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Fatter Uchrwi, R.I.P.

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MONSIGNOR HART

A 5fMpli#rcl CcriiiBd Hoint -Criaf fill* the hearf; el every parishioner of St. Mary's

of t3u £ak« <3h«rch «t Ontario, New York. their belpved Itytar, has been owed from thin world. An association, going bethr nora than» quarter of * century ha* boon brought to

4^%ndj|rith^hsHJeath of Father ThonuuvLochren.. ~Thn esteem In which Father Lochren wan held was at-

tsitad by the targe aassmblai* that gathered; to assist at hm buiSalr/nur* was a spirit of prayer in avery heart a» the Kejsuamr Hast ws* offered up, Father Crowley compared Fn-1 *pitLochr«n with the. Good Shepherd. For more than * <fo*srt*r of » century Jit ha* been a close associate and friend ofact thamembera of hia parish* He has seen the coming aql wing, of several generations, He has welcomed the newly bona infant into th* Church through Baptism, He hat as-siitesd at the marriage of practically every tbricte in Ontario and-jw ha* offered up the funeral Mass of all that have been ealM from this earth during has pastorate. * <•'

- \ IiHpy and Inrsorrow he haa been close to all the mem-btn»Mof his flock. His Yoke has hroughtto them Cod's own inawaifsv kaepuig-aHw within them the memory of the tnlthi of the faith they have learned in'childhodd

^Ontario has, lost its Good Shepherd, He has taken away wjtrl him a history of service that goer back over twenty-five jfaart, but hi» ministry will be carried on far beyond

and long after the closing day of his Pastorate new

Sttjivlng the truths of r*v«lation of which he hMb«n the -•iun^lirflfi»^ v.'

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solemn ^lilfijifvat

tingthrbuildiibfIflt^Wcps h ^ i m ; SJ>d c< i ^ ^ t h t ^ t ^ luccitded if in

•the - ieotae etf Jtodietter the courtesy, of furnishing * place v hi'tirwan erf the bufldihg for the instaUation of the Meirir ; <dad PI«itte,.'IW nmnber. eMfusa-Camvani Older.Xfl&

I had hoped that long before' now, the McCarthy liproar wipujd have quieted. Since it hain't, I

might ae well tell you how I feel'ibOiit the wholo thing

I l D M t among thtvvor< « h l p p « r « o f Senator McCar thy I think the Senate could manage with

mmMlm, out him And I • * • * dont Uke to

hear Catholics talking aa If he wert Joan of Arc.

On the other hand* I an not In a panic over McCarthy, as acme pi our politicians colunxnlata and editor* aetm to he, I am confi dent that tha United State* can iurvtve Mm

I C A N V I i S E E S T A M D Europeaana being all fueaad tip, ant Imagining that.we Atnerl caM art about to IoAr our civil liberties and all that.

Europeanj generally do not re allze how level headed we are In the long run, and what a genlui we have for gradually reatoring the balance all around,

Neither do they know how ad (listed we are to vlewJrig with alarm; whin*we arerft jpolntlng with.- pride; W« sre>?a- talkative people" with an amazln^tandeacy 'to'iwa|ferttf..'; :tj% * ." - -;i.;.;,'»

KVKK OWB HUHOK is largely # humor of exaggeration—of the piling of lmpostlblUty upon' Ira-poaelblllty, Incongruity, .-upon In-congrulty. It if- humor of tall "* |f«ee so mmt Vem fend %&&&:<»../• :.•••'-..•. '{'

purbpeaM cannot ba, expected! to Uhdentasd.-all that But AmerJcah commentator* ought to understand It, and they ought to ;euirt> the-tendency fb .jpiiopheiy totfie endbtthe wdrld merely fy rtuae ^eCirthy' i l oft '*Kt w a r

_ „ „_... „„,. ., ; of; mb|i than 4ff000 JUIH . There is an inapiration in - these) flgum that will ecm^ued'dert^ ™ ^ for

•;%|:iS;66iiriiliit^^r^^ hou^oia that raa^ the p^^^ might easily bi fire r^ers for every paper delre .• .

