The Record Newspaper 07 March 1940

HPERTH, THURSDAY MARCH 7, 1940

School Plague

HIS GRACE SOUNDS GRAVE WARNING

Extensions

Opened of Birth

Referring to the recent rejection of the proposal to institute birth control clinics at Fremantle and Midland Junction His Grace the Archbishop, speaking on Sunday afternoon at Fremantle, when he blessed and opened the extensions to St Joseph's Infants' School, said that he wished to congratulate the District Councils of the Australian Labour Party on their attitude

In refusing to accept the proposal, said His Grace they had done a great service to the community He hoped that their attitude would be an incentive and an example to other official bodies to refuse co operation in any such projects

!STORY ga, e us continuous warning of the dangers of race suicide, conti ued His Grace Some people to lay were unfortunately marryng for pleasure rather than for parenthood, for recreative rather than creative purposes Conraception was doing steadily and nsidiously what the great plague did in medieval times in Europe was destroying the population ust as surely Marriage without motherhood, if contraception were the cause, might be a greater sin in the sight of God than motherhood without marriage

The modern world approved of the former, while it flung stones of contumelv at the latter He hoped that the State Legislature would adhere to the principles of Christianitv and democracv, and would never be so unwise as, or unjust as, to take the retrogressive step of allowing the introduction of birth control clinics in any part of the State

Record Attendance

Speaking of the new building which he had come to open, His Grace said that, modest as it was it would nevertheless fill a very useful purpose, and it had been an urgent necessity The original building had been erected in 1889 and the infants' school had been added two vears later Since then the attendance had grown continuallv and the building had long been over taxed A record number of children attended the school during this year, and the attendance for all the schools of the Fremantle district also constituted a record This was a very happy state of affairs, and there was no reasons whv it should not continue if our Catholic people realised their duty as Christians a duty which they also owed to themselves and to their country

The Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition had done great service since thev had first come to Fremantle in the verv early davs irom France, and one of the sur-

est signs of their success as educators was the lovaltv that they were always certain of receiving from their many past pupils Wherever they were these past pupils always remembered with gratitude the Sisters of St Josenh and the sacrifices they had made for the welfare of their pupils, The best way they could reay the Sisters for those sacriices was alwavs to remain faithiul to the principles which they had absorbed within the hallowed walls of their old school

He wished to join with the Very Rev Father Haugh, said His Grace, in expressing gratitude to the Mavor of Fremantle

Mr Gibson and to the body of which he was the distinguished head, for the encouragement they had alwavs given to the work of the Catholic bodv in Fremantle He hoped that the splendid spirit of co-operation would continue in the same genial cordiality and harmony

His Grace was welcomed to Fremantle bv the Very Rev Father Haugh. O M I

Other speakers were the Mayor of Fremantle the Chairman of the Works Committee (Mr Farrell), and the Rev Father McLoughlin C.SS R

Mr Gibson expressed his admiration for the work of the Sisters whom he had known for a quarter of a century, and for the spirit of sacrifice which characterised their work It was a pity, said Mr Gibson, that this spirit was not universal This would be a wonderful world if evervone were willing to work for the good of others without self-interest Hhen we observed how willingly people made sacrifices in time 6if ontinued on Back Cover)

How is your patient doing since his operation?"

FineI think he can afford another within a year.''

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Going home through the blacked-out streets, the ARP warden stopped and stared Then he dashed into the middle of the road where in the faint moonlight he saw a man doubled up on the white ine

Helping him to his feet the warden asked: What happened, old chap? Was it a car? Are you hurt?"

'Me-hic-hurt?" replied the other "No; I'm only winding up this bandage'

After manv complaints about his manners, a shop assistant was sacked for rudeness to customers A few weeks later the manager saw him parading the streets in the uniform of a "special' policeman So you've joined the Force?" the manager asked, rather obviously 'Yes,"' was the reply It'e the job Ive been looking for for years On this job the customer is always wrong''

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'I see yer daughter's ome again,' said Mrs Miggs, as she met her neighbour at the gate

Mrs Moggs nodded n silence But Mrs Miggs wouldn't have that Just a visit?" she asked "Or 'ave she and 'er usband got fed-up?"

"It's im!" retorted Mrs Moggs "She could put up with im putting is feet on the mantelpiece and singing ymns in the bath-room But when 'e tried to play 'er pancakes on the grammyphone, she packed up and came 'ome''

k k k I understand Brown's wife has a very colourful personality '' 'Yes, she's either white with rage, black with despair, green with envy, or rosy with happiness'

k k k k Mrs Newlywed was feeling and looking very gloomy Wat's the trouble dear?" her friend nquired

"Oh-my husband has been out all the evening and I haven't the faintest idea where he is'

'Oh, vou shouldn't worry about that You'd probably e twice as miserable if vou did know!"

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Radio nd its general merits was the topic of conversation between several men After listening to the radio for some years,'' said Smith, "my family has decided to have a little orchestra of its own My wife is learning to play the banjo, Willie is learning to play the flute Ernest rather fancies himself as a jazz drummer and the two girls are learning the violin'

And what are vou learning?' asked Brown

'I?OhI'm learning to bear it" k k #

Young Sammy, poorly clad had been provided with a new pair of boots by the Jewish family which had received the little refugee His host gave him a little advice on wear and tear

'Tr climbing the stairs two at a time" he said "Your new boots will last longer Sammy, anxious to please, ran up the stairs three at a time

"See what I mean?" asked the delighted foster father Yes" replied little Sammy, it cer tainly saves shoe leather, but look-" And, turning round he revealed a long split in the seam of his trousers

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"So vour sister told you I was a musician?"

'Well, she said you blew your own trumpet'

k k k 'Would vou lend me a bob for a week, old boy?"

"What could a week-old boy do with a shilling?"

Tommy was playing truant and attending a local football match Suddenly to his horror he spotted the headmaster, and saw that the head ha also spotted him It was a grim moment and called for some quick thinking May I ask what you are doing here?' demanded the master This sn't a holiday!" "No, sir," replied Tommy, in doleful tones, "I'm just wandering about in a dazed condition owing to loss of memory."

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The young man was hanging round the doorway of a chemist's shop in what seemed to the eye of Police-Constable X123 a very suspicious manner He kept peeping in and then backing hurriedly away, and then approached the doorway again "Look here," said the arm of the law, "what's the game? You've been hanging about here for half an hour, and I've got my eye on you"

The young man looked up at him, shyness and indignation struggling in his face

It's a'richt" said he "We've got a new bairn at oor hoose an' I'm jist watchin' till there's naebodv in the shop, sae I can pop in an' buy a feedin' bottle"

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Mrs Newed entered the dining-room and proudly placed the turkey on the table

There vou are, my dear, my first turkey'' she exclaimed

Mr Newed gazed with admiration at the bird's shape 'Wonderful, darling,'' he beamed and how beautifully you have stuffed it"

Stuffed?" she echoed "But, my dear, this one wasn't hollow

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The tramp knocked hopefully at the cottage door

Please, mum,' he said to the woman who answered his knock, I'm a sick man, The doctor gave me this medicine but I ain't got nothing to take it with"

A sympathetic light came into her eyes 'Poor fellow!" she murmured 'I suppose you want a spoon and a glass of water?"

The tramp shook his head No, mum," he replied. "I wouldn't trouble you for that But the medicine 'as to be took after meals and I was wondering f you d got one of them andy?"

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He rushed up to the park-keeper in a state of great agitation 'I say!" he shouted "I've just lost five one-pound notes! I know I had them when I came into the park, but now theyre no longer in my pocket!"

The park-keeper gave a contemptu ous sniff. "Ts that so?" he said Well, it serves you right! You ought to ave read them notices at the entrance about bein' careful not to drop bits o' paper in the grounds!"'

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"Yes,it's great stuff, this tonic," said the salesman It'II make vou feel ten years younger, sir" Ten vears? Well, it's no good to me then" said Brown. "I wouldn't mind feeling sixteen years younger, but ten vears no 'How's that?" asked the salesman 'I've been married fifteen yearsthat's why"

4k k As his request for an increase ofpay had been received in stony silence, Jones thought he'd better'strengthen his case You see, sir, the reason Im asking for more money is because three other companies are after me'' he explained The boss smiled coldly "Indeed!" he sneered, "And may I ask who thev are?"

'Well sir"' replied Jones "there's the gas company and the coal company and the company we got our furniture from '

k k k # Smith and Black were travelling up to business in the same carriage Suddenly Black gave a yawn that showed his tonsils "Tired, old man?' asked Smith, Up late last night? Well some scientific Johnny says here that four hours' sleep is enough for any man" Black looked at him wearily That's not new," he growled; "mv baby knew it when he was a month old"

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Denial of Christian Essentials

Another Layman, Sydney: l

In the "Sunday Sun" recently, "Layman" declares that Fundamentalists regard as a second essential in Christianity a belief in "the Sinless Life of Christ"

Recently I dealt with "Layman's" denial of the Virgin Birth of Christ At one time those who denied the Virgin Birth declared that they did not therefore deny the sinlessness of Christ But gradually, from the denial of the Virgin Birth, they felt themselves compelled to deny the Divinity of Christ, speaking of Him as though He were mere man albeit the most perfect of men But having dragged Christ down to the merely natural level, they are now going further, and declaring that He was also subject sin just as other sinful men, even though not so tainted as the rest And still thev do ot lush to call themselves Christians They like the name, though they reject the religion k k k k

Sinlessness of Christ

"Who, among Christians, questions the sinlessness of Jesus?"

"Layman" himself may argue that he merel denies a belief in the sinlessness of Jesus to be essential to Christianity, and that he neither affirms nor rejects it But there are many who still assert positively hatChrist was not without sin Professor A B Bruce remarks· "With belief in the Virgin Birth is apt to go belief n the virgin life so that the true Jesus may seem as He was-a morally defective man, better than most but not perfectly good " Thus Dr Angus declares n his look "Truth and Tradition," that "Jesus received baptism of repentance for remission of sins '' and that He was so conscious of his shortcomings from his own high ideals that he refused to accept the title of "Good " He further adds that "Jesus never appealed to men's loyalties on the ground of his sinlessness"

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"Again, who, believer or un· believer, can prove the sinlessness of Jesus?"

Unbelievers desire to prove that He was not sinless But anv believer who knows how to read

can prove the sinlessness of Jesus from Sacred Scripture The Gospels put Christ before us as a flawless character, supremely pure and holy, with no consciousness of sin, uttering no words of repentance, and seeking no forgiveness He is the Saviour of sinners who need salvation, not one of them He said to His most bitter enemies "Which of vou can convince me of sin?" It was written of Him before His birth, "He shall save His people from their sins " Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, St Peter wrote of Him in his first Epistle, "He did no sin" To the Corinthians St Paul wrote "He knew no sin " St John did not hesitate to sav in his first Epistle, "In Him was no sin " Surely nothing more need be said on this subject than has already been written by Dr Angus in 'Truth and Tradition'

"Lavman's efforts so far certainly do not engender much confidence in the guide to whom he now refers us But I have already quoted from the book mentioned some of the derogatory remarks concerning the sinlessness of Christ k k k

An Incompetent Critic

"The four gospels are our historical records and the matter is not made an issue in any one of them"

The whole of the New Testament, as the inspired Word of God, is of equal value to all Christians However the sinlessness of Christ is taught not only in the Epistles written by the Apostles, but also in the Gospels So much so that Modernists, when they meet with awkward references, denv without a scruple the historical value even of those sections of the four Gospels which they do not happen to like If "Layman" really believes the four Gospels to be reliable historical records he should accept their contents, and the essential doctrines he repudiates But he is really out of his depth, and is simply a blind follower of the blind repeating ideas that appeal to his imagination, blissfully unconscious of their true bearing on the Christian Faith And he makes shipwreck of that Christian Faith

Religious of China

Enquirer, Coonabarabran: Would it be correct to say that the Chinese have always been as a whole adherents of Confucianism since it was introduced, and are as a whole still adherents thereof?

I do not 'think that would be correct If not, what other religions have been responsible for any appreciable breakaways, and when and by whose agency did these breakaways occur?

We must not imagine any definitely organised religion in Ch; ° na analagous to the organisation of Christendom About six

centuries before Christ there arose in China two great philosophers -Lao-tsze and Confucius The former gave a speculative philosophy called Taoism, the latter a practical philosophy which we call Confucianism Both Loetsze and Confucius secured a great veneration, and the Chinese were divided between Taoism and Confucianism Taoism prevailed chielv in Western China and quite early underwent changes due to the infiltration of Hindu Vedic teachings from India In the first and second centuries of the Christian era Buddhism made its wav into China, and gained manv adher-

ents from both the Taoist and Confucian ranks About the 8th century the Tang dvnasty granted religious toleration, and Christianity, Mohammedanism, and Judaism came to China from central Asia But thev were expelled or suppressed about a century later In the 12th century Chuchius taught a system of materialism which gained a big following from amongst adherents of both Taoism and Confucianism, so big that to-day the three great philosophies of the Chinese are Taoism, Confucianism and Chuchianism Buddhism is also still very strong It is difficult to sav that the Chinese people, however, are as a whole Confucianist, or Taoist, or Chuchianist, or Buddhist For the average Chinaman will cheerfullv burn incense in the temples of any of these religions

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The Bible in China

Is there any evidence that the Chinese had. before the birth of Christ, any knowledge exten· sive or otherwise, of the Old Testament and the matters related therein?

I know of no evidence that thev had any acquaintance at all with the Old Testament prior to the 8th century A D And even then they were the few indeed even amongst Chinese schoars who came into contact with Jew ish teachings : Is there any evidence that the. Chinese had any early knowledge of the New Testament and the matters related there· in?

Not that I know of In the 8th century Christians came into China from central Asia, chiefly Nestorian and Manichaean heretics; and presumably they brought copies of the New Testament with them But I do not know of anv evidence that the Chinese themselves secured any general knowledge of the New Testament and its In

the 13th century Pope Alexander II sent missionaries to Mongolia, and Catholicism made some progress there The New Testament was translated into Chinese and a knowledge of the Gospels began to be diffused But in 1307 a Chinese revolution extinguished the mission In 1582 the Jesuits succeeded in re-establishig Christianity in China, and won great numbers of adherents But in 1624 all foreigners were banished from the country, and immense numbers of native converts were massacred However, Christianity was not entirely stamped out, and later missionaries consolidated the work in the early 1800's since when there has been continuous and steadv if slow, progress From what I have said it is evident that the Chinese people as a whole had no early knowledge of the New Testament; and that even to-dav the vast majority of the Chinesehave no acquaintance at all with it

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ls "Freewill" Aosurd?

Colin L Woodford, Randwick:

I have heard you replying to several letters on the subject of "freewill and "deteriinism," but all of these letters seems to me to have missed the vital points of the matter.

I am afraid your own letter has equally missed still more vital points

The idea of the "freedom of the will," as construed to its logical conclusion, leads to absurdity

It is your opinion that it does so And I must give you credit for at least attempting to give some reasons for your opinion instead of offering a mere assertion Those reasons I will discuss in a moment Here I would like to say that there is really no need to restrict the question to the teaching of orthodox Christianity Apart from religion altogether, I am prepared to defend the existence of freewill on the grounds of rational psychology and philosophy k k # God "Made" Man's Will!

According to the Christian, in the beginning God created man and gave him a "will" with which to choose between good and evil. It would be better to say that God endowed man with the power of intelligence over and above the power of sense-perception, and that this power of intelligence necessarily carried with it freedom of will You do not deny the power of intelligence, for you appeal to it throughout your letter You llogically deny ireedom of will its ecessary corollary Of course I must prove this by showing that your conclusions are not justified by any reasoning you offer Man chose evil, according to the Christian, and God punished him for so doing Correct

But God made the man and He made the "will" which caused the man to choose evil. There· fore God Himself was responsible for the man choosing evil

If you regard that as one of the vital points other enquirers overlooked, then thev are to be commended For at least thev re[rained from urging a fallacy It is true that God made man But it s not true that He made the "will" as if He "made it up" for man, so that it was determined independently of man and "caused" him to choose evil That is what you are wrongly taking for granted And it is not Christian teaching God gave man intelligence and the power of free choice in moral matters When man exercised that power in a wrong direction, it was not the power that caused man to do so, it was man's own soul and personality which used its will in a wrong way And the fact that man did what God forbade should be quite enough to show you that God could not be responsible It is absurd to suggest that God forbade moral evil and then made man commit it

hand; but he may make that hand throttle his mother-in-law There is a difference between the possession of a power and the use of that power # God Knew Beforehand. Again, if God is infinite and omnipotent, He knew that the man would choose evil; therefore God was responsible for the man's doing so That certainly cannot be regarded as a vital point missed by other enquirers The difficultv has been put over and over again, and I have answered it often In appealing to God's foreknowledge, of course, we don't appeal to God precisely as infinite or omnipotent, but rather as omniscient God knew all future events therefore He knew that man would choose evil That is correct But it is a fallacv to think that knowledge s the cause of the thing known Thus if I know that the sun is shining the sun is not shining because I know it; I know it because the sun is shining My knowledge of it does not make the sun shine Nor does knowledge possessed even prior to the event cause the event to occur A\n astronomer's knowledge that there will be an eclipse of the sun next week does not cause the eclipse Knowledge as such s conditioned by the event; the event is not conditioned bv the knowledge of it If God foreknew that man would misuse his freewill, God foreknew it because man would do so Man did not do so because God foreknew it It may be difficult for us time-space creatures to comprehend the knowledge of God who is unconditioned bv time in His own transcendent sphere But that does not justify unreasonable conclusions k k k k What We "Don't" Expect Yet I am expected to believe that this unfortunate creature man was punished for doing what he was obviously meant to do If anyone expects you to believe that I can onlv advise vou to refuse point-blank Certainly the Catholic Church does not ask vou to believe that Catholics are obliged to believe that man is punished only for doing what he is obviouslv not meant to do When God savs "Thou shalt not commit adultery," it s obvious that man is not meant by God to commit adultery If you deny that God knew man would choose evil, you deny that He is omnipotent Better sav that I would deny His omniscence However I do not deny that God knew that man would choose evil I merely deny that God's foreknowledge had such a relationship to man's choice that it compelled man to make that choice God so knew in advance that man was under no compulsion to make an evil choice that He forbade man to do so Please, therefore, do not say again that Christianity expects you to believe that God punishes man for an evil choice he was meant to make whether he wished to do so or not Christianity forbids you to believe that' * k A Power and Its Use.

The man did not make himself, and he did not make his "will." You are confusing man's will as a radical power of choice with its exercise in a given direction

The two things are not the same Man did not make his will But man did make the choice his will enabled him to make, though he need not have made that choice

$So, too, man did not make his

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Progressive System Suppresses More Essential Truth

THE agitators for sex instruction· in State-supported schools have, so far, succeeded in keeping the public mind drugged with the delusions spread by their false propaganda, writes Dan Gilbert, in "America" They have deliberately beclouded and confused the issue Loudly they have proclaimed themselves to be apostles of a new enlightenment Bitterly they have accused their critics of believing that ignorance spells innocence'

They have made it appear that there are just two theories as to the proper instruction of youth regarding matters sexual and biological as well as moral

The first is to tell youth the truth irom childhood up, and let him live .his life in the light of conscious choice guided by scientific knowledge The other is to endeavour to keep youth in utter and gross ignorance, while resting in the stupid delusion that the denser the darkness in which youth dwells intellectually, the surer he is to stumble blindly along the path of purity and virtue The first theory of course, is the one that the sex educational agitator attributes to himself and his kind The latter idea is the one which he imputes to all who question the soundness of his sex ideology

Now, in any contest between truth and falsehood, between knowledge and ignorance, the champion of the Christian position must necessarily align himself on the side of truth and know ledge Ii the sex-educational propagandist really stood for truth and knowledge, we would be found on his side It is precisely for the reason that he stands for the opposites fr the suppression of truth and the curtailment of knowledgethat w are bund to combat him and his destructive programme

In mid-Victorian tim th child who asked where he had cme from was told: God sent ou in answer to the prayer of your mother and lather'' EXPLANATION

To-day, in h 'progre: ivw" school, the child is ld, usually b :fore he asks, , a great deal abut the mechanics and the physiologie process of reproduction Whether or not the instruction" begins with the birds and the bees and pre eeds upward t the mammalian level, it is almost certain to end there: human lite i explained in precisely the same terms as .nimal life

Which explanatin is more inadequate and incmplete? Which constitutes the more dangerous fractional truth?

