The Record Newspaper 11 July 1940

Ten davs before he eft West Norwalk Connecticut, to join the French lrmv a Holy Ghost Father Father Frederic Heudes, had not received

even the tonsure

Io enable him to minister among the men with whom he would be fighting, he received from Bishop Tief all the minor and major orders, including the priesthood, in five lays

Usually the process is spread over several years

Through the solicitude of the Pope and the labours of the American Hierarchy, a large shipment of foodstuffs for the need in Poland, sent by the commission for Polish Relief has arrived at the port of Stettin, Germany

The British Government facilitated the passage of the ship through the blockade and the German Government admitted the food without duty and accorded preferential freight handling

The Holy See has organised relief units for Polish refugees in Rumania Hungary and Lithuania

BILL AGAINST ATHEISTS AND INFIDELS IN

MISSISSIPPI SCHOOLS

The Senate n the State of Mississippi, U$ A , has recently passed a Bill excluding infidels and atheists''from appointments as teachers in the state schools There was little or no opposition to the Bill which was ntroduced bv Senator Winter

The Press in applauding the co-operation between Church and State, is reported as commenting: "Atheism is a sin not only against religion, but also against the State We don't want Stalinist pagans in Mississippi schools, or infidels teaching neglect of the Bible and the Church" "A. wise provision" is the "Osservatore Romano's" headline for this piece of news

ALICECURTAYNESNOVEL.

AliceCurtayne,whosebiographyof St Catherine of Siena is a standard work, has written a fine novel ('House of Cards"), just published by the Tal bot Press The scenes are laid in Ireland and Italy and the plot centres round an Irish girl who leaves home at seventeen to fight a lonely battle for success

200,000

POLES BANISHED TO RUSSIA {

More than 200,000 men, women and children have been deported from Soviet-occupied Poland into the interior of Russia, where their fate is unknown, it is charged by the Polish Government in Exile, in a statement released by the Polish Information Centre at New York

Secret reports reaching the Polish Government from Eastern Poland, which is occupied by Soviet troops, confirm previous nformation that the terror being applied to Polish, Ukranian and White Russians residents there is assuming ever larger proportions savs the statement

At the same time misery and famine are declared to be spreading throughout the whole of the territory seized from Poland by the Bolshevist troops

Thousands of sick, aged and infirm persons have died as the result of harsh treatment, it s charged One trainload of persons the Polish Government declared arrived at Kieff Russia with most of its occupants frozen to death because there was no heat in the freight cars According to the Polish Government, Lwow before the Soviet invasion a prosperous city oi 350,000 inhabitants to-dav is n a state of complete decadence, with disease rampant, medical supplies lacking and sanitary conditions in an indescribably deplorable condition

The nationalised shops of the citv have next to nothing for sale and the few articles which might be purchased are so expensive that no one can afford to buv them it is stated, while shoes and other articles of wearing apparel are unobtainable anvwhere in the city

Wrapped in the glorious mists of requited love the young man entered a jeweller's to buy the engagement ring

"What's the price of this one?" he asked One hundred guineas, sir,'' replied the jeweller gently

The young man's eyes popped. He whistled loud and long and then pointed to another ring And this one?"

That, sir," said the jeweller, still more gently, "is two whistles!"

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He was the squire of the village as well as a Member of Parliament and didn't let people forget it All the local shopkeepers put up with his nonsense for the sake of his custom

But when rationing started and he rumbled because the grocer couldn't sell him extra sugar, the storm broke

"And let me tell you, sir,' the grocer finished up: You may be squire and sit in Parliament, but to me you're just another ration book "

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Entering a very smart little restaurant, the farmer ordered a rump-steak. Ton minutes passed Then the haughty waitress brought him a very large plate, in the centre of which ay a very small strip of meat

The farmer looked at it closely, turnd it over, and looked at it again Then h s:id affablv:

'Ye, that's the sort of thing Bring m ome

kt k Tommy was visiting hi aunt n the untrv and various difficulties arose

For one thing, aunty was keen on the proper observance of Sunday as not a day for play So when she found Tommy sailing his toy boat in th bathtub n that day she was griev eI Don' vu know it's wicked to sail ur boat n Sunday, dear?" she asked seriously

Oh but aunty 'he explained "this isn t a pleasure trip It s a missionr· boat going to Africa'

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"John, do you remember-it was in a storm like this that you declared ur love for me"

"Yes it wa: a terrible night"

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A New Yorker drove his country ousin round the city, pointing out it various wonders He slowed his ear befor a tall building

Look at this building" the New Yorker said proudly "Its one hundred storeys high"

The farmer nodded slowly Doggone fine building," he admitted Makes yer haid spin jest to look up t it "

The pair drove on and the city man paused to single out another building

'Here's a new skyscraperfifty storeys," he said

The farmer stroked his chin

"Fifty storeys eh?" he drawled. "What made them stop in the mid dle?"

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'Now mv lad" said the head of the house, "you must get rid of that dog vou brought home a fortnight ago

He's a nuisance and barks too much"

' Oh, Dad!" began the youngster dolefully

"Yes, get rid of him, and TI give vou half a crown"

The next day little Bill asked for the half-crown

"He's gone Dad'' he explained Good!" said his father, handing over the money 'How did you mar age to get rid of him?"

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"Johnny, III have you behave vhen vou're at home What would - teacher sav if vou acted like that hool?"

'She'd say Behave yourself-remember vou're not at home now"

' What causes the flight of time?"

It's probably urged on by the spur of the moment"

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A farmer's very portly wife was about to leave for the weekly we· tare meeting held in the Parish hal when she discovered she had forger her committee badge Turning to he: very young domestic help, she sa d "Please fetch my badge Yo cannoi mistake it; it's red with silver etters on it.'

During the meeting she observed manv broad smiles

On her arrival home she discovered the reason Removing the badge, she read to her horror: Featherweight Poultry Show-Second Prize Bantam

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It's an ideal match"

"What makes you think that?"

"Well, he has money and she knows how to spend it'

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The fight was between two heavv weights Puncher Smith and Kille Jones In the first round, Pnche hit the floor hard five times anl juse be ore the bell he went down for th full count from one of the Killers wicked rights

The winner was rushed to the mitre phone where he said a few modest words. By this time, Puncher ha come to, and managed to stagger tc his feet Whereupon the announce: ame over and brought the microphone close to the loser's battered face

Come on," he coaxed, say a few words to the millions who are istenins to-night"

Puncher tried to keep his knees fron collapsing He heard sounds like the chirping of thousands of birds, Then he :aid:

"Ladies and gentlementhis is the greatest fight of my career- and ma the best man win!"

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During the progress oi a lawsuit a witness was cross-examined regardin; the habits and character of the de fendant "Has Mr M-a reputation for being abnormally lazy?" asked counsei briskly

Well, sir, it's this way-" Will you kindly answer the question asked?" struck in the irascible wver

Well, sir, I was going to say it's this wav I don't want to do the defendant an injustice, ad I won't go so far as to say he's azy exactly; but if it required any voluntary work on his part to digest his food, he'd die from lack of nourishment"

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Yes. mum,"said the sailor, relating his experiences to an old lady I was torpedoed in the Atlantic, and lived for a week on a tin of sardines"

"Dear me weren't vou afraid of falling off?"

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What is this new show everyone is talking about?"

'It's an American production of an English comedy borrowed from a French farce taken from a Viennese operetta adapted from a Russian version of a German burlesque based on an Italian revision o~ a Greek tragedv"

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A commercial traveller put up for the night at a small country inn. In the breakfast room the following morning he was asked by the landlord how he had enjoyed the cornet playing in the next bedroom during the night

'Enjoyed it!" was the reply "I should think not indeed! Why I spent half the night pounding on the wall to make that cornet player stop.'

"I'm afraid there's been a misunderstanding," said the landlord stiffy

The cornet player told me that the person in the next room applauded so heartily that he played every piece he knew five times over''

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How old are you, by little man?"

I don't know, sir, Mother was twentvsix when I was born, but now she's only twenty-four''

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The sergeant-major, a brawny Highlander had occasion to reprimand one of his company for having buttons off his jacket

'No buttons on your jacket? Unheard of" he said "Get those buttons on, tout suite! Do you know what that means, boy?"

"No sir!" Immediately after dinner"

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The ther day, while out tor a stroll, I was mazed to see a young man rush out ot a house, charge to the edge of the pevement, jump into the air nl ial with a crash in the gutter Are you badly hurt?" I asked, helping him up No nothing serious only bruises' he told me What on earth were you doing?" Well, you see,' said the young man

my girl just promised to marry me and I was so happy that I clean forgot I hadn't come on my bicycle.''

How did the detective discover that the burglar was dressed as a woman?"

He passed a draper's window without looking in"

# k k k We're not getting any money Bert Ccn the people in them 'ouses 'ar ' Paying? Yus Ow do yer know?" ' Someone just shut down a winder'

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Thursday, July 11, 1940

Birth

Control

N M., Gubbata N..W.:

Does the Catholic Church permit birth control?

The Catholic Church permits birth control when it means self-control; or when it means the normal use of mar tal privileges at periods when the natu ral result of the act is not likely to to!low In other words, the Chureh teaches that there is nothing morally wrong with this type of birth control

But whether or not it is to be approved from a social and national point view is another matter

What the Church does m t em phatically condemn on moral grunds is birth cntrol by means contraceptive practices

k k Salvation Outside the Church, Arguing with a friend, I said that those who through their own fault do not adhere to the Catholic Church are without salvation, unless they lead a pure and spotless life Was I right?

Yes and no You were right in saying that those who remain outside the Church through their own fault ie., those who know that the ath 1 hurch i the true Church, and yet live and die outside her fold cannot b saved And the reason is obvious for such persons would be living in bad faith. Y u were wrong in supposing that any mne living outside the Church in bad faith uld lead a pure and spotless lif

I further maintained that the Catholic Church was the only True Church

Th. th i hurch makes that laim nd, wht more important an substantiate t

I said that they who reject or disobey her were rejecting and disobeying Christ's mouthpiece

Th t is true objetively and in fact but whether the peopl who reject the hur ar t E blamed for their ttitude dpt hether they realise that th hi th hur hri t

I declared that in doing so, they demned themselves to hell raid vour enthusiasm carri l r fr what vou said does not th te chin of the Catholic hurch A wa: explained in answer te pr ·vious question the Church tw±ache that those who know that the atholie 'hurch is the true Church, and yet live and die outside the Church, cannot be saved But she does not teach, and never has taught, that those who reject the Catholic hureh in good faith, sin :rely convinu :d tht it is not true and who le. 1 d lives t the t of their abilitv ·annot be saved

* By What Right?

A Catholic friend asked me what right I had to argue with a non-Catholic about the Catholic Church

That was a very strange question to ask, Religion is the deepest thing in man, If men argue about sport and politic and lesser things generally, why should they not argue about the most important subject of all?

Besides, what does vour friend imagine th Catholic Church to be: A sort of guilty secret which must be hushed up at all costs? Or Divine gift meant for all the world? Any Catholic who has any knowledge or appreciation of his religion will be anxious to lead others to share the happiness it gives Divorce

When the conversation turned to marriage, I said that since God had joined men and women together in Sacramontal marriage, the tie could not be broken by the Law Courts

The Church teaches that a marriage which is valid sacramental and consummated is absolutely indissoluble by Divine Law, and beyond the reach of any earthly power

All the wind was taken out of my sails when my Catholic friend wanted to know where in the Gospel marriage was mentioned and divorce forbidden It would seem that vour friend is a Catholic in name rather than in real ity, for he apparently knows nothing either of the content of Catholic teaching or its rational basis If he will condescend to take up the New Testament, he will find therein the answer to his question Let him read, for example, Matt v 31-32, xix 39 In thi passage Our Lord allow legal separation in the case of infidelity but absolutely forbids re-marriage to either party); Mark x, 1011; Luke xvi,, I8 I Cor. vii: Ephes v 22sqq

It must be remembered, moreover, that even if there were no prohibition of divorce in the New Testament, it

would not follow that it was not forbidden by Christ Himself; for the Bible is not the only source of Divine Revelation

He said it was only the Church which formulated the marriage code It is fairly obvious that your friend does not realise what being a Catholic really means The Catholic Church was instituted by Christ to teach His doctrine and His law to all men Christ

An Old Fable

Another friend, a Freemason, made the claim that a Freemason had once occupied the Papal throne He named Pope Pius IX

That claim is without any founda tion in fact It is merely a malicious invention dating from the publication of the obscene and malicious 'Rome des Papes" by Luigi Pianciani in 1859 The lie was spread abroad by the Grand Orient of France and bv the Italian Masonic Lodges to descredit Pope Pius's condemnation of freemasonry You will find complete and

preted in the light of the habits and customs of that Century not in the light of those of the XIXth entury. And there can be no reasonable ground for complaint about such a request as that Might we be expected to know more about Homocusios or charity?

That is only another way of asking: "Which is the more important, belief or good works?" The anwer is that both are so important that if either is lacking, salvation is impossible Such is the explicit teaching of Christ Himseli We must accept His whole Revelation and obey His whole law

A[NW EL%

endowed the Church with His authority and commanded men to hear and obey His Church If a man accepts the Church as instituted by Christ to teach and govern in His name he would be most illogical in refusing to submit to the authority of the Church, and he would be guilty of deliberate disobedience to Christ Himself If he does not accept the authoritv of the Church, he refuses to be a Catholic

The

Western

B A C., South Strathfeld, N,S W.:

The Great Western Schism was spread over a long period, longer than a lifetime and no one was able to determine with certainty in which direction the centralised and infallible authority lay

The Great Western Schism lasted from 1378 to 1417 During that period there were three sets of claimants to th Papal Throne It is now clear t the lawful Popes were Urban VI and hi successors But the people of the time had the greatest difficulty in deciding which of the rival claimants was the I titimate Pontiff, and were divided in their opinions on the matter Nevertheless, there wa n uncert.inty as to the direction in which the centralised and infallible authority lay, namely in the lawful :cupant of the Se of Peter the Bishopric of Rome

No one imagined that there could be more than one lawful Pope, or more than one subject of the prerogative of infallibility

The difficultv was one of identifying the man who by right of lawful succession possessed the supreme authority in the Churh. That difficulty was itself removed bv the ouncil of Constance in 1 L7 It should be remembered, too, that there was no exercis of the prerogativ f infallibility during the Schism

Would a forced exile of the Pontificate from Rome reflect on the authority of the Catholic Church?

No The supreme authority in the Church is vested in the Bishop of Rome, as being the lawful successor of the Apostle St. Peter The absence of the Pope from Rome enforced or otherwise, does not affect the question; any more than the absence, enforced or voluntary, of King George would affect the validitv of his title to the Throne of England

Do you consider John Wesley and his work a straight out instrument of the devil?

Certainly not Wesley was a great an and good man

Do you regard his work as something bad in itself, but allowed by God to stir a certain Church to greater consciousness of the dignity of its ex clusive destiny?

Wesley's work was not something bad in itself His work was good in itself but, according to Catholic standards, incomplete Catholics approve and commend his work in so far as it led men to a greater appreciation and more fervent practice of Christianity

The idea that God allowed Wesley's "evil" that a greater good may derive, argues that Satan may allow a good work that a greater evil may follow It has been already explained that Weslev's work was not evil: that it was god, but ncomplete for t did not lead him to the fulness of the truth revealed bv Christ Our Lord But let us take your question as it stands It is true that God permits moral evil onlv as the occasion of a greater good It is also true that the Devil can suggest a good work in order to lead a victim into greater evil, for he can adopt the role of an angel of light as well as any other, But you forget that Satan himself and all his works and pomps are subject to the Providence of God God does not allow us to be tempted beyond our strength, and always provides us with the means

well-documented exposure of the fable in Herbert Thurston's "No Popery!" published by Sheed and Ward n 1930

One final question: When is the human soul created?

The human soul is created bv God and infused into the appropriate matter at the moment of conception; so that the human embryo possesses from the moment of conception the inviolable rights of human personality

Schism

of discovering and meeting the machinations of Satan, if we will but make use of them

It does ot follow that because G 1 permits evil as the occasion of a greter good, that Satan can use a gd to lead men to greater evil For the power of Satan even to do thi s absolutely subject to the dominin of God Who will not allow him t exercise it except as the occasion greater good

Such an assumption would reduce Christ's eloquence anent a "House divided against itself" to the level of guileful wit.

