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YOUR SON IN
THE SERVICE





Your Son In
The Service

BY

NAVY CHAPLAIN DONALD F. KELLY
COMMANDER, U. S. NAVY

MARINE CHAPLAIN PATRICK A. KILLEEN
LIEUTENANT, U. S. NAVY

ARMY CHAPLAIN JAMES H. O^NEILL
BRIG. GENERAL, U. S. ARMY

AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN WILLIAM J. CLASBY
COLONEL, U. S. AIR FORCE

Four addresses delivered on the Catholic Hour during May, 1951. The
Catholic Hour, in its twenty-first year of existence, is produced

by the National Council of Catholic Men in cooperation
with the National Broadcasting Company

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Bishop of Fort Wayne



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Your Son In The Navy 7

Your Son In The Marines 15

Your Son In Tho Army 23

Your Son In The Air Force 30



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YOUR SON IN THE NAVY
Address Delivered May 6, 1951

As you Catholic fathers and

mothers knelt in your parish

churches this morning, sur-

rounded by a beautiful altar, the

decorations and the serene set-

ting of your Sunday Mass, you

may have wondered about your
son in the Navy. First of all,

did he go to Mass today; and,

secondly, is the Navy changing
him very much? Is he slipping
away from the family ties and

in danger of losing his faith?

What type of persons has . he
chosen as friends? As a Catho-
lic Navy Chaplain, for the last
ten years, I feel qualified to

answer some of your questions

and to prove to you that the

Navy considers the religion of
your son a most important part

of his life.

My words are not intended as
a sales talk nor as propaganda

for the recruiting office, but

simply my honest impressions of
those with whom I have lived,
and worked, and prayed side by

side both in the years of com-

parative peace and in the hectic

days of the war.

Since the day your son put on

his Navy uniform, he has lived

in a different world. He had to
learn a new vocabulary. The
walls became bulkheads and the

floors became decks. He had to
learn to salute and to march in
a military manner. The first few
weeks of his boot camp training
made him feel very bewildered,
very humble, and, maybe a little
bit lonesome. But once a week
something happened that was
familiar. It was this Sunday
Mass, the Priest in vestments

at the altar, the old Latin words,

'‘Dominus Vobiscum,’' the Gospel

that he had listened to over and
over again since boyhood. This

Sunday Mass is his link with
civilian life. It is the same in
the service as it was at home.
The only thing missing is the
collection.

You Catholic fathers and
mothers are naturally concerned
that your son stay close to his
religion while serving his coun-

try. When the lad left home, you
most likely said to him, ‘'Son be
a good boy!^^ That is why we
Priests and Ministers are in the
Navy—to take up where you
left off—to help that lad of yours
he Si good boy.



8 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

Now, we never can take your

place. There is no substitute

for a wonderful and tender

father and mother. The environ-

ment of military life can never

be compared to the environment

of our Catholic homes. Nor is

the Navy a Seminary, surround-

ed with virtue and peaceful

seclusion. It is not a reform

school nor a haven for juvenile

delinquents. It is a rugged or-

ganization, tougher on your son

than any football game he ever

played in high school. As a

youngster, he may have been a

good athlete, (at least you

thought so) and that's all that

mattered. He knocked himself

out on the basketball court and

on the gridiron. He had to be

loyal to his coach, quick to obey

signals, and in there playing a

hard, clean game every minute

of the contest. The Navy de-

mands of your son this same

drive, this same loyalty, this

same obedience to those in com-

mand, as the lad gave to the

varsity at home.

When such men do their best
in this lash-up, they get along

very well. They don't shirk their

jobs, they don't run away, they

don't drop the ball.

I am not saying that they are
deliriously happy every minute

of the day. They have their

gripes and their groans. They
get ''shook up" over the irrita-

tions and inconveniences of this

‘‘gold-fish bowl" existence, but

they bounce back, laugh it off

and chalk it up as part of the

program. Their sense of humor
keeps them going. When any
sailor beats his chest and says:

“This is the greatest life in the

world ... I am the happiest
person alive," he ought to turn

into sick bay. • He's cracking up.

The Navy does not exist to make
you happy. It is a military or-

ganization where we separate
the men from the boys. Certain-
ly, there is much contentment
and satisfaction in this sea-

going life and many lasting
friendships are formed between

shipmates, but it is, primarily,

a profession of arms that can

become mighty grim and some-

times very tragic.

As far as our Catholic faith
is concerned, if your son has

had a solid training and good

example at home, he will be just

as faithful and devout wearing

the Navy blue. Usually, the
lukewarm and careless Catholics

among us were lukewarm and
careless before they put on that

uniform. The average young
man does not want to parade
his faith, nor does he want to
go around acting as though he is



YOUR SON IN THE NAVY 9

posing for holy pictures, but in

the Navy there is very little

chance of hiding his religion.

It is stamped on his dog tag and

written in his health record. His

shipmates know all about him,

his hometown, his likes and dis-

likes, the sweet little bundle of

fluff whose picture he carries in

his wallet, and the rosary in his

pocket. Come Sunday morning,

they can see whether a Catholic

lad stays in his bunk to enjoy a

few extra hours of comfort or

whether he gets up and hikes off

to church.

Whenever I say Mass aboard

ship in the Navy, I am always
thrilled and edified. As soon as

the word is passed to rig for

Divine Services, the Church

pennant is hoisted above the

American flag, a floating chapel

is set up in a matter of a few

minutes. If the ship happens to

be a carrier, the planes are push-

ed back, the altar and chairs are

unfolded and set up, and I open

my Mass kit for the necessary
vestments and chalice. The offi-

cers and men from every depart-
ment gather around me in full
view of the rest of their ship-

mates. There is no privacy, no

walls to hide them from others,

just the hard, open deck and the

wide spaces. There may be a
little curtain in the corner where

they duck in for confession.

Anyone who sees them on their
knees cannot help but admire

their loyalty to their religion.

The rest of the ship maintains

a respectful silence. The smok-

ing lamp is out, all radios are

turned off, and the activities of

the day are cut down to a mini-

mum.

On these occasions, I wish you
fathers and mothers could stand

there beside me. You would feel

as I do, that your sons are

preaching to me a far better
sermon than I could ever give

them. They are telling me what
a priceless possession is their

faith. They are on their knees

without anyone reminding them.

They are a real credit to you

folks back home, to you parents

who brought them into the

world, to you sisters, brothers,

and priests who trained them in
school. Scenes like these make

me proud and grateful to be a
Priest in the Navy. I am
humbled at the manifestations of

faith that I see all around me.

I am happy and consoled by the
red-blooded Catholic lads who
call me ‘‘Father.’’
Each one of us Chaplains has

a story to tell that would make

a good movie. Each one of us

puts on a perpetual Mission,

keeping the staunch Catholics on



10 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

their toes, strengthening the

weak ones, encouraging the

fallen-aways to make a come-

back with a good confession,

baptizing the converts who come
to us for instructions, trying to

settle domestic disputes at home,

dropping into the brig to visit

some of our little ‘"saints’" who
got into trouble, and making the

rounds of the hospital beds to

cheer up those who are sick or

wounded. These are full days

for us—but happy days, proud
days, days of many smiles and
much kidding, “batting the
breeze” with some of the finest

men we could have met anyivhere
in parish life. These men are
your sons. We love them; we live
with them; we pray for them in
our Masses. We would die be-
side them if need be, as some of

our Chaplains have done in other

wars, and in recent months in

Korea.