When the role of God n the birth ot a baby is faithfully portrayed even though. that of the human father and mother mav nt be fullv elucidated, the sanctity of 1if is upheld No child who knows that he exists by the Creative Power of God is going to behave like an animal simply because he lacks knowledge of the process by which a fleshly tabernacle is formed to house the immortal soul Divinely created

But what of the vouth who, from childhood up, has been systematically taught that he is in full possession of "the facts of life' when he knows all there is to know about the physiological phases which. naturally, in human life are substantially the same as in animal life?

One mav search in vain through the manuals and textbooks of sex education, whether they be those prescribed for kindergarten pupils or for college students toling special courses in "marriage relations''and he will seldom find even a hint that human life differs in kind, as well as degree, from the higher mammals, "EDUCATION."

In the education" now being introduced into tax-supported grade schools, high schools and colleges, the primary assumption seems to be that all has been explained" when the mechanics of mating are elucidated, when the chemical contents of the sperm and the ovum are analvsed, when the process of fertilisation is laid bare, when the growth of the embvro is traced, and when finally the motion picture of the birth of a baby" is thrown on a screen! [Who but the erssest materialistI almost said animalist believes that, of itself, that explains anything about the origin of human life?

When the child asks: Where did I come from?" he means what he says He is not so much concerned as to how his skull his fingernails his organs his body was formed embryonically;

what he is concerned about is the creation of this thing he calls I He wants to know how he became a "livng soul," possessed of personality, conscious of his individual existence

But the primary-grade sex educator, generally, refuses to answer this question

He (or she) refuses to explain to the child that he was made a living soul by Almighty God, that his immortal soul had a special Creator The child is kept in darkness regarding this most important of all "facts of life," while his mind is stuffed with the lesser facts of physiology biology and sexology

In high school, the student may still ask the question of his sex instructors, andaccording to the popular methods of nstructionhe still will get no answer His question will be evaded He will be taught evolution; it will be explained that his remote ancestors were animals; he will be told that man is only a highly developed animal, closelv related to the anthropoid apes He will be informed that what man regards as his "spiritual qualities" are really just modifications of animal instincts"

IGNORANCE

If the student goes on to the average secular university the question will be cleared up' in such a way as to sink him in stupid sophistry or utter ignorance, In most cases, he will be told that the soul is a myth that man is only a chemical machine, like the other animals, that all is "explained' or to be explained'' in terms of animal function

If the tdent escapes dogmatic atheism, he i very 'ikely to be submerged in bewildering agnosticism He will h told that we cannot know anything about the soul of man, if there is such a thing We cannot know if there is a God Who really did have a hand"' in the creation of man, or whether all is to be accounted for on the basis of biochemistry

All sound educators must realise that the human being has a soul as well as a body Under the new regime of socalled enlightenment youth may learn more about bodily functions and phyiolgical processes, but every effort is made to suppress his securing of accurate knowledge regarding spiritual processes, qualities and attributes He may learn more about the part that human parents play in the conception and birth f a new life, but he is not permitted to know anything about the part which God plays in the breathing ot immortal life into the living soul which He alone can create

Obviously, it is part of the facts of life'' to know the proper function and use of the organs through which the race is carried on Morality certainly is within the sphere of any sound system of sex instruction Under the old-fashioned svstem the idle curiosity of vouth mav not have been satisfied in all directions But, whether he asked for it or not youth received full instruction as to what he should not d. He was informed as to what is right and what is wrong

Today, the average university student still has doubts as to what forms of conduct may be right and what forms may be wrong-if, indeed, he has not been sunk in complete ignorance as to the fact that there is a difference between right and wrong in the sphere of sexual behaviour

The modern sex educators may tell the student what is "healthful," "race:alIv advantageous," 'hygienic" expedient conventional socially approved," psychologically salutary'but will thev tell him what is right from the standpoint of physiology, of society, of psychology-but will tell him what he wants and needs to know: what is right in the sight of God, our Creator and our Judge?

AUTHORITY. Under the old-fashioned system, youth was told in very plain language on the Authority of the Word of God, what was pleasing, what was right, in the sight of God To-day, the more sapient the professor the mhore in doubt he will confess himself to be regarding the Moral Law of God, if there is one!

So far as the whole crew of apostles of the new 'enlightenment'' are concerned, vouth will have to remain in the most stultifying ignorance regarding the proper use and function of the very organs about which he is said to stand in need of special "educating' and enlightening

From childhood up, the normal boy or girl is at least as much concerned about the "facts of death''as he is about the facts of life As soon as he is old enough to understand that he must die, he cannot know at what moment he naturally develops curiosity as towhere he is going No person familiar with child psychology would deny that the ordinary child is as much concerned about what happens after death as he is regarding what takes place before birth

The modern "progressive'' educators will probably protest at once that there is no demonstrable knowledge'' to be had on this subiect Hence they would doom youth to enduring ignorance on the whole question of life after death, Even if their position is assumed to be correct it must be conceded that this is the first time in the history of the world that any young generation was kept in complete ignorance on this vital subject

Philosophers may argue over the exstence or non-existence of "innate ideas" But certain it is that, left to himself in any present-day society of savages or civilised men, left under the dominion of mid-Victorian ignorance or any other conventional code of the past, the child will grow up secure in the knowledge that he has an immortal soul created bv God that the same God Who created him has laid down certain rules of moral conduct that he is bound to obey

Louis U SA

The Catholic Press 1s "the freest press in all the world,' The Queens Work," National Sodality organ, comments editorially in its February issue Captioned 'Basically Free and Right," the editorial follows:

"Free press, our orators will tell us (and our common sense indicates), is the strongest possible guard for our liberties. If ever a time comes when we can't be told the news and the truth and can't express ur convictions in public prints we might as well put the Constitutin away in moth balls and invite Herr Hitler or Hairy Stalin to take us over

"Yet for a time it looked as if in this fair land of ours our press wer~ far from free It did not dare or care to tell the truth about Russia, Spain, Mexico As Eugene Lvons said ther was a magnificent campaign to sell our press right over to the dictators of the world

"During those dark-Red days the Catholic Press was the freest press in the

FICTION

That may not be all a young man, in this complex age, needs to know But we do submit that it is a great deal more than will ever be taught through tbe ministrations of the new school o! sex educators

The individual who is intellectually equipped from day nursery through the university, by the progressive sex propagandistshe may come out with a PhD, and a working (?) knowledge of Fraud, Kraft-Ebbing and Havelock Ellis; he may know all there is to know about sexology, contraception, and genetics; but he still doesn't know the things he needs to know He is consigned to a denser ignorance than that known to any generation of the past

For, he doesn't know if there is a Creator Who made his immortal soul, if he has one; he doesn't know if there are any Moral Laws ordained by God, if there is One; he doesn't know the purpose for which man was created, if he was created; he doesn't know what happens after death if anything He doesnt know how to live, nor how to die,

He is a victim of the higher ignorance " He has unlearned all the things which he ought to know-if not innately, then instinctively or at least intuitively All he knows are the fictions otlife

world It shouted what our dailies and non-Catholic weeklies have been whispering only for the past year or so The Catholic papers listed the millions murdered in Red RRussia, pcinted to the peril of burning Spain and foretold that Mexico would soon confiscate US citizens' property Now, fifteen years too late, the secular pre:s is agreeing with the Catholic press, "Perhaps the Catholic Press hasnt acres of rotogravure and comic section: big-nme writers or party-controlled key-position press radio and wire-photo services but it has a way f smelling out and telling the truth and being about ten years ahead of the secular press on international movements It has the leadership of 'hrist, the world-wide viewpoint of the Catholie Church a reverence for truth, and vision of beautv that is as all-inclusive as Christendom

We can be proud of our Catholic Press We can manifest that pride. by vpporting it, the freest press in all the world.'

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The days are evil," and we may not give ourselves to idle speculations; yet ITINERANT APOSTOLATE REAPS the present number of catechumens, 355,306 in all would warrant the hope CONSOLING RESULTS of further steady progress if our Missions are allowed to continue their work undisturbed Some anxiety may be felt for the maintenance of the present strength of the missionarv staff A few sources of supply are at present dried up while in other cases there has been unavoidable retrenchment But the present contingent of the non-African missionary personnel, true though it be that the labourers are always few,it is an impressive one The Catholic Missions dispose of non-native personnel of some 1,093 Fathers, 486 Brothers, and I 164 Sisters Their distribution in the Missions of the various Missionarv Soieties in British East Africa, given in order of priority of arrival, together vith the number of their neophytes is shown in the following table:-

A gratifying experiment in bringing the Church to the doorstep of nor Christians is the Doctrinal Propaganda tour, organised and conducted annually by Father Raphael Vance, an Ameriean Passionist in Hunan, China With the simpler treatment of the phonograph and a picture projector Father Vance .and his troup travels the highways and byways during the summer months During last July, August, and September, they visited 32 villages and towns and addresed audiences totalling more than 26,000 persons Light for the projector is furnished by a home-made acetylene generator, and the pictures shown are fer the most part culled from newspapers and magazines The meetings are generally held in Ancestral temples or

Missionary Date of Number of Society arrival Missions Fathers Verona Fathers 1846 4 98

2 Holy Ghost Fathers 1862 3 126

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During the year elapsed the African lergy reached its full stature On the Feast of Christ the King the Holv Father raised the first son of East Africa to the plenitude of the priesthood and the first Vicariate has now been confided to the care of the African Secular Clergy From year to year their ranks are closing The African staff of our Missions has now reached the consoling figures of 124 Fathers, 56 Brothers, and 59l Sisters, with some 2,799 Catechists and 4,769 Teachers Twenty-one Minor Seminaries with 1,244 seminarians and nine Major Seminaries, with 289 candidates for the priesthood justify every hope for the 'uture of our native clergy

EDUCATION

The blessings of Christian (as distinguished from mere secular) education are at present brought to some 568,463 pupils in various stages and forms distributed over 16,639 Catholic Mission Schools Of these the bulk consists of 433 402 readers in 14 571 catechetical centres, often described as Bash schools" The secular knowledge acquired here may be very rudimentary, but for those able to advance more in tellectual fare is provided in some 1,899 Elementary-Vernacular or Village Schools, of which no less than 120,593 scholars take advantage while 169 post-elementary (English) and professional schools provide a more advanced education for 14468 students the elite of whom may reach as far as matriculation standard

THE PRESS

The growing standard of education may also be guaged by the steady increase of the Catholic Press in the Missions of East Africa There are now I4 Mission Presses engaged in the regular publication of 15 papers and magazines with a total circulation of 21152.

WORKS OF CHARITY

The Catholic Missions in East Airica dispose of 15 mission doctors and 176 nursing Sisters Their 105 mission hospitals, with 12,173 beds, are regulary visited by officers of the Government Medical Department if their own qualified staff does not suffice In 403 Mission dispensaries attention has been given to nearly 4 million out-patients, while some 4 238 lepers are bodily and spiritually cared for in 24 leper settlements under the control of the Mis sions Orphans and aged people have found shelter in 82 orphanages and 31 homes for old people the former with 2,418 and thelatter with 885 occupants

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A BARRIER AGAINST COMMUNISM: SAYS HINDU STATESMAN. Sir Chetpat P Ramaswamy Iyer Chief Minister to the Maharaja of Travancore, is known to be a staunch Hindu. Yet, in reply to an address presented by the Catholics of the state on the occasion of his 6Ist birthday he spoke as follows: "It was your great Redeemer who said on a memorable occasion to Bar Jona who was called Peter: 'Thou art Peter and upon this Rock I will build my Church' The Church built by Peter and strengthened by Paul has continued to grow with undiminished vigour till this day I have been a diligent student of your ecclesiastical history and admirer of the Papacy as an institution that satisfies the general human craving for authority and direction in the combat of life You Catholics represent what may be called a dyke checking the torrent of Communism and all those influences destructive of Society, for your organisation provides a fine example of the good will that should unite all communities and races and which depends on charity For the translation into practice of fith hope and charity, what is needed is an organisation uniting individuals and providing the strength that is born of unity If Catholics typify anything f Catholics mean anything, it signifies such an organisation: Close-knit fellowhip, unity " Coming from such a distinguished source, this is one of the most elegant tributes to the Catholic Church bv a Hindu that has ever been paid

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Patrick's

TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

This year St Patrick's Day falls on Sunday, and the celebrations will take place on Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16 On Friday night, in the Capitol Theatre, a National Concert will be presented by the children of ·metropolitan convents and boys' schools

Among the items to be presented I] be choirs from Loreto Convents, w ' Bieid s Co Iona'' Convent, and St iris nt. Lesmurdie. Singing and danc"; %mis froin St Joseph's Convent ng I D. k' Bee s th Perth; St 'atrie's ioys 3',ot st Joseph's Victoria Square, and Highgate Hill High School. There ill lso be piano and orchestral items wI! al J h's c vent from pupils of St osept 's Uonv n s th Perth, Victoria Square Ladies 'iiege, Santa Maria Ladies College, d St. Brigid's C nvent, West Perth ' pits ot the Christian Brothers' College, St. George's Terrace, and St Mary's Convent of Mercy, Leederville, «will both present display items The singing pupils of St Brigid's Convent ; trey 'West Perth, will present a musical interlude, and the programme will be concluded by Mr J hn Sullivan, who will sing patriotic a1rs

The programme promises to be an exceptionally od ne. More of our shools are r presented in the programme than in uny previous year The prices of admission will be 2s to the front stalls and dres circle, and ls to the back stall Sea in the dress circle and front t: lis may be reserved at Nicholson's, wh will charge ls book ing fee on b ·half f the committee

se a dav of physical displays t d loucester Park on ffort has been mad n commit.tee to as ment for both adu n. The day will be in a picnic out ing for ttending. A program has been ar ranged t ·s of all ages from und 16, and besides contributir ·njoyment of the children tl e them an oppor tunity of excellent prizes There will special programme of champi nt

The most ar events of the dav will b ations of DanoSwedish PI :cises by girls of parochial s Physical Exercise Displa pils of the Christian Broth

The finals t the priodical competitions in Irish National Dancing will also be conducted during the day

RANKS FOR THE DISPLAY

To facilitate assmbling, Superiors are asked to note positions of their respective schoo and to notify their leaders of the order After assembling the girls will b marched into position at quarter-minute intervals, the leaders in each rank being the first eleventh twenty-first, thirty-first forty-first pairs Reliable girls should be placed in these positions

IRISH NATIONAL STEP DANCING

Irish National Step Dancing Competitions (conducted by the Irish National Forresters Benefit Society, under standard regulations and conditions) The nominations will be taken for the Irish Hornpipe at l p m and at 2 pm members of the I N F Pipe Band will pipe the judges to their places and the competitions will begin Irish Hornpipe (final of 1939-1940 series of periodical competitions) Open to only such competitors as registered with the Society for the year ending June 30, 1940. Registration cards to be produced Nomination fee, ls

Grades: Under 10 years, under 13 years, under 16 years, 16 years and over

Vital interest surrounds this part of the step-dancing competition since it will decide which competitor is to receive the cup for the highest aggregate points in each grade, and which teacher is to receive the cup for the 1939-40 series of competitions

Irish Jig: Open to all comers (that is, the necessity of registration has been waived for this event), except the winners of the Irish Hornpipe Nominatin fee, 1s Taking of nominations will be proceeded with as each grad f Irish Hornpipe is deded

Grades: Under 10 years I0 years and under 13 years, I3 years and under 16 years, 16 years and over The prize for the winner of each grade will be a suitably insribed cup Distribution of Prizes.

The prizes for the St. Patrick's Day Sports and the 1939-1940 series of competitions will be made on the occasion of the dancing of the 1940 annual competition for title of champion of Irish National Step Dancer of Western Australia, which will take place at an early date

Results of Periodical Competition

Held at Keough's Hall Perth on February 28, 1940

Irish Reel Under 10 years, Norma Fettes, 1, Valma Brown, 2 Under 13 vears· Beryl Hawkins 1; Peta Herlihv 2 Under 16 Years: Ruby Frewin, I; Ernie Mulcahy, 2 16 Years nd Over (first award onlv): Mr Albert Tuckfeld

Officials for St Patrick's Day Competitions

Presiding: In the unavoidable absence of the High Chief Ranger (Mr J F O'Malley), the Sub High Chi (Mr E L Groesler) will preside Official in charge, Mr Jim Dwyer; recording stewards Miss K Gabbedy and Mr J McLinden; platform stewards, Messrs W J Fuller, F E Webb, and H Mc-

PROGRAMME Celebrations SPORTS

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 TayWor, 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 Stewards: Messrs C, O'Dwyer, S Hill Groessler L Goerke

Starter: Rev Brother Seary

Handicappers: Messrs. 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 S Under 9 Under 10 Under 11 Under 12 Under 13, Under 14, Under 15, Under 16

All competitors must assemble behind the starting post. and when the fields are big, heats will be run off, All competitors with the exception of heat winners, must leave the arena immediately after 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 I145 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 (115 pm): Boys' Race under 10 years Championship event No handicaps 75 yards Schools will 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 others 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 25 pm): Boys' Race under 8 Championship event. No handicaps Conditions same as those set out under Event I Please note conditions carefully

Event No 3 (1 30 pm): Boys' Race under 12 Championship event No handicaps; 75 yards Conditions same as those set out under Event 1 Please note conditions carefully

Event 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, Conditions same as those set out under Event l

Event 15 (410 pm): Christian Brothers' High School Highgate Handicap 100 yards, (Conditions as under Event 9)

Event 16 (4.15 pm,): Flag Races for girls (organised and conducted by Major Saunders)

Event 17 (4.20 pm): High Schools' Girls' Relav Race Teams of Four (Organised and conducted by Miss K Yates)

Event 18 (425 pm): Primary Schools' Girls' Relay Race Teams of Four (Organised and conducted by Miss K Yates)

Event 19 (4 30 pm): Aquinas College Handicap 100 yards (Conditions as per Event No 9)

Event 20 (435 pm): St Louis College Handicap 75 yards (Conditions as per Event No 9)

Event 21 (4.45 pm,): Sack Race, under 14. boys 75 yards (Competitors must provide their 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 1,

Event 24 (5 5 pm): Girls' Race under l5 years 75 yards, (See conditions under Event 1 )

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Sports Programme

The Committee reserves the right to cancel anv 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 availab! 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 adhered to as far as possible, but Committee asks all competitors to pay attention to loud speaker announcements

Starting times given are, therefore only approximate Address all correspondence sports entries etc to the Secretary St Patrick's Day Sports Committee, Church Office, Victoria Sauare

COSTUME

Maylands (1) Maylands Wellington Square (1) Wellington Square (2) Robertson Park (1)

G & H Robertson Park (2) Robertson Park

I&J Robertson Park (3)

Rank A & B 0 & P K & L & D E & F District

Robertson Park Robertson Park (4) Victoria Park (1) Victoria Park (2)

Robertson Park (5) Fremantle (1)

Q & R Fremantle (2) Robertson Park (6) Mavlands (2)

$8T May]ands (2 & T and any other late quotas

If any schools have failed to send in their numbers, they will join S and T ranks The above schools, however, are asked to see that the numbers in this list are not altered Each girl shall retain her number 1 or 2, as decided,prior to or at district practices

School flags will be carried bv leaders In each school ' A G SAUNDERS Organiser

School

Highgate

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Victoria Square Schools

Victoria Square Schools

St Mar's Leederville West Leederville Orphanage Orphanage St Brigid's St Brigid's Victoria Park Schools Victoria Park South Perth Queen's Park Carlisle Belmont Nedlands St Joseph's Santa Maria Iona Sacred Heart 12 Loreto, Swanbourne C Rosalie 10 Maylands 6 Bavswater

Corry; judges, Messrs M Kinsella R E Walsh, and J Quinn; musicians, Messrs Jim Healy and Arthur Fenton

Exhibition of Irish National Step Dancing. Miss Joan Monaghan, champion Irish

National Step Dancer of W A , will give exhibitions of Irish Jig, Irish Reel, and Irish Hornpipe during the after-

noon

Event No, 4 (140 p.m): Boys' Race under I4 years Championship event No handicaps 100 yards Note carefullv conditions under Event 1

Event No 5 (1 50 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 p m): Girls' Race under 10 years Championship event No handicaps 50 yards Note conditions under Event 1 for boys

Event No 7 (210 p.m ): 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 p m,): St Patrick's School Handicap 100 yards (Ten competitors handicapped by the school's sports mester), Event No 10 (235 pm ): Christian Brothers' College, Fremantle, Handicap 100 yards (Conditions as per Event No 9.)

