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mi ooll»j»*» In hlitofy. yon'vi ( i « n *ome imporlmit fauot*. It w**n't p)«nea or twki tiiiit, Oof i»*irty «»«d {o ofUt'li th# Krenoh. I t WIIK pl»ln fofce or numbcri . Birth control hncj wiped ou t t»rg« WutlMii<i: •of-'Hlio-' iifmUawid i>f Kmnce. I ihan't try t o ft mi re wh«t_lt did by wny of maKlng

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Birth control Iml llolcoc* franco. • Knd It •t«ii4i K flnl CIMU* chanco at lloklng in hart In t h « UJS A,

^ th« J t t a l r * C « l h o a i < ^ * H l t l . - S r i ( ^ / | | M a c Of tt» d e V O t W S o u t m i m i i r J i m , " J o rftl»«p«)pi.t<)th«hlth^ BUndard»p(r*ligioui«»ndwii- '•

••lir «i»e«tio€i. St. Jo«ph'« HwipiUI «!y« t o the communlt>-, m&.miiM U th« !lek that l« found*! on th« »gtt-old frln- ,ir

dp*« <rf trw elurity, md U ix«mp)iM lr» the connecrtltKi lw, •u»Jt* u « e*r*d for br tht JptajHiMholter ChiritlM, A -

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T h » m o i t wnpnttloilc i s ten and wonMh t h a t iver M«iled * na t ion

cour*iiei l * r i » popn»U«w>. w l > * G*rmitny cull* for more m i d m o r e children, w h l l i jRpnn b u l l t l i u p • ir*m«n<ioui mim power, o « r b r a v « tr»I tor« c»ti Jor liii c h i l d r e n , (nflM »«lfl»hn«M. iteklUr hotnet , (tr«p,ter ••lf-lndul||wce, mid » con»t«htly thrlnkltii p o p u l a t i o n . 0 1 4 mon on*y Mtef li|i o t a r popu-lfctlon tfvel but tiny w i l t n o t ho l ible to flfht our In i t io* or tle-

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M* A. U#tukr>»4 tvnwoua ««pport of claurch and'iohftol tar * 4nr«at Catholic p«opW, h u b«n-»ii|rr*«nted in * ultlfc-

\ i » « way by tha bw»f«tton« of t h o « bl«w««i with we*!tl

• - l l # - ecom i. MW > t n k to fttey'ii'tiarjfJtoj'y that b « trowinf and no-w n W i \hm mitt ot its own pr aa«( H»t«r. Our Udy of Lourd»« Church w-ilI noon be bli

'"iaiblKrtafintf I W«Mih|-t<J *h# esoutmunlty' *» * tiew ll«iw» .—_ rf<Wd» j M I h l M * i « | r ^ ^ i * ! H h « dWOWCIUre Of t h e P l t o f rd ' * » a our country. Franoo WM

. jC«ff1*« W:AWitiat P«ato*.of SL IMHcak'* ImVft bromrbdb to to* he»« by urn •***« group hfm Into tewik'WtfcaaoTikftf th* ftttilfn-tfeftt Mil form fee f ttattow «««, m »u5 land -

m 0* comlnf rt7*th«r Sch»r«b to ba t l i« Pounder (net ' & * ^° ' ms i t Paitor of 1h« new P*riih of Our L*dy of Loutae*. - — May hi* l#bori be bleauied with Abundant inuit, M he cm'rlc* ML Wi mittiatry to the honor and glory 6f <3od and tho ml-v»eoho#»oulil

Bui We Lap II Up Tho eompUte loyally *nit lm«

pHett tolth of youniiiorn t « *omv on« they deeply wlmtr-c con-Itaiitly »in»ie» mid ruthec (right-i r u tlielr eldon.

W« wir» llaUnlng lo t h * Louis-G«doy il«ht, »nd tin i tx-yiw-old wag. firmly planted on his fi\th«r'r

. knt«. In hla really youtUful days, hbi father hnd playcil itood hall »nd wa» nttiloticnlly incltiaeil. but nev«r by ntiy atrotclt of tawgina-l loa iould he Imvo jot o u t of tho wiwjjwlu&t elaM.

