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Ima«in», though , the courage ot lh* Ant man who ate a lob* iter, t m i g l n e pulling out that <Uvlll**> ihln*; in green armour frontfch* M*. *i\d deoldlng to ae» how Lfc tmled. rmagina tlie feat It w i s , working around Inilde thnt b«et}«r p U t e t o And out what Wli edlbtd and what wee not. Hill o f f to the unknown hero who A r a l tackled the problem of a ttroClcsd lobster. And a brnaa tabid, pliaee, to the ohef who thought up Lobator a la Now-bu», CWIilch NTewburR li that, by lliei -«»yT Which country or

It It not the p u r p o e i of title column to «ilvertl»e at motion pic-tui-e or • Hot* pi"?- But I feel inclined epontitneouily to e « y a word of the ourrernt p l a y and pic­ture of the lariy yeaura ot Abra­h a m Lincoln, It** a goad piece of work.

True, then avra, I bear, objec­t ion* taken to c e r t a i n tenturea in i t o n the ground o l hJetorloal ac­curacy . But w h a t 1 r m v j in mind 3u»t now—what r e m a l n e iipcolal-l y t n memory a n d prods m e to • a y a ftw w o r d « - i * truly h i e - ' torlcal, or «l lewat vatry much tn character.

I refer to " H o n u t Abe'*" an­s w e r to the o lar jcmath who had c o m * with • c o m m i t t e e to inves­tigate) tht political a n d theologi­cal v i ews of thai proaptotlvt can-dldat*. The minister reminds Abt of certain rumor* o x luiptelona that he it an a t h e i s t . Abt an­s w e r s that ho h a a bet»n nimble to Join any Church boonuao the oreads of Iha Ctaurctiea iro "too complloated" B u t b e lays he s tand* ready t o loin any Church that would l imply t a d ilnc«r«ly t e a c h "Thou l h a l t Icrve tho Lord thy Ood wlih tOl t h y heart and ail thy soul," a n d T h o u shal l l o w thy nuil ibor a s thyielf." AUDIKNCO AWKI)

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^ f ^ T n ^ i r 1 ! W U W t h t t OVer.taiO by III* -*»yT Which couijtry or snyl i ig Inwardly. "That', tho &I9'J8!!*'" 'Wjtt C o m i ^ p J O j r j f l U i n a i e j r j J ^ ^ — * l g h t - t t t e a ^ If—-only—we b a d -a W " : J f « t l j i r i l i ^ * ^ f W W l p ^ ft ^ i y t i M t jhat l» *torn»lly weeded, to the. Church thai w o u l d limit its lUf( . , - , . . - • iuiolouus 8ruit«ct«n7i •

... „ . . , ^ i ) f J ^ * . M x h t ' q j ^ A » M { l ( i a t h - t h t l f t f o r UUtri hit American coustna. ^ t } ^ j p P ^ | M K | ,^h«i3f 'IdOW.td ih« f indj iy ldaaa l to » C - Tli;yterf»owod__hlm all tho sights.

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••> i V &'*-£/-'••' '« ' " . *oai» *ij iM out of our bay. Hnvo joliiwt nil voice to thttt of "tlio otf»r you »c« unythtng uko that m ire-_. .. ... .. . . , ., ., knt | r

Th| Xrlihman cracked a claw and paused long enough to any with boastful pride. "Anything llki tasatf "Why, eure, Dublin Bay la red with *«MI."

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' *-•' 1M will prfcittiiit >twh de*th» in the future .

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E^.»jow»Ml on i f * walks. If all wew uston tm gde- mien* of the fomai* of the aPo-P k & m i l t w aim* -WoUId a r i M f o * t h o M Who Wifclk, W l i y 0l«». B a t apparently they arc tho

*• xacsB tht »itustlot^ and forbid the rldltitf of biajyiilos on •»«• wh-aw women who want tho |tee|*k ugttll Mtne gp^ciid provision cm 1MS snndo for n,m "*"" "K"*"f u w*"""" * O f c * W *W*4w«tte, But injury and dfetwthto tihe

new* c a n odUeot it . Recently a lady nernarked In my hearing:

to n la^fc-yer—now they go to. tho i J j j K l * w**''e every chance is «ainSt *hora. „ . . ...... pUKIfR nrwtji ii« reader* everywhere *© give to *f! *%* »lv*» th* m * »bampoo ••*—**--1*--— - j .... . . _ . » m i « « t « — - ^ . . . ^ n '"-•accord-