Event No 11 (2.45 p.m): St Malachi's Christian Brothers' College, Perth. Handicap 100 yards (Conditions as per Event 9)

Event 12 (255 p.m ): Clontarf Boys' Orphanag· Handicap. 100 yards (Corditions as under Event 9)

3 pm: Demonstration of Dano-Swedish Physical Exercises by Girls of Parochial Schools (Organised and conductcd by Major Saunders)

330 pm: Physical Exercise Display By the pupils of the Christian Brothers' Schools,

AIL Sports Mistresses and Sports Masters are asked to co-operate with the Sports Committee n 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 bovs 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

Those who have running "spikes,'' or running (black) trunks will be allowed to use such

In practically every case last year it was a boy competitor who used wrong costume and a big improvement is expected this year

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Thursday, March 7, 1940

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*THE Catholic Church teaches that God the Son became man in the person of Jesus Christ, and that by His suffering and death on the Cross He redeemed mankind, declared the preacher Redeription in Catholic theology means the ransom of human souls who through sin have rejected God and have become the laves of Satan

The Church teaches that when God created Adam and Eve, our first parents, He endowed their souls with the supernatural gift of sanctifying grace He also bestowed other gifts on themgreat knowledge, complete control of their passions, freedom from suffering and death

By the gift of grace God elevated man above his natural state and made man's soul holy and resplendent with supernatural loveliness And all this that man might share in God's glory and happiness for all eternity Such was man's destiny

oi the Church that our first parents rejected these unspeakable privileges They disobeyed God's command in the Garden of Eden and lost sanctifying grace, and the other gifts of God, for themselves and their descendants

Everything our reason tells us about man, of his greatness and weakness, clearly points to this basic truth of Revelation that man s indeed a fallen masterpiece of God

All that our first parents lost we have lost too We have inherited their sin-a family inheritance called original sin Not only that, but owing to the Fall, our human nature s out of control, disordered, with a terrible tendency to evil Thus it came about that man became enslaved n sin-the children of God became the slaves of Satan.

Host and chalice, but could you pene trate the veil that separates this world irom the changeless world of eternity youwould see the Sacrifice of Calvary taking place, and at the same time vou would see as St Paul tells us, Christ Our Lord offering to His Eternal Father the never-ending Sacrifice of His life on the Cross for the redemp- ion of mankind

Let us thank God for the Redeeming acrifice of Christ and for its nevereasing renewal in the Mass Let us ask Him for the grace of deep devo tioi to the sufferings and death of Our Lord, by which we were redeemed Let us ask for great love and devotion towards the Mass

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It was from this slavery of Hell that God n His infinite mercy redeemed mankind Neither Adam nor any of his sinful posterity could redeem themselves Only God who had also become a man, acting as the representative of the human race, could redeem us Out of love for us Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became the Second Adam and Redeemer of mankind, and by His sufferings and death undid the evils of dam's sin At the hands of His enemies He gave up His human life freely in sacrifice to His Heavenly Father on the Cross of Calvary

Thus by His redeeming sacri fice in which He offered Himseli as the Victim for the salvation of mankind, Jesus Christ restored to man the privilege Adam had lost, and made adequate atonement to God's justice for the sins of men

Now, the redeeming Sacrifice of Christ, once offered on Calvary, is renewed perpetually "from the rising of the sun to the going down theorof" in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

The Catholic Church teaches infallibly that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is identical with the Redeeming Sacrifice of Christ on Calvary

O ready are most cheerfully circumstanced persons to dism:ss from their minds the unpleasant topic of suicide that they lightly remark: No one in his right mind can possibly commit such an act All suicides are crazy" God grant that this were the truth, for all such instan ces, as it doubtless is for the greater number; for genuine insanity would absolve from moral guilt. The insane person cannot be held responsible tor his misdeeds

Unfortunately, however, no small number of suicides occur where the contributing cause appears to be moral collapse thatleadstothe abyss of sin despair '

Others of late have been widely publicised where a man has taken his fe because of a mistaken ideal Pagan Greece of old, pagan Japan with its 'hara kiri," and now pagan Nazidom preach self-destruction under certain circumstances as a glorious and honourable thing The result is a hal f glory thrown around a deed whieh Christian instinct woutd veil with a mantle of shame

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Our Lord gave us the unspeakable gift of the Holy Mass on the night before He died, when at the Last Supper with His Apostles He changed bread and wine nto His Own Body and Blood The words Christ used on that occasion clearly indicate that He there and then instituted the Holv Sacrifice of the Mass as we understand it today

Also from the Holy Gospel we clearly deduce that when Our Lord had performed the stupendous miracle of changing bread and wine into His Body and Blood, He conferred on the Apostles and their successors n the Priesthood of the Catholic Church the power to do as He had done

According to Catholic teaching the stupendous miracle that takes place at the Consecration of the Mass is called "Transubstantiation,'' to denote the change of one substance into another while the external appearances remain unchanged In the world around us substances are continually being transformed into other substances bv the laws of nature; in our own bodies, for nstance, the substance of food in being continually transformed into human flesh and blood But the miracle of the Mass consists in this: that bv no natural power, but solely by the power of God, exercised through the hands of the priest, the substances of bread and wine are immediately changed at the words of Consecration into the Bodv and Blood of Christ, while the external appearances remain unchanged

All this we can know through Faith Faith which gives us infinitely greater certainty than the facts of human science We mav be deceived in these; but we can never be deceived by the infallible word of God, Who has revealed to us the miracle of the Mass

When you assist at Mass your eyes see only the priest offering the visible

God's Privilege, Christian teaching unconditionally and universallv condemns suicide and brands the human being who attempts or commits it as guilty of a frightful offence against the majesty of God The reason for such condemnation is the very law of man's being by whichhe s granted no supreme dominion over his own life This dominion belngs exclusively to his Creator It is the sole privilege of the God Who called our life out of nothing to determine, through His Providence, the moment when each man's earthly probation shall terminate

Civil society may protect its own existence, in supreme necessity, by taking the life of its enemies In dire circumstances even the individual mav be obliged to take the life of his fellow man for the same reason

But no man is given dominion over his own life The suicide enters the presence of his eternalJudge without bid and without warrant and with no claim for mercy other than his own ignoranceof a fundamental moral law

A relatively large number of suicides arise not from dire poverty or unbearable physical pain or devastating sorrow, but from trifling causes: weariness and satiety with life, personal pique and such that indicate a mere desire to escape from bearing the normal burden of our brief human lives

Cross of Christ

The cheerful heroism of countless sufferers who bear their sorrows, courageously trusting in the Sacred Passion and Cross of Christ is a constant rebuke to the suicides cowardice Such an act, if deliberate, can come only from a profoundly distorted view of the comparative value of time and eternity, a complete forgetfulness of the weight of recompense which the Saviour has prepared for those who are faithful to His Commandments Suicides should not be minimised as n mere eccentricity; nor should they be condoned

They are a symptom of the paganism of our age; and they are a warn·ing to us to combat this paganism at the roots If pagan principles are accepted not onlv individuals, but whole nations commit suicide

Huxley Rejects Modern Idolatries

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P�CL\TG the theme of •'Braye New World," Aldous Huxley, in his latest novel, exposes the futility of human life directed towards merely personal gratifications The author's main attack is directed against the grosser forms of self-indulgence exemplifed by Jo Stoyte, ~ Californian magnate, surrounded by all the luxuries that wealth can provide With less violence, Huxley satirises the aesthete whose studies are without purpose, and for whom the past is a store house of art and literature to be picked over at random for the secluded delectation of a scholar and a gentleman

The Characters

Of Calvinist formation, Jo Stoyte, well past middle age, retains his childhood terror of the text that used to adorn his bed: 'It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God"

Materialist, self-made man, proud owner of a mediaeval castle built in Beverley Hills with a riot of anachronism, hecan scarcely bear to think of the luxury cemetery that returns enormous profits The traditional comic mask is moulded for this parody of the bourgeois He hashis revenge on culture' bv a buying-up process that takes the form of art collections and college en dowments. JWhout pity for employees, he waxes sntimental over the patients in his me del children's hospital "Makes u feel kind of good playing with those poor kids

Against the a: sault of death he retains the serve f Dr Obisposuave and corrupt, but ompetent seientist, conducting rehes into the problem of longevity His assistant Peter Boone, is .he typical scientific idealist, a young student at whom much of the ·turing that crams the book isdirected

Into this cra Hollywood sene comes Jeremy Pordage, a middle-aged litterateur en;aged tu catalogue the Hauberk papers the latest addition to the castle's collection

As in "Chrome Yellow," this research into historical records intensifies the atmosphere ot the story Unlike the millionaire, Prdae is quiet The pro° duct of a univ :rsitv education, he s nothing in exes does no harm (in tbe sense of making a fus) and does no good, His literary researches have made of him "a urural idiot." Huxley explains the term his mind is a patchwork of mutually irrelevant words and bits rmation" Though ridicule is ha .d n Pordage, one cannot but feel that hi wwrld is akin to Huxlev's

The author eems to revel in the irrelevancies of literary and artistic history which he castigates Above all, he has not lost his taste for the peculiar in vocabulary

The author' mouthpiece in this new satire is Mr Propteralso scholar, though a more realistic one A boyhood friend of Stoyte's he has retained for him an affection that required no ties of gratitude tu maintain it As master of studies in the philosophical and theological speculations of the book, Propter monopolises the conversation The author's intrusions under this disguise are without subtlety Eng lish has little to offer in the novel of ideas; faced with the practical hostility that the public shows to such works Huxley would do better to force his ideas into a less discursive form

Realising that most literature is "just a huge collection of facts about lust and greed fear and ambition, duty and affection with no co-ordinating philosophy superior to common sense and the local system of conventions no principle of arrangement more rational than simple aesthetic expediency,'' Huxley has introduced an element of drama in the only possible way For the 'realistic" novel usually portrays the chance adventures of puppets which have no principles to struggle for or against and which are incapable of rational choice Naturally, interest flags

But Miss Maunciple is a Catholic Her case presentsthe only reallyhuman problem in the book Quite a possible product of the American high school and the night club stage, she gives a personal interpretation to her religion Some things do not matter as much as Father OReilly makes out Anyway as the chauffeur puts it "She's a young lady Mr Stovte's kind of friendlv with."' For Stoyte she has a genuine admiration

Upholds Distributism, but His Theology is Buddhist

In the world in which she had lived t was axiomatic that a man who could make a million must be wonderrul Parents, friends, teachers, newspapers, radio, advertisementsexplicitly or by implication, all were unanimous in proclaiming his wonderfulness.''

Property and Liberty

Rejecting Socialism and public own ership of the means of production for 'governments have a way of regarding the individual producers as being part of the means,'' Huxley upholds the agricultural basis of society We have known him as an opponent of mass production and mechanised civilisation Now he espouses the cause of the small property owner His picture of the necessarv reforms reads like Widcutt's Dying Lands': Take a township of a thousand nhabitants: give it three or four thousand acres of land and a good system of producers' and consumers' co-operatives; it could feed itself completely; it could supply about two-thirds of its other needs on the spot; and it could produce a surplus to exchange for such things as it could not produce itself You could cover the State with such townships."

It is in th name of liberty that this return to peasant economy is advocat ed

The man who controls his own livelihood will be independent of bosses, and independent, to a great extent of the State. "In Jefferson's day a great many Americans did support themselves, They were economically independent-independent of government and independent of big business Hence the Constitution"

Religious Speculations

Having long since broken with the modern faith in material progress, Hux ey rejets the modern idolatry of the ppressed In his eyes St Peter Claver did right to speak to the slaves of their sin Our problems are more than politic:1. Each has his sins of act and mission,

But here the author goes zadly astray St Peter Claver believed in a personal Gol who forgave sins Not so our author For him no acts on the strictv human level are free Huxley's theology is that of the Buddhist God is a vague spirit into which man must merge his consciousness by the abdica tion of personality "Personalities are disastrously blind to the reality of a more than personal consciousness, of which it is the limitation and denial"

Neglecting the doctrine of the fall, Huxley interprets the obvious failures of unredeemed human nature as a condemnation of humanity itself

A vague use of the terms good and evil enables him to say that on the animal level there is goodand this in spite of his persistent contempt for our animal functions, which yet have all their old fascination for him He concludes that, in so far as we are human beings we prevent ourselves from realising both the instinctive good of animals and the spiritual good that we are capable of as potential inhabitants of eternity

Such a belief is the heritage of Calvinist doctrines If good actions are only those performed under the com pulsion of a God who has predestined us for salvation, clearly our personality, our condition as humans has no part in that good To this survival Hux lev has added a second interpretation of good, identifying it with right function in the biological sphere where free-will and, therefore, merit, have no part Manicheism reasserts itself boldly in the formula that time is the medium in which evil propagates itself the element in which evil lives and outside of which it dies The longer vou live, the more evil you automaticalIv come into contact with'

How such religious doctrines justify anxiety for the well-being of mankind in society the author fails to show This problem he does attempt to face but without success

Slavery and oppression are evil in his eyes because they prevent a man from attaining liberation from personality

They 'intensify the obsession with time and evil and the self"' A dilemma s at once presented How can we achieve social reform without asserting the rights of human personality? Such an assertion of personality will clearly reduce the individual's inclination to renounce it If we make this assertion of personality only so that the individual may be less worried by the mere problems of existence and consequently, better able to renounce personality, could not a more sure result be obtain ed by a direct approach?

That is approach the victim of capitalism with vour doctrine of Liberation,"' and show him that his actual misery counts for nothing, since the only possible ideal is a complete detachment from what he has considered to be the rights and needs of his personality The fruit of such beliefs mav be seen in the tyrannies of the East

An Interpretation

Bv the mere observation of human nature by the study of man in society Huxlev has rediscoveredtraditiora!doctrinesup to a point He has seen th futility of trusting our destiny to the everexpanding domination of things

represented by science This domination of things is no substitute for the masterv of self The needs of human nature impose certain conditions for the attainment of the libertv that is necessary for the human spirit

Parallel with this increase in knowledge of human nature, Huxley pursues his literary rambles piecing together a religious doctrine that has little to do with the facts of human nature Approaching the mystics without any foundation of doctrinal study, he has become lost in subjectivism, The old gibes about confession and the value of good intentions serve to prevent him from examining Catholic doctrine

He is, therefore, the victim of the cultural load, good, bad and indifferent, that overlays his mind and of the prejudices of English Protestant society.

Unless his religious speculations spring from personal problems that demand a conformitv of the intellect an will to the facts of human experience, he may long potter about in futile enquiries-for there are many books to read Un less his return to traditional sociology is accompanied by a return to the sources of traditional theology, he will not find God scattered through a thousand books He has more to hope for from a simple study of human nature that puts aside as lumber the dead weight of so much literary culture and inherited prejudice-Leo Ingwersen, in "The Advocate"

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Communist

RIDAY, December 15, 1939, was a momentous day in my life It

saw the termination of nearly fifteen ears' association with the Communist Party of Australia I had joined the party in Newcastle early in 1925, attracted to it by my hatred of war I thought I saw in the Communist International a means of abolishing war I was wrong

I had seen some of my best friends shot down by my side in France, and efforts to prevent that sort of thing happening again had become of more than academic interest to me

How cruelly I and millions of others all over the world have been betraved is indicated by the fact that I was expelled from the party for protesting against the invasion of Finland and the bombing of Helsinki That invasion and that bombing however were merely the last straw

Four months before I had been rudely awakened from a long nightmare when the Stalin-Hitler Pact was signed Then quickly followed the German invasion of Poland, and the bullying of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

These first bombs on Helsinki destroved more than the buildings and lives in that unhappy city

From the standpoint of Lenin, who founded the Russian Communist Party and established the Soviet State and on the basis of the teachings of Karl Marx (Lenin's teacher and founder of the modern Socialist movement) let alone any considerations of humanity of which Communist propagandists tell us Communism is the highest expression, the invasion of Finland must be condemned I, as a former member of the Communist Party of Australia want to condemn it in as publie a manner as possible, in the hope that my voice, to which members of that party have istened attentively in the past, will cause others to think assert their manhood, and leave the party that has become a deadly incubus on the Labour movement of this country

The Communist parties of the world are no longer concerned with the in, terests of the workers of their respective countries They are merely the agents of the Russian Foreign Office and the Kremlin, ready to frame or change policies and manufacture justification" for them on receipt of cabled instructions 'from Moscow Stalin decides that they are to go this way or that Then Dimitrov, Stalin's tame Comintern Secretary (useful because of the reputation he gained by his stand in the Leipzig Court six years ago), opens his office for a few minutes, sends his instructions, closes it again until next time and returns to listen once more in rapture to the ineffable words of wisdom that ceaselessly fall from the lips of the great Stalin Paid Publicists.

For Stalin is truly great" His poets and his publicists, amongst the most highly paid people in the USSR tell us so We have there the cult of a leader that Hitler himself must envy

Listen to the writer Avdeyenko speaking in 1932: Centuries shall elapse and the Communist generations of. the future will deem us the happiest mortals that have inhabited this planet throughout the ages because t is we who have seen Stalin, the leader the! genius, Stalin the age the smiling the kindly the supremely simple"

And that is no exceptional rhapsodising Premier Molotov referred to that speech with approval And that meant that everybodv had to approve Is that the land of Socialism? Or are we back four thousand years, when the Pharaohs of Egypt and the kings of Babvlonia had similar phrases about themselves inscribed on pyramids and rocks?

What does t betoken? That there s a universal fear The execution squad, the gaols the concentratiag camps, the dreaded secret police have stifled criticism and opposition People must vie with one another adulation, out of fear Mass regimention and the suppression of indiviauality-these not Socialism, are to be found in Russia But they betoken fear also in the rulers For a country whose people were happy and content, or saw that any privations they might be undergoing were necessary for the future, there would be no 0GPU nor a cult of a leader But these and the hideous "purges" of recent vears are an index of the fear that grips Stalin and his bureaucracy and drove them into the arms of Hit

Exposes

Mr. J AN. Rawling, FormerMember of the Communist Party Varns Australian Workers

In this remarkable article, Mr J N Rawling, BA who was for fifteen years a member of the Australian Communist Party, and one of its most effective writers, tells the story of his disillusionment with Russian Communism He calls upon those who have read or listened to him in the past "to think, assert their manhood, and leave the party that has become a deadly incubus on the Labour movement in this country" The article appeared in the "Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate," January 30, 1940

Word That Is Law

Meanwhile a world power is enthroned in the Kremlin Stalin commands obedience throughout the world He has satraps to command his legions here and there What Stalin says is He says: We have established Socialism in Russia" At once tens of thousands of propagandists throughout the world proclaim: There is Socialism in Russia" In a world of newspapers, telegraph radio, and fast mail services, Stalin can withhold news, facts and ideasfrom millions -for Communists will not believe anything they are told not to believe They are inoculated with an anti-toxin that makes them impervious to the truth; that makes them see black as white and white as black They are sectaries to whom all who contradict the holy writ of Stalin and an expurgated Lenin are agents of the devil

We are no longer concerned when we are dealing with the Communist parties of to-day with genuine working-class organisations internationally affiliated We are concerned only with branches of a Russian orgnisation that exists to carry out the orders of the Kremlin Principles have ceased to count in Communist argumentation and presentation of policies What counts is the necessity of presenting a good case to 'explain'' the latest twist So, to-day, we have the ludicrous, if tragic, spectacle of a platform maintained in the Sydney Domain to explain" the bombing of Helsinki, the invasion of Finland and the slaughter of the flower of the Red Armv

Difficult "Explanations"

Recent events and the reactions of the Communist parties to them illustrate all I have said When a new turn is made, the local leaders simply do nothing or say nothing until they have worked out a "line'' to cover the new emergency Often they make a mess of it, and have to eat their words when still another turn has been made or when a message has been received from Moscow But turns have been so sudden, numerous and sharp recently that Moscow has been chary about going on record Then the local "comrades'' flounder hopelessly Let me illustrate

On August 22 last a Sydney Communist weeklv had a leader headed: No Bargains with the Fascist Warmakers" It complained that Germany was plotting 'to dispose of the bodv of Poland"' as t had with Czechoslovakia

This would mean that the flood of German Fascist imperialism would engulf all Europe

While that issue was being sold, the Russo-German Pact was signed! But that was easily swallowed The next issue ran big headings: Soviet wins new peace victory- Hitler forced to seek terms"' It continued: 'Hitler wants Allies to assist in his schemes of conquest The Soviet Union is a Socialist country without imperialist ambitions Such an alliance with Hitler is impossible" It was explained" (not only here, but also in French, English, and American Communist papers), that the pact would contain an "escape clause" allowing Russia to- repudiate the Pact if Ger meny acted against Poland This issue also was unsold before the terms of the Pact were published and there was no 'escape clause!