Sara the ysung ion in raiMen fidmtratlon: "Pop, iliey'rw JJOO4 those two, but I but you could gft Into the ring with tlio tvra of *cm.

lick 'em both «t ana*."

ntnutrmtion of food and clothing ami shelter to them i » eoneaneexL The Bed Craui ^rlll -work for u » , will help t t e e

Help 1 W M Crest Chartty befjrii at home, but ce*«ea to be churity wbiiit

end* theire. the Good Samaritan *aw In tiht poor mnn on. 'the* road to Jericho a neighbor -^ho WM n o t of his home," iiWUed, but *ho neederd hie h<{lp» The prieart and the Levltaa MUMed him. by* hut the Samaritan cared fox- him and npoa hi* money iot hla take. "He toofc out two pence, and nave to the host 6f the inn, and aafdt: Take cavre of him; and Wbataoarver thou ihalt »p«nd over and »bov«, I nt my return 'Win repay the*.' •• - Our good n«l|hbor« among tho poor and afflicted t « Rtootoa n«td our h«Ip nowl S«*ing-thcna, -we riiduiitber *-B*

be«tt. pleased at Willi, h o l j e . nml fo^-c all rolled Into 6ft* att&Hmo expreMlon lilio thnl , a a w onei ia our name atid of our aubiitaance.,

' lTireetlf or through our pariak churiti, vm should bo rendfer to- htlp our community attain the quota assigned to llforr-wavr-re%f. rforlathe tlm« to»ctl NoVr tAe time to KlvteS Grvateftal for. what Jrou have-miaaed i« laffering and ijiis-* 7 w m m w n „ , m ™ fortUtoav gt«njrraelovwly o | -what yoa PMSOKS to relievo tliosse cojivinoint the government w*w ha^eauffered and need yoav Help the 3tcd Cross! '

Mort Landmarks Pais On ( G«ne*ee Street and West Averuie weic the- sites of Catholics inatitutiona long bafdre -the c£xy moved out there. Tj*e orphanatM have been located there for m*ny R year, fhee ^ ^ J L V ' t t £J*X Cmihbllc Hoapltal wa» there long before the Civil Wfcav S ^ fX*— *&-**" pnr-

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oorn»*6h* tnore than a b o t u ttetrty y c a r t ago, wllttt » ]ob ysoii have

'* ' ' "" government t ha t y«n» were born at a(H

Hatural ly , you're s lilt a turpriaed t o Ami out thru tor a p a & s p o r t , or HeVBrimient penslonsor l i f e t n su t -* 6 o « , y o U roust Wvs it b i r t h cer-tlflwirt, T o t prior to (he first dec-elide, at t h i s century, birfcfci cert i l l-

'ntoWMoadk4rfjehiWremfrom Hooheatdran.a other purls&£ m&tomym$ Hits reglstofed yetir b l i f thi and

tha diocaw haw made their home at St, JPatrjck'a or S b . Hmry » Homau. Death of pateata » hoinet' difficulties \ m meant Httfc In the way of Jaetinig lose to th«se young people* bexaftaa th« Si#t*n« of St, Joeeph have tti*td to.givo ittbtb aaodtinaalt that a good home tan meih,' "

,- Afldrewi Street waa the site trf St. Jowpii'a Orphan lloiiate *3wt) l ltv ekatfd Ita doors last year antfieixt its clulduli t o X t m Mary's and St. .Patrick's Home!!. The 6«rman pcfete \, oJFtRoehwter have reason for prid* it the good worlt#ia&

b # St J6«*ph*» ^gylnm over many dwdeas. It hsts mertecl fc-f wfth t**!otH«r(tWO Hbmea,, and now hey in turn will-1st*'

Wiped in one eorporate.entity that -will caure for the WiireEs m, oCaHflireeingtitutions. *

. ^ e f a n the «lc«e,«f the ^ear* tha Clurk Farm on Dowesr

liecentty t ctuutdaU aver St. JUouli County with a f r iend who w»* trying to pvovo ti>M he'd beettbarn* fhe eottNhotrse-dtdn"! kmow. The little pr lsk church ri** no tccofd. Thopresidllhfr tfoe? Vest- *af dead. Tluro w*« JiiQthi -ilSfiT (W J t ljut to JUinw*cft forth t-svd wltftfteses Who couia testily :Bs*t the. poor eMj rea l ly had beek'b'o'rn: And only «ift*r a lie-t a ry h%d witnessed due csattis did the ; Kovorftment htm na *eee|»ting ht«&d,

When & few years itfeow I sot « pajssport, I was In lliat s a m e pre-ateanwmts t hhd to.Brov« that I'd

u*rjn be bttiH at one*, a»d other* avdded as tho need i«v»j;|ied o u t of court. r " i l o w do wo. •know ..your rjarcnls dl«3n' t come.

