years the Israelites wandered in the desert Elias fasted forty days and forty nights as did Moses on Mount Sinai, and Our Lcrd in the desert HOLY WEEK

O Why is Holy Week so called?

A Because during that week the Church commemorates the especially holy mysteries of mans Redemption

Q What is its liturgical name?

A 'Hebdomada" (formerly "Septima") "Major,' that is the greater week on account ,of the events it cele brates

Q How was this week observed in former times?

A It was a week of ast; the Courts of Justice did not sit; servile work was forbidden up to the 7th century; an amnesty was extended to certain class-' es of prisoners. It was a time of great religious observance, the thought of all being intent upon the redeenng work of Christ Indulgence in social pleasures and amusements was regarded as totally alien to the spirit of the holy time

Q What are the special events com-' cemorated during this wek?

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A In the 2nd century the fast lasted for two days onlyGood Friday and Holv Saturdav and for many Christians it was the custom to abstain from all food and drink on these two days A century later the fast was extended to all Holy Week, and it is not until the Ith centurv in a Canon of the Council of Nice (325 AD) that a reference to a fast over a period of forty days is met with As Sundays were not observed as fast davs there were in the period of the Lenten six weeks only thirty-six fast days Under Pope St

Bitter

A The Pasion, Death and Resurrection of Our Saviour- the incidents in detail being commemorated in almost chronological order

Q What striking practices of the Church are recalled in the Holy Week ceremonial?

A The administration of Baptism, Confirmation and the Holy Eucharist to the Catechumens; hence the blesng of the oils on Holy Thursday in view of baptism and confirmation ceree nie and the blessing of the baptim: I font on Holy Saturday

Lenten Regulations, 1 940

SUMMARY OF THE REGULATIONS FOR FAST AND ABSTINENCE

1 On FAST days, those bound to fast are allowed one full meal at mid-day or n the evening In addition, they are allowed two light mealsone of about eight ounces, and the other of two or three ounces Any kind of food, and hence even flesh meat may be used at all three meals provided, at the two small meals, the limit of eight and two or three ounces respectively be not exceeded

2 On ABSTINENCE days, flesh meat and meat soup are forbidden

3 Lard and dripping may be used on days of abstinence, provided they be used merely as a condiment or seasoning

+ Friday, unless t be a Holiday of Obligation, is a day of abstinence

5 Ash Wednesday and the Fridays in Lent and Ember weeks are days of fast and abstinence,

6 Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays n Lent, and the Wednesdays and Saturdays in Quarter Tense are days of fast without abstinence

7 There s no fast or abstinence on Sundays or Holidays of obligation

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8 St Patrick's Day is exempt from fast; if it falls on a Friday, it s not exempt from the abstinence

9 Those who have completed their seventh year are bound by the law of abstinence

10 Those who have completed their twenty-first year are bound by the law of fasting; they cease to be bound by it when they have begun their sixtieth year

11 Those who. are in delicate health or who are engaged in exhausting work, are not bound to fast Of course, those who are seriously ill are not bound by either fast or abstinence

12 On the days mentioned in No. 6, those who are not bound to fast are not limited by the law either as to the quality or quantity of the food they wish to take

13 The Lenten Fast and Abstinence cease at noon on Holy Saturday

St. Patrick's Meeting

By the courtesy of the President (Mr J P Stratton) andthe Executive Committee, the Children's Display and Sports Meetingin connection with the celebration of St Pa rick's Day will be held at Gloucester Park on Saturday, March 16

The sports programme will, in the main, be a repeat of that of last year

It is outlined below and all concerned are to accept it as official

Sports Committee

Chairman: F J McAdam

Secretary: J C, Mitchell

Committee: Rev Father Rafferty, Rev Brother Duffy, Major Saunders L Ryan, J Dwyer, R Taylor, L Goerke, W A Brown, -Groessler, J Edwards

Sports Officials

Judges: Messrs F McAdam, R Taylor W A Brown S Kelly P Giles

Result Stewards: Dr J W Horan and Mr J Minihan

Track Stew rds: Messrs C, O'Dwyer, s Hill Groessler L Goerke

Starter: Rev Brother Seary

Handicappers: Mesrs S Kelly, P Giles and L Ryan, Announcer: Mr C Dudley

Timekeepers Messrs L McDowell and B St J Kennedy

GIRLS' PICNIC SPORTS.

11 am Girls Only

Races will be run in this order: Under 8, Under 9 Under I0 Under l Unaer 12 Under 13, Under 14, Under 15, Under 16 Al competitors must assemble behind the starting post and when the fields are big, heats will be run off A1l competitors, with the exception of heat winners must leave the arena im mediately aiter competing

No girl may compete in more than one event

Prizes will be given for first and second in each event, and these will be available immediately on completion of race

BOYS' PICNIC RACES (Boys Only)

1145 am: Races for boys (only) will commence at Il 4 am, The conditions and order of events will be exactly the same as those outlined for the girls

SPECIAL PROGRAMME OF SPORTS.