That is not true. Your conclusion would follow only on the supposition that Satan and his machinations were not absolutely subject to the power and wisdom f God k k # k

The Authority of the Church

The message contained in the instruction "to hear the Church" means that the Messiah was come That is not correct, The words of Christ refer to the authority of the Church which He was about to found Christ Our Lord stated that men were boud to submit to His Church even as they were bound to submit to Him the Church would be endowed wIth His own authoritv

The Jews who refused to accept Him as the Messiah were also outside the truth, "even as the heathen" It stands to reason that if the lews would not accept Christ as the Mes siah, they would not accept the Church founded by Him Their guilt lay in this that they refused to ac pt Him as the Messiah in spite of the abundant proofs which He gave them As Our Lord declared: "He that dth not believe is already judged because He believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God" (John iii 18 ) # Infallibility

What justification has the Catholic Church for claiming infallibility in matters of faith, when her own deeds force her to plead for charitable insight and to be judged "according to the times"?

The claim of the Catholic Church to infallibility in matters of faith and morals has nothing whatever to do with the "conditions of the times" It is independent of all such temporal conditions and rests solely on the guarantee given to her by Christ Himself The Catholic Church has never pleaded that any infallible decision should not be taken too seriouslv and that it should be judged according to the spirit of the times

You are apparently confusing the Church's claim to infallibilitv with something quite different, namely, the social customs of various ages The Church asks that the events of, say the XIIth Century should be inter

That St Paul stood against St Peter for a decision is evidence that the help of the Holy Spirit in these matters is nothing spontaneous, but by means of deliberation

You mistakenly believe that the prerogative of infallibility was involved in St Paul's opposition to St Peter as recorded in the former's Epistle to the Galatians (ii 11-14) The point of the dispute was not a question of faith or morals, but a question f discipline and administration; to whether St Peter was acting prudently in not continuing to e. t with the Gentiles for fear of giving scandal to some of the Jews

Your question betray yet another misunderstanding of the doctrine t infallibility The p: tive of n fallibility does not di: Pope from making full use n means at his disposal ex clude painstaking res dy, and it is quite compa ate and controversy Inf: ply means that, when the n is given, it will be infalli tue of the guarantee given His Church

As Arnold Lunn savs sun fallibility is not a tap w Divine Revelation at will a wall which dams back vents the truth revealed being corrupted

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Married Women

Mere Male," Randwick, N.S.W.:

Would you kindly comment on the enclosed cutting from the 'Sunday Sun" of May 19, 1940?

The cutting contains a statement by the American authoress Pearl Buck on the question of married women in industry The questions that follow will be quotations from her statement "If married women are forced back to the kitchen, I'm afraid the psychological effect will be worse than the economic"

Normal married women do not need to be forced" back to their homes and kitchens The fact is rather that they have been forced out of their homes to work in industrv awav from their families in order to support their families One of the crying injustices of the present economic system consists precisely in this that it has failed to provide the husband and fatherthe natural bread-winnerwith a family wage; with the result that the wife has to leave her family and seek work n order to make ends meet" But to assert or imnv that such a state of af fair' is "ideal'' or that women are better away from their homes and families in the offices and the factories, is humbug, and insane and inhuman humbug at that It will mean that much of the progress which women have made, after centuries of struggle, will be destroyed."

How sad! The prospect of being free to remain in her home and to attend to the needs of her family must be an appalling prospect for any married woman And the married woman who would forsake the office or the factory to take charge of her home would be a most ungrateful creature, forget ful of the "centuries of struggle'' which have won her such "maneipation" from the home k #k # k

This "Equality."

"To make married women go back to the home will be a terrible blow to their chances of equality."

It would be interesting to learn what Mrs Buck means by "equality Apparently she means the sort of equality" which prevails in Soviet Russia, where no distinction is made between the sexes, and where women are engaged on equal terms with men in the oul-inspiring occupation: of

Bitter cold nights never worry those who sleep beneath

Industry

hod-carrying steelrivetting and roadending. Of course, due consideration is shown to married women, who are allowed some "time off" before and after confinement That is what some people call "emancipation" 'Psychologically, the effect will be disastrous"

That is utter nonsense Wives and mothers who seek employment in industry away from their homes and families normallv do so because of economic necessity, and quite against their natural choice and inclination

That mothers should have to do this under our present economie system is itself a damning indictment of that system It means the breaking down of family life; neglected homes, illtrained children, violated motherly instinets and, in short, a national calamity For the health and vigour of a nation depends on the health and vigour of family life within the nation And it is absurd to speak of a healthy family life when mothers must daily spend long hours away from their children

That people ike Mrs Buck should appeal to mythical psychological setbacks in married women who return to their homes and families merely shows how far removed from obvious human and historical realities are those who have abandoned Christian teaching on marriage and family life k k k k The Scope of Education

A man is educated and turned out to work But a woman is educatedand turned out to grass "

That is a piece of flashy journalese inanity smartly expressed Behind it is the sordidly materialistic and utilitarian assumption that :he whole scope of education is economic in character, an assumption which has more in common with atheistic Communism than with Christianity Education worthy of the name d not merely fit people for the task of earning a living; it secures or should secure the harmonious development of human personality, a high level of culture and refinement, a poise nd balance of judgment and a true scale of values

Such education is of the greatest value to any man or woman It is of the greatest value to married women to wives and mothers, even though they may never have the inestimable privi-

lege of working in an office or a fac° tory or a school

In our society, a man, whether he has money or not, is expected to work " Correct But it does not follow that the whole scope of a man's education is to enable him to earn a livelihood, unless of course, one supposes that the whole function of education is to secure efficient units of production in the service of capitalistic monopolies or of the Totalitarian State k k Some Silly Assumptions

"But a woman is supposed to lead an idle existence " Supposed by whom? Is work in an industry or profession the only possible occupation for women? If women aren't allowed to use their minds and capabilities once they marry, we ought to close the wo men's schools " That statement is based on the silly and unnatural notion that there is not ample scope for married women within the home itself The care of the home and the fitting education of children require the best that women can give, They need better minds and greater capabilities for that than they need to pack cakes of soap in a factory or to pound a typewriter in an office

As has been already explained, the Catholic Church holds that marriage is the natural right of woman and the actual vocation in life of the vast majority of them Women have the right to marriage; but they may not have the desire or the opportunity to exercise this right There is no reason why such unmarried women should not re:.ch the heights n the arts and sciences But the suggestion that married women deaden their minds, dwarf their personalities and frustrate the purpose of their existence by preferng home and family to such external activities is remarkable only for its unreality and stupidity k k »#

Getting Things Upside-Down

Why should any girl go to school or business college and be trained for a job only to be forced to give up everything when she marries?

Here we have another perverse in version of values Because our 3ytem of education does not prepare our girls for their normal vocation in life, but prepares them for jobs with which to earn a living between hool day and marriage, Mrs Buck suggests that we should change our idea: of marriage and family life It does not so much as occur to her that we should change some of our ideas on education Mrs Buck's assertion notwithstanding, nobody asks a girl to "give up everything'' when she marries She is asked to give up such secondary things as would be incompatible with her office as wife and mother Her mind, capabilities and education (real education) would not be included in the holocaust, for she will need them in the home

There are a large number of women who have created jobs And there are many who have developed specialised interests"

Here Mrs Buck indulges in a little sophistry and con:uses the whole issue

The question which she set out to discuss is not whether women should be employed in various industries or develop special interests, but whether MARRIED women should prefer such occupations to the care of home and family k k k st

The Rights of Married Women

To deprive married women of their fundamental right to work is to cut our own throats and those of our children"

More confusion and fallacy! The care of home and children is an exacting as well as a most important work as every mother will agree It is a labour of love but a labour nevertheless The fundamental right and duty of every wife and mother is the care of her home and children She has no right fundamental or otherwise to neglect this duty by s :king occupations incompatible with it If she is compelled to do so by the dire necessity of making ends meet she is not exercising the "fundamental right to work!''; she is merely suffering ithe violation of a fundamental right to economic security which woul nable her to look after her children

Those who ave the care of the State and of the public good,'' wrote Pope Pius XI "cannot neglect the needs of married people and their families without bringing great harm upon the State and upon the common welfare Hence in making laws and in disposing of public fund they must do their utmost to relieve the needs of the poor, considering such a task as one of the most important of their administrative duties"

We are sorry to note that not infrequently nowadays it happens that through a certain inversion of the true order of things, ready and bountiful assitance is provided for the unmarried mother and her illegitimate offspring (who, of course, must be help ed in order to avoid a greater evil), which is denied to legitimate mothers or given sparingly and almost grudgingly" (Encyclical on Chritinun Mr riage, 1930 ) Instead of working r t frsn the economic system which bred such injustice, the self-styled feminists would wreck the very structure of the family and thereby destroy civilisation itself, for the family is the first unit and the last rampart of se ·iety As King George V once declared: The foundation f nationl greatness are set in the homes of the pe ple th will nlv remain unshakn while the fmilv life of our race and nation i strong and simple and pure'

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"We should lessen a woman's opportunities very early in life so that the shock won't be too great" It is not generally agreed that girls employed in industry are shocked into despair and think their lives ruined when eligible young men pop the question"and offer them homes

The real tragedy is that so many young men are not in a position to provide for a wife and home

Then "she'll devote herself entirely to the business of getting a man and pleasing him "

In the intervals of the manhunt, she could render considerable service o herself and to the nation and to God by learning the Christian ideals of marriage and family life Incidentally she could improve her own prospects of a happy marriage by learning such forgotten arts as cooking, sewing and home management

k t Killing Baby Girls

"Or perhaps if women are to be discriminated against, we ought to practice infanticide as they do in China We ought to kill the baby grils when they are born " Manv modern feminists advocate the scarcely less humane procedure of kling them before they are born 'If we continue to go backward, well soon be in the Dark Ages again."

In the Dark Ages at any rate, bad men knew and admitted that they were bad men. They committed all sorts of crimes, but they recognised them as crimes, To-dav people are guilty of crimes just as inhuman but they justify them in the name of progress and emancipation The darKest scoundrel of the Darkest \Age of old would blush for shame at the thought of the modern perversion which de° spises motherhood and family life justifies abortion and race-suicide, and subjects home and family life to the j exigencies of an unjust and godless economic machine

Exploiting Nudity

English Promoter Attacked by Catholic Showman

THE 1ncrcase in the number of shows in London exploiting the nu· and semi-nude and the striptease act has recently received a deal of publicity, says the "Catholic Herald" (London) A wellknown English daily has carried considerable correspondence on the subject Recently pertinent questions were asked in the House of Commons as to how far such shows could be controlled Interviewed by a "Catholic Herald" representative, Mr Alfred Denville, Catholic M P , and a well-known showman and music-hall licensee, was scathing in his attack on the promoters of such shows

Mr Denville addresses a stern rebuke and challenge to his colleague, Mr Charles B Cochran

In an article entitled "Stage Nudity " published in the "Daily Mail," that famous man-oi-thetheatre makes the astounding statement:

"I rathe think that if I ever a l find a woman whom I believe to be perfection of form I should consider it my duty to exhibit her in l the glory of her naked eauty

Ir Denville asks two tions of Mr Cochran: I) Do know the kind for a man wh a woman unde e: No pape m. 2) If Mr. arrie· to this ct form, if she r his daughter, is "utv" in this

und Mr Denville reading Mr Cchran's article at his home in Harrow writes the "Catholic Herald" representative He was n a mood of some indignation

"It i not usuallv done to cross swords with a fellow showman," he said, "but when my old friend, 'C B ,' subscribes to such humbug as appars over his name in this paper, on must make some protest. There is only one part of thi, article with which one can agree, where Mr Cochran says: 'Bottle parties would never have come into existence but for the restrictions which thev were designed to flout'

'C B 's' remarks about the young soldier of to-day, that he s intelligent and needs no nursemaiding out of barracks, is true enough of the average member of the B EF But he needs to be protected from crooks

Silly Remark

"Here's another sillv remark of Cochran's: 'When I hear that healthy, hearty stage-hands are seriously protesting against working on stages where beautiful lightly-clad women are performing frankly I do not believe it If it is true, my worst fears of the degeneracy of the race are realised "

"For I myself have nothing but praise for these men This kind of thing is not in the tradition of the English stage at all Ninety per cent of the girls detest the necessity that evil-minded and mercenary managers lay upon them "

"The vast majority of theatrial people are anxious for a clean Stage and clean printing on our walls The onlv reason most of the provincial managers take

these shows advertising nudity as one of their attractions is that they have to keep their doors open or starve I suggest that the powers that be of the Church should instruct the faithful exlicitly to boycott these shows

"All parties of the House clamour for a debate on this subject as soon as possible, so that managers and others who make money by exploiting nudity will have to come out into the open Among those most deeply interested are the Catholic M Ps "

MGR. BESSON ON RELIGIOUS PEACE

Mgr Besson, Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, who is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of his consecration, has been taking a prominent part in the series of lectures organised by the Federal Polytechnic School on "Religious Peace as a Condition for Political Peace"

Protestant and Catholic representative thinkers contributed their ideas, chief among them being Mgr Besson, for whom Christian unitv has been the leading preoccupation of a long episcopal career On May 9, before a packed hall, the Bishop expained what he considered the conditions for a permanent religious peace We borrow the abtract from La Liberte:

"The task Our Lord set out to accomplish was the unity of the w rld, and in the first moments His passion, He addressed to Hi Father a prayer that gives us he mea ure of Hi desires: That thev be one, Father as Thou and I are ne Union of minds in tru h and union of hearts in chariy, and in support of both, the formation o one flock under one ingle Pastor: such is the programme which He invites us to reali with all our energies Thi programme stands in our divided world as the first condition of all permanent restoration of the social order in its external nl internal aspects

But on what basis shall we set it? By what road shall we reach it? It certainly cannot be realised by jettisoning what Protestants and Catholics alike consider to be the truth

But all can and should unite in charity, by making a sincere effort on either side to understand each other All can and should consider first what they possess in common above all their loyalty to the person of Christ It s not the moment to raise new objections and difficulties, when we are trying to anav mutual prejudices Saint Paul's charity will be better realised if we try and expand our hearts, so that evervbodv mav find there comfortable shelter: if we make such moves of brotherly sympathy as will pave the way to a reconciliation of minds; if we strive to radiate Christ in our lives; and above all, if we pray God with fervour and perseverance that all mav be one in accordance with the Apostle's beautiful formula like the grains of wheat that are kneaded into the same loaf, like the grapes that are pressed into the same wine'

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TlIE heroir defence of the Alcazar will be one of history s epics as long as men hold great deeds in honour

Eleven hundred men five hundred and twentv women, and sixty children were in the fortress with food and water for a week, and a supply of small arwunition When the siege cgan, the nearest Nationalist troops were in Africa and the Red Fleet held the Straits

Yet to the astonishment and admiration of the world, Colonel Moscardo and his troops held out for no less than seventy days

Water was rationed at the rate of one litre a dav meat at one horse a day between 1,600 people' With no water for washing, no oil to burn, shelled by some 12,000 shells, bombed by some 500 bombs mined four times, with 59 per cent. of the men casualties and no woman hurt, they lived n in the depths of the dark dungeons and waited resolved to dice rather than surrender

When the women were offered their freedom they replied that if the men were to surrender they themselves would take their places on the battlements

At last the day came when Col Castajon, with statues of Our Ladv on the radiators o the motor coaches that served a: armoured cars, finished his uniue forced march which Arnold Lunn calls "the miraculous march' and the Alcazar was relieved

The reporters, hard upon the heels of the relieving force, came across a girl of about twenty-five, Carmen by name, and daughter of the Intendant; she was deadly white but laughing with spontaneous joy "How did vou manage to stand it all?" She did not give her answer at once, but led them into the ruins and down that place of gloom; there in a corner, pale blue and white with a lamp flickering before it, stood a statue of Our Lady "We prayed to her here every day for her intercession, and we knew that nothing could happen to us"

That was how the Sodalist Moscardo defended the Alcazarby placing it under Mary's protection From her those soldiers and those women drew their courage and their heroism; Mary is the explanation of the Alcazar "We prayed to her and we knew"

That group of men round Our Lady's statue amid the black ruins may be taken as a symbol of the sway she has exercised over the Christian soldier for centuries It is noteworthy that the great Catholic Commanders have been almost to a man distinguished for their loyalty to Mary their Queen Foch, Tilly, Turrenne, Don John of Austria, Sobieski, and Casimir, Kings of Poland, and Prince Eugene of Savoy were all consecrated to her as Sodalists-"Servi Perpetui Beatae Mariae Virginis"

The Emperor Ferdinand II, whose custom it was to refer to her as the Commander-in-Chief of his armies, kneeling before her statue at Louvain, solemnly dedicated to her his kingdom "To thee I commit my kingdom under thy protection I place my people and my armies" Don John of Austria went into battle at Lepanto with Mary's banners flying from the masthead, whilst all Rome met together to say her rosary Sobieski, King of Foland flushed by the great victory of Vienna where with 18000 men he had defeated 100,000 Turks,

cac:t himself before a statue of Our Lady and offered her as hers by right the glory of it all

We need not confine ourselves to commanders; there is on record the story of an American regiment which went over the top in France, each man with his Rosary fastened to his left shoulder strap One of the first V C 's of 1914 was found lead by his machine gun; in his breast pocket was a well-thumbed copy of the Little Office of the Immaculate Conception; they opened his tightly clenched fist and found a medal of Our Lady We might cite, too, the death of Lt Joachin Fuentes Pila, of the Spanish Moroccan Army; trapped by the Arabs, he crouched in the corner of a trench with a burly sergeant beside him, said his last Posarv aloud; and died with Mary's scapular pressed to his lips

How comes it that Marv has such an appeal for the soldier?

