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WIDER CATECHETICAL TRAIN-ING COMMENDED.

ORDINARIES TO GIVE EFFECT TO DECREE

Vatican City.—A decree of the Sacred Congregation of the Council on "catechetical education, i ts better care and promotion," has been published in its entirety in the April issue of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis.

In stressing the need for religious training, especially in child­hood and adolescence, the decree s ta tes : "This is more particularly the case in an age in which by reason of the widespread pursuit of knowledge, the multiplication of means of learning and the improved methods of presenting matters to be learned, secular education moves in advance and is carried forward. It i s indeed unbecoming in the midst of such great facilities for teaching and such eager pursuit of learning, to neglect or pass over the science of God and of the highly important things which make up religion.

" It is plain, too, that the welfare of the Civil State is bound up in the Catholic training and instruction of children and youths. It greatly benefits the State as well as Religion if the citizens imbibe the spirit of Christianity along with the precepts of human teaching and secular education."

O B S T A C L E S A R E C I T E D

After citing t h e commands and pleadings of the Papacy and the zealous action of Bishops in behalf of catechetical education, t h e dec­ree s t a t e s : " I t is evident from the accounts given by t h e Bishops themselves t h a t m a n y obstacles still exist t o h inder t h e force and effectiveness of t h e teaching of Chris t ian Doctr ine." Among the obstacles cited a re negligent or hostile parents , t h e denial of the r igh t of t he Church t o impar t Chris t ian education by certain S t a t e s , mixed-marr iages and worldly dis t ract ions .

^ As a resul t of worldly distrac­tions and a general moral let-down, the decree s ta tes , even from an early age children acquire a for-getfulness and neglect of the th ings of God t h a t is g rea t ly to be deplored and increases as they

i g row older. "This forgetfulness : and neglect," the decree continues, j " b r i n g all t he g r ea t e r damage to | t h e fa i th because there have now • gone forth into t h e world ravenous ; wolves, not spar ing the flftck, ; pseudo-teachers , given to a the i sm | or t h e new paganism, g ran t ing

f ree rein to the ravings and idle u t t e rances of men.

" These men by writ ing and by works , using shrewd methods, s t r ive to over throw the Catholic belief in God, in Jesus Christ , and in t he minis t ry of the Church. Of th i s group also are those who, unhappi ly filled with zeal for Pro­t e s t a n t propaganda, bear t h e ap­pearance of Chris t ian doctrine and pie ty . With an almost unbeliev­able ease, they deceive those who a r e ignorant of and careless about

| Catholic doctrine, and even the : s imple and t rus t ing faithful."

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The fact t h a t Bishops and others have tr ied in m a n y ways to over­come such difficulties, the decree s ta tes , does not free the Sacred Congregation of t h e Council from i t s responsibilities and for t ha t reason it considers it opportune to "u rge with new efforts all those whom th is subject concerns and to make certain enac tments by way of precept, and o the r s as indica­tions of method, which, if observ­ed, will afford some hope t h a t catethetical instruct ion will make g rea t e r progress ."

T E A C H I N G O F C A T E C H I S M

Firs t , Bishops a r e counselled to J

"make it known t h a t in conferring

| pa r i shes and o the r benefices, t h e ! eagerness and diligence shown in ! t h e work of teaching ca techism ! will be counted as of g r e a t e s t im-j por tance and weight . " P a s t o r s

a r e reminded t h a t "catechet ical education is t h e foundat ion of t h e whole Chr i s t i an life." I n accord­ance wi th Canon 1333, section 1, t h e v should "employ t h e help of o t h e r clergy in t h e par i sh and, if

^Continued on p a g e 12 Col. 1 & 2 )

U S E

TIGER BALM

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY,20th JULY, 1935.

THE STORY OF THE INTRODUCTION

OF CHRISTIANITY INTO KOREA.

FAITH STILL SURVIVES IN j YORKSHIRE.

(Continued f rom last week)

So fa r we have seen t h e progress -of t h e C h u r c h in Korea du r ing a period of s ix ty- two y e a r s ; t h a t is f rom 1777 when a few Korean savan ts adopted t h e princinles of ou r religion t o t h e y e a r 1839 when Bishop I m b e r t and h i s two con­frere ' s we re m a r t y r e d .

F r o m t h e t ime of t h e persecu­t ion, con tempt for t h e Chr is t ians ceased. N o t t h a t t h e hostil i t ies of the gove rnmen t was lessened b u t public opinion rendered jus t ice t o t he s inceri ty , char i ty , patience and heroism of t h e na t ive and foreign m a r t y r s .

F o r s ix y e a r s aga in t h e r e were : n o pr ies ts in t h e whole of Korea. ,fbr a l though t h e Fore ign Mission

: Society h a d sen t miss ionar ies yet t h e y were unable to e n t e r t h e country which remained more firmly closed t h a n ever . T h e persis tence and t h e courage of F a t h e r Ma i s t r e w h o h a d been wander ing a lmost all round t h e borders of Korea for no less t h a n t en yea r s in t h e hope of .ge t t ing an en t rance into t h e c o u n t r y a r e unparalleled a n y w h e r e xcept among those who a r e impelled by s t r o n g love of God and t h e desire for t he salvat ion of souls. He did

Pope Pius IX in 1857 along wi th t h e t h r e e m a r t y r s of 1839. H i s place was soon t aken bv a fellow seminar ian of h is and t h e second Korean pr ies t F a t h e r T h o m a s Tehoy.

Bishop Bemeaux. Bishop Ferreol was not in good

heal th and in 1853 on t h e 3rd of Feb rua ry rendered h is soul to Cod. His successor was Bishoo Berneaux. His s torv is wonderful. He left F rance in 1840 and landed in Tongking t h e next year . Th ree mon ths a f te rwards he was pu t into prison and condemned to dea th . Th rough t h e in tervent ion of a F rench Commandant he was freed. He then went to Manchur ia whe re he laboured for eleven yea r s , a f te r which hav ing been named succes­sor t o Bishop Ferreol , he managed to en te r Korea in 1856. Wi th special permission f rom t h e Holv See he chose F a t h e r Daveluy who had been in Korea for eleven y e a r s and consecrated h im a s his Coad­j u t o r . This , consecrat ion took place a t n igh t in a l i t t le room in t h e presence of t h e miss ionar ies and a small n u m b e r . o f t h e F a i t h ­ful.

T h e Coadjutor gave all h i s care

Ht "paps V)o

g e t into t h e count ry a f t e r all, and t h i s was b y t h e ass i s tance of a Jesu i t of K iangnan w h o p u t h i s nautical knowledge a t t h e service of his fellow pr ies t a n d landed h i m on Korean soil e igh t d a y s a f t e r leaving Shangha i , in a small Chinese j u n k whose sai lors were all pagans . _

The First Korean Priest. Other miss ionar ies w h o has t en ­

ed to t a k e t h e place of t h e m a r t y r s w e r e F a t h e r Ferreol , Af terwards m a d e b ishop, w h o r e a d i e d T a r t a r y in 1840, b u t was a b l e t o e n t e r Korea only in 1845 a long w i t h F a t h e r A n d r e w Kim. a K o r e a n w h o h a d s tud ied in t h e Seminary a t Macao, a n d F a t h e r Daveluy.

Soon af ter , t h i s Korean pr ies t was a r res ted . A t first h e ho^pd t o pass for a Cinese. B u t real is ing t h a t h e w a s detected h e proudly answered t h a t h e w a s a Chr is t ian and a n r i e s t and g a ^ e a h*«+orv o* h i s whole life. H i s nobili ty of soul ar>d h is intellicrence won over t h e officials who besough t t h e k ing to save h i s life. T h e l a t t e r was about t o g r a n t t h e pet i t ion when h e received a l e t t e r from t h e French Admira l CecWe demanding a reason for t h e m u r d e r of t h e th ree miss ionar ies in 1839.

At t h e t h o u c h t of t h e C h r i s t i e s being suppor ted bv foreigners , t h e

• k ing flew in to a violent raere and gave o**H°rs to t o r t u r e everv one of t h e Chr i s t i an pr isoners . Those who apos ta t i sed we**e to be f^-e^d and those who remained firm were t o be n u t t o dea th a t once. F a t h e r Andrew Kim remained invincibly firm a n d w*<* dec^^ , , f ^ f ^d o~ c^- f . ember t h e 16th . Th i s first Korean pr ies t w a s declared Venerable by

to t h e publication of var ious impor tan t works for t h e ins t ruc ­t ion of t h e conver ts and t o t h e ga the r ing of documents of t h e h ighes t in te res t t ouch ing on t h e h is tory of t h e Church of Korea under t h e m a r t y r s . H e ,also began work on t h e p repara t ion of a la rge dict ionary of t h e Korean language . A Seminary had been founded and one of t h e miss ioners placed in charge of it . T h e in t repid F a t h e r Mais t re was no t t o r ema in w i t h t h e m long for a f t e r a s h o r t illness he died in December 1857.

U p to t h e yea r 1865 inspi te of t h e numerous local persecut ions t h e mission prospered and t h e Ca­tholics numbered over t w e n t y thousand. In the Palace of the Korean King.

T h e k ing died in 1864 and t h e th rone was given to a child of twelve vears . son of Pr ince Heung-Sven. This child was t h e k i n e who reigned over Korea f rom 1907 and who under p ressu re f rom t h e Japanese was obliged t o abdicate in favour of h is son whose re ign end^d in 1910 when Korea became a Japanese province.

T h e f a the r of t h e young k ing WP<J annointed Regent . H e w a s in­telligent, cunning and cruel. Curi ­ously enough t h e wife of t h e Pegen t , t h a t is t h e m o t h e r of t h e kir>e. was famil iar w i t h Catholic relit^on, had learn t t h e Catechism, recited some p raye r s daily and thro^srh t h e k ing 's n u r s e who was a Chris t ian had asked Bishop B e m e a u x to say some Masses . T h e nurse could have rendered g r e a t senrice to the r ^ h W m had SV>P been be t t e r educated bu t h e r influence was nil. A. D'C.

(To be continued.)

Reformation Succeeded But Partly

London.—Claiming t h a t YtfsJ*-sh i re never completely lost t h e fa i th , J . J . Brannigan , m a s t e r a t St. Bede's G r a m m a r School, Brad­ford, told a mee t ing of Catholic t eachers t h e old Catholic spir i t is still t o be found, near ly 400 years a f te r t he Reformation, among la rge sections of t h e P ro t e s t an t population.

Whenever a p r i e s t opens a new mission in a count ry distr ict , said Mr. Brannigan, h e finds eager re- ' c ru i t s wai t ing to embrace t h e reli­gion of the i r forefa thers .

Official paners record hundreds of fines inflicted in Reformation days upon Catholics who refused to obey the law requi r ing them to a t t end service of t h e new religion. (N.C.W.C.)

B I S H O P O F K R I S H N A G A R R E C E I V E S I T A L I A N I N S I G N I A .

Krishnagar , ( India) .—The most Fev . Stenhen Fe r rando , of the Salesian F a t h e r s , Bishop of Krish-naea r , has been decorated bv the I ta l ian Government wi th t h e in­signia of Knigh t Commander of t h e Crown of I taly. Bishop Fer­rando, who is 39 yea r s of aee . was decorated with a Silver Medal for h i s services as an officer in t he I ta l ian Army dur ing t h e world war . (Fides.)

N E W M I S S I O N F O R A B O R I G I N E S .

Melbourne.—Rev. F . Dougher ty , a pr ies t of t he Aus t ra l i an Province of t h e Missionaries of the Sacred Hea r t , has been sent t o Po r t Keats , 150 miles sou thwes t of Darwin, Commonwealth Nor the rn Terr i ­tory , to found a new mission among the aborigines. The mis­s ionary and his helpers will work in w h a t is a practically unexplored wilderness where t h e nat ives, en­countered a t t imes by surveying

j expeditions, a re said to be par t i -! cularly wild and lawless. (Fides.)

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H I S T O R Y O F T H E A N G E L U S .

T h e c u s t o m of r i n g i n g t h e Angelus bel l in t h e middle of t h e d a y is due in par t to a remarkable event . In 1456 t h e c i t y o f B e l g a d e on t h e Danube, on t h e f ront i er of Turkey , w a s bes ieged by t h e Turks , w h o k e p t b a t t e r i n g the walls f o r f o u r m o n t h s w i t h o u t avai l . The Su l tan , despera te a t s e e i n g so many efforts remain unfrui t fu l , resolved to m a k e a genera l a s s a u l t . F o r twenty-f o u r hours t h e y f o u g h t w i t h unequalled f u r y , and t h o s e w h o defended the city w e r e e x h a u s t e d and o v e r c o m e by a long and obs t ina te re s i s tance . A t that mo­m e n t there w a s seen a d v a n c i n g a pious and c o u r a g e o u s Franc i s can , S t . John de Capis tran . H e presented h i m s e l f to the so ld iers , crucifix in h a n d , and prayed God and the B le s sed V i r g i n to come to the ir a s s i s t a n c e . Thi s w a s t h e prayer: " A l a s ! powerful Queen of Heaven , wilt thou abandon t h y chi ldren t o the fury of the infidels, w h o n e v e r c e a s e to in­su l t and outrasre t h y Div ine Son? W h e r e i s n o w t h e God of Christians ?" And p r a y i n g t h u s , he shed a torrent of t e a r s . A n i m a t e d by t h e prayers and t e a r s of the m a n , the Chris t ians darted w i t h prodig ious i m n e t u o s i t y on the T u r k s , w h o w e r e a l r e a d y penetrat ing into t h e c i ty , m a s s a c r e d several thous­and of t h e m , and put t h e r e s t to flight. Th i s v ictory, a s g lor ious a s i t w a s un-

! expected , could on ly be at tr ibuted to the | a s s i s t a n c e of H e a v e n , and especial ly to ! t h e intercess ion o f Mary . A t the news ! of th i s success P o p e C a l i x t u s III ordain-I ed t h a t in al l churches of Christendom ! so l emn t h a n k s g i v i n g should be made to j Or^ * n d the B les sed Vinr in . To per-| p e t u a t e f o r e v e r t h e m e m o r y if the

srreat benefit and to inf lame more and more the couraere of Chr i s t ians , the same P o p e ordained t h a t in al l Cathol ic count­r ies the bel ls should be r u n e for the rec i tat ion of t h e A n g e l u s between two t i m e , w h e n t h e v i c t o r y of Belgrade had . b e e n , obtained . o v e r . t h e .Turks. In a f t er t i m e s t h e s e ina l was transferred to the hour o f noon, the bet­t er to divide t h e day . but the memory of t h e miraculous protec t ion of the B le s sed Virg in w a s ° v e r associated with i t — " N e w Zealand Table t ."

A g e of N i a g a r a Fa l l s .

T o the ques t ion " H o w old are the N i a g a r a F a l l s ? " g e o l o g i s t s have return-

j ed repl ies v a r y i n g by t e n s of thousands ; of y e a r s . A t first it" w a s es t imated t h a t

t h e N i a g a r a r iver c a m e into existence, t h r o u g h c h a n g e s in the level of the land around t h e g r e a t l a k e s , about 55.000

• y e a r s a g o . L a t e r t h i s w a s reduced to j on ly 12,000 y e a r s . Lyel l increased the 1 e s t i m a t e a g a i n to 35 .000 years , and still j l a ter o ther sc i ent i s t s lowered it to about 19 .000 years .

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Oit ̂ Putgs from .Albion ( F R O M OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)

WHERE MARTYRS DIED. Throughou t Grea t Br i t a in t h e r e

continue t o be celebrations on a large scale in honour of t h e cononi-zation of S t . J o h n F i she r and St . Thomas More . T o t r y to ment ion all such funct ions would be to t a k e up more space t h a n t h e M.C.L. is likely to afford; bu t room m u s t be found, t h i s week, for an account of t h ree of t h e principal celebra­tions d u r i n g t h e pas t week-end, on account of t h e i r size o r because of t h e significance of t he i r sur round­ings. In t h e first place we be take ourselves t o Tower Hill, t o t h e spot where t h e two newly-canonized m a r t y r s w e r e beheaded.

The Tower Hill p i lgr image m a d e a r emarkab le spectacle, favoured by glorious wea ther . Many hun­dreds of Catholics , men and women, assembled in Lincoln's Inn Fields (St. T h o m a s More was a Bencher of Lincoln's I n n ) . Walk ing in an immensely long line behind t h e handsome b a n n e r of t h e two sa in ts , and s ing ing h y m n s or rec i t ing t h e rosa ry as t h e y went , t hey marched t h r o u g h Holborn and t h e Ci ty t o Tower Hill. In t h e ga rden of Tr in i ty Squa re is t h e scaffold si te , carefully preserved. Before t h e procession reached t h e square an expectant crowd of s ightseers had ga thered . A shor t service w a s held on t h e hallowed spot, closing wi th t h e s inging, by all t h e pil­g r ims , of t h e plain chan t Credo ; t h e long line moved off, police clear­i ng t h e way , t o t h e Catholic church of t h e Eng l i sh M a r t y r s in Grea t Prescot t S t ree t , t h e pa r i sh church for t h e Tower Hill d is t r ic t .

Great P resco t t S t r ee t offered, t h a t af ternoon, a wonderful s ight , one not of ten to be witnessed even in London. Outside a convent near t h e church , a lofty and richly-furnished a l t a r had been se t up. The p i lgr ims, march ing w i t h al­most mi l i t a ry precision, filled t h e roadway, a n immense public con­gregat ion. No traffic passed th rough t h e thoroughfare—indeed th i s would have been impossible. The t inkle of a bell is hea rd , and t h e g r e a t mul t i tude fall on t h e i r knees as a p r ies t bears t h e Blessed Sacrament from t h e church . A few minu t e s la ter , t h e Archbishop of Wes tmins t e r , wi th m i t r e and and crozier, appears and blesses t h e people, and t h e n Pontifical Bene­diction is given in t h e public s t r ee t , an imnress ive close to a gloriously s t imula t ing af ternoon.

* * * • * ON BROWNLOW HILL.

From London we pass t o t h e Nor th of England , to t h e g rea t Metropolis of t h e Church in Catho­lic Lancashire—Liverpool . The re too, t housands of Catholics a re march ing to a s i t e ; b u t t h i s t ime it is a s ; t e wi th a fu tu re r a t h e r than a p a s t in teres t . On Brown-low Hill t h e huge Cathedra l Church for the Archdiocese is be ing built , and it is t h e r e t h a t Archbishop Downey's flock repai r for f requent religious demons t ra t ions . The Diocesan t r i duum for St . John Fisher and St . Thomas More took fifty-thousand Catholics t o Brown-low H : l l for one of t h e closing ga ther ings . A g rea t n u m b e r of these were men who marched , in a ^i°-hty hos t ing , from St . George's **a!l. So impressive a scene did they m a k e t h a t a description of t h e march w a s broadcast and t h e de­monst ra t ion t h u s made known to

millions of listeners-in. On t h e Cathedral s i t e t h e Archbishop of Liverpool looked with pr ide upon a sea of faces, most of t h e m t h e faces of I r i sh Catholics honour ing and invoking two heroic Engl i sh­men. The Benediction given from the grea t a l t a r in t he cent re of t h e ground made a spectacle to live in the memory for years .

* * * * * IN JOHN F I S H E R ' S TOWN. Bishop F i she r—St . John of Ro­

chester—was born a t Beverley, in the E a s t Rid ing of Yorksh i re ; and there , bu t for a n incident in ec­clesiastical development in E n g ­land, he m i g h t have had local honour from a Catholic Bishop of Beverley. When t h e Engl i sh hierarchy w a s restored, in 1850, t h e whole of Yorkshire was consti­tu ted a single Catholic diocese, t h e Diocese of Bever ley; i t was not until many y e a r s later t h a t a sub­division was made by which t h a t vas t county now consists of t h e Diocese of Middlesbrough a n d t h e Diocese of Leeds . Beverley comes into t h e fo rmer See, and i ts Bishop, t h e Rt . Rev. Dr . Shine, was t h e r e ­fore t h e chief officiating p re la te a t a demonst ra t ion of honour which produced t h e largest rel igious ga­ther ing ever seen in t h e t own ' s his tory.

J u s t outs ide Beverley is t h e Westwood, a n extensive g reen space upon which St. J o h n F i s h e r often played a s a boy. P a r t of i t is used nowadays as a racecourse , and the re t h e Catholic service took place, in t h e presence of represen­ta t ives of m a n y of t h e m o s t pro­minent Catholic families in E n g ­land. Close t o t h e g r a n d s t and was t h e a l t a r . When t h e long pro­cession, in which many scores of pr ies ts , and thousands of t h e lai ty, took par t , reached t h a t point , and the congregat ion was seen s t r e t ch ­ing away in a solid body, b roken by t h e uplifted banners of t h e va­rious guilds and sodalit ies, t h e picture w a s a magnificent one, a tes t imony of Catholic s t r e n g t h which, to outs ide lookers-on m u s t have been a revelation. Beverley had had, also, a Church of Eng land service in honour of t h e town ' s illustrious s o n ; bu t by comparison wi th the spectacle on t h e Westwood t h e Ansrlican celebration w a s a small affair.

* * * • • T E N P O U N D S AND COSTS.

The a f t e r m a t h of t h e an t i -Catholic a t t e m p t s to upse t t h e recent Euchar i s t i c Congress a t Edinburgh h a s had i t s s e t t i n g in t he police-court. A number of t h e more violent d is turbers of t h e pub­lic peace on t h a t occasion h a v e been ordered by t h e Sheriff to p a y a fine of ten pounds. There h a s been a warning also by the Bench, t h a t any fu ture repeti t ion of such dis­orders will be punished w i th im­prisonment. Militant P ro t e s t an ­t ism is a t a considerable discount j u s t now on t h e north side of t h e Tweed!

* * * * * A STONYHURST C E N T E N A R Y .

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dred y e a r s ago, S tonyhurs t ' s spa­cious church of St . Pe te r received i ts consecration, one of t h e first Catholic churches to b e con­secra ted in England in post-Reformat ion t imes . The occasion of t h e cen tenary was marked by a notable ga the r i ng which included t h r e e Archbishops, several bishops and a g r e a t number of prominent S t o n y h u r s t men. The Bishop of Salford celebrated t h e Pontifical H igh Mass , and t h e sermon was p reached by a former Archbishop of Bombay, t h e Most Rev. Alban Goodier, S.J., a former s tuden t and professor of t h e College.

M A L A Y A ON LONDON W A L L S . An I r i sh a r t i s t , Mrs. Violet Pot­

te r , is exhibi t ing a t t he Wer the im Gallery in London, a n u m b e r of deeply in te res t ing p ic tures of life and work in Malaya. T h e r e a re d rawings , l i thographs , and o ther pieces. Mrs . Po t t e r ' s p ic tures have a t t r ac t ed admir ing references in t h e press . One a r t cr i t ic notes w i th appreciat ion t h a t "each little incident of Malayan life is given our a t t en t ion for t he play of r h y t h ­mic forces and pa t t e rn ing which belong to t h e t h i n g itself r a t h e r t h a n t h e t h i n g represented ." Mrs . P o t t e r is a na t ive of Blackrock, on t h e ou t sk i r t s of Dublin.

EDUCATION. A POSSIBLE :

F I G H T . In t h e view of t h e Archbishop of

Westminster , t h e r e is a poss ibi l i ty , t h a t Catholics in E n g l a n d and W^les m a y be forced by c i rcum­stances into ano the r fight in d e - : fence of the i r schools. H i s Grace \ ha s j u s t addressed a mee t ing a t ­tended by hund reds of Catholic teachers , t o whom h e made a fight­ing speech, call ing for un i ty and close r anks . Dr . Hinsley said t h a t he should insist t h a t t h e Catholics of t he country should be p a r t of a national sys t em. They should not s tand isolated. The crux of the difficulty now t o be faced i& t h a t under t h e provisions of wha t , is called Hadow Scheme—from Lord Hadow, i t s official o r i g ina to r — a tendency is growing by which Catholics a re t o have Sta te-a ided schools only for younge r children, who a t t h e age of eleven would be t rans fe r red t o schools outside Ca­tholic control. Th i s danger , one which would ^withdraw t h e children from Catholic influences, and a Catholic school a tmosphere , a t an impressionable age , subjec t ing them to an en t i r e ly secular en­vironment, will be fought tooth and nail. Catholics claim t h e right to have, a s here tofore , t he i r own schools for chi ldren of all school ages.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY,20th JULY, 1935.

THE STORY OF THE INTRODUCTION

OF CHRISTIANITY INTO KOREA.

FAITH STILL SURVIVES IN j YORKSHIRE.

(Continued f rom last week)

So fa r we have seen t h e progress -of t h e C h u r c h in Korea du r ing a period of s ix ty- two y e a r s ; t h a t is f rom 1777 when a few Korean savan ts adopted t h e princinles of ou r religion t o t h e y e a r 1839 when Bishop I m b e r t and h i s two con­frere ' s we re m a r t y r e d .

F r o m t h e t ime of t h e persecu­t ion, con tempt for t h e Chr is t ians ceased. N o t t h a t t h e hostil i t ies of the gove rnmen t was lessened b u t public opinion rendered jus t ice t o t he s inceri ty , char i ty , patience and heroism of t h e na t ive and foreign m a r t y r s .

F o r s ix y e a r s aga in t h e r e were : n o pr ies ts in t h e whole of Korea. ,fbr a l though t h e Fore ign Mission

: Society h a d sen t miss ionar ies yet t h e y were unable to e n t e r t h e country which remained more firmly closed t h a n ever . T h e persis tence and t h e courage of F a t h e r Ma i s t r e w h o h a d been wander ing a lmost all round t h e borders of Korea for no less t h a n t en yea r s in t h e hope of .ge t t ing an en t rance into t h e c o u n t r y a r e unparalleled a n y w h e r e xcept among those who a r e impelled by s t r o n g love of God and t h e desire for t he salvat ion of souls. He did

Pope Pius IX in 1857 along wi th t h e t h r e e m a r t y r s of 1839. H i s place was soon t aken bv a fellow seminar ian of h is and t h e second Korean pr ies t F a t h e r T h o m a s Tehoy.

Bishop Bemeaux. Bishop Ferreol was not in good

heal th and in 1853 on t h e 3rd of Feb rua ry rendered h is soul to Cod. His successor was Bishoo Berneaux. His s torv is wonderful. He left F rance in 1840 and landed in Tongking t h e next year . Th ree mon ths a f te rwards he was pu t into prison and condemned to dea th . Th rough t h e in tervent ion of a F rench Commandant he was freed. He then went to Manchur ia whe re he laboured for eleven yea r s , a f te r which hav ing been named succes­sor t o Bishop Ferreol , he managed to en te r Korea in 1856. Wi th special permission f rom t h e Holv See he chose F a t h e r Daveluy who had been in Korea for eleven y e a r s and consecrated h im a s his Coad­j u t o r . This , consecrat ion took place a t n igh t in a l i t t le room in t h e presence of t h e miss ionar ies and a small n u m b e r . o f t h e F a i t h ­ful.

T h e Coadjutor gave all h i s care

Ht "paps V)o

g e t into t h e count ry a f t e r all, and t h i s was b y t h e ass i s tance of a Jesu i t of K iangnan w h o p u t h i s nautical knowledge a t t h e service of his fellow pr ies t a n d landed h i m on Korean soil e igh t d a y s a f t e r leaving Shangha i , in a small Chinese j u n k whose sai lors were all pagans . _

The First Korean Priest. Other miss ionar ies w h o has t en ­

ed to t a k e t h e place of t h e m a r t y r s w e r e F a t h e r Ferreol , Af terwards m a d e b ishop, w h o r e a d i e d T a r t a r y in 1840, b u t was a b l e t o e n t e r Korea only in 1845 a long w i t h F a t h e r A n d r e w Kim. a K o r e a n w h o h a d s tud ied in t h e Seminary a t Macao, a n d F a t h e r Daveluy.

Soon af ter , t h i s Korean pr ies t was a r res ted . A t first h e ho^pd t o pass for a Cinese. B u t real is ing t h a t h e w a s detected h e proudly answered t h a t h e w a s a Chr is t ian and a n r i e s t and g a ^ e a h*«+orv o* h i s whole life. H i s nobili ty of soul ar>d h is intellicrence won over t h e officials who besough t t h e k ing to save h i s life. T h e l a t t e r was about t o g r a n t t h e pet i t ion when h e received a l e t t e r from t h e French Admira l CecWe demanding a reason for t h e m u r d e r of t h e th ree miss ionar ies in 1839.

At t h e t h o u c h t of t h e C h r i s t i e s being suppor ted bv foreigners , t h e

• k ing flew in to a violent raere and gave o**H°rs to t o r t u r e everv one of t h e Chr i s t i an pr isoners . Those who apos ta t i sed we**e to be f^-e^d and those who remained firm were t o be n u t t o dea th a t once. F a t h e r Andrew Kim remained invincibly firm a n d w*<* dec^^ , , f ^ f ^d o~ c^- f . ember t h e 16th . Th i s first Korean pr ies t w a s declared Venerable by

to t h e publication of var ious impor tan t works for t h e ins t ruc ­t ion of t h e conver ts and t o t h e ga the r ing of documents of t h e h ighes t in te res t t ouch ing on t h e h is tory of t h e Church of Korea under t h e m a r t y r s . H e ,also began work on t h e p repara t ion of a la rge dict ionary of t h e Korean language . A Seminary had been founded and one of t h e miss ioners placed in charge of it . T h e in t repid F a t h e r Mais t re was no t t o r ema in w i t h t h e m long for a f t e r a s h o r t illness he died in December 1857.

U p to t h e yea r 1865 inspi te of t h e numerous local persecut ions t h e mission prospered and t h e Ca­tholics numbered over t w e n t y thousand. In the Palace of the Korean King.

T h e k ing died in 1864 and t h e th rone was given to a child of twelve vears . son of Pr ince Heung-Sven. This child was t h e k i n e who reigned over Korea f rom 1907 and who under p ressu re f rom t h e Japanese was obliged t o abdicate in favour of h is son whose re ign end^d in 1910 when Korea became a Japanese province.

T h e f a the r of t h e young k ing WP<J annointed Regent . H e w a s in­telligent, cunning and cruel. Curi ­ously enough t h e wife of t h e Pegen t , t h a t is t h e m o t h e r of t h e kir>e. was famil iar w i t h Catholic relit^on, had learn t t h e Catechism, recited some p raye r s daily and thro^srh t h e k ing 's n u r s e who was a Chris t ian had asked Bishop B e m e a u x to say some Masses . T h e nurse could have rendered g r e a t senrice to the r ^ h W m had SV>P been be t t e r educated bu t h e r influence was nil. A. D'C.

(To be continued.)

Reformation Succeeded But Partly

London.—Claiming t h a t YtfsJ*-sh i re never completely lost t h e fa i th , J . J . Brannigan , m a s t e r a t St. Bede's G r a m m a r School, Brad­ford, told a mee t ing of Catholic t eachers t h e old Catholic spir i t is still t o be found, near ly 400 years a f te r t he Reformation, among la rge sections of t h e P ro t e s t an t population.

Whenever a p r i e s t opens a new mission in a count ry distr ict , said Mr. Brannigan, h e finds eager re- ' c ru i t s wai t ing to embrace t h e reli­gion of the i r forefa thers .

Official paners record hundreds of fines inflicted in Reformation days upon Catholics who refused to obey the law requi r ing them to a t t end service of t h e new religion. (N.C.W.C.)

B I S H O P O F K R I S H N A G A R R E C E I V E S I T A L I A N I N S I G N I A .

Krishnagar , ( India) .—The most Fev . Stenhen Fe r rando , of the Salesian F a t h e r s , Bishop of Krish-naea r , has been decorated bv the I ta l ian Government wi th t h e in­signia of Knigh t Commander of t h e Crown of I taly. Bishop Fer­rando, who is 39 yea r s of aee . was decorated with a Silver Medal for h i s services as an officer in t he I ta l ian Army dur ing t h e world war . (Fides.)

N E W M I S S I O N F O R A B O R I G I N E S .

Melbourne.—Rev. F . Dougher ty , a pr ies t of t he Aus t ra l i an Province of t h e Missionaries of the Sacred Hea r t , has been sent t o Po r t Keats , 150 miles sou thwes t of Darwin, Commonwealth Nor the rn Terr i ­tory , to found a new mission among the aborigines. The mis­s ionary and his helpers will work in w h a t is a practically unexplored wilderness where t h e nat ives, en­countered a t t imes by surveying

j expeditions, a re said to be par t i -! cularly wild and lawless. (Fides.)

T H E M A L A Y A C A T H O L I C L E A D E R .

T h e Malaya Catholic Leader m a y be purchased a t the f o l l o w i n g s h o p s : —

S I N G A P O R E . A . R. Rodrigues & Co., 42 , Bencoolen

S tree t . Crys ta l Soda F o u n t a i n , Corner of B r a s

jaasah Road & Water loo Street . T h e r e o e r a i Rubber S t a m p Co., 13,

Coi lyer Quay, S ingapore . G. H. Kiat <fc Co., 15, Coilyer Quay,

S ingapore . M. A . fcaiooo & Co., J o h n s t o n s Pier ,

S ingapore . T h e Fremier Trading Co., 193, Keppel

Road, S ingapore . P e t e r Chong <fc Co., 82, Bras Basah Road,

S ingapore . M. IViohamed Ali , 439-A, Nor th Bridge

Road, S ingapore . M. Mohamed Abubacker & Co., 154,

Victoria Street , S ingapore . Mohamed Dulfakir & Co., 34, North

Br idge Road. S ingapore . Mohamed Dul fak ir & Co., Middle Road,

^ n g a p o r e . J . M. Mohamed Bava , 263, Middle Road,

S ingapore . P. V. Abdul R a h u m a n & Co., 239,

Se l ig i e Road. S ingapore . T . K. Mohamed Mideen, 228, Middle Rd.,

S ingapore . E . Hadji Abdul lasah, 198, Middle Road,

S ingapore . Second-hand Book Shop, 6S, Bras Basah

Road, S ingapore . R a i l w a y Stat ion Bookstal l , S ingapore

Ra i lway Stat ion. K U A L A L U M P U R .

P o s t Office D u l f a k i r & Co.. Market Street F e d e r a l Rubber S t a m p Co., Old Market

Square. R a i l w a y Stat ion Book Stal l .

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H I S T O R Y O F T H E A N G E L U S .

T h e c u s t o m of r i n g i n g t h e Angelus bel l in t h e middle of t h e d a y is due in par t to a remarkable event . In 1456 t h e c i t y o f B e l g a d e on t h e Danube, on t h e f ront i er of Turkey , w a s bes ieged by t h e Turks , w h o k e p t b a t t e r i n g the walls f o r f o u r m o n t h s w i t h o u t avai l . The Su l tan , despera te a t s e e i n g so many efforts remain unfrui t fu l , resolved to m a k e a genera l a s s a u l t . F o r twenty-f o u r hours t h e y f o u g h t w i t h unequalled f u r y , and t h o s e w h o defended the city w e r e e x h a u s t e d and o v e r c o m e by a long and obs t ina te re s i s tance . A t that mo­m e n t there w a s seen a d v a n c i n g a pious and c o u r a g e o u s Franc i s can , S t . John de Capis tran . H e presented h i m s e l f to the so ld iers , crucifix in h a n d , and prayed God and the B le s sed V i r g i n to come to the ir a s s i s t a n c e . Thi s w a s t h e prayer: " A l a s ! powerful Queen of Heaven , wilt thou abandon t h y chi ldren t o the fury of the infidels, w h o n e v e r c e a s e to in­su l t and outrasre t h y Div ine Son? W h e r e i s n o w t h e God of Christians ?" And p r a y i n g t h u s , he shed a torrent of t e a r s . A n i m a t e d by t h e prayers and t e a r s of the m a n , the Chris t ians darted w i t h prodig ious i m n e t u o s i t y on the T u r k s , w h o w e r e a l r e a d y penetrat ing into t h e c i ty , m a s s a c r e d several thous­and of t h e m , and put t h e r e s t to flight. Th i s v ictory, a s g lor ious a s i t w a s un-

! expected , could on ly be at tr ibuted to the | a s s i s t a n c e of H e a v e n , and especial ly to ! t h e intercess ion o f Mary . A t the news ! of th i s success P o p e C a l i x t u s III ordain-I ed t h a t in al l churches of Christendom ! so l emn t h a n k s g i v i n g should be made to j Or^ * n d the B les sed Vinr in . To per-| p e t u a t e f o r e v e r t h e m e m o r y if the

srreat benefit and to inf lame more and more the couraere of Chr i s t ians , the same P o p e ordained t h a t in al l Cathol ic count­r ies the bel ls should be r u n e for the rec i tat ion of t h e A n g e l u s between two t i m e , w h e n t h e v i c t o r y of Belgrade had . b e e n , obtained . o v e r . t h e .Turks. In a f t er t i m e s t h e s e ina l was transferred to the hour o f noon, the bet­t er to divide t h e day . but the memory of t h e miraculous protec t ion of the B le s sed Virg in w a s ° v e r associated with i t — " N e w Zealand Table t ."

A g e of N i a g a r a Fa l l s .

T o the ques t ion " H o w old are the N i a g a r a F a l l s ? " g e o l o g i s t s have return-

j ed repl ies v a r y i n g by t e n s of thousands ; of y e a r s . A t first it" w a s es t imated t h a t

t h e N i a g a r a r iver c a m e into existence, t h r o u g h c h a n g e s in the level of the land around t h e g r e a t l a k e s , about 55.000

• y e a r s a g o . L a t e r t h i s w a s reduced to j on ly 12,000 y e a r s . Lyel l increased the 1 e s t i m a t e a g a i n to 35 .000 years , and still j l a ter o ther sc i ent i s t s lowered it to about 19 .000 years .

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Oit ̂ Putgs from .Albion ( F R O M OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)

WHERE MARTYRS DIED. Throughou t Grea t Br i t a in t h e r e

continue t o be celebrations on a large scale in honour of t h e cononi-zation of S t . J o h n F i she r and St . Thomas More . T o t r y to ment ion all such funct ions would be to t a k e up more space t h a n t h e M.C.L. is likely to afford; bu t room m u s t be found, t h i s week, for an account of t h ree of t h e principal celebra­tions d u r i n g t h e pas t week-end, on account of t h e i r size o r because of t h e significance of t he i r sur round­ings. In t h e first place we be take ourselves t o Tower Hill, t o t h e spot where t h e two newly-canonized m a r t y r s w e r e beheaded.

The Tower Hill p i lgr image m a d e a r emarkab le spectacle, favoured by glorious wea ther . Many hun­dreds of Catholics , men and women, assembled in Lincoln's Inn Fields (St. T h o m a s More was a Bencher of Lincoln's I n n ) . Walk ing in an immensely long line behind t h e handsome b a n n e r of t h e two sa in ts , and s ing ing h y m n s or rec i t ing t h e rosa ry as t h e y went , t hey marched t h r o u g h Holborn and t h e Ci ty t o Tower Hill. In t h e ga rden of Tr in i ty Squa re is t h e scaffold si te , carefully preserved. Before t h e procession reached t h e square an expectant crowd of s ightseers had ga thered . A shor t service w a s held on t h e hallowed spot, closing wi th t h e s inging, by all t h e pil­g r ims , of t h e plain chan t Credo ; t h e long line moved off, police clear­i ng t h e way , t o t h e Catholic church of t h e Eng l i sh M a r t y r s in Grea t Prescot t S t ree t , t h e pa r i sh church for t h e Tower Hill d is t r ic t .

Great P resco t t S t r ee t offered, t h a t af ternoon, a wonderful s ight , one not of ten to be witnessed even in London. Outside a convent near t h e church , a lofty and richly-furnished a l t a r had been se t up. The p i lgr ims, march ing w i t h al­most mi l i t a ry precision, filled t h e roadway, a n immense public con­gregat ion. No traffic passed th rough t h e thoroughfare—indeed th i s would have been impossible. The t inkle of a bell is hea rd , and t h e g r e a t mul t i tude fall on t h e i r knees as a p r ies t bears t h e Blessed Sacrament from t h e church . A few minu t e s la ter , t h e Archbishop of Wes tmins t e r , wi th m i t r e and and crozier, appears and blesses t h e people, and t h e n Pontifical Bene­diction is given in t h e public s t r ee t , an imnress ive close to a gloriously s t imula t ing af ternoon.

* * * • * ON BROWNLOW HILL.

From London we pass t o t h e Nor th of England , to t h e g rea t Metropolis of t h e Church in Catho­lic Lancashire—Liverpool . The re too, t housands of Catholics a re march ing to a s i t e ; b u t t h i s t ime it is a s ; t e wi th a fu tu re r a t h e r than a p a s t in teres t . On Brown-low Hill t h e huge Cathedra l Church for the Archdiocese is be ing built , and it is t h e r e t h a t Archbishop Downey's flock repai r for f requent religious demons t ra t ions . The Diocesan t r i duum for St . John Fisher and St . Thomas More took fifty-thousand Catholics t o Brown-low H : l l for one of t h e closing ga ther ings . A g rea t n u m b e r of these were men who marched , in a ^i°-hty hos t ing , from St . George's **a!l. So impressive a scene did they m a k e t h a t a description of t h e march w a s broadcast and t h e de­monst ra t ion t h u s made known to

millions of listeners-in. On t h e Cathedral s i t e t h e Archbishop of Liverpool looked with pr ide upon a sea of faces, most of t h e m t h e faces of I r i sh Catholics honour ing and invoking two heroic Engl i sh­men. The Benediction given from the grea t a l t a r in t he cent re of t h e ground made a spectacle to live in the memory for years .

* * * * * IN JOHN F I S H E R ' S TOWN. Bishop F i she r—St . John of Ro­

chester—was born a t Beverley, in the E a s t Rid ing of Yorksh i re ; and there , bu t for a n incident in ec­clesiastical development in E n g ­land, he m i g h t have had local honour from a Catholic Bishop of Beverley. When t h e Engl i sh hierarchy w a s restored, in 1850, t h e whole of Yorkshire was consti­tu ted a single Catholic diocese, t h e Diocese of Bever ley; i t was not until many y e a r s later t h a t a sub­division was made by which t h a t vas t county now consists of t h e Diocese of Middlesbrough a n d t h e Diocese of Leeds . Beverley comes into t h e fo rmer See, and i ts Bishop, t h e Rt . Rev. Dr . Shine, was t h e r e ­fore t h e chief officiating p re la te a t a demonst ra t ion of honour which produced t h e largest rel igious ga­ther ing ever seen in t h e t own ' s his tory.

J u s t outs ide Beverley is t h e Westwood, a n extensive g reen space upon which St. J o h n F i s h e r often played a s a boy. P a r t of i t is used nowadays as a racecourse , and the re t h e Catholic service took place, in t h e presence of represen­ta t ives of m a n y of t h e m o s t pro­minent Catholic families in E n g ­land. Close t o t h e g r a n d s t and was t h e a l t a r . When t h e long pro­cession, in which many scores of pr ies ts , and thousands of t h e lai ty, took par t , reached t h a t point , and the congregat ion was seen s t r e t ch ­ing away in a solid body, b roken by t h e uplifted banners of t h e va­rious guilds and sodalit ies, t h e picture w a s a magnificent one, a tes t imony of Catholic s t r e n g t h which, to outs ide lookers-on m u s t have been a revelation. Beverley had had, also, a Church of Eng land service in honour of t h e town ' s illustrious s o n ; bu t by comparison wi th the spectacle on t h e Westwood t h e Ansrlican celebration w a s a small affair.

* * * • • T E N P O U N D S AND COSTS.

The a f t e r m a t h of t h e an t i -Catholic a t t e m p t s to upse t t h e recent Euchar i s t i c Congress a t Edinburgh h a s had i t s s e t t i n g in t he police-court. A number of t h e more violent d is turbers of t h e pub­lic peace on t h a t occasion h a v e been ordered by t h e Sheriff to p a y a fine of ten pounds. There h a s been a warning also by the Bench, t h a t any fu ture repeti t ion of such dis­orders will be punished w i th im­prisonment. Militant P ro t e s t an ­t ism is a t a considerable discount j u s t now on t h e north side of t h e Tweed!

* * * * * A STONYHURST C E N T E N A R Y .

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dred y e a r s ago, S tonyhurs t ' s spa­cious church of St . Pe te r received i ts consecration, one of t h e first Catholic churches to b e con­secra ted in England in post-Reformat ion t imes . The occasion of t h e cen tenary was marked by a notable ga the r i ng which included t h r e e Archbishops, several bishops and a g r e a t number of prominent S t o n y h u r s t men. The Bishop of Salford celebrated t h e Pontifical H igh Mass , and t h e sermon was p reached by a former Archbishop of Bombay, t h e Most Rev. Alban Goodier, S.J., a former s tuden t and professor of t h e College.

M A L A Y A ON LONDON W A L L S . An I r i sh a r t i s t , Mrs. Violet Pot­

te r , is exhibi t ing a t t he Wer the im Gallery in London, a n u m b e r of deeply in te res t ing p ic tures of life and work in Malaya. T h e r e a re d rawings , l i thographs , and o ther pieces. Mrs . Po t t e r ' s p ic tures have a t t r ac t ed admir ing references in t h e press . One a r t cr i t ic notes w i th appreciat ion t h a t "each little incident of Malayan life is given our a t t en t ion for t he play of r h y t h ­mic forces and pa t t e rn ing which belong to t h e t h i n g itself r a t h e r t h a n t h e t h i n g represented ." Mrs . P o t t e r is a na t ive of Blackrock, on t h e ou t sk i r t s of Dublin.

EDUCATION. A POSSIBLE :

F I G H T . In t h e view of t h e Archbishop of

Westminster , t h e r e is a poss ibi l i ty , t h a t Catholics in E n g l a n d and W^les m a y be forced by c i rcum­stances into ano the r fight in d e - : fence of the i r schools. H i s Grace \ ha s j u s t addressed a mee t ing a t ­tended by hund reds of Catholic teachers , t o whom h e made a fight­ing speech, call ing for un i ty and close r anks . Dr . Hinsley said t h a t he should insist t h a t t h e Catholics of t he country should be p a r t of a national sys t em. They should not s tand isolated. The crux of the difficulty now t o be faced i& t h a t under t h e provisions of wha t , is called Hadow Scheme—from Lord Hadow, i t s official o r i g ina to r — a tendency is growing by which Catholics a re t o have Sta te-a ided schools only for younge r children, who a t t h e age of eleven would be t rans fe r red t o schools outside Ca­tholic control. Th i s danger , one which would ^withdraw t h e children from Catholic influences, and a Catholic school a tmosphere , a t an impressionable age , subjec t ing them to an en t i r e ly secular en­vironment, will be fought tooth and nail. Catholics claim t h e right to have, a s here tofore , t he i r own schools for chi ldren of all school ages.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935.

Young People'* Page JOAN". Al TRUE STORY.

; One night in a small London house a little baby girl was born-such a dear wee baby, with tiny ears like little pink shells, rosy cheeks and a pretty little mouth. I>ut, a las! something was missing. $ h i s little baby had been born with only one eye. On one side of the fitce a pretty blue eye with long black lashes, and on the other side the eyelashes and the place for the eye, but no eye.

When the mother saw her baby girl , whom she called Joan, she Wept, but the father tried to com­for t her and said they would take h£r to a doctor and see what could be done. So baby was taken first t a one doctor and then to another, ahd each tried his skill upon the child, but no doctor could make a real eye grow. You know only Almighty God can do that. Clever r&en tried their best, and mean­while the baby was growing bigger aftd stronger every day. When Joan could walk, and her mother took her out, other children would stand and look at her, and some rude boys even called after her. This made the poor little one very sad, and she would hide her face in her mother's skirts and beg to be left indoors. So her mother bought her a shade to wear over the place where the other eye should have beenn. After that people did not notice her so much.

; When she was five years old Joan went to school, and as she was a little Catholic girl she went to a school kept by some good Sisters. Her mother told the Sisters all about the missing eye, and asked that her little one might always be allowed to wear her

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shade. Of course t he Sister said that she migh t , and she also took care t ha t none of t h e o ther children should t e a se he r about it. When Joan had been a t school a shor t t ime she began to lose her fear of others , and would play merri ly with her li t t le companions. F r o m time to t i m e she was taken to t h e doctor, bu t he said the re was now no hope of doing any th ing for her .

When J o a n had been two years at school S i s t e r thought it t ime for her t o p r e p a r e for her F i r s t Holy Communion, so she and several of her little companions began to a t tend t h e special instruct ions. F rom t h e very first t he Sis ter noticed t h a t Joan was one of t he most a t t e n t i v e and most in earnes t . Though she did not ask many questions^ a s some of t h e o thers

W H E N P A P A ' S S I C K .

T H E MYTH O F T H E S U N F L O W E R .

r When papa's sick, my goo J nets takes, • Such awful times it makes !

He speaks in G, such lonesome toms, • And ghes such ghastly kinds of groans, 'And roils bis eyes and holds bis bead, yAnd makes ma help him up to bed, • And Sis and Bridget run to heat i Hot-water bags to warm his feet, • And I must get the doctor quick;

We have to jump when papa's sick.

When papj*s ma has to stand Right "side the bed and hold bis baud. While Sis, she has to fan and fan. For he says he's a "dyht' man'' And wants the children round him to Be there when '"sufferin* pa gets through!" He says be wants to say good-bye And kiss us all, and then he'll die. Then moans and says '"bis breathings thick! It'i awful sad when papa's sick.

did, not a word was said t h a t she did not remember . Wha t s t ruck Joan most was t h a t it was t h e Great God Himself who was to come in to h e r hear t , God who was all-powerful, and had done such wonderful t h ings when He had lived on e a r t h . Doctors migh t be clever, bu t they were not like Almighty God. A h ! she knew what she would ask for on he r F i r s t Communion day.

Joan ' s mo the r was not rich, bu t she had made a white frock and white veil for her little girl on her F i r s t Communion day. "Poor little mi te ." s ighed her mother , a s she sewed; " s h e shall have all I can give h e r t o make her happy ."

The i r F i r s t Communion morn ing arr ived. Mother called he r little one and began to dress her. When she a r r a n g e d her hair she was pre­par ing to replace the shade, but Joan s topped her.

"Not t h i s morning, mother . I would r a t h e r not w^ar it for my Firs t Communion."

"Not w e a r i t ? " said her mother , looking a t he r in surprise, for Joan could ha rd ly bear to be without it even while she dressed.

"You see Jesus is God, and He can do all th ings , and I want Him to see me j u s t as I am," answered Joan, and nothing would make he r change h e r resolution.

Very frevently Joan prayed whilst she made her F i r s t Holy Communion. Many noticed

J a c k h a d j u s t b r o u g h t a b i g y e l l o w sunf lower , t h a t M r s . H a l l h a d g i v e n h im , in to h i s m o t h e r , and s h e h a d t o ld h im t h i s l i t t l e m y t h a b o u t i t , w h i c h s e e m e d v e r y p r e t t y to h i m :

Once u p o n a t i m e t h e v e r y f irs t s u n ­flower c a m e o u t on a b a n k of a r i v e r .

I t looked a l l a r o u n d a t t h e sky , a t t h e w a t e r , a n d t h e beau t i fu l g r e e n g r a s s , a n d t h o u g h t i t w a s such a lovely p l a c e t h a t it would l ike t o s t a y t h e r e f o r e v e r , so i t s r o o t s finally s t r u c k d o w n d e e p i n t o t h e soil a n d i t b e g a n to g r o w .

T h e l i t t l e flower loved e v e r y t h i n g a b o u t i t t h a t God had m a d e , bu t i t a d ­mi red t h e s u n m o s t ot* a l l .

" O h , " t h o u g h t t h e n e w flower, " h o w I .should l ike t o be l ike t h a t b e a u t i f u l

I sun , a l w a y s m a k i n g .somebody w a r m ; a n d h a p p y ! "

A n d t h e flower t h o u g h t so m u c h | a b o u t t h e sun a n d a d m i r e d it so m u c h

t h a t e v e r y d a y i t g r e w m o r e a n d m o r e j l ike i t , a n d one day s o m e b o d y c a m e I a l o n g a n d s a w t h i s b i g ye l low flower j g r o w i n g on t h e b a n k of t h e r i v e r a n d j sa id , " W h y , h o w m u c h t h a t flower l ooks ! l ike the s u n ! L e t ' s ca l l i t t h e s u n -J flower." A n d t h a t is w h a t we 've ca l l ed | i t e v e r s ince .

" A n d , J a c k , dear,*' m o t h e r sa id , " w e S a l l g r o w to be l ike t h o s e t h i n g s t h a t w e \ a d m i r e , so I w a n t m y boy t o love on ly ] noble , good t h i n g s , a n d t h a t h e wi l l j g r o w t o be l ike t h e m . W h e n e v e r y o u j see a sunf lower you c a n t h i n k of t h a t . "

HOW TO AVOID T E M P T A T I O N .

A s t o r y is to ld of a m a n w h o once a s k e d a n E a s t e r n k i n g if he could t e l l h im h o w to avoid t e m p t a t i o n . T h e k i n g told t h e m a n to t a k e a vessel b r i m f u l j of oil a n d to c a r r y it t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t s of t h e c i ty w i t h o u t sp i l l i ng o n e d r o p . " I f one d r o p is sp i l led ," sa id t h e k i n g , ' y o u r head sha l l be cu t off," a n d h e o r d e r e d t h e t w o e x e c u t i o n e r s t o w a l k beh ind t h e m a n and c a r r y ou t h is o r d e r s . T h e r e h a p p e n e d to be a f a i r g o i n g on in t h e t o w n a n d t h e s t r e e t s w e r e c r o w d ­ed w i t h people . H o w e v e r , t he m a n w a s : v e r y ca re fu l and he r e t u r n e d to t h e k i n g w i t h o u t h a v i n g spil led one d r o p of t h e oil. " D i d you see a n y b o d y whi le you w e r e w a l k i n g t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t ? " " N o , s i r , " sa id t h e m a n . " I w a s t h i n k ­ing on ly of t h e oil. I not iced n o t h i n g e l s e . " " T h e n , " sa id t h e k ing , " y o u n o ­tice h o w to avoid t e m p t a t i o n . F i x y o u r mind a s firmly on God a s you fixed i t j on t h e vesse l of oil. You will n o t t h e n \ be in s i n . " — " S t . A n t h o n y ' s M e s s e n g e r . " i

how well she prayed, and how much in earnest she seemed. When she went to breakfas t she replaced he r shade, which she had ! b rough t wi th h e r ; very few had noticed t h a t she had not worn it t he whole t ime.

| The next day the Eas te r holidays j commenced, and her mother l o o k I her away for a fornight . a f te r j which she re turned to school. The l first morning tha t she was back • the Sister sent for her out of t he

class. Imagine her surprise when Joan came t r ipping towards her . wi th no shade on. but two shining eyes smiling up a t he r instead.

" W h y . Joan dear ." said Sis ter , "I a m pleased to see tha t you a r e j cured. So mother has taken you | to a very clever doctor dur ing the j ho l idays?"

"Oh no. Sister. It was Holy Communion tha t cured me . " re­plied Joan simply. "You told us | Jesus would give us any th ing t h a t I we asked for on tha t day. because ;

He was God. so I asked Him to give me my other eye. and it began

• to grow tha t day. and now it is ; j u s t like t h e other. I have been

to Holy Communion every day tha t I could since."

The Sis ter could hardly believe t h a t wha t t he child said was t rue , but Joan ' s mother came for her t h a t day, and she told t he Sis ter t h a t it had happened jus t as he r l i t t le d a u g h t e r had said.

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The Modern Prodigal Son.

To tes t h e r class, a teacher ask­ed w h e t h e r any boy could relate any of t h e parables . A b r igh t boy responded. " T h e r e was a dear lit­tle boy about e ight y e a r s old, and one day h e told h is f a t h e r he was t ired of home. So his f a the r gave him 6d., a n d he went away and spent it all on sweets . Then he was a shamed of himself, and he asked a f a r m e r to give him some work, and t h e f a r m e r said "Feed my pigs ," and t h e boys a t e t he pigs ' food and then he w a s more ashamed. So he walked home, and his f a t h e r kissed h i m on both cheeks and killed a fa t cow and said "Cheer io , my boy!"

* * * » Knew His F a t h e r .

Lit t le George was asked a very simple sum. "If I had th ree glass­es of beer on th i s table, and asked your f a t h e r to come and drink one, how m a n y would be l e f t ? "

"None ," came the prompt reply from Georgie .

"But you don' t unders t and my quest ion." He repea ted the sum again, and again bu t always re­ceived t h e same assurance . "None sir ."

"My boy, i t ' s clear you don't know men ta l a r i t h m e t i c . "

"But I know F a t h e r , " said Georgie.

* * * * * A Bright Lad.

"There is a happy land, far, far a w a y / ' echoed t h roughou t the schoolroom". "Very good" re­marked t h e teacher . "Now can anybody tell me where the happy land i s ? " This was a puzzler, and one t h a t none of t h e children seemed eager to answer . A t last one small hand shot up.

"Now children l isten to what this clever little boy has to say." said t h e teacher . "Well laddie, and whe re is t he happy land

"Please teacher , far , far away."

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Teache r : "How many bores have you in your body, J i m m y ? "

J i m m y : "Five hundred and nine."

T e a c h e r : "But t h e o ther pupil have not so m a n y ? "

J i m m y : "Weill t h e y did not have fish for dinner, like me ."

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C A T H O L I C C L U B F O R M E D ON T H U R S D A Y I S L A N D .

TWO FRANCISCANS CAPTURED BY COMMUNISTS.

Profes sor Low on Mirac les . Since t h e m i d d l e of J u n e w e h a v e

been a n x i o u s t o d e v o t e a l i t t l e s p a c e to P r o f e s s o r L o w , w h o , o n J u n e 14, w r o t e on m i r a c l e s i n t h e B i r m i n g h a m Weekly P o s t H e is " c o n t e n t t o a d m i t t h a t t h e m i r a c l e s of L o u r d e s m a y have h a p p e n ­ed," b u t he w a n t s t o m a k e a l e n g t h y i n v e s t i g a t i o n a n d " t o e l i m i n a t e t h e e l e m e n t of c h a n c e " b e f o r e h e becomes pos i t ive one w a y o r t h e o t h e r .

