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"SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO POPE JOHN" SAYS LEADER that separate our two communions are far too wide and deep to be quickly resolved," he said. "Those who speak as that all Christians though the visit of the Moderator to the Vatican should be grateful indicated a readiness to sacfor Pope John. rifice principles and convictions held dear in Scotland Dr. Neville Davidson, the Moderator -designate of the sinceputthe Reformation are, it bluntly, talking Church of Scotland's Gen- to eral Assembly, also branded nonsense." He added: "At last, after as "nonsense" some of the criticism fired at the visit of 400 years, the solid wall of the present Moderator to the - distrust, suspicion and hostiPope. The Moderator, Dr. lity is beginning to crumble. Archibald Craig, held an in- Here and there breaches are formal meeting with His being made in that wall, and a handshake of mutual Holiness in March. friendship "All Christendom should changed." .has been exbe thankful that at the head The Church of Scotiand of the great Roman Catholic communion there sits today has about 1,300,000 practisa Pope who by every pos- ing members. There are also 700,000 practising sible token has shown that about be desires Christian love to Catholics and 60,000 pracAnglicans among be the dominant note alike tising in his words and actions Scotland's total popt,la lion *during his occupancy of the of some 5,200,000. Holy See," Dr. Davidson said in a strmon in Glasgow Cathedral. "It is from his side that gestures of ecclesiastical friendship have been initiated, and Christians everywhere must rejoice in the new climate of charity." He said no theological significance should be attached to the present Moderator's courtesy visit to Pie Prime Minister Harold Pope, or to occasional informal meetings between Macmillan has replied at representatives of the Church of Scotland and the length to girls of a Catholic convent school who ProCatholic Church. (He spoke shortly before tested to him against in80 Anglican, Catholic and decent advertisements for Presbyterian clergymen and laymen met at a Catholic movies. convent in Glasgow to disThe gist of his 600 -word cuss Christian unity and the forthcoming Second Vatican reply was that the British cannot set stanGovernment Council.) "The doctrinal differences dards that are stricter than those accepted by the community as a whole.
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Archbishop During last week -end, His Grace the Archbishop met the Very Rev. RayMiller, C.Ss.R., mond Consultor -General of the
Fathers Redemptorist who has been on a visit the Redemptorist to in North Monastery Perth. His Grace also received the Superior -General of the De La Salle Brothers, NicetRev. Brother Joseph, who visited the only house of the Institute in this Archdiocese. On Wednesday morning His Grace, accompanLordship ed by His Bishop Goody of Bun bury flew to Geraldton. His Grace presided at the Month's Mind Mass for the late Bishop Gummer which was celebrated by Bishop Goody. Rt. Rev. Mgr. M. Tully of Ouirindi, Dtocese of Armidale, N.S.W., also
travelled to for the Mass.
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He said that if the girls of Notre Dame Convent School,
Blackburn, Lancashire, were able to change public opinion on movie advertisements, government censors would then have ground to stand on. of
Macmillan said he took so long to reply because he wanted a careful investigation into the facts. His reply came after a national campaign which the girls started against indecent advertising had gathered momentum and attracted wide attention in Britain's national press.
All To The Good The Prime Minister's letter said: "Public opinion can be formed only as a result of the tension between different points of view expressed by different people or groups of people. It is, therefore, all to the good that there should be groups of people like you and your friends who' are urging the maintenance of high standards. If this should lead to a general change in public opinion, it is likely that those responsible for the
control (of advertising) arrangements would respond to it. "The Government, for its part, will find it difficult to impose standards which are a great deal stricter than the majority of people would be willing to accept. The Prime Minister does not think the result of the inquiry which he Ifas made would justify the Government taking at the present time any additional steps to impose further statutory control over that which already exists.
Organised Action "I understand that there has been very little complaint about the standard of film advertising, and this would tend to suggest that
those responsible for these
arrangements are setting a standard which is partly acceptable to the majority of public opinion." The girls of the Blackburn convent are campaigning to let the Prime Minister know that indecent film posters are not acceptable to the majority. They have already written to about sixty other girls' schools and they arc trying by other means also to stir up public opinion. They claim they have the support of many thousands of people. Their efforts are being publicised regularly in the Catholic press. Bishop Andrew Beck, A.A., of Salford, the British Hierarchy's adviser on schools, has publicly praised their action.
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On Tuesday, May 8, two young ladies received the habit of the Presentation Order at "lona." They were Sister M. Patrick (Frances Brennan) only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Brennan of Ennis, Co. Clare; and Sister M. Oliver (Kathleen Power) youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Power, Waterford. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Fr. M. Brennan, P.P., Waroona, uncle of Sister M. Patrick; assisted by Rev. Fr. Murphy, P.P., Mosman Park. The sermon was preached by Rev. Fr. Carroll, O.P.
Scripture And Philosophy Courses The Catholic Adult Education Lectures of past years are to take a step forward in the new series. Experience has proved that this work is here to stay and in future the organisation providing these talks will be known officially in the Archdiocese as the Institute of
Catholic Studies. The first attendance four years ago overflowed the seating and promised a day when the courses must expand into more comprehensive series. At that time, in order to lighten the load, it was decided to provide a double lecture each evening. Obviously this was too demanding from the point of view of concentration and also restricts the vital matter of 'questions and discussion between lecturer and audience. This year the material has been divided. Up to the full two hours will be given to one subject only. Depending on the subject matter, this will allow an hour to be spent on questions, discussions and practi-al analysis of issues that will artie in the main lecture. This may be an obstacle to those who wish to follow all the talks, but as the courses multiply in the future, some selection of courses will be necessary. No pretence is made to put these lectures on an intellectual plane be:-ond the The first average person. two subjects are both intro-
ductory talks to cover the material that a student needs to have in.hand before trying more expanded sub.jects later in the year.
Father McBride will do a series on Introductory Scripture and Father McNamara will do a series on Basic Philosophical Concepts.
SCRIPTURE -Rev. E. McBR1DE Tuesday at 8 p.m. May 22: INSPIRATION-WHAT IS IT? May 29: LANGUAGE AND LAYOUT OF THE BIBLE.
June
OLD TESTAMENT-HISTORICAL BOOKS. PROPHETICAL June 12: OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS. June 19: NEW TESTAMENT- STS. MATTHEW, MARK AND LUKE. JUNE 26: NEW TESTAMENT-ST. JOHN. ACTS. JULY 3: EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL. JULY 10: REMAINING EPISTLES. APOCALYPSE. 5:
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PHILOSOPHIC CONCEPTS-Rev. J. L. McNAMARA Wednesdays at 8 p.m. MAY 23: THE MIND AND WHAT IT KNOWS. May 30: PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE. June 6: APPEARANCE AND SUBSTANCE. June 13: NATURE AND PERSON. June 20: SPIRIT AND MATTER. June 27: TIME AND ETERNITY. July 4: .INTELLECT AND WILL. July 11: TRUTH AND GOODNESS.