To you non-Catholic fathers

and mothers, I want to remind

you that we Navy Chaplains
wear two crosses on our sleeves,

one for those of our own faith,
and one for those of all other

faiths. The Ministers, Priests

and Rabbis of the Navy are a
team. We respect one another,
because we like to believe that
we are all sincere in our dedica-
tion to the souls of the young

American men and women who
cross our paths. Our working
motto is a simple one : “WE
AGREE TO DISAGREE,
AGREEABLY.”
When there is no Catholic

Chaplain assigned to a ship or

shore station, it is expected that

the Protestant Chaplain will do

what he can to arrange for

visiting Priests to come aboard,

or to send Catholic church

parties to the nearest available

Mass.

Many Protestant Chaplains
are outstanding in their solici-

tude for the spiritual care of

the Catholic men serving with
them. They distribute rosaries

and Sunday Missals, and make
appointments for the men with
civilian Priests.

In my present assignment at
the Alameda Naval Air Station,

I am working side by side with a
Protestant Chaplain who is
loved and admired by the Cath-

olic men as well as by his own
flock. He is a man of God giving
a perfect example of tolerance

and brotherly love, which is the

very basis of our American heri-

tage in this land where free-

dom of religion is guaranteed
and practiced.

From what I have told you, it
should be evident that the Navy
is “God” conscious, that the



YOUR SON IN THE NAVY 11

Navy respects the individual
and realizes that each one of us

has a soul, as well as a body.

In our Boot Camps, the Chap-

lains are giving lectures all day

long, not on Naval customs and

traditions, but on character

guidance, on the importance of

the immortal soul, the obligation

each man has to his Creator,
and the dividends that a decent,

clean life will pay off when we
follow the Ten Commandments.

Each recruit sailor is given a

personal interview by the Chap-

lain of his own faith. In the

case of Catholic men, we have
the chance to prepare many of
them for their first Holy Com-

munion and organize large

classes for the Sacrament of

Confirmation.

This personal contact does not

stop with the training centers.

Here at Alameda, we meet each

new man personally, and when
he comes aboard we give him a
questionnaire to fill out for our

files. He can never say that he
does not know the men who have
charge of his religious program.

When he checks off the station,
we bid him good-bye and try to
make him feel that we are
honestly and sincerely interested

in his welfare wherever he goes.

This is our way of making him
feel important as an individual

and not just a part of an

assembly line or a small cog in

a big wheel.

For further evidence that the

Navy encourages the men to
pray, take a look at some of the

magnificent chapels that can be

found on our military installa-

tions. Just to mention a few

that are particularly distinctive

and beautiful
; there is the twin-

chapel setup at Norfolk, Vir-

ginia
; two more outstanding

temples of worship at Jackson-

ville, Florida; and the beautiful,

inviting chapels at Pensacola,

Florida and San Diego, Alameda

and Treasure Island in Califor-

nia.

The personnel at these instal-
lations are proud of these build-

ings and make use of them for
hundreds of military weddings,

baptisms and Masses throughout

the year. Whenever there is one
common building for all faiths,
there is usually a small Oratory

for daily Mass, where the

Blessed Sacrament can be re-

served and visited whenever our

people wish to come in and pray.

So you parents can relax, the

Navy is conscious. How
could it be otherwise, with the

traditions of the seas going back

to the days of our Blessed Lord

and the fishermen on the Sea of

Galilee.



12 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

Sometimes you get the idea,

from the actions of a few, that

the Navy is full of great ‘lovers'’

and drunkards, but don't con-

demn the whole outfit by the

antics of a few playboys. When
a sailor whistles at a girl, the

shocked civilians raise their eye-

brows and say, “How vulgar!"
But when the college boy, with

the letter on his sweater, does

the same thing, the same civil-

ians smile and say, “How cute!"
Your boys could “go to the dogs"

just as quickly at home as they

could in the Navy; it depends on

the individual. Personally, I

think that some of them get

more discipline in the Navy than
they ever got from their parents.

Certainly, we keep a close watch

on them and know where they
are most of the time. I am afraid
some of our modern parents

could not say the same thing.

It should be quite clear, by

this time, just what the Navy

does for your son, but what are

you doing for him while he is in

the service. What does he want
from you most of all? I think

you know as well as I do. Just

a letter from home, cheerful

letters, not full of scoldings and

complaints, but a pat on the

back, a bit of affection and pride.

Send him clippings from the

hometown newspaper, especially

from the sports section. Get
going in that hometown of yours
and provide some decent places

for lounging and entertainment.

Chicago earned itself top rating

during the war as being one of
the most generous and friendly

liberty towns in the country.

Seacoast cities like San Francis-

co and New York did themselves
proud.

The streets of our big cities

are getting crowded again with

uniforms. These young men
need healthy outlets for their

energy and free time. The old

reliable USD's around the coun-

try are still carrying on, but

they can't carry the load by

themselves. We need more can-
teens, more respectable spots

where these young men can
dance with fine, decent girls, can

get acquainted with some of the

families of the town and can be

made to feel that they are among

real friends.

If Universal Military Train-

ing goes into effect, it will hit

practically every home in the
nation. Do for the sons of other
parents what you hope some kind

and generous family will do for

your own flesh and blood far

away from home. It works both

ways. Make the lads feel that

you like them, not just tolerate



YOUR SON IN THE NAVY 13

them in your cities where they

roam.

My assigned topic today is
called ‘'Your Son in the Navy/'

but we have some of your daugh-
ters too—co-education in the
Navy was a bit strange to us at
first, but now we are beginning
to like it. These young ladies de-

serve a round of applause for

jobs well done. We egotistical
males thought that women could-
n't possibly fit into this type of

life, but they are proving how
wrong we are. In fact, they are
doing some military assignments

far better than the men have
done them. As far as religion is

concerned, they set the example.

Our Catholic choir today is noade

up of Waves as well as sail®ta.

At my daily Mass, the Waves
outnumber all the others for fre-

quent Communion. A girl in the
Navy is respected just as much
as a girl in civilian life. They

certainly form an integral part

of our “salty" parish.

At this point, you may con-
clude that we Chaplains are in-

terested and concerned only with

the enlisted men and women. I
hope you don't believe that—^be-
cause the officers need us Chap-

lains too, and we certainly need
them. There is one little incident

I will always remember. It may
prove my point

:

It was February 3rd, the

Feast of St. Blase and I was

aboard the USS PRINCETON
tied up at San Diego. The phone
rang and it was a Vice Admiral

who asked me what time I was
blessing throats. Of course, I did

a quick juggling of schedules

and came up with 1130 as the

hour for this little ceremony.