T h e a u t h o r i t i e s of t h e Bureau des Constatat ions wi l l be d e l i g h t e d to a s s i s t P r o f e s s o r L o w if h e g o e s t o L o u r d e s , bu t w e f e a r t h a t h e wi l l w a s t e t i m e if he w o r k s on h i s a s s u m p t i o n " t h a t t h e w a t e r of L o u r d e s c o n t a i n s s o m e e x t r a ­o r d i n a r y m e d i c a l p r o p e r t i e s h i t h e r t o u n d i s c o v e r e d . "

" H i t h e r t o u n d i s c o v e r e d " is a l ong­d a t e p h r a s e . I t wil l b e a s va l id w h e n P r o f e s s o r L o w h a s j o i n e d t h e m a j o r i t y a s i t is n o w . C h e m i c a l a n a l y s i s shows t h a t t h e w a t e r of L o u r d e s is j u s t p l a in H.O. w i t h n o n e of t h e m e d i c a l p r o p e r ­t i es so f a r d i s c o v e r e d i n w a t e r .

T h a t o u g h t to suffice. I f w e a r e g o ­i n g t o w a i t f o r a v e r d i c t t i l l n e w m e d i ­cal p r o p e r t i e s of w a t e r a r e d i scovered , t h e r e is no t e r m t o t h e w a i t i n g , b e c a u s e we c a n a l w a y s s a y t h a t t h e r e a r e m o r e st i l l w a i t i n g t o b e s u s p e c t e d a n d discovered .

W e w a n t a v e r d i c t r o w , P r o f e s s o r , in o u r l i f e t i m e .

* * * * * The E l e m e n t of Chance.

B u t i t is n o t t h e w a t e r on ly t h a t P r o ­f e s s o r Low s u s p e c t s in t h e L o u r d e s m i r a c l e s . H e a l so w a n t s to e l i m i n a t e t h e e ' e m e n t of c h a n c e . F r o m t h e t o n e of h i s r e m a r k s w e r a t h e r f e a r t h a t h e m e a n s by c h a n c e s o m e t h i n g n o t d u e t o a k n o w n l a w , j u s t a s b y a m i r a c l e h e m e a n - s o m e t h i n g due t o an u n k n o w n l aw .

c o n s t a n t a n t i c i p a t i o n of w a r a n d h e a v y a r m a m e n t s .

T h i s wou ld be a r e t r o g r a d e s t e p , n o t on ly f o r t h i s c o u n t r y bu t f o r m a n k i n d . A t t h i s m o m e n t w e a r e f i g h t i n g t h e c a u s e of h u m a n i t y itself, a n d w e st i l l h o p e t h a t I t a l y will m o d e r a t e her a m ­bi t ions .

* * * * * Our Government s Offer.

W e c a n n o t be accused of d o i n g no ­t h i n g to e a s e t h e s i t u a t i o n . W e m a d e

| a n offer t o cede p a r t of o u r t e r r i t o r y to A b y s s i n i a p r o v i d e d t h a t I t a l y w o u l d be c o n t e n t w i t h such concess ions f r o m t h a t c o u n t r y a s could be g i v e n w i t h o u t p r o ­v o k i n g a w a r . I t a l y h a s t u r n e d i t down .

T h e offer i s m u c h c r i t i c i sed , a n d t o a I g r e a t d e g r e e u n f a i r l y , b u t a l l m u s t ad -j m i t t h a t i t p r o v e s o u r s i n c e r i t y a n d o u r

g e n u i n e d e s i r e t o a v e r t t h e n o w a l m o s t i nev i t ab l e conflict b e t w e e n t h e t w o P o w e r s conce rned , a conflict wh ich is m o r e d a n g e r o u s in i ts consequences t h a n in i tse l f .

If w e a r e p r e p a r e d t o go h a w k i n g o u r colonies i t m i g h t be a s wel l t o ease t h e t e n s i o n in C e n t r a l E u r o p e b y r e t u r n i n g a colony t o G e r m a n y . T h e r e a l s t r u g ­g l e of t h e f u t u r e in Af r i ca wi l l be t h e rac ia l one a n d t h e m o r e E u r o p e a n n a t i o n s t h a t a r e r e p r e s e n t e d t h e r e t h e l o n g e r wil l t h a t s t r u g g l e b e a v e r t e d .

B u t it is a t o p s y - t u r v y w o r l d . If w e m a k e a g e n e r o u s offer t o a n y c o u n t r y w e sha l l p r o b a b l y only r o u s e j e a lous i e s , a n d s t i r u p a h o r n e t s ' n e s t of t r o u b l e for o u r s e l v e s .

* * * * * A C o n v e n i e n t B ib l e .

Can you r e m e m b e r t h e o r d e r of t h e Books of t h e Old a n d N e w T e s t a m e n t s ? don , W . C . I . , a n d i t is a p l e a s u r e t o n o t e r . f ter t h e m ? W h e n in a h u r r y t o find a t e x t i t i s e x a s p e r a t i n g t o find t h a t

Melbourne.—A group of Japanese men employed by Austral ian pearl ing companies in t he Torres S t r a i t s have s ta r ted a Catholic Young Men's Society on Thurs -

| day Island. Every evening during t h e holiday season they go to the Catholic mission to meet t he priest in charge and to s tudy English. Many of those who a re still ur>-baptized a t tend Mass and Benedic­t ion of the i r own accord. Others have expressed t he i r wish to be­come Catholics, and some of them, a f t e r due instruct ion and proba­tion, have been received into the Church.

The priests and bro the r s of the Austra l ian Province of t he Mis­sionaries of the Sacred Hear t , who work among t h e Kanakas and Austra l ian aborigines on the islands of the Torres S t ra i t s , have found an impor tan t missionary field among t h e floating popula­t ion of Japanese , about 300 in all, engaged in t h e pearl fisheries. For t h e g rea te r pa r t of t he year they a r e a t sea, bu t dur ing t he season of monsoons t h e boats a re brought to port for repairs , and the divers have a holiday.

Three Catholic Japanese have become lay apostles promoting t h e fai th among the i r country­men on Thursday Island. They b r ing new arr iva ls to t h e Catholic Club and succeed eventually in br inging some of t h e m into t h e Church .—(Fides . )

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Once w e s t a r t f o o l i n g a b o u t w i t h t h e m e a n i n g of w r ords l ike t h a t w e g e t n o ­w h e r e . A m i r a c l e is a f a c t , a sens ib l e effect, w h i c h is b y def in i t ion b e y o n d a l l n a t u r a l p o w e r s , d i s c o v e r e d o r d i s cove r ­able , t o p r o d u c e . A n d c h a n c e is acc i ­d e n t a l c a u s a t i o n , a n effect o u t s i d e o r a l o n g s i d e t h e i n t e n t i o n of t h e c a u s e , n o t due t o l a w a t a l l .

N o w le t u s i m a g i n e t h a t L o u r d e s c a n be e x p l a i n e d b y c h a n c e . T h e n wre h a v e a b i g g e r p u z z l e s t i l l . W h y does t h i s c h a n c e o c c u r o n l y a t L o u r d e s , a n d r e ­g u l a r l y , a n d in t h e s a m e s e t of c o n t r o l l ­ed and c o n t r o l l a b l e c i r c u m s t a n c e s a l w a y s ? S u r e l y t h i s is a n e w kind o f c h a n c e . W e c a n p r e d i c a t e i t s o c c u r ­rence , fo r t h e m i r a c l e s of L o u r d e s a r e f a i r l y c o n s t a n t .

Peop le w h o s t a r t b y e x c l u d i n g c h a n c e , co inc idence a n d u n k n o w n l a w s b e f o r e t h e y wil l a d m i t a n y t h i n g , h a v e s t a r t e d on a v e r y l o n g t r e k , f o r t h e s i m p l e r e a s o n t h a t t h e y b e c o m e p a r a l y s e d w i t h f e a r b e f o r e t h e y g e t v e r y f a r .

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Engl i sh A n x i e t y Over Abyss in ia . T h e E n g l i s h g o v e r n m e n t ' s offer t o

I t a l y is v e r y i l l u m i n a t i n g . T h e D u c c p o u r e d v i t r i o l i c s c o r n on B r i t i s h pub l i c opinion o p p o s i n g I t a l y ' s d e s i g n s on E t h i o p i a , b u t h e w a s n o t so w^ell-inform-ed on t h a t occas ion a s h e u s u a l l y i s .

Br i t i sh pub l i c o p i n i o n is n o t w o r r i e d ove r I t a l y ' s co lon ia l e x p a n s i o n , b u t over t h e L e a g u e of N a t i o n s . I t is a l ­r e a d y p ' a i n t h a t I t a l y c an h a v e p e a c e a n d s a t i s f a c t i o n of h e r d e m a n d s f o r a secu re f r o n t i e r w i t h o u t difficulty; b u t i t a l y c a n n o t s t a r t a n a g g r e s s i v e w a r a g a i n s t E t h i o p i a w i t h o u t i n c u r r i n g t h e c e n s u r e of t h e L e a g u e .

If c e n s u r e d , h o w e v e r , I t a l y will l e a v e t h e L e a g u e , a n d a t t h e m o m e n t i t l o o k s a* if t h a t wou ld m e a n i t s d e m i s e . Br i t i sh po l icy is b a s e d on t h e L e a g u e , t h o u g h , a n d w e r e i t t o be d i sc r ed i t ed o r j o die, t h i s c o u n t r y wou ld be fo rced back to t h e old p r e - w a r s t a n d a r d s o f

m e m o r y h a s fa i led . T h i s l i t t l e difficulty c a n be eas i ly

o v e r c o m e b y b u y i n g one of t h o s e h a n d y Bibles w i t h a t h u m b i n d e x . T h e y a r e no t d e a r , a n d c a n be e a s i l y ob t a ined f rom H e r d e r , of 33, Q u e e n S q u a r e , Lon­don, W.C. I . , a n d i t is a p l e a s u r e to n o t e t h a t good , c l ea r p r i n t i n g a c c o m p a n i e s t h e conven ience of a t h u m b index .

In r e c e n t y e a r s Ca tho l i c p u b l i s h e r s have a l so g i v e n u s seve ra l k i n d s of p o r t ­a b l e o r p o c k e t ed i t ions of t h e Bible , so t h e r e is n o excuse fo r b e i n g w i t h o u t one. N o w t h a t t h e h o l i d a y s a r e c o m i n g w h y n o t m a k e a r u l e t o r e a d a c h a p t e r of each of t h e T e s t a m e n t s e v e r y d a y ?

B i b l e - r e a d i n g h a s been b lessed and indu lgenced b y t h e P o p e s , a n d t h e r e i s , of c o u r s e no fo rm of s p i r i t u a l r e a d i n g which c a n c o m p a r e w i t h H o l y W r i t . A good p r a c t i c e is to r e a d o n e of t h e g o s ­pels and one of t h e e p i s t l e s each q u a r t e r of t h e y e a r . A s C h r i s t i a n s w e m u s t g ive p r e f e r e n c e t o t he N e w T e s t a m e n t .

(Ca tho l i c T i m e s , J u l y 5 t h ) . * * * * *

Race Suic ide . M a n y c i t i zens of S o u t h e r n B u c k i n g ­

h a m s h i r e h a v e been c o n c e r n e d a t the ex i s t ence of a ce r t a in c l inic in S lough , and a t t h e subs id i s ing of such p laces wi th pub l ic m o n e y . T h e y h a v e n o w s e n t to t h e M i n i s t e r of H e a l t h a r e a s o n e d p r o t e s t u p o n t h e m a t t e r , m a i n t a i n i n g t h a t s u c h c e n t r e s a r e in no sense gynaeco log ica l cl inics, b u t e x i s t f o r p r a c t i c a l l y one p u r p o s e a n d one only . The p r o t e s t h a s been s i g n e d b y t h e Bishop of N o r t h a m p t o n a n d by t h e A n ­gl ican B i shops of S t . A l b a n s a n d B u c k i n g h a m a n d by m a n y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e c i t i zens , c ler ical and lay. B u t i t s specia l va lue l ies in t h e fac t t h a t n o less t h a n 7f> medica l m e n h a v e a l s o s igned i t , and t h e y inc lude in i t a de t a i l ed e x a m i n a t i o n from t h e medica l po in t of v iew of t h e whole sub j ec t , p o i n t i n g o u t in p a r t i c u l a r the g r a v e d a n g e r s to h e a l t h a n d even life t h a t a r e incur red . T h i s p a r t of t h e p r o t e s t obv ious ly c a n n o t be d e a l t w i t h

a general p a p e r , b u t w e sha l l be g l a d put into touch w i t h t h e o r g a n i s e r s of

.e S lough P r o t e s t M o v e m e n t a n y of o u r aders who a r e c o n c e r n e d a n d wash f o r ii.[er information. P r o t e s t should be ition-wide a g a i n s t what t h e S lough gnatories r i g h t l y cal l " a t w o - e d g e d vord in the national tendency t o w a r d s ce suicide."

T h e " Q u i n s " A T o u r i s t Asse t . T h e a b s e n c e of t h e Dionne p a r e n t s

f rom the f i rs t b i r t h d a y p a r t y of t h e i r f a m o u s q u i n t u p l e t s is r e g r e t t e d by t h e C a n a d i a n N e w s L e t t e r , w h i c h speaks f o r t h e E m p i r e P r e s s U n i o n . Th i s pub l i ca ­t ion s a y s t h a t Mr . a n d M r s . D i o n n e r e s e n t k e e n l y t h a t t h e con t ro l of t he in ­f a n t s h a s been a s s u m e d by t h e P r o v i n c e of O n t a r i o , and t h e y d e m a n d t h e r e t u r n of t h e i r f a m i l y t o t h e i r own c a r e . T h i s s e e m i n g l y r e a s o n a b l e d e m a n d of t h e p a r e n t s does no t , h o w e v e r , find t he s u p ­p o r t of t h e C a n a d i a n N e w s L e t t e r , wh ich e x p l a i n s t h a t t h e L e g i s l a t u r e pa s sed a n A c t to m a k e t h e b a b i e s t h e specia l w a r d s of t h e K i n g fo r t h e p u r p o s e of s a v i n g ( h e m f rom poss ib le e x p l o i t a t i o n . In t h e face of t h a t a r g u m e n t , t h e n e x t p a r a - j g r a p h in t h e s a m e r e p o r t is a l m o s t f a r -cicai . " T h e q u i n t u p l e t s a r e p rov ing o n e of O n t a r i o ' s m a j o r t o u r i s t a s s e t s . A l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n of t h e l e t t e r s rece ived j

Peiping.—Telegraphic advices from J<#ngting (Ta t s i en lu ) , Sik-ang Province, s t a t e t h a t Comu-nis t s have completely pillaged t h r e e s ta t ions of t he Tats ienlu Vicar ia te and also the leper asy­lum a t Mosimien, from which la t ­t e r place they captured and led away F a t h e r Epiphanius Pegoraro , I tal ian Franciscan in charge of t h e inst i tut ion, and Bro the r P a s ­cal Nadal , Spanish Franc i scan infirmarian.

Wi th another band of Reds oc­cupying distr icts to t h e nor th of t h e ci ty, Tatsienlu itself is declar­ed to be in danger. ( L u m e n ) .

C H I N E S E C O L O N E L A I D S M I S S I O N A R I E S .

0 Yochow, (Hunan Province,

Ch ina ) .—The Colonel of t h e 24th Regiment , Commandant of t h e mi l i t a ry post a t Changshoukai , H u n a n Province, has placed his Red Cross Corps, a field ki tchen and a de tachment of soldiers a t t h e disposal of two Catholic pr ies t s of t h a t town to help in admin is te r ing relief t o t he people of 1,500 h a m ­lets of t h e region who lost all means of sustenance dur ing a re­cent a t t ack by Communis ts .

F a t h e r s G. Her re ro and J. Viei tes . Spanish August in ian mis­sionaries in charge of t h e s ta t ion a t Changshoukai , say t h a t t h e Colonel himself may often be seen wi th ladle in hand serving t h e poor. (Fides.)

E N T I R E V I L L A G E C O N V E R T E D .

Tuticor in . ( India) .—When t h e ent i re non-Christian village of Tarakkudy , near Tuticorin. 190 •persons all together , was received into t he Church recently by Bishop Francis T. Roche, t he poosarf, or pagan pr iest , came for­ward with the sacrificial knife, t he t r ident , and other ins t rument s used in pagan worship and laid t h e m a t the feet of t h e Bishop. In r e tu rn for these t rophies t h e Bi­shop gave the man a large wooden cross to be planted in t he village.

The people were ins t ruc ted for Bapt ism and Confirmation by two Indian Sisters of St. A n n e and two nat ive Catholic school teachers . (Fides.) by t h e O n t a r i o D e p a r t m e n t of H i g h w a y s f rom p r o s p e c t i v e v i s i t o r s t o t h e p r o v i n c e a s k d i r e c t i o n s f o r r e a c h i n g t h e D a f o e H o s p i t a l , a n d a r r a n g e m e n t s are be ing m a d e b y which t h e i n f a n t s wi l l b e v i s ib le to p a s s e r s - b y f rom b e h i n d g l a s s w a l l s . " A s t h e ch i ldren a r e only a year old per ­h a p s i t is too e a r l y to a s k when Ontar io is g o i n g to s t a r t s a v i n g t h e quintuple ts f r o m "poss ib l e e x p l o i t a t i o n . "

( T h e U n i v e r s e , Ju ly 5 th)

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Young People'* Page JOAN". Al TRUE STORY.

; One night in a small London house a little baby girl was born-such a dear wee baby, with tiny ears like little pink shells, rosy cheeks and a pretty little mouth. I>ut, a las! something was missing. $ h i s little baby had been born with only one eye. On one side of the fitce a pretty blue eye with long black lashes, and on the other side the eyelashes and the place for the eye, but no eye.

When the mother saw her baby girl , whom she called Joan, she Wept, but the father tried to com­for t her and said they would take h£r to a doctor and see what could be done. So baby was taken first t a one doctor and then to another, ahd each tried his skill upon the child, but no doctor could make a real eye grow. You know only Almighty God can do that. Clever r&en tried their best, and mean­while the baby was growing bigger aftd stronger every day. When Joan could walk, and her mother took her out, other children would stand and look at her, and some rude boys even called after her. This made the poor little one very sad, and she would hide her face in her mother's skirts and beg to be left indoors. So her mother bought her a shade to wear over the place where the other eye should have beenn. After that people did not notice her so much.

; When she was five years old Joan went to school, and as she was a little Catholic girl she went to a school kept by some good Sisters. Her mother told the Sisters all about the missing eye, and asked that her little one might always be allowed to wear her

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shade. Of course t he Sister said that she migh t , and she also took care t ha t none of t h e o ther children should t e a se he r about it. When Joan had been a t school a shor t t ime she began to lose her fear of others , and would play merri ly with her li t t le companions. F r o m time to t i m e she was taken to t h e doctor, bu t he said the re was now no hope of doing any th ing for her .

When J o a n had been two years at school S i s t e r thought it t ime for her t o p r e p a r e for her F i r s t Holy Communion, so she and several of her little companions began to a t tend t h e special instruct ions. F rom t h e very first t he Sis ter noticed t h a t Joan was one of t he most a t t e n t i v e and most in earnes t . Though she did not ask many questions^ a s some of t h e o thers

W H E N P A P A ' S S I C K .

T H E MYTH O F T H E S U N F L O W E R .

r When papa's sick, my goo J nets takes, • Such awful times it makes !

He speaks in G, such lonesome toms, • And ghes such ghastly kinds of groans, 'And roils bis eyes and holds bis bead, yAnd makes ma help him up to bed, • And Sis and Bridget run to heat i Hot-water bags to warm his feet, • And I must get the doctor quick;

We have to jump when papa's sick.

When papj*s ma has to stand Right "side the bed and hold bis baud. While Sis, she has to fan and fan. For he says he's a "dyht' man'' And wants the children round him to Be there when '"sufferin* pa gets through!" He says be wants to say good-bye And kiss us all, and then he'll die. Then moans and says '"bis breathings thick! It'i awful sad when papa's sick.

did, not a word was said t h a t she did not remember . Wha t s t ruck Joan most was t h a t it was t h e Great God Himself who was to come in to h e r hear t , God who was all-powerful, and had done such wonderful t h ings when He had lived on e a r t h . Doctors migh t be clever, bu t they were not like Almighty God. A h ! she knew what she would ask for on he r F i r s t Communion day.

Joan ' s mo the r was not rich, bu t she had made a white frock and white veil for her little girl on her F i r s t Communion day. "Poor little mi te ." s ighed her mother , a s she sewed; " s h e shall have all I can give h e r t o make her happy ."

The i r F i r s t Communion morn ing arr ived. Mother called he r little one and began to dress her. When she a r r a n g e d her hair she was pre­par ing to replace the shade, but Joan s topped her.

"Not t h i s morning, mother . I would r a t h e r not w^ar it for my Firs t Communion."

"Not w e a r i t ? " said her mother , looking a t he r in surprise, for Joan could ha rd ly bear to be without it even while she dressed.

"You see Jesus is God, and He can do all th ings , and I want Him to see me j u s t as I am," answered Joan, and nothing would make he r change h e r resolution.

Very frevently Joan prayed whilst she made her F i r s t Holy Communion. Many noticed

J a c k h a d j u s t b r o u g h t a b i g y e l l o w sunf lower , t h a t M r s . H a l l h a d g i v e n h im , in to h i s m o t h e r , and s h e h a d t o ld h im t h i s l i t t l e m y t h a b o u t i t , w h i c h s e e m e d v e r y p r e t t y to h i m :

Once u p o n a t i m e t h e v e r y f irs t s u n ­flower c a m e o u t on a b a n k of a r i v e r .

I t looked a l l a r o u n d a t t h e sky , a t t h e w a t e r , a n d t h e beau t i fu l g r e e n g r a s s , a n d t h o u g h t i t w a s such a lovely p l a c e t h a t it would l ike t o s t a y t h e r e f o r e v e r , so i t s r o o t s finally s t r u c k d o w n d e e p i n t o t h e soil a n d i t b e g a n to g r o w .

T h e l i t t l e flower loved e v e r y t h i n g a b o u t i t t h a t God had m a d e , bu t i t a d ­mi red t h e s u n m o s t ot* a l l .

" O h , " t h o u g h t t h e n e w flower, " h o w I .should l ike t o be l ike t h a t b e a u t i f u l

I sun , a l w a y s m a k i n g .somebody w a r m ; a n d h a p p y ! "

A n d t h e flower t h o u g h t so m u c h | a b o u t t h e sun a n d a d m i r e d it so m u c h

t h a t e v e r y d a y i t g r e w m o r e a n d m o r e j l ike i t , a n d one day s o m e b o d y c a m e I a l o n g a n d s a w t h i s b i g ye l low flower j g r o w i n g on t h e b a n k of t h e r i v e r a n d j sa id , " W h y , h o w m u c h t h a t flower l ooks ! l ike the s u n ! L e t ' s ca l l i t t h e s u n -J flower." A n d t h a t is w h a t we 've ca l l ed | i t e v e r s ince .

" A n d , J a c k , dear,*' m o t h e r sa id , " w e S a l l g r o w to be l ike t h o s e t h i n g s t h a t w e \ a d m i r e , so I w a n t m y boy t o love on ly ] noble , good t h i n g s , a n d t h a t h e wi l l j g r o w t o be l ike t h e m . W h e n e v e r y o u j see a sunf lower you c a n t h i n k of t h a t . "

HOW TO AVOID T E M P T A T I O N .

A s t o r y is to ld of a m a n w h o once a s k e d a n E a s t e r n k i n g if he could t e l l h im h o w to avoid t e m p t a t i o n . T h e k i n g told t h e m a n to t a k e a vessel b r i m f u l j of oil a n d to c a r r y it t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t s of t h e c i ty w i t h o u t sp i l l i ng o n e d r o p . " I f one d r o p is sp i l led ," sa id t h e k i n g , ' y o u r head sha l l be cu t off," a n d h e o r d e r e d t h e t w o e x e c u t i o n e r s t o w a l k beh ind t h e m a n and c a r r y ou t h is o r d e r s . T h e r e h a p p e n e d to be a f a i r g o i n g on in t h e t o w n a n d t h e s t r e e t s w e r e c r o w d ­ed w i t h people . H o w e v e r , t he m a n w a s : v e r y ca re fu l and he r e t u r n e d to t h e k i n g w i t h o u t h a v i n g spil led one d r o p of t h e oil. " D i d you see a n y b o d y whi le you w e r e w a l k i n g t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t ? " " N o , s i r , " sa id t h e m a n . " I w a s t h i n k ­ing on ly of t h e oil. I not iced n o t h i n g e l s e . " " T h e n , " sa id t h e k ing , " y o u n o ­tice h o w to avoid t e m p t a t i o n . F i x y o u r mind a s firmly on God a s you fixed i t j on t h e vesse l of oil. You will n o t t h e n \ be in s i n . " — " S t . A n t h o n y ' s M e s s e n g e r . " i

how well she prayed, and how much in earnest she seemed. When she went to breakfas t she replaced he r shade, which she had ! b rough t wi th h e r ; very few had noticed t h a t she had not worn it t he whole t ime.

| The next day the Eas te r holidays j commenced, and her mother l o o k I her away for a fornight . a f te r j which she re turned to school. The l first morning tha t she was back • the Sister sent for her out of t he

class. Imagine her surprise when Joan came t r ipping towards her . wi th no shade on. but two shining eyes smiling up a t he r instead.

" W h y . Joan dear ." said Sis ter , "I a m pleased to see tha t you a r e j cured. So mother has taken you | to a very clever doctor dur ing the j ho l idays?"

"Oh no. Sister. It was Holy Communion tha t cured me . " re­plied Joan simply. "You told us | Jesus would give us any th ing t h a t I we asked for on tha t day. because ;

He was God. so I asked Him to give me my other eye. and it began

• to grow tha t day. and now it is ; j u s t like t h e other. I have been

to Holy Communion every day tha t I could since."

The Sis ter could hardly believe t h a t wha t t he child said was t rue , but Joan ' s mother came for her t h a t day, and she told t he Sis ter t h a t it had happened jus t as he r l i t t le d a u g h t e r had said.

Every child needs milk every day,

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The Modern Prodigal Son.

To tes t h e r class, a teacher ask­ed w h e t h e r any boy could relate any of t h e parables . A b r igh t boy responded. " T h e r e was a dear lit­tle boy about e ight y e a r s old, and one day h e told h is f a t h e r he was t ired of home. So his f a the r gave him 6d., a n d he went away and spent it all on sweets . Then he was a shamed of himself, and he asked a f a r m e r to give him some work, and t h e f a r m e r said "Feed my pigs ," and t h e boys a t e t he pigs ' food and then he w a s more ashamed. So he walked home, and his f a t h e r kissed h i m on both cheeks and killed a fa t cow and said "Cheer io , my boy!"

* * * » Knew His F a t h e r .

Lit t le George was asked a very simple sum. "If I had th ree glass­es of beer on th i s table, and asked your f a t h e r to come and drink one, how m a n y would be l e f t ? "

"None ," came the prompt reply from Georgie .

"But you don' t unders t and my quest ion." He repea ted the sum again, and again bu t always re­ceived t h e same assurance . "None sir ."

"My boy, i t ' s clear you don't know men ta l a r i t h m e t i c . "

"But I know F a t h e r , " said Georgie.

* * * * * A Bright Lad.

"There is a happy land, far, far a w a y / ' echoed t h roughou t the schoolroom". "Very good" re­marked t h e teacher . "Now can anybody tell me where the happy land i s ? " This was a puzzler, and one t h a t none of t h e children seemed eager to answer . A t last one small hand shot up.

"Now children l isten to what this clever little boy has to say." said t h e teacher . "Well laddie, and whe re is t he happy land

"Please teacher , far , far away."

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Teache r : "How many bores have you in your body, J i m m y ? "

J i m m y : "Five hundred and nine."

T e a c h e r : "But t h e o ther pupil have not so m a n y ? "

J i m m y : "Weill t h e y did not have fish for dinner, like me ."

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C A T H O L I C C L U B F O R M E D ON T H U R S D A Y I S L A N D .

TWO FRANCISCANS CAPTURED BY COMMUNISTS.

Profes sor Low on Mirac les . Since t h e m i d d l e of J u n e w e h a v e

been a n x i o u s t o d e v o t e a l i t t l e s p a c e to P r o f e s s o r L o w , w h o , o n J u n e 14, w r o t e on m i r a c l e s i n t h e B i r m i n g h a m Weekly P o s t H e is " c o n t e n t t o a d m i t t h a t t h e m i r a c l e s of L o u r d e s m a y have h a p p e n ­ed," b u t he w a n t s t o m a k e a l e n g t h y i n v e s t i g a t i o n a n d " t o e l i m i n a t e t h e e l e m e n t of c h a n c e " b e f o r e h e becomes pos i t ive one w a y o r t h e o t h e r .

T h e a u t h o r i t i e s of t h e Bureau des Constatat ions wi l l be d e l i g h t e d to a s s i s t P r o f e s s o r L o w if h e g o e s t o L o u r d e s , bu t w e f e a r t h a t h e wi l l w a s t e t i m e if he w o r k s on h i s a s s u m p t i o n " t h a t t h e w a t e r of L o u r d e s c o n t a i n s s o m e e x t r a ­o r d i n a r y m e d i c a l p r o p e r t i e s h i t h e r t o u n d i s c o v e r e d . "

" H i t h e r t o u n d i s c o v e r e d " is a l ong­d a t e p h r a s e . I t wil l b e a s va l id w h e n P r o f e s s o r L o w h a s j o i n e d t h e m a j o r i t y a s i t is n o w . C h e m i c a l a n a l y s i s shows t h a t t h e w a t e r of L o u r d e s is j u s t p l a in H.O. w i t h n o n e of t h e m e d i c a l p r o p e r ­t i es so f a r d i s c o v e r e d i n w a t e r .

T h a t o u g h t to suffice. I f w e a r e g o ­i n g t o w a i t f o r a v e r d i c t t i l l n e w m e d i ­cal p r o p e r t i e s of w a t e r a r e d i scovered , t h e r e is no t e r m t o t h e w a i t i n g , b e c a u s e we c a n a l w a y s s a y t h a t t h e r e a r e m o r e st i l l w a i t i n g t o b e s u s p e c t e d a n d discovered .

W e w a n t a v e r d i c t r o w , P r o f e s s o r , in o u r l i f e t i m e .

* * * * * The E l e m e n t of Chance.

B u t i t is n o t t h e w a t e r on ly t h a t P r o ­f e s s o r Low s u s p e c t s in t h e L o u r d e s m i r a c l e s . H e a l so w a n t s to e l i m i n a t e t h e e ' e m e n t of c h a n c e . F r o m t h e t o n e of h i s r e m a r k s w e r a t h e r f e a r t h a t h e m e a n s by c h a n c e s o m e t h i n g n o t d u e t o a k n o w n l a w , j u s t a s b y a m i r a c l e h e m e a n - s o m e t h i n g due t o an u n k n o w n l aw .

c o n s t a n t a n t i c i p a t i o n of w a r a n d h e a v y a r m a m e n t s .

T h i s wou ld be a r e t r o g r a d e s t e p , n o t on ly f o r t h i s c o u n t r y bu t f o r m a n k i n d . A t t h i s m o m e n t w e a r e f i g h t i n g t h e c a u s e of h u m a n i t y itself, a n d w e st i l l h o p e t h a t I t a l y will m o d e r a t e her a m ­bi t ions .

* * * * * Our Government s Offer.

W e c a n n o t be accused of d o i n g no ­t h i n g to e a s e t h e s i t u a t i o n . W e m a d e

| a n offer t o cede p a r t of o u r t e r r i t o r y to A b y s s i n i a p r o v i d e d t h a t I t a l y w o u l d be c o n t e n t w i t h such concess ions f r o m t h a t c o u n t r y a s could be g i v e n w i t h o u t p r o ­v o k i n g a w a r . I t a l y h a s t u r n e d i t down .

T h e offer i s m u c h c r i t i c i sed , a n d t o a I g r e a t d e g r e e u n f a i r l y , b u t a l l m u s t ad -j m i t t h a t i t p r o v e s o u r s i n c e r i t y a n d o u r

g e n u i n e d e s i r e t o a v e r t t h e n o w a l m o s t i nev i t ab l e conflict b e t w e e n t h e t w o P o w e r s conce rned , a conflict wh ich is m o r e d a n g e r o u s in i ts consequences t h a n in i tse l f .

If w e a r e p r e p a r e d t o go h a w k i n g o u r colonies i t m i g h t be a s wel l t o ease t h e t e n s i o n in C e n t r a l E u r o p e b y r e t u r n i n g a colony t o G e r m a n y . T h e r e a l s t r u g ­g l e of t h e f u t u r e in Af r i ca wi l l be t h e rac ia l one a n d t h e m o r e E u r o p e a n n a t i o n s t h a t a r e r e p r e s e n t e d t h e r e t h e l o n g e r wil l t h a t s t r u g g l e b e a v e r t e d .

B u t it is a t o p s y - t u r v y w o r l d . If w e m a k e a g e n e r o u s offer t o a n y c o u n t r y w e sha l l p r o b a b l y only r o u s e j e a lous i e s , a n d s t i r u p a h o r n e t s ' n e s t of t r o u b l e for o u r s e l v e s .

* * * * * A C o n v e n i e n t B ib l e .

Can you r e m e m b e r t h e o r d e r of t h e Books of t h e Old a n d N e w T e s t a m e n t s ? don , W . C . I . , a n d i t is a p l e a s u r e t o n o t e r . f ter t h e m ? W h e n in a h u r r y t o find a t e x t i t i s e x a s p e r a t i n g t o find t h a t

Melbourne.—A group of Japanese men employed by Austral ian pearl ing companies in t he Torres S t r a i t s have s ta r ted a Catholic Young Men's Society on Thurs -

| day Island. Every evening during t h e holiday season they go to the Catholic mission to meet t he priest in charge and to s tudy English. Many of those who a re still ur>-baptized a t tend Mass and Benedic­t ion of the i r own accord. Others have expressed t he i r wish to be­come Catholics, and some of them, a f t e r due instruct ion and proba­tion, have been received into the Church.

The priests and bro the r s of the Austra l ian Province of t he Mis­sionaries of the Sacred Hear t , who work among t h e Kanakas and Austra l ian aborigines on the islands of the Torres S t ra i t s , have found an impor tan t missionary field among t h e floating popula­t ion of Japanese , about 300 in all, engaged in t h e pearl fisheries. For t h e g rea te r pa r t of t he year they a r e a t sea, bu t dur ing t he season of monsoons t h e boats a re brought to port for repairs , and the divers have a holiday.

Three Catholic Japanese have become lay apostles promoting t h e fai th among the i r country­men on Thursday Island. They b r ing new arr iva ls to t h e Catholic Club and succeed eventually in br inging some of t h e m into t h e Church .—(Fides . )

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h t c w l i t tnvikAt van iix hzzxtmz a mhxzxihtx fxtx a vm*.

Once w e s t a r t f o o l i n g a b o u t w i t h t h e m e a n i n g of w r ords l ike t h a t w e g e t n o ­w h e r e . A m i r a c l e is a f a c t , a sens ib l e effect, w h i c h is b y def in i t ion b e y o n d a l l n a t u r a l p o w e r s , d i s c o v e r e d o r d i s cove r ­able , t o p r o d u c e . A n d c h a n c e is acc i ­d e n t a l c a u s a t i o n , a n effect o u t s i d e o r a l o n g s i d e t h e i n t e n t i o n of t h e c a u s e , n o t due t o l a w a t a l l .

N o w le t u s i m a g i n e t h a t L o u r d e s c a n be e x p l a i n e d b y c h a n c e . T h e n wre h a v e a b i g g e r p u z z l e s t i l l . W h y does t h i s c h a n c e o c c u r o n l y a t L o u r d e s , a n d r e ­g u l a r l y , a n d in t h e s a m e s e t of c o n t r o l l ­ed and c o n t r o l l a b l e c i r c u m s t a n c e s a l w a y s ? S u r e l y t h i s is a n e w kind o f c h a n c e . W e c a n p r e d i c a t e i t s o c c u r ­rence , fo r t h e m i r a c l e s of L o u r d e s a r e f a i r l y c o n s t a n t .

Peop le w h o s t a r t b y e x c l u d i n g c h a n c e , co inc idence a n d u n k n o w n l a w s b e f o r e t h e y wil l a d m i t a n y t h i n g , h a v e s t a r t e d on a v e r y l o n g t r e k , f o r t h e s i m p l e r e a s o n t h a t t h e y b e c o m e p a r a l y s e d w i t h f e a r b e f o r e t h e y g e t v e r y f a r .

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Engl i sh A n x i e t y Over Abyss in ia . T h e E n g l i s h g o v e r n m e n t ' s offer t o

I t a l y is v e r y i l l u m i n a t i n g . T h e D u c c p o u r e d v i t r i o l i c s c o r n on B r i t i s h pub l i c opinion o p p o s i n g I t a l y ' s d e s i g n s on E t h i o p i a , b u t h e w a s n o t so w^ell-inform-ed on t h a t occas ion a s h e u s u a l l y i s .

Br i t i sh pub l i c o p i n i o n is n o t w o r r i e d ove r I t a l y ' s co lon ia l e x p a n s i o n , b u t over t h e L e a g u e of N a t i o n s . I t is a l ­r e a d y p ' a i n t h a t I t a l y c an h a v e p e a c e a n d s a t i s f a c t i o n of h e r d e m a n d s f o r a secu re f r o n t i e r w i t h o u t difficulty; b u t i t a l y c a n n o t s t a r t a n a g g r e s s i v e w a r a g a i n s t E t h i o p i a w i t h o u t i n c u r r i n g t h e c e n s u r e of t h e L e a g u e .

If c e n s u r e d , h o w e v e r , I t a l y will l e a v e t h e L e a g u e , a n d a t t h e m o m e n t i t l o o k s a* if t h a t wou ld m e a n i t s d e m i s e . Br i t i sh po l icy is b a s e d on t h e L e a g u e , t h o u g h , a n d w e r e i t t o be d i sc r ed i t ed o r j o die, t h i s c o u n t r y wou ld be fo rced back to t h e old p r e - w a r s t a n d a r d s o f

m e m o r y h a s fa i led . T h i s l i t t l e difficulty c a n be eas i ly

o v e r c o m e b y b u y i n g one of t h o s e h a n d y Bibles w i t h a t h u m b i n d e x . T h e y a r e no t d e a r , a n d c a n be e a s i l y ob t a ined f rom H e r d e r , of 33, Q u e e n S q u a r e , Lon­don, W.C. I . , a n d i t is a p l e a s u r e to n o t e t h a t good , c l ea r p r i n t i n g a c c o m p a n i e s t h e conven ience of a t h u m b index .

In r e c e n t y e a r s Ca tho l i c p u b l i s h e r s have a l so g i v e n u s seve ra l k i n d s of p o r t ­a b l e o r p o c k e t ed i t ions of t h e Bible , so t h e r e is n o excuse fo r b e i n g w i t h o u t one. N o w t h a t t h e h o l i d a y s a r e c o m i n g w h y n o t m a k e a r u l e t o r e a d a c h a p t e r of each of t h e T e s t a m e n t s e v e r y d a y ?

B i b l e - r e a d i n g h a s been b lessed and indu lgenced b y t h e P o p e s , a n d t h e r e i s , of c o u r s e no fo rm of s p i r i t u a l r e a d i n g which c a n c o m p a r e w i t h H o l y W r i t . A good p r a c t i c e is to r e a d o n e of t h e g o s ­pels and one of t h e e p i s t l e s each q u a r t e r of t h e y e a r . A s C h r i s t i a n s w e m u s t g ive p r e f e r e n c e t o t he N e w T e s t a m e n t .

(Ca tho l i c T i m e s , J u l y 5 t h ) . * * * * *

Race Suic ide . M a n y c i t i zens of S o u t h e r n B u c k i n g ­

h a m s h i r e h a v e been c o n c e r n e d a t the ex i s t ence of a ce r t a in c l inic in S lough , and a t t h e subs id i s ing of such p laces wi th pub l ic m o n e y . T h e y h a v e n o w s e n t to t h e M i n i s t e r of H e a l t h a r e a s o n e d p r o t e s t u p o n t h e m a t t e r , m a i n t a i n i n g t h a t s u c h c e n t r e s a r e in no sense gynaeco log ica l cl inics, b u t e x i s t f o r p r a c t i c a l l y one p u r p o s e a n d one only . The p r o t e s t h a s been s i g n e d b y t h e Bishop of N o r t h a m p t o n a n d by t h e A n ­gl ican B i shops of S t . A l b a n s a n d B u c k i n g h a m a n d by m a n y r e p r e s e n t a t i v e c i t i zens , c ler ical and lay. B u t i t s specia l va lue l ies in t h e fac t t h a t n o less t h a n 7f> medica l m e n h a v e a l s o s igned i t , and t h e y inc lude in i t a de t a i l ed e x a m i n a t i o n from t h e medica l po in t of v iew of t h e whole s ub j e c t , p o i n t i n g o u t in p a r t i c u l a r the g r a v e d a n g e r s to h e a l t h a n d even life t h a t a r e incur red . T h i s p a r t of t h e p r o t e s t obv ious ly c a n n o t be d e a l t w i t h

a general p a p e r , b u t w e sha l l be g l a d put into touch w i t h t h e o r g a n i s e r s of

.e S lough P r o t e s t M o v e m e n t a n y of o u r aders who a r e c o n c e r n e d a n d wash f o r ii.[er information. P r o t e s t should be ition-wide a g a i n s t what t h e S lough gnatories r i g h t l y cal l " a t w o - e d g e d vord in the national tendency t o w a r d s ce suicide."

T h e " Q u i n s " A T o u r i s t Asse t . T h e a b s e n c e of t h e Dionne p a r e n t s

f rom the f i rs t b i r t h d a y p a r t y of t h e i r f a m o u s q u i n t u p l e t s is r e g r e t t e d by t h e C a n a d i a n N e w s L e t t e r , w h i c h speaks f o r t h e E m p i r e P r e s s U n i o n . Th i s pub l i ca ­t ion s a y s t h a t Mr . a n d M r s . D i o n n e r e s e n t k e e n l y t h a t t h e con t ro l of t he in ­f a n t s h a s been a s s u m e d by t h e P r o v i n c e of O n t a r i o , and t h e y d e m a n d t h e r e t u r n of t h e i r f a m i l y t o t h e i r own c a r e . T h i s s e e m i n g l y r e a s o n a b l e d e m a n d of t h e p a r e n t s does no t , h o w e v e r , find t he s u p ­p o r t of t h e C a n a d i a n N e w s L e t t e r , wh ich e x p l a i n s t h a t t h e L e g i s l a t u r e pa s sed a n A c t to m a k e t h e b a b i e s t h e specia l w a r d s of t h e K i n g fo r t h e p u r p o s e of s a v i n g ( h e m f rom poss ib le e x p l o i t a t i o n . In t h e face of t h a t a r g u m e n t , t h e n e x t p a r a - j g r a p h in t h e s a m e r e p o r t is a l m o s t f a r -cicai . " T h e q u i n t u p l e t s a r e p rov ing o n e of O n t a r i o ' s m a j o r t o u r i s t a s s e t s . A l a r g e p r o p o r t i o n of t h e l e t t e r s rece ived j

Peiping.—Telegraphic advices from J<#ngting (Ta t s i en lu ) , Sik-ang Province, s t a t e t h a t Comu-nis t s have completely pillaged t h r e e s ta t ions of t he Tats ienlu Vicar ia te and also the leper asy­lum a t Mosimien, from which la t ­t e r place they captured and led away F a t h e r Epiphanius Pegoraro , I tal ian Franciscan in charge of t h e inst i tut ion, and Bro the r P a s ­cal Nadal , Spanish Franc i scan infirmarian.

Wi th another band of Reds oc­cupying distr icts to t h e nor th of t h e ci ty, Tatsienlu itself is declar­ed to be in danger. ( L u m e n ) .

C H I N E S E C O L O N E L A I D S M I S S I O N A R I E S .

0 Yochow, (Hunan Province,

Ch ina ) .—The Colonel of t h e 24th Regiment , Commandant of t h e mi l i t a ry post a t Changshoukai , H u n a n Province, has placed his Red Cross Corps, a field ki tchen and a de tachment of soldiers a t t h e disposal of two Catholic pr ies t s of t h a t town to help in admin is te r ing relief t o t he people of 1,500 h a m ­lets of t h e region who lost all means of sustenance dur ing a re­cent a t t ack by Communis ts .

F a t h e r s G. Her re ro and J. Viei tes . Spanish August in ian mis­sionaries in charge of t h e s ta t ion a t Changshoukai , say t h a t t h e Colonel himself may often be seen wi th ladle in hand serving t h e poor. (Fides.)

E N T I R E V I L L A G E C O N V E R T E D .

Tuticor in . ( India) .—When t h e ent i re non-Christian village of Tarakkudy , near Tuticorin. 190 •persons all together , was received into t he Church recently by Bishop Francis T. Roche, t he poosarf, or pagan pr iest , came for­ward with the sacrificial knife, t he t r ident , and other ins t rument s used in pagan worship and laid t h e m a t the feet of t h e Bishop. In r e tu rn for these t rophies t h e Bi­shop gave the man a large wooden cross to be planted in t he village.

The people were ins t ruc ted for Bapt ism and Confirmation by two Indian Sisters of St. A n n e and two nat ive Catholic school teachers . (Fides.) by t h e O n t a r i o D e p a r t m e n t of H i g h w a y s f rom p r o s p e c t i v e v i s i t o r s t o t h e p r o v i n c e a s k d i r e c t i o n s f o r r e a c h i n g t h e D a f o e H o s p i t a l , a n d a r r a n g e m e n t s are be ing m a d e b y which t h e i n f a n t s wi l l b e v i s ib le to p a s s e r s - b y f rom b e h i n d g l a s s w a l l s . " A s t h e ch i ldren a r e only a year old per ­h a p s i t is too e a r l y to a s k when Ontar io is g o i n g to s t a r t s a v i n g t h e quintuple ts f r o m "poss ib l e e x p l o i t a t i o n . "

( T h e U n i v e r s e , Ju ly 5 th)

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MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935.

W h a t ' s W r o n g in Mex ico

G E N E R A L COMMUNION DAY FOR CHILDREN.

Holy Fa the r Appoints Assumption Day.

CATHOLIC U N I V E R S I T Y ART E X H I B I T I O N .

(Conc luded)

T h e Mexican Government h a s taken i t s s tand on the doctr ine tha t t h e S t a t e i s independent of, and superior to , n a ­tura l human r i g h t s . The Cathol ic Church contradicts tha t doctr ine . W i t h ­out enter ing here and n o w into an e laboborate d i scuss ion of the a r g u m e n t s which support e i ther s ide of t h i s c o n ­t roversy , I affirm tha t t h e A m e r i c a n Tradit ion is who le -hear ted ly opposed to bel ief in S ta te omnipotence .

Condit ions in Mex ico s u g g e s t a l s o a n o t h e r q u e s t i o n — l e s s profound per ­h a p s , but more i m m e d i a t e l y pract ica l : Would the end a imed at by the Mexican Government , if good , jus t i fy the m e a n s n o w in u s e ? To t h i s quest ion the ob­v ious reply is tha t , of course , the end does not jus t i fy t h e m e a n s . T h i s pr in­c iple is recognized b y e v e r y sound moral i s t . E v e n i f one a s s u m e s t h a t t h e Revolut ion is r i g h t , and t h a t t h e M e x i ­can Government is justified in d e s t r o y ­i n g the Cathol ic re l ig ion , i t wou ld s t i l l be w r o n g to a t t a i n th i s end b y crue l ty and injust ice . I t i s a l w a y s w r o n g t o pun i sh innocent people , t o r e f u s e a j u s t trial to persons suspec ted or accused .

This second a s p e c t o f t h e q u e s t i o n looms larges t in t h e world outs ide . T h a t the M e x i c a n Government , no m a t ­t er on w h a t g r o u n d s , h a s departed f r o m t h e c o m m o n u s a g e of f ree peop le s in dea l ing w i t h m e m b e r s of t h e Cathol ic Church, arouses w idespread ind ignat ion . L e s s wel l adver t i sed and l e s s we l l u n ­derstood t h a n t h e p e r s e c u t i o n s w h i c h h a v e la te ly . occured in R u s s i a a n d Germa ny the M e x i c a n persecut ion h a s never the le s s a w a k e n e d deep r e s e n t ­m e n t , for, a s a rule , races t h a t e n j o y a h i g h degree of h u m a n l iberty , t r e a s u r e i t g r e a t l y and g r e a t l y des ire it t o be shared by o thers .

To speak first of the U n i t e d S t a t e s : More t h a n once t h i s n a t i o n h a s in t er ­vened in M e x i c o , and in tervened v igorous ly , for t h e e x p r e s s p u r p o s e of he lp ing Mex icans t o secure t h e e n j o y ­m e n t of l a r g e l iberty . On one occas ion — i n 1915, t h r o u g h Secre tary of S t a t e , Wi l l iam J e n n i n g s B r y a n — w e ac tua l ly caut ioned the l eaders of t h e M e x i c a n people w i th regard to their t r e a t m e n t of the Catholic Church. A n d , a s t h e e x i s t i n g persecut ion g r a d u a l l y b e c o m e s known, Amer ican opinion e x p r e s s e s i t ­s e l f in condemnat ion ^of t h e M e x i c a n Government . Liberals , l ike E r n e s t Gruening , very fr iendly to Mexico , h a v e censured "the r u t h l e s s n e s s inc identa l t o the suppress ion o f revo l t s , Cathol ic and polit ical ,* by t h e Cal les admin i s t ra t ion . Carlton Bea l s m a y be regarded a s s p o k e s m a n f o r a w h o l e g r o u p , in te l l i ­g e n t e n o u g h t o perce ive a n d h o n e s t e n o u g h to declare t h a t no m a t t e r h o w noble the a i m of t h e Mex ican Govern­m e n t m a y be, i t s t r e a t m e n t of Cathol ics cannot be excused . Here is w h a t he w r o t e : —

h a v e s tood Unfl inchingly on t h e s ide of the M e x i c a n Government in t h e i r theoret ical pos i t ion r e g a r d i n g the Ca­tholic Church, but I w a s a l m o s t deport ­ed f rom Mexico because I dared to speak of the persona! abuse of C a t h o ­l ics in t h a t s t r u g g l e . E v e r y personal r ight of e v e r y Catholic w a s v io la ted . T h e y were held b y the pol ice , t h e y had no l ega l protect ion , no protect ion w h a t ­ever from the court s o f Mexico . Of ten a Catholic w a s arres ted and fined; and if he could not p a y his fine he w a s sent to Is las Tres Mar ias , the Pacific Coast penal co lony. I f w a s a g lor ious m o ­m e n t for arb i trary robbing of Cathol ics in Mexico. T h e y w e r e ja i led and m u l c t ­ed of their propert ies w i t h o u t due process of l aw. I f y o u c a n t a k e a w a y the personal l iberty of a Cathol ic , y o u can take a w a y the personal l iberty of everybody e l se ."

The judgment on the Mexican Govern­ment should be noted carefu l ly , e spe ­cial ly the c los ing words , **If you can t a k e a w a y the personal l iberty of a Catholic, you can take a w a y the per-scnl l iberty of everybody e lse ."

T h e Liv ing Church, a w e e k l y o r g a n of the Episcopal Church in Amer ica , re­p e a t s the s a m e w a r n i n g : "The p e r s e ­cution of al l re l ig ion in Mexico is official. It i s dai ly g r o w i n g w o r s e . A n aroused uni ted v igorous protes t by Chr is t ians of e v e r y c o m m u n i o n o u g h t to s w e e p th i s country . N o t the f o r t u n e s of one re l ig ious body a l o n e , but the ent ire fu ture o f Chr i s t ian i ty is a t s t a k e in Mexico to -day , a s it w a s in R u s s i a y e s t e r d a y and m a y be in w e s t e r n Europe

to-morrow, and A m e r i c a the day after." S imi lar to t h i s i s the s tatement on

Mexico made by the Nat ional Con­ference of J e w s and Christ ians: W e desire to g ive our moral support t o those w h o labour for freedom of wor­ship there , and to e x p r e s s the anx ie ty wi th which w e v i e w every threat to l iberty of conscience and the freedom of the soul."

T h e Christ ian Century of Chicago, an undenominat ional Protes tant paper, speak ing of the Mexican Government's policies , said edi tor ia l ly , they "are con­trary t o our m o s t dearly cherished Amer ican principles ." The Christian Science Monitor and The American Hebrew also h a v e protes ted aga ins t the persecut ion in Mexico .

H e r e is the s t a t e m e n t of the Arch­bishops and B i shops of the Uni ted S t a t e s : "No upholder of the r ights o f

I! S A Y N O T .

Say not, my soul, that life is dis- \\ appointing,

That youths' fresh visions were \\ but things unreal,

For Kingship surely follows God's j anointing

And humble service still is God's • ideal.

!

! Say not, my soul, that life has been a j burden,

That sorrows press upon thee more \ and more,

j The peace of God may still be j sorrows's guerdon ) \\

As loved ones lost still open j{ Heaven's door.

j Say not, oh soul, thy skies are grey j |

above three, j That Spring's sweet songs are jj I

burned to Autumn's wail; For now, as then, there's still a God

above thee, And Heaven's success for those

who nobly fail. (Edith E. H. Thompson).

! m a n and the l iberty of conscience, c a n I : v i ew complacent ly the exerc ise of s u c h i t y r a n n y even t h o u g h it be in a country ! j o ther than our o w n . "

F o l l o w i n g u p t h i s s t a t e m e n t , the A d -i min i s trat ive C o m m i t t e e of the Nat iona l ; ; Cathol ic W e l f a r e Conference in t h e I n a m e of the Cathol ic Hierarchy has r e - I j ques ted the Pres ident of the U n i t e d ' i S t a t e s to m a k e representat ions to t h e

Government of Mexico concerning i t s persecut ion of re l ig ion .

There is , t h e n , abundant evidence o f :

w ide s y m p a t h y w i t h the suffering Ca-1 thol ics of Mex ico and of a g r o w i n g ' re s t l e s sness o v e r the methods employed

by t h e Government . This s y m p a t h y and th i s r e s t l e s s n e s s are spreading t o Europe , too. T h e m a t t e r of mail c e n -

* sorship has come before the Br i t i sh Par l iament ; and the French Government :

has protested a g a i n s t the confiscation o f : a French school .

One who care fu l ly studies the M e x i -i can s i tuat ion , however , wi l l see that t h e

essent ia l difficulty i s not the cruel m e ­thods employed by the rulers and t h e i r s y m p a t h i z e r s . It l i es far deeper, i s ;

1 much more v i ta l than that . Fierce p e r - j I secut ion m i g h t cease , the churches a n d I

seminar ies reopen , the pastors re turn to their flocks; but , wi th fundamenta l ;

opposit ion o f idea ls , the Church a n d S t a t e in Mex ico would still be at d a g ­g e r s drawn. If the Government, pur­s u i n g the s a m e a im as now, were to

. e m p l o y only the m o s t gracious methods | of propaganda, it would sti l l encounter

unyie ld ing oppos i t ion on the part o f t h e Church; and the Catholic Hierarchy would resist the Government by e v e r y legal means .

The present rulers of Mexico k n o w that perfect ly wel l . They have declared over and over a g a i n that the Church is their irreconcilable enemy, that t h e Catholic c l e r g y have been and a l w a y s will be an obstac le to them. Under t h e surface of the s t r u g g l e be tween t h e

Peiping.—According to a recent announcement over Radio Vat ican, His Holiness Pope Pius XI h a s proclaimed t h e Feast of the As­sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Augus t 15, of t h i s year a day on which children t h roughou t t h e world should be u rged to re ­ceive Holy Communion in Jthank-f ul commemoration of t h e 25th an­niversary of t he Decree "Quam singulari ," which emanated from the Sacred Congregation of t h e Sacraments on August 8, 1910.

Before th is decree it was com­mon pract ice not to admi t children to the i r F i r s t Holy Communion be-

I fore the age of 12 y e a r s or so. I The promulgat ion of "Quam s i n -j gu la r i " produced a dras t ic change | in favour of childhood b y declaring ! t h a t t he obligation of sat isfying ; t h e precepts of the Church regard­

ing confession and Holy Commu-; nion commenced with t h e age of I reason, which was ordinari ly ! reached a t seven years and some­

t imes even sooner. ( L u m e n ) .

Adminis trat ion and the Cathol ic Church, is the c lash ing of two antagoni s t i c phi­losophies.

It i s poss ible , as some observers be­lieve, that Mexico is in the throes of a return to i ts o w n primitive culture, tha t "Indianism" is the motive power of the Revolution. If this be t r u e , it is , how­ever, not the whole story. E v e n t h o u g h we find it hard to discover w h e t h e r or not there e x i s t s a definite understand­ing and an act ive co-operation be tween Mexico and Russia, t h e kinship of spirit is undeniable. E v e n if the Nat ional i s t Revolut ionary P a r t y h a s subst i tuted a local for a n internat iona­list ideal , the s imilarity o f principles in the Mexican and the Communist R e v o ­lut ions cannot be overlooked.

The policy of the Mexican Govern­ment res t s upon these principles: tha t the mater ia l and cultural interests of the comm uni t y are supreme; that fa i th in the supernatural is f ana t i c i sm, the future life a nursery tale , God a m y t h ; that there can be no h igher ideal than that of universal comfort and universal culture; that the will of t h e communi ty , crysta l l ized in the decrees of the Gov­ernment , is the source of all r ight , independent of and superior to all other law.

If the people are "superst i t ious" and "fanat ica l"—that is , if t h e y still believe in God and adhere to the Church—they must be enl ightened. And they must be enl ightened before it is t oo late; before some mischance topples the Calles Ad­ministrat ion f rom its s e a t ; before some successful a t t empt at gun-running puts another fac t ion in power; before some curious combinat ion of c i rcumstances , as in Madero's t ime , br ings about a fa ir e lect ion: before some president of the United S t a t e s , as c lear-s ighted and vigorous as Theodore Roosevel t , des ­troys the present golden opportunity tc plant the fru i t s of the Revolut ion n the hear t s o f all Mexicans .

And the Mexican Government counts confidently on success , provided the United S t a t e s continue to aid in two w a y s : first, by supply ing the fac t ion in power wi th arms, whi le re fus ing arms to the ir opponents; and second, by mani fe s t ing £ood-wil] toward—thus mainta in ing the prest ige of—the pre­sent Adminis trat ion .

W e have here, at l eas t in p a n , the reason w h y the Mexican Congress th is year fe l t it would be w i s e to create a new diplomatic official, cal led "Attache for Propaganda ," to operate in conjunc­tion wi th l egat ions and consulates , u s i n g newspapers , magaz ines , radio and lec­ture courses in behalf o f the Govern­ment. Public opinion in the Uni ted S ta te s , which means so much to Mexico is becoming more and more uncertain' Even wi th the help of the lobbv in Wash ington , which Bishop Kel ley ca l l s - T h e Uni ted Front;" and of the De Ixarmo-Rilborn C o r p c a t i o n ( N e w York advert i s ing agents of the Mexican G o v e r n m e n t ) ; and of the wri ters w h o provide copy jfor l itt le m a e n z i n e s on Latin Amer ica or Travel Bureau Book­le t s : and of the promoters who organize

Much La ten t Talent Revealed.

