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At Onr Hots*Superman Is a Pagana V9? Hm rmtmHaw'« tii« comte book gftttttam at ywr kms$e* Beltertliim it hm -beeti b.% mmr I to; yea have eight totwefrre-yeOT~crid*« ehanss are they, iik^r mm, go thrcmgft*p#to at combcitti that verge o#* - —addiction Fact is, OIK* bouse resembled a new* with h u g ft tiea of. com i lot to clo#«t#, under the mat ' t ee*se s, In draw era, and Marki® and Mary aeemed , to spend every waking hour devouring thethings^DATE WITH «ft*»Y. HENKV, KJTTUS UXt; theadventuresome one*; DAfif/tiKviu ajul Hmnmt fnLABHOORRON; the animal type; DONALD DUCK, FUJX THK CAT. L00N1SY TtJHW*. MIC KCT MWm . . . The tUt goes on and on with plenty to choose from.Hmry Daly“But even aa to good comics,'* Father Southard eauhoned, comic hook addiction t» a symptom of a haste and serious problem, the addict's empty home An♦ We know comics are bad for empty home cannot be reeoR-thelr eyes; that they waste time, strutted by substituting comicsthat they ruin reading habits for comics It must he rebuiltbut we were ignorant of their as a renter for self made fun, re-real danger and anyway school *ponsibilJty and achievement.'’will start soon, we thought laz IIy . . . Then we attended a l**c lure on comics given bv the Kev Robert E. Southard SJs * •FATHER SOITHARD specif , icaiiy recommends books, toys, pets and hobbies to fill a child's* life then comica, movies andIN MY OPINION,- Father *urh vicarious amusements will Southard said. *'Supeirman is one not occupy a major place.of the most deceptive and vicious corruptions in the comics. That is because the Superman symboloIndian Bishop Karachi, Pakistan - l NOIs » false picture o! heroism on Bishop-elect Edwin Pinto. B.J,the human level and a counter r»f the Diocese of Ahmedabad tnfed of Christ , . To adults this \%tlI he consecrated atcomparison between C hrist and ,, .. , . . 0 .. . , . _ ,, Saragossa cathedral in Barcela comic-book character. Super *man, ia grotesque But to chil dren. Superman is very real With such twisted Ideks in their heads how are teachers to per suade them that Christ who suffered and died on a cross is the greatest hero, that they, too. are heroes If they do the ordinary duties * round the house, as their parents tet! them and as Christ did at Nazareth* Superman isa modernized mythical pagan deity, baptized Christian apart from ChristMnna Spam m mid OctoberVOCATIONSHot* *»» fl'fffc SrftnoJ Or fruluttr* nr* itivdtd to lto4)i tmt li# ft mean P»t«K»iftoodBoo-rd. Tm»Uo. Book*. lU fro* Wrttti R«« emfiwf fiy**rt*r. T.O-HPrsorliras pr*|ir»t»r» Bamtomry({•tli4a?*lr«rff. P»««MiTi»o»i»SIMMONSOtters You . ..Yet Superman and hi* counterpart, Wonderwoman, were regular Inhabitant* of our house! Shamefacedly we realized that we had been blind to this subtly poisonous doctrine — and undoubtedly to a lot of other evil types too. He’d make a clean sweep, we resolved; we wouldn't let a comic . but what was that Father oSuthard was saying?“The worst mistake a parent *an make about comics Is to contemn them alL without disiinc-ton. Comics in themselves are iq more evil than motion pic urea, newspapers, books, tclevl lion or any other medium for telling stories or transmuting dens»48 NASH $1695Cut** Aak*mtf»r W*4*4 «Mtl» •itr»s. N»» tar ninatav. 1IU.•47 HUDSON .... MSC MBWMMfar* Hi*. Kilt;*!k«t twiltun.*46 HUDSON.... 8958te*r ttti — RtsJ (kaa*48 KAISER.... 14958«4bj»—All txlru. tittiksl ilaaSIMMONSMOTORS COR? 339 EAST AVENUfFather Bouthard then told us about the (atechettraJ Guild, publisher* of a comic railed TOFIX, who make a Hat of ip proved comics. Even wlthoiit such a list, he continued, parents can Judge the types that are harmful — the senaatlonsl, the fsrrtastlc, the hnrtd. the *o\y — and nicer thetr children from this kind Into the truly funny one* like BLON-Tlear “EastFrantfia Cirdmji tpt Mao*. Thamaa J. McMahoi Rav. Harry M, O’Connif(lur BargainOue Bargain Charity P*ekalt;Contain*-—I) A deposit in* MARY’S BAN!2 J Tha pric* of twenty ioavai3 i An offering for V#$tm#ntsGUILD. 'A tft aiLit a a a
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Rochester Catholic Courier and Journal

Rochester, New York, US

Thu, Sep 22, 1949

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