Step by step Communist Party spokesmen were forced backwards eating their words as they retreated to new position after new position The next straw thev clutched at was the cabled announcement of the decision of the Supreme Soviet to postpone ratification of the Pact A new Communist paper represented this as the plainest of warnings to Hitler not to begin war It is an intimation that, in the event of hostilities, the Soviet

Union is free to take what action it thinks fit" Again events were unkind to the Communist Party Before this issue was sold, the Pact had been ratified-ratified on the dav that Germanv advanced into Poland That ratification was withheld until Poland was invaded; and the action that the Soviet Union saw fit to to take was to invade eastern Poland and divide the country with Hitler

Agitate For Peace

To-day Communist leaders seek to get over the mass of contradiction I have merely touched on by "admitting'' in the Trades and Labour Council that they made a mistake, to the great amusement of all not under their whip Last August the told you Russia's actions were aimed at preserving pee and would preserve it Germany was the aggressor, they told you To-day, however, it is the Allies who are the aggressors, and the local Communists, as elsewhere, dedmand peaceon Hitler's terms For to-day Hitler is Salins master, and having gained Poland. he wants peace to digest it

Again they show their brazen effrontery Dimitrov awakes again to send out instructions to Stalin's obedient vassals. They are to agitate for peace

And because they are clothed in revolutionary phrases those instructions are counted on to fool those Communists who can envisage Socialism carried to Finland bv means of bombs But this has to be remembered: The instructions go only to the Communist Parties of the Allied countries! Stalin's Communist Partv in Germanv is dead, and the remnants of it are as much opposed to Stalin as to Hitler, for they have been betrayed by both The Communist Party of Russia is dead, killed by Stalin

The leaders of the Communist Party f Poland were summoned to Moscow over a year ago and were liquidated" When the Communist International sends out a message to-day to fight against war, it means, in effect: 'Communists of Allied countries, unite against war! You have victory to win for Hitler master and friend of vour Great Stalin"

Workers of Australia, the Communist Party cannot lead you in any direction that is towards progress In Russia the achievements of twenty years are in danger more from the Stalin regime and its controlled International than from external enemies We cannot condemn the people of Russia or confound them and their undeniable achievements with the Stalin regime that oppresses them, and send their sons to destruction No friend of the Russian people can be a friend of Stalin I yield to none in my friendship with and my admiration for the Russian people, but I have become an implacable enemy of the butcher of the Kremlin and his bloodthirsty crew, nd of the Communist Party here whose influence in the Labour move ment must be destroyed before it, in turn, imperils the gains that have been won 'as Stalin has imperilled thos won by the Russians

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Holy Week Ceremonies

With the approval of His Grace the Archbishop, the following lists for the Holy Week Ceremonies are published:

PALM SUNDAY.

Blessing and Procession of Palms and Pontifical High Mass

Celebrant: His Grace the Archbishop

Assistant Deacons: Very Rev A Kelly S J Very Rev E Kennedy

Assistant Priest: Rev J Rafferty

Deacon: Rev J McGillicuddy

Sub-Deacon: Rev P Donnelly

Deacons of the Passion:

Synagogue: Rev F O'Reilly

Christus: Rev F O'Connor

Narrator: Rev A Johnston

Benedicamus Domino," from Mass of Lent (Liber Usualis)

The function commences at 1045 am Prior to the Pontifcal High Mass, the Blessing of the Palms will be performed by His Grace the Archbishop The palms will then be distributed and the Archbishop and choir, carrying the palms, will go in solemn prcession out through the main loor of the Cathedral

The door· will then be closed and chanters inside and outside the church will alternate the verses of the beautiful "Gloria Laus" At the conclusion of the hvmn, the crss-bearer knocks on the door with the base of the cross and the procession enters the church, the choir singing "As Our Lor· ·ntered the Holy City the Jewish :hildren proclaiming the resurrection of life and holdng palm branches sang Hosanna in the highest And when the people hear· that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem they went out to meet Him, and waving palmbranches, sang Hosanna in the Highest" This dignified and beautiful ceremony commemorates the triumphant entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem The procession moves towards the Sanctuary, and His Grace then prepares for Mass The Passion, the storv of the sad events of Holy Week will be sung by the three deacons of the Passion

The palms are received bv kissing first the palm and then the hand of the sacred minister The palm is then held during the singing of the Passion

HOLY THURSDAY

Pontifical High Mass; Consecration of the Holy Oils; Procession to Altar of Repose and Vespers (recited)

Celebrant: His Grace the Archbishop

Deacons at the Throne: Verv Rev T Haugh, OM I ; Very Rev Father Duffy, C.SS R

Assistant Priest: erv Rev E. Kennedy, Adm

Archdeacon: Richt Rev Mon• 2 signor Fagan, V G

Deacon: Very Rev J Wallace, Adm

Sub-Deacon: Rev J McCaul

Sacred Ministers of the Oils:

Priests: Rev P C Smith, Rev J Brosnan, Rev E Carolan, Re P Carmody Rev J Cullen. Rev E Casey, Rev J Fanmmg, Rev P Murray, Rev J

Murphy Rev E McBride, Rev E O'Dwyer, CSS R, Rev J

Boylan

Deacons: Rev J Weldon, O M I , Rev M Moore, O M I

Sul-Deacons: Rev W Browne, Rev J Flanagan

The sacred Ministers of the Oils will kindly bring the full vestments of their Order The colour is white

Function commences at 845 am The ceremonies of Holy 7rlsday begin with the solemn vesting of the Archbishop and he function proceeds with High Mass until the words Per quem haec omnia'' of the Canon, when the Archbishop leaves the altar to proceed with the consecration of the Oil of the Sick The vessel containing the oil is brought to the special table by the subleacon of the Oil of the Sick, who is accompanied by two acolvtes At the conclusion of the Consecration the newly-consecrated oil is taken awav to be preserved until the Holy Thurslay of next year

The Oil for Chrism and Catechumens is brought in solemn procession after the Priest's Communion by the two Deacons, th; two Sub-Deacons and six priests accompanying them, one of the ub-Deacons carries the Vessel f Balsam In due time the Oils are reverenced by the Pr'ests of the Oils only At the Mass of Holy Thursday two large Hosts are consecrated one of which is placed in a second chalice, to be carried to the Altar of Repose after the Mass At the conclusion of to-day's function Vespers will be recited in choir Gifts of candles and flowers for the decoration of the Altar of Re pose will be gratefully received on the Wednesday of Holy Week

GOOD FRIDAY

Mass of the Presanctified and Adoration of the Cross

Celebrant: Rev K Slowey

Deacon Rev T Ahern

Sub-Deacon: Rev A Langmead

Assistant Deacons: Very Rev T Haugh, .O M I ; Ver; Rev EKennedy, Adm

Lector: Rev Father A Valentine

Preacher: Rev Father R L Pace

Deacons of the Passion:

Synagogue: Rev Father F O'Reilly

Christus: Rev Father O'Connor.

Narrator: Rev Father A Johnston.

Function at 10 am The chief functions of this ceremony are the singing of the Passion, Adoration of the Cross and the consuming of the Sacred Host which is brought n procession from the Altar of Repose The Mass of the Pre-Sanctified-so-called because the Host consumed has been consecrated and reserved since the preceding day-is the expression of the Church's grief for the death of Her Lord and Master A most touching and impressive part of this function is the singing of the Reproaches n polyphony by a male choir At the Adoration of the Cross by the clergr, the offering of silver to the Cracifix will be made This ancient custom is, as it were, an act of reparation for the betrayal of Judas The function will conclude with the recitation of Vespers

The collection taken up at the Adoration of the Cross will be devoted to the Bushies' Scheme Offerings will be kindly forwarded to the Administrator, St Mary's Cathedral, as soon as possible

Stations of the Cross

The Devotions of the Way of the Cross will be preached by Rev Father Weldon O M I in the Cathedral at 33 pm Stations will be conducted at St Patrick's, Havelock-street and at St Francis Xavier's, Windsor-street, at 3 p m Veneration of the Cross will be conducted at the conclusion of the Stations

HOLY SATURDAY

Blessing of the Paschal Fire, the Paschal Candle and Font, and High Mass

Celebrant: Rev F O'Connor

Deacon: Rev A Johnston

Sub-Deacon: Rev P Donnelly

Master of Ceremonies: Rev H Lalor.

Chanters: Rev A Lvnch, Rev F O'Reilly, Rev J Doyle, Rev A Valentine Rev J McGillicuddy, Rev C K Slowey, Re G Hussey, Rev. E Collins

THE OFFICE OF TENEBRAE

This year the three nocturns of Matins will be chanted bv the choir and Lauds will follow The Society of St Cecilia will render the Antiphon and Benedictus and Christus factus est" Prior to the sermon this choir will sing in sacred polyphony, "Tenebrae factae sunt" Tenebrae will commence on each of the three evenings at 7 30 p.m The clergy assisting in the choir will wear full choir dress

SPY WEDNESDAY

Lamentations:

Rev Father J. McGillicuddy

Rev Father A Valentine

Rev Father F O'Reilly

Lessons;

Rev Father F O'Connor

Rev Father [ Wallace

Rev. Father G Hussey

Rev Father E McBride

Rev Father Kearin

His Grace the Archbishop

Preacher:

A Redemptorist Father HOLY THURSDAY

Lamentations:

Rev Father J McGillicuddy

Rev Father A Valentine.

Rev Father F O'Reilly

Lessons:

Rev Father K Slowey

Rev Father I Doyle

Rev Father \ Johnston

Rev Father McCaul

Rev Father P C Smith

His Grace the Archbishop

Preacher:

Rev Father Corr, O M I GOOD FRIDAY

Lamentations:

Rev Father I McGillicuddy

Rev Father A Valentine

Rev Father F O'Reilly

Lessons:

Rev Father E Carolan

Rev Father T Ahern

Rev Father J Murphy

Rev Father P Donnelly

Rev Father T Perrott, S J

His Grace the Archbishop

Preacher:

Rev Father A Kelly S J

Chanters for the Three Nights:

Rev Father J Wallace

Rev Father G Hussey

The Lamentations will be sung to the tone in the Vatican Edition All the Lessons likewise as found in the Vatican Edition Rules found in the Liber Usualis The Benedicamus Domino for Palm Sunday is that given in the Missal as VII in Dominicis tempore Adventus, Quadragesimae et Passionis

For Hoiy Thursday, III in Festis Duplicibus; on Easter Sunday II in Festis Solemnibus For these occasions it would be preferable for the sub-deacon to sing the older tone for the Epistle, marked ad lib

Rev Father A Lynch is available for any information regarding the music of the Sacred Ceremonies

The clergy will vest in the Chapter Hall, Church Offices, Victoria Square

Rev H Lalor has been appointed assistant MC for episcopal functions

REV A E JOHNSTON Master of Ceremonies

ODWYEROn February 15, at St John of God Hospital Subiaco to Mr and Mrs F J O Dwyera son (Francis Michael Killian) Sincere thanks to Dr D A Quinlan and the Sisters

DEATHS

DELLA-On Mrch 2, 1940, suddenly, Julia dearly loved sister of Mrs M A Fitzgerald, of Perth, and Mrs Roy Chambers, of Marybrook, loved sister-in-law of Roy Chambers, beloved aunt of May (Mrs S Urquhart), Annie (Mrs Collins), Mrs • Casselton, Roy, Billy and Basil Chambers, grand aunt of Valerie Urquhart R IP

DELLAOn March 2, 1940, suddenly Julia deerly loved wife of Peter Della of 2 Flora-street, Midland unction, beloved mother of William, Connie, Sheila, Jack, and Phil, loved mother-in-law of Ivy (Mrs W Della) zrandmother of Carol, and sister-inlaw of Angelo and Tony Della; aged 56 years R IP •

HASSEL-On February 25, at her residence, in Toodyay, Mrs Margaret Hassel beloved mother of Mrs C smith and Bertha (Toodyay), and Norman (Adelaide); aged 77 years My her soul rest in peace REIDOn Februarv 8 1940,at her residence 51 St Leonard's Avenue West Leederville, Mary Gertrude, vidow of the late William Henrv Reid, loving and devoted mother of Aileen Bob Marie Queen and Ron On her soul Sweet Jesus have mercy IN MEMORIAM BIRTH.

SHANAHAN In affectionate memory of Catherine Shanahan, who departed this life on March 11, 1938 RI.P

Inserted by her loving husband R [ Shanahan and family Fremantle

SHANAHANIn loving memory of mv dear friend, Mrs R Shanahan, who departed this life on March 11, 1938

Sweet Jesus, have mercy on her soul

Inserted by Mrs Shine WALSH In loving memory of Eileen who died on Mareh 11, 1937: also Jack, who died on May 2, 1929, at Victoria Park Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them

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Address

PERTH THURSDAY MARCH 7. 1940

General

Coal Strike

Australia is faced with the disastrous prospects of a general coal strike Unfortunately, the public is seldom given an opportunity of hearing the case for the workers, because the daily press of Australia is a chain press and is dedicated to the preservation of the social status quo, and in some well defined instances the protection of the interests of individual capitalists The truth of this statement is sufficiently attested bv the attitude of the "West Australian' towards the coal strike The miners' action is described as a "shameful decision,'' on the grounds that it will be, firstly, "monstrous in its anticipated effects upon the prosecution of Australia's part in the war,'' and secondly, that it is a strike against conditions awarded by the Federal Arbitration Court'' and that there is no reason why coal-miners should enjoy "differential treatment' over other unionists

Regarding the first plaint, it should be noted that it s a favourite and oft-repeated trick of the owners of large capital in this country to make patriotism a cloak for malice, or in other words, to make the war issue a pretext for the sapping and recision of social conditions hardly won by Unionism since the last war It does not seem logical, however, to claim that Australia's war effort should occasion the abandonment of the struggle for social justice; because, insofar as we have been able to state our war aims, they have been directed towards the preservation on an nternational scale of what we seek in the domestic life of each nation, that is, to restrain the tyranny of the strong over the weak in political matters and of the rich over the poor in economic issues If anyone imagines that this war is merely a blow struck for the cause of political freedom, and that social justice is of no account, they will find eventually that they have been harbouring silly and bitter illusions Political liberty without economic freedom is the veriest husk .

There is the second charge that the coal strike s against the law of the land, in as much as it violates the conditions laid down by the Federal Arbitration Court To criticise this purblind attitude is not to reflect on the capacity or fairness of the judges of the Arbitration Court, nor to endorse the claim of a section of the workers'that t is "a Bosses' Court,'' but it is scarcely a realistic outlook to maintain parrot-like repetitions that the miners should endorse a policy which in fact has given rise to nothing but dissatisfaction and disorder for over twentv vears To do this would be either to claim that the miners are incorrigible malcontents, or else to admit that the system of Federal Arbitration is simply unable to comprehend the peculiarities of an industry No reasonable person will accept the first explanation The second is very plausible and ought to prompt intelligent men to consider the vast advantages which would accrue from the corporate organisation of industry according to the Papal Encyclicals

The "Catholic Worker '' the only newspaper in Australia dedicated to the needs of the workers and to a really rational and radical reform of the social order contends that the control of the mining industry should be taken out of the hands of the present owners by the Federal Government, and its control vested in a Board specially set up by the Government for this purpose, representing the State, the miners, and expert administrators This solution s in complete harmony with the Papal mind, for Poc Pius I wrote n "Quadragesimo Anno"' that "it is rightly contended that certain forms of property must be reserved to the State, since they carry with them an opportunity of domination too great to be left to private individuals without injury to the community at large " Futhermore, from 1931 to 1937, inclusive, the mine owners, according to their own statement, have sustained an annual yearly loss of over £100000 They therefore would have little to lose in ceding their rights to the Government, and the Government could gain control without the payment of tremendous compensation This seems a solution which shovld satisfv evervbody The Government would be enabled to assure working conditions and wages which would eliminate the periodical paralyses of national life such as occurred in the past; the owners would be free from an incubus, and the miners would be properly protected and feel that they were playing a part in the national interest and not merelv in the aggrandisement of the rich.

His Excellency the Apostolic Delegate (Most Rev John Panico, STD, J.UD ) has intimated that he will visit Perth in the near future It is expected that he will arrive by 'plane on Saturday, April 13. His Excellency

Thursday, March 7, 1940

will also visit Geraldton and New Norcia

ARCHBISHOP'S ENGAGEMENTS

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

Evacuation of England's Children

Delay in School Re-opening Inexcusable

London

A serious situation has arisen and an immediate remedy must be found for the evacuation problem as was made abundantly clear in the recent House of Lords debate, states the "Universe"

The war has shown how quickly children can be robbed of all educational facilities, including medical and food services, said Earl De La Warr, Minister for Education. We need not pay such a heavy premium for safety since means could and must be found to safeguard the childrenand continue their education

Of the 1,250,000 children in the evacuation areas some 400000 are having no schooling at all, said the Minister Where schools are available children do not attend To make the matter worse some authorities are trying te bolster up evacuation by keeping the schools closed

The situation must end The Gov ernment would help by making attendance compulsory and by pushing the provision of air-raid shelters Schools by April 1.