The Vice Admiral, being a good

Catholic, had remembered our

custom of blessing throats, so he

announced that he would be

aboard at the time scheduled.

When I informed the Executive
Officer that Vice Admiral So

and So was arriving at 1130 to

have his throat blessed, the Exec

was a little bit perplexed. His

first question was : “What's

wrong with his throat?" I as-

sured him that the Admiral's

throat was perfectly normal, and

that today was the Feast of St.

Blase. “Well, who is St. Blase?"

My answer was a simple briefing
on the patron saint of the dis-

eases of the throat. When I fi-
nally had him properly briefed,

he sent me on to the Skipper,
and the same routine again,

“What's wrong with his throat?"

“Who's St. Blase?" From the
Skipper I took my story to the
Chief of Staff and then to our

own Admiral, and always the

same explanations. When our



14 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

own Admiral heard it, he alerted
the whole ship. At the gangway
at 1130 stood all heads of all de-

partments in dress blues and

gray gloves, the ship’s band, an

honor guard of Marine, eight

sideboys, and the bugler! The

reception was the proper and

traditional manner to welcome a
Flag Officer aboard, but, I am
sure, it was the first time a Vice

Admiral got this full treatment

just to get his throat blessed. In

due time, our important guest

came aboard, very graciously

acknowledged the group and

then walked off to the crew’s

lounge where he received the

blessing along with the rest of

the assembled Catholics.

Yes, the point of the story is

obvious. Any officer, from an
Ensign to a Vice Admiral who
practices his religion in the

Navy does a tremendous amount
of good. He shows the proper
humility and love of God which

makes him a truly fine individ-
ual as well as a qualified leader

of men.

Now you have heard my re-
port to the Catholic parents of

the nation; the report of our

work in the midst of your sons

and daughters.

Here we have a cross section
of American youth, thrown to-

gether in ships and shore sta-

tions, stateside and across the

seas. Officers and men and wo-
men of every type and kind. The
Navy life brings together the
Catholics, the Protestants and

the Jews. The ''yank meets the

rebel,” the "white meets the

colored,” the "city lad meets

the farm boy,” the "spoiled dar-

ling who had the convertible
meets the newsboy who had the
bicycle.” And, somehow, suspi-

cions disappear. We learn that
there is much to admire in all
hands, no matter what may be
their race, their creed, their col-

or or their social status. These

are the people of our Navy par-
ish. God bless them and keep

them safe—for there are none
finer to be found.



YOUR SON !N THE MARINES
Address Delivered May 13, 1951

Today’s Mother’s Day will be
the same wonderful day it has

always been. In church mothers

will hear themselves justly prais-

ed and even compared to the

most Holy of all mothers—Our
Blessed Mother. At home amid
the gay flowers and boxes of can-

dy they will be happy as they see

their little John or Judy pledge

their love with some inexpensive

gift and a great big priceless

hug. The new, young mother will
be happy as she holds her tiny

infant in her arms, the evidence

of her share in the God given
right of all mothers, to help in

His work of creation. She will be
happy as she joins all the moth-

ers as they say—Thank God for
all of this.

In one way, however, this

Mother’s Day will be a sad one,
for the radio and the newspapers

give us a vary dark picture of

the world in which we live.
Mothers with sons in service or

just old enough to go in, will

have a heavy, aching heart as

they read about Korea; as they

see the friendly nations of the

world fighting among themselves
while Russia gloatingly works

the strings that bring all the

godless puppet nations into ac-

tion against us. It is with these

mothers in particular, that I

should like to visit today to talk

about your son and the Marines.

At the present time the at-

tention of all those connected

with the Marines is drawn to

the men of the First Division in
Korea. And news from Korea
seems very close to me at this
time for the towns mentioned in

the news releases are not merely

names but rather memories of

charred remains of once happy

villages. The filth and the mud,

the cold and the weariness are

all very real for little more than

a month ago I lived with them.

I see now how one sided a pic-

ture we are getting from the

newspaper accounts for as we

read the papers we see nothing

but the grim, horrible side of

war which would tend to break

the heart of any loving mother.

Behind the news of the front

page, however, there is a lot that

would make you happy, would

ease some of the burden from

your heart, would make you

proud that your son is a Marine,



16 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

as proud as I am to be able to
say that I have served with

them. I have learned what Am-
erica can mean to a dying 18

year old boy and have become a

better citizen for it. I have

learned how close we can really

get to Almighty God on this

earth, how utterly simple life

can be when we put it all in His

hands.

One story never mentioned in

the papers that will make every

Marine mother proud took place

on Christmas Eve in southern

Korea. We had taken part in a
sad but glorious page of our

Marine History—^the withdraw-
al from the Chosin reservoir. We
had crowded aboard transports

at Hungnam to go to a rest area.
Some said we might even go to

Japan. Instead, we were unload-
ed at Pusan and then proceeded

to a muddy bean patch and were

told, ‘‘Go to it, that’s your rest

camp, have a Happy Christmas.”
Those words stung with bitter

irony but now looking back, I
can say that I have never spent a

happier Christmas.

We set out to arrange for Mid-
night Mass in a natural hollow

in that bean patch and before

we knew it our Marines had built
an altar from some packing box-

es and by the miracle of Marine

secret supply even had it painted

a gleaming white; our canopy

was a tarpaulin stretched on a

frame made of some lumber bor-

rowed from the galley ; our rere-

dos was made of silk that one of

the boys found in a native mar-

ket and for decoration we had

some trees brought in from the

nearby hills.

This was our church where

your sons, with their Marine

spirit saw to it that in spite of

everything and everyone they

were going to have their mid-

night Mass, to pay their homage

to the newly born Son of God.

I tried to collect some thought

for a sermon but it was rather

difficult for there seemed to be

nothing to make that a happy

Christmas. As I began to go over

the happenings of the past few

weeks even the quiet of the tent

was broken by the hacking cough

of one of our priests, who was on
the verge of pneumonia from his

exposure to the extreme cold.

The past came to mind with am-

azing clearness. Two of our
priests lay wounded in hospitals

in Japan, one fighting for his

very life, wounded as he brought

the Son of God to your sons the

Marines. One of the clerks who
would be helping us now, lay

buried in the frozen ground at



YOUR SON IN THE MARINES 17

Kotori, killed at the side of his

chaplain. Another boy who would

be serving our Mass as he had

done every day while we were
surrounded now lay dead up
there, killed as he fought to help

other marines. These thoughts

and many like them were pass-
ing through my mind when I
heard one lad outside say to an-

other, “We don’t have an awful
lot this Christmas but I’m sure

glad that we can get to Midnight

Mass.” These words came like

the breath of inspiration
—“We

had nothing but Christ Himself

—What more could we want.”
The simple faith of those Mar-

ines gave me back what I had
lost.

At Mass, in the clear, crisp,

cold light of a brilliant moon

about 2,000 Marines worshipped

their God and Maker and it

was my privilege on that
night to bring His Body and

Blood to every Catholic in that

group, to hear them sing their

Christmas carols, to give them

that thought—They had nothing
but Christ but—having Christ
they possessed all things.