riuMta* w i l l k - . n i » . « . » « , . - « i « i * - J -U^ l a * '*:-*_• ? * m » t e I n t o Chicago t o faav© you r f ^ J " F "* *p anpwyemwl o n ttte qlder o|«ife ,,bAPti«edr* so nh# vr* solved 'VjbJoUMMd th* ^rimeoll « t e oity)'thelsSfA'*V-<«V* ot-tf^iajsaittt-««' iM Jf'tjeaer to^atuSrfc aw( rtiwaiy for t h e n t e t i ' g«f» to^>*e4 by--|i^*frjm«nt

y«jfiNta* t%pntr,«aa«a»i« pffflfccieaw, thenii^^^v%uieif-'d#t4w# ^»*a«y

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WHY W*RS CONf INUT*

ASojtt three or (our jMtauw »go, ti le Birth Control t,c9.y»« b i d » »*>«!- «t#iftt;ig t» SI, £*^i(#, 8o-Bftmtii (tmnv C*tJ«ille»- uttte- »»-»ojf«d by their iirt»fte«e, I wft* «*k*(t to .give a,;lMtwif* oa the #WW«rt, Arid did, ll WAS* <*»« of ttteffl t«j*«')y *,tiitl!l!ea|, tft-tngfi, ik*t. the f«ot>i <m ivliiifc iMe &)»»• t^jf ht «Hperl«n«lnj( m a ««»ttit of ti»e effort of the Willi cojitrollere ts> wipe o«t.«ur pojiiilfttieMi. X*ter tftf* »BB»itfed to ;»HUJ» booKlet iaansd -W388W--Binii.C!iM*«t'l» i w l»'jp to? Oi* UftWd 8t»te«,*

But in the (iouraof.lt, l«.*ked; '*tf- I .we*« « thouilitfBl fretfleth m«W I -ghbtiM be worrleKl awB— Aadi jwte A hort(lHi) y « » r t «go, Pfunet ««d Oermany Jh»d etopu* J*tMj|)» of atirjost iiwi *ta<j. Mr dny, Uemiany )i ulruoirt double t h * Mixer of Fr»nfle.ln*«si:u»r(;!ti'

• „ . . - . **>»<'And, th* Jilrilcriu*. of *3er. mrmul IBalteibJIflssad l$«a a>" niany rlw*. and that of »*r»rtee i» t ^ ^ m t m i m ^ m m m »o law that tbsy »p« «ctu»lly

^"^ mom deitth* th«n Willi* Ua Franco 3&> a t the pceeent time* i t a ytur &Jt vamoti viM the' VnkYt itwm the

)«/<£ »<ituiit number of mildlerji nocd.ed

The Campaign For Clean RLeadiiv

BUtikrieg^n^rayiBr^ ir axv. lAMts H. anxit. ci>_ uiiw, MM deu>«u< W*IM

M)«ri.w iVW :*-•':'.. i a f tHstr^ast, , ' €> Moral Next time yovn're torn

jMaailitJJatjttwefcahumil^. at*. ***** « notary puuis t»«o& the tataga t t d a T * painful t^aW g j * " ^ tKjSS Wr01 on

"" '* "iav-j- x JJ •>, , ,—. ^ ' " ^ I °f *ft tte-God hm done for u s , of the biasings of mfi&Ufom Hi* sftre^dt^fc B?hfch A\o tcould not hope foi hapr>incss

Tlint leeetne a etrnngely Iniqi-proprlate, i>erhnp» •ven a craal ly inoongruatzie, aiibciatlon of Idem. Could a n y two thlnge u n d e r heayan, or a n y two thinga o n e In heavon a n d the other on e a r t h , be farther a p a r t than prayer and war, ( ipeclatUy tills new t y p e of .war. nwlft « • lightning, r u t h l o n a t Salnn, w l i l c l i We hava learned to call " B l i U k r i e g " ?

And yet. o n locond t l iought . tho comparliot* of prayer with w«r< a i.wilt a m i affect! va wnr ~ may not lio q u i t * propoaierouK. X re-momhor % prio.il. a good, holy ninn, ionievytint vehement portinna In tliu oj iprosJlon of hla pioly who uioil t o eay "pray lilcc a hoiuo a f i r e ! " You get w h a t ho mount-no dawdling, no disCrni'-tion. no i s a d n e n but t n m l l r np-plloatlon (t_nd conoentrntion — a holy impetuosi ty.

The litoav seenm to liave auppor t in tho Scr ip tu re* , and In o thor religious l l t e r a t u r a . t l i» t e r m i •'fervent" a tnd "ardent," t o fa. miliar In b rooks of piety, como from root w o n l i , ont of wJiicli nicniu b a i l i n g ' »ml tlio o the r "binning.'' Xn one of tile P a a l m i wo have t k « Une "My heart g row* hot within m o and tn my med i t a ­tion a fires ahull twrn* o u t , " or, according t o another and bet tor trniulnllonc <that of P. Qeorgo O'Neill, 9 - J . . tn Tho l'mtlnis and Onticlcait " t i ro burat into >dajiie." Alio, thor« ia a hymn In wrhlcli wi illig, "TTjy love la Itho a b u r n -inK flro tflfchin my Inmost soul"

