The Record Newspaper 27 June 1940

SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR.

PERTH, THURSDAY, JUNE 27,

Golden Jubilee of Beagle Bay

Last week the Beagle Bay Mission to Aborigines, in the Kimberley Vicariate, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation.

His Lordship Bishop Raible, P S M Vicar-Apostolic, solemnly opened five days of liturgical celebrations and other festivities, which concluded on Sunday, June 23

His Grace the Archbishop celebrated Mass on June 20, the anniversarv of the first Mass celebrated by Bishop Gibney

Visitors from the South and aborigines from the remotest parts of the great native reserve f Dampier Land were gathered at Beagle Bay, the headquarters ofi the Pallotine Fathers, who administer the Vacariate of the Kimberley During the month of June, His Excellency the \postolie Delegate, Most Rev J Panico S T D JU D , accompanied bv Verv Rev James H Hannan, D D National Director of the Pontifical Mission Aid Societies, paid a special visit to Beagle Bay in honour of the jubilee year His Excellency was deeply impressed with the missionary work in the North-West and the model settlement at Beagle Bay

In a remarkable tribute, the Apostolic Delegate said:"Thisis the nearest thing that Ihave seen to what I imagine must have been the life in the famous Jesuit Reductions in the Paraguay'

Established by the Holy See in 1887 the Kimberley Vicariate was first administered to by the Bishop of Perth, who acted as Administrator-Apostolic In the

first vears of his administration he sent a priest occasionally to visit the ports on the north-west coast Bishop Gibney, who was then in charge of Perth diocese, was very anxious to open a mission to the blacks in the far north oi Western Australia In 1889 he went up to Derby and rode across the country to a place where now Beagle Bay Mission is situated He picked the site himself and worked with his own hands, day after day, clearing the bush erecting little cottages, and planting bananas, sugar cane, and other tropical plants He then handed the mission over to the Trappist Fathers, who had volunteered to take on missionarv work amongst the blacks of the Nvol-Nvol tribe, who were roaming n the bush around Bea-

gle Bay and were rather numerous at that time These Fathers worked with untiring zeal for the conversion of the blacks, but were recalled by their Superiors in 1900

Bishop Kelly, of Geraldton, under whose care the Vicariate then was, secured the services of the Pallottine Fathers, and the first priests and Brothers arrived at Beagle Bay Mission in March 1901 A branch was established in Broome, and later on in Lombadina Broome is 80 miles south of Beagle Bay, and Lombadina 50 miles north of Beagle Bay

In 1907 the first Sisters arrived at the Beagle Bay Mission They came from Subiaco, Perth, and belonged to the Sisters of St John of God During the Great War the mission suffered a great loss by the death of the SuperiorFather Thomas Special restrictions placed on foreigners made it impossible to receive help from Germanv, from whence the Palottine Fathers had come Consequently, the Sacred Congregation oi the Propagation of the Faith called the Salesian Fathers to the Vicariate and appointed the first Vicar-Apostolic-Dr Coppo, of the same society-in 1023

After a few years the above mentioned restrictions were withdrawn, and in 1923 the Vicariate was entrusted to the care of the Pallottine Fathers of the German Province It has been their aim since not only to maintain and develop the existing missions, but also to extend their activities more inland where still numerous tribes have not yet received the benefit of our holy faith

It was the annual dinner of the local angling society, and in response to cries of "Speech!" Bodger rose "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, it was when I first met my dear wife that I decided to take up fishing; her words inspired me to venture forth with rod and line"

Do tell us,'' interrupted Tadger 'What was her advice?"

"Ahem!" coughed Badger 'At our first meeting she told me to sling my hook. "

A young lawyer attended the funeral of a millionaire financier

A friend who arrived at the church a little late took a seat beside the lawyer, and whispered, "How far has the service gone" The lawver nodded towards the clergyman and whispered back, tersely, 'Just opened for the defence"

Highly indignant, the victim offered a reward of 1,000 marks to anyone unmasking the perpetrator Next morning nother card was found pinned on the door, with the words: Where did you get the 61,000 marks?"

k k >k k it wa the first time that the old farmer had been in town in the blackout In a dimly lit window he saw rows of large pies They looked tempting, so he entered It was equally dim inside

"I'll take one of those'' he said, pointing to the objects in the window The shopkeeper put one in a box and the farmer felt his way out, Five minutes later he re-entered

"Ye'llha'e tae tak' this pie back," he said. "Ive nearly smashed ma teeth tryin' to break through the crust" "Pie!" shouted the shopkeeper n amazement "Man, that's not a pie It a tortoise."

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\ Scotsman was walking along the beach with his wife when he saw a bottie on the sands

"Hoots, Maggie, there's a message in the bottle!" he cried as he picked it up 'Weel, what d ye think'" he went on, r ling the message "It irom a shipwrecked sailor, Here, tak' the messag to th puli at once whil I go and collect th penny on the bott' ' #

The woman was charged with th " id you steal dre gistrate N ndant: "I it "

"If th dress fits you, you can have it,''ruled the magistrate

The w man retired from the room to don th garment When she returned wearin it, th magitrate looked her Ftwen d.y imprisonment,"

I\ A big Nazi boss had bought a large country house which, a local paper reported cost 60000 marks One morning, pinned to its main door, wasa card which read: "Where did you get the 00,000 marks?

# Th pri 1n, the tria wife-beating

I neighbour present during the assault was called as a witness for the prosecution He described the blows in detail and the wife's helplessness In astonishment the judge turned to the witness and asked: "Do you mean the court to understand that you stood by and saw this man strike the poor woman again and again?"

"Yes, I saw it all."

'And you mah n fere?"

'I couldn't"

Why not?"

Int.r- fort te

I was filling my pipe k k t t

The other day Joe went into a seaside pub for an appetiser before lunch

An old sailor sidled up to him

"Adventurou life I've had,' he said "I suppose so,'' said Joe "Yes," continued the sailor, "all sorts of things seem to happen to me Not long ago I had an operation After I came to, the doctor told me he'd left a sponge inside me, but I told him to letit stay there as I didn't want another operation, and there it is to this day '

"Itmustpain you,'' said Joe, Oh it don't hurt at all,'' said the silor''But Iget terribly thirsty!"

And, of course, Joe bought him one

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It was during the night, and the airraid warning had sounded A warden going his rounds came across a night watchman asleep in his hut After shaking him well, he shouted: 'Come on! Don't you know the siren has gone?"

watchman mumbled "I'm not rised They'I pinch anythin around ere"

k It was their habit to get together over a pint of beer in the local and discuss their gardens On this particular evening each was trying to outdo the others with stories of the marvellous things he had managed to grow

But one little man, sitting by himself in the corner, took no part in the conversation until one of his neighbours turned to him and asked: By the way, what happened to that rhubarb you were growing Jim?"

Oh, that! came Jim's quiet reply 'I sold the sticks to a builder for scatfold poles." k k k

An Englishman was paying his first visit to a small town n Scotland He stopped t make a few inquiries of a native

'I suppose you have a provost here: he asked "A said the man "And does he wear insignia like our mayors?" The manlooked at him inamazement, Insignia?" he inquired Well," said the other, does he wear a chain?"

'Na, na,"' was the reply "He gangs loose; but dinna be ·ared, he's quite harmless''

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An Irish fireman, rescuing a woman at a blaze, lost his hold near the bottom of the ladder and landed heavily with the woman on top of him doctor hastily summoned pronounced him sound, though badly bruised You are a brave man," said the doctor • Brave, maybe, but no gintleman, replied the Irishman, rubbing his njuries or I'd have letthe lady go first."

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Th champion optimist was just dashing off on holiday, carryinga large suitcase Unfortunately for him, he met his landlord at the entrance to the ation Oft on holiday, re you?" the landlord snapped. 'Well, you've got a nerve to go when you owe me three, month' rent."

"You know I cant pay you," said the othr "Why, I couldn't have had this trip if I hadn't sold that new bath you put in last week!'

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k k was introduced dur man harged with WERE YOU ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES THISTIME

'There we w ·re'' exclaimed the Old Soldie urrounded by Germans trapped, with no ammunition, There ws ne d, othing to drink.

The rum iar had been smashed by a sniper "

Wasn't there anv water? interruptel a listener

"Course there was" snapped the veteran, "'but that wasn't no time to think of cle: nliness"

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Two little rabbits went for a walk in the country After they had been walking some time they sat down to rest

Presently a skunk came along and sat down beside them, After a while one little rabbit sniffed Then the other sniffed, and whispered: "I sav, old man, don't you think someone ought to tell him?"

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Some officers were invited to dine with the squire They took a lantern with them across the park, They spent a happy and hectic evening Next morning their host sent his servant with this message: 'Dear Sirs-Herewith your lantern Please return birdcage bv bearer"

k k st Mrs Goodbody was telling the village policeman how her evacuee had been using bad language She feared a bad effect on her own child Later in the day the policeman called The evacuee opened the door Are vou the little girl who uses bad language?" he asked Vho told you?" w:s the answer

A little bird" said the policeman, 'Well,' gasped the evacuee, "I like that And I've been feeding the blighters!"

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SAY: I SAW YOUR AD IN 'THE RECORD"

"Hooey' All

Freethinker," Marrickville, N.S W.:

I have listened to your Sunday evening broadcasts for the past two months You did soat your own risk; and I cannot be held responsible for it

Your talk about what the Roman Church has done for humanity is all "hooey." "Hooey" is a synonym for "boloney" and, being interpreted, means nonsense"' But to come to the answer to your question: As a faithful disciple of "free thought," which prides itself on refusing to take anything on authorty you surely will not mind if I refuse to accept your assurances on the point and ask for proof

Your organisation has always been the enemy of freedom

It is necessary to distinguish between freedom and licence The Church has always been the friend and patroness of freedom, but the deadly enemy of licence She is the enemy of licence precisely because she is the friend of freedom k #

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A Mob of Reactionaries"?

When Bertrand Russell was appointed to a professorship in New York, your Church led the mob of reactionaries holing for his suppression

You are obviously a "free talker" as well as a "freethinker" But it is to be regretted that your statement has so little connection with fact There was no mob of reactionaries howling for the suppression" of Bertrand Russell, Catholic leaders and many other responsible Americans who still have sufficient appreciation of liberty to think that parents should have some say in the appointment of those who are to teach their boys and girls, protested against the appointment of such a man to a position of such responsibility Their protest was upheld by the Supreme Court ofthe UnitedStates, which declared that Bertrand Russell's appointment, against the wishes of parents and tax-payers, affected public health, safety and morals, and was a flagrant violation of democratic rights

Earl Russell is one of the world's fore most scientists

He is a great mathematician and a philosopher of sorts He is also a number of other things which are not so much to his credit He is the professed enemy of all religion While giving lip-loyalty to democracy, he advocates theories which are subversive of democracy, of all law and order, of the dignity of the individual of the sanctity of the family In theory at least, he is an advocate of free ove, of youthful promiscuity (with special reference to university students), of marital infidelity I say "in theory," for when Russell's wife and one of his own students took his ideas seriously and acted accordingly, the learned professor did not congratulate them on their 'dvanced" ideas; he merely raged as any "reactionary" husband would have raged and immediately sued for a divorce " t k k Academic Freedom

Why this attack on academic freedom?

"Academic freedom" may give a professor the right to think as he pleases, and to give free expression to his thoughts But it does not oblige the parents and tax-payers of New York to give himafree sounding board for his ideas They also have their freedoma point which you seem to have overlooked Academic freedom does not oblige the parents of New York to pay homage to Russell's extravagant ideas by granting him a position of honour and giving him a comortable salary in a college supported by the city

It is one thing to allow Russell or anyone else academic freedom; it is something else to force Christian parents publicly to canonise ideas which they detest And the appointment of Russell to such a position would be, in reality a public and official approval of the views which are synonymous with his name and notoriety To deny parents and citizens this right would be aflagrant violation of the very principles of freedom which you pretend to champion, The right of parents and citizens are fundamental in any democratic system worthy of the name

t st Has Russell the Right?

Professor Russell has every right to think as he pleases.

He can think what he ikes and. for all Catholies care, he can be a howling dervish if he wishes But once a man has given voice to his opinions, he must expect-according to the very principles of freethought which you advocateto be judged by them, He must expect to bear not only possible legal consequences, but also the prac-

tical social consequences If a man advocatesperversion he has no right to complain if he is not invited to decent homes; if he preaches get:rich-

People like Russell have been trying to expose what you call the "pretentions" of the Catholic Church for two thousand years, and have succeeded merely in showing the hollowness of their own pretentions, Bertrand Russell is not likely to succeed where better men have failed The fact that

priests and others opposed Russell does not prove that they were afraid of Russell. It proves that they still had some lingering respect for common decency and for the democratic rights of the American people, who are still backward enough to want chairs of knowledge in their universities, not chairs of indecency and perversion THREE

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quick theories through robbery under arms he has no right to rant about "academic freedom" if he is restrained and denied access to other people's property

A teacher who advocates principles which are repulsive to Christian deceney and dangerous to democracy, cannot reasonably complain if he is not favorably considered by parents n search of a tutor for their children; for parents and citizens have their rights as well as freethinking professors Academic freedom does not oblige people to listen to any drivel a man may wish to expound; nor does it oblige parents to expose their children to influences which they consider harmful

Academic freedom does not oblige taxpayers to pay for the dissemination of Ideas that are the antithesis of all thev hold dear; nor does it oblige a democratie government to open its schools to men who are opposed to democratic ideals However democratic a government may be it is entitled to ban and proscribe teachings which undermine the very foundations of democracy If it fails to do so, t is not being democratic It is betraying its trust, and writing the sentence of its destruction on the wall of the futureperhaps of the near future

it st His Private" Views

His private views have nothing to do with the question

The views and opinions which make Russell unfit to teach in a public school are not "private" views, They are as public as his own considerable powers of propaganda and an irresponsible press can make them He stands before the world as the prophet of a return to the worst and most degraded forms of the old pgan immorality To appoint such a man to the position of Professor of Philosophy in a great college, against the wishes of parents and taxpayers, would be a dictatorial and tyrannical act worthy of Hitler or Stalin, and a violation of the first principles of democracy

t t t Leave it to Undergraduates,

Students should be allowed to hear him and judge for themselves

That is yet another indication of the distance between "freethought" and realities The answer to your question was given by Justice McGeehan of the United States Supreme Court in his judgment on the case 'One of the essential pre-requisites of a teacher,'' he writes, is a good moral character

It needs no argument here to defend this statement, It need not be found in the Education Law It is found in the nature of the teaching profession

Teachers are supposed not only to impart instruction, but by their example to teach the students Assuming that Mr Russell could teach for two years in City College without promulgating the doctrines which he seems to find necessary to spread on the printed pages at frequent intervals, his appointment violates a perfectly obvious canon of pedagogy-namely that the personality of the teachers has more to do with the forming of a student's opinion than many arguments A person we despise and who is lacking in ability, cannot argue us nto imitating him person whom we like, and who is of outstanding ability, does not have to try It is contended that Bertrand Russell is extraordinary That makes him the more dangerous The philosophy of Mr Russell and his conduct in the past are in direct conflict with and in violation of the Penal Law of the State of New York "

To say that immature, inexperienced impressionable and normally hero• worshipping students confronted with a man of great ability and strong personality in a position of such authority, are capable of forming an accurate and well-balanced judgment on the character and implications of his teaching is to ignore the obvious facts of experi ence and psychology

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Were the priests and the parsons and the rest afraid that Earl Russell would expose their pretentions?

The Church

A.C.K., Sydney:

How can we prove that the Catholic Church is the only true Church?

By arguing from the historical documents of the New Testament and the history of Christianity

It cannot be proved from the Scriptures as they are only authentic on the authority of the Church

That is not correct The Scriptures can be considered in two ways: (a) as a collection of human documents whose genuineness, authenticity and veracity are established in the same wav as other anicent human documents; (b) as the inspired word of God We know that the Books which constitute the Bible are the inspired word of God on the authority of the Catholic Church

But the Catholic Church herself is not based on the Bible as the inspired word of God The Church is based on the four Gospels and other historical documents, considered precisely as histori cal documents, and quite independently of their sacred character The arguments by which the Church is established as the one true Church founded by Christ are strictly historical, and would be just as effective if the Gospels were not inspired

The authority of the Church must be proved first

The authority of the Church must be proved before we can accept the Gospels (and the other Books which constitute the Bible) as the inspired word of God. But the authority of th~ Church is not required to establish the historicity of the Gospels for that is established by the ordinary rules of historical research, independently of the Church and independently of inspiration

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Freethinker," Marrickville, NSW: Your Church has always been the enemy of progress,

Here again you manifest the originality of "freethought" by a parrot-like repetition of stale catch-cries which so many freethinkers seem to mistake for argument The Church is the patroness of every real advance, and the advocate of every genuine reform in the arts and the sciences and the social life of the nations Throughout the centuries Catholics have been outstanding in every sphere of human enlighten ment The names of Augustine Thomas a'Kempis Francis of Assisi Albert and Aquinas, Dante and Petrarch and Leonardo da Vinci, Fra Angelico, Raffael and Michelangelo; Beethoven, Haydn Liszt Mozart Palestrina Schubert Copernicus Pope Gregory Lavoisier, Galvani, Volta, Coulomb, Ampere, Roentgen, Pasteur, Curie Schwann, Mendel and Marconi, to mention only a few of the scores which could be mentioned, are men whose names are synonymous with greatness in the various spheres of culture and

Bible

Having proved on strictly historical grounds that Christ claimed to be God and proved that He was God; that He founded an infallible and imperishable Church; that the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Christ, we can go in all confidence to the Catholic Church, knowing that we will receive the full Revelation given to the world by Christ Part of that Revelation is that the four Gospels (and the other Books of the Bible) are the inspired word of God We already know from strictly historical research that the Gospels as we possess them to-day are integral, authentic and veracious documents We now know from the teching of the Church that the same docu ments are divinely inspired

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Concerning Confession.

To obtain absolution in confession, it one has no mortal sins to confess, one must tell some mortal sin of one's past life

As it stands, your statement is not correct Venial sin is sufficient mat ter for the reception of the Sacrament, When a man has not been guilty of sin since his last confession he should mention some mortal or venial sin of his past liie One can always resubmit sins already confessed to the Power of the Keys, both as a proof of continued sorrow and to ensure the reception of the grace of the Sacrament On one occasion I omitted to do thisbut the priest asked Are you sorry for all the sins of your past life?" Was this sufficient?

In the circumstances, yes

Progress"? the

science which they represent The Church founded the civilisation of Europe, and founded practically all of the great universities of the Old World Magna Charta, which is the basic document of democratic rights and representative government in English-speaking countries, was drawn up by the Catholic Archbishop Stephen

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Langton; International law owes its foundation to Francis Suarez, a Spanish Jesuit The great Popes Leo XIII and Pius XI gave to the world the most complete and practical programme of social reform yet conceiv ed, These are a few facts chosen at random, but they are sufficient to show the hollow worthlessness of the charge that falls so often from the lips of freethinkers that the Church is the enemy of science and progress

The only progress to which the Church is opposed is the progress of falsehood immorality and barbarismeven when they masquerade under the cloak of science and progress Cathoies cannot be reasonably labelled unscientific or unprogressive because they prefer Divine Truth to the vapourings of quacks and charlatans, who appeal to science' and "progress" to bolster up their nane and subversive theories k st k # The Index

Your Church bans books to prevent people from learning the truth

It is to be regretted that you did not take the trouble to find out the truth about the Catholic Church before makng such a wild charge The Church does not ban books "to prevent people from learning the truth'' She bans books which corrupt Christian teaching or undermine Christian morals As the Teacher and Custodian of the Divine teaching and law of Christ, she has every right to do so She would be betraying her Founder if she failed to do so

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# Preedom of Speech.

Men have the right to think for themselves

Correct But once they give expression to their thoughts, others have the right to judge their opinions The Church has the right to see whether or not thev are in accordance with the truth revealed to the world by Christ, and to approve or reject them accordingly The teaching of Christ s wholly true, and anything opposed to it must be false To be opposed to what is false is to be the friend of truth. Can you honestly say that you believe in freedom of speech?