-C^^.CKiitpsOiWi iriil find 1m their Courier * con-

t«' -iltolriday tflorninf. Wefeel that all are proud of our paper Sfii the Work that it^s doing and we hope to see the years Sheaed recording a continued growth in our Diocesan news-papssr. '„ ' j

On And Upwards *' Our faith does not stand still. I t is an acbve and a liv­

ing force* in the> Spul of each one of us. Lent Makes an eipeciai appeal f to all good Catholics tto strive to travel on *»L onwards, and so we find crowded churches on Sundays sol foil sited congregations at the week-day Masses. We hopes fo travel on toward a mom general attendance a t daily Masssj wrex hope t o travel upwards on. our way toward the Supartme reward of Heaven. ._ •; ,*

Let every true Cajtholie insist on having *mit in the apecdal -devotions, proper to" this Holy Season. There is joy and happiness awaiting everyone who strives to hear Mass fr^Eaently during Lent. *' _, '•••',,-, -

, Bishops' Appeal i For Wat Victims

Wy Dear People: " J—~ ¥ On next Sunday, the BuAopa* Appeal for1 the Vic­tims 'of the War will be auwk Jn afl ear churches. 1 save received this orgeat appeal directly from our Holy

farther. These are the words of the Holy Father's letter: -

"On this Xaetare Sunday as in past years, Venerable Brothers, Ws turn Our thoughts and address Our

^ord* to you and to the faithful coea-atitted to your loving care. Our heart overflows "with gratitude for the ssuaiflceat neponse you have aaaee ta Our fersser sfpeals ia\ favor ,eat tha-feef and unfothuiate through* fvit the werldi' Tour reeeeaptnae will

eosae frosm tfca Diviae charily ef Jesus, for it is He Who has boea hnagry, thirsty, a stranger, naked, sick sad ia srisou, to Wheat you have eitended the hand of loving eyneroeity. s , —

Intimatsly reneilid aa We art by your unstinting aid, We can yet perceirs no liesinlag of the need of succouring the stffl widespread and prssslaf human misery and suffering. We> eeste to you, taen/oaceiuore, eacoungtd by yeur augailcent coSaboratioo, sua the Common Father plaedlng for Hie las* fortunate chil­dren in the words *# the Asostle: -While we hare time, let na do goad te an atea, but espedslly to those who ire of the household of the faith* (GaL vL 10),

-Those who leok alaaoat desperately to you for aid ar* so numerous and their wants aa great, that from Oiu* heart schia* with the compassionate pity of Csriat, We beg for them not only a part of your abundance, hut also the fruit o f year real aatnfice and self-denial. In their name. We beseech you and your faithful people, even at tht cast of personal privation, to contribute with renewed generosity. In pledge thereof, We loriagly impart to you, Venerable Brothers, and to the loyal clergy and faJtMal entrusted f £ j y i ^ ^ t o * ! l real, Our

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Nildkm to eayy tahaB not pfesume to add to this i^^frsaa,our COBMBSOO Father In Ouriat. I it,yoa^aaable ths-Diocese of Rochester to ' • sepltloa you have given It, in charity

s e e ^ V the warld todsy. ;-.;:: . . . /:';.• a J S ^ r ^ a t e d Shepherd <n Christ,

- ' ,rr 'c'Hv\K-„ + JaJjiies""E. Kearney .••''A';? ./y. » a ^ t f Reeheatar

VS.z The CoOectiea atto> be taken up at all tile Masses . on Laetare Sunday, March 28,1154. - <

'^ZfcmgM 'tor j^sf^axnd oppoee •McCarthy'a excesses.- But lt/lan%-fehaible'to g i v e , our frjknlo^^rscaa'ae. iilea.thafc.we, ar^TTflSTTuwr*. under, the bed, and that McCarthy has taken ' oy*r jBbs' j jyori.;"

OW:TWJl'<WltI» 8IDS of the coUv there la too UUle rjecognj-ttpn k theifaefrthaf McCarthy

-„ > , . . . • - ww flvfh )Sht ^opportatilfy by |<r€otirier- pouflcians-airor ^fiiietstif-vvro-: "»AAA-' •u were at' -the very leait arupfdly

complacarit about cpririrnunlwn, when mjey w«ren>t*»3a<^rigM ;«dollh|Mi»; -"r-^tb—*-^"

The climate In which'; Jicfearjhy]

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aooK wasj/ixfht "JffTff?