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fcl S K M t - f 0 V h - ^ ' S ^ ? » t t b B , ind, titiO titAtKta jetfiat X sat in Ute big " a t t ^ e »«rd«n of the Gt)*t>el foir tM 5th *«)HT *iuu> and wondered « toi- - ' tn#» were a more restful, tujiet,

} & « % ^ IffftfsSfta St Ks,jr'%« st I*, ^--^l""^. hUr'Will H*> jriyei; ),i8 Wjfed to *tft Bv* ipajimes; mt the whole at-( H i w the things that rhn-«t iSas dOhtfMcktjftsM '%& »M^he*« of * barijer shop i« on* r«aSStath wfertiiy of belief aw. X a i l ^ ^ i B-^I of«lU^ *«p^, atroott of wayer-

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teaching to the taw o f love, hu­m a n and divine!"

Y e t became A b e attempted thnt simplification o f the divine m e s ­sage, tho minister ca.Hn him an "Inftdol." If! n p i t y tfaat In placo of that narrow-cniJideci dnmlnlr. a Catholtc prleit wasi»*t with tho committee Ho w o u l d not have drawn any lucb conclusion from Honest Abe'i s h o r t oreklo. Rather, I think he would h a v e accepted it a n d proceeded, somewhat like th i s :

"Very good. M r . Lincoln. In fact, excellent. But not alto­gether now. J e s u s Himself sa id that In tho love o f doi and the love of man w e r e coroprlied all the taw and the prophets. Also there 1* a story t o the effect that the disciple whom J e s u s loved, S t John,' In his old a g o preached one sermon continuously, tho one sermon consisting of three words . 'Love o n e another, and that when the p e o p l e complained, the agod Apostle answered that there was nothing m o r e In the Gospels than lo-v© of God and of man. So you a r e In good c o m ­p a n y , Mr. Lincoln, i n emphasis­ing what our L o r d called T h e F i r s t " and Ihe Oresatcst C o m ­mandment.1 ' ' T H E OTIlElt NT^'K

"But, Mr, U n o o l n . the aame Saviour preached n o t one. but ten Commandment*. "Sou would­n't reject the o t h e r solne, would y o u ? No? Well, t h e n let* g o a s top further. t " h e Sa-viour H i m ­self taught not o n l y command­m e n t s , but sacarsuneitts. Would y o u not accept t h e m o n His au­thori ty? Yeit Wel l , then, Mr. Lincoln, let me s h o w you w h a t J e s u s said about the sacraments . A n d w h a t about tibe Church? N o t any Church born of t h e win of m a n . but the O n * Church au­thorised by God. Yo*» don't re-

alt si lently turning t h e pages of a magtwine. Wtsen i t ' s their turn for the'ohtlr, tfecy " sink back, s o m e to sleep, t o r n * to* dow, a o m * Just t o sit in rest*ul alienee.

B t a u t y parlor* amay but*. B a r ­k e r *h66» fairly. <!p**i< I'm glad I'm * male,

m e m b e r reading that in the N e w TeitsonentT Let me show y o u a do ion precise paaiagea, Mr. Lin­coln, tn which Jeeiue spo«ka of tfi* Church."

A n d to on. It wasn't liard to build up the creed, o n c e you com­mit younai f to accept the au­thor i ty of Cbrlit Himself.

In the tamo pity and plctur*. Linco ln being elected *ayi sadly, "It w a * the dirtiest election t n all tht history of dirty polltlci. - Ho kn*w then that there win plenty of corruption In conntotlon with tht arovimment. B a t he didn't, on t h a t account, rorust to take part in tht government. Later on. h e WIIB to refuse tho right of a StsUe to secede. Ho couldn't then admit the right of in indlv-iml t o ropudiate the Declaration and tho Constitution b*cau*» lome politicians didn't live u p to tht ruoilmo ideollim o f those two great documents. Well, then, why should a man accede from the Church bocnuso Individual* In t h e Church art n o t all and holy and sincere ?