Yes But it remains to be seen what freedom of speech, even in the mostdemocraticcountry, does notmean that evervone is free to say or write what he pleases because inthis case falsehood calumny and slander would be placed on an equal footing with truth, and the wav would be open to all sorts of social disorder

THE RECORD

Men have a right to freedom of I speech, but that right is not unlimited It is limited in the first place by the law of God, which imposes an obligation to speak the truth and for bids lying, and any injustice to another n his character and good name Fur:hermore the right of free speech is limted by the rights of others, and by the interests of the community as a whole No man has the right to slander others or to advocate treason or perversion Freedom of speech means that a man is free to say and write what he likes within the general framework of the law of God and provided he does not infringe the rights of others or go counter to the good of the country as a whole, Extended beyond these limits, it has no foundation in reason and reality and is merely a cloak for anarchy and subversion K k Censorship.

You pretend to be the friend of democracy, and yet you are in favour of censorship You can't have both. It would be interesting to see just what you mean by democracy There are people who seem to think that, because a government is democratic, it has no right to govern; which is absurd and subversive not only of de mocracy but of all law and order De mocratic Government, like any other, exercises real authority over its subjects No citizen is free to exempt himself from its lawful jurisdiction, DWe mocratie Government is in duty bound to promote the good of the whole community, to respect the law of God, the personal dignity of the individual the rights of the family Hence, it is the duty of the Democratic State to safeguard morals, and to promote religion which is the basis of morality The deadly menace to civilisation of the godless and mmoral dictatorships of Europe, now linked in unholy alliance, shows the futility and the danger of the neglect of this duty by the nations In the fulfilment of this duty, the State has the right to exercise censor ship However democratic a State may be, it has the right and the duty to ban all subversive, immoral and irreligious propaganda The State which gives full freedom to the forces of disruption and immorality is simply betraying democracy, and dedicating it self to destruction What right has any man to forbid another man to read what he wishes?

As a man as an individual he has no such right But there are important factors which vou have overlooked

Parents have the right to supervise the associations and the reading of their children The State has the right to safeguard the best interests of its citizens, and therefore to save them from disruptive influences These rights derive from nature itself and, therefore, from God the Author of nature Hence, while no individual has the right of censorship persns in author ity have this right and tley have it in virtue of the authority bey possess, and which com2s ltimate!: from God k kt k k Is Censorship Tyrannical?

Censorship is tyrannical Censorship of immoral and subversive propaganda is the right of every legitimate Government But, as with every other right this right of censorship may be abused Censorship can be unreasonable, unjust and tyrannical, precisely because of the abuse of that right It must be remembered however, that the abuse of a right is not a sufficient reason for denying the existence of the right wbich is abused, To be just and reasonable censorship must at least be objective To be objective, it must be based on a solid moral and social code, and not left to the whim of the individual censor or of persons in power No one with a reputation for sanity will deny that there are certain theories which are subversive of soc:al order and well being, and that these theories are propagated by the written and spoken word The State has the right and the duty to protect its citizens against such propaganda, for it should be obvious to anyone in touch with realities that there are many people who through lack of balance, experience or education, are not capable of protect ing themselves But, since such theo° ries can be termed immoral only with reference to a definite code of morals, and since there is no solid basis for morality apart from God, the State which refuses to recognise God and His law destroys the only rational basis for censorship Censorship of some kind there must be if society is not to disintegrate and lapse nto anarchy, But without tfe objective and unchangeable Law of God as its guding principle, censorship will always be in a greater or less degree, arbitrary, subjective tyrannical In English-speaking countries censorship is based on a rapidly vanishing Christian tradition, divorced from its doctrinal and rational foundation It is not surprising, then, that when challenged it can offer no reasonable justifcation of itseli

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Law and Liberty

You preach about freedom and yet bind us at every turn by laws and regulations You are confusing freedom with anarchy and licence You forget that freedom is inseparable from law That may sound like a paradox to some, but to those who have given the matter a little serious thought, it will sound more like a platitude

The revolt against law in the name of freedom leads directly to the de struction of freedom If the people who are so impatient of authority and restraint could only distract their mighty intellects from empty theories to the world as it is they would realise that there are savage and bestial tendencies in all men-themselves included Divine and civil law is a protection against the beast within and the beast in other men without Where there are traffic laws men and women can walk the streets with comparative freedom and can foster some faint hope of returning home with life and limbs intact Without traffic laws our streets would be one vast and dangerous tangle and the only freedom would be the freedom of a violent death Where there is law and order, life is safe and men can sleep in peace But where lawlessness is allowed to prevail all the locks and police in creation will not protect the honest citizen against the assaults of those who have set themselves against the law Freedom is necessarily curtailed for gangster rule allows no freedom except to gangsters, There may be laws which are unreasonable, irritating, positively stupid; but the fact remains that most of the laws which surround us are like a fortified defence line or a safety fence on the edge of a cliff, the ramparts of free° dom When God is repudiated or ignored and law is treated with contempt the evil tendencies inherent in man will inevitably assert themselves. Inevitably freedom will be abused and responsible government will be faced with the alternatives either of allowing things to degenerate into anarchy or of curtailing our liberties In either case, our freedom is lost It is clear therefore, that without respect for law and order there can be no real freedom It is also true that without God and religion, there is no solid rational foundation for that re-

speet for egitimate authority and law which is indispensable to freedom and to civilisation itself

Priests and parsons and other rea tionaries should not be allowe i clog the wheels of progress o So that's it! Freedom of thought means freedom for freethinkers but not for people who do not see eye to eye with their ideas of progress

(Continued from Page 5 ) band to Washington and heard it play his favourite selection "Garryowen" "·

• END ACHIEVED.

Since the opening of the Protectory, 1,127 Brothers, and neary as many Sisters, have been connected with the institution and it is estimated that over 100,000 children have come under their direction It is impossible to express in concrete terms the immense good the institution has done during the 75 years of its existence Its first President Dr Ives, wrote: '

We learn from the most gratifying letters and accounts that our laboursare beginning to bear fruit, and that many a young man through the nstrumentality of the Protectory is now pursuing a course of virtue, usefulness and honour, blessing the day whereon he became an inmate of the institution which taught him to walk in the path of duty"

Within the last quarter of a century, changes in State laws, new theories in dealing with delinquent children, a decrease in benefactions and other causes brought about a curtailment of the work oi the Protectory The change from the congregate system to the system of parole, cottage groups and placing out bureaux have all produced new methods in the handling of delinquents The site of that 75-vear-old institution has been acquired by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York

The Lincolndale Agricultural School, founded some vears ago as an annex to the Protectory,is now being entirely re-organised and new buildings have been erected so as to equip Lincoln Hall with all the latest improvements in Child-Care work as part of its system

This means that New York now hasa "Boys' Town" of its own where neglected Catholic youth will be rehabilitated under he guidance of the De La Salle Brothers

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NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT IN NEW YORK

THERE are few social problems so gravely concerning the leaders of to-day as that of the proper care and direction of children who, for various reasons, have started on, or are exposed to, a career of deinquency Now, especially, when social and family conditions are so often unfavourable to proper child care, the importance ofi both preventive and curative systems is unquestionable All interested in the welfare of youth are seeking a solution to the problem, and, as usual, the Catholic Church has taken a foremost place in the effort, always emphasising the necessity of the religious influence in the proper formation of character The admirable work done bv the New York Catholic Protectorv for 75 vears is a case in point It forms an interesting story of remarkable achievement and delelopment in the care of delinquent children

In order to realise the imperativeneedwhich led to the opening ofthis institution, it will be necessary to recall the appalling conditions of the children of the poor during the middle years of the nineteenth century

The neglected condition of juvenile poor throughout the United States was truly deplorable The extent of their suffering was particularly noticeable in large cities like New York, where in "Poverty Lanes,' homeless or neglected boys and girls, oftentimes the children of vicious and drunken parents, presented a "motley throng of infantile misery and childish guilt"

In 1853 it was estimated that the number of vagrant children in New York was 30,000

In 1860 the number of children committed to the Workhouse for vagrancy was 5,880 Before the organisation of the State Board of Charitv in New York in 1867, "the public system of carng for unfortunate children in poorhouses of the State was a gigantic evil"

• PROSELYTISING INSTITUTIONS

One of the earliest attempts of Protestant organisation to relieve this distressing condition among boys was the inauguration of "Informal Meetings," on Sundays, by the Carmine Street Presbyterian Church in 1848 A Children's Aid Societv was established in 1853 Thie first lodging-house for street boys was opened in a loft of the old Sun building, March, 1854 A similar undertaking, a Girls' Lodging-house, was opened in 1862 Other foundations such as the Five Points Mission quickly followed Durng the first forty years of one of these agencies, it exercised a direct influence over 84,318 boys and girls

Had non-Catholic organisations confined their activitv to ameliorating the sufferings of the poor, especially among the impoverished Irish and Italian immigrants, Catholics would have welcomed the much-needed assistance But many of these institutions became factories of sectarianism, which ignored the fundamental religious rights of the poor ob1ects of their charity With a

misguided zeal, their agents were assiduous in rounding up unfortunate children "Soup Schools," by the help of food and clothing, persuaded helpless parents to turn the care of their families over to these proselytising societies

An Italian School was opened in 1885 Thousands of Irish children were robbed of their faith, and even had their Celtic names taken away, the better to

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conceal their Catholic origin, and were "fostered out" among antiCatholic families in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and the South.

• Archbishop Hughes and Dr Ives Archbishop Hughes, that sterling champion of Catholic rights, had applied as early as 1859 to the Superior General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) to open a home for wayward and neglected boys in New York but as there was no assured way of maintaining such an establishment, the Brothers were not in a financial position to assume the burden of such a precarious venture

In the meanwhile, the Archbishop was being earnestly importuned by Dr L Silliman Ives, a convert to the Faith in his fiftvsixth year, formerly Espicopalian Bishop of North Carolina, to do something to counteract the influence of the proselytising agencies The misguided zeal of his former co-religionists "grieved him as a crying injustice before God and righteous men" He was one of the first to suggest a Protectorv, and volunteered his services for the direction and supervision of the institution He felt impelled, he declared, to devote the remainder of his life to preserving the faith of Catholic children "in gratitude for the sublime light which had broken in upon his declining years"

The plans of the Archbishop and Dr Ives crystallised at a meeting held in Annunciation Rectorv late in 1862 Prominent Catholics volunteered their support So enthusiastic was the gathering that the Archbishop cried out: "In God's name, gentlemen let us begin the good work!"

Rev Brother Patrick, FSC., President of Manhattan College, who was present, assured the Archbishop that the Brothers would consent to take up this work A group of twenty-five Catholics was commissioned to draw up articles for the organisation of "The Societv for the Protection of Destitute Roman Catholic Children in the Citv of New York" A charter was eranted by the Legislature April 14 1863, but the name was changed in 1871 to the title: New Yk Catholic Protectory

• PROTECTORY OPENED

On Mav 29, 1863, the Protectory opened with one boy in custody, and the Brothers of the Christian Schools in charge The first building consisted of two private dwellings on 36th and 37th streets near Second Ave-

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nue Brother Teliow, F.S C , a native of Germany, was appointed Director, and he met with sturdy faith and stout heart the innumerable difficulties first encountered Applications for admission were numerous, but for financial reasons, the number was limited to the boys committed by the Courts or transferred by the Commissioner of Charities By June, 1865, the work had so prospered that a farm of 114 acres was purchased at Westchester for 40000 dollars Later, additional land was acquired and buildings erected to accommodate 800 boys, and in later vears double that number were in residence A Girls' Department, under the Sisters of Charity, was established in October, 1863

• A Varied Training

From the very beginning of the Protectory, various trades were taught the children Most of the children received, particularly in the beginning, were the victims of indolent or vicious habits, which only time, infinite patience, and the grace of God could eradicate

Dr. Ives insisted that a system of trades would be the best means for maintaining order and discipline in an establishment of its kind. Therefore, constant occupation, suitably diversified by recreation, became the policy of the Protectory

At one time twenty-two trades were taught in the Boys' Department At the International Health Exhibit held in London, the London and Dublin papers declared that the"most fascinating of all the exhibits (of chair-making, silk-weaving, printing, electrotyping, ladies' shoes and gloves) are the results in the New York Catholic Protectory"

After the Industrial Building was erected in 1890, one of the feats of the Printing Department was highly praised in the Catholic press In two weeks' time,

225,000 invitations to the cortierstone laying of the Dunwoodie Seminary were printed in English, 35,000 more in German, French, Italian, Bohemian, Hebrew, modern Greek, and Syriac, and were addressed and mailed by the boys of the Protectory In addition to railroad posters, 20,000 programmes, 100 copies of the Latin psalms for the clergy offciation, and 5,000 copies of a 62page souvenir journal were printed.

Other features of the Protectory which were widely known and appreciated were the band of 75 pieces, the orchestra of 25, a choir of 150 voices, and the annual diversified and artistic entertainment provided on Washington's Birthday The band was the most competent and popular group of youthful musicians in the East It furnished music for civic and ecclesiastical functions, and was engaged by the City to provide entertainment in other institutions For vears the band played at the closing of the State Legislature At the inauguration in 1904 of Theodore Roosevelt as President, he invited the (Continued on Page 4 )

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By A S HEGERTY B A

Frederic Ozanamdiedbefore thecompletion of his 41st year Ashortlife,yousay, cutoff initsprime,with its greatworkyettobedone There you would be wrong Ozanam's nameis indelibly inscribedin the glorious recordsoftheChurch Millions ofpeople from hisday to ours have had good reason to blesshis name and thank God for hislifeandwork

The Society oi St Vincent de Paul is a magnificent living monument to Ozanam "The title of the poor to ourcommiseration is their poverty itself. We are not to inquire to what party or sect they belong" That is the authentic badge of Christian charity: where help is needed help is given for the love of God and souls That is the spirit of Ozanam caught up and preserved in this world-wide society for therelief of the poor Founding of the St Vincent De Paul Society Born in 1813, Ozanam and his few companions founded the Societv of St Vincent de Paul, which has spread to all parts of the world The poor of all the nations salute it as a true friend, tested through the bitter years of hardship and misfortune Every class and creed amongstthe poor have had reason to blessthe work of Ozanam The true member of the societv loves to serve the poor; works for them as precious souls for whom Christ died upon theCross;andthereisnopridein the member but only the sincere and enduring love that is rooted in thecharityofChrist Throughout the world thousands of members of this society march, a devoted armywhosejoyand privilege it is to serve the poor Ozanam as a Catholic attempted to do his share in the Catholic work of his dav He did not stand by with folded arms, sayng nothing could be done anyway He did not give himself up to a life of pleasure, satisfied to keep the Commandments, be respectable, and save his soul in the most suitably fashionable way He did not idle his days away in popular amusements, hoping nothing would interfere with them He did not think that the defence of religion and theChurch was a matter for everybody except himself He was not ashamed to defend religion nor to speak of religious things He was no looker on but a man of action prepared to dothingsinduesubmissiontothe Apostolic Hierarchv

The Hostility Ozanam Met Ozanam was confronted by a situation ofgreathostility to the Church andreligion "Howsad it is," he said, "to see our Holy Mother the Church attacked so violently, and Catholicity travestied and maligned" These words ofhiscan berepeated withequal truth and force in this city and in this nation to-day Let us continue to stand in the breach and face the attack," said Ozanam Whilst doing that he sought a society "which would be composed of religious friends, who would work aswell as talk, and who would thus,byshowing the vitality of their faith, affirm its truth" The one thing he found to he wantingtothe apostolate of himself and his friends in the Conference of History (meetings in which Ozanam and his companions defended the Church and religion against all comers) wasthatto be blessed by God it needed words of charity "The blessing ofthepoor," he said, "is theblessing of God"

His words naturally flowed out of his Catholic mind; thecareofthe poor for themselves alone out of the love of God is one of the deepest Catholic traditions Marx and Engelswrotea flaming manifesto of revoltand class war Ozanam and his friends wrote fresh paragraph to the historic record of Catholic devotion n personal serviceto the poor While the socialists and revolutionaries of Europe preached revolution and death, Ozanam and his companions climbed the garrets and entered the hovels of the poor, bringing not merely material aid but the more precious goods of the soul: the Catholic truth that makes men free In thestepsof Ozanam followed the thousands of members of his society, and for more than a hundred vears they have marched n sincerity, faithfulness and prayer into the garrets and hovels of the poor who know them for trusty and beloved friends

AMagnificentChapter

The work of Ozanam and his friends and hisand their successors has added a magnificent chapter to the record of the Church's devotion to the poor That recordhasitssplendidchapters in every century of the Church's life, from the work of the first deacons to the sublime sacrifice of Damien of Molokai

And the record will go on to theendoftime Howvariedand beautiful andpracticalitis! The Church has by her faithful sons and daughters ministered to the poor in need of bread; she has raised hospitals for the sick; she has built institutions for the afflicted; she has provided homes fortheold;shehasgiven schools to the ignorant; she has transformedtheexistenceofthelepers, oncetheoutcastsofmankind;she has brought religion, culture, and civilisationtothenatives of darkestAfrica and the savages ofthe South Seas; she has, in short, served mankind in every possible useful form, and that service is built on freedom and consecrated by religious faith

No Catholic can grow fainthearted who reads the recordsof the Church; norcan hestand by asanonlooker,with folded arms He will seek in prayer the guidance to find thegraceandtoperformhis task in the modern situation. He knows that Catholicitv which made civilisation once can remake it to-day Catholicity is dynamic and invincible"Catholic Leader"

The

Craze

For

Over-Emphasis Which Indicates A False Intellectualism

The craze for facts but not for thinking, which is the main characteristic of modern education, is an over-emphasis on one aspect which is definitely an unhealthy sign The cramming of facts, figures, names and dates, rather the learning of fundamental principles, the preeminence of "knowing'over understanding," results in the inability of the majority. of people to apply their knowledge of life The falsity of this system and the need for liberal' education is the theme of this article by Paul J Phelan, instructor in English at Fordham University U S A

THE pscudu-scicntific �chool of modern education, having sowed the wind, is now reaping the whirlwind

When these men saw fit to consider education in terms of knowns'' rather than of "understandn@," when they emphasised the pre-eminence and general concepts, and the necessity of empirical training rather than of training in synthesis and analysis, they were effecting more than a system of education For, a very significant result of their type oi education has been to mould the minds of a large portion of the populace nto a definite set, but not altogether admirable kind of intellectual" activity

Having confused two of man s desires-to know and to understand-as being but one yearning, to know, our educators proceedel to make sure this yearning was fulfilled Hence students to-dav are stuffed with the knowledge of dates in history, with the knowledge of myriad formulae in chemistrv with the knowledge of thousands of biographical and historical facts in English, with the knowledge of almost innumerable experimental reports in the applied sciences and with the knowledge of millions (if not trilions) of definitions n all the subjects put together Chesterton's remarks on his own education characterise the worth of much modern endeavour Education, he says was "the period in which I was being instructed by some body I did not know about something I did not want to know"

Necessarilv the effects of this modern education are evident all around us, and our educators may view the scene proudly I have seen an advertisement that read something like this: "Do not be jealous of the experts Learn all about all the leading characters in all world fiction and astound your friends! 100 novels condensed for 1 00 dollars.'' Similarly millions tune in their radios in awe as the Reply Man '' a Colossus of the Informational World, answers all queries from tae one asking when Charles E Hughes graduated from high school to the one about the technical name for an elephant's trunk

Encyclopedias are more popular than ever since they supply an amazing and indispensable cultural background;" large dictionaries with 465,000 facts advertise with greater frequency Scores of radio quiz programmes inundate the ether, offering sometimes as much as 100 dollars to the person who can name the world's three largest deserts

There are battles of the ages and of the sexes spelling bees and current-events bees, professors

and doctors of query

tion

ques- and

In books we have outlines of history covering the facts of ten thousand vears or more Our philosophy volumes are no longer concerned with the truth or the reasoning processes behind each school but instead give us a panoramic view, a factual historv of philosophy The same hold true in books on religion. And I have heard it remarked recently that someone is writing an Outline of Outlines so that all facts of all fields of learning will be consolidated into one soporific mass of inconsequential informa-

tion

Not a Healthy Sign

Always the emphasis is the same: "How many facts do you know?" Nor does t appear that the acquisition of knowledge (or education, since the two terms are considered the same to-day) is any longer a difficult task You mav buv a book for 350 dollars and in six weeks' time obtain a complete high school education

A college education, including nstruction in as many subjects as vou wish, is somewhat more difficult to obtain, requiring fifty-two issues of a magazine and an expenditure of 12 dollars In addition there are multitudes of digests" that bring absolutely essential facts to vour command on all phases of everything

Now an interest in knowledge and information s ordinarily a healthy sign; but our present over-emphasis in this matter is not a healthy sign It is not healthy because it represents not an interest in things of the intellect, paradoxical as this may seem to some, but a turning away from the intellectual sphere It s much easier to know a fact than to understand its implications It is much easier to collect information that it is to co-relate it It is much simpler to pile up data than it is to synthesise or analyse them