'a*.iJL By S 3 § T « MABOABJCT TS3«SA^

jq?rinrHnie, sprinting -.after- thTos* routine dulie*? MY FRIBNDS THE j5EKSB$ is-euriously like finding a talisman .iha>'sTk - SrWOrM;;*»wn»,,Ifcf —" -'- - ••••<•••<•• •

Is thriving waa created by editor^ publldjUr, and p ^ t e . j s A f l f . who eLajjoijtteliyldSked fheiotH?f|

tt&sttst&sasrSEXsz^^ and Christian. leaders tormented and murd

(rroreaaor eg 'tttats1nn^^aa«rttk Kodkatnler; -Jf." r.) ;

M \ F«MXND6 T«3C S«7CS«S,>y ClMrlea-DamlM BOakrae. 6.V. ' r. j1. '•iwiSjr a BaaW;last, • ; -. z^ -'" '.r^^ ''1''-omMi^m-^m^f^il^Ol^- ^ineaslaaf" Aye lM^ :

"^ "V-tntaea * '•^B^aaav^B' a e a s t S * 1 ' * • ^ v e a a S j p ^an»,avT^ ems •e^awaas

Coiivttrfi Chwfe.Make#APrbe ^ c * , ,

Rev. John A.. O'Brien, PhD

Charles E Mansfield of St Matthew's parish. Dorchester, Mim-t has experienced the thrill

tor which ey ery true Ush. erman -yearns — landing a big. elusive, ^game flsh that lights- e v e r y inch ot t h e

s'wSy and. gen erally wrlgglea a w a y But Charley is a fisher of men

and bia priza catch la therefore infinitely mora precious

"I got acquainted," said Char­ley, "with Victor-4), Whitney who worked with me In the of­fice of tiie Division of Employ­ment Security. Vic was a strong willed type and hard boiled: as far as religion was concerned. From tirne to time he would ask me various questions about the Catholic religion Fortunately I had a good training- under the Jesuits and waa able, thank God, to answer them.

"Vic a brother Frank was mar rled to a Catholic and the three children were brought up in the Faith Frank became stricken with cancer ami while lying in a hospital, was approached by a minister who offered to aay pray­ers with him. Frank thanked hkn but said na would like to pass out in the same Faith as his wife,

"HE WAS SJBNT home u In-Icurable.- ^*—the*-ehd- nearadr Frank again edrpreaaed the d»-sire to emwape our < Faith. "Vie went for t%;'jpjcw£ and fe t iw peeler, a young curati» at % Matthew's Church here, camC instructed- Frank and prepared him for death. After one of hi* visits, Father Dicier remained and had a hlce- chat with Vic '

"'Father,' saW Vic. 'I can'tapfe myself going, into a .box and con­fessing- to a guy like you.' For­tunately the young prieat had fc| sense of liumor. He" threw hi* head back and laughed heartily. 'Some (Jay Vfc,? he smiled, 'you'lt be doing just thatf. . "Vic confided to.me that he couldn't swallow the Idea of con­fessing hia sins to -any man.; -That war the roadblock- lie couldn't get over.

''Providentially one day I spied In a church pamphlet Tack a ten-cent pamphlet, JPsjrcaiatry ana Cpnfemlon, jjupbjjsheot" M~^CSt p4ulist,K*|s„ (4Q1 West 59th, ?treet> ^ e w ^ k CityLjtgaVe|

Iifc a, hurrytf^eel .driyefrt ^ij^tojwsf awwj^hj te^ iendld^

tlon to washing one's sins away, confession brings peace of < mini arid-many other therapeutic ben^ elitrto'tnelnaiviauaI^ ,r

"DID YOV PASS It on to VIcT" I asked. ' 'JXtMt and he. dftvouredJt^That

rnake* W acquainted with* our--! pelves,, vrith«cw^outH,tw5|H our Jalowiedgro^the Immense beauty and.posSlWllty of the world and] jowrold Instinctive avoidance of' Wh^t^stipetty;

JXKEX I HAD best .quote no more. "Hearing and Listening," and "Hinder Not Mualc'* (Ecclea. 325) are important revelations of OH secrets. The

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that made a d>ejper'"lmpr^iori:;

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Ihaere was a real hunger m the asouis Of the mora' than Ave thoiasand m e n Who had followed Chruat They had seen Han lay-lni OM hands on the sick and they had witnessed many mlrac-uloum cures Each; one o f these cutea was id them a sign, a mir* agle and an rndkatJon ever growdiig i n power of the good' nets-of Cod end of His ability to dine* His goodness for all the wants o l nan. The people had wltn«tted these signs and press ed iag»n; Our ^ o n l Je*u* there fore .went~up the'mountain and thWe»,%.aat with His Disciple*.

