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THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 
Five addresses delivered in the nationwide Catholic Hour, produced by the 

National Council of Catholic Men, in cooperation with the National 
Broadcasting ¡Company, from October 1 through October 29, 1944. 

BY 
RT. REV. MSGR. AMBROSE J. BURKE' 
President of St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa 

National Council of Catholic Men 
1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. 

Washington '5, D. C. . ; ' • 

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H u n t i n g t o n , I n d i a n a 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Page 

The Great Purpose of the Sacraments .. 7 

Sacraments Are Visible Signs ....:.. 11 

The Sacraments Were Instituted by Christ ......... 15 

Catholics Are A Sacramental People ......: ........ 20 

The Sacramentals ...:.... _._...._. .„.........„„. .._ 25 





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THE GREAT PURPOSE OF THE SACRAMENTS 
Address delivered on October 1, 1944 

"I love life" is the title of a about the business of keeping our-
semi-classical song often heard on selves alive without i n j u r y to any 
the radio. This sentiment might other creatures in their pursuit of 
very well be the "theme song" of living. There are other times when 
every living thing, f o r every living we "with souls t h a t cringe and 
thing does love life and is intense- plot," resort to less honorable means 
ly and actively interested in keep- to feed the-flame of life, 
ing itself alive. As different as While we have no hope of find-
the three great classes of living ing the fountain of youth, we do 
creatures—plants, b r u t e animals, all t h a t we can to put off death as 
and men—are f r o m one another, long as-possible. We are g r a t e f u l 
they all have this in common, the to modern medical science both f o r 
urge above all else to keep alive, prolonging life and f o r making us 
If we could assemble all living more healthy while living. We have, 
things and could ask them, "To in fact, become ̂  faddists on the 
what purpose do you devote most subject of health. We take nos-
of your time and energy?" the t r u m s f o r every ill and ache; we 
answer would come back in a unan- swallow capsules to put us to sleep; 
imous chorus, "Our chief concern we eat only food t h a t has been 
is to keep ourselves alive." impregnated with vitamins. We are, 

"The violet by a mossy stone indeed, serious about this m a t t e r 
Half hidden f r o m the eye," of living. We enjoy life, we want 

apparently with no effort, is busy a long life, and we desire to get the 
night and day drawing sustaining most out of it. 
life f r o m the earth and the sun. In the plan of God all men were 
While the destined to an eternity of glorious 

" T i g e r ! Tiger!, burning bright living. We know what happened to 
In the forests of the night t h a t beautiful idea in the mind of 

in a different manner—sometimes God. It is an old, familiar story, 
cruel, often violent—constantly The creature rebelled against the 
seeks food to preserve its life. Man- Creator. And the result? Human 
kind, too, is chiefly concerned with t r a g e d y . Our first parents are 
this one basic need. At times we driven out of Paradise, man loses 
resemble the plants, quietly going dominion over the beasts of the 



8 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

earth, he is compelled to labor by 
the sweat of his brow and the. toil 
of his hands, sickness and disease 
lay him waste, and finally he must 
die t h e death. Nor is t h a t all. To 
the original act of rebellion against 
God, the children of Adam have 
joined their own personal sins and 
are paying the price. Their pil-
grimage to the grave is accompa-
nied by heartaches, tears, and blood-
shed. 

Sometimes in Hollywood, pro-
ducers of plays are confronted with 
the problem of a suitable .ending 
f o r a movie scenario. Should they 
be realistic and permit the char-
acters of their story to be engulfed 
in the inevitable consequence of 
their own misdeeds? Or should they 
give the hero the means of provid-
ing the unfortunate principals an 
escape f r o m the great f a t e t h a t 
should await them? Not infrequent-
ly the story i s filmed with two end-
ings, the one happy—the other 
tragic. 

In the story of the human race 
the Great Producer has provided, 
likewise, two endings. Almighty 
God seeing the misery of man, made 
to His own image and likeness, has 
sent us a Hero, His own beloved 
Son, who has assumed the penalties 
due to us, and by His passion and 
death has atoned f o r the sins of 
the whole race. But the final cur-
tain t o the drama does not fall 

upon Calvary. Redemption, f o r all 
of Christ's sufferings and death, is 
not t h r u s t automatically upon us. 
Every man has an important and 
difficult role to play. While living 
in the world and occupied with the 
necessity of keeping body and soul 
together, we must seek, possess, 
and maintain the friendship of God. 
We have to learn to strike the prop-
er balance between the demands of 
worldly concern which require our 
daily, immediate attention, and the 
larger self-interests which deter-
mine our happiness f o r all eternity. 
Christ has given us a standard t h a t 
enables us to observe the r i g h t pro-
portion: "Render therefore to Cae-
sar the things t h a t are Caesar's: 
and to God the things t h a t are 
God's" (Luke 20:25). To t h a t di-
rective He has added a solemn war-
ning, " F o r what shall it profit a 
man, if he gain the whole world, 
and suffer the loss of his soul?" 
(Mark 8:36). I t is a warning t h a t 
is sadly neglected by the run of 
men. . ' . . . 

The world is too much with u s ; 
late and soon, 

Getting and spending, we lay 
waste our powers. 

Long before the poet and philos-
opher recognized man's absorbing 
interest in mere physical and so-
cial well-being, God foresaw the 
difficulties t h a t would beset us. His 
beloved Son has done more than 



THE GREAT PURPOSE OF THE SACRAMENTS 9 

redeem us, more than show us by 
His own example how to live the 
perfect life; He has given us the 
means of applying universal re-
demption to our own individual 
souls. 

What are these means? The New 
Testament abounds with sugges-
tions. The ordinary means recom-
mended are prayer, fasting, pen-
ance, almsgiving, and other works 
of charity. And, of course, sup-
porting these good deeds is the 
necessary observance of the Ten 
Commandments. But means were 
always at the disposal of man. Since 
the time of Moses, men have al-
ways known the Commandments 
(if- they have not always kept 
them), they have prayed, done pen-
ance, and performed acts, of charity. 
Apart from His Sacrifice on Cal-
vary, did Christ provide no new 
means, more accessible and more 
efficacious, whereby the grace of 
His presence, the virtue in His 
touch, the affection of His glance, 
and the power o.f His spoken word 
might be available to the millions 
who would believe-in Him long a f t e r 
His departure from this earth? We 
are not disappointed. Christ has 
left lis the seven Sacraments, sev-
en channels of grace flowing from 
the Cross, seven means ordained 
by God for particularizing the Re-
demption of Calvary in the person 
of every man. 

How admirably the Sacramental 
System satisfies our every need. 

There is a striking .parallel be-
tween life in .the natural order and 
the life of Grace given by the Sac-
raments. Just as physical life begins 
with conception and birth, super-
natural life is born in Baptism. The 
helpless infant must be provided 
for until he can grow sufficiently 
strong in bodily health to meet 
physical dangers. Confirmation 
confers spiritual manhood. In the 
natural order men must eat if they 
would live; the Holy Eucharist is 
the divine food of the soul. When 
men become sick, they consult' a 
physician and take the medicine 
prescribed f o r them; the Sacrament 
of Penance is the medicine that 
heals the soul sick from sin. And 
finally men die. In the natural 
order the dying man is at the end 
of his resources. Nothing more 
can be done f o r him. Relatives 
stand helplessly around, awaiting 
the inevitable issue. Here,- thank 
God, the parallel breaks down, f o r 
the supernatural life does not end 
with physical death. How good 
Christ has been to give us a Sac-
rament for this particular moment! 
Extreme Unction makes us resigned 
to the death of the body and pre-
pares the soûl f o r its flight to God. 

The other two Sacraments, while 
contributing immeasurably to the 
sanctification of those who receive 



10 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

them, belong primarily to the so-
cial order. That society may sur-
vive through vigorous and whole-
some family life, Christ instituted 
the Sacrament of Matrimony. And 
finally, t h a t the Church may endure 
until the end of time and fulfill 
its mission of bringing salvation 
to men through the administration 
of the Sacraments, Christ has given 
us Holy Orders. 

This in brief is the Sacramental 
System. Take it away, and we are 
little better off than were the peo-
ple of the Old Testament. For what 
would we have t h a t they did not 
possess? What do they have who 
reject the Seven Sacraments? They 
still have prayer, penance, alms-
giving, and acts of charity. Are 
these sufficient? Christ gives us the 
answer, "Amen, amen I say to thee, 
unless a man be born again of 

water and the Holy Ghost, he can-
not enter into the Kingdom of 
God" iJohn 3:5), and "Except you 
eat the flesh of the Son of man, 
and drink his blood, you shall not 
have life in you . . . Many there-
f o r e of his disciples, hearing it, 
said: This saying is hard, who can 
hear it? . . . A f t e r this many of 
his disciples went back ; and walked 
no more with him" ( J o h n 6:54-67). 

If we are to Walk with Christ, 
if we are to be saved Christ's way, 
then we must make use of the spe-
cial aids t h a t He has given us. 
The Sacramental System is the 
merciful provision of Christ f o r be-
getting and repairing and sustain-
ing the supernatural life of man. 
Our individual life story can have 
a happy ending—if we really want 
it. 



SACRAMENTS ARE VISIBLE SIGNS 
Address delivered on October 8, 1944 

Men have strange ideas. One the tabernacle.4 When in the 
of the strangest, because opposed fullness of time God was ready to 
to our very nature, is the idea that redeem men, He established once 
since God is a spirit the only re- and for all the principle that God 
ligion worthy of Him is an act of will not save human nature apart 
pure intellect. Such a theory, of from human nature. He might have 
course, presupposes that man's phy- remained invisible to the eye and 
sical nature is essentially evil and inaudible to the ear, but He did 
as repulsive as the ugly Gargantua, not. He became Man like unto our-
famed gorilla of the circus. Man selves. In Bethlehem we behold a 
is not a beast, nor on the other tiny, helpless Babe wrapped in 
hand is he a pure spirit like an cheap swaddling clothes lying in a 
angel. He cannot be expected to manger, and the Infant is the out-
act contrary to his own nature. He ward sign of a hidden, omnipotent 
neither honors God by conforming God. What other appearance 
solely to his animal instincts as do could -reveal so well the infinite 
dumb brutes, nor can he worship love of God? What other mani-
God in pure abstraction as if he festation could so tug at the hu-
were an angelic spirit. What he man heart, attracting it to a God 
cannot do, God does not expect him who was never so close and lovable 
to attempt. The spirit that is in as in this outward sign of help-
man is so bound to his physical less infancy? The whole man is 
nature that in his life on earth no reached by this sacramental ex-
truth can be apprehended except pression of t h e , Incarnation: the 
through the medium of his senses, affections, the imagination and the 