What will be of great comfort
to all Catholic mothers is the

knowledge that wherever your

son goes in the Marines your

Catholic priests go with him

trying to replace his parish

priest as a pastor, confessor and

a guide. In boot camp his Catho-

lic chaplain who knows his prob-
lems, is willing to guide and to

help him as he changes from a

young boy to a real man, from a

civilian to a Marine. He has
chapels where he not only can

but is urged to attend Mass reg-

ularly. As he goes to Camp Le-
Jeune for instance he must be

impressed by the Catholic chapel,

which matches any parish

church in the country for its

beauty. At Camp Pendleton, he
can attend Mass at the Santa

Margarita ranch chapel, one of

the earliest of the Spanish mis-

sions in California. He has mis-
sions similar to the one just

finished at Quantico to keep the

light of his faith burning bright-

ly.

It is as he goes into combat

however, that he learns how
close his priest really is. If I say

I am proud to have been with the
Marines, I am doubly proud, and
every Catholic should also be

proud, of the priests with the

Marines and ail the troops in

Korea. The medals and the glory

that came publicly to these

priests will never be adequate

to give them the praise that is

their due but like the good men



18 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

of God they are, they’re not look-

ing for public praise. Sufficient

for them is the barely audible
—‘Thanks Father” from the
wounded boy on the stretcher;

or the happy sigh from the boy

on the line who has just been to
Confession and received Viati-

cum and says, “Boy that makes

me feel great”; of the wonder-
fully simple expression of faith

made by my own clerk under fire
“Isn’t it wonderful to be in the

state of grace.”

By the grace of God, last De-
cember, when the Marines were

surrounded in three places, there

was a Catholic Chaplain in each

place and it was at this time

that your priests rose to great

heights to be with your sons as

they needed them most. Isn’t it

a wonderful, consoling thought

that every Marine who was
wounded and reached a hospital

unit had the grace of a Priest’s

presence and received the last

rites if he was seriously wound-

ed. To you mothers, who lost
your sons in Korea, it must be a

comfort to know that every Mar-

ine who was buried in Korea was
buried with the prayers of our

Holy Mother the Church and in

blessed ground.

In so many cases your sons
have been a source of pride and

even consolation to the Catho-

lic Chaplain in the way they
profess and practice their be-

lief in God and His Church.

Imagine how proud the mother
would be whose son came to ask

if there was anything wrong if

he said seven rosaries in his fox-

hole at night.

What a wonderful profession
of faith your sons made for all to
see, at Kotori where every day

in a little chapel—three walls of
a railroad shed to act as a wind

break, they came and knelt and

stood in the freezing cold to at-

tend Mass and receive Holy

Communion for what well might

be the last time since we never
knew what the night would

bring.

What a joy to those mothers
whose sons came to join in the

rosary we said when we would
stop to rest during our weary

march from the reservoir.

What a magnificent tribute to
their parents by those Marines

who would make a beautifully
frank confession in the sight of

all as they knelt beside their

priest, seated in an open field

or behind a jeep. You mothers
who have sons in the Marines
can read today’s headlines about

them engaged once again in bit-

ter fighting but you can take



YOUR SON IN THE MARINES 19

great comfort from the fact that

they are accompanied by their

priests and that your boys who
left good Catholic homes are do-

ing a magnificent job in keep-

ing their faith and impressing

all around them with their be-

lief in the Catholic Church and

the teachings of their Lord and

Savior, Jesus Christ.

Everybody in Korea helped

prove the saying that there are

no atheists in fox holes but sad

experience shows that such is

not always the case when the

dangers of war are removed. One

of the great dangers any Marine

and your son as he joins them

must face is the attitude of in-

difference to anything that

touches on religion. This atti-

tude is common to all service
life and it is from this that all

our spiritual problems come.

This is an insidious, ennervating

disease that eats away one^s

principles like a cancer and the

unsuspecting soon falls with the

terrible crash of compromise.

This indifference will show it-

self to your son in many ways.
Not too many people are going
to get excited whether he goes

to Mass or not; he’s going to

find men listed as Catholics stay-
ing in the barracks on Sunday

morning. He will find a disre-

gard and often a downright dis-

respect for the Holy Name of
Jesus and will hear the Holy

Name of Jesus taken in vain on
many occasions; he will find a
lack of realization of the seri-

ousness of sins against holy pur-

ity; he will find in many cases
a complete disregard for the

sanctity and the goodness of wo-

men and marriage. Many signs
but all from the same root

—

indifference.

What can be done to counter-
act this ? I think the answer can

be found in the development of

respect—a respect of self; for
family and friends and especial-

ly respect for the Church and Al-

mighty God.

This can come easy to a Mar-

ine for if we look to see just
what it is that makes a Marine

stand out we will see that it is
the intensive training whereby

the faults and weaknesses of his

character are taken away and

three principles are woven into

the very fibre of his being

—

pride, love and obedience. Not the

false pride of the hypocrite but

a real honest pride in the pos-

session of something wholesome;

a manly love that shows itself in

the care and concern for his fel-

low marine; a willing obedience

based on the knowledge that au-



20 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

thority is something absolutely

necessary, something to be re-

spected and not merely feared.

I say it is easy for a marine to

develop the respect necessary to

ward off that dangerous indif-

ference for with a spiritual,

supernatural motive he can ele-

vate his basic teaching whereby

his pride will generate a whole-

some self respect; his love for

others can give him the respect

for his family and friends; his

obedience can easily nourish a

deep respect for Almighty God.

With these he has the makings

of an outstanding Catholic and

that is what many of our Mar-
ine Catholics are—outstanding.

Self respect, generated from

honest pride can arm the young
man against any dangers that
he might face. He knows that he
is just as important as the next

fellow, he knows that he has the

right to go to Mass and practice

his religion, he knows that he

is showing courage when he does
what is right. Just as a Marine’s

pride in the corps is a motive

whereby he does things a certain

way “because that’s the way Mar-
ines do it” so too, he takes pride

in his Catholic faith and upholds

his principles because that’s the

way a good Catholic does it. If
it’s a question of foul language

in the barracks his self respect

and pride will give him the cour-

age to let others know what he
thinks about it, he won’t give in

weakly because he knows he is

right and will stand up for those

rights ... If it’s a question of

bad company or improper action,

just as a marine will never let

himself be seen in a sloppy uni-

form, so too, he will never let

himself get mixed up in situa-

tions that are against his Catho-

lic teaching.

His love for others can be

turned into that respect for his

family and friends and with this

he won’t fall victim to the idea

that he can cut himself loose

from family ties and with his

newly found freedom become

completely independent of his

family. Oh what a great thing it
is to see a lad who lives and acts
as if his family were present on

the base. If a man learns re-
spect for others he can be strong

against all the temptations to

sin against holy purity. He will
respect the women he meets as
he would his own sister and her

friends at home and in that way
stay clear of the attitude some

service men have that women are
nothing but the playthings for

men. If he has respect for his

wife that is a real love how can



YOUR SON IN THE MARINES 21

he ever fall prey to the frame of

mind wherein marriage has no

sanctity and fidelity is some-

thing impossible because men
must be men.