The first process is "knowing;' the second process is "understanding ' The great majority of our people are still in this first stage And the next step downward is, of course, not even to "know" but merelv to "feel" Indeed, knowledge without intellectual nsight can have no other basis but emotions Emotionalism is widespread to-day though the veneer of information is used to give an intellectual tinge to a person's opinions There could follow here a list of evils, the rampant propaganda, the chaos in religion, politics and morals, that are the natural consequences of the inability or the unwillingness of our educators to prepare thinking men and women

I have put the onus of the blame for this situation on the

educators, and it is there it mainly belongs, since they sowed the wind Of late, educators themselves have begun to realise their shortcomings and to recognise that the prime responsibility of the schools is to engender in men and women the knowledge and understanding of fundamental principles and the ability to syn- thesise and analyse information in the light:of those principles

We do, then, find a trend back home again to the ideals of liberal education with such men as Robert Hutchins and Alexander Meiklejohn pointing the way True, there may be some difference n accidentals, but Meiklejohn, Hutchins and the others agree on the main issuethat the purpose of education and in particular of college education is to teach persons not only how to know but also how to thmk Gven this background a student can then wisely use the facts at his disposal

Hutchins puts the ideal thus:

To aid n his understanding of ideas, the student should be trained in those intellectual techniques which have been developed for the purpose of stating and comprehending fundamental principles rmed with these he mav at lenth be able to effect transformations and combinations in any subject matter''

Of course the idea of a liberal education is not merely to give

pupils an abstract quality, of understanding, but to develop this faculty by use oi it in tackling the problems of each subject matter

However, since it can be of assistance in the various subjects, before its action becomes a habit, stress should be put on the one subject in the curriculum that has for its primary object nothing but the development of this intellectual technique; and, as Francis P Donnelly, SJ, has pointed out English is the subject It is mainly due to the mistreatment of English, making it a factual rather than an "idea" subject, that the emphasis on scientific factual treatment of courses has gradually seeped in and practically fooded our educational system

The first step in rectification, ii we hope to restore the ideal of a liberal education, is therefore to restore English to its place as an "idea" subject which has for its purpose the understanding of thoughts and the clear, forceful and interesting expression of them

To bring back liberal education will take vears, and before its restoration affects the intellectual habits of the populace generations may pass, just as the production of a new model car at the factory only gradually displaces those in use throughout the countrv But the schools should find the new model of education worthwhile, and eventually the verv noveltv of its features should make it catch on with the public Surely, thinking can be made popular if we take a little thought about it! This time the educators must sow seeds and reap a harvest "America'

McGANN-LEWIS WEDDING

AtSt Mary'sCathedral,onthemorning of June 6, at 9am, the marriage was solemnised between Marjory Phy!lis, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs E, L Lewis, of Newcastle-street, and GerardMichel,eldersonof the lateMichel and MrsA MeG nn of Carmel'' Roystreet, Mt Lawley His Grace the EIGHT

"" Archbishop celebrated the Nuptial Mass, assited by Rev Father Wallace Johnston and Rafferty Mr Taylo presided at the organ

The bride, wh was given away by her father, wore a charming irock ot silver embos sed llama with full skirt alling from high banded waistline

The bodice was cut with heart-shaped neckline and short shirred sleeves A veil of tulle was held with a coronet of orange blossom and lilies, and she carried a bouquet of white lilies

The bridesmaid, Miss Jean Lewis, wore a picture frock of pink net trim med withtiny velvet bows The top knot was of pink velvet bow and tulle, and she carried a matching bouquet of pink lilies, The best man was Mr Emmet McGann brother of the bridegroom After the ceremony the receptionwas held at the Court Hotel Mrs E L Lewis who was assistedin receiving her guests by Mrs A McGann, wore a becoming blue ensemble attractively beaded in gold with matching blue hat Mrs A McGann wore teal blue embroidered frock and black hat trim-

med with teal

The bride and bridegroom left durn the afternoon for a tour of the South-West, taking with them the best wishes of their guests

The bride's travelling frock was of blue self-striped siestra and matching blue coatee, with three-quarter full sleeves and black accessories,

PIONEER NUN PASSES

LATE MOTHER MARY CECILIA.

The Very Rev Mother Cecilia, who was the last of the eight Sisters of the Order of St John who came to Western Australia from Ireland in 1895 to found the Order in Australia, died at the St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, on Saturday last She was 86 years of age

The eight Sisters of the Order came to this State at the request of the late Bishop Gibney to provide hospitals for the treatment of the sick on the Goldfields The Rev Mother Antonio was in charge of the party, with the Rev Mother Cecilia second in charge For a time after their arrival here they occupied two small houses in St George's Terrace, and later went to Kalgoorlie, where for a long while they slept in tents and used bag and tent huts as a hospital A hospital for the Order was erected at Coolgardie in 1898

The Rev Mother Cecilia was an excellent musician, playing the organ, piano and violin She also had a fine soprano voice and had intended becoming an operatic artist before she decided to join the Order

Mr and Mrs T

K O'Dea Slattery N Slattery, E, T McDonald, M Yates. and K McGovern ' The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs Bowra and O'Dea

SEMINARIAN CURED AFTER NOVENA TO POPE PIUS X

Hankow, China

Lurnen Service reports the remarkable cure of Lawrence Fang, a student at the seminary here, after a novena in honour of Pope Pius X

He suffered serious haemorrhages in February: X-ray showed advanced tuberculosis of the lungs The phvsician ordered a year's complete rest

The seminarians began the novena On the second day Mr Fang gained permission to get up; on the seventh day he stated that all pain in his chest and back had ceased On the last dav of the novena he attended Mass

CARDINAL FULFILS 350YEARS-OLD PROMISE

Buenos Aires

Cardinal Copello, Archbishop of Buenos Aires has fulfilled a promise made 350 years ago by the town council of this city to dedicate a church to SS Boniface and Sabine

In 1590, when pestilence was laying waste the fields around the then small town the council named those saints protectors of agriculture deciding also to celebrate their festivals in Mav each year by holding a procession inside the cathedral anl to dedicate a church to them The last intention was never carried out owing to various circumstances until Cardinal Copello blessed and inaugurated the new church in the district of Velez Sarsfield

The funeral took place at the Karrakatta Cemeterv at 10.30 am on Monday Requiem Mass was celebrated by Very Rev Dr ennedy, Adm , in the Convent Chapel

The pall-bearers were The Lord Mavor of Perth (Dr T W Meagher), the Hon J M. Drew,MLC.,Dr I W Horan, Messrs T Ahern, L Doyle, and F 'onnaughton

Among those present were: Very Re Dean Brennan, Very Rev Dr Kennedy, Rev Dr J T McMahon and Res Dr. Collins, Rev, Fathers Moss, Brosnan, Johnston Wallace, Murphy, MeArdle, Hussey, Murray, Donnelly, O'Sullivan, Fahey, Masterson, Dwyer, SS R O'Reilly, McGillicuddy Crowly Lyne O'Mahony, O'Neill (Melbourne', and Ryan OM.I

Dr V H Webster and Dr Lyon Johnston; Messrs E Le B Henderson, Jas Ryan J Minihan W L. Donohoe J R Bourke, F ODea, J R Campbell, D C. Perrott, F J Boswell, J O'Grad E L Hancock ("Mirror"), W V Duffy W P Horgan T Byrne, W J Eggleston D, Sweeney W Malone, E McDonald. W H Branch, J Rahill, Mr and Mrs W J Kynaston,

The followng day further examinations showed such marked improvement that the physician felt that the patient might be completely cured Another novena in honour of Pius X was made, and the physician declared that no trace of the malady could be found Mr Fang has resumed his studies

DAILY MASS FOR PEACE IS SAID IN ST PETER'S Vatican Citv. Mass is being celebrated every morning in St Peter's for the restoration of an honourable peace founded on justice and charity in accordance with the intention of the Holy Father The daily attendance is large

DEATH

ALLAH AN-Fortified b· the rites of Holy Church, Patrick allahan passed peacefully away on June 6, 1940 Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord Inserted by his sister, Mrs N McInerney, and niece, Maylands IN MEMORIAM

LYNCH Of your charity, pray for the repose of the soul of Mrs B Teresa Lynch whodied on June 26 1938: also for the repose of the soul of her sister, Mrs Anne Josephine Lynch, who died on May 18, 1931

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on their souls ROOKE-In loving memory of our loved one, Lila, Mrs Rooke, who died June 28, 1937

Sweet Jesus, pardon and mercy Inserted by her loving husband, mother Marjory and Cyril

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Thursday, June 27, 1940.

Alma Mater Calls on Old Boys Fremantle

AND All WELL-WISHERS OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION

THE appealt which has the approval of His Grace, is the first made by the Fremantle Christian Brothers for over 20 years, and will be the last In order to modernise the old school and provide sufficient accommodation for the 400 pupils at present on the roll, the Brothers recently had to incur an expenditure of over £4,000 The interest alone is a heavy burden; hence the Brothers are compelled in this tragic year to appeal to the general public for some assistance They hope to raise £1,000 between now and the end of October, and are encouraged in their optimism, not only by His Grace's approval but also by the assistance they are receiving from the parish priests of the various parishes from which thev draw their pupils: Very Rev Father Haugh (Fremantle), Rev Father Fahey (Cottesloe), Rev Father Masterson (Claremont), Rev Father Smith (Palmyra), Rev Father Ryan (Beaconsfield), Rev Father O'Mahony (East Fremantle), and Rev Father McArdle (Mosman Park)

It is now 40 vears since the Brothers commenced their labours in Fremantle Brother Morgan R I P ) was the first Principal, and he had as one of his youngest assistants the present ustralasian Provincial of the Irish Christian Brothers, Rev Brother M B Hanrahan,MA Thepeople of Fremantle and surrounding districts were not slow to appreciate the benefits to be obtained from the new establishment, so that the school prospered from the beginning Magnificent examination results (including Government Exhibitions Hackett Bursaries and Seeligson, Lynn and Coombe Scholarships) good discipline, and a high spiritual tone have been marked features each vear, with the result that CB C Fremantle, holds a high position todav among the educational establishments of the State

This appeal is directed to all well-wishers of Catholic education Any donation no matter how small, will be gratefully received and personally acknowledged by the secretary, Brother Seery Appeal to Old Boys

But it is especially to their Old Boys that the Brothers now turn n their hour of need Scattered though thev mav be throughout this vast Commonwealth the Brothers feel confident the ex-pupils will respond to the call of their \lma Mater Proud indeed are the Brothers of their Old Bovs, of those that have passed away RIP) and of those still holding proudly aloft the torch of religion and patriotism handed to them when pupils at CBC Fremantle

To mention just a few: Rev Fathers A Johnston A McCusker, O M I , F Chapman; Rev Brother Brown (CB); Messrs W Wallwork (Police Magistrate, Perth); Charlie Pearce (Air Squadron Commander in Engand); J Cullity (one oi Melbourne's leading lawyers), J Marmon,BSe;B Quinn B A., Dip. ot Education; F K Anderson (State Markets and Naval

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Board); J Gabbedy (aymaster, Royal Navy); H McFall (Customs); E McFall (Taxation); K Finucane and Jim Finucane; W Hoey (Pilot Officer, RAF), etc

Breathes there an Old Bov with soul so dead," that is not proud of this grand old school, and will not respond tothe call of his Alma Mater in this, her hour of need? One of them Mick Brady, though a sick man, s working like a trojan organising various functions The present Old Boys committee, with Jack Ryan (president) and Reg Siith (secretary), is proving its loyalty, and the present boys are also doing their best Remember Old Boy of CBC, Fremantle that such an opportunity to show vour allegiance will never again be given to the Brothers! It's now or never; so lend a hand in the great work either by your direct donation (in instalments if vou like) or by organising or being present at the various functions in connection with the appeal \ popular boy competition has been arranged for each parish, the winner to be acclaimed on the concluding night of the bazaar St Patrick's, Fremantle, has John Bahen (of the P and O Hotel); Beaconsfield and South Fremantle, Robert Hunter: Mosman'sCottesloe L Downev: East Fremantle, K Bradlev with candidates vet to be selected from Palmvra and North Fremantle Each boy has a committee organising various efforts to put ts candidate on top: bridge parties concerts picture parties etc

In addition to these sectional efforts the central committee has arranged the following functions in Fremantle:

July 4, 18 August I and 15: Students' dances at the College (admission ls)

July 11 12, 13: College boxing championships in the College gymnasium (referee Tod Morgan)

July 16 (afternoon): Musicale at CBC (admission 1s)

July 24: College Ball, Fremantle Town Hall

July 25: Children's Ball Fremantle Town Hall

September 28: College sports on Fremantle Oval

The College prefects: J Mattison (head), W Dermer, H McFall K Hewison and A Townsend, are organising fortnightlv dances to be held in the beautiful new College Hall, and invite the young, Old Boys, and their young acquaintances to dance to good music, on a good floor, and an excellent supper in delightful surroundings The difficulties are great, but with the united efforts of Old Boys parents and friends, this bazaar can be made the success it deserves to be

CAUSE OF DIVINE WORD'S FOUNDER GOES TO ROME.

Amsterdam

The beatification cause of Father Arnold Janssen, SVD, founder of the Societv of the Divine Word s being considered by the S Congregation of Rites, it is learnt at the motherhouse at SteyM, Holland

The Steyl Fathers work in East Asia, South America and the I Dutch East Indies

The followingare the committees for the various parishes:-

St Patrick's, Fremantle: President, Mrs Naylor; vice-presidents MesdamesJ Farrell L O'Hara, D Mulcahy M Jolly, Burns Browne, Trevor Hamilton, D Daly, G Johns, Hughes, Munsie, and Miss M Vincent; secretary Miss D O'Hara

East Fremantle: President Mrs Durack; vice-presidents, Mesdames J Dunphy, Caldow, Yench,Johnson,Beauvell, Bradley,and Williamson; secretary Miss M James

Beaconsfield: President, Mrs Hunter vice-presidents, Mesdames Treasure, Sander, Kenny Coad Brown and Murrav; sec retary, Mr Kenny.

Mosman-Cottesloe: President, Mrs H Downey; vice-presidents, Mesdames W Hoey, G Fitz patrick; secretary Miss M Hoey North Fremantle and Palmyra: Yet to be appointed

SUCCESSFUL HOUSE PARTY.

\very successful house party in aid of the Cottesloe-Mosman's Park candidate, was held at the residence of Mr and Mrs H Downey, Bayview Ter race last Monday night Among those present, besides the host and hostess were Mr and Mr G Fitzpatrick, Mr and Mrs H Swain, Mr and Mrs W Palmer Mr and Mrs R Courtney Mr and Mrs W Hoey and daughters, Mr and Mrs Dodd, Mr and Mrs. Sturmer, Mr and Mrs Dodd, Mr and Mrs Miller, and Mesdames Healy Garvey Culley Yench,CullenandBryan Bridge and othercardgameswereplayedforsome hours, after which adelightful musical programme was provided The bridge winnerswere Mesdames Cooper, Bryan, and Hamer, and Messrs, Andinachand Courtney

As a result of hereffort, Mrs Downev was able to hand nearl £10 to the secretary, and Brother Seery will be pleased te hear irom any other kind friendswilling toorganise a similarentertainment

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In Memoriam.

Thos Banry (Guildford Branch)

Jas. Flynn (Cathedral Branch).

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On Wednesday, June 19, a large gathering of men attended the quarterly meeting of the above Diocesan Union The meeting was not confined to delegates, branch members were asked to attend so as to be present at the illustrated lecture by Rev Father Lalor on the Holy Shroud Report

The hon secretary (Mr M F, Foley), in the course of his report, welcomed several new branches of the society Twentysix members had been added in the Collie district at Shotts, Darkan and Worsley Kukerin and Beaconsfield have formed branches, the latter with a membership of approximately fifty Recently he had visits from secretaries of the Kalgoorlie and Katanning branches while several executive visits had been madeto Wagin, Dardanup, nd Highgate functions The president had addressed a meeting of Spearwood branch

Improved attendances were shown in the table

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April 78 per cent 5M per cent

May T4 per cent, 55 per dent

Mr Foley emphasised the necessity for co-operation on the part of branch secretaries

Delegates from the following branches were present at the meeting: Bassendean, Cathedral, Claremont, Cottesloe, East Fremantle East Perth East Victoria Park, Guildford, Highgate, Leederville, Midland Junction, Mosman Park, Nedlands, Osborne Park, Shenton Park, South Perth, Spearwood, Su biaco Victoria Park, West Perth (St Brigid's) whilst Rev Father Linnane, Mr Grant and Mr G Handcock travel led from Northam especially to represent their branch Metropolitan branches not represented according to the register were: Aquinas College, Armadale, Bawswater, Bicton-Palmvra, Carlisle, Fremantle, Inglewood, Maylands, North Fremantle, Queen's Park, and West Perth Havelock-street)

It was most encouraging to the men to see so many spiritual directors and other priests present Mr Walsh (South Perth) asked that all branches would arrange to purchase and distribute number of copies of the "Catholic Worker'' newspaper, and try to assist in some way to check the spread of subversive elements, He reerred in eulogistic terms to the work done in this regard by Mr Leonard (Claremont) He was supported by Mr Wells (Claremont), and delegates were asked to take this matter back to their branches and to see what they could do and report back to the next delegates' meeting Exposition Br Berry (Premantle) moved that each branch of the H NS , with the consent of their spiritual director arrange to have a night of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament say, on the Saturday night, at 730, preceding their Holy Name Sunday until their Mass the next morning The branch or its members to provide the candles and if possible the flowers necessary for the altar The members, of course, to keep the vigil before the Blessed Sacrament throughout the night Mr Berrv said he was a soldier at the last war, and he felt we should remember the soldiers in this war by constant prayer, and n moving this his idea was that each branch would offer prayer for the speedy cessation of hostilities and for the soldiers Mr Folev (Leederville) seconded the motion and Mr Darcy (Leederville) supported it Mr Darey said he also was at the last war, and he felt that if ever men were in need of prayers it was our soldiers He commended the idea, and he considered that next to assistance at Holy Mass nothing that we could do would be better than this The Diocesan Spiritual Director (Rev Father Kearin) said that the Leederville Branch had consulted him on the

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matter and he had secured the approbation of His Grace the Archbishop His Grace had expressed pleasure and readily gave his sanction, The motion was carried Holy Shroud. Following the meeting, Rev Father Lalor lectured on the Holy Shroud, and about 140 men followed with interest the pictures and the explanations by the lecturer Some time ago this leeture was given before another organisation and reported fully in "The Record" It is sufficient to say that every man present went away astound ed at what he had learnt, and with a feeling of regret that the lecture had ended

MIDLAND JUNCTION

ANNUAL CATHOLIC BALL.

