Family and Half Stage Life at the Crib
The piece portrays a busy family routine with a new grandchild and shopping runs. Mamie is urged to lead the Altar Society but steps down to care for Mike's ill child. Mike Senior remains diligent at work and home, balancing duties for a growing, shifting family while offering care and guidance.
The Queen Mother and the Flexibility of Home Life
The essay argues that parents, especially mothers, must adapt to evolving family needs as children grow and new obligations arise. It stresses patience, daily adjustment, and sustaining inner balance to manage unpredictable days, relationships, and household demands while maintaining hope and presence.
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Mollie
Rhythm in marriage and Mass obligation under Catholic teaching
The text discusses Pope Pius XII rules on rhythm within marriage, listing serious medical economic social reasons that may justify rhythm, and notes two conditions: mutual consent and low risk of deliberate incontinence. It then answers about age limits for Mass attendance, insisting there is no age cutoff if one can go, and discusses exceptions. It also covers abortion, defining it as murder, and rape cases where preventing conception may be permissible if done before conception.
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Pius XII
God Love You Missionary Fund Appeal
A dramatic tale of an Eskimo mother and her plastic surgery rescued daughter leads to a broader Catholic appeal. A mission story links compassion with fundraising for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, urging donations to support seminaries, missions, and vocations worldwide.
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Africa
Spain
Latin America
I'm glad my husband is an alcoholic
A May issue tease from The Family Digest profiles an article asserting a wife’s stance that she is glad her husband is an alcoholic who no longer drinks. It notes many articles in the issue and invites subscriptions via The Family Digest, Huntington, Indiana, at $3 per year.
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Family
Dicestr
May Family Digest
Family Digest
Huntington
Indiana
Arthritis Sufferer Plays Piano Without Pain
Public notice offers a free 36 page illustrated book on Arthritis and Rheumatism mailed to readers who write for it. It promises no drug or surgery, details treatment success, and urges immediate request to The Ball Clinic Exelsior Springs Missouri.
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Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
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Stull
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You
Most Reverend
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Society For the Propagation of the Faith
Hamilton
Fifth Avenue
New York
Fulton J. Sheen
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