1MB M » F L E were hunger-i i ig^or the ministry of Jesus Chrjsst And now Jesus who had filled- their soUui with spiritual nou'i ashment began to think of the physical hunger that had tafeathold ot thern because they has -jwte forth from the cities and Slid been several day« with Him. x f ^ "

To_Jeed live thousand would nailurajly call f<jr a great amount \bf mtoitey^Two hundred dlnarri wortfa of bread would not be eiwus?h to give thent even a small amouoit each But the poWer of Christ exercised over the five barley loaves and two. fishes en-abkdUaU to eat and be satisfied Ttejr^gaihered «P twelve <full baike-ti - f Die fragments of the flr. U*r i* loaves.

enslaved, tortured, cred.

Just for one example, these people lent themselves weakly to the smearing of Archbishop (now cardinal) Stcpinac In Yugoslavia. They circulated Tito's He^aujd couldn't be bothered about tell­ing the other side of th^stofy^

TO THIS DAY, A i m r i ^ p u b . llcations have never none "full justice to Cardinal Stcpinac, al­though the opportunity was laid In their lay with the publica­tion of Richard. Pgttee*! caffi-fully documented book, "The Case of Gardinal Steplnac." YTftet volume got scant atteh-tfeifc- lh; the public press. The press yifout too busy making best-Kliers out of Junk like "From jftfiev tor Eternity" or "(Over the

* "~ and^ Through the Trees." . By and large, oUr big publica-tiohs have a poor record; For years before and after World War H, they were stupfelly blind

, .» to Communist Infiltratton Into

Here was s new sign-arid .on^;educ*tloH>-. co|nmunications in-

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upon*"ttJe flve tfiousandi^becaUse It enabled them to o;ve?rcbnife their hunger and to be Ailed with food. They saw the Divine fw^ er that enabled Chrjit to rnulti-ply the loaves and'flsbes and they jTadly gave tei|frlOny to their belief In Him "'ThTs S TiT deed the Prophet whotls t o come into the V7orld" Jesvifehad per­formed His duty. H*'hov> found «H flve thousand well Ailed with food and renewed ih strength to"1

begin the Journey blck to their homes, T o urge them not to tarry longer Christ fled again to the mountain Himself alone.

1*003 for the body of each of these men had been miraculously produced. Food for the Soul 'Con­sisted In the dootrihes that Christ had preached to them and alsol in th* improved faith in. Hm* produced by this wonderful njlr-; acle Men must rerneiiriber thajt we have a dally evidence of the] power and goodness of GocTfn the food that he constantly fur­nishes for our sustenance. '•

—o—«.....'.,. Report Success

Sjondon — (RNS) — Sponsors of adve,rtlsementa in English newspapers explaining the Cath­olic faith have Claimed ''consid­erable success" during the first three weeks of the campaign.

nstry orces.-THE TBEAtSIKJft 6f Whltta.

ker Chamb^rajWas- a',t1a.ssic ex­ample, , Alg^r j'HiM,'Hi*|]b%jilg so Warned ;r>spi^ble-^''^SiN(^rd [jnitt and.^diualng ofxich and Important f§lk**was considered above suspicion, until proved guiityv >r ; • " . "

Chambers though, was slyly represented either as a rascal 0ftRJpsyohopath--untll, beV was den!6iistr4t«fd to be bothi Inno ospt anl'ymconipirably ' saner than h^'"aetrac^1| ..;;,:... , By ind?l^ge|§wust:iny)a lot of .people %'thll^counfry -asked for|*jHcCarthy, and? my got him. That UJey are hot' happy with him, I can well understand.

Biut they ought to have better | sense than to follow the Commu­nists and the Communlst-echoers, about "McCarthylsm,"-*rto the foolishness of representing JMc-CSrthy as- the Big Bad Wolf Who is devouring poor helpless America.