- If prayerat can bo lllte a bouse ftflto, why not- llkb a wnr'* Wo talk about -*L "Cruaado of P r a y e r , " and l«n't a cruaade a w a r * So perhaps E l s l o Robinson. tho columnist 'whoso dally a r t i c l e is found In s o m e three hundred slid •evenly pa. p e r a. used a not too inept oppress ion when she spolio rccolltly o>f a "BllUkricg of Prayer' ' TThe lady aays alio is not rt Catholic, nnd for that m a t t e r "not a s h i n i n g axnmple of any othrr r r e o d . " bill she wns d««ply ffinvjil hy Bf te idro ami tht> s igh t of a Novorta fpr Ponce nt the Chapel of Mnry Repnratrisc IS New York O l t y . St'IKIT VWSVt

It was Indeed aomcthing to awBhen cnao t lon o s u n c s s i p n of "Holy HoiMf-a"" for nino days, ywlth crowds b e s i e g i n g the doors and filling the rather small c h u r c h until It w a s "packed to suffoca­tion " M o r e remarkable t h a n tho numb'cr it* atlcndnii.c was thd spirit of t f a e coilgrcgntlon* You toiild sons-e it In th t i r responses to tho l l ta is lcs . in the warmth and ' vigor of t t a e tone tn which thoy recited in unison tlio p r a y e r s of reparation, a n d In their pet i t ions to God for **that Peace wh ich the world canrso t g ive"

Thcro- u t< leed wns tho m o t i f of all the co»fcronces and p raye r s -tho world h a s not the p o w e r lo bring aboia t peace. In 191S tho warring n a t i o n s arranged first an armistice, a , cessation of host i l i ­ties Then came tho " P e a c e " so callod. B u t tho Peace turnejil out ta be only a longer a rmis t i ce . As soon as p s - epa ra t i ons - - cou ld bo made, tho w a r was oil ngaift , tho aamo war, safegravU^d, lntcttsaflod *nd more ShorrlMe than b e f o r e .

BJvon if t h a t war Is «6\v Uater^ tuptcd for- another a r m i s t i c e or, aiiothcr •"'SPeo.oc." who c a n say tlint It wtK not break out agailn? The world o f itself cannot achieve-lasting poascc. So. said t h e s e de­vout Chrlsstlntis (not, by t h e -way, all Cathiil tesi since this w o r J d Is helpless, w e will apply t o tho Othor Woa-td. •'

IOGICAL mm StatosmeiV and diplomats a r e nt

"ificfr, wits ends. Treaties don't hwa"ii arSything any sa t i re . Ijcagues suad covenants, no rtiat-

. tor liow: ftdroitly, phrased, ajrp fu­tile, ParlWunonts and congresses, with tlicic debates, resolutions, enactmentps. produce only cemfu-sien worst© contouudod. Even good slmoto men and , woanom honeat, stacejre, plousi well is\ten-tlDiied, i t e m to ua,ve ho pow«r to step the vpar , not to say to * pre* vont,war» .There is no help aiiy-where ott eiatthi So we.t t tcn to heaven. t P e canwoit save our-selve!1 so wire ask God to sav« us. •-ltOglcal enough But can pray

«r bo effeeti\ e against the "inev­itable t Absolutely and infalll bly on o n e condition The move

mcni mint spread like fire, sweep over tlio nation with the speed and force of a B£Hikrleg.

Tile luily colunaniit wgi r ight A "DIIUhrleiK of F»rayer" was her phrnio. Fight the devil with flra. Ovorcome w a r wi th war If they want wnr. w e uiiall give them war Not the i r k ind of war You don't flglil t h e dov-ll with hell fire, but with fire Irani lienvon You don't win a bloody war by waging another bloody *-«r. "The weap­ons of our vv-nrfatre sre not car­nal.''

As foi the a rmy lo wnjo this wnr from first t o last in ntno days there wero some 40.000 in thai one chapel l-o one city But those are only a tniimto fraction of the millions we can rorruit and send m|o t h e field. As a matter of fact, at tho very time when thoso two score thousands were ttaaombM. othor scores of thou­sands wore assembled, other scores of t housands wore joined tn Hie same holy bailie of prayer tn other rburchesr anil chnpola in that somo city ami in other cities, towns, villstgoi,

What we need ta i generation!-ran who will uni te in all In this holy war As wo Mnlie our forces, millions upon million! of others will come t o reinforce us If. all over the nation cuid all over tho world, tlio uncoi&ntod multitudes, ordinarily s o disunited and tn consequence so ineffectual, can be mado conscious o f one another's co-oporalion. and tf with one ac­cord, nt one and t h e same t i m e -say for nine days or thirty days— we put -on a Divine Dllttkrlog, we can utterly destz-oy not this or that Dlotiitor. but War Itself. Wo bavo the power Wo Imvo the numbers. W e tsnve tho Cause. W'hats holding uss back ?

i Copyright. 19*0. Vc W C. >

Spiritual Thought*

The saints of G o d lived In the prosent, ihoy did tholr bei; and left it to ttod.