As a marine he will develop

a deep respect for authority that

shows itself in a willing obedi-

ence. In the battle he must fight

against indifference toward Al-

mighty God, your son will have

that respect for authority. He’ll

be tried with the test of laziness

to stay in bed on Sunday morn-

ing but he will realize that it is

no earthly commanding officer

but God Himself who gave the
command “Keep holy the Sab-
bath day.” He might toy with
the thoughts of immorality but

again the order is there
—“Thou

shalt not commit adultery” and

he summons up a cheerful but
strong “Aye aye sir.” The Ten

Commandments and the com-
mandments of the Church will

be for him the rules and regula-

tions that will guide him if he

is to be a good Catholic.

What then can be done to help
your son as he comes into service

and meets this problem of indif-

ference? I say to start NOW to
develop him or rather help him

develop in himself a real respect

for himself, for his family and

friends, and for God and his
church.

Yes, on this mother’s day,

there must be many a sad heart
but the picture is not as dark as
it might seem. There are prob-
lems to be faced but we have the
means to face them, your sons
will be hurled a challenge but
with the grace of Almighty God
and the proper preparation and
care they can meet the challenge
and turn it into a glorious vic-
tory.

If you are sad today, go to our
Blessed Mother whose mother-
hood was climaxed by suffering
as she watched her son die on the
cross only to have that suffering
make her happiness all the more
full as she saw her Risen Son,
the happiness that comes with
the triumph of good over evil.
With her help you can bear your
burden just as your son, with
her Son’s help, can conquer the
evil he must face. Then you too
can enjoy the wonderful happi-
ness of a successful son.

The Marine motto is very
simple, “Semper Fidelis”—Al-
ways Faithful. What a fitting
motto for your son as he joins
them always faithful to himself,
to his family and friends; most
of all, faithful to his church

and his God.



22 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

Be proud of your son today

because if he is a good Marine

you can be sure he will be a good

son and a good Catholic.

As you say your prayers on

this Pentecost night pray thus

for your Catholic servicemen:

Come, 0 Spirit of Counsel,
help and guide them in all their

ways that they may always do
thy will, incline their hearts to

that which is good, turn them

away from all that is evil and di-
rect them by the paths of thy

Commandments to the good of
eternal life, through Jesus

Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

God bless you and please pray

for your chaplains.



YOUR SON IN THE ARMY
Address Delivered May 20, 1951

It is not an exaggeration to

say that many of our Catholic
parents are disturbed by the

workings of the Selective Service

System when its finger reaches

into their own homes and touch-

es the family circle. Parents are

not afraid of what the Army will
do to their sons, but they are

tremendously disturbed about

how their sons will do in the
Army.

Reared in Catholic homes your

sons have been instructed in the

traditions of the Church. They

are surrounded by props and

scaffoldings that have supported

them in the days of childhood

and youth. These props and scaf-

foldings are father and mother,

brothers and sisters, the back-

ground of the Catholic parish,

the parochial school, friends and

associates — the moral support
that life in the Catholic parish

gives in its contribution to the

American way of life.

Your sons have been taught
obedience and humility. They
have been instructed to bear

wrongs patiently, to act with
patience, to overcome the normal

obstacles of life. They have been

reared in an atmosphere where

the Commandments of God are
life's serious business — where
regular worship is a part of the

daily program.

The question in the minds of

our Catholic parents, accompan-

ied by some fear and concern,

is whether this wall of Catholic

training will withstand the

rigors of the temptations of the

military service. Will the young

man stands up under stress and
strain? Will he succumb to temp-

tation? The deciding factor is
the Grace of God acting on a hu-
man soul.

In 214 B. C. the Chinese built

the Great Wall of China. It was
a gigantic structure, 1500 miles

in length—the distance from
New York to Lincoln, Nebraska.
It represented the labor of seven

millions of men working for ten
years. The cost in mioney and
human life was immense. It
seemed a superb way to gain se-
curity, but within a few years of
its building, it was breached
three times by the enemy. Only

note ! It was breached not by the
breaking down of the wall, not
by the fire of missiles of war, but



24 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

it was breached by bribing the

gatekeepers. It was the human
element that failed. That is the

worry of the Catholic parent to-

day—the staunchness of the hu-
man element, the strength of our
sons. Our sons, too, represent a

great investment. Their rearing

and education represent thou-

sands of dollars. They are an en-

dowment of flesh and blood. We
are tremendously interested in

the outcome of that investment.

What collapsed in China was
not the Great Wall. It was char-

acter, proving that the great

structure that man had reared
would not work. A similar fate
awaits the soldier in the military

service. If he is absorbed and

distracted by the persons and

things around him—if he is off
his guard—if he permits himself
to be overcome by temptation, a

soldier can go to pieces by col-

lapse of character that might

astonish his parents, the Church

and the Army

Upon entering the military

service these young men find that
things do not work according to

plan. There are different persons

and different stations and these

have to be dealt with, so one

thinks in a manner not quite in

accord with high ideals so warm-

ly embraced before entering the

military service. It is well

enough to be obedient to officers,

but in the interests of general

efficiency, these officers should

exercise right judgment in as-

signing to these new soldiers
such duties and jobs as fall with-

in their talents—and their in-
clinations.

They do not deny that it is
an excellent thing to be obedient.

But it is not fair to be asked to

do something that is extremely

distasteful. Their parents have

told them that it is praiseworthy

to be meek, but if one did not

show temper now and again,
there is danger of one’s ‘being

treated as devoid of spirit. The

Catholic tradition asserts that

humility is admirable but certain

occasions demand that one assert
oneself. The selectee feels that it
might be prejudicial to the gen-

eral good if one’s life were hid-

den under a bushel. Of course,

Christ said to bear wrongs pa-

tiently. But it is bad for the

general interest and for the good

of the wrong-doer himself if he

is allowed to get away with it.

Our Catholic men have learned
to practice obedience, charity,

patience, and other virtues, but

when the opportunity for prac-
ticing these virtues arises in the

Army there is found in each



YOUR SON IN THE ARMY 25

case some particular circum-

stance making the strict applica-

tion of their home teaching

somewhat difficult. The Army is
a machine for testing men.

They will meet many men in
the service who regard the Cre-

ator as the great kill-joy of the

world. Some there regard Him as
the hateful sentinel that stands

guard at every gate which opens

on what gives promise of the ex-

perience of joy of life. They will

meet men who fancy that they
see behind these bars those

fruits, the taste of which will

satisfy their cravings. They will

learn that all men do not believe
that poison lurks for them in

what God withholds from them.

They will come face to face with

men who will tell God to stand
aside and these men fling them-
selves into the pursuit of every-

thing that flatters pride and sen-

suality. They will meet men who
have never heard what St. Paul
has said: “Be not deceived, God
is not mocked. For what things a
man shall sow, those also shall he
reap. For he that soweth in his

flesh, of the flesh also shall reap

corruption. But he that soweth
in the spirit, of the spirit shall

reap life everlasting.’’