Pe ip ing .—The annua l exhibit of p ic tures pa in t ed by s tudents of t h e Depa r tmen t of F ine Ar t s of t h e Catholic Unive r s i ty of Peking was held J u n e 14—16. The walls of t h e Meet ing Hall on the 3rd Floor of t h e Univers i ty barely sufficed for t h e dazzling ar ray of paint ings in Chinese style, while two smaller rooms to t h e side pro­vided space for p ic tures of foreign design painted unde r t h e direction of Bro. B e r c h m a n s Bruckner, S.V.D. N u m e r o u s visi tors in­spected t he exhibi t , m a n y of them recording t h e i r impressions in a reg is te r provided for t h e purpose.

(Lumen) .

CATHOLIC CONGRESS.

To be Held in Switzerland.

Geneva.—The e igh th Swiss Ca­tholic Congress will be held at F r ibourg A u g u s t 31 to September 2. A large a t t e n d a n c e of delegates of the Swiss Catholic People's Union is expected.

Nocturnal adora t ion of the Blessed S a c r a m e n t in t h e church­es of F r i b o u r g on t h e night of Augus t 31 will u s h e r in a special "Euchar i s t ic D a y / ' Two Catholic members of t h e Federa l Council will speak, one on t h e subject "Social Needs and t h e Euchar is t ," t h e other on t h e topic "The Peace of Nat ions and t h e Euchar i s t . "

The Bishop of Lausanne , Gene­va and F r i b o u r g , t h e Most Rev. Mario Besson, will address the Congress on "Cathol ic Action and t h e People's Un ion . "

( L u m e n - N C W C ) .

vis i t s to Mex ico b y R o t a r y Clubs and the Progres s ive E d u c a t i o n Society— even with the he lp of all these , the Mexican p r o p a g a n d a in th i s country rinds itself f r e q u e n t l y in embarrass ing s i tuations w i t h m a n y ques t ions difficult tc answer and m a n y f a c t s impossible to explain a w a y .

Of late there h a s been a concentration of energy in t h e field of education. Dur­i n g the e a r l y d a y s ' o f t h e Revolution, to be sure, the educat iona l programme engaged a t t e n t i o n , p lans w e r e drawn up and eventual ly a cons truc t ive beginning w a s made. There w a s much talk in the Uni ted S t a t e s o f t h e u l tramodern spirit of the Mexican school programme.

Tourists w r o t e h o m e enthusiast ical­ly of the mode l schoo l s in large cities and of the i m p r e s s i v e p lans for a national rural s y s t e m . Professor John Dewey's e n d o r s e m e n t of the rural schools w a s w i d e l y circulated. Mr. Frank T a n n e n b a u m , w h o so generously advertised the "Miracle School" of Mexico City , found tha t the rural school had become a s u b s t i t u t e for the Church and country school t eacher had replaced the priest. F r o m the Director of Edu­cation in the S t a t e of Sonora, he had learned of the "mys t i c at t i tude that leads an Indian to work for his school with the s a m e affection wi th which he previously worked f o r the Church."

One w h o reads b e t w e e n the lines of t h e s tory f h o w e v e r , or one who consults more real ist ic descr ipt ions , will realize that the educat ional p lans of the Mexi-

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Question. How can you recon­cile hell wi th God's love, just ice, and mercy?

Answer. If I could not , t ha t would bu t p rove someth ing wrong wi th m y own ideas on t h e subject. For i t is ce r ta in t h a t God is living, jus t , and merc i fu l ; and He has re­vealed t h a t t h e r e is a hell. So the ideas cannot be repugnant . How­ever God's love, just ice, and mercy demand t h a t t h e r e be a Hell. His love demands a hell, for t h e more He loves goodness , t h e more He mus t ha te s in. To t h e m a n who says t h a t God loves too much to send a man to hell, I simply reply t h a t He sends no man t h e r e ; men go there . A n d God has loved too much not t o let t hem go the re if t hey scorn, re ject , and t h row God's love back in His face. Again , His

men who a re loudest in the i r pro­t e s t s aga ins t God's injustice would be t h e first to complain if God forced any th ing upon them, even His mercy. But men cannot have God's mercy and reject it a t one and t h e same t ime.

Question. How do you prove t h e existence of P u r g a t o r y ?

Answer. In Mat t . V., 26, Chris t , in condemning sin, speaks of l iberation only af ter expiation. "Thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay t h e las t f a r th ing . " In Mat t . XII., 32, H e speaks of sin which "shall not be forgiven e i ther in th i s world or in the world to come." Any remis­sion of the effects of sin in t he nex t world can refer only to purga to ry . Above all St . Paul tells us t h a t t h e day of j udgmen t will t r y each man ' s work. Tha t day is a f te r death , when t h e soul goes to meet i ts God. W h a t is the resul t of t h a t j udgmen t If a man ' s work will not s tand the tes t St . Pau l says t h a t "he shall suffer loss ; bu t he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.". 1 Cor. III., 15. Th is cannot refer to eternal loss in he l l ; for no one is saved there . Nor can it refer to heaven, for t h e r e is no fire in heaven. Pu rga to ry alone can explain th i s t ex t . As a m a t t e r of fact, all Chr i s t ians believed in pu r ­g a t o r y unti l t h e Reformat ion, when t h e re formers began t h e i r reject ion of Chr is t ian doctr ines a t will. P r a y e r for t h e dead was ever

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Malaya Cathol ic Leader, p lease send the ir address . jus t ice demands t h a t if a m a n dies reject ing a n infinite goodness he should endure a penal ty of a never-ending n a t u r e . If t he r e were no eternal pun i shmen t , a m a n could cry to God, "You say T h o u shalt not. ' I say ' I shall. ' Do your worst You cannot punish me forever. W h a t care I for your command­ments or for yourself! You must e i ther m a k e me happy in t h e end, or annihi la te me, when I shall have escaped your power." It is impossible for t h e d r ama of ini­quity to end like tha t . T h a t would not be jus t i ce . And as for God's mercy, a l ready it is a mercy t h a t man has t h e t hough t of hell as an emergency b rake to stop headlong rush into vice. The t r u t h t h a t there is a hell has mercifully sav­ed many a soul from a life of blasphemy and sin, and still more often from death in a s t a t e of sin. And r emember t h a t God's mercy is offered to every m a n over and again d u r i n g life. Mercy is asked for, not forced upon people. Some

j t h e prevai l ing custom, in accord­ance wi th t h e recommendation of t h e Bible itself. " I t is a holy and wholesome though t to p r a y for t he dead, t h a t t hev may be losed from the i r s ins ." 2 Mach. XII., 46. P r a y e r for t he dead supposes a soul not in heaven where it does

I not need t h e help of prayer , nor in hell where p raye r cannot assis t it.

. Some in termedia te s ta te of purifi-• cation and need, where p rayer can

help, is necessary. And the doc­t r ine is most reasonable. "Noth-

i ing defiled shall enter heaven." | Rev. XXL, 27. Yet not all detri­

ment should cost man t h e loss of i h is soul. Even in th is life jus t ice

does not inflict capital pun ishment for every crime. Small offences a r e punished by fines o r by t em­pora ry imprisonment , a f te r which

; t he delinquent is l iberated. Those j who deny purga tory teach t h e j h a r d e r and more unreasonable | doctrine.

(Radio Replies by Rev. Dr . Rumble, I M.S.C.)

P R O V E R B S U P TO D A T E .

Bet te r swallow your good jes t than lose your good friend.

Sweet a re t he uses of adver­si ty, b i t t e r a re t h e uses of pros­peri ty.

The r is ing generat ion owes much to t h e inventor of the a la rm clock.

If vani ty were a deadly disease every under taker would buy fast horses .

tadpoles and god by laurence Oliver (with no capitals or stops) is the very modernist ic form in

j which messrs ivor nicholson and 1 watson present t he t i t le of th i s

six-shill ingsworth of clear th ink­ing and hard h i t t ing . (Tadpoles and God. By Laurence Oliver— Ivor Nicholson and Watson 6s.) Mr. Oliver's ons laughts agains t muddled t hough t , pseudo-science, and all the Brave New World busi­ness have more of t he March wind than of the April sunshine in t h e m ; and in his vigorous impat i ­ence he does not hes i ta te a t an occasional p h r a s e which his own g randmother would probably have described a s "unladyl ike." But then Mr. Oliver is "no l ady" ; which means t h a t , as his own pub­lisher says on the dust-cover, "those who d isagree wi th his con­clusion will undoubtedly find it difficult to re fu te his a r g u m e n t s . " "Not by wr i t i ng books on sc ience , ' says Mr. Oliver, "not by t ak ing science degrees , does a man quali­fy for respect as a scientist . Some people call Mr. Wrells a sc ient is t ; but then some people call Ella Wheeler Wilcox a poet." No Phil May char lady could be t t e r t h a t .

H. G. Wells, indeed, is one of the principal objects of Mr. Oli­ver ' s a t t ack , and for th i s reason (if for no o the r ) t he inevitable comparison wi th Mr. Belloc sug­gests itself. Bu t Mr. Oliver is no second-hand th inke r who has merely l ea rn t t h e t r ick of hashing up ano the r man ' s beef. Natura l ly he says some of t he same th ings as o ther exposers of the Material­is t-Evolutionist m y t h ; but t h a t is merely because those th ings hap­pen to be t r u e . And he says them very tellingly; a s for ins tance in

; his t ruly m a s t e r l y analysis of J . B. ! Crozier's and Sir A r t h u r Kei th 's

dogmas in the chap te r entitled j "The Tadpoles st&te the i r Case." 1 We th ink it will come as a real j surprise t o m a n y readers to find I how much bad logic and sheer I muddle-headedness the re is in the j modern popular pos t -Darwinism; ! it is not mere ly a case of pushing j an hypothes is beyond the l imits of | che evidence.

Ant i -Pseudo-Darwinism, how­ever, is not the be-all and end-all of Mr. Oliver 's a rgumen t . If he tilts against Evolution, it is mere­ly in order to show t h a t the Rosv Dawn foretold by the Evolutionary prophets is ne i ther rosv nor pro­bable. " W i t h o u t moral i ty ," he says, " h u m a n society is impos­sible. And r igh t and wrong can­not be de termined by material th ings , or self-interest would be the sole rule of conduct Who [ t h e n ] is to make the moral l aw?" And so he leads up to his conclusion, t h a t the t r u e hope for this world lies in the re tu rn to Christ ian e thics and the whole Catholic sys t em on which they res t—a sys tem which, on grounds of reason alone, he shows to be

' not only acceptable but compelling. j But , of course, t h e r igh t people

will never read t h e book (C.T.S.)

A good field of corn is one th ing a f a rmer doesn' t care to have crowed over.

The Dead March is not neces-I sarily t h e one the musicians have

murdered .

In the c i ty of Macerata , in I ta ly , there : is preserved to the present day a cor-' poral v is ibly s ta ined wi th the prec ious

Blood of Christ. It is the c u s t o m t o carry this corporal in solemn process ion on the first Sunday af ter the F e a s t o f Pentecos t . The s tory of this corporal is told s o m e w h a t a s fol lows by U g h e l l i in a celebrated work entit led "Ita l ia Sacra. '

It was the year 1356. One m o r n i n g a priest stood at the al tar offering the Holy Sacrifice in the Church of S t . Catherine at Macerata .

He had just come to the E leva t ion , and had scarcely oronounced the words of Consecration, when suddenly a v io lent t emptat ion s u g g e s t e d itself to his mind of disbelief in the real presence of Christ

; in the Blessed Sacrament . S t r u g g l e as he might a g a i n s t th i s

; troublesome thought , he fe l t h imse l f ! unable to shake it off. In sp i te of h i m -I self, it c lung to him.

But God, in a wonderful m a n n e r , i c a m e to his help, for , to his u t t e r a m a z e ­

ment , he noticed that drops of w a r m j b k o d were beg inn ing to fall f rom the

Hos t , which he held in his hands , into t h e chalice.

Terrified at this marvel lous prodigy , the poor priest trembled from head t o foot , so v io lent ly , that a drop of the Prec ious Blood, instead of f a l l i n g into

I the chalice, fell upon the corporal and s ta ined it w i th a rich crimson spot .

With g r e a t e s t difficulty, because of h is i ag i ta t ion , the priest continued t h e H o l y

Sacrifice. A s soon a s it w a s over , h e hastened to the Bishop, and, c a s t i n g h i m ­se l f at h i s feet , told him of w h a t had happened.

Forthwi th , the pre late w e n t to t h e . church, and, h a v i n g wi tnessed f o r h i m ­

sel f the miraculous Bloodsta in , h e ordered the precious corporal t o be t r a n s ­ferred to the cathedral , w h e r e it w a s deposi ted for the veneration of the f a i t h ­ful in a magnif icent vase of crys ta l , r e s t i n g on support s of solid s i lver , and

| r ichly adorned wi th ornaments o f the s a m e meta l .

Year a f ter year , on the first S u n d a y of : Pentecos t , th i s miraculous corporal i s • borne in so lemn procession t h r o u g h t h e I s t r e e t s of Macerata , accompanied b y the ; pr i e s t s and people , s ing ing h y m n s of | praise to the B le s sed Sacrament , and j g i v i n g thanks to God W h o had thus j vouchsafed to enrich their t o w n w i t h so • precious a memoria l of His g o o d n e s s .

M A X I M S . J Time flies like an a r r o w ; days ! and m o n t h s like a weaver ' s | shut t le .

The teacher should not leave his books nor t he poor man h is pigs .

F o r h im who does eve ry th ing in i ts proper t ime one day is wor th th ree .

The t r u t h s which we leas t wish to hea r a re those which i t is most to our advan tage to know.

A t t e n d to you r fa rms and mul ­be r ry t r ees , t h a t you m a y have sufficient food and clothing.

A SYMBOL It is difficult IO express the reverent Jove we feel for those who are gone. A funeral here and a Symbol of remembrance aid and

comfort the bereaved.

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MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935.

W h a t ' s W r o n g in Mex ico

G E N E R A L COMMUNION DAY FOR CHILDREN.

Holy Fa the r Appoints Assumption Day.

CATHOLIC U N I V E R S I T Y ART E X H I B I T I O N .

(Conc luded)

T h e Mexican Government h a s taken i t s s tand on the doctr ine tha t t h e S t a t e i s independent of, and superior to , n a ­tura l human r i g h t s . The Cathol ic Church contradicts tha t doctr ine . W i t h ­out enter ing here and n o w into an e laboborate d i scuss ion of the a r g u m e n t s which support e i ther s ide of t h i s c o n ­t roversy , I affirm tha t t h e A m e r i c a n Tradit ion is who le -hear ted ly opposed to bel ief in S ta te omnipotence .

Condit ions in Mex ico s u g g e s t a l s o a n o t h e r q u e s t i o n — l e s s profound per ­h a p s , but more i m m e d i a t e l y pract ica l : Would the end a imed at by the Mexican Government , if good , jus t i fy the m e a n s n o w in u s e ? To t h i s quest ion the ob­v ious reply is tha t , of course , the end does not jus t i fy t h e m e a n s . T h i s pr in­c iple is recognized b y e v e r y sound moral i s t . E v e n i f one a s s u m e s t h a t t h e Revolut ion is r i g h t , and t h a t t h e M e x i ­can Government is justified in d e s t r o y ­i n g the Cathol ic re l ig ion , i t wou ld s t i l l be w r o n g to a t t a i n th i s end b y crue l ty and injust ice . I t i s a l w a y s w r o n g t o pun i sh innocent people , t o r e f u s e a j u s t trial to persons suspec ted or accused .

This second a s p e c t o f t h e q u e s t i o n looms larges t in t h e world outs ide . T h a t the M e x i c a n Government , no m a t ­t er on w h a t g r o u n d s , h a s departed f r o m t h e c o m m o n u s a g e of f ree peop le s in dea l ing w i t h m e m b e r s of t h e Cathol ic Church, arouses w idespread ind ignat ion . L e s s wel l adver t i sed and l e s s we l l u n ­derstood t h a n t h e p e r s e c u t i o n s w h i c h h a v e la te ly . occured in R u s s i a a n d Germany the M e x i c a n persecut ion h a s never the le s s a w a k e n e d deep r e s e n t ­m e n t , for, a s a rule , races t h a t e n j o y a h i g h degree of h u m a n l iberty , t r e a s u r e i t g r e a t l y and g r e a t l y des ire it t o be shared by o thers .

To speak first of the U n i t e d S t a t e s : More t h a n once t h i s n a t i o n h a s in t er ­vened in M e x i c o , and in tervened v igorous ly , for t h e e x p r e s s p u r p o s e of he lp ing Mex icans t o secure t h e e n j o y ­m e n t of l a r g e l iberty . On one occas ion — i n 1915, t h r o u g h Secre tary of S t a t e , Wi l l iam J e n n i n g s B r y a n — w e ac tua l ly caut ioned the l eaders of t h e M e x i c a n people w i th regard to their t r e a t m e n t of the Catholic Church. A n d , a s t h e e x i s t i n g persecut ion g r a d u a l l y b e c o m e s known, Amer ican opinion e x p r e s s e s i t ­s e l f in condemnat ion ^of t h e M e x i c a n Government . Liberals , l ike E r n e s t Gruening , very fr iendly to Mexico , h a v e censured "the r u t h l e s s n e s s inc identa l t o the suppress ion o f revo l t s , Cathol ic and polit ical ,* by t h e Cal les admin i s t ra t ion . Carlton Bea l s m a y be regarded a s s p o k e s m a n f o r a w h o l e g r o u p , in te l l i ­g e n t e n o u g h t o perce ive a n d h o n e s t e n o u g h to declare t h a t no m a t t e r h o w noble the a i m of t h e Mex ican Govern­m e n t m a y be, i t s t r e a t m e n t of Cathol ics cannot be excused . Here is w h a t he w r o t e : —

h a v e s tood Unfl inchingly on t h e s ide of the M e x i c a n Government in t h e i r theoret ical pos i t ion r e g a r d i n g the Ca­tholic Church, but I w a s a l m o s t deport ­ed f rom Mexico because I dared to speak of the persona! abuse of C a t h o ­l ics in t h a t s t r u g g l e . E v e r y personal r ight of e v e r y Catholic w a s v io la ted . T h e y were held b y the pol ice , t h e y had no l ega l protect ion , no protect ion w h a t ­ever from the court s o f Mexico . Of ten a Catholic w a s arres ted and fined; and if he could not p a y his fine he w a s sent to Is las Tres Mar ias , the Pacific Coast penal co lony. I f w a s a g lor ious m o ­m e n t for arb i trary robbing of Cathol ics in Mexico. T h e y w e r e ja i led and m u l c t ­ed of their propert ies w i t h o u t due process of l aw. I f y o u c a n t a k e a w a y the personal l iberty of a Cathol ic , y o u can take a w a y the personal l iberty of everybody e l se ."

The judgment on the Mexican Govern­ment should be noted carefu l ly , e spe ­cial ly the c los ing words , **If you can t a k e a w a y the personal l iberty of a Catholic, you can take a w a y the per-scnl l iberty of everybody e lse ."

T h e Liv ing Church, a w e e k l y o r g a n of the Episcopal Church in Amer ica , re­p e a t s the s a m e w a r n i n g : "The p e r s e ­cution of al l re l ig ion in Mexico is official. It i s dai ly g r o w i n g w o r s e . A n aroused uni ted v igorous protes t by Chr is t ians of e v e r y c o m m u n i o n o u g h t to s w e e p th i s country . N o t the f o r t u n e s of one re l ig ious body a l o n e , but the ent ire fu ture o f Chr i s t ian i ty is a t s t a k e in Mexico to -day , a s it w a s in R u s s i a y e s t e r d a y and m a y be in w e s t e r n Europe

to-morrow, and A m e r i c a the day after." S imi lar to t h i s i s the s tatement on

Mexico made by the Nat ional Con­ference of J e w s and Christ ians: W e desire to g ive our moral support t o those w h o labour for freedom of wor­ship there , and to e x p r e s s the anx ie ty wi th which w e v i e w every threat to l iberty of conscience and the freedom of the soul."

T h e Christ ian Century of Chicago, an undenominat ional Protes tant paper, speak ing of the Mexican Government's policies , said edi tor ia l ly , they "are con­trary t o our m o s t dearly cherished Amer ican principles ." The Christian Science Monitor and The American Hebrew also h a v e protes ted aga ins t the persecut ion in Mexico .

H e r e is the s t a t e m e n t of the Arch­bishops and B i shops of the Uni ted S t a t e s : "No upholder of the r ights o f

I! S A Y N O T .

Say not, my soul, that life is dis- \\ appointing,

That youths' fresh visions were \\ but things unreal,

For Kingship surely follows God's j anointing

And humble service still is God's • ideal.

!

! Say not, my soul, that life has been a j burden,

That sorrows press upon thee more \ and more,

j The peace of God may still be j sorrows's guerdon ) \\

As loved ones lost still open j{ Heaven's door.

j Say not, oh soul, thy skies are grey j |

above three, j That Spring's sweet songs are jj I

burned to Autumn's wail; For now, as then, there's still a God

above thee, And Heaven's success for those

who nobly fail. (Edith E. H. Thompson).

! m a n and the l iberty of conscience, c a n I : v i ew complacent ly the exerc ise of s u c h i t y r a n n y even t h o u g h it be in a country ! j o ther than our o w n . "

F o l l o w i n g u p t h i s s t a t e m e n t , the A d -i min i s trat ive C o m m i t t e e of the Nat iona l ; ; Cathol ic W e l f a r e Conference in t h e I n a m e of the Cathol ic Hierarchy has r e - I j ques ted the Pres ident of the U n i t e d ' i S t a t e s to m a k e representat ions to t h e

Government of Mexico concerning i t s persecut ion of re l ig ion .

There is , t h e n , abundant evidence o f :

w ide s y m p a t h y w i t h the suffering Ca-1 thol ics of Mex ico and of a g r o w i n g ' re s t l e s sness o v e r the methods employed

by t h e Government . This s y m p a t h y and th i s r e s t l e s s n e s s are spreading t o Europe , too. T h e m a t t e r of mail c e n -

* sorship has come before the Br i t i sh Par l iament ; and the French Government :

has protested a g a i n s t the confiscation o f : a French school .

One who care fu l ly studies the M e x i -i can s i tuat ion , however , wi l l see that t h e

essent ia l difficulty i s not the cruel m e ­thods employed by the rulers and t h e i r s y m p a t h i z e r s . It l i es far deeper, i s ;

1 much more v i ta l than that . Fierce p e r - j I secut ion m i g h t cease , the churches a n d I

seminar ies reopen , the pastors re turn to their flocks; but , wi th fundamenta l ;

opposit ion o f idea ls , the Church a n d S t a t e in Mex ico would still be at d a g ­g e r s drawn. If the Government, pur­s u i n g the s a m e a im as now, were to

. e m p l o y only the m o s t gracious methods | of propaganda, it would sti l l encounter

unyie ld ing oppos i t ion on the part o f t h e Church; and the Catholic Hierarchy would resist the Government by e v e r y legal means .

The present rulers of Mexico k n o w that perfect ly wel l . They have declared over and over a g a i n that the Church is their irreconcilable enemy, that t h e Catholic c l e r g y have been and a l w a y s will be an obstac le to them. Under t h e surface of the s t r u g g l e be tween t h e

Peiping.—According to a recent announcement over Radio Vat ican, His Holiness Pope Pius XI h a s proclaimed t h e Feast of the As­sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Augus t 15, of t h i s year a day on which children t h roughou t t h e world should be u rged to re ­ceive Holy Communion in Jthank-f ul commemoration of t h e 25th an­niversary of t he Decree "Quam singulari ," which emanated from the Sacred Congregation of t h e Sacraments on August 8, 1910.

Before th is decree it was com­mon pract ice not to admi t children to the i r F i r s t Holy Communion be-

I fore the age of 12 y e a r s or so. I The promulgat ion of "Quam s i n -j gu la r i " produced a dras t ic change | in favour of childhood b y declaring ! t h a t t he obligation of sat isfying ; t h e precepts of the Church regard­

ing confession and Holy Commu-; nion commenced with t h e age of I reason, which was ordinari ly ! reached a t seven years and some­

t imes even sooner. ( L u m e n ) .

Adminis trat ion and the Cathol ic Church, is the c lash ing of two antagoni s t i c phi­losophies.

It i s poss ible , as some observers be­lieve, that Mexico is in the throes of a return to i ts o w n primitive culture, tha t "Indianism" is the motive power of the Revolution. If this be t r u e , it is , how­ever, not the whole story. E v e n t h o u g h we find it hard to discover w h e t h e r or not there e x i s t s a definite understand­ing and an act ive co-operation be tween Mexico and Russia, t h e kinship of spirit is undeniable. E v e n if the Nat ional i s t Revolut ionary P a r t y h a s subst i tuted a local for a n internat iona­list ideal , the s imilarity o f principles in the Mexican and the Communist R e v o ­lut ions cannot be overlooked.

The policy of the Mexican Govern­ment res t s upon these principles: tha t the mater ia l and cultural interests of the comm uni t y are supreme; that fa i th in the supernatural is f ana t i c i sm, the future life a nursery tale , God a m y t h ; that there can be no h igher ideal than that of universal comfort and universal culture; that the will of t h e communi ty , crysta l l ized in the decrees of the Gov­ernment , is the source of all r ight , independent of and superior to all other law.

If the people are "superst i t ious" and "fanat ica l"—that is , if t h e y still believe in God and adhere to the Church—they must be enl ightened. And they must be enl ightened before it is t oo late; before some mischance topples the Calles Ad­ministrat ion f rom its s e a t ; before some successful a t t empt at gun-running puts another fac t ion in power; before some curious combinat ion of c i rcumstances , as in Madero's t ime , br ings about a fa ir e lect ion: before some president of the United S t a t e s , as c lear-s ighted and vigorous as Theodore Roosevel t , des ­troys the present golden opportunity tc plant the fru i t s of the Revolut ion n the hear t s o f all Mexicans .

And the Mexican Government counts confidently on success , provided the United S t a t e s continue to aid in two w a y s : first, by supply ing the fac t ion in power wi th arms, whi le re fus ing arms to the ir opponents; and second, by mani fe s t ing £ood-wil] toward—thus mainta in ing the prest ige of—the pre­sent Adminis trat ion .

W e have here, at l eas t in p a n , the reason w h y the Mexican Congress th is year fe l t it would be w i s e to create a new diplomatic official, cal led "Attache for Propaganda ," to operate in conjunc­tion wi th l egat ions and consulates , u s i n g newspapers , magaz ines , radio and lec­ture courses in behalf o f the Govern­ment. Public opinion in the Uni ted S ta te s , which means so much to Mexico is becoming more and more uncertain' Even wi th the help of the lobbv in Wash ington , which Bishop Kel ley ca l l s - T h e Uni ted Front;" and of the De Ixarmo-Rilborn C o r p c a t i o n ( N e w York advert i s ing agents of the Mexican G o v e r n m e n t ) ; and of the wri ters w h o provide copy jfor l itt le m a e n z i n e s on Latin Amer ica or Travel Bureau Book­le t s : and of the promoters who organize

Much La ten t Talent Revealed.

Pe ip ing .—The annua l exhibit of p ic tures pa in t ed by s tudents of t h e Depa r tmen t of F ine Ar t s of t h e Catholic Unive r s i ty of Peking was held J u n e 14—16. The walls of t h e Meet ing Hall on the 3rd Floor of t h e Univers i ty barely sufficed for t h e dazzling ar ray of paint ings in Chinese style, while two smaller rooms to t h e side pro­vided space for p ic tures of foreign design painted unde r t h e direction of Bro. B e r c h m a n s Bruckner, S.V.D. N u m e r o u s visi tors in­spected t he exhibi t , m a n y of them recording t h e i r impressions in a reg is te r provided for t h e purpose.

(Lumen) .

CATHOLIC CONGRESS.

To be Held in Switzerland.

Geneva.—The e igh th Swiss Ca­tholic Congress will be held at F r ibourg A u g u s t 31 to September 2. A large a t t e n d a n c e of delegates of the Swiss Catholic People's Union is expected.

Nocturnal adora t ion of the Blessed S a c r a m e n t in t h e church­es of F r i b o u r g on t h e night of Augus t 31 will u s h e r in a special "Euchar i s t ic D a y / ' Two Catholic members of t h e Federa l Council will speak, one on t h e subject "Social Needs and t h e Euchar is t ," t h e other on t h e topic "The Peace of Nat ions and t h e Euchar i s t . "

The Bishop of Lausanne , Gene­va and F r i b o u r g , t h e Most Rev. Mario Besson, will address the Congress on "Cathol ic Action and t h e People's Un ion . "

( L u m e n - N C W C ) .

vis i t s to Mex ico b y R o t a r y Clubs and the Progres s ive E d u c a t i o n Society— even with the he lp of all these , the Mexican p r o p a g a n d a in th i s country rinds itself f r e q u e n t l y in embarrass ing s i tuations w i t h m a n y ques t ions difficult tc answer and m a n y f a c t s impossible to explain a w a y .

Of late there h a s been a concentration of energy in t h e field of education. Dur­i n g the e a r l y d a y s ' o f t h e Revolution, to be sure, the educat iona l programme engaged a t t e n t i o n , p lans w e r e drawn up and eventual ly a cons truc t ive beginning w a s made. There w a s much talk in the Uni ted S t a t e s o f t h e u l tramodern spirit of the Mexican school programme.

Tourists w r o t e h o m e enthusiast ical­ly of the mode l schoo l s in large cities and of the i m p r e s s i v e p lans for a national rural s y s t e m . Professor John Dewey's e n d o r s e m e n t of the rural schools w a s w i d e l y circulated. Mr. Frank T a n n e n b a u m , w h o so generously advertised the "Miracle School" of Mexico City , found tha t the rural school had become a s u b s t i t u t e for the Church and country school t eacher had replaced the priest. F r o m the Director of Edu­cation in the S t a t e of Sonora, he had learned of the "mys t i c at t i tude that leads an Indian to work for his school with the s a m e affection wi th which he previously worked f o r the Church."

One w h o reads b e t w e e n the lines of t h e s tory f h o w e v e r , or one who consults more real ist ic descr ipt ions , will realize that the educat ional p lans of the Mexi-

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Question. How can you recon­cile hell wi th God's love, just ice, and mercy?

Answer. If I could not , t ha t would bu t p rove someth ing wrong wi th m y own ideas on t h e subject. For i t is ce r ta in t h a t God is living, jus t , and merc i fu l ; and He has re­vealed t h a t t h e r e is a hell. So the ideas cannot be repugnant . How­ever God's love, just ice, and mercy demand t h a t t h e r e be a Hell. His love demands a hell, for t h e more He loves goodness , t h e more He mus t ha te s in. To t h e m a n who says t h a t God loves too much to send a man to hell, I simply reply t h a t He sends no man t h e r e ; men go there . A n d God has loved too much not t o let t hem go the re if t hey scorn, re ject , and t h row God's love back in His face. Again , His

men who a re loudest in the i r pro­t e s t s aga ins t God's injustice would be t h e first to complain if God forced any th ing upon them, even His mercy. But men cannot have God's mercy and reject it a t one and t h e same t ime.

Question. How do you prove t h e existence of P u r g a t o r y ?

Answer. In Mat t . V., 26, Chris t , in condemning sin, speaks of l iberation only af ter expiation. "Thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay t h e las t f a r th ing . " In Mat t . XII., 32, H e speaks of sin which "shall not be forgiven e i ther in th i s world or in the world to come." Any remis­sion of the effects of sin in t he nex t world can refer only to purga to ry . Above all St . Paul tells us t h a t t h e day of j udgmen t will t r y each man ' s work. Tha t day is a f te r death , when t h e soul goes to meet i ts God. W h a t is the resul t of t h a t j udgmen t If a man ' s work will not s tand the tes t St . Pau l says t h a t "he shall suffer loss ; bu t he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.". 1 Cor. III., 15. Th is cannot refer to eternal loss in he l l ; for no one is saved there . Nor can it refer to heaven, for t h e r e is no fire in heaven. Pu rga to ry alone can explain th i s t ex t . As a m a t t e r of fact, all Chr i s t ians believed in pu r ­g a t o r y unti l t h e Reformat ion, when t h e re formers began t h e i r reject ion of Chr is t ian doctr ines a t will. P r a y e r for t h e dead was ever

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Malaya Cathol ic Leader, p lease send the ir address . jus t ice demands t h a t if a m a n dies reject ing a n infinite goodness he should endure a penal ty of a never-ending n a t u r e . If t he r e were no eternal pun i shmen t , a m a n could cry to God, "You say T h o u shalt not. ' I say ' I shall. ' Do your worst You cannot punish me forever. W h a t care I for your command­ments or for yourself! You must e i ther m a k e me happy in t h e end, or annihi la te me, when I shall have escaped your power." It is impossible for t h e d r ama of ini­quity to end like tha t . T h a t would not be jus t i ce . And as for God's mercy, a l ready it is a mercy t h a t man has t h e t hough t of hell as an emergency b rake to stop headlong rush into vice. The t r u t h t h a t there is a hell has mercifully sav­ed many a soul from a life of blasphemy and sin, and still more often from death in a s t a t e of sin. And r emember t h a t God's mercy is offered to every m a n over and again d u r i n g life. Mercy is asked for, not forced upon people. Some

j t h e prevai l ing custom, in accord­ance wi th t h e recommendation of t h e Bible itself. " I t is a holy and wholesome though t to p r a y for t he dead, t h a t t hev may be losed from the i r s ins ." 2 Mach. XII., 46. P r a y e r for t he dead supposes a soul not in heaven where it does

I not need t h e help of prayer , nor in hell where p raye r cannot assis t it.

. Some in termedia te s ta te of purifi-• cation and need, where p rayer can

help, is necessary. And the doc­t r ine is most reasonable. "Noth-

i ing defiled shall enter heaven." | Rev. XXL, 27. Yet not all detri­

ment should cost man t h e loss of i h is soul. Even in th is life jus t ice

does not inflict capital pun ishment for every crime. Small offences a r e punished by fines o r by t em­pora ry imprisonment , a f te r which

; t he delinquent is l iberated. Those j who deny purga tory teach t h e j h a r d e r and more unreasonable | doctrine.

(Radio Replies by Rev. Dr . Rumble, I M.S.C.)

P R O V E R B S U P TO D A T E .

Bet te r swallow your good jes t than lose your good friend.

Sweet a re t he uses of adver­si ty, b i t t e r a re t h e uses of pros­peri ty.

The r is ing generat ion owes much to t h e inventor of the a la rm clock.

If vani ty were a deadly disease every under taker would buy fast horses .

tadpoles and god by laurence Oliver (with no capitals or stops) is the very modernist ic form in

j which messrs ivor nicholson and 1 watson present t he t i t le of th i s

six-shill ingsworth of clear th ink­ing and hard h i t t ing . (Tadpoles and God. By Laurence Oliver— Ivor Nicholson and Watson 6s.) Mr. Oliver's ons laughts agains t muddled t hough t , pseudo-science, and all the Brave New World busi­ness have more of t he March wind than of the April sunshine in t h e m ; and in his vigorous impat i ­ence he does not hes i ta te a t an occasional p h r a s e which his own g randmother would probably have described a s "unladyl ike." But then Mr. Oliver is "no l ady" ; which means t h a t , as his own pub­lisher says on the dust-cover, "those who d isagree wi th his con­clusion will undoubtedly find it difficult to re fu te his a r g u m e n t s . " "Not by wr i t i ng books on sc ience , ' says Mr. Oliver, "not by t ak ing science degrees , does a man quali­fy for respect as a scientist . Some people call Mr. Wrells a sc ient is t ; but then some people call Ella Wheeler Wilcox a poet." No Phil May char lady could be t t e r t h a t .

H. G. Wells, indeed, is one of the principal objects of Mr. Oli­ver ' s a t t ack , and for th i s reason (if for no o the r ) t he inevitable comparison wi th Mr. Belloc sug­gests itself. Bu t Mr. Oliver is no second-hand th inke r who has merely l ea rn t t h e t r ick of hashing up ano the r man ' s beef. Natura l ly he says some of t he same th ings as o ther exposers of the Material­is t-Evolutionist m y t h ; but t h a t is merely because those th ings hap­pen to be t r u e . And he says them very tellingly; a s for ins tance in

; his t ruly m a s t e r l y analysis of J . B. ! Crozier's and Sir A r t h u r Kei th 's

dogmas in the chap te r entitled j "The Tadpoles st&te the i r Case." 1 We th ink it will come as a real j surprise t o m a n y readers to find I how much bad logic and sheer I muddle-headedness the re is in the j modern popular pos t -Darwinism; ! it is not mere ly a case of pushing j an hypothes is beyond the l imits of | che evidence.

Ant i -Pseudo-Darwinism, how­ever, is not the be-all and end-all of Mr. Oliver 's a rgumen t . If he tilts against Evolution, it is mere­ly in order to show t h a t the Rosv Dawn foretold by the Evolutionary prophets is ne i ther rosv nor pro­bable. " W i t h o u t moral i ty ," he says, " h u m a n society is impos­sible. And r igh t and wrong can­not be de termined by material th ings , or self-interest would be the sole rule of conduct Who [ t h e n ] is to make the moral l aw?" And so he leads up to his conclusion, t h a t the t r u e hope for this world lies in the re tu rn to Christ ian e thics and the whole Catholic sys t em on which they res t—a sys tem which, on grounds of reason alone, he shows to be

' not only acceptable but compelling. j But , of course, t h e r igh t people

will never read t h e book (C.T.S.)

A good field of corn is one th ing a f a rmer doesn' t care to have crowed over.

The Dead March is not neces-I sarily t h e one the musicians have

murdered .

In the c i ty of Macerata , in I ta ly , there : is preserved to the present day a cor-' poral v is ibly s ta ined wi th the prec ious

Blood of Christ. It is the c u s t o m t o carry this corporal in solemn process ion on the first Sunday af ter the F e a s t o f Pentecos t . The s tory of this corporal is told s o m e w h a t a s fol lows by U g h e l l i in a celebrated work entit led "Ita l ia Sacra. '

It was the year 1356. One m o r n i n g a priest stood at the al tar offering the Holy Sacrifice in the Church of S t . Catherine at Macerata .

He had just come to the E leva t ion , and had scarcely oronounced the words of Consecration, when suddenly a v io lent t emptat ion s u g g e s t e d itself to his mind of disbelief in the real presence of Christ

; in the Blessed Sacrament . S t r u g g l e as he might a g a i n s t th i s

; troublesome thought , he fe l t h imse l f ! unable to shake it off. In sp i te of h i m -I self, it c lung to him.

But God, in a wonderful m a n n e r , i c a m e to his help, for , to his u t t e r a m a z e ­

ment , he noticed that drops of w a r m j b k o d were beg inn ing to fall f rom the

Hos t , which he held in his hands , into t h e chalice.

Terrified at this marvel lous prodigy , the poor priest trembled from head t o foot , so v io lent ly , that a drop of the Prec ious Blood, instead of f a l l i n g into

I the chalice, fell upon the corporal and s ta ined it w i th a rich crimson spot .

With g r e a t e s t difficulty, because of h is i ag i ta t ion , the priest continued t h e H o l y

Sacrifice. A s soon a s it w a s over , h e hastened to the Bishop, and, c a s t i n g h i m ­se l f at h i s feet , told him of w h a t had happened.

Forthwi th , the pre late w e n t to t h e . church, and, h a v i n g wi tnessed f o r h i m ­

sel f the miraculous Bloodsta in , h e ordered the precious corporal t o be t r a n s ­ferred to the cathedral , w h e r e it w a s deposi ted for the veneration of the f a i t h ­ful in a magnif icent vase of crys ta l , r e s t i n g on support s of solid s i lver , and

| r ichly adorned wi th ornaments o f the s a m e meta l .

Year a f ter year , on the first S u n d a y of : Pentecos t , th i s miraculous corporal i s • borne in so lemn procession t h r o u g h t h e I s t r e e t s of Macerata , accompanied b y the ; pr i e s t s and people , s ing ing h y m n s of | praise to the B le s sed Sacrament , and j g i v i n g thanks to God W h o had thus j vouchsafed to enrich their t o w n w i t h so • precious a memoria l of His g o o d n e s s .

M A X I M S . J Time flies like an a r r o w ; days ! and m o n t h s like a weaver ' s | shut t le .

The teacher should not leave his books nor t he poor man h is pigs .

F o r h im who does eve ry th ing in i ts proper t ime one day is wor th th ree .

The t r u t h s which we leas t wish to hea r a re those which i t is most to our advan tage to know.

A t t e n d to you r fa rms and mul ­be r ry t r ees , t h a t you m a y have sufficient food and clothing.

A SYMBOL It is difficult IO express the reverent Jove we feel for those who are gone. A funeral here and a Symbol of remembrance aid and

comfort the bereaved.

SINGAPORE CASKET CO. PENHAS ROAD.* SINGAPORE

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Woman's Page . o

H o m e I n f l u e n c e Sure ly only God could have

t h o u g h t of fo rming a baby, and even wi th God a baby w a s an a f t e r - t hough t , if we m a y speak human ly . H e formed A d a m and E v e in t h e full powers of m a t u r ­i ty , t h e y fel l ; t h e n God s e n t t h e first Baby to Cheer a sorrowful e a r t h . Would Adam a n d E v e h a v e disobeyed had God c rea ted t h e m as l i t t le ch i ldren? One t h i n g is c e r t a i n ; they would have remained obedient longer h a d He fo rmed t h e m as babies, a n d as chi ldren a round His k n e e in Parad ise , t hey would have grown to love H im so dearly t h a t by t h e t i m e they had grown to manhood, t h e devil could not have stolen t h e m away from Him.

A t t h e p re sen t day, t h e devil s t ea l s m a n y a son and daugh te r , b u t if t h e watchful Mothe r g a t h e r s h e r l i t t le ones a round he r k n e e in t h e Home Circle, and gu ides t h e i r baby hands t h r o u g h t h e sign of Cross, while g iv ing t h e m an ear ly foundation in t h e i r religion, she will find as t h e yea r s roll by. t h a t t h e hab i t s which she h a s formed in the i r childhood, will have t h r o u g h he r influence, become a deep-rooted conviction which will be t he i r gu id ing s t a r t h r o ' life.

If m a n builds ships to r i de t h e s t o r m s of sea and air , God sends babies t o lay hold of and control t empes t s of passion, anger , jeal ­ousy and revenge t h a t t h e devil s t i r s , to wreck t h e a r k of family life. A million t imes since t h ings began, our l i t t le ones have b r o u g h t t h a t a r k t h r o u g h t roubl­ed w a t e r s . H a v e not baby hands held t oge the r a lmost as of ten a s j t h e r e have been baby hands , two h e a r t s t h a t were being s e p a r a t e d m o r e definitely every day by t h e deepening r ive r of mi sunde r s t and­i n g ? Is not t h a t glorious a r k of \ t h e h u m a n family being d r iven to­d a y on t h e rocks t h a t b r e a k it , I

| s imply because t h e r e are no baby I hands to guide i t ?

The world is perpetually re­juvena ted by t h e presence in our mids t of young children, those fair blossoms, t hose sweet unfold­ing flowers in God's garden . If

! no child were born for t h e nex t i twen ty or t h i r t y years , we would i feel ourselves ageing fast . I t is

t he happy laughing faces of children which we continually

I come across in life's pa th , t h a t m a k e us forget we a re ge t t i ng old, and t h a t infuse a cer ta in degree

I of joy into ou r dull monotonous, j h u m d r u m sor t of existence. I t is

t h e innocence, t h e ar t less simpli­ci ty and confiding na tu re of t h e

| l i t t le ones t h a t a t t r a c t s all hea r t s ; to them, and m a k e s us feel all t he

b e t t e r in consequence. W r hat a heavy responsibility

t h e n lies wi th pa ren t s whom God h a s blessed w i t h li t t le chi ldren! P a r e n t s who g ra t i fy t h e desires of t he i r chi ldren a t t he expense of hea l th and happy t empers a re sowing seeds of evil t h a t will sp r ing up and bear f rui t . Self-indulgence g rows with t h e g rowth of t h e child, a n d both menta l and physical v igour a re sacrificed. P a r e n t s who do th i s work r e a p w i t h b i t t e rness t h e seed t h e y have sown. The sp i r i tua l a s well a s t h e menta l powers suffer. The conscience becomes stupefied and t h e susceptibil i ty to good impres­sions is impaired.

P a r e n t s should be m o r e for chi ldren and less for society. They should su r round t h e i r l i t t le ones wi th an a tmosphere of cheer­fulness, cour tesy and love. A home where love dwells and where i t is expressed in looks in words and in ac ts , is a place w h e r e God's recording Ange ls a re busy , and wr here God de l igh ts to mani fes t His blessings.

" Childhood shows t h e m a n As morn ing shows t h e day . "

Do Babies Pay ? T h e discussion on th i s subject

does not seem ye t to be aba ted . N o w it is asked, does a t w o year -old baby pay for itself u p to t h e t i m e it reaches t h a t i n t e r e s t ing a g e ? Somet imes I t h ink no t . I t h o u g h t so yes t e rday w h e n m y l i t t le baby slipped into m y s tudy a n d "sc rubbed" t h e carpe t and his bes t w h i t e d ress wi th m y bo t t l e of ink. He w a s playing in t h e coal-celler t en minu tes af ter a class d res s was p u t on him, and l a t e r in t h e day h e pas ted two dollars ' w o r t h of pos tage s t amps on t h e par lour wall and poured five dol­l a r s ' wor th of t h e choicest "wh i t e R o s e " pe r fumery out of t h e win­dow " to see it wain ."

Then he dug out t h e cen t re of a nicely-baked cake, and w a s found in t h e middle of t h e dinning-room w i t h t he sugar-bowl be tween his legs and mos t of t h e con ten ts in h i s hands and in h is mou th .

My l i t t le baby has a l ready cost over $200 in doctors ' bills, and I feel t h a t I am r:<?ht in a t t r i b u t i n g m y few grey ha i r s to t h e mise ry I endured walking wi th h im a t nicrht d u r i n g t h e first yea r of his life.

W h a t h a s he ever done to nay m e for t h a t ? A h ! I hea r h i s l i t t le fee t p a t t e r i n g along t h e corridor. I h e a r h i s l i t t le r p p l e of l augh te r b e m u s e h e h a s escaped from his m o t h e r and h a s found h i s w a y up

"Every child

needs milk

every day."

MILKMAID MILK HOUSEHOLD HINTS .

RECiFES. HOUSE-CLEANING.

i to my s tudy a t a forbidden hour, j But , t h e door is closed. The little j good-for-nothing cannot ge t in, and

j I will not open it for him. No, ! j I will Not . I cannot be dis turbed

w^hen I a m wr i t ing . I si t perfectly • still.

"Papa . " N o reply. "Peeze | 1 Papa . " Grim silence. "Baby come I in peeze P a p a ? " He shall not j come in. " P a p a " continues t h e ! little voice, " I lub my big Papa . " i \ Silence "Peeze Papa dis is your | i baby, peeze let baby in."

The big P a p a becomes ve ry small J | I t h row open the door. In he I

comes writh outs t re tched little a r m s , with sh in ing eyes, wi th laughing face. I catch h im up in my a rms , and h is warm, soft l i t t le a r m s go around my neck, and t h e not very clean lit t le cheek is laid close to mine. The baby voice says , swee t ly :—"I lub my Papa, j

i you is Baby ' s own P a p a cause i Mammie tell m e you is, and I lub | you very much . "

Does he P a y ? Well, I begin to th ink he does.

He has cost m e many anxious days and nights . H e has cost me t ime and money and care and self-sacri­fice. He m a y cost me pain and sorrow. He h a s cost me m u c h ; but he has paid for it all again and strain' in whisper ing those four h'ttle words in to my e a r s : — " I lub my Papa ." ;

j W h y we clean and d u s t : — Rooms a re cleaned (1) to make

them more a t t rac t ive and plea-! sant to live in. (2) To remove ; dust and dir t .

Dust is composed of small par­ticles of soot, sand and soil, pollen

j and seeds from flowers, microsco-\ pic part ic les worn from clothes or 1 fu rn i ture , dried impuri t ies from I lungs t i ny pieces of skin (which is | a lways wear ing away) and ge rms . I Moreover, once disease g e r m s find j access to dus t i t acts as a ver i table I ho thhouse or breeding-ground for ! them, and for t h i s reason it is ab-I solutely necessary t h a t dus t should ! be removed from our homes daily j and not be allowed to accumulate ! t he re .

How to clean and t u rn out va­r ious r o o m s : —

Bedroom.—Since a t least one-th i rd of ou r lives is spent in bed,

: t h e bedroom should be t h e heal­th ies t and cleanest room in t he house. I t should be ar t i s t ic and contain only such furn i ture as is requi red—and not be a sor t of lumber room for old pictures , cracked ornaments , t r u n k s o r books. Such th ings ha rbour dust and t ake up much of the valuable a i r space, besides requir ing t ime and t rouble to clean. Hang ings t h e bed, screens in the fireplace, photos, and fans on the walls or mantelpiece are nei ther of use nor beauty , and should be kept out of t he room. The window should be almost a lways open, so t h a t t he r e is plenty of fresh a i r admi t ted .

On leaving the room in the morning, t he clothes should be well t h r o w n back off the bed to a i r it and t h e windows opened wide. La te r on in the day the bed should be made, t he pails emptied and the room tidied, and once a week it should ge t a thorough doing out, somewhat as fol lows:—Having dressed the bed, dust each orna­ment and small pictures thorough­ly, place them on a newspaper on the bed and cover with a dus t ing sheet . Wash t h e toilet set and place it and all chairs , etc., outside the door. Remove a n y clothes from pegs , t ake ma t s to t h e gar­den to be shaken. Then take a long broom covered with a clean dus te r and wipe down dust and cobwebs from the ceiling and walls. Close the window and sprinkle t ea leaves or dump news­papers on the floor and sweep so as to avoid ra is ing dust. Clean the windows, wipe paintwork wi th a damp cloth, polish the floor, black-lead t h e g r a t e and dust all t he

S H E P H E R D ' S P I E . Cut a ha l f -pound of cold .neat into

j s l i ces , put a l a y e r into a pie-dish, sprin-| kle it w i t h on ion chopped finely and

season ing , then a d d another layer of meat and s e a s o n i n g ti l l t h e dish is filled;

i p o u r in a gin o i g r a v y . Mash two pounds j po ta toes , add o n e t easpoonfu l of salt, I t w o tab le spoonfu l s of milk, and one

ounce of but t er t o t h e m , l a y t h e m on the top of the m e a t , and smooth them over w i t h a kn i f e dipped in milk; make it look l ike p ie -crust . B a k e for half an hour.

S E A P I E . P u t one o u n c e of dr ipping into a

medium-s ized p i e - d i s h or pan , w h e n quite hot f r y t w o or t h r e e onions in it, adding a l i t t le flour. Cut h a l f a pound of meat into inch s q u a r e s , p u t in t h e pan, a n i w a t e r to cover i t , and s e a s o n w i t h pep­per and sa l t . S i m m e r v e r y gently. Make a pas te rol l i t o u t o n a well-floured

. board to a s i ze a l i t t l e l a r g e r than the I dish. P u t it o v e r t h e dish, and let sim­

mer very g e n t l y f o r o n e and a half to j t w o hours.

T O A D - I N - T H E - H O L E . Mix s ix ounces of flour w i t h a little

bak ing powder and sa l t ; put the yolk of an e g g in t h e centre of the flour, s t ir in enough m i l k to m a k e the mixture a smooth bat ter , b e a t i t we l l ; add the rest of a pint o f mi lk . W h i n the w V t e of the e g g to a f r o t h , and add it. Cut half a pound of bee f or m u t t o n into s l ices , and lav a t t h e b o t t o m of a greased t in or p ie -d i sh: pour over the bather. ?.r>d bpfc-A 77i a hot oven for three-quarters of an hour.

larger art icles of f n r n i t n ^ . R»"in<? in the ma t s and cha i rs well dusted, replace all o r n a m e n t s and or»^n the windows. I t is a o-ood nlan to change the shee t s , pillows, towels, etc.. of a room on th i s dav. It e rea t lv depends on t h e room and its fittings a s to w h a t cleaning should be done dailv in t h e room, but in o-prieral—1. TVIP room h*s to be aired. 2. The bed m*de. 3 The washs t and seen to ( tha t h ra i ls errmtied and wined out and jugs filled wi th fresh W R ^ V 4. The place dus ted and t h e l ights on the a l t a r or for use a t n ight seen to.

Si t t ing-room.—The general r>7°n of doing out a sittiner-room is the same as t h a t of t h e bedroom. The smaller o r n a m e n t s a re dusted, placed on t h e table and covered. The rugs a r e removpd and beaten, the chairs, small tables, etc.. .dust­ed and removed, t h e e r a t e c raned , and havinsr done t h e ceiling and walls, t he floor is swept bv brush­ing evenly and h'ehtly t he w»v of the c a m e t . The woodwork is wined with a damn clo^'h ' h p

fu rn i ture and floor p o U s h M and the p ic tures du5?ted bark and front. Ronlace t h e o rnaments , etc.. and a i r t h e room.

(To be continued)

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 20th J U L Y , 1935.

HOLY FATHER'S DISCOURSE g 1 f t s

F r o m P p u b u c T 1 ° -

O N N E W SAINTS OFFICIALS.

ORATORIO "SAINT THERESE" ACCLAIMED*

BY AUDIENCE

PRAYER FOR ENGLAND'S RETURN TO FOLD.

Vatican City.—Following is the complete t ex t of t h e s t r ik ing dis­course of Pope P iu s XI at the canonization of Blessed John Car­dinal F i she r and Thomas More, Engl ish m a r t y r s , in which His Holiness, af ter p a y i n g glowing t r ibu te t o t he he ro i sm and zeal of the two new Sa in t s , asked t h e prayers of t h e fai thful for the r e tu rn of England to t h e Catholic fold.

As Je sus Chris t , according to the words of St . Paul , is e te rna l and im­mutable , "yes te rday and today, and t h e s a m e forever ," so t h e Church founded by Him is dest ined never to per ish. Genera t ions follow and succeed each o t h e r wi th the i r perennial vicissi tudes. But where­as h u m a n ins t i tu t ions give way and d isappear before t h e levelling t ide of t ime, and h u m a n sciences, re­flecting inconstant l ight , undergo repeated t r ans fo rmat ions , t h e Cross of Chris t , r ea red steadfast above the engulfing billows, never ceases to il lumine mankind with t h e beneficent splendour of Eternal T r u t h .

F r o m t ime to t ime, new heresies m a k e the i r appearance and, under t he guise of t r u t h , ga in s t reng th a n d popular i ty ; b u t t h e seamless g a r m e n t of Chr i s t can never be r e n t in twain . Unbelievers and enemies of t h e Cathol ic Fa i th , blinded by p resumpt ion , may in­deed constant ly renewr the i r violent a t t a c k s aga ins t t h e Chris t ian name, bu t in w r e s t i n g from the bosom of t h e Church mil i tant those whom t h e y pu t to death , t h e y become t h e i n s t r u m e n t s of t h e i r m a r t y r d o m and of the i r heavenly glory.

Persecut ion S t r eng then ing The C h u r c h

N o less beaut iful t h a n t rue a re t h e words of St . Leo the Grea t : "The religion of Chr is t , founded on t h e m y s t e r y of t h e Cross, can­not be des t royed by any sor t of c rue l ty ; persecut ions do not weaken, t hey s t r eng then t h e Church. The field of the Lord is ever r ipening wi th newT harves ts , while t he g ra ins shaken loose by the tempes t t a k e root and a re multiplied."

These t h o u g h t s , full of hope and comfort, spr ing u p in Our mind as We, in th is majes t i c Vatican Basi­lica, a r e about to proclaim briefly the praises of ou r two new Saints af ter having ra ised them to the honours of t h e a l t a r . They, the b r igh t champions and the glory of the i r nation, wrere given to t he Chr is t ian people, in the words of t he prophet J e r e m i a s , "as a forti­fied city, and a pi l lar of iron, and a wall of b r a s s . " Therefore they could not be shaken by the fallacies of heretics, no r f r ightened by the t h r e a t s of t h e powerful. They were, so to speak, t h e leaders and chieftains of t h a t illustrious band of men who, from all classes of the people and from every par t of Great Bri ta in, res is ted the new errors with unflinching spirit.

and in shedding the i r blood, tes t i ­fied the i r loyal devotedness to the Holy See.

J o h n Fisher , gifted Ly n a t u r e wi th a most gent le disposition, thoroughly versed in both sacred and profane lore, so dist inguished himself among his contemporaries

| by his wisdom and his v i r tue t h a t I under t he pa t ronage of the King I of Eng land himself, he wTas elected

Bishop of Rochester . In t h e ful-I filment of th is h igh office so a rden t I was h e in his p ie ty toward God, ! and in char i ty toward his neigh-| bour, and so zealous in defending I the in tegr i ty of Catholic doctrine, \ t h a t his episcopal residence seem-I ed r a t h e r a Church and a Univer-! s i ty for studies than a pr iva te I dwelling.

| F i she r ' s Gentleness And Courage

He was wont to afflict his deli-| ca te body wi th fast ings, scourges, j and ha i r c loth; noth ing was deare r : to h im t h a n to be able to visit t h e ! poor, in order to comfort t h e m in ; t he i r miseries and to succour t h e m

in t h e i r needs. When he found someone f r ightened a t t he t h o u g h t of his faul ts and terrified by chas t i sements to come, he b r o u g h t

; comfort to t h e e r r ing soul by res ­to r ing confidence in God's mercy. Often wrhen celebrat ing t h e Eucha -r is t ic , sacrifice he was seen shed­ding abundan t t ea r s , while his eyes were ra ised to heaven in an ecs ta t ic expression of love. When he preached to t h e mul t i tudes of

! t h e fai thful t h a t crowded round to j h e a r him, he seemed ne i t he r a : m a n nor a. herald of men, bu t an ! angel of God clothed in human j flesh.

j Never the less , whilst he was ; meek and affable toward the I afflicted and t h e suffering, when-j ever t h e r e was question of defend-j i ng t h e in tegr i ty of fa i th and ] mora ls , like a second Precursor of ; t h e Lord, in whose n a m e he I gloried, he was not afraid to pro-j claim t h e t r u t h openly, and to I defend by every means in his • power t he divine teachings of t h e I Church . i

You a re well aware , Venerable B r e t h r e n and Beloved Sons, of the reason why John F isher wras called in j udgmen t and obliged to under­go t h e supreme t e s t of mar ty rdom. I t was because of his courageous de terminat ion to defend the sacred bond of Chris t ian mar r iage—a bend indissoluble for all, even for those who wear the royal diadem— and to vindicate the Pr imacy with which the Roman Pontiffs a re in­vested by Divine command. Tha t is why he was inprisoned and a f t e rward led to death. Serenely he advanced toward the scaffold" and with t h e words of t h e Te Deum on his lips, he rendered t h a n k s to God for being gran ted t h e grace of having his mor ta l life crowned with the glory of ma r ty r ­dom, and he raised up to t h e Divine Throne a fervent prayer of suppli­cation for himself, for h is people

( C o n t i n u e d on p a g e 19 col. 3 & 4)

Chumatien, Honan.—An honour scroll and numerous practical pre­sents in the shape of household

| articles came to F a t h e r James Kouo, t he pastor of Tungpehhsien, Honan, recently, a t t h e official opening of the newly restored church and mission in t h e import­ant marke t of Pingshihchen in his distr ict . The gifts came not only from parishioners but from many of the priest 's non-Chris t ian

i friends, particularly t h e distr ict I magis t ra te , t he chief of police and

other civil and mi l i ta ry author i ­ties.