Seven times a d a y have I gtve.i praiso to The-* tear the judgments of Thy justice.-E»salm4. CXVIII. 16.

None ore holy besides Thee Clod for rvonc aaro holy bit Thoo -St Augustine. *

No virtue us nil limn • St. Cyril.

ta more necessary to a modest simplicity.

Think ilittgoiitly upon Him that endured such opposition from sin­ners, that y o u t»e not wearied. Tainting In your minds.—Hob. XII, 3.

For all y o u ares tho children of light and c h i l d r e n of the day: w e a r e not of t h e n l s h l , nor of d a r k ­ness .

Our Lord does no t ask from a l l t h e great s a c r i f i c e s Me asks f r o m somo,. but H o gives us s o m e things to r * n o u t * c « . or auffcr for Him.

Of all d i v i n e ^things, the m o s t Godlike is t o co-operate with God i n tho convers ion of slnnors. —St, Berils the A r u o p a g l t e .

If thou w o u l d s s t advance f r o m virtue to V i r t u e , front grace to ^ racc and f r o m good to bet ter , medlato d a i l y ansd with all d e v o ­tion on the P a s s i o n of Our L o r d

Hood ol Obnoxioui ytewcctwa Imp-erittfeng Youth Twcwd To It» Sooica "by Bisiiop Moll

mm BuiWing » dam tff prejwsrtions

large enough to stem fcfae ^ood of «»fa«aous book* ana* nasgaatjnes. i* goinjf tb e*li for th*-- c«atinued laboir of workers recruited from the decent minded meis. and wom­en i n th» country

S o m e idea of tho spr ing source of th«so demoralizing; waters of ohnoxioui literature c a n £»c had fr.-OT "An Open Letter To A!) in Fewer , written by the Mt>at Rev. John E" Noll, editor, i n hts "Our S u n d a y Visitor for J-u') 7

T o "Tho Commercialisation of. Sex." Bishop Noll a t t r ibu tes the motives which animate varloua g r o u p s advocating sox and to the aamo pernicious movement born during: the depression tan be t raced the beginning o f "the devr • s t a t i n g flood of those books and maijoilnes which have brought into exlstonce tho Na t iona l Or­ganization for Deeont Literature. Making Money on Yocrth

A s Bishop Noll in his "Open Le t te r" itatea.

" M a n y movements would die an enriy death if it we re not for thosse who see an opportunity to c«mmeroiall«© them. The com-merciaJunlion ol sea w a s regard­ed sts an excellent depression op­portunity. Mlllloni of youths were unemployed and thoy had to be provided with reading matter dur ing their long lelauro hours.

Sex. books Dojao Co multip.y. as d i d also 'sexy magazines, tho

^flr»t having been launched 11 is "boliaveKl by many, by anti-Chna-tuui-minded men for t h e destrut-lion of tho morals of you th .

S o fortlle was the field that more than ono huadred tnaga-tines of the moat orotic a n d sa­lacious typo were started during the depression and a t t a ined a cir­culat ion which it astounding . .

•"Within a few year* one of the dominant interests of peoplo has become flesh.--tin undressed hu­man body, save for an, abbreviat­ed bathing suit. Kven otherwise unobjectionable periodicals adorn their cdvers with a soit-appoal picture, and tho best pollers a m o n g magatincs aro those whose contents aro e i t h e r alto­ge ther or threodourtha 'sexy' pic­torial . Beauty is no longer de­termined by facial appearance and expression, but toy t he body below tho (aco Evon tho ctonnor movies ore advertised i n local newspaper by such illustrations as w i l l entice tho lewd minded. BOYtxyrT BEST cuius,

"Observing that young America has become intensely sex-ion-sclous. many are demanding that courses on sex be introduced into the schools in order t h a t children may be taught aright o n tho sub­ject. Thotc who moJke th i s de­mand fall to note tha t they con­fuse effoct and cause.

**It was not tholr sex-interest which croated the flood of erotic literature, but rather this flood had created the sox-mlndedneSs The best cure, therefore, would be the boycott of all filthy publica­tions, effected through an aroused public opinion"

T h a t "aroused public opinion" must be brought about by those >vho know tho danger and aro wit l ing to work for i t s removal. The need for another kind of Boulder Dam Is apparent when it Is found that there a r e persons r ight in our own communities who aro willing lo "commorclal-Ue s e x " today and wi l l not stop unless they feel the weight of public opinion against them

Storekeepers linvs been inter­viewed who would not t ake such t rash home t o their o w n children but cannot sec why thoy should r e m e v s It from their stands to be s o l d to others' children. MIX.JLION8 BEAD

T h e extent of the flood of in­decent literature can be realized from the statement i n a recent Headers ' DlR-est article that In .no single month, e i g h t million Americans—most ot t h e m under t w e n t y years of age. b o u g h t cop­ies o f sonic 150 nationally dis­t r ibu ted periodicals. The article f rank ly stated that t h e s e publi­ca t ions contained fr*r»kly objec­t ionable material. B o t h ou r high school and college young people are particularly threatened by this flood of obscenity and crime-Inci t ing advert'urc stories.