In dealing with man, God has al- senses as well as the mind of man. 
ways recognized the two-fold na- A rational approach to God is jiever 
ture of His creature. From the merely intellectual, 
very first God revealed Himself and Just as God the Father used sen-
worked through what struck the sible objects to reveal His presence, 
senses, a whMwind,1 a burning Christ the Son employed the or-
bush,2 a pillar of fire,3 a cloud over dinary, close-by things for holy pur-
1 Job 38:i poses. Hilaire Belloc has express-
2 E x o d u s 3 : 2 — - — — 
3 E x o d o s 13:21 4 E x o d u s 33:10 



12 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

ed Christ's use of simple objects are blind. (John 9 : 6 ) : Or He f o r -
in the following verses: gives a poor woman's sins with a 

finger s t i r r i n g in the loose sand a t 
When Jesus Christ was f o u r years H i g a n d a d v a n c e n o t i c e a s | 

old, I . , , . 
The angels brought Him toys of were of a merciful forgiveness m 

gold, the Catholic confessional, "Whose 
m m m a n G V e r h a d b ° U g h t ° r sins you shall forgive they are f o r -
And y e t ' w i t h these He would not given them" ( J o h n 20:23). Now it 

play. is the slight touch of His shoulder 
He made Him small fowl out of | | | | b y & w o m a i i ( l o n g g i c k 

And blessed them till they flew T h o u g h it was but the edge, and the 
away: v edge of only a garment t h a t had 

T u creasti, Domine! o u r B I e g g e d L o r d 
(Sonnets and Verses—Sheed and ' __ , ,, , , , , 
Ward) c o u l d say, "Somebody hath touched 

me; f o r I know t h a t virtue is gone 
How t r u e and apposite are the ^ Qf m e „ ( L w f c e 8 : 4 6 ) . A g a i n 

words of Holy writ, " F o r thou lov~ c o i n i n t h e p a l m o f C h r i s t ' s 
est all things t h a t are and hatest ^ faad g a i d j « S h e w m e the 
none of the things which thou hast Q f ^ t r i b u t e „ {Matthew. 22: 
made; f o r thou didst not.appoint, i g ) T h i n k Q f ^ w i t h t K a t . p e n n y 
or make any thing hating i t " (Wis- ^ & & d e l i c a t e relationship 
dom 11:25). Our Lord did not des- Q f t r e m e n d o u s i m p 0 r t a n c e was set-
pise the ordinary things of His ^ f o r | | t i m e _ T h e r e l a t i o n s h i p 
creation, nor would He have us, C h u r c h a n d g t a t e h u n g o n a 
His children, despise them. In re- c o i n , s i n g c r i p t i o n . Y e S ) Christ did 
primand to the impulsive well-. u g e g i m p l e o b j e c t g a b o u t H i m _ T h e y 
meaning Apostle, St. Peter, Christ b e c a m e - n H i g h a n d g t h e -physical 
made clear His mind on this point: b a g . g > ^ g y m b o l ) ^ o u t w a r d s i g n > 
" T h a t which God hath cleansed, do Q f w o n d r o u s e f f e c t s touching the 
not thou call common" ( A c t s 10: g o u l g o f m e n _ 
15). # 

Page through the Gospel story, Christ was not the first nor the 
j u s t a bit carefully and behold how last to use symbols. Man has a h 
frequently Christ used familiar ob- ways used signs in communicating 
jects in His teaching and in im- with other men. Oiir everyday life 
p a r t i n g grace. Now it is a bit of is taken up in observing them. We 
clay and spittle in the hands of wait f o r the traffic light to change 
Christ, rubbing sight into eyes t h a t f r o m red to green. We see on the 



SACRAMENTS ARE VISIBLE SIGNS 13 

streets a man dressed in a certain 
uniform and at once recognize an 
officer of the law. We express our 
friendship for one another by a 
hearty shake of the hand. We join 
civic clubs and fraternal organiza-
tions by passing through -certain 
rites of initiation replete with sym-
bolic meaning. We honor all who 
die in defense of our freedoms by 
placing 2t wreath on the tomb of 
the Unknown Soldier. We symbol-
ize our love of country by an act 
of reverence for the flag. 

There is, however, a great dif-
ference between our everyday use 
of signs and the employment by 
Christ of like symbols. If the Son 
of God had used signs merely to 
explain difficult truths of religion, 
we would have been touched at His 
kindness in accommodating His 
knowledge to the limitations of our 
minds. But Christ did more than 
t h a t ; in the Sacraments He push-
ed His signs on to a divine caus-
ality. He used our familiar, tan-
gible, and homely things—like wa-
ter, bread, and oil—to signify to 
our minds what He was effecting 
in our souls. Water cleanses, bread 
supports life, oil brings comfort to 
an aching body. But the mystic 
touch of Christ gives to these sim-
ple elements a power beyond them-
selves. They are no longer mere 
gigns or tokens, but real deposi-

tories of God's grace both signi-
fying what they contain and con-
taining what they promise. The 
words of absolution pronounced 
over the palsy-stricken man, "Be 
of good heart, s6n, thy sins are 
forgiven thee" (Matthew 9:2), 
were not merely a message of en-
couragement, but an effective clean-
sing from the sin. So it is always 
with the Sacraments. It is not so 
much that the signs are appropri-
ate, but that the will and intent of 
Christ have endowed them with an 
efficacy f a r beyond their nature. 

It is through the visible signs 
of the Sacraments that Christ per-
petuates Himself in the minds and 
hearts and souls of His followers. 
He does so, not because Sacra-
ments are necessary to God, but 
because they are necessary for man. 
The soul of man is always open to 
God. He is a pure Spirit and can 
make His approach to the soul si-
lently, directly, without any inter-
mediary means. But man is not 
a pure spirit; he is spirit and body, 
and, therefore, he needs something 
that he can see, or handle, or feel, 
or hear. -If Christ had not given 
us His- Sacraments, we would prob-
ably have attempted to introduce 
some less efficacious symbols of our 
own, f o r as St. Augustine has 
wisely remarked, men cannot be 
gathered together for any length 



14 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

of time in the name of religion, through which God, the only source 
whether t r u e or false, without some and cause of grace, chooses to op-
visible sign or sacrament to unite erate. I t is God Himself who 
them. When a sick man is anointed cleanses the soul, 
with holy oil, this action can be N q | | | ¡ n f o r m e d m a n > then, 
seen with the eyes; when absolu- a f f e c t ¡ ¡ g g | | Q r g h o c k ft 
tion is pronounced in the tribunal g k c r a m e n t a l g y s t e m o p e r a t i v e 
of Penance this can he heard with ^ t h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h A s a c r a . 
the e a r s ; when a person receives m e n t . b a s e d r e l i g i o n i s n o t h i n g other 
Holy Communion he can perceive t h a n a e m b o d y i n g a d i_ 
the Sacrament with several senses v i n e p g y c h o l o g y t h a t r e c 6 g n i z e s 0 u r 
simultaneously. The adage, ^ - ^ S S B ^ s M m ^ W m . 
of sight out of mind," can never be ^ | ; . g | T h e p r i n _ 
applied to those who accept and ¡ g ^ s a c r a m e n t a l i s m jg a s o l d 
make use of the Sacraments. The g | g | r a c e ; 1 g ^ d i v i n e Q f 
sacramental signs are a constant ^ w h y t h e g u r p r i s e t h e n > a n d 
reminder t h a t Christ is ever pres- R . , , . . . , 

, the shock, on beholding sacrament-
ent in the seven definite channels „ . Aa . . . , alism as a functioning reality? As 
of grace t h a t He Himself has de- ,, ., , ,, e „ ,„, . a matter of fact, the Sacramental 
termined. System of the Catholic Church is 

But while the n a t u r e of man de- • ; . . . . , .. . 
the highest fulfillment of a timeless 

mands these tangible signs of re- ... ,, ,. , , 
reality—matter, action, and words, 

ligious practice we never, f o r one . . , s r . the outward sign of high spiritual 
moment, imagine t h a t mere signs , • 8 5 ® , . , . n , ' 6 s ° ; purpose, elevated by almighty God could themselves produce any effect , , . . . . . . 

, ^ , beyond the possible imagining of 
on the soul. We do not believe t h a t „ , 

. . any man. The Sacraments are 
the water of Baptism, f o r instance, , . , 

, , , , . f r u i t f u l signs, adequately serving 
seeps down through the head of _ . . 

r , ¿Si ., ,, , the n a t u r e and needs of natural the child until it reaches the soul. 
Neither do we believe that, some- m a n ; signs abundantly serving 
how God hides mysterfously in the m a n > 8 0 n e e d f u l o f Redemption; 
water. The sign of water joined signs rich in their bequest to all 
with the accompanying action and generations of men; signs s t r a i g h t 
words are but the instrument f r o m the hand and heart of Christ. 



THE SACRAMENTS WERE INSTITUTED BY CHRIST 
Address delivered- on October 15, 1944 

Those outside the Church often never takes undue advantage of 
envy the certainty in our Faith that this immunity from error, promised 
we Catholics enjoy. Our position by her Divine Founder. She is 
is so clear and so positive. We be- not given ' t o sudden or capricious 
lieve whatever the Church teaches definition of strange doctrine. In 
us to believe, because we are firm- a sense no "new" doctrine is ever 
ly convinced that Christ Himself defined. What the Church officially 
instituted that Church and prom- declares to be a matter of f a i t h 
ised ever to preserve her from er- has already been accepted for cen-
r o r : "And behold I am with you t u n e s as a part of Catholic teach-
all days, even to the consummation ing and practice. A dogma requires 
of the world" (Matthew 28:20). For formal definition only when it is 
us the word of the Church is noth- challenged by heretical opinion and 
ing less than the word of God. there is imminent danger of con-
Once we accept this infallibility, fusion in the minds of Catholics, 
all other doctrines of the Church When President Koosevelt defined 
are embraced without hesitation, the "Four Freedoms," he was not 
Our position may be expressed in proposing a new political theory; 
one simple question and one de(i- he was merely giving explicit em-
nite answer: "What does the phasis to fundamental individual 
Church teach?" "That I believe!" rights that we Americans had al-

We may not be able to explain ways held sacred. His declaration 
and defend in detail every Catholic of our liberties was occasioned by 
dogma; we are not all theologians, the insidious infiltration of phi-
Theology is an exact, a complex, a losophy. from abroad that denies 
perfect science, and individually we all rights to the individual. The 
may not have the ability, nor the Church acts in the same .way. 
training, nor the time required, for The most complete statement of 
competent study. Yet one who has Catholic sacramental doctrine is to 
had scarcely any formal education be found in the proceedings of the" 
may have as strong a f a i t h in the Council of Trent. That particu-
teaching of the Church as the lar Council met with the very pur-
most learned theologian. pose of confuting the errors that 

We know f u r t h e r that the Church had arisen in the early part of the 



16 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

sixteenth century. F o r the ' f i r s t 
time in tyie history of Christianity 
men had challenged the doctrine 
t h a t Christ had instituted the Seven 
Sacraments. The subject of the 
Sacramental System was extensive-
ly and thoroughly investigated. 
Competent and saintly theologians 
bent every effort to the task. They 
studied the Holy Scriptures, criti-
cally and prayerfully; they ex-
amined the writings of the Fathers. 
In fact, every means known to 
scholarly research was employed. 
Finally, 'the complete evidence was 
presented to the Bishops of the en-
t i r e Church, meeting under the 
leadership of the Holy F a t h e r . How 
diligent and sincere was the deliber-
ation of the Council may be judged 
f r o m the f a c t t h a t it was in session, 
with the exception of necessary re-
cesses, f o r eighteen years, f r o m 
1545' to 1563. 

