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un in* ny I aftl-icdityh3W«lhemt•noet-onhe»otndtatid.hemtmtAheiti-mt tin ok utt •Ve 8 re s re ird eft erf [r lod Helu-blyof\p-Itl-ek-n.‘*titer®ior»oflelfthetsdidinde-ror doth e tnd red the of tlty neylick1 Tmyofneresccy/on*ela-ofto!re-dm,tokenpen i Tf !*ep aht-act the ion. *iv*Pay Her HHoa»e of Hospitality is God * answer to “Grape* of Wrath. Here are the tame sort of down-under people the sam« sort of awful destitution. the same sort of rootless lives there is no balking the picture no glow of fake optimism But Christ i* in the midst of them not on profane tongues but in holy heart* Steinbeck b „ picture is hrtitni and untrue to life despite the verity of Its facts, Dorothy Day s picture la true^To life, and yet radiant with love But U is the kind of love that Dostoievsky wrote about In ~The Brother* Karamjuov”: “Love In action la a harsh and dreadful thing com pared with love In dreams. It is the kind of love that brought Christ to Cnlvnry It is the kind of lo\e that brings Doroth) Pay to give up all for people like these‘Went with Margaret to the Welfare Department The wait ing room was small and *n crowded bv nine-thirty in the morning that fifteen people were already standing pu The inves-tlgntors came out into this crowded room to Interview their clients * It is hard to watch people trytng to achieve some pn* vary speaking behind cupped hands, their faces working The Investigators tell them to speak up There were many children in the room, underweight, pale and sad It is hard to see grown people crying and young children with set sad faces terrified at the sight of adult despair There is a Negro there with crucifixes in her ears A young girl whose trembling baby has ah old white face There is a strange contrast between the impassive faces of the investigators and the twisted, anguished faces of those investigated.In relief offices. In Bowery flophouses, in the Houses of Hospitality, on tours around the country living with share-croppers. looking in on plantation-pickers and fishermen and migrant workers. Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin have gained a panoramic picture of the American economic scene as it affects the workers. Bxit theirs is no mere scholarly curiosity. as if they were collecting material for » thesis or a book of statistics. It is the urgency of charity to bring Christ to the derelict. And their love brings understanding. Andreption. went to C'onfesston frequently some of them every day considering this practice tn be most salutary in the work of anv-tng and aanctlfymg Ihcur own soulsThe Sacrament of Penance la meant not merely for ihoaf who have (tenons sins to confess but also for the forgiveness of slight sins and imperfections The confessional is considered also the proper place to secure counsel and advice on the manifold ques tions of s moral snd religious character that arise in every human life Defender* of the Fslth, Conception, Mo.Extension of Hia PulpitThe work of the t 'athnlic paper* has been mo«i praiseworthy They have heen an effective auxiliary to the pulpit in spreading the Fixith Henedict XVHe who remembers having invoked the name of Mary tn an impure temptation, may be sure that he did not yield to It 8t. Alphonsu*.as Dorothy writes about it In her books and tn the Catholic Worker. you know that she is at the very roots of the tragedy of the poor, not burrowing there for livid sensationalism, but delving there to lay on sick souls the heeling grace of ChristThat is why “Hotue of HospL tality and the monthly issues of the tkthollc Workh are far closer lo the realities of the poor than “(Jrmpes of Wrath. That is why I won't waste my time on “drapes of Wrath. That is why the f'BthoUc .Worker is the only other paper I rea.d through each month from first page to last. That is why I have thought it worth while to draw the contrast in this week’s column, for Lent is the time for us to look deeper into our relations with our neighbor as well ns with God.• Dorothy Day’s Tnion Square to Rome and “House of Hospitality may be borrowed from the Catholic Evidence Library, and there are free copies of ttae Catholic Worker there for you to take without asking.*REV. BENEDICT EHMAXN[r?iwiwijiwBwtw»iiiiwiimiwgiiiiiintiiiiiipiutniwwiwwiiiiiiwiiiwiiwuWB«iWiniitnHgwwmwwTOic}f!iwwmfwiiiWlt;wiiwwiFive Years Ago—-in the fties of the CATWOUC COURIERFrom Feb. 14, 1935. Edition“If we as Catholics had the tame seal as the Communiits for social justice, the world would coon be changed” was the met* •age left by Dorothy Day, editor of the Catholic Worker in lecture to Catholic Women** Chjib in Columbus Civic Centre.* * •Second prise tn the college classification of the Mt. Ruahmore National Memorial Inscription, essay contest, was won by Joseph Lalumia, St Andrew's Seminary student in national competition.• * *Voicing the opinion that the United State* government ahould- * cmn Intervening tn affaire efithe Republic of Mexico, the Rochester Nocturnal Adoration Society in annual meeting adopted resolution calling upon U. S. government to permit people of Mexico to settle fcfeeir own affairs. The Rt Rev. Msgpr. Chmrlei F\ Shay was named Director of the Society. John P. Keating wa* elected president.• • •‘ Sister M Cecilia Meehan in the i^th year of her religious life died at the Sixers of St Joseph’s Motherhouse, Piitsford.• * *GenevA Nocturnal Adoration Society* with 121 rttembers noting it* progress hi- the year held a banquet at the Kirkwood Hotel.
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Rochester Catholic Courier
Rochester, New York, US
Thu, Feb 15, 1940
Page 7
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