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ON!'; ct; "r /\'.f C. W. OFFICE Vol. XI. No. 7 July-August, 1944 'l'wo Cents at News.stands and Stores Men and Once Upon a Time Litt l.(e Italy Things Meets By Eric Gill A Story- by Dorothy Dav Bi(g Italy-· One ur)(}n a time there was a Deocentric nor Chrislcentric, but House or Hospitality in a big city. egocentric. S t. John of the Cross, An·anged by Peter ){aurin Such a House is a hospice to care St. Bernard, both in a way show By Davi1'I Mason Ior the poor, the unemployed, the this tendency which is danger- Five trnckloads of Italian sol­ If You Are Arra nging unemployable. the derelict, the ous. And there is that very dan- diers captured Grand Street on Thin gs refugee from class war. race war, gerous chapter in the Following a_ beautiful Sa turday afte1'hoon and other kinds or war. Once a o; Christ, on nature and grace," last month and held it for 1. I ay that holiness Bishop gave such -a house to a etc .. et;c. nearly an hour. The most re- is the only test group or lay people to run, and As Father Joy, who was an markable feature of this strange or man and his works. even a priest to be in charge. earnest, serious, saintly prif:st, military epi ·ode was the fact Maybe sometime this will hap­ tried to talk of enjoying crea- tbat the soldiers carried no 2. H you arra nge thing pen again. There are ten or so tu1·es, increasing Olll' love for all arms ; bhey had not a round of so that a man such houses now and a!ter the creatures in God, Minimus stag- ammunition among them. Yet c nnot live a holy-life war Lhere will-be many more. Be­ gered through the meeting room, their conquest or Grand Street -you a1oe arranging thi:1gs fore the war, ror a time, there so far gone in drink-that he had was as complete as though they wrong. were thirty-two. Many of the men to crawl up the stairs to the had descended upon it with all on the present breadlines run by dormitory on hi~ hands and the military engines of destruc­ 3. It you are arranging things the existng houses, are left over knees. He had been greatly en- tion. o that the things he makes from the last war. Priests come joying Creature Beer. "There was Prisoners of war, wearing or in colla boration wi th his to these h uses to give instruc­ no harm in it. Take a little wine green armbands with "ITALY" fellows tion, and sometimes give whole for your belly's sake. No sin in in white letters, they were as turns out courses or lectures. one beer. "God put th~se crea- fine a Jot ol young men as . you cannot be regarded tures here for us to enjoy," he will see anywhere. Except for as holy things, Concerning Priests murmured to himself as he heard the armbands they were virtu­ you :i.re arranging things This ·tory is about two priests Father ,roy t-alking so earnestly ally indi tinguishable from the wronz . and bout some people. One might say that these two priests that he did not even see Mini- few American soldiers who ac­ mus's dejected rear as he fell up companied them. 4. You will note ar amples or many priests and that holiness the people are like all of us, in the first steps outside the mf.et- They were enjoying a holiday has nothing to do one way or another. So it is no ing room. from their industrial jobs in with priggery, use in t rying to identify them. or Raised Eyebrows Bayonne. N . J., jobs which they or teetotalism, to ay-this i~ me. I am writing Some of the good visitors who accepted voluntarily. I don't or not swearing. about 1ll or us. about myself and liked to come to meetings at the know who planned their excur­ you. House of Hospitality, and always 1 sion to Grand Street. but my hat F cher Cross i · half a do~en brnttght food and clothing with is off to him for a grand idea (no Man Also priest .> we know. Father Joy is them for the poor, looked at each pun intended). 1. It ia not simply another half dozen. Minimus is other, raised their eyebrows and The five trucks turned into conformity to the rule all or u , and _,o is Fabiola. I use of God. There is a tendency these sighed. "What noble people Grand Street from Mulberry and or this or that sect. these names· because I do not days to talk about self-denial, these are," ·one was saying to rolled up to their obje::tive, Fer­ know any_one by them and mortification, detachment from herself, "to take care of these re- rara's bakery and coffee shop. 2. Though rules neither do you. creatures~ There is a great deal pulsive human beings, though of Mr. Ferrara must have been ex­ are only rails, On hot summer night, Father or modern piety which is neither course they are Christ On his pecting them, fo1: he h:ld pre­ and it would be Joy nd Father Cross were giv- most repulsive guise) ." - pared appeasing refreshments. a foolish locomotive ing lectures in the house of hos- A . And still others thought bit- His store is not small, but it that refused pitaUty. nnouncing-- terly, "What stupid fools to waste could not accommodate all of to run on rails Father Joy was saying. "we their time on drunks. That's them at one time, so they had to out of some conceit mu t think in terms of the lib- -Catholic Worker where my money goes. To the wait their turn outside in the about its personal liberty. erty oi' the spirit .. . Away with corner tap room. They contribute trucks. this petty counting up of sacri- Land School to their delinquency by caring By this time news of the un­ 3. Man also fices. this talk oI self sanctifica- fdr them. Those who do not work expected invasion had spread is conditioned tion. Self, self sanctifica~ion ! Maryfarm, Easton, Pa. should not eat." through all the tenements and. by his material circum­ Bah! Emphasis on self. Let us This first course will be open­ Meanwhile, Minimus, not able s~ores of the neighborhood, and tances. look t;owa.rds God who is in­ ed on Sept. 11 with a retreat­ to sleep and thinking another in a fey. minutes a tramc-block­ finitely merciful. Let Him take retrea t master to be announced drink might help, stole the suit ing crowd milled from curb to 4. Holy works care or the whole matter for us. late1'. Following the retreat, o! a dying man who had just curb. Never have I heard greet­ are not simply We do not depend enough on t'here will be a discussion of cult, been taken to the hospital that ings and inqui.i-ies :Hying so thick church works, grace. W lay too much em­ culture and cultivation and their morning, and staggered -out and fast. My very slight knowl­ church pictures, phasis on our own puny efforts. relationship to each other-led again down the back stairs and ege of Italian enabled me to un­ church furniture Let us look towards God instead by Peter Maurin, which discus­ out the side door. derstand that there were ques- -though there is no reason or inwards towards ourselves. sion will continue for another Fatlfer Cross was speaking not tions about relatives and friends (Continued on page 6) Let us concentrate on the glory two weeks. (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 7) Due to equinoctual storms, a leaky roof to the barn which may or may not be repaired by Going My Way the time you come, we advise Yanqui Imperialism you to bring raincoats, ponchoes, Fr. John J. Hugo / sleeping bags or blankets (you Fr. Clarence Duffy can mail them parce1 post) . Be Thu. far no movie reviews movie critics_ According to on-e prepared, if we are crowded, to There is a growing rift be­ pull out as soon as the Japanese have appeared in the CATHOLIC enthusiastic reviewer, it shows us sleep on the fioor or one of the · tween this country and Brazir were crushed_ How would you, WORK ER. And heaven fo rbid that the priests we have known all other barns; to wash in cold Many Brazilians believe that the a North American, feel if · the any should appear there - · the our lives. not the stiff and un­ water, to eat whole wheat bread, Russian force simply decided to kingdom of this world already real priests or " pious" fables. the herbs of the field, dairy prod- United States intends to keep ,air stay on permanently in charge ha more than ample means to Without obvious disrespect, this ucts and what meat and fl.sh we and naval bases after the war. of the areas? advertise its wares. All rules have movie apparently presents three can get. If you contribute to Publishers in Sao Paulo, taxi "The bases in Brazil are on exceptions, however, and it seems priests as '·comics." your food, well and good; if not, drivers in Rio, illiterate janga­ territory settled by, lived in, · and well to draw the attention of From one point of view' it can all can take. a little less so that fought for by. Brazilians for more CATHOLIC WORKER readers to the be readily understood why Cath­ "your abundance can supply deiros who spend their lives fish- than 400 years. Cities like Natal current movie, "Going My Way." olics would welcome such a their want,"•as st. Paul says. We ing from rafts off the northeast­ and Recife, which at one time or • Ol co111·se, candor forces the ad­ movie; they are a H~tle weary, shall try to get back, as the Pope ern coast, rubber traders in another have fought off invasions mission at on~e that the present not only of the unreality of the has. asked, to the spirit of the Amazonian Belen-they are ask­ by most European powers, are the early Christians. ing themselves with growing fear reviewer has not seen the movie stiffly pious priests that appear the same question, again and birthplace of E!razil as a nation.' and does not intend to see it. in devout fiction, but·also of that There will be work projects, again: "What will the Yanquis That their post-war status should · But this :fact does not necessarily more ol'fensive portrait of priests, during the entire course, such as do about the bases?" even be open to discussion is un­ disqualify him; reviews already still not unknown, which repre­ repairing rock wall and roads, Writingi in the August issue of thinkable to the average Brazi­ '"' printed provide sufficient mate­ sents them as having horns. building an outdoor oven, scyth- the Intef-American , the noted lian." rial, if not for a sure judgment, "Going My Way" provides a more ing, ploughing for winter wheat, Brazilian professor, Hernane Tav­ And yet the average Brazilian, at any rate for asking certain human and pleasing· picture, and harvesting corn, digging potatoes, ares de . Sa says: "It is easy the professor points out, watches questions that are raised by this at the same time it effectively and for women, breadmaking, enough to understand my coun­ with growing distrust as "many movi . destroy that false and offensive and the principles ot spinning, trymens' point of view. Suppose public figures in the United ·Statt:s "G ing My Way," whose chief repre entation. Nevertheless, it weaving and knitting. that at the beginning of the. war have aired their opinions in Con­ ·~haracters are three priests, has must be questioned seriously Please le_t us know U you are the United· States had granted gress, in the press and on th~ been widely advertised by the whether .in the nd. it provides a coming so that . we can maki: Russia permission to build great radio. In his speech i n the New • , • Catll lie press and received with picture qf t~e . pri~sthood a~y preparation. Write Dor~thy Diay,. naval bases in Sai:\'Francisc.o ;m,d York Town H ll last May, ·sum- (Conhn~~d. n, P P,~ ;.J . . • 1 i,. :).