Not long ago, on t h e occasion of j t he visit of t he Prefect Apostolic, I Mgr. Pe te r Wang, t h e dis tr ict ma-i g i s t ra te wrent out in person wi th | o ther officials to welcome Mgr.

Wang to Tungpehhsien and other­wise showed him honour dur ing his s t ay in the city.

While these high-minded offi-| cials all speak highly of t h e Chi-

nese priest whose fr iendship they I appreciate, F a t h e r Kouo on h i s ! par t values the i r acquaintance and

feels great ly indebted to them for | t he efficient protection they have j extended to his Mission on various i occasions dur ing t h e troubled pe-j riod of recent years . (Lumen) .

San Francisco. — Evangel ine Lehman ' s musical legend "S te . Therese of t h e Child J e s u s " was acclaimed by 10,000 specta tors who witnessed its first Amer ican performance in San Francisco 's Civic Audi tor ium with the compo­ser herself s inging the par t of t h e n a r r a t o r and Maurice Du Mesnil. of Par i s , as conductor. A cas t of more t h a n 200 took pa r t in t h e 18 scenes, divided into th ree periods of t h e young saint 's life.

M. Du Mesnil, who was brought to San Francisco especially for t h e performance, led the orches t ra also on t h e occasion of t h e original presenta t ion of the Oratorio in t h e Church of Ste. Eus tache , Par i s , when t h e success achieved resul t­ed in Miss Lehman ' s ' being pre­sented with t h e Gold Medal of t he Minis t ry of Foreign Affairs by t he Pres ident of France .

(Lumen-NCWC).

ITALIAN CATHOLICS ON MORALITY OF LABOUR.

Rome.—The -rfineteenth Sett i -mana Sociale of I ta l ian Catholics will be held a t Rome, July 22 to 28. T h e general t h e m e for discus­sion will be "The Morali ty of Labour in t h e Spir i t of Quadra-gesimo Anno." This topic will be t r ea t ed with respect to i ts ethico-human , economic, social, legal and Chris t ian aspects .

O the r topics for discussion are t h e machine-age and labour or­ganisat ion, par t icu lar problems of t h e workers and fa rmers , woman in industr ial , agr icul tural and domestic employment, social ser­vice, and religious assis tance for t h e workers. (N.C.W.C.)

N U N S TO OPEN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN I N CHINA.

Chicago—Three missionary Si­s te rs , Servants of t h e Holy Ghost, from Techny, Illinois, will leave wi thin the next few weeks for Peking. China, where the congre­gat ion will open t h e Women's College to be affilited with t he i Catholic Univers i ty of Peking. The nuns are Sis ter Dulcissi-ma, Sister Ellen and Sis ter Gemma. The farewell celebration will be held a t Holy Ghost Aca­demy where the th ree have been :

t eaching. (N.C.W.C.)

J E W S M O U R N LOSS O F M A R S H A L P I L S U D S K I .

Jerusa l em.—The d e a t h of M a r s h a l J o s e f P i l sudsk i w a s m o u r n e d i n . a s p e ­cia l w a y in P a l e s t i n e w h e r e t h e J e w s c o m i n g f rom P o l a n d a r e sa id to n u m b e r a b i u t 150,000.

Catho l i c s he ld a So lemn R e q u i e m M a s s a t the P a r i s h C h u r c h of t h e C u s -

: t o d y of t he H o l y P l a c e s , h e r e , w h e n a | d i s t i n g u i s h e d c o n g r e g a t i o n a t t e n d e d .

T h e abso lu t i on w a s g i v e n b y His E x c e l ­l ency t h e M o s t R e v . G u s t a v e T e s t a , Apos to l i c D e l e g a t e t o P a l e s t i n e .

A so lemn R e q u i e m M a s - w a s ha ld a l so ' of P a d u a .

T E N SPANISH FRANCISCANS I N GRAVE DANGER.

Peiping.—A telegram from Fa ­t h e r Franc i s Inchaurbe, O.F.M., missionary a t Yulinhsien, Shensi , r epor t s t h a t Communists have sacked t h e Catholic Mission a t Yenchang, Kankuyi , and a r e in possession of various towns round about Yenanfu. Bishop Ibanez, Vicar Apostolic of Yenan, and nine o ther Spanish Franciscan F a t h e r s who have t aken refuge wi th h im in t h e city of Yenan, a re s t a t ed to be in grave peril. ( L u m e n ) .

E I G H T J E S U I T S L E A V E FOR P H I L I P P I N E S .

Philadelphia. — A depar ture ceremony a t which His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougher ty presid­ed was held here th i s week in the Church of the Gesu for eight Jesu i t s who are leaving for the Phil ippine Islands. Solemn Bene­diction of t he Most Blessed Sacra­m e n t was given by His Eminence.

The depar t ing Jesui ts a r e : the Revs . Andrew Cervini of Corona, L.I., John V. McEvoy of New York, and John A. P r i s tne r of Pa te rson , N . J . ; and Messrs. Coleman A. Daily and Paul Hugendobjer, of t h i s c i ty ; Wal te r G. De Lawder and E rnes t B. Clements of Balt i­more , and James J . Hennssey of Buffalo. Following Benediction a reception was held in t he chapel of St . Joseph 's College High School.

—(N.C.W.C.)

S S . N O R M A N D I E T H E L A R G E S T V E S S E L A F L O A T .

Archbishop of Rouen Dedicates Chapel on Board.

P a r i s . — B e f o r e t h e d e p a r t u r e of t h e S S . N o r m a n d i e on h e r m a i d e n v o y a g e , t h e beau t i fu l a n d p e r f e c t l y a p p o i n t e d c h a p e l on t h e l a r g e s t b o a t a f loa t w a s ded i ca t ed b y t h e Most Rev. A n d r e du Bois de L a Vi l l e rabe l , A r c h b i s h o p of R o u e n , a n d P r i m a t e of N o r m a n d y , in t h e p r e s e n c e of H i s E m i n e n c e J e a n Ca r ­d i n a l V e r d i e r , A r c h b i s h o p of P a r i s , and o t h e r ecc les i a s t i ca l d i g n i t a r i e s .

A f t e r t h e ded ica t ion c e r e m o n y t h e A r c h b i s h o p of R o u e n e x p r e s s e d h i s p r i d e a s a F r e n c h m a n a n d h i s p l e a s u r e a s h e a d of t h e ecc l e s i a s t i ca l p r o v i n c e fo r wh ich t h e g r e a t l i ne r is n a m e d , in b e i n g i n v i t e d t o officiate a t t h i s c e r e ­m o n y . M a s s w a s t h e n sa id b y A b b e T a r d i w h i l e h y m n s w e r e s u n g b y t h e c h o i r of X o t r e D a m e c h u r c h a t L e H a v r e .

T h e t w o p r e l a t e s w e r e g u e s t ? of h o ­n o u r a t a b a n q u e t g iven bv t h e F r e n c h L i n e . ( N . C . W . C . )

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Woman's Page . o

H o m e I n f l u e n c e Sure ly only God could have

t h o u g h t of fo rming a baby, and even wi th God a baby w a s an a f t e r - t hough t , if we m a y speak human ly . H e formed A d a m and E v e in t h e full powers of m a t u r ­i ty , t h e y fel l ; t h e n God s e n t t h e first Baby to Cheer a sorrowful e a r t h . Would Adam a n d E v e h a v e disobeyed had God c rea ted t h e m as l i t t le ch i ldren? One t h i n g is c e r t a i n ; they would have remained obedient longer h a d He fo rmed t h e m as babies, a n d as chi ldren a round His k n e e in Parad ise , t hey would have grown to love H im so dearly t h a t by t h e t i m e they had grown to manhood, t h e devil could not have stolen t h e m away from Him.

A t t h e p re sen t day, t h e devil s t ea l s m a n y a son and daugh te r , b u t if t h e watchful Mothe r g a t h e r s h e r l i t t le ones a round he r k n e e in t h e Home Circle, and gu ides t h e i r baby hands t h r o u g h t h e sign of Cross, while g iv ing t h e m an ear ly foundation in t h e i r religion, she will find as t h e yea r s roll by. t h a t t h e hab i t s which she h a s formed in the i r childhood, will have t h r o u g h he r influence, become a deep-rooted conviction which will be t he i r gu id ing s t a r t h r o ' life.

If m a n builds ships to r i de t h e s t o r m s of sea and air , God sends babies t o lay hold of and control t empes t s of passion, anger , jeal ­ousy and revenge t h a t t h e devil s t i r s , to wreck t h e a r k of family life. A million t imes since t h ings began, our l i t t le ones have b r o u g h t t h a t a r k t h r o u g h t roubl­ed w a t e r s . H a v e not baby hands held t oge the r a lmost as of ten a s j t h e r e have been baby hands , two h e a r t s t h a t were being s e p a r a t e d m o r e definitely every day by t h e deepening r ive r of mi sunde r s t and­i n g ? Is not t h a t glorious a r k of \ t h e h u m a n family being d r iven to­d a y on t h e rocks t h a t b r e a k it , I

| s imply because t h e r e are no baby I hands to guide i t ?

The world is perpetually re­juvena ted by t h e presence in our mids t of young children, those fair blossoms, t hose sweet unfold­ing flowers in God's garden . If

! no child were born for t h e nex t i twen ty or t h i r t y years , we would i feel ourselves ageing fast . I t is

t he happy laughing faces of children which we continually

I come across in life's pa th , t h a t m a k e us forget we a re ge t t i ng old, and t h a t infuse a cer ta in degree

I of joy into ou r dull monotonous, j h u m d r u m sor t of existence. I t is

t h e innocence, t h e ar t less simpli­ci ty and confiding na tu re of t h e

| l i t t le ones t h a t a t t r a c t s all hea r t s ; to them, and m a k e s us feel all t he

b e t t e r in consequence. W r hat a heavy responsibility

t h e n lies wi th pa ren t s whom God h a s blessed w i t h li t t le chi ldren! P a r e n t s who g ra t i fy t h e desires of t he i r chi ldren a t t he expense of hea l th and happy t empers a re sowing seeds of evil t h a t will sp r ing up and bear f rui t . Self-indulgence g rows with t h e g rowth of t h e child, a n d both menta l and physical v igour a re sacrificed. P a r e n t s who do th i s work r e a p w i t h b i t t e rness t h e seed t h e y have sown. The sp i r i tua l a s well a s t h e menta l powers suffer. The conscience becomes stupefied and t h e susceptibil i ty to good impres­sions is impaired.

P a r e n t s should be m o r e for chi ldren and less for society. They should su r round t h e i r l i t t le ones wi th an a tmosphere of cheer­fulness, cour tesy and love. A home where love dwells and where i t is expressed in looks in words and in ac ts , is a place w h e r e God's recording Ange ls a re busy , and wr here God de l igh ts to mani fes t His blessings.

" Childhood shows t h e m a n As morn ing shows t h e day . "

Do Babies Pay ? T h e discussion on th i s subject

does not seem ye t to be aba ted . N o w it is asked, does a t w o year -old baby pay for itself u p to t h e t i m e it reaches t h a t i n t e r e s t ing a g e ? Somet imes I t h ink no t . I t h o u g h t so yes t e rday w h e n m y l i t t le baby slipped into m y s tudy a n d "sc rubbed" t h e carpe t and his bes t w h i t e d ress wi th m y bo t t l e of ink. He w a s playing in t h e coal-celler t en minu tes af ter a class d res s was p u t on him, and l a t e r in t h e day h e pas ted two dollars ' w o r t h of pos tage s t amps on t h e par lour wall and poured five dol­l a r s ' wor th of t h e choicest "wh i t e R o s e " pe r fumery out of t h e win­dow " to see it wain ."

Then he dug out t h e cen t re of a nicely-baked cake, and w a s found in t h e middle of t h e dinning-room w i t h t he sugar-bowl be tween his legs and mos t of t h e con ten ts in h i s hands and in h is mou th .

My l i t t le baby has a l ready cost over $200 in doctors ' bills, and I feel t h a t I am r:<?ht in a t t r i b u t i n g m y few grey ha i r s to t h e mise ry I endured walking wi th h im a t nicrht d u r i n g t h e first yea r of his life.

W h a t h a s he ever done to nay m e for t h a t ? A h ! I hea r h i s l i t t le fee t p a t t e r i n g along t h e corridor. I h e a r h i s l i t t le r p p l e of l augh te r b e m u s e h e h a s escaped from his m o t h e r and h a s found h i s w a y up

"Every child

needs milk

every day."

MILKMAID MILK HOUSEHOLD HINTS .

RECiFES. HOUSE-CLEANING.

i to my s tudy a t a forbidden hour, j But , t h e door is closed. The little j good-for-nothing cannot ge t in, and

j I will not open it for him. No, ! j I will Not . I cannot be dis turbed

w^hen I a m wr i t ing . I si t perfectly • still.

"Papa . " N o reply. "Peeze | 1 Papa . " Grim silence. "Baby come I in peeze P a p a ? " He shall not j come in. " P a p a " continues t h e ! little voice, " I lub my big Papa . " i \ Silence "Peeze Papa dis is your | i baby, peeze let baby in."

The big P a p a becomes ve ry small J | I t h row open the door. In he I

comes writh outs t re tched little a r m s , with sh in ing eyes, wi th laughing face. I catch h im up in my a rms , and h is warm, soft l i t t le a r m s go around my neck, and t h e not very clean lit t le cheek is laid close to mine. The baby voice says , swee t ly :—"I lub my Papa, j

i you is Baby ' s own P a p a cause i Mammie tell m e you is, and I lub | you very much . "

Does he P a y ? Well, I begin to th ink he does.

He has cost m e many anxious days and nights . H e has cost me t ime and money and care and self-sacri­fice. He m a y cost me pain and sorrow. He h a s cost me m u c h ; but he has paid for it all again and strain' in whisper ing those four h'ttle words in to my e a r s : — " I lub my Papa ." ;

j W h y we clean and d u s t : — Rooms a re cleaned (1) to make

them more a t t rac t ive and plea-! sant to live in. (2) To remove ; dust and dir t .

Dust is composed of small par­ticles of soot, sand and soil, pollen

j and seeds from flowers, microsco-\ pic part ic les worn from clothes or 1 fu rn i ture , dried impuri t ies from I lungs t i ny pieces of skin (which is | a lways wear ing away) and ge rms . I Moreover, once disease g e r m s find j access to dus t i t acts as a ver i table I ho thhouse or breeding-ground for ! them, and for t h i s reason it is ab-I solutely necessary t h a t dus t should ! be removed from our homes daily j and not be allowed to accumulate ! t he re .

How to clean and t u rn out va­r ious r o o m s : —

Bedroom.—Since a t least one-th i rd of ou r lives is spent in bed,

: t h e bedroom should be t h e heal­th ies t and cleanest room in t he house. I t should be ar t i s t ic and contain only such furn i ture as is requi red—and not be a sor t of lumber room for old pictures , cracked ornaments , t r u n k s o r books. Such th ings ha rbour dust and t ake up much of the valuable a i r space, besides requir ing t ime and t rouble to clean. Hang ings t h e bed, screens in the fireplace, photos, and fans on the walls or mantelpiece are nei ther of use nor beauty , and should be kept out of t he room. The window should be almost a lways open, so t h a t t he r e is plenty of fresh a i r admi t ted .

On leaving the room in the morning, t he clothes should be well t h r o w n back off the bed to a i r it and t h e windows opened wide. La te r on in the day the bed should be made, t he pails emptied and the room tidied, and once a week it should ge t a thorough doing out, somewhat as fol lows:—Having dressed the bed, dust each orna­ment and small pictures thorough­ly, place them on a newspaper on the bed and cover with a dus t ing sheet . Wash t h e toilet set and place it and all chairs , etc., outside the door. Remove a n y clothes from pegs , t ake ma t s to t h e gar­den to be shaken. Then take a long broom covered with a clean dus te r and wipe down dust and cobwebs from the ceiling and walls. Close the window and sprinkle t ea leaves or dump news­papers on the floor and sweep so as to avoid ra is ing dust. Clean the windows, wipe paintwork wi th a damp cloth, polish the floor, black-lead t h e g r a t e and dust all t he

S H E P H E R D ' S P I E . Cut a ha l f -pound of cold .neat into

j s l i ces , put a l a y e r into a pie-dish, sprin-| kle it w i t h on ion chopped finely and

season ing , then a d d another layer of meat and s e a s o n i n g ti l l t h e dish is filled;

i p o u r in a gin o i g r a v y . Mash two pounds j po ta toes , add o n e t easpoonfu l of salt, I t w o tab le spoonfu l s of milk, and one

ounce of but t er t o t h e m , l a y t h e m on the top of the m e a t , and smooth them over w i t h a kn i f e dipped in milk; make it look l ike p ie -crust . B a k e for half an hour.

S E A P I E . P u t one o u n c e of dr ipping into a

medium-s ized p i e - d i s h or pan , w h e n quite hot f r y t w o or t h r e e onions in it, adding a l i t t le flour. Cut h a l f a pound of meat into inch s q u a r e s , p u t in t h e pan, a n i w a t e r to cover i t , and s e a s o n w i t h pep­per and sa l t . S i m m e r v e r y gently. Make a pas te rol l i t o u t o n a well-floured

. board to a s i ze a l i t t l e l a r g e r than the I dish. P u t it o v e r t h e dish, and let sim­

mer very g e n t l y f o r o n e and a half to j t w o hours.

T O A D - I N - T H E - H O L E . Mix s ix ounces of flour w i t h a little

bak ing powder and sa l t ; put the yolk of an e g g in t h e centre of the flour, s t ir in enough m i l k to m a k e the mixture a smooth bat ter , b e a t i t we l l ; add the rest of a pint o f mi lk . W h i n the w V t e of the e g g to a f r o t h , and add it. Cut half a pound of bee f or m u t t o n into s l ices , and lav a t t h e b o t t o m of a greased t in or p ie -d i sh: pour over the bather. ?.r>d bpfc-A 77i a hot oven for three-quarters of an hour.

larger art icles of f n r n i t n ^ . R»"in<? in the ma t s and cha i rs well dusted, replace all o r n a m e n t s and or»^n the windows. I t is a o-ood nlan to change the shee t s , pillows, towels, etc.. of a room on th i s dav. It e rea t lv depends on t h e room and its fittings a s to w h a t cleaning should be done dailv in t h e room, but in o-prieral—1. TVIP room h*s to be aired. 2. The bed m*de. 3 The washs t and seen to ( tha t h ra i ls errmtied and wined out and jugs filled wi th fresh W R ^ V 4. The place dus ted and t h e l ights on the a l t a r or for use a t n ight seen to.

Si t t ing-room.—The general r>7°n of doing out a sittiner-room is the same as t h a t of t h e bedroom. The smaller o r n a m e n t s a re dusted, placed on t h e table and covered. The rugs a r e removpd and beaten, the chairs, small tables, etc.. .dust­ed and removed, t h e e r a t e c raned , and havinsr done t h e ceiling and walls, t he floor is swept bv brush­ing evenly and h'ehtly t he w»v of the c a m e t . The woodwork is wined with a damn clo^'h ' h p

fu rn i ture and floor p o U s h M and the p ic tures du5?ted bark and front. Ronlace t h e o rnaments , etc.. and a i r t h e room.

(To be continued)

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 20th J U L Y , 1935.

HOLY FATHER'S DISCOURSE g 1 f t s

F r o m P p u b u c T 1 ° -

O N N E W SAINTS OFFICIALS.

ORATORIO "SAINT THERESE" ACCLAIMED*

BY AUDIENCE

PRAYER FOR ENGLAND'S RETURN TO FOLD.

Vatican City.—Following is the complete t ex t of t h e s t r ik ing dis­course of Pope P iu s XI at the canonization of Blessed John Car­dinal F i she r and Thomas More, Engl ish m a r t y r s , in which His Holiness, af ter p a y i n g glowing t r ibu te t o t he he ro i sm and zeal of the two new Sa in t s , asked t h e prayers of t h e fai thful for the r e tu rn of England to t h e Catholic fold.

As Je sus Chris t , according to the words of St . Paul , is e te rna l and im­mutable , "yes te rday and today, and t h e s a m e forever ," so t h e Church founded by Him is dest ined never to per ish. Genera t ions follow and succeed each o t h e r wi th the i r perennial vicissi tudes. But where­as h u m a n ins t i tu t ions give way and d isappear before t h e levelling t ide of t ime, and h u m a n sciences, re­flecting inconstant l ight , undergo repeated t r ans fo rmat ions , t h e Cross of Chris t , r ea red steadfast above the engulfing billows, never ceases to il lumine mankind with t h e beneficent splendour of Eternal T r u t h .

F r o m t ime to t ime, new heresies m a k e the i r appearance and, under t he guise of t r u t h , ga in s t reng th a n d popular i ty ; b u t t h e seamless g a r m e n t of Chr i s t can never be r e n t in twain . Unbelievers and enemies of t h e Cathol ic Fa i th , blinded by p resumpt ion , may in­deed constant ly renewr the i r violent a t t a c k s aga ins t t h e Chris t ian name, bu t in w r e s t i n g from the bosom of t h e Church mil i tant those whom t h e y pu t to death , t h e y become t h e i n s t r u m e n t s of t h e i r m a r t y r d o m and of the i r heavenly glory.

Persecut ion S t r eng then ing The C h u r c h

N o less beaut iful t h a n t rue a re t h e words of St . Leo the Grea t : "The religion of Chr is t , founded on t h e m y s t e r y of t h e Cross, can­not be des t royed by any sor t of c rue l ty ; persecut ions do not weaken, t hey s t r eng then t h e Church. The field of the Lord is ever r ipening wi th newT harves ts , while t he g ra ins shaken loose by the tempes t t a k e root and a re multiplied."

These t h o u g h t s , full of hope and comfort, spr ing u p in Our mind as We, in th is majes t i c Vatican Basi­lica, a r e about to proclaim briefly the praises of ou r two new Saints af ter having ra ised them to the honours of t h e a l t a r . They, the b r igh t champions and the glory of the i r nation, wrere given to t he Chr is t ian people, in the words of t he prophet J e r e m i a s , "as a forti­fied city, and a pi l lar of iron, and a wall of b r a s s . " Therefore they could not be shaken by the fallacies of heretics, no r f r ightened by the t h r e a t s of t h e powerful. They were, so to speak, t h e leaders and chieftains of t h a t illustrious band of men who, from all classes of the people and from every par t of Great Bri ta in, res is ted the new errors with unflinching spirit.

and in shedding the i r blood, tes t i ­fied the i r loyal devotedness to the Holy See.

J o h n Fisher , gifted Ly n a t u r e wi th a most gent le disposition, thoroughly versed in both sacred and profane lore, so dist inguished himself among his contemporaries

| by his wisdom and his v i r tue t h a t I under t he pa t ronage of the King I of Eng land himself, he wTas elected

Bishop of Rochester . In t h e ful-I filment of th is h igh office so a rden t I was h e in his p ie ty toward God, ! and in char i ty toward his neigh-| bour, and so zealous in defending I the in tegr i ty of Catholic doctrine, \ t h a t his episcopal residence seem-I ed r a t h e r a Church and a Univer-! s i ty for studies than a pr iva te I dwelling.

| F i she r ' s Gentleness And Courage

He was wont to afflict his deli-| ca te body wi th fast ings, scourges, j and ha i r c loth; noth ing was deare r : to h im t h a n to be able to visit t h e ! poor, in order to comfort t h e m in ; t he i r miseries and to succour t h e m

in t h e i r needs. When he found someone f r ightened a t t he t h o u g h t of his faul ts and terrified by chas t i sements to come, he b r o u g h t

; comfort to t h e e r r ing soul by res ­to r ing confidence in God's mercy. Often wrhen celebrat ing t h e Eucha -r is t ic , sacrifice he was seen shed­ding abundan t t ea r s , while his eyes were ra ised to heaven in an ecs ta t ic expression of love. When he preached to t h e mul t i tudes of

! t h e fai thful t h a t crowded round to j h e a r him, he seemed ne i t he r a : m a n nor a. herald of men, bu t an ! angel of God clothed in human j flesh.

j Never the less , whilst he was ; meek and affable toward the I afflicted and t h e suffering, when-j ever t h e r e was question of defend-j i ng t h e in tegr i ty of fa i th and ] mora ls , like a second Precursor of ; t h e Lord, in whose n a m e he I gloried, he was not afraid to pro-j claim t h e t r u t h openly, and to I defend by every means in his • power t he divine teachings of t h e I Church . i

You a re well aware , Venerable B r e t h r e n and Beloved Sons, of the reason why John F isher wras called in j udgmen t and obliged to under­go t h e supreme t e s t of mar ty rdom. I t was because of his courageous de terminat ion to defend the sacred bond of Chris t ian mar r iage—a bend indissoluble for all, even for those who wear the royal diadem— and to vindicate the Pr imacy with which the Roman Pontiffs a re in­vested by Divine command. Tha t is why he was inprisoned and a f t e rward led to death. Serenely he advanced toward the scaffold" and with t h e words of t h e Te Deum on his lips, he rendered t h a n k s to God for being gran ted t h e grace of having his mor ta l life crowned with the glory of ma r ty r ­dom, and he raised up to t h e Divine Throne a fervent prayer of suppli­cation for himself, for h is people

( C o n t i n u e d on p a g e 19 col. 3 & 4)

Chumatien, Honan.—An honour scroll and numerous practical pre­sents in the shape of household

| articles came to F a t h e r James Kouo, t he pastor of Tungpehhsien, Honan, recently, a t t h e official opening of the newly restored church and mission in t h e import­ant marke t of Pingshihchen in his distr ict . The gifts came not only from parishioners but from many of the priest 's non-Chris t ian

i friends, particularly t h e distr ict I magis t ra te , t he chief of police and

other civil and mi l i ta ry author i ­ties.

Not long ago, on t h e occasion of j t he visit of t he Prefect Apostolic, I Mgr. Pe te r Wang, t h e dis tr ict ma-i g i s t ra te wrent out in person wi th | o ther officials to welcome Mgr.

Wang to Tungpehhsien and other­wise showed him honour dur ing his s t ay in the city.

While these high-minded offi-| cials all speak highly of t h e Chi-

nese priest whose fr iendship they I appreciate, F a t h e r Kouo on h i s ! par t values the i r acquaintance and

feels great ly indebted to them for | t he efficient protection they have j extended to his Mission on various i occasions dur ing t h e troubled pe-j riod of recent years . (Lumen) .

San Francisco. — Evangel ine Lehman ' s musical legend "S te . Therese of t h e Child J e s u s " was acclaimed by 10,000 specta tors who witnessed its first Amer ican performance in San Francisco 's Civic Audi tor ium with the compo­ser herself s inging the par t of t h e n a r r a t o r and Maurice Du Mesnil. of Par i s , as conductor. A cas t of more t h a n 200 took pa r t in t h e 18 scenes, divided into th ree periods of t h e young saint 's life.

M. Du Mesnil, who was brought to San Francisco especially for t h e performance, led the orches t ra also on t h e occasion of t h e original presenta t ion of the Oratorio in t h e Church of Ste. Eus tache , Par i s , when t h e success achieved resul t­ed in Miss Lehman ' s ' being pre­sented with t h e Gold Medal of t he Minis t ry of Foreign Affairs by t he Pres ident of France .

(Lumen-NCWC).

ITALIAN CATHOLICS ON MORALITY OF LABOUR.

Rome.—The -rfineteenth Sett i -mana Sociale of I ta l ian Catholics will be held a t Rome, July 22 to 28. T h e general t h e m e for discus­sion will be "The Morali ty of Labour in t h e Spir i t of Quadra-gesimo Anno." This topic will be t r ea t ed with respect to i ts ethico-human , economic, social, legal and Chris t ian aspects .

O the r topics for discussion are t h e machine-age and labour or­ganisat ion, par t icu lar problems of t h e workers and fa rmers , woman in industr ial , agr icul tural and domestic employment, social ser­vice, and religious assis tance for t h e workers. (N.C.W.C.)

N U N S TO OPEN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN I N CHINA.

Chicago—Three missionary Si­s te rs , Servants of t h e Holy Ghost, from Techny, Illinois, will leave wi thin the next few weeks for Peking. China, where the congre­gat ion will open t h e Women's College to be affilited with t he i Catholic Univers i ty of Peking. The nuns are Sis ter Dulcissi-ma, Sister Ellen and Sis ter Gemma. The farewell celebration will be held a t Holy Ghost Aca­demy where the th ree have been :

t eaching. (N.C.W.C.)

J E W S M O U R N LOSS O F M A R S H A L P I L S U D S K I .

J e r usa l e m. —Th e d e a t h of M a r s h a l J o s e f P i l sudsk i w a s m o u r n e d i n . a s p e ­cia l w a y in P a l e s t i n e w h e r e t h e J e w s c o m i n g f rom P o l a n d a r e sa id to n u m b e r a b i u t 150,000.

Catho l i c s he ld a So lemn R e q u i e m M a s s a t the P a r i s h C h u r c h of t h e C u s -

: t o d y of t he H o l y P l a c e s , h e r e , w h e n a | d i s t i n g u i s h e d c o n g r e g a t i o n a t t e n d e d .

T h e abso lu t i on w a s g i v e n b y His E x c e l ­l ency t h e M o s t R e v . G u s t a v e T e s t a , Apos to l i c D e l e g a t e t o P a l e s t i n e .

A so lemn R e q u i e m M a s - w a s ha ld a l so ' of P a d u a .

T E N SPANISH FRANCISCANS I N GRAVE DANGER.

Peiping.—A telegram from Fa ­t h e r Franc i s Inchaurbe, O.F.M., missionary a t Yulinhsien, Shensi , r epor t s t h a t Communists have sacked t h e Catholic Mission a t Yenchang, Kankuyi , and a r e in possession of various towns round about Yenanfu. Bishop Ibanez, Vicar Apostolic of Yenan, and nine o ther Spanish Franciscan F a t h e r s who have t aken refuge wi th h im in t h e city of Yenan, a re s t a t ed to be in grave peril. ( L u m e n ) .

E I G H T J E S U I T S L E A V E FOR P H I L I P P I N E S .

Philadelphia. — A depar ture ceremony a t which His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougher ty presid­ed was held here th i s week in the Church of the Gesu for eight Jesu i t s who are leaving for the Phil ippine Islands. Solemn Bene­diction of t he Most Blessed Sacra­m e n t was given by His Eminence.

The depar t ing Jesui ts a r e : the Revs . Andrew Cervini of Corona, L.I., John V. McEvoy of New York, and John A. P r i s tne r of Pa te rson , N . J . ; and Messrs. Coleman A. Daily and Paul Hugendobjer, of t h i s c i ty ; Wal te r G. De Lawder and E rnes t B. Clements of Balt i­more , and James J . Hennssey of Buffalo. Following Benediction a reception was held in t he chapel of St . Joseph 's College High School.

—(N.C.W.C.)

S S . N O R M A N D I E T H E L A R G E S T V E S S E L A F L O A T .

Archbishop of Rouen Dedicates Chapel on Board.

P a r i s . — B e f o r e t h e d e p a r t u r e of t h e S S . N o r m a n d i e on h e r m a i d e n v o y a g e , t h e beau t i fu l a n d p e r f e c t l y a p p o i n t e d c h a p e l on t h e l a r g e s t b o a t a f loa t w a s ded i ca t ed b y t h e Most Rev. A n d r e du Bois de L a Vi l l e rabe l , A r c h b i s h o p of R o u e n , a n d P r i m a t e of N o r m a n d y , in t h e p r e s e n c e of H i s E m i n e n c e J e a n Ca r ­d i n a l V e r d i e r , A r c h b i s h o p of P a r i s , and o t h e r ecc les i a s t i ca l d i g n i t a r i e s .

A f t e r t h e ded ica t ion c e r e m o n y t h e A r c h b i s h o p of R o u e n e x p r e s s e d h i s p r i d e a s a F r e n c h m a n a n d h i s p l e a s u r e a s h e a d of t h e ecc l e s i a s t i ca l p r o v i n c e fo r wh ich t h e g r e a t l i ne r is n a m e d , in b e i n g i n v i t e d t o officiate a t t h i s c e r e ­m o n y . M a s s w a s t h e n sa id b y A b b e T a r d i w h i l e h y m n s w e r e s u n g b y t h e c h o i r of X o t r e D a m e c h u r c h a t L e H a v r e .

T h e t w o p r e l a t e s w e r e g u e s t ? of h o ­n o u r a t a b a n q u e t g iven bv t h e F r e n c h L i n e . ( N . C . W . C . )

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THE LAYMAN'S SHARE IN

CHURCH MATTERS. T h e r e is a p o p u l a r n o t i o n

a m o n g the Catho l ics t h a t the l ay ­m a n ' s share i n t h e life of t h e C h u r c h is p u r e l y passive, in t h a t h e has n o h a n d in t h e c o n d u c t o r c o n t r o l of C h u r c h affairs. I t is general ly p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the l a y m e m b e r has mere ly t o a t t e n d Mass, h e a r sermons , fol low p r e ­cepts i n m a t t e r s of Fa i th a n d morals a n d p a y his dues . H a v i n g n o ac t ive p a r t i n t h e g o v e r n m e n t , t each ing o r pol icy of t h e C h u r c h , his in teres t in these d i rec t ions cease w i t h t he p e r f o r m a n c e o f his religious dut ies a n d the p a y ­m e n t of his dues.

T h e posi t ion of t h e P r o t e s t a n t l a y m a n is en t i re ly different, b e ­cause h e has a voice i n t he a p p o i n t - j m e n t of his min i s t e r and bishop a n d exercises an ac t ive con t ro l l ing in teres t in t he g o v e r n m e n t of his c h u r c h . Th is c o n t e n t i o n is b o r n e o u t in p rac t i ce t h a t a m o n g t h e sectar ian bodies t h e lay sections have equal p o w e r s w i t h t h e i r c lergy. P a r t i c u l a r l y a m o n g t h e Presbyter ians a n d C o n g r e g a t i o n a l -ists, t he p r a c t i c e is m o r e t h a n a m a t t e r of po l icy a n d a t ta ins a n aspect of the i r d o c t r i n e and belief. I n fac t , the i r creed allows t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t of the i r c h u r c h b e ­longs t o t he la i ty , t h a t t he min i s t e r is mere ly the i r representa t ive , a n d t h a t he c a n p r e a c h t o t hem o n l y because t hey have appo in ted h i m in t h a t capac i ty .

T o apprec ia te ful ly the pecul ia r priveleges of p ro t ec t an t l a y m e n one has only t o t ake a re t rospec­t ive v iew of the historical b a c k ­g r o u n d against w h i c h the p r o t e s -t a n t creed rests. I t is because they d e n y t he Sac ramen t s of H o l y Euchar i s t , Penance and H o l y O r ­ders t h a t they m a k e the laity s t a n d o n equal t e rms w i t h their c le rgy . P ro t e s t an t t each ing mainta ins t h a t the i r minis ters have n o t any s u p e r ­n a t u r a l powers , t h a t is, they h a v e n o p o w e r t o forgive sins, o r t h e p o w e r t o change bread and w i n e in to the Body and Blood of Chr i s t . In shor t , i t is a nega t ion of a n y d i rec t au tho r i t y f r o m C h r i s t t o min is te r u n t o souls, a n d a s u r r e n d e r of those d iv ine p o w e r s vested in St. P e t e r

and handed d o w n for over n ine ­teen centur ies t h r o u g h an u n ­b r o k e n succession in the See of R o m e . I t is in teres t ing to no te t h a t this equal i ty b e t w e e n min is ­t e r and l a y m a n is no t the o u t c o m e of raising the s ta tus of the lay­m a n , b u t of lower ing t h a t of the minis te r w h o b y losing t he super ­n a t u r a l powers of absolut ion and sacrifice has mere ly slid d o w n to

\ the level of a preacher .

Let us consider the consequences of m a k i n g a l a y m a n head of the

j C h u r c h . H i s t o r y has repeatedly t a u g h t us, as we even see to -day ,

; the t rag ic lesson t h a t , u n d e r lay con t ro l the c h u r c h is a p t t o be ­come a na t iona l one . A nat ional C h u r c h in t u r n Will soon become heret ical , since it is c u t off f rom the c e n t r e of u n i t y ; and a c h u r c h so de tached is b o u n d to lose the

j p u r i t y of its fa i th . T h e indepen-| dence of the Spir i tua l A u t h o r i t y I is t he essential cond i t ion for p r e ­

serv ing t h e fullness and p u r i t y of t h e t each ing of Chr i s t . A t the t i m e of t h e P r o t e s t a n t revol t t he sen t imen t s fo r a n Engl ish k ing against a fore ign P o p e stood in the w a y of t h e sober j u d g m e n t of the so called re formers .

W e Cathol ics w h o hold t h a t Chr i s t gave t o H i s disciples t h e

! p o w e r t o forgive sins a n d t o offer I H i s Body in sacrifice, believe u n -| mis t akab ly in a d iv ine ly orda ined

Pr ies thood. I n v i ew of this c o n ­v ic t ion every Ca tho l i c places a

| priest w h o is e m p o w e r e d t o offer t he sacrifice of t he H o l y Mass, on a p lane m u c h different f r o m t h a t of a l a y m a n . Th i s spir i t enables the Ca tho l i c C h u r c h t o define the respect ive spheres of t he l a y m a n . and c lergy w i t h o u t caus ing any ; conflict of interests o r views on the subject . T h e a u t h o r i t y of the . pr ies thood as t r a n s c e n d i n g lay prescr ip t ions is c lear ly v ind ica ted in these words of the V e r y Rev . D r . M . J . B r o w n e , D . D . , D .C .L . , Professor of Mora l Theo logy and ' C a n o n L a w , St. P a t r i c k ' s College, M a y n o o t h . T h e learned doc to r s a y s : — " W e believe in the a u t h o r ­i ty and independence of the C h u r c h , in the u n i t y of the C h u r c h , and in the P r i m a c y of Peter , the C e n t r e and Bond of U n i t y . There fore , we will give to no l aymen be he k ing , or e m ­peror , or saint, a u t h o r i t y over the C h u r c h of Chr i s t . T o the suc ­cessors of t he Apost les and the F isherman we b o w , for t o t h e m Chr i s t gave His power , no t t o H e r o d o r t o Caesar . "

T h e Cathol ic v iew will no t re ­gard the C h u r c h as a D e m o c r a t i c body where in one m a n is equal to ano ther , for the C h u r c h is no t a h u m a n s o c i e t y — H e r or igin , p o w - ! ers and cons t i tu t ion are f rom Chr i s t . T h e en thus iasm which is displayed in e lect ing member s of Pa r l i amen t or T r a d e U n i o n Offi­cials does n o t o c c u r t o the C a t h o ­lic men ta l i t y w h e n deal ing w i t h C h u r c h m a t t e r s ; and the business of selecting one w h o is t o minis ter to h im the grace and the Sacra-

B I G O T R Y I N S C O T L A N D - B I G O T R Y B O R N O F P R E J U D I C E - I H I S T O R Y I N O U R S C H O O L S - A

J U B I L E E R E T R O S P E C T .

Bigotry in Scotland. The "recent anti-Catholic demon-

stat ions in Edinburgh at t h e Eucharis t ic Congress, coupled wi th the unbecoming behaviour of a cer­tain class of people there , on t h e occasion of conferring the Freedom of t h e City on Mr. Lyons, t h e Catholic Premier of Austral ia a few weeks back, have cast a slur on the reputat ion of Scotland's capital. The "Osservatore Romano" in refer r ing to these unseemly incidents r emarks t ha t such spite­ful bigotry agains t Catholics h a s simply humiliated Scotland in t h e eyes of all fair-minded people. While admi t t ing th i s view to be par t ly correct, it mus t however b e made clear t ha t t he miscreants responsible for such rowdy conduct hail from a negligible section of Edinburgh ' s populace, having no weight or consequence. The man­ner in which t h e author i t ies a n d t h e press have deprecated a n d deplored these vile a t t empts t o offend Catholic susceptibilities leave no room for doubt t h a t r e s ­ponsible P ro te s t an t s of t h a t c i ty do not for a moment countenance such conduct.

* * * * Bigotry Born of Prejudice.

The admirable conduct of Catho­lics in Scotland and elsewhere in t h e face of ex t reme provocation goes to establish the i r perfect self-control and law-abiding disposition. They would perhaps have been per ­fectly human, in the generally ac ­cepted sense, had they become r ight ly roused and paid off t h e mischiefmakers in the i r own coin. The res t ra in t of Catholics despite bodily h u r t to some members of t h e i r congregation, reflects g r e a t credit on t h e pr ies ts and ordinaries who had supervised the Euchar is t ic procession with commendable t a c t . We are inclined to think tha t t h i s form of bigotry spr ings from pre­judice, and prejudice is often born of ignorance. The steady t r ick­ling towards Rome of well-inform­ed Bri tons is a visible assurance t h a t t h e perverted anti-Catholic

men t s of God is never t ampered w i t h by the Cathol ic layman.

I t m a y be observed tha t t h e Cathol ic l ayman remains passive or inact ive only in regard to t h e rights and funct ions p rope r to t h e priesthood. H e r ight ly realises this to be a p rov ince outside his pu rv i ew as a lay m e m b e r of t he Apostol ic C h u r c h . This however does no t mean t ha t he has no a c ­t ive pa r t in the life of the C h u r c h , for the funct ions of the pr ies t ­hood do not cons t i tu te the whole life of the C h u r c h . T h e C h u r c h being a religious society, w i t h spir i tual , moral and social obl iga­tions, offers wide scope for lay act iv i ty in the moral and social fields of H e r endeavours . It is in these provinces t ha t the Lay xApos-tolate can func t ion wi th a d v a n ­tage. W e deem it best to. discuss the subject of Lay Apostola te o r Cathol ic Act ion in our n e x t leader.

t r ad i t ion is gradual ly losing ground wi th t h e heal thy-minded people of Br i ta in . N o s tudent of History

; will deny t h e fact t h a t Catholicism ; wi th i t s glorious achievements ! still r e m a i n s embalmed in the

pages of t h e pre-Reformation ; His to ry of England. The sullied ! pages of historical bungl ing that ! un fo r tuna te ly const i tu te t he story

of t h e P r o t e s t a n t Revolt have to be read wi th care and caution.

j Val iant h i s to r i ans who have dared t) give a dispass ionate account of

I t he fac ts of th i s g r i m y period, | have been declared 'Romish ' in | t he i r outlook, with t h e result that j t hey have had a poor hear ing.

* * * * j His to ry in Our Schools.

Catholic Schools have wisely | given up t h e teaching of English

His to ry for Empi re His tory , for | t he s imple reason t h a t t he text-; books t h a t find favour with the

Board of E x a m i n e r s a t secular j Univers i t ies a re usually of a bigot­

ed n a t u r e . The adoption of histo-I rical works by Catholic authors j m a y diss ipa te the chances of Ca-; tholic s t u d e n t s secur ing credit from ; P r o t e s t a n t examiners . Even the | eminent historical t r e a t i s e s by An­

thony Froude , late Professor of Modern His to ry a t Oxford have

! been declared by Professors Tout and Pollard as 'bri l l iant bu t pre­jud i ced / We do not hold a brief on behalf of Professor F r o u d e on the score of his being ou r co-religio­n i s t ; bu t , hav ing read discerningly parallel accounts of t h e Refor­mat ion period both by him and o the r P r o t e s t a n t contemporar ies of note, we a re definitely inclined to t h e belief t h a t Professor Froude has a lways made it a point to n a r r a t e every incident in plain and undisguised language, even though it b r o u g h t discredit to Catholics in some cases. He is of the^opinion t h a t even if a misdeed were done ostensibly in the n a m e of the

! Catholic Church , it is no argument to identify t h e P o p e and # the Church a s accessories or part isans in a cause t h a t has been ignobly advanced. Suppose, a Catholic perchance became demented and r a n amuck shoot ing everyone he came across , is it sufficient reason to vilify t h e Church which he belongs to and all fellow Catholics? This is obviously7 t h e t rend of a r g u m e n t followed in a t t ack ing the Catholic Church by Protes tant h i s to r ians .

* * * * A Jubilee Retrospect .

An informative a n d interest ing l i t t le pamphle t ent i t led 'Twenty Five Years of P rog re s s ' from the able pen of Mr. G. E . Ans t ru ther , and published by t h e Catholic T r u t h Society, has j u s t reached us. I t gives a bird 's eye view of the Catholic position in England to­day, and t r e a t s of t h e interest ing developments of the Church during t h e q u a r t e r of a cen tu ry df King George 's reign. T h e interesting fea tu res of this well written b iochure a re references to the 'Recent Canonizat ions ' , 'The Cen­t e n a r y of Catholic Emancipation and 'Catholic L i t e r a tu r e . ' The wr i t e r s t r ikes a hopeful note for t h e fu tu re of the Church in Eng­land, and the pages on the whole m a k e very pleasant reading.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 2Cth JULY, 1935.

FR COUGHLIN'S B E L I E F IN N E W D E A L .

Address To Radio Audience.

Detro i t .—Declar ing t h a t it will not reform itself and t h a t i ts promises to t h a t effect a re of no serious impor t , t h e Rev. Charles E . Coughlin, pas tor of t h e Shrine of t h e Li t t le Flower and founder of t h e Nat ional Union for Social Jus t ice , said in his radio address las t n igh t t h a t "Business mus t be placed on parole and kept t he re . " Business , he added, "mus t be dis­a rmed of i t s machine gun of un­res t r ic ted competi t ion, of i ts sawed-off shot-gun of low wages, and of i ts diver 's license of long hours for t h e labourer ."

F a t h e r Coughlin said t h a t despi te recent court decisions and developments of recent days, he is now more opt imist ic t h a n ever as to t h e final outcome of the New Deal.

" I appear before you," he said, "ne i t he r to condemn nor to pra ise . However , if I have a lways been in s y m p a t h y w i t h t h e philosophy of t h e New Deal, f requent ly I have been in open conflict wi th i ts prac­t ices .

"Never theless , a l though it m a y appear a s a paradox, I am m o r e optimist ic as to t h e final out­come of t h e New Deal a t th i s mo­m e n t t h a n ever before. To m y mind, t he events of t he pas t week will resul t in consolidating t h e broken r anks of t h e New Dealers. All is not lost. On t h e contrary , all is about to be gained."

F a t h e r Coughlin said t h a t t he " g r e a t corporate ent i t ies of t h i s na t ion who gloried in t h e l imita­t ions of t h e Const i tu t ion" feared only t h r e e Congressional powers , " t h e powrer to tax , t h e power over i n t e r s t a t e commerce, and t h e power to coin a n d regula te t h e value of money." He said' t h a t " t h e power to t ax t h e y made t h e i r a s se t in every protec t ive tariff measu re from 1791 to t he present d a y " and t h a t " t h e power over in­t e r s t a t e commerce they res t r ic ted to a few indus t r ies t h a t could not avoid it, namely t o t h e rai l roads and to communicat ion l ines."

Big business, he continued, fears t h e " th i rd power" of Congress— t h e money power—more than any other . "This is no place for me to expound m y philosophy of money." F a t h e r Coughlin said, "bu t it is t h e proper place t o insist t h a t no m a t t e r w h a t philosophy of money one m a y en te r ta in , he cannot re­j e c t t he concept t h a t t he coinage and regulat ion of money belong to t h e people of t h e United S ta tes and a re delegated by t hem to Congress . There is no au thor i ty which can uphold before the Supreme Court of th i s nation the quest ionable r i g h t of suble t t ing t h e coinage and regulation of money into pr iva te hands . The t i m e has arr ived for th i s power to be t rans fe r red from Wall S t ree t to t h e Congress ."—(N.C.W.C.)

G O S P E L f o r

SIXTH SUNDAY A F T E R PENTECOST

(Mark, VIII , 1-9)

At t h a t time, when there was a grea t mult i tude with Jesus , and had nothing to eat , calling his disciples together , he sa i th t o them, I h a v e compassion on the mult i tude, for behold they have now been wi th me th ree days, and have nothing to ea t ; and if I shall send them away fast ing to the i r home, t h e y will faint in t h e w a y : for some of them came from afar off. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a n y one fill them here with bread in t he wilderness? And he asked them, How m a n y loaves have ye? who said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on t h e ground. And tak ing t he seven loaves, giving thanks , he broke, and gave to h i s disciples to set before t h e m ; and they set them before t h e people. And they had a few little fishes, and he blest them, and commanded them to be set before them. And they did eat, and were filled; and they took up tha t which was left of the f ragments , seven baske t s : and they tha t had eaten were about four thousand ; and he sen t them away .

COMMENTARY.

DIOCESE OF MALACCA.

Calendar for t he week.

July 21 . Sunday—6th Sunday After Pentecost . Mass and Vespers of the Sunday.

July 22. Monday—St. Mary Mag­dalen, Peni ten t .

Julv 23. Tuesday—St. Apollinaris, B. and M.

July 24. Wednesday—Vigil of St. James , the Apostle.

July 25. Thur sday—St . James , the Apostle.

July 26. F r iday—St . Ann, Mother of the B.V.M.

July 27. Sa turday—Of the B.V.M. Simple.

DIOCESE OF MACAO.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH. Calendar for t h e Week.

The mul t i tudes had foHowed Jesus into t h e deser t and had for th ree days heard His wonderful explanations of God's divine plan in Creation. They had star ted, so to say to pract ise a t once the marvellous doctr ine of t rus t

i in Providence. They were do­ing exactly wha t Jesus had taugh t them. Like the lilies of the field

: and the b i rds of t he air, they had no business-like t hough t about

. the i r fu ture . They had decided to j search first the kingdom of God, [convinced t h a t every th ing else would be added unto them. I have compassion on t h e mult i tude

Jesus is ext remely generous and compassionate. He had accepted t h e mul t i tudes ' homage . He wras

i bound, therefore , by Himself t c look af te r them. And so He doubt­ed not for a momen t to work out

I a miracle for t h e m . They had for­got ten all about t he i r bodily needs, eager only to h e a r His words of mercy and e terna l life. The though t of r e tu rn ing home, af ter a th ree days ' fas t , did not dis­courage t h e m a t all. They would go home, even a t t h e cost of faint­ing on t h e way. T h e good t idings which t h e y had gleaned were enough compensation for t h a t l i t t le corporal swroon. This was the i r ac tua l a t t i t ude towards t h e future. The kingdom of God occupied a clear first place in the i r minds, while t h e cares of the world had been consigned to a subordi-

i na te plan. Jesus ' Duty .

C A T H O L I C M A R R I A G E PROBLEM'S.

i On his hand, J e sus was going to ! fulfil to t h e let ter His promises. He | asked first His disciples what to do j in such circumstances. Pe rhaps i he wanted to t r y the i r confidence. | "They will faint on the way," he jtold t h e m . Still t h e disciples did i not know what to do. They would i send t h e mult i tudes home a t once | and t h e y would look af ter them-' selves. A few would faint, to be i sure, bu t it could not be helped. | The idea of a miracle did not cross | the i r minds. They had seen i Jesus working several o ther mir-

acles but t hey did not th ink th i s j part icular occasion to be a fit op­por tuni ty for a miraculous mani­festat ion of His powrer. The dis­ciples represented then t h e a t t i tude of the world towards those ] who t ru s t in it . The pleasure of j hear ing Je sus ' instruction was a ' sufficient pr ize of the i r sacrifice. As for the res t , they did not see j any o ther a l te rnat ive but send i t h e m home a t once. So the world j th inks to-day of the thousand and j one sacrifices of its followers. N o t ! so wi th Je sus . Jesus worked a miracle, "and they did eat, and j were filled." Filled in soul, filled in body. For , such is t h e outcome j of t ak ing up Jesus ' sweet yoke.

Je sus and modern mult i tudes . Modern mul t i tudes of misery, |

poverty and hunger do not dare to j follow Jesus into t h e deser t of j prayer , of recollection. On the cont rary , t h e y long to run away from Him into the city of pleasure, of amusement and worldly dis- j t ract ion. Modern mult i tudes , too, suffer t remendously. Yet, they have no t r u s t in God's Providence. They doubt His goodness and say, when asked by His grace to follow Him into t h e wilderness (Ps. LXXVII 19) "can God furnish a | table in t h e wilderness ?" Surely j He can. Modern mult i tudes doubt the efficacy of Jesus ' mercy, but j they forget t h a t the fault lies with ! themselves and with nobody else.! Their t hough t s have only one a im: j riches, r iches. They a re miserable,! they a re poor, they a re s ta rv ing i and still, in the depths of their i hea r t s , t hey are guil ty of enor- j mous ambit ion. Jesus will not help them, Jesus abhors such am­bition. They a re not like the lilies j of t he field and the birds of the ] a i r who, in the i r simple life and instinct, fulfil God's divine plan, j They are like s tubborn animals led to the plough-land by the husband­man. They will suffer, they will work they will sweat, in spite of j all the i r protes ts .

How different is the yoke of \ Chr i s t !

Bishops Pres ide Over Discuss ion.

P a r i s . — W i t h severa l Bishops presid­i n g , a g r o u p of Cathol ics held a three-d a y ses s ion in P a r i s to consider the p s y c h o l o g y of m a r r i a g e from the Chris­t i a n v i ewpo int . T h e mee t ing w a s spon­sored by the Assoc ia t ion of Christ ian Marriage .

The first problem taken up w a s the re lat ions of the spouses w i t h their parents and parents - in- law. Another subject w a s the material condit ions af fect ing conjugal l i fe .

One m a n was a s s i g n e d to discuss w h a t a wi fe should do t o keep her marr iage a happy one , and a w o m a n w a s des ignat ­ed to m a k e ' a s imi lar report on t h e husband's duties in th is respect .

A n eminent a t t o r n e y discussed marri­a g e contracts and the ir effect upon the successful marriage . A Jesui t priest discussed the effect of parents ' d i sagree­ments u p o n children. A physic ian d i s ­cussed t h e del icate subject of physical harmony between a married couple, and a priest , professor a t the Catholic Inst i ­tute of Par i s , spoke on the moral har­mony t h a t should e x i s t .

The Bishops w h o presided at the suc ­cess ive se s s ions commented upon t h e reports . (N.C.W.C.)

workers are obliged to attend trade and other schools in the even ings and there is l i t t le free t ime for mee t ings .

The a t t i tude of the Establ i shed Church has changed in the l a s t ten years and it i s not unusual for a Protes tant leader to praise t h e s inceri ty of Cathol ics; nor i s the pres s hosti le . The at t i tude of the S ta te a l s o fac i l i tates the spread of Cathol ic ism. In Denmark there is a b ­solute f r eedom of worship and educa^ t ion, nor i s a n y obstacle in the w a y of s treet process ions or other public re l ig i ­ous mani fes ta t ions . The Sta te subsidi ­zes Catholic schools and a l lows free transportat ion for the ir pupils during vacat ion periods. (N.C.W.C.)

July 21 . Sunday—Six th Sunday after Penecost . Green vest­ments . Proper of the Mass in the "Small Missal" p. 201. Second collect of St. Praxedes , Virgin and Mar ty r . Third "Defend u s " p. 110, fourth "O God" p . 60. Preface of the Bl. Tr in i ty , Vespers of the Sunday a t 5 p.m.

July 22. Monday—St. Mary Mag­dalene. Double.

July 23. Tuesday—St . Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr Double

July 24. Wednesday—Of the feria Vigil of St . J ames . Simple.

July 25. Thursday—St . J ames Apostle. Double of the second class.

July 26. F r iday—St . Ann, mother of t h e B.V.M. Double of the 2nd cl. Evening service a t 5.30.

July 27. Sa turday—Bl. Rudolph Acquaviva and Companions, Mar ty r s . Double.

C H U R C H E X P A N D S I N D E N M A R K .

P r o g r e s s due to .Efforts of Clergy.

Par i s .—Denmark , the smallest o i the Scandinavian countr ies , is snowing the greatest progress in Oatnoncism. Yvnere-as there are some xew mousana C a m o u c s in N o r w a y ana Sweden, uenmarK n o w has aoout Zo,kjK)\). This is a sma.i minori ty compared with the total population oi 3,5UU,UO0, but the constant progres s g i v e s h igh hopes for the future.

This opt imist ic note w a s sounded by a young Dan i sh priest , Fa ther H a n s e n , in an address del ivered a t the In terna­tional F o y e r for Catholic Students here .

F r o m the n inth to the s i x t e e n t h centuries Denmark w a s a Cathol ic country. In 1526, Frederick I, K i n g of Denmark and N o r w a y , implanted P r o ­t e s tan t i sm in the country and, in 1600 , it w a s regarded a s the most P r o t e s t a n t country in all Europe. For t w o .nd a half centuries Pro te s tan t i sm w a s t h e only re l ig ion to lerated.

In the la s t 20 y e a r s , P'ather H a n s e n said, the number of Cathol ics in D e n ­mark has doubled thanks to the unt i r ing and devoted efforts of 80 to 85 pr i e s t s directed b y a Vicar Aposto l ic f rom a b ­road. A s a rule the c lergy b e l o n g i n g to Re l ig ious Orders or Congregat ions a r e from abroad, but the remainder of t h e c l ergy a r e mos t ly Dan i sh .

The ecc les iast ica l terr i tory is divided into 32 par i shes , but count ing hospi ta l and convent chape l s , there are a b o u t 100 churches and the generos i ty of t h e faithful permi t s the construct ion of a new church annual ly .

