Bulletin (Monroe, Ga.) 1958-1962, November 12, 1960, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextlAJr iterS an c. l l^eatlc erA EDITED BY LEO J. ZUBER 2332 North Decatur Rd. Decatur, Georgia A. M. D. G. For the greater glory of God and for the spiritual benefit of authors, publishers, review ers and readers. CHRISTIAN INITIATION, Louis Bouyer, Macmillan, $3.50. (Reviewed by Flannery O'Connor) This very short book is a re statement of religious truth, beginning with first percep tions of the spiritual and con tinuing through the discovery of God, of the Divine Word, of the living Church and the Eucharist, and finally of eter nal life. It is intended to show the reader how faith takes root in the intelligence, but it is perhaps too summary a book to do this successfully. Louis Bouyer is one of the most interesting theologians writing today. This particular work, however, has the quali ty of an exercise. It lacks the excitement of Fr. Bouyer’s other well-known works, “The Spirit and Forms of Protest- ism,” and his biography of Newman. In a short introduc tion, the author says that it is a book written not so much to read as to reread. It is possi bly a book best suited to fur nish the basis of meditations on the Christian mystery. TO HEAVEN WITH DIA NA! by Gerald Vann, O.P. (Pantheon), 1960, 160 pp., $3.50. Reviewed by Elizabeth Hesler Jordan of Saxony was the first Master General of the Dominican Order following the death of the founder him self. Diana D’Andalo founded a convent of Dominican nuns in Bologna, Italy. The monk and the nun were extremely close friends, and for many years a lively correspondence went on between them. Only Jordan’s letters are extant. Father Vann has selected a group of them written be tween 1222 and 1237 and has used them to illustrate a point he apparently feels rather ur gently needs to be made. The title of his little book — TO HEAVEN WITH DIANA! —- is the point in a phrase. Note that it is not “in spite of Diana.” Best Wish es FRANK BIENERT, Manager 1644 WATERViLLE COURT MACON, GEORGIA * MACON, * St L E. ROOFING CONTRACTORS 279 Reid Street a A Macon, Georgia Father Vann is much con cerned with the aridity that can grow up in the souls of those who have no genuine communication with others. He reasons that if you spend your days in prayer and soli tary devotions simply because you happen to like , that kind of practice, while you avoid others because they annoy or fail to interest you, this may not be obedience to the will of God as much as obedience to the will of self. Father Vann considers that in expos ing ourselves to the needs and affections of others there may sometimes be dangers, but he suggests God did not put us here to he safe. He further suggests that prudence is what we must employ to cir cumvent the dangers we are required to risk. The Lord put us here, says Father Vann, to love Him with and through one another and all things which inspire pure affection. With Jordan’s letters to Dia na, he illustrates how it can be done beautifully. In defense of Father Vann, it should be added that his book is not an insidious advo cation of “togetherness.” In stead, it is a very fine — if minor -— exposition on the profoundly intelligent plain between the carbuncle of “to getherness” and the opposed pimple of disgusted reaction. We are invited to consider a world beyond Norman Vin cent Peale or Jean Paul Sarte. And it is a heartening one. (Reviewed by Msqr. George J. Flanigen) SEEDTIME ON THE CUM BERLAND, by Hariette Simp son Arnow, Macmillan, 449 pp., $7.50. What was life like among the early settlers in Kentucky and Tennessee in the Cumber land River region? This is the question which Mrs. Arnow answers in great detail in this nonfiction work which is a valuable addition to early Americana. As background, the author gives the geology, archaeology, Sociology, and history of the Cumberland region. But this is no dry-as-dust scientific treatise but an interesting, readable account. Mrs. Arnow, author of such best sellers as Hunter’s Horn” and “The Dollmaker,” is a native of the region and her writing has a homey, autobiograhpical fla vor. A school teacher for many years, she knows how to keep the interest of her readers. She recreates in vivid de tail the life of the settlers of 1730-1803 who came tq the Blue Grass and limesttfilS* val leys of the Cumberland basin, how they built their houses, what they wore, what they ate. Here are all the characters from Martin Chartier to Cor dell Hull and Alvin York. Un like some earlier works, prop er emphasis is given to the ex plorations of the early French in the area. Unfortunately, Mrs. Arnow did not have the benefit of Cate’s researches on Timothy Demonbreun, which came out after her book was published. To help follow the story, the book has eight maps, some of which, would have been clearer had the draftsman not tried to crowd so much de tail into a small space. Sailors Of 7th Fleet cdieal $m\ To Formosa Nun-Doctor By Father Ivar S. McGrath Society of St. Columban (N.C.W.C. NEV/S SERVICE) KAOHSIUNG, Formosa — Personnel of the U. S. 7th Fleet have given $10,000 worth of medical supplies to Sister Hilda Meier of St. Joseph’s