If the children are not evacuatedand the Government regarded it as tragic if they were not they must attend school in the towns Local authorities should begin by making immediate provision for pupils of 11 and over, and they must make at least halftime education available to all children by April 1

It is not right that children should have to wait for air-raid shelters They would at any rate be safer at school where the teachers could lead them to some nearby shelter than in the streets •

Earl De La Warr concluded: Amid all the uncertainties of the future one thing is surely clearthat life for our people is certain to be harder and more testing than we of this generation have ever known it The equipment, therefore, physical, technical, mental and moral, of the coming generation will need to be the best that we can give them if they are to repair the ravages and waste of war

ARP Now

Air-raid protection for schools must be secured at once says Circular 1498 of the Board of Education Schools must re-open and children in evacuation areas must return compulsorily at the earliest possible date

The Board will accept an interim arrangement of half-time schooling but schools must re-open where precautions are being made and are likely to be completed within a month

"It is the Government's policy that no obstacle should he allowed to stand in the wav of restoration of educational conditions to normality, and in no case should authorities acquiesce in a situation in which they cannot fulfil their educational obligations without laying their difficulties before the Board," the Circular ends

There is now no excuse for dallying We have wakened up to the value of education in the elementary schools and to the irreparable harm of closing them for six months

VISION OF ST TERESA'' STORY DENIED

London Mother Agnes of Jesus Prioress of The Carmel, Lisieux, and sister of St Teresa, has issued a denial of a recent report that the Little Flower had ap peared at the Carmel to St Teresa's eldest sister shortly before her death and foretold that the war would be over in two months

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@The Catholic Action leaders' g course will be resumed in the = ii Cathedral Hall, Murray-street, on Monday next, 11th inst, at 8 pm The lecturers will be ii Rev Father McGillicuddy and Rev Father Doyle E 5 RN rA.a m m s

APPEAL FOR SCHOOL BOOKS

The St Vincent de Paul Society has been requested to make an urgent appeal for school books for children attending convent primary schools Many Catholic parents in poor circumstances are making a valiant effort to give their children a Catholic education and are handicapped by lack of text books The books required are for primary school work from the second standard upwards Parcels may be sent to this office

BOOKS RECEIVED

Fervorinos from the Lips of the Master"' Our copy from Pellegrini and Co, 776 Hay-street

This little volume is a book of meditations for Religious and a successor to those other popular manuals, "Sheltering the Divine Outcast," "In Love With the Divine Outcase," and "Ferverinos from Galilee's Hills" In addition to purely meditational material and spiritual reading there are chapters of very practical intent such as ,those on Mortification, Spiritual Reading and Tepidity Although the book is written by a religious primarily for religious, it will also be of great service to those of the laity who seek a more intense spiritual life The chapter on "What it is to be a Saint," for instance should have a general application The volume is of convenient size and is well printed and illustrated on good paper

$Imm rm = A ii OOURSE OF LENTEN a i SERMONS. = = s i

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' Irish Association of Western Australia

= The following are the remain- Ea ting sermons to be preached by i RevE._Dwyer CsR., in Si i Mary's cathedral during Len[= ii = E V Loyalty to Christ and His ii care» i I VI Catholic Devotion to the � E " i Blessed Virgin Mary. i hmm maw In commemoration of Ireland's Patron Saint, the above Association will hold a SOCIAL EVENING in their ROOMS, 90 KING STREET. on SATURDAY MARCH 16 A special feature of the evening will be an Eight-Hand Reel by the Pupils of Peggy Esler's School of Danicng. Come and enjoy a Real Irish Night Members and their friends cordially nvited

St. Joseph's, Parry Street, Officially Opened

His Grace the Archbishop speaking at the opening Joseph's Infants' School, Parry-street, Fremantle, on last

of St Sunday

A report of the function appears on the front cover, while elow is the list of donations

(Opening Appeal )

t5 5s: His Grac the Archbishop

£20 The Oblate Fathers

Finance High

U>JDOUBTEDLY the American public owes an enormous debt of gratitude to the Senate Committee which, in 1933 and 1934, investigated "banking and currency'' in the U S A and to Mr Pecora, whose skilful examination of witnesses was so effective in uncovering some of the modern methods of financiers But social students in all countries should be equally grateful For long they have heard sweeping accusations brought against "high finance" without being quite sure what the exact nature of the offences was, or what truth there was in the charges

With the publication of the report published by the Senate Committee (a long and detailed document) they were at last provided ith solidly established data

Americans could easily obtain copies of the report but this was not so easy for English students Now however Mr Pecora has put at their disposal all the main facts, in a book which is both solid and readable (Wall Street Under Oath,'' by Ferdinand Pecora Cresset Press 8/6)

DISCLOSURES.

large blocks of capital can be controlled by a far smaller amount

The highly ingenious application and development of these instruments by Dillon Read and Co the Van Sweringens aend Samuel Insull are clearly described (perhaps a better word is exposed) by Mr Pecora He also introduces the reader to the abuses rampant in the New York Stock Exchange, culminating in the collapse and conviction of the president of that institution

CONTROL

The growth and development of the company system so simple in its essental element so complicated in its ramifications, has introduced great possiblities of serious abuse of trust and serious danger to the economic and political welfare of the community as a whole The problem which confronts the world is how to control it in the national interest, how to get the necessary legislation on to the Statute Book in face of poweriul opposition, and how to keep that legislation abreast of new evasions invented by ingenious lawyers.

The American measures described by Mr Pecora have had some success but there is no reason to suppose that vigilance can be relaxed without danger --"The Christian Democrat"

Irish National Step Dancing

FORESTERS CONDUCT COMPETITIONS ON ST PATRICKS DAY

£5 5s each: Christian Brothers, Fremantle; Mr Dan O'Connell

3 3s each: Mother Ursula; Mr V Perkins; A Friend, Subiaco; nonymous

£2s 2s each: A Friend Leederville; Rev Father Ahern; Rev Mother Emily; Redemptorist Fathers, Jesuit Fathers, Mrs Funazzi

£I Is each: Res Father O'Connor; Rev Father OM.hon Rev P C Smith; Rev Dr Knnedy Rev A Johnston; Rev T Masterson Mr J Bourke; A Friend, Presentation Sisters (Iona); Walsh's Ltd.· Mrs V Matison; Mr R Shanahan; Mr Dan Murphy; Mr T J Condon; Miss Hackett; Mrs Mollo Mrs J Mahoney; Mrs Crogan; the Misses Fitzgerald

£1 each: Anonvmous, Mrs Munyard: Mrs Gimblett; Mrs Bradley; Mr F Townsend; Mr Langley; Mr P G McMahon; Mrs Mary Walsh: Mr J Mulcahy

10s 6d each: The Beveridge Family; Mr and Mrs Sievewright; Mrs E McFall; Mr Kevin Kelly

10s each: A Friend: Mrs Vincent; Mrs Yench; Mrs M Lowry; Miss L Pope; Mr D Gaynor; Mrs Bilich; Miss M Crogan Mrs Satie: Miss D Langley: Mr W. O'Connor; Mr D. Brown· Mrs I Brown; Mrs Harrington:; Miss Dowley: Mr P O'Brien: Mr J Daly

7s 6d each· Mrs Gill: Mrs Trenberth Miss W Sheedy

s each: Tovce Bros: A Friend: Mr

add: Mr Sc llv: Mrs Shine: Mrs M O'Connor: Miss C Yench: Mrs Dearle: Miss Hickey; Mrs Thomas: Mrs H E Thomas: Mrs Phillips: Mr HiIE: Mrs lames: Miss M Tames: Miss Bilich: Miss P Crogan Mr P Byrne; Miss B Condon -

2s 6d each: Miss Bilich: Mrs Gore: Mrs Harrington

2s: A Friend

£102s5d: Per collection boxes, teas and cool drinks

The Oblate Fathers and Sisters of St Joseph desire to express their deep gratitude to His Grace the Archbishop, the priests and laity for their generous donations

THE POPES WREATH ON BIER OF LORD TWEEDSMUIR LIST OF DONATIONS

Method of Judging Judges sit apart and each is confined to one phase of the dancing: (a) time, t2) steps (3) deportment As competitors take the platform to dance each judge s handed a card As the competitors leave the platform each judge records the points for the secton he is judging on these cards, and hese are t once taken by the steward concerned and handed to the recording stewards The competitor gaining the highest total points for the section tie, time, steps and deportment) is declared the winner The judges are not allowed to confer nor hold conversation with any person while judging

Aspects entirely alien to Irish step dancing, converting it into a gymnastic display by: (a) swinging of the body or arms; tb) moving around the platform like a shuttlecock and (c) thus or in any wav introduc ing "endurance" tactics Remem ber keep the body erect hands at sides confine movements as far as possible, to the legs from the hips down Onlv a master of the art can do the more difficult steps without detracting from deportment

Simple steps, well executed, combined with correct deportment, are more effective than the reverseaim at gracefulness It is a source of irritation to those who have some know-' ledge of the art to watch a competitor as has been far too frequently the case, go through a whirlwind of contortions to the strains of Irish airs This is what the Irish National Foresters have set out to eliminate

In conclusion, it is anticipated, with the growing interest in the Society's periodical competitions that by next St Patrick's Day there will be sufficient competently trained sets to include an Eight-Hand Irish Reel Competition in the programme Well and properly executed, there is not a more interesting and enjoyable figure dance to watch or take part in

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All the great bankers and financiers of Wall Street were called as witnesses on oath before the Senate Committee J P Morgan was there, and Owen D Young, Insull and the Whitneys came, and the heads of such great "corporations'' as Kuhn Loeb and Co and the National City Bank Indeed all the leading stars of the American financial firmament passed in procession before the Committee to give evidence and to be closely cross-examined The result was to startle and shake the confidence of the American public and to enable the Roosevelt Administration t pass legislation to check the worst of the abuses disclosed

The Catholic student, familiar with the brief but stinging sentences in Quadragesimo Anno'' dealing with finance (especially paragraphs 105 and 106), will probably have to check his dates before he can convince himself that the Papal encyclical appeared nearly two years before the Senate Committee began its investigations

No better commentary on those paragraphs could be desired than Mr Pecora's book, except, of course, the full report itself.

How banks can control industry is easily understood when one finds that J P Morgan and Co had a representative on the board of directors of 89 corporations (126 directorships) Kuhn Loeb and Co. had 65 directorships in 48 corporations It is interesting to notice that the English affiliate of J P Morgan and Co had a director of the Bank of England as one of its members, and the head of the Royal Exchange Assurance Co as another At the end of the depression year 1932, I P Morgan and Co held deposits of 340 million dollars wholly subject to the disposition of the partners of this one private banking establishmentin the last analysis, really, to the will of one man Mr Morganto manage as they pleased," as Mr Pecora observes What power thisgave them in the control of funds to industry especially as they acted also as investment bankers can easily be seen

HOLDING COMPANIES

PASSION PLAY FILM

A motion picture portrayal of Our Lord's Passion based on the famous Oberammergau Play, is to be presented for the first time in Western Australia. This unique production was actually timed in the Holy Land; many of the scenes coincide with the actual spots hallowed bv Our Lord's life Its screening at the appropriate season of the liturgical year should assist in stirring the devotion of the faithful

Within the next few weeks the Passion Play will be presented in all suburbs The screening dates will be published in "The Record"

News and Notes

A very happy reunion of past members of the Children of Marv took place on March I, in the form of a surprise visit to Rev Mother Patrick on her feast day Among those renewing friendship and enjoying afternoon tea were Mesdames C Moyle, Drew, R Connell, Lambe, Smith, Tichurst, Troy, Carr, Watson, Johnstone Brady, Wei Miss Joan Stone, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs H H Stone, of Subiaco who has been spending a holiday with Mr and Mrs P Naughton, of Macdonald-street, Kalgoorlie, returned to her home during the week-end Miss Stone was much impressed with the Goldfields: it was her first visit since early childhood

Miss Mary Hanlon, of Midland June tion, left on the Westland Express last week on a holiday trip to the Eastern States and intends being away several months Mr and Mrs Frank O'Loughlin were also passengers on the express during the week

The next meeting of the Chesterton Club will be held in the Central Catholie Library, 36 Pier-street at 8 pm on Wednesdav, March 13 Rev Father H Lalor will give a lecture on the Holy Shroud of Turin, which will be illustrated by lantern slides

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\ wreath from the Holy Father was placed on the bier of Lord Tweedsmuir, Canada's late Governor-General at Ottawa, on the dav of the State funeral service

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The great National City Bank with branches all over the world. had an affiliate the National Citv Co for selling securities to the public by highpressure methods, including stock of the National City Bank itself As to the famous Chase National Bank (the 'Rockefeller Bank"), most of the characteristi evils which beset the National City organisation flourished here n equally glaring fashion; the use of MISS JOAN MONAGHAN, affiliate corporations to do indirectly Irish National Step-Dancing Champion that which the bank could not legally do directly; huge overstuffed salaries; of W.A. financing stock market pools; 'in- Specialising in Irish National Step siders'' profits; dealings in the bank's Dancing (Private and Class Tuition) own stock." To control industry, it is not neces 'cmpetitors prepared for INF Comsary to be the holder of large deposits petitions of money Holding companies and in- Special attention to Deportment vestment trusts are a means by which Ring Miss V Stewart L2235

The Pope Spoke and The Triple Truth Was Told

THE modem world, after a few brief generations of irreligion, has come to a climax The whole of what was once a Christian society is in peril of breakdown,

This mminent crisis takes two forms

The direction of human effort has been lost to the free man who should make the effort and has been captured by the monopolisers of eredit: that is the modern banking system The free man's control of his own labour, implements and, therefore, livelihood as a crafstman, has been lost and has passed to a comparatively small class of owners whom the non-owners have to serve in order to live

These inhuman conditions, which only the remaining free peasantries escape, are intolerable and have, therefore, bred a demand for their immediate removal by Communism.

Take away the property of the few and their control over the instruments of production and livelihood, put in their place the officials and police force of the Statethen there will be no unjust profit-making out of other men's abour, no want among many and luxury among few -and so forth

But this proposed remedy for our discontents is an evil worse than the other two It involves the full enslavement of all complete tyranny, the end of human dignity, of the family-of the free individual soul

These three truths are so obvious hat one would think all men would tke them for granted The destruction of human freedom bv the control of international banking and by the loss of men's property in the conditions of their livelihood are intolerable; but the remedy proposed, the remedy of general enslavement, is more inhuman and more intolerahle still.

l Now a strange thing has happened

One voice and one only has specifically pointed cut this triple peril to mankind One voice and one only has summed up the whole situation That

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FR A JONES Secretary

(By HILAIRE BELLOC )

voice is the voice of a Pope

There are millions of voices proclaiming more and more loudly their detestation of financial oppression in particular and capitalistic oppression in general There are millions of voicesa lesser number, but still millions-proclaiming the inhuman remedy of Communism but one voice and one voice only has proclaimed to the world that the economie evils are what they are and at the same time that the Communist solution is aboainable

A Pope has said that:

(1 The direction of human en ergies by the monopolisers of credit is part of an evil disease; t2) The proletariat of to-day has been reduced to a condition not far removed from slaverv" But he has added, with regard to Communism that (3) the remedy 1s worse than the disease

Now, is t rot remarkable that when a universal trouble has fallen upon the world, onlv one voice should have clearly defined the nature of that trouble in three distinct parts: the financial part, the industrial, capitalist part, and the Communist part?

There s nothing remarkable in the denunciation of suffering degradation and injustice Men have done that from the beginning of time It is a matter of course It was tobe expected that the oppressions of finance and ndustrial capitalism should be increasinglv denounced bv all their vietims It was to be expected that the Communist remedy should be denounced by those who feared personal loss of wealth with the advance of Communism One might expect the vicetim of industrial capitalism to attack it; and one might expect the wealthy interests which would be the victims of Communism to attack that; but what was not to be expected was th?t one impartial and supreme judgment should appear denouncing all three nor was such a judgment heard save in one quarter

The Pope spoke and the triple truth was told

Because it was an all-important truth because the understanding of it would be a saving of our society, it went by hardly heeded by the nonCatholic and anti-Catholic world

Parts of it would be eagerly quoted in defence of revolutnon, and parts of it as eagerly quoted in defence of wealthy interests against Communism

But the value of the whole: the fact that only as a whole had it any value at all; the fact that this value was of the very highest sort; these were the facts that were not grasped

But the thing has been done and it will remain

The great Encyclicals have postulated the three bases upon which alone and incombination can the reform of the modern industrial world stand firmly and be permanent

First, we must not endure the control of human life by finance

Indeed, the thing of its nature canrot endure It leads directly to catastrophe; for it is opposed to the prime ecessities of men living in a free society

Second we must not endure the partial and increasing enslavement of an industrial proletariat in the hands of another class; and indeed the thing s already breking down as it was bound to break down, because it s not tolerable to free men living in a free society

But still less can we endure the centralised control of the State over all our lives

The effort toward t is politically an evil, no matter what benefits it secures, and the Pope has denounced it on the political side s much as on the economie But totalitarian economic State control, as Communism or Nazism, is worse still, for it involves political control as well as mere material control It means the ownership by an inhuman State, not onlv of men's bodies and houses and instruments, but the control of their soulsthe destruction of all those spiritual things whereby men live and, among those things the family

Therefore, the remedy of the financial evil and of the industrial evil must be sought through the establishment of free families working as peasentries and as guilds That is the goal to which all this Papal teaching points and any other direction is a steering toward shipwreck

Men will inevitably return more and more to hearing that one voice, and it is not astonishing that one voice alone should have proclaimed the truth? For truth lies in proportion'America"

Why Pick

I Treaty of Versailles

1 Hitler likes to pick on the Jews

2 The sufferings of Germany were the product of the Treaty of Versailles

3 The Jews cannot be blamed for the Treaty of Versailles

-- MARCH 9th, 1940 R.

1 In

4 We must place the blame for the Treaty of Versailles on the English Machiavellian by the name of Lloyd George and on the French Machiavellian by the name Clemenceau II Bourgeois Capitalism a book entitled Judaism and Capitalism,' Werner Sombart blames the Jews for the development of Bourgeois Capitalism

2 Adam Smith and Ricardo, the theoreticians of Bourgeoice Capitalism were not Jews

3 The fostering of Bourgeois Capitalism in modern Germanv is due to Bismark

4 To Kaiser William is also due the fostering of Bourgeois Capitalism in modern Germanv III. Turning SharpCorners

I Business men say that Bourgeois Capitalism is all right and that what is wrong in Bourgeois Capitalism are the abuses

2 Rotarians have tried without much success to correct the abuses of Bourgeois Capitalism

3 The turning of sharp corners by business men must be aid to the door of Christians as well as Jews

4 The assertion That religion has nothing to do with business is the assertion of Christians as well as Jews IV Modern Liberals The separation of the spiritual from the material was fostered by modern liberals

2 Modern liberals were so broad-minded that they did not know enough to make up their minds

3 Modern liberals were the defenders of Bourgeois Capitalism before becoming the fellow-travellers of Bolshevist Socialism

4Jews can be found among Bourgeois Capitalists, among Bolshevist Socialists and among disillusioned fellow-travellers, V Racialism

I Having given up Jewish Orthodoxy some Jews tried to foster Jewish Racialism

2 The Tews were a chosen people

CONSISTORY WILL VOTE ON TWO NEW SAINTS

A semi-pub c Consistory is to be held on March 7 to vote on the canoni sation of BIL Gemma Galgani and BI Mother Pelletier

BI Gemma Galgani, the daughter oft an Italian chemist, died in 1903 She received the stigmata Mother Pelletier was the foundress of the Good Shepherd Nuns She was beatified in 1933

ART NOT A LUXURY"ARCH BISHOP DOWNEY

London Archbishop Downey, in a foreword to the January-February issue of "Art Notes,'' says: In such times as we are passing through, art is somewhat apt to be neglected and regarded as a luxury which may be dispensed with This is of course far from being the case, as it provides solace to the mind and uplift to the spirit"

In the same issue the editor holds that "it is only through the various arts of the theatre the cinema the wireless, the novel, the press, pictorial and literary, that the different sections of society get to understand each other These arts are no luxurv arts, they are of intense necessity to the nation and to humanity in general"

Thursday, March 7, 1940 on

but they were never a superior race

3 The Nordics were never a chosen people or a superior race

I And it is not because some Jews became racial minded that other people should be racial minded

5 Reial-minded Jews are a nuisance and so a racial-minded Nordics VI Promised Land.

L When the Jews were themselves they taught the detrin of a personal God as we as social ethics,

2 Bourgeois Capitalists as well as Bolshevist Socialists need the belief in a personal God as well as sound social ethics

3 Hitler needs to read the Old Testament and the new Testament if he wants to ead men into the Promised Land where people do no longer try to cut each other's throats and where the lion comes to lie down with the lamb

Peter Maurin, Worker" (USA)

Racing Selections By "1he Hawk"

GOODWOOD CLUB Saturday, March 9, 1940

Maiden Juvenile Stakes: Moorianty, 1; Hesperos, 2; Orchard Valley, 3 Goodwood Stakes: Lympian, 1; Lady Proctor, 2; Daylight, 3

1; Catholic the 1n Jews?