(;cl~lm by a number of catholic. ( ttinued. · q11. p g41 6) Mar.yf,arm,. ~stoa, .r... · Se ttle on the conaition tl;1llt _she Page T1l!O THE CATH O LIC W OR KER ]1Jy-:fogu8', 194.j Yol. XI: No. 7 Auguel, 1944 GHOSTS Results of They sit in amoJuf before a table lon1 And dark and polished. Uke a linl.ster CATHOLIC Deep pool. the men ol dour prestige and ptide t,&i.WORKER Italian Relief J:ngaged 1n conference. Despite the gloss ot modern tubes and wires the :ftltered air r Published Monthly Seftember k l1111e, BJ-aontbly l uly-A•rvst With complete reports having Is heavy with infected dust of hates ! (Member of Catholic Press Association) been received from 85 percent of Decayed, rank, musty words that urge the dire ORGAN OF .THE CATHOLIC WORKER l\l O~MENT the participating Archdioceses Dilemma of revenge. Oh, men enmeshed lo and Dioceses, it ls now estimated By fate-ls there no magic ray from God fl ; , PETE& MAUIUN, Founder that the Clothing Campaign for To show the doomful presence of old sins !" I ARTHUR SHEEHAN, Editor and Publisher ItitlY, conducted by War Relief That stalk the living.mind and seek to weave Services-National Catholic Wel­ Compulsive paj;terns on a loom of power? i ' 115 Mott St., New York City- 13 fare Conference in cooperation MRS. RICHMOND WHEELER, Teleplaene: CAnal 6-8498 with American Relief for Italy, 24 Colorado Ave. Inc., amassed approximately Berkeley 7, Calif. Subscrlption, United States, 25c Yearly. Canad2 ana l'ore{tn, 30c Yearly 6,000,000 pounds in its two-week: Subscription rate of one cent per copy plus postage applies to bundles of one intensive drive, it was announced lmndred or more cop!2s each month for one year to be directed to one address. by the Most Reverend Edward Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit Yanq ui .Imp erialism. and Chairman of the Board of Reentered as second class matter August 10, 1939, at the Post Office Trustees of War Relief Services- (C<>nlinued from page 1) and are obnoxicms, but it looks o1 New York. N. Y .• Under the Act of March 3, 18711 N.C.W.C. Clothing drives for the ner Welles pointed out this trend as if the desire to destroy them needy Italian civilians were held in u. s. public opinion: is inspired more by an itch to in thirty-two Archdioceses and "We should all be biind if take their place in the race for -tJa Dioceses during the period from '1.Qe were to fail to recognize world domination than by anr May 28 to June 11, and are con- the evidence of a trend to- love of freedom and democracy readi . ng t h e G0 0 d Ne~ rs tinuing in other- areas at the ward$ imperialism within Russian, British and United States S·p present time. manu aectors of our own Imperialism are equally obnoxi Peter Maurin, founder of the Catholic Worker movement Arrangements for the ship- public opinion. . .. Nor can ous. The latter is a newcomer in ha often said, that there are four steps to the loss of faith ment of the collected clothing to we disregard similar demands the Imperialistic Stakes but it ls and we have often pondered on his words. Italy for the relief o! the desti- that we must secure, per­ definitely in the race despite any lf we were to describe vividly these ·steps, it would be tute and needy civilians in the · manently, bases and other fact-belieing protestations to the contrary. The United States has th. lik th. . liberated areas of the Italian fa.cilities which some of our some mg e is, Faith mainland, Sicily and Sardinia neighbors of the Western gon~. or is going, the way of. all flesh" thus proving what any one icis· m have · been concluded by repre- H emisp· h ere h ave wi·n· m gr y Cyn sentatives of American Relief for lent us for our use during with a little knowlecj.ge of human Pessimism Italy, Inc., with the Civil Affairs the war period as one of the nature knows, that people here Despair. Branch of the Army. It is ex- contributions they could are no different from people else He has often said that cynicism is the particular sin of pected that the first shipment of make to our common war where; that pride and covetous 1,000,000 pounds of clothing will ff rt,, ness are as much a part of. fallen newspapermen for they so often see the truth but haven't be made early next month. Ad- e o · human nature in the United the COurage to write about it. Which makes us think of that ditional shipments of similar "After conversation with hun- States as in any other part o:t Biblical phrase that used to leap out at us from our college amounts will be dispatched reg- dreds of my countrymen.," the au- the world. text book on Religion, with desolation is. the land made deso- ularly thereafter. thor explains, following a visit to Brazil after two years spent Pride and covetousness of the late because there is no one who thinketh in his heart. Committees have been organ- in North America, "I was forced national as well as of the in Cynicism comes from knowing the truth and not stating ized in the liberati:d areas of to accept the shocking truth that dividual vdriety can be controlled it or living up to it. We-think the stating of it is the utmost Ital_Y by r~presentatives of w .ar anti-U. S. feeling is growing in and checked. It is up to those people in the United States who importance. 1 It is of no use merely to keep it in the mind. A Rehef ServJces-N.C.W.C. to assJst Brazil. Meanwhile the U. S. pub­ abhor Imperialism and injustice belief is rarely ever a true belief uritil we enunciate it, give in the distrib~tion to. those in lie, which is paying handsomely need of t?e ilfts received from Ifor the works of the Good Neigh­ of every kind to exercise the con witness to it. Faith comes by hearing but if so, some o.ne the American people. bor Policy, has remained un- trol in this instance. If they do must have expressed it. That long line of passage of faith Three million two hundred aware of the way Brazilians and not do so there will be a lot o:t from lip to ear to lip to ear is what we know as tradition, thousand pourids of clothing Spanish Americans feel regarding anti-U. S. feeling not only in the handing down of truth. have already been shipped t.o a question which can wreck the Brazil but in many other parts of the world when the latter la In Full Flower New York; where it is being very foundations of Pan Ameri­ processed and baled at tl).e rate can unity." being madl! over to suit the in But when we keep truths to ourselves and fail by omission of 30,000 pounds per day. The Imperialistic Rampage terests of Imperialist"S, grabbers to reveal them, a mental twist comes which soon becomes a value of the clothing collected by of varying hues. There has been serious talk, frustration. The very grace that would have given us the War Relief Services-N.C.W.C. for too, of the United States occupy­ courage to say the truth has now poisoned us. We begin to Italian ReHef is estimated at ap­ ing Dakar in West Africa after say, no one tells the truth, everyMass are munist rallies and meetings·of so-called pinks. . story window of the hotel to the street before a crowd that recited- for Russia. FU!.lowing To spread Catholic literature you have to believe in the groaned in agony at this vision of a woman destroying ~her­ the solution of the Vatican ques­ power of the idea to .make its way. You just won't see re­ self because she despaired. That first copy of the paper sold tion in 1925, the Holy Father sults most of the time although after lohg years, you prob­ at that corner will always be high-lighted for us with that directed that these prayers after Low Mass be said for Russia.. It ably will notice some trace of your efforts. awful bit of drama of a woman losing faith in God, in other is -well to recall this intention That is why we have asked our readers to spread the paper people and lastly in herself. And all perhaps because at some frequently, and to say these as much as possible, on subways, at church doors, in libraries time, someone failed to pass on to her the good word that prayers with more lecv.or.