Though the Church in her Coun-
cils invariably has recourse to all 
possible intelligent and p r a y e r f u l 
scholarship, she does not rely sole-
ly on human endeavor. In the 
definition of doctrine, f a r more im-
portant is the intervention of the 
Holy Spirit, whose divine assist-
ance was promised by Christ to His 
Church. And so, the Council of 
Trent, a f t e r employing the servicès 
of learned theologians and Biblical 
scholars, under the inspiration of 
the Holy Spirit, unequivocally de-

clared t h a t the Sacraments of the 
New Law were all instituted by 
Jesus Christ. 

Even though the institution of 
the Seven Sacraments by Christ is 
an article of f a i t h , and to be-Cath-
olic is to accept it, nevertheless 
Catholics are not forbidden to ask 
why the doctrine was defined; they 
are not denied the r i g h t to examine 
the generous evidence studied at 
the Council of Trent. I t is quite 
oibvious f r o m her insistence on 
Catholic education, f r o m the 
courses of philosophy and theology 
in her colleges and seminaries, f r o m 
the requirement of catechetical in-
struction of prospective converts, 
f r o m the wealth of her apologetic 
literature, t h a t the Catholic Church 
encourages her members to see a 
reason f o r the f a i t h t h a t is in them. 
And so we may ask, "What does 
t h e New Testament say about the 
Seven Sacraments?" Do the Four 
Gospels offer undeniable proof f o r 
the divine institution of each of 
them? Our answer is " N o ! " There 
is, indeed, definite and conclusive 
evidence to show t h a t Christ did 
directly institute two Sacraments, 
Baptism and Holy Eucharist. For 
t h e other five there are meaning-
f u l intimations, but no explicit 
and absolute proof. 

Since Evangelical non->Catholics 
admit no other rule of f a i t h than 



THE . SACRAMENTS WERE INSTITUTED BY CHRIST 17 

the Bible, since they accept only dou'bts that since the Council of 
those Sacraments f o r which there Trent, Catholics have 'believed in 
is explicit and complete testimony the divine institution of the Seven 
in the Four Gospels, they are con- Sacraments. Can we find unanimity 
sistent in .allowing only two. We of belief before that time? In the 
Catholics, however, are not dis- year 1521, Henry VIII wrote a 
turbed. We yield to none in our treatise entitled, Assertio Septern 
reverence for the Sacred Scriptures, Sacramentorum. Henry, for all his 
but on the authority of the Bible moral weaknesses, was Catholic-
,itself we have access to another minded. His defense of the Seven 
authentic source f o r the teaching of Sacraments is good theology and, 
Christ, namely Tradition. In the at the same time, historical-evi-
very last, verse of his Gospel, St. dence that before the separation of 
John wrote: "But there are also the Sects, when there was but one 
many other things which Jesus Church in Western Europe, all 
did; whicff, if they were written Christian people accepted this ar-
every one,, the world itself, I think, ticle of faith. Going back f u r t h e r , 
would not be able to contain the we find in the writings of the great 
books that should be written" Schoolmen of the Middle Ages rich 
(John 21:25). These "other things" testimony of the universal belief 
have been treasured by the Church in Seven Sacraments. At the great 
as a precious legacy of equal value Universities of Paris, Oxford, Co-.' 
to the Written Word. Received logne, Salamanca, Rome, Naples, 
and preserved by the Apostles, and Genoa * famous .scholars, such 
handed down by word of mouth as St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Albert 
from one generation to another, re- the Great, Duns Scotus, Peter Lom-
corded in the writings of the Fath- bard, Roger Bacon, and St. Ber-
ers, jealously safeguarded "by the hard of Clairvaux, taught the uni-
Church, we hold that the teach- versally accepted doctrine of Seven 
ings of Christ not found in the Sacraments, divinely instituted. 
Gospels have come down to us in Turn back the centuries to the time 
their original t r u t h unaffected by of the Greek schismatic, Photius, 
heretical opinion, absolutely gen- who broke away from the Church 
uine, and therefore deserving of in 869 A. D. Although separated 
our acceptance. f T O m the Roman Catholic Church 

The old axiom, "Possession is f o r centuries, the Greek Church, 
nine points of the law," is applie- now as then, has always taught the 
able to the Sacraments. No one same doctrine of the Seven Sacra-



18 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

ments. If we go back still f u r t h e r 
to the fifth and sixth centuries, we 
come to the Nestorian and Monoph-
osite heresies. Their adherents 
erred in other m a t t e r s of f a i t h , 
but not in their teaching on the 
Sacraments, as their liturgical 
books clearly show. 

We a r e now r a t h e r f a r back in the 
history of Christian f a i t h . I t would 
be very reassuring, of course, if we 
could produce unquestioned, positive 
proof of the belief of the Apostolic 
Church in the Seven Sacraments. 
The evidence of t h a t remote time, 
however, is only implicit. The F a t h -
ers of the first f o u r centuries make 
no formal assertion of our doctrine 
of the Sacraments. Yet their very 
silence is eloquent testimony. If t h e 
teaching of the Church in the fifth 
century were something novel, if a 
radical change in sacramental doc-
t r i n e had been introduced, there 
would certainly have been contro-
versy, even spirited opposition t h a t 
would have left its traces in the 
records of history. The bishops 
and the f a i t h f u l of the first f o u r 
centuries jealously guarded the 
purity and integrity of the apostolic 
deposit of f a i t h and practice. They 
did Hot hesitate to shed their blood 
in defense of their belief in the 
•Trinity and in the n a t u r e and mis-
sion of Christ. But there were no 
martyrs, no militant apologists f o r 
the cause of the Se?en Sacraments 

among the F a t h e r s of the first f o u r 
centuries, simply because the in-
stitution of the Sacraments by 
Christ was never challenged. 

On these historical grounds, then, 
we may legitimately conclude t h a t 
the Christian Church, f r o m apostol-
ic times down to the Sixteenth Cen-
tury, constantly and universally 
taught t h a t Christ instituted Seven 
Sacraments. 

Christ no longer treads this 
earth. We may keep His memory 
f r e s h in our minds by reading His 
words and the account of His deeds 
contained in the f o u r Gospels. We 
may learn more of His teaching in 
the other books of the New Testa-
ment, wherein is recorded the f a i t h 
and practice of His immediate fol-
lowers. That knowledge may be 
increased by . an acquaintance with 
the t r u t h s of tradition carefully 
preserved f r o m generation to gen-
eration. From knowledge of Christ 
we may proceed to a conscious imi-
tation" of His example. But f o r 
Catholics, Christ is more t h a n a 
precious memory, more than the 
perfect exemplar. In the visible 
society, which is the Church, He 
lives and teaches and rules and 
gives life to the world through the 
special channels of His Grace, the 
Sacraments. From the dawn of 
Christian f a i t h down to the present 
day, Catholics have always believed, 



THE SACRAMENTS WERE INSTITUTED BY CHRIST 19 

do now believe, and to the end of institution by Christ of the Seven 
time will continue to believe in the Sacraments. 



CATHOLICS ARE A SACRAMENTAL PEOPLE 
Address delivered on October 22, 1944 

Come with me to a Catholic At the f a r end of the church we 
Church. As we enter, the first see the altar on which the Holy 
object that strikes our eye is the Sacrifice of the Mass is offered 
baptismal font. Here the saving daily. Set upon the table of the 
waters of the first and most neces- altar is a cabinet several feet high 
sary sacrament are poured upon with a door in front. This is the 
the head of the unbaptized, mak- tabernacle, wherein dwells the Eu-
ing him "a son of God and an heir charistic Christ. That woman in 
of heaven." Over there against the the third pew is kneeling in prayer 
wall is the confessional, which is before the tabernacle, because there 
really a large cabinet with three is Someone here to pray to. 
doorways opening into separate So f a r , we have seen reminders 
small compartments. Let us open of two great Sacraments, Baptism 
the middle door and look within, and Penance, and on the altar the 
We see a chair placed here for the tabernacle in which the Eucharistic 
convenience of the priest when he Presence of Christ dwells. This, 
hears confessions. At ear level, on in turn, reminds us of the Sacra-
either side, there is a sliding panel ment of the Eucharist, or Holy 
that can be opened revealing a small Communion, as it is more common-
grille covered with a veil. The oth- ly called. 
er two compartments are identical But if we should make our visit 
in appearance. Each has a kneel- during some church service, we 
ing bench placed beneath the grille, might see the actual reception of 
and an image of the crucified one of the Sacraments. Let us say 
Christ. That is all there is to a con- that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass 
fessional. The priest opens the is being offered in the presence of 
sliding panels alternately, so that a congregation of devout worship-
the penitents on the other side, ers. At a certain point in the cere-
one a f t e r another, can whisper mony we notice men, women, and 
their sins through the grille and children leaving their pews and 
hear in return the words of for- going t o the altar rail, where the 
giveness: "I absolve thee from all priest places a small white wafer 
your sins. In the name of the Fath- of unleavened bread upon the ton-
er and of the Son and of the Holy gue of each. This is the Holy Eu-
Ghost. Amen. charist, the Bread of Life. And 



CATHOLICS ARE A SACRAMENTAL PEOPLE 21 

here we may remark the great de-
mocracy of the Sacramental System. 
Before God, all men are equal. At 
the altar rail there is no distinc-
tion of class, race, or color; a mil-
lionaire may kneel beside a pauper; 
a governor of a state beside the 
humblest citizen. 

If the Mass were a Nuptial Mass, 
we would witness an exchange of 
vows in the Sacrament of Matri-
mony. Or again, we might see a 
Bishop anoint the foreheads of 
young men and women in the Sac-
rament of Confirmation. Or per-
haps it might be our good f o r t u n e 
to be present when a "man f r o m 
among" men" is ordained a priest of 
God. There is abundant evidence 
t h a t the Catholic Church is. a sac-
ramental Church and Catholics a 
sacramental people. 

The year 1905 was a t u r n i n g 
point in sacramental history. In 
t h a t year, Pope Pius X issued a de-
cree urging the more frequent re-
ception of the Sacraments of Pen-
nance and the Holy Eucharist. Im-
mediately there arose a great cry. 
Many thought t h a t such familiarity 
with these Sacraments, precious 
channels of grace, would at the best 
make them too common and, at the 
worst, breed contempt. There was 
a possibility, they thought, t h a t 
Catholics would become sacrament-
minded and nothing else. But the 
dreaded eventualities have not ma-

terialized. The frequent reception 
of the Sacraments of Penance and 
the Holy Eucharist has not led to 
any abuse; it has, in fact, been the 
means of keeping people, especially 
the young, in the ways of grace. 