Goodwood Plate: Wynbring Dainty Verse, 2; Amalette 3 Goodwood Handicap: Pantaga, 1; Nirimba, 2; Kaspar, 3 Goodwood Purse: Mylopia 1; Chanteclair, 2; Beryldean, 3 Welter Handicap: Septima, 1; Agrionette, 2; Great Sign, 3.

Trotting Selections

GLOUCESTER PARK

Saturday, March 9, 1940

Busselton Handicap: Royal Gus, 1; Silver Emblem 2;PlainPercy,3

Bridgetown Handicap: Prince Yamma, 1; Mill Adonis, 2; Smart Sally, 3 W.A. Trotting Derby: Red Runner, 1; Arabian Lass, 2;

Thursday, March 7, 1940

Subiaco t

St Kevin's Tennis Club

The annual general meeting of t Kevin's Tennis Club will be held in it Joseph s Hall on Tuesday next, March 12 t 8 pm The chief business will be the election of office-bearers for the ensuing year All members and any new intending members are requested to attend as many important items concerning the club in general are to be discussed The annual championship tournament, which was to commence this week-end, has been postponed a further week, and will now begin on Saturday, March 16. Entries for the varous events will close with the committee on Sunday, March 10

YOUNG MEN'S CLUB NOTES Easter Dance

As was the case last season, we have again offered to organise a dance on Easter Saturday evening in honour of the visiting Catholic country tenm1s players This function will take the form of a grand carnival, and we can assure all of our former patrons an enjoyable night's entertainment. Watch thse notes next week for further de tails

Committee Meeting

Members of the committee are reminded that their usual monthly meeting takes place n Monday evening at 8pm All are requested to attend, as mportant busine: · t b dis ·ussed

Marathon

The committee is ·till awaiting news irom the Fremanti YM.S re our annual Marathon to Mt Helena Rumour has it that th event will take place about the end of April, but until we have decided, no date will be ans nounced This will be th third time the event has been run, each club havng secured one win, therefore competition will be verv keen this time

AII Hallows' Tennis Club

The election of officers for the 1940 season resulted as follows President J Lowry; vice-president, V Chalker; secretary, Mrs T Toone; treasurer, Miss D Ellery; selection committee for pennant matches J Lowry V Chalker and Mrs Toone; delegates to Goldfields Association, T Ardagtl J Crameri and J Lowry

The club has entered three teams in pennant fixtures this year, and players will be keen to participate in these mixed pennants. grading list of members will be listed next Sindav at the courts

The courts will shortly be ecolase' and junior players are invite, as thev will be specially catered for this season

Members are asked to pay subscriptions early as only financial players will be eligible for selection in ennant competition

Several vcancies occur for ladies to join the club, and intending players are notified to see our secretary Mrs Toone, 7 Johnson-street, or Treasurer, Miss Dorothy Ellery, c/ Sheahans, Burt-street, for any information.

Shenton Park

Popular Girl Competition

Arrangements were finalised on Sundav last for the conducting of a bazaar and popular girl competition in the parish of Shenton Park As it is devoted to the liquidation of our debt, and also because it is the first competition of its kind to be held in this new parish, interest is widespread and verv keen The stalls, stallholders and respective candidate are as follows: Tennis Stall Mesdames H Kerman and G arr Candidate· Miss Mav Campbell

Hibernian St II· Mrs. F Beard and Mrs Fitzpatrick. Candidate: Miss Nancy Shepherd Refreshment Stall Mrs. Symons and Mrs Goode Candidate Miss Pat Hae kett

Children's Stall: Mrs Stubbs and Mrs Forrestal Candidate· Miss Peggy Jones

ChristianBrothers' College

St George's Terrace, Perth

EXCELLENT RESULTS IN RECENT COMMONWEALTH SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.

A prize packet, offering generous and attractive prizes, is being run in conjunction with this competition The cards have alreadv been distributed to the stall-holders, and one hears that they are going like "hot cakes" Let's hope we'll have to print some more

The parishioners of Shenton Park to a man are joining forces with one or other of the above stalls, and are determined to make this, their initial Queen Carnival an epoch-making event They promise keen, friendly competition which will ultimately raise a:house for God in their midst May He bless their work!

CATHOLIC BOYS INVITED TO Y A L EASTER OUTING

The Young Australia League officers issue an invitation to boys attending Catholic schools to take part in the Easter outing at Araluen

Each year a number of Catholic boys have participated. Provision s made for transportation from Araluen to Mass at Armadale mn Easter Sunday this detail being cared for by two Christian Brothers' old boys, Messrs W MeManus and John Kiely who are prominent officers of the Young Australia League

The cost of the outing, which covers four days and four nights, and including transportation, meals and all other necessities, is 1 ls Printed matter giving full details can be obtained from the Young Australia League Office,or by telephoning B1891

THE POPE IS DOING EVERYTHING FOR PEACE, SAYS PAPAL PAPER.

The Pope is working for peace,' cays the "Osservatore Romano," Vatican newspaper, in an article on the Holy Father's ever-increasing and whcle-hearted efforts to stop the war znd case the burdens it has already imposed on Europe

He prays and asks others to pray He discusses the m tter with those upon whom depend the fate of nations He works ceaselessly for the return of peace," the paper goes on Difficulties do not discourage him Refusals do not shake his confidence Efforts by others in the same direction are a consolation and he supports and encourages them

The Holy Father has not forgotten his children in Poland the paper adds He asks for the names and news of prisoners and of wounded. He sends them assistance, welcomes messages of sympathy and urges erusades of prayer for all who suffer and have need ot comfort •What will Pius XII. do? Whatill he decide? The HolyFather will do exactly as Jesus Christ would have done He will proclaim truth countel charity, and he will fight too but with the spiritual arms that are his own"

The "Osservatore" reminds its readers not to forget that the Pope, although the Common Father of all the faithful, is neither indifferent nor disnterested in the causes of this conlict His Holiness is working for truth and justice against lies and injustice

I summary follows of what the Pope has done for peace so far, including an utline of his now famous five points

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Barcelona

Bishop Manuel Irurita Y Almandoz of Barcelona, murdered by the Reds in Spain towards the end of the Spanish War, may one day be beatified.

A campaign has been started in Spain to promote his cause Leaflets have been issued, with ecclesiastical permission, containing prayers for his , cause

The Bishop was 65 when he died. He lived n Barcelona throughout the war, hiding in a cellar which he left occasionally disguised as a workman He kept constant contact with other priests living in a similar plight He was arrested but escaped His life was n constant danger Then when the Reds in Barcelona erumbled before the advancing Nationalists and fled in panic across the Prenees he was betrayed

His butchered bodv was found in a ditch by advance parties of General Franeo's forces

Thursday, March 7, 1940

9 AIMLIC/MC'TIN

Saints

SHORTLY before the Great War there occurred in the French Chamber an interesting episode, typically French, and all too typical of our time They were discussing the social question, and a moment arrived when the Catholic point of view was called for Catholic deputies were present and this should have been their opportunity but it was discovered to the amazement of the others, that they were ignorant of their own beliefs

In the middle of itall, a great Socialist leader, Jaures, took the floor, and n magnificent and fiery language outlined point by point the doctrine he had learnt and rejected in his own Catholic vouth

"That is what you should have said,' he cried if you still had the Faith But there is no longer any life in you' But to-day in France, there is a new spirit in the air, and men are few who would say there s no life left in the Church. Whatever mav have been the case before, they can now see the Faith in action lived by its members in its fulness -

And that is another way of saying that France is producing Saints It is a long way back to.the spirit of Saint Louis but men to-day are looking forward to a new France and all admit that in its building there is a part an important part to be played

France 1n

BY J J HEFFEY

by the Catholic Church I say "all admit'' deliberatelv; for onlv a few vears ago it was assumed in France (from the state of things men saw around them) that Catholicism was dead, and that it, at least, had no solution to offer

The extraordinary change has been due to many factors: to a great French Cardinal dniversally respected and admired; to that fighting intellectual elite, the stamp of France all over it, with its intense consciousness of man living, striving, suffering; to a strong working class movement which has answered the call to Catholic Action, and is bringing Christ back to the greatcities: for these and other reasons the whole nation is slowly seeing for itself that the old faith of France is not dead France is recovering her Catholic destiny, and her future (one is tempted to add-"and thus the future of Europe") is justifiably regarded as hopeful COUNTER ATTACK

ference of our 20th century

According to Canon Cardin the founder of the movement, it took three months for children who had had six years of Catholic education to lose the Faith in a modern factory; and that only the beginning of a process which n the end was to turn them into open enemies of Catholicism, allies of movements which took the destruction of the Faith as their first objective Into all this the Jocist marches, with the message to the individual worker that the Church needs YOU you who are a member of Christ who have received the divine call to be an apostle f your brothers; you for whom Christ the Worker lived and died

JOSEPH O'DEA, Principal

Most striking of all is the new Catholie life in the working classes Industrial civilisation brought with it everywhere-nowhere more than in France- a huge apostasy of the working classes which the Pope has deseribed as the great tragedy of our times Now the tide is turning, and the Young Christian Workers have taken up the attack like Crusaders marching out at the forcesof Paganism, or rather like a new Jesuitry aunching (just in time) the counter attack Success has secured that the movement be known to the world, and the Popehimself has declared that in them Catholic Action finds its model Now the main thing about these Jocists'' is that they have realised the depth of the Pope's statement that Cathole Action means Catholic Life living the life ofGrace, reproducing Christ in the modern world And a real Catholic life means Saints saints everywhere, saints right in amongst the workers They are able to radiate Christ in the atmosphere of a factory 'penetrer leur milieu''), because they themselves are spiritually formed They have studied Christ in the Gospels, and learntto love Him witha personal love Th life of the Church the Liturgy has acquired new meaning for them, tor the Church is the Mystic Christ, reproducing His life again, forming new Christs'' among the members And they have learnt that when thes take the Faith into the factory and the office, they are answering a divine call living the Sacrament of Confirmation, sharing, as they were meant to share, in Christ's divine Priesthood "COUNT ON ME " "To save and convert the world,'' saysone of the Jocist Meditations "Our Lord had need of no one But He has deigned to ask the co-operation of all hose who wish to help Him 'You, my son,' He is saying to me at this momentand He has said t to me often, do YOU want to help Me and work with Me in converting the world? The twoofus, We would do good work Without you, there are perhaps souls who will not be near you among the workers in vour factorv Look at them! Give Me your support! Are you willing?'" And the answer comes: I have heard You, Lord! You may count on me!' It is called to-day the "lay eposto'ate" and nothing is more certain than that this is to be the great characteristic of the new Catholic age

They were met at first with derision and insult, sometimes even with violence But they have learnt also to suffer with the Master who is their spiritual food, and prayer and study has taught them that it was In this way the world was redeemed I have said that the Jocists are li ing the life of the Church It is this intimate union with Christ that penetrates everything they do Christ is ever the model before their eyes, living in their souls by Graceand this divine presence gives a meaning to all their thoughts and actions, They have earnt to understand the Mass, the cer re of Catholic life, where Christ's sacrtice is tenewed, and we, His members, join in His offering, completing in our lives His work, His suffering, His apostolate United to Him in the morning, offering themselves with Him, Christian life for them takes on a new me ming The factory the workshop the otticeall their activity becomes a pr·ongation of the Mass, that is, co-operation in the Redemption activity of th Mystical Body of Christ, There at Joe ists in the hospitals, injured perhaps at their work, victims of the factorv svstem; they offer their sufferings in union with Christ on the Cross, that their fellow Jocists who are fighting f. Him outside may find strength and oy in their struggle Into our modern world where the great sin is crying out for punishment they carry the true concept of love, between man and man, between boy and girl, constructive and not destructive love From thpurity of their own lives men are able to earn something of Christ, the motel of all purity TO LIVE IS CHRIST "

Then, when the moment arriv s for them to fulfil their vocation, to r eive the sacrament of Marriage, and the young Jocist boy and girl kneel at the altar, behind them in the chure are their fellow workers, all waiting t receive Christ into their hearts; to unite themselves in public act with these two and all: who have preceded them in proclaiming to the world the divinity, ofChristian marriage the lesson of that great working class family at Nazareth Mihi vivere Christus est" The Marquis d'Aragon who has studied it in reality, has written that this is the characteristic spirit of the movement To them Christianity is not a system of ethics; it does not consist so much in trying to acquire this or that virtue, but in a constant aspiration to identify self with Christ As one of them wrote: What I wish is not to be poor even like Him, but to be Jesus Himself"

And again 'We understand at last that for priest and layman the duties concerning the spiritual life are the same"

CHARLES O'DWYER

The Church has lost the masses," is the modern cry and there is need for apostles everywhere, in the street, in the Domain, in the home, in the office in the factorywherever there are souls lost to Christ And it is precisely in all these places that th priest in our day finds t impossible to make his presence felt Who then s to represent Christ and His Church? There is only on answer and vet t has taken disastrous experince to make us see it. The Vorker must be the Apostle of the Worker. Simply to repeat those words can give no idea of what they meanthey call for sanctity in an heroic degree, lived in the filth the blasphemy the indif-

"In the past," continues this writer, "I am afraid we were often content with seeing that they went to Mass on Sundays and warning them against grave dangers This, of course, was right as far as it went; but it seemed sometimes as if there was a fear of touching the sublime doctrine of the Mystical Body whose result is the practice of virtue and the reception of the sacraments Yet this doctrine is the basis ofour faith, and those to whom it has been revealed find in it the secret of their strength and their influence Experience has now shown that it can be understood equally by peasants, workmen, and intellectuals

"And so in France, which does not escape the moral agony of the present day acts of Faith and love go up to heaven, such as perhaps have not been known since the Middle Ages- Catho lies, gathered around their leaders, have found once more the fervour of the frst centuries- answering the words of the Holy Father to Cardinal Verdier: "At the present moment, no one has the right to live a life of mediocrity"

Thursday, March 7, 1940

Contraband

HENRY DAVI, SJ, in "Th Catholic Times

OME people say that they never

see any harm in reading whatever comes in their way and whatever they have a fancy for It t, they say what one reads that is no1 d O mat~is; but hat ope I; ~.." not going to commit muraer :cus eads detective stones, nor raid a one r d h eweller's shop because one reals the " _,, mt of an astute burglary, nor conaccou be« demn all monks and nuns cause one has read Mr Coulton's indictment of he medievals and his generalisations ; relatively few instances A rom b ff :t cleanmind, they say, will not e ateced by literary filth, nor a robust Catholie faith by reading what the atheist the heretic, the freethinker, have to say for their point of view

The pose about the harmlessness of reading·bad books, magazines and papers is similar to that of the man who says that he goes to God straight but not through any church, that his responsibility is to God not toany institution, that the Almighty will judge ne by acts but not by beliefs All such assumed attitudes are usuallywe donot pass judgment on individuals -the result of not sitting down to think clearly for a few moments still more of repudiating all authority on earth, and setting up one's personal judgment-the trick of the Reformers as the rule of all belief and conduct

What is Bad Literature?

When we are considering evil literature, we must define what is evil and determine why and when we call a book bad, and what s said of books applies, of course, to magazines and papers

A book is a bad book in the sphere of faith or morals if it sets forth with approval and still more if it defends or if it needlessly details what is contrary to Catholic faith or Christian moral principles

Thus a book which professedly defended Unitarianism would be contrary to Catholic faith; one which professedly defends divorce is contrary to Christian principles; one which designedly defends therapeutic abortion, or eugenic sterilisation, or birth control, is contrary to the principles of natural moral rectitude Such books are bad because they inculcate falsehood or moral evil and are therefore dangerous to the readers of them

Now it is quite easy to understand how a book can inculcate falsehood

Thus one that defends the right of the State to grant divorce defends what is both false and subversive of moral rectitude and its danger is that it may persuade the reader to abandon the truth A book which portrays obscenity, making that the main content of its argument or treatment is apt to fill the mind of its readers with obscene pictures which beyond a doubt render the mind the more subject to invasion by them, whence it is but a step in many cases to taking pleasure in those pictures, allowing them to linger in the imagination, recalling them at will,, brooding over them, with the accompanying repercussion on the sexual tendency-active n allespecially in the youngand having a ready means of evoking t It is then only a step to consent to fleshly concupiscence

Now if any man or woman, young or old, permits the invasion of falsehood into his mind they run the risk of thinking falsely and false thinking is a wound of the intellect, a faculty given to us by God for the perception of truth

If any man or woman young or old permits the imagination to be obsessed and flled with obscene pictures, they run the risk of approving of what is obscene and of exiting their sexual appetency in a wav and with results that are contrarv to the fundamental laws of human nature That is, contrary to the good of their own nature and the good of the race, and opposed to the Divine Will, for God intended this appetency to be used in a rational wav and only in married ife for the happiness and good of husband and wife and for the perpetuation of the race, The Church's Rights

The Church as an organised society, authorised bv its Founder to guide and rule its members, that s, those who by a0tism have become aggregated to it has the obligation of directing those members along the paths of faith and righteousness to heaven

The sum and substance of its guidIng and ruling are the truths of faith and the principles of Christian conduct

No member of the Church can resent that guidance, even to the point of interference- if it can be called such with his liberty of thought and ac-

LIST OF 293 MARTYRS IN CHINA PUBLISHED

Pekin

tion, for man s not always free to think or do as he likes; man is not iree in the true sense of freedom to reject the laws of his life, natural or supernatural If a man wrongly thought so he might recall the loss of freedom which he has to put up with in many situations of life

The civil authority has the right to restrain his freedom of action It forces him by conscription to serve his country, it obliges him under severe penalties to respect the rights of the State and of other citizens, it will not tolerate sedition, it taxes him, whether he likes it or not for his own protecion, it even forbids the publication of bscene papers and books and takes steps to raid the shops of the purveyors of pornographic literature and pictures, orders the type and plates to e broken up and the sales to cease If any man thought those actions of the State unjust infringements on his liberty, then he has ceased to think rationally

It is not necessary to labour so obvious a point It s clear to evervone that the society of which he happens to be a member must have the right to make laws for the common good to enforce them and to coerce the individual to refrain from violating the laws, to punish him f he does so, and deprive him of the privileges of membership In civil societv a man has a vote and can in a wav determine the kind of polity in which he wishes to live In the societv founded by Christ namely the Church there are no votes to be cast by the individual to determine what is to be the law

Christ established a societv with supreme ndependent legislative authority A baptised Christian cannot escape from its power It will lead him through ife with exquisite tenderness, recall him from the ways of evil pursue him with its voice, appealing or warning to the threshold of eternitv where its jurisdiction ceases

Principles

In regard to obligations in this matter, the following principles may be stated, If a Catholic does not know whether a given book is dangerous and has no suspicion that it maybe, he mav read it until he finds out that it is, in fact, dangerous for him He must then put itaside This is an obligation of natural law

A Catholic may have a good suspicion that a given book is forbidden He should not read it until he has found out that it is not forbidden If a Catholic knows that a given book is dangerous or forbidden he mav not read it without permission

In doubt as to whether a given book is specifically forbidden a Catholic must find out the facts He mav concult the Index of forbidden books if he has the opportunity of doing so, or consult his confessor, or any one who mav know

It is obvious that the Church s not able to publish a list of all the books that may not be read for their numher now is legion But there is an Index of such books and additions are made to it from time to time Some books are put on the said Index till thev have been corrected: others that are wholly bad are condemned out of hand

Books recently published that are dangerous though not as yet on the Index are forbidden bv natural law that is, bv the law of the due worship of God the safeguarding of faith and moral principles, and the avoiding of scandal Such books are those which professedly defend atheism, Communism, or immoralitv or are obscene It is not necessarv, therefore, that books forbidden bv natural law should be put on the Index

Classes of Forbidden Books

Some of the classes of books which, in fact, are in general forbidden by positive legislation are the following:Versions of the Bible made or published by non-Catholics; books that defend heresy or schism, or undermine the foundations of religion; books that professedly attack religion or good morals; books that attack or ridicule any of the Catholic dogmas; books that defend superstition, magic suicide duelling, divorce, birth control, secret societies which plot egainst the Church or State; books that professedly treat cf obscenity

These are prohibitions in general but books mav be forbidden bv name or all the works of certain authors mav likewise be forbidden A Catholic cannot be expected to know which these are but he is expected to inquire if in doubt It will be obvious from the foregoing remarl, that evervone of sense should applaud the Ch ch's legislation on reading, and shula in fact, rejoice when bad book is put on the Index

A list of 293 martyrsforeign and Chinese priests, brothers and sisters all of whom met a violent death while carrying out their missionary work and 16 of whom have been beatified, has been published by Father R Daniels, OFM in Apostolicum," Lumen Service reports Cf the victims 6l were Franciscans six were killed in 1339 and five others before the close of that century 49 were members of the Paris Mission Society, 37 Jesuits, 36 diocesan priests, 26 Vineentians, 14 Dominicans, and 14 Scheut missioners

GERMAN CLERGY MAY ABSOLVE APOSTATES

German clergy have been granted the special facility of being able to absolve repentant apostates while the resent war continues and without insisting upon the usual solemn retracion, says the "Liberte of Fribourg

This permission has been granted bv the Sacred Penitentiary at the request of the president of the Fulda conference of the German Hierarchy

Penitents must, however, notify their parish priest and make a written st tement

TWO GERMAN FRIARS ISSUE BOOK BANNED BY NAZIS. Cincinatti

Twin brothers, Father Severin and Eather Stephen Lamping, O F M , of Cincinnati, have translated from th' German their book, "Through Hun dred Gates," which was b nned bv the Nazis

The book contains 41 stories of con versions to Catholicism by distinguished converts in 22 lands It went into four editions in the original Gernan before it was confiscated bv the Nazis

Four of the accounts were written bv German converts Among the English authors are Father Owen Dudley, Superior of the Ctholie Missionary Society Miss Sheila Kaye-Smith, and Mr G K. Chesterton

Ottawa

Cardinal Villeneuve, Archbishop f Quebec, has forbidden his clergy to lend their support to the Social Cre dit movement or attend its meetings

This order follows the interpretaticn by Social Credit partisans of a recent report by a theological commission as being in favour of their views

Cardinal Villeneuve states that he does not want the report to be exploited for electoral purposes, and says: It id not imply approval of the Social Credit doctrine in the name f the Church."