--Oo­ or around rest rooms in the place where they work. We would have been the channel of faith to her. lumbus Register. /uly-A.ugiul, 1944 T 11,.E C A T R 0 L I C W 0 R K E R +· From The· Mail Bag + _From California PSALM OUR -FRIEND JOE April 26. muddy and polluted, and sup­ "Judge not the Lord, Dear Friends: r Dear Editor: Nor ask Him f-0r a sig'll.; For some' reason or other I al­ pose they took the waste of In the April issue of THE CATH- Trust in the Lord, ways manage to .wind up in the many industrial plants. · The hills here nearly drove me OLIC WORKER you have a call for And enter His silence." elty of :e1ttsburgh, despite the fact that I think it one of the crazy. I doubt if there is a house contacts in S. California, please Let the storm, clouds clap­ most hideous cities in the coun­ in all Pittsburgh that is built on count me in as such. The tl).under of their hands; try. I have often figured that a level spot. And the numbering My activity in the work has Let great lightning strike.behind· this town· lies here only because system confused me terribly. My been in a mild form, and con­ -The Night's-dark-curtained look leap jt is the one ugly spot that can host received me after I had Brightly straight descent to ground he an excellent argument for the walked an hour up and down fined to assisting a bit at the old And open wide thick air for rain cause of decentralization of in­ hills trying to find his house. He house on Tupper street, in Buf­ To cool the fever's siege: my eyes dustry. Everything here seems told me not to mind the number- falo, N. Y. Shall drink the falling flow; so worn, and the whole smudgy ings because most.people brought Marjorie and Joe Hughes were And let the sun shine, and caper winds 1ly atmosphere of industry is again the numbers of their previous there at that time; Mrs. Hast­ Down the corridors. of sky, stars fling reflected in the large slum areas, residence with them and tacked ings and Dorothy Butler too. Their far divinity of hope, living especially in the "Hill District," them up on the door. I suspect Meeting Dorothy Day and Peter Their timeless Beauty, st;eeply with all its steep, hilly streets he was kidding me but I almost at the house were large moments Sing gladness, let happiness lie anct poor housing. In this section believed him. for me in providing inspiration. Deep in the runs of our hearts. one finds a typical example of Rescue Mission A trip to the Rochester farm And loudly solind rejoicing- the "short end" that is the Ne­ One afternoon I spent a · couple project and a visit with the boys Oh, proudly !-for_blessed joys gro's fare in -American life. of hours at a rescue mission. I at the Alquin community are God-given we have shared. I visited tre House of Hospital­ went in to dodge the rain and other high spots I like to recall. Humbly for Eface that bows the hea!l, ity on Tannehill street during my talked with some o: the men in When this war swollen area Thanks God for His bestowals. four-day stay here. I was quite the smoke-filled sitting room. feels the letdown after the rush Men, as ever, who have heard moved to see the predominance This mission bas been in exist- is over the Catholic Workers will Heaven's hymn, will stand all awed: of older men at the house. Of ence a long time and one of the have plenty to do. There is work 0 sing my new song to the Lord. ·1i:.. course, this is caused by the-in­ requirements for·receiVing lodg- to be done now, but folks are R. J. SCHOECK, I creased employment furnished ing for a night is the chopping too busy making money to de­ ; . 106th Signal Co. by the many war industries of some wood. Here, too, I no- vote their efforts to the program A.P.O. 443, • Ind. here. I also visited the little ticed the predominance of old of peace, and farming that we Camp Atterbury, house on Carson, run by men. What a terrible· way to believe in. The way the farming Brother Matthew, but didn't spend a lonely old age. The men is conducted here is not in line WORK OF WAR . OBJECTORS IN MENTAL rrieet him. Seems he worked· all I talked with were mostly Cath- with any of our beliefs on the night and was sleeping that day. olics and the literature furnished subject. water rights and high HOSPITALS PRAISED One of the men wanted to wake them wa~ a mixture between "The Mental Hygiene Program of Civilian Public Servic.e can be him, and I told him not to. This modern, slick paper 1J1agazines I DO BELIEVE, LORD an invaluable aid in meeting- this emergency, but promises even little House is so much like the and Protestant tracts. Old men greater benefits thtough the fact that hundreds of men after the other Houses of Hospitality, with in these places seem to have ::HELPMY war will throurh first-hand experience be acquainted with the its store front. I \Shared a meal such a listless, far-away look. I UNBEUEF problem and the needs. The conscientious objector is bound at the with a few men, and went on my suppose there always has and al­ present time t o suJler from the attitude accompanying- a united way. There is a real air of pov- ways will be a class like this, but forceful effort to win the war. I think of this group of a few thou­ - erty at St. Francis, but it seemed I am sure there will be rriore and 7 sand men as an army of vigilantes who in this society of ours carry comforting to me. The men were more lonely old men as the years the f11Dction of preser:vinr and securinr peace. The loss of a few contented, and they were busy. go by and the present attitude thousand men from our armed forces is a small price for a coun­ From the front door one can see on birth control is upheld. try to pay t o have within it an intelligent group directed year in a branch of one of the steel com­ I made the St. Teresa Novena and year out t oward those elements that tend to preserve inter­ panies, and in any direction one a couple of evenings. I went once national good-will and directed against those elements that would looks it is hills, hills and more by myself and once when the destroy it. If we can add to this value that it is po.tentially a hllls. public· Novena was held. I was nuclous of informed citizenry directed against violence in the Old Friends surprised at the tremendous handling of the mentaUy ill and aimed at the reduction of. conftici • I looked up some old CATHOLIC crowds and I ha.ve since heard in the minds of the mentally disturbed, the price paid will be even WORKER friends while here, and that many that att,end this No­ more justified." spent much o! my time with two vena are non-Catholics. The Car­ Dr. Stevenson, medical director, of them who now work on news­ melite Father who preached was National Committee for Mental Hygiene papers. One of them iS quite pro­ very inspiring and I was grate, Frnm THE ATTENDANT, C.P.S. magazine. lific ancLcontribut;es many pieces ful that many - non-Catholics to Catholic magazines. While his were given the lessons that de­ guest I enjoyed the atmosphere rive from the life of St. Teresa. C.O.S. Act As "Guinea Pigs" in a Typical Pneu· of a real Catholic home. I played Soon after leaving PittsQ_urgh I monia Experiments at Pinehurst, North Carolina with the kids and had a feast on was arrested and then let go. I rriany good books and othe oarded a freight train and was "Arrived here after a sleepless night on buses on June 1, and Catholic literature. Grace was heading down toward the South­ found about 25 guinea pigs all on location. On .June 3 • • . the ex- · said befor~ all meals, and the ern border o! Ohio. During the perlment got underway with the men being individually isolated, whole atmosphere was a .good night the train stopped on a nar­ ene man to a room. Although I understand that this form of iso­ testimony to the Catholic outlook row, one-track bridge and the lation is not 'strict isolation,' it is a great contrast to the isolation on the family life. My other railroad detectives searched the involved in our past experience at Gatlinburg...• Thus far, morale friend took me all through the train and found me. My answers in the unlt is excellent; the boys can communicate with one an­ pressrooms o! his newspapers didn't make much sense to them other by telephone, there being a 'phone in each room, and some and took ·me to a meeting of the and they adjudged me as harm­ .A.lie Bethune conversations last for several hours, especially when they are play­ less and walked me to the end of ing chess .•. there is arisinr some interest and demand for a daily Alcohol Anonymous. A priest was prices keep the family size ranch a guest at this meeting, and he the bridge and bade me a pro­ newspaper, and we have obtained a mimeograph and some stencils, fane farewell. For the rest of out of existence. The Japs are etc., preparatory to satisfying this desire... . was well received by the mem­ blamed for all ills, imaginary or bers,-who represented different that night I stayed in a woods "The local U.S.O. has volunteered the use of its library..•. The and kept warm over a fire I felt real, if there are any_wrongs not other night, a couple of waitresses at the hotel ranged up and had religious denominations. The AA covered by that, the Okies, seems to stress the potentialities certain would draw police. In some ice cream sent up to the boys from a -local restaurant, the the morning I started h1tch-hik­ Arkies, etc., get the balance or owner of which quite entered into the spirit of the thing and sent of the use of the will, but not remaining invectives. witho4t the aid of a supernatural ing on the highway and a truck along a number of hamburgers on the house . .•." driver roared laughing. when I This doesn't give you much to Quoted in INFORMATION, power. I listened to the testi­ work on il) your quest contacts, monies o! many members, and told him I didn't know where I Friends' C.P.S. Bulletin. but give it your Sunday punch praised their heroism and their was going. I stayed with him and I'll try my level best to fill concern for others. They run till we reached Wheeling, W. Va., h olding the printing matter, at some kind of service whereby and as we progressed we. became the bill in my small corner. . It's your lead now. Good-bye, From Montreal least for some time. . I members go to the aid of those friendly and our conversation and God bless your efforts-. Montreal, July 28, 19H. It would be greatly appreciated in the dumps of alcoholism, and became deep and serious. He Dear Editor: if "The Catholic Worker'' and stand ready to come and ·help at was ahead of his schedule and Sincerely, J ohn D. Rose. Very grateful for your note and "The Catholic C. O." accepted to any time of the day or night. we lingered in a Wheeling res­ be distributors for the U. S. 1037 E. Flower Ave., Bellflower, acceptance to review "Blessep taurant and talked some rriore. Close 1,000 copies could be Then there was the police beat. Calif. Are the Peacemakers.'' As for to I covered that for a couple of He gave me enough money for the price, the booklet is not sold. supplied. Any spontaneous of­ hours with a reporter friend, and a couple of niore meals and The first edition (2,100) is "f'aid fers you might receive for pam­ saw the emcient syst;em for send­ urged me to write him a list of for, and a second one would be phlets could go to "The CathoHe ing out and receiving alarms. I the lirerature I quoted. Fortu­ Farm Opportunity very cheap (perhaps 5 cents a C. O.," as far as we