Non-Catholics, too, regarded the 
new legislation with considerable 
skepticism. What was this running 
to Confession, but seeking a license 
to commit sin without f e a r of con-
sequence? "Catholics have it toa 
easy—do as they please, and then 
tell it to the priest." Well, t h a t is 
more than many others do! Going 
to confession is not easy. I t is no 
trivial m a t t e r to appear before any 
tribunal to .acknowledge one's guilt. 
Even when we are summoned be-
f o r e a city magistrate f o r a t r a f -
fic violation, we experience some 
trepidation. Wê  avoid such an ex-
perience if we can. So, too, with 
Confession. To plead guilty in the 
confessional to a transgression of 
the moral law is not an. action t h a t 
we look upon lightly. The. Sacra-
ment of Penance is not an empty 
formula, consisting of a mere re-
cital of sins, followed by an auto-
matic absolution on the p a r t of the 
priest. Neither is Penance, nor 
any other Sacrament, a magic 
charm or sleight-of-hand perform-
ance. If Sacraments are to have 
any effect upon the soul of the re-
cipient, they must be received with 
certain dispositions of heart and 



22 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

will. At the very time t h a t 'the whole; the figures do not reveal 
priest, acting in the place of Christ, the ratio of divorces in Catholic 
pronounces the words of forgive- families. But we do know t h a t 
ness, the penitent recites a prayer, Catholics seldom resort to divorce 
expressing his sorrow and affirm- as a solution to marital problems 
ing his resolution not to sin again. Why? Is the answer simply t h a t 
The act of contrition is a strong- t h e . Catholic Church forbids di-

0 my God! I am heartily sorry vented the breaking of a law We 
f o r having offended Thee, and, I s Kg v v e 
detest all my sins, because I dread l e a r n e d t h a t l e s s o n > i f w e did not 
the loss of heaven and the pains of know it before, f r o m our experi-

i f f ! ; i T W ° S t 0 f r a I i b e r e P i m e n t w i t h t h e Eighteenth Amend-on:end ihee, mv God. who art. all , , T good and deserving of my love. I m e n t N ° ' m e r e C h u r c h l a w 
firmly resolve, with the help of Thy n o t s t ° P divorce. Catholic hus 
grace to confess my sins, to do bands and wives encounter the 
penance, and to amend my life. 0,a™0 i+- • • j 
Amen. s a m e difficulties in married life as 

Perhaps the besf argument f o r d ° ' t h o s e outside the Church. Sel-
Catholic devotion to the Sacraments fishness> b a d temper, incompati-
is to be seen in their effect upon the b i l i t y ~ y e s > infidelity—are present 
lives of those who use them. I t is i n C a t h o l i c marriages too. But in-
a fact f o r all impartial observers to s t e a d o f r u s h i n £ t o a lawyer to 
see t h a t Catholics are sanctified s t a r t d i v°rce-proceedings, Catholic 
through the Sacraments. Let us m a r r i e d couples have recourse to 
look at three great problems on the t h e S a c r a m e n t s as the means of 
social horizon today. We all know p r e s e r v i n g t h e i r marriage. They 
that divorce is one of the greatest a r e a w a r e t h a t a t t h e t i m e o f their 
evils in American life. In England m a r r i a g € ' t h e y received a title to 
there is one divorce to every fifty- t h e a c t u a l graces sufficient to see 
seven m a r r i a g e s ; 1 in Germany one t h e m through all the difficulties 
n a r r i a g e out of every fourteen ends t h a t m i g h t a r i s e i n married life— 
in a divorce; 2 in J a p a n the ratio is f o r w i t h u a marriage is not a mere 
one to eleven; 3 while in the United c o n t r a c t > but a real Sacrament. And 
States the proportion has leaped to o v e r a n d a b o v e M a t r i m o n y , there 
one in every six! 4 This propor- a r e t h e t w o S a c r a m e n t s of Penance 
tion is t r u e of our country as a a n d H o l y E u c h a r i s t . When men 

and women in preparation f o r Con-
1 S t a t e s m a n ' s Y e a r Book, 1942. DD 19-20 J- . . 
2 I d e m . p. 959 " f e s s i o n examine their consciences 
3 I d e m . p. 1062 - ^ , , 

;ry f r o m a humble h e a r t : vorce? Legislation alone never pre-

4 T h e W o r l d A l m a n a c , 1944, p . 380 and t r y to see their f a u l t s as they 



CATHOLICS ARE A SACRAMENTAL PEOPLE 23 

appear before God, as well as their 
injuries, the solution to marital 
problems is already well on the 
way. They make a firm purpose of 
amendment and are enriched and 
strengthened by the grace of Pen-
ance. Confession is followed by 
the reception of the Sacrament of 
Holy Eucharist, in which they re-
ceive not only grace, but the source 
of grace, Christ Himself. And 
where Christ is, there must be 
peace and loyalty, fidelity and un-
derstanding. 

Another problem causing wide-
spread concern is juyenile delin-
quency. Our papers are full of 
reports f r o m many cities of the 
alarming increase of juvenile crime. 
The Catholic Church has long had 
a solution. J u s t as marriage is 
safeguarded by the reception of the 
Sacraments of Penance and Holy 
Eucharist, so too is t h e ' a g e of ado-
lescence. When growing boys and 
girls frequent Confession and Holy 
Communion, there is no juvenile de-
linquency. 

We are now engaged in a hor-
rible w a r ; millions of our ^ o u n g 
men have left the security of family 
life to engage the enemy in mortal 
combat. Beside the physical dan-
ger, the opportunity f o r moral cor-
ruption is increased a hundredfold. 
Juvenile delinquency is now covered 
with a uniform. Again the Sacra-
ments are the remedy. Catholic 

chaplains have many tasks; they 
do, indeed, censor letters; they help 
maintain morale - by talking to 
groups and to individuals; they ar-
range entertainments. But their 
chief work is to administer the 
Sacraments. Like other Christs, 
our chaplains, traversing the battle-
fields of the world, are ever re-
storing the friendship of God to 
the souls of our fighting men 
through a good Confession, and are 
reproducing the ChrisWife in t h e i r 
hearts through Holy Communion. 
No American boy can be less a sol-
dier f o r that. 

Catholics are, indeed, a sacra-
ment-minded people, a sacrament-
fed people. We have recourse to 
the Sacraments in every need and 
in every crisis. As has been said, 
" f r o m the cradle to the grave," we 
are accompanied all the days of our 
lives by the sacramental aids t h a t 
Christ Himself has left to sancti-
f y us. I t is but natural, then, t h a t 
when the shades of eternal night 
approach we should desire to die 
with the same Sacraments sustain-
ing us to the last. I t is simply a 
f a c t t h a t we Catholics endeavor to 
sanctify life and death by sacra-
mentalizing them. This is the rea-
son why in time of sudden death we 
sometimes hear our Catholic peo-
ple ask, "When was he to the Sac-
r a m e n t s ? " or, "When did he re-
ceive l a s t ? " From the morning 



2 4 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

watch, in Baptism, even unto night, 0 my Lord and Saviour, support 
with Extreme Unction, the Sac- m e in.that hour in the strong arms 
ramental System is a holy famil- f T h l s a c r a m e n t ? ' a n d M 

. ,, i I ~~ fresh f r a g r a n c e of Thy consola-
larity m lives t h a t are really Cath- tions. Let the absolving words be 
olic. Never need the words in Saint s a i d o v e r me, and the Holy oil 
John's Gospel be applied to those ® I I P s e a I , H a r ld Thy own 

j j. j j. j.T_ d Body be my food, and Thy Blood 
who are devoted to the Sacraments: my sprinkling; and let my sweet 
"Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to Mother Mary breathe on me, and 
draw, and the well is deep" (John I F a r l g e ! w h i s P ? r Peace to me, and 
4 . , , s ' , the glorious saints . . . smile on 

me; t h a t in them all, I may receive 
In the treasured heritage of Car- r ^ i ^ ^ K S S g 

dinal N e w m a n s works is to be Thy Church, in Thy service, and 
found a prayer t h a t expresses the i n Thy love. Amen.5 

Catholic love f o r the Sacraments. 5 C a r d i n a l N e w m a n , . . M e d i t a t i o n s a n d Devo-
t i o n s , p. 290 



THE SACRAMENTALS 
Address delivered on October 29/ 1944 

Only last month there appeared and one that deserves a candid an-
in a popular illustrated magazine swer. 
two pictures of a doll, placed on an It is obvious that there must be 
altar, adorned with ' religious ob- s o m e difference between the cult of 
• , J a i l l T j - t BH the Texas doll and devotion to gen-jects, and flanked by lighted can- , 

„ , , , , ,, , . uine sacramentals, for the Church 
dies. The legend beneath read m 

, . . . condemns the- one and approves 
p a r t : The most popular religious ,, H m H 
* , i ,, , the other. The first thing that 
cult in this part of the country „ ,. . , , . 

Catholics must look for in any sac-
centers around a doll owned by a ¡SB . ,, ,, 

, . , , ramental practice is the authority 
lady . . . m the hitherto sleepy Qf ^ ^ ^ ^ T h e K g k n o w 
town of La Coste, Texas. . . . This M . . . . , j 

that security in private devotion 
doll is reputed to have made the . . . . , ,, , 

, „ - , can be had only when the Church, 
blind see, won baseball games and . . . ,. -

, „ T . exercising her prerogative of di-rescued men fi*om the d r a f t . It is . . 
„ , , , vine authority, gives explicit, ap-

also supposed to make all photo- . , , „ , , 
• ' , proval to definite sacramentals. 

graphs come out blank, but these , . . . ,, , ,, , s ^ k ' _ < There is nothing that the Church 
came out very well. . . The Catholic . . ,, .... „ 

. abhors more than superstition, for 
Archbishop of San Antonio has .... . .. . , 

, , , , . . , , J superstition is religion gone astray, roundly condemned this as idolatry, „ .... xi. 
a , „ , . • Superstition attaches more than 

buit the ranks of worshippers are , . , , . . . , , . , 
. „ , natural powers to lifeless objects; 

still increasing. ' . , „ 
it makes out of them, as it were, 

It is not unlikely that to many little gods, and claims f o r them 
people, this devotion to the doll in such extravagant influences as 
La Coste, Texas, may not appear those attributed to the unfortunate 
any more superstitious than many doll. Man's capacity f o r bei-ng 
practices of Catholics. What are taken in is unlimited. That is why 
rosary beads, holy water, scapular the Federal Government has found 
medals, statues of the saints, the it necessary to protect the unwary 
ashes distributed on the _ first day by passing strict postal laws, so 
of Lent, the branches blessed on that rogues who wish to fleece the 
Palm Sunday, the Sign of the innocent may be apprehended. We 
Cross, but superstition, pure and expect the Government to protect us 
simple? It is a f a i r question to ask from confidence men; with the same 



26 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

assurance we look to the Church to 
shield us f r o m charlatans operating 
in the name of. religion. 