In the early hours of Wednesday morning February 28 Raymond John Caratti passed away suddenly at St lohn of God Hospital, Subiaco, after a brief illness Ravmond who was in his ninth year was the onlv son of Mr and Mrs Louis Caratti, of Hannan-street, Kalgoorlie

Born at Leonora, he had lived all his life with his parents on the goldfields, and it was only at the commencement of the school year that young Raymond came to Perth It was just four weeks ago that he entered the Junior Boys' Boarding School Mary's Mount Kalamunda, e inducted y the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition, and on the day prior to his death he was seen playing in the grounds with bis many school mates A few months before his death Ravmond had made his first Confession and received his first Holy Communion He was about to enter his scholastic career when he was taken to his eternal reward

His sad passing came as a very great shock to his devoted parents an friends, and has deeply touched the childish hearts of his many companions On Thursday morning, February 29, in St Mary's Cathedral, Perth Re quiem Mass was offered for the reposc f his soul., the Rev Father A Lynch being the celebrnt After Holy Mass he fner"l cc-tege proceeded to he 'th lie Cemeterv, Karrakatta, here Re Father Slowev, assisted bv Rev Fathers Lynch and Pace, conducted the service at the graveside in the presence of a large gathering of friends

The chief mourners were: Mr and Mrs Louis Caratti (parents) Among those present were Messrs G Ford

S Balbiani, Maijri, K P Byrne, A Paganini, B Molinari, Carli Balfani, Joe Borlini, T P Barry, P Rasmussen, O McCracken, H B Nutt K Spruhan F Burke: Dr V H Webster; Nurse Smith (Victoria Park); Mesdames H B Nutt E Maifre J Kinsella, AN E Wallis, R Bettini, P Mo!nari, and L Giudici

Many beautiful floral wreaths were placed on the grave and the bereaved parents have received numerous and widespread expressions of sympathy

The funeral arrangements were conducted by Perth Funeral Directors Ltd

THE LATE MR. WILLIAM GREEN. The death occurred on Wednesday, February 21, at Glendalough, of Witiam Green, dearly beloved father of Mary and Kitty Green of 142 Vincentstreet North Perth Born in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, Ireland, the late Mr Green went to Birkdale, Southport, England, at an early age, where he resided until the year 1929, when he came to Australia Mr Green was known to manv and acquired a large circle of friends As a member of St Teresa's he belonged to the Catholic Young Men's Societv. During the last six months Mr Green was with the Little Sisters at Glendalough, where he received every care and attention and fortified by the last rites of the Church he passed peacefully away to receive the reward that wes truly his

On Friday morning February 23, in the Sacred Heart Church, Highgate Hill, Requiem Mass was offered for the repose of his soul, the Rev Father IT Lalor being the celebrant In the afternoon the funeral cortege proceeded to the Catholic Cemetery, Karrakatta where the Rev Father Slowev officiated at the graveside in the presenee of a large gathering of friends,whose presence was testimony to the high esteem in which Mr Green was held by a arge section of the communitv

The chief mourners were Mary and Kitty Green !daughters) Tom Green (grandson), and John Green (brother) Numerous floral wreaths were placed on the grave, and the bereaved relatives have been the recipients of widespread expressions of sympathy

The funeral arrangements were conducted by Perth Funeral Directors Ltd

LATE MRS J DELLA

The funeral of the late Mrs Julia Della, beloved wife of Mr Peter Della, of 2 Flora-street, Midland Junction, took place in the Catholic portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery on Monday last, Rev Father C K Slowey officiating at the greveside Requiem Mass for the repose of her soul was celebrated in St Mary s Cathedral, Perth, bv Rev Father McGillicuddv on Monday morning

Although Mrs Della's health had been indifferent for several vears, her death was very sudden and came as a great shock to her relatives and numerous friends, who deeply mourn her untimely passing Born at Rosscarberry, County Cork, Ireland, 56 vears so the deceased lady came to Western Australia at the age of 26 years Mrs Della resided on the Goldfields for some vears before coming to Midland Junction, where she had ived for the past '9 ears Iways an active and willing worker for the parish, she was well known and highly esteemed by all who knew her Mrs Della is survived bv her husband, three sons, and two daughters

The chief mourners were Mr P Della (husband), William Jacle and Phil (sons) Connie and Sheila (daughters) Mrs M A Fitzgerald and Mrs Roy Chambers (sisters), Mrs W Della

daughter-in-law), Roy Chambers, Angelo and Tony Della (brothers-in-law)

Mrs. Tony Della (sister-in-law) Mrs. S Urquhart, Mrs C Collins (neices), Valerie Urquhart grand neice)

The pall-bearers were Messrs S U quhart R hambers V Gugiatt A Gugiatti, • Fomia ti and A Fomiatti

\mon those present were: Messrs C Collins, M McMullen, J F Griffin, J Hughes, B. Bevan, F Hamilton, L Dcnotto, A Donatti, G Donatti, E G Mucatti T Parolo S Rao G Maio A Parolo, A Mio ti, G Sales, M Scherini, L Gabriele, P Belcastro, I Garroni, O Gianoncelli F Gei Vinozzo P Della Madalena; Mesdames J Middleton B Cox, J Sanders, B O'Reilly, G Fomi atti, Eleno Belcastro, and Miss N Rao

The following wreaths were received From her loving Husband and Family; Her loving Sister Mary Anne and Fam ily; Her loving Sister Hannah and Family; Angelo, Tony Louisa, and Auntie, Ernie and Agnes Della, Gugr atti Brothers and Familv; Mr and Mrs Frank Hamilton

The funeral arrangements were cerried out by Messrs Bowra and O'Dea

Thursday, March 7, 1940

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Metropolitan Social Council. Bro Burrowes presided over the meeting, and delegates represented Leederville, East Victoria Park, Highgate St Patrick's Maylands, Bayswater, Midland, South Perth and Subiaco Arrangements were made for a river trip to be held on Friday, March 8 The card competitions will be held again this year-the same roles as previous years The closing date for the scores to be in is April 30 The inter-branch debate will be held at Highgate on April 2 Our Lady Help of Christians, East Victoria Park. Bro R Battersby presided over the quarterly meeting on February 22 A letter was received from St Joachim's Branch congratulating the runners of the branch on their brilliant display at the nnual picnic The members of the branch wish to thank Bro W Moy lan on the able way in which he coached the teams Misses I and E Meagher and Miss Battersbv were initiated Mr Stan Martin was initiated at the previous meeting The quarterly balance sheet and auditors' report were accepted, On Sunday, February I8, Rev Father O'Connor spoke highly of the attendance of members at the quarterly Communion Star of the Sea Branch Having relinquished business in Fre mantle, where he has been established for nearly twenty years, Bro P Conway was tendered a farewell social by members prior to his departure for Kalgoorlie Rev Father Conway O MI., deputising for the chaplain (Very Re Father Haugh 0 MI) who was unavoidably absent, expressed the regret of the Oblate Fathers at the loss of a parishioner of such robust faith Other speakers included Bros Edwards, Dowling, McNamara and Mulcahy In ashort response Bro Conway expressed his deep appreciation of their spirit of fellowship, and hoped that one day he might return among them During the evening a presentation was made on behalf of members St Kevin'sBranch The usual fortnightly meeting of the above branch, held in Thursday, February29, was very well attended bv members During the evening Miss Faulkin and Mr Wilkinson were proposed as full benefit members the initiation ceremony to take place at the next meeting Bro Flanagan reported that the annual picnic held on Sundav, Feb ruary 18, had been very successful and that our juvenile branch had scored a hollow victory in the inter-branch relav race The next meeting of the branch will commence at 730 pm At the conclusion of same a bus trip, in conjunction with the juvenile branch w'!1 be held to City Beach Buses will leave St Joseph's Hall at approximate ly 830 p.m

"OLD IONIANS" ASSOCIATION

As the tennis part conducted bv the "Old Ionians' " Association on Fet ruary 2T was such an outstanding success, it has been decided to conduct another such entertainment on Mon day, 18th inst. This will be held at the Catholic Tennis Courts Dalkeith road, Nedlands, at 7.45 pm., and all members of the Association are cordial lv invited to attend Should any member be desirous of hr'nsing a friend along if thev would kindlv notify the secretary (B1937) it would be greatly appreciated Trade in your old Racket and receive 20/- allowance at Ted Taylor's Sports Store, London Court

The League has promised to furnish the chaplain's room at the Catholic hut to be erected at the Northam Cam Anyone desirous of giving donation Z same should communicate with y," Maxwell (B2911) rs Soldiers' Reception.

All arrangements are now completed for the catering of the soldiers of the AIF during their stay in Perth Those who have promised to help are asked to watch the daily papers for notice of the arrival of soldiers Monthly Meeting

The monthly meeting was held on February 28 in the League Rooms There was a large and enthusiastic gathering and it is to be hoped that a larger meeting place can be arranged for this month

Clob Catholic Young Ladies' Peggy Knox, our new president, was in the chair at the meeting held on February 29 at the home of Sheila Whiteley, in Mt Lawley

We were pleased to see such a good attendance,__and noticed Jean Lewis and Mona Walker back with us again

Supper was served after the meeting nd thegirls enjoyed singing popular songs, with Peggy Knox, Mavis Casey and Kath. Easton entertaining at the piano

The girls were busy discussing Easter plans during the evening and w heard that Mona Walker is joining a party for Rottnest, while Kath nd Margaret Easton Peggy Knox and some thers are wending their way Bunbury- wards

By the way, we are told tha Mar garet Easton and Daphne Knox re at present enjoying their annul leave From what we hear, they are h: ing a good time at the. various beaches and around the shops

Our meeting plac fr next week March 14, will be at the home o out treasurer Mavis Casey 44 Franklvnstreet To reach Mavis' we are told to catch a 15 or 16 tram to Franklynstreet, where St Mary's Hall is situated

We have not finalised arrangements for a permanent meeting. place, but hope to do so very shortly

CATHOLIC TENNIS ASSOCIATION

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Country Carnival

The ninth annual countrv ca nival will again be held at Easter-time ceams from Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Bunbury and Geraldton participating The carnival this year will be played on Gemmell's Courts, Kitchener Park, Subiaco, which should prove most satisfactory.

Already arrangements for the entertainment of visitors are well in hand On Saturday evening, they will be the guests of the Subiaco Catholic Young Men's Club at a carnival dance. to be held in St Josephs Hall Subiaco. Many members no doubt will remem ber the most successful time they enjoyed at this function last season The usual country dinner will also be held at Mrs O'Connell's Stirling Social Rooms on Sunday evening Theresian Club At the annual general meeting of the Theresian Tennis Club the following office-bearers were elected for the cur rent year: Patron, Rev Father Dunne° president, Mr D A MeGillivray cap tain Mr P Colreavy; secretary, Mr R Forbes; treasurer, Mr L Graham On Sunday, February 25, the club conducted a very successful "Mintie" tournament At the conclusion of the days play the president had much pleasure in announcing his daughter, Jean as the winner His decision was not disputed

The annual tournament is in full swing and all matches ace being played with much enthusiasm

The committee is looking forward to a verysuccessful year, and although the retirement of a few of our prominent members is felt with regret the influx of new members has passed expectations We take this opportunity of appealing to the parishioners of our district to support their Catholic tennis club For any information ring Mr D IA McGillivrav (U1979) StateChampionships

The annual State tennis championship will be conducted at the King's Park Clbs courts during Easter time There will be 24 events, including 10 championships and 14 handicaps The WAACLTA are desirous that if anv members of our Association intend competing, that they endorse their entrv form 2s being a member of our Association Each club is requested to en" deavour to indice as manv members as they possibly can to enter this tournament, and thus help towards the success of the State championships

Thursday, March 7, 1940

Social ProblemsinWartime

AN OBJECTIVE THAT MUST BE RETAINED

The Importance of Winning the Peace

By A S HEGERTY, B A ,

in "The Catholic Leader."

The advent of the war n Europe and our participation in it should not result in the shelving oi questions of social amelioration until the end of the war The history of the centuries shows that war is a regular feature of human society, and therefore the great objective of social peace in each separate community is not to be forgotten with every war, and least of all with this one

No doubt the war necessarily makes urgent and even supreme demands upon the various communities, and the old ways of peace cannot be pursued as usual despite the official formula of business as usual'

The obvious danger to be way this much desired social advance guarded against in time of war, Economic Domination so far as internal society is con- The presence of large and wealthy corporations is fuel to the flames of the cerned, is that the unscrupulous class war; especially where these corrich will attempt to use it as a porations show their determination to meas of breaking down working rule in the economic sphere and wield conditions and weakening genu- political and social power by means of their economic strength That rulerine workingmen's organisations ship does not belong to them; and to Among the latter I do not include the extent that they seize and use it the organisations of Communism they are usurpers, whose intrusion which by their nature aim at dice- must be sternly resisted and over-' thrown ' tatorship, the robbery 'of the rich It is becoming clear that society is and middle classes, and the reg- restive under the impertinent rule of mentation and oppression of the the large commercial and financial corworkmen and the poor porations; certainly, the criticsofthese

The Marxian doctrinaires work traders have greatly multiplied sinoe he war of 191418 for the triumph of the queer so- The old social status of the corporacial and economic ideas of the vio- ions has gone, and if they are under lent sect of Communists under the wise leadership they themselves will direction of Moscow These sec- work for the admission into their management and industrial relations of the taries attempt the disruption of classes upon whom they ultimately every commumity in which they depend for their continued existence appear, and, as the sad example and especially the workmen without of Russia shows, when they gam whom they are powerless and foredoomed to ruin and dissolution power cannot agree amongst themselves

The old guard of Communists in Russia has been decimated by Stalin and the head commander of the Red Army is General Purges, a blood-thirsty man, but, as the Finnish campaign has shown, a poor type of militarist

The Transition to Peace

It is necessary to keep the normal social objective in mind for the reason that the transition to peace must not take the communitv unawares

This it will do if the mind is solely concentrated upon the war and if during the war the large financial and industrial organisations are allowed a too decisive voice mn the affairs of the nation These oranisations should always be watched and controlled but especially in time of war when the masses of men are making large personal sacrifices in the defence of their country,

To achieve social peace on equitable terms between all classes and ranks in the community, so that society can continue on its way with the most effective amount of personal and group liberty of action is one of the major problems of the day, and is so fundaaental that not even the greatest war in history can be permitted to obscure it or force it into a temporary discard

The var has n immense influence on the subsequent peace, and it is a profitless thing to win the war and lose the peace The masses make a splendid contribution to the successful prosecution of the war and it is a shame and scandal if they do not reap the reward of their efforts in a splendid and happy peace Co-Operation in Industry.

It should not be bevond the reach of ustralian statesmanship to set up committees of workmen and owners or managers of the large corporations to deal in an atmosphere of genuine goodwill with the various questions of the factory and finance, including conditons of labour, the distribution of profits, and the establishment of substantial welfare funds and organisations

The genuine co-operation of these classes of men is alwavs earnestly to be desired and especially in time of war when the increase of goodwill between them means an increase ofunit ed national and communal effort

In plain English, the commercial or financial corporation should be enlarged into a true and effective trade corPoration, including in it workmen and employers whose concern would be the well-being of the whole trade, and whose decisions upon the whole field of trading, conditions, profit, and mangement would be joint and effective

Such a step towards industrial coOperation would be a vast adv'age n war and one of the most effective steps towards securing a real social peace at the end of the war This practical co-operation cannot be commenced too soon and Australia needs above all things a group of politial leaders and far-sighted citizens to_begmn in a wise, orderlv, and considered

THE PRESENCE OF GOD

WHAT is man's essential religious need, judging by the experience of the past? One usual answer is God, the supernatural, the transcendent the other answer is deliverance salvation eternal life And both these two elements are represented in some form or other in any given religion · Now, a concentration n these two specifically religious needs produces an attitude to life totally opposed to the practical utilitarian outlook f the nonbelieving man The latter regards the world of man the world of sensible experience and social activityas the only reality, and is sceptical of anything that lies beyond, whether in the region of pure thought or of spiritual experience

The religious man, on the contrary, is conscious of the existence of another and greater world of spiritual reality in which we live and move and have cur being, though it is hidden from us by the veil of visible things

The one ultimate reality is the Being of God Nature itself and the world of man are only real in so far as they have their ground and principle of being in that supreme reality

In the words of a French writer of the seventeenth centurv: It is the presence of God which without cessation, draws creation from the abyss of its own nothingness above which His omnipotence holds it suspended, lest of its own weight it should fall back therein; and serves it as the bond of connection which holds it together in order that all that it has of its Creator should not waste and flow away like water that is not kept in its channel'

The whole universe is as it were, the shadow of God, and has its being in the contemplation or reflection of the Being of God The spiritual nature reflects the Divine consciously, while the animal nature is a passive and unconscious mirror Nevertheless, even the life of the irrational animal is a living manifestation of the Divine, and the flight of the hawk or the power of the bull is an unconscious prayer, Man alone stands between these two kingdoms in the strange twilight world of rational consciousness He possesses a kind of knowledge which transcends the sensible without reachng the intuition of the Divine Itself It is onlv the mystic who can escape from this twilight world But the mvstie is not the normal man; he is one who has transcended, at least momentarilv the natural limits of human knowledge The non-religious man is immersed in the world of sense and uses his reason in order to subjugate the material world to his own ends to satisfy his appetites and to assert his will He lives on the animal plane with a more than animal consciousness and purpose, and in so far, he is less religious than the animal

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A record nomination of 16 was re- l The 37th annual Swimming contest ceived for the WA Trotting Derby, '2)l of the Public Schools'_ Association was which will be decided at Gloucester �� Y' - held under ideal conditions at Crawley Park on Saturday night, March 9 AMl l') Baths last Saturday morning but one of the three-vear-olds were bred It was one of the best contests of in this State the exception being Wil- recent years, for Aquinas, Scotch and ver Mint, a bay colt by Wilverley from Hale all had prospects of winning with a Minton Derby mare, who is trained

three-quarters of the programme fin. and races in the nomination of J Sim- shed mons The 16 youngsters represent 10