The Midland Junction Annual Catho lie Ball, which was held in the Town Hall, Midland Junction, on Wednesday, June 19, was an unqualified success

The hall was decorated with rainbow streamers radiating from an ornamental centrepieces, with the lights encased in gaily coloured fairy lanterns, while the stage was enhanced with bowls of poinsettiasand trails of tecoma creeper

Theguests of honour: TheLord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (Dr and Mrs,T W Meagher), the Mayor and Mayoress of Midland Junction (Mr and Mrs G A Kennedy), Mr and Mrs W D Johnson, and Rev E Carolan, were welcom ed on arrival by Rev T Ahern, Mrs, A Sutcliffe (organiser), and Miss Eileen Berrigan (secretary)

Mrs Sutcliffe wore a graceful frock of light burgundy moire taffeta, and Miss Berrigan chose deep pink embossed georgette with silver button trimmings

The Lady Mayoresswore a black chantilly lace frock; Mrs Johnson, a frock of black chiffon velvet, with matching coat; and Mrs Kennedy a black and white floral chiffon with smart black coatee

During the evening twelve debutantes

were presented to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, and were led by two flower girls- Dawn Horan and Patty Plews--dressed in dainty frocks of pale pink taffeta, with pink and mauve posies to tone who presented bouquets of roses to the Lady Mayoress and the Mavoress of Midland Junction Debutantes

The debutantes were Miss Mary Crotty, wearinga classic frock of white cloque; Miss Betty Evans, in embroidered organdie with plain organdie ruching: Miss Joan Troy, old-world frock of silk net over French lame; Miss Eileen Scott, white soft taffeta with dainty frills; Miss Alma Rutherford, silk net over taffeta; MissShirleyBrennan, goldtinted ame with ruched white georgette yoke; Miss Elsie Read, old world frock of spotted net trimmed with ribbon over embossed taffeta; Miss Patricia Laurrisen, French embroidered georgette oversatin; Miss Stella Ander° son, graceful frock of embossed satin with dainty button trimmings; Miss Thelma Griffen, white figured georgette, shirred waist and neck line and flowing skirt; Miss Mary Johnston, figured crepe satin, with diamente trimmings; Miss Theresa Trefry heavyweight embossed satin with heart-shaped neck and panel skirt

Their partners were: Messrs J Wale, T Conway, G Woolley, L Tippett, L. McCarthy, K Lennon, M King. J Sweeney, T Lennon M Pearce R Johnson and R Creighton

A feature of the ball was the excellentsupper prepared by a committeeof adies under the able direction of Mrs Craddom Those responsible were: Mesdames Laurrisen, Byrne, Harris, Smith, Plaice, O'Brien, Eastwell, Bran° dis Winch, Aitkens, Griffen, Brady, Kelleher, Markham, Trefry, OMalley, Hanlon Clune O'Rourke O'Loughlin Foster Morgan, and Misses M Ryan, E Laurrisen, L Byrne, I Lynch and M Hegney

Dancing continued till 2 am to Colin D'Arcy's orchestra, with Miss Joan Bridger vocalist The extras were played by Miss Myra Willoughby

Canonical Visitation and Confirmation

On Sunday, June 16, the parish of Shenton Park was honoured by a can onical visit from His Grace the Archbishop Not only did His Grace pay his official triennial visit but he took the opportunity also of administering the Sacrament of Confirmation to 59 children and eight adults

The function took place at 7.30 pm His Grace was accompanied by Rev, Father Rafferty, and was met at the gate by a guard of honour drawn from the ranks ofi the Holy Name Society Rev, Father Rafferty briefly and beautifully instructed the candidates on the significance and effects of Confirmation before they were confirmed Mr J Forrestal acted as sponsor for the men and boys, with Mrs A Stubbs acting for the women and girls

After theConfirmation ceremony, His Grace addressed the large congregation at length. He congratulated the children upon the happiness of the occasion and warmly thanked the Sisters who had so diligently and successfully prepared them for it He reminded the parentsof theirgrave responsibility by way of good example to their little ones His Grace touched upon all the aspects both spiritual and temporal, of the parish life, and expressed his pleasure at the satisfactory state of affairs in the parish In conclusion, His Grace expressed the wish that with the wholehearted and harmonious co-operation ofevery parishioner, the day would not be far distant when we would see realised our fondest hope, namely the erection of at least the first portion of our church

Both the parish priest and the prishioners generally are grateful to His Grace for his wordsof appreciation and encouragement

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3 Income Tax: A single person, or a married woman whose husband is not dependent upon her is liable to lodge returns if the gross income from all sources for the year amounted to £100 or more 4 A marriedman or a married woman who has a dependent husband, or a widow or widower with children as dependents, is liable to lodge returns if the gross income amounted to £200 or more

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Congress Demands Political Freedom After The War

The problem of India, though relegated to the background by the European catastrophe, is one which will have to be faced as soon as the war is over This article, written by an Indian in India, an ardent champion of the rights of his people, places the facts of the problem before his readers with realistic charity His name and calling are a guarantee of his ability to speak with authority, for he is the Right Rev Mgr Thomas Porthacamury, editor since 1921 of one of India's outstanding Catholic journals, the "New Leader" of Madras During a recent tour of the United States he wrote this article for "America"

0UTUR.EAK oi war n Europe has caused many political riddles in India

The Government of India Act of 1935 projected federation between British India and the Indian States This was implemented n 1937, when the eleven Provinces of British India became autonomous The Indian National Congress, the most powerful and representative political organisation in the country, secured power in eight of the eleven Province and introduced much beneficent legislation in the interests of the masses, following a uniform policy and programme for the whole country under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi

No changes were effected in the Central Government The Governor-General, or Viceroy, retained wide discretionary powers and was amenable only to a semiresponsible legislature Under the existing constitution, any bill rejected by the legislature becomes an Act by his certification, if, in his opinion, the passage of such a bill is essential for the safetv, tranquillity, or interests of British India or any part thereof

When the war broke out, preparations were being made for introducing the federation scheme These, however, were suspended, though federation was not abandoned as an objective

A crisis soon developed and a constitutional deadlock followed The Vicerov declared war, on behalf of India, against Germany Indian troops were sent to Singapore, Egypt, and France The WorkingCommittee of the Indian National Congress took strong objection to the fact that Inaia was declared a belligerent country and to the introduction of emergency powers, without the consent of the Indian people In a long manifesto which denounced Nazism as well as the "glorificaton of war and violence, and the suppression of the human spirit," the Committee went on to say that the "issues of war and peace tor India must be decided by the Indian people;' and therefore, "if war is the defence of the status 1uo and imperial possessions and colonies and vested interests and privileges, then India can have nothing to do with it If, however, the issue is democracv and world order based on democracy, then India is intensely interested in it" The Committee demanded a declaration of the war aims of the British Government and, in particular, how these aims were to be applied to India

The Vicerov held a consultation with the leaders of all political parties and issued a statement, about the middle of October declaring Dominion Status for India as the ultimate goal of constitutonal reform-and proposing the association of Indian leaders with the Government of India for the rosecutin of the war

The proposal did not satisiy Nationalist leaders India had sent overseas in the last great war 800,000 combatants and 400.000 non-combatants; and the Legislature had voted 500,000,000 dollars as a free contribution to the British war chest As a result of these great efforts, Mohandas G Gandhi, the spokesman of Indian ra'ionalism, and the C»ogress party ad e<pcted much greater con· cessions and a more ffective voice in the administration of their country than what they obtained in effect

ndia made rapid strides of progress since the war, and in 1928 the Indian National Congress adopted a resolution that, if India were not granted Dominion Status bv the end of 1929, the Congress would declare full independence as its goal Since 1930, Independence Day has been celebrated throughout India on January 26 The Congress called upon the Ministries of the eight Provinces in which it held power to resign and overnight a constitution, laboriously built up, was overthrown.

In a public speech on January 10 1940, in Bombav, the Viceroy made another effort to restore constitutional government in the Provinces, definitely pledging the British Government to the grant of Dominion Status, and promising "to spare no effort to reduce to the minimum the interval between the existing state of things and the achievement of Dominion Status"

In reply, the President of the Congress, Dr Rajendra Prasad, pointed out that Dominion Status of the Westminster variety would not satisfv India and that the Congress stood for independence, pure and simple'' The Congress demanded complete freedom and the right of selfdetermination, for Dominion Status depended upon British law, British interpretation and the British constitution; hence, it was not the independence rooted in itself

Difficult and Delicate Problem. Several conversations were held between the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, and Mr Gandhi, but withoutanv successful result The conversations were broken off on February 29, Mr Gandhi and the Congress want a constituent assembly representative of all parties to frame a constitution for India after the war; the Viceroy, to the contrary, holds that a condition precedent to the settlement of India's political future is the adjustment of differences between British-India and Indian-India, and those between the Congress and the minorities

The problem of yoking British India with Princely India is, indeed, a difficult and delicate one The area of all India is 1,773,168 square miles with a population of 352837778 according to the cen-

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sus of 1931 But of this total, a large part s not under British administration Roughly, one-third of the area of the country, 675.267 square miles, and one-fourth of the population, 81310,945, are under the administration of Indian Maharajahs, Rajahs and Princes

The administration of these states varies from medieval autocracy to progressive rule But there are no mountains or valleys, oceans or rivers, forests or mines separating the people of the states from those of British India The people of the two Indias are racially the same Thev do not differ from one another n language, manners and customs, economic conditions or social polity

The Government of India Act envisaged a federation of Indian states with British India The Princes feel reluctant to enter a federation which mav limit their sovereignty, and they dislike close political association with the Congress, which has constantly urged constitutional reform in the states

The Mohammedans who number some eighty millions constitute another serious problem A large and nfluential group led by M A Jinnah, President of the All-India Muslim League, denounced the proposals for federation and declared that parliamentary government and democracy could never be employed in India "which is composed of various nationalities and does not constitute a national State" Mr Jinnah refuses to recognise the Indian National Congress as the only mouthpiece of India In a statement issued to the press on January 22, 1940, he demanded special guarantees for Mohammedans and other minorities, threatening resistance by Muslims by all means in their power if the interests of minorities were to be ignored or sacrificed Mr Jinnah had an interview with the Vicerov on Februarv 6, in the course of which he was assured that "His Majesty's Government were fullv alive to the necessitv for safeguarding the legitimate interests of minorities, and that he need be under no apprehension that the importance of these nterests would be lost sight of."

A Great Patriot

The Congress is thus compelled to accept hard facts It holds that it represents an overwhelming majority of opinion in the countrv and as such, greater consideration should begiven to jts views The Congress demands a declaration from the British Government that India would secure independence after the war The British want a settlement of the communal differences as a prequisite to freedom and political progress Mr Gandhi and other Congress leaders say that once such a declaration is made, Indians will settle their domestic differences bv themselves

Millions of his countrvmen recognise the leadership of Mr Gandhi and look upon him as a reat patriot A thin and almo? toothless man, short of stature, now in his seventv-first vear Mr Gandhi his a tremendous hold on the minds and hearts of the masses He went to London in 1888 and, having been admitted to the bar returned to India in 1891 and practised law in Bombay Two vears later, he was called to South Africa to conduct some litigation for one of his countrymen He soon built up a quite profitable practice with an income of 20.000 dollars a vear He found his

countrymen in South Africa maltreated owing to many social and legal disabilities Refusing all fees and renouncing the comfortable mode of life to which he was accustomed, Mr Gandhi laboured in their cause for twenty years Returning to India in 1914 Mr Gandhi was horrified at the sight of the wretchedness and poverty of millions of his countrymen Meanwhile, the Great War broke out and Gandhi devoted his time and energy to the recruiting of men for the war In 1920, in face oi growing agitation in India for Home Rule the Rowlatt Acts were passed putting an end to freedom of speech and press Lord Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India, announced that England had no intention of releasing her hold on India Mr Gandhi was keenly disappointed He returned to the Viceroy the gold medal for humanitarian work in South Africa, as well as the Zulu war medal and the Boer war medal awarded to him in South Africa In 1921 he started his non-co-operation movement against the British Government with the weapons of passive resistance and non-violence Tens of thousands of his countrymen responded to his call The programme included the boycott of British goods, abstention from all Government functions administrative and social, non-payment of taxes withdrawal of children from Government schools, the bovcott of Gov ernment courts and the settlement of disputes by private arbitration

In spite of all his efforts, his followers did not alwavs adhere to his cardinal principle of non-violence Alarmed at this unexpected development, Mr Gandhi called off the whole movement He was himself arrested tried and sentenced to six years' imprisonment He started a similar campaign in March 1930, and on May 3, was sent to gaol a secod time, along with many national leaders Now it looks as if the third act of the tragedy is to be enacted again Mr Gandhi has declared that he would make a desperate effort to avoid the struggle But as there are fundamental differences on major issues between the British authorities and the Congress, there may be serious trouble in the country The Congress is adamant in its demand for a declaration from the British Government that India will obtain political freedom at the end of the war and be empowered to frame a constitution through the agency of a Constituent Assembly representative of all parties and interests

The latest news from Rev Father K F Spain, who was ordamned to the priesthood at the Propaganda College Rome, on March 28 last is dated 27th ult and states that with other young Australian priests he left Rome earlv in Mav on the advice of the authorities, and after a delav of several davs at Paris reached London en route to Ireland, where further advice from the Australian Bishops was expected Father Spain, who is the son of Mrs S R Spain, Jaffrey-street, Parkside (SA), and the late Mr Spain, of Port Pirie was ordained for the Diocese of Geraldton. W A

3 169 COLOURED CONVERTS

One hundred and twenty colured adults were received into the Church recentlv at St Charles Borromeo's Harlem New York bringing the total of coll oured men, women and children received in the parish during the last six years up to 3,169

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PERTH, THURSDAY, JUNE 27 1940

On Sunday next, the annual collection for the Holy Father, popularly known as Peter's Pence, will be made in all parishes oi the Archdiocese It is interesting to note that this annual contribution to the Holy See took its rise in England in the eighth century, and that n the Middle Ages it seems almost to have been confined to England and some few other northern nations The first historical record of this tribute derives from the offer of King Offa of Mercia to the Papal Legates, and even in those early times it was stated that the money was to be applied to the relief of the poor and to providing lights for the churches of Rome This traditional practice, distinct from feudal tribute paid in many parts of the world to the Holy See, continued down to the Reformation, but seems nowhere to have survived it It was, however, revived in the latter half of the I9th century in the important nations of Europe Although the monetary support of the Pope was revived by voluntary pious associations of Catholics, it must be considered nowadays, when the government of the Church s so centralised and closely knit, and moreover when the Pope is no longer in possession of significant temporal affluence or the material patronage of nations, there is a definite obligation in conscience arising from positive ecclesiastical law

Catholics are obliged by one of the commandments of the Church to contribute according to their means to the support of their pastors Primarily, of course, such an obligation s directed towards their parish priest and their local hierarchy, but it would be strange f they were unmindful of the needs of their chief pastor, the Vicar of Christ, and Bishop ofRome The Peter's Pence collection this year has been made the subject of a special and moving appeal by His Grace the Archbishop In a letter to the parish priests His Grace points out that the collection this year will not only be an occasion for Catholics to give practical proof of their affection for the Vicar of Christ and their devotion to the Holy See, but also that this vear of war has made tremendous humanitarian demands upon the Papal treasury At all times these demands are heavy, and the Holy Father is quick to respond with practical charity to the sufferings of peoples of every race and creed Sometimes it is the victims of famine, of earthquake, flood and fire; sometimes it is the victims of religious persecution, such as the Jews have suffered in both Germany and Italy, but chiefly the victims of war call upon the Pope, for theirs is the most poignant grief Widows, orphans, refugees, homeless, without money and often without food, and numbering literally millions, are the people who in practically every generation of modern times must pay the price of war both during and after the hostilities

The Holy See does not discriminate in the administration of the relief which it isable to bring to these stricken people; and indeed it could not, for apart from the fact that charity of its nature s supernatural in outlook and universal in application, the money which the Holy See administers is contributed by the Catholics of the entire world Since the greater part of Europe is engulfed in the present titanic struggle, the problem of relief for the victims of war is greatly intensified

The number who will be left destitute by this war will be the greatest ever known to history, while the mass of those free to assist them will probably be the smallest It therefore behoves the Catholics of Australia, and of all countries not directly affected by the war, to redouble their generosity on this occasion. There is very much more involved than the merey humanitarian question of providing food, clothing, and shelttr for the war victims, for in the hands of the Vicar of Christ these material things, like the miracles of Christ, serve as predisposing factors to the reception of Faith, of grace, and of true resignation to the will of God The practical mercy and charity of the Holy Father must tend to remind men that God and his Vicar are not indifferent to human suffering, but are in the front ranks of those willing and able to alleviate it Thus something of the spiritual bitterness and moral reaction of war is stemmed, and men may come to see that the hands which offer them the bread of mercy hold also the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven

Copies of the Prayer .or Peace, which was distributed with "The Record" a few weeks ago, are n demand They may now be obtained from this office at 3d per dozen, plus postage k A grand dance carnival, in aid of the funds of the Cathedral branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society will be held in the Cathedral Hall on Wednesday, July 10. The Society is in urgent need of financial support, the winter making heavy demands on its resources It is anticipated that a large attendance at the dance will assist this most commendable work of charity

k k Rev Father H Lalor will give an illustrated lecture on "The Holy Shroud" in St Joseph's Hall, Subiaco, on Tuesday, July 2 at 8 pm

ALL U S A DIOCESES PRAY FOR PEACE

Washington.

In every diocese throughout the country a special prayer for peace, suggested by Archbishop Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate, was recited daily during May

In a message to all Ordinaries, the Papal Delegate recalled the desire of the Pope that all Catholics should appeal to the Blessed Virgin during her month of May to intercede with her Divine Son

MOLOTOV ONCE A GERMAN SPY?

M Andre Bayard, writing in the "Liberte'' of Paris, draws attention to the pro-German sympathies of the Soviet Premier Molotov and states that Molotov began his career in 1915 as a German spy inthe service of the German espionage system in Russia under von Burke

The French writer also states that Molotov's mother is a German and he himself married a German woman Stalin appointed him to succeed Litvinov n order to bring about a speedy Soviet-German understanding, which he did by concluding the Soviet-German Agreement of August 23, 1939, which precipitated the present war

C W L, Cathedral Branch

The monthly meeting will take place at the Cathedral Hall on Monday, July I, at 8 pm, The president will give a short talk in 'Journeyingin Europe in pre-war days'' A good roll-up is anticipated.

QUARANT ORE JUNE

Sunday 5th Osborne Park: Forty Hours' Prayer (28th -30th) JULY

Sunday 1st St, Patrick's, Havelock-street, and Lesmurdie: One Day of Exposition. 2nd St Brigid's, West Perth: Forty Hours' Prayer (12th14th) 3rd Toodyay and Learoyd-street: One Day of Exposition 4th Busselton: One Day of Exposition

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Mass

and sermon, 9.30 a,m. i ; Solemn Benediction 5 p.m. [ j August 1: Missa Cantata, 9.30 j t am i July 21: Canonical Visitation and Con- i Sermon and Solemn Benedie- i firmation at St Joachim's, Victoria j tion, 5 p m j Pai j }s?: Ma» cauntat 9s ; July 31: Celebrate Pontifical High I i Afternoon: Sermon and Pontifi- ! Mass at the Convent of the Good i cal Benediction. i Shepherd, Leederville Jew

Thursday, June 27, 1940

i ; POPE'S FEAST DAY } SPECIAL CELEBRATION AT 2 CATHEDRAL. j

At St Mary's Cathedral, on Sunday 30th inst (Sunday within the Octave of SS Peter } and Paul), there will be Solemn } High Mass at 11 o'clock, to celebrate_the feast day of_HisHoliness Pope Pius XII, His Grace the Archbishop will preside, and the occasional sermon will be } preached by Rev Father D;eyer 1 CS R. St Mary's Cathedrai Choir, under the direction of Rev A Lynch, will render Per psis is Foijficajiisio t "Ecce Sacerdos Magnus,"' by Vie toria, will be sung as His Grace enters the Cathedral, and Ore mus pro Pontifce," by Praglia, 3 at the Offertory 2 7.30 pm, Evening Devotions: } Very Rev Father Haugh, O M.I, 2 will be the preacher His Grace f the Archbishop will preside and } will give Pontifical Benediction. The music at evening devotions 5 ! will be rendered by the Cathe- } ! dral Choir, and will include Tu ! t" Petrus,'' by Pra.glia., ! w, a

Beata New

The en Mother Emily de Rodat, foundress of the Congregtion of the Holy Family of Villefranche, who was beatified en June 9, was born on September 6, 1878, at the Chateau Druelles near Rodez, in Southern Central France Her parents occupied a high social position and were re markable for the piety and virtue of their lives

From early infancy Emily showed signs of the gifts of nature and grace which were so evident in her later life Much of her childhood and the early impressionable years of adolescence were spent under the influence of her grandmother, and the life of this holv woman and her love for the poor left a lasting mark upon the character of her grandchild It was not surprising that when other girls of her own age and social standing began to think of marriage and achieving a place in the world around them, Emily thought only of giving her life to God and of spending herself in the service of His poor

Houses in Nine Countries In 1816, under the direction of the pious and learned Abbe Marty later Vicar General of Rodezshe founded an order of religious, whose object was to instruct the poor and the ignorant and to care for their bodily needs

This was the beginning of the Congregation of the Holy Family., which now has houses in France, Belgium, England (London, Exmouth, Littlehampton), Switzerland, Rome, Spain, Syria, Egypt and Brazil

The Ven Emily did not live to see the full fruition of the tiny seed planted by her, though when she died on September 19, 1852, there were, despite many setbacks inseparable from such an undertaking, already established 36 houses of her congregation; and it was not until 1875, after she had been dead 2 years, that the congregation wasapproved by Rome

To-day the Sisters of the Holy Family, in their orphanages, their numerous boarding schools, their hospitals, clinics and dispensaries, carry on their beloved foundress's work

There are two outstanding qualities in the life of the Ven Emily-her unbounded charity, which she showed in a practical way in her love for the poor, and her unfaltering trust, amidst almost insuperable difficulties, in Divine Providence