are con­ passed . cells that harbored all nately I had some stuff with me May 27, 1944. eopy) since the printers are cerned; we would be very gla~ to kinds of offenders, and witnessed including the last issue of the help in that way. But the book­ C. W. and gave it to him. Editors, CATHOLIC WORKER: let is intended as a Peace Propa- the frailty of the human being, Dear Sirs: especially in the loud and pro­ Remember me in your prayers little cottage they could have ganda. · fane conversation of the drunks. as I will you. The thought came to us that free of rent. Surely in your big It would be a great help if you Since l have slept in many jails · Your friend, Joe. perhaps you may know of some­ city there must be someone who could take it upon yourself to throughout the country, I am a one who would be glad to have a would be anxious !or such work. send copies to "Blackfrlars," first-hand witness to the wide Dear Editor: position on a .farm. We are anx­ Here in the West most men are "The Cathol~ Herald," London. scale crime and decadence that, Don Luigi Sturzo wishes us to ious to get someone who under­ in the war or in defense work. and "The Catholic Worker/' to me, is largely attribut;ed to the convey his deep gratitude to the stands gardening and care of Would you kindly let us know if Manchester. fast but insecure pace of the in- readers of this periodical who lawn. We have a mission farm you know of anyone who might The Lord bless your work and dustrial set-up. From where the have so kindly responded to our and ne.ed a good ·supply of vege­ come out this far? give you His Peace. . teletype machines were I could -drive for funds to enable him to tables to feed our Indian chil­ Sincerely yours, A Brother in Christ, look down into the river (the carry on his work for Christian dren during the school year. V{e Ursuline Nuns, FRANCIS GERALD. Monongohela, I think) and see Democracy in Italy. can pay $3 a day and board and Mother Magdalen, Superior. Catholic Pacifist Associatibn12115 an ex-night club boat half sunk Sincerely, room. lf the man should have Ursuline Convent, St. Ignatius, Dorcheste1· St., West,.Mo11treal, in the water. The waters looked ANTHONY P. ULLO. a wife and family we have a Montana. P.Q. ----CULT---- -/ --CULT Church and Social Work -A View Of F Peggy Stern ARTHUR T. In the teachin·gs of Cbtist, love future- be in question, for this of neighbor is the condition and would be looking to the morro'v I . consequence of the love of God. which the Master bas forbid­ "A new commandment I give den." And so we find Grerory 'A. per onaJi t is one who leads or goes ahead. unto you, that you love one an­ the Great doing penance when he learned that a man in bis dio­ A personalist goes ahead because he follows a vision. other as I have loved you," sum­ He see what the world should be like and he follows that 1 marizes the essence of the Chris­ cese bad died of starvation, for tian dispensation. All races and the words of St. Ambrose were vi ion. nationalities-the Jew and also ringing in bis ears: "Feed them Without visionaries the people perish. ~ the Greek-through baptism be­ that are dying of starvation, else come members of the Mystical shall you be held their mur­ II Body of Christ which is the derer." Church and therefore members Char!ty A dictator teJJs other people to go ahead. one of another ... sons of God TA.ere was not talk ·ot pauper­ He doesn't lead. He merely commands others to go ahead. I and heirs of heaven through ization since the poor could In no true sense of the word is a dictator a leader, for a leader grace. make return in the incalcula­ must be out in front. In the Ages of Faith all of ble coin of prayer. Thus St. Law­ existence had a supernatural rence refers to them as the III orientation because Christians "treasures" of the Church, and thought of themselves as "stran­ contemporary legend records There ,is in everyone of us a sort of Jekyll and H yde dualism. } gers and pilgrims" merely so­ that the blessing of St. Antonius, Our better self tries to be personalist, while our oth r ide journing on the earth as in an written on a scrap of paper and is continually tempted toward dominatio~ alien land. The Archetype whom placed on a pair of scales, far We are torn between the two poles. I they J ollowed was Christ who outweighed a dish of 'fruit he bad • had been born in poverty, lived received as. a gift. IV the life of a carpenter and died The spirit of the Beatitudes the death of a criminal. Thus which inculcated detachment The personaJist, because he is a personalist, realizes that he worldly ,success was not in fash­ from material goods is the cor­ may give away his wealth, his food, his clothing, even } ion. nerstone of the whole edifice of bis life itself, but he recognizes likewise that there is Terms of Eternity Christian charity. The vow of something that he cannot give away ; he cannot give Since the true meaning of hu­ poverty taken by the hermits, away that thing which makes him different from other man existence was in terms of anchorites and later the various p r on , his person. eternity, the medieval view of religious orders, involving as it the universe, the earth and the did a complete renunciation of v state was sacramental, conceiv­ personal possessions, served to In the Judgment there are to ing of the material as an expres­ keep the average layman at least He recognizes the fact that he possesses a mind and a will partially severe\! · from temporal be two classes of the elect, the sion of spiritual reality. The first class being those who judge and he has respect for the fact. state was a stable compound of goods. He doe even more than this: he realizes that his neighbor with the Lord, 'whom He men­ unequal classes with varying The History of Provisi-0n for the possesse these things too. functions, ordered to one an­ Destitute in the Church tums as those who have left all He doe n't try to control another's mind and will for that other for the common good and The Acts of the Apostles re­ tbin_gs and followed Him. The wouJd be domineering, and domineering is a form of mutual salvation of lord and vil­ cords the life of the early church: other class, those to be judged lein villein and serf. The care elfishness and consequently is repugnant to a person­ "And all they that believed were by the Lord, are they who, not of the poor grew quite naturally together and had all things in aJist. out of this relationship, for the common. Their possessions and having left all their possessions, VI needy individual had both a nat­ goods they sold and divided them use those goods to · care for ural and a supernatural bond to all, according as everyone had Christ's poor; whence they shall If he believes that he has better ideas than some of his fellow­ with the community, and Christ need. And continuing daily with hear in the judgment: "Come ye men, he explains these ideas and leaves to his neighbor had made the sacramentalism of one accord in the temple and blessed of my Father, possess the freedom of choosing or rejecting them. . almsgiving explicit: "' As long as breaking bread from house to. He uses neither moral nor physical force to get his idea across you did it to one of these My the kingdom prepared for you house, they took tbeir meat with for that is the way of the dictator and the personaJist lea t breth1'en, you did it to Me ." gladness and simplicity of heart." from the founding of the world, has too much intelligence for that. There was not the problem of Tbe early Christians appar­ for I was hungry and you gave destitution as it exists in ·an in­ ently spent a large part of their dustrial civilization where the lives in charitable works, care me to eat, I thirsted . and you VII small wage-earner struggles on gave me to drink." ·~ for the sick, of wiiows and or­ The per onalist realizes that no one person on earth can rootless and insecure, where phans and the vi iting of prison­ And likewise, according to the possess all truth. sickness, unemployment and ers in their place of confinement . Lord's words, there are two class­ countless o th e r unforseeable were regularly practiced. A ru­ Consequently he is courteous of the other person's views, for misfortunes can so effortlessly dimentary form of organization es of the reprobate, the first com­ if he humbly listens to them he knows that he may sweep hfm into the ranks of the is recorded: Seven deacons or prising those who, once initiated acquire some more truth. dispossessed. For however hum­ deaconesses were appointed to In the mysteries of .the faith Humility is the beginning of wisdom. ble his position, the serf had his supervise the work. It is inter­ scorn to practice the works of place, he stood rooted in the soil, esting to no.te that the special faith, upon whom will be pro­ VIII his painful toil supplying the ability of women to deal with the broad base on which the hier- sick and the disconsolate was nounced the judgment: "Depart The personaJist goes out humbly to learn, to learn in order 11-rchy of the manor was erected. recognized early in the history of from me, ye accursed, int9 ever­ to teach, for he is a missionary who believes in tellin_g And in the towns, the guilds the Church, and women, who lasting fire, which was prepared the truth to other people. helped to protect their members either singly or in groups, de­ for the devil and his angels, for A~ he hears other views he is constantly weighing the}ll against the hazards of life. voted their Jives to charitable I was hungry and you did not against his own knowledge and principles. Property activ-ities were a feature of Chris­ Like a judge, he continually sits in judgment of ideas, of tian charjty from its inception. give me to eat." Those of the The corollary of the rights of ideas but never of people. prop~rty, of the blessings of the In this early period, those per­ other class are they who either rich bestowed by God, was the secuted and :forced to make sac­ have not receive.d the f~ith and IX duty of providing for those not rifices :for their faith comprised the sacraments of Christ, or h9.v­ 10 blessed. St. Thomas Aquinas the bulk of those in need of as­ ing received them have aban­ He ponders, whic}_l means to weigh, which means