We are wont to associate her with all that is beautiful and fair; we link her name with all that is noble in poetry and in art; we compare her to flowers and all things fragrant, and invoke her as the "woman clothed with the sun and the moon beneath her feet, and about her hea liadem of twelve stars'' What place then has this Fair One amid the dust and smoke and flame of bombs and shells that she shoull be so constantly invoked upon the battlefield?

When we heap our titles of love and praise upon Our Lady we tend to forget that she earned each title in her Litany, each jewel in her crown She paid the price of Calvary She i: the Fair One of Israel because she is the Strong One of Israel Mary was the instrument fashioned bv God to crush Satan's head-"She shall crush thy head and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel " To crush the head of the great archangel Lucifer! What strength of soul did not that task demand'

This strength can be seen throughout her life, but it stands out in greater relief on Calvary It is not that Mary was asked merely to endure the sight of her Son's torments If that had been all her sorrow would still have been great as the sea," and thousands of martyrs, considering their pains as naught compared to hers would have not hesitated to hail her as their Queen But it was not all; her sacrifice was to be a holocaust; a whole-burnt offering; she was asked to consent to the Passion Her will was united in all things to His will Ii, as St Paul says, "He was offered because He willed it," then Mary joined Him in the offering; she, too, willed it It was a tremendous thing to ask of a mother! Not merely did ·he will it, but she stood bv and saw the sacrifice consummated in all its stark horror Her soul was too strong, her will too powerful for there to be any repining on Calvary There was no fainting, no swooning; in unspeakable agony she stood there and bore it all "Stabat intrepida," says St Bernard so sublimely"she stood undaunted."

Poets have tried in vain to describe that scene, artists have failed to paint it, but that vision of Mary standing undaunted by the Cross amid the gathering storm has been the inspiration ot all who have ever been in need of strength and courage Tried by the ordeal of the Battle of Calvary, she the Valiant woman, 15 the strength of valiant men Before this Queen of Battles the Christian soldiers have ever bent their knees; in this Mother of Soldiers they have sought and found their courage, their heroism, and their inspiration. "CATHOLIC TIMES"

Thursday, July 11, 1940

Nazism

Austrian The

A comprehensive account of the rise of Nazism in Germany was given in a lecture delivered to the Neman Society by Mr Paul Brennan, B A-, in the University Re fectory on the 2nd inst

M*K Bl--E;-,; � \N <lescriJy,<i !-0w 12 hours after the close of the Great War a German soldier, practically blinded in a gas attack a month previously and now slowly regaining his sight in a hospital in Pomerania, heard the news of Germany's defeat Lance-Corporal Hitler had described how he listened to the faltering accents of the old Protestant rector who brought the news, said Mr Brennan, and unable to hear it out, had rushed frm the room to weep for the first tim since the death of his parents. Hitler says that it was then that he decided to enter politics

In an effort to find a party to carry out his idea: he had stumbled on the newly formed German Labour Party, which had only six members Hitler had become number 7 in the party, and trans! rmed the programme radically The r inal six had resigned, leaving Hitler a: Number One

Hence rrth the party was called the National S ialit Labour Party of Germany, The vrage attendance for most of the er 1919 had not exceeded 20, but Hit ·r' genius for propaganda had n increas :d the attendnce: lo:t f hi recruit: were exsoldier Hi runt t it r with the Comary 1920 and he revolution ubliclv routed live The reand more rea meeting in th party proto n audience thuiasm e painter ch had stat wid tut which, us to gain the momn ·. F;om a noisy handful it grew tu any army of nearly half the electorate of Germany After his call t the Chancellorship by Hindenburg towards the end of 932, Hitlr had found himself in a favourable position to play his trump card H. h d dismissed the Reichstag and called for general elections The results returned Hitler to power and the way was open to him to be me dict. tr bv consent of the Reichstag in March, 1933. The third Reich was born It suddenlv occurred to the people that a real revolution had occurred It was not merely threatening, it was a fait accompli, In a few weeks a free Germany had become a nation where authority and military force guaranteed unity of direction and immediate action

Probably very few people would have objected to Hitler's rise to power if he had contented himself with helping a distraught nation through its agony of rebirth said the lecturer But this was not so In the first place his rise to power was largely helped by rationalists among whom were to be found most of the old military leaders gain, the Nazi programme had provided originally for the liquidation of all big corporations and trusts But in the words of Hitler an exception had been made for those who have definitely benefited the nation" This had obviously been a loophole for industrial concerns such as Thyssens Krupps and other subscribers to the party funds As for the support of the militarists, which had undoubtedly helped Hitler so much in his long struggle to gain power it ought to be remembered that during the four vears of the Great War the Allied Press and politicians had constantly repeated that this was a war to end war," bv destroying German militarIsm This was aimed at the Prussian spirit of ruthless aggression; the militarism which had triumphed in 1866 over Austria, in 1870 over France, and which under Bismarck had brought all the Germanies under Prussia. In 1914 it had plunged the world into the Great War We might wonder now with good reason what fend had prompted the Allies in the peace settlement to break the Austrian rather than the German Empire. Austria and Hungary had always be·n two o England's best friends n the Continent, and there

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NAZI FUEHRER-

"Germany is Hitler"

had never been any Austrian plan of world domination If Austria had allowed herself to be made the cat's paw of Germany in 1914, it was surely unjust that she be dismemb red whilt her ancient enemy, Germany, though diminihed in rea ws allowed to remain united, If Austria-Hungary had ow:d t remain intact and, in Germany remaining, the Ger m. .ni had been restored and the German peopl thus freed from the hey mn; o Prussia, then Hitler, in 1932 would not have appeared on th sene like a re-incarnated Bismarck or Fred ick, r perhaps another Pied Piper leding the German nation in yet another attempt at world domination Austria typified true Germantv in a wav that Prussia never did Hitler's swastika flew high over the old Chancellory in Vienna where his henchmen had murdered Dolfuss six years ago But the swastika did not truly unite Berlin and Vienna

RACE HERESY

Hitler had become a convinced PanGerman and perhps it was this fact th:t encouraged him to evolve the strange idea of preserving racial purity He argued that great empires and civiliations fell because the ruling race had become contaminated with inferior blood He had come to believe that the Aryan race predominated over all others in war, polities, morlitv and culture He denied that the Latin and Slav races had any title to being Aryans, and he promptly put them among what he called the lesser breeds

The title Aryan he had reserved for the people of the Germanic race or the "Nordic" peoples The Nordic race was the flower of humanity born to rule the world The German people had therefore a special task to complete to enable them to gain leadership of civilisation namely to preserve their racial purity from foreign contamination

The first result which Hitler dedueed from his theory was anti-Semitism He asserted that the Jews were the greatest possible menace to racial puritv- that they were the parasites of humanity, the leeches that battened upon the noble Nordic blood and further that their supreme aim was the destruction of the superiority of the Nordic peoples and particularly of Germany Hitler had left it to Alfred Rosenberg to develop this racial theory In "Mein Kampf" Hitler certainly did not go so far as Rosenberg, who probably sought to atone for his Jewish name by exceeding all others in antiSemitism He, the lecturer, could conceive a German culture and a German way ot living quite separate from the dangerous thing which now threatened civilisation The oft-heard expression Germania docet,''was a tribute to a people whose way of thinking in general was in no way dentical with the thing which now challenged our verv existence He referred t. that Prussian spirit which had enslavd Ger many for so long Mr Brennan then traced the rise of Prussianism from the time of its origin in 1226 when the Teutonic Knights subdued Prussia (which at that time

Prussianism

was not German, but was occupied by a people of Lithuanian blood)

The Teutonic Knights were at that time one of the knightly orders of the Church, but in the barbaric atmosphere which they created in Prussia the thin veneer of Christianity quickly disappeared and the state of nature with all its uncontrolled passions was revealed The subsequent history of the knigits was a long series of massacres In the I6th. century the Grand Master Albert von Brandenburg a Hohenzollern on his father's side, had suddenly rallied to the Reformation, and having abandoned his orders took over as a secular fief the country which he had gov ed as the superior of a Knightly Order

Nothing remained of the original constitution of the knights their leader was now an hereditary duke S Prussia claimed to be a kingdom and its monarchs welded and forged with skill and persistence a small but effective instrument of war Thus did Prussia come into genera activity just over 200 years ago

The story of how this small hardv body had become at last the preponderant influence in the plastic German mass was well known Some 80 years ago when the Prusian Hohenzollern dynasty took over the leadership of the other German groups the process would seem to have reached a climax But n 1918 Prussia had suffered a heavy defeat and thanks to

sation to find the true Germanity Austria was a small country with a population of only 6,500,000 It was a thousand years ahead of the German north in European culture and history, and therefore was entirely blameless for the present Third Reich which was strictly a logical development of Prussianism

In their innermost nature and in the whole trend of their culture and spiritual feeling, Austria and Prussia, Vienna and Berlin were not only different; they were actually opposed and for nearly 300 years they had faced eacn other as bitter enemies

Austria, child of Graeco-Roman culture and of Christianity moulder by the Catholic spirit of the Middle Ages, had always remained in the depths of its being Catholic, universal and federal Prussia the parvenu of modern times was at least anti-Catholic, narrowly national and imperialistic, Inspired by her Catholic spirit, Austria had always been deeply conscious f her European mission Until a little ver a century ago her princes were still, in name at least, the temporal heeds of Christendom and while the Hapsburgs had remained on the throne, that grand medieval ideal of Christian unity n Europe seemed still to exist in material shape The greatest harm h.d been done during the decade after the Great War, when the Socialists were in power and used their opportunity to spread Communism without however, affecting the great mass of the people The last three leaders of Austrian politics Seipel Doliuss and Schuschnigg, had been Catholic stat smen in the best sense of the term

DR. SCHUSCHNIGGGod Save Austria."

the money power of New York and London, and to the quarrelling amongst the victors Prussia had again taken ver control of the Reich

" GERMANIA DOCET " Prussianism was not true Germanity Nobody could ever apply to it the phrase: "Germania docet." We had to go south to the Danube, to Austria, nurtured and cultured in the shadow of Latin and Christian civili-

On March 11, 1938, Hitlers troops had marched into Austria But in all the sensational reports cf this event which apeared in the daily press, not one of them, except the Catholic papers mentioned the most significant fact of all, namely, that the boldest attempt in modern times to influence politicial social and cultural life with the Catholic spirit had come to an end Hit·r had prcipitated hi action in order to prevent the serious moral defeat which would have been his if he plebiscite fixed for March 13 l Dr Schuschnigg had been allowed to take place The words pre·t and the pathetic Gott schultze Oesterrich," which the unhappy Chancellor von Schuschnigg had spoken into the microphone t 6.30 in the evening f that awful day, were the last utterances of the Austrian people to reach the outside world

Did we realise what the crushing o Austria meant? She had existed in the heart o Eu: pe like a living cell and had played noble part in erect ing and defending Christendom If she remained crushed as she was now then the future was not bright, for the very Fife would go out of Christian Europe Well might we repeat that agonising prayer of Dr Schuschnigg "God save Austria'

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By "RON " Shield Competition

The fourth round of fixtures in the inter-club shield competition was concluded over last week-end, so that now half of the competition has been completed At the present stage it is difficult to forecast the 'final four,"' as it is quite possible those teams maintaining those positions at this moment may easily be displaced before the end of the season The first portion of the tifth round will be played on July 20 and 21 inst

Following were the results oi matches played:

Women's Section "A" Grade:

Nedlands 1l sets 87 games, beat St Joachim's, 5 sets 59 games "B"

Grade:

Highgate No 1, 13 sets 83 games, beat St Mary's No 2, 1 set 38 games

St Patrick's, 1391, beat St Brigid's 354.

Nedlands, 1190, beat Highgate No 2 5 44. Theresians 8 76 beat Star of the Sea 8.73. "

Grade:

Columba, 11 sets82 games, beat Nedlands 5 sets 39 games

St Patrick's No 1 13.92, beat St Brigid's, 3 49 Star of the Sea, 9,82, beat St Kevin's, 7 76

St Mary's, 873, beat Theresians, 868 D" Grade:

St Joachim's No 2 12 sets 86 games, beat Theresian's No 1 4 sets 36 games.

St Brigid's, 10 76 beat Star of the Sea 6,57

St Patrick's, 1189 beat St Kevin's No 1 547

Highgate No 1, 975, beat St Mary's No 1, 7 67

Men's Section, "A" Grade:

Theresians I2 sets 84 games beat St Joachim's, 4 sets 35 games Nedlands, 14 93, beat St Kevin's, 234

St Mary's No 1 11 83 beat St Brigid's 5 72 "B" Grade:

St, Joachim's, 16 sets 96 games, beat St Patrick's, 32 games

St Mary's 10 74 beat Highgate No 1, 6.67 jt Anthony's, 9 71, beat Theresians, ic3 Columba, 1286 beat Highgate No 2 1 54 St Brigid's beat Nedlands on a forfeit (" Grade:

St Brigid's 13 sets 85 games beat St Joachim's No 2, 3 sets 52 games Theresians, 9 69, beat Star of the Sea, 7.67

St Joachim's No 1 13 89 beat St Kevin's, 349 Nedlands, 10.75, beat St, Patrick's, 6 63

St Mary's 1185 beat Highgate 550 "D'' Grade:

Theresian's No 1, 16 sets 96 games, beat St Joachim's, 20 games

St Kevin's No 1, 9.58 beat St Mary's No 2 7 72 Columba, 13 89 beat Star of the Sea, 3 58 St Mary's No 1, 957, beat Theresian's No 2 760 Community Concert,

The social committee have all arrangements well in hand re the Association's communitv concert to be conducted in the Highgate Parish Hall on Tuesday, July 30 The inter-club quiz competition is being freely discussed amongst members, and it should create considerable interest An added attraction will be the presentation of the trophies won in the recently conducted Catholic Girls Secondary Schools' Tennis Tournament Items both vocal and musical will be contributed bv a number of Perth's wellknown artists from stage and radio Tennis Tournament.