Annual

Catholic

Successful Function in Government House Ballroom

FUNDS FOR PATRIOTIC PURPOSES

HIS GRACE RECEIVES 28 DEBUTANTES

T\-VE�TY-EIGHT )UUJlg" girls, frocked in white were presented to His Grace at the annual Catholic Ball at Government House Ballroom on Tuesday night Proceeds were in aid of patriotic funds and, despite the weather, there was a large attendance Many charm-

Asks Allies for Declaration of Christian Principles

The following letter from the Bishop of Chichester appeared in a recent issue of the "Times":

May I, as a Bishop of the Church of England, offer a word of profound gratitude to the Pope for the Easter homily in which he gave one more striking illustraton of his great care for justice and for peace? To-day, human aws are constantly violated by the aggressor, and we are witnesses of the bitter strife and the misery which it involves for the peoples engaged The Pope both

July: Tuesday, 2: "The Holy Shroud," illustrated lecture, St Joseph's Hall, Subiaco Friday, 5: SHH.S., Highgate, Annual Entertainment, His Majesty's The atre Bridge Party CB C, Premantle Friday, 19: Newman Ball, Karrakatta Club Mcnday, 22: Subiaco Parish Ball St Joseph's Hall, 8.30 pm Wednesday, 24: CBC. Ball, Fremantle Town Hall Thursday, 25: Children's Ball, Fremantle Town Hall

ing irocks were seen and it was noticed that a number of girls protected their hair from the ran by wearing the popular hooded cape

Simple irocks of tulle, net or taffeta, with full skirts and short, puff sleeves were chosen by the majority of the debutantes who, almost without exception, tucked a white flower into their curls They were presented by the pre-

Ball

sident of the Catholic Women's League (Mrs J. P Maxwell) and were trained by Miss I Grant At the conclusion of the presentation, they joined their partners and danced the valeta Mrs Maxwell, who received His Grace and the Lord Mayor and Lad Mayoress (Dr and Mrs Meagher), who were guests of honour, wore a gown of black French crepe, while Mrs Meagher chose an evening ensemble of -hite triple ninon hand-painted with scarlet flowers

Also present were Very Rev Dr Kennedv., Adm and the military chaplains, Rev Fathers Langmead, Rafferty and Cahill, USS R

With the official party were members of the organising com-

mittee, including the secretary, Mrs E Noonan, who wore a gown of midnight blue and silver lame with a matching blue velvet jacket; Mrs A Davies, black satin with a gold embroideree coat; Mrs M Brennan, black moss crepe with a velvet coatee; Mrs E Hunt, black taffeta; Mrs S H Jenkins, black moire taffeta and the assistant secretarv, Miss E Mulcahy, pastel floral georgette

The debutantes were: Misses Pat Martins, Margaret Sasche, Joan Fogarty, Pat Rvan Lorraine Torrens L and B Hunt, Norma Marsh, Isme Fvnn Josephine Coelli, Rhona Green Marv Moran, Nellie Venner Marjorie Dawson, Norah Daly, Mol lie Hulihan, Edna and Joyce Prunster, Mary Dwyer, Marjorie Hastie, Theresa Goddard, Rom: Atkinson, Mav Kelly, V D'Arc P Hooper, Joyce Bryant, Silvi: Della and Kathleen Eatt

stands above the battleand is also a sharer in thegreat human suffering which the battle brings to friend and foe, so manv of whom confront one another in a compulsory enmity It is of immeasurable importance that he should let his voice be heard continually speaking both of the justice of God and the concord of nations

None of us knows what passed when Herr von Ribbentrop paid his visit to the Vatican But there can be little doubt that the Pope left the German spokesman under no illusions as to the moral condemnation which the crimes committed bring down upon their authors There could be no condoning of guilt by one who has so often made plain where he stands His voice is nevertheless still the voice of peace, and he declares the one remedv This remedv is that only Christ can bend the will of men to concord and brotherly love and bring it about that, once the relations between the peoples have been happily and freely set in order. not by force, but in accordance with the rules of truth, justice and charity, swords are lowered and hands that have laid down their arms are

finally clasped in token of understanding and friendship"

The goal which is thus sought can only be reached through Christ's grace, and by obedience to His law It is clear enough that the rulers oi Germanv have made no sign that they are ready to give such obedience The Pope was well aware of this in his talk with Herr von Ribbentrop But will the Allies declare that they are willing to give it? Will they sav that, cost what it mav, thev will accept the standard set by Christ's teaching as the guide of their own action and policy regarding the political and economic relations of the nations at anv peace conference which might be summoned? It s perfectly true that the application of Christ's standard is no simple matter, But the imperative necessity is the acceptance of a standard by which action and policv can be tested It is the want of such a standard that has brought Europe so low It does not follow that a peace conference would be summonea immediatelv such a declaration had been made But it would be a big step forward towards the just peace if the Allies were ready to state before the whole world that their action and policy at any peace conference would be governed by the teaching of Christ

The Societv of St cent ie Paul Orphanage Committee an nounce the result of raffles draw at Clontari, Mav 12, 1940: Serviwatch (donated bv Levinson's Ltd ), ticket No 275, Mr F Moore R A E Karrakatta; goods value £2 2s ticket No 529 MisDoris Whitely, 38 Tate-street, Leederville; boy's suit (donated by Walsh's Ltd) ticket No 607 G McGuinness, 4 Alvan-street Subiaco; Malvern Star bicycle (drawn June 25, 1940), ticket No 1134, F Yeo, 124 Harold-street

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 left at the Western Stove Co , corner Wel lington and Queen-streets, or ring B6307 and they will be collected

SUBIACO PARISH BALL

ST. JOSEPH'S HALL, SUBIACO. MONDAY, JULY 22, 1940

Dancing: 8.30- 1 am Excellent Supper Well-Known Orchestra

Tickets: Single 3s: Doubles 5s

ST. JOSEPHS HALL, SUBIACO. ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON "THE HOLY SHROUD," By REV FATHER H LALOR TUESDAY, JULY 2nd, at 8 p.m Admission 1s,

FOURTEEN

CRITIQUE OF PROFESSOR MURRAY'S

"Stoic, Christian

THlS is an intensely interesting and most beautifully written little book Its standpoint is, of course, quite frankly anti-Christian Professor Murray has, as he himself says, "a profound belief in ethics and disbelief in all revelational religions"

Yet it is certainly a duty of any Christian, who wishes to consider his faith as an intellectual faith, to understand Professor Murray's position and to make up his mind why he cannot accept it Professor Murray's argument s that we know only that of which we have experience, and, since "no man hath seen God at any time," it is therefore false to claim that we have anv knowledge of the existence of God Even less reason s there to find in God a "Father" or an "unseen Friend" As for the Christian revelation, those Christians are in error who think that the Christian teaching was especially novel On the contrarv, there was hardly anything in it which was not to be found in the beliefs o its predecessors and contemporaries among religions, while its ethical code was in no wa superior to that of the Stoics The notion of a future life is baseless, nor is t true that a svstem of rewards and punishments is an ethical necessity The true motive for virtue is not the need for propitiating an external Deity, but the need to satisfy one's inner self Every man fundamentally and in the last resort, whatever thetemptatior o, the moment, would rather be a good man than a bad man Our social and altruistic are the most fundamental of our instincts

Now it is, of course, a high pleasure to travel a journey in the company of Professor Murray's erudition and love of beauty, ad it would be ungracious not to pa cknowledgment of that pleasure

But, if we are to criticise his philosophy, it is, I think fair to point to two great deficiencies in itthe lack of a really fundamental elief in reason and the failure to meet the challenge of history Is the first position, that all knowledge comes from experience," true at all? We are often told that the only reason why we believe that the apple will fall to he ground in the future is that we have seen apples fall to the ground n the past But the very statement reveals its own inadequacy We can clearly only prognosticate anvthing about the behaviour of apples n the future, if we know not only bow apples behaved in the past but also that the past and the future are of a piece, that the laws which ruled in the past wll also rule in the iuture That second piece of knowledge does not n the least come from experience. Experience of its nature can tell us nothing of the future Hume is perfectly right to argue that, if we set out from the maxim that "all owledge comes from experience," the conclusion to which we are forced is that in that case we do not know anything Yet we do know, and we know because we have a funlamental knowledge that things are caused a knowledge which is not (erived at all from experience, but which is the condition without which experience is impossible I ook out of the window and see a motor-car running along the road Suddenly it comes to a

Humanist'

stop I may or may not know why it has stopped; for that knowledge, experience in one form or another is necessary But I do know for certain, even though I know nothing else, that there is a reason why it has stopped. For cogito, ergo sum, and to say that things have causes is merely another way of saying that I think"

Now if all this is admitted, the profs for the existence of God must necessarily be admitted Ii it be denied it s not only the proof for the existence of God which falls to the ground, but all proofs of anything For the uni-

By CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

verse has ceased to be rational Professor Murrav does not disdain to use reason n a subordinate capacity, when it suits his purpose, but surely on his own principles he has o right to do so )et he uses reason and comines it with a strange vein o credulitv He amits the necessity of finding an explanation for beliefs and since men have commonly believed n God, then, f it i to be maintained that that belief is false, some plausible explanation of how it has come to be held must be offered. "Students of animals under domestication." he tells us "have shown us how the habits of a gregarious creature, taken away from his kind, are shaped in a thousand details by reference to the ost pack which is no onger there" And he suggests that our own yearnmng and our own almost ineradicable instinctive conviction" of the existence of God are n origin the groping of a lonely-souled gregarious animal to find ts herd or its herd-leader" One wonders what Professor Murrav would have thought of this far-fetched improbability if t had happened to have been an argument for Christianitv

When he comes to the Christian revelation, Professor Murray tells us, with attractive learning, of the parallels between preChristian and Christian beliefs

The point is a familiar one to Christian apologists, though only the most erudite among them will not have something to earn from Professor Murrav's wealth of exposition The conclusion that he reaches s that "all the main articles of Christian faith and practice were alreadv latent in the ancient religion" But this is surely not quite true for three rea-

sons In the first place the pagan claims were mythological, the Christian historical The pagans said, "This is the sort of way in which things happened;" the Christian said, "This is the way in which things happened" Ji the second place, the Christian claimed that his event was unique What happened, happened once for all At Nemi, the priest slays the slaver, but then n his turn he shall himself be slain The cornGod is slain, but he is slain to rise again, and the whole point of the story is that it is to be repeated every year In the third place, it is false reasoning to say that there is little of original n Christianity because all its religion was to be found in Osiris or Mithras or Eleusis, and all its conduct in the Stoics For one part of its ori-

ginality was precisely to combine the ethical teaching which had hitherto been reserved to philosophy, with the mystical teachng which had hitherto been reserved to religion

Yet really all stands or falls with our answer to the historical challenge of Christianity If it is so that there is no serious historical evidence for the truth o the Christian claims, then Professc Murray is right n refusing exceptional authority o any religion But if on the other hand the historical case for Christiant an ce shown to be one ol overwhelming strength, then all Professor Murray's learning leads us to an entirelv different conclusion from that to which he elaims to conduct us, Then ; we see Christianity as the truth, and the hints of Christian teaching in earlier religions can be greeted as the stumblings towards the truth of earnest seekers, whose vision was but partial because they lacked the full light

And it can fairly be objected that Professor Murray omits to face the historical case He gives no word to the fundamental questions What was Christ if He was not God? What did happen if there was no Resurrection?

And his "obiter dicta" concerning the reasons for the very remarkable rise of the Christian Church in the first years of its life are far from satisfying It may be true as he suggests that we know but little about the early Christins, so that we are not justified in passing a generalisation that they were any better than their neighbours But he loes not seem to se that, if Christians were really very much like other people it becomes all the more extraordinary that the Christian Church hould have conquered the Roman world

Professor Murray accounts for the triumph of Christianity in two ways In the first place, t offered men a religion which was far less superstitious than any ofitsrivals This is certainly true, but seems in contradiction with the previous contention that there was no difierence between Christinity and other religions

In the second place Christianity triumphed because it was a religion for the poor and down-trodden in an age when the downtrodden were singularly in need of consolation "Itseemsclear that anv new religion which was to have a chance of success at thi time must be one that appealed to the ignorant mases It must be a religion of the poor" It is indeed true that Christianity is a religion whose greatest glory it is to bring a message of consolation to the "weary and the heavv-laden,'' but of course it is very far from true that Christianity conquered as a kind of opposition political programme to the Roman Empire On the contrary, it was those who misunderstood it who thought of it as such Its founder was as ready to give His message to a centurion as to aJew, and to rebuke His followers by telling them that His Kingdom was not of this world

In the Apocalypse dating from a later period we find a picture of a societv in which there is a relentless opposition between Church and State, but there is no such necessary opposition in the rest of the New Testament. St Paul does not think of the magistrate as his enemy St Peter gives less than no encouragement to political evolt On the contrary, so far as the early Church was responsible for social improvements, these improvements came not because the poor Christians revolted against tyranny, but because the rich Christians refused any longer to impose it

It is common for Catholic writers to argue that our present troubles are the result of the collapse of Christian morals Professor Murray's interpretation is, of course, exactly the opposite I To him the horrors of the world today are on the contrary directly at tributable to the decline of scepticism, These new ideologies are horrible precisely because they have about them so much of the nature of a religious faith the wars which they unloose are detestable because they have about them so much of the nature of religious wars Culture is dying and tbe worid is menaced again with the bararism of belief. It can do the Christian reader nothing but good to meditate upon this interpretation and though I think that it is refutable, it would be an insult to Professor Murray's high-minded sentimentality to pretend that it was easily refutable n a couple of sentences

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

We have n wish to talk any silly nonsense about the inevitable immorality of all atheits r to question the existence of the good pagan But, is it true that the Stoic ethic, even at its be is a: high as the Christian? It may w ·ll be so that good men will wish to be good even without hope of reward But what is the good man to hink or the bad man? What can he say ave that "I am good and you are bad; I am better than you." The fact that the set of authority i within him mean: that his source of superiority over the bad man is intrinsic to him H cannot say There but for the grace f God g I,' He is forbidden humility and, being forbidden that, he is forbidden ne of th greatet of virtues The Tablet."

Thursday, June 27, 1940 Chesterton

Members of the Chesterton Club are cordially invited to attend the monthly meeting of the Newman Societv in the University Refectory, on Tuesday July 2. at which Mr Paul Brennan BA will lecture on "Soviet Activities During the ast Seven Years "

BELMONT PARK.

Saturday, June 29 1940 (Before Acceptances) MaidenHandicap:Harihara, 1; Yed rion, 2; Prince Yodelist, 3 Belmont Plate: Equaver, 1; Ebb Tide, 2; Kerlion, 3. Belmont Purse:Apt 1; Red Crest 2; Bravilo, 3 Belmont Handicap: Inchaking, 1; The Laird, 2; Goldcyan, 3 Trial Stakes: Amatol 1; Lompian, 2; Nicker, 3 Welter Handicap: Treleen, 1; Flame Girl, 2; Mylopia, 3

Trotting Selections RICHMOND PARK

Saturday, June 29 1940

W A Breeders' Handicap: Leis ton, Fay Winwood, 2; Balgay Lass, 3. Air Force Handicap: Lelaine, 1; Pleasant Boy, 2; Prime Yamma, 3 Artillery Handicap: Royal's Brother, 1; Lady Commodore, 2; Rawhitiroa, 3 June Handicap: Don Sebastian, 1; Med Alto, 2; Hot Sur, 3 Infantry Handicap: Worthy Shasu, 1;MaudPointer,2;Siam's Beauty, 3 Final Handicap: Thebes,1;Sheen,2; Edith Direct, 3

BELMONT PARK RACES

SATURDAY

JUNE 29. 1940

J MITCHELL, Secretary Racing Selections By 'The Hawk'

JESUIT HOLDS THAT ENCYCLICALS SHOW ALLIED CAUSE IS JUST

Glasgow

"No Catholic after reading the Encyclicals of the reigning Holy Father on the subject of peace and war can help but recognise right and justice to be on the Allied side in this war," declared Father Eustace Dudley, SJ, at the final session of the Catholic Social Guild's week-end school in Glasgow early this month

The Five Peace Points which Pius XII enumerated in his Christmas allocution to the College of Cardinals as essential to a true international society, and therefore to a lasting peace,'' said Father Dudley, are willingly accepted not by the enemy but by the Allies His condemnation on the other hand, of the rape of Poland and the unprovoked assault upon Holland and Belgium are the enemv's condemnation and the vindication of the Allied

cause'

Father Dudley said that every Catholic should be able to justify his attitude to war in general and to this war in particular in the light of the Church's teaching

"We are not all," he said, bound to think and feel alike about the war: but we are bound to face it in the light of certain Christian principles and to test our attitude towards it by those principles."

He spoke of pacificism and the multitude of angels of peace, good and bad, that take refuge under its soporific sound"

Christ and Pacificism

There is not the slightest evidence that Christ or His Apostles regarded military service as incompatible with His service and following,'' he pointed out "Our Lord's relations with the centurion at Capharnaum, and the conversion of the centurion Cornelius and his family at Caesarea by St Peter suggest indeed just the opposite-that they regarded the army as an integral part of the State and therefore military service as compatible with thelife of a Christian"

Miss Barbar Ward, BA gave several lecture Discussing the guiding lines in working for a new orde a·r the war, she declared th the first essential is that Britain should recognise her European responsibility

'le have to want to restore a dece It European society as passinatel as Hitler desires to establish a satanic world order We must not be outdone in faith We must accept the conflict and its outcome in the light of a crusade

"Two points, which are closely related, must be solved if a lasting peace is to be achieved In the international sphere, we must meet the problem of sovereignty, in the national sphere, that of property.

After-War Possibility

A possibilitv would be the building up round the nucleus of close and lasting Anglo-French co-operation, a loose federation of Western Europe with a common council for the decision of certain aspects of policy, such as defence, trade, currency, justice Germany might be encouraged to adopt a less rigidly centralised system, and restore her old federal basis and enter into treaty relations on the basis of equality with a Western Federation.

"On the home front, a similar process should be carried out Modern industrial conditions call for a much more flexible economy in which state controlled ndustries, public corporations, and private enterprise all have their part, the fundamental principles being the economic good of the com-

munity as a whole, and the intelligent use of co-operation and planning to secure that good "The co-operation of capital and labour achieved during the war could very well offer an important starting point for the new co-operative system'

War Reporters Adopt Blessed Martin of Peru

New York

Blessed Martin de Porres. Dominican lav brother of Peru has veen alopted as their "guardian angel' by US war ce respondents-"hard boiled cvnies. Cathoics and Protestant''now coverIng the European war, according to Mr Edward Dohertv one of them himself, in the Mav "Torch," of the New York Domn1cans

It all began round a table in a London restaurant, rendezvous of the correspondents gathering in Europe at the outbreak of war

One of them, head of a European bureau and a reporter and author of world repute, was going to France the following day with the British Army

"Before you go,'said a friend, a noted newspaperman, "I'd like to give you something that won't do you any harm, and may do you some good." And he held out to the laughing correspondent a bronze medal of Blessed Martin The other took it, looked at it curiously, and asked: "What 1s

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Just a picture of a grand guy who has been helping mugs like vou and me for over 300 vears," was the answer In Journalese

The storv of Martin was told in a few words, as onlv a newspaperman talking to other newspapermen would tell it:

"He was a guy named Martin de Porres His old man was a Spanish Don His motler was a coloured woman The kil was born in Peru, half a hundred years after the Conquest--about the time you, you pup, began working as a cub He became a great 'doc' He cured everybodv in his home town He ecame a wizard He fed all the poor people out of baskets that never seemed to get empty He could be eight or nine places at once What a reporter he would have made! And ever since he's been dead he's been helping everybody Ask him most anything, and you'll get it."

"What do I do with it?" the correspondent asked "Put it on a chain and wear it around my neck?"

"Just keep it in your pocket if you want to. Talk to the guy once in a while Ask him for favours-especially when you need 'em If he doesn't help you throw the medal away."

"Hev," one of the other newspapermen cried, "what's the matter? You love this guy? Why don't you give me one of those medals Don't I rate?" "Holding out on us," said another "We're going to the wars too All Wear Medal.

They were as interested, getting the story of the long dead lay brother, as they would be in digging up the latest story of wartorn Europe, says Mr Doherty

'I met a number of "big-time' newspapermen later, in various parts of England, on the sea, in the air, in France in Holland Denmark, Sweden, Finland Belgium and Italy, who were weating the medal of Martin de Porres, or carrying one of his relic cards" it?"