to think makes the distinction between sistance. The communities were "doned them; of whom the Lord deeply, which means to meditate. He ponders an!i he private property and common small and the extent of need says: "He is already judged who wonders for truth as it is pieced together in his mind, use: "Two offices pertain to men could be definitely ascertained, does not believe in th.e only­ while poverty was individual and jig-saw fashion, fills him with awe. with regard to exterior things. begotten Son of God." As the clouds of prejudice roll by, he sees ·emerging in the The first is the power of procur­ not widespread and so was easily But having noted this with mind a design. And if a design, reason demands a de­ ing and dispensing, and in re­ within the capacity of the locaL due fear and trembling, let us spect to this, it is lawful for man unit to control. After the con­ signer. "Designer infinite--" version of Constantine, however, turn our attention to our Lord to hold things as his own ... The and Saviour's most joyful prom­ other office which is man's con­ when Christianity became the x accepted religion of the Empire, ises; let us see the wonderful cerning exterior things ls the use gifts of his patenrn.l love whir.h The dictator domineers, ind by domineering he 1earea his the memb~rship of the Church of them: and with regard to this He has promised to his fv!low- , fellowmen. a man ought not to hold exterior swelled to much greater propor­ tions. ers, rewards of the eternal life He cannot attain wisdom, because hil fell_owmen, ...1n, hl8 things as his own but as common and favors . of the present life. to all, that he may portion them Houses of Hospitality domination, refuse to o~n their mtnd1 and ia.eart. to "And everyone who shall leave him and consequently, he ii so mueh "1i.e 1otet fn wis- out to others reil.dily in time of Special xenodochia or hospi­ home or brothers or sisters or need." tals were established to meet the dom and knowledge. ' This is the basis for the form­ father or mother' or fields 1or my various types of need. In the name's sake shall possess eternal ulation of a precept: "There is a tenth and eleventh centuries, XI time when to withhold alms Is life." Whoever, then, shali re~ these became more specialized The lilngs of old had jesters. to commit mortal sin. Namely and many kinds of destitution nounce earthly affections or pos­ when on the part of the receiver were separately provided for. sessions to become a disciple of The kings of old knew something the dictaM>n fJI todar ~ow there is evident and urgent ne­ There were the great store­ Christ shall find within his soul nc:>thing about; they knew that out of tiie :mouths of cessity and he lloes not seem houses near the churches where treasures from the wealth of infants ment~lly c,omes wisdom. Jikely to be provided for other­ the poor enjoyed their meals in God, and more and more of these They were wi e enp\lgh to let themselves be laughed at, for wise and ;when on lhe part -of common, the hospes for pilgrims ~hall he find the further he ad­ in· that ridict1le they recognized truths told them. vances 1n God's love. the giver he has superffuilie of .. and ti:ansients, shelters for the :EiumiJiated,, they _Jea,rned.. , which he ha. not :m. pr bablc sick and the aged as well a. Sermon of Venei:able Bede for Ridicule accepted can be the beginning of wisd,om. immediate need. Nor '''wuh1 the ' •Continued on p ge 7) the Fea t of St. Bernard.· • IC W 0 R -K E R Page FiN ~URE-- CULTIVATION- • ersonalislll Popes and P eace SHEEHAN Liam Broph , R.FH. (Lom·a_in) The untiring efforts of the peace and concord among na­ XII pre.sent Holy Father to re stab­ tlons entitled him to the appel­ lish harmony between the war­ Jati.on of the "Pope of Peace."' ln The personalist never makes the unintelligent mistake of gratitude for these efforts, in­ confusing the person and the person's ideas. . ing nations have drawn the at­ ileed, he wa honored by having He loves the person but this doe n't at all mean that he likes tention of the world as never b - a statue set up-in Turkey.• Hi the other person's ideas. fore to the manifold endeavours attitude in a war-distracted The personalist even listens to the dictators to learn the which the Supreme Pontiffs world was defined in J anuary, wisdom which they posses , for they do possess some. J1ave made in the past to banish 1915, when he declared that .. The the terrible shadow of war from Roman Pontift' must embrace ail XIII th~ earth. Never have they for­ the combatants in one sentiment gotten the sublime significance of charity: and a .:; Father of 11 All that has been said here can be accept~d by those persons or the word "Pontiff." which Catholics he has among the bel­ who call themselves materialists. Otherwise, they means "bridge-buiJder" for they li gerents large numbers of chil­ would have to deny the evidence of their everyday life. have labored unceasingly to dren for whose salvation he bridge the chasms which sudden m ust be equ Uy and without dis­ XIV earthquakes of violence and tinction solicitous." Under his harred have opened between Pontificate the " White Cross So­ For the spiritualist who recognizes the existence of his own nations. The publication of a c i. eti~s" we re organized in France person and the other individual's person, a further book entitled "Principles of a nd Germa11y mong ~Catholics truth evolves. Peace" has helped to heighten or the promotion of peace. The He realizes that the Designer Infinite must likewise be a public interest still more in the e sence of this Pontiff's p ace person, for it wouldn't be possible for the greater not Pope's role as peace-maker. It proposition is contained in his to possess a good which the lesser possessed. i3 a volume prepared under the - oi,e, De le Debut, which was direction of the American addressed to a"Il the belligerent.s xv Bl.:;hop:s Committee setting forth on Augu.:; t l. 1917. He invited the peace pronouncements of For the Christian, who recognizes with the help of revelati.on t he various governments to come Pop. .; Leo XIII, Pius X. Benedict i.o agreement on the points the fact that there are three persons in God, namely, XV, Pius XI and Pius XII. It \ hich he put forward. Hi pro­ God, the Father, God, the Son, and God, the Holy aims. ·ays Fr. Koenig in the in­ posals were: (a> the mornl force Ghost, and who knows by faith that God,_ the Holy troduction '·in revealing to all fright to be ub tituted for the Ghost, directs the hearts antj. minds of al], a still more men the incalculable help t.he material fo rce ol arms, and the brilliant truth emerges. Use Of Jorce Pope.; can offer in the making of consequent ·imultaneous and The J:lersonalist realizes with, St. Ambrose that which St. aJasting peace." · reciprocal diminution. of arma­ Thomas Aquinas was wont to repeat, namely, that all "That they may now under­ l\lediation ments; (b) arbitration to be in- tituted as a ubstitute for arms· truth,· ~hbever said it, comes from the Holy Ghost. stand that this is a new kind of T wenty years berore ho tilities warfare and an extraordinary broke out Pope Leo XIII had (c) sanction to be used ag-ainst those sb.tes which refused to XVI way of fighting when He sends seen the horrible shape of thing to come. In his Encyclical "Ad ubmit international problems them forth empty with only one For the Catholic, who knows by his faith, the place of Mary Princi]Jes Populosqne Universos." for. :1;rbitra.tion 01· abide by its g·arR1ent, without shoes, with­ in the Divine· plan, the truth of the personalist prin­ dated June 20, 1894, he said: clec1S1ons. Herein the Pope erect­ ciple becomes luminous in the light of the Annuncia­ out a walking stair, or walking '"This armed peace which now e1l the framework of the Lea 1te . tion. clothes, without baggage; and prevails cannot last much longer. f Nation which was to· exdude Mary was absolutely free to choose or reject the honor of when He commandS' them to re­ Can this be the normal con­ him o rig-orou ly. • ceive hospitality from everyone dition of human society?" He being \he Mother of God. He does not stop speaking at this Five Peace Points One personalist, the Holy Ghost had to respect the other appealed for peaceful means of During every ChnsLmas of his point, but bringing before them arbitration between. those states personalist, Mary. His ineffable power, He com­ Pontificate, when the Christian wh.ich felt themselves aggrieved, I world celebrated the birth of the God the Father, had given Mary a free will. He had given mands them to go out in such a a council of states which could His greatest gift. It is because of that gift that we can way that they show forth ihe Prince of Peace, the present Holy settle their differences without Father has appealed to the bel­ say that Mary, like all of us, w~s made in the image meekness of lambs although they recourse to that "last argument a1·e to go to wolves, and not sim­ Jigere1Us to cease hostilities and and likeness of God. or klngs"-war. When the first come_ to agreement on enduring ply to go to wolves, but even to Hague peace conference was held g·o in the midst of wolves; in this cond1t10ns for a just and honor­ XVII in 1899 at the instance of the way He especially shows forth ~ble peace. His conditions are God, the Holy Ghost. cannot contradict God, the Father. Czar he went with practical Bis power for when the wolves directness to the root of the m marked contras£ to the plati.