Neither should those on the other side of the fence go i around talking as If McCarthy were a super-hero composed of eciual parts of George Washington, Abraham. Lincoln, Paul Revere and toejkU.S. Marines, He Just isn't, not In my book.

future, when we must become humble as children, grateful fojf little wonders, In order to s e a God. My Friends The Senses i s priestly counsel on our natural resources, a "balance sheet ot | our Joys." as the author says-^ a opringUme rfmust," and a righ*! p*^araf|oJ9 for Easter. , IS JE*toT,*-'lF you read it/ & & • £ * very.'good chance that yoii'll ta*e a walk one of these days! All by yourself, without a goal and with not too strict a time limit. You'll feel queer, no doubt; 'something of a stranger! to yourself and ah, object of sus­picion to other*,

Better hustle along there, not bend over other people's cro­cuses, not gape at God's beauti­ful aky as If you had nothing: elseto do! Looks like a cover-up.. But you'll still feel an inner free­dom, anyway — Pere Boulogne' restores value to your hohest'im-pressiotts. "The hearing ear and the seeing eye — the Lord hath made even both of them."

"Looking and Seeing," and "Re­vealing Light*—these are fKt first chapters, and immediately compelling. Have we been aware that it i s "visual negligence", our niggardly use of our eyes, that has been responsible for our "gratuitous and unjust" Judg­ments?

Have we known that great ar­tists devote themselves to "com­monplace" realities, that love is not at all blind, that "the stars.. the days and the nights...werej given to us so that.. our eyes, however tired they might be, would become peaceful and clear, and so that If we lacked anything better, we should know to this world here below at least a min­imum of purity, truth, a n d peace"?

And of light—have we known it as God's first gift, as generous to what it touches, as delicate, a s pure "benevolence," which like God's own action does not over*

^power the world over which It has passed tirelessly throughout . . the millenlums," but only com-m u n i c a t e s "its Inexhaustible freshness",

Light, If we allow ourselves to experience its natural changes, gives us stability, rest, saves us-j from tedium and suffocation un­der routine strain, mellows us, Interprets our spiritual world. My Friends The Senses would make one long beautiful quote — It Is a most perceptive prose poem about neglected reality.

CrftJtCH MUSIC

20: - By «EV. IINEDICT EHMANN -

No efforts for intelligent and integral ^worship of God will succeed without the wholehearted cooperation, of the bishops and priest* of the Church. They must be penetrated with, an unquenchable desire .toj increase and enhance divine wor- priesVaatheont who t**chea-the

sfjsyjsfjsjjBjsfj givt them a* divin. wm*hi». t* M>£I,»** « »h far aa poaslbla a..l iyin|.and

'" avtaerj Ehntarin

iance of com­munal prayer ar&indvih* '**• tar of th* Holy Sacrifice.

Efch and all lnn)*t havt the

s p i r i t of the Blessed Plus X,

for whom "the leading care of the pastoral office Was "without question that of maintaining and promoting the decorum' of', the house of God." ..-. ,

There Is so much for ar priest to do and to care for, and even more -for a bishop, that it xis humanly a l l too e a s y to be SWampe Wlt? details and tolose g t l p ; : ^ ^ e * s e l » 7 u ] S t ^ - ^ ^

.With. *tt the desk Worlc, book' wprk, parish societies, public «•• faljonsr—cateehizlngr-convert—in­struction, care of the sick and troubled,, hearing of confettlon*, perish visitation, Plata for bUHd-ing and expansion, preparatoh. of] yc-ung eo-uples for marriage, the guidance and coaching of the Sis ters, attending conlerencet and

^Jfewdjneiti^

divln* worship, be equipped with a suitable artistic formation Which must he developed grad­ually from the -fust years of hi* lu»mthe»emlnary.*' -

me on confession. I t w « S o n ™ ^ ^ « ^ p » ] faithful to Itself," and magnifi­cently opens out the-llturgy and even the name of names, Christ. The chapter on the Hand, the chapter on sports, the chapter on dancing—any one is so new as to be a whole volume i n little. .