Many of our young men will
find themselves alone in a

strange land. They will be re-

minded of the story told in the

third chapter of Daniel about

that region east of Suez that

Kipling described: “where there

ain’t no Ten Commandments and
the best is like the worst.” In

that land, the Bible story tells us,

a certain great king had con-

quered the world and had re-

garded himself as the top of the

heap. He had won many victories
and to commemorate them he set
up at Babylon a golden image

90 feet high and 18 feet broad.

There was the order to come and
adore that image. Of course, if
you refused, there was the fur-
nace of fire.

These three young men were
confronted with the same decisi-
on as are our young men today.
They had been tossed into the
arena and they must play the
game. Shall we play it according
to the rules? Shall we play it as
we have been taught and in-
structed? The sensible and ex-
pedient thing to do, of course,

would be to worship—at least to
go through the form and make
all the gestures. They will be
tempted to do as the Babylonians

do—for after all in a strange
place, in a strange country, far

from home one cannot be too
narrow and too provincial. The



26 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

temptation stands out in big

letters—it might be best to con-
form. Over there was the king in

all his majesty, surrounded by

his leading men. A man would be
a fool to stand out against all

that. But these three young men
who knew all about the Ten Com-
mandments had conviction. So,
while all Babylon knelt, they

stood. ‘‘We are not anxious to

answer thee in this matter, 0
King! Our God, whom we serve,
is able to deliver us from the

fiery furnace. We believe that He
will, but if not, come what may,

be it known unto thee we will not
serve thy gods nor worship the

golden image.’^

Our Catholic young men in the
military service must choose like

that. There is no difference in

the Army and civilian life. Both
have their golden images—90
feet high, 18 feet wide—the im-
age of drink; the golden image

of sex; the image of gambling;

of borrowing; of bad compani-

ons; of religious prejudice; of

loose living; of disobedience of

orders; and irreligion. There
they stand. Like the young men
in Daniel who were there to play
the game and take whatever
risks might be involved in being

true to the highest they saw, in

being true to their Catholic tra-

dition, our young men of today
must stand—take all the conse-
quences, and play the game to a
finish.

The Army game has to be
played according to the rules.

Our faith is a game that must
likewise be played according to

the rules. We have to learn those
rules and we have to obey them.

As Catholics the obedience of
soldiers should be like that of

Christ. It is not a very difficult

thing to do—to do as we are
told. Ordinary soldiers do this.

But as Catholics our obedience

should not be limited to carrying

out the orders given us by our

superiors. It should go much fur-
ther. We should cultivate an in-
tense enthusiasm for bringing all

our actions deliberately under

the bidding of God. The Catholic

soldier should be eager to em-

brace the Will of God no matter

how or through whom that Will
is manifested to him. The Cath-

olic soldier must have a passion-

ate zeal for the practical knowl-

edge of the absolute sovereign-

ty of God that was such a strik-

ing feature of the human char-
acter of Christ. To do this the

soldier must submit himself

humbly, promptly, ungrudgingly

and cheerfully to all that the ab-

solute submission to God’s Will



YOUR SON IN THE ARMY 27

will demand of him—even the
sacrifice of health, the sacrifice

of reputation, and the sacrifice

of life. The Catholic soldier must

rise to such heights that he will

rejoice in being obedient even

unto death. That struggle will

cost. It is a hard and bitter

struggle. The Catholic soldier

cannot expect to issue from it

v/ithout many a deadly wound to

his nature. And as soldiers we

should not flinch from those

wounds. Rather should we re-

joice that there be traced in us

an image of those honorable

scars of combat that mark the

body of our great Chief. Let the

five wounds be our inspiration to

fight with courage and a reck-

lessness of danger.

We are in a grip of a great
moral order which is as firm as

granite. In this day life’s sanc-

tities are being violated. Life is

not sacred in some countries

since it is taken with impunity.

Purity is not sacred since it is

violated without cause. Truth is

not sacred since it is twisted

by propaganda. Property is not

sacred since it is taken by the

state and converted into a col-

lective farm. Home is not sa-
cred since parents are separated

from children and children from

parents without cause and with-

out trial. The sanctities of life

—truth, purity, friendship and
rights—these must not be left to
die, but must be protected by

the lawsr of God. They must be

protected by the laws of man.

These sanctities must be protect-

ed by social usage extending over

the twenty centuries of the

church’s existence. They must be

protected by the sentiment and

the love that the children of the

church have for Jesus Christ,

her Founder.

If a man attempts to run
amuck and violate these sancti-
ties, out he goes. In the words

of Scripture, ‘‘The statutes of

the Lord are right; the destinies

of the Lord are sure.” You can-
not talk them out. You cannot
argue them away. It is like beat-

ing one’s brains against a solid

wall.

Both Church and Army have
need for men who will play the
game according to the rules
whether it means victory or de-
feat. We have two dangerous
principles operating, both in re-

ligion and in the Army: “Safety
first” and “there is no harm in
it.” The world encourages the
utmost self-indulgence that can

be conceded to oneself with safe-

ty. To all trends and courses and
fashions that are at variance



28 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

with the spirit of Christianity

the Christian will be tempted to

yield ground and feel that he

has made a valid defense when
he says ‘‘there is no harm in iV

Did not Christ die precisely to

warn us that for us as Catholics

“what is any harm’’ is really

dangerous—that we must morti-
fy ourselves in what is legiti-

mate in order that we may be
preserved from what is forbid-

den. The young men of the Bible
could have gotten by. They could

have played the game of “safe-
ty first”; they could have oper-

ated on the principle that “there

is no harm in it.” They could
have made mental reservations.
“It is not cricket!” They could

have excused themselves. After

all, they were foreigners in a

small town and, like the soldier

of today—half-soldier, half-civil-
ian—they were far away from
home. Why not broaden out?
This is the temptation that

comes to our Catholic soldier.

We can see these young men
standing there before the king

—

beside them the tall statue, 90

feet high and 18 feet wide. They

had no hankering for the fur-

nace. The soldier of today has
no special hankering to die. But

in the recesses of their minds

there rose up that tradition

which was given to Moses midst

the thunderings and lightnings

of Sinai: “Thou shalt not adore

false images. Thou shalt not

commit adultery. Thou shalt not

steal.” That settled it. There

was no other motion before the

house. It was “heads up.” Lose

if we must, we will play the
game according to the rules. The

soldier is not the only one that

is here to play the game. The

saints and the seers, the heroes

and the martyrs, the poets and

the singers, the teachers and the

mothers have set illustrious ex-

amples. Doctors do not shrink

from disease, teachers do not

avoid the ignorant, the police-

man does not avoid the robber,
the soldier has courage to face

the enemy. Conditions may
change, but in the moral line-up

it is the same.

If our Catholic sons bow dow
on their knees to certain modes

of life, whether these modes of

life violate the military tradi-

tion and prove a young man un-
worthy of the uniform, or fall

down in adoration before im-

ages that are not worthy of

Catholic allegiance, the young

soldier proves that like the jelly-

fish he lacks a backbone. He is
afraid of the thing 90 feet high.