The a p o s t o l a t e has been exorcised in Denmark t h r o u g h the convers ion of t h e el i te and corporal w o r k s of mercy. T h e conversion of such a renowned w r i t e r a s Johannes J o e r g e n s e n had a wide e f fect upon the a t t i tude of the Danish people . The hosp i ta l s served b y 600 S i s t er s r,re a m o n g the m o s t modern in Europe.

The L e a g u e of Cathol ic W o m e n h a s several thousand membfcrs. The o r g a n i ­z ing of y o u t h has been somewhat h a m ­pered by the fac t that most of the y o u n g

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THE LAYMAN'S SHARE IN

CHURCH MATTERS. T h e r e is a p o p u l a r n o t i o n

a m o n g the Catho l ics t h a t the l ay ­m a n ' s share i n t h e life of t h e C h u r c h is p u r e l y passive, in t h a t h e has n o h a n d in t h e c o n d u c t o r c o n t r o l of C h u r c h affairs. I t is general ly p o i n t e d o u t t h a t the l a y m e m b e r has mere ly t o a t t e n d Mass, h e a r sermons , fol low p r e ­cepts i n m a t t e r s of Fa i th a n d morals a n d p a y his dues . H a v i n g n o ac t ive p a r t i n t h e g o v e r n m e n t , t each ing o r pol icy of t h e C h u r c h , his in teres t in these d i rec t ions cease w i t h t he p e r f o r m a n c e o f his religious dut ies a n d the p a y ­m e n t of his dues.

T h e posi t ion of t h e P r o t e s t a n t l a y m a n is en t i re ly different, b e ­cause h e has a voice i n t he a p p o i n t - j m e n t of his min i s t e r and bishop a n d exercises an ac t ive con t ro l l ing in teres t in t he g o v e r n m e n t of his c h u r c h . Th is c o n t e n t i o n is b o r n e o u t in p rac t i ce t h a t a m o n g t h e sectar ian bodies t h e lay sections have equal p o w e r s w i t h t h e i r c lergy. P a r t i c u l a r l y a m o n g t h e Presbyter ians a n d C o n g r e g a t i o n a l -ists, t he p r a c t i c e is m o r e t h a n a m a t t e r of po l icy a n d a t ta ins a n aspect of the i r d o c t r i n e and belief. I n fac t , the i r creed allows t h a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t of the i r c h u r c h b e ­longs t o t he la i ty , t h a t t he min i s t e r is mere ly the i r representa t ive , a n d t h a t he c a n p r e a c h t o t hem o n l y because t hey have appo in ted h i m in t h a t capac i ty .

T o apprec ia te ful ly the pecul ia r priveleges of p ro t ec t an t l a y m e n one has only t o t ake a re t rospec­t ive v iew of the historical b a c k ­g r o u n d against w h i c h the p r o t e s -t a n t creed rests. I t is because they d e n y t he Sac ramen t s of H o l y Euchar i s t , Penance and H o l y O r ­ders t h a t they m a k e the laity s t a n d o n equal t e rms w i t h their c le rgy . P ro t e s t an t t each ing mainta ins t h a t the i r minis ters have n o t any s u p e r ­n a t u r a l powers , t h a t is, they h a v e n o p o w e r t o forgive sins, o r t h e p o w e r t o change bread and w i n e in to the Body and Blood of Chr i s t . In shor t , i t is a nega t ion of a n y d i rec t au tho r i t y f r o m C h r i s t t o min is te r u n t o souls, a n d a s u r r e n d e r of those d iv ine p o w e r s vested in St. P e t e r

and handed d o w n for over n ine ­teen centur ies t h r o u g h an u n ­b r o k e n succession in the See of R o m e . I t is in teres t ing to no te t h a t this equal i ty b e t w e e n min is ­t e r and l a y m a n is no t the o u t c o m e of raising the s ta tus of the lay­m a n , b u t of lower ing t h a t of the minis te r w h o b y losing t he super ­n a t u r a l powers of absolut ion and sacrifice has mere ly slid d o w n to

\ the level of a preacher .

Let us consider the consequences of m a k i n g a l a y m a n head of the

j C h u r c h . H i s t o r y has repeatedly t a u g h t us, as we even see to -day ,

; the t rag ic lesson t h a t , u n d e r lay con t ro l the c h u r c h is a p t t o be ­come a na t iona l one . A nat ional C h u r c h in t u r n Will soon become heret ical , since it is c u t off f rom the c e n t r e of u n i t y ; and a c h u r c h so de tached is b o u n d to lose the

j p u r i t y of its fa i th . T h e indepen-| dence of the Spir i tua l A u t h o r i t y I is t he essential cond i t ion for p r e ­

serv ing t h e fullness and p u r i t y of t h e t each ing of Chr i s t . A t the t i m e of t h e P r o t e s t a n t revol t t he sen t imen t s fo r a n Engl ish k ing against a fore ign P o p e stood in the w a y of t h e sober j u d g m e n t of the so called re formers .

W e Cathol ics w h o hold t h a t Chr i s t gave t o H i s disciples t h e

! p o w e r t o forgive sins a n d t o offer I H i s Body in sacrifice, believe u n -| mis t akab ly in a d iv ine ly orda ined

Pr ies thood. I n v i ew of this c o n ­v ic t ion every Ca tho l i c places a

| priest w h o is e m p o w e r e d t o offer t he sacrifice of t he H o l y Mass, on a p lane m u c h different f r o m t h a t of a l a y m a n . Th i s spir i t enables the Ca tho l i c C h u r c h t o define the respect ive spheres of t he l a y m a n . and c lergy w i t h o u t caus ing any ; conflict of interests o r views on the subject . T h e a u t h o r i t y of the . pr ies thood as t r a n s c e n d i n g lay prescr ip t ions is c lear ly v ind ica ted in these words of the V e r y Rev . D r . M . J . B r o w n e , D . D . , D .C .L . , Professor of Mora l Theo logy and ' C a n o n L a w , St. P a t r i c k ' s College, M a y n o o t h . T h e learned doc to r s a y s : — " W e believe in the a u t h o r ­i ty and independence of the C h u r c h , in the u n i t y of the C h u r c h , and in the P r i m a c y of Peter , the C e n t r e and Bond of U n i t y . There fore , we will give to no l aymen be he k ing , or e m ­peror , or saint, a u t h o r i t y over the C h u r c h of Chr i s t . T o the suc ­cessors of t he Apost les and the F isherman we b o w , for t o t h e m Chr i s t gave His power , no t t o H e r o d o r t o Caesar . "

T h e Cathol ic v iew will no t re ­gard the C h u r c h as a D e m o c r a t i c body where in one m a n is equal to ano ther , for the C h u r c h is no t a h u m a n s o c i e t y — H e r or igin , p o w - ! ers and cons t i tu t ion are f rom Chr i s t . T h e en thus iasm which is displayed in e lect ing member s of Pa r l i amen t or T r a d e U n i o n Offi­cials does n o t o c c u r t o the C a t h o ­lic men ta l i t y w h e n deal ing w i t h C h u r c h m a t t e r s ; and the business of selecting one w h o is t o minis ter to h im the grace and the Sacra-

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J U B I L E E R E T R O S P E C T .

Bigotry in Scotland. The "recent anti-Catholic demon-

stat ions in Edinburgh at t h e Eucharis t ic Congress, coupled wi th the unbecoming behaviour of a cer­tain class of people there , on t h e occasion of conferring the Freedom of t h e City on Mr. Lyons, t h e Catholic Premier of Austral ia a few weeks back, have cast a slur on the reputat ion of Scotland's capital. The "Osservatore Romano" in refer r ing to these unseemly incidents r emarks t ha t such spite­ful bigotry agains t Catholics h a s simply humiliated Scotland in t h e eyes of all fair-minded people. While admi t t ing th i s view to be par t ly correct, it mus t however b e made clear t ha t t he miscreants responsible for such rowdy conduct hail from a negligible section of Edinburgh ' s populace, having no weight or consequence. The man­ner in which t h e author i t ies a n d t h e press have deprecated a n d deplored these vile a t t empts t o offend Catholic susceptibilities leave no room for doubt t h a t r e s ­ponsible P ro te s t an t s of t h a t c i ty do not for a moment countenance such conduct.

* * * * Bigotry Born of Prejudice.

The admirable conduct of Catho­lics in Scotland and elsewhere in t h e face of ex t reme provocation goes to establish the i r perfect self-control and law-abiding disposition. They would perhaps have been per ­fectly human, in the generally ac ­cepted sense, had they become r ight ly roused and paid off t h e mischiefmakers in the i r own coin. The res t ra in t of Catholics despite bodily h u r t to some members of t h e i r congregation, reflects g r e a t credit on t h e pr ies ts and ordinaries who had supervised the Euchar is t ic procession with commendable t a c t . We are inclined to think tha t t h i s form of bigotry spr ings from pre­judice, and prejudice is often born of ignorance. The steady t r ick­ling towards Rome of well-inform­ed Bri tons is a visible assurance t h a t t h e perverted anti-Catholic

men t s of God is never t ampered w i t h by the Cathol ic layman.

I t m a y be observed tha t t h e Cathol ic l ayman remains passive or inact ive only in regard to t h e rights and funct ions p rope r to t h e priesthood. H e r ight ly realises this to be a p rov ince outside his pu rv i ew as a lay m e m b e r of t he Apostol ic C h u r c h . This however does no t mean t ha t he has no a c ­t ive pa r t in the life of the C h u r c h , for the funct ions of the pr ies t ­hood do not cons t i tu te the whole life of the C h u r c h . T h e C h u r c h being a religious society, w i t h spir i tual , moral and social obl iga­tions, offers wide scope for lay act iv i ty in the moral and social fields of H e r endeavours . It is in these provinces t ha t the Lay xApos-tolate can func t ion wi th a d v a n ­tage. W e deem it best to. discuss the subject of Lay Apostola te o r Cathol ic Act ion in our n e x t leader.

t r ad i t ion is gradual ly losing ground wi th t h e heal thy-minded people of Br i ta in . N o s tudent of History

; will deny t h e fact t h a t Catholicism ; wi th i t s glorious achievements ! still r e m a i n s embalmed in the

pages of t h e pre-Reformation ; His to ry of England. The sullied ! pages of historical bungl ing that ! un fo r tuna te ly const i tu te t he story

of t h e P r o t e s t a n t Revolt have to be read wi th care and caution.

j Val iant h i s to r i ans who have dared t) give a dispass ionate account of

I t he fac ts of th i s g r i m y period, | have been declared 'Romish ' in | t he i r outlook, with t h e result that j t hey have had a poor hear ing.

* * * * j His to ry in Our Schools.

Catholic Schools have wisely | given up t h e teaching of English

His to ry for Empi re His tory , for | t he s imple reason t h a t t he text-; books t h a t find favour with the

Board of E x a m i n e r s a t secular j Univers i t ies a re usually of a bigot­

ed n a t u r e . The adoption of histo-I rical works by Catholic authors j m a y diss ipa te the chances of Ca-; tholic s t u d e n t s secur ing credit from ; P r o t e s t a n t examiners . Even the | eminent historical t r e a t i s e s by An­

thony Froude , late Professor of Modern His to ry a t Oxford have

! been declared by Professors Tout and Pollard as 'bri l l iant bu t pre­jud i ced / We do not hold a brief on behalf of Professor F r o u d e on the score of his being ou r co-religio­n i s t ; bu t , hav ing read discerningly parallel accounts of t h e Refor­mat ion period both by him and o the r P r o t e s t a n t contemporar ies of note, we a re definitely inclined to t h e belief t h a t Professor Froude has a lways made it a point to n a r r a t e every incident in plain and undisguised language, even though it b r o u g h t discredit to Catholics in some cases. He is of the^opinion t h a t even if a misdeed were done ostensibly in the n a m e of the

! Catholic Church , it is no argument to identify t h e P o p e and # the Church a s accessories or part isans in a cause t h a t has been ignobly advanced. Suppose, a Catholic perchance became demented and r a n amuck shoot ing everyone he came across , is it sufficient reason to vilify t h e Church which he belongs to and all fellow Catholics? This is obviously7 t h e t rend of a r g u m e n t followed in a t t ack ing the Catholic Church by Protes tant h i s to r ians .

* * * * A Jubilee Retrospect .

An informative a n d interest ing l i t t le pamphle t ent i t led 'Twenty Five Years of P rog re s s ' from the able pen of Mr. G. E . Ans t ru ther , and published by t h e Catholic T r u t h Society, has j u s t reached us. I t gives a bird 's eye view of the Catholic position in England to­day, and t r e a t s of t h e interest ing developments of the Church during t h e q u a r t e r of a cen tu ry df King George 's reign. T h e interesting fea tu res of this well written b iochure a re references to the 'Recent Canonizat ions ' , 'The Cen­t e n a r y of Catholic Emancipation and 'Catholic L i t e r a tu r e . ' The wr i t e r s t r ikes a hopeful note for t h e fu tu re of the Church in Eng­land, and the pages on the whole m a k e very pleasant reading.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 2Cth JULY, 1935.

FR COUGHLIN'S B E L I E F IN N E W D E A L .

Address To Radio Audience.

Detro i t .—Declar ing t h a t it will not reform itself and t h a t i ts promises to t h a t effect a re of no serious impor t , t h e Rev. Charles E . Coughlin, pas tor of t h e Shrine of t h e Li t t le Flower and founder of t h e Nat ional Union for Social Jus t ice , said in his radio address las t n igh t t h a t "Business mus t be placed on parole and kept t he re . " Business , he added, "mus t be dis­a rmed of i t s machine gun of un­res t r ic ted competi t ion, of i ts sawed-off shot-gun of low wages, and of i ts diver 's license of long hours for t h e labourer ."

F a t h e r Coughlin said t h a t despi te recent court decisions and developments of recent days, he is now more opt imist ic t h a n ever as to t h e final outcome of the New Deal.

" I appear before you," he said, "ne i t he r to condemn nor to pra ise . However , if I have a lways been in s y m p a t h y w i t h t h e philosophy of t h e New Deal, f requent ly I have been in open conflict wi th i ts prac­t ices .

"Never theless , a l though it m a y appear a s a paradox, I am m o r e optimist ic as to t h e final out­come of t h e New Deal a t th i s mo­m e n t t h a n ever before. To m y mind, t he events of t he pas t week will resul t in consolidating t h e broken r anks of t h e New Dealers. All is not lost. On t h e contrary , all is about to be gained."

F a t h e r Coughlin said t h a t t he " g r e a t corporate ent i t ies of t h i s na t ion who gloried in t h e l imita­t ions of t h e Const i tu t ion" feared only t h r e e Congressional powers , " t h e powrer to tax , t h e power over i n t e r s t a t e commerce, and t h e power to coin a n d regula te t h e value of money." He said' t h a t " t h e power to t ax t h e y made t h e i r a s se t in every protec t ive tariff measu re from 1791 to t he present d a y " and t h a t " t h e power over in­t e r s t a t e commerce they res t r ic ted to a few indus t r ies t h a t could not avoid it, namely t o t h e rai l roads and to communicat ion l ines."

Big business, he continued, fears t h e " th i rd power" of Congress— t h e money power—more than any other . "This is no place for me to expound m y philosophy of money." F a t h e r Coughlin said, "bu t it is t h e proper place t o insist t h a t no m a t t e r w h a t philosophy of money one m a y en te r ta in , he cannot re­j e c t t he concept t h a t t he coinage and regulat ion of money belong to t h e people of t h e United S ta tes and a re delegated by t hem to Congress . There is no au thor i ty which can uphold before the Supreme Court of th i s nation the quest ionable r i g h t of suble t t ing t h e coinage and regulation of money into pr iva te hands . The t i m e has arr ived for th i s power to be t rans fe r red from Wall S t ree t to t h e Congress ."—(N.C.W.C.)

G O S P E L f o r

SIXTH SUNDAY A F T E R PENTECOST

(Mark, VIII , 1-9)

At t h a t time, when there was a grea t mult i tude with Jesus , and had nothing to eat , calling his disciples together , he sa i th t o them, I h a v e compassion on the mult i tude, for behold they have now been wi th me th ree days, and have nothing to ea t ; and if I shall send them away fast ing to the i r home, t h e y will faint in t h e w a y : for some of them came from afar off. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a n y one fill them here with bread in t he wilderness? And he asked them, How m a n y loaves have ye? who said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on t h e ground. And tak ing t he seven loaves, giving thanks , he broke, and gave to h i s disciples to set before t h e m ; and they set them before t h e people. And they had a few little fishes, and he blest them, and commanded them to be set before them. And they did eat, and were filled; and they took up tha t which was left of the f ragments , seven baske t s : and they tha t had eaten were about four thousand ; and he sen t them away .

COMMENTARY.

DIOCESE OF MALACCA.

Calendar for t he week.

July 21 . Sunday—6th Sunday After Pentecost . Mass and Vespers of the Sunday.

July 22. Monday—St. Mary Mag­dalen, Peni ten t .

Julv 23. Tuesday—St. Apollinaris, B. and M.

July 24. Wednesday—Vigil of St. James , the Apostle.

July 25. Thur sday—St . James , the Apostle.

July 26. F r iday—St . Ann, Mother of the B.V.M.

July 27. Sa turday—Of the B.V.M. Simple.

DIOCESE OF MACAO.

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH. Calendar for t h e Week.

The mul t i tudes had foHowed Jesus into t h e deser t and had for th ree days heard His wonderful explanations of God's divine plan in Creation. They had star ted, so to say to pract ise a t once the marvellous doctr ine of t rus t

i in Providence. They were do­ing exactly wha t Jesus had taugh t them. Like the lilies of the field

: and the b i rds of t he air, they had no business-like t hough t about

. the i r fu ture . They had decided to j search first the kingdom of God, [convinced t h a t every th ing else would be added unto them. I have compassion on t h e mult i tude

Jesus is ext remely generous and compassionate. He had accepted t h e mul t i tudes ' homage . He wras

i bound, therefore , by Himself t c look af te r them. And so He doubt­ed not for a momen t to work out

I a miracle for t h e m . They had for­got ten all about t he i r bodily needs, eager only to h e a r His words of mercy and e terna l life. The though t of r e tu rn ing home, af ter a th ree days ' fas t , did not dis­courage t h e m a t all. They would go home, even a t t h e cost of faint­ing on t h e way. T h e good t idings which t h e y had gleaned were enough compensation for t h a t l i t t le corporal swroon. This was the i r ac tua l a t t i t ude towards t h e future. The kingdom of God occupied a clear first place in the i r minds, while t h e cares of the world had been consigned to a subordi-

i na te plan. Jesus ' Duty .

C A T H O L I C M A R R I A G E PROBLEM'S.

i On his hand, J e sus was going to ! fulfil to t h e let ter His promises. He | asked first His disciples what to do j in such circumstances. Pe rhaps i he wanted to t r y the i r confidence. | "They will faint on the way," he jtold t h e m . Still t h e disciples did i not know what to do. They would i send t h e mult i tudes home a t once | and t h e y would look af ter them-' selves. A few would faint, to be i sure, bu t it could not be helped. | The idea of a miracle did not cross | the i r minds. They had seen i Jesus working several o ther mir-

acles but t hey did not th ink th i s j part icular occasion to be a fit op­por tuni ty for a miraculous mani­festat ion of His powrer. The dis­ciples represented then t h e a t t i tude of the world towards those ] who t ru s t in it . The pleasure of j hear ing Je sus ' instruction was a ' sufficient pr ize of the i r sacrifice. As for the res t , they did not see j any o ther a l te rnat ive but send i t h e m home a t once. So the world j th inks to-day of the thousand and j one sacrifices of its followers. N o t ! so wi th Je sus . Jesus worked a miracle, "and they did eat, and j were filled." Filled in soul, filled in body. For , such is t h e outcome j of t ak ing up Jesus ' sweet yoke.

Je sus and modern mult i tudes . Modern mul t i tudes of misery, |

poverty and hunger do not dare to j follow Jesus into t h e deser t of j prayer , of recollection. On the cont rary , t h e y long to run away from Him into the city of pleasure, of amusement and worldly dis- j t ract ion. Modern mult i tudes , too, suffer t remendously. Yet, they have no t r u s t in God's Providence. They doubt His goodness and say, when asked by His grace to follow Him into t h e wilderness (Ps. LXXVII 19) "can God furnish a | table in t h e wilderness ?" Surely j He can. Modern mult i tudes doubt the efficacy of Jesus ' mercy, but j they forget t h a t the fault lies with ! themselves and with nobody else.! Their t hough t s have only one a im: j riches, r iches. They a re miserable,! they a re poor, they a re s ta rv ing i and still, in the depths of their i hea r t s , t hey are guil ty of enor- j mous ambit ion. Jesus will not help them, Jesus abhors such am­bition. They a re not like the lilies j of t he field and the birds of the ] a i r who, in the i r simple life and instinct, fulfil God's divine plan, j They are like s tubborn animals led to the plough-land by the husband­man. They will suffer, they will work they will sweat, in spite of j all the i r protes ts .

How different is the yoke of \ Chr i s t !

Bishops Pres ide Over Discuss ion.

P a r i s . — W i t h severa l Bishops presid­i n g , a g r o u p of Cathol ics held a three-d a y ses s ion in P a r i s to consider the p s y c h o l o g y of m a r r i a g e from the Chris­t i a n v i ewpo int . T h e mee t ing w a s spon­sored by the Assoc ia t ion of Christ ian Marriage .

The first problem taken up w a s the re lat ions of the spouses w i t h their parents and parents - in- law. Another subject w a s the material condit ions af fect ing conjugal l i fe .

One m a n was a s s i g n e d to discuss w h a t a wi fe should do t o keep her marr iage a happy one , and a w o m a n w a s des ignat ­ed to m a k e ' a s imi lar report on t h e husband's duties in th is respect .

A n eminent a t t o r n e y discussed marri­a g e contracts and the ir effect upon the successful marriage . A Jesui t priest discussed the effect of parents ' d i sagree­ments u p o n children. A physic ian d i s ­cussed t h e del icate subject of physical harmony between a married couple, and a priest , professor a t the Catholic Inst i ­tute of Par i s , spoke on the moral har­mony t h a t should e x i s t .

The Bishops w h o presided at the suc ­cess ive se s s ions commented upon t h e reports . (N.C.W.C.)

workers are obliged to attend trade and other schools in the even ings and there is l i t t le free t ime for mee t ings .

The a t t i tude of the Establ i shed Church has changed in the l a s t ten years and it i s not unusual for a Protes tant leader to praise t h e s inceri ty of Cathol ics; nor i s the pres s hosti le . The at t i tude of the S ta te a l s o fac i l i tates the spread of Cathol ic ism. In Denmark there is a b ­solute f r eedom of worship and educa^ t ion, nor i s a n y obstacle in the w a y of s treet process ions or other public re l ig i ­ous mani fes ta t ions . The Sta te subsidi ­zes Catholic schools and a l lows free transportat ion for the ir pupils during vacat ion periods. (N.C.W.C.)

July 21 . Sunday—Six th Sunday after Penecost . Green vest­ments . Proper of the Mass in the "Small Missal" p. 201. Second collect of St. Praxedes , Virgin and Mar ty r . Third "Defend u s " p. 110, fourth "O God" p . 60. Preface of the Bl. Tr in i ty , Vespers of the Sunday a t 5 p.m.

July 22. Monday—St. Mary Mag­dalene. Double.

July 23. Tuesday—St . Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr Double

July 24. Wednesday—Of the feria Vigil of St . J ames . Simple.

July 25. Thursday—St . J ames Apostle. Double of the second class.

July 26. F r iday—St . Ann, mother of t h e B.V.M. Double of the 2nd cl. Evening service a t 5.30.

July 27. Sa turday—Bl. Rudolph Acquaviva and Companions, Mar ty r s . Double.

C H U R C H E X P A N D S I N D E N M A R K .

P r o g r e s s due to .Efforts of Clergy.

Par i s .—Denmark , the smallest o i the Scandinavian countr ies , is snowing the greatest progress in Oatnoncism. Yvnere-as there are some xew mousana C a m o u c s in N o r w a y ana Sweden, uenmarK n o w has aoout Zo,kjK)\). This is a sma.i minori ty compared with the total population oi 3,5UU,UO0, but the constant progres s g i v e s h igh hopes for the future.

This opt imist ic note w a s sounded by a young Dan i sh priest , Fa ther H a n s e n , in an address del ivered a t the In terna­tional F o y e r for Catholic Students here .

F r o m the n inth to the s i x t e e n t h centuries Denmark w a s a Cathol ic country. In 1526, Frederick I, K i n g of Denmark and N o r w a y , implanted P r o ­t e s tan t i sm in the country and, in 1600 , it w a s regarded a s the most P r o t e s t a n t country in all Europe. For t w o .nd a half centuries Pro te s tan t i sm w a s t h e only re l ig ion to lerated.

In the la s t 20 y e a r s , P'ather H a n s e n said, the number of Cathol ics in D e n ­mark has doubled thanks to the unt i r ing and devoted efforts of 80 to 85 pr i e s t s directed b y a Vicar Aposto l ic f rom a b ­road. A s a rule the c lergy b e l o n g i n g to Re l ig ious Orders or Congregat ions a r e from abroad, but the remainder of t h e c l ergy a r e mos t ly Dan i sh .

The ecc les iast ica l terr i tory is divided into 32 par i shes , but count ing hospi ta l and convent chape l s , there are a b o u t 100 churches and the generos i ty of t h e faithful permi t s the construct ion of a new church annual ly .

The a p o s t o l a t e has been exorcised in Denmark t h r o u g h the convers ion of t h e el i te and corporal w o r k s of mercy. T h e conversion of such a renowned w r i t e r a s Johannes J o e r g e n s e n had a wide e f fect upon the a t t i tude of the Danish people . The hosp i ta l s served b y 600 S i s t er s r,re a m o n g the m o s t modern in Europe.

The L e a g u e of Cathol ic W o m e n h a s several thousand membfcrs. The o r g a n i ­z ing of y o u t h has been somewhat h a m ­pered by the fac t that most of the y o u n g

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S A C R E D CONGREGATION D E C R E E .

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need be , also of pious lay people, especially of those who a r e enrolled in t h e Conf ra te rn i ty of Chr is t ian Doct r ine , or o the r s imilar societies es tab l i shed in t h e par i sh ." Nor should t h e help of m e m b e r s of re l ig ious communit ies be lacking " in a work so conducive to salva­t ion , so acceptable to God and so necessa ry for t h e good of s o u l s / '

F ina l ly , p a r e n t s and those who hold t h e place of p a r e n t s a r e re ­m i n d e d of t h e in junct ion of Canon 1113 b inding t h e m " b y a mos t s t r i c t obligation t o provide to t h e bes t of t he i r abi l i ty for bo th t h e re l ig ious and mora l and t h e phys i ­cal a n d civil educat ion of t h e i r c h i l d r e n / '

I n order to g ive effect more read i ly to all t h i s , t h roughou t t h e whole world, t h e Sacred Congrega­t ion of t h e Council, w i th t h e ap­p roba t ion of H i s Holiness Pope P i u s XI , commands t h a t t h e follow­i n g be observed in all d iocesses:

I . The es tab l i shment of t h e Conf ra t e rn i ty of Chr i s t i an Doc­t r i ne , according to Canon 711 , sect ion 2, in every par i sh .

I I . The es tab l i shment of paro­chial classes in Catechism accord­ing t o t h e le t t e r of t h i s Congrega-

! well-governed and becoming forms j of occupation and amusement . ; P a s t o r s should carefully p repa re

children so t h a t t hey may be ex-! amined by the Bishop at t h e t ime • of h i s Visi tat ion, so t h a t he m a y j learn t h e t r ue s t a t u s of rel igious | ins t ruct ion in each parish.

In addi t ion to wha t is ordered to I be observed by all, t h e Sacred Con-; g rega t ion of t he Council deems i t ; oppor tune to indicate to t he Ordi-: nar ies some of the means which j have been shown by experience to ! be sui ted to t he purpose desired, | and in s t ruc t s t hem to make use of j all or a t least of some of t h e s e ac-| cording to t he different needs and i c i rcumstances of each diocese. I These include t h e es tabl ishment

of an Office of Diocesan Catechis ts to control t h e ent i re catechetical ins t ruc t ion in t he diocese; t h e selection of competent p r ies t s -vi f i tors to inspect all schools of religion in t h e diocese; t h e es ta­b l i shment of a catechetical day in

j each pa r i sh on which the " F e a s t j of Chr i s t i an Doct r ine" shall be : celebrated wi th as much solemnity j as poss ib le ; and t h e t r a in ing of I capable ca tech is t s of both sexes to j help t h e pas to r s by teaching reli-| gion in t h e parochial or public i school and especially in r emote j p a r t s of t h e par i sh .

It isn't a lways possible to make the

other man pay. And even if you do

you may not be able to recover your

legal costs.

In addit ion t o unl imited indemni ty a g a i n s t Third P a r t y r i sks , our Po l i c i e s g i v e comple te indemni ty a g a i n s t m a t e r i a l d a m a g e a s we l l a s g e n e r o u s medical e x p e n s e s in c a s e o f i n j u r y t o Insured a n d p a s s e n g e r s and specified Personal A c c i d e n t Benef i t s i n respect o f t h e Insured for D e a t h or Loss of L imbs , etc . A g r e e d V a l u e of car a r r a n g e d if des ired .

Specia l reduct ion in P r e m i u m e x c l u s i v e to m e m b e r s of t h e A u t o m o ­bile Assoc ia t ion of Malaya .

N. E. M. N A T I O N A L E M P L O Y E R S * M U T U A L GENERAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD. : J C O R / S

Official Insurers t o the A u t h o m o b i l e A s s o c i a t i o n of Malaya . Meyer Chambers , Raffles P lace , S i n g a p o r e .

H I S H O L I N E S S P O P E P I U S X I t ion t o t h e Bishop of I ta lv , A p r h 28, 1924.

H I . Care on t h e p a r t of t h e Ord inar ies of t h e var ious dioceses t h a t pa s to r s explain t h e Catechism on Sundays and holydays of obli­ga t ion to adul t s in t e r m s su i ted to t h e i r capacity t o under s t and .

I n connection wi th t h e es tabl ish­m e n t of parochial classes in Cate­ch ism, t h e Sacred Congregat ion of t h e Council l i s t s cer ta in s t ipula­t ions t h a t a r e to be carefully observed. P a s t o r s shall not admi t t o receive t h e Sac raments of P e n a n c e and Confirmation those w h o have not acquired sui table ca techet ica l ins t ruc t ion as p re ­scr ibed by t h e decree of t h e Sacred Congregat ion of t h e S a c r a m e n t s of A u g u s t 8, 1910. Af te r t h e y have received the i r F i r s t Communion, t h e y mus t endeavour to s tudy the Catechism more perfect lv and fully.

G R A V I T Y O F O B L I G A T I O N P a s t o r s m u s t do the i r best to

admonish p a r e n t s especially of the g r a v i t y of t h e i r obligation to see t o i t t h a t "all subject to t h e m or u n d e r t he i r ca re a r e given due ca techet ica l ^ ins t ruc t ion ." They should also t r y in every way pos­sible t o in t e re s t t he children in at­t e n d i n g parochial Catechism clas­ses , for example , by ce lebra t ing a M a s s for chi ldren on all holy days, by announc ing compet i t ive exami­na t i ons and a w a r d s , and by us ing

R E P O R T TO C O N G R E G A T I O N " L e t a leading p a r t in t he se

m a t t e r s / " t h e decree adds, "be t a ­ken b y t hose who a r e enrolled in Cathol ic Action associations which a l ready have made many pra ise­w o r t h y efforts in th i s m a t t e r and a m o n g which a r e some who, by a ve ry wise counsel indeed, have laid i t down in the i r s t a t u t e s t h a t lessons in religion be held each y e a r which all t h e associates a r e bound t o a t tend/*

Final ly , wi th the approbat ion of t h e Holy F a t h e r , t h e Sacred Con­g rega t ion of t h e Council "com­m a n d s all Bishops, in th i s m a t t e r de roga t ing from t h e memorable Motu propr io . Orbem Cathol icum. t h a t every five yea r s t h e y shall m a k e an accura te report t o t h e Sacred Congregat ion about ca te ­chetical education in the i r respec­t ive dioceses, according to t h e ques t ions which follow/* The ques t ionna i re on the teaching of Chr i s t i an Doctrine, also published in t h e Acta Apostolicae Sedis. deals wi th religious ins t ruct ion for chi ldren—in parishes, in Ca­tholic schools and colleges, and in public schools—and for adul ts .

The decree, j u s t published, was signed by His Eminence Giulio Cardinal Serafini. perfect, and Msgr . Giuseppe Bruno, sec re ta ry , on J a n u a r y 12. the Feast of t h e Holy Familv of Nazare th .

(N.C.W.C.)

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c a n G o v e r n m e n t h a v e m a d e c o m p a r a ­t ive ly l i t t l e p r o g r e s s . A s E r n e s t G r u e m n g r e m a r k s , " t h e e p h e r m e r a i c h a r a c t e r of m u c h of M e x i c o ' s r econ­s t r u c t i v e effort r e n d e r s t h e d a t a of a g iven m o m e n t m e a n i n g l e s s . A school opened one y e a r m a y b e c losed n e x t — even b e f o r e t h e i n k t h a t d e s c r i b e d i t had d r i e d / ' T h e m u c h a d v e r t i s e d school for p u r e - b l o o d e d I n d i a n boys i n Mexico C i t y , f o r e x a m p l e , h a s r e c e n t l y been closed. P r o f e s s o r J o h n D e w e y ' s e n t h u ­s i a s t i c p r a i s e , u t t e r e d in 1926, is st i l l d o i n g d u t y on p r o p a g a n d a s h e e t s p u b ­l i shed in t h e m o n t h of M a y , 1935. But s o m e s a y t h a t t h e level of Mexican e d u c a t i o n is l o w e r in 1935 t h a n it w a s in 1930.

H o w e v e r g r e a t ou r s y m p a t h y w i t h a n y h o n e s t a t t e m p t to r a i s e t h e educa ­t iona l leve l , we m u s t no t f o r g e t t h a t t h e M e x i c a n G o v e r n m e n t h a s d e s t r o y e d n u m e r o u s schools s u p e r i o r to m o s t of i t s o w n , a n d h a s disqualif ied a n enor ­m o u s n u m b e r of t e a c h e r s f a r b e t t e r e q u i p p e d t h a n t h e m a j o r i t y of t h o s e now on t h e pub l i c p a y r o l l . T h e p r o m i s e to open f r ee schools fo r a l l t h e c h i l d r e n is a h a n d s o m e p r o m i s e , e s p e c i a l l y on the p a r t of a n i m p e c u n i o u s g o v e r n m e n t , b u t i t s s i n c e r i t y m a y be m e a s u r e d b y Bishop Ke l i ey ' s c o m m e n t t h a t even t h e r e ­s o u r c e s of a c i t y l ike N e w Y o r k would be s t r a i n e d to c a r r y out a n y such p ro ­g r a m m e a s t h a t .

Be t h a t a s it m a y . t h e M e x i c a n a u t h o ­r i t i e s a r e now a p p r o a c h i n g t h e school q u e s t i o n f r o m a new a n g l e a n d for a d i f ferent p u r p o s e . T o - d a y t h e i r a i m is not e d u c a t i o n a l in t he o r d i n a r y sense . T h e y a r e c o n c e r n e d less w i t h t h e p rob ­lem of r e d u c i n g i l l i t e racy t h a n w i t h the q u e s t i o n of u s i n g t h e schools to s p r e a d " t h e sp i r i t of t h e Revo lu t ion /*

In a b r o a d c a s t f rom G u a d a l a j a r a on J u l y 9, 1934. G e n e r a l Ca l i e s . s p e a k i n g on t h e Six Y e a r P l a n , sa id :—*T will call t h i s n e w per iod t h e psycho log ica l per iod of t h e Revo lu t ion . W e m u s t n o w e n t e r a n d t a k e posses s ion of t he consc iences of t h e ch i l d r en , of t h e consc iences o : t h e y o u n g , because they do b e i o n g . an..; should b e l o n g t o t h e Revo lu t ion T h e r e f o r e , I cal l upon ali Gove rno r s t h r o u g h o u t t h e Republ ic , on al l public a u t h o r i t i e s a n d on all R e v o l u t i o n a r y e l e m e n t s , t h a t w e p roceed a t once t o the field of b a t t l e which we m u s t t a k e

b e c a u s e c h i l d r e n a n d t h e y o u n g m a s t b e l o n g t o t h e R e v o l u t i o n . "

E m i l i o P o r t e s Gi l , S e c r e t a r y of F o r e i g n R e l a t i o n s in t h e p r e s e n t Cabi­n e t , i n s i s t s u p o n t h e n e c e s s i t y of S t a t e e d u c a t i o n , a n d s a y s , " t h e S t a t e c la ims a r i g h t o v e r t h e c o n s c i e n c e of t h e chi ld." W i t h t h i s d e c l a r a t i o n in mind , w e b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d t h e s ign i f i cance of t h e A m e n d m e n t t o A r t i c l e I I I of t h e Cons t i ­t u t i o n , m a k i n g " s o c i a l i s t " educa t ion c o m p u l s o r y on e v e r y ch i ld in Mexico .

T h e G o v e r n m e n t h a s a w a k e n e d to a n e w s e n s e of t h e s u p r e m e i m p o r t a n c e of t h e school in t h e w a r u p o n re l ig ion .

T h e l a w n o w c a l l s fo r " s o c i a l i s t " e d u c a t i o n . T h a t l a w h a s been used to u n d e r m i n e m o r a l i t y b y i n t r o d u c i n g l i t t le c h i l d r e n t o u n s p e a k a b l e indecenc ies , in t h e n a m e of s e x e d u c a t i o n . B u t a d ­v a n c e d s e x e d u c a t i o n , even t h o u g h t t h e l p s , m u s t n o t b e r e g a r d e d a s t h e m a i n ob jec t ive . I t i s God W h o m u s t be des ­t r o y e d . A n e w s p a p e r m a n r e p o r t s t h a t in C h i h u a h u a , a t t h e o p e n i n g of school, o n e m o r n i n g , h e h e a r d t h e ch i ld r en ' s s a l u t a t i o n , " T e a c h e r , t h e r e i s no God," a n d t h e t e a c h e r ' s r e p l y , " T h e r e never w a s a God . "

" S o c i a l i s m , " t h a t i s t o s a y , a t h e i s m , m u s t be i m p o s e d ; " F a n a t i c i s m . " t h a t is to s a y , C h r i s t i a n i t y , m u s t be b lo t t ed ou t . W i t h " S o c i a l i s t E d u c a t i o n " m a d e com­p u l s o r y a n d w i t h t h e c u r r i c u l u m con­t ro l l ed by a n a t h e i s t i c g r o u p , it c a n be d o n e . A n d it is b e i n g d o n e — n o t w i t h ­o u t s y m p a t h y on t h e p a r t of t h e Com­m u n i s t s , no t w i t h o u t the a p p r o v a l of o u r A m b a s s a d o r , J o s e p h u s D a n i e l s , a » t w i t h o u t a id a n d c o m f o r t f rom t h e F r a n k T a n n e n b a u m s a n d t h e J o h n Deweys . T h e r e is b u t o n e f o r m i d a b l e obs t ac l e— t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h .

T h e M e x i c a n G o v e r n m e n t r e a s o n s w i t h so u n d log ic , t h e r e f o r e , t h a t , if i t is t o succeed , t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h m u s t be d e s t r o y e d .

T h e r e is no n e e d of con fus ing our ­se lves w i t h l o n g e x c u r s i o n s in to the h i s t o r y of w h a t t h e C h u r c h w a s like in t h e p a s t , n o r w i t h p l a n s and p r o g r a m m e s of w h a t t h e M e x i c a n G o v e r n m e n t p ro ­p o s e s to do in t h e f u t u r e . T h e con t ro­v e r s y r a g e s a r o u n d one p la in i ssue . On t h e o n e s ide , t h e G o v e r n m e n t cal ls upon t h e C h u r c h f o r "absolute submiss ion t* t h e l a w s in fo rce /* On t h e o the r , t he C a t h o l i c C h u r c h r e p l i e s a s s h e did to the R o m a n E m p i r e . " L a w s l ike t h e decree t h a t c h i l d r e n m u s t be t a u g h t a the i sm, W E W I L L X O T O B E Y : "

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935.

TRIALS OF RELIGIOUS SERVE AS NAZI PROPAGANDA .

ATTEMPTS TO DISCREDIT CHURCH

CATHOLIC NURSES' CONVEN­TION AT ROME.

VATICAN PRESS EXHIBITION.

A m s t e r d a m . — T h e cour t t r ia ls against var ious members of Ger­man religious Orders who a r e accused, and some of whom have already been convicted, of t r a n s ­gressions aga ins t t h e s t r ic t Ger­man currency laws a re used by the Nazi press as p re tex t for violent ant i-Catholic propaganda.

While ali fa i r observers agree t ha t t h e nuns and monks concerned are the vict ims of an unscrupulous banker who abused the i r inex­perience in business m a t t e r s , and tha t t h e S is te rs and members of the clergy t hough t they were act ing in t h e best in te res t s of t he char i table ins t i tu t ions en t rus t ed to the i r care, t h e Nazi papers seek to discredit all Catholic inst i tu­tions as unreliable from a political point of view and to b rand the religious as " t r a i t o r s " and even "cr iminals ."

German Catholics a re deeply shocked by t h e revelat ions which came to l ight in t h e course of the t r ials t h a t have t aken place, and they do not hes i t a t e to deplore, the lack of fore-sight on t h e pa r t of t h e religious concerned. On t h e o the r hand, i t cannot be denied t h a t t h e German religious Orders and miss ionary societies, which had contrac ted loans abroad were not given the. same oppor tuni ty of mee t ing the i r obligations a n d of pro tec t ing the i r in te res t s which non-religious ins t i tu t ions and busi­ness en terpr i ses of all so r t s were able to avail themselves of wi th the consent of t h e au thor i t i e s .

T R I A L S A R E D R A W N OUT. Bu t wors t of all is t h e a t t e m p t

of t h e Nazi press t o discredit t he Catholic Church as a whole in the public eye because of t h e s e in­dividual t ransgress ions . Accor-ing to reliable information reach­ing he re t h e t r ia l s will continue th rough the summer . The re will be between 40 and 50 of t hem, and it will t h u s be possible to instill deep h a t r e d and added prejudice in t h e German public mind agains t all t h i ngs Catholic. A se t t lement I

out of court, it is contended, would have been fair to all concerned, but t h e radical Nazis have refused to forego this oppor tuni ty of engaging in a p ropaganda cam­paign agains t Catholicism.

Some Nazi o rgans have done the i r u tmost already to vilify the religious Orders, ca r ry ing the p ic tures of the sentenced Sisters on the i r front pages wi th veno­mous remarks and asser t ing t h a t it has now been demonst ra ted t h a t children can no longer be en t rus ted to the care of such inst i tut ions, since the moral s t anda rds revealed oirer no guar­antee for the safeguard of the in te res t s of the S ta te . Thus argu­ments against parochial schools a re easily put forward.

In qui te a number of churches t he pas tors , and in var ious Catho­lic newspapers the editors , immedi­ately refuted these in terpre ta t ions , and a stand was taken aga ins t t he elements t rying to hold t h e Church as a whole responsible for unfort­una te t ransgress ions of indivi duals. But the populace cannot so easily be restrained. In Munich, t he collection for t h e Catholic Char i t ies , which had been formally approved by the au thor i t i e s , was in ter fered with by irresponsible e lements . The Catholic women and men who carr ied ou t th i s im­p o r t a n t work on t h e s t r ee t s and in t h e houses of t h e city were molested and even bodily a t tacked.

German Catholics fear t h a t s imilar incidents will r ecur in t h e course of the numerous t r ia ls which a r e still pending aga ins t t he religious especially since even t h e Vicar-Generals of t h e dioceses of Hildesheim and Meissen are in­volved.

MORE P R I E S T S J A I L E D . At t h e same t ime all sor ts of

res t r ic t ions continue to be applied by Nazi au thor i t ies aga ins t Catho­lics. Two more pr ies ts have been given jail sentences : F a t h e r Fr ie-denhahn of Heuendorf, nea r Koblenz, Rhineland, and F a t h e r

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N e w York .—The Rev . E d w a r d F . G a r e s c h e , S J . , S p i r i t u a l D i r e c t o r o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n of C a t h o l i c N u r s e s , h a s j u s t rece ived f r o m t h e in­t e r n a t i o n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s in P a r i s t h e p r o g r a m m e of t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n v e n ­t ion a n d p i l g r i m a g e of n u r s e s to b e he ld in R o m e A u g u s t 25-28.

A c c o r d i n g to t h e p r o g r a m m e , f o u r d a y s wi l l be s p e n t in t h e e x e r c i s e s of the C o n g r e s s p i l g r i m a g e b u t a d d i t i o n a l d a y s wil l be g i v e n t h e p i l g r i m s t o v i s i t o t h e r s h r i n e s a n d h i s t o r i c p l ace s in t h e c i ty . On t h e first d a y t h e r e wil l be a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t i n g in t h e m o r n i n g w h e n M a s s wil l be sa id a t S t . Mary-M a j o r a n d s e r m o n s g i v e n in E n g l i s h , T r e n c h , G e r m a n a n d I t a l i a n . I n t h e a f t e r n o o n t h e n a t i o n a l g r o u p s wi l l hold spec ia l s e s s ions . In t h e e v e n i n g t h e r e will be he ld t h e f irs t i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t ­ing fo r t h e s t u d y of spec ia l t o p i c s . T h e second d a y , A u g u s t 26, wil l b e g i n w i t h M a s s in t h e C a t a c o m b s , a f t e r t h e pi l ­g r i m s wil l v i s i t t h e C a t a c o m b s . I n t h e a f t e r n o o n t h e r e wil l be a n o t h e r i n t e r -r a t i o n a l m e e t i n g , p r o b a b l y a t C a s t e l -g a n d o l f o . I t is hoped t h a t a n a u d i e n c e w i th t h e H o l y F a t h e r c a n be a r r a n g e d for t h a t t i m e . In t h e e v e n i n g t h e de le ­g a t e s wi l l m e e t in t h e Co l i s eum fo r p r a y e r . In t h e m o r n i n g of t h e t h i r d d a y M a s s wil l be c e l e b r a t e d a t S t . J o h n L a t e r a n . In t h e a f t e r n o o n a n a u t o m o ­bile t o u r of t h e c i t y wi l l be a f forded .

T h e f o u r t h d a y will b e g i n w i t h M a s s a t S t . P e t e r ' s fo l lowed by a n i n t e r ­n a t i o n a l s t u d y m e e t i n g . I n t h e a f t e r ­noon t h e r e will be a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t i n g a n d a spec ia l s e s s ion f o r Re l i ­g i o u s . I n t h e e v e n i n g t h e r e wi l l be a f a r e w e l l m e e t i n g in one of t h e g a r d e n s of R o m e , w i t h a n o t h e r a d d r e s s in E n g ­l ish , F r n c h , G e r m a n a n d I t a l i a n .

A t t h e s u g g e s t i o n of F a t h e r G a r e s c h e , t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e h a s t a k e n a s t h e g e n e r a l s u b j e c t f o r t h e c o n v e n ­t ion t h e t op i c , " C a t h o l i c A c t i o n fo r N u r s e s . " (N .C .W.C . )

G R O U P O F A M E R I C A N C A T H O L I C J O U R N A L I S T S TO A T T E N D .

I t Sha l l Preva i l . T r u t h , c r u s h e d t o e a r t h , sha l l r i s e a g a i n ,

T h e e t e r n a l y e a r s of God a r e h e r s ; B u t e r r o r , w o u n d e d , w r i t h e s w i t h pa in ,

A n d d ies a m o n g h e r w o r s h i p p e r s . — B r y a n t .

C h i c a g o . — A c o m m i t t e e of d i s t i n ­g u i s h e d A m e r i c a n Ca tho l i c P r e s s figures, to h a v e c h a r g e of t h e r e p r e s e n ­t a t i o n of t h e C a t h o l i c P r e s s of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a t t h e g r e a t w o r l d C a t h o ­lic P r e s s E x p o s i t i o n to be he ld in V a t i ­can C i ty , A p r i l 1 to O c t o b e r 3 1 , 1936, h a s b e e n a n n o u n c e d by t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d of t h e Ca tho l i c P r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n of t h s U n i t e d S t a t e s , t h r o u g h i t s s ec ­r e t a r y , J o s e p h H . Me ie r , of C h i c a g o . T h e Assoc i a t i on a t i t s c o n v e n t i o n j u s t held in A t l a n t a v o t e d t o s p o n s o r t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n .

T h e M o s t Rev . H u g h C. Boyle , E p i s ­copal C h a i r m a n of t h e P r e s s D e p a r t ­m e n t of t h e N a t i o n a l Ca tho l i c W e l f a r e C o n f e r e n c e , h a s u p o n t h e A s s o c i a t i o n ' s i n v i t a t i o n c o n s e n t e d t o a c t a s H o n o r a r y C h a i r m a n of t h e C o m m i t t e e . J o s e p h J . Qu inn , e d i t o r of t h e T h e S o u t h w e s t C o u r i e r of O k l a h o m a Ci ty a n d P r e s i d e n t of t h e Ca tho l i c P r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n , wil l ac t a s C h a i r m a n , a n d o t h e r m e m b e r s of the C o m m i t t e e a r e C h a r l e s H . R i d d e r , of T h e Ca tho l i c N e w s , N e w Y o r k ; R i c h a r d Re id , E d i t o r of T h e Bu l l e t in , A u g u s t a . Ga. , and F r a n k A. H a l l , D i r e c ­t o r of t h e N . C . W . C . N e w s Serv ice .

T h i s C o m m i t t e e , it w a s a n n o u n c e d , i s a t once s e t t i n g a b o u t p l a n s fo r t h e A m e r i c a n r e p r e s e n t a t i o n a t t h e g r e a t E x p o s i t i o n , which is to be a n ac t of h o ­m a g e t o H i s H o l i n e s s P o p e P i u s X I , a n d h a s en l i s t ed t h e H o l y F a t h e r ' s deep i n ­t e r e s t . T h e g e n e r a l c o m m i t t e e , w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s a t V a t i c a n C i ty , is h e a d e d by C o u n t G i u s e p p e D a l l a T o r r e , E d i t o r of O s s e r v a t o r e R o m a n o , a n d t h e g e n e r a l s e c r e t a r y is M o n s i g n o r G i u s e p p e M o n t i .

I t is p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e E x p o s i t i o n b e no t m e r e l y a co l lec t ion of Ca tho l i c p a ­p e r s a n d m a g a z i n e s b u t a h u g e d e m o n ­s t r a t i o n of t h e e n t i r e C a t h o l i c P r e s s of t h e w o r l d — i t s e t h i c s , i t s t e c h n i q u e , i t s o r g a n i z a t i o n s , i t s p r o b l e m s , a n d i t s spec ia l p r o f e s s i o n a l g r o u p s ; and a u x i ­l i a r i e s . C o m m i t t e e s a r e b e i n g f o r m e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d a n d in connec t ion w i t h t h e E x p o s i t i o n t h e r e wi l l b e c o m ­pi led a n e x h a u s t i v e g r o u p of d a t a o n t h e C a t h o l i c P r e s s in a l l c o u n t r i e s .

T h e A m e r i c a n C o m m i t t e e wil l evolve a p l a n f o r t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n of t h e A m e ­r i c a n Ca tho l i c P r e s s , a n d a t a f u t u r e d a t e wi l l t r a n s m i t t o a l l Ca tho l i c p u b l i ­c a t i o n s in t h i s c o u n t r y f u r t h e r i n f o r m a ­t i on r e l a t i v e t o t h e A m e r i c a n p a r t i c i p a -t i on . ( N . C . W . C . )

J U B I L E E Y E A R CALVARY.

Reared on Hill in Haiti. A Calvarv is being erected on Des-prez Hill, over-iooking Port -au-Prince, as a memoria l of t h e Jubi­lee of t h e Redemption. T h e 20-foot cross s t and ing on a 56-foot column was dedicated by t h e Most Rev. Josenh Le Gouaze, Arch­bishop on Por t -au-Pr ince , on Good Fr iday .

Despite t h e dis tance and the heat of t h e day . many pious pil­gr ims made t h e W a y of t h e Cross as t hey ascended t h e hill for the dedication ceremonies. (N.C.W.C.)

H O L Y F A T H E R W A R N S N A Z I S . Concordat T o B e Observed.

$779,675 FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES .

Vat ican City, Ju ly , 15. A Papal pronouncement about

the t r e a t m e n t of Catholics in Ger-manv is foreshadowed by t h e tone of an art icle in t h e Vat ican news­paper Osservatore Romano, s tat­ic er the persecution of Catholics in Cermanv is irreconcilable both with Dit ler 's original assurances and t h e Concordat of 1933 which ^n^rantoos reMsrious l iber ty for

Gorman Catholics .—Reuter .

New Y o r k — A total of $779,675 in contributions was collected in t he 1935 campaign of t h e Catholic Chari t ies of t he Archdiocese, of New York, according to a report made to-day to His Eminence Pa t ­rick Cardinal Hayes , Archbishop of New York. The figures repre­sented more than 200,000 individu­al donations from 370 parishes. (N.C.W.C.)

D E A T H OF MR. J O H N GHOSAL. The death of Mr. John Ghosal,

for many years Cura to r of t h e Sanchi Museum and Librar ian to H.H. t h e Nawab of Bhopal, has occured in Bhopal. Mr. Ghosal who was a Brahmin became a Catholic in 1925. Two of his children embraced the F a i t h wi th him. Then his m o t h e r was bap­tised.

Oil Mills of M a r s e i l l e s . . j Mar se i l l e s is t h e l e a d i n g v e g e t a b l e oil

c e n t r e of t h e w o r l d , i t s for ty- f ive mi l l s c r u s h i n g 465,000 t o n s of seed a n n u a l l y . H u n d r e d s of t h o u s a n d s of b a r r e l s of im-p o r t e d oils a r e h a n d l e d t h e r e each y e a r .

Giles, of Mayen, Rhineland because of alleged cri t icism of t h e Nazi regime. Dr. Paul J . Freckwinkel , edi tor of t he Essener Volkszeitung. a Catholic daily, and Heinz Mul-t h a u p , one of the paper ' s local repor te rs , were sentenced to two and t h r e e months respectively for publishing a local item which proved to be incorrect, due to a mis take .

The weekly Christkoenigsbote, published by t h e Missionary F a t h e r s of the Whi te Cross in Meit ingen, nea r Augsburg, Bavar ia had to discontinue publication by order of t h e Federal Depar tment of t h e In ter ior in Berlin on t h e charge t h a t i t had carried contri­but ions det r imenta l to the prest ige of t h e Nazi regime.

The two local Catholic youth groups of Ulm, Wuer t t emberg , "Pfadfinder" and "Neudeutsch-land," were suppressed by the police t h e r e because of alleged "provocat ion" of the Hi t ler Youth organizat ion.

Baldur von Schirach, head of t h e Hit ler Youth, once more declared in a public speech in F r a n k f o r t t h a t t he Catholic groups were refusing to join t h e Hit ler Youth only for selfish reasons. He repeated t h e calumny t h a t the p r ies t s in charge of the Catholic g roups were only interested in t he i r " jobs" and he insisted t h a t t h e Hit ler Youth would not give up t h e s t ruggle for an eventual amalgamat ion of all youth groups in t h e country.

In Koblenz, Rhineland, t h e local Volkszeitung, a Catholic da^lv, was forced to ca r ry an appeal in favour of t h e Hit ler Youth and H/^oratory to t h e Catholic organizat ions .

In Thur ingia , members of t he

Hitler Youth g roups were warned t h a t t hey m u s t engage in no re ­ligious "p ropaganda" whatever , be it in favour of e i the r Chris t ian denomination or t h e neo-pagan movement . RELIGIOUS P A P E R S B A N N E D .

Han s Rust , Federal Secre tary of Educat ion, has ruled t h a t religious publications mus t not be dis t r i ­buted in t h e f a rming t r a in ing camps where thousands of young people g a t h e r th roughou t t he country under a recently adopted law. This order was given under t he pre tex t t h a t t h e religious convictions of t h e young people should not be interfered wi th while in real i ty t h e effect of t he order is the el imination of all re ­ligious influence on t h e young minds and t h e i r exposure to all sor t s of pagan propaganda .

The German Labour Front , m a m m o t h organizat ion which has replaced t h e former t r ade unions of Germany, ha s again announced t h a t i t s members cannot mainta in s imul taneous membersh ip in de­nominational labour groups. Since practically every German working man or woman m u s t join t h e Labour Fron t , t h i s ru l ine is intend­ed to deal a death-blow to t h e Catholic labour groups .

On t h e Druid Rock nea r Betz-dorf, Rhineland. a s t a t ue of t he Holy Virgin was t h rown to the ground and broken into nieces.

T h e Nat?An*lsoziali<3*;schp Mon-a t she f t e , edited by Alfred Rosen­borg. Nnzi cul tural dictator, bears an ar t ic le which is verv critical of t h e Oerrn^n edition of t h e wo^Vs of St . Thomas Aouinas . The wr i t e r claims t h a t Thorn** Aonin-

vfoTrrq of l ; f e a r e "un-German" and should not be propagated.

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S A C R E D CONGREGATION D E C R E E .

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need be , also of pious lay people, especially of those who a r e enrolled in t h e Conf ra te rn i ty of Chr is t ian Doct r ine , or o the r s imilar societies es tab l i shed in t h e par i sh ." Nor should t h e help of m e m b e r s of re l ig ious communit ies be lacking " in a work so conducive to salva­t ion , so acceptable to God and so necessa ry for t h e good of s o u l s / '

F ina l ly , p a r e n t s and those who hold t h e place of p a r e n t s a r e re ­m i n d e d of t h e in junct ion of Canon 1113 b inding t h e m " b y a mos t s t r i c t obligation t o provide to t h e bes t of t he i r abi l i ty for bo th t h e re l ig ious and mora l and t h e phys i ­cal a n d civil educat ion of t h e i r c h i l d r e n / '

I n order to g ive effect more read i ly to all t h i s , t h roughou t t h e whole world, t h e Sacred Congrega­t ion of t h e Council, w i th t h e ap­p roba t ion of H i s Holiness Pope P i u s XI , commands t h a t t h e follow­i n g be observed in all d iocesses:

I . The es tab l i shment of t h e Conf ra t e rn i ty of Chr i s t i an Doc­t r i ne , according to Canon 711 , sect ion 2, in every par i sh .