Yea, quite a dlnlogruo was poa-l ibit between that minister and Abo Lincoln on thnt occasion. It's a p i ty the reverend gentleman didn't recognise hiss chnnce to convert Abe Lincoln rather than to condemn him. A Catholic priest would hove s e e n tho open­ing a n d would hnvo made usee of It gent ly and persuasively. And Hones t Abe might thou hnvo worked with tho Chui-ch, not out-aide o f It. as he worked with tho government, not t n rebellion a g a i n s t i t

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!* T h t Ktatlla* Ol T h t StrlprarM Ntccuarr For SalroUee?

St. Paul says that the reading of t h e Scriptures is ••proatable''" unto Salvation (2 T i . 3, 16). To insist that one read the Scrip­ture* in order to bo saved t s to make a demand that cannot al­ways be met.

Suc l i a position presupposes thnt tall men have n sufficient ed­ucat ion to read the Bible, a sup­pos i t ion quite contrary to fact even in our Twentieth Century. Granted sufficient education, it presupposes thnt all m e n bo able to secure a copy of t h e Bible.

In this day that w a s an easy e n o u g h matter, but i n centuries gone by, an utter iznpossibility. It w a s not until woll along In the Fi f teenth Cntury thstt the a r t of pr int ing was invented.

Previous t o that tfcme, boofes In tho modern sense o f the -word wore not tn existence. Every­thing had t o be copied out in longhand. Naturally that w a s a tendioqs task which involved an Immense amount o f time and labor

To possess such a manuscript copy o f tho Bible w a s to possess a priceless treasure, N o n e but the very rich could afford It. And ytt t h e millions of m e n and w o m ­en w&o lived during t h e flrst fif­teen hundred years aS tho Chris­tian e r a had Immortal souls to save, souls a s precious In tht eyea o f God as our o w n .

W h a t became of t h e m ? Cor the most part they had no Bibles, and e v e n If thoy did, they w>ould often not have been able to read them.

T h e "Bible Only" theory s imply does a o t fit in with t h e needs of mankind, i t is profitable indeed to r e a d the Bible, but. tho reading of t h e Bible It not. a necessary condit ion of salvations..,.

'•Shade tt Hit Hani outstretched canesaingty."

Recently mx s public meeting; whlei* J w«* addressing^ a young: Commwnlst aaked me a m i ques­tions tn suet: a tone tfctt't it w a s quite obvious ho was n o t looking; for information so moc£> t i h e was trying t o trip me o p .

That Is t h e way s o m e people ask ques t ions of Ood T t t e y don't want comfort from God. They want t o catch Him blundering. Sometimes t isey snub Him by making the complaint t o some­body e l s* . T h e y say: "T don't ««e •why G o d . . . "

With, so m a n y things far tnd above our head* In God'a uni­verse, we a r e mistaken If we think we c a n understand the mind o f Ood. But so often we confuse the darkness of our minds with l ight. A l i t t l e boy Is knoclced off h i s bicycle sand killed. "Why?" Thirty people a r e killed In a train wxtok. "Why?" And to o f ten the ""Why" has t h e final tone o f a m a n who expects no answer. Ood stands iccused.

The Book o i Job In t h e Bible makes It d e a r that Cod doesn't mind being asked "Why?" One of the amaxlng things a b o u t thus tremendous book is its revelation of the almost sardonic humility of Ood, litting. Himself b e cited before the b a r of judgement by His injured creature m a n . But He would n o t have d o n e so If Job'* "Why?" w«r* merely ^he dor* o f an atheist Ilk* lag tr t t l l . Job expected an ' in iwer . -;He wanted an answer. Ho protested to his Maker becaus* tie was proud o f his Maker. I> «eai like the l o v e which Impel- a wife to demand in explanation from her husband.

Another o f the amazing sur­prises o f the Book of J o b la the kind o t i n i w e r Ood g i v e s . It la not t h e aniwer that t newspaper "poet" or a popular novelist might Invent for Ood X i f ho be­lieved i n God*. In some sense It 1* not an answer at a l l . in the way w e would ordinarily expect. But i n anotner some t t Is the only possible answer, s i n c o God Is w h a t He i s , and we a r e what w* a r e .

When God's voice Dually speaks in this tremendous book. It Is to ask a few m o r e questions on His own a c c o u n t He doe* man the favor o f letting Himself b e called to the stand. But on t h e stand He Invoke* t h o legal r ight to ask the witness for the prosecution some pertinent questions. And the most pertinent o f all the question* l* "Who are y o u ?" And In t h a t simple and staggering poser which n o man eon answer, thero la tho crux of t h e whole problem. Bven to himielf roan is a dnrts and cracked mirror, how may b e expect to hold t o e mirror up to God?