Even when a certain sacramental 
has been officially approved, there 
is still the danger t h a t it may be 
employed in a manner beyond the 
intention of the Church. A gen-
uine devotion may be degraded into 
a magical charm. Suppose, f o r 
instance, t h a t a man comes home 
f r o m work and complains to his 
wife' of a sharp pain in his side. 
Suppose that, instead of calling a 
doctor, she administers a teaspoon-
f u l of holy water a t regular inter-
vals, confident t h a t this approved 
sacramental will provide a speedy 
recovery without the expense of 
an operation. Here we have an 
example of a superstitious use of 
a holy thing. Water blessed by 
the Church is one of the many ap-
proved sacramentals. I t has its 
legitimate use, but the Church has 
never sanctioned holy water as a 
substitute f o r medical care. So too 
with other sacramentals; abuses are 
possible, j u s t as t h e y . a r e possible 
with everything t h a t is good. One 
of the best known sacramentals, 
the St. Christopher medal, may 
serve as a case in point. How 
many people put a metal image of 
St. Christopher in their cars as if 
it were a fourleaf clover, or a rab-
bit's f o o t ! The medal itself is of 
no spiritual value unless it oc-

casions in the owner an expression 
of f a i t h in God's merciful provi-
dence and protection. 

A sacramental is simply anything 
set apart by t h e . blessing of the 
Church f o r the purpose of exciting 
good thoughts and increasing de-
votion. I t may be an article like 
a pair of rosary beads, a crucifix, 
or a medal bearing an image of 
some saint. The blessing which 
devotes such articles to religious 
purposes is also called a sacra-
mental. The name comes f r o m ( 
some similarity to the great Sac-
raments. Like the Sacraments they 
are outward signs of an inner spir- j 
itual significance. But the differ-
ences between sacramentals and the. 
Sacraments are greater than any 
similarities. The sacramentals were 
not instituted by Christ, but by 
the Church. Moreover, they do not 
of themselves confer grace as do 
the Sacraments. All t h a t they can 
do is awaken in the user certain 
dispositions t h a t promote f a i t h , 
hope, and devotion. There is a 
strict obligation to 'make use of 
some of the Sacraments. If a 
Catholic wants to save his soul, he 
must be baptized; if he falls into 
serious sin, he must seek the op-
portunity to make a good confes-
sion in order to be restored to the 
friendship of God; if he contracts 
marriage validly, it must be 
through the Sacrament of Matri-



THE SACRAMENTALS 27 

mony. But there is never a t any 
' t i m e an obligation f o r a Catholic 
to make use of sacramentals. He 
can take them or leave them alone. 

Yet an appreciative and enlight-
ened use of the sacramentals is a 
sign of a genuine Catholic mind. 
They are delicate refinements of 
Catholic culture in ordinary ways, 
available to everyone. They are 
the fine flowering of high Christian 
living. The action, therefore, of 
a Catholic who would willfully ig-
nore all sacramentals out of con-
tempt, is just as reprehensible as 
t h a t of a Catholic who would at-
tribute to them magical powers be-
yond their n a t u r e and purpose. 
B o t h a t t i t u d e s are contrary to Cath-
olic teaching. Within the limits 
prescribed by the Church, sacra-
mentals' are good f o r us. Their 
value lies in the intercessory prayer 
of the whole Church and in the 
dispositions rising f r o m the hearts 
of those who use them. However 
fleeting or rudimentary such senti-
ments may be, they are the seeds 
of f a i t h and hope and love; assisting 
man in r e f e r r i n g his deeds to God. 

Rightly understood, then, there 
is nothing mysterious or supersti-
tious or idolatrous in the use of the 
sacramentals. As a m a t t e r of fact 
non^Catholics, too, have sacra-
mentals, though they may not call 
them by t h a t name. Whenever they 
say grace before a meal, they are 

using a sacramental; whenever in 
their own churches they receive the 
"Lord's Supper," they partake of a 
commemorative ceremony designed 
to awaiken sentiments of f a i t h and 
love; whenever they breathe a pray-
er asking God's blessing upon them-
selves and upon any project in 
which they are interested, they do 
the very same t h i n g t h a t the Church 
does in her sacramentals. 

In recommending the sacrament-
als to us, the Church has good au-
thority and an excellent motive. 
Her authority rests on the example 
of Christ. Did not the Son of God 
bless the little children who gath-
ered about Him (Mark 10:16), and 
the loaves and fishes before He fed 
the multitude ( M a t t h e w 14:19)? 
That the example of Christ in using 
sacramentals was to be imitated by 
the Church may be seen f r o m the 
observation of St. Paul, "Every 
creature of God is good, and noth-
ing to be rejected t h a t is received 
with thanksgiving: f o r it is sanc-
tified by the word of God and 
p r a y e r " (I Timothy 4:4-5). The 
Church's motive in devoting certain 
articles to sacramental use is as 
excellent as her authority. We are 
not unaware how many things, 
good in themselves, are perverted 
to evil purposes. The food t h a t we 
eat, the dwellings in which we live 
or visit, the clothes t h a t we wear, 
the conveniences of modern living 



28 THE SACRAMENTAL SYSTEM 

•that we enjoy, the entertainments 
t h a t we patronize, can all become 
instruments of wicked influences if 
misused. The munificent hand of 
the Church reaches out to bless 
and elevate all t h a t pertains to the 
life and surroundings of the Chris-
tian. But instead of talking in 
generalities, let us observe how the 
Church sanctifies t h e ordinary 
things of daily life by imparting 
to them a sacramental blessing. 

I t has been said t h a t "a man's 
home is his castle." It can also be 
his sanctuary if the sacramental, 
known as "the blessing of a house," 
be conferred upon it. While sprin-
kling, the dwelling with holy water, 
the priest implores God "to send an 
angel f r o m heaven to guard, cher-
ish, shield and defend all who live 
in this home." Many of the house-
hold articles can be sanctified 
through the sacramental prayers to 
be found i n , t h e ritual. There is a 
blessing f o r the fire, or fireplace— 
whether it be the open hearth-stone, 
a modern range, or a furnace. 
Among other f u r n i s h i n g s of the 
home f o r which there are sacra-
mentals, suppose we select but one, 
the radio. How modern the Church 
is in sanctifying this invention 
through which we are afforded so 
many hours of entertainment, re-
laxation, and instruction. In this 
blessing the Church asks: 

0 God, who walkest on the wings 

of the wind, and who alone dost 
wonderful works; grant, t h a t as by 
the power implanted in this in-
strument Thou dost bring quicker 
than the lightning-flash absent 
things hither, and dost speed things 
present hence away; so we, t a u g h t 
by new inventions, and supported 
by Thy grace, may be able more 
easily and quickly to come to Thee. 
Through Jesus our Lord. Amen. 

The hours spent in the home are 
brief in comparison with the time 
t h a t man must devote to earning 
his livelihood. There is scarcely 
any trade or profession f o r which I 
the Church has not provided some 1 
sacramental. There a r e special J 
bl essings f o r factories, mills, shops, I 
libraries, schools, railroads, ships, 
telegraph lines, printing presses, 
ambulances, and fire-fighting ap-
paratus. For those who live in the 
country there is an equal number 
of sacramentals dedicating the f a r m 
and all its produce to the service of 
God. The fertile fields are the sub-
ject of several blessings; the seed, 
the growing crops, the first f r u i t s , 
and the harvest are all commended 
to Him who alone can give the in-
crease. The swarming bees, the 
poultry, the flocks, and the herds, 
may be assigned to the protection of 
God by appropriate prayers. There 
is a sacramental f o r the stable t h a t I 
shelters the d r a f t horses and the 
herds, recalling how, on the night 
t h a t Christ was born, "the ox 
knew its Master and . t h e ass th$ 



THE SACR. 

manager of its Lord." I t reminds 
t h e owner t h a t he should not be-
come like the horse and the mule, 
t h a t have no intelligence, but 
should recognize God as the sole 
author of all good things and should 
render thanks f o r the g i f t s t h a t he 
has received. 

One more example may serve to 
show the purpose of all sacra-
mentals. In the blessing of an air-
c r a f t the Church p r a y s : 

O God, Who has made all things 
j because of Thyself and hast des-

tined all the elements of this world 
f o r human use, bless, we beseech 
Thee, this a i r c r a f t , in order t h a t it 
may serve to facilitate the more 
speedy transaction of human affairs 
with perfect safety, and also t h a t 
it may foster heavenly aspirations 
in the souls of those who use it, all 
f o r the increase of the praise and 
glory of Thy name. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

By these saeramentals, then, the 
Church wishes to relate man's 
environment and his every activity 
to Almighty God—from visible 
things to those invisible, f r o m nat-
ural to the supernatural, f r o m earth 
to heaven. This is the justification 
f o r and the purpose of -all sae-
ramentals. They are minor agen-
cies of grace, assisting man in his 
quest of the supernatural life. 

One question remains. What re-

LMENTALS 29 

lation do saeramentals have to the 
seven great Sacraments? They are 
merely subordinate aids. Except 
t h a t both are outward signs, no 
comparison worthy of t h e name 
can be made. The Sacraments are 
beyond measure superior to the sae-
ramentals, and no Catholic would 
ever make the mistake of substi-
t u t i n g the less f o r the greater. But 
sacrametotals are not to be despised 
on t h a t account. They serve to pre-
pare the individual f o r a more 
worthy reception of the Sacra-
ments. Owing to the exigencies of 
this life we cannot always be in 
church, where normally the sac-
raments are administered, but 
through the saeramentals we can 
always live in the presence of God. 
They remind us of our obligations, 
they dispose the will, and enkindle 
the affections of the heart. Their 
influences in relation to t h e Sacra-
ments is like the feeble light of the 
candle in the full blaze of the mid-
day sun. Still, in the dark, how f a r 
a candle throws its beam! The sae-
ramentals in a world darkened by 
sin are beacons of light, pointing 
the way to complete union with God 
through the great channels of grace 
flowing f r o m the Cross of Christ, 
the seven Sacraments. 



FHE PURPOSE OF THE CATHOLIC HOUR 
(Extract from the address of the late Patrick Cardinal Hayes 

at the inaugural program of the Catholic Hour in the 
studio of the National Broadcasting Company, New 
York City, March 2, 1930.) 

Our congratulations and our gratitude are extended to the 
National Council of Catholic Men and its officials, and to all 
who, by their financial support, have made it possible to use 
this offer of the National Broadcasting Company. The heavy 
expense of managing and financing a weekly program, its 
musical numbers, its speakers, the subsequent answering of 
inquiries, must be met. . . . 