I I . The es tab l i shment of paro­chial classes in Catechism accord­ing t o t h e le t t e r of t h i s Congrega-

! well-governed and becoming forms j of occupation and amusement . ; P a s t o r s should carefully p repa re

children so t h a t t hey may be ex-! amined by the Bishop at t h e t ime • of h i s Visi tat ion, so t h a t he m a y j learn t h e t r ue s t a t u s of rel igious | ins t ruct ion in each parish.

In addi t ion to wha t is ordered to I be observed by all, t h e Sacred Con-; g rega t ion of t he Council deems i t ; oppor tune to indicate to t he Ordi-: nar ies some of the means which j have been shown by experience to ! be sui ted to t he purpose desired, | and in s t ruc t s t hem to make use of j all or a t least of some of t h e s e ac-| cording to t he different needs and i c i rcumstances of each diocese. I These include t h e es tabl ishment

of an Office of Diocesan Catechis ts to control t h e ent i re catechetical ins t ruc t ion in t he diocese; t h e selection of competent p r ies t s -vi f i tors to inspect all schools of religion in t h e diocese; t h e es ta­b l i shment of a catechetical day in

j each pa r i sh on which the " F e a s t j of Chr i s t i an Doct r ine" shall be : celebrated wi th as much solemnity j as poss ib le ; and t h e t r a in ing of I capable ca tech is t s of both sexes to j help t h e pas to r s by teaching reli-| gion in t h e parochial or public i school and especially in r emote j p a r t s of t h e par i sh .

It isn't a lways possible to make the

other man pay. And even if you do

you may not be able to recover your

legal costs.

In addit ion t o unl imited indemni ty a g a i n s t Third P a r t y r i sks , our Po l i c i e s g i v e comple te indemni ty a g a i n s t m a t e r i a l d a m a g e a s we l l a s g e n e r o u s medical e x p e n s e s in c a s e o f i n j u r y t o Insured a n d p a s s e n g e r s and specified Personal A c c i d e n t Benef i t s i n respect o f t h e Insured for D e a t h or Loss of L imbs , etc . A g r e e d V a l u e of car a r r a n g e d if des ired .

Specia l reduct ion in P r e m i u m e x c l u s i v e to m e m b e r s of t h e A u t o m o ­bile Assoc ia t ion of Malaya .

N. E. M. N A T I O N A L E M P L O Y E R S * M U T U A L GENERAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD. : J C O R / S

Official Insurers t o the A u t h o m o b i l e A s s o c i a t i o n of Malaya . Meyer Chambers , Raffles P lace , S i n g a p o r e .

H I S H O L I N E S S P O P E P I U S X I t ion t o t h e Bishop of I ta lv , A p r h 28, 1924.

H I . Care on t h e p a r t of t h e Ord inar ies of t h e var ious dioceses t h a t pa s to r s explain t h e Catechism on Sundays and holydays of obli­ga t ion to adul t s in t e r m s su i ted to t h e i r capacity t o under s t and .

I n connection wi th t h e es tabl ish­m e n t of parochial classes in Cate­ch ism, t h e Sacred Congregat ion of t h e Council l i s t s cer ta in s t ipula­t ions t h a t a r e to be carefully observed. P a s t o r s shall not admi t t o receive t h e Sac raments of P e n a n c e and Confirmation those w h o have not acquired sui table ca techet ica l ins t ruc t ion as p re ­scr ibed by t h e decree of t h e Sacred Congregat ion of t h e S a c r a m e n t s of A u g u s t 8, 1910. Af te r t h e y have received the i r F i r s t Communion, t h e y mus t endeavour to s tudy the Catechism more perfect lv and fully.

G R A V I T Y O F O B L I G A T I O N P a s t o r s m u s t do the i r best to

admonish p a r e n t s especially of the g r a v i t y of t h e i r obligation to see t o i t t h a t "all subject to t h e m or u n d e r t he i r ca re a r e given due ca techet ica l ^ ins t ruc t ion ." They should also t r y in every way pos­sible t o in t e re s t t he children in at­t e n d i n g parochial Catechism clas­ses , for example , by ce lebra t ing a M a s s for chi ldren on all holy days, by announc ing compet i t ive exami­na t i ons and a w a r d s , and by us ing

R E P O R T TO C O N G R E G A T I O N " L e t a leading p a r t in t he se

m a t t e r s / " t h e decree adds, "be t a ­ken b y t hose who a r e enrolled in Cathol ic Action associations which a l ready have made many pra ise­w o r t h y efforts in th i s m a t t e r and a m o n g which a r e some who, by a ve ry wise counsel indeed, have laid i t down in the i r s t a t u t e s t h a t lessons in religion be held each y e a r which all t h e associates a r e bound t o a t tend/*

Final ly , wi th the approbat ion of t h e Holy F a t h e r , t h e Sacred Con­g rega t ion of t h e Council "com­m a n d s all Bishops, in th i s m a t t e r de roga t ing from t h e memorable Motu propr io . Orbem Cathol icum. t h a t every five yea r s t h e y shall m a k e an accura te report t o t h e Sacred Congregat ion about ca te ­chetical education in the i r respec­t ive dioceses, according to t h e ques t ions which follow/* The ques t ionna i re on the teaching of Chr i s t i an Doctrine, also published in t h e Acta Apostolicae Sedis. deals wi th religious ins t ruct ion for chi ldren—in parishes, in Ca­tholic schools and colleges, and in public schools—and for adul ts .

The decree, j u s t published, was signed by His Eminence Giulio Cardinal Serafini. perfect, and Msgr . Giuseppe Bruno, sec re ta ry , on J a n u a r y 12. the Feast of t h e Holy Familv of Nazare th .

(N.C.W.C.)

W H A T S WRONG IN MEXICO. (Continued from page 6)

c a n G o v e r n m e n t h a v e m a d e c o m p a r a ­t ive ly l i t t l e p r o g r e s s . A s E r n e s t G r u e m n g r e m a r k s , " t h e e p h e r m e r a i c h a r a c t e r of m u c h of M e x i c o ' s r econ­s t r u c t i v e effort r e n d e r s t h e d a t a of a g iven m o m e n t m e a n i n g l e s s . A school opened one y e a r m a y b e c losed n e x t — even b e f o r e t h e i n k t h a t d e s c r i b e d i t had d r i e d / ' T h e m u c h a d v e r t i s e d school for p u r e - b l o o d e d I n d i a n boys i n Mexico C i t y , f o r e x a m p l e , h a s r e c e n t l y been closed. P r o f e s s o r J o h n D e w e y ' s e n t h u ­s i a s t i c p r a i s e , u t t e r e d in 1926, is st i l l d o i n g d u t y on p r o p a g a n d a s h e e t s p u b ­l i shed in t h e m o n t h of M a y , 1935. But s o m e s a y t h a t t h e level of Mexican e d u c a t i o n is l o w e r in 1935 t h a n it w a s in 1930.

H o w e v e r g r e a t ou r s y m p a t h y w i t h a n y h o n e s t a t t e m p t to r a i s e t h e educa ­t iona l leve l , we m u s t no t f o r g e t t h a t t h e M e x i c a n G o v e r n m e n t h a s d e s t r o y e d n u m e r o u s schools s u p e r i o r to m o s t of i t s o w n , a n d h a s disqualif ied a n enor ­m o u s n u m b e r of t e a c h e r s f a r b e t t e r e q u i p p e d t h a n t h e m a j o r i t y of t h o s e now on t h e pub l i c p a y r o l l . T h e p r o m i s e to open f r ee schools fo r a l l t h e c h i l d r e n is a h a n d s o m e p r o m i s e , e s p e c i a l l y on the p a r t of a n i m p e c u n i o u s g o v e r n m e n t , b u t i t s s i n c e r i t y m a y be m e a s u r e d b y Bishop Ke l i ey ' s c o m m e n t t h a t even t h e r e ­s o u r c e s of a c i t y l ike N e w Y o r k would be s t r a i n e d to c a r r y out a n y such p ro ­g r a m m e a s t h a t .

Be t h a t a s it m a y . t h e M e x i c a n a u t h o ­r i t i e s a r e now a p p r o a c h i n g t h e school q u e s t i o n f r o m a new a n g l e a n d for a d i f ferent p u r p o s e . T o - d a y t h e i r a i m is not e d u c a t i o n a l in t he o r d i n a r y sense . T h e y a r e c o n c e r n e d less w i t h t h e p rob ­lem of r e d u c i n g i l l i t e racy t h a n w i t h the q u e s t i o n of u s i n g t h e schools to s p r e a d " t h e sp i r i t of t h e Revo lu t ion /*

In a b r o a d c a s t f rom G u a d a l a j a r a on J u l y 9, 1934. G e n e r a l Ca l i e s . s p e a k i n g on t h e Six Y e a r P l a n , sa id :—*T will call t h i s n e w per iod t h e psycho log ica l per iod of t h e Revo lu t ion . W e m u s t n o w e n t e r a n d t a k e posses s ion of t he consc iences of t h e ch i l d r en , of t h e consc iences o : t h e y o u n g , because they do b e i o n g . an..; should b e l o n g t o t h e Revo lu t ion T h e r e f o r e , I cal l upon ali Gove rno r s t h r o u g h o u t t h e Republ ic , on al l public a u t h o r i t i e s a n d on all R e v o l u t i o n a r y e l e m e n t s , t h a t w e p roceed a t once t o the field of b a t t l e which we m u s t t a k e

b e c a u s e c h i l d r e n a n d t h e y o u n g m a s t b e l o n g t o t h e R e v o l u t i o n . "

E m i l i o P o r t e s Gi l , S e c r e t a r y of F o r e i g n R e l a t i o n s in t h e p r e s e n t Cabi­n e t , i n s i s t s u p o n t h e n e c e s s i t y of S t a t e e d u c a t i o n , a n d s a y s , " t h e S t a t e c la ims a r i g h t o v e r t h e c o n s c i e n c e of t h e chi ld." W i t h t h i s d e c l a r a t i o n in mind , w e b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d t h e s ign i f i cance of t h e A m e n d m e n t t o A r t i c l e I I I of t h e Cons t i ­t u t i o n , m a k i n g " s o c i a l i s t " educa t ion c o m p u l s o r y on e v e r y ch i ld in Mexico .

T h e G o v e r n m e n t h a s a w a k e n e d to a n e w s e n s e of t h e s u p r e m e i m p o r t a n c e of t h e school in t h e w a r u p o n re l ig ion .

T h e l a w n o w c a l l s fo r " s o c i a l i s t " e d u c a t i o n . T h a t l a w h a s been used to u n d e r m i n e m o r a l i t y b y i n t r o d u c i n g l i t t le c h i l d r e n t o u n s p e a k a b l e indecenc ies , in t h e n a m e of s e x e d u c a t i o n . B u t a d ­v a n c e d s e x e d u c a t i o n , even t h o u g h t t h e l p s , m u s t n o t b e r e g a r d e d a s t h e m a i n ob jec t ive . I t i s God W h o m u s t be des ­t r o y e d . A n e w s p a p e r m a n r e p o r t s t h a t in C h i h u a h u a , a t t h e o p e n i n g of school, o n e m o r n i n g , h e h e a r d t h e ch i ld r en ' s s a l u t a t i o n , " T e a c h e r , t h e r e i s no God," a n d t h e t e a c h e r ' s r e p l y , " T h e r e never w a s a God . "

" S o c i a l i s m , " t h a t i s t o s a y , a t h e i s m , m u s t be i m p o s e d ; " F a n a t i c i s m . " t h a t is to s a y , C h r i s t i a n i t y , m u s t be b lo t t ed ou t . W i t h " S o c i a l i s t E d u c a t i o n " m a d e com­p u l s o r y a n d w i t h t h e c u r r i c u l u m con­t ro l l ed by a n a t h e i s t i c g r o u p , it c a n be d o n e . A n d it is b e i n g d o n e — n o t w i t h ­o u t s y m p a t h y on t h e p a r t of t h e Com­m u n i s t s , no t w i t h o u t the a p p r o v a l of o u r A m b a s s a d o r , J o s e p h u s D a n i e l s , a » t w i t h o u t a id a n d c o m f o r t f rom t h e F r a n k T a n n e n b a u m s a n d t h e J o h n Deweys . T h e r e is b u t o n e f o r m i d a b l e obs t ac l e— t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h .

T h e M e x i c a n G o v e r n m e n t r e a s o n s w i t h so u n d log ic , t h e r e f o r e , t h a t , if i t is t o succeed , t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h m u s t be d e s t r o y e d .

T h e r e is no n e e d of con fus ing our ­se lves w i t h l o n g e x c u r s i o n s in to the h i s t o r y of w h a t t h e C h u r c h w a s like in t h e p a s t , n o r w i t h p l a n s and p r o g r a m m e s of w h a t t h e M e x i c a n G o v e r n m e n t p ro ­p o s e s to do in t h e f u t u r e . T h e con t ro­v e r s y r a g e s a r o u n d one p la in i ssue . On t h e o n e s ide , t h e G o v e r n m e n t cal ls upon t h e C h u r c h f o r "absolute submiss ion t* t h e l a w s in fo rce /* On t h e o the r , t he C a t h o l i c C h u r c h r e p l i e s a s s h e did to the R o m a n E m p i r e . " L a w s l ike t h e decree t h a t c h i l d r e n m u s t be t a u g h t a the i sm, W E W I L L X O T O B E Y : "

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935.

TRIALS OF RELIGIOUS SERVE AS NAZI PROPAGANDA .

ATTEMPTS TO DISCREDIT CHURCH

CATHOLIC NURSES' CONVEN­TION AT ROME.

VATICAN PRESS EXHIBITION.

A m s t e r d a m . — T h e cour t t r ia ls against var ious members of Ger­man religious Orders who a r e accused, and some of whom have already been convicted, of t r a n s ­gressions aga ins t t h e s t r ic t Ger­man currency laws a re used by the Nazi press as p re tex t for violent ant i-Catholic propaganda.

While ali fa i r observers agree t ha t t h e nuns and monks concerned are the vict ims of an unscrupulous banker who abused the i r inex­perience in business m a t t e r s , and tha t t h e S is te rs and members of the clergy t h o u g h t they were act ing in t h e best in te res t s of t he char i table ins t i tu t ions en t rus t ed to the i r care, t h e Nazi papers seek to discredit all Catholic inst i tu­tions as unreliable from a political point of view and to b rand the religious as " t r a i t o r s " and even "cr iminals ."

German Catholics a re deeply shocked by t h e revelat ions which came to l ight in t h e course of the t r ials t h a t have t aken place, and they do not hes i t a t e to deplore, the lack of fore-sight on t h e pa r t of t h e religious concerned. On t h e o the r hand, i t cannot be denied t h a t t h e German religious Orders and miss ionary societies, which had contrac ted loans abroad were not given the. same oppor tuni ty of mee t ing the i r obligations a n d of pro tec t ing the i r in te res t s which non-religious ins t i tu t ions and busi­ness en terpr i ses of all so r t s were able to avail themselves of wi th the consent of t h e au thor i t i e s .

T R I A L S A R E D R A W N OUT. Bu t wors t of all is t h e a t t e m p t

of t h e Nazi press t o discredit t he Catholic Church as a whole in the public eye because of t h e s e in­dividual t ransgress ions . Accor-ing to reliable information reach­ing he re t h e t r ia l s will continue th rough the summer . The re will be between 40 and 50 of t hem, and it will t h u s be possible to instill deep h a t r e d and added prejudice in t h e German public mind agains t all t h i n g s Catholic. A se t t lement I

out of court, it is contended, would have been fair to all concerned, but t h e radical Nazis have refused to forego this oppor tuni ty of engaging in a p ropaganda cam­paign agains t Catholicism.

Some Nazi o rgans have done the i r u tmost already to vilify the religious Orders, ca r ry ing the p ic tures of the sentenced Sisters on the i r front pages wi th veno­mous remarks and asser t ing t h a t it has now been demonst ra ted t h a t children can no longer be en t rus ted to the care of such inst i tut ions, since the moral s t anda rds revealed oirer no guar­antee for the safeguard of the in te res t s of the S ta te . Thus argu­ments against parochial schools a re easily put forward.

In qui te a number of churches t he pas tors , and in var ious Catho­lic newspapers the editors , immedi­ately refuted these in terpre ta t ions , and a stand was taken aga ins t t he elements t rying to hold t h e Church as a whole responsible for unfort­una te t ransgress ions of indivi duals. But the populace cannot so easily be restrained. In Munich, t he collection for t h e Catholic Char i t ies , which had been formally approved by the au thor i t i e s , was in ter fered with by irresponsible e lements . The Catholic women and men who carr ied ou t th i s im­p o r t a n t work on t h e s t r ee t s and in t h e houses of t h e city were molested and even bodily a t tacked.

German Catholics fear t h a t s imilar incidents will r ecur in t h e course of the numerous t r ia ls which a r e still pending aga ins t t he religious especially since even t h e Vicar-Generals of t h e dioceses of Hildesheim and Meissen are in­volved.

MORE P R I E S T S J A I L E D . At t h e same t ime all sor ts of

res t r ic t ions continue to be applied by Nazi au thor i t ies aga ins t Catho­lics. Two more pr ies ts have been given jail sentences : F a t h e r Fr ie-denhahn of Heuendorf, nea r Koblenz, Rhineland, and F a t h e r

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P R O G R A M M E O F A C T I V I T I E S A N N O U N C E D .

N e w York .—The Rev . E d w a r d F . G a r e s c h e , S J . , S p i r i t u a l D i r e c t o r o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n of C a t h o l i c N u r s e s , h a s j u s t rece ived f r o m t h e in­t e r n a t i o n a l h e a d q u a r t e r s in P a r i s t h e p r o g r a m m e of t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n v e n ­t ion a n d p i l g r i m a g e of n u r s e s to b e he ld in R o m e A u g u s t 25-28.

A c c o r d i n g to t h e p r o g r a m m e , f o u r d a y s wi l l be s p e n t in t h e e x e r c i s e s of the C o n g r e s s p i l g r i m a g e b u t a d d i t i o n a l d a y s wil l be g i v e n t h e p i l g r i m s t o v i s i t o t h e r s h r i n e s a n d h i s t o r i c p l ace s in t h e c i ty . On t h e first d a y t h e r e wil l be a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t i n g in t h e m o r n i n g w h e n M a s s wil l be sa id a t S t . Mary-M a j o r a n d s e r m o n s g i v e n in E n g l i s h , T r e n c h , G e r m a n a n d I t a l i a n . I n t h e a f t e r n o o n t h e n a t i o n a l g r o u p s wi l l hold spec ia l s e s s ions . In t h e e v e n i n g t h e r e will be he ld t h e f irs t i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t ­ing fo r t h e s t u d y of spec ia l t o p i c s . T h e second d a y , A u g u s t 26, wil l b e g i n w i t h M a s s in t h e C a t a c o m b s , a f t e r t h e pi l ­g r i m s wil l v i s i t t h e C a t a c o m b s . I n t h e a f t e r n o o n t h e r e wil l be a n o t h e r i n t e r -r a t i o n a l m e e t i n g , p r o b a b l y a t C a s t e l -g a n d o l f o . I t is hoped t h a t a n a u d i e n c e w i th t h e H o l y F a t h e r c a n be a r r a n g e d for t h a t t i m e . In t h e e v e n i n g t h e de le ­g a t e s wi l l m e e t in t h e Co l i s eum fo r p r a y e r . In t h e m o r n i n g of t h e t h i r d d a y M a s s wil l be c e l e b r a t e d a t S t . J o h n L a t e r a n . In t h e a f t e r n o o n a n a u t o m o ­bile t o u r of t h e c i t y wi l l be a f forded .

T h e f o u r t h d a y will b e g i n w i t h M a s s a t S t . P e t e r ' s fo l lowed by a n i n t e r ­n a t i o n a l s t u d y m e e t i n g . I n t h e a f t e r ­noon t h e r e will be a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l m e e t i n g a n d a spec ia l s e s s ion f o r Re l i ­g i o u s . I n t h e e v e n i n g t h e r e wi l l be a f a r e w e l l m e e t i n g in one of t h e g a r d e n s of R o m e , w i t h a n o t h e r a d d r e s s in E n g ­l ish , F r n c h , G e r m a n a n d I t a l i a n .

A t t h e s u g g e s t i o n of F a t h e r G a r e s c h e , t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o m m i t t e e h a s t a k e n a s t h e g e n e r a l s u b j e c t f o r t h e c o n v e n ­t ion t h e t op i c , " C a t h o l i c A c t i o n fo r N u r s e s . " (N .C .W.C . )

G R O U P O F A M E R I C A N C A T H O L I C J O U R N A L I S T S TO A T T E N D .

I t Sha l l Preva i l . T r u t h , c r u s h e d t o e a r t h , sha l l r i s e a g a i n ,

T h e e t e r n a l y e a r s of God a r e h e r s ; B u t e r r o r , w o u n d e d , w r i t h e s w i t h pa in ,

A n d d ies a m o n g h e r w o r s h i p p e r s . — B r y a n t .

C h i c a g o . — A c o m m i t t e e of d i s t i n ­g u i s h e d A m e r i c a n Ca tho l i c P r e s s figures, to h a v e c h a r g e of t h e r e p r e s e n ­t a t i o n of t h e C a t h o l i c P r e s s of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a t t h e g r e a t w o r l d C a t h o ­lic P r e s s E x p o s i t i o n to be he ld in V a t i ­can C i ty , A p r i l 1 to O c t o b e r 3 1 , 1936, h a s b e e n a n n o u n c e d by t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d of t h e Ca tho l i c P r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n of t h s U n i t e d S t a t e s , t h r o u g h i t s s ec ­r e t a r y , J o s e p h H . Me ie r , of C h i c a g o . T h e Assoc i a t i on a t i t s c o n v e n t i o n j u s t held in A t l a n t a v o t e d t o s p o n s o r t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n .

T h e M o s t Rev . H u g h C. Boyle , E p i s ­copal C h a i r m a n of t h e P r e s s D e p a r t ­m e n t of t h e N a t i o n a l Ca tho l i c W e l f a r e C o n f e r e n c e , h a s u p o n t h e A s s o c i a t i o n ' s i n v i t a t i o n c o n s e n t e d t o a c t a s H o n o r a r y C h a i r m a n of t h e C o m m i t t e e . J o s e p h J . Qu inn , e d i t o r of t h e T h e S o u t h w e s t C o u r i e r of O k l a h o m a Ci ty a n d P r e s i d e n t of t h e Ca tho l i c P r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n , wil l ac t a s C h a i r m a n , a n d o t h e r m e m b e r s of the C o m m i t t e e a r e C h a r l e s H . R i d d e r , of T h e Ca tho l i c N e w s , N e w Y o r k ; R i c h a r d Re id , E d i t o r of T h e Bu l l e t in , A u g u s t a . Ga. , and F r a n k A. H a l l , D i r e c ­t o r of t h e N . C . W . C . N e w s Serv ice .

T h i s C o m m i t t e e , it w a s a n n o u n c e d , i s a t once s e t t i n g a b o u t p l a n s fo r t h e A m e r i c a n r e p r e s e n t a t i o n a t t h e g r e a t E x p o s i t i o n , which is to be a n a c t of h o ­m a g e t o H i s H o l i n e s s P o p e P i u s X I , a n d h a s en l i s t ed t h e H o l y F a t h e r ' s deep i n ­t e r e s t . T h e g e n e r a l c o m m i t t e e , w i t h h e a d q u a r t e r s a t V a t i c a n C i ty , is h e a d e d by C o u n t G i u s e p p e D a l l a T o r r e , E d i t o r of O s s e r v a t o r e R o m a n o , a n d t h e g e n e r a l s e c r e t a r y is M o n s i g n o r G i u s e p p e M o n t i .

I t is p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e E x p o s i t i o n b e no t m e r e l y a co l lec t ion of Ca tho l i c p a ­p e r s a n d m a g a z i n e s b u t a h u g e d e m o n ­s t r a t i o n of t h e e n t i r e C a t h o l i c P r e s s of t h e w o r l d — i t s e t h i c s , i t s t e c h n i q u e , i t s o r g a n i z a t i o n s , i t s p r o b l e m s , a n d i t s spec ia l p r o f e s s i o n a l g r o u p s ; and a u x i ­l i a r i e s . C o m m i t t e e s a r e b e i n g f o r m e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e w o r l d a n d in connec t ion w i t h t h e E x p o s i t i o n t h e r e wi l l b e c o m ­pi led a n e x h a u s t i v e g r o u p of d a t a o n t h e C a t h o l i c P r e s s in a l l c o u n t r i e s .

T h e A m e r i c a n C o m m i t t e e wil l evolve a p l a n f o r t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n of t h e A m e ­r i c a n Ca tho l i c P r e s s , a n d a t a f u t u r e d a t e wi l l t r a n s m i t t o a l l Ca tho l i c p u b l i ­c a t i o n s in t h i s c o u n t r y f u r t h e r i n f o r m a ­t i on r e l a t i v e t o t h e A m e r i c a n p a r t i c i p a -t i on . ( N . C . W . C . )

J U B I L E E Y E A R CALVARY.

Reared on Hill in Haiti. A Calvarv is being erected on Des-prez Hill, over-iooking Port -au-Prince, as a memoria l of t h e Jubi­lee of t h e Redemption. T h e 20-foot cross s t and ing on a 56-foot column was dedicated by t h e Most Rev. Josenh Le Gouaze, Arch­bishop on Por t -au-Pr ince , on Good Fr iday .

Despite t h e dis tance and the heat of t h e day . many pious pil­gr ims made t h e W a y of t h e Cross as t hey ascended t h e hill for the dedication ceremonies. (N.C.W.C.)

H O L Y F A T H E R W A R N S N A Z I S . Concordat T o B e Observed.

$779,675 FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES .

Vat ican City, Ju ly , 15. A Papal pronouncement about

the t r e a t m e n t of Catholics in Ger-manv is foreshadowed by t h e tone of an art icle in t h e Vat ican news­paper Osservatore Romano, s tat­ic er the persecution of Catholics in Cermanv is irreconcilable both with Dit ler 's original assurances and t h e Concordat of 1933 which ^n^rantoos reMsrious l iber ty for

Gorman Catholics .—Reuter .

New Y o r k — A total of $779,675 in contributions was collected in t he 1935 campaign of t h e Catholic Chari t ies of t he Archdiocese, of New York, according to a report made to-day to His Eminence Pa t ­rick Cardinal Hayes , Archbishop of New York. The figures repre­sented more than 200,000 individu­al donations from 370 parishes. (N.C.W.C.)

D E A T H OF MR. J O H N GHOSAL. The death of Mr. John Ghosal,

for many years Cura to r of t h e Sanchi Museum and Librar ian to H.H. t h e Nawab of Bhopal, has occured in Bhopal. Mr. Ghosal who was a Brahmin became a Catholic in 1925. Two of his children embraced the F a i t h wi th him. Then his m o t h e r was bap­tised.

Oil Mills of M a r s e i l l e s . . j Mar se i l l e s is t h e l e a d i n g v e g e t a b l e oil

c e n t r e of t h e w o r l d , i t s for ty- f ive mi l l s c r u s h i n g 465,000 t o n s of seed a n n u a l l y . H u n d r e d s of t h o u s a n d s of b a r r e l s of im-p o r t e d oils a r e h a n d l e d t h e r e each y e a r .

Giles, of Mayen, Rhineland because of alleged cri t icism of t h e Nazi regime. Dr. Paul J . Freckwinkel , edi tor of t he Essener Volkszeitung. a Catholic daily, and Heinz Mul-t h a u p , one of the paper ' s local repor te rs , were sentenced to two and t h r e e months respectively for publishing a local item which proved to be incorrect, due to a mis take .

The weekly Christkoenigsbote, published by t h e Missionary F a t h e r s of the Whi te Cross in Meit ingen, nea r Augsburg, Bavar ia had to discontinue publication by order of t h e Federal Depar tment of t h e In ter ior in Berlin on t h e charge t h a t i t had carried contri­but ions det r imenta l to the prest ige of t h e Nazi regime.

The two local Catholic youth groups of Ulm, Wuer t t emberg , "Pfadfinder" and "Neudeutsch-land," were suppressed by the police t h e r e because of alleged "provocat ion" of the Hi t ler Youth organizat ion.

Baldur von Schirach, head of t h e Hit ler Youth, once more declared in a public speech in F r a n k f o r t t h a t t he Catholic groups were refusing to join t h e Hit ler Youth only for selfish reasons. He repeated t h e calumny t h a t the p r ies t s in charge of the Catholic g roups were only interested in t he i r " jobs" and he insisted t h a t t h e Hit ler Youth would not give up t h e s t ruggle for an eventual amalgamat ion of all youth groups in t h e country.

In Koblenz, Rhineland, t h e local Volkszeitung, a Catholic da^lv, was forced to ca r ry an appeal in favour of t h e Hit ler Youth and H/^oratory to t h e Catholic organizat ions .

In Thur ingia , members of t he

Hitler Youth g roups were warned t h a t t hey m u s t engage in no re ­ligious "p ropaganda" whatever , be it in favour of e i the r Chris t ian denomination or t h e neo-pagan movement . RELIGIOUS P A P E R S B A N N E D .

Han s Rust , Federal Secre tary of Educat ion, has ruled t h a t religious publications mus t not be dis t r i ­buted in t h e f a rming t r a in ing camps where thousands of young people g a t h e r th roughou t t he country under a recently adopted law. This order was given under t he pre tex t t h a t t h e religious convictions of t h e young people should not be interfered wi th while in real i ty t h e effect of t he order is the el imination of all re ­ligious influence on t h e young minds and t h e i r exposure to all sor t s of pagan propaganda .

The German Labour Front , m a m m o t h organizat ion which has replaced t h e former t r ade unions of Germany, ha s again announced t h a t i t s members cannot mainta in s imul taneous membersh ip in de­nominational labour groups. Since practically every German working man or woman m u s t join t h e Labour Fron t , t h i s ru l ine is intend­ed to deal a death-blow to t h e Catholic labour groups .

On t h e Druid Rock nea r Betz-dorf, Rhineland. a s t a t ue of t he Holy Virgin was t h rown to the ground and broken into nieces.

T h e Nat?An*lsoziali<3*;schp Mon-a t she f t e , edited by Alfred Rosen­borg. Nnzi cul tural dictator, bears an ar t ic le which is verv critical of t h e Oerrn^n edition of t h e wo^Vs of St . Thomas Aouinas . The wr i t e r claims t h a t Thorn** Aonin-

vfoTrrq of l ; f e a r e "un-German" and should not be propagated.

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 20th J U L Y , 1935.

Material Thought MEXICO TO TRANSFORM SEIZED FRENCH SCHOOL.

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V I N C E N T B A S E V I

T h e r e is a ma t e r i a l side to Chr i s t i an i ty as well a s t h e spir i tual founda t ion ; and it is on t h e mate r i a l side, a s i t affects our daily lives and our nat ional in ter ­es t s , t h a t m y t h o u g h t s dwell a t t h e moment . W h e r e does Chr i s t i an i ty touch t h e major problems of t o ­d a y : bad t r ade , unemployment , poverty , lack of genera l in teres t in public affairs, wide-spread cor­rupt ion, indifference t o cr ime and dishonesty , and finally s l augh te r— I m i g h t almost call i t h u m a n sac­rifice—on our h igh r o a d s ? I have no ready made cure to offer for our t roub le s ; no r can I believe t h a t t h e r e is a simple and easy p a t h leading out of t h e complicated tang le of difficulties su r rounding t h e individual a n d t h e nat ion. I a m not prepared to jo in wi th those who l ight ly a t t r i b u t e all evils to t h e w a r ; for i t seems t o m e t h a t t h e wa r , wi th i t s call for self-denial and a realization of t h e existence of man ' s du ty a s well a s man ' s r i gh t s , near ly saved t h e nat ion from spir i tual decadence. I do believe t h a t t h e r e i s a w a y ou t of our t roubles, and t h a t t h e key t o all t h e problems is t o be found in discipline.

A nat ion wi thou t religion is a na t ion wi thout backbone ; fo r sincere religious belief is t h e only form of discipline by which h u m a n n a t u r e can be t r a i n e d t o hea l thy g rowth . T h e law* to a cer ta in ex ten t , ) p ro tec t s t h e weak m a n f rom his s t rong ne ighbour ( though t h i s does no t apply to-day in t h e rea lm of finance) : religion protects t h e weak m a n and t h e s t rong m a n alike from himself. So difficult a re our personal p rob lems ; so powerful is public opinion on minor subjects r e la t ing to appear­ances, social s t a tus , et hoc genus omne, t h a t special power is need­ed by m a n t o keep h i m daily from though t s and act ions which, t hough not necessar i ly sin in themselves , a r e t a i n t ed by mean­ness and d ishones ty . There is a say ing in t h e Ta lmud t o t h e effect t h a t if a m a n commits a sin twice he will cease to r e g a r d it a s evil doing. Religion is t h e only safe­gua rd given to m a n a s protect ion aga ins t t h e repet i t ion of sin or un-wor thy t h o u g h t and act ion of t h e kind not likely to be discovered. ! And t h e habi t of to l e ra t ing wha t j need not be disclosed h a s led in- j evitably to the to lera t ion of proven malfeasance. In fact t h e divorce | of religion from our lives ha s left us as a nat ion wi thou t a moral s t andard .

I t is considered to be bad tas te , no doubt, to speak or wr i t e plain­ly on unpleasant t op ic s ; but some day the t r u t h m u s t be faced un­less, as a nat ion, we a r e to go from j bad to wor se ; so let us be frank and endure t h e s t igma of bad t a s t e . W e are suiTering to-day. in t he first place, from wide-spread corrupt ion. Great financiers gamble daily on our t r ade , our food supply and our c red i t : and | they do t h i s wi th money they do not possess : when t h e y fail to win bankrup tcy follows. This form of immora l i ty is now depressing t r a d e and keeping up t h e terr ibly h igh percentage of unemployment . Money remains locked up in the b a n k s because people da re not in­ves t in product ive enterpr ise , for no hones t indus t r ia l ven tu re is to­d a y safe from t h e gamblers of the

j financial world. T r a d e has t o bear j t h e burden of d ishonest gambling | —dishonest because it is carr ied - on by some m e n with o ther ! people's money, and by o the r men ; who know they cannot pay when

t h e y lose. T h u s in addition to the immoral i ty of t h i s business of gambl ing wi th o the r people's securi t ies , t h e r e is t h e f rank dis­hones ty of t h e n a t u r e of the gamble . The c r ime and its conse­quences rouse no indignation in a public mind g rown lethargic for w a n t of t h e mora l support of t rue re l ig ion; so t r a d e languishes , and a va s t a rmy of unemployed men and women eke out a ba r e existence on t h e dole and on ' char i ty . ' Similar ! gambl ing in food supplies places a t a x on t h e consumer far heavier : t h a n any Government t a x imposed before t h e repeal of t h e corn l aws ; a n d th i s gamble also is carr ied on w i t h cynical d i s regard of honour by men willing t o declare them­selves bankrup t a t a n y convenient moment , knowing full well t h a t bankrup tcy is near ly as fashion­able as divorce, and equally free !

Mexico City.—The Colegic de San Borja, the French school con­ducted by Chris t ian Brothers

I which was seized by the Govern-; ment some months ago, will be in-; augura ted on June 10 as a "School

Cent re for the Sons of the Army, Labour and the Peasan t . " Recon­struct ion work, directed by engi­neer Rodolfo Uzeta. is being rush­ed to completion. (N.C.W.C.)

CONVERSION OF ISRAEL.

World-Wide Novena of Masses.

Kansas City, Monday. — The Archconfraterni ty of P rayer for the Conversion of Israel, the American headquar te r s of which a re located at t h e Convent of Not re Dame de Sion in this city, has jus t sent out i ts announcement of the annual world-wide novena of Masses to be held June 20-28.

Pr ies t -members of t h e archcon­f ra te rn i ty are requested to say Mass and lay members to have ! Masses said dur ing t h e Novena.

It is stated t h a t over 1.000 Masses were said last vear. (N.C.W.C.)

Don't Give In To Ind iges t ion!

Indigest ion is one of the most d e p r e s s i n g and debi l i ta t ing ai lments to which h u m a n be ings are subject; you have only to look at the miser­able f a c e s o f i t s v i c t ims to know this.

It is not n e c e s s a r y to ask the in­d iges t ion sufferer if he has taken any­th ing for it. T h a t is a foregone con­c lus ion; but so m a n y so-cal led 'cures' are but t e m p o r a r y pal l ia t ives .

There is one w a y to overcome in­d iges t ion which h a s g i v e n immense and permanent sa t i s fac t ion to in­numerable f o r m e r l y chronic dyspep­t ics throughout thf» world, and that is tonic t r e a t m e n t through the blood by m e a n s of Dr. W i l l i a m s ' P ink Pills. Your chemis t s e l l s .

Dr. W i l l i a m s P ink Pi l l s .

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j T H E R O S A R Y |

| A s quiet w a v e l e t s on a r i s ing t ide | | One a f t er one c o m e b r i m m i n g t o | 1 t h e shore , = = So come our A v e s b e a t i n g on h e r l § Heart , j s W h o s e succour w e implore. I 5 S c e n e s passed in t i m e kept s a f e in I I Heaven' s N o w | j Reveal the ir h o l y secrets to o u r g i e y e s , | | W a t c h i n g her w a y s and H i s Who = 1 came to s a v e , j | S e e i n g H i m die and rise. j

| B l e s s e d chain of p r a y e r s b inding o u r § c souls to God, | | True pear l s o f price amid earth's = = t a w d r y dros s , | | B u y us H i s t r e a s u r e s , s t r e n g t h and | = peace and love , = 1 The w i sdom of H i s Cross . 1

| E . M. P. | | (The Ir ish R o s a r y March 15 ) |

f rom s t igma in public opinion. Hav ing no fa i th , t h e public can b u t sh rug i t s shoulders and sub­m i t to a t y r a n n y of rogues . Our credi t a s a na t ion is h i g h : our i credi t as t r a d e r s no longer exis ts . 1

T h e s l augh t e r of someth ing nea r two hundred people a week on our h ighways , and t h e injury and crippling of many more, a rouses no public feeling of hor ror and indignation, and yet it is largely a h u m a n sacrifice made to vani ty and insolence and selfish­ness . Some men feel so impor tan t t h a t they m u s t h u r r y to save t ime which is money to t h e m ; and they h u r r y a t t he r i sk and too often a t t h e cost of o t h e r people's lives. I Others del iberately bully on the road, t ak ing t h e a t t i t ude t h a t they will not give way . t h a t t hey will not be caut ious on dangerous curves and a t cross-roads. And many enjoy speed and so enjoy themselves , often wi th l i t t le skill, a t the cost o f—human sacrifice. Th i s rank immora l i ty is tolerated almost wi thout pro tes t , for with­out religion t h e r e can be no s tand­ard of r igh t and wrong, and the only s t andard left for man may be put in the Amer ican p h r a s e : 'what he can get a w a y wi th . '

Sent iment h a s become as much declasse as have expressions of pa t r io t i sm; and yet sent iment and t h e genuine love of r ight and ab-

| horrence of wrong doing are as ; deeply seated in the hea r t s of the | people as they were fifty years I ago. Proof of th i s is to be found I in t he Cinema. The favoruite i screen plays a re no th ing more or | less t han the old Adelphi melo- ! | d r ama in modern d ress ing : villany j mus t be punished and r igh t mus t I t r i umph in the end. How is it,

t hen , t ha t a population has been coerced into assuming a veneer of cynicism and impie ty which fits so uncomfortably on na tu res really homely and honest ? My theory is t h a t we are suffering as a nation from the teaching of t he ignorant.

I t is a curious paradox tha t with t h e spread of education there has come a diminution of learning. Scholarship finds no market . Teachers who have paddled in some of the shallower pools of biology feel t h a t they have plumb­ed the depths of universal know­ledge, and thencefor th s t ru t and r a n t on dais and platform and shr iek in s tacato sentences on the pr inted page. The dissecting knife j has laid bare t h e mechanism of the human body (but not the mystery of life and d e a t h ) , and he who has learned to read may borrow some j of t he knowledge acquired by I o the r s and give h i s own interpre­ta t ion to so much of th i s as he can unders tand. Van i ty in the pos­session of a certificate from a t r a in ing college or of a pass degree is often a s tepping stone to a plat­form of ignorance from which ill-conceived theories , possibly based on a few i tems of genuine know­ledge, are thundered forth as proven science.

Unfortunately , th i s tendency is invading the h igher mental grades. Psychology is a science with t re ­mendous possibilities a t present in the s tage of ex t reme infancy: it can scarcely claim to have cut its first tooth. Yet dignified seats of learning, not content to regard it as a fruitful subject for research, have established Chairs for the teaching of psychology as a science. Young people go forth from these universi t ies to put into dangerous practice theories which for them bear t he hallmark of science. Even in the world of physics the accepted fact of to-day becomes a j e s t to-morrow; so it

would seem t h a t t h e s tudy of the human mind would inspire the g rea tes t caut ion in any man pos­sessed of a sense of responsibility. But s t a r t l i ng theor ies a r e more easily vended t h a n dry facts , and the sense of responsibi l i ty has no marke t va lue : so it is t ha t the teachers of t h e nat ion can leave religious t h o u g h t to die of inani­tion while holding the public at­tent ion by t h e g l i t t e r of something new. Teachers a rmed with a s m a t t e r i n g of learning tha t has not reached t h e s t a t u s of know­ledge, and an armful of theories couched in p h r a s e s which give to asser t ions t h e face value of axiom, so over conceived of no th ing migh-tiei t han t hemse lves ; and so the knowledge of God and of t h e eter­nal veri t ies is lost to these blind leaders of t h e blind.

Wha t makes t he people shy at Chr i s t i an i ty? Is it t h a t the ideal set is so te r r ib le in i ts perfection? It may be t h a t religion is unpopu­lar because t h e sincere Christian can never be really at peace with himself; he can never feel really self-satisfied. Chr is t ian i ty de­mands so much more t h a n mere pro tes ta t ions of fa i th or even compliance wi th t h e l aw: it impos­es honourable dealing, considera­tion for o the r s , generosi ty in thought and action, and self-sacri­fice, or at least a measure of self-denial, for t h e common good. It is no tewor thy t h a t Chris t Our Lord was less dis turbed by evi­dence of the common sins than he was by mean act ions. He rebuked s in : 'Go and sin no more, ' was all He said to t he woman whom he had saved from t h e dea th penal ty; but the money changers roused his ire. They were law-abiding citi­zens pursu ing the i r t r ade , not on holy ground, but in t h e courtyard of the Temple where they were conducting t h e legi t imate and use­ful business of selling beasts and birds for sacrifice, and changing foreign money. But Chris t knew that they were t ak ing advantage of the ignorance and simplicity oi visitors from t h e count ry to cheat them, so he over turned their tables and drove them from the Temple. Th is is where Christian­ity clashes wi th commerce.

(From Blaekfriars) -

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935. 15

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SPORTS NOTES. CATHOLICS IN THE LIMELIGHT.

(By Our Own Correspondent .) i i

CRICKET.

S U L L I V A N ' S C E N T U R Y A G A I N S T C O M B I N E D SCHOOLS.

N. Su l l ivan a m a s s e d 109 runs a g a i n s t the Combined Schoo l s on Sunday on the Padang. Thi s w a s a very creditable per­formance for a cr icketer who has a l w a y s been cons idered a bowler. P. d 'Almeida 26 and E . Le Mercier 27, a l so he lped t o put up t h e score to 214 for 6.

But w h y , G e o r g e Fernandez , a bri l l iant batsman, should have been p laced a s No. 9 in the b a t t i n g order is difficult to understand.

G. Clarke , of St . Joseph's , w a s the only Cathol ic Schoolboy to make double figures w i t h 18 in the first knock.

-Clarke a g a i n reached double figures w h e n the S c h o o l s w e n t in a second t ime making 22 .

E d w a r d s look 2 for 27, Sul l ivan 3 for 17 in t h e Schools ' first innings , and Le Mercier 1 for 10 and Sul l ivan 2 for 3 in the second.

a- * ::- * MEDICOS* F O U R T H C O N S E C U T I V E

VICTORY. Rafflesians Suffer Through

Bad Umpir ing . T h e Medica l Col lege defeated Raffles

Col lege a t cr icket during the w e e k end by only 14 r u n s — a very close m a r g i n indeed. T h e Rafflesians were m o s t un- i for tunate th i s t i m e as t w o bad decis ions caused t h e d i smissa l of two of the ir ba t smen w h o w e r e quite s e t viz. D . E s s and P. R. L e w i s . In important g a m e s of th i s na ture good umpir ing is e s sent ia l . For Raffles Col lege D . E s s made 18 and 10 r u n s and took 3 for 38 and 2 for 16. j

R. C. Hoffman scored 4 and 27 and took 3 f o r 30 and 3 for 39. S. M o s b e r g e n g o t t o g e t h e r only 4 and 0, but captured 3 for 46 and 1 for 2 1 .

* * * * * £ T - J O S E P H ' S B E A T A. C. S C H O O L

A . P e n n e f a t h e r Sh ines W i t h Bat and Ball .

St. Joseph' s Ins t i tut ion , S ingapore , de fea ted t h e A n g l o Chinese School a t | cricket on S a t u r d a y at Bras B a s a h Road \ by 82 runs .

S. Minjoot captured, 4 w i c k e t s for 18 I runs , A . P e n n e f a t h e r 3 for 11 and R. Minjoot 2 for 23 .

scored 89 runs and He hit 2 s i x e s and

The venue of the g a m e w a s the High School ground k indly lent by the Head-

! master . ^ On Saturday J u l y 13th at 9 a.m. the ;

Franc i scans on w i n n i n g the tos s elected to bat. They did fairly well a g a i n s t the crack bowling of Benedict Ponniah, especia l ly Toledo the S.F.I, skipper who w a s p lay ing bright cricket and who com- 1

p i led a total of 63 . Owing to the want ! of t ime the g a m e w a s drawn. The vis i - \

tors left Malacca on Sunday Ju ly 14th by the noon train.

The scores are as f o l l o w s : — S . F . I ; J a m e s c Liew b Ni l e s , 22 , Hendroff c i Ponniah b Ni les 1, Des i lva c Vi jeyan-

; dram b N i l e s 19, A. Chiew b Ponniah 11, j j M. Toledo b Ponniah 63, J. Lee b Pon-

niah 0, O. Carvalho c Liew b Ponniah 19, j Ismai l runout 3 , C Carvalho run out 1, H. Rodr igues c L i e w b N i l e s 8, Chong not out 1, Total 158.

S. J. I. Vui l lemmuir b O. Carvalho 2, \ Wroodford b O. Carvalho 20, Guneratne lbw O. Carvalho 8, Ni les b Toledo 8, Ponniah lbw Chiew 1, Vi jeyandram lbw

j Toledo 2, L iew c J a m e s b Chiew 1, ' Gupta b Ismail O. S t a Maria b Chiew 6, i Gomes b O. Carvalho 0, K e n g K w a n not j out 0. total 64 including b y e s .

2nd innings S.F.I . J a m e s c Vi jeyan- | dram b Ponniah 13, Hendroff lbw Ni l e s | I , Chiew c N i l e s b Vijeyandram 9, D e ­s i lva b Ni les 13, Toledo not out 29, J. j L e e c Gupta b N i l e s 14, O. Carvalho c 1

Guneratne b Vi jeyandram 0. declared. Ismai l , C. Carvalho, Rodrigues , and S. Chong did not bat , total 89.

S. J. I. Gomes c Chiew b I smai l 0, S tamar ia c Hendroff b Chiew 6, Gune­ratne b Chiew 2, Liew c Hendroff b Chiew 7, Vi jeyandram lbw. I s m a i l 10, Ponniah b Toledo 5, Wiodford l b w I smai l 19, N . Vu i l l emmuir n o t out 6, N i l e s n o t out 0, b y e s 3 to ta l 58. Gupta and K e n g K w a n did not bat .

SOCCER.

A. P e n n e f a t h e r w a s t h e n c a u g h t . s i x t e e n fours .

* * * - . « R I V A L TO H . E . T H E G O V E R N O R .

Mr. H. F . C. W a l s h , Br i t i sh Consul General in B a t a v i a , w h o m t h e S tra i t s T i m e s " L e i g h t o n " considers a rival to our cr icke t ing Governor, and w h o scored

:a splendid century for the Br i t i sh Club a g a i n s t the D u t c h Sports Club some t ime back, i s , w e are g iven to under- j stand, a Cathol ic . He hit 15 fours in h i s total o f 105. and then retired.

* * * * * S U R R E Y ' S S T A R B A T S M A N

C O M P I L E S H U N D R E D C E N T U R I E S . A n d r e w Sandham, Surrey's opening

ba t sman , has jo ined the se lect band of p layers w h o h a v e scored one hundred centur ies in first c lass cricket . There are n o w , incjuding Sandham, only 10 w h o have done s o . A t Bas ings tone in la te June he hit the Hampshire bowlers for 103 runs .

* * * * C. R. Martin for the Se langor R a n g e r s

a g a i n s t the S e l a n g o r Euras ians in a S tonor Shie ld Competit ion g a m e com­piled a v e r y use fu l 35 not out .

* * * * * F. de S i lva of Negr i Sembi lan is e x ­

pected to t a k e the place of Lall S ingh in t h e F .M.S. cricket t eam t h a t p l a y s

t h e Colony in S ingapore dur ing the A u g u s t ho l idays . Let us hope th is fine Spor t sman finds his true form.

* * * * * S. Lourdes of the N&val B a s e captured

7 Indian Assoc ia t ion wickets f o r 33 runs. * * * * *

M A L A C C A CRICKET. -ST. F R A N C I S ' I N S T I T U T I O N vs . S T .

' J O H N ' S I N S T I T U T I O N . St . Franc i s ' Inst i tut ion were the hos t s

last week end when they entertained the Cricket XI of St . John's Inst i tut ion, Kuala Lumpur in a g a m e of t w o innings . T h e v is i tors under the coach Mr. A. G. H c w e arrived in Malacca on Friday , Ju ly 12.

The boys and the coach w e r e g iven hoard and l o d g i n g a t St . Franc i s Inst i ­t u t i o n through the courtesy of Revd. Brother Dominic , the Director.

Lee Kiah W a h , and Cheng K i m W a t t emerged from l o n g re t i rement and play­ed for the Chinese Ve terans a g a i n s t the Malay Ve t s a t the A n s o n Road s tadium on Sa turday but could no t help the ir s ide \ to win . They however did not l e t the I t eam down and w e r e a m o n g the decided successes of t h e g a m e .

* * * * Raphael Leon, the Malacca footbal ler ,

has been invited by the South China Footbal l side to tour Java . H e has ac­cepted the invi tat ion. For a l o n g t ime no Malacca Chinese has been se lected to

I p lay soccer in Java . I t appears tha t las t year Leon figured in a footbal l final, r u g b y semi final and a n in ters ta te hockey match on three success ive days .

BADMINTON.

F o o Lum Choon, a pupil of St . John's | Inst i tut ion, Kuala Lumpur, has been : se lec ted to represent Se langor in the | Men's S ingles in the for thcoming Bad­

minton Tournament of the Al l -Malayan Chinese Olympiad which will take place in P e n a n g dur ing the first week of , A u g u s t . Foo's inclusion is very popular i

I a s he is a versa t i l e player and perhaps one of the finest s ing les p layers at the moment .

The 1st Badminton team of St . John's Inst i tut ion, K.L. , defeated t h e 2nd of the Victoria Inst i tut ion a t Badminton

| a t the V. I. Hal l by 5 g a m e s to 2. The , Brothers ' boys won all their s ing le s in s t ra ight se ts . These g a m e s form part of the Inter School Badminton Tourna- j ment in K.L.

POLO.

The Hon. Mr. R. Onraet, ac t ing Ins­pector General of Pol ice captained one of the Polo t e a m s on W e d n e s d a y last a t Bales t ier Road, in the final for the S u s s e x Cup. In Mr. Onraet's t eam was Mr. E . F. O'Connor of the Metro Goldwyn M e y e r Picture Corporation. The opponents were success fu l .

BOXING.

N i c k y Sul l ivan defeated Kid A m a t on points a t the Great World last Friday. On the same night Bat t l ing Guillermo outpointed R o u g h Diamond. Y o u n g Aide

w a s beaten on points Gunboat Jaclc.

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MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 20th J U L Y , 1935.

Material Thought MEXICO TO TRANSFORM SEIZED FRENCH SCHOOL.

BY

V I N C E N T B A S E V I

T h e r e is a ma t e r i a l side to Chr i s t i an i ty as well a s t h e spir i tual founda t ion ; and it is on t h e mate r i a l side, a s i t affects our daily lives and our nat ional in ter ­es t s , t h a t m y t h o u g h t s dwell a t t h e moment . W h e r e does Chr i s t i an i ty touch t h e major problems of t o ­d a y : bad t r ade , unemployment , poverty , lack of genera l in teres t in public affairs, wide-spread cor­rupt ion, indifference t o cr ime and dishonesty , and finally s l augh te r— I m i g h t almost call i t h u m a n sac­rifice—on our h igh r o a d s ? I have no ready made cure to offer for our t roub le s ; no r can I believe t h a t t h e r e is a simple and easy p a t h leading out of t h e complicated tang le of difficulties su r rounding t h e individual a n d t h e nat ion. I a m not prepared to jo in wi th those who l ight ly a t t r i b u t e all evils to t h e w a r ; for i t seems t o m e t h a t t h e wa r , wi th i t s call for self-denial and a realization of t h e existence of man ' s du ty a s well a s man ' s r i gh t s , near ly saved t h e nat ion from spir i tual decadence. I do believe t h a t t h e r e i s a w a y ou t of our t roubles, and t h a t t h e key t o all t h e problems is t o be found in discipline.

A nat ion wi thou t religion is a na t ion wi thout backbone ; fo r sincere religious belief is t h e only form of discipline by which h u m a n n a t u r e can be t r a i n e d t o hea l thy g rowth . T h e law* to a cer ta in ex ten t , ) p ro tec t s t h e weak m a n f rom his s t rong ne ighbour ( though t h i s does no t apply to-day in t h e rea lm of finance) : religion protects t h e weak m a n and t h e s t rong m a n alike from himself. So difficult a re our personal p rob lems ; so powerful is public opinion on minor subjects r e la t ing to appear­ances, social s t a tus , et hoc genus omne, t h a t special power is need­ed by m a n t o keep h i m daily from though t s and act ions which, t hough not necessar i ly sin in themselves , a r e t a i n t ed by mean­ness and d ishones ty . There is a say ing in t h e Ta lmud t o t h e effect t h a t if a m a n commits a sin twice he will cease to r e g a r d it a s evil doing. Religion is t h e only safe­gua rd given to m a n a s protect ion aga ins t t h e repet i t ion of sin or un-wor thy t h o u g h t and act ion of t h e kind not likely to be discovered. ! And t h e habi t of to l e ra t ing wha t j need not be disclosed h a s led in- j evitably to the to lera t ion of proven malfeasance. In fact t h e divorce | of religion from our lives ha s left us as a nat ion wi thou t a moral s t andard .

I t is considered to be bad tas te , no doubt, to speak or wr i t e plain­ly on unpleasant t op ic s ; but some day the t r u t h m u s t be faced un­less, as a nat ion, we a r e to go from j bad to wor se ; so let us be frank and endure t h e s t igma of bad t a s t e . W e are suiTering to-day. in t he first place, from wide-spread corrupt ion. Great financiers gamble daily on our t r ade , our food supply and our c red i t : and | they do t h i s wi th money they do not possess : when t h e y fail to win bankrup tcy follows. This form of immora l i ty is now depressing t r a d e and keeping up t h e terr ibly h igh percentage of unemployment . Money remains locked up in the b a n k s because people da re not in­ves t in product ive enterpr ise , for no hones t indus t r ia l ven tu re is to­d a y safe from t h e gamblers of the

j financial world. T r a d e has t o bear j t h e burden of d ishonest gambling | —dishonest because it is carr ied - on by some m e n with o ther ! people's money, and by o the r men ; who know they cannot pay when

t h e y lose. T h u s in addition to the immoral i ty of t h i s business of gambl ing wi th o the r people's securi t ies , t h e r e is t h e f rank dis­hones ty of t h e n a t u r e of the gamble . The c r ime and its conse­quences rouse no indignation in a public mind g rown lethargic for w a n t of t h e mora l support of t rue re l ig ion; so t r a d e languishes , and a va s t a rmy of unemployed men and women eke out a ba r e existence on t h e dole and on ' char i ty . ' Similar ! gambl ing in food supplies places a t a x on t h e consumer far heavier : t h a n any Government t a x imposed before t h e repeal of t h e corn l aws ; a n d th i s gamble also is carr ied on w i t h cynical d i s regard of honour by men willing t o declare them­selves bankrup t a t a n y convenient moment , knowing full well t h a t bankrup tcy is near ly as fashion­able as divorce, and equally free !

Mexico City.—The Colegic de San Borja, the French school con­ducted by Chris t ian Brothers

I which was seized by the Govern-; ment some months ago, will be in-; augura ted on June 10 as a "School

Cent re for the Sons of the Army, Labour and the Peasan t . " Recon­struct ion work, directed by engi­neer Rodolfo Uzeta. is being rush­ed to completion. (N.C.W.C.)

CONVERSION OF ISRAEL.

World-Wide Novena of Masses.

Kansas City, Monday. — The Archconfraterni ty of P rayer for the Conversion of Israel, the American headquar te r s of which a re located at t h e Convent of Not re Dame de Sion in this city, has jus t sent out i ts announcement of the annual world-wide novena of Masses to be held June 20-28.

Pr ies t -members of t h e archcon­f ra te rn i ty are requested to say Mass and lay members to have ! Masses said dur ing t h e Novena.

It is stated t h a t over 1.000 Masses were said last vear. (N.C.W.C.)

Don't Give In To Ind iges t ion!

Indigest ion is one of the most d e p r e s s i n g and debi l i ta t ing ai lments to which h u m a n be ings are subject; you have only to look at the miser­able f a c e s o f i t s v i c t ims to know this.

It is not n e c e s s a r y to ask the in­d iges t ion sufferer if he has taken any­th ing for it. T h a t is a foregone con­c lus ion; but so m a n y so-cal led 'cures' are but t e m p o r a r y pal l ia t ives .

There is one w a y to overcome in­d iges t ion which h a s g i v e n immense and permanent sa t i s fac t ion to in­numerable f o r m e r l y chronic dyspep­t ics throughout thf» world, and that is tonic t r e a t m e n t through the blood by m e a n s of Dr. W i l l i a m s ' P ink Pills. Your chemis t s e l l s .