Onefof The Fifteen MUHos is the factual account of Soviet methods tit the Ukraine, and of fthe experience .of limitless bru­tality and of rare, sweet human kindness over years of imprison inent In a Siberian labor camp. p n e pearl lies constant aid un-dimmed in the black—a mother's love, her trust In Mary, in God; ;§er daring. '. . - • ';'"-/ '- •:; •• -...This book deserve* attention because of our IJtoainlan friend* in the RwhestefioUoctte, because We easily forget What price we may pay for sleeping, arid be­cause this remark strike* home: "On the map of the In^ntimerabie consentration camps of the USSR^ ivoeT was marked -^tira^amaU. eat dot, for at that time this camp had under i » Jttcisdiction •lily three- h«i«r*i «IH! fifty thouwad rfaw*." That', the pop­ulation .oli|fc^*fi^'*,'v. •- •-: •*"; \

XilmjX iiifnfrjiiii't'Q Vii'ai«v4'^'i ;*)•• -'

Hovsaliif a^nwtiifli '. , Madnw, Ia«»-(NC)—An am­

bitious Catholic housing program has been -'snnouheea[here^by the Association;; of Catholic Social Workers. The' assodittori plaits, to buIM'hbuseS fen; tfiousands of Catholloi. tit Siidia •-•Stfiofhve in mlserabfe. -muapnii!*..or ,%ve^n^ roofs' sr^ovefefth^lOeads.''"

sold" sell any open-minded reader.' So I said, to myselfV'T might as well strike now while the iron is hot.' I went to St. .Anthony?* Friary on Arch Street In Boston and ex­plained to the rector, Father Harold Blake, OJPM., the type of wan Vic was, 'Select one> ofJ yo\ir best'rnen>* I said, 'because We "Can't "affdrot to lose Vic now.' He called? me the following Wed­nesday and told me he had Juat the right man.

'T toolc Vic along with me to the Friary. We were sitting in a waiting room when suddenly the door opened and in walked a tre­mendous priest, six feet four inches and weighing about two hundred fifty pounds. J introduc­ed Vic and myself to the Mar. With a rogulshr Jook in hisJeye [Vltr remarked, 1' can't afford to argue with yon, Father, you're too* big for me.*

"FBOMt THAT MOMENT a wonderful friendship sprang up between Vic and Father Theo jphilus McNulty. In three months. Father had explained everything to Vicjndjtraightgnejl .out every, kltik". On Easter Saturday, 1952, hi the presence of_ about fttty

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people from the omcet: Vic w*s baptized by Father Theophilus and at midnight made his First

r Communion* He * a s won­derfully happy. About a>. month later he was confirmed in St. Margaret's Church, Dorchester, and l*carneLa devoutJpatholic.

"Last fall Vic began the First Fridays but never completed the nine. On the night of May % 1953, he. and another man went to Ipswich to get the .boat teady to take a crowd of us from the office on a fishing trip the next day. He and the skipper.rowed Out in a small skiff which cap­sized in a rough sea and both were drowned. r :

"We gave Vic a beautiful fu­neral from a 'little country church ,in Rowley* Massachu­setts, and buried him obi ii lovely kholl in, IpswlGJSiiCe;.r e< J35, AtN the grave I met ahdjther friar,' Father COrmacv and rettuSTked, ,'Father, what a terrible tragedy,' 'ft was, rib tragpedy, CHeales, be­cause 1 never Met- a man who [was better prepared to- die.' I'd appreciate, Fathter O'Srlepf yoUK saying a prayer for Vic."

"tXL BE GliAD to do so, Cha*leSj and I want te acohgratu* late you on your 2ealt yUut? per­severance and your kindness -IA helping Me fiisd; Jus•.w8$. Intd the ChulrcJh. N o faatter" hoW Strong-willed and independent *

promoung the wori of social rjustlce;. and 'mercyi" at, alia huiusmodl, it should not be'l surprising, though it is regretr taW«(, thst we prietU, like :thf ovejcbiilsy Warthi, overlook; '^thf 1 o«« thhigi necesssry^i e*en WhileJ servfnjlithftT^^ so'fJdfttUl%