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Successful Fremantle Ball

St Joseph's Ex-Students Present Nineteen Debutantes

OnWednesday,June 19, St Joseph'sConvent Ex-Students held their ninth annual ball in the Fremantle Town Hall The function was an outstanding success, due totheeffortsofahard-working committee, comprising Miss D Tangney (president), Miss C. ench (secretary) Mesdames F Yench, J Doyle, Jolley, R Box, Naylor, Tozer, Munsie, W A Hoey, Bovell, O'Brien, Brown, Hunter, Caldow, Durack, Coad, Munyard, Treasure, Sutherland, Burns and Misses C Farrell and M Vincent

The dancing floor was well filled, while the dress circle accomIodated an exceptionally large umberof spectators who had come principally to witness the presentation of the nineteen dehutantes This ceremonv was gracefully executed, the young adies, led by two flower girls Margaret Fahey and Margaret McCallum), making their curtsies to theMayor (Mr F Gibson), and then joining their partners to dance the Palma Waltz Guestsof the evening included Mrs B Hallion, Mrs J O'Brien Victoria Square Old Girls' Association) Mrs Prendergast Sacred Heart Old Girls' Association), Messrs C Parsloe, J Ryan and M Leunig fhe stage wasattractively decorated with poinsettia and Gerten wax the shield standing m nentl in the backBowls oi iceland popand fern graced the supper tab'e Dancing, to Roy Jenk· 'orchestra, continued till 1

The debutantes were Miss Kathleen Egan wearing white vinon with ruched flower trimming; Miss Mollie Williams in white taffeta picture frock: Miss Joan Otty, white +arquisette with velvet trimming; Miss Kathleen McPherson, white satin with equins trimming; Miss Joyce Nicholls, white sheer georgette with slver trimming; Miss Flornee ME white taffeta trimmed wit flowers, Miss Pa tricia Hunter, ite tulle embossed with rosettes; Miss Roma Curry, white figured organza with velvet bows; Miss Pat Tozer white georgette wi h bust'e effect; Miss Dorothy Sykes, white georgette embossed with silver leaves; Miss Helen Daly, in white georgette with silver trimming; Miss Pat Haskin, white picture frock silver net and lace; Miss Peggy Sumpter, white taffeta with rucked bodice; Miss Joan Heron, white stiffened net with velvet bows; Miss Ellen Miller white embossed satin; Miss Joyce Howe, white taffeta with mocked hipline; Miss Erla Toop, white Swissorganza lace; Miss Joyce Johnson, white embossed net with ruffle trimming· Miss Kathleen Sanders, white rgett with rosette trimming

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THE RECORD

WHERE TRUE PEACE LIES

"In His will is life," says the Psalmist, in the 29th Psalm, wherein he gives thanks to God for his deliverance from a great danger But not only do our life, ourhealth anl all other good things depend upon God's will; more positively, His will-doing HiswillandacceptingHiswill is the very stuff of the life we ourselves as free agents have to live That 'ife 1s meaningless otherwise, or rather it means death,theenthronmgofthe mortal creaturein the place the Creator alone should hold Sad Our Lord Himself, "My food s to do the will of Him that sent Me' and without foodisnoiie What God wills me to be s my only real life, realself

A very consuling consequence arises from the serous endeavour with whatever failings, to make God's will the guiding principle oi life It is that in Dante's famous line, "In His will s our peace" Whateverthatwill may be, if t is fulfilled or accepted with our mind and will, however much our feelings may revolt, it is a sure foundation upon which our lives mav rest and with sure foundations come a sense of security and a fundamental peace

So Our Lord savs to us "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you''-yet "not as the world giveth do I give unto you "

AII that the world calls peace may be but a deceit; all that the world calls trouble mav be Our Lord's own peace for us, meant precisely for us in His graciousyetmysterious purposes Therefore, "let not vour heart be troubled neither let t be afraid '' We are troubled and we are afraid, but let us only look to Our Lord and cast ourselves upon Him, and the troubles and fearswill notinvade our heart, that foundationand inner sanctuary of our being which s ndependent of the storms that rage without "In peace in the selfsame I will sleep and I will rest, for Thou alone O Lord makest me to abide in safety" This is the peace of which St Paul speaks, "thepeaceof God which surpasseth all understanding ' the peace which will keep our hearts and minds "in Christ Jesus'' lesus ! Jesus! Be Thou Thvself my peace, in this life, in the hour of mv death, and foralleternitv! Viator n the "Universe"

Their partners were Messrs D Otram, W Williams, E Weston, E Murray K Mercer K Tangney,E Gal lop, G Anderton, S G Wright, D Yench, A Gent, G Philst, J Howe, R Hawkin, A Tuckfield, F Baisch, F I Sanders

ComplimentarySocialandPresentation to Sister P Williamson

On Thursday, 20th inst., at St Joseph's Hall Subiaco the Society tendered to Sister Phil Williamson a complimentary social and made to her a presentation as a gesture of appreciation of her splendid service to the Society over the last ten years Upwards of 250 members overtaxed the capacity of the hall; the attendance representing a fine tribute to this sterling member.

Eulogistie speeches were made by the Grand President (Bro L, M Goerke) and the Grand Secretary (Bro J Edwards), onbehalf of th District Board and members generally Bro, L Burrowes, on behalf of the Metropolitan Social Council, and Bro McCabe, on behalf of St Kevins Branch The Grand President traced the historv of Sister Williamson's association with the Society in several capacities; she having served as a Grand officer for seven years, during which she occupied the office of Grand President, as secretary of the Metropolitan Social Council for nine years and as secretary of St Kevin's Branch for 10 vears This constituted a unique record of service which merited the keen appreciation and thanks of every member, and in making the presentation the Grand President said that it was meant as a mall token of uch appreciation and thanks When rising to respond, Sister Witliamson was greeted with enthusiastic applause. She thanked the Society for the kindness tht prompted the members to honour her so signally Whatever she had done for the Society had been performed in the knowledge of the wonderfulwork that it had done and was doing as a unit in the Catholic organisation, and if she had succeeded in giving t any considerable measure of help the knowledge of that fact was sufficient reward for her That the Society was worthy of the best efforts of its members was bevond doubt and she expressed the hope that every member would do his or her part in further building up the strength of our great Society, She sincerely thanked all those present for their kindness in cooperating to make this function such a success which would ever remain with her a cherished memorv The Society thanks sincerely Miss Evelyn Beston MissMay Hart and Mr Syd Lynch, who helped materially by their vocal and elocutionary items to make the function such an outstanding success St Anthony's Branch, Midland Junction. Sister E Laurissen presided over a well-attended meeting on Monday, June 10, and extended a very hearty welcome to the visitors from St Kevin's Branch Subiaco Bro J Wale announced that in the recent association card tournaments St Anthony's Branch was successful in winning four bridge trophies the winners being Rev Father Ahern, and Sisters E Laurissen, E, Berrigan and T Griffen At the conclusion of the meeting the matches were played resulting in a win for St Anthonv's Branch in both the table tennis and the quoits The ext meetng will be in the School Hall on Monday, June 24

SWISS CATHOLICS VOW PENANCE WEEKS IF SPARED WAR.

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Swiss Catholics have solemnly vowed to observe a week of penance every Advent for three consecutive years if the country is preserved from war

The vow was made by Bishop Melle ofSt Gallen whohasalso issuedapastoralletterurgingthe people to attend Mass frequently in these critical days Special peace devotions ,including the recital of the Rosary, are taking place every evening in all churches ofthe diocese

In anticipation of the result thanksgiving pilgrimages are being arranged to Einsiedein, the national shrine

Thursday, June 27, 1940

The monthly meeting of the executive will be held in Room 10, second floor, Nestle's Housethe League's new headquarters on Monday, July 2, at 2.30 p.m

Monthly Meeting

The monthly meeting will be held in the League Roome Nestle's House, on Wednesday, July 3 The alteration has been made on account of the Ca tho lic Ball Jumble Sale Mrs Maxwell is holding a jumble sal in aid of League funds at 230 pm on Friday, July 5, at Forrester Hall, Mu eum-street All those who have do. nations of goods are asked to bring them to the hall between 1,30 pm and 215 pm on that date

CATHOLIC TENNIS ASSOCIATION

By "RON"

Shield Competition

Last week-end saw the completion of matches postponed or unfinished rom the previous week All sections have now completed three rounds t matches, and at the present stage the premiership list is ·reatingconsiderable interest Tit-Bits of Interest

The stop-watch competition is now under wav

Members of the social committee are reminded that the next meeting is Friday July 12

On Monday, July 8, St, Joachim's Club hold their annual theatre party and presentation of prizes at Broadway Theatre, Victoria Park Community Concert, The first of the Association's 1940 community concerts will take place in the Highgate Parish HAI on Tuesday evening July30, and already the social committee are working hard to assure its success Several well-known artists will assist, whilst an added attrc tion will be an interclub quiz competition which alone should create keen interest During the evening oppor tunity will be taken to present the trophies won in the Catholic Girls' Secondary Schools' Tournament. held recentAdmission will be 1s

Annual Bazaar Work, to make a succes of this annual Catholic effort, must proceed, in order to raise funds to meet the inter est due this vear Catholics realise that tremendous organisation is at work to obtain money for the united war effort necessary to win the war and our people re fully sharing in this work At the same time we mu t be just and meet this interest due on money loaned to our Catholic institutions in

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part as Australian citizens t assist the war effort

Wedding On June 8, Desmond Kelly was mar ried to Dorothy Crowle, in St, Patrick's Church, in the presence of a large num ber of friends The Rt Rev Monsignor Hayes performed the ceremony Mr and Mrs Crowle held a reception at the Burlington Hotel after the marriage This was a very popular wedding and we wish the newlv married every happiness

Sunday Masses St Patrick's Church 7and930 am

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Subiaco

Popular Child Competition.

All committees are now working during the last few weeks of the Popular Child Competitions Entertainments isted for the coming week include n illustrated lecture on the "Holy Shroud'' and a house party The lecture will be given by Rev Father H Lalor in St Joseph's Hall on Tuesday, July 2 at 8 pm This lecture has been shown in other parishes, being well attended, and it is expected that the Subiaco section will have a crowded hall on this occasion The West Leederville section will conduct a house party at the home of Mrs Jemmy, 4 Joseph-street, on Thursday, July 4 A good time is assured to everyone who comes along Community Concert,

Despite the weather conditions, St Joseph's Hall was well filled on Tuesdav last when th third of the series of community no :rts, in aid of the Popular Child C mpetition was held

Conducted t Bi' li Barnes assisted bv Allan Barry, S via aporn Nell Shor land-Jone, and thers, the oncert proved ver c 'ul. The next will take place r Tu lay, July 16, and at this concert fetur will the hold ing of profes ·in:l nd amateur trials for which valuable cash prize will be given.

Annual Parish Ball

Monda evening Ju! 22 i the dat selected for the annual parish ball, and already arrangements ar well advanc ed Tickets re now availab priced at the cheap rate of 5s (duble) and 3s (single) A well known city orbestra has been engaged to supply the music for the dancing, which will be from 830 p.m till 1 am Excellent supper arrangements are also contemplated

YOUNG MEN'S CLUB NOTES

Special Meeting.

Al members of the Club are requested to attend a special meeting to be held in St Joseph's Hall on Monday next, July 1., Business to be discussed will be o importance to every member Jottings

The committee appreciated the attendance at our lust function, and reminds patrons that a carnival will be staged on July 8

SOCIETY

OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ORPHANAGE COMMITTEE

W.A. Boys' Town, Clontarf, Field Day, Sunday, May 12. Donations

£5 5s His Grace the Archbisho

£50: Mr J Ryan

£10· Mr T Ahern

£5 each: F Connaughton Cullity Timbers

£33s each: Oblate Fathers, Mary M OHara, Dr Mulcahy

£2 2s each: Dr Quinlan, F Lynch Donnelly Family

£1 1s each: W K Lamzed J Mini han Mrs Arthur Haynes Mr and Mrs T D Murphy Lavan, Walsh and Lavan, Mr M, Wade, Bowra and O'Dea, F Brady Drs Meagher, Martin and Bladen, Frank Anderson I E Singleton, C O Quigley Miss Coffey, Rev Father Wallace, Very Rev Dr Kennedy, Mr F O'Dea, J D Murphy, Mr V J Crock, Mr Crossett, Res Father Smith

£1 each: H McJade Mr Cranley, IKnox Mrs Cross, E Le B Henderson, Mrs Shanch Mrs Reddin. W Kinane Mr Luke Dovle Friend.

10s 6d each: Mrs Kinsella, Mr I J O'Heaney Mr Raphael, Mr O'Neil, Miss P Ahern, Rev Father Collins Mr Tower, Fred Burke, Rev Father Moss, I Slattery, Mr Cogan Mr M Ahern

10s each: Mr D Hickey, R J Dwyer. Mrs Abrechi, J Firth, Mr C, D Henderson, Friend, Neil F Perkins, B Quinn, M Cahill

£9 5s: Collections

of ST. JOAN Saviour

fT » five hundred years since Jl Joan died at the stake for France and for faith in her divine vocation It was May 30, 1431, and she was only nineteen years of age In two short years she had turned the tide of war against the victorious English, restored the French nation and seen her sovereign crowned King of France Her story is one of the most exciting and mysterious in history

bhe was born in 1+2 o? humble parents at Domreny a tiny village on the Meuse that historic river where Cnr:stian soldiers {rom Charles Martel to Marshal Foch have always had to grapple with the ermans Unlettered child of a purely Catholic environment she was from the age of thirteen favoured with visions, voices and ecstasies which were as wonderful as those o St Teresa herself

Already for three-quarters ofi a century France had been harassed by English invasion and civil war The true king of France, poor, feeble and irresolute, lived at Bourges, afraid to assert himseli and be crowned; borrowing money from his cooks and patching his own clothes while English and Burgundian forces drew like a net about him The country was exhausted bv the ceaseless wars, but while great nobles fought with the alien against their rightful king the people of France knew in their hearts that their country must once again be free and united Such was the burden of the messages that Joan received from her heavenlv visitants, St Michael, St Catherine, and St. Margaret: that she was appointed by God for the salvation of France; that Charles VII must be crowned_as rightful king; that the' English would be driven out and that she would lead him and his people to victorv and freedom at last Four things the Voices prophesied: that the English power in France would be destroved after raising the siege of Orleans; that Charles would be crowned at Rheims; that Paris would return to obedience and that the captive Duke of Orleans would return from England to his native land She saved Orleans and saw the king crowned; soon after her death the remaining two prophesies were literally and completely fulfilled

Knowing full well the strength of her father's opposition she waited till she was sixteen before she left friends and loved ones behind Then when the Voices commanded she escaped to Vaucouleurs Repulsed at first she succeeded at last in winning the support of the Governor, Robert de Baudricourt He asked for a sign of her divine mission and her Voices supplied one; she told him the Dauphin's forces had suffered defeat in battle near Orleans the very same day as she told him of it In those times such news could not reach Vaucouleurs by ordinarv means of communication for a week or ten days Prudentlv the Governor waited until news came through that proved she was perfectly right; it was a miracle and now he was convmnced that she was of God

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Dressed as a page, riding on a horse and accompanied by halfa-dozen armed companions, Joan set out south-west on her perilous journey to the Dauphin at Chinon A fortnight later she was in

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the presence of her uncrowned king Brought into a dimly-lit hall of the castle and surrounded by nobles in splendid clothes she at once singled out the king, though he was hiding and disguised in mean apparel. The Maid of France demanded of him a private conversation from which he emerged convinced not onlv of her mission but of his own destiny

Her first task was to give the king courage and rescue him from foolish counsellors Within a little over a month she had gathered an army together and was en route to Orleans For six months this loval town had suffered siege irom the king's enemies; and now, though the town was still impregnable, t seemed that thev must surrender from famine The citizens of Orleans were wild with excitement when the armv arrived led bv the Maid and herbanner of gleaming white satin

The strength of the English lay in Fort Augustins and Fort Tourelles which dominated the Loire and cut off the French from help Joan's officers were afraid to attack Tourelles but she said, "In the name of God I shall go, and whoever loves me will follow" It was her first battle, her most glorious victory With resounding success she had at length broken the spell which an alien power had put on France for three-quarters of a century

Pushing her advantage home she followed up her initial success with a series of brilliant victories-Jargeau, Meung Beaugency and the great battle of Patav Towns fell now as if bv magic at her word and she was evervwhere welcomed as the saviour of the people She still had grave struggles with her weak king and his cowardly advisers, but after three months' campaigning, the day came when she saw him crowned at Rheims

She could have captured Paris but he would not take the risk Now that he was crowned he would no longer listen to her words For eight weary months he kept her hanging about the court condemned to miss golden opportunities while time was slipping by At length from shame he gave her a small army and permitted a spring campaign

Melun surendered of its own accord but when she was standing on the ramparts there the Voices gave her the first warning of impending disaster She would be taken prisoner before the feast of St John at midsummer They had never deceived her in prosperity; she could not doubt them now So for a month she per-

France Beautiful

severed though certain of defeat, until she was surprised and captured by men of Burgundy at Compiegne

She was kept for a year in prison and subjected to a farcical trial for heresy by the perfidious Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais She could have had liberty for the asking if she would but deny her Voices She suffered death on May 30, 1431, when in the market-place of Rouen she was burnt by foreign soldiers at the stake Soon afterwards Rome itself ordered the rehabilitation of h name and finally on May 16, 1920, Pope Benedict'XV, amid scenes of incredible splendour and enthusiasm, canonised St Joan of Arc virgin, soldier-saint and patron of France-"Zealandia"

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Holy Name Society and Sacred Hear Sodality Established.

Sunday June 9 marked the inaugr tion of a branch of the Holy Name S ciety at Wyalkatchem

At the conclusion of th 8 o'clock Mass at which there was a large number of communicants Rev Father Cahill CSSR addressing the men, outlined the historv and obiects of th Society and urged them t be 'yail t the pledge they would m: e

After the sermon, Father Cahill, as sisted by Father Cameron, P P, enrolled 20 members, a number small in figures, but large for the size of the parish

Later a Communion Breakfast, presided over by Mr M J O'Loghlen, the president, was held and the usual toasts were honoured The presence of a num ber of Holy Name men from Perth was much appreciated

The officers of the new branch are Mr M J O'Loughlin, president; Mr R Grieve, secretary; Mr K, Kelly and Mr G Byrne, councillors; Mr. T, Dolan and Mr J Hammond, prefects Sacred Heart Sodality

At evening devotions, Father Cahill preached an eloquent sermon and then errolled 24 ladies as members of the Sa red Heart Sodality Officers appointed are: Mrs Cullinan, president Mrs K Kelly, secretary; Misses N Collins and E O'Loghlen heads of the guilds Obiturary

On Tuesday, June 4, the sudden death of John Francis Cullinan came as a shock to all Born in South Australia 55 years ago he had been farming in the Wyalk tchem district for a considerable period He was truly a pi!lar of the Church, and had been appointed a councillor of the Holy Name Society, but his death came a few davs before th enrolment. Touching reference was made at the Holy Name Communion Breakfast by Mr Dolan, who said the deceased was an example for any Holy Name ma1 or any Catholic

The funeral left Our Lady Help o Christians Church at 4 pm the fol lowing day and proceeded to the Wyal katchem Cemetery The large cortege bore evidence to the respect in whicl he was held Father Cameron P P. _ assisted by Fathers Benedict, 0 S B (Trayning), and Isidore, 0 S B (New Norcia), read the prayers in the church and at the grave Requiem Mass was celebrated the following morning at 8 a m

The loss to the prish of such an ex emplary Catholic is a heavy one, and the sympathy of all goes out to his sorrowing widow and relatives, May hi soul rest in peace

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AUSTRALIA LEADS WITH First Catholic Action College in English-Speaking World

Off to " the Are YOU

Quest" Coming?

tBy a Grail Member )

Already some are beginning to cover their typewriters, pack up books and put away brooms and dusters From Queensland to Wellington trunks are being packed, and pencils sharpened, and then all roads will ead to Tay Creggan "

These are the girls who are leaving their ordinary lives for six months, to come together into a unique community at the Victorian Grail Headquarters, a community of young seekers after apostleship

Some have met before at Summer Schools and training weeks, when for a few davs State borders became as nothing, when the distance between Brisbane and Hoart became the span of a breakfast table and the citv took unto itself the problems of the country

Many have thought as each Sydnev Summer School came to an end, and discussions continued in the trains and buses which made miles once more a realitv "A week! It has all been splendid, but if only we could have longer a real trainingwe could do so much more''

Now it has come! \ six months' training course for Catholic Action, and in spite of the problems and difficulties which confront anyone attempting to step out of the ordinary daily routine for such a time, thegirls are coming too! Some are leaving their offices, some are putting aside for awhile their studies for a particular career, some are leaving home duties and lives of leisure all with a single purpose "We want to win the world for Christ!" That is the watchword oi "The Quest ' as indeed it 1s the watchword of us all, its achievement the goal to which we look with shining eyes and hopeful hearts

* CAMARADERIE.