T h e dangers will n o doubt be increased dunnj t h e vacation period. To counteract this. "Cnth-

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Wednesday, July S t — ST. CHKTSTIAN\

Tharsilay, July IS.—ST. JAMKS. AFOSTLE.

Fr iday , July 56.-ST. A.VNE. StatsiTday, July 47 ^ T . PAN-

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olio Action," the monthly publica­tion of tha KfstipnaJ Catholic Welfare Conference d&eeeu iM jh school students' atteation to the pamphlet "Ha Smut"

This pamphlet was published by the Notre Dame Student Ctarn-mission for Deceit Literaturb. Notre Dame Indiana. Designed especially for high school stu-

d&enu .'. :* now in ita snsth print-.tsig, wnr* 125.1X30 coptes already .cEiatnbut ed

No j'isrer.'/i esnitild fa-U to UK*-pnarecautloaslo Keep their cnildren f a-oni drowning Neither saouM E«ey faa to act al once to g-ia.-* {.»« joungslers ftom tnese other liwaters "ssriiii-h would engulf the •«j?ei7 spul* of thoir chiidriHi

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S i s t e r Tercs ina was the i r teach­e r U s : week In t h i s column ««-trc mentioned Harry Hagcrty, IxuiMurer of the Jiletropoiitaa t—;fe Intturamc Company of New %f orn a n d VVuliom Leonard, a f£3ui,cufui Rochtater bueincss caaan T h e y were m he r ei.asses. E—ieut-Coi Frank P Mulcahy of ta-io U S Marino Corps , Grand E-Smnftt Joseph 1' FTynn of the r^oi . ies lej- Kmghtaof Columbus, a s.-j..c«8fu,: orcftlifil. F r a n a M. &5unlnii. anglhe'r successful arch-t.«-.! * n o recently d e s l g n c i the JMaJiireth Academy addition. CUeorge J Nior. Inrmer t 'onimis-s-ionw o r Public Safety the late C^jr.l -3 Curran, promlaent V\'iuliins-ton attorney. Dr Nor-rsnin J Praff. I)r Elmer VV. O B r i r n . Edward J I ' o y l e and the f=?c\ C e o r g f C Mncnuiey S.I ore atmong t h e many men who in the

-^-sriraaySTT-ffnmuij?irro hTira f^trhool knew ai'd sppreciatcd £5i8tpr Tpresina. It Is tn the way r>f 'ile in the rument that the c5«*cM o f such o rapable woman c-annot b e told the world Her n ion .micnt is In I he contribution t o exemplary Cotliotic life and stounj American citizenship given fc>y tliose who bad Ihe advantages o f ncr influence, ability and dis-

• c-ipi.m: Sister Tercsina s intlu-es-n• •• g v t r yojnji Catholic girls w»ho ranne under her tutelage cannot b e adequately written by t-.his writer but ll c a n be some-*A-h,t- vtsuuiized by the number of irtot f'.imer students w h o aro now ..ai u.igton llienise.ves and carry­i n g on her tradition some s t 2""Jninrothi Academy There will be mnnv prayers offered for the re-g ,>si? of SLUT Tofe»ina s soul in stir .••!! and grnleful remenv ^r„n, r Whoneirr grndua'es smf" or women wko had her for «« Ir-a.ht-r- gnlhcr log^ther to talh raui ihe old days Sister Teresina laxillbi. j-mmeillatr'y ror.alled May T-i .r <"iil and tho souls of those e-»thi>r devoted Slltors who gave *-.}:,•• h v r t !o nlford fa'hnli'-t^ra"-g -n lh.,!u»''i, Uy enough to

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WISTKi; M. TKKESIJiA tiaa been culled to her eternal reward. To Catholic people generally it is saddening news lo iearn of the death aS a jealous, devoted .Si5t.tr v.huae ufe tuut been iju^tly but thoruughly and efQcienlly spent in the training of their chlidren. Sister Teresina of the Congrega­tion of the Slaters of S t Joseph had nearly reached her golden Jubilee in tho teaching uf Cut fr­olic children To thoso who sa'. at her feet, the death of thtir be­loved former teacher ta especially a cause of dcop mourning and for prayers for the repose of her soul Sister Teresina w a s a tea. h er of English and graduates ot old Cathedral Grammar School Cathedrul High School, which later becamo Ae,uinas Inst.tuto and In later yearn. Naiareth