Event No 1 (1 15 p.m): Boys' Race under 10 years Championship event No handicaps 75 yaras bcnools wiul be allowed to enter two for this race, and similar races to follow The names of school representatives, endorsed by head teacher. must be left at the Church Offices, Victoria Square, not later than Wednesday March 6 No otbers than those so entered will be allowed to compete Competitors must wear school athletic costume or colours

There will be no divergence from the above conditions

Event No 2 (1,2o p.m): Boys' Race under 8 Championship event No hanaicaps Conditions same as those set out under Event I Please note conditions carefullv

Event No 3 (130 pm ): Boys' Race under 12 Championship event No handicaps; 75 yards Conditions same as those set out under Event I Please note conditions carefully

Event No, 4 (140 pm): Boys' Race under 14 years Championship event No handicaps 100 yards Note carefully condiions under Event 1

Event No 5 (150 pm): Girls' Race, under 8 years, Championship event No handicaps 30 yards Conditions same as for boys' races See under Event 1 for boys

Event No 6 (2 pm): Girls' Race under 10 years Championship event No handicaps 50 yards Note conditions underEvent 1 for boys

Event No 7 (210 pm): Girls' Race, under 12 Championship event No handicaps 50 yards. Conditions under Event 1 • ·

Event No 8 (215 pm): Girls' Race, under 14 Championship event, No handicaps 75 yards Conditions under Event 1

Event No 9 (225 pm): St Patrick's School Handicap. 100 vards (Ten competitors handicapped by the school's sports mester)

Event No 10 (235 p m.): Christian Brothers' College, Fremantle, Handicap 100 yards (Conditions as per Event No 9)

Event No 11 (245 pm): St Malachi's Christian Brothers' College, Perth Handicap 100 yards (Conditions as per Event 9 )

Event 12 (255 pm): Clontarf Boys' Orphanage Handicap 100 yards (Corditions as under Event 9)

Day Sports

3 p.me: Demonstration of Dano-Swedish Physical Exercises by Girls of Paroca1 Achools «Organise and conauctcd by Major Saunders )

3 30 p m : Physical Exercise Display

By the pupits of the Christian Brothers' Schools, ±vent 13 (4 pm) St Joseph's Girls' Orphanage Handicap 75 yards (Conditions as under Event 9 )

Event 14 (45 pm): Boys' Race, under 16 Championship event No handicaps Condi ions seme as those set out under Event I

Event 15 (4 10 pm ): Christian Brothers' High School Highgate, Handicap 100 yards (Conditions as under Event 9 )

Event 16 (415 pm,): Flag Races for girls (organised and conducted by Major Saunders)

Event 17 (420 p m): High Schools' Girls Relay Race Teams of Four Organised and conducted by Miss K Yates)

Event 18 (4.25 p.m): Primary Schools' Girls' Relay Race Teams of Four (Organised and conducted by Miss K Yates)

Event 19 (430 pm): Aquinas College Handicap 100 yards (Conditions as per Event No 9 )

Event 20 (4 35 p mo): St Louis Colege Handicap 75 yards (Conditions as per Event No 9 )

Event 21 (4 45 pm): Sack Race, under 14. boys 75 yards (Competitors must provide tbeir own sacks)

Event 22 (4.50 pm): Three-Legged

Race Boys, under 16 75 yards

Event 23 (4 55 pm ): St Patrick's Day Junior Handicap 100 yards

Open to all schools Two representatives from each school See conditions under Event I

Event 24 (5 5 pm): Girls' Race under l5 years 75 yards, (See conditions under Event 1 ) The above programme may be amended or added to. Watch these columns for further announcements

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Entries close with Hon Secretary St Patrick's Day Sports Committee, on Wednesday March 6 IMPORTANT NOTICE-

Sports Programme

The Committee reserves the right to cancel any event for which there are not sufficient entries

All protests must be submitted in writing to Result Steward,and deposit of 5s. to be made therewith

Under no circumstances will persons other than Sports Officials and Competitors be allowed in Central Arena

Prizes will be aveilable at the Church Office, Victoria Square Perth from March 23 to 30 Prizes not claimed bv latter date will be deemed to be forfeited

Starting times for events will be ndhered to as far as possible, but Committee asks all competitors to pay attention to loud speaker announcements

Starting times given are, therefore only epproximate

Address all correspondence sports entries etc to the Secretary St Patrick's Dav Sports Committee, Church Office, Victoria Sauare COSTUME.