During the week-end, July 20 and 21, the Premantle CBC will conduct a mixed doubles handicap tournament on the four grass courts at the College, and they would appreciate an entry from any association member The entry fee is only 3s a pair Also boys' and girls' doubles events (under 16) will be held, for which the entry fee is 2s, a pair All entries will close with Brother Seery at the College before July 16

Jottings

The usual monthly council meeting of the Association takes place in Bacton House on Friday, July 19

Mr Ron Morris, the Association's press correspondent, and secretary of St Kevin's Club is at present convalescent at Katanning after his recent illness

Members, do your bit by selling those stop-watch cards It will be drawn at the communitv concert

Several of ourmembers have joined the A IF recently, while a number of the women are doing VA D, work It has been rumoured that the social I committee will conduct a train picnic some time during August

Thursday, July 11, 1940

Newman Ball

FOR RED CROSS FUNDS

The tenth annual Newman Ball is to be held in the Karakatta Club Ha on Friday July 19, at 8 30 pm No effort is being spared by the commit tee to make the ball an outstandine success Music will be supplied b Miss Molly Wagner's orchestra and exhibition dances will be given by Me and Mrs S Gilkison Fifteen debutantes will be presented to the Chancellor of the University, Dr Battye

This year the proceeds are in cid f Red Cross funds, so it is hoped that every one will do his or her utmost to be present

This is definitely the only patriotic effort being directly sponsored 1 the Catholic students of the Universitv who therefore hope that their effo::

MISS DOROTHY TANGNEY, President of the Newman Society appeals for whole-hearted support of the tenth annual ball on Friday next, in aid of Red Cross funds

will be supported by every Catholic graduate of the University and other members of the Newman Society, as well as by the public generally As President of the Newman Society, I therefore appeal for your support for this function, so that the Society need not be ashamed of its patriotic effort If you are unable to attend you may still assist the cause by purchasing a ticket (6s, at Musgrove's or the Chesterton Club), or by sending a donation direct to the secretary, Miss E York at the University The Newman Society belongs to every Catholic professional man or woman in the State, so be present at its annual ball, and while enjoying yourselves you will also be assisting a worthy objectthe Red Cross Society (Sgd) DOROTHY TANGNEY, President.

The Therry Society

PLAYWRITING COMPETITION

The Therry Society announces a Playwriting Competition for Australasian writers, in which prizes of ± £2 and £I are offered for one-act plays submitted in accordance with the con ditions of the competition partict lars of which may be obtained from the Society, c/o National Secretariat of Catholic Action, 379 Collins-street, Melbourne Australia The closing date of the competition is September 30, 1940. In past competitions the ideas put forward were excellent but competitors failed to attain the necessary standard of three-act play production. It was thought, therefore, that a one-act play competition would be more acceptable

Highgate Club The above club will conduct another of their popular dances on Wednesday, July 24 in the Parish Hall, Harold-street As usual no effort is being spared to make this dance the success that our previous ones have been A hearty invitation is extended to all friends and supporters of the club to be present

Make the Highgate Dance your venue on Wednesday, July 24, at the Parish Hall, Harold-street

The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

By E R ELLIOTT, OCARM

IT is the usual praiseworthy and pious custom in Australia as throughout the Catholic world, for children to be enrolled in the rown Scapular as soon as they make ' their first Holy Communion Consquently, it may be taken for granted that most Catholics in Australia have been enrolled in the Brown Scapular even though many neglect to wear it

It is the purpose of this short treatise on the Brown Scapular to stir up the devotion of those who neglect such a wonder'ul means of grace by reviewing in brief the history of that special badge of Our Lady's protection, and by restating some of the many ndugences and privileges that the thure confers on such a salutary and universal devotion

Tho Carmelite Order, of whose religious habit the miniature Scapular is out a replica, was founded by ELias the Prophet nine hundred years before Christ

It mav be recalled here that Elias was blessed with a prophetic vision when he saw Our Lady appear in a little cloud which arose in the form of a foot, rom the sea and ascended towards Mount Carmel as a sign of the end of the drought which haa been visited on the land of Israel because ot impiety

That gr:at prophet had many folowers who band themselves into a school' r fell wship of that Fiery Prophet. imbued with .he soirit oi Elias and h tist »or, Elis1us that 'sh per heir zeal and devotion with uccess that the Order lives Ho! Lund, Mount to L called I Law, until hristi n-

prne1pa 'arme. (and Uarm it the 1 tv was embra some centuries later the ailure of tae rusade: forced the Carmelites to abandon the cradle of their origin and so, banded together a juridical body and assuming th form of a religious Order, strictly uch, we find them in the XIII Century living as mendicant begging friars in Greece, Italy, France, England, and elsewhere Their coming to the West was resented, and that resentment expressed itself in a sorely trying persecution, St Simon Stock God in his own designs provided that the Carmelites had an able champion in an Englishman whose devotion to Gods Mother was the mainstav of his courage in such trials Trusting in Our Lady, he appealed to her for assistance The confident devotion of that true disciple of Elias was rewarded by a vision in which the Blessed Virgin appeared with her Divine Son, and proffered a large Brown Scapular, saying to Simon "Beloved son, receive this Scapular of your Order token of my confraternity, as a guarantee of the privilege which I have obtained for you and all armelites Whosoever shall die wearing it shall not suffer eternal fire It is a sign of salvation, a safeguard in perils, a covenant of peace, a token of my special protection till the end of time' That vision took place in Newenham (near Cambridge) in England on July 16 1251 and the event is comemorated throughout the Latin Church on July 1I6 every year (The Feast was adopted by the Catholic Greeks and Chaldeans under the significantly beautiful title "Feast of the Vestment of the Blessed Virgin Mary") On that dav (from mid-day on the I5th to midnight on July 16) the wearers of the Brown Scapular may gain a plenary indulgence having fulfilled the usual conditions of Confession and Communion, for ever visit Toties Quoties) they make to a Carmelite Church (or the parochial church if they live more than one mile dis tant from a church where there is a Carmelite Confraternitv) and sav six Our Fathers" six "Hail Mars's and six "Glorias'

There have been misled apostles of a would-be historical criticism who have called in question th authentic ty of the Scapular Vision, bu the Brown Scapular Devotion far from beng a mere pious tradition is ·uppored by sound historical proofs. It is beyond the scope of a short treatise to state these historical arguments, but the universality of the devotin and the approbation of the Church are sufficient refutation of contrary opinion As the Blessed Claude de la Colombiere write@: The person who doubts

or denies the efficacy of this devotion is guilty of culpable temerity and mpudent audacity"

The Venerable Francis de Yepes (a brother of St John of the Cross Carmelite Doctor of the Church) compares the Brown Scapular to an invincible weapon by which he overcame temptation and the wiles of the devil

The saintly man relates that the devil tried to make him cease wearing the Brown Scapular, and on his refusing to do so, the devil revealed that he hated three things: first, to hear the Holy Name of Jesus; second to hear the Name of Mary; third, to see the Brown Scapular worn by a Christian (Later articles will treat ot the interpretation of the Scapular Promise, the Scapular Medal, and the Sabbatine Privilege)

Food or Poison?

A "Health" Company Provides Matter for Mind and Body

By A G J

DETER;\IINED to provide food for the mind as well as the body, the sect which controls the Sanitarium Health Food Company (the Australian Conference Association Ltd., also known as the Seventh Day Adventists), has published a book entitled "This Mighty Hour." There is a section on "Rome Revival'' and in it readers are warned that, "throughout the British Empire, the forces of Rome are sweeping forward with great vig, ar and startling success In every Protestant country they are building cathedrals and churches, colleges and schools capturing the Press controiling both local and national governments (where possible), and labouring with enormous zeal t ·st blish t' authority of the Pope.' Catholic countries, the books a by permitting Roman power to e main uncurbed, have become vietimised and impoverished, hordes of priests, monks and nuns, like leeches, warming over them and sucking their blood' Later we are told that the Church shuts up tens of thousands of helpless women in convents worse than prisons How is this thing, accomplished? These tens of thousands of helpless women shut up in convents worse than prisons are the same nuns who, like eeches, are swarming over the Catholic countries and sucking their ife-blood. How do thev manage it? Is the answer to be found in bi-location? Are these women able to remain in their prisons, while at the same time they can swarm over the countrv with the freedom of leeches, sucking the ife-blood? Or do they become a kind of Sister Jekyll and Rev Mother Hyde? Do they spend half their time earning our sympathy as helpless prisoners, and the other half keeping up with their life-blood suckactivities? And if it is the Church that keeps them shut up, who is it that enables them to get free? And if they can become free to practise this blood-sport of theirs why cannot they be free all the time if thev want to?

I feel that somebody is confused over this matter and I rather think that it s the Sanitarium crowd. Like most critics of the Church they want it both ways They criticise it for some imagined activity and then they also charge it with some other activity which obviously cancels out the other They charge the Church with getting control of education, of having too great an enthusiasm for running schools and colleges and they charge Her also with encouraging gnorance and illiteracv They want people to believe thatCatholics (or rather 'F, man" Catholics) are gullible and that they live entirely by superstition and then in the next breath they tell us that we are shrewd and cunning, The two things hardly go together They will sav that Catholics are always on the lowest level of life in any country always either submerged in poverty, or inhabiting the gaols, and then they will tell us that we are running everv thing, the Governments, the Civil Ser vice, the Press It is to be hoped, for the sake of those peonle who like such things "Marmite," Granose," "Weet-Bix.," San-Bran," "Bixies," and peanut but-[ ter that the Sanitarium people do not mix their ingredients as carelessly as thev mix their ideas

NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF MT CARMEL

The novena in honour of Our Lady of Mount Carmel commenced at the Carmelite Monastery on Sunday July 7, and will continue until the Feast On the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Car mel Tuesday, July 16, there will be the usual 7 o'clock Mass and Solemn High Mass at 930 a m

The Most Blessed Sacrament will be exposed throughout the day until 3 30 pm , when Rev Father H Lalor will deliver the occasional sermon Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament will follow, after which the relic of St Simon Stock will be venerated

From Monday July 15, till the evening of July 16 the faithful may gain a plenary indulgence (on the usual conditions) as often as they visit the Carmelite Chapel This indulgence is applicable to the souls in Purgatory

Unnatural Partition of Eire

By the restoration of Ulster to Ireland the Government would do much to convince the United States and other neutrals that it was sincerely against aggression, Very Rev Father Owen Dudley, noted English priestlecturer, declared in an address at Limerick.

I have come to know the American mind," Father Dudley said '1 hink I know the Irish mind fairly well, and I think one can read enough n the newspapers to know the mind of other neutrals fairly well There is one thing that is quite clear Many of the neutrals and America are not quite sure whether England is sincere in this campaign against aggression. and I rather think that there is certain justification for that There is something that can be done by the English Government which would convince America and the neutrals sooner than words can ever do and that is to prove they are sincerely against aggression by giving back Ulster to Ireand.

Ican say that to you as a loyal EngLishman, because I never have believed that Partition is due to real Englishmen No, it is due largely to Orangemen, Freemasonry, and also a clique in the Government of England"

St. Ildepbonsus College, New Norcia

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PERTH THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940

Australian Prospect

Ifthe thesis beaccepted thatthe Australiaof the future will be a solitary British unit inthe Pacific shorn ofeffective imperial connections, then several conclusions emerge which are impossible to resist The first of these will undoubtedly be therevival ofan intense spirit of nationalism Such a spirit was abroad in the last century and is most earnestly reflected in the works of Henry Lawson Truly it wascrudeandimmature,but itsvery travail indicated its true nature-the birth pangs of a national spirit It culminated in the nineties, but for various reasons quickly declined in its outward aspect and n the post war years apparently disappeared Itwas in its wayquite unique Havingno deep roots in thepast,theAustralianspirithas scanned thehorizonsofthefuture with an eye of optimism and resolution This was based largely on the remarkable material development of the first hundred years and the visionary mood was no doubt buoyed up largely by the quaint Victorian belief in progress Thecollapseof the apparently unshakeable prosperity of the times was finally brought about by the Great War, and for the nonce the rising spirit ofAustralian nationalism was engulfed in theuniversal tideofdisillusion and despondency But it hasalwayslain atent in theheart ofevery ustralian and the time s ripe for its full and noble resurgence

The radical overnight changes that have come over the whole face of the earthare beginningto awakenAustralians totheunique task that is beneath their hands Theyare the only people in history who have had a whole undeveloped continent to themselves Its tremendous potential destiny is with the present handful of its people Their task is to revitalise the spirit of the nineties, but their reborn nationalism must be based on something deeper than the exploded doctrine of progress Sprung from Europe, and backed bv the traditions of the Old World, Australians can and must build a new Europe in these Southern seas-a Europe that will avoid the mistakes of the Old World, and, upon the foundations of justice and charity, build and maintain an edifice of peace and security To themoment this is not being done, but as A\sia looks southward the task becomes urgent and imperative Gross mistakes have been made in the past, and their consequences are difficult to undo, becausethe chiefamong them was the betrayal of a youngnation into senility and decline by the sappingof the very sources of national life Australia has also been ruined by an absurd dependence on a world economy whereby we have been forced to play ball with the international capitalists and to secure their profits at the cost ofour own economic existence

Internally, the Liberal tenet of unrestricted competition has given theeconomiclife of thecountry into thehands ofanonymous trusts, monopolies and combines, so that to-day the real wealth of Australia,and practicallyallits productiveproperty, isinthe hands of fewer than a hundred men The millions that remain are proletarian Consequently our economy has become overbalanced andisdirectedalonglines which primarily satisfytheprofitmotive Mass productionand industrialism have usurped thecharacter ofa country which bynature isprimarily agricultural The unnatural conditions of social life with its materialism and its insecurity has turned men from religion so thatall their wakingmoments areabsorbed in thestruggle for existenceandinescapingfromlife The political machinery has been tried for a century and a half and found wanting Sometimes it is corrupt, always it is impotent to develop effectively our vital national interests Obviously there mustbe general reconstruction The primary objective will be to bring about a just distribution of productive wealth to ensure the social securityand independenceof the individual and peace to the nation This will be done chiefly by the personal ownership of productiveproperty and by a corporate organisation of industry to ensureco-operation insteadofcompetition and class struggle The restoration of agriculture on a subsistence basis and of the land as the chieffactor of thenational economy, together with an effective political machine, will lay a surebasis for that visionary hope that is in every Australian heart to see Australia great, undivided, and free

ARCHBISHOP'S ENGAGEMENTS

July 16: Preside at Solemn High Mass at Carmelite Monastery Nedlands

July 21: Confirmation and Canonical Visitation at St Joachim's, Victoria Park.

July 28: Confirmation and Canonical Visitation, at St Joseph's Church, Kellerberrin

July 31: Celebrate Pontifical High Mass at the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Leederville

August 18: Confirmation and Canonical Visitation at St Joseph's Church, Northam

OUARANT ORE JULY

Sundav 2nd St Brigid's West Perth: Forty Hours' Prayer (2th14th)

3rd Toodyay and Learoyd-street: One Day of Exposition

4th Busselton: One Day of Exposition.

AUGUST

Sunday lst Mosman Park: One Day of Exposition.

2nd St Francis Xavier's, East Perth: One Day of Exposition

3rd Victoria Park: Forty Hours' Prayer (16th-18th)

3rd Fremantle: Forty Hours' Prayer (16th-18th)

4th St Mary's Kalgoorlie: Forty Hours Prayer (23rd-25th),

NAZIS REJECT PLEA FOR SCHOOLS' RECOGNITION

Bishop Galen, of Munster, has been informed bv theGermanauthorities concerned that his protest against the abolition of the legal recognition of confessional schools in the Prussian part of his diocese has been rejected The Bishop's action was made as a result of a poll taken in all churches of the diocese This showed that 813,471 adults-98.7 per cent-were against the abolition of recognition

Catholic Press Founder in Hungary Passes

Father Bela Bangha, 5 J., iamous Hungarian journalist and founder of the Central Press Organisation, which runs two Catholic dailies and one weeklv, has died aged 60

He was also a well-known preacher and lecturer, and was largely responsible for the organisation of the Budapest International Eucharistic Congress

ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL Sunday, July 14.

Mases will be celebrated at 7 8, 9 10, with Missa Cantata at 11 am, at which St Mary's Cathedral Choir under the direction of Rev A Lynch, will render the Mass 'Dixit Maria," by Hassler Super flumina Babylonis" (Palestrina) will be sung at the Offertory 730 pm: Monthly meeting of the Holy Name Society

MR DE VALERA'S HOSTS, Carmelites in U.SA.