'Academy "have ]ll»l eft, UM w r a p -preiiation that "'ej hod her as tholr teacher Cultured was a term applied to 'icr because u itn her own natural capabilities she had had absorbed much,of the old world culture as a student «t Marcelllne College in Italy She was a consistent clear and u n derstandable teacher She was at all times the devoted nun and in­filtrated a deep appreciation for the Holy Faith ns she expla.nei composition, prose grammar and syntax If her (ormer itudenrs and the writer bud the unforget­table influen.e other teat im^ m grammar «< hoot and four years in high *t.hool fail m Ihr slight-e.Ht degree to express (heir thoughts tn perfc.t English it ts not th<" fault of SIH'.C- 1'prfnir.a Space dops not j-rrir't the re or.l ing of laymen an.I 'ny tC-.Ten out in the world tM;iv ..ho hsve achieved a posilinn of mo»-c or loss importance hc«Li«c of h^r influenre Proftssinnal men hazi­ness men and men ;u t c 8cr\''.c of God and of io jntry p-ofe." slonal women, business women i\p.j women in f' P'or Tiny - in her o * n be'o\e«l nH(-r "' 'hr ^is tors of St Jose;h tan look r, <-it with ^nt,,s'n,-*ion to the fart that

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Why Do You Wear Kodak? Looks To M« Liks Anolher Inilancs ol Good Luck Chantii.

You aro groatly miituknn The practice of carryinc on ono » per­son a bleisod medal has JioUitng in common with the pagan cus­tom of amulei* or goncl-lat-h charms

t We attribute no virtue to the medal Itself but wear it to honor God. to tmpore the intercession of His S.'linU to md.catc our |

nu'inbership in one of the ..unit a-' termtiea of Die Church or to re­mind us of »omo doctrine of o.ir holy Religion

The carrying of the modal is in Itself an unspoken prayer, a con­fession of Kailli, a plea IOT heav­enly protection, a loving token of our attachment to God. not unlike carrying a lu^icel . jnlain-•Ing the picture of one whom wo love

Certain modals receive a special blessing from the Chunh and have rich indulgences nttached to them Among ati tn.- meda,*,

i thus blessed mid used by the Church" the oldest and one of the most highly uididKenc-ed is tho Jubilee mc-dnl ol Saint Binedict

The author of these articles is a member of the Urder of Saint" Benedict. His name and address is the llcv Richard Felix, O.S.B. Defenders of the Faith . Concep­tion. Mo He will gladly send free to anyone who writes a blessed medal of Saint Benedict together with a folder describing the med-nd and its uses.

This offer is open t o every one. —Catholic and uon-Cathollc alike. Inclose a stamp for return post­age.

Poos Th» Catholic Church TVach titai Only that* Who Belonq to Her Communion Will It Savadr

It is the teaching of the Church that i.» one will be lost except through his own fault "God wills all men lo be saved a n d to corns

t o ilie knowledge of t in trutn" * 1 Tim .' 4' lie w h o comes to t*now t h a t the Catholic Church ta t n r one souety instituted by our £_oni t o r the salvation of men is toowitl under pain of eternal d a m n a t i o n to aflilinte with her

He w h o comes lo entertain a :s€r.o.,s susp.c.on that the t'atfh-o ' u Church may be the one so­c ie ty instituted by o u r Lord for C_he salvrttlon of men is bound in cr-oiisuenoe lo Investigate the

^t^laims o f tho Church should he f a d lo d o so. such a one has no es-x, HQ CM-fore Cod

Bo: h e who is outside th* €~.it!ul.i- Church and has no idea t iha i h e must be afiil iatcd with fcjrr to b e saved, m a y be saved t h rough his very lark of Informa­t i o n on this subject.

No o n e is held responsible i n t t i e sight of Cod lor a duly which .toe does not know to e x i s t A per­s o n who. through no fault of h i s o w n . f a l l s to recognize the Church s i s Hie o n e society inst i tuted by o u r Lord for the salvation of men, fr>"' «"io wo-ild affiliate--with "he Church at once did he realize « t u s in be Ihe will a n d wish of «Jod in Hi s behalf is; held to be-3onjr to the Soul of the Church Ssy im-ptirlt desire. •

This inferential Intent ion may sulllee fo r salvation Pope Pius • the N i n t h states t h e Catholic doc t r ine tn these words - "Far be a t from us to dare se t bounds to t ihe boundloss mercy of God. W« •sroust h o l d as of fa i th that out

; o f the Apostolic Roman Church srhere i s no salvation. that she is s h e otdv ark of safety and who­soever i s not in her. perishes in S h e de luge but o n tho other &nnd. CT must also recognize with le-erla'nty that tlio«c who aro In

. anvinctbile Ignoranec of the t rue srehsjion are not smitv for this in s j ie eyes -at the Lord. ,

And wsho will prosum'e to mark •out the- Units ot t h i s ignorance .according to the cha rac t e r and d ivers i ty of peoples, countries;.