Once God has set t n e whole problem in focus with t h i s thun­dering; question. Ho reveals His own Identity, presents H i s creden­tials, appeals to His works . In a passage winch Is one of the most amaxtng tours de force- in the whole Bible. Talk about great final speeches bofore t h e bnr. Kmmett. Socrates It is appalling to hear God tumbling o u t these gront and awful secrets of the Divine Wisdom and Power boforo the b a r of human Judgment

Before these vast in\d ail-but-Incornmunlcao^o mysteries, man HUM TBcl hlrnsolf hutnbted nnd must silence hi* doubts. Such a

^humility and such a silencing are tho d a r k night In which the soul begins to feel the touch o f God's love. After that , there Is no need of qustions o r replies.

With God's question a n d mag-nlflcont exclamation to Job. the Old Tes tament delvcrs I n t o divin­ity had a partial answer t o their questions on the Providence of Cod. N o better answer w a s pos­sible until tho , revelation of Jesus. Man could bear n o moro of the divine messngc. nntll he could s e o his God dwelling with him, bearing his lot, sharing his estate of suffering. T h e n might he l o a m the almost unbelievable truth that suffering h a s a re­demptive power and that its hard yoke w a s chosen by God for His own shoulders . Tho Book ot the Crucifix is t h e counterpart of the Book o f Job,

Tlie Catholic does not believe that h e possesses the full answor to the problem of suffering. It Is still o n e of tho mystor-ies. But over i t there is spread t h e light of the Christian revelation the apologia of G o d In Job, and the agony of Christ In tho work of Redemption.

Read: The B o o k o f Job, in C h e Bible

(particularly chapters 3 8 to 43). fain a n d the Providence of God,

by FY. Michael tt'Arey, 8.J. Providence, b y Fr. Regtnald Gar-

r l iou-tagrange , O.l'. The IVnknowzt God, b y Alfred

Noyea, The Masterful Monk, by tTr. Ow­

en Francis t^udley. The Bridge o t San tuts R*y, by

Tomton Wilder.

m twelve years »g?c^ we* Thornton tration Its their live* did this in-"""' * terpositiftja of God'* permissive

wili o c c u r ' That 1* the secret which Intriguea the author and which be unfolds in s series of tnrow-baaek" chapter*, eacb one

of which_end8 w i t h the crossing; of t h e bridge, I n a dim way the reiwSer s e e m s to b e sitting in on the counse l s of God, and seining "As in a Kiss* darkly" the merty and w1»dc*OT of God's dispositions of £Ue.

KJSTV. M W E D I C T EHMA.SN

Wilder** The Bridge o f San fcul* Bey," A tix&rd reacting- ol It the other dsy <asajvlnc.es m e that i t l* a minor c iass lc . I a m re­minded of it h e r * because, to Its own way. it is st drama o f the Providence of G o d .

A narrow suaspsnsion bridge over one of the steep gpcrrges of mountainous Per-a map* e n d hur­tles nve people t o their dea th . . At what moment of anguish o r f ru«-

"Touchrtol. Taste Not, Handle Not . . . . " The creation o f an art iculate

Oithohc public opinion in our country has for m a n y y e a r s been held to bo of SLzrpagsirts; impor­tance No longer is It sufficient for Catholic* to perform merely the religious d u t i e s of t h e i r es­tate, attendance a t masa.v recep­tion of the Sacraments, e t c , t o be accounted good Catholics .

They must, as P o p o P ius X I in­sisted, embrace o t h e r obligations, ot which the presentation t o non-OUhollcs of a c l e a r exposit ion of OUhollc principles and teach ings i s not teult

Bo*ldes poriortatl contact, the press t s probsbly the out s tand­i n g medium whereby to mani­fest the Catholic attitude toward contemporary problems. F o r this purpose . the CaUxollc press i s of lesser Importance, because Cath­olic publications sure read by com­paratively few non-Cathol ics .