AIL Sports Mistresses and Sports Masters are asked to co-operate with the Sports Committee in seeing that each competitor is suitably attired for running Last year this was rather an unsatisfactory feature of an otherwise very successful day's sport Quite a number of boys turned out for their races in street clothes Some even were barefooted

This vear such will not be allowed to compete Each should have white pants singlets and shoes

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English Hierarchy Urge Revival of Family LENTEN PASTORAL LETTERS

I RA MEN RECEIVED COMMUNION AT MASS HOUR BEFORE DEATH

Birmingham

Justaboutan hourbeforethey wereexecutedatBirminghamfor theirpartintheIR.A explosion in Coventry, Peter Barnes and James Richards made their confessions,receivedabsolution, attended Mass and received Holy Communion and the Apostolic Blessing with a plenary indulgence as is usually given at the hourofdeath

FatherJohnCollinsand Father Lawrence Farrell, curates of St. Patrick's, Birmingham, celebratedthetwoMasses

Five people were killed in the explosion last August

U S A TO HAVE ITS SECOND BEATA.

The two miracles required for the beatification of the Ven. Mother Philippine Duchesne, foundress of the Religious of the Sacred Heart in the United States, have been approved by the Holy Father

With her beatification, expected in May or June, the United Stateswill haveitssecondbeata, theotherbeing BI. MotherFrances Xavier Cabrini

A French woman, Mother Duchesne went to the USA in 1818 She died on November 18, 1852, at theageof83 second beatification will take place atthesametimeasthatof Mother Duchesneasthetwomiracles for the beatification of the Ven Joachinma de Vedruna de Mas, foundress of the Carmelite Institute of Charity,wereapprovedatthesamemeeting

"Justice for Catholic Schools" --as Peace aim

Nearly all the English Bishops in their Lenten pastoral letters urge their people to take advantage of war needs and conditions-including the blackout-to strengthen the ties of family life, particularly through the revival of family prayers

ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH APPEALS FOR PEACE

Cardinal MacRory, Primate of AllIreland,inhisLentenpastoral letter, appeals forpeace negotiationsnow,sayingthathopes will diminish ifoncethespring campaign opens, accompanied by slaughter on a vast scale

Furthermore savs His Eminence, if thewar is fought to a decisive finish there will be the greatest danger that the victorious side will trample upon the vanquished Healsocalls fora greater use of the Gaelic language in the churches

Cardinal Hinsley saysthat we can well believe that at Gethsemane Our Lord "foresaw the evils of our time'

Bishop Poskitt, of Leeds, says thatwhile tistruewe are fighting for Christian civilisation, the State schools are producingbarbarians and pagans

"Oneofourpeaceaims," His Lordship says, "must be justice for our Catholic schools"

Bishop Doubleday oi Brentwood,urgesthatspecialattention shouldbegiven to children inall areasevacuation, neutral and reception-duringthewar,otherwise"we may findat the endof thewarourCatholicschoolpopu lation has diminished beyond repair

REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH OF OUR LADY AND THE STARS

This amazing picture was obtained by Father John P Delaney, S J., Professor of Physics at Loyola College, Baltimore The camera shutter remained open for 12 hours-from 6 pm onedayuntil 6 a.m, the next-and the orbits described by the stars overa statue of Our Lady were recorded Father Delaney says the North Star madethebright innermost trail.

Theeffect is toprovide a glorious halo for the photographed statue

"It is quite natual' he says, that those whoknowthelangu age and desire to see it spread shouldliketo have it used in sermons and instructions and in the prayers beforeand after Mass"

SAN MARINO SEEKS CONCORDAT

5an Marino,23-square-mile republic under Italian protection,is seeking a Concordat with the HolySee

The main reason is that it wantstobejoinedupintoasingleindependentdiocese AtpresentitisdividedbetweentheItalian sees of Montefeltro and Rimini

The republic has ten parishes and 14200inhabitants all Catholics

STATE TO CONTROL ALL MEXICAN EDUCATION

MexicoCity

"Socialisticeducation" isgiven as theaim of a new lawpromulgatedinMexicoearly thismonth

Al' education isbrought under thecontrol of the State, butprivate schools may operate within the Constitution, private Catholic German and Ameridan schools being given six months toadjust themselvesto thelaw

Part of the remains of Hanchungfu Cathedral, Shensi province, China, after being bombedfragments of the altar, a candlestick and smashed masonry

VATICAN RADIOTO GERMANY IS JAMMED

'To deprive the German peo pleofitsChristianfaithistoviolate German national traditions,' declared the Vatican radio recently n a sermon broadcast in German

To trv and destrov Christian ideas, thoughts and tradition in the life of theGermanpeople it volves an rresponsible miscon ception of the true character ot theGermannation

Christian faith and the Ger man character are inseparable

The broadcast exhorted German Catholics to continue their devotion to Our Lady Parts of the broadcast were severely jammed

PRINCE-BISHOP OF ANDORRA DIES

Mgr. Justin Guitart Y Vilardebo, Bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, and Co-Prince (with the French President) of Andorra oneof thesmallest states in the world,hasdiedatBarcelonaaged 64,says"TheTimes"

Bishop Guitart was obliged to abandonhis see duringthe5Spanish War when it became the headquarters of the Red Armyin Catalonia He had been Bishop and sovereign of the principality since 1920

The Bishops of Seo de Urgel have een princes of Andorra from ancient times, although the territory s known as a republic The French Government holds joint sovereign rights Its6,000 population is entirely Catholic