This radio hour is for all the people of the United States. 
To our fellow-citizens, in this word of dedication, we wish to 
express a cordial greeting and, indeed, congratulations. For 
this radio hour is one of service to America, which certainly 
will listen in interestedly, and even sympathetically, I am 
sure, to the voice of the ancient Church with its historic 
background of all the centuries of the Christian era, and 
with its own notable contribution to the discovery, explora-
tion, foundation and growth of our glorious country. . . . 

Thus to voice before a vast public the Catholic Church is 
no light task. Our prayers will be with those who have that 
task in hand. We feel certain that it will have both the 
good will and the good wishes of the great majority of our 
countrymen. Surely, there is no true lover of our Country 
who does not eagerly hope for a less worldly, a less material, 
and a more spiritual standard among our people. 

With good will, with kindness and with Christ-like sympa-
thy for all, this work is inaugurated. So may it continue. 
So may it be fulfilled. This word of dedication voices, there-
fore, the hope that this radio hour may serve to make known, 
to explain with the charity of Christ, our faith, which we 
love even as we love Christ Himself. May it serve to make 
better understood that faith as it really i s ^ a light revealing 
the pathway to heaven: a strength, and a power divine 
through Christ; pardoning our sins, elevating, consecrating 
our common every-day duties and joys, bringing not only 
justice but gladness and peace to our searching and ques-
tioning hearts. 



92 CATHOLIC HOUR STATIONS 
In 39 States, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii 

A l a b a m a .Birmingham' W B R C * 9 6 0 k c 
Mobile W A L A 1410 kc 

A r i z o n a Phoenix 1 li „ . K T A R 6 2 0 k c 
Tucson . . . K V O A 1290 kc. 
Y u m a ; ' V " • . K Y U M 1240 k c 

A r k a n s a s L i t t l e Rock . i . . . . K A R K * 9 2 0 k c 
* C a l i f o r n i a Fresno K M J 5 8 0 kc 

Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J . . : . . . . K F I 6 4 0 k c 
San Diego .1 1 KFSD 6 0 0 k c 
San Francisco H... K P O 6 8 0 k c 

Colorado Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . K O A 8 5 0 k c 
District of Columbia Washington 1—...WRC 9 8 0 kc 
Florida J a c k s o n v i l l e „>....1L...::.1.. . . . W J A X 9 3 0 k c 

M i a m i 1 W I O D 6 1 0 kc 
Pensacola W C O A 1370 k c 
T a m p a W F L A 970-620 k c 

Georgia A t l a n t a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. W S B 7 5 0 k c 
S a v a n n a h . . . . . . . . . . . . . W S A V 1340 k c 

Idaho Boise J...... K I D O 1380 k c 
Illinois Chicago 1 . . . . W M A Q 6 7 0 k c 
I n d i a n a Fort W a y n e . . . . . . . . W G L 1450 k c 

T e r r e H a u t e . . l . . . . . . _ . . . . . W B O W 1230 kc 
K a n s a s W i c h i t a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K A N S 1240 k c 
K e n t u c k y Louisville . . . | f | . W A V E * 9 7 0 k c 
L o u i s i a n a New Orleans .1 W S M B 1350 k c 

Shreveport K T B S 1480 kc 
M a r y l a n d Baltimore .-. W B A L 1090 kc 
M a i n e Augusta . ¿ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W R D O 1400 k c 
Massachusetts Boston !.. 1 . . . . . . . . W B Z 1030 kc Springfield . . . . . . . . . : . . . . W B Z A 1030 k c 
M i c h i g a n Detroit .1 W W J * 9 5 0 k c 

Saginaw ........-........•..._......'. .Ì W S A M 1400 k c 
Minnesota Duluth-Superior ...1 . . . . . . . . 1 W E B C 1320 kc 

Hibbing : . W M F C 1240 k c 
M a n k a t o . . . . . . . . . . K Y S M 1230 kc 
Minneapolis-St. P a u l 1 K S T P 1500 k c 
Rochester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K R O C 1340 kc 
V i r g i n i a . . . . . . . . ^ . . . W H L B 1400 k c 

Mississippi J a c k s o n .„1 . W J D X 1300 Kc 
Missouri K a n s a s C i t y . . . . . . . . . . . . . r . . . . . W D A F 6 1 0 k c 

Springfield " M M K G B X 1260 k c 
Saint Louis . . . . . . . . K S D * 5 5 0 k c 

M o n t a n a Billings . _ . : . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . K G H L 7 9 0 k c 
Bozeman K R B M 1450 kc 

. Butte ...........1.... K G I R 1370 k c 
H e l e n a . . . . . . . .1 KP F A 1240 kc 



92 CATHOLIC HOUR STATIONS 
In 39 Stetes, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii 

Nohraska Omaha -----——-WOW 590 kc 
New Mexico Albuquerque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K O B 1030 kc 
New Y o r k Buffalo . . . . , „ „ . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . W B E N 930 kc 

New Y o r k . . . . _ . - S M - W E A F 660 kc 
Schenectady . . . . . , . . . . . . . . ; W G Y 810 kc 

North Carolina Charlotte ...WSOC 1240 kc 4 
Raleigh . W P T F 680 kc 
Winston-Salem WSJ5 600 kc 

North Dakota Bismarck . K F Y R 550 kc 
Fargo ........:.....'..,. , ; . „ . W D A Y 970 kc 

Ohio Cincinnati W H — f M B W S A I * 1360 kc 
Cleveland I - - - W T A M 1100 kc 
L i m a - W L O K 1240 kc 

Oklahoma T u l s a ...............>..... , . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . r . . . . . . . . . . . K V O O 1170 kc 
Oregon 'Medford W j m g S - ; - . K M E D 1440 kc 

Portland . . . . . . . . K G W * 620 kc 
Pennsylvania Allentown ....— . W S A N 1470 kc 

Altoona - W F B G 1340 kc 
Johnstown W J A C 1400 kc 
Lewistown .-•> . . . : W M R F 1490 kc 
Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Y W 1060 kc 
Pittsburgh 9 Ü Ü H :....':...........—KDKA 1020 kc 
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . W R A W 1340 kc 
Wiikes-Barre . . . . . . . . U ; . . : . ^ : . ; . . . : . . ...^.....WBRE 1340 kc 

Rhode Island Providence W J A R 920 kc 
South Carolina Charleston 1...WTMA 1250 kc 

Columbia 0 ...'. W I S 560 kc 
Greenville ......'. . . . . . . . W F B C 1330 kc 

South Dakota Sioux Falls ....... KSOO-KELO I14Q-1230 kc 
Tennessee Kingsport ' -7- 7 . ,7, 7 . . . . . . W K P T 1400 kc 

Memphis M m . W M C * 790 kc 
Nashville . . . . . . . . . . WSM* 650 kc 

T e x a s Amariilò 9 E . . . . . . . . . . J . . . . . . ; , . . . . . K G N C 1440 kc 
Dallas . . . . . . 1 . . . . . : . . . W F A A 820 kc 
Fort Worth W B A P * 820 kc 
Houston . .. K P R C 950 kc 
San Antonio H : WOAI 1200 kc 
Weslaco . : . . . . . . . K R G V 1290 kc 

Utah Salt L a k e City . . . . . . . . . . . . . ì . ^ L . . . . . . . . , . . - K D Y L » 1320 kc 
Virginia Norfolk K H H M B H • • • • H i 790 kc 

' Richmond . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . , _ . . . . : . . . . . _ . . W M B G 1380 kc 
Washington Seattle . . . f. . . . _ . . . . . . . — . . . . K O M O 950 kc 

Spokane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . „ . . : . i . . . K H Q 590 kc 
Wisconsin Eau Claire . . . . . . . . . J . . . W E A U 790 kc 

LaCrosse . . . . . . .•..,................,...........WKBH 1410 kc 
Hawaii Honolulu . . . . . . . . . . . . — Ì . . K G U 760 kc 

• Delayed Broadcast 

(Revisèd as of October, 1944) 



CATHOLIC HOUR RADIO ADDRESSES IN 
PAMPHLET FORM 

P r i c e s S u b j e c t t o c h a n g e w i t h o u t n o t i c e . 
O U R S U N D A Y V I S I T O R is t h e a u t h o r i z e d p u b l i s h e r of a l l C A T H O L I C 

H O U R a d d r e s s e s i n p a m p h l e t f o r m . T h e a d d r e s s e s published t o d a t e , all of 
w h i c h a r e a v a i l a b l e , a r e listed below. O t h e r s will be p u b l i s h e d a s t h e y a r e 
delivered. 

Q u a n t i t y P r i c e s Do N o t I n c l u d e C a r r i a g e C h a r g e 
" T h e D i v i n e R o m a n c e , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n , 80 p a g e s 

a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$8.75 p e r 100. 

" A T r i l o g y on P r a y e r , " b y R e v . T h o m a s F . B u r k e , C.S.P., 32 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c each. I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e P h i l o s o p h y of C a t h o l i c E d u c a t i o n , " by R e v . D r . C h a r l e s L . 
O ' D o n n e l l , C.S.C., 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r 
more, 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $5.60 p e r 100. 

" C h r i s t i a n i t y a n d the- M o d e r n M i n d , " by Rev. J o h n A . McClorey, S . J . , 
64 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e M o r a l L a w , " by R e v . J a m e s M. Gillis, C . S . P . , 88 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 2 0 c ; 5 o r m o r e , 15c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $10.50 p e r 100. 

" C h r i s t a n d H i s C h u r c h , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . J o s e p h M . C o r r i g a n , 88 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 20c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 15c e a c h . I n ' 
q u a n t i t i e s , $10.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e M a r k s of t h e C h u r c h , " by R e v . D r . J o h n K . C a r t w r i g h t , 48 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, -15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8 c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e O r g a n i z a t i o n a n d G o v e r n m e n t of t h e C h u r c h , " b y R e v . D r . F r a n -
cis J . Connell, C.SS.R., 48 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 6 
o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i f i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. , 

" M o r a l F a c t o r s i n E c o n o m i c L i f e , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . F r a n c i s J . H a a s 
a n d R t . R e v . M s g r . J o h n A . R y a n , 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c 
p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" D i v i n e H e l p s f o r M a n , " b y R e v . D r . E d w a r d J . W a l s h , C.M., 104 
p a g e s a n d c o v e r . , S i n g l e copy, 25c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 20c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $14.00 p e r 100. 

" T h e P a r a b l e s , " by R e v . J o h n A . McClory, S . J . , 128 p a g e s a n d cover. 
' S i n g l e copy, 30c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 20c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $13.00 p e r 

100. 
" C h r i s t i a n i t y ' s C o n t r i b u t i o n to C i v i l i z a t i o n , " b y R e v . J a m e s M. Gillis, 

C.S.P., 96 p a g e s a n d c o v e r . S i n g l e copy, 20c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 15c 
e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $11.00 p e r 100. • 

" M a n i f e s t a t i o n s of C h r i s t , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n , 123 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 30c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 25c each. I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $15.d0 p e r 100. 