The gatekeeper feels that he



YOUR SON IN THE ARMY 29

must surrender the wall. He
lacks moral courage in his spiri-

tual life.

Daniel prayed three times a

day, lions or no lions. We find
Christ in the synagogue offering

His prayers ‘‘as His custom

was.^' Our Catholic men must
put enough spiritual energy into

their lives that when they play

the game according to the rules

they will be found on the win-

ning side.

Many of the players in the
Army game do not finish the
game. Some are taken out by
the hand of death. Some are put

out because of fouls—some end
up on the bench—cripples. Some
because they do not know the
rules; some because they know

them—and break them.
In the Bible story there was

found not only the three men
loose and unhurt in the fire, but

a fourth who was like the Son of
God. And so, when our sons en-

ter the service, when the props

and scaffoldings that have sup-

ported them in the days of their

childhood and youth are taken

down, v/hen their virtue is put

to test, let them realize that

their faith must be living, prac-

tical and constantly on the alert.

They, too, will be found in the

end walking through the fire

with the guiding spirit of the

Son of God in their midst.

We can thank Him that we
have finished a fight, that we

have held onto our convictions,

that though all Babylon was

kneeling before its pagan idols

our Catholic young men remain-

ed erect and prayed as did the

young men condemned to the
fiery furnace. “Our God, whom
we serve, is able to deliver

us from the fiery furnace. We
believe that He will, but if not,
come what may, be it known un-

to thee we will not serve thy

gods nor worship the golden im-

age.’^



YOUR SON IN THE AIR FORCE
Address Delivered May 27, 1951

During the past fifteen months

it has been my privilege to serve
your sons who are stationed in
Alaska. Truly this important

fortress is a wierdly v/onderful

land. Here is the challenge of

America’s last frontier. Here is

a stern climate to test the fibre

of man. Strategically placed

throughout this awesome terrain

are your military installations.

They are activated by Catholic,

Protestant and Jewish men.

These are your sons. Day and
night they serve as your watch-

men. In a very real sense, you

delegated them to be your eyes

and ears. With every modern de-

vice they serve as your guardians

and protectors. Yes, and they are

ready to crimson the white

mantle and lonely wastes of the

Arctic with their very blood,

should your welfare demand the

supreme sacrifice of their young

lives.

When a priest leaves his home
to follow the airmen, he has only

one purpose — to supply unto
them the consolations of our re-

ligion, and to help them save

their souls. Most of us find that

these men who fly the skies are

a constant challenge to the zeal

of a priest in uniform. We are
closer to men of this age brack-
et than we ever were in our par-
ishes. Never did we have such

opportunities for doing good.

Never did we realize the searing
truth of our Lord’s words, ‘‘Th^.

harvest is great—The laborers
are few.” Yet, I think I can say

that the laborers who work in
this unique part of the vineyard

are far better priests, thanks

to the devotion—yes, and real
saintliness of so many of your
sons. Oh, if only you Fathers

and Mothers could picture the

scenes which inspire us who seek
to minister unto your sons.

Too much has been said con-
cerning the temptations to moral

evil and irreligion to be found

in military life. I admit there are

tem.ptations up here in Alaska.

There are plenty of them. Yes,

there are those who would take
advantage of young men who get
lonesome, fed up, homesick,

weary of Arctic monotony. There

are always selfish, greedy, avari-

cious parasites who would prey
upon your sons. The bait is al-

ways the same—inordinate use



YOUR SON IN THE AIR FORCE 31

of liquor, unrepentant Magdal-

ens, and spiritually and morally

bankrupt companions.

Yet, I say to you, the dangers

are no greater for the airmen

than they are for any group of

young men away from home, at
boarding school, on a vacation,

or working apart from family.

It is my experience that if a Fa-
ther and Mother blessed their

son with a religious home, if you

gave him a good start by your

example, if you placed on his boy

lips the name of Our Lady in

prayer, and taught him to rely

on the mercy, encouragement

and sympathy ever to be found

in the Confessional; if above all

else in this passing pilgrimage

you have taught your son to

satisfy his need for friendship

by a constant close relationship

with Our Lord in regular and

frequent Holy Communion, then

I say to you there is no need

for you to worry. There is no

cause for anxiety about your son.

If your son wants to remain

clean-cut, I assure you there is

no poverty of the grace of God
in the service. Your son has re-
ligious facilities provided by the

government calculated to fortify

faith in God, preserve purity of

conduct, and deepen devotion to

duty. It is his responsibility to

use the means of grace, and it is

your duty as Mothers and Fa-

thers frequently to encourage his

fidelity to religious practices.

After nine years with the Air

Force, it is my personal convic-
tion that in the service more peo-

ple return to religious practices

than fall away. This I think, is

due in no small part to a regula-

tion which states, ‘‘When an air-

man reports to an installation,
he is to be interviewed person-

ally by a chaplain of his own
faith.'’ He is advised regarding
schedules and places of religious

services. In the course of the in-

terview he is given definite in-

structions concerning good be-

havior. If he has any personal

problems, the chaplain will make
an appointment and arrange for

a discussion. All too often we
find that men have had no per-
sonal contact with religious lead-

ers since grammar school days.
All too often we find that they
view the clergyman simply as a

functionary, and all too often re-
ligious practices ceased at the

dawn of adolescence. Religiously
and morally many of them have
but a few crum.bs left from the
table of a grammar school cate-
chism class to feed upon. Some-
how a soul stagnated, a mature
conscience never was formed.



32 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

elementary religious concepts be-

came evanescent.

I find that when you say to an

airman something like, ‘'Look.

You called me into the service to
be your priest. Oh, yes you did!

The day you put down on your

record the name of Catholic, you
demanded that the Bishops of

our church send you a priest.

You made me and every other
priest in Alaska leave our par-

ishes, our schools, and the con-

solations of parochial life. You
made me and every other chap-
lain a world-wide wanderer to

follow you even to this rim of

the earth. You are not fair if
you do not practice your re-

ligion. You are a hypocrite if
you bear the name of Catholic
and lie on a lazy bed on Sunday

morning. You are traitor to your
Mother and Father; and yes, to

me your priest, if you do not live
up to our standards. I want your

word of honor that you will prac-

tice your religion, and that you

will keep in your eyes the fire of

a pure soul fiaming. I want you

to try to be an actual Grace to

the men in the barracks and
leave them better for having met
you. I have a right to ask you

this as long as you call me ‘Fa-
ther.’ If you don’t want my in-
terest, if you don’t intend to

play on the ball team of the

Catholic Church, if you don’t in-

tend to play according to the

rules of the game, then I want

you to tell me now.”

As a result of this initial in-

terview repeated at each Air

Force Base, Catholic airmen who
have made their First Commu-
nion or Confirmation; Catholic

men who have been away from
Confession and Communion long
years. Catholic men who have
marital and family difficulties

will come to our office for help

or a refresher course in our

Faith. This initial interview is

strengthened by another device.