­ Consequently, God the Holy Ghost, Incarnate Wisdom, left t udes of the politicians. His al­ are overnome by the lambs, al­ matter when he wrote on that to Mary, the freedom of accepting or rejecting. though these lambs are in the occasion: ··what is lacking in Jocution. delivered to the Coll ge midst of wolves and are torn by of Cardma1s on Christmas Eve XVIII the international Consortium of countless wounds, they are in no States is a system of legal and ,.1939, contains five condition fo; way eaten up, but they even Mary accepted and because of that, Sh became the spouse of moral means designed to safe­ that much-desired peace. In the Incarnate Wisdom and Chri t and His Mystical g1·adually change the wolves into guard the rights of each. In these Five Peace Points is con­ their own nature. consequence, the imn:iediate re­ tained the basis of an in tema­ Body was born. "For ce.rtainly it is a g·reater tional order which, i! adopted "My soul doth magnify the Lord." course to force is the only means work and much more marvelQUS that remains .... The Holy See would rid the world forever oi to change the minds of oppo­ the fearsome threat of war. They nents and to bring about a expresses the., most ardent wish SPECIFICALLY that ... the principle of. media­ may be summarized as follows: chang·e of soul than to kill them. la) Equality of rights to life I Especially when they were only tion and arbitration may be ac­ cepted and applied in the fullest nd independ·ence for al~ "the 1,2 Jambs and the whole world pos.;ible manner." It is one of mall nations. If you see that a thing must be done and ou know that you was fu.ll of wolves. We ought to can do it, why not do it? be ashamed, therefore, who act history's ironies that th Papacy (b) General disarmament. far difterently when as wolves was excluded from this, as well c) An international juridical II we rush upon our adversaries. as from the Second Hague Con­ institution to be et up to guar­ If you can respond and do, you are truly following a call For as Jong as we are lambs we ference in 1907. ntee and revise peace settle­ or a cal.ling or a vocati9n. conquer; even it a thousand PrOJlosals oC Benedict XV ments. wolves stand a bout, we overcome The saintly Pius X died of a (d ) Adequate attention to the III and we are victors. But if we act broken heart at t he failure of de~~mds o! nations and popu­ his efforts to avert the last When we follow that inner voice which. shows us what must Jike wolves we are conquered, for Jat10ns and racial minorities. then the aid of Good Shepherd World War. In a book entitled (e) Those who govern to sub­ be done and when we re~lize that .we can do it, we departs from us, for He does not "In Honour of France," written mit to the inftuence of t.hat really have a vocation for that work. teed wolves, but sheep." by the Pope's own secret cham­ Spirit which alone can give Jife IV -Homily of St. John berlain, it is related that on a10.d' authority and binding f rce Chrysostom. August 13, 1914 His Holines ent to the dead letter of intema­ The -Christian recognizes that th« voice which calls is the a final and most earnest appeal ional agreements. to the Austrian Emperor, Franz voice of God. The Rridge Builder 11' sent us out, and now as a missionary he calls us back. Joseph. The Pope appealed to the Emperor "not through the - It may not be too much to We come back to him by accepting each calling as it comes, A king P1·ayer medium of Chancelleries, not hope that a world which reject­ whe.Jl we have the ability to respond to the calling_. with the studied pomp of Em­ ed the wise plans and proposals This way lies happiness. ' Ve a k our readers to re­ bassies." ·'My heart goes direc;-, to of Pope Benedict XV will h ve member Cletus Althoff, of · your heart," he write, .. and your learnt wisdom from the hideous v the Boston Catholic Worker father, he who represents Christ consequences of its blindn ss, We have entered on the adventure of the spirit. group, in their prayers. Mr:. on earth, prostrates himself be- a nd accept these Peace Points Althoff, who did much to . fore you." That letter never when it comes to build anew on I.t 18 far more real than adventure in fields material. make the Boston house the ft 11 soul satisfying, • reached the Emperor. Where it the ashes of the old. In the . . attractive place it is, was was intercepted has never been post-war world that will be filled VI taken down with illness disclosed. A week later the Pope with such fe.verish haste of re­ while on a bus trip to visit was dead. construction there will be but When we follow a true cause, that i , one which we know hi ai.ling mother and died The storm of the la t World one great Bridge Builder to link in our heart" and soul is true, we are on the right road. ~hortly afterwards. May he War was .gathering momentum those nations sundered by so re j: in peace: For secondary causes will Jead us to the .first cause, ~nd the when Pope Benedict XV ascend­ much abyssmal hatred, he· who first cause is the Supreme Good which we have short­ ed the Chair of Peter. Hi::; el - bears the sublime and significant ened to God. forts to ;estore and maintain Litle of Pontifex Maximu Going· My Way Men and The Only Way Out (Con tinued from page 1) ~his payjng off the· parish debt; Dear Editor: th• Catholic position. Ber. in more true than the old libels and his method is to exploit an at­ Things There is a story told o! the Fr. DuJfy's booklet wa have an tractive personality and a talent great American showman Bar­ epitome of the kind or thing caricatures. fm· popular music. No conver­ (Continued from page 1) num that, being unable to dis­ needed. If certain passages Scarcely Religious sions here, and no fasting. There why those things perse the crowds which gathered awaken controversy, /JO much is rather a double materialism- shouldn't be holy too. in his famoqs show, he hit upon the 6etter. Hi.a justlftable de­ The reviewer in the "Time" a materialism of methods and a · the plan of displaying a large nunciation o! Imperialism, fol" magazine unconsciously r.evealed materialism of ends-which sees No Other Real Reason placard bearing the words: ~' This example·, while bound to awaken Way to the Egress!" I mention criticism among those whom I the defect of "Going My way" the work of tht~ prie~tthhotoh·d only 1. There is nothing of necessity as a preoccupa 10n w1 e m.a- very solemn or prim this story, not because I tliink it will call "sniffy" Catholics, ca.n ' when, comparing it with other terial elements or religion aQd true, but because it typifies the be met by pointing out that so current movies that have a re- measures the success ot priests or gloomy or hushed and awestruck many modern Barnums who are English a ·catholic as ChestertQil ligious theme, he remarked that, by their ability to raise money once said: "I might be shot for about holiness. engaged in exhibiting similar although dealing with P_ri_ests, either by business methods or deceptive notices which, when England, but not for the British this movie is_ scai· c~ly religious. conjuring tricks. That s!1ch a · followed, lead to their dupes Empire!" Remarkable mdeed. One w~n- conception of the priesthood 2. On the contrary: gaiety is its real art. finding themselves in much the LQUIS A .. DF.SSURNE. ders how a story tha~ de_als with could be in the leas""?"'degree ac­ same position as those who priests-portrays their _llves, re- ceptable to Catholics, is most u.n­ 3. There is no other real reason rushed to see the wonderful ports theiI· conversation, and fortunate. And if it is in any "Egress." Thanksgiving After even reveals their thoughts-can measure a trne conception of the for being gay. 4. High Praise possfoly avoid being religiou~. No actual state of the priesthood, No one has discovered Holy Communion why the hyena laughs doubt it is true that pnests then it should lead devout Catho­ Fr. Duffy's little book":"This According to the should be "all things to all men,'' lies, not to applause, but to grief -but I am sure, Way Out," a copy of which has and therefore able to turn all and reparation. that if we could dig down just reached" me in this old Ca­ Byzantine Rite into the matter ~ thedral city of England, deserves sorts of situations to God's ac- Lamentable State Glory to Thee, O God! count But it is also true that . we should find a wide circulation, for the prob­ " t ·f th fullness of the heart Thus it would appear that, that it is because lems he deals with are not con­ Glory to Thee, o God! t~~ r::outhe speaketh" and hence, however blameless the intention he has discovered - fined to the American Continent. Glory to Thee, O God! the secret of the universe. I should like to place Fr. Duffy's since priests are preswnably men of the producers, Going My Way I thank thee, 0 Lord my God, book in the hands of our own of prayer and inwardly separated is in truth a great insult to the Catholics and to hear the sub­ that Thou hast not rejected me, fro111 the world, in whatever c?n- Catholic priesthood-much more A Hint stance of many of the articles a sinner, but hast permitted me ditions of life they_ may live, harmful because much more 1. The morning stars take sei:monic form from our to become a partaker of Thy their words and actions should ' . sang together. holy Mysteries. I thank Thee always proceed from a- fervent subtle, tha11 the old cancature of pulpits. I should explain, per­ haps, that I am a convert and that Thou hast enabled me, love of God and zeal for souls. priests with ho~ . That anyone 2. The mediaeval cathedrals, was received in to the Church though unworthy to receive Thy This being so-and I suppose could find lt acceptable indicates like the Greek temples some sixteen years ago; and a pure and heavenly Gifts. this ti·uth holds even in Amer- that they have ·a gross and un­ were all painted convert, when he has mad, the But Thou, 0 Lord, most mer­ ica, in 1944-how can it be pos- worthy notion of the priesthood red, white and blue. remarkable discoveTy that all ciful who didst die for us and sible t o spend two or three hours of Jesus Christ. If it is true, as Catholics are not paragons of didst rise again, and hast be­ watching an intimate story of the reviewer quoted above said, 3. So were the guns virtue, makes the still more re­ stowed upon us these holy and three priests which is not defi- that these are the priests that and battleships life-giving Mysteries to the ben­ during the great war. markable discovery that many nitely and deeply religious? <=:an we have known all our lives, then of the Faithful know .little of the efit and sanctification of Olll' you imagine a story . concernmg it is time for American Catholics implications of the Faith. It is souls .and bodies; grant that the lives o:f St. Augustme, St. Am- and their priests to become 4. But that was camouflage. just because "This Way Out" they may operate in me to the brose St. John Vianney, or St. alarmed at such a lamentable .... deals 'With the application of -healing of my soul and body, to John Bosco being "scarcely religi- spiritual condition. 