" T h e W a y of t h e C r o s s , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . Sheen; 32 p a g e s 
a n d c o v e r ( p r a y e r book s i z e ) . S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 5c 
e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $3.50 p e r 100. 

" C h r i s t T o d a y , " by V e r y R e v . D r . I g n a t i u s S m i t h , O . P . , 48 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 
p e r 100. 

, " T h e C h r i s t i a n F a m i l y , " b y Rev. D r . E d w a r d L o d g e C u r r a n , 68 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$7.75 p e r 100. 

" R u r a l C a t h o l i c A c t i o n , " b y R e v . D r . E d g a r S c h m i e d e l e r , O.S.B., 24 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 5c e a c h . I n q u a n -
t i t i e s $4.00 p e r 100. 

" R e l i g i o n a n d H u m a n N a t u r e , " by R e v . D r . J o s e p h A . Daly, 40 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d J 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e C h u r c h a n d Some O u t s t a n d i n g P r o b l e m s of t h e D a y , " b y R e v . 
J o n e s I. C o r r i g a n , S . J . , 72 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 
5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s . $8.75 p e r 100. 

" C o n f l i c t i n g S t a n d a r d s , " by R e v . J a m e s M. Gillis,' C.S.P., 80 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy. 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$8.75 p e r 100. 

" T h e H y m n of t h e C o n q u e r e d , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n , 
128 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 30c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 25c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s $15.00 p e r 100. 



" T h e Seven L a s t W o r d s , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n , ( p r a y e r 
book size) 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 6c 
e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $3.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e C h u r c h a n d t h e C h i l d , " b y R e v . D r . P a u l H . F u r f e y , 48 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy,' 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.50 p e r 100. 

" L o v e ' s Veiled V i c t o r y a n d L o v e ' s L a w s , " b y R e v . D r . G e o r g e F . 
S t r o h a v e r , S . J . , 48 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e 
8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" R e l i g i o n a n d L i t u r g y , " by R e v . D r . F r a n c i s A . W a l s h , O.S.B., 32 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e L o r d ' s P r a y e r T o d a y , " by V e r y R e v . D r . I g n a t i u s S m i t h , O . P . , 
64 p a g e a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s $6.50 p e r 100. 

" G o d , M a n a n d R e d e m p t i o n , " b y R e v . D r . I g n a t i u s W . Cox, S . J . , 64 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c - p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n -
t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h i s M y s t e r i o u s H u m a n N a t u r e , " b y R e v . J a m e s M. Gillis, C . S . P . , 
48 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d : 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e E t e r n a l G a l i l e a n , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n , 160 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 35c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 25c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$17.00 p e r J 00. 

" T h e Queen of Seven S w o r d s , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n 
( p r a y e r b o o k s i z e ) , 82 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r 
m o r e , 5c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $3.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e C a t h o l i c T e a c h i n g on O u r I n d u s t r i a l S y s t e m , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . 
J o h n A. R y a n , 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d : 5 o r m o r e , 
8 c e a c h . In q u a n t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e H a p p i n e s s of F a i t h , " by Rev. D a n i e l A . L o r d , S . J . , 80 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d x 5 o r m o r e , 10c. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.76 p e r 100. 

" T h e S a l v a t i o n of H u m a n S o c i e t y , " by R e v . P e t e r J . B e r g e n , C.S.P., 48 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c postpaid,' 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n -
t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" C a t h o l i c E d u c a t i o n , " b y R e v . D r . G e o r g e J o h n s o n , 40 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 
p e r 100. ' 

" T h e C h u r c h a n d H e r M i s s i o n s , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . W i l l i a m Q u i n n , 82 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e C h u r c h a n d t h e D e p r e s s i o n , " b y R e v . J a m e s M. Gillis, C . S . P . , 
80 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $8.75 p e r 100. 

" T h e C h u r c h a n d M o d e r n T h o u g h t , " by R e v . J a m e s M. Gillis, C.S.P., 
80 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . In 
q u a n t i t i e s , $8.75 p e r 100. 

" M i s u n d e r s t o o d T r u t h s , " b y M o s t R e v . D u a n e G. H u n t , 48 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 - o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e J u d g m e n t of God a n d T h e S e n s e of D u t y , " b y R t . R e v . Msgr. 
W i l l i a m J . K e r b y , 16 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 oi 
m o r e , 5c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , ~$4.00 p e r 100. 

" C h r i s t i a n E d u c a t i o n , " by R e v . D r . J a m e s A . Reeves, 32 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $4.00 
p e r 100. 

" W h a t Civilization Owes t o t h e C h u r c h , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . W i l l i a m 
Q u i n n . 64 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10 each. 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.60 p e r 100. 

" I f N o t C h r i s t i a n i t y : W h a t ? " b y R e v . J a m e s M . Gillis, C . S . P . , 91 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 20c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 15c e a c h . ID 
q u a n t i t i e s . $11.00 p e r 100. 

" T h e P r o d i g a l W o r l d . " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n . 140 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 35c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 25c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$17.00 p e r 100. 

" T h e Coin of O u r T r i b u t e . " b y V e r y R e v . T h o m a s F . Conlon, O.P.. 
40 n o w a«H r o v e r . S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 6 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s . $6.50 p e r 100. 

" P o p e P i n s X I . " bv H i s E m i n e n c e P a t r i c k C a r d i n a l H a y e s . A n a d d r e s s 
in h o n o r of t h e 70th b i r t h d a y of H i s h o l i n e s s . 16 p a g e s a n d 4 color cover. 
S i n g l e enpv. 10r nnqtnaid : 5 o r m o r e . 8c e a c h . Tn q u a n t i t i e s . $6.00 p e r 100. 

"Mi«mnderstandina' t h e C h u r c h . " b y M o s t Rev. D u a n e G. H u n t . 48 
nne*p* «ri'l r o v e r S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d : 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n -
t i t i e s . $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e P o e t r y of D u t y . " b y R e v . A l f r e d D u f f y . C . P . . 48 p a g e s a n d c o v e r . 
S i n g l e c o p y , ' 15c p o s t p a i d ; 6 o r m o r e , 8 c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.00 p e r 100. 



" C h a r a c t e r i s t i c C h r i s t i a n I d e a l s / * b y R e v . B o n a v e n t u r e M c l n t y r e , O. 
F . M., 82 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e C a t h o l i c C h u r c h a n d Y o u t h , " b y R e v . J o h n F . O ' H a r a , C.S.C. 
48 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e S p i r i t of t h e M i s s i o n s , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . T h o m a s J . McDonnell, 
32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e L i f e of t h e S o u l , " b y R e v . J a m e s M . Gillis, C . S . P . , 96 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy 25c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 20c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $12.00 
p e r 100. 

" T h e B a n q u e t of T r i u m p h , " b y V e r y R e v . J . J . M c L a r n e y , O . P . , 32 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e . 8c e a c h . I n q u a n -
t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" S o c i e t y a n d t h e Social E n c y c l i c a l s — A m e r i c a ' s R o a d O u t , " b y R e v . 
R . A . McGowan, 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 
8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" O u r W o u n d e d W o r l d , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n , 112 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 25c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 20c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$14.00 p e r 100. 

T h e f i r s t six a d d r e s s e s i n t h i s s e r i e s p u b l i s h e d s e p a r a t e l y u n d e r 
t h e t i t l e " F r e e d o m a n d D e m o c r a c y : a S t u d y of T h e i r E n e m i e s , " 
56 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" P i u s X I , F a t h e r a n d T e a c h e r of t h e N a t i o n s , " ( O n H i s E i g h t i e t h 
B i r t h d a y ) b y H i s E x c e l l e n c y , M o s t R e v . A m l e t o G i o v a n n i C i c o g n a n i , 
16 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 5c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $3.50 p e r 100. 

' ' T h e E a s t e r n C a t h o l i c C h u r c h , " b y R e v . J o h n K a l l o k , 48 p a g e s a n d 
c o v e r . S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 
p e r 100. 

" T h e 'Lost* R a d i a n c e of t h e R e l i g i o n of J e s u s , " b y R e v . T h o m a s A . 
C a r n e y . 40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" S o m e S p i r i t u a l P r o b l e m s ' o f College S t u d e n t s , " by R e v . D r . M a u r i c e 
S . Sheehy, 40 p a g e s a n d 4 cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c 
e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

"God a n d G o v e r n m e n t s , " by Rev. W i l f r i d P a r s o n s , S . J . , 48 p a g e s a n d 
c o v e r . S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 
p e r 100. 

" J u s t i c e a n d C h a r i t y , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n . 
P a r t I — " T h e Social P r o b l e m a n d t h e C h u r c h , " 96 p a g e s a n d c o v e r . 

S i n g l e copy, 25c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 20c e a c h . I n q u a n -
t i t i e s , $12.00 p e r 100. 

P a r t I I — " T h e I n d i v i d u a l P r o b l e m a n d t h e C r o s s , " 80 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.75 p e r 100. 

" S a i n t s v s . K i n g s , " by R e v . J a m e s M. Gillis, C . S . P . , 96 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 256 p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 20c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $12.00 
p e r 100. 

" I n D e f e n s e of C h a s t i t y , " b y R e v . F e l i x M . K i r s c h , O.M. Cap., 72 p a g e s 
a n d cover, i n c l u d i n g s t u d y a i d s a n d b i b l i o g r a p h y . S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 
5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.75 p e r 100. 

" T h e A p p e a l To R e a s o n , " by Most Rev. D u a n e G. H u n t , D.D., L L . D . , 
72 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $8.75 p e r 100. 

" P r a c t i c a l A s p e c t s of C a t h o l i c E d u c a t i o n , " b y V e r y R e v . E d w a r d V . 
S t a n f o r d , O.S.A., 48 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 
8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e Mission of Y o u t h i n C o n t e m p o r a r y S o c i e t y , " b y R e v . D r . George 
J o h n s o n , 40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 6 o r m o r e , 8c 
e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e Holy E u c h a r i s t , " by Most R e v . J o s e p h F . R u m m e l , S.T.D., L L . D . , 
32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e R o s a r y a n d t h e R i g h t s of M a n , " b y V e n R e v . J . J . M c L a r n e y , 
O . P . , 56 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 6 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" H u m a n L i f e , " by R e v . J a m e s M . Gillis, C . S . P . , 96 p a g e s a n d cover. 
S i n g l e copy, 25c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e . 20c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $12 p e r 100. 

" F r e e d o m , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n . 
P a r t I — " S o c i a l F r e e d o m , " 80 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c 

p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r more, 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s . $8.75 p e r 100. 
P a r t I I — " P e r s o n a l F r e e d o m , " 96 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 

25c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 20c each. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $12.00 
p e r 100. 



" T h e Holy G h o s t , " by V e r y R e v . J . J . M c L a r n e y , O . P . . B6 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.50 p e r 100. 