THESE THINGS, Irnieed,;'-'W1

must do « not alone, or siwle-handed, hdWeyerV-as*:oin;;pj(eaeh.| Holy. Father jateiy-Wrote> during his sickness in his annual mes­sage to the Lenten preachers, but] with the auxiliary collaboration of the apostolic layfolk. But all these works are subordinate to the main work of the pastoral ministry, which is, to form the people of God into an intelligent and devout'instrument of divine worship and service,

r'iThe Seal of Thy house hath eaten Sfe up," So was it written by the prophet looking forward to the Lord, and so must it be written into the l i f e of every!' priest in charge of the house of God, and of {he people of God who gather there for worship. To be "eaten up" means to be de­voured, to be consumedr Nothing less than that consuming desire 'Will suffice in any priest; But how shall that desire even so

I much as exist, to say fibthitg of Its becoming a consuming zeal, unless pur. young candidate* m the Settsffiaries" are formed from their earliest studies in the true ideas of Christian worship arid in Its proper standards? <•*.;

AS HJS CONTRIBUTION to the world-wide celebratioh of the golden Jubilee of the Motu Pro? prio on Church Music, Pope Plus Xfl last No1 vemberi issued ai. letter to Cardinal Pizzardo, Prefect jot, the Sacred Congregation Of Sem­inaries and Universities, setting forth papal rules for a-restora­tion of liturgical music. It con­tains nothing hew. In fact most! of what it says has been said more than oncet before,, boths by Plus XII and his predecessors ih our century,; How sad, that the •Popesliitve to tepea;Hhen5s«rv#f, like a distraught mother to he*! unheeding children^ The Tope wrltesi "Nothwithstandihg the

W M, right on the line, and on the sensitive spot. This whole vital matter-stand* or falls with the priest*. And they, In turn, cannot stand true to It with­out long formation in their sem­inary training.

The Pope goes' o^to urge ''the complete application.- of the prac­tical norma (for seminary train­ing) set .forth in the-Instruction of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities on August 13,1949.B

r ..". Let's' see Whafc is laid down In

that Instruction:

1. Church Music must be among repaired subjects — bOtn the (theory/.andi practice; oX it' ~~ from the-beginnlng-of the Humanities to the end of Theology,.:. % -JL.3JW teacher* . of.-'fealjrch-Music are to propose their pro­gram to the lliahop fotl^Droyal eachryear.' ^ •' - -v . . * ^ _^.®e_nuinber of houra per week to be devoted to this? sub­ject have been determined in the Constitutldn Deus SdenOarum Qimkius, and are to be included

"SS>'»-;(wHe: T h i s CTonst&Ution iutei; that there Is to bc; more ;than one class a week its this iuojep Shd*: ideally, one' every U M evensif ifilsfdr only «.half •haurVH '-.v-'';",;.-.

good fruit already borne by fhe MOtir Pipptiit Ins the field of sac-

^ .. . ^ are;tq;be annual ex-arrilnatlons in this subject, as ;the^Sa^vfor'Vtheiofher courses.

fclKVlBaY SBMINABY is to have-,"* iultahie. professor of Church. Jjtu*lc;-,ahd he must be |t^;eqfi*lvstandlttg with the other professors. £ ^Jthese regulations are to go Into immediate effect.

7.*It is further reconimended that niore time be given to sacred music during the students' vaca­tion time, both f o r individual coaching and in groups.'

a Students of' special talent are to be sent .for higher training and development, espedaHy to the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, so that they may become masters in the subject, thorough­ly imbued with the liturgical spirit • ,

May the devout layfolk, some of whom^wve-writterrme^very-en^ couraging and generous letters oft" this" matter, besiege heaven [with their prayers,.not forgetting the holy intercessor Blessed- Pius X, that all these things m a y be put into"elfectht a genuinely pro­gressive spirit, and that priests may come from bur Seminaries fUUy imbued with the ideate artd norms of genuine Christian wor-skip...-

Thu* will the5 winter Tass, and another spring of holiness and .corporate charity wpc warm In bui* parishes, when the voice of the dove, which -Is the song of the Church, Will agairf be heard--In the clelts of the rock> and the -Beloved Will return arid be seen-by His bride In all His nrajesttc •beautyi , - •' , ;*• : • •. .

May JSatry/WMoutfr,; sweet Singer of Braelr sweet CHarlter of the Magnificat, hasten this day, so .that some of us may. not dfe^'^nirulie''Sl!mlbn, we fnay se*: with our pwri eyes afld hear With our own ears our hope ful-hiledJ ' - ;-

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