Many of the girls have never met before, have never been to Tay Creegan " for them all sorts f pleasant discoveries lie in store, not onlv in the treasures and exciting crners of the house itself, but n the spirit of happy camaraderie which draws all together into one big family

Together they will study, work and play, learning not only the essentials for all who would lead but also all those little worth while things which will help then to become charming Catholic voung women, with a keen sense of their purpose and abilities

This course offers to the girls of Australia a definite and practical way of giving themselves to the work of the lay apostolate Armed with this training, and imbued with the spirit to win for Christ, they will go back to their own parishes, to their cities and small country towns, to give out to others what they have learnt to carry on the work of organisng and developing, and to be themselves centres of energy in

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the able lieutenant, whose staunch co-operation may mean the making of a group, whose steady zeal and example brings fresh impetus when energy begins to flag Others there are who will take back to their parish a quiet, but nevertheless potent and leavening influence For all there is room at "The Quest," where Catholic youth goes searching for the full Catholic life

One Reason for this War?

(Contributed byG, R)

*OPENS JULY 15

The course will open on July 15 Those who are preparing for it are living in an atmosphere of pleasant expectation It is undoubtedly something new, there will be many surprises, many new discoveries to be made It is Australia's irst sally into anything of the kind, and hence can be ooked upon as an experiment -venturesome indeed., but at the same time promising of great results for Catholic Action in this part of the world

"The Quest" itseli can truly be said to be a venture, for this seems scarcely the time to be beginning new things With our eves on chaos we find it hard to turn to thoughts of building Nevertheless, under all conditions the work of Christ must go on the task of conquering the world for Him leaves little space for marking time "Nothing venture, nothing win!' must be our cry After all where there is vouth there will always be a spirit of adventure So we prepare for it zll Ire you c· ming?

7r t ' � lawman ocistg "

The annual ball of the Newman S cietv will be held in the Karrakatta Club Hall on Friday, July 19 As the proceeds are to go to the University Branch of the Red Cross it is hoped thatall memberswill make an earnest endeavour to be present In keeping with the timeswe have decided to reduce the cost of tickets to 6s and therefore to change the venue of the ball from the Embassy to the KarrakattaClub Hall,so thatitshould be a sociablefunction Thisistheonly patriotic effort being directly sponsored bv theCatholicstudentsattheUniversity, and the co-operation of all is essential foritssuccess Important Meeting

The Newman Society is holding an important meeting in the University RefectoryonTuesday, July 2, at 8 pm Mr P Brennan BA, will lecture on Soviet Activities During the Past Seven Years" As the subject of Mr Brennan'saddress is of interest in the light of recentevents, an invitation is extendedtothepublictoattend Attheconclusionofthemeetingsupper will be served at a charge of 6d each.

NARROGIN

MASS TIME TABLE

June 30: Narrogin 8 am; Wander ng, 1030 am

The day I leftschool I promisedSis ter MaryTheresetoalwayspaya visit to the Blessed Sacrament as I passed by, but alas! for the promise, before six monthshadpassedthecallofwork and play was too loud and my footsteps never sounded inside the church except, of course, on Sundays and holidays It was thespring of 1939 thatI purchased that cheeky white sailor hat andrather foolishly wore it home Ir no time at all, thunder clouds piled up, and I practically ran for shelter; but the first fat drops were alreadv upon me, and a thunder-clap sounded the crack of doom for my gay little feather, Ah! thechurch" I darted in and knelt downrather breathlessly, to rattle offafew Hail Marys

But the atmosphere of that little church caught methe fitful rays 9 light gleaming through the staind windows, the 'Queen of Peace" statue unmoved by the persistent attacks of lightning I was suddenly moved b the peace of my surroundings and now I often enjoy ten minutes or so of holy tranquillity as a result of that storm st k k Were not the people f the world heedlessly rushing by the doors o Christianity? Eversince the last war has there been anything to effectively check this reckless downward trend this horrible loss of soul?

Yes, theterrificstorm needed t step the hurrying feetof men ishere God's thunderous voice is heard, God' lightning illumines the way to the gentle rinofmercies,distributed by His ve watchful, ever-loving Son st t t #k

As you perceive the moral of this little story shows that Hitler and his confederatesin starting thiswaragainst Christianityare, inspiteof themselves aiding a greater number of souls to a moreintimatetouchwiththeirSaviour

S.I C Football

Recently the ollege visited Moor to engage the local team in the last game of the second round The run of successes wasatlastbroken Playing on a field that was half covered with water, a very highstandardoffootball could not be expected The College was without the services of it centre man, W Patterson After a fighting finish theollegehadtogounderwith the scores 6goals 5 behind to 7 goals 12 behinds Moora were best served bv Ovey, Headland,TobinandJoyce, The College had two outstanding players in Lardi and Read,whobattledon to the end They were supported by Klari G Clune made a welcomereappearance and kicked four goals

MASS TIME TABLE

June 30: harvey, 8 am; Yarloop, 10 a m July 7: Waroona, 8.30 am; Harvey, 0 am

July I4: Yarloop 8 am ; Harvey 10 am July 21 Harvey, S a m; Waroona, 10 a.in.

July 28: Harvey 8 am ; Yarloop 10 a.m

August 4: Waroona 830 a m Har vey, 10 a m

August1L: Yarloop, S a m Harvey, 10 am

August 15 (Feast of Assumption of BV M): Harvey 8 am August 18: Waroona, 8 30 a.m.. Harvey 10 am

August 25: Yarloop 8 am ; Harvey 10 am

June 30: Dwellingup, 8 am ; No 2 Mill 10 am

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The progress of the Catholic Movement among the Jacobites has been phenomenal of late The Little Flower Mount in Tiruvalla, originally designed for the residence of a single prelate is now shared bv three of them, their Lordships Mar Theophilos Mar Severios and Mar Diescore:, who have found their way to union with Rome The claims of the Catholic Church are being more widely recognised by the Jacobite prelates, priests and people The civil litigation, going; on in the Travancore Courts at present, s expediting this process Conferences, religious talks, evidence lectures, and a veritable crusade of prayer are bemng vig orously organised by those who have at heart the speedy realisation of unity among the Syrian Christians of Malabar Those in intimate touch with these developments feel that further gla tidings may be expected

It is worthy of note that only ten years ago there was not a single Catholic in the whole of Tiruvalla Now daily Mass is celebrated in seven places here The recent Church Unity Octave celebrations brought to light cases of exceptional fervour which indicates the fine spirit that animates so many of the re-united Christians One case was that of a school girl who obligated herself to spend in prayer and adoration before the Blessel Sacrament exposed twelve of the thirteen hours during which the Eucharistic function lasted. Another was that of Mrs George Joseph, the widow of the well-known Indian statesman, who without hesitation undertook a six-mile journey on foot in order to participate in the all-day adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on the last day of the Octave Holy Redeemer Monastery elected a new Superior in January of this year after the Very Rev Father Ambrose, of the Syro-Malabar Carmelite Congregation had been transferred to the Monastery at Elthuruth The new Superior is the Very Rev Father Givergis, who was at one time Superior of the Jacobite Monastic Motherhouse in the Western Ghats which was founded bv Mar Ivanios before his submission to the Church Father Givergis has been one of the pioneers of the Catholic Reunion Movement in Malabar When he made his submission, which occurred even before that of Mar Ivanios, the Holy See had not yet sanctioned for Jacobite converts the use of the Svro-Malankara rite Hence until two years ago he had been in the Syro-Malabar Rite of the neighbouring dioceses of Changanacherry He has been n charge of St John's Cathedral parish in Tiruvalla ever since its inception, and has been responsible for much good work in co-operation with His Excellency Mar Theophilos, the Bishop of Tiruvalla He is still in charge of the Cathedral where he is ably assisted by one religious and two diocesan priests

The Fathers of the Holy Redeemer Monastery arc the original members of the Jacobite

Oasis of Hope in War-Torn China

A letter irom an American Sister in South China describes mission work under war conditions there, and is a fine example of the quiet heroism that characterises the daily life of the missionaries One can readily understand the comfort they bring to so many of the war-tried population who find them the chief mainstay of their morale

The past year,'' states the letter, "was one of many joys and sorrows We were kept answering more than convent bells as daily warnings of danger from the air kept our family of sixty as well as our neighbours in a state of electrical tension No less than ten times we were showered upon Our neighbours have not always fared as well as we have Bombs fell as close as sixty feet from our compound and rocks, shrapnel splinters and the terrific concussion of the explosions damaged some of our roofs and windows Lives have been lost The injured as well as reiugees and other sick poor come to our dispensary for assistance During the past year we dispensed medical aid to approximately 28.000 cases This was made possible by a donation of medical supplies from the Red Cross and Refugee Relief Society, which is partly sponsored by our good friends in the U S A for which we are very grateful

"These days are especially trying to our blind girls, who cannot see the "Birds'' manoeuvre We assure them that God will not fail those who put their trust in Him, and so, on many occasions, we felt His special protection over us Help us say a prayer of thanksgiving for God's goodness to us

There isn't the least sign of normal times returning Postage as well as everything else has doubled in price during the past vear Bus roads have become rice-fields wedged between pits of water ten to twenty feet deep; concrete and iron bridges are just a heap of rubbish, making travel as difficult as and more dangerous than it was twenty years ago. Despite these conditions we continue to receive mail from time to time It is oftentimes watersoaked and rather "ancient history," but nevertheless welcome

"Though occasionally interrupted, our work goes on and not without enthusiasm In the infant asvlum we took in 445 babies We made 120 visits to people in their homes Small groups of good souls pass through the catechumenate to receive baptism We should like to make many more converts but we realise that

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we must be patient Faith waits upon God's time and that waits perhaps upon someone's good prayers

Sodality and Catholic Action meetings, the home for old women, the home and school for orphans an<l blind girls, the dispensary, etc , keep us busy We keep down expenses by a number of sideline activities: gardening, raising pigs, hulling rice, weaving towels and fish nets (at which the blind girls are expert), sewing, and the like We also conducted a Government-recognised school for girls, but had to close it down as the heavenly visitors" came so often that the pupils all left for distant villages

"At Christmas time our little blind girls gave a mystery play It had to be repeated several times so that Christians, catechumens and non-Christians all could see it They voted it a great success, saying it explained Christmas to them as never before This consoled the children greatly; it made them happy to feel they were playing a useful part in propagating the Faith ''

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LEAGUE FOOTBALL Results

South Fremantle, 14,18; East Premantle, 13.11 East Perth, 12.16; Subiaco, 615 West Perth, 2017; Perth, 8,10. Claremont 1620; Swan Districts 14.14.

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Claremont East Fremantle

Perth Subiaco

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G Doig CEF) Tyson (WP) 49 G Moloney (CI ) 47 Truscott (SF) 37 Saturday's Games, Perth v Subiaco, at W AC.A. West Perth v East Perth, at Subiaco East Fremantle v Swans, at Fre mantle

Claremont v South Fremantle, at Claremont

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A great game at Fremantle, and Souths' winning margin of thirteen points is a good criterion of the merits of the teams

George Doig and "Nipper" Truscott managed only one goal apiecestrange for two of our leading goal-getters

Keith Shea gave his best exhibition of the season. He was a match-winner at centre Wilkinson, though small, gets into it well and against East Perth this Subiaco player showed cleverness in all departments and was the player of the match Ted Tyson got nine goals, and is pressing George Doig for the lead as to goals kicked for this season Wests were easily superior to Perth, who seemed to play without their he: rts in the job Heal on the wing was brilliant, and O'Keeffe was another great player for the Leederville lads THE ALCOCK CUP COMPETITION.

Good Win for Aquinas

Aquinas College started well when it defeated Hale School at the W.A,C.A It was a close game, and the Red and Blacks played very determinedly at the end to hold their lead Aquinas played brilliantly in the first quarter to register 43 to 0.1, but Hale fought back and made up their leeway to such good effect that scores were level halfway through the last quarter Then came a great struggle It was "anybody's game,'' but great work in defence saved the day for Aquinas, The final scores were 6 12 to 74. For the winners the most effective were Alderman, very sure as the goal keeper; Carr, at Centre; Rigg, Burke and Stokes Guildford, 11.8, defeated Scotch College 716 Next Week's Matches Scotch • Hale, at Claremont Aquinas v Guildford at Bassendean.

SPORTING QUIZ, Answers to Last Week's Questions, I. Fifteen seconds to the furlong is even time'' in racing

2 120 yards is the distance of a home run in baseball

3 Two tens and two fives is a "Carbine" hand in poker Carbine's weight was 10st 5lb

4, 18 is the most a player may score in two shots at billiards,

5 25 goals were kicked by George Gough, Northcote (Victorian Association) v Prahran

This Week's Questions

1 What cricketer played for England and for Australia in Test matches?

2 Name a horse that won the VR C Al«Aged Stakes the Cumberland Stakes, and the AJC, Plate three years in succession

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3 What Australian boxer knocked out that great fighter Peter Jackson "The Black Prince of Boxing"?

4 If a golfer's ball lying in sand is completely covered what may the golfer do?

5. A player of the Australian game of football, often described as "the greatest player of all time," played in Perth for a WA League club Who was he?

Dan Creedon (Concluded)

Craig was a nice mover and pos sessed a solid punch, but like many ot his colour who have climbed the ladder of success, was inclined to flashness." and played to the gallery at every op portunity, However, Dan left him little time to indulge in that pastime, for he began briskly and had the negro on the retreat from the beginning, Save for a period in the second round when a wild punch damaged a rib and he slowed up Creedon was all over Craig and won handsomely

The Australian did not rest on his laurels, for in the following year he flew for higher game, and was matched with Jem Smith for the heavyweight championship of England. Jem Smith, a wonderful bare-knuckle fighter had some years before, fought a 100-round draw with Jake Kilain, and met Paddy Slavin of Australia, at Bruges, seven years earlier He hd been for sone time the best man in England, with either bare knuckles or the gloves, and again Dan had to give away considerable weight Despite this advantage Creedon proved the master of Smith, and he won in two round Dan was thus heavyweight champion of England Back in America in 1897 Dan experienced a succession of reverses that often come the way of a boxer Meeting Kid McCoy he was defeated in ff teen rounds, a good performance remembering the class of McCoy, a dashing fighter

The following year saw Creedon meet disaster when he met Joe Walcott 'The Gorilla'squat with a great breath of shoulders, tremendously long arms, and in the Australian found a good target, as Dan was an upright fighter They met on four occasions and each time the negro won Though they may be termed crude, Walcott's methods were very effective Swinging his long arms "The Gorilla' quickly got to close quarters and played for the kidneys, Very little punishment of that description was needed to weaken an opponent, and a more orthodox punch usually finished him off Despite this rough treatment by Wal cott, Dan went on to a victorv with a good fighter in Weinig, but when he met Kid McCoy in a return battle he was beaten again In a return battle, Weinig defeated Creedon, and then a rising young heavyweight in Marvin Hart laid Dan low After again losing to Weinig Dan re turned to Australia, and one of his first victims was Bill Doherty, now resident in Fremantle He was knocked out by Dan at Melbourne in five rounds In 1905, at the age of 37, Dan decided to allow some of the younger generation to carry on, and championship fights were over for him

With the possible exception of Peter Jackson, no Australian boxer ever merited or received the affection of the sporting public to the same extent as stout-hearted Dan Creedon Never Defeated.

In the history of the prize ring, there are few names more respected than that of Tom Curran, heavyweight champion of Victoria in 1860 His career is unique in the annals of pugilism Born in Jersey Island in 1827, he started his fighting life at the age of 19, when an argument with a butcher was settled in the time-honoured way, and Young Tom, although conceding weight

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%a e' and vears, literally butchered the but- their rivalry, were firm friends and a! pet.rs that South Australia will have the Breeders' Handicap, 1± miles for her a great respect for each other's two strong contendersin Apostrophe which a good field has been nominated some oi the members of The Fancy" ability w nner of the Adelaide Cup and Silent There are five other events, each over ho were present and who had admir- When he went into the ho' : March, winner of the SAJC, St Leger, the 1 mile 5 furlongs distance, four for j the artistic lacing Tom had given Stratford Gippsland Tom w s u; and last Saturday's Birthday Cup-the 222 class and one for the 216 In {e butcher, urged him to take up box- against a book-keeping problem :us Robert Allan this last mentioned event-the June 1g. Little urging was necessary for he education had been practicaly • and Handicapthe back marker is Grand j[''d thefighting game,and was a born he could write but little T te" Mogul, on 120 yards behind fighter So Curran followed the advice he kept tally on was a so:e muse- TROTTING. Special trains and trams will be progiven and for 13 years (1847-1860) he ment to all patrons a .me ever vided for the convenience of patrons tackled all-comers in England and Aus- appeared on it but : were signs There will be a meeting at Richmond and there will be a frequent motor car tralia and never suffered defeat and sketches te i:sea who were in Park, Fremantle, on Saturday service from St George's Terrace, near In his prime he stood 5it I0in , and his debt H er«ise much ingenu- The first event on the programme is Government Gardens weighed 11 0 Most of his contests ity to depie' s debtors For Barker, were bare-knuckle contests and after a a dog; fo· r ysche, a fish; Woodhouse, few fights in Jersey Island he went fur- a hut; w! 'e sometimes a nose only was ther afield and fought in England. used to epresent sme patron with a When 20 years of age he fought a facial peculiarity His book-keeping Marathon battle with Jack Peak, oi thou:h uncommon, was effective and Jersey The bout lasted 70 rounds, he collected practically 100 per cent and occupied 2 hours 4 minutes Three months after his title bout, Rounds in those days were determin- Curran's admirers presented him with ed when one or both men were knock- a gold and enamel belt, in which there ed down Rest followed when the prin- was £300 worth of gold in the form of cipals sat on their second's knees for a clusters of grapes and vine leaves, This breather before resuming hostilities belt was for many years in possession

The fight was for a fiver," so surely oi his son, Tom, and was usually extbe winner earned his money! hibited by Eronis and Fitzgerald's cirTom Curran came to Australia when cuses when they visited Gippslan' The the gold fever, in Victoria, was at its belt was afterwards sold height, about 18522 and spent some time Tom Curran who was never defeated prospecting round the various fields in a fight died in 1898 aged 7I

His first fight in Australia was against Jack Taylor for ±5 a side at Barker's Creek Castlemaine Tom was victori ous after 28 minutes of fighting He also fought many times at Maryborough, Castlemaineand Chinaman's Flat, and he and Bob Pee met for £2200 at McCullom's Creek Tom won in seven rounds

During the contest the police broke the ring, and Fee later recovered portion of his stake money

Mrs Fee was so incensed with her husband's defeat that she promptly did what no man ever succeeded in doing knocked Tom out-with a stone ginger beer bottle, She was evidently a loyal help-mate to Bob

Once when fighting a man nam Hughes in Jersy I and the bout ' ed in Curran's administering th in 14 minutes I brother o. ' feated man began to upbrai I his poor showiny,, so the vit lenged him to do better, in KO in 12 minutes, much t.' of the spectators Seve for a fight with I (£600), and with Bob F e usually fought for from and such wa. bis natu have enjoyed a scrap of the thing

He had virtual his friends an him to come lurs, the c' title Thifought at 1860, an pionshi; fie f n'

inians played very well to deh. 21 It was a victory that ght hard for, and in this inners teamed up in fine ne goal-hitters for Aquinas mara and O'Hara, and for wngler ' Grade Saint Ildephonsus nuch too good for Cricketers, ·n they defeated 3-0 For Saints g als were hit by P Longmore, nd, Kinshella In BI Grade Saint Ildephonsus was narrowly beaten by Old Haleians 5-4 T'is was a greatgame, with the issue in doubt right to the end of play The goalhitters for Saints were Haynes (3) and Gaynor and for Old Haleias Mount (2) and Moore (2) t h•

< urs Tom • side, would ure love

1 in 1857 but n -sn; led t Har Salpion, for the e battle was e Plains. March 13, £.0 and the cham· a After a hard ls Carran won on a vwing gone down without 'h men received severe It was rumoured that ' ribs were broken and Saln no better shape, Before ring Curran heard the whiss ribs were broken, and to that he still had some stamina nately refused to be driven t ie hotel in a cab, but insisted i It was onlv sheer will ' wer and determination that enabled him to reach his hotel, where, in his room, he collapsed from weakness

The rivalrv between Curran and Sallurs was very keen and many arguments have been caused as to who was the better man Officially, they met only once in the ring, but it is a fact that there were two unofficial fights between the pair, and that Curran was the victor in each The first took place in Ballarat, at a benefit to another oldtimer, when Sallurs gave an exhibition and challenged any of the audience to spar four rounds with him A man garbed as a miner threw his cap into the ring and "Happv Nig," as Sallurs was called, kicked the cap round the ring and finally over the ropes saying: "That's what I'II do to the owner"

Much to his annoyance the owner of the cap turned out to be Tom Curran, and a spirited bout followed, during which the coon was knocked out of the ring into the orchestra pit!