The majority of secular paper*, however, have Xetters-from-the-peopl* column*. which grant readers the opportunity t o ex­press opinions on current mat ters . Seeking; a heirlnjc in c o l u m n s of tb l s nature, writing other lettors t o (dltors, complimciHlnjr them o n effort* to promote t h e com­mon good, objecting w h e n e v e r they overlook or disregard right standards of morality, a r e all means to promote the Influence f o r good Catholics should exor­cise. S M N t N t i EXAMEFLE

An outstanding example of rea­soned objection i s the l e t t e r ad­dressed to the "Southern Farm­er.'1 of Atlnnta b y a woman read­er , apparently n o t a Catholic. To understand Ihe b a s i s of h e r re­marks, some preliminary expla­nation i s necisiary.

As la widoly known, f r w books o f recent years h a v e provoked so much comment a_nd discussion a* h a s Margarot MCitchell's "Gone With t h e Wind" Both t h e book and tne motion picture b a s e d on this sane, of the South bid fair

to e s t a b l i s h some tort of record In t n e i r respective field*. For the most part , the general opinion regarding e a c h - h a s been highly comunendatory, although each, contains much t o offend good taste and Christian morals.

T n e correspondent of the news­paper referred to did not Ilk* the boolj and therefore proceeded t o voice her crit icism. The merit to her protes t is t h e clear, concise •nd well reasoned arguments she advances. Listing the suggestlvc-ncss of ttste story, the obnoxious, conversation in portions of the booic. and similar details, the writer points out the danger of placing; v i c e in s o attractive a. sett ing, t h e harm a book of this nature exer t s upon the young, and t h e s;enoral effect it must have o n puibllo morals. D I S T O R T E D PltTTUBB

Of particular importance, she believes, su id rightly to. Is the fsct that t h e book "leaves an in­vitat ion to men, women suid chil­dren t o t h i n k on a low scale and presents a panoramic false study of U s e w o m e n of t h e South." The paper's editor expresses his re­gard for H i e letter by printing i t under tho caption: "Amen."

Because Chrlstlaji principles of morality auid right conduct are flouted w-ath Impunity so fre­quently, I t is not only desirable but msndatory that Catholics give expression to the sout,d principles and Immutable doc­trines, tha t they should. In other words, when occasion demands. give tes t imony to the truth

O n c e t h e y have Interested themselves tn the problem and learned t h e technique of present­ing the ir position correctly. embol ics w i l l be able to do much, to a d v a n c e the common good. They will b e able not only to say with S t P a u l "touch not. taste not h a n d l e not" (Col. II, 211. but to g i v e concrete reasons for their opinions a n d stricture* C. V. Service.

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Even those w h o straggle i n to tho last Man o n Sunday will Have to get up s t n hour earlier, this Sunday, where Pnyllsjfht Sav­ing Time goes i n t o effect

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Communications, Information, dispatches pour in f r o m nil fronts. This I). n o t war n e w s but Catholic activity news in this diocese. Thi/ilijcctivcs are sound Ftciults Of victors' are sailsTytng Sunday cspomlly. wffl tx> a day o f wi|Ve attack o n problems con­fronting the Chtsrch. Y o u t h f u l actlonists will assemble i n Roch­ester not for s o m e social gath­ering with bui l i t t l e purpose -but t o ponder over sand voice their tdcos o n tho Blsfaops' P r o g r a m f o r Social Order- With a world­wide celebration of the anni­versaries of Pope Leo XI"s and Popo Pius XI's immortal E n c y c l i ­ca l s on Labor scheduled f o r iDil, these young people, m e m b e r s of tfoe Western Never York SodaJlty Conference will, toy studying the Bishops* pronouncement b a s e d on tnose great documents, be prepar­i n g themselves t o take on intelli­gent Interest in t h e celebration. Sunday also will And t h e Holy Name men ol ihe diocose assem­bled in Clyde for t h e annual con­vention of the Diocesan Union. Peace a s urged by t h e Holy Father and study of the Balti­more Catechism w i l l be o n their program. The extens ive work done by the Holy Name m e n In combating filthy and objec t ion­able literature w i l l be rev iewed . T h e ICniglits of Columbus of councils in this diocese wi l l go t o Blnghamton fc*r an Important stesslon of Ihe Central JJew Y~«rk Chapter. Problems con­fronting this fnCernatlonally-or-g»nlted lay grouj* will b e dis­cussed. In lthsatea the Cornell N e w m a n Club w i l l bear a n ad­dress by tho Blsbujp of Amari l lo , Texas. Saturday night In Roch­ester the Nocturnal Adoration So­ciety wil l keep i t s all-night viigl before tho Blessed Sacrament storing up spiritual strength, for t n o carrying on erf Catholic ac­tivity o n all fronts. On Monday night t h e Catholic Labor College