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f r o m JUIM it, 18S3. Edition W i t h quiet and devout slmpUc-s

ity t h e nineiticli birthday of Rev. M o t h e r Beatrix, of tha Holy Spirit*. Pr ioress arid foundress of the

• Qarnjeiite Monastery of Roches­ter, was observed o n July 16. F e a s t «f Our Lady Of M L Carmcl at t h e Kast Avenue Monastery.

• i • T h e purpose of t h e Catholic

r u r a l tfft raovMiieilt schd the phi­losophy back of It Were discussed by t h e Most Rov. BSshop Edyvlh V. tiTHara, founder o f t h e movei mer i t , at a meoting o f priests of t h i s diocese held tia Columbus C*vio Onti*. Cominaf; of th* Na^ •Uoha*. Gatiiolic^Riirad - Lif* Gc-n-

- i n the files of tho CATHOLIC COURlfR isaimia

fo ono s h o \ v « d ate what I ought to d o . b u t the Most r i i g h Himself r e v a a l e A to me t h a t I ought to l i v e conformably to H i s Holy GospcL—Fr-egols ot Assisi.

Speak, TKeniisttn Even thoush a- petson has lived.

very far f rote feod, he mutt riot be afraid: t o apfea-o'acli Hlai with the famlllari*y oaf love. Speak to ilim in yohr pr«yen about your difficulties., iweder- and trouble*.

Vou iiaaiio^ ssseak to Him too. freely or cohilde»t)y. He loves the -simple and *hiia?iike of heart j i t

3 t , y , ^ " * J ^ * . f ^ ! 5 ^ * , ^ r toe««e to' Rochester was the rea-

K,« - J s 5 t ! ! ? ^ ^ ^ , ^ Q * " J i *«f«>r liewxttcf, iar«3-Srtioiild appr6»oh Him a* suppliaintis, >»^lfW'''"*;.^y«yia4t- not M BoaaWn, "O <5odl k merciful t o roc, a sunter."

al l Ideas a t In teBeetual or e levate ed thought, 0p*sw your heart to Him arid- t e l l 3HEtm .everything. When ,vwt fcavet . apo to .(o SXirri, itsttrt to M i m f « * ' * Wtt!Vir<me-

soil if o r calling: the naeotlri jg. • • * •

Rel ig ious ini t tuct ioa -fi»r t h e rorr*ll youth* o( the d i o c e s e w a s ' 'betUtg j tvea ifi lllVtHfa turei l- par*

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ishes* under the direction of the Rov. John M. Bs.ll. Diocesan Rura l Lire Buroail Twenty-eight nuns, twenty-two of t h o Sisters of St. Joseph and six of t:ie s i s t e r s of Chari ty furnished tho l each­ing staff.

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Nerve-wracking c*periQrues in the flood area and » description of a heroic rescue >y nah-CaUib-lic3 were told to *;<e CATHOIJC C 6 U R I B R by >'.iss > |ary Keily. sister of the 5«v. Pa t r ick Kel t " pastor o? §t, Gabriel's Chur i i. HamnTihasjjScirt, ivho with F a t h e r Keily uiftJidr-'Slster, Ka'ellc. es­caped seehtuigty rniraculously from t h e jevastating surge of un-leoisTigd w a t V S " ' -----------

ftochoster. Diocesan Pilgrimage to Rome and o t h e r parts of Europe "under the direction of the Rev. Benedict Hlimanh sailed on-the Steamship lie de F r a n c e from N e w York.

srhnrch on ^sieii F-enst<

Why I s Th» Dav Before H rtost Say Ctdled A Vigil?

The word "Vlg.1" nienns watch-i n s or keeping i cc-atrh In »he «ariy d a y s of I'liristtantty the Tnttiifut uwd lo gather in a

"ie evening pr'cccdlng iird sppnj ;hc nigh,t

•=- priy.«-- i. , preparation for •t"i- cflet-ri-o-i „f the Feast. They o f ten fasted also the entire «3ay hefore these Feasts. This cus-4om ,s presened in tile Law

_*>bl g-nst us lo fasi and abstain on the Vigi ls of Christmas. Pcnta-

<x>.f. tJic Assumption, and AJ1 Saints' Frays'

Heserve Power """^ There comes into every "*e

•worth vchile a. time w h e n success . ^ ' • l . t u r n upon tho reserve power. ^ * is t h e n i question of how long;: .your s tored-up energy will enable qsrou-to oold-out. There wili ofte» arise emergencies when your suc ­cess w i l l depend upoati how muck •*g'St t h e r e ls/iri you.—O. S. Mar-, -aoca. •

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