5. How to distinguish Crtholicism 'that it is so valu­ the overthrow of every evil thing, ous?" Can you imagine it being We Americans, naively imagin­ . -the true from the false? able as a guide. to the enlightenment of my other than religious? If y ou can, ing ·that we represent the very Take the case of agriculture, heart, t-0 the peace of my soul, - then perhaps no fault is to be acme oI progress and civilization, 6. A hint. to invincible faith, to sincere which the writer deals with spe­ found with "Going My Way." But dream proudly (and wildly) of love, to increase of wisdom, to 7. Adam sinned cifically in the chapter on "Land i! you cannot, then assure~y "Americanizing" the world. Some and Ownership," pointing out the keeping oI Thy command­ there is something wrong with of our number have even formed when he fell from contem­ plation. that the farmer-owner has nat­ ments, to growth in grace and the conception of the priesthood plans to Americanize the Chris­ ural God-given rights which no to the inheritance of Thy king­ mani:fested in this movie. tian spiritual life; and appar- 8 Then activity group nor Government can take dom, that, preserved by them in Since the saints mentioned, all ently we also would like to Amer- · from him. I cannot speak of the holliless that comes from of wl10m were priests and -great icanize the Catholic priesthood. ceased to be the fruit of contemplation American Catholics, but· I know Thee, I may ever call to mind converters of .souls, reveal the It is well fm us to remember that too well that the Catholics of Thy grace, and live, not unto true ideal of the Catholic priest- the Church has. officially con­ and they were unable Wood ottT big towns and even of those myself, but unto Thee, my Lord hood, how can Catholics accept demoed a certain kind of Ameri­ to see the for the Tree. urban areas which border on the and Benefactor. and praise a conception of the canism; and this condemnation rural areas do not even now, And thus, when this life shall priesthood that represents t~em includes· the sacrilegious design after five years of war, realize have passed away in the hope as shailow, pleasure - iovmg, to Americanize the spiritual life What Is Holiness? that the land is the basis of all of life eternal, may I a,ttain unto wordly, mercenary, unconscious of by eliminating from it prayer 1. Holiness real wealth. I know even more, everlasting rest, where the hymn spiritual reality, frivolous, and at and sacrifice and the other is not a matter of labels. and that is that with the mech­ of them that glorify Thee is w1- best merely amiable? Or perhaps austere elements of traditional anization of the agricultural "in­ ceasing, and infinite the sweet­ are we to say that the saints Christianity and introducing in­ 2. What ls holiness? dustry" there has grown np a ness of them that behold the un­ themselves were unreal and in- stead the practices and methods type of worker who is on the speakable goodness of Thy Face. human like the priests of su- which have been so successful in 3. I cannot tell you; soil but not of rt. A day or two For Thou art the true desire • gary "devotional" literature? American business expansion. it is not tellable. after Dunkirk I was talking to a and inexpressible joy of them Obviously it is less comforting to Catholic priest who had man­ that love Thee, 0 Christ 01,1.r God, Trying Everything reflect on the condemnation of 4. It can only be described aged to escape with his life. ~ ,we and all creation glorifies Thee to The movie;s erroneous concep- Americanism than it is to think in negations. spoke upon the prospects of a all eternity. tion of the priesthood includes abo~t the cm_i.demnation, say, of long war and he said " It may Amen. · sts as well as NaZlSlll. But it would be scarcely 5. It is like God h k 0 f easily last ten years"; then he t e war pne . less wholesome for us to do so· '-it is not this added-and . I caught what I their - character. An Engbsh it would enable us to see for ex~ it is not that. fancied was a pessimistic tone in priest once wen~ to Ars and ample, that movies \Dd stories his voice-"By that time we shall For ThoughtCul Going. My Way aske? St. J?hn Vianney how he like (there are 6. Nevertheless. all be in the fields tending cat- ' o~tamed his marv~lous results unfortunately a good many of you know it. tle"! · · Comment on with souls. The Enghshman him- them today) are not free from Good Controversy Public Affairs Read self - so he said - had "tried the taint of that condemned 7. You know it everything" but without such Americanism. w_hen you see it. I once suggested that every woi:iderful success. The saint re- Church or Hollywood presbytery should have a· library The Commonweal plied by asking, "Have you really in which there should be a good 386 4th Ave., N. Y. 16, N.Y. tried everything? Have you fast- In a word, before becoming too 8. It is man's special gift to kJ!ow holiness. selection of works dealing with ed? Have you used the discipline? enthusi~tic .about _Hollywocd's the land, especially such boob 15 a year 10 m. a copy Have you slept on a board?" The conception of the priesth_ood, we 9. On this round bag pudding of as approached the subject from anecdote, whether or not literal- ought ~o compare it with . the a world . ly true, reveals clearly enough Chur~h s idea~. on that. su~3ect. 15 man is the only creaturil the methods of the saints: in And ~ t~ere any ddl'e:rence, that either does making his hundred thousand or then it- 1S Hollywood (and we or can know it. so converts, John Vianney did Americans) that must confo-rn;. TIMELY BOOKS not depend on his "personality" :iot the Church._Now the Churchs By Fr. Clarence Duffy b" ethods of ideal of the pnestht>od ls clearly ------~ or oi: the d u ions ~ revealed in official documents, Ame~ican _salesmanship. I ,recall like the Encyclicals of Pope Pius A FARM IN ffiELAND readmg Bishop Ullathorne s. ,ac- x and Pope Pius XI on the It All Goes Together C'Bntain!I artlcltt - ltome prodneti.l, nUgioa a..i edueallo•, a ....,.cuea1 count of how he went !°'<> AIS to priesthood; it is made concrete nltempt tu ap1•I,· the Eucydleals In a ro:ral parish, Aoglo-Irla pn>!>ielllll Selected Essays by ERIC GILL and oolutlons, ete. 15c hear_ the Cure preaching. T?e and applied by such great Doc­ with 26 pages Gill Cure was then an ol~ man;qwte tors of the Church as. Sf. AI­ of THIS WAY OUT illustrations The E nf' y ('li~al and other Clui tta-.. teaehlngs applied to -o•lle and too_thless; and his sermons, phonsus in his book on the dig­ ~Othtl Jlt'Oble.11Q. l!Oe wh1ch had always been peor (by nity and .duties of the priest­ Devin-Adair Co., ·Publishers B~th for 50c bum:.m standar<;Is) w_e~e now a_l- hood; ·t is exemplified by the Here are 23 of Gill's best essays :t' rom TfUJ CATHOLIC WO.RI<~R o r from the pubtl~her most wholly umntellig1ble. Still lives of the great priest-salnts, specially chosen for their timeli­ • the church was crowded; and such as ihose mentioned above. ness and dedicated by Mary Gill THE CHRISTIAN PRE " when that crowd went, others Let catholic reviewers before "to the artist-craftsmen of the Jl~ Mott t., New York lS. ·• Y. came; and converts .continued praising Going My Way,. and world"; many of them never be­ .•1•edal rates l-0 t.OG1, 1663 Am terd&m Order your first editio11 copy In Guild Shullos, 1.48 " ' · S-2d St. Ave. The character ef the Cure d' And if these requirements seem Catholic .Book (,'lub. 140 E.. '15th St. D. Flannery, 3J8 :& 1381.h t. Ars, and the methods of his work, harsh and ·inhuman to us. it advance from: Catholic Bo=k Sarvke, 18 E. 50tll St. tanleY X.CmJon. 741 ~- Are., are quite di.ffereiit from what is could be that the cause ls our . GuJld Book hep, 117 E. li1U. St. Brooklyu. suggested by Going My Way. In own effeminacy and our inability I DAVID HENNESSY Jrlsll BllOk Slt<>o. R1G Ln.ington Ave. Pi08 XI Co•opera&lve Book tore. 4'5 the 1110vie, the culminating to rise to any genuine high re­ MAR-YFABM, EASTON, PENNA. ~lu Ille Haskins, 138-1 3d Ave. Franklin St., Bo«toa. achlevement of the leading priest llgious ideal.

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marriageable· daughters, pre-- miums for apprenticeships, the ' Church and Social Work redeeming of pawn tickets, gifts L i• ttle Italy M eets Bi• g Italy (Continued from pare f) tions until 11nally religion, tOo, of money, food, clothing, visits (C-Ontinued from page l) ln this country. The tenor of homes tor foundltnp and or- became a department of at.ate. to the sick and grief-stricken, as in Italy, these from the older some of the published letters and plums. The lives of the saints exem- well as prayers and masses t.o men and women, and exchanges statements in news-stories leaves pllfy the 1'1. exibillty of Christian be said for those under care; of names and addresses, with no doubt that the chains and SJdc by aide with the hospit&ls principles 'both as personi!l.ed by were all part of the work of many of the girls. There were dungeons of batbarism are still there 1rew up the monasteries: 1ndlv1du.als and as adapted to the Provvedit.ori dei Poveri Ver- some pictures changing hands, favored by many .as treatment Which, tbbuch prlmarlly for pur- ·Changlng .situations and needs. gognosi as the commission of too, and I don't doubt tbat more for prisoners of war. They even poses of contemplation~ onr- In the :fteld of philanthropy twelve was called. than one romance will date f.rom , .ignore the fact that we are no :Oowed in charitable works of all alone there ls a galaxy• of salnt.s St. Antoninus' emphastis begdins that beautiful June Saturday longer actµaliy at war with Italy, both medieval and modern. The to be more specifically owar a afternoon when the Italian pri.s- and this is a point w.hich calls kinds. Every monastery had • three that I have singled out n- reform of external conditions. oners of war captured Grand for our immediate attention. The hospital where those wbo needed lustrate ajgniftcant developments For him, wealth is good if prop- Street. tendency to perpetuate the ear'e and shelter were ministered. in the aocial trunking ~of :the erly ordered and not sought as an There was a deep emoUonal