Dr. W i l l i a m s P ink Pi l l s .

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j T H E R O S A R Y |

| A s quiet w a v e l e t s on a r i s ing t ide | | One a f t er one c o m e b r i m m i n g t o | 1 t h e shore , = = So come our A v e s b e a t i n g on h e r l § Heart , j s W h o s e succour w e implore. I 5 S c e n e s passed in t i m e kept s a f e in I I Heaven' s N o w | j Reveal the ir h o l y secrets to o u r g i e y e s , | | W a t c h i n g her w a y s and H i s Who = 1 came to s a v e , j | S e e i n g H i m die and rise. j

| B l e s s e d chain of p r a y e r s b inding o u r § c souls to God, | | True pear l s o f price amid earth's = = t a w d r y dros s , | | B u y us H i s t r e a s u r e s , s t r e n g t h and | = peace and love , = 1 The w i sdom of H i s Cross . 1

| E . M. P. | | (The Ir ish R o s a r y March 15 ) |

f rom s t igma in public opinion. Hav ing no fa i th , t h e public can b u t sh rug i t s shoulders and sub­m i t to a t y r a n n y of rogues . Our credi t a s a na t ion is h i g h : our i credi t as t r a d e r s no longer exis ts . 1

T h e s l augh t e r of someth ing nea r two hundred people a week on our h ighways , and t h e injury and crippling of many more, a rouses no public feeling of hor ror and indignation, and yet it is largely a h u m a n sacrifice made to vani ty and insolence and selfish­ness . Some men feel so impor tan t t h a t they m u s t h u r r y to save t ime which is money to t h e m ; and they h u r r y a t t he r i sk and too often a t t h e cost of o t h e r people's lives. I Others del iberately bully on the road, t ak ing t h e a t t i t ude t h a t they will not give way . t h a t t hey will not be caut ious on dangerous curves and a t cross-roads. And many enjoy speed and so enjoy themselves , often wi th l i t t le skill, a t the cost o f—human sacrifice. Th i s rank immora l i ty is tolerated almost wi thout pro tes t , for with­out religion t h e r e can be no s tand­ard of r igh t and wrong, and the only s t andard left for man may be put in the Amer ican p h r a s e : 'what he can get a w a y wi th . '

Sent iment h a s become as much declasse as have expressions of pa t r io t i sm; and yet sent iment and t h e genuine love of r ight and ab-

| horrence of wrong doing are as ; deeply seated in the hea r t s of the | people as they were fifty years I ago. Proof of th i s is to be found I in t he Cinema. The favoruite i screen plays a re no th ing more or | less t han the old Adelphi melo- ! | d r ama in modern d ress ing : villany j mus t be punished and r igh t mus t I t r i umph in the end. How is it,

t hen , t ha t a population has been coerced into assuming a veneer of cynicism and impie ty which fits so uncomfortably on na tu res really homely and honest ? My theory is t h a t we are suffering as a nation from the teaching of t he ignorant.

I t is a curious paradox tha t with t h e spread of education there has come a diminution of learning. Scholarship finds no market . Teachers who have paddled in some of the shallower pools of biology feel t h a t they have plumb­ed the depths of universal know­ledge, and thencefor th s t ru t and r a n t on dais and platform and shr iek in s tacato sentences on the pr inted page. The dissecting knife j has laid bare t h e mechanism of the human body (but not the mystery of life and d e a t h ) , and he who has learned to read may borrow some j of t he knowledge acquired by I o the r s and give h i s own interpre­ta t ion to so much of th i s as he can unders tand. Van i ty in the pos­session of a certificate from a t r a in ing college or of a pass degree is often a s tepping stone to a plat­form of ignorance from which ill-conceived theories , possibly based on a few i tems of genuine know­ledge, are thundered forth as proven science.

Unfortunately , th i s tendency is invading the h igher mental grades. Psychology is a science with t re ­mendous possibilities a t present in the s tage of ex t reme infancy: it can scarcely claim to have cut its first tooth. Yet dignified seats of learning, not content to regard it as a fruitful subject for research, have established Chairs for the teaching of psychology as a science. Young people go forth from these universi t ies to put into dangerous practice theories which for them bear t he hallmark of science. Even in the world of physics the accepted fact of to-day becomes a j e s t to-morrow; so it

would seem t h a t t h e s tudy of the human mind would inspire the g rea tes t caut ion in any man pos­sessed of a sense of responsibility. But s t a r t l i ng theor ies a r e more easily vended t h a n dry facts , and the sense of responsibi l i ty has no marke t va lue : so it is t ha t the teachers of t h e nat ion can leave religious t h o u g h t to die of inani­tion while holding the public at­tent ion by t h e g l i t t e r of something new. Teachers a rmed with a s m a t t e r i n g of learning tha t has not reached t h e s t a t u s of know­ledge, and an armful of theories couched in p h r a s e s which give to asser t ions t h e face value of axiom, so over conceived of no th ing migh-tiei t han t hemse lves ; and so the knowledge of God and of t h e eter­nal veri t ies is lost to these blind leaders of t h e blind.

Wha t makes t he people shy at Chr i s t i an i ty? Is it t h a t the ideal set is so te r r ib le in i ts perfection? It may be t h a t religion is unpopu­lar because t h e sincere Christian can never be really at peace with himself; he can never feel really self-satisfied. Chr is t ian i ty de­mands so much more t h a n mere pro tes ta t ions of fa i th or even compliance wi th t h e l aw: it impos­es honourable dealing, considera­tion for o the r s , generosi ty in thought and action, and self-sacri­fice, or at least a measure of self-denial, for t h e common good. It is no tewor thy t h a t Chris t Our Lord was less dis turbed by evi­dence of the common sins than he was by mean act ions. He rebuked s in : 'Go and sin no more, ' was all He said to t he woman whom he had saved from t h e dea th penal ty; but the money changers roused his ire. They were law-abiding citi­zens pursu ing the i r t r ade , not on holy ground, but in t h e courtyard of the Temple where they were conducting t h e legi t imate and use­ful business of selling beasts and birds for sacrifice, and changing foreign money. But Chris t knew that they were t ak ing advantage of the ignorance and simplicity oi visitors from t h e count ry to cheat them, so he over turned their tables and drove them from the Temple. Th is is where Christian­ity clashes wi th commerce.

(From Blaekfriars) -

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935. 15

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SPORTS NOTES. CATHOLICS IN THE LIMELIGHT.

(By Our Own Correspondent .) i i

CRICKET.

S U L L I V A N ' S C E N T U R Y A G A I N S T C O M B I N E D SCHOOLS.

N. Su l l ivan a m a s s e d 109 runs a g a i n s t the Combined Schoo l s on Sunday on the Padang. Thi s w a s a very creditable per­formance for a cr icketer who has a l w a y s been cons idered a bowler. P. d 'Almeida 26 and E . Le Mercier 27, a l so he lped t o put up t h e score to 214 for 6.

But w h y , G e o r g e Fernandez , a bri l l iant batsman, should have been p laced a s No. 9 in the b a t t i n g order is difficult to understand.

G. Clarke , of St . Joseph's , w a s the only Cathol ic Schoolboy to make double figures w i t h 18 in the first knock.

-Clarke a g a i n reached double figures w h e n the S c h o o l s w e n t in a second t ime making 22 .

E d w a r d s look 2 for 27, Sul l ivan 3 for 17 in t h e Schools ' first innings , and Le Mercier 1 for 10 and Sul l ivan 2 for 3 in the second.

a- * ::- * MEDICOS* F O U R T H C O N S E C U T I V E

VICTORY. Rafflesians Suffer Through

Bad Umpir ing . T h e Medica l Col lege defeated Raffles

Col lege a t cr icket during the w e e k end by only 14 r u n s — a very close m a r g i n indeed. T h e Rafflesians were m o s t un- i for tunate th i s t i m e as t w o bad decis ions caused t h e d i smissa l of two of the ir b a t s me n w h o w e r e quite s e t viz. D . E s s and P. R. L e w i s . In important g a m e s of th i s na ture good umpir ing is e s sent ia l . For Raffles Col lege D . E s s made 18 and 10 r u n s and took 3 for 38 and 2 for 16. j

R. C. Hoffman scored 4 and 27 and took 3 f o r 30 and 3 for 39. S. M o s b e r g e n g o t t o g e t h e r only 4 and 0, but captured 3 for 46 and 1 for 2 1 .

* * * * * £ T - J O S E P H ' S B E A T A. C. S C H O O L

A . P e n n e f a t h e r Sh ines W i t h Bat and Ball .

St. Joseph' s Ins t i tut ion , S ingapore , de fea ted t h e A n g l o Chinese School a t | cricket on S a t u r d a y at Bras B a s a h Road \ by 82 runs .

S. Minjoot captured, 4 w i c k e t s for 18 I runs , A . P e n n e f a t h e r 3 for 11 and R. Minjoot 2 for 23 .

scored 89 runs and He hit 2 s i x e s and

The venue of the g a m e w a s the High School ground k indly lent by the Head-

! master . ^ On Saturday J u l y 13th at 9 a.m. the ;

Franc i scans on w i n n i n g the tos s elected to bat. They did fairly well a g a i n s t the crack bowling of Benedict Ponniah, especia l ly Toledo the S.F.I, skipper who w a s p lay ing bright cricket and who com- 1

p i led a total of 63 . Owing to the want ! of t ime the g a m e w a s drawn. The vis i - \

tors left Malacca on Sunday Ju ly 14th by the noon train.

The scores are as f o l l o w s : — S . F . I ; J a m e s c Liew b Ni l e s , 22 , Hendroff c i Ponniah b Ni les 1, Des i lva c Vi jeyan-

; dram b N i l e s 19, A. Chiew b Ponniah 11, j j M. Toledo b Ponniah 63, J. Lee b Pon-

niah 0, O. Carvalho c Liew b Ponniah 19, j Ismai l runout 3 , C Carvalho run out 1, H. Rodr igues c L i e w b N i l e s 8, Chong not out 1, Total 158.

S. J. I. Vui l lemmuir b O. Carvalho 2, \ Wroodford b O. Carvalho 20, Guneratne lbw O. Carvalho 8, Ni les b Toledo 8, Ponniah lbw Chiew 1, Vi jeyandram lbw

j Toledo 2, L iew c J a m e s b Chiew 1, ' Gupta b Ismail O. S t a Maria b Chiew 6, i Gomes b O. Carvalho 0, K e n g K w a n not j out 0. total 64 including b y e s .

2nd innings S.F.I . J a m e s c Vi jeyan- | dram b Ponniah 13, Hendroff lbw Ni l e s | I , Chiew c N i l e s b Vijeyandram 9, D e ­s i lva b Ni les 13, Toledo not out 29, J. j L e e c Gupta b N i l e s 14, O. Carvalho c 1

Guneratne b Vi jeyandram 0. declared. Ismai l , C. Carvalho, Rodrigues , and S. Chong did not bat , total 89.

S. J. I. Gomes c Chiew b I smai l 0, S tamar ia c Hendroff b Chiew 6, Gune­ratne b Chiew 2, Liew c Hendroff b Chiew 7, Vi jeyandram lbw. I s m a i l 10, Ponniah b Toledo 5, Wiodford l b w I smai l 19, N . Vu i l l emmuir n o t out 6, N i l e s n o t out 0, b y e s 3 to ta l 58. Gupta and K e n g K w a n did not bat .

SOCCER.

A. P e n n e f a t h e r w a s t h e n c a u g h t . s i x t e e n fours .

* * * - . « R I V A L TO H . E . T H E G O V E R N O R .

Mr. H. F . C. W a l s h , Br i t i sh Consul General in B a t a v i a , w h o m t h e S tra i t s T i m e s " L e i g h t o n " considers a rival to our cr icke t ing Governor, and w h o scored

:a splendid century for the Br i t i sh Club a g a i n s t the D u t c h Sports Club some t ime back, i s , w e are g iven to under- j stand, a Cathol ic . He hit 15 fours in h i s total o f 105. and then retired.

* * * * * S U R R E Y ' S S T A R B A T S M A N

C O M P I L E S H U N D R E D C E N T U R I E S . A n d r e w Sandham, Surrey's opening

ba t sman , has jo ined the se lect band of p layers w h o h a v e scored one hundred centur ies in first c lass cricket . There are n o w , incjuding Sandham, only 10 w h o have done s o . A t Bas ings tone in la te June he hit the Hampshire bowlers for 103 runs .

* * * * C. R. Martin for the Se langor R a n g e r s

a g a i n s t the S e l a n g o r Euras ians in a S tonor Shie ld Competit ion g a m e com­piled a v e r y use fu l 35 not out .

* * * * * F. de S i lva of Negr i Sembi lan is e x ­

pected to t a k e the place of Lall S ingh in t h e F .M.S. cricket t eam t h a t p l a y s

t h e Colony in S ingapore dur ing the A u g u s t ho l idays . Let us hope th is fine Spor t sman finds his true form.

* * * * * S. Lourdes of the N&val B a s e captured

7 Indian Assoc ia t ion wickets f o r 33 runs. * * * * *

M A L A C C A CRICKET. -ST. F R A N C I S ' I N S T I T U T I O N vs . S T .

' J O H N ' S I N S T I T U T I O N . St . Franc i s ' Inst i tut ion were the hos t s

last week end when they entertained the Cricket XI of St . John's Inst i tut ion, Kuala Lumpur in a g a m e of t w o innings . T h e v is i tors under the coach Mr. A. G. H c w e arrived in Malacca on Friday , Ju ly 12.

The boys and the coach w e r e g iven hoard and l o d g i n g a t St . Franc i s Inst i ­t u t i o n through the courtesy of Revd. Brother Dominic , the Director.

Lee Kiah W a h , and Cheng K i m W a t t emerged from l o n g re t i rement and play­ed for the Chinese Ve terans a g a i n s t the Malay Ve t s a t the A n s o n Road s tadium on Sa turday but could no t help the ir s ide \ to win . They however did not l e t the I t eam down and w e r e a m o n g the decided successes of t h e g a m e .

* * * * Raphael Leon, the Malacca footbal ler ,

has been invited by the South China Footbal l side to tour Java . H e has ac­cepted the invi tat ion. For a l o n g t ime no Malacca Chinese has been se lected to

I p lay soccer in Java . I t appears tha t las t year Leon figured in a footbal l final, r u g b y semi final and a n in ters ta te hockey match on three success ive days .

BADMINTON.

F o o Lum Choon, a pupil of St . John's | Inst i tut ion, Kuala Lumpur, has been : se lec ted to represent Se langor in the | Men's S ingles in the for thcoming Bad­

minton Tournament of the Al l -Malayan Chinese Olympiad which will take place in P e n a n g dur ing the first week of , A u g u s t . Foo's inclusion is very popular i

I a s he is a versa t i l e player and perhaps one of the finest s ing les p layers at the moment .

The 1st Badminton team of St . John's Inst i tut ion, K.L. , defeated t h e 2nd of the Victoria Inst i tut ion a t Badminton

| a t the V. I. Hal l by 5 g a m e s to 2. The , Brothers ' boys won all their s ing le s in s t ra ight se ts . These g a m e s form part of the Inter School Badminton Tourna- j ment in K.L.

POLO.

The Hon. Mr. R. Onraet, ac t ing Ins­pector General of Pol ice captained one of the Polo t e a m s on W e d n e s d a y last a t Bales t ier Road, in the final for the S u s s e x Cup. In Mr. Onraet's t eam was Mr. E . F. O'Connor of the Metro Goldwyn M e y e r Picture Corporation. The opponents were success fu l .

BOXING.

N i c k y Sul l ivan defeated Kid A m a t on points a t the Great World last Friday. On the same night Bat t l ing Guillermo outpointed R o u g h Diamond. Y o u n g Aide

w a s beaten on points Gunboat Jaclc.

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16 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935.

G e n e r a l J o t t i n g s

o f t h e W e e k .

MALTA ACCORDS GRAND RECEPTION TO CARD. LEPICIER A N D SUITE-

BEATIFICATION CAUSE OF POPE PIUS X.

Reported Miracle at Tomb. The Papal Legate, Cardinal

Lepicier, O.SJML, and the other members of the Pontifical Mission to the Regional Council of the Bishops of Malta arrived in Valet ta escorted by two British destroyers. Among his suite were Mgr. William Godfrey, Rector of the Engl ish College, Rome, and Rev. Sir John O'Connell. In the Royal Waiting-Room at the Roman railway station the Legate was received by the Station Master in j Chief with troops and City Police, j The Brit ish Minister to the Holy j See, Mgr. Hurley, of the Secretari­ate of State, and the Rectors of I the Beda College and of the Scots j College saw him off.

A t the landing place t h e Malta Artillery mounted a guard of j Honour few His Eminence and the Cardinal drove through crowded and beflagged streets to the Cathe­dral of St. John. When the Clergy in procession escorted the Legate to t h e Cathedral on the following day, His Ekninence walked under a canopy borne by the Chief Justice and other prominent Maltese,*

A m o n g t h e claims t h a t will come up for examinat ion dur ing t h e procedure for t h e beatification of Pope P ius X is a l i t t le known epi­sode which is believed to h a v e saved t h e c ryp t of St. P e t e r ' s f rom an explosion disaster. The s tory is t h a t while t h e la te Cardinal Mer ry del Val, t he devoted friend and s e r v a n t of P ius X, w a s about t o l ight a l a rge votive candle by t h e t o m b of t h e Pope in t h e c ryp t of St . P e t e r ' s , he heard t h e voice of t h e dead Pontiff shout a wa rn ­ing t o h i m and saw a vision of P i u p X beckoning him not t o l ight t h e candle. Greatly impressed and pe r tu rbed , t h e Cardinal did no t l igh t t h e candle a s h e h a d in­tended, bu t h e caused it to be ex­amined. Ins ide i t was discovered a s t ick of h igh explosive.

CHINESE GOVERNOR HOLDS CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES

AS MODEL.

H. M. THE KING PRESENTS AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO TO

ENGLISH COLLEGE AT ROME.

The Governor of Suiyuan, Mon­golia, h a s advised the sub-prefects of h i s jur isdict ion to i m i t a t e t h e spi r i t of t h e Catholic Missionaries in p romot ing the welfare of t h e people. H e ordered t h e m to pro­tec t t h e Catholic churches .

H . M. t h e King h a s ve ry kindly p resen ted t h e venerable Engl i sh College a t Rbme wi th a signed por­t r a i t of himself. T h e pho tograph will occupy a place of honour in t h e s tuden t ' s Common room.

T H E L A T E SIR PATRICK B Y R N E .

FOURTH NATIONAL CONVEN­TION OF C.Y.M.S. A T DUBLIN.

Sir William Pa t r i ck Byrne , aged 76, a re t i red Chai rman of t h e Board of Control in t h e Home office h a s j u s t died. H e had a dis t ing­uished record of service.

T h e C.Y.M.S. of I re land held i t s 4 t h Nat ional Convention in Dublin in J u n e and was a t t ended by 120 delegates from all over t h e coun t ry . The m e m b e r s h i p of t h e Socitey is about 11,000. T h e L o r d Mayor of Dublin welcomed t h e delegates . The Auxi l i a ry Bishop of Dublin, Dr . Wall , in t h e course of h i s r emarks , said, " T h e I r i sh h a v e a lways been r emarkab l e for physical courage, b u t I a m afried t h e y cannot make t h e same claim t o universal moral courage ." A message of loyalty and devotion was sen t t o t he Pope.

G R A N CHACO STRUGGLE ENDS.

C.YM.S. CONFERENCE IN NORTH W A L E S .

In mid J u n e wi th d ramat i c sud­denness a t ruce was declared in t h e t h r e e year ' s dea th s t rugg le in t h e Gran Chaco between P a r a g u a y and Bolivia. A peace conference of Sou th American Countr ies drew up some t e r m s which include one which requi res t h e format ion of an In ternat ional Commission to define a Neut ra l Control Zone. It is e s t ima ted t h a t 50,000 lives have been was ted in th i s futile war .

TRAGIC D E A T H OF MADAME SCHUSNIGG.

A t Colwyn Bay, N o r t h Wales , a n imposing demons t ra t ion of fa i th was witnessed when t h e C.Y.M.S. Conference took place. T h e event aroused t r emendous en thus iasm and the var ious public mee t ings were a t t ended by over­flowing audiences. Addresses w e r e given by Bishop Brown of S o u t h w a r k and F a t h e r Owen Dudley, while J u d g e Ellis, a Con­v e r t , issued valuable counsel re ­lating 1 to the Droblem of t h e con­vers ion of Wales . Near ly 500 \ delega tes were p resen t . A civic recept ion was g iven by t h e Mayor a n d Mayoress of Colwyn Bay. M o r e t h a n 3,000 m e n took p a r t in t h e demons t ra t ion .

I t is w i th deep reg re t t h a t we announce t h e death of Madame Schusnigg, t h e Aus t r i an Chancel­lor 's wife, in a Motor Car accident on Ju ly 14th as they were s t a r t i n g ou t on a holiday. The Chancellor was t aken to hospital as he was badly shaken .

FLOOD DISASTER AT SAN PEDRO.

More t h a n 300 Catholic Red Indians a t t end ing devotion in a church a t San Pedro, nea r Mexico City, we re drowned when t h e church was s truck by a flood. 255 bodies were dug up from t h e mud which filled the church to a depth of 6 feet. There were still 60 bodies in t h e mud.

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MRS. LYONS ADDRESSES WOMEN AUDIENCE IN

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T h e Premie r of Aust ra l ia and Mrs . Lyons paid a visit to York City recently. The Lord Mayor and Mayoress m e t t hem a t t h e s ta t ion . The P remie r was princi-

1 pal gues t a t a d inner given by t h e Lord Mayor in t h e Mansion House.

j Mrs . Lyons addressed a large g a t h e r i n g of women in t h e Bar Convent. The Lady Mayoress presided.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L CONGRESS IN MEXICO BOYCOTTED BY

IRISH ROTARY.

THE L A T E MR. GROSSMITH OF ' D R U R Y L A N E 9 FAME.

The Cork (Ireland) Rota ry Club refused to send a representa t ive to t h e In te rn? t ional Congress of Ro­t a r y t h a t was held in Mexico City recent ly, a s a pro tes t aga ins t t h e persecution of religion in Mexico. Qui te a number of o ther Ro ta ry Clubs did likewise and for a like reason.

M A N D A R I N BANQUET FOR F O R E I G N MISSIONARIES.

T h e Mandar in of Younchowfu gave a banque t in t h a t City not ve ry long ago in honour of all foreign Missionaries work ing in his t e r r i to ry . Dur ing t h e dinner t h e Mandar in thanked t h e m all for w h a t t hey were doing for t h e welfare of his people and begged t h e m to cont inue thei r act ivi t ies.

DIOCESAN EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS.

Thousands of people from all p a r t s of t h e B i rmingham Archdi­ocese t ravel led to Hednesford in Staffordshire in J u n e for the Dio­cesan Euchar i s t i c Congress. Arch­bishop Will iams inaugura ted t h e solemnities. A choir of 2,000 children rendered the Common of t h e Mass .

F R E N C H N A T I O N A L DAY.

Mr. George Grossmi th who died in a London nu r s ing home in June

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*ronage of R igh t Reverend Bishop j • P e r r o s , Vicar Apostolic for* • Siam, w a s held in t h e new St. • J Theresa Chapel on t h e 6th and* $7th ins t . J • Members of t h e K.B.S. assist- * • ed in locking a f t e r t he stal ls* I which were a r r anged in t h e new J J chapel. J

• • T h e new St. The resa Chapel • J i s designed for t h e services of* • t h e Catholic Church, and will ac - j • commodate about t h r e e hundred* • people, bu t still lacking furniture • l a n d f i t t ings. I • T h e Sale was qu i te successful J • and did provide funds for t h e * • Bunding . However, MORE* J M O N E Y is u rgen t ly required J J for provid ing an ALTAR a n d j • o t h e r necessary furni ture , in-* • e luding P E W S f o r t h e congre-J t g a t i o n . before t h e Chapel is I ! complete for service. t

MR. A D R I A N CLARK A D D R E S S E S ROTARIANS.

A t t h e mee t ing of t h e Rotary Club on Wednesday Ju ly 17th Mr. Adr ian Clark, Solicitor General, was t h e Speaker .

MRS. SETH A N D FAMILY L E A V E FOR EUROPE.

The F r e n c h Community of S ingapore ceieorated tne i r national holiday on Ju ly 14th, t h e anniver­s a r y of t h e fall of the Bastille.

Mr. Baliereau, t he French Consul, held a reception a t his home in Chancery Lane in the morn ing a t which a large number a t t ended . The Governor was pre­sen t and so were t h e Colonial Sec re t a ry and t h e members of the Consular body.

By t h e Scha rnho r s t on t h e 10th July, M r s . J . Seth , Miss E. N . Seth and Mr. K. A. Seth , of t h e legal firm of Sisson and Delay, sailed for Europe . Those who knew the late Mr. S e t h can never forget him, for he w a s a pillar of t h e Church, the Catholic Club and t h e St. Joseph's Old Boys* Association. His death some y e a r s ago was painfully un­expected and a g r e a t loss to the Catholic Communi ty .

17

The Lack of Honour! O u r S e r i a l S t o r y

<FIRST I N S T A L M E N T )

HONORIA S H A W came into the Griscom family on tolerat ion— on her t e n t h b i r t hday . Mr. Gris­com, whom his wife had always secretly held to r equ i re he r com­petent supervision and more t h a n likely t o do foolish th ings if i t were wi thdrawn, Mr . Griscom had allowed himself t o be appointed guardian of h is friend, Mark Shaw's li t t le girl . Mark had im­plored h im to fulfil t he office, knowing t h a t T h o m a s Griscom's kindness to t h e child would never fail, nor his fidelity waver in car ry­ing out t h e conditions of t he t r u s t .

So Mr. Griscom h a d set Mark's mind a t res t by g iv ing t h e promise, characterist ical ly believing, on no ground whatever , t h a t Mark would recover.

Mark had not recovered; in fact he had died pe rhaps a little soon­er t h a t he no longer fought off death till he should have provided for Honor.

There were complications in ca r ry ing out t he t r u s t , aside from Mrs . Griscom, who migh t jus t ly have been held sufficient complica­t ion.

Honor would h a v e a small in­her i tance , not much , but enouerh t o clothe and educate he r on i ts in­t e re s t ; he r f a t h e r h a d not imposed h e r support upon h is friend. B u t Mark Shaw and h i s young wife, who had died w h e n Honor was born, were Catholics , and Mark had exacted a promise t h a t Thomas would see t h a t the i r child was b rought up in t h a t fai th, sent to a convent school, and in no wise warped from h e r inher i tance.

Now t h e young Griscoms, two girls and two boys, went , wi th in­dividually va ry ing willingness, t o the Presby te r i an Sunday-school in which the i r m o t h e r was an a rden t worker. She was t i reless also in t he Ladies ' Aid, t h e Mission meet­ings, t h e Mothers ' meet ings, t h e Temperance Band, t h e annual fair, in all t he organized methods by which he r church contr ibuted to t he reduction of t h e labours of t h e constabulary.

Thomas Griscom gent ly admired his wife 's ac t iv i ty , but confined himself in these m a t t e r s to his weekly eminent ly respectable ap ­pearance with h is family a t church <>n bunday. His indus t ry supplied the funds which Mrs . Griscom in-aefatigably disbursed and for

N A P O L E O N AY ST. H E L E N A . B L E S S E D VIRGIN H O N O U R E D .

which she received the glory. If he ever found her too indefatig­able he discreetly reserved his opinion.

The two little girls, Anna and Lillie—the brunet te—were growing up self-approvingly a f te r their mother ' s pa t te rn . Robert , the elder boy, t he one so like his fa­ther , with a happy admix ture of his mother ' s energy, modified,

went quietly on in t he prescribed way. Bob seemed to ex t rac t the good out of his t ra in ing and let i ts faults roll over wi thout mark ing him. The boy had a genius for

| T O O U R L A D Y O F

T H E S A C R E D H E A R T

Trul v you were the Lady of His J j Heart,

Who drew from your pure veins His Precious Blood.

X Of poor earth's gifts to Him, the one \ J all good < t Flawless in love and care your mother-

I I • 7 mlv you are the Lady of H?s Heart, • • Decked by His love in glory mani- •

I fold' . l • Holding for us the key to all His gold.+ \Your children plead with every t 4 be*?ar art. + ^Showing their sin-wrought sores, t • their ra?s sin-stained, • ^Clamouring their hunger and their • t dreadful need, • %You who of creatures most fromJ 7 heaven gained • • Can you resist His brethren when we • t plead ? I I • + Be<r for our healing His love's bum-* \ T 7I7g dart. i

I \Most gracious Lady of the Sacred< Heart.

E.M.P. (Irish Rosary June.)

j goodness, a simplicity and direct-'. ness of inst inct t h a t made him al­

ways " t ake the good he found; the best of now and he r e . " Bob was

I a g rea t comfort to h is fa ther . j . Wally, shor t for Wall ingham,

marched in the prescribed way like a conscript, or a captive be­hind t h e chariot of his mother ' s t r iumph . He loathed it all, Sun­day-school, enforced missionary contributions out of a Tantalus allowance made him to give away, t he long sermons, above all t he Mothers ' meetings, a t which Mrs.

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The fo l lowing t h o u g h t s were wri t ten by Napoleon during his ex i le on the is land of St . He lena:

I have so inspired mult i tudes that t h e y would die for me . God forbid that I should form any comparison between the enthus iasm of the soldier and Chris­t ian charity, which are a s unlike as the ir cause. But , a f ter al l , m y presence w a s necessary; the l ightn ing of my eye , m y voice, a word from m e ; then the sacred fire w a s kindled in their hearts . I do, indeed, p o s s e s s the secret of this m a g i c a l power which l i f ts the soul, but I could never impart it to anyone . N o n e of m y genera ls ever learned it from me. N o r have I the m e a n s of perpetuat ing m y name and love for m e in the hearts of men, and to effect these th i n g s wi th ­out physical m e a n s .

N o w that I a m at St . He lena; now t h a t I am alone , chained upon th is rock, w h o fight and w i n empires for m e ? W h o are the court iers of m y misfortune ? W h o think of m e ? W h o m a k e efforU f o r m e in E u r o p e ? W h e r e are m y f r i ends? Such is the f a t e of grea t m e n ! So it w a s w i t h Caesar and Alex­ander . I, too , a m f o r g o t t e n ! And the n a m e of a conqueror and an emperor is a col lege t h e m e ! Our explo i t s are t a s k s g i v e n to pupi ls by their tu tors , who sit in judgment upon u s , a w a r d i n g us cen­sure or praise .

A n d mark w h a t i s soon to become of m e — a s s a s s i n a t e d by the E n g l i s h ol igar- j chy , I die before m y t i m e ; and m y dead j body, too, m u s t return to the earth, to | become food for w o r m s . Behold the ! des t iny , near at. hand, of h im who has been called the g r e a t Napo leon! W h a t I an abyss b e t w e e n m y deep misery and the eternal re ign of Christ , which is procla imed, loved, adored, and which is e x t e n d i n g over al l the ear th!

Griscom and he r fellow members discussed the i r chi ldren 's faults and prayed for t hem. Wally knew t h a t Anna , Lillie, and Bob were

I not served up by t he i r mother for \ public pet i t ions , t h a t it was he j alone of t h e Griscom children who ! was mourned over and prayed for

in t e r m s t h a t would be likely to b rand h im in t h e o the r mothe r s ' too-good memories . He resolved to see to i t t h a t the i r p rayers were not g r a n t e d ; he felt it almost a point of honour to grow up bad to show his m o t h e r wha t was t he resul t of publ ishing his faults . So Wally was in rebellion aga ins t t he formulas of h is t ra in ing . Never­theless , t h e Griscom household was most P ro te s t an t , and Thomas

j Griscom felt t h a t i t w a s going to j complicate it seriously to br ing up I a child s t r ic t ly Catholic amid what

he loosely styled in his though t s J "all t h a t . " Yet dearly as Thomas | Griscom loved peace, though his ; wife r ight ly called him "easy-go-! ing ," he knew t h a t he should ac-I complish th i s t ask , interposing if | need be, should t h e s l ightest a t -i t empt he made to weaken the little j Honor 's adherence to he r Church. | Because, in his quiet way, Thomas

Griscom held to t h e exact fulfil­men t of his promise, to his ideal of duty, wi th a tenaci ty t h a t would have remained unchanged when noisy pro tes ta t ions had died into silence, the i r end defeated.

Thus it was t h a t Honoria Shaw came into t h e Griscom household on her t en th b i r thday and on toleration, t h e toleration badly s trained, for Mrs . Griscom was indignant over he r coming and none of the children wanted her, though Rober t laughed and said he "didn ' t ca re . "

Honor was a little creature , as unlike t h e large, heavy-built young Griscoms as possible. She was slender, quick in every motion, looking especially small in her black gown. The Griscom children did not th ink her p re t ty , 6ut Ro­ber t said he "Didn ' t know. You had to keep looking a t her ."

This was t rue . F rom her earli­est childhood the re was t h a t

25,000 Join in Process ion .

P a r i s . — T h e F e a s t of N o t r e D a m e du Port , revived two years a g o by permis ­s ion of the Council o f S t a t e f o r the first t ime s ince the L a w of Separat ion , w a s celebrated with part icular splendour at Clermont-Ferrand th i s y e a r due to the presence of the M o s t Rev . Luigi Magl ione , Apostol ic N u n c i o to France . The Most Rev. Henri Bernard, B i shop of Perp ignan , the Most Rev . Norbert Rousseau , Bishop of Le P u y and the Most Rev. J e a n Castel, B i s h o p of Tul le , a l so were present as wel l a s the Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, t h e Most Rev. Gabriel P i g u e t .

Wind, rain and snow did not dim the e n t h u s i a s m of the people and it w a s in the mids t of triumphal arches decorated in the colours of the B le s sed Virg in , and s tree t s and houses , decorated wi th flags, blue and w h i t e banners , and gar lands , tha t the Papal Nuncio entered the anc ient capita l of A u v e r g n e .

The so l emn Mass in t h e Basi l ica of N o t r e D a m e du Port, a t wh ich the N u n ­cio pontif icated, w a s fo l lowed b y the Papa l Benedict ion. It is e s t imated that 25 ,000 accompanied the " Black Virg in " a s it w a s carried through the c i ty , and that 100,000 spectators l ined the s t ree t s .

That even ing in the Cathedral a beaut i fu l tr ibute to t h e B les sed Virg in w a s pronounced by B i shop Bernard.

(N.C.W.C.)

within Honour which i l luminated he r face, drew eyes and t h o u g h t s t o her , and held t h e m . She was pale, wi th a brilliant pallor, he r lips played with each emotion— and she was all emotions. She had a delicate, s t ra igh t l i t t le nose, a broad, low brow, bu t her eyes were he r chief possession. They were da rk blue, w i t h a t inge of

I g r a y : dilating, laughin ,g appeal-| ing eyes, flashing indignation, 1 i r resist ible mir th , adorat ion, pas­

sionate grief from under the i r da rk lashes and dark , curved brows expressing every th ing her nimble tongue could not say, nor

I he r quick intuition fully under­s tand .

Honor ' s eyes were marvelously beautiful, commanding, enthral l -

\ i n g : best of all, t hey were deep wells of t r u t h and pur i ty , eyes t h a t could not deceive. She was a little

I c rea ture "of imaginat ion all com­pac t , " and her eyes sang for her,

\ painted for her, poetized for her, . since she lacked the ordinary

mediums of these ta len ts . If Honor was unhappy a t he r

' coming to the Griscoms she never \ complained. She was paler t h a n I ever and her eyes were large wi th I grief. She slipped quiet ly th rough | t h e days , lonely, and faithfully ! t r y ing to get used to t he life which

she though t tha t h e r f a the r had chosen for her to live. This was

! not precisely t r u e . Mark Shaw j had chosen Thomas Griscom's up­

r igh t kindness for his chi ld; he | had not realized t h e res t of t h e | family.

Mrs. Griscom was too high-principled definitely to fall shor t

| in h e r a t t i tude toward Honor. She told he r admiring fr iends t h a t "Of course a child added to her already

[ overburdened shoulders was no sl ight t r ial , but since Mr. Griscom had not considered her , she would not consider herself ; she would

do he r duty by the l i t t le girl though to her she was most un­in te res t ing and unresponsive. Bu t no Chr is t ian woman would fail in car ing for an o rphan foisted upon her and she m e a n t to see to it t h a t , looking back upon her child­hood, Honoria S h a w should have no th ing to complain of."

A far less sensi t ive child than Honor would have known tha t she was unwelcome to Mrs. Griscom, bu t she wisely decided to t ry to

(Cont inued on p a g e 19 col. 1 & 2)

16 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 20th JULY, 1935.

G e n e r a l J o t t i n g s

o f t h e W e e k .

MALTA ACCORDS GRAND RECEPTION TO CARD. LEPICIER A N D SUITE-

BEATIFICATION CAUSE OF POPE PIUS X.

Reported Miracle at Tomb. The Papal Legate, Cardinal

Lepicier, O.SJML, and the other members of the Pontifical Mission to the Regional Council of the Bishops of Malta arrived in Valet ta escorted by two British destroyers. Among his suite were Mgr. William Godfrey, Rector of the Engl ish College, Rome, and Rev. Sir John O'Connell. In the Royal Waiting-Room at the Roman railway station the Legate was received by the Station Master in j Chief with troops and City Police, j The Brit ish Minister to the Holy j See, Mgr. Hurley, of the Secretari­ate of State, and the Rectors of I the Beda College and of the Scots j College saw him off.

A t the landing place t h e Malta Artillery mounted a guard of j Honour few His Eminence and the Cardinal drove through crowded and beflagged streets to the Cathe­dral of St. John. When the Clergy in procession escorted the Legate to t h e Cathedral on the following day, His Ekninence walked under a canopy borne by the Chief Justice and other prominent Maltese,*

A m o n g t h e claims t h a t will come up for examinat ion dur ing t h e procedure for t h e beatification of Pope P ius X is a l i t t le known epi­sode which is believed to h a v e saved t h e c ryp t of St. P e t e r ' s f rom an explosion disaster. The s tory is t h a t while t h e la te Cardinal Mer ry del Val, t he devoted friend and s e r v a n t of P ius X, w a s about t o l ight a l a rge votive candle by t h e t o m b of t h e Pope in t h e c ryp t of St . P e t e r ' s , he heard t h e voice of t h e dead Pontiff shout a wa rn ­ing t o h i m and saw a vision of P i u p X beckoning him not t o l ight t h e candle. Greatly impressed and pe r tu rbed , t h e Cardinal did no t l igh t t h e candle a s h e h a d in­tended, bu t h e caused it to be ex­amined. Ins ide i t was discovered a s t ick of h igh explosive.

CHINESE GOVERNOR HOLDS CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES

AS MODEL.

H. M. THE KING PRESENTS AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO TO

ENGLISH COLLEGE AT ROME.

The Governor of Suiyuan, Mon­golia, h a s advised the sub-prefects of h i s jur isdict ion to i m i t a t e t h e spi r i t of t h e Catholic Missionaries in p romot ing the welfare of t h e people. H e ordered t h e m to pro­tec t t h e Catholic churches .

H . M. t h e King h a s ve ry kindly p resen ted t h e venerable Engl i sh College a t Rbme wi th a signed por­t r a i t of himself. T h e pho tograph will occupy a place of honour in t h e s tuden t ' s Common room.

T H E L A T E SIR PATRICK B Y R N E .

FOURTH NATIONAL CONVEN­TION OF C.Y.M.S. A T DUBLIN.

Sir William Pa t r i ck Byrne , aged 76, a re t i red Chai rman of t h e Board of Control in t h e Home office h a s j u s t died. H e had a dis t ing­uished record of service.

T h e C.Y.M.S. of I re land held i t s 4 t h Nat ional Convention in Dublin in J u n e and was a t t ended by 120 delegates from all over t h e coun t ry . The m e m b e r s h i p of t h e Socitey is about 11,000. T h e L o r d Mayor of Dublin welcomed t h e delegates . The Auxi l i a ry Bishop of Dublin, Dr . Wall , in t h e course of h i s r emarks , said, " T h e I r i sh h a v e a lways been r emarkab l e for physical courage, b u t I a m afried t h e y cannot make t h e same claim t o universal moral courage ." A message of loyalty and devotion was sen t t o t he Pope.

G R A N CHACO STRUGGLE ENDS.

C.YM.S. CONFERENCE IN NORTH W A L E S .

In mid J u n e wi th d ramat i c sud­denness a t ruce was declared in t h e t h r e e year ' s dea th s t rugg le in t h e Gran Chaco between P a r a g u a y and Bolivia. A peace conference of Sou th American Countr ies drew up some t e r m s which include one which requi res t h e format ion of an In ternat ional Commission to define a Neut ra l Control Zone. It is e s t ima ted t h a t 50,000 lives have been was ted in th i s futile war .

TRAGIC D E A T H OF MADAME SCHUSNIGG.

A t Colwyn Bay, N o r t h Wales , a n imposing demons t ra t ion of fa i th was witnessed when t h e C.Y.M.S. Conference took place. T h e event aroused t r emendous en thus iasm and the var ious public mee t ings were a t t ended by over­flowing audiences. Addresses w e r e given by Bishop Brown of S o u t h w a r k and F a t h e r Owen Dudley, while J u d g e Ellis, a Con­v e r t , issued valuable counsel re ­lating 1 to the Droblem of t h e con­vers ion of Wales . Near ly 500 \ delega tes were p resen t . A civic recept ion was g iven by t h e Mayor a n d Mayoress of Colwyn Bay. M o r e t h a n 3,000 m e n took p a r t in t h e demons t ra t ion .

I t is w i th deep reg re t t h a t we announce t h e death of Madame Schusnigg, t h e Aus t r i an Chancel­lor 's wife, in a Motor Car accident on Ju ly 14th as they were s t a r t i n g ou t on a holiday. The Chancellor was t aken to hospital as he was badly shaken .

FLOOD DISASTER AT SAN PEDRO.

More t h a n 300 Catholic Red Indians a t t end ing devotion in a church a t San Pedro, nea r Mexico City, we re drowned when t h e church was s truck by a flood. 255 bodies were dug up from t h e mud which filled the church to a depth of 6 feet. There were still 60 bodies in t h e mud.

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MRS. LYONS ADDRESSES WOMEN AUDIENCE IN

YORK CITY.

T h e Premie r of Aust ra l ia and Mrs . Lyons paid a visit to York City recently. The Lord Mayor and Mayoress m e t t hem a t t h e s ta t ion . The P remie r was princi-

1 pal gues t a t a d inner given by t h e Lord Mayor in t h e Mansion House.

j Mrs . Lyons addressed a large g a t h e r i n g of women in t h e Bar Convent. The Lady Mayoress presided.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L CONGRESS IN MEXICO BOYCOTTED BY

IRISH ROTARY.

THE L A T E MR. GROSSMITH OF ' D R U R Y L A N E 9 FAME.

The Cork (Ireland) Rota ry Club refused to send a representa t ive to t h e In te rn? t ional Congress of Ro­t a r y t h a t was held in Mexico City recent ly, a s a pro tes t aga ins t t h e persecution of religion in Mexico. Qui te a number of o ther Ro ta ry Clubs did likewise and for a like reason.

M A N D A R I N BANQUET FOR F O R E I G N MISSIONARIES.

T h e Mandar in of Younchowfu gave a banque t in t h a t City not ve ry long ago in honour of all foreign Missionaries work ing in his t e r r i to ry . Dur ing t h e dinner t h e Mandar in thanked t h e m all for w h a t t hey were doing for t h e welfare of his people and begged t h e m to cont inue thei r act ivi t ies.

DIOCESAN EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS.

Thousands of people from all p a r t s of t h e B i rmingham Archdi­ocese t ravel led to Hednesford in Staffordshire in J u n e for the Dio­cesan Euchar i s t i c Congress. Arch­bishop Will iams inaugura ted t h e solemnities. A choir of 2,000 children rendered the Common of t h e Mass .

F R E N C H N A T I O N A L DAY.

Mr. George Grossmi th who died in a London nu r s ing home in June

j was t h e son of a n ac tor . He was j 16 y e a r s of age and h a d been on ! the s t a g e since 18. Since 1932, • when h e res igned t h e position of ! M a n a g i n g Director of t h e Theatre ; Royal, D r u r y Lane, he devoted | himself t o t h e Cinema. In the I war he served as a Lieutenant in

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• St. J a m e s ' s Spanish Place, London. R.I.P.

t C A R M E L I T E C O N V E N T • | • BANGKOK. • | t C H A R I T Y SALE, unde r the pat-$

*ronage of R igh t Reverend Bishop j • P e r r o s , Vicar Apostolic for* • Siam, w a s held in t h e new St. • J Theresa Chapel on t h e 6th and* $7th ins t . J • Members of t h e K.B.S. assist- * • ed in locking a f t e r t he stal ls* I which were a r r anged in t h e new J J chapel. J

• • T h e new St. The resa Chapel • J i s designed for t h e services of* • t h e Catholic Church, and will ac - j • commodate about t h r e e hundred* • people, bu t still lacking furniture • l a n d f i t t ings. I • T h e Sale was qu i te successful J • and did provide funds for t h e * • Bunding . However, MORE* J M O N E Y is u rgen t ly required J J for provid ing an ALTAR a n d j • o t h e r necessary furni ture , in-* • e luding P E W S f o r t h e congre-J t g a t i o n . before t h e Chapel is I ! complete for service. t

MR. A D R I A N CLARK A D D R E S S E S ROTARIANS.

A t t h e mee t ing of t h e Rotary Club on Wednesday Ju ly 17th Mr. Adr ian Clark, Solicitor General, was t h e Speaker .

MRS. SETH A N D FAMILY L E A V E FOR EUROPE.

The F r e n c h Community of S ingapore ceieorated tne i r national holiday on Ju ly 14th, t h e anniver­s a r y of t h e fall of the Bastille.

Mr. Baliereau, t he French Consul, held a reception a t his home in Chancery Lane in the morn ing a t which a large number a t t ended . The Governor was pre­sen t and so were t h e Colonial Sec re t a ry and t h e members of the Consular body.

By t h e Scha rnho r s t on t h e 10th July, M r s . J . Seth , Miss E. N . Seth and Mr. K. A. Seth , of t h e legal firm of Sisson and Delay, sailed for Europe . Those who knew the late Mr. S e t h can never forget him, for he w a s a pillar of t h e Church, the Catholic Club and t h e St. Joseph's Old Boys* Association. His death some y e a r s ago was painfully un­expected and a g r e a t loss to the Catholic Communi ty .

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The Lack of Honour! O u r S e r i a l S t o r y

<FIRST I N S T A L M E N T )

HONORIA S H A W came into the Griscom family on tolerat ion— on her t e n t h b i r t hday . Mr. Gris­com, whom his wife had always secretly held to r equ i re he r com­petent supervision and more t h a n likely t o do foolish th ings if i t were wi thdrawn, Mr . Griscom had allowed himself t o be appointed guardian of h is friend, Mark Shaw's li t t le girl . Mark had im­plored h im to fulfil t he office, knowing t h a t T h o m a s Griscom's kindness to t h e child would never fail, nor his fidelity waver in car ry­ing out t h e conditions of t he t r u s t .

So Mr. Griscom h a d set Mark's mind a t res t by g iv ing t h e promise, characterist ical ly believing, on no ground whatever , t h a t Mark would recover.

Mark had not recovered; in fact he had died pe rhaps a little soon­er t h a t he no longer fought off death till he should have provided for Honor.

There were complications in ca r ry ing out t he t r u s t , aside from Mrs . Griscom, who migh t jus t ly have been held sufficient complica­t ion.

Honor would h a v e a small in­her i tance , not much , but enouerh t o clothe and educate he r on i ts in­t e re s t ; he r f a t h e r h a d not imposed h e r support upon h is friend. B u t Mark Shaw and h i s young wife, who had died w h e n Honor was born, were Catholics , and Mark had exacted a promise t h a t Thomas would see t h a t the i r child was b rought up in t h a t fai th, sent to a convent school, and in no wise warped from h e r inher i tance.

Now t h e young Griscoms, two girls and two boys, went , wi th in­dividually va ry ing willingness, t o the Presby te r i an Sunday-school in which the i r m o t h e r was an a rden t worker. She was t i reless also in t he Ladies ' Aid, t h e Mission meet­ings, t h e Mothers ' meet ings, t h e Temperance Band, t h e annual fair, in all t he organized methods by which he r church contr ibuted to t he reduction of t h e labours of t h e constabulary.

Thomas Griscom gent ly admired his wife 's ac t iv i ty , but confined himself in these m a t t e r s to his weekly eminent ly respectable ap ­pearance with h is family a t church <>n bunday. His indus t ry supplied the funds which Mrs . Griscom in-aefatigably disbursed and for

N A P O L E O N AY ST. H E L E N A . B L E S S E D VIRGIN H O N O U R E D .

which she received the glory. If he ever found her too indefatig­able he discreetly reserved his opinion.

The two little girls, Anna and Lillie—the brunet te—were growing up self-approvingly a f te r their mother ' s pa t te rn . Robert , the elder boy, t he one so like his fa­ther , with a happy admix ture of his mother ' s energy, modified,

went quietly on in t he prescribed way. Bob seemed to ex t rac t the good out of his t ra in ing and let i ts faults roll over wi thout mark ing him. The boy had a genius for

| T O O U R L A D Y O F

T H E S A C R E D H E A R T

Trul v you were the Lady of His J j Heart,

Who drew from your pure veins His Precious Blood.

X Of poor earth's gifts to Him, the one \ J all good < t Flawless in love and care your mother-

I I • 7 mlv you are the Lady of H?s Heart, • • Decked by His love in glory mani- •

I fold' . l • Holding for us the key to all His gold.+ \Your children plead with every t 4 be*?ar art. + ^Showing their sin-wrought sores, t • their ra?s sin-stained, • ^Clamouring their hunger and their • t dreadful need, • %You who of creatures most fromJ 7 heaven gained • • Can you resist His brethren when we • t plead ? I I • + Be<r for our healing His love's bum-* \ T 7I7g dart. i

I \Most gracious Lady of the Sacred< Heart.

E.M.P. (Irish Rosary June.)

j goodness, a simplicity and direct-'. ness of inst inct t h a t made him al­

ways " t ake the good he found; the best of now and h e r e . " Bob was

I a g rea t comfort to h is fa ther . j . Wally, shor t for Wall ingham,

marched in the prescribed way like a conscript, or a captive be­hind t h e chariot of his mother ' s t r iumph . He loathed it all, Sun­day-school, enforced missionary contributions out of a Tantalus allowance made him to give away, t he long sermons, above all t he Mothers ' meetings, a t which Mrs.

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The fo l lowing t h o u g h t s were wri t ten by Napoleon during his ex i le on the is land of St . He lena:

I have so inspired mult i tudes that t h e y would die for me . God forbid that I should form any comparison between the enthus iasm of the soldier and Chris­t ian charity, which are a s unlike as the ir cause. But , a f ter al l , m y presence w a s necessary; the l ightn ing of my eye , m y voice, a word from m e ; then the sacred fire w a s kindled in their hearts . I do, indeed, p o s s e s s the secret of this m a g i c a l power which l i f ts the soul, but I could never impart it to anyone . N o n e of m y genera ls ever learned it from me. N o r have I the m e a n s of perpetuat ing m y name and love for m e in the hearts of men, and to effect these th i n g s wi th ­out physical m e a n s .

N o w that I a m at St . He lena; now t h a t I am alone , chained upon th is rock, w h o fight and w i n empires for m e ? W h o are the court iers of m y misfortune ? W h o think of m e ? W h o m a k e efforU f o r m e in E u r o p e ? W h e r e are m y f r i ends? Such is the f a t e of grea t m e n ! So it w a s w i t h Caesar and Alex­ander . I, too , a m f o r g o t t e n ! And the n a m e of a conqueror and an emperor is a col lege t h e m e ! Our explo i t s are t a s k s g i v e n to pupi ls by their tu tors , who sit in judgment upon u s , a w a r d i n g us cen­sure or praise .

A n d mark w h a t i s soon to become of m e — a s s a s s i n a t e d by the E n g l i s h ol igar- j chy , I die before m y t i m e ; and m y dead j body, too, m u s t return to the earth, to | become food for w o r m s . Behold the ! des t iny , near at. hand, of h im who has been called the g r e a t Napo leon! W h a t I an abyss b e t w e e n m y deep misery and the eternal re ign of Christ , which is procla imed, loved, adored, and which is e x t e n d i n g over al l the ear th!

Griscom and he r fellow members discussed the i r chi ldren 's faults and prayed for t hem. Wally knew t h a t Anna , Lillie, and Bob were

I not served up by t he i r mother for \ public pet i t ions , t h a t it was he j alone of t h e Griscom children who ! was mourned over and prayed for

in t e r m s t h a t would be likely to b rand h im in t h e o the r mothe r s ' too-good memories . He resolved to see to i t t h a t the i r p rayers were not g r a n t e d ; he felt it almost a point of honour to grow up bad to show his m o t h e r wha t was t he resul t of publ ishing his faults . So Wally was in rebellion aga ins t t he formulas of h is t ra in ing . Never­theless , t h e Griscom household was most P ro te s t an t , and Thomas

j Griscom felt t h a t i t w a s going to j complicate it seriously to br ing up I a child s t r ic t ly Catholic amid what

he loosely styled in his though t s J "all t h a t . " Yet dearly as Thomas | Griscom loved peace, though his ; wife r ight ly called him "easy-go-! ing ," he knew t h a t he should ac-I complish th i s t ask , interposing if | need be, should t h e s l ightest a t -i t empt he made to weaken the little j Honor 's adherence to he r Church. | Because, in his quiet way, Thomas

Griscom held to t h e exact fulfil­men t of his promise, to his ideal of duty, wi th a tenaci ty t h a t would have remained unchanged when noisy pro tes ta t ions had died into silence, the i r end defeated.

Thus it was t h a t Honoria Shaw came into t h e Griscom household on her t en th b i r thday and on toleration, t h e toleration badly s trained, for Mrs . Griscom was indignant over he r coming and none of the children wanted her, though Rober t laughed and said he "didn ' t ca re . "

Honor was a little creature , as unlike t h e large, heavy-built young Griscoms as possible. She was slender, quick in every motion, looking especially small in her black gown. The Griscom children did not th ink her p re t ty , 6ut Ro­ber t said he "Didn ' t know. You had to keep looking a t her ."

This was t rue . F rom her earli­est childhood the re was t h a t

25,000 Join in Process ion .

P a r i s . — T h e F e a s t of N o t r e D a m e du Port , revived two years a g o by permis ­s ion of the Council o f S t a t e f o r the first t ime s ince the L a w of Separat ion , w a s celebrated with part icular splendour at Clermont-Ferrand th i s y e a r due to the presence of the M o s t Rev . Luigi Magl ione , Apostol ic N u n c i o to France . The Most Rev. Henri Bernard, B i shop of Perp ignan , the Most Rev . Norbert Rousseau , Bishop of Le P u y and the Most Rev. J e a n Castel, B i s h o p of Tul le , a l so were present as wel l a s the Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand, t h e Most Rev. Gabriel P i g u e t .

Wind, rain and snow did not dim the e n t h u s i a s m of the people and it w a s in the mids t of triumphal arches decorated in the colours of the B le s sed Virg in , and s tree t s and houses , decorated wi th flags, blue and w h i t e banners , and gar lands , tha t the Papal Nuncio entered the anc ient capita l of A u v e r g n e .

The so l emn Mass in t h e Basi l ica of N o t r e D a m e du Port, a t wh ich the N u n ­cio pontif icated, w a s fo l lowed b y the Papa l Benedict ion. It is e s t imated that 25 ,000 accompanied the " Black Virg in " a s it w a s carried through the c i ty , and that 100,000 spectators l ined the s t ree t s .

That even ing in the Cathedral a beaut i fu l tr ibute to t h e B les sed Virg in w a s pronounced by B i shop Bernard.

(N.C.W.C.)

within Honour which i l luminated he r face, drew eyes and t h o u g h t s t o her , and held t h e m . She was pale, wi th a brilliant pallor, he r lips played with each emotion— and she was all emotions. She had a delicate, s t ra igh t l i t t le nose, a broad, low brow, bu t her eyes were he r chief possession. They were da rk blue, w i t h a t inge of

I g r a y : dilating, laughin ,g appeal-| ing eyes, flashing indignation, 1 i r resist ible mir th , adorat ion, pas­

sionate grief from under the i r da rk lashes and dark , curved brows expressing every th ing her nimble tongue could not say, nor

I he r quick intuition fully under­s tand .

Honor ' s eyes were marvelously beautiful, commanding, enthral l -

\ i n g : best of all, t hey were deep wells of t r u t h and pur i ty , eyes t h a t could not deceive. She was a little

I c rea ture "of imaginat ion all com­pac t , " and her eyes sang for her,

\ painted for her, poetized for her, . since she lacked the ordinary

mediums of these ta len ts . If Honor was unhappy a t he r

' coming to the Griscoms she never \ complained. She was paler t h a n I ever and her eyes were large wi th I grief. She slipped quiet ly th rough | t h e days , lonely, and faithfully ! t r y ing to get used to t he life which

she though t tha t h e r f a the r had chosen for her to live. This was

! not precisely t r u e . Mark Shaw j had chosen Thomas Griscom's up­

r igh t kindness for his chi ld; he | had not realized t h e res t of t h e | family.

Mrs. Griscom was too high-principled definitely to fall shor t

| in h e r a t t i tude toward Honor. She told he r admiring fr iends t h a t "Of course a child added to her already

[ overburdened shoulders was no sl ight t r ial , but since Mr. Griscom had not considered her , she would not consider herself ; she would

do he r duty by the l i t t le girl though to her she was most un­in te res t ing and unresponsive. Bu t no Chr is t ian woman would fail in car ing for an o rphan foisted upon her and she m e a n t to see to it t h a t , looking back upon her child­hood, Honoria S h a w should have no th ing to complain of."

A far less sensi t ive child than Honor would have known tha t she was unwelcome to Mrs. Griscom, bu t she wisely decided to t ry to

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AROUND THE PARISHES 0

SINGAPORE, PENANG, MALACCA, KUALA LUMPUR, TAIPING,

TELUK ANSON. SINGAPORE

CATHEDRAL OF T H E GOOD SHEPHERD.

Yvonne Philomena, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Albert Rodrigo.—Born 22-6-35 & baptised 6-7-35. God father: Andrew Matthews Sprayt. God­mother: Miss Clotild May Rodri­gues .