Once a month by regulation a

chaplain appears before each

unit to present a Character

Guidance lecture to our airmen.

This is a most salutary means by

which we seek to instill or nour-
ish moral ideals consonant with

good citizenship. Only God

knows what beneficial results are

obtained; only He can evaluate
the evil that is prevented and the

good that is accomplished. You
see, the work of a chaplain is es-

sentially one of a pastoral na-

ture similar to that of your par-

ish priest, but with many added
ramifications. We offer daily
Mass and give religious instruc-

tions to those whom we serve.



YOUR SON IN THE AIR FORCE 33

At present in Alaska, all of our

chaplains, Protestant, Jewish

and Catholic are completing a

house to house visitation of de-

pendent families because we
know a visiting clergy means a

full church. We visit the sick in
our hospitals. We teach Cate-
chism to our children, and we

have well attended Holy Name
Societies and Catholic Sodalities.

I think you would be very edi-

fied to see Catholic men make
reveille at 6:15 a. m. and then

come into a barracks day room

and assist at Mass and receive

Holy Communion. Oh, I wish

you could see the number of men
who say the Rosary together
every night in our chapels. I

wish you could see them in Noc-

turnal Adoration on Thursday

night. Every hour a new group
comes in the silence of the night

time to storm heaven and build

a bulwark of prayer around their

fellow service men who are fight-
ing in Korea. I wish you could

see the long Confessional lines

and the full Communion rails
and you would know why we
priests in uniform thank God
for a rich career and a full life.

Our chaplains fly above the
Arctic Circle to serve lonely iso-

lated units. They brave tremen-
dous flying altitudes, tempera-

tures of 65 below zero and dan-

gerous storms. The safety of

America demands that your sons

serve their country in far away

places and fidelity to duty de-

mands that chaplains risk their

lives to bring religious consola-

tions to your sons. Why, just last

month one of our Catholic chap-

lains spent a total of 75 hours of

actual flying time to bring the

sacraments to souls serving in

isolated areas. Not only do our

chaplains fly to the Arctic Cir-

cle, but they also cover the rug-

ged Aleutian Chain. This is a

collection of approximately 64

islands. They extend from the

top of the Alaskan Peninsula

1,000 miles until they terminate

at the island of Attu. When I
visualized the Priesthood, I nev-

er dreamed it would include min-

iature parishes hidden by terri-

fying fogs, cold, sleet and rains,

snow flurries and eerie mists ro-
tating in fifteen minute cycles.

Recently, I flew to a tiny island

in the Aleutians where spring

never comes. I was to offer Mass
and spend a few hours with our

airmen. However, due to bad

weather, my plane was unable to
return until nine dreary nights

later. Ugly clouds deluged the

place, winds shrieked and tore

at our quarters. Huge waves



34 YOUR SON IN THE SERVICE

made it impossible for a fuel oil

barge to land and deliver its

cargo. Heat is most important up

here. So, the commanding officer

decided to use some of his re-

serve oil supply. All that day I

saw your sons pour thousands of

gallons of oil from 50 gallon

drums. I had scheduled my Mass
for 5 o'clock in the evening. Be-

cause of the strenuous day's

work, I wondered whether many
would assist at that Mass. Then

they came, covered with oil, tired

men attracted by the magnetic
personality of Our Lord in His

Sacrifice. This scene is dupli-

cated in Alaska over and over

again.

As we priests fly through the
Arctic skies, to men who stand
guard under grim living condi-

tions, we wander their world,
we live with our parishioners,

we eat with them, yes, and some-
times suffer with them. The most

gratifying experience I have

ever known is to drop out of the
heavens on tiny dots near the

rim of the world and be greeted

by our parishioners. They show

gratitude and eagerness to take

advantage of your priesthood.

You make your way through in-
tense bitter coldness, deep snow

and ice. You go to a small quon-
set—there is no false shyness

about the practice of their reli-

gion. Each Catholic airman

kneels beside you, and Confes-

sions are heard. Then, you set

your altar. Perhaps it will be a

couple of desks, card tables or a

packing box. From one end of
Alaska to another we priests in

uniform raise our golden chal-

ices and to me the most beautiful
picture on this earth is the re-

flection of your boys in a golden

chalice.

It is this picture of unsung

heroes that I wish I could burn

into your minds and hearts.

Now, I am going to ask you to
do something to help us protect

the m.oral welfare of your sons.

Next to the practice of their re-

ligion the greatest stabilizing

influence for your sons in the

service is letters from home.

Please imagine yourself in their

places and then write a letter

that you would like to receive.

Write joyful letters, write inter-

esting letters, write encouraging

and understanding letters. Don't

ruin a serviceman's morale by

burdening him with family quar-

rels or picayune squabbles. He
will exaggerate them and let his

imagination run away until he

convinces himself he has no

home to go back to.

You priests, brothers, sisters



YOUR SON IN THE AIR FORCE 35

or teachers, you have educated

our parishioners. It was you who

planted the first seeds of virtue

in these young hearts. May I beg
you to preserve your infiuence

for good and do what you can to

strengthen them by correspond-

ing regularly with them?

There is one other practical

suggestion. Will you Catholic

teachers consider prayerfully the

possibility of a course calculated

to anticipate concrete situations

in barracks life where a young

man ought to be able to give
reasons to justify his faith and

morality ?

Now listen. In the name of the
Catholic Chaplains — Army,
Navy, Marines and Air Force,

I'm going to ask you to do some-

thing really worthwhile for the

men whom we serve. You will ad-
mit that you should be grateful

to our brave men, our selfless

men, our devoted and suffering

men. Wouldn't you like to give

the sons of America in uniform
the very best of gifts ? Of course
you would! How would you like
to help prepare the biggest spiri-

tual bouquet this country has

ever seen? Well, then, here's the

plan! Would you please prepare

a spiritual bouquet for our ser-

vice men? Then, will you take
just a couple of minutes for the

benefit of men who are giving
up years to protect you and

yours? Take a couple of minutes

and write to the National Coun-

cil of Catholic Men and pour in-
to this treasury a record of your

prayers. Holy Communions, Ro-

saries, good deeds, and offer

them up for the physical, spiri-

tual and moral safety of our

men.

I offer up whatever merit is

in this talk to our Lord and His

Blessed Mother, for each and

every one of you who will do as
I ask. Can you imagine what we
chaplains will be able to say to

your sons if you will establish

such a spiritual treasury? Can

you imagine how the whole world
will wonder and perhaps imitate

your charity when they hear
about it? You there—who knows,
perhaps you and your prayers

will bring us peace.

You will try to help us, won't
you?



THE PURPOSE OF THE CATHOLIC HOUR
(Extract from the add'ress of the late Patrick Cardinal Hayes at the in-
augural 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 Broad-
casting Company. The heavy expense of managing and financing a
weekly program, its musical numbers, its speakers, the subsequent an-

swering 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 3 ^d, 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, exploration, 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.

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and joys, bringing not only justice but gladness and peace to our search-

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