hatreds enEendered by war is in­ to. Assistance was likewise pro- Church. Tbe first, St. Francis ot end in itself, while poverty !s an tone about this impromptu nest.a, creasin.gly noticeable. Plans for vided for the able-bodied poor Assisi (1182-1226} was closest evil since possessions help pro- and it brought a lump to my ' revenge are proclaimed which who came to the monastery gate. b th hr l "call d · tect men from the vicissitudes of throat which threatened to be lack the slightest indicatien that o c ono ogI y an m meth- tortune. Life is no longer the The monasteries 1 I k •wise od to the public life and ministry permanent. "It's almost like our their proponents ever heard of served u ballast for the com- of Jesus Christ. The second, st. . organic whole it wa.S for St. own boys come back," I heard tbe Gospel of Christianity. Mass munity. They were fair land- Anto · (1389 1""9) Francis and St. Thomas a cen- the mothers and wives and sis- .sterilization of both the German nmus . - 'SJ • was born tury and a half earlier. We find Jo.r~never raising the rent or in the same year as Cosun· d · ters of American soldiers say, and J apanese peoples was shame- 0 Summa evi · g their tenants; further, M-"'ci. . and illustrates a d' eit-- st. Antoninus in his and if there was a dry eye in the les:Sly proposed in a letter writ- ·~ n a Ju.s Moral•• chiefty concerned with " If the· price ot corn had begun ment to the more om l d "' crowd I couldn't see it. ten by a retired colonel, pub- . · c P ex · e- the problems of economics, soci- to start up in the markets, they mands of the Renaissance. The , The trucks rolled away at last, Usbed in one of the conservative made thereto with wainloads or third, s t. Vincent de Paul 0 576_ ology and administration. 'The followed by a wave of cheers and New York papers. He stated that corn and it under market 1660) i r;ood of the state," he claims to good-byes, but tbe crowd re- by this means "we" could insure sol~ s pre-eminently the apos:- be "something divine" and the price to the poor people t.o the tle o! · d h ·t mained, comparing notes and the extinction of those two races orgamze c an Y· goal be is working towards is end to bring down the price St F · f .. _. · sharing their happiness over the whose continu_ed existence he re- . ranc15 • ~1S1 oolle.ctive: "And when the time - thereof." In the spring they St--"" · t .. _ is- •~ - invasion. gards as inimical t o the welfare " ... ranclS o =>S l ~not con- comes, as come it will, when so- So gave seed to be sown and lent cerned WI"t h soc1a· 1 prob' .ems as, cr·ety a.s a whole will recognize I walked on· to our own cor- of .all mankind. oxen to help in the sowing. h F h" lit · ner, and there was Kate De That colonel is not alone in his Even more important, perhaps, basue . or h llll e is a joyous tha·t bi·g fortunes and starvation Falco, busy as ever at her· vege- opinion, He has much ntore com- rmony, e even addresses the are alone intolerable and must was their educational and voca- ft ·th · table s.tand. Surprised that she pany than most of us realize, and re WI which the physicians be put an end to, God grant it '- tional training of rich and poor b t to hadn't been in on the exciting it is going LO take a v.ast effort of alike and the ex.ample of gener- are'th ath ou t hi sear his eyeballs may discover .at the same time event, !__asked her what had kept prayer and teac h ing to counc.er-• is ff t f OSI.ty and km·. dness they g·ave to WI t... n a "gh cs>urtesy th.at he that the mad rush for wealth h er .away , and wh en I explained ac t the e ec s o th e1r. guspe" 1 of the community. - ex.,.• ded to all God's ci:eation: folly and sin and that a life of what had happened she was dis- hate so that it may not carry "Brother Fire," he ~equests, "you greater leisure in which to cul- · t th th t · to The property of the Church ·are beautiful above all creatures, consolate. "Oh. why didn't yo -over m o e peace a is was held to be the patrimony of be favorable to me in this hour; CH ., ST come and tell me?" she asked, "I come. the poor, a.nd toward the end of you know how ·much I have al- J'1 ' didn't know about it. Oh, how I Written on Train the fourth eentury, the custom ways loved you." All his actions ..._ _ 4.. A f :t.. would have loved to seen those This article was begun on t he de.eloped of setting aside one- were carried out on a scale that UK YY0..J~t1\4t1 boys! I would have bought them train en route from New York to - fourth of all the goods of. the. is inconceivable in the expanding bottles of vermouth!'' Pittsburgh, and I am completing Church for poor relief. Wealthy world of t.oday. He was a re- Kate has one son in service. it in St. Anthony's Village, Oak- converts from paganism made former but ..,is dream was to re- She .echoed the expreSSion I had mont, where Peter and I have sumptuous ...;,'ts and penitents .,. heard on Grand S_treet, ','That's journeyed to make our annual &ii ' · form the world. His goal was built monasteries and churches almost like our own boys come Retreat under Father Farina's . . completely the opposite from back." An" it did seem like a direction. It is the last Sunday t o h e l P a t one f or th eir sms. th.at of modern social reformers "" There were likewise grants made preview of that happy day when in July, and the Retreat will be- b the state to'1!1ard the support such ' as Marx, who seek to the sons and husbands- of our gin this evening. So we will be ol the hospitals. These sources change the world. St. Francis, neighborhood will be welcomed cut off from the world until next were s1q1plemented by the ordi- though he possessed nothing, home. · Saturday. nary church collect'i.ons and by never recommended the abolition "Where did they go after they Detachment from the world in the payment of tithes equal to a of property; no matter-how sur- left Grand Street?" Kate asked a time of crisis like - this might tenth of the possessions of the passing his Vision of happiness, me, and her face beamed when seem to be difficult for persons faithful to be devoted to the care ne never attempted to alter the I told her they were being taken who are far from disinterested in of the· poor. Tithes had lo~ material c<>nditions ab<>ut him. t.o .Coney Island. · what is taking place, but it is ac- been a recognized form of The revolution he tried' to work ltumane Treatment tually a blessed relief to know thanks·oJlcring to God for the was in the hearts o! men, for it Kate, lik@ all our neighbors, that we will Bee n-0 newspapers, sum ot His benefits, but at the was individuals and not inst!- was happy because the young hear no radios, exchange opini-0ns Ceuncil of Macon in 585, this was tutions he felt to be responsible Italian soldiers were befng treat- with no one for a whole week. I explicitly defined as a Christian for the injustice and hardships ed humanely, but we. have learn- realized this fact during our Re- obliption and had beoome com- of his time. He taught the world ed recently that tTiere are others treat at Easton in September, mon pra.dice throughout the acceptance and joy, generosity who disagree. They are not re- 1939, when w.e were isolated on Church by the eighth century. and love. To be sur·e, he made ticent in expressing their com- Maryfarm during that world- Loose.d Bonds provisions for the alleviation of plaints regarding what they call shakng weekend that saw the be- The "loosing of the bonds of some of the contemporary pov- the "coddling" of · prisoners of ginning of the -war. Perhap~ this society" wrought ~Y the Black erty and suffering and sought to war. Vehement letters to the week may see its end-God grant ·Plague (i'348_49 ), with the re- protect the rights of the serf Ade Belbunt contribu- tions from the pulpit, the faitb­ ber:ed most of all perhaps for his my temporal and eternal treas­ THE CATHOLIC WORKER lieve their plight. Every need ful of the little t.own of Chatillon work with the insane and with ures in heaven and on earth; but llS Mott St., New Yerk 13, N . Y. was to be included: doctor's bills, flock to the assistance of a foundlings which is why he is so great ;ue these that, were they • nursing experues, dowries for stricken fa,.mily in the vicinity- traditionally repres~nted with a known, Montfort would be the child in each arm and a third envy of the richest and most ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "these poor people, provided with t.oo much now .· .. will be again in clinging to his robes. powerful kings of earth. FROM UNION S9UARE HOUSE OF HOSPIT AL1TY want as before." Accordingly he Famine and aisease ,ravaged Montfort, TO ROME By Ooroihy Day set about to remedy the- situa­ France and the. King appointed Priest and unworthy slave tion. He called together the St. Vincent Almoner-General of of Jesus, living in Mary. By Dorothy Day , ladies of the parish and pointed th~ country so tha~. bis system of $2.50 out the waste of random giving. poor relief hall a state sanction. $1.50 "I .suggested to them," he re­ The organization of charity, be­ principle that had caused St. tit .ti liloolstores Slieetl & Ward, publishers ports, "to club together to do the gun ill the little parish of Chatil­ Francis to kiss the wounds of the 63 Fifth Avenue needful every day, not only for lon. had come to comprehend lepers-"Hospes venit, Christus The Pre~ervation Press, Silver this poor family but for others the whole of France. Neverthe­ venit"- "As long as you did it to ' Spring, Maryland N. Y. C. that ntight turn up in the future. less it was organized. 011 ~ parish one of My least brethren, you did •.!;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;' ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ This was the beginning of the basis and animated by the same it to Me." ' fllage Eig1ii THE C A T HOLIC WORKE R July-A.1igu.t, 1944 "ALOST ,CITIZEN" Once Upon_ a Time

PIUS XI "Since therefore none are i o be considered so poor and naked, none so infirm or . hungry or th.irsty, as t h ose who are de­ prived of the knowledge and irace of God, · there is no one who does not see that mercy and a. divine reward shall not be wanUn:- to' him who has shown mercy to the most needy o.f his fellows.''

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