The felicitations of the Prime Minister of Eire, Mr De Valera, were extended to the Irish Carmelite Fathers in New York on the occasion of the civic celebrations of their golden jubilee in the United States The celebration was attended by more than 5,000 persons In a cable to his old friend and college classmate, Very Rev Father Lawrence D Flanagan, OCarm (Provincial of the Irish Carmelite Fathers in the U S A ), Mr De Valera expressed his pleasure over the happy event Mr De Valera was sheltered for three months at the Carmelite Priory, New York, American headquarters of the Fathers, in 1918, after he escaped to that country from a British pr son, disguised as a sailor on a merchant ship

Thursday July 11, 1940

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gust 2: Confirmation and Canonical Visitation at St Mary's Church. Merredin '

September 1: Bless new Hospital of St John of God, Bunbury eptember 6: Confirmation of children attending Religious Holiday School Narrogin

September 8: Bless new Church of St Teresa Corrigin " Confirmation and Canonical Visitation at Sacred Heart Church, Kondinin

September 15: Confirmation at St Ter esa's Church-School Gwelup

September 22: Confirmation and Canonical Visitation, at St John's Church, Toodyay

Blood Donors

Knights of Columbus n the US A have given their blood to 2,000 hospital patients More than 400 K of C councils have blood donor groups k k k Papal Medal for Indian

The Holy Father has conferred the Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifce upon Mr A Philipose, MA, convert from Jacobitism, Catholic Actionist, and CEG speaker in Travancore

# # k # "Catholic Digest" in Braille

The "Catholic Digest" is to be issued in theUSA in a braille edition and supplied to the blind It is expected that the first edition, planned for this September will run to 1,000 copies k k Five Chinese Ordained

When five new Chinese priests wereordained at Tienshui, Kansu Province, China, not only the Pro-Cathedral but the entire courtyard in front of it was crowded with Christians and non-Christians

k k R Gift to Pope Enriches Museum

The Pope has presented to the Latern Missionary Museum a remarkable collection of objects made bv Peruvian natives, which was a gift to the Holy Father from the Bishop of Cuzco Peru

k # t Christian Workers in China

Catholic Action on the Jociste plan is now areality in more than a dozen villages of Wuchow China The local units meet once a week, the leaders once a month at a central station under the direction of a priest

July: Thursday, 11: Threenight Boxing Tournament, CBC Fremantle

Monday, 15: Community Concert, StJoseph's Hall, Subiaco Friday, 19: Newman Ball Karrakatta Club

HACBS inter-branch Social and Dance, Oddiellows' Ha1, 8 pm

Monday, 22: Subiaco Parish Ball, St Joseph's Hall, 830 pm Wednesday, 24: C,B C Ball Premantle Town Hall. Highgate Tennis Club Dance, Parish Hall, Harold-street, 8 pm Thursday, 25: Children's Ball, Freman tle Town Hall Wednesday, 31: New Norcia Collegians' Cabaret Dance, Carlton Club 830 pm

(Mention in this column will be made onlv of those functions advertised else· where in this issue)

ROME IMMUNE FROM AIR RAIDS.

Vatican Will Not Be Bombed Vatican City

The treasure-house of Western civilisation, Rome, will escape the terror of air raids since Italy has entered the war because of a promise made to the Holy See

The reason for this private, but formal, assurance to the Vatican was that it would be extremely difficult to bomb Rome without hitting the Vatican property scatteredthroughout the City It was suggested that no belligerent «woii be willing to risk the resentment of the Catholic world by bombing the seat of the Church

Formal assurances that Rome would be spared were given to the Holy See after announcements that bombproof shelters with walls nine feet thick had been set aside for the Pope, and that all Vatican City residents had received gas masks

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 Wellington and Queen-streets, or ring B6307 and they will be collected.

DEATHS

O'CONNOR On June 24 1940 at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Elizabeth Anne, or 45 Cleaver-street, West Perth, widow of the late John Joseph O'Connor loving and devoted mother of Bill Frank (the Reverend Father F O'Connor, P P East Victoria Park), John Joseph (deceased) Vincent (deceased) Gerald tdeeased), Walter deceased), John Gerard (decca ·d), Eileen (Mrs Woodthorpe), Rita tMrs E D McDowell), Trixie, Agnes Mary (deceased) Kathleen (Mrs P J Kenneally, deceased), Noreen (deceased), Agnes (deceased), and Patricia (deceased) Our darling mother Requiescat in Pace OHENEY On July 2 at Midland Junction, Anne Cecila O'Heney dearly beloved wife of William O'Heney, loving sister of John (deceased) Bill (deceased) George Kathleen (Mrs Gain) Alfred Maud, Dolly (Mrs Coffrey Queensland), Dot (Nrs A Thompson), and James (Fremantle)

Sweet Heart of Jesus, have mercy on her soul

IN MEMORIAM.

CULHANE-In loving memory of the late John Joseph Culhane, who departed this life on July 7, 1937. Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul Inserted by his loving wife and sons.

DONOHOEIn loving memory of my dear wife, Alice who passed away at Perth, on July 10, 1928. Not just to-day, but every day, in silence, I remember, Inserted bv her loving husband Way FOX In sad and affectionate remembrance of our dearly loved sister, Mary, who departed this life on July 11, 1934 May the Lord have merey on her oul

Inserted by her loving brother and sister ROGERSIn loving memory of my dear husband Mark who departed this life on July 5 1939. R.LP Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord Inserted by his loving wife

How Soldiers Keep Warm

During these cold nights most readers find warmth and comfort opposi'e an cleric radiator or gas fire or a blazing old-fashioned log fire Most of us vote tle rattral fire the best to spral cheery warmth in any room, Troops in camp often turn into bed early to keep warm but the majority with an off-duty evening before them, make their way to the Welfare Huts' in the Camp These "huts" are really spacious halls conducted bv various voluntary public bodies who cater for the welfare and comfort of all units passing through the camp from time to time Foremost among these halls at the Northam Camp s he Catholic We!fare Organisation hut, where the co!d is always dispersed these chilly nights with a bright log fir Well stoked up in an oversize fireplace, it offers a h\et to all] troops to cote 1fl and _ warm up As well as keeping out the cold the CWO offers the soldier entertainment in the supplying of indoor games of all types, together with crds, etc Writing materials and writing desks are available in the hall and an attendant of the CWO generally offers friendly service and good cbeer to the troops as a whole, as the hail, of course is open to all soldiers without discrimination of any kind

To Catholic soldiers, however, the hall offers more even than the material comforts available It is also the Camp Church where Mass is celebrated weekly, and will in the very near future probably be said daily All the facilities for the practice of their religion are available to Catholic soldiers at the CWO hut

This organisation and its work has been mainly sponsored by the Catholic laity with the generous assistance of a large number of business men in Perth

From funds received in its initial appeal, the CWO built the hall furnished t, and opened it free of debt,

But the duty of the organisation to continue the efficient conduct of the hut remains An attendant must be provided, reading matter and games must be continuously available u\ radio is a long felt want, judging by the number of requests for this essential item at the camp Provision must be made for prayerbooks and rosary beads for soldiers requiring them In other words, the €WO must face up to its task of serving the boys in camp for the duration of the war From whence is the organisation to obtain the "sinews of war" to continue this service? There is onlv one source-the Catholic people of W A And where is one that would refuse to give his or her help to this great national duty? Membership of the CWO, has been restricted in the initial stages to a willing group of workers in co-operation with His Grace the Archbishop It has now been decided to open the membership to every person desiring to join in and help this great work Membership is available for ls vearly This is the only appeal the CW O makes to you in any one year Your yearly subscription of ls

It is anticipated that every Catholic man and woman in W.A, will join and receive a membership card, and so ally themselves with a cause which serves the nation in the present emergency Membership cards will shortly be available at your church. Watch for them and join up right away

NEW NORCIA EX-COLLEGIANS

CABARET DANCE, at CARLTON CLUB, On WEDNESDAY, JULY 31

Dancing 830 pm

Novelties Supper Tickets, 3s (plus tax)

Reservation of Tables, B3753

Hon Secretaries: Miss M Cullen, L, R Forbes

SUBIACO PARISH BALL

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

Dancing: 8 30 pm I am

Excellent Supper Well Known Orchestra

Tickets: Single, 3s; Double, 5s

A COMMUNITY CONCERT will be held in ST JOSEPH'S HALL, SUBIACO. on MONDAY JULY 15

Japanese Envoys at the Vatican

Gift of Bird-Shaped Thurible

The recent Japanese mission of friendship to Italy visited the Vatican to pay its respects to the Holy See.

The mission is headed by an Ambassador Extraordinary, Maatoke Sato, and two of its members, M Shinjro Yokibi and Viscount Seiichi Motono, are Catholics

The Pope received the delegates in his private study After a brief speech the Ambassador offered the Holy Father a silver thurible fashioned as a bird with wings outstretched The Pope expressed his pleasure and in turn presented a gold medal to the Ambassador and silver ones to all the others

The silver bird had been designed by the Ambassador himself and the work of making it was carried out by a goldsmith in Kioto The Ambasador wished to express the idea that the Vicar of Christ flew above all the waves and the billows of tempestuous seas and carried evervwhere thoughts and acts for world peace

After the audience with the Pope the delegates were, as is customarv received bv Cardinal Maglione To His Eminence they gave a tortoise-shell box decorated with a scene of a Japanese countryside Cardinal Maglione accompanied the Ambassador on a ceremonial visit to St Peter's

"NEUTRALITY IN THE FACE OF CRIME IS ITSELF A CRIME."

Addressing 500 men of the Rochester Diocesan Holy Name Union at Clyde, N Y , Bishop Lucey, of Amarillo, said:

"As members of the family of nations which is the Mystical Body of Christ, we have a moral obligation to do our best to set up machinery which will bring peace

"If we do not take a stand against unjust aggression, that neutrality, in the face of crime is in itself a crime"

A night you will remember-the Highgate Danceon Wednesday, 24th July, in Parish Hall, Harold-street

FRAGMENT OF LOURDES GROTTO ROCK GIVEN TO LONDON CHURCH

St Marv's Church, Chelsea, has receive! a gift small piece of the rock of Massabielle at Lourdes The fragment has been placed in the pedestal of the church's statue of Our Lady of Lourdes

When the image of Our Lady was placed in its niche in the grotto at Lourdes, a small piece of rock had to be removed ana it was given to the Lourdes Poor Clares

It is a fragment ofi this piece, authenticated by the Bishop of Lourdes, that has been given to St. Mary's

Word has been received in Perth that Kathleen Twomey has been awarded the State Medal and also Exhibition for Advanced Intermediate Division Theory) of the Trinity College of Music Kathleen is a pupil of Miss Marjorie C Wyndham LRS.M, P TC L , of Mary-street, Highgate

Parcels of clothing for the Society of St Vincent de Paul may be left at this office for collection

Messrs William, Eric and Aubrey Wood desire to inform the public that thev have resumed at their old address, 126Adelaide Terrace, known for many years as "Wood Bros Service Station Wood Bros will specialise in the sale of new and used cars at both the above address and thoir Victoria Park branch known as "Causeway Car Sales" Garage Car buyers and sellers are advised to consult Wood Bros who are specialists in the automobile trade

Six-Roomed HOUSE; all conven ences; suit railway man good family home £400 Apply Stirling Agencies, 81 Murray Street

FEDERAL - STATE

TAXATION RETURNS

FINAL DATES FOR LODGMENT: LAND TAX: 31st August

INCOME TAX: Salaries and Wages Form HA 31st July

Business Incomes Form i HOSPITAL TAX: Form HFA, 31st August FOR SALE.

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M D MEARS Commissioner of Taration (State), Deputy Commissioner of Tamtion Federal

Conducted by Billie Barnes and Allan Barry Adult Amateur Trials Cash Prizes

BROWN Of your charity, pray for the soul of Esther Elizabeth Bro n, I who departed this life on July 1I 1939. Inserted bv her sons and daughters u

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Thursday, July 11, 1940

THE LATE MRS O CONNOR

One of the largest and most rep esentative funerals witnessed in Pe th marked the passing of the late Mrs E O'Connor of 45 Cleaver-street, West Perth, who died at St John of Gcd Hospital, Subiaco, on Monday, June 24, after a brief llness borne with ediiying resignation It is estimated that between six and seven hundred pe ple gathered at the graveside a :rik ing testimony to the esteem in which deceased was held,

A native f County Carlow, rel r y O'Connor cam to this ountr

while still a child, and was educated at the Monte Sant Angelo College, North Sydney Her beautifu! voice and general musical ability nclined her towards an operatic career, but while contemplating this the then Miss O'Neill met and married the late Mr J J O'Connor, and the more noble if less glamorous career of wife and motherhood opened out for her

To this career she brought her glonious Irish faith as well as her natural giits, and tifteen children came to grace the years of her happy married life Perhaps it was because she folded the hands of nine of them in death that her big heart gave itself so lavishly to all in suffering or sorrow

To oft repeated maternal bereavement was added the loss of her beloved husband, who died fourteen years ago, and it was then her courage and resourcefulness shone steadfast and golden

Yet her thought was not alone for the children of her own household She had time and charity to minister to alt who needed her More than one neighbour was nursed back to health by her, and in her home and by her hearth one felt welcomed by evidences of hospitality that remains specially h.racteristic of the land that gave her birth

So it was that onlv last Mav a nonCatholic remarked of Mrs O'Connor:

she sang to her little ones on earth will re-echo now forever in their hearts and woo them on to follow her to heaven RLP

Thus may they sing with the poet: 'Dear Moher Hands, Unlifted now before His throne on high,

To supplicate for those who need your love and service still, Uphold us yet, as time goes by ' Solemn Requiem Mass was offered for the repose of the soul of deceased on Wednesdy, une 26 at St Joseph's Church Subiaco the celebrant being her own son, Father Frank O'Connor, Rev C Cunningham and Rev J Cullen being deacon and sub-deacon

His Grace the Archbishop presided, and paid a touching tribute to the deep piety, end unostentatious charity of he dear departed, particularly condoling with her priestly son, who had been in constant attendance on his mother She had died a beautiful death, the last rites being administered by her son, and she breathed her last beneath his absolving hand; Rev Father Masterson, the Sisters of St John of God, and all the members of her family being present

His Grace gave the final absolution over the remains, which had, as a special mark of regard on the part of Right Rev Monsignor Fagan, VG., been permitted to repose before the altar since the previous night Rev A Johnston acted as master of ceremonies, Rev A Lynch cnducting the Priests' Choir during the hanting at the Mass

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Among those present were: Right Rev Monsignor Fagan, VG Very Rev Dean Brennan, P., Very Rev Dr Kennedy, Adm (Cathedral», Very Rev J Wallace Adm (Highgate) Very Rev E Moss, Very Rev T Haugh O M.I., Vary Rev J F Duffy, CSSR., Rev Father Dwyer, USS.R., Rodden, C,SSR, Morris , C SSR , Ryan, O.MI , Rev Dr McMahon, Rev Dr Collins, Rev Father., Crowley, Mastersn, F .hey, Dunne, McArdle, Langmead, Doyle, Fanning Ahern Carolan Rerty McGillicuddy Valentine, Brosnan, O'Sullivan, Lyne, Hu.ey, Murphy, Browne, O'Neill (Melbourne) O'Mahony Lalor Slowey Lyneh, Donnelly, Carmody, Murray Duffy (Dardanup), and Boylan, Rev Brother Ryan (Aquinas 'ol ge) Rev Brother Duffy (CB C. Perth) The crowded congregation at the church also ncluded manv members of the Religious Orders and the Redemptorist Brothers. The prayers at the graveside wre recited by Rev F O'Connor, assisted by Very Rev E Mo: and Rev A Johnston

The chief mourners were Frank (Rev Father F O'Connor) nd Bill (sn: Eileen (Mrs Woodthorpe), Rita Mrs E D McDowel, Trixie and gnes (daughters), Ida O'Connor (daughter-in-law), Edward McDowell (son-in-law), Jack, Joe, Frank, Kathleen and Eileen Kenneally, Ted, Frankie Wal and Lorrie McDowell Marie Brin, and Pauline O'Connor (grandchildren)

The pall-bearers were: The Lord Mayor (Dr T W Meagher), Dr L W Martin, Mr H Raphael, MLA; Senator J M Fraser, Inspector J Doyle, Messrs T «Ahern I J O'Neil M Sullivan, A Culligan, W, Moylan, I Finnegan and J Edwards Dr H Mulcahy Detective-Sergeant M O'Brien, Councillors W R Read and C J B Veryard: Messrs H Tracey senr R Pyke M Sullivan T O'Neil Frank Dawson Tom Tighe A Beaton, J Stewart, D Gallagher, W Wood W Tracey, Alex Rodereda, H Larkin, J Balding, E Kelly, M P Cogan A D Scott D C Perrott J Tully, J Minihan, L J McDowell, T D Murphy, Ken Beaton, B, Brophy, R G O'Connor J Healy, L Hitchins, G James A Arnold R Durston A Silverton M Goodwin G Herbert R Hopkins, B, T Johnson, S G Johnson, A Johnson, R and J Pennycuick, T P Kilmartin, H F and E A Landwehr J Lyons W A and A J Moylan, T P Murphy, B O'Connor, R Battersly Our Lady, Help of Chris tians, HACBS) B Ryan (Our Lady, Help of Christians Holy Name Society) H Bedwell, C Walker, and J Gaunt (representing Harris, Scarfe and Sandover), W Broderick, D Edward, P Pola, J Slattery, R Shaw B Ryan, senr J Ramsay J Bendon G Blinco W Ramsay, R Bell, T Brown, M Courtney, J Egan, J EIiot, R Flint, W Brown, B Fewson I Blinco, J Corry W Wooltorton (H AC.BS), L M. Goerke (HA CB.S) J Waltho P Giles, L Waldock, C Cooper, R Davidsn, G. Chipper, F Walker, A Daws, W, Donohoe, B Doyle, R Durkin, G East, D Cantwell, P Duffy PTownsend W Artis J Bourke J Thompson, V Oma, S. OLeary, P ONeill, E Morris, C Morris, J McMahon , R MeKenna, T McMahon and D Cadd:

