January 19, 1935
s i W eek ly N ew sp a p e r a n d R e v ie w
BUM VOBIS GRATULAMUR ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INOEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS
From the Brief of His Holiness Pius IX to The Tablet, June 4,1870.
V o l . 16 5. No. 4941.
L o n don , J a n u a r y 1 9 , 19 3 5.
Six p e n c e .
R egistebed at the Geneeal Post Office as a Newspapeb.
News and Notes We Are Seven One Life, One Love The Big Hoax of
1Modern Churchmen “ Martyrs’ Sunday ” Reviews :
Page . . . 65
70 the
Year-Books ... Outstanding Novels— LXI 75 Ireland’s Forgotten Martyrs 76 Books Received .............. 76 New BOOKS and Mdsic . . . 77
74
CONTENTS
Notes for Musicians .. Cardinal Bourne .............. COBRESPONDENCE :
Rome (Onr Own Corre
Page .. 78 .. 79
spondent's Weekly Letter from) ..........................81 Obitdaev Et Cæteba 82 83 Letters to the Editob:
The “ Black and Tan
Cardinal” ......................... 84 The Blackshirts .............. 84 Dr. Longford’s Story . . . 84
The Retreat Movement in
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Scotland ............................ 85 Topcliffe the Torturer . . . 86 West Hartlepool’s New School 86 From The Tablet of Long
Ago ....................................... 87 Coming Events Oebis Tebeabum:
England Scotland Wales ... Ireland Austria . _. Central Africa Chile . . . . . .
87 88 88 88 88 89 89 89
Obbis Tebbabcm ( Oontd. ) :
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Dutch Guiana ................. 89 France ............................ 90 Germany ............................ 90 The Gold' Coast ................. 90 Hong K o n g ............................ 90 India . . . ............. . . . . 90 New Guinea............................ 90 S p a in ....................................... 90 Uganda ............................ 92 U.S.A..........................................92 Yugoslavia ............................ 92 Bishop of Leeds ................. 92 Social and Personal . . . 92 Chess . . . 92
NOTANDA
A coming Triduum o f the Mass. A n Apostolic Letter to the Bishop o f Tarbes and Lourdes. The Holy Father adopts a suggestion o f his “ dear son, Francis Cardinal Bourne ” (p. 65).
Herr Hitler’s smashing victory on the Saar. A last-minute surrender to the Call o f the Blood (p. 70).
Cardinal Bourne. The solemn requiem, last Wednesday, in St. George’s Cathedral (p. 79).
The scholarship and manners o f the “ Modern Churchmen.” A. Tablet writer deals with Dr. Major and Dr. Longford (p. 71).
A General Election before next Christmas? This week’s London rumours (p. 66).
Four Branches instead o f Three. Reasons for suspecting that the Branch Theorists will soon say “ W e are 'Seven ” (p. 69). ■ ,
From Rpcksoles to Craighead. Father Joseph Murray, describes the vicissitudes and progress o f a good work North o f the Tweed (p. 85).
“ Prying Publicity.” A batch o f Notes on journalism and journalists o f the baser sort (p. 67),
A Brighton Rotarian’s praise o f Atheism (p. 67).
NEWS AND NOTES ■ ■¡I' ------ 1
S CANT thanks to Heaven were given by the speakers and writers who rejoiced at the dawn o f a New Year rosy with the promise of peace. Nearly all the gratitude was bestowed upon mortal men. President A., Mr. B., Herr C., Signor D., Monsieur E., the Baron F., had proved themselves fine and clever fellows. As Catholics who believe in both work and prayer, we do not undervalue the skill and perseverance lavished for mankind’s benefit by able and public-spirited men whose devotion we admire. But how would these peace-makers have fared if they had not breathed
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and laboured in an atmosphere quick with a general will-to-peace ? It is for that tonic atmosphere that we humbly say Deo gratias. Only Heaven knows how many prayers went to make it. To some at least of those prayers our own weekly ^News and Notes ” have contributed their urge. “ You are so quaint,” said a good-natured worldling to us one day. “ In the midst of cool arguments about politics, you suddenly tell us to pray.” We beg men and women to pray, because prayers are answered; and we have not a shadow of doubt that the earnest prayers of 1934 were the chief cause of that pax in terra which was almost universal on the birthday of the Prince of Peace.
Among the most noteworthy of Catholic prayers last year were the earnest pleadings for Peace made by veterans of the Great War at Lourdes, that famous shrine o f Regina Pacis. Not only old comrades who had fought shoulder to shoulder, but men who had faced the muzzles of one. another’s rifles as deadly enemies joined in those memorable days of