Hospital here. . The supplies were delivered by the USS Uhlman, whose crew donated an emergency generator, to the hospital earlier this year. Ships of the 7 th Fleet, which patrols the Formosa Straits, often anchor in Kaoh- siung, Formosa’s largest har bor. Officers and men have not only witnessed Sister Hil da Meier’s work for the people of Kaohsiung, but have had many occasions to be grateful for her medical skill. During one year she operated on nine navy men stricken with acute appendicitis. Dubbed “The Healing Sister of Formosa” in an article in the August issue of the Read er’s Digest, Sister Hilda is German-born and U. S. train ed. A member of the Francis can Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, whose motherhouse is in Paterson, N. J., Sister Hilda obtained her medical degree at George Washington University, Wash ington, D.C., in 1938. She was sent by her su periors to China in 1941. Preparatory Theological Commission For Ecumenical Cennsii Holds 1st ileeti VATICAN CITY — The theological commission set up to prepare for the coming ecu menical council has held its first meeting here. It is one of the 11 prepara tory commissions and three secretariats for the council es tablished by His Holiness Pope John XXIII. Among the members attend ing were Bishop John Wright of Pittsburgh, Auriliary Bish op James Griffiths of New York and Msgr. Joseph Fenton of the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Before the meeting, com mission members and consul tants met in the chapel of St. Paul V in the headquarters building of the Sacred Con gregation of the Holy Office to take an oath of loyalty and secrecy. His Eminence Alfredo Car- Over estimate your ability and you’ll sometimes lose —- under estimate your ability and you’ll never even start. TURN TABLES ON SHARKS ALEXISHAFEN, New Guin ea, (NO—New Guinea school boys at the Divine Word Cath olic mission here are eating the sharks That have been try ing to eat them. In a space of 31 days the schoolboys' caught and ate 31 sharks, from two-foot babies to seven-foot hammerheads. They began setting their nets for the sharks early this year after a series of attacks cost several schoolboys the loss of a limb. Previously the natives and the sharks had shared Alexishafen Bay in peace. dinal Ottaviani, Secretary of the Holy Office and president of the commission, opened the meeting. He told members that their task will be to present to the council “a thorough examina tion of the difficult theoretical and moral problems of our times so that the Roman Pon tiff, together with the bishops, may provide a solution for them under the guarantee of infallibility made by divine promise.” Commission secretary, Fa ther Sebastian T r o m p, S.J., also addressed the meeting. There was no immediate in dication as to how long the members and consultant of the theological commission will remain, in Rome for their first series of meetings. Vatican observers, however, have said that individual question would probably be apportioned among members, for detailed study. In this event, non- Italian members would be able to return to their home countries while still working on the questions assigned to them and come back to Rome at a later date for further meetings. THE BULLETIN, November 12, 1960—PAGE 7 Bishop Consecrated Parents should explain to their children that they have the same responsibilities on their bicycles as motorists have in their cars, says the Allstate Safety Crusade. Bicyclists | Hgg must give hand signals, obey ] slop signs and use lights at - , night. SELF-DISCIPLINE Good intentions will wind up an alarm clock, but it takes will power to get out of the sack. PEPSI - COLA BOTTLING CO. OF MACON 352 Poplar Street P. O. Box 1238 Macon, Ga. — Telephone: 3-9014 MOTOR COMPANY MERCEDES-BENZ The LARK by Studebaker 240 Third Street SH. 5-6026 Macon, Georgia Bishop Alfred P. Mendez, C. S.C., was consecrated as the first bishop of the new Puer to Rican diocese of Arecibo at Notre Dame University on October 28. His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, was the consecrator in cere monies at Notre Dame’s Sa cred Heart Church. Bishop Mendez, 53, a native of Chi cago, has been engaged in development work of Holy Cross Fathers who conduct the university. His new 1,200-mile Diocese of Arecibo was established July 30 by His Holiness Pope John XXIII. (NC Photos) Forced to leave the China mainland by the communists, Sister Hilda came to Formosa in 1948 with other Sisters of her congregation. The sisters opened a dispensary in 1949, and a hospital two months later. While gynecology and ob stetrics are Sister Hilda’s spe cial fileds, circumstances have made the 49-year-old Sister a competent all-round surgeon. During her ten years at St. Joseph’s she has delivered an average of 300 babies and up to 200 major operations each year. Willingham & Payne ?r G; INCORPORATED INSURANCE and SAFETY BONDS Calder W. Payne -- Alberta D. Williams \ 350 SECOND STREET MACON, GA. ' J S Sho imb 'es fly Z5' STOKES - SHAHEEN, Inc, WHOLESALE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES PHONE SH. 2-4517 477 HAWTHORNE ST. 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