The Lady Mayoress (Mrs T W Meagher); Mesdames D Talboys, c Woodthorpe, J J Kenneally J EIi, J H Pyke, N Cullen, J Tyler, D Gi lagher, J Stewart, A Coverley, J Lyons, W Dunne, F Dawson, [ ONeill, G James, M Silverton, M. Hitchins, J A Hughes, W Greenwood K Gorringe, A Gaffney, P Hepburn, j' O Hughes, H Stephens, K Heagney, R Hopkins, J Jones, C Kingston Walter Scott, M Lewin, B and w Moylan P McCarthy,_ M Curtis j Culligan, M Falby, M McMahon T McGuire, E Morris, M, McIIlraith A Morrow, M Eddy, L Dwyer, W Trac ey, Sporer, T P Murphy, M Metcalf E Noonan P O'Neil M O'Reilly. j O'Leary, G Pola, Quelch, Symons, Slat tery, Stockden, Boyd, Keady, Denman J._ Cuning J Flynn, J Finnegan w' Waldock C Cooper C Dix M Doy, R Regan, H Davidson, Duggan, E Battersby, G East, C Edgar J Boucher, Buckingham, H Tracey, junr, IH Breen, C Brown H Turner M J Doyle, J Ramsay, L Maloe Harrower and J Lyons; Misses Belle Wood thorpe, Elsie Jones, Nora Crosse, F Denyer N Walsh M V and B Pyke E Fitzpatrick, H Noonan, A OCaf' laghan, Mercia Scott, H and A Speiran, N and D Woodings, M Mu!vale T Horan L Lewin, T Hetherington, E Lyons, P McCarthy, O Brady, M Cantwell, N Edgar, E Baker M and C O'Leary Mc sses were offered by many priests, and through the kindnes of many riends nd floral tributes were reeiv·d frm the following Her lovin son Bill dau ;hter-in-law Ida and grandchildren Maris, Brian and Paul ne, her rrowing daughter, son-in low nd grandchildren (Bunbury) Parishioners f Our Lady, Help of 'hriti.nss, Eat Victoria Park: Dr and Mrs L W Martin Senator and Mrs J M Fraser Mr and Mrs W H Dunphy Mr C· ·rley M.L A and Mr· A. Coverley Mr A. H. Panton, M.LA and Mr Panton Mr and Mr. J Woodthorpe and family Jack Frank and Eileen Kenneallv Mr nd Mrs J Row Hilda and Douglas Ta1by Mr nd Mrs L. J M·Dowe and 'amily The O'N family Doreen nd Frank Daw m M M Sullivan Mr and Mrs A Silverton and family Mr. W R Haynes Mr and Mrs. J Tyler and girls, The Lewin family Mr and Mrs Ken Beaton and family Ma William: Jack, N rma, Kevin Billy and Terry Wodthorpe Mr and Mrs G A. Jame and family Mrs. Cur t end Kathleen Mr and Mrs Ran say, Mr and Mrs. Curtnev and fam ily Mr and Mrs Bert Movlan and hidren Mr and Mr· Vincent Brady Mr and Mrs. P McCarthy and amily Nina nd Dolly Woodings Mr I Stapleton and family: Mr nd Mrs Metcalf Mr and Mrs.V C Oma Mrs Beaton and family Mr and Mrs Pennycuick and family Mr and Mrs M Dovle

The funeral arrangements were carried out bv Perth Funeral Directors The Record" extends its deepest sympathy to Rev. Father O'Connor and the members of his bereaved family.

Late Mrs. A. C. O'Heney

Th death occurred suddenly at Midl nd Junction, on July 2, of Anne Cecila OHeney whose passing is deeply mourned by her sorrowing relatives and friends The deceased lady was well known for her charitable work in connection with the Church and the Convent, and was a prominent member of the Sacred Heart Sodlity

The late Mrs O Heney was born in Queensland and spent a number of years in Fremantle before going to Midland Junction II years ago

Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev F ther Ahern on Wednesday at St Brigids, Midland Junction Her remains were interred in the Premantle Cemetery, Father Ahern, assisted by Father Carolan reciting the prayers at the graveside, in the presence of a large number of friends, who bore testimony to the respect and esteem in which the deceased was held

The chief mourners were Mr, W J O'Heney (husband) Mrs A Thomp son (sister), J Cartwright (brother) I J O'Heney I C Vincent (brothers in-law), Mesdames J O'Heney, J Vincent (sisters-in-law), Peg Thompson, Marv Monica and Elizabeth Vincent

Others present were R Knox, J Dowling L V O'Hara, M Flanagan H Hastings, J B Hansen, D G Jones A Clune P Brady J McNamara J MCreery, J.' Vincent, J Cahill, J Suiivan, D M Nicol, R Martin, A I Oakley, J O'Connor, H Bardiner, Abbott, H Middleton, J H Miller, R E Marsh; Mesdames R Knox P Brady, J O'Connor, R Bryan Walsh, Stewart, Smith, Misses A Connellv and Cahill

Parents'andFriends' Association, In response to a suggestion, and with the whole-hearted approval of their parish priest, the Very Rev Father Wallace a number of parents, or rather mothers, met one afternoon last April in a class-room of the above school for the purpose ef forming an association to obtain funds for the school

The idea is not a new one, of course for nearly every State school has a similar group, and the work done by them is really amazing The object in this instance is to provide desks and school equipment, badly needed, and bv taking this burden on themselves the members thus relieve the Sisters of the worry of trying to raise the necessary funds During the past three months, the committee, with Mrs Leahy as president, and Mrs McDowell as secretary, have held fortnightly bridge and rummy afternoons, charging ls., with afternoon tea Members occasionally made don .ions to be raffled, which proved very successful, Once a month a social evening was held, for which Is was charged and supper provided Thanks to the generosity of Father Wallace and members, these evenings were all cler profit, the hall, music, and supper all being donated These social evenings will be continued on the last Friday in each month, and for this special thanks are due to the Girl Guides who have generously given up the hall for that night

It was decided in the beginning that the most urgent need of the school was new desks for the senior classss and these were installed, fully paid for, at the end of June That they were appreciated was evident, for on Wednesday, July 3, the pupils entertained their parents and friends with a little concert followed by afternoon tea

The next effort of the Association is a Children's Party to be given in the Parish Hall on Saturday, July 13 The next bridge afternoon will be the following Thursday and the next social on July 26 Membership fee is ls per annum and new members will be warmly welcomed.

Harvey

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July 14: Yarloop, 8 am; Harvey, I0 am, July 2I Harvey 8 am; Waroona 10 am July 28: Harvey, 8 a m Yarloop, 10 am August 4 Waroona 830 a m Har vey I0 am August I1· Yarloop, 3 a m , Harvey, 10 a.m August 15 (Feast of Assumption of B V M ): Harvey 8 a m August 18: W roona, 8 30 a.m., Harvey, 10 a.m August 25: Yarloop 8 am Harvey 10 a.m

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Jul 14 Wagin, 8 am; Dumbleyung, 10 am July 21 Kukerin 9 am : Lake Grace I1 am July 8: Dumbleyung, 9 am: Wagin, 11 a m August 4: Wagin 8 am : Wedgecarrup, 10 am August I1: Kukerin, 9 am, Dumbleyung, I1 am August 18: Newdegate 9 ame; Lake Grace, 11 am August 25: Dumbleyung 9 am: Wagin, 11 a.m September 1: Wagin, 8 am: Wedge carrup, 10 a.m September 8: Wagin, 8 am: Dumbleyung, 10 am September 15: Kukerin, 9 am: Lake Grace 10 am September 22: Dumbleyung, 9 am; Wagin, 11 am September 29: Wagin, 8 am-; Dumbleyung, 10 am

Dont forget Grand Carnival Dance, conducted by Highgate Tennis Club, in Parish Hall, Harold-street, Wednesday, 24th. July.

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Notwithstanding the many calls on the people, the organiser Brother €' • t ' zeery Is receiving generous support in his efforts to reduce the debt of £4.000 on the new building The functions so far held have been very successful and several direct donations have been received. Of course, this is only as it should be, as after all, our first duty 1s to support our own institutions which without any Government assistance are so ably performing national service, as well, of course, as their work on the religious side

What Brother Seery particularly appreciates is the assistance being given him by the pastors of the various parishes from which the Fremantle CBC draws its 420 pupils They have given him carte blanche with regard to functions, and their inspiring lead is being nobly followed by their warm-hearted parishioners These good priests have their own parish debts, but thev realis the good work being done by the Brothers at Fremantle, and also the fact that this s the last opportunity the Brothers will have to reduce the heavy debt on their new school

The committees of the four popular boys so far chosenJ Bahen (Fremantle) K Bradley (East Fremantle) R Hunter (Beaconsfield) and L Downey (Mosman Park-Cottesloe)-have had several very successful functions House parties seem to be the most popular, and Brother Seery will be pleased to hear from any kind person wishing to arrange one of these "At Homes"

The next big general functions will be a community concert at C B C , on July 17, at 8 pm (manager Mr V Petersen); a tennis tournament: mixed doubles and boys' and girls' doubles, on the College grass courts, July 20 and 21; and the annual ball, at the Fremantle Town Hall, on July 24

A special feature will be the appearance on the stage of Miss Dinah Kenny (late of "The Arcadians"), with full ballet, in a series of classical dances The committee also anticipate having the 16 patriotic queens as their guests that night

Other functions will be mentioned from time to time in "The Record" and all well-wishers of Catholic education are earnestly requested to attend them, or in some other wav assist the Brothers to lighten the heavy debt on their new College

The Catholic Women's League will hold its monthly meeting in St Joseph's Hall on Wednesday next, July 17, at 8 pm All members are re quested to be present

District Board.

Delegations from the District Board visied St. Patrick's Branch Perth on June 17, St Lawrence O'Toole's Branch, Maylands, on June 260, and St Anthony's Branch Midland Junction on 8th inst, and the visiting officers were delighted at the evidence of enthusiasm and keenness actuating the officers and members of each of those branches Those same characteristics have been manifest in all the seven branches visited this vear It is evident that the members realise the necessity, in these difficult times particularly to actively and diligently assist their officers to keep the branches virile and strong Visits will be made to St Canice's Branch, Cottesloe, on I7th inst and to the Cathedral Women's Branch on August 1

The time for holding the annual enclosed retreats for members is now drawing close and members are urged to set aside these particular week-ends to participate in this great privilege The retreat for men will be held at the Redemptorist Monastery on August 31 and September l, and the retreat for women will take place at the Sacred Heart Convent, Highgate, on September 7 and S Metropolitan Social Council Bro Harvey presided over the meetand delegates represented Highgate, East Victoria Park, Leederville, Bayswater, Midland Junction, South Perth, Subiaco and St Patrick's A dance will be held at Oddiellows' Hall, St George's Terrace, on Friday, July 19

Admission 2s including tax Owing to the dance being held on July 19 the next meeting will be held on August 2 Cathedral Parish

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Donations and gifts may be left wth the secretary, Mrs Guilfoyle, Creal House 386 Lord-street, or Trouchet's Pharmacy, Wellington-street, or at the hall on Saturday afternoon, any time after twelve

St Joseph's Convent Ball

In connection with the recent ball conducted by the ex-students of St Joseph's Convent Premantle the Sis ters will entertain all members of the committee at a conversazione at the Convent on Sunday next, July 21, at 330 p.m. There will be no formal invitations issued but all who assisted n any way towards the success of the ball will be very welcome

During the afternoon a cheque for over £180, the proceeds ofthe ball, will behanded to the Reverend Mother Benediction will later be given in the Convent Chapel

In connection with the Ex-Students' Association a special meeting o all past pupils of the St Joseph's Schools in Fremantle or elsewhere will be held in the school room, Adelaide-street, on Sunday, July 14, after evening devotions, when a programme of proposed activities for the year will be arranged All old girls are asked to be present

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Local institutions in addition to Loyola University, which are controlled by the Chicago Province, include Lovola Academy, st Ignatius' Highi School, St Ignatius' parish, Holy Family parish and St Joseph's parish for the coloured Seventeen other parishes and institutions in surrounding States are controlled by the Chicago Province

About 100 of the 820 priests scholastics and Brothers of the Chicago Province are stationed at Patna Mission in India

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SMART MEN

By BRENDAN CAVANAGH

THE To\\n Hall clock struck five Ted Banks covered his drawing board and struggled off his stool The principal came out and began discussing the new plan Pearon was starting They stood on either side, leaving him to peer between their shoulders at the board

satisfied that Pearson understood him, the principal eft As the other prepared to work on, they started talking w r With his back to the drawing table, Ted istened absently to Pearson's enthusiasm about the Navy Through the doorway he had noted the immaculate uniform of an Air Fore officer who was speaking to the typist in the office asross the corridor Starting irom his abstraction, he said vigorously "Oh, undoubtedly- a sound Navy is a decisive actor to a nation n war or peace As he left he t k in each detail of the uniform

Buying a paper, he turned along the Terrace for his bus. Occsionally he ran Short, light spare men, he refleeted, retained physique far longer than the heavy ones

Opening his paper eagerly, he was interrupted by a friend "How is building, Teddy gone into practice for y urself yet?'

No, Arthur, too risky for me."

Im a home-owner since last ThursI Tell me about furnishing a den

A den?"

'Yes. I want a distinctive note n uncommon motif I den? Why not mething modAn aeronautical touch, for intan "

A heavy car, filled with singing uniformed figures shut out Arthur's eageress. T·d's eyes were shining He blinks d. There's an article in that journal y u hov there," he replied at random, and ked bleakly now acros the twilit reverie of th Narrows to the twinkling lights beyond.

Amidst the one-ided discussion on urnishing the University cast its tranquil spell of hope in the building o a nation, 'Sons and daughters,' he musd attending each day reach ing out to fuller lite." He nodded his head to Arthur, reflecting that everye in this bus hould be a nationbuilder at heart "Pr sently Dorothy and Muriel will be grown

Two lads in khaki caught his eye. He thought Not the same What is there about n Air Force uniform?

Something light, eager, el ·tri bird like almost feathery."

Arthur said Wht? But youre so vague about details.'

Muttering, My street, Arthur," Ted made a confused retrett He had poken aloud He ·rammed his bag under his arm and scnned his paper guiltily

As he turned the corner Mrs. Joyce crossed and greeted him "I've been to an anti-war league meeting''she told him, Ted frowned. But what do they The address dealt with air raids, Japan, Poland, Finland, Norway Even Franc Mr Banks, it's too horrible!"

'es, but' Like hooligans in a stolen car Is any part of the earth safe with such mileage potentials?"

No, but it's the same for "Some little fool learns to fly an airplane He steers above a city and presses a button.'

A lever, think, Mrs Human ives, Mr Banks priceless rt treasure:; painfully amassed wealth; all utterlv destrovd in a mo ment irrevocably lost."

Mr Banks chuckled with tonshd little quakes of mirth, There was a range light in his eye He he has his moment though, Mr Joye, eh? N denying that."

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Chrvsanthemum in the Banks's arden were in full bloom Clara, alre:dy growing stout stepped mn tc th path from the lawn

The children hav :one down to Helen's with Cusin Bab: Thev're ta ing overnight'' WiI they be all O' cur Th vr babies."