" T o w a r d t h e R e c o n s t r u c t i o n of a C h r i s t i a n Social O r d e r , " b y R e v . 
D r . J o h n P . M o n o g h a n , 48 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 
5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" M a r i a n V i g n e t t e s , " by R e v . J . R . K e a n e , O.S.M., 32 p a g e s a n d cover. 
S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e Peace- of C h r i s t , " by V e r y R e v . M a r t i n J . O ' M a l l e y , C.M., 82 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n -
t i t i e s $5.50 p e r 100. 

" G o d ' s W o r l d of T o m o r r o w , " by R e v . D r . J o h n J . Russell, 40 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.60 p e r 100. 

" W h a t C a t h o l i c s Do A t M a s s , " b y R e v . D r . W i l l i a m H . R u s s e l l , 72 
p a g e s a n d cover, i n c l u d i n g s t u d y c l u b q u e s t i o n s a n d s u g g e s t i o n s , a n d brief 
b i b l i o g r a p h y . S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$8.76 p e r 100. 

" T h e Catholic T r a d i t i o n i n L i t e r a t u r e , " b y B r o t h e r Leo, F.S.C., 40 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n -
t i t i e s , $6.60 p e r 100. 

" P r o p h e t s a n d K i n g s : G r e a t Scenes, G r e a t L i n e s , " b y R e v . J a m e s M. 
Gillis, C.S.P., 96 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 20c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 
15c each. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $11.00 p e r 100. 

" P e a c e , t h e F r u i t of J u s t i c e , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n , 64 
p a g e s a n d c o v e r . S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n -
tities, $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e S e v e n L a s t W o r d s a n d T h e Seven V i r t u e s , " by R t . R e v . M s g r . 
F u l t o n J . S h e e n , 80 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 6 o r m o r e , 
10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.75 p e r 1 0 0 . . 

" 1 9 3 0 — M e m o r i e s — 1 9 4 0 " — T h e a d d r e s s e s delivered i n t h e T e n t h A n n i -
v e r s a r y B r o a d c a s t of t h e C a t h o l i c H o u r on M a r c h 3, 1940, t o g e t h e r w i t h 
c o n g r a t u l a t o r y m e s s a g e s a n d e d i t o r i a l s . 80 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 
25c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r mrore, 20c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $11.00 p e r 100. 

" W h a t K i n d of a W o r l d Do You W a n t , " by R e v . W i l f r i d P a r s o n s , S . J . , 
40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 ' o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $6.60 p e r 100. 

" T h e L i f e a n d P e r s o n a l i t y of C h r i s t , " by R e v . H e r b e r t F . G a l l a g h e r , 
O.F.M., 48 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" L a w ; " by R e v . D r . H o w a r d W . S m i t h , 40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e 
copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 6 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.60 p e r 100. 

" I n t h e B e g i n n i n g , " by R e v . A r t h u r J . S a w k i n s , 40 p a g e s a n d cover. 
S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.00 p e r 100. 

" A m e r i c a a n d t h e Catholic C h u r c h , " by R e v . J o h n J . W a l d e , 48 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.50 t>er 100. 

" T h e Social C r i s i s a n d C h r i s t i a n P a t r i o t i s m , " b y R e v . D r . J o h n F . 
C r o n i n . S.S.. 40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 6 o r m o r e , 8c 
e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" M i s s i o n a r y R e s p o n s i b i l i t y , " by t h e M o s t R e v . R i c h a r d J . C u s h i n g , D.D., 
L L . D . , 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 6 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $5.60 p e r 100. 

" C r u c i a l Q u e s t i o n s , " by R e v . J a m e s M. Gillis, C.S.P., 64 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s . $6.60 
p e r 100. 

" F a v o r i t e T e x t s F r o m T h e C o n f e s s i o n s of S t . A u g u s t i n e , " b y R e v . 
J a m e s M. Gillis, C . S . P . , 64 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 16c p o s t p a i d ; 5 or 
m o r e . 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s . $6.60 p e r 100. 

" T h e P u r p o s e s of O u r E u c h a r i s t i c S a c r i f i c e , " by R e v . G e r a l d T . B a s k -
field, S.T.D., 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c 
e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $5.60 p e r 100. 

" T h e C a s e f o r C o n s c i e n c e , " by R e v . T h o m a s S m i t h S u l l i v a n , O.M.I., 
S.T.D., 82 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, "10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c each. 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $5.60 p e r 100. 

" T h e Catholic N o t i o n of F a i t h , " b y R e v . T h o m a s N . O ' K a n e , 40 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.60 p e r 100. 

" F r e e d o m D e f e n d e d , " by R e v . J o h n F . C r o n i n , S.S., P h . D . , 32 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 10c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8 c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$5.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e R i g h t s of t h e O p p r e s s e d , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . M a r t i n J . O ' C o n n o r , 
40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 



" T h e P r a c t i c a l A s p e c t s of P a t r i o t i s m , " b y E e v . George J o h n s o n , P h . D . , 
40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 8 c e a c h . I n 
Quantities, $6.50 p e r 100. 

" W h a t I s W r o n g a n d H o w to S e t I t E i g h t , " by E e v . J a m e s M . Gillis, 
C . S . P . , 80 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 16c, p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c 
e a c h . I n Quantities, $8.75 p e r 100. 

" P e a c e , " by E t . E e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . S h e e n , 160 p a g e s a n d cover. 
S i n g l e copy, 85c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 25c e a c h . I n Quantities, $17.00 p e r 
100. 

" C h r i s t i a n H e r o i s m , " by E e v . E o b e r t J . S l a v i n , O . P . , 64 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 20c, p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 15c. I n q u a n t i t i e s , .$7.50 ^ 
p e r 100. 

" A R e p o r t t o M o t h e r s a n d F a t h e r s , " by E e v . W i l l i a m A . M a g u i r e , 
C h a p l a i n , I I . S . A r m y , a n d E e v . C h r i s t o p h e r E . O ' H a r a , C h a p l a i n , U . S . 
N a v y , 24 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c. I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $6.00 p e r 100. 

" T h e L i t u r g y a n d t h e L a i t y , " by E e v . W i l l i a m J . L a l l o u , 32 p a g e s 
a n d c o v e r . S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c. I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e C a t h o l i c I n t e r p r e t a t i o n of C u l t u r e , " b y E e v . V i n c e n t L l o y d -
E u s s e l l , 40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15e p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c. 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.00 p e r 100, 

" C o n q u e r i n g W i t h C h r i s t , " by E e v . J o h n J . Walde,, 48 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 20c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 15c. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.50 p e r 
100. 

" T h e V i c t o r y of t h e J u s t , " b y E e v . J o h n F . C r o n i n , S.S., 40 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.00 p e r 
100. 

" T h o u g h t s f o r a T r o u b l e d T i m e , " b y E e v . J o h n - C a r t e r S m y t h , C . S . P . 
82 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c. I n q u a n -
tities, $6.50 p e r 100. 

" W e A r e t h e C h i l d r e n of G o d , " by E e v . L e o n a r d F e e n e y , S . J . , 32 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 
p e r 100. ' 

" J u s t i c e , " by E e v . I g n a t i u s S m i t h , O . P . , 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e 
copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , l'Oc. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e C r i s i s i n C h r i s t e n d o m , " b y ' E t . E e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . Sheen. 112 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 30c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 25c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $15.00 p e r 100. 

" T h e C h r i s t i a n F a m i l y . " b y E e v . D r . E d g a r S c h m i e d e l e r , O.S.B., 32 
p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" S o c i a l R e g e n e r a t i o n , " b y E e v . W i l f r i d P a r s o n s , S . J . , 24 p a g e s a n d 
cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$6.00 p e r 100. 

" S e c o n d R e p o r t to t h e M o t h e r s a n d F a t h e r s , " b y C a t h o l i c C h a p l a i n s 
of t h e A r m y a n d N a v y . 48 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 20c p o s t p a i d ; 
5 o r m o r e , 15c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.50 p e r 100. 

" S a i n t h o o d , t h e U n i v e r s a l V o c a t i o n , " -by E t . E e v . M s g r . A m b r o s e J . 
B u r k e . 24 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c 
each. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.00 p e r 100. 

" T h e P a t h of D u t y , " by E e v . J o h n F . C r o n i n , S.S., 40 p a g e s a n d cover. 
S i n g l e copy. 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c each. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.00 p e r 100. 

" T h e C h u r c h i n A c t i o n , " by E e v . A l p h o n s e S c h w i t a l l a , S . J . , E e v . P a u l 
Tanner,- E e v . W i l l i a m A . O ' C o n n o r , . E t . E e v . J a m e s T. O'Dowd, V e r y E e v . 
J o h n J.' M c C l a f f e r t y , E e v . D r . C h a r l e s A . H a r t , V e r y E e v . G e o r g e J . 
Collins, C.S.Sp., E e v . J o h n L a F a r g e , S . J . , a n d Rev. L a w r e n c e F . S c h o t t . 
64 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy,. 20c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 15c e a c h . I n 
q u a n t i t i e s , $7.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e P o p e ' s F i v e P o i n t s f o r P e r m a n e n t . P e a c e , " b y ' E e v . 'T. L . Bous-
c a r e n , S . J . 32 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 
10c each. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.50 p e r 100. 

" H u m a n P l a n s a r e N o t E n o u g h , " by Rev. J o h n . C a r t e r S m y t h , C . S . P . 
32 p a g e s a n d cover.. S i n g l e copy 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n 
Quantities, $6.50 p e r 100. , 

" O n e L o r d : O n e W o r l d , " b y R t . R e v . M s g r . F u l t o n J . Sheen. 100 p a g e s 
a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 25c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 20c each. I n q u a n t i t i e s , 
$13.00 p e r 100. ~ 1 . ' 

" T h e Catholic L a y m a n a n d M o d e r n P r o b l e m s , " by O'Neill, Woodlock, 
S h u s t e r , ' M a t t h e w s , M a n i o n , a n d A g a r . 68 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy 
20c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 15c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $9.0Q p e r 100. 



" G o d , " b y R e v . R i c h a r d G i n d e r . 36 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 
15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c e a c h . I n q u a n t i t i e s , $7.50 p e r 100. 

" T h e M o r a l L a w , " by R e v . T . h . B o u s c a r e n , S . J . 32 p a g e s a n d cover. 
S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r m o r e , 10c? each. I n q u a n t i t i e s , $6.'50 p e r 100. 

" T h e S a c r a m e n t a r S y s t e m , " by R t . R e v M s g r . A m b r o s e J . B u r k e . 
40 p a g e s a n d cover. S i n g l e copy, 15c p o s t p a i d ; 5 o r more,. 10c e a c h . 
I n q u a n t i t i e s , $8.00 p e r 100. 

( C o m p l e t e l i s t of 124 p a m p h l e t s to o n e a d d r e s s i n U . S . $16.00 p o s t p a i d . 
P r i c e t o C a n a d a a n d F o r e i g n C o u n t r i e s , $19.75.) 

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