Gradually Aquinas made its position sires and oi iese siici, who has met

more sere, and when the_last event with great success at the stud here, the 400 Metres Open Free Style, came has the best representation, no less on, it was necessary for Scotch to get than four of the candidates being his W.A.C.A. First Grade Results

MEETING AT RICHMOND PARK

SANTA MARIA EVENTS. first and second to have a chance of progeny General Mavista, a com- West Perth, 156 v North Perth 4 Ten records were broken on 27thbeating the Red and Blacks Tread paratively new sire, has three horses tor 37 ult at the Santa Maria College's an- gold State junior champion won for to represent him, while Antique has Claremont, 155 v East Perth, 2 for nual swimming carnival The sports Scotch but Christian (4th) and Johntwo representatives 19 took place under ideal conditions n the son (6th) secured valuable points for Fremantle 89 v. Mt Lawley, 5 for college swimming pool School House Aquinas who had a winning_margin There will be an excellent supporting 95 secured the honours of the day with of six points: Aquinas, 94 points, 1; programmeseven events NE Fremantle, 85, v Subiaco 4 for ll points followed by Mercian (123 Scotch 88 points 2; Hale, 72 points, 3; 160 points) <nd Trinity 81 points) P Guildford, 52 points, 4 Noteworthy Performances Anderton was champion swimmer; J Five new records were established Batting: Edwards «W.P) 50; Watt Dolin, champion under 16; M Fitz- and generally the swimming was of a (S 54 unfinished gerald, champion under I4; S Dolin, very high standard

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Breeders' Handicap, of 80; 1l miles

Divided Handicap, of £320: four races £80 each; 222 and better; 1 mile 5 furlongs

St Patrick's Handicap, of £120 and trophy; 217 and better; 1 miles too¢vote¢vote¢4av««o«to«¢

On Saturday week, March 16, the Bowling: Mills S ) 5 for 42; Cum- nder 12, and R Hooper, under 10 It is thethird successive win of "The Fremantle Trotting Club will conduct ming (5, 3 for 14; G Gardner (EP), Results: Swimming Cup' by Aquinas a meeting at Richmond Park 5 for 36 Open Events Congratulations to all concerned Brieflets 1I0 Yards Free-style: P Anderton Subiaco will e one of the finalists 'S H ) 1; J Dolin S H ) 2; M HilEither North Perth or West Perth will ton (T), 3. 55 Yards Free-style: P be its opponent, but it is not easy to Anderton (S H ), I; M Fitzgerald say which, as the game is very open 0M ) 2; M Corbett (T ) 3 55 Yards West Perth has much for which to Breast-stroke: M Corbett (T ), 1; P thank Allan Edwards, Aquinas College Anderton (S H ), 2: B Kelly M), 3 captain His 50 was the highest score 30 Yards Back-stroke J Dolin (SH), of the match and it seemed he was I; P Anderton SH), 2; M Fitzgerfairly set for a big score when he went ald (M), 3 Dive: P Anderton (S H ), for a big hit, missed, and was smartly l; S Stephen (S H), 2; M Fitzgerstumped ald 3 McGill, of North Perth struck a pur- Under I4 Events 55 Yards Freeple patch when in five overs he secured style: M Fitzgerald (M), 1; J Dolin five for 25 against Wests, and turned (SIH) 2; P McKay (T ) 3 30 the game in North's favour Yards Breast-stroke M Fitzgerald On Fridav on the Sydney Cricket 'M ), ; B Corbett (T) 2:; J Dolin

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Which camp'doestheCatholic belong?

as lib " catholic a reactonary or a u I eral? N'either, if one understands the terms as herein defined Reactionaries and liberalsboth face the problem of a changing civilisation The reactionary denies change The liberal, on the contrary, is so much impressed with change that he denies principles

The Reactionary Politically, the reactionary believes that all state regulation of business for the common good is a violation of constitutional rights Economically, the reactionary believes property rightsare above human rights, and that the right to expand business comes before the duty to pay a living wage

In religion he believes in indifference, and understands tolerance as equal opportunity for right and wrong

He thinks that a man who can make up his mind about God's truth is narrow while he who is like a ship without a compass or a port is "broad'

In general, the reactionary s one who brands every forward movement for the common good as "Communistic," though he is probably so ignorant of Communism that he thinks Stalin believes in democracy,

The Liberal. Politically, the liberal believes the Constitutio of the United States is only the expression of eighteenth century philosophy and, therefore, should be scrapped

Economically, he combats the avarice of the rich by inciting the envy of the poor, nstead of uniting both in the name of justice. Socially, he believes in a revolutionary transformation of Society, but is without an ideology; promises takes the place of platforms and expediency rules over programmes and purposes.

In religion, the liberal equates the freedom of religion with the right to be irreligious Invariably he chooses among the various kinds of brutality: he signs a protest against the political trial of a Red who has killed hundreds but justifies the burning of 25,000 churches and chapels on the ground of historical necessity

He can generally be counted on to be a signer of any documents issuing from "front'' organisations, and has considerable sympathy for mercy-killers and Stalin's headsmen The liberal is "one who has both feet firmly planted in the mid-air"

Just as the reactionary brands every social movement as "Communistic" so too the liberal brands every opposition to subversive activity as "Fascist"; when he talks about dictators he mentions Hitler and Mussolini, but not Stalin.

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Fulton Sheen, one of the bestknownAmericanwriters andradiospeakers, writes an article each Sunday for the Hearstpapers throughout the country One Sunday a few monthsago,hegave aclarificationoftermsthatarewidely misunderstoodandmisapplied

To sum it up, the reactionary say6: "John wears a green hat now; John will always wear a green hat; he will wear it to bed; he will wear it during Winter Spring, Summer, Autumn-''

The liberal says: 'Times are changing so much; give John a new head" Both

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A Sadness at the death of Christ and fear of God through His rejection of the chosen people brought about by their own hardness ofheart Oursins, too have crucified Christ God never fails to punish sin that is not repented of. Consolation in the knowledge of the fact so vividly brought before our minds that the Eternal Father Whom we have offended by our sins, has so oved the world as to give up for our Redemption His only begotten Son Thnksgiving for the glorious Redemption which reaches its highest form of expression in the "Exsultet" of Holy Saturday

Even on these days of gloom the thought of the Resurrection is present to stir men's hearts to hope PALM SUNDAY

Q What is the opening day of Holy Week called?

A It is called Palm Sunday Dominica Palmarum ) from the procession of palms that marks the liturgy of the dav

What are the elementsof the Palm Sunday liturgy?

A The blessing and procession of palms, and Holy Mass during which the Passion acording to St Matthew is recited by the celebrant, and at High Mass, in addition, sung by the deacons of the Passion

Q What is the purpose of the procession of palms?

A To recall and to represent in dramatic form the triumphant entry of Jesus nto Jerusalem that took place five days before His Death upon the Cross

A, What is the origin of the ceremonv?

Q In the 4th. century in Jerusalem the faithful marched on this day to the Mount of Olives and returned to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre bearng palm branches in their hands In the early Middle Ages, n accordance with this practice of the Church of Jerusalem, the faithful used to proceed to a Church outside the town, and bearing palms and olive branches, re-

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turn to the gates of the town and there • pay homage to the Redeemer Who was represented sometimes by the Book of the Gospels, sometimes by a statue, The gates were then opened and all proceeded to the church for the celebration of Holv Mass

Q What remnant of this practice still survives?

A The procession goes outside the church and halts for a few moments during the singing of a hymn outside the closed door of the church

Q When was the Blessing of the Palms introduced?

A Though the Procession of Palms was practised as far back as the 4th century, the Blessing of the Palms is not met with until about the 7th century

Q What are the special features of this Blessing?

A In form it is similar to a Mass without Offertory, Canon or Communion; for it has an Introit, Collect, Epistle, Tract, Gospel, Preface, 'anetus It is a "dry Mass' with prayers of Blessing of the Palms (one before the Preface and five after it)

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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 in the evening In addition, they are allowed two light meals-one of about eight ounces, and the other of two or three ounces Any kind of food, and hence 1 even flesh meat, may be used at all three meals provided, at , the two small meals, the limit of eight and two or tlree 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

4 Friday, unless it be a Holiday of Obligation, is a day of abstinence

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

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

7. There is no fast or abstinence on Sundays or Holidays of obligation

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 ll 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

Thursday, March 7, 1940.

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Dear Cornerites, )

To-morrow is the feast ofSt John ofi God, after whom so many hospitals throughout the world have been named St John spent the latter part of hislifeministering to the needs of the sick pcor and supported them by his work and begging Soon his work spread and a hospital was established inwhich elaboured Aftertenyears aiding the poor and the suffering, he died in 1550 of an illness brought on by an attempt tosave a drowning boy from the River Xenil

On Sunday ou will notice that the altar willbedrapedin purple, and this will speedily bring to your mind the fact that Lent is entering a more solemn stage Passion Sunday, the second Sunday before Easter, is the first Sunday that the statues and crucifixes are covered in purple and the altar is bare offlowers The approaching two weeks become more and more solemn, culminating in the great commemorationof the Passion duringHoly Week

AUNT BESSY

Dear Aunt Bessy,Hasn't the weatherbeen veryhot? We go out to the beacheveryhot nightandhaveour tea out there Will you pleasesendme a prick card and I will do my best with t? THE EXILE

Dear Exile,The weather has certainly been terribly hot and I do hope it willgeta littlecooler soon Ihave sent on the prick card and I am sure you will manage it quite easily

AUNT BESSY

Palais de Copper, Plain Chant Avenue, Mt Henry

Dear Aunt BessvHere's a gift your work to bless,

Who the donor you may guess?

In the ast warhe took part

With such brave and daring heart, That hegained theDSO.

Dashing at the Turkish foe

Should he see this he'll kill me--

That will win him the VC

He's a hero, sure enough, Though he hides it neath much bluff, And instead of fighting Turks, s agardener nowhe works

You should see him with a hose, Watering "Lady Helen" rose, Pipe in mouth, in mood botanic, Fragrant rest formind titanic!

He can talk on golf and wars, Oron solemn marriage laws, And his listeners he'll enthrall

Telling how to knit a shawl

The only one thing he's silent on Is where his kindly deeds have shone, Andthough butrarelyI havemethim, Topraisehim does, I know, upset him But let the Bushies for himpray, And for one who passed his way In whose care he placed the treasure Which I send to you with pleasure FADEDGARDENIA

PS:

There'ssilvervaluenineandsix, Thecoppersnumber FourNine Four And Three pounds and eightpence ha'penny Isthesplendid totalscore

LEMONADE BOTTLE.

A Patronof the Little Flower

Acknowledged With Thanks £ 1

A Stranger In Honour of St Christopher "] L.'' Too Busy To Work

A Stranger Carmel McCarthy, North Perth Faded Gardenia 3

Aunt Bessy also acknowledges one box of stampsfrom A Faded Gardenia and a box for Sandy Thank you

One night St John of God took to his hospital a poor man who was dyingBut as he washed his feet he saw the mark of the nails and knew that Our Lord had appeared to him and blessed his work Then the vision disappeared

Dear Faded Gardenia, It didn't take me half a minute to guess your identitv and someone else recognised the other anonvmous donor about whom you so generously write, So I know two of the three mentioned, and I m afraid can't guess the third who s« kindly left themoneyfor the Bushies However, theBushies will bejust asdelighted as Iam tosee such agenerous donation credited with a hearty thank vou The "treasure"' was a pleasure to count, even if it was in coppers AUNT BESSY k # Mt Lawley

Dear Aunt Bessy, Please find enclosed 2/6 for the Bushies, and would you please send me two cards and I will trv tosend them backbefore next vear Withbest wishes for the year TOO BUSY TO WORK

Dear Too Busv to Work, Your donation was very gratefully received as was your offer to help with the prick cards I have already sent you two and I trust vou will notfind themany trouble to fill up

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k # Dear Aunt Bessv, offering from

k k A little Lenten t

Dear Stranger, I have come to look forward to your short but sweet little letters and your regular donations Thank you very much for giving the Bushies a constant remembrance AUNT BESSY

Dear Aunt Bessy,Please find one pound for the Bushies

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Dear Patron of the Little Flower, As you probably know the work of the Missions was one of the Little -Flower's very special interests when she was alive and I am sure she will repay you a hundredfold for remembering the Bushies' cause AUNT BESSY

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The Catholic School

(Continued from Front Cover) war it was strange that as soon as peace came that spirit practically disappeared, and gave place to self-seeking

With regard to the birth control clinic proposal, said Mr. Gibson, he was entirely with the Fremantle District Council's attitude ·

"The Only Bulwark Against Revolution."

The Rev Father McLoughlin, in an eloquent address, spoke of the sacrifices made by Catholics to educate their children in such a manner that thev would be an asset to the State, and of the total lack of appreciation of their efforts on the part of the civil authority

These handsome additions to your school said Father McLoughlin-casting as it does a further debt upon the parishmust convince every citizen in Fremantle that we Catholics are tremendouslv in earnest in the cause of religious education There is something glorious and something sad in the erection of a Catholic school Something glorious and sad that these schools are erected single-handed, without the slightest help or encouragement from our civic rulers; something glorious and sad that ninety per cent of the money that is spent in the erection of our schools comes from the small revenue of those who earn their

'La Pasionaria' in Russia

Dolores Ibarruri (La Pasionaria") the darling of the anti-Franco Press, the champion of democracy, and the leading light of the International Peace Congress at Brussels in 1937 passed out of the news rather suddenly with the final triumph of the National cause in Spain She was too busy looking for a friendly corner to hide in to worry about ' democracy"

A recent issue of 'The Pilot" (Boston, U SA), discloses that she is now in Russia

Says "The Pilot": A Stalinist paper there are no Communist organs left in this country-has a glowing word for La Pasionaria in a recent issue The woman is now n Russia The paper prints her birthday message to that great lover of democratic aspiration

Joseph Stalin

'The woman writes: 'We know that for the working people of the whole world the name of Stalin s the hope of swift emancipation from the yoke of capitalism With this name on their lips the working people, led by the Communist International, will overthrow capitalism and achieve Communism'

"In the light of knowledge now possessed by· every literate person, La Dona Ibarruri is one of two things she is either a toadying politician or @ simpleton She is a lackey at Stalin's Byzantine court She was always a lackev An obvious humbug now she was also a fraud at the time our Press romanticised her

"She was in Spain, not to democratise the country but to Sovietise it The attempt having failed, she is now at home, She is really home"

The Society of St Vincent de Paul is urgently in need of left-off clothing to supply the wants of the distressed Parcels may be ieft at the Western Stove Co cnr Wellington and Queen Streets, or ring B6307 and they will be collected

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Bulwark Against Revolution

bread at the sweat of their brow Selfsacrifice gives us the measure and depth of a man's religious principles Judged by that standard our Catholic schools all over the land are inspiring memorials to a deep and ardent Faith

But the self-sacrifice of which I speak is not confined to the sacrifice involved in subscribing to the building itself but embraces that loftier self-sacrifice of our religious teachers, who consecrate their lives to this noble work. The reigious Sister withdraws from the world, where she sheds her libertv and seeks the shadow of the cloister She kneels at an altar and vows to the God who made her that as long as she draws the breath of life, she will consecrate her life to this sacred cause She kneels at that same shrine and vows that she will not accept one penny for her labours for her own personal use Here, surely, is self-sacrifice, and dead is the soul of him who is not inspired by it The sun dawns from dav to day and shines all over the world on many human activities, but I doubt if the sun n its course across the heavens shines on a nobler figure than the Sister at her desk

Never more than now is the world convulsed with social disorder and unrest and never more than now is the religious teacher needed War has crashed upon us, and its echoes are reverberating through the world. But there is something more terrible than the thunder of guns, something more formidable than armies marching in battle array, and that is social revolution, class strife, and civil war In our own day, Russia, swept by social unrest, burst into furious revolution The whole social order was overthrown and everything that was beautiful in human nature was desecrated and disfigured

The dark deeds that blotted the name of Russia made the human race grow pale That spirit that outraged all that was decent and divine became systematised and organised Like some evil growth it sent its roots deep 1nto the soil of Russia, and its proiific offshoots bid fair to spring up in the soil of other nations Spain, in her long history engaged n many wars, and her sons bore the scars of many a battle But never was Spain so rocked to its foundations as when the social disturber landed on her shores and rent the land with civil war Tbe cascades that shot from the lofty mountains of Spain foamed into blood The rivers that watered her fertile and flowering plains turned to tears

Social unrest spreads rapidly Like some plague it sweeps rapidly from land tolandand from shore to shore And if ever that civil strife should strike Australia, Australia will be tried by fire ·

But in that evil and tragic hour the most powerful fortress our rulers can fall back upon will be the Catholic school There is a foe more deadly than the soldier in the field There are weapons more destructive to life and property than mine or submarine the evil propaganda of enemies of the social order It is not bv sword or sabre that such enemies are vanquished, but the training of mind anl heart in the religious school

Our rulers are undoubtedly spending large sums of money on education, But mere education does not meet the eed The cultivation of the mind does not suffice The heart must be trained to curb the wayward instincts of human nature A cultivated mind and a disciplined heart form a splendid combination This is true culture This is the purpose and object of the Catholic school

Competition

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We Catholics are convinced that mere education is not true culture The worst type of criminal is the eduated criminal Voltaire and Rousseau were giants of learning, but they left France the heritage of the French Revolutiona chapter of French his tory that is written in tears and blood It was men of education that lashed Russia to revolution, leaving her a grim spectacle to the world and byword amongst the nations It was men of education that cast Spain into the fires of civil war [And if ever the social order is threatened in Australia the threat will come from men of education

No mere education is not enough, The training and discipline o the heart must go hand in hand with the cultivation of the mind This is the Catholic outlook on education This is the simple explanation of the Catholic school

I stress this aspect of Catholic education, concluded Father Mcloughlin because in these days of social unrest the Catholic school becomes a national asset-a bulwark to the Con: itution that guards the rights and liberties of the people for in the Catholic school children grow up to become mo n and women who respect the law i God who in private life have a lov· "r the home and in public life resp the Constitution and prove patri c to their country Consequently I congratulate the Archbishop upon this fresh endeavour in the cause f education, I congratulate Father Haugh in facing the responsibility ofa further debt and I appeal to you t assist him generously to-day When your days decline your help will figure among the better things you shall have done in life and no sculptor can raise a better monument to your memory than the school you complete today

"What to do on a Date"

AS TOLD BY FATHERLORD

A girl who has to have a lot oi money spent on her before she has a good time on a date will make a nagging money-digging, selfish srt of wife,'' the Rev Daniel A Lord, s J, asserts in his latest pamphlet, "What to do on a Date," just off the press Father Lord sympathises with the chap who permits himself to be broke for days,just to beabig spender with a girl on one date

"Frankly, I think it's a lucky young man who likes a girl and trusts her enough to ask her to share great music and important drama with him from the heights of cheap seats,'' he continues 'I think any girl should feel complimented when an honest young fellow asks her to share his love for fine things when that love triumphs over pride and a slim pocket-book A boy who won't ask a girl out unless he has a pocketful of money is a showoff who'll furnish the family with chickens to-day and feathers to-morrow''

Recommending that the girl plan the evening Father Lord suggests she lead the conversation, remarking that .'give a man a conversational inch and he'll take a conversational mile,'' adding that the girl should see to it that the conversation never lags Food and sports are always good topics he suggests. If the girl is clever, there is no incentive to go to roadhouses infested with roadhogs and roadhags," he counsels

In a planned evening, Father Lord amplifies the girl has "talked well and listened better When thev head for home, she directs their conversation into interesting lines The reach home happily He has had so much stimulus and pleasure from the girl that, though the physical charm and attraction is still there, he does not have the typical masculine feeling that runs this way: "[Well she owes me something for the evening, doesn't she?"

"She's been charming and entertaining and shes cut the need for adolescent lovemaking to a minimum Indeed, if the talk has been brisk, the cpportunity for love-making has been largely eliminated"