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On Sunday, une 30, a Missa Cantata was sung by Rev Fther Farrelly at St Patrick's 'hurch, in honour of the Feast Day of His Holiness Pope Pius XII A special sermon was given explaining to the people the Papal prerogatives and the attitude Catholics should adopt in this matter On Wednesday, July 3, the children had a special Mass and Benediction and received Holy Communion t Mass The school choir sang excellently These cele brations will be held annually

The usual first Sunday Holy Com munions were well attended, but very heavy weather developed by the even ing, and prevented some from attendin though f: jr number were preent especially th Children of Marv Go dalit Sunday Masses st Patrick' Churh 7 and 9.30 a.m ngr Banks er, pushing war, dear wa rather bout poor al th ex-

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"Free

Thought" is Dead

The War Killed It Says Belgian Paper London

The Paris anti-clerical paper, 'La Lumiere," declares that the international organisation of Free Thought is vartually dend And, commenting ' says: t name brother mon o wa 1n 0

'lara rat. ·d her voi , he t th kitchen adjoininy " Well,' I said, 'you bviously haven't the time'' There was a pause until she was eated aain " And other married tennis nthusis st have You've undertaken more than vou an manage Mrs Thomson' And what did th other 'If you could have seen her expr sion But they all agreed with m' When dinner was ver th at b fore the fire, which had burned low After fanning it in vain, Ted covered the firepla with the opened newssheet to cause a draught in the grate He becme b: rbed in the headlines itting on his heels The fire, roused to enthusiasm, suddenly included the paper in a sheet of flam Mr Banks sought the morning pres with grim determination. He found t in the kitchen The cable sheet was missing Clara called out, "Oh, Ted I remember I wrapped my tennis shoes with it. It'· n my locker t the club" So thev talked When eventually they tired, lara adjusted the reading lamp on the table between their beds She liked to compose her mind with a novel Turning away from the light, Ted said, "Good-night," through the restful silence But a draught had already swung the bedroom door It slammed drowning his words Clara said, Ted, we must attend to that door It's dreadful! There should have been one of those patent fasteners" As he got up to place the heavy book against it, she yawned luxuriousIv k k k

Mr Banks straightened up t his full height of five feet seven He got back into bed with unnecessary, in fact, clumsy, vigour He drew the bed-clothes smartly to his chin, put his hands behind his head and stared with glinting eyes at the ceiling

"Clara," he said, with slow deliberation, Tm thinking of offering my services to the Air Force Bombing Corps''

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wa t ght the ttee rertion t Finulations v t the M litant followed t Stalin by , president of ht in Bel:ium and Grand Manitu of th Intern tional Union At the me time, "La Pense," a Brussels pape :d the publication of panegyri nour of the Red Army for its in Finland and Poland, rejoiein; the fact that in the centre f ccupied Poland, "a new li had dawned on the intellectual workers In spite of all the solid. rity between the various national sections of World Free Thought in Brussels, the French members protested at their Paris meeting in February regretting the mis take made bv those leaders "who are daring enough to present to the world of Free Thought those hordes of Ger many's accomplices as liber: tors of the Polish population and to insult heroic Finland" ls the protest took no :ffeet, the French Free Thinkers appointed at their meeting of March 25 a delegate to inquire on the spot into the incident Meanwhile, other sections sent in their resignation, and a "La Lumiere" has it, the thing is virtually dead There will be none to be sorry for the loss

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Saturday, July 13, 1940

(After Acceptances )

Kalamunda Purse (First Division)' Tropics, 1; Ditty, 2; Amatol 3 Bassendean Maiden: Capriole, 1; Sel ania, 2; Menkaura, 3 Kalamunda Purse (Second Division) Gay Sally, 1; Gold Tips, 2; Princ° Merab, 3 Helena Vale Handicap: Chironomy 1; The Laird 2; Treat's Pride 3 Bellevue Breeders': Treville, 1; Momalong 2; Flying Lass, 3 Weiter Handicap: Equaver, 1; Flame Girl, 2; Kerlion, 3

MEDICAL MISSION EFFORTS IN WEST AFRICA

Details contained in a report of Countess Dr Elizabeth Bruhl, of the Wurzburg Medical Mision Institute, who is working in the Apostolic Prefecture of Benue in Northern Nigeria, throw interesting light on the excellent activity of these missionary doctors, who share the joys and sorrows of the missionaries

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MISSION WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Among the nonChristian population of Abra Province in a section of the diocese of Neuva Segovia on the Island of Luzon Mission work is being conducted by sixteen missionaries of the Divine Word Society, assisted bv fourteen Sisters, Servants of the Holy Ghost, and some sixty catechists It is a question of approximately 27,000 souls dwelling n the remoter valleys outside the usual lines of communication In three of these districts Protestant missionaries of the Christian Mission have established themselves and won a small number of converts In still another valley the Anglicans have done the same ? . _-7 9£l 3?1gs

During the first eight months oi 1939," writes Dr Bruhl, "I was on the road a good deal, travelling by train, auto, or on foot, and sometimes carried It the last mentioned manner I vis ited two widely-separated stations which was possible only in the dry season In going to Naka, for instance, we first trav- The government is busy at preelled 25 miles by auto and then et constructing roads in these - hitherto cut-off areas As the I was carried more than twenty means of communication are miles on a side-saddle Our thereby facilitated, the mountain caravan created something of a sensation among the population folk will find access to the bigger centres At the same time nonPeople often followed us for Catholic missionaries will more miles "The white lady" was everywhere an object of curios easily penetrate these areas with itv and women in Naka came heir propaganda trucks equipagain and again requesting to see Ped with cinema apparatus The ' Catholic missionaries in their her

"Despite financial and other 'urn will have to multiply their difficulties, a small but well efforts to deepen the religious knowledge of their converts and equipped brick hospital has been l l,re1>are them to meet effectively provided through the energy ane sacrifice of the Apostolic Prefect any attacks against their Faith Mons Kirton It contains a con- Included in this mission area sultation room with adjacent are 5,400 Aglipyan schismatics waiting-room for patients, store- Since 1903 these had intrenched room for supplies, a shady ver- themselves particularly at four andah and large wards: one for points: Dolores, La Paz, San women and children and the third Juan and Lagangilang Of late, for maternitv cases There are however, they have been losing also two operating-rooms In ground steadily Many of their the latter as well as in the con- numbers have found their way sultation room there are cement back into the Fold after the Cabasins and tables with running tholic missionaries had establishwater ed parishes in these centres

"Water from the roofs is col- Official circles are on the whole lected in tanks. Another such well disposed toward the work of tnk for rain water is to be built, the Church When, for instance, as experience has shown that the parish of La Paz celebrated they are very practical and rela- its patronal feast, the highest tively inexpensive ranking officials of the Province

"Hitherto n the dry season assisted Also the Abra represenater had to be carried a distance tative in the Commonwealth govof a mile from the river The ernment Don Quinin Paredes, water in the tanks is protected made a special trip irom Manila against contamination and is al- to be present at the festivities, wavs fresh and cool, because the and in an after-dinner speech extanks are underground Unfor- pressed the hope that the zealous tunately, due to the war situa- missionaries of La Paz might tion, the new hospital cannot at lead back to the arms of Mother present be opened nor can the Church all who have strayed electric plant be put in operation from her A fine X-ray apparatus remains unpacked

"During the past year 5,654 patients were treated and 115 minor operations were performed Major operations had to be refused because the hospital facilities were not yet available Two maJor emergency maternity operations had to be undertaken, however, despite risk, because the nearest government hospital was 65 miles awav and there was no time to transport the patients hither Through the kindness ? of an official of the Native Administration Dispensary, beds were made available there and both cases turned out successful

"Frequently medical aid comes too late A sad case with that of an Ibo woman about to become a mother She had a severe nfection and died on the opcrating table before I could operate However I succeeded in baptising her before death The Ibos would under no circum-

The argest Jocist unit, however, is that for young Catholic working women at Lohkatse, one of the crowded areas of the citv The establishment there provides living quarters for 140 young adies

Local labour conditions involving long hours of toil, Sunday work and other unfavourable circumstances have been an obstacle to the complete realisation of the Jocist programme This has been adapted to local requirements as far as necessarv. The various units have been well placed in widely separated sections of the city and this has resulted in greater utility and effectiveness in reaching larger numbers ol young women A number of Congregations of Sisters cooperate in these activities They have provided several subsidiary institutional units throughout the areas in question and have proved of great assistance in gaining and holding the interest of the young women

NEW CENTRE FOR CATHOLIC WORKING WOMEN IN SHANGHAI.

On March 10 a new Jocist centre for young Catholic women workers was established in the Zikawei suburb This is the fifth such institution established in Shanghai under the direction of the present Vicar Apostolic, the Most Rev August Haouisee sJ

The principal centre 1s on Avenue Dubail, where a meeting hall and a library are available

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East Fremantle, 20.11; West Perth, 813

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East Perth 1820; Swans 9.8

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a passenger Old Easts are in great form now and should consolidate their position in "The Four"

At the Port, Bert Gook had the call over Frank Jenkins, and it was his dominance at the pivot that enabled Perth to lead till midwav in the last term

At Bassendean where East Perth easily defeated Swans, McEncroe at half-back for the winners was the best of the 36 He hardly made a mistake and was very effective in hiswork

AQUINAS UNDEFEATED

The first round of the Alcock Cup ompetition has been completed, and Aquinas College has come through undefeated. Their match against Guildford was en excellent one, and the team showed that it possesses grit by the manner in which it pulled the game out of the fire when a Guildford victory was being heralded

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"Recorder" selects East Fremantle, East Perth., Perth, and Claremont to win Brieflets.

George Moloney's thirteen goals were the result of clever football He workd hard for his successes, and generalle played in champion form

The finish was a most exciting one, Aquinas winning by eight points81l to 615

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At the pinch Allan Edwards», the captain, played finely, and it was his control of the forwards that was the biggest factor in the exciting win Others on the winning side to do well were Burke, Alderman, McGrath nd Rigg Hale School defeated Scotch College, 1210 to 7 4, and the prmiership table now rends· Aquinas, 12 points; Hale, 8 Guildford, 4 Scotch, nil

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This Week's Questions

1 Did any Melbourne Cup win- I ner earn• under 6st? What world's heavyweight champion boxer toured America as an actor in 'Uncle Tom's Cabin ?

3 Where is Golf the national sport?

4 Where is Homing the national sport?

5 The first Test match between $ England and Australia wa!-1 played on March 15 1877 Is } there any survivor of that game? If so name him

Racing will be at Helena Vale on Saturday Below is the programme, with an early (before the weights), "both-ways" tip for each event: Kalamunda Purse (first division), 7 furlongs: Urangaline Purse (second division) Kerlion

In AI Grade, Old Aquinians were beaten by Cricketers, 4-I, Jeffreys (2 Bandy and Watt getting the goals £r the winners, and Evans for O1 \quinians In the A2 Grade St Ildephonsus had a big win over Old Aquinians 60 The goal-hitters were Benson (2 Brand (2) B Wood and Kinshella St. Ildephonsus registered another win the BI Grade defeating East Cannington, 2-0 The goals were hit by Haynes and Longmore Old Scotch, in BI Grade, defeated Old Aquinas 6-1 The goal-hitters for Scotch were Craig (4 and Wilson (2) while Connaughton hit the goal for Aquina

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A GREAT GOLFER. It is just nine years ago since Walter Hagen played that historic golf match against Abe Mitchell at St George's Hill, outside of London Both professionals turned in wonderful golf, and with eighteen holes left, Walter Hagen held the lead-one up but coming down the home stretch, Hagan faltered, fell behind, evened it up and with three holes left the two golfers were level The 16th hole! The important hole, the winner of which would almost certainly win the match, Mitchell hooked his drive into the rough Hagen hit his ball straight down the fairway The championship now seemed certain for the American but Mitchell made a great recovery, and pitched his ball to within three inches of the hole Hagen's iron was excellent His pitch landed the ball on the green four feet from the hole. A minute or so ago 1t was almost certain victorv for Hagen, and now t was almostcertain defeatfor between his ball and the hole rest ed Mitchell's ball! Stymie! Hagen grunted and quietly surveyed the pos! tion

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«ad plopped into the hole! peatedly thrown into shadow by light-

That was the nerve of a great play- ning flashes but no one cared what

The big gallery cheered and happened so long as the fight went on

jeered again Hagen went on to win Smith did most of the attacking He the match played for Clabby's body, and soon a red splurge was prominent, and Clabby showed signs of pain

Boxing

Ex-champion boxer of Australia Dave Smith, is nowadays a landscape gardener Originally an amateur in New Zealand, he stands as the greatest boxer professionalism has received from the amateur ranks, Starlight was his first professional opponent and Dave won After bowling over a few more, including Australia's ex-champion Billy McCall, he stopped the clever Jack Blackmore at the Sydney Stadium, and became, one of the top-liners of the Australian ring

Many of Dave Smith's fights are ever-green memories but probably his fghts with the Americans Clabby Papke, Thomson and McGoorb, are best remembered Bill Papke had in September 1908 become middleweight champion of the world by knocking out the great Stanle Ketchel in 12 rounds, and he was billed as chmpion when he arrived in Sydney in 1908 For a time it appeared that he would have to go back to America, on account of a lack of opponents, and when Dave Smith aecepted a mvtch with him there was merriment in the American camp Australians openlysympathisedwithDave, and audibly wondered "How long will Papke let him go?" They were destined to receive a most agreeable surprise

The pair met at the Sydney Stadium on Boxing night 1910 Each weighed IL I1 Papke adopted a crouching posture in the ring, after the manner of Jim Jeffries, while Smith shaped up just as famous Jem Mace did-head andbody erect, leftarm well extended, guard easy and handy His capable and confident appearance led a few loyal Australians to take the long odds offered against him, and he had the great crowd cheering from the first round to the last He certainly gave it plenty of occasion to cheer Except in the first two rounds, the American was definitelv the loser He was punched half a dozen times, for every one he landed In van he went after his fast-footed and keen-witted opponent He stood off boged in tried everything in th way of punches-all to no purpose

So it went n for nine rounds, the spectators growing ever more enthusiastic at the superb showing of Smith The time had arrived when the omly man Papke wanted to meet was the fellow who turned off the lights, though, tohiscredit beitsaid hehad fought strenuously against a very clever opponent The 10th. round brought the end

In a mix-up near Smith's corner Papke switched a blow for the body Smith dropped as if a bullet had gone through him Simultaneously his secondand the crowd yelled "Foul!"

The referee started the count, but did not conclude it Two doctors climbed into the ring and examined the stiffened boxer Meanwhile pandemonium was raging and when the referee tried to announce "Smith, the Winner" he could not be heard It was only when he pointed to the pros tratefighter that the verdict was made clear Had the fight gone the full twenty rounds, Smith would have been an easy winner on points

Four weeks later Dave had the first and most memorable of his seven fights with Jimmy Clabby It was a great, and in one respect an amazing fight

Clabby had a peculiar style He seemed to turn awav from Smith, and then spring in sideways n an endeavour to catch Dave in a willy-nilly of blows However Dave met him with straight lefts and rights which quickly halted that form of attack

The third round was a great one

TwiceClabby caught Smith on the jaw and looked like finishing him, but Dave kept cool and in a clinch he smote Clabby very hard on the chin

Clabby swayed and was so seriously hurt that he had to summon up all his generalshipand he was a great ringgeneral He was punched all round the ring his iace set n a ghastly smile He mnaged to avoid the knock-out that seemed imminent all through the painful ordeal At the bell he tottered to his cornergroggy but game

A binding flash, followed by a terrifie crash of thunder, brought the crowd to its feetand then down came the rain It fell in sheets and broke like a wave against the iron walls of the Stadium And then there came a mighty wind and the most awful riot of sound tore the atmosphere to pieces. It was the rattle of the wind driven rain against the iron walls!