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH. July 14.—John Charles da Luz,

born on the 11th July, son of Andrew da Luz and of Maria Low da Luz. God-parents:— Charles Wong and Sabina Wong.

WEDDING—BELLS. Koh—Tan.

The marriage of Mr. E o h Yong Chye to Miss Helen Tan was solemnized in the Church of Ss . Peter & Paul on Monday t h e 15th July. I t was a notable ceremony as the bridegroom is t h e youngest brother of Rev. M. Koh. The crowd felt a joy to see the t h e Brother-Priest officiating at the wedding.

Mr. & Mrs. Koh Yong Chye. p. -

The bride accompanied by two flower-girls Misses Gertrude and Catherine Kuang ( the bride's n ieces) looked charming in her rosy dress of satin wi th silk lace and a long white veil. After the wedding a group photo was taken by Messrs. Paul & Co. and the happy couple motored to their home where a few minutes later the Rev. Fathers E . Becheras, Laurent and Koh were entertained to cake and wine. Father Becheras proposed the health of the bride and bridegroom who replied suit­ably thanking the Rev. Fathers for their kind presence.

OBITUARY. Lawrence Lee Kim Hock, the

beloved brother of Rev. Father S. Lee passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the General Hos­pital.

A Requiem High Mass was sung for him in Saint Teresa's Church by Rev. Father D. Van Gorp on Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. The funeral took place immediately after mass.

The Rev. Father S. Lee and his parents thank the Chinese Catholic Actionists for their charity in coming t o say prayers for him and all those who at­tended the funeral.

PENANG

CHARITY CARNIVAL. The Catholic Actionists of

the Church of the Assumption in conjunction with the Lady Benefactresses of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will hold a carnival on the 5th of October in aid of the Butterworth Chapel and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Donations and prizes from any part of Malaya will be gratefully received by the Rev. Father Souhait, Church of the Assumption, Penang.

MALACCA REV. FR. FRANCOIS RESUMES

_ PARISH DUTIES. The parishioners of the Church

of St. Francis Xavier Malacca are glad to welcome back their vicar, Revd. Fr. J. P. Francois after his accident a t Seremban. It appears that one of his metatarsals was broken and another badly injured. The Father's left foot is now plastered up, ye t he keeps busv and moves about with the help of crutches.

KUALA LUMPUR

BIRTHS. A t Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday

July, 7th 1935, to Victoria nee Wong, wife of Mr. N g See Foon, member of the Catholic Action Society, Church of The Holy Ro-

; sary, a daughter Elizabeth. Bap-I tised on 13th July, 1935. God-i mother, Mrs. Lim Thorn Chong.

ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, S E N T U L .

The Feast of St. Anne will be celebrated a t St. Joseph Church, Sentul, on Sunday, the 28th July, 1935.

There will be High Mass in the morning at 7.00 a.m. and Vespers at 5.00 p.m. followed by Proces­sion and Benediction of the Bless-ed Sacrament.

TELUK ANSON.

A t Teluk Anson, on 27th May, 1935, to Joycy, wife of Mr. Arthur T. Gomez of Spynie State, a son John. God parents: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Pereira.

A t Teluk Anson, 21st June 1935, to Selva Mary, wife of Mr. Dorai Raj of Cicely Estate, a son Aloysius Xavier Raj. God pa­rents : Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Dorai-samy.

TAIPING

R E V . B R O T H E R H E N R Y E N T E R ­T A I N E D B Y S T A F F & P U P I L S .

On t r i d a y , 12th ins tant , St . George's Inst i tut ion , T a i p i n g , ce lebrated the f e a s t o f S t . H e n r y , t h e Patrona l Sa in t of t h e Rev . Bro. Director .

A var ie ty e n t e r t a i n m e n t w a s s t a g e d in h i s houour; t h e p r o g r a m m e occupying three hours and w a s a g r e a t credit t o t h o s e who had spared no pains to m a k e i t a real succes s .

A t 9.00 a .m. the g u e s t of honour, R e v . FT>. Henry, accompanied by Reverend F a t h e r s dupoir ieux and a s h n e s s , c a m e into the hall and received an e n ­thus ias t ic recept ion from the w h o l e school .

OUR SARAWAK LETTER

Mother Helen's Golden Jubilee Celebration

On t h e 5th of July , 1885, a group of five miss ionary Sis ters landed for the first t i m e on Borneo's soi l . T h e y w e r e the first m e m b e r s of the Order of t h e Franc iscan Miss ionary S i s t e r s o f S t Joseph , w h o s e Mother H o u s e i s a t Patr icroft , near Manchester , Eng land , and w e r e a l so the prelude o f the many batches o f equal ly heroic n u n s w h o have s ince entered the country . Of tha t p ioneer ing band, four h a v e s ince gone to the ir reward, l eav ing the Rev . Mother He len and incidentally t h e first Mother Provincial in Borneo, to g u i d e the work so nobly begun.

I t i s hard for u s to v i sua l i s e now the a lmos t insurmountable obs tac le s which confronted t h e s e heroic p ioneers in their a p c s t o l a t e o f evangel izat ion . A treach­erous c l imate , a n inaccess ible country, t h e a loofness of the p e o p l e — t h e s e w e r e but s o m e o f the difficulties w i t h which Mother H e l e n and her devoted band had t o contend, and in sp i te o f al l these , progress had been phenomenal .

In ers twhi l e p a g a n Borneo , there are n o w flourishing Convents in w h i c h m a n y children of t h e country are b e i n g t a u g h t t o k n o w God and to m e e t t h e burden of l i fe . At tached to these Convents too are hospi ta l s w h e r e sick chi ldren, g e n e r ­a l l y non-Cathol ics are cared for. These hospi ta l s h a v e been the m e a n s of sal­va t ion to m a n y , for o f ten t h a n not , the children admitted are t h o s e w h o are in t h e l a s t s t a g e s of s i c k n e s s e s and are consequent ly abandoned b y the i r heathen parents .

B u t perhaps the m o s t cherished of Mother Helen's act ivi t ies i s the founding of a nat ive Sisterhood w h i c h came into be ing some years back. Since then e igh t S i s ters from this S i s terhood have been in act ive service in var ious part s of the Prefecture while s i x others are a t present making: the ir nov i t ia te , pre­paratory to jo ining the ir comrades in the fight f o r souls .

In r e v i e w i n g the event s of the p a s t fifty years , one cannot he lp but see the merciful providence of God in all the

- The school orchestra t h e n struck up t h e s tra ins of " h a p p y hours ." and t w e n t y - t w o i t e m s on t h e programme were gone through w i t h o u t a s ing le hitch.

"The F i v e Travel lers ," contributed by the s tudents of the Cambridge c lasses , w a s undoubtedly the b e s t i t e m ; al l the actors p layed their roles to a n icety and perfec t ly portrayed the powerfu l moral of the i r act .

D u r i n g t h e course of t h e programme Rev. Brother Henry ca l l ed upon Rev. F r . Dupoir ieus t i g i v e a w a y the pr izes to the h r s t four Taip ing boys in the Dis tr ic t Examinat ion r e s u l t s of 1934. The rec ip ients o f the a w a r d s w e r e 1 s t S u j a n S i n g h 2nd R. E s t r o p 3rd Andrew Yee 4 t h T a n K a y Seong .

Towards the end of the enter ta inment an address w a s read to the Rev. Brother D irec tor b y Master Toh Chin Chye.

R i s ing a m i d s t applause , Rev . Brother H e n r y said tha t he w a s h a p p y to find such loyal and devoted h e a r t s around him. H e thanked t h e Brothers and teachers f o r the hard w o r k t h e y had put forth to provide such a de l ight fu l con­cert in his honour.

H e regret ted that Rev. Brother Louis w a s not present to share w i t h him the honour, f o r Brother Lou i s w a s in no smal l measure responsible for the suc­cess of t h a t concert.

Then turning to the b o y s he exhorted them a l w a y s to be gra te fu l to their t eachers f o r the deep i n t e r e s t taken by t hem in c las s a s well a s on field. H e encouraged them to w a l k in the foot­s t eps of Sa int Henry, a l w a y s daring to do the r ight and shun the wrong .

Before concluding h e informed t h e boys that , s ince they had been good enough to g i v e him a concert , he, in return, would g i v e t h e m a half-hol iday, and a c inema treat. H e had made ar­r a n g e m e n t s w i th the m a n a g e r of t h e lrv-p.1 c inema to screen Stevenson's " T r e a s u r e Is land " and h e invited all to see i t .

A p p l a u s e greeted th is speech and af ter three l u s t y cheerS had been g iven for Rev . Brother Director, t h e Perak N a ­tional A n t h e m , niave^ by the orchestra, and 4 God S a v e The K i n g " s u n g in four part s by the school choir , brought the e n t e r t a i n m e n t t o a conclusion.

S i s t e r s ' under tak ings . H e n c e i t w a s but appropriate t h a t the Jubi l ee Celebrations t h i s w e e k should h a v e commenced with a S o l e m n H i g h M a s s o n Sunday, the 7th, f o U o w e d by t h e s i n g i n g o f t h e Te Deum a f t e r Mass , in t h a n k s g i v i n g to Divine Prov idence f o r the m a n y graces and b l e s s i n g s bes towed o n t h e Jubilarian and h e r beloved S i s t er s . T h e Celebrant of t h e M a s s w a s the V e r y Rev. Fr. A. H o p f g a r t n e r , t h e A d m i n i s t r a t o r of the Prefec ture . H e w a s a s s i s t e d by the R e v . F r . J. B u i s of B i n a t a n g a s Deacon, and t h e Rev. F r . J. O s s of D a l a t a s Sub-D e a c o n . T b e choir, u n d e r t h e able con-ductorship of the R e v . F r . de Vos, and a s s i s t e d by t h e Rev . F r . Fe lbrugge of Miri and t h e Rev. F r . d e W i j s of Kuch-ing , acquitted i t se l f wonder fu l ly well, in s p i t e of the f a c t t h a t m o s t o f the mem­bers w e r e t h e n a w a y on hol idays.

A n o t h e r v e r y i m p o r t a n t feature of the Jubilee Ce lebrat ions w a s a Grand Concert s t a g e d on M o n d a y and Tuesday n i g h t s by t h e pupi l s o f St . Theresa's Convent . On both occas ions , the s i t t ing accommodat ion of t h e spac ious School Hal l w a s packed t o i t s u t m o s t capacity. H. H . The T u a n M u d a of Sarawak and Ur. W. F . Dick, t h e Res ident , First Div i s ion , w e r e a m o n g t h e many dis­t inguished persona l i t i e s w h o came to w i t n e s s the p e r f o r m a n c e and incidentally t o c o n g r a t u l a t e . t h e Jubi lar ian .

T h e concert proved a g r e a t success. T h e d ign i ty and c h a r m disp layed by the performers carried a l l be fore them. One s c e n e part icularly, s t a g e d b y t h e babies, rece ived such a n e n t h u s i a s t i c ovation on t h e first n i g h t t h a t i t had to be re-enacted . N o r w a s t h e hubbub of cheer­i n g evoked b y t h e o ther i tems less enthus ias t ic . Indeed, so profound w a s t h e impress ion created by the pupils Chat m a n y prominent m e m b e r s o f the public a f terwards requested to h a v e the concert s t a g e d at s o m e f u t u r e d a t e a t the Globe Theatre , one of t h e l a r g e s t Cinema H o u s e s in t o w n , a n d n o t t o disappoint t h e m , the S i s t e r s h a v e a t l a s t consented to do so. Both t eachers and puoi ls richly d e s e r v e the apprec iat ion o f the public f o r the grand p e r f o r m a n c e they pre­sented*—a per formance unique in the h i s t o r y of local concer t s .

A s a reward f o r the ir wonderful ach ievement the chi ldren w e r e treated t o a grand dinner t h e fo l lowing dav. T h e Jubilee Celebrat ions w e r e brought t o a c lose on T h u r s d a y w i t h the pre­sentat ion of a cheque to t h e Jubilarian. T h e idea o r i g i n a t e d w i t h Mr. A. P. Merrel ls , a prominent m e m b e r of the congregat ion , but subscr ipt ions were r a i s e d only dur ing t h e Jubi lee Week. Given the t ime , m a n y m o r e of Mother Helen ' s f r i ends a n d admirers would doubtless Tiave b e e n approached. All t h e same, t h e co l l ec t ion m a d e during t h e s e f e w days w a s v e r y grati fying indeed.

T h e s ingu lar s u c c e s s of the Jubilee Celebrat ions , and in particular the succes s of t h e concert , test i f ies eloquent-

, l y t o the h i g h e s t e e m and regard in I w h i c h Mother H e l e n i s held b y all classes

o f the community , and espec ia l ly so by , h e r beloved S i s ters and g ir l s , and the ; poor for w h o m s h e h a s ever a warm j p lace in her heart . In conclusion we aye | nanny to no te t h a t t h o u g h faWn^ in I s i g h t , the Reverend M o t h e r i s still tak­

ing: an ac t ive p a r t in directing and gu id ing t h e dest fnv of her beloved Convents in S a r a w a k — A d Multos a n n o s !

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Tsitsikar, (Manchukuo) .—I t is believed t h a t F a t h e r A n t h o n y Joerg, t h e Swiss miss ionary killed by bandits in n o r t h e r n Manchukuo, met his dea th on t h e af te rnoon of Ascension T h u r s d a y , May 30. Ac­cording to pa r t i cu l a r s received from t h e Rt . Rev. Msgr . Pau l Hugentobler, P r e f ec t Apostolic of Tsitsikar, F a t h e r Joe rg was ab ­ducted a t Monguda tu in May 29 and carried off t o t h e mounta ins . Manchukuo and Japanese soldiers pursuing t he out laws , found his body two days la te r . The pr ies t had been shot in t h e back ; a wound in the chest showed t h a t t h e bullet had passed t h r o u g h t h e bodv.

The local civil and mi l i t a ry authori t ies w e r e present a t t h e funeral, and a de tachment of soldiers escorted t h e procession to the little cemete ry near t he Ca tho­lic mission w h e r e F a t h e r J o e r g ' s body was laid t o r e s t nea r t h e cross erected t o t h e m e m o r y of Msgr. Eugene Imhof, fo rmer sunerior of t h e mission, who was killed by band i t s in J a n u a r y 1934.

F a t h e r Joe rg , a member of t h e Bethlehem Fore ign Missions of Immensee, Switzerland, was 35 years of age and had been in Manchuria since 1929 .—(Fides) .

THE BOY WHO FORGOT HIS DINNER.

STERILISATION LAW.

New Nazi Decree Directed Against Catholics.

Berlin. Two yea r s ' impr i sonmen t is p ro ­

vided in a new decree for a t t e m p t s t o wreck t h e Naz i s ter l isa t ion law, whreh is a imed a t p reven t ing h e r e ­d i ta ry diseases.

The Minis ter of t h e Inter ior . . He r r Frick, demands ene rge t i c action a g a ' n s t saboteurs of t h e law which is val id for everyone in Germany.

The decree is chiefly di rected against Catholics who, a s a m a t ­te r of doctr ine, have s t rongly r e ­sisted enforcement of t h e s ter i l i ­sation law.—Reuter Wireless .

Here is a charming story of St . Peter of Alcantara.

The remarkab le love of p raye r which S t . P e t e r of Alcantara had, even as a child, provides us wi th an inspi r ing example whch we follow wi th profit.

He would r ise very ear ly t h a t he migh t have t ime to make his medi­ta t ion, which he often prolonged for m a n y hours . He would t hen go to church, where he heard Mass with g r e a t devotion, and often received Holy Communion. T h e res t of t h e day was spent a t school, but even the re , and, a s he went along t h e s t ree t s , he never forgot God, bu t raised his h e a r t t o Him by some p r a y e r or help o r some little ac t of love.

A t d inner h e always left a port ion on his plate for t h e love of God, and would never dr ink any­t h i n g b u t wate r , t hough in Spain It is usual , even for children, to mix a l i t t le wine wi th "their wa te r .

A c h a r m i n g s tory is told of how one day when t h e d inner h o u r came, P e t e r was missing. H e was sought for h igh and low, in every

I room of t h e house and every corner | of t h e garden , bu t could no t be

found. A t length someone t h o u g h t of one room which t h e y h a d not searched, namely, t he l i t tel chapel in t h e home.' The re t h e holy child w a s found upon h i s knees , wi th h i s h a n d s clasped, and his eyes looking up t o heaven . He h a d forgot ten abou t h i s d inne r !

OXFORD HONOURS MEMORY OF ROGER BACON.

THE LACK OF HONOUR. (Continued from page 17)

win her love, ins t inc t tel l ing he r that Mrs. Griscom was bent upon doing he r du ty , a poor subs t i t u t e for loving.

Indeed, t h e fac t was obvious. Mrs. Griscom was one of those persons who do the i r du ty so h a r d tha t i t m a k e s a noise in a house­hold like a s tone-crusher .

Ho^or came in t h e spr ing. H e r guardian told h e r t h a t she m u s t wait till a u t u m n t o begin a t school. Perhaps those h a r d days of ad jus t ­ment, when l i t t le Honor would creep away t o t h e empty pa r i sh church, t h e r e t o p r a y and c rv and find peace in i t s eloouent silence, established h e r so firmly in h e r fa ; th t h a t t h e r e never w a s t h e slightest d a n g e r of t h e Griscom influence s h a k i n g it. CeHain lv there never w a s such danger . Thomas Griscom never f o " " d it necessary t o in te r fe re to fulfil h is P^omi^e. and h e was duly gra te fu l tha t th i s w a s so, for he liked to go ouietly all h i s days .

M last Rober t awoke to a reali­zation t h a t t h e li t t le s t r a n g e r among them m i g h t be lonely. As soon as i t h a d occurred t o h i m he set about r emedv ing th i s . H e was ^ w a r d e d bv more t h a n h i s own k ^ d r e s s . H o n o r bestowed nnon bim the r iches of h e r affections, whi^h seer^otj f0 have intensified ir> disuse, like o the r riches a t com-£»md in teres t . Ador ing t h e kind fr? bov. s b e s t rove to fir»d some V 7av of renavipqr h im for h e r r^s -

Rober t d i s cowered t h a t he

h a d never really been en te r ta ined in all h i s life before. Honor over­flowed wi th mischief, s tor ies end­less devices for "hav ing fun," un­hackneyed, wholly h e r own.

She w a s not ye t eleven and Ro­b e r t would be fifteen before she a t t a ined t h a t dignity, b u t t h e o the r young Griscoms would h e a r Bob's shou t of l augh te r f rom t h e corners , to which he and Honor were now constant ly wi thdrawing , unt i l t h e i r curiosi ty g a v e w a y to envy and t h e y resolved to find out for themse lves "wha t Honor was a t . " T h e y found h e r no less en­t r anc ing t h a n Bob had proved her . The two gir ls , one a yea r elder, t h e o t h e r two years he r junior , held reserves of opinion, even while Honor was showing t h e m undreamed delights in life. Bu t thir teen-year-old Wally pronounc­ed h e r " g r e a t , " and from t h a t hour bo th boys "swarmed a f te r he r , " a s t h e i r mother pu t it. Ob­viously, Mrs . Griscom could not

I refuse t o smile unon a child who I t amed and enter ta ined Wally, kep t i all four of h e r children delighted

safe a t home. So Honoris place in | t h e household was won. Mr. Gris-| oom and t h e bovs loved her , t h e j l i t t le gir ls depended upon her .

Somewhat grudgingly, t h e i r i zttifricie was the i r mo the r ' s also, ! but Honor had so t ransformed t h e ! house t h a t when t h e t ime came

for he r to go away to h e r convent h ' ^ d W school i t seemed, a s Wallv said, " a s if t h e y hadn ' t paid the i r p*as bill and the company had cut off t h e mete r . "

Oxford Commemorated Roger Bacon, t h e early Franciscan Friar, last month. Friars from various houses of the Order in England, together with representatives of the University and friends of the Order assembled. Father Martin d'Arcy S.J. gave an address.

HOLY FATHER'S DISCOURSE ON N E W SAINTS.

(Continued from page 9) and for his King. Thus did he give ano ther clear proof t h a t t he Catholic Religion does not weaken, bu t increases t h e love of one's country.

When finally he mounted t h e scaffold, whilst a r a y of sunl ight cast a halo of splendour about his venerable g r a y hai rs , he exclaimed with a smi le : "Come ye to Him and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be confounded." (Ps.33:6) Most assurdedly t h e heavenly hosts of angels and sa in t s has ten­ed in joy t o meet h is holy soul, freed a t las t from t h e f e t t e r s of t h e body a n d winging i t s flight toward e ternal joys .

More's Fa i th fu lness To God The o ther s t a r of sanc t i ty t h a t

t raced a luminous p a t h across t h a t dark period of h is tory was Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of t he King of England. Endowed wi th t h e keenest of minds and supreme versat i l i ty in every kind of know­ledge, he enjoyed such es teem and favour a m o n g his fellow-citizens t h a t he was soon able to reach t h e h ighes t g r a d e s of public office. Bu t h e was no less dis t inguished for h i s desire of Chr is t ian perfec­t ion and h is zeal for t h e salvation of souls. Of th i s we have tes t i ­mony in t h e a rdour of h i s p rayer , in t h e fe rvour wi th which he re­cited, whenever he could, even t h e Canonical Hour s , in t h e pract ice of those penances by which he kept h is body in subjection, and finally in t l je numerous a n d re­nowned accompl ishments of both t h e spoken and t h e wr i t t en word which h e achieved for t h e defense of t h e Cathol ic a n d for t h e safe­guard ing of Chr i s t ian moral i ty .

A s t rong and courageous spirit , like John F i she r , when he s aw t h a t t h e doctr ines of t h e Church were gravely endangered , he knew how to despise resolutely t h e flattery of h u m a n respect , how t o resist in accordance wi th his du ty , the supreme head of t h e S t a t e when the re was quest ion of t h i n g s com­manded by God and t h e Church, and how to renounce wi th dignity t h e high office wi th which h e was invested. I t was for these motives t h a t he too was imprisoned, nor could t h e t e a r s of his wife and children m a k e h im swerve from the pa th of t r u t h and v i r tue . In t h a t t e r r ib le hour of t r ia l he raised h is eyes t o heaven, and proved himself a b r igh t example of Chr is t ian for t i tude . Thus it was t h a t h e who not m a n y years before had wr i t t en a work empha­sizing t h e du ty of Catholics to defend the i r F a i t h even a t t h e cost of t he i r l ives, was seen t o walk cheerful a n d confident from his prison to dea th , and thence t o take his flight t o t h e joys of eternal beat i tude.

Example To All The Fai thful Here , Venerable Bre th ren and

Beloved Sons, we m a y jus t ly re­pea t t h e well-known say ing of St. Cyprian, M a r t y r : "O blessed prison which conveys men to heaven! O blessed enchained feet which wi th sa lu tery s teps a re directed t owards pa rad i se ! "

I t was supremely fitting t h a t these holy m a r t y r s who shed thei r blood for t h e Chris t ian Fa i t h and for t h e defense of t h e sacred r i gh t s of t h e Roman Pontiff should receive, t oge the r wi th t h e aureole of sanct i ty , the i r due glorification he re in t h e very cen t re of t h e Ca­tholic world, close t o t he glorious sepulchre of t h e Pr ince of t h e Apostles, t h r o u g h t h e ins t rument ­al i ty of U s who a r e t h e he i r and

successor of S t . Pe te r . And now it only remains for U s

t o exhor t wi th pa te rna l h e a r t all of you who, filled wi th v e n e r a t i o n a r e grouped around Us ,as well a s t hose who, wherever t h e y may be , profess themselves Our sons in Chr is t . We exhor t you to imi ta t e wi th all diligence t h e g r e a t v i r tues of t he se holy m a r t y r s , and to im­plore, for yourselves and for t h e Church mil i tant , t he i r powerful protect ion. If all of us are no t called t o shed our blood for t h e defense of t h e holy laws of God, all nonetheless , according to t h e expression of St . Basil, wi th evan­gelical abnegat ion, wi th Chris t ian mortification of the i r bodies, wi th energet ic Str iving a f t e r v i r tue , " m u s t be m a r t y r s of desire, in order to sha re with t h e m a r t y r s t h e i r celestial reward ."

P r a y e r s For England ' s Re tu rn . W e desire moreover t h a t w i th

your a rden t p rayers , invoking t h e pa t ronage of t h e new Saints , you ask of t he Lord t h a t which is so dear t o Our hear t , namely t h a t England, in t h e words of St. Paul , "med i t a t ing t h e happy consumma­tion which crowned t h e life" of those two m a r t v r s , m a y "follow t h e m in the i r fa i th ," and re tu rn t o t h e F a t h e r ' s house " in t h e un i ty of fa i th and of the knowledge of t h e Son of God?'

Le t those who a re still separa ted from Us consider a t tent ively t h e ancient glories of t h e i r church which were a t once a re jec t ion and an increment of t h e glories of t h e Church of Rome. Le t t h e m consider, moreover, and remember t h a t th i s Apostolic See has been wa i t ing for t h e m so lon«r and so anxiously, not as coming t o a s t r a n g e dwelling place, but as finally r e tu rn ing to t h e i r pa terna l home. In conclusion, let us repea t t h e divine p rayer of Our Lord Je sus C h r i s t : "Holy Fa the r , keep t hem in T h y name whom Thou has t given m e ; t h a t t hev m*v be one as We also a r e . " (N.C.W.C.)

A F T E R FOUR H U N D R E D Y E A R S .

T h e Aust in CanonS have gone back to Wals ingham. This does not mean t h a t t hey have aga in t aken possession, o r established themselves parochially, in t he cele­bra ted dis t r ic t which was such a renowned pi lgr image goal in t h e Middle Ages. The r e t u r n was as pilgrims for a d a v : b u t a t a n v r a t e i t made, a f te r four hundred yea r s , a p ic ture of res tora t ion , because i t once more p u t t h e white-clad sons of At . August ine-^-the Canons Regular of t h e L a t e r a n — i n t o a solemn process ; on in t h e Wai^'n-g h a m countryside, w i t h an Abbo t of t h e order t o give solemn out­door Benediction. Canons f rom t h e various houses in t h e count ry a t tended, and t h e lay pi lgrims we re d rawn from t h e con cremations of t h e churches served bv t h e Order . I t was t h e Canons Feomlar who h a d charge of t h e world-famed sh r ine of Our Lady of Wals ingham before t h e destruct ion w r o u g h t unde r Henry t he E igh th .

P O N D E R T H I S . Mahomet es tab l i shed h i s re l ig ion b y

ki l l ing o t h e r s ; J e s u s Chris t , by m a k i n g Hi s fo l lowers l ay down the i r o w n l i v e s . . . . The t w o w e r e s o oppos i te t h a t i f M a h o m e t took t h e w a y , in h u m a n pro­babi l i ty , to succeed, J e s u s Christ took the w a y , h u m a n l y s p e a k i n g , to be d i s ­appointed. A n d hence , instead of con­c luding that because M a h o m e t succeed­ed, J e s u s Christ m i g h t in like m a n n e r h a v e succeeded, w e o u g h t to infer tha t , s ince M a h o m e t succeeded, Chris t iani ty m u s t have inev i tably per ished, if i t had n o t been supported b y a nowe^ a l t o g e ­t h e r d iv ine .—Pascal ' s "Thoughts o n Rel ig ion ."

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AROUND THE PARISHES 0

SINGAPORE, PENANG, MALACCA, KUALA LUMPUR, TAIPING,

TELUK ANSON. SINGAPORE

CATHEDRAL OF T H E GOOD SHEPHERD.

Yvonne Philomena, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Albert Rodrigo.—Born 22-6-35 & baptised 6-7-35. God father: Andrew Matthews Sprayt. God­mother: Miss Clotild May Rodri­gues .

CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH. July 14.—John Charles da Luz,

born on the 11th July, son of Andrew da Luz and of Maria Low da Luz. God-parents:— Charles Wong and Sabina Wong.

WEDDING—BELLS. Koh—Tan.

The marriage of Mr. E o h Yong Chye to Miss Helen Tan was solemnized in the Church of Ss . Peter & Paul on Monday t h e 15th July. I t was a notable ceremony as the bridegroom is t h e youngest brother of Rev. M. Koh. The crowd felt a joy to see the t h e Brother-Priest officiating at the wedding.

Mr. & Mrs. Koh Yong Chye. p. -

The bride accompanied by two flower-girls Misses Gertrude and Catherine Kuang ( the bride's n ieces) looked charming in her rosy dress of satin wi th silk lace and a long white veil. After the wedding a group photo was taken by Messrs. Paul & Co. and the happy couple motored to their home where a few minutes later the Rev. Fathers E . Becheras, Laurent and Koh were entertained to cake and wine. Father Becheras proposed the health of the bride and bridegroom who replied suit­ably thanking the Rev. Fathers for their kind presence.

OBITUARY. Lawrence Lee Kim Hock, the

beloved brother of Rev. Father S. Lee passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the General Hos­pital.

A Requiem High Mass was sung for him in Saint Teresa's Church by Rev. Father D. Van Gorp on Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. The funeral took place immediately after mass.

The Rev. Father S. Lee and his parents thank the Chinese Catholic Actionists for their charity in coming t o say prayers for him and all those who at­tended the funeral.

PENANG

CHARITY CARNIVAL. The Catholic Actionists of

the Church of the Assumption in conjunction with the Lady Benefactresses of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will hold a carnival on the 5th of October in aid of the Butterworth Chapel and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Donations and prizes from any part of Malaya will be gratefully received by the Rev. Father Souhait, Church of the Assumption, Penang.

MALACCA REV. FR. FRANCOIS RESUMES

_ PARISH DUTIES. The parishioners of the Church

of St. Francis Xavier Malacca are glad to welcome back their vicar, Revd. Fr. J. P. Francois after his accident a t Seremban. It appears that one of his metatarsals was broken and another badly injured. The Father's left foot is now plastered up, ye t he keeps busv and moves about with the help of crutches.

KUALA LUMPUR

BIRTHS. A t Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday

July, 7th 1935, to Victoria nee Wong, wife of Mr. N g See Foon, member of the Catholic Action Society, Church of The Holy Ro-

; sary, a daughter Elizabeth. Bap-I tised on 13th July, 1935. God-i mother, Mrs. Lim Thorn Chong.

ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH, S E N T U L .

The Feast of St. Anne will be celebrated a t St. Joseph Church, Sentul, on Sunday, the 28th July, 1935.

There will be High Mass in the morning at 7.00 a.m. and Vespers at 5.00 p.m. followed by Proces­sion and Benediction of the Bless-ed Sacrament.

TELUK ANSON.

A t Teluk Anson, on 27th May, 1935, to Joycy, wife of Mr. Arthur T. Gomez of Spynie State, a son John. God parents: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Pereira.

A t Teluk Anson, 21st June 1935, to Selva Mary, wife of Mr. Dorai Raj of Cicely Estate, a son Aloysius Xavier Raj. God pa­rents : Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Dorai-samy.

TAIPING

R E V . B R O T H E R H E N R Y E N T E R ­T A I N E D B Y S T A F F & P U P I L S .

On t r i d a y , 12th ins tant , St . George's Inst i tut ion , T a i p i n g , ce lebrated the f e a s t o f S t . H e n r y , t h e Patrona l Sa in t of t h e Rev . Bro. Director .

A var ie ty e n t e r t a i n m e n t w a s s t a g e d in h i s houour; t h e p r o g r a m m e occupying three hours and w a s a g r e a t credit t o t h o s e who had spared no pains to m a k e i t a real succes s .

A t 9.00 a .m. the g u e s t of honour, R e v . FT>. Henry, accompanied by Reverend F a t h e r s dupoir ieux and a s h n e s s , c a m e into the hall and received an e n ­thus ias t ic recept ion from the w h o l e school .

OUR SARAWAK LETTER

Mother Helen's Golden Jubilee Celebration

On t h e 5th of July , 1885, a group of five miss ionary Sis ters landed for the first t i m e on Borneo's soi l . T h e y w e r e the first m e m b e r s of the Order of t h e Franc iscan Miss ionary S i s t e r s o f S t Joseph , w h o s e Mother H o u s e i s a t Patr icroft , near Manchester , Eng land , and w e r e a l so the prelude o f the many batches o f equal ly heroic n u n s w h o have s ince entered the country . Of tha t p ioneer ing band, four h a v e s ince gone to the ir reward, l eav ing the Rev . Mother He len and incidentally t h e first Mother Provincial in Borneo, to g u i d e the work so nobly begun.

I t i s hard for u s to v i sua l i s e now the a lmos t insurmountable obs tac le s which confronted t h e s e heroic p ioneers in their a p c s t o l a t e o f evangel izat ion . A treach­erous c l imate , a n inaccess ible country, t h e a loofness of the p e o p l e — t h e s e w e r e but s o m e o f the difficulties w i t h which Mother H e l e n and her devoted band had t o contend, and in sp i te o f al l these , progress had been phenomenal .

In ers twhi l e p a g a n Borneo , there are n o w flourishing Convents in w h i c h m a n y children of t h e country are b e i n g t a u g h t t o k n o w God and to m e e t t h e burden of l i fe . At tached to these Convents too are hospi ta l s w h e r e sick chi ldren, g e n e r ­a l l y non-Cathol ics are cared for. These hospi ta l s h a v e been the m e a n s of sal­va t ion to m a n y , for o f ten t h a n not , the children admitted are t h o s e w h o are in t h e l a s t s t a g e s of s i c k n e s s e s and are consequent ly abandoned b y the i r heathen parents .

B u t perhaps the m o s t cherished of Mother Helen's act ivi t ies i s the founding of a nat ive Sisterhood w h i c h came into be ing some years back. Since then e igh t S i s ters from this S i s terhood have been in act ive service in var ious part s of the Prefecture while s i x others are a t present making: the ir nov i t ia te , pre­paratory to jo ining the ir comrades in the fight f o r souls .

In r e v i e w i n g the event s of the p a s t fifty years , one cannot he lp but see the merciful providence of God in all the

- The school orchestra t h e n struck up t h e s tra ins of " h a p p y hours ." and t w e n t y - t w o i t e m s on t h e programme were gone through w i t h o u t a s ing le hitch.

"The F i v e Travel lers ," contributed by the s tudents of the Cambridge c lasses , w a s undoubtedly the b e s t i t e m ; al l the actors p layed their roles to a n icety and perfec t ly portrayed the powerfu l moral of the i r act .

D u r i n g t h e course of t h e programme Rev. Brother Henry ca l l ed upon Rev. F r . Dupoir ieus t i g i v e a w a y the pr izes to the h r s t four Taip ing boys in the Dis tr ic t Examinat ion r e s u l t s of 1934. The rec ip ients o f the a w a r d s w e r e 1 s t S u j a n S i n g h 2nd R. E s t r o p 3rd Andrew Yee 4 t h T a n K a y Seong .

Towards the end of the enter ta inment an address w a s read to the Rev. Brother D irec tor b y Master Toh Chin Chye.

R i s ing a m i d s t applause , Rev . Brother H e n r y said tha t he w a s h a p p y to find such loyal and devoted h e a r t s around him. H e thanked t h e Brothers and teachers f o r the hard w o r k t h e y had put forth to provide such a de l ight fu l con­cert in his honour.

H e regret ted that Rev. Brother Louis w a s not present to share w i t h him the honour, f o r Brother Lou i s w a s in no smal l measure responsible for the suc­cess of t h a t concert.

Then turning to the b o y s he exhorted them a l w a y s to be gra te fu l to their t eachers f o r the deep i n t e r e s t taken by t hem in c las s a s well a s on field. H e encouraged them to w a l k in the foot­s t eps of Sa int Henry, a l w a y s daring to do the r ight and shun the wrong .

Before concluding h e informed t h e boys that , s ince they had been good enough to g i v e him a concert , he, in return, would g i v e t h e m a half-hol iday, and a c inema treat. H e had made ar­r a n g e m e n t s w i th the m a n a g e r of t h e lrv-p.1 c inema to screen Stevenson's " T r e a s u r e Is land " and h e invited all to see i t .

A p p l a u s e greeted th is speech and af ter three l u s t y cheerS had been g iven for Rev . Brother Director, t h e Perak N a ­tional A n t h e m , niave^ by the orchestra, and 4 God S a v e The K i n g " s u n g in four part s by the school choir , brought the e n t e r t a i n m e n t t o a conclusion.

S i s t e r s ' under tak ings . H e n c e i t w a s but appropriate t h a t the Jubi l ee Celebrations t h i s w e e k should h a v e commenced with a S o l e m n H i g h M a s s o n Sunday, the 7th, f o U o w e d by t h e s i n g i n g o f t h e Te Deum a f t e r Mass , in t h a n k s g i v i n g to Divine Prov idence f o r the m a n y graces and b l e s s i n g s bes towed o n t h e Jubilarian and h e r beloved S i s t er s . T h e Celebrant of t h e M a s s w a s the V e r y Rev. Fr. A. H o p f g a r t n e r , t h e A d m i n i s t r a t o r of the Prefec ture . H e w a s a s s i s t e d by the R e v . F r . J. B u i s of B i n a t a n g a s Deacon, and t h e Rev. F r . J. O s s of D a l a t a s Sub-D e a c o n . T b e choir, u n d e r t h e able con-ductorship of the R e v . F r . de Vos, and a s s i s t e d by t h e Rev . F r . Fe lbrugge of Miri and t h e Rev. F r . d e W i j s of Kuch-ing , acquitted i t se l f wonder fu l ly well, in s p i t e of the f a c t t h a t m o s t o f the mem­be r s w e r e t h e n a w a y on hol idays.

A n o t h e r v e r y i m p o r t a n t feature of the Jubilee Ce lebrat ions w a s a Grand Concert s t a g e d on M o n d a y and Tuesday n i g h t s by t h e pupi l s o f St . Theresa's Convent . On both occas ions , the s i t t ing accommodat ion of t h e spac ious School Hal l w a s packed t o i t s u t m o s t capacity. H. H . The T u a n M u d a of Sarawak and Ur. W. F . Dick, t h e Res ident , First Div i s ion , w e r e a m o n g t h e many dis­t inguished persona l i t i e s w h o came to w i t n e s s the p e r f o r m a n c e and incidentally t o c o n g r a t u l a t e . t h e Jubi lar ian .

T h e concert proved a g r e a t success. T h e d ign i ty and c h a r m disp layed by the performers carried a l l be fore them. One s c e n e part icularly, s t a g e d b y t h e babies, rece ived such a n e n t h u s i a s t i c ovation on t h e first n i g h t t h a t i t had to be re-enacted . N o r w a s t h e hubbub of cheer­i n g evoked b y t h e o ther i tems less enthus ias t ic . Indeed, so profound w a s t h e impress ion created by the pupils Chat m a n y prominent m e m b e r s o f the public a f terwards requested to h a v e the concert s t a g e d at s o m e f u t u r e d a t e a t the Globe Theatre , one of t h e l a r g e s t Cinema H o u s e s in t o w n , a n d n o t t o disappoint t h e m , the S i s t e r s h a v e a t l a s t consented to do so. Both t eachers and puoi ls richly d e s e r v e the apprec iat ion o f the public f o r the grand p e r f o r m a n c e they pre­sented*—a per formance unique in the h i s t o r y of local concer t s .

A s a reward f o r the ir wonderful ach ievement the chi ldren w e r e treated t o a grand dinner t h e fo l lowing dav. T h e Jubilee Celebrat ions w e r e brought t o a c lose on T h u r s d a y w i t h the pre­sentat ion of a cheque to t h e Jubilarian. T h e idea o r i g i n a t e d w i t h Mr. A. P. Merrel ls , a prominent m e m b e r of the congregat ion , but subscr ipt ions were r a i s e d only dur ing t h e Jubi lee Week. Given the t ime , m a n y m o r e of Mother Helen ' s f r i ends a n d admirers would doubtless Tiave b e e n approached. All t h e same, t h e co l l ec t ion m a d e during t h e s e f e w days w a s v e r y grati fying indeed.

T h e s ingu lar s u c c e s s of the Jubilee Celebrat ions , and in particular the succes s of t h e concert , test i f ies eloquent-

, l y t o the h i g h e s t e e m and regard in I w h i c h Mother H e l e n i s held b y all classes

o f the community , and espec ia l ly so by , h e r beloved S i s ters and g ir l s , and the ; poor for w h o m s h e h a s ever a warm j p lace in her heart . In conclusion we aye | nanny to no te t h a t t h o u g h faWn^ in I s i g h t , the Reverend M o t h e r i s still tak­

ing: an ac t ive p a r t in directing and gu id ing t h e dest fnv of her beloved Convents in S a r a w a k — A d Multos a n n o s !

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Tsitsikar , (Manchukuo) .—I t is believed t h a t F a t h e r A n t h o n y Joerg, t h e Swiss miss ionary killed by bandits in n o r t h e r n Manchukuo, met his dea th on t h e af te rnoon of Ascension T h u r s d a y , May 30. Ac­cording to pa r t i cu l a r s received from t h e Rt . Rev. Msgr . Pau l Hugentobler, P r e f ec t Apostolic of Tsitsikar, F a t h e r Joe rg was ab ­ducted a t Monguda tu in May 29 and carried off t o t h e mounta ins . Manchukuo and Japanese soldiers pursuing t he out laws , found his body two days la te r . The pr ies t had been shot in t h e back ; a wound in the chest showed t h a t t h e bullet had passed t h r o u g h t h e bodv.

The local civil and mi l i t a ry authori t ies w e r e present a t t h e funeral, and a de tachment of soldiers escorted t h e procession to the little cemete ry near t he Ca tho­lic mission w h e r e F a t h e r J o e r g ' s body was laid t o r e s t nea r t h e cross erected t o t h e m e m o r y of Msgr. Eugene Imhof, fo rmer sunerior of t h e mission, who was killed by band i t s in J a n u a r y 1934.

F a t h e r Joe rg , a member of t h e Bethlehem Fore ign Missions of Immensee, Switzerland, was 35 years of age and had been in Manchuria since 1929 .—(Fides) .

THE BOY WHO FORGOT HIS DINNER.

STERILISATION LAW.

New Nazi Decree Directed Against Catholics.

Berlin. Two yea r s ' impr i sonmen t is p ro ­

vided in a new decree for a t t e m p t s t o wreck t h e Naz i s ter l isa t ion law, whreh is a imed a t p reven t ing h e r e ­d i ta ry diseases.

The Minis ter of t h e Inter ior . . He r r Frick, demands ene rge t i c action a g a ' n s t saboteurs of t h e law which is val id for everyone in Germany.

The decree is chiefly di rected against Catholics who, a s a m a t ­te r of doctr ine, have s t rongly r e ­sisted enforcement of t h e s ter i l i ­sation law.—Reuter Wireless .

Here is a charming story of St . Peter of Alcantara.

The remarkab le love of p raye r which S t . P e t e r of Alcantara had, even as a child, provides us wi th an inspi r ing example whch we follow wi th profit.

He would r ise very ear ly t h a t he migh t have t ime to make his medi­ta t ion, which he often prolonged for m a n y hours . He would t hen go to church, where he heard Mass with g r e a t devotion, and often received Holy Communion. T h e res t of t h e day was spent a t school, but even the re , and, a s he went along t h e s t ree t s , he never forgot God, bu t raised his h e a r t t o Him by some p r a y e r or help o r some little ac t of love.

A t d inner h e always left a port ion on his plate for t h e love of God, and would never dr ink any­t h i n g b u t wate r , t hough in Spain It is usual , even for children, to mix a l i t t le wine wi th "their wa te r .

A c h a r m i n g s tory is told of how one day when t h e d inner h o u r came, P e t e r was missing. H e was sought for h igh and low, in every

I room of t h e house and every corner | of t h e garden , bu t could no t be

found. A t length someone t h o u g h t of one room which t h e y h a d not searched, namely, t he l i t tel chapel in t h e home.' The re t h e holy child w a s found upon h i s knees , wi th h i s h a n d s clasped, and his eyes looking up t o heaven . He h a d forgot ten abou t h i s d inne r !

OXFORD HONOURS MEMORY OF ROGER BACON.

THE LACK OF HONOUR. (Continued from page 17)

win her love, ins t inc t tel l ing he r that Mrs. Griscom was bent upon doing he r du ty , a poor subs t i t u t e for loving.

Indeed, t h e fac t was obvious. Mrs. Griscom was one of those persons who do the i r du ty so h a r d tha t i t m a k e s a noise in a house­hold like a s tone-crusher .

Ho^or came in t h e spr ing. H e r guardian told h e r t h a t she m u s t wait till a u t u m n t o begin a t school. Perhaps those h a r d days of ad jus t ­ment, when l i t t le Honor would creep away t o t h e empty pa r i sh church, t h e r e t o p r a y and c rv and find peace in i t s eloouent silence, established h e r so firmly in h e r fa ; th t h a t t h e r e never w a s t h e slightest d a n g e r of t h e Griscom influence s h a k i n g it. CeHain lv there never w a s such danger . Thomas Griscom never f o " " d it necessary t o in te r fe re to fulfil h is P^omi^e. and h e was duly gra te fu l tha t th i s w a s so, for he liked to go ouietly all h i s days .

M last Rober t awoke to a reali­zation t h a t t h e li t t le s t r a n g e r among them m i g h t be lonely. As soon as i t h a d occurred t o h i m he set about r emedv ing th i s . H e was ^ w a r d e d bv more t h a n h i s own k ^ d r e s s . H o n o r bestowed nnon bim the r iches of h e r affections, whi^h seer^otj f0 have intensified ir> disuse, like o the r riches a t com-£»md in teres t . Ador ing t h e kind fr? bov. s b e s t rove to fir»d some V 7av of renavipqr h im for h e r r^s -

Rober t d i s cowered t h a t he

h a d never really been en te r ta ined in all h i s life before. Honor over­flowed wi th mischief, s tor ies end­less devices for "hav ing fun," un­hackneyed, wholly h e r own.

She w a s not ye t eleven and Ro­b e r t would be fifteen before she a t t a ined t h a t dignity, b u t t h e o the r young Griscoms would h e a r Bob's shou t of l augh te r f rom t h e corners , to which he and Honor were now constant ly wi thdrawing , unt i l t h e i r curiosi ty g a v e w a y to envy and t h e y resolved to find out for themse lves "wha t Honor was a t . " T h e y found h e r no less en­t r anc ing t h a n Bob had proved her . The two gir ls , one a yea r elder, t h e o t h e r two years he r junior , held reserves of opinion, even while Honor was showing t h e m undreamed delights in life. Bu t thir teen-year-old Wally pronounc­ed h e r " g r e a t , " and from t h a t hour bo th boys "swarmed a f te r he r , " a s t h e i r mother pu t it. Ob­viously, Mrs . Griscom could not

I refuse t o smile unon a child who I t amed and enter ta ined Wally, kep t i all four of h e r children delighted

safe a t home. So Honoris place in | t h e household was won. Mr. Gris-| oom and t h e bovs loved her , t h e j l i t t le gir ls depended upon her .

Somewhat grudgingly, t h e i r i zttifricie was the i r mo the r ' s also, ! but Honor had so t ransformed t h e ! house t h a t when t h e t ime came

for he r to go away to h e r convent h ' ^ d W school i t seemed, a s Wallv said, " a s if t h e y hadn ' t paid the i r p*as bill and the company had cut off t h e mete r . "

Oxford Commemorated Roger Bacon, t h e early Franciscan Friar, last month. Friars from various houses of the Order in England, together with representatives of the University and friends of the Order assembled. Father Martin d'Arcy S.J. gave an address.

HOLY FATHER'S DISCOURSE ON N E W SAINTS.

(Continued from page 9) and for his King. Thus did he give ano ther clear proof t h a t t he Catholic Religion does not weaken, bu t increases t h e love of one's country.

When finally he mounted t h e scaffold, whilst a r a y of sunl ight cast a halo of splendour about his venerable g r a y hai rs , he exclaimed with a smi le : "Come ye to Him and be enlightened, and your faces shall not be confounded." (Ps.33:6) Most assurdedly t h e heavenly hosts of angels and sa in t s has ten­ed in joy t o meet h is holy soul, freed a t las t from t h e f e t t e r s of t h e body a n d winging i t s flight toward e ternal joys .

More's Fa i th fu lness To God The o ther s t a r of sanc t i ty t h a t

t raced a luminous p a t h across t h a t dark period of h is tory was Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of t he King of England. Endowed wi th t h e keenest of minds and supreme versat i l i ty in every kind of know­ledge, he enjoyed such es teem and favour a m o n g his fellow-citizens t h a t he was soon able to reach t h e h ighes t g r a d e s of public office. Bu t h e was no less dis t inguished for h i s desire of Chr is t ian perfec­t ion and h is zeal for t h e salvation of souls. Of th i s we have tes t i ­mony in t h e a rdour of h i s p rayer , in t h e fe rvour wi th which he re­cited, whenever he could, even t h e Canonical Hour s , in t h e pract ice of those penances by which he kept h is body in subjection, and finally in t l je numerous a n d re­nowned accompl ishments of both t h e spoken and t h e wr i t t en word which h e achieved for t h e defense of t h e Cathol ic a n d for t h e safe­guard ing of Chr i s t ian moral i ty .

A s t rong and courageous spirit , like John F i she r , when he s aw t h a t t h e doctr ines of t h e Church were gravely endangered , he knew how to despise resolutely t h e flattery of h u m a n respect , how t o resist in accordance wi th his du ty , the supreme head of t h e S t a t e when the re was quest ion of t h i n g s com­manded by God and t h e Church, and how to renounce wi th dignity t h e high office wi th which h e was invested. I t was for these motives t h a t he too was imprisoned, nor could t h e t e a r s of his wife and children m a k e h im swerve from the pa th of t r u t h and v i r tue . In t h a t t e r r ib le hour of t r ia l he raised h is eyes t o heaven, and proved himself a b r igh t example of Chr is t ian for t i tude . Thus it was t h a t h e who not m a n y years before had wr i t t en a work empha­sizing t h e du ty of Catholics to defend the i r F a i t h even a t t h e cost of t he i r l ives, was seen t o walk cheerful a n d confident from his prison to dea th , and thence t o take his flight t o t h e joys of eternal beat i tude.

Example To All The Fai thful Here , Venerable Bre th ren and

Beloved Sons, we m a y jus t ly re­pea t t h e well-known say ing of St. Cyprian, M a r t y r : "O blessed prison which conveys men to heaven! O blessed enchained feet which wi th sa lu tery s teps a re directed t owards pa rad i se ! "

I t was supremely fitting t h a t these holy m a r t y r s who shed thei r blood for t h e Chris t ian Fa i t h and for t h e defense of t h e sacred r i gh t s of t h e Roman Pontiff should receive, t oge the r wi th t h e aureole of sanct i ty , the i r due glorification he re in t h e very cen t re of t h e Ca­tholic world, close t o t he glorious sepulchre of t h e Pr ince of t h e Apostles, t h r o u g h t h e ins t rument ­al i ty of U s who a r e t h e he i r and

successor of S t . Pe te r . And now it only remains for U s

t o exhor t wi th pa te rna l h e a r t all of you who, filled wi th v e n e r a t i o n a r e grouped around Us ,as well a s t hose who, wherever t h e y may be , profess themselves Our sons in Chr is t . We exhor t you to imi ta t e wi th all diligence t h e g r e a t v i r tues of t he se holy m a r t y r s , and to im­plore, for yourselves and for t h e Church mil i tant , t he i r powerful protect ion. If all of us are no t called t o shed our blood for t h e defense of t h e holy laws of God, all nonetheless , according to t h e expression of St . Basil, wi th evan­gelical abnegat ion, wi th Chris t ian mortification of the i r bodies, wi th energet ic Str iving a f t e r v i r tue , " m u s t be m a r t y r s of desire, in order to sha re with t h e m a r t y r s t h e i r celestial reward ."

P r a y e r s For England ' s Re tu rn . W e desire moreover t h a t w i th

your a rden t p rayers , invoking t h e pa t ronage of t h e new Saints , you ask of t he Lord t h a t which is so dear t o Our hear t , namely t h a t England, in t h e words of St. Paul , "med i t a t ing t h e happy consumma­tion which crowned t h e life" of those two m a r t v r s , m a y "follow t h e m in the i r fa i th ," and re tu rn t o t h e F a t h e r ' s house " in t h e un i ty of fa i th and of the knowledge of t h e Son of God?'

Le t those who a re still separa ted from Us consider a t tent ively t h e ancient glories of t h e i r church which were a t once a re jec t ion and an increment of t h e glories of t h e Church of Rome. Le t t h e m consider, moreover, and remember t h a t th i s Apostolic See has been wa i t ing for t h e m so lon«r and so anxiously, not as coming t o a s t r a n g e dwelling place, but as finally r e tu rn ing to t h e i r pa terna l home. In conclusion, let us repea t t h e divine p rayer of Our Lord Je sus C h r i s t : "Holy Fa the r , keep t hem in T h y name whom Thou has t given m e ; t h a t t hev m*v be one as We also a r e . " (N.C.W.C.)

A F T E R FOUR H U N D R E D Y E A R S .

T h e Aust in CanonS have gone back to Wals ingham. This does not mean t h a t t hey have aga in t aken possession, o r established themselves parochially, in t he cele­bra ted dis t r ic t which was such a renowned pi lgr image goal in t h e Middle Ages. The r e t u r n was as pilgrims for a d a v : b u t a t a n v r a t e i t made, a f te r four hundred yea r s , a p ic ture of res tora t ion , because i t once more p u t t h e white-clad sons of At . August ine-^-the Canons Regular of t h e L a t e r a n — i n t o a solemn process ; on in t h e Wai^'n-g h a m countryside, w i t h an Abbo t of t h e order t o give solemn out­door Benediction. Canons f rom t h e various houses in t h e count ry a t tended, and t h e lay pi lgrims we re d rawn from t h e con cremations of t h e churches served bv t h e Order . I t was t h e Canons Feomlar who h a d charge of t h e world-famed sh r ine of Our Lady of Wals ingham before t h e destruct ion w r o u g h t unde r Henry t he E igh th .

P O N D E R T H I S . Mahomet es tab l i shed h i s re l ig ion b y

ki l l ing o t h e r s ; J e s u s Chris t , by m a k i n g Hi s fo l lowers l ay down the i r o w n l i v e s . . . . The t w o w e r e s o oppos i te t h a t i f M a h o m e t took t h e w a y , in h u m a n pro­babi l i ty , to succeed, J e s u s Christ took the w a y , h u m a n l y s p e a k i n g , to be d i s ­appointed. A n d hence , instead of con­c luding that because M a h o m e t succeed­ed, J e s u s Christ m i g h t in like m a n n e r h a v e succeeded, w e o u g h t to infer tha t , s ince M a h o m e t succeeded, Chris t iani ty m u s t have inev i tably per ished, if i t had n o t been supported b y a nowe^ a l t o g e ­t h e r d iv ine .—Pascal ' s "Thoughts o n Rel ig ion ."

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WHERE ARE THE BODIES NEW SAINTS?

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LONDON TOWER OR CHELSEA PARISH CHURCH?

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Mgr. \HALLEYS VIEWS ON A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.

Where are the bodies of England's new Saints, John Fisher and Thomas More?

This question was asked by Mgr. P . E . Hal le t t in a scholarly paper on the relics of the new Sa in t s read t o m e m b e r s of t h e Ca tho­lic Record Society a t t h e i r annual mee t ing in London on Wednesday .

Af te r carefully s if t ing the evidence, some of which implies t h a t the Sa in t s ' bodies were buried in t h e chapel of St . P e t e r in Chains in t he Tower of London and still r emain the re , and t h e conflicting view t h a t one or both were removed to t h e Chelsea P a r i s h Church and still lie in an undiscovered vault , Mgr. Hal le t t a sse r ted t h a t no defi­ni te reply can be given to the quest ion.

C O N F L I C T I N G E V I D E N C E OF O L D C H R O N I C L E S .

"The earl iest Engl i sh life of S t . John F isher , former ly a t t r ibu ted to Hall bu t certainly not his work, tells us t h a t t h e m a r t y r ' s body was buried t h e evening of t he day of his execution in t h e churchyard nearby of All Hallows, Bark ing ," said Mgr . Hallet t . "A for tn ight later St . Thomas More was m a r t y ­red and his headless body w a s buried by his devoted daugh te r Margare t in t h e chapel of St. Pe t e r in Chains within t h e Tower.

" I t would seem from the t e s t i ­mony bo th of Stow and of t he Grey Fr ia r s ' Chronicle, t h a t a t t h e same time t h e bishop's body was dis­interred and buried wi th More 's .

"Where are these bodies now? No certain reply can be given to this question. "Cresacre More says they were

buried 'in t h e belfrey or as some say as one en t e r e th into the ves­t r y / He cannot have visited t h e chapel, for t h e r e h a s never been a vestry in the sense of an outbuild­

ing. The place usually pointed out is by t he nor th wall, nea r to t h e entrance of t he l i t t le bell-tower. If t h a t is so, t h e y m a y still r emain there , for they m a y have escaped the re -a r rangement of t h e bodies buried under t he floor of t h e chapel which took place in 1876. This seems to have affected only those bodies in t h e cent re of t h e chapel, which were taken up and reburied in the vaults .

"But t he re is a passage in an anonymous MS. life of F i she r in t he Brit ish Museum (Arundel 152, fol. 234) which has caused much discussion. It bea r s intr insic evi­dence of hav ing been wr i t t en in Queen Mary ' s reign. I t a s se r t s t ha t the m a r t y r ' s enemies were vexed a t t he concourse of people who came to t h e All Hallows' churchyard to venera te t h e body, t ha t therefore they had it

i exhumed, carried into t h e Tower, I and with t he body of Thomas More | cast into an obscure place. (This j phrase , we m a y note by t h e way,

is curious, since t hey were buried ! in the chapel.)

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"Then it con t inues : 'But cer tain persons who have t aken notes of events have left in wr i t ing ( the words are ' r e rum observatores ' and perhaps should be rendered 'chroniclers ') t h a t t h e bodies of these holy men did not even res t t h e r e ; bu t t ha t , when the h e a t of persecution somewha t abated, t h e y were devoutly carr ied to the vil­lage of Chelsea, whe re More had resided, and a r e t h e r e kept to t h i s day entombed in a new monument which he had prepared for himself , . . . May God g r a n t t ha t some day, when religion revives and peace is restored to t h e Church, it may be known to t h e fai thful where are those longed-for relics. '

"We will all hear t i ly join in th i s wish, bu t it is doubtful if we can accept th i s anonymous s t a tement in face of the silence of Stapleton and Cresacre More. How, it may be asked, was i t difficult to dis­cover t h e t r u t h when Roper and so many of More's grandchi ldren were still a l ive? Yet t h e s to ry is r e ­peated by t h e an t iqua r i e s Weever and A n t h o n y a Wood.

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