Their last meeting was at the Black Swan Hotel, Gippsland Curran's hotel, when Sallurs on a visit called to see Tom, who was in bed with a slight attack of gout In the absence of the proprietor Sallurs boasted to the crowded barroom of how he had licked Tom, but Tom, who had recognised the voice, came into the bar andurged him to prove his words Gout and all given in, he gave Sallurs the father of a hiding These two fighters, despite

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Gordon Richards rode twel nsecutive winners in one seasm

Myles Connell, now a trainer in Adel laide, rode 1,080 winners trom 5,88 mounts

Bitali's Melbourne Cp was the richest race ever run n Australasia It was worth £13,238, o: which £10,235 went to the winner

Saturday's meeting will be at Be!mont Park, and here s the programme with an early (before the weights) "bothwavs" tip for each event: Maiden Handicap: Yedrion

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Purse: Tropics

Belmont Handicap: Chironomy

Trial: Nicker

Welter: Kerlic:

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The GN Steeple field is falling away

Four of the most fancied runners since charts wee first issued have either been scratched or are unlikely runners

Giant Killer last vear's winner, was taken out on Saturday after he injured himself on the track, Turf Boy did not pull up too well after running in the Wanda Steeple at Flemington; Tifone has been worrying her trainer for weeks, and Bully Hayes was amiss after Mondav's running-"Ascot."

The performance at Flemington on Saturday that impressed me most from a Grand National Hurdle point of view was First Brigade's third in the Toolambool Hurdle It wasn't brilliant; but it was sound, solid and showed that the Adelaide jumper is up to National standard On paper, at least, he now appears as a danger to the favourite Cheery Jack "Ascot."

While most of his rivals have been performing like novices over the hurdles, Cheery Jack, the red hot favourite for the Grand National Hurdle race, has been holding his own in fairly good handicap company on the flat The result is that he is firmer than ever for the first "leg" of the doubleGlobe."

It is early to talk about possibilities for the Cups, but at the moment it ap-

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LITURGICAL CAT€CHISM

Q What did Pope Pius XI say of the annual celebration of the sacred mysteries in the iiturgy of the Church?

A In the Encyclical Quas Primas" (11th Dec., 1925), he said: "People are instructed n the truths of faith and brought up to appreciate the inner joys of religion far more effectually by the annual celebration of the sacred mysteries than bv an official announce ment of the teaching of the Church"

It has been said that if we celebrate the liturgical feasts in the spirit of the Church, we shall be ignorant of nothing that we should know

Q What are the outstanding forms of liturgical worship?

A, 1 The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

2 The Divine Office which centres round the Mass When a priest says his Office he prays in the name of the Church and in union with the Church The whole Church, the Spouse of Christ, unites in his prayer His prayer of praise and adoration mingles with the praise and adoration of the liturgy of Heaven,

3 The Sacramentsall of which have a direct relation to the Sacrifice of the Altar and are channels of the grace won for us upon the Cross

4 The celebration of the liturgical year, which constitutes, as it were, the setting of the daily Mass

5. The Sacramentals, which acquire their value through the prayer of the Church and which in the beginning were associated with the celebration of Mass.

Q How may we most readily acquire the spirit of liturgy?

A 1 By active participation in the Mass

2 By a knowledge of the rites and ceremonies used in the administration of the Sacraments

3 By celebrating the mysteries of Our Lord's life in the spirit of the Church

4 By the due performance of liturgical ceremonies and due attention to liturgical symbols

Q Mention some of the liturgical ceremonies which, if rightly attended to, will help us to acquire the spirit of liturgy How do symbols help?

the soul, for the Cross is the sign of our Redemption So made habitually it will dedicate our body and soul to the service of Christ,

2 Genuflection We should genuflect slowly and deeply realising vividly each time that our genuflection is an act of adoration to the Infinite God When we bend the knee we should bow the heart in humility in the conscious ness of our own unworthiness and of God's Infinite Majesty

3, Using Holy Water We should reflect that the Church has exorcised the water, has purified it, and as we make the sign of the Cross with holy water, we should recall that holy water tends to purify us It should remind us, too, of the baptismal water which cleansed our souls from original sin By our reverent use of holy water venial sin is blotted out

4 At the Confiteor-When we strike our breast at the words "through my fault,'' we should make the striking ot our breast a true sign of the repentance of our heart The pressure of the hand should symbolise the crushing of the heart in sorrow for sin

5 Holy Things eg the candle upon the altar-Its flame mounts upwards as our soul should mount upwards to God; its wick burns brightly as our hearts should burn in love It is made of pure wax of the bee, the svmbol of virginity It reminds us that the light of divine love will burn onlv in the heart that is pure All things then conspire to praise God not only the soul, but the body, head, hand and knee-and things in nature as well-the wax of the candle, the wick and the flame the linen on the Altar, the flowers and the incense

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Carrying out those ceremonies of our Maily life in the spirit of the Church, aequiring an ever-present sense of the church's symbolism, we will grow to a deeper appreciation of the necessity of our union with the Church in all its public worship; we will attain a vivid realisation of our being members of the great family of God, of the Mys tical Body of Christ; we will have a iv ing consciousness of our union with Christ Who is the centre of the Church's liturgy; we will feel that Christ is our life, and tend towards the goal of all Christian endeavour: And I ive, now not I, but Christ liveth in me" (Gal, ii 20)

Responsibilities of the Laity

The Catholic spirit, which is the chief support of authority, nevertheless abominates tyranny the unjustifiable use of force to regulate opinion and conductand when that spirit comes into the open it rallied to itself all the is noble and generous in the human heart It stands for real freedom, for, whenever the influence of religion is withdrawn, it is the weak and the helpless that are the first to suffer, as witness the monstrous projects, widely and openly advocated, of still easier divorce, the killing of the aged and ncurable, the sterilisation of the imbecile poor, the substitution of harlotry for motherhood, the murder of the unborn child Membership of the Church is, of tself, a God-given commission to be active in combating these abominations, which are all violations of the Christian code It is our duty, albeit often an invidious and unpleasant one; we are God's witnesses in a godless world; if we do not so confess Christ before men we run the risk of being unacknowledged by Him in the end

It is not easy, without a breach of the charitv which we are preaching, to say more explicitly wherein the mark of the Christian, which is fraternal love, seems less conspicuous than it ought to be in our own Catholic world around us But, if the charity of Christ really impelled us as a body, is it likely that the many good works n our midst, which have for aim, directly or indirectly, the spiritual good of our neighbour, should be, as they are, enfeebled for want of more general support? Let us remember what Pope Pius XI has reminded us, that the forces

of hatred and evil are to-day ordered and disciplined as never before, and that, therefore, we who serve under the banner of love and goodness, should multiply our energies and perfect our organisation

The law of ove under which we live does not preclude, but rather inspires, unceasing war against immorality and injustice of every kind It is no part of charity to condone sin out of regard for the sinner But criticism and condemnation must be well-informed, and our source of information, so far as principles are concerned, is, not the secularist press which has no sound belief and no standard of morality Our guide must be the teaching Church

In the chaos of political and economic theory in which the hapless world is involved, the one clear and steady guiding light comes from Rome and it should be relected in the mind of every Catholic worthv of the name And, with those laws of moral conduct which have raised man from the brute and created all that is sound in our civilisation questioned or denied and widely disregarded in practice, what is to redeem the world from corruption but the unbending ethical code which the Catholic Church has never ceased to proclaim? God forbid that the salt should ever lose its savour, that Christians should discard the insignia of Christ

Here then, is matter for each one's consideration Can I be recognised as a Catholic by my knowledge of Catholic teaching ethical and social, and by my zeal to apply it for the benefit of my neighbour?

The Bushies'

Dear Cornerites, Monday ushers in the new month of July, important to Catholics because t is'the month of the Precious Blood. jery time a Mass is said, the Precious Bod is honoured in the special mannet appointed by Our Divine Lord Himself when He instituted the Sacriice of the Mass on Holy Thursday zht. Now at a time when the world n1g. • is in such chaos and hate and greed are rampant a special prayer for peace is being said after Mass on Sundays in all metropolitan churches and in that prayer, which was composed by Pope Benedict XV during the last Great War we pray 'Thou Who didst shed Thy Precious Blood that they might live as brothers bring men together once more in loving harmony Christ came on earth to save us and open to us the Gates of Heaven He cme also to show us the way to live in order to attain eternal salvation, and the message of His life was a gospel of peace and brotherhood among men He pointed out to those who flocked round Him to hear Him preach, that hatred, covetousness anger and revenge were mortal sins; that there could be no peace on earth while men refused to give up these sins He preached a gospel of justice and charity, and in recent times the Popes have reiterated His message The present Pope has said there can be no peace in the world if the treaty at the close of the war is not based on these two principles He has urged us to pray for this end and daily in the Mass we ask of Our Lord graciously to grant peace in our days" Thus the month of the Precious Blood must be a period of intense devotion to Our Saviour in the Holy Mass to grant us peace based on justice and charity

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Dear Aunt Bessy and Sandy, Just a short note I hope you are well We are just getting over colds My sister Pamela was home for two weeks from Albany but has gone back again The Sisters at Albany Convent saw our letter last time we wrote They asked mother to let us go down, but it is so far away I am sending you ls for the Lemonade Bottle, also some used stamps PATRICIA AND VERONICA SMITH

Dear Patricia and Veronica I am glad you have written again to the Corner, as I like to hear all the news from Wogarl I hope those colds have totally disappeared by now Perhaps when you are a little older mother will send you down to Albany to the Sisters and Pamel Thank vou ver much for sending along the stamps and the Is, which was acknowledged in last week's Record"

AUNT BESSY

Dunsborough

Dear Aunt Bessy, Please find enclosed a postal note for 5s to put in your Lemonade Bottle

LILY DALE

Dear Lily Dale, The 5s was verv acceptable ad I must thank you very much for remembering the Corner again You have become quite a regular benefactor of the Corner and I hope you will continue to be so, especially in these times when there are so many other ells on your generosity, AUNT BESSY Perth

Dear Aunt Bessy Enclosed you will find 2,402 stamps and 1l specials from TWO READERS OF 'THE RECORD.'

Dear Readers of "The Record,"

Thank you very much for forwarding such a nice big collection I have not been receiving so many stamps of late, so I hope this will serve as a reminder to other cornerit wh usually support me in this field

AUNT BESSY

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If you wish to forward "The Re cord and any other Catholic literature to a Bushie family, sund a stamped-addressed envelope to Aunt Bessy, who will forward you a name and address Actually no literature itself must be sent to this officeonly the stamped, addressed envelope

family Do not send the papers to the Corner, as they cannot be forwarded from here but must be sent direct by yourself

AUNT BESSY

Marys Mount Kalamunda

Dear Aunt Bessy I am John all the way rom Melbourne Mum and Dad live at Bullsbrook Thev come to see me every second Sunday and take me for a run in the car I was up in an aeroplane once with Dad I am eight years f sge I serve Mass and Benediction I hope to be confirmed on July 7 John from Wembley sends you his love; he won't send you the snap because he hasn't a smile on his face I have got my smile from Daddy He is smiling always as Mum says If you send me a prick card I will ask Mum and Dad to prick it Goodbye and love from all the Johns - JOHN CARROLL

Dear [ hn You certainlv came a long way when you came from Melbourne, but I suppose that by now you like being here better than in the East I can see vou have made all the other Johns envious when you told them about the aeroplane trip You seem to be quite a little traveller Tell John from Wemblev to draw in a smile on the photograph and send it along to me I am still very anxious to put it

BOTTLE. Acknowledged With

Lil Dale W D Bettv Panizza

Dardanup

Dear Aunt Bessy I am enclosing my 2/6 for my prick card. I saw my last two letters in The Record " I will have another prick card, but it will be a long time before you get it back, because I am working for the Red Cross and the Missions and have to share mv money between all I would like vou to tell me whom to send The Record," "Annals," "Far East," and 'Messenger" I will send them to you

BETTY PANZZA

Dear Betty,Thank you indeed for sending back the prick card and money so promptly I have sent you another one and realise, of course, that it is necessary for you to divide your efforts so I will not expect the card back so promptly tris time I am sending you name and address so that vou can send along Catholic papers to a bush

All agreed except a Scotsman It was decided to dispense with his contribution and the window was smash-

As soon as the first pane fell out, the Scotsman pushed his head through the opening and exclaimed: Thank goodness! In another minute I should have been suffocated!

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FARM SCHOOL AIDS NATIONAL NEED

London

TheonlyoneofthefiveCatholic back-to-the-land efforts to survivePriorswood Hall, Parbold, Lancashireis playing a considerable part in answering the Government's appeal for a more extended knowledge of farming

Sinceitwasestablishedin Durham seven years agoit moved toParbold in 1938ithasreceived 150traineesandplaced107 in employment as land workers

Most ofthemare boys between the years of 14and18, valuable assets for the rebuilding of the country afterthe warand essential workers now in the nation's needforhome-producedfood

Parboldwas startedas the St John Bosco Farm Training Schemeandhassincebeenincorporated in theNorth of England CatholicLandAssociation The wardenis Dom Gregory Buisseret, O5B Catholic Interest Poor

It has Ministry of Labour approval and assistance and the British Legionhelps sons of exServicemen accepted as tramees But the generalCatholic interest has beendisappointingandmuch more assistance isneeded if it is nottofollowthefateoftheolder Catholic land schemes

The organisation took over Parbold when it was a derelict farm,beginningwithonecowand a couple ofpigs It has made such stridessince that anagricultural mortgage company is preparedtolend £2,000 to enabe purchase provided £1,000 israisedto complete it

Thefarm hasimprovedbeyond all recognition and there is no ! reason whyitshouldnotcontinue toextend and to help similar schemes tostartinotherpartsof the country Boys Benefit

Theboysbenefittremendously They improve nphysique There arevery few failures. One of them, Mr John Finnegan, of South Bank, Cleveland, Yorks, has won a LeedsUniversityagricultural scholarshipworth £120 a yearfora two years' diploma course

Otherwell-backedschemeshave had to give up but Parbold has gone on, meeting every setback with cheerfulness and patience

TWO PRIESTS KILLED AND CATHEDRAL DAMAGED IN PERU EA':THQUAKE

Li:a Peru

Lima's Cathedral was badly damaged in the recent earthquake Two priestsare among thedead OneoftheCathedral towers is leaning over at a dangerous angle The Cathedral, oneofthemosthistoricbuildings intheNewWorld, stands over the tomb of Pizarro, founder pf thecitv SeveralchurchesinLimawere badlyshakenandmayhavetobe pulled down One priest was killed in Lima The otherwas crushed to death at the Colegio ModeloatCallao

VaticanRadioannounced that theHolyFatherhassenthiscondolencestoPeruaccompaniedby alargesum of moneyforrelief

MASS IN THE EVENING SUGGESTED AS MODERN NEED

NewYork

The possibility that the celebration of Mass in the evening will become normal in the lives of 20th century Catholics all over the world is discussed by Father Gerald Ellard in the "Common-

weal."

He believes that the Triduum of Masses celebrated throughout the dayand nightat Lourdes in April, 1935suggested by a London priest, Father John Waterkeyn-hasbeen"theimpetustoa previously existing but half-ar-

PORTUGAL CELEBRATES ITS 800 YEARS

With the ringing of church bells, the singing of "Te Deums'' and the re-reading of the Papal Bull of 1140 recognising the Portuguese Kingdom, Portugal beganonSunday,2nd inst,thesix months' celebration ofthe 800th anniversary ofitsfoundationand the300th oftherestorationofits independence.

President Carmona, with Dr Salazar, the Premier, ministers, diplomats and leaders ofthe national life headed the greatcongregation thatfilled Lisbon's Cathedral Cardinal Goncalves Cerejeira,PatriarchofLisbon,intonedtheanthemwhileasoldier in chain armour held aloft the reputed sword ofAffonso Henriques, founderofthekingdom

The'TeDeum"was intoned in like manner and with equal fervourineveryothercathedraland parish churchofthe nation and empire

Tribute toFaith

"Visitors to Portugal who knew the countryin former days,' says "The Times" Lisbon Correspondent, "cannot fail toappreciate the healthy changes brought about by the present Administration, which,on thephilosophicalbasis of Christianity and the financial basisofsolvency andgood business,hasbuiltupone of themost successful regimes of modern times

"The latest triumph of the Government is the signing of a ConcordatwiththeVaticanwhich reflects the sentiment of the population,andat thesametime forms partoftherebuildingofthe Stateona Christianplan This agreementdefinitelysetstheface ofPortugal,bylaw,andnotalone by traditionandsympathy,againstthoseforceswhich are fighting forthedisruptionoftheChristian faith

"With the coming of the Republic n 1910 theconnectionbetween the ChurchandState was severed, but it was not possible tomaintainapositionwhichwas insuch deepopposition to the feelings ofamajorityofthepeople In practice, thetraditional function oftheChurchwithinthe

ticulatedesireforthe restoration of afternoonandeveningMassas a pastoralnecessity of modern life'

FatherEllardsays that late afternoonor evening Masses, even nocturnal Masses,haye often seemedtopastorstryingtoadapt theirministrvtotheneeds of our age s an idealsolution of many modern vroblems''

Hepointsout that if the Church granted this concession it would not be an innovation but a restoration of a former practice

State crept back To-day this positionhasbeen legalised, and Dr Salazar has rewovenahistoric strandthathadfor30yearsbeen broken The Portuguese State is by so much the stronger.'' BritishHonour.

In connection with the Portuguese anniversary the King has conferred the British Orders of Knighthoodupon Dr Salazarand a number of otherrepresentatives ofPortugalandheroverseaspossessions

GERMAN ORGANISATION MANAGES CHURCH FINANCES

Berlin

A Catholic institute has been establishedatBreslaufortheadministration of the financial affairs of the Church in Germany

It is composed of experts and will be supported by the various Bishops, orders, congregations andotherreligiousinstitutions

Such an institute was made necessaryby the vagaries and complicationsofnewlaws Itis hopedthatthroughtheuseofadministrativeandfinancialspecialists, numerous unpleasant conflicts with the civil authorities willbeavoided

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SPAIN RESTORES ITS CATHOLIC CALENDAR. By Government decree Spain has restored the Catholic Calendar, abolished under the Republicanregime

Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, the Feasts of St James andoftheImmaculateConception aredeclarednationalholidaysand anumberoflocalfeasts have been madelocal publicholidays

POPE VOTED GREATEST LIVING MAN

New York, Pope Pius XII was voted the greatest living man by members of the 1940 graduating class at theCollegeofMount St Vincenton-the-Hudson

The seniorsvotedmarriage as theirprincipal ambition and favouritecareer G K Chesterton was chosen astheirmostpopular author,andRobertBrowning as their favourite poet

VICE-POSTULATOR NAMED INCAUSEOF U S A BISHOP

Philadelphia

The Postulator General of the Redemptoristsin Rome has appointed Father A H Waible, CSS R , to bevice-postulatorof thebeatificationcauseoftheVen Bishop Neumann, CSSR of Philadelphia

Father Waible was present n theVaticanonDecember, 1921 when Pope Benedict XV proclaimed that decreeof heroifity oftheVirtuesof Bishop Neumann

A new and revised edition of the Westminster Hymnal has been authorised by the English Hierarchyforuse in allchurches and oratories It willbeissued this month by Messrs Burns OatesandWashbourne Acommittee,consistingofBishop Mathew, Monsignor Ronald Knox, Canon George D Smith, Dom Dominic Willson, O S B and FatherBainbridge,hasdrawn up thisedition Someofthe mus1e hadbeenpreparedbythelateSir RichardTerry,editorof thepre vious edition After his death this was completed by Father Bainbridgein consultation with Dom Gregory Murray, 0 S B

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