- h a s Its "Commencement" send ing forth into the community Catho-

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He worklrtxmen a n d women who sro fortlQed by sound principles to c a r r y o-n the unceasing strug­gle f o r a bettor social order The National Council of Cntholic Women, diocesan group, ,s en­gaged in i t s yearly task of rnn-ing funds t o further the cffpuive program tfant group hn* bofore It. Always advancing the Church* social just i ce program, the Cen­tral Vere in plilns its celebration ot t b l s anniversary of the Papal Labor Encyclicals on May 10

.alto tn preparation for tht big celebration next year. The re­ports conuxig from across may in­dicate that activity Is nil in tht fighting th>*re-but reports com­ing across this desk provo thot diocesans are no t Idle on all frpnSia

Add Inconsistencies—promoting the C a t h o l i c paper published out­side t h e diocese b u t Insisting on the d ioccKsn newspaper promot­ing a local activity.

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Father Coughlin's expressed views it Is obvious that his priest­hood i s a n object of attack by those who would not be con­cerned were he a layman Up­holding the priesthood is the lay­man's duty .

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Spiritual Thoughts

K e e p yourself innocent, if you would be hsippy.

P u t off tiae shoes from thy feet, for t h e "place whereon thou' stand-est fcs holy ground.—Exod. HZ 5.

He who remembers having In­voked the name of Mary In an Impure temptation, may be sure that h e d i d not yield to it.—St. Alphonsus.

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T i m e is b u t a period. It passe* like t h e l ightning flash. Suffer­ing passes with t ime; suffering, then, ts v e r y shor t . -B l . Henry Susot-

Mortif ication h a s a sweetness which, w h e n wo h a v e once tasted It. w e can never bear to be with­out W e f e e l that wo must drain the c u p to the dregs.—The Cure of A x s .

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When Is Tea Pope Coaaidtrtd T o Bt tmiollSWs?

T h e Pope is consiclofed infaMi-a » offlclal de-

whole Church on, m a t t e r s of faith or morals. Such a decision o f the P o p e on matters

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the Supreme and flmt o n all

th t c i tn tn* of the tTnited State*. .

F r o m April J5, 19SJ, Edition Holy Name men ot t h e diocese

were preparing to assemble in Canandalgua for the th ird annual Diocesan Ho ly Name U n i o n Con­vention at S t . Mary's Church and hall. Speakers scheduled were the V » r y Rerv. Thomas IP. Con-Ion, OJP„ national director; the R«v. Wil l iam P. BerjfStn, vice chancellor, a n d the Rev. Michael C. J. "Wall, pastor of S t . Jury's Church, Canandalgua,

* • » Ringing of the angdus at St,

John** Church officially signaled the opening o f Clyde's <2entenary celebration. The occasion also recalled that St John's Church WM i » Its 90th year.

*>,« * Encouragement to t h e newly

formed Maternity Guild to carry

O a r enesriles s h o w In their con­duct whstt their master ha*

o n Its work maintaining Cathol ic taugaht them. Let u s show in ours .ideals o f motherfceood and family what w e h a v e learned st the feet Bfo was given b y the R e v . Ben- of J e s u s . — S t Gregory Naiianien. edict Ehmann In a talk t o m e m - « . » . -<• hers of Rochester Branch, Na­tional Catholic Women's Union, sponsors of the Gkilld, Feast Days

Erection of a p e r m a n e n t shrine i n honor of 8t Anthony a t St Patrick's was announced b y the R t Rev. Msgr. Charles F . Shay, pastor.

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o f a retreat w e r e s t r e s s e d by Frank J. Useh, prominent Au-burnian laymen, i n sounding; th» call for the inhxsal layhsseM's re­treat a t St Bernard's S e m i n a r y i n a ta lk to S t . Mary's Holy 3Nsnus Society, A.**burn,

Soaaday, Apr. 2sV—ST. PAt'L OP T H E CROSS.

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T u e s d a y , Apr. SO.—ST. CATH-K1UENE O * SIENA.

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