In the ring they never let up for a minute Round and round through the driving rain, the awful wind, they swirled, Clabby backing away, Smith in wild pursuit, smashing and driving Clabby fought in tigerish fashion but Smith beat him back smashed down his guard and forced him to take shelter once more in flight, De tails were lost in that amazing downpour, and it was difficult to see for the eyes were dazed by the lightning, but when the wind swept the rain aside, Smith was seen to be getting all over Clabby, whose left eye was bleed ing, and his right was closing Towards the finish Clabby rallied in gallant fashion, and went for a knockout He took a fearful pasting while doing it, and landed some vicious blows, too, but the strength had been battered out of him Once he did look asif he mightbring off his knockout, when a wild left swung to the stomach and made Smith gasp, but before Clabby could follow up, Smith stopped the attack with a shower of blows Then through the lightning they were seen standing toe to toe punching for all they were worth Clabby reeled ·the gong sounded the end of the 20th. round and Dave Smith was declared the winner of a great fight

Once Dave was asked what was his toughest fight "Was it against Les Darcy?" the questioner asked Oh no, I was finished when I met Les My toughest fight was against Cyclone Johnny Thompson, of America," was the reply TI! tell of that fight next week

NUMBER 13

In the first Test of 1930 there were plenty of coincidences in the matter of numbers on the score-board and elsewhere on the first day of play It was the 13th match of the Austfalian tour and it commenced or, June 13 Grimmett went on to bowl for the first time when the score was 13 and in a short space of time got rid of three of England's best batsmen, Hammond Woolley, and Hendren, who made 13 between them At the luncheon interval the score was 9l, which is seven times 13 Hobbs made 78 which is six times 13. Chapman made 52 which is four times 13, and Tate, when he had made 13 played on in the last over of the day

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The Earliest Portrait of Christ

By W L GUNTON

tion of the body the n,ultiplying of the loaves and the miracle of Cana, belief in the Holy Eucharst, and so on He was also portrayed symbolically as the Good Shepherd

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Then came a change In the night that followed his defeat of Maxentius (A D 312) the Emperor Constantine had a vision in which he saw Our Lord A few years later having granted political freedom to the Christian religion, Constantine made over a portion of one of his palaces, the Lateran, to the Pope (Sylvester) for an episcopal residence and built him a church That church still exists: incorporated literally, within the great Lateran Basilica Much of the early fabric has been rebuilt more than once in the course of the centuries, but not so much, modern archaeologists have liscovered as to necessitate a second dedication

In this church, high up in the apse Constantine set a bust of Christ executed in mosaics This is the earliest extant portrait of Our Lord.

[' there were earlier ones mn the East, as traditions have claimed, they no longer exit Based in all probability upon the Emperor's own decription after his vision the mosaic depicts, in frontal pose, a man of mature age with long hair, dark beard, large dark eyes, the features having an expression with some hint of sternness so greatly exaggerated in the Christ Pantocrator of latter Byzantine art

heads of Christ were also painted in the fourth and following centuries in the frescoes of the catacombs though only in three oi those that remain was the reali, tic type attempted There are also a few comparatively wellpreserved groups of similar chronology showing Christ seated amongst saints

In each of these paintings the • 2 characteristics which had so quickly become traditional are present The expression of Or Lord's features is noticeably sotened in the frescoes and it must be remembered that mosaic is a difficult medium in which to express benignity

History of the Portrait

As to the portrait, its history is remarkable It was originally executed as a separate work of art, the cubes of mosaic being set into a travertine mould and then the whole inserted into the surrounding clouds like a photograph into a frame This method of treating a particular portrait was not altogether unusual in Rome in the fourth centurv but the practice can be traced back to Egypt

This portrait of Christ remained untouched throughout the early centuries, surviving even the severe earthquake of 896. When the restoration was carried out under Pope Nicholas n 1291 it wa. carefully removed in ts own mould and replaced intact Thu: t remained until a comparatively recent date Then, alas, when the whole apse was rebuilt in 1870, set back some seventy feet to enlarge th sanctuary andthe ancient m aics were taken down piece by piece and replaced in the new apse thisunique and sacred monument was also unpicked and reset But for that unnecessary disaster we should hav it in the frame in which it wa: assembled bv Constantine's artists

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Thie "portrait" quickly became the model for innumerable copies It was reproduced, naturally with variations, upon contemporary and later sarcophagi; in the mosaic apses of other churches; in carvings upon wood and ivory, and in precious metals Single

Nevertheless, it is still the earliest portrait of Our Lord and a possession of nestimable value "Art Notes"

LITURGICAL CAT€CHISM

Q What are the three Western rites?

A 1 The Mozarab Rite

2 The Ambrosian Rite

3 The Roman Rite, which prevails almost universally throughout the Church

O Where does the Mozarabic Rife survive?

\ In Toledo and Salamanca

Up to the Hth century it was the national liturgy of Spain Cardinal Ximenes n the I6th centurv had its books restored and founded a college of priests in Toledo to perpetuate its use

Q What is the origin oi the word "Mozarabic'?

A The word means a "wouldbe-Arab,'' and was first applied in ridicule to those Christians oi Spain, who owed allegiance to the Moorish king, but were allowed the practice of their own religion

Q here does the Ambrosian Rite prevail?

A In Milan It is called after St Ambrose who, as Bishop of Milan; practised this rite Pope Pius XI is the first Pope of the Ambrosian Rite

Q How many liturgical languages are there in the Catholic Church?

\ There are twelve liturgical languages-Latin, Greek, Syriac, Chaldaic, Arabic, Ethiopian, Slavonic, Ruthenian, Bulgarian, Armenian, Coptic, and Roumanian

Q What was originally the liturgical language of Rome?

A Greek: for the first Christrans at Rome were a Greekspeaking community The famiiar "Kvrie, eleison" is a survival and a vivid reminder of that early time In the solemn Papal Mass to this day the Epistle and (Gospel are sung both in Latin and n Greek

Q When was Latin mntroduced as the anguage of the Roman Rite?

\ In the 2nd or 3rd century Except in the case of the Eastern Uniats, Latin prevails throughout the whole Catholic world as the liturgical language of the Church.

Q What advantages are derived from the use of Latin, a dead language, as the language of the Liturgy?

A It makes for unitv of faith and uniformity in worship t makes for permanence, since living languages are subject to change and decav It makes for accuracy of expression and clearness of definition in the expos1 tion of dogmatic and moral truth. It awakens reverence since t inks up the present with the glorious past-the prayers that inspired the martyrs ring in our ears, when we assist at Holy Mass and stir our hearts to like devotion to Christ and to like loyalty to the faith

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OUR LADY, MOTHER OF GRACE Miraculous picture discovered and restored by the Venerable Dominic, Prepositor General of the Order ot Discalced Carmelites Our Lady herself personally gave to St Simon Stock the Brown Scapular which is now so well known

Dear Cornerites, The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is on Tuesday, July 16 This day s also known s the Feast of the Scapular" Of all the scapulars the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the best known and is probably the oldest According to a tradition, supported by historical evidence, the Blessed Virgin appeared to St Simon Stock at Cambridge, England, on July 16, 1251, and gave him the brown scapular as a special sign of grace and promised that whoever died wearing the scapular would not suffer everlasting fire. This promise of final salvation does not give any grounds for a presumptuous reliance on the capular as on a miraculous symbol, but rather is a promise to those who trustfully confide in the power and goodness of Mary for her powerful intercession for a final perseverance St Simon Stock, to whom Our Blessed Lady appeared, wa: born in the county of Kent and left his home when he was twelve to live as a hermit He passed twenty years in penance and prayer When the White Friars came to England he entered the Order of

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel, where his great holiness moved his brethren to choose him Prior General of the Order The Order went through a period of persecution during which Our Lady appeared to St, Simon and gave him the badge of her protection the scap ular The devotion to the blessed habit spread quickly and Pope after Pope enriched it with indulgences, and many miracles were performed St Simon himself laid the scapular on a man dying in despair, and immediately he asked for a priest and was saved. ior those not in the religious Orders of ur Lady of Mt Carmel, the small Scapulars are made and it is even perssible to wear a scapular medal specially blessed by a priest in place of he scapulars themselves In view of he great graces to be obtained through ;3,earing of the scapulars, every Caholic should be enrolled and constant"?'ear this symbol of Oar Blessed h�! ys great favours on behalf of her children

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Imprints

Three Hypotheses Examined

By LIEUT-COLONEL P W OGORMAN, CM.D , M.D

What caused the pale brownish shadowings of the figure ofa recumbent human body, impressed front and back, on thedoubled linen which forms the Holy Shroud of Turin? Several theories have been advanced and among them the following:

(l) The figure impressions on the Shroud are due to some supposititious artist printing thereon

(2) The double impression on the Shroud is due to some physico-chemical process which acted through ammoniacal vapour rising from the blood and sweat and affecting the sheet, impregnated or "sensitised'' by the oil and spices employed in the burial (Vaporographic Theory of Dr Vignon and Professor Delage)

(3) The impressions are due to supernatural causes, working concurrently with a natural cause, and emphasising such effect as this natural cause would tself produce (Rev Dr Beecher)

In the article below, section of a contribution to the March American Ecclesiastical Review," Dr O'Gorman examines these three hypotheses before proceeding to suggest another theory based on a recent discovery of his own

§CIENTIFIC investigations made and demonstrations conducted, in the endeavour to explain the causation of theeffigy on the linen of theHoly Shroud, by Dr Paul Vignon, DSc, Professor of Biologyatthe Institut Catholique,Paris, Professor Yves Delage (an avowed agnostie), Professor of Biology at the Sorbonne, and other savants in Paris, led to what is known as the Vaporographic Theory

Vaporographic Theory

The view put forward by Dr ignon and Professor Delage is that the double impression of the bodv, front and back, on the Shroud was due to some physicochemical process which acted through ammoniacal vapour risng from the blood and sweat and affecting the sheet, impregnated or sensitised" by the oil and spices employed in the burial Dr Vignon's theory 1s expounded and supported by Msgr Barnes in his very interesting article "The Holy Shroud of Turin" in the "Catholic Medical Guardian," July, 1830 He quotes Professor Delage and Dr Vignon suggesting that there was an "emulsion" of the aloes (and myrrh) in oil with with the sheet was smeared and "which turned brown under the influence of alkaline vapours,givinga tint which is darker just in proportion as the emitting surface was near it "

Miracle Quoad Modum

Rev Dr Beecher, whilst entirely disproving the figure impressions on the Shroud to be due to some supposititious artist painting thereon, does not give his assent toDr Vignon's theory

Faced with the problem of how a negative imprint with such accuracy of detail, especially in the matter of the hair and beard, could come on to the sheet, Dr Beecher thought it to be a scientifc mystery" which the vaporographic theory did not appear to account for satisfactorilv because only the action of light on a prepared sensitive plate could produce a negative (pp 20, 24 and 109) His impression inclined him to think it to be miraculous -"produced by no human hand" p 21, 186)

(In thisconnection t is interesting to note, as Dr Vignon informs me, that at the successful Italian National Congress of the Holy Shroud, organised by the "Cultores Sanctae Sindonis" held at Turin, May2-3, 1939, the members were not satisfied with the vaporographic theory)

Dr Beecher concludes that "natural explanations having failed, we are compelled to have recourse to the supernatural-but the supernatural working concurrently with a natural cause, and emphasising such effect as this natural cause would itself produce Theologians would call this a miracle "quoad modum" (p 21)

Now, I think all will agree that it is our duty to exhaust all natural possibilities before we appeal to the supernatural We must not assume the existence of any entity until we are compelled to do so And in agreement with this I mav add that in addition to the proof for the authenticity of the Shroud which the facts and the phenomenaof the camera and microscope supply, there is an nteresting side question, not necessary perhaps for the authenticity but one which has had a great fascination for manv scientists, and thatit: Can we assign a natural explanationfor the beauty and detail of the image on the Holy Shroud?

Jewish Burial

Before proceeding further it is necessary to understand the procedure adopted at Jewish burials The common custom in Our Lord's time was as follows: the corpse was washed (Acts 9: 37); anointed with aromatic ointments (Jn 12: 3-7; 19:39-note that a "mixture" of myrrh and aloes is not an ointment: Mk 16: 1; Lk 23: 56: 24:7 Cf Mt 26: 7 12; Mk 14, 3, 8; wound in linen cloths with spices (Jn 19: 39-40; Mt 27: 59: Mk 15:46: Lk. 23: 53): the hands and feet being bound with winding-bands and the head and face bound about with a napkin (Jn 11: 44: 20: 6-7)

Now where details are wanting-and no otherthan the Evangelists' accounts are availablereasonable surmise has to be un-

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As is known, interment in Palestine and the East, owing to the hot climate and ideas of defilement among Jews, followed in a few hours of death In the case of Christ's body the burial had to be urgently hurried owing to the lateness of the hour (cf also Lk 23: 44-45the miraculous darkness; Matt Z7: 57; Mk 15: 42-43) as after sunset the great Parasceve festival began (cf Lk 23: 54); and Jews had to do no work, acording to the strict commandment in Exod 20: 10; 31: 14-16 So it is reasonably presumed that all the usual elaborate ceremonies, the washing, anointing, swathing of limbs in bandages, etc, had to be postponed till the termination of the festival on Sunday morning

And this accounts for the very early arrival at the sepulchre of the watching Galilean women with unguents and spices (Lk 23:55-5and24:1), evidently procured hastily late on Friday evening, for they seemed toknowprecisely how matters stood For if the body had already been swathed and bandaged, such unwrapping and re-anointing would have been laboriously superfluous

Procedure of Christ's Burial

With reasonable presumption therefore we may briefly reconstruct the procedure as follows

On removal from the Cross the nude body of Christ, unwashed and unanointed, was carried directly ntothesepulchreand placed on the table or raised slab therein (Jn 20: 12; Mk 16: 5) and laid on the already outspread half of the Shroud, which was 14 feet long by 3] feet wide, with the head in the middle of it, the crown of thorns having been removed. The head was then bound with a napkin (sudariuma handkerchief-Jn 20:7; 11:44), probably under the chin behind the beard and hair of the head and tied above the crown of the head, to prevent the jaw falling And then the other half of the Shroud folded over the head and front of the bodv to the feet ("wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth"Mat; "wrapped him up in fine linen"Mk; "wrapped him in fine linen"-Lk.) Observe that there is no tearing up into swathes or bandages The 100 pounds (67lbs English, as the Jewish measure equalled about 21/32 1lb avoirdupois) of aloes and myrrh, already puverised as purchased, were sprinkled and packed inside the Shroud round aboutthebodytopreserveitfrom too early corruption St John savs of the bodv:" bound it nlinen cloths with the spices, as the manner of the Jews to bury"

But he gives no details and we may reasonably assume the process above described On examining the text of John 19: 40 as translated from the Greek into English and French, much doubt has been aroused as to its apparent discrepancy compared with the corresponding relation of events by the Synoptic Gospels

Shroud?

According to our Rheims version the passage reads: "The took therefore the body of Jes' and bound (wound-A Vj t ;s linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury'' But the Greek term translated "to bury" is susceptible of anothermeaning, namely, "to prepare for" interment

There is no mention anywhere yet of the bringing or preparing of oil or unguents, nor of anointing, nor of emulsifying of the spices, nor of soaking or smearing of the cloth In fact, water for any purpose is not mentioned And as the spices were naturally very brown or black, any such process as the last would have darkened the shroud to a very dark colour, so this may be ruled out

Facts About Christ's Sufferings.

But some important medical considerations have to be emphasised From the studies of Dr Pierre Barbet, Surgeon, St oseph's Hospital, Paris, and the Czech Surgeon Dr R W Hynek MD, of Prague, who also carefully studied the stigmata oi Theresa Neumann, and our own knowledge of medical jurisprudence confirming, the sufferingsof our Crucified Lord have not been sucientlv realised.

Anyone who has suffered from cramps will have some notion oi the terrible agonising contractions of the muscles, giving rise to tetanicspasms, to which Christ was continuouslv condemned for at least three long hours

But what we are specially concerned with here is the fact that after such a violent death the body was immediately subjected to extreme stiffening owing to coagulation of the muscle myosin, known medically as rigor mortis or cadaveric rigidity On being taken down from the Cross this intense stiffness of the limbs and muscles generally continued, and it required great force to compose the body fittingly when placed in the sepulchre on the Shroud

Thus the imaginatory pictures of all artists are nullified by the actuality Hence the imprints of the bodv as now seen on the Shroud are to be explained by this fact and the modifying one which ensued on the relaxation of the muscles as the rigor mortis kept passing off

Another fact of importance 15 that the blood in a case ofviolent death does not necessarily coagl late altogether, but mayflow o from deep wounds, especially O the blood vessels This would also increase when rigor mortis passed off Hence it is not neces sary to believe, as some have held, that the body must have been placed on the Shroud at the foot of the cross Had this o° curred, that sheet would hav" been badly and irregularly smu ged with blood stains But ther is certainly no indication of th1s In the next section the author will relate a discovery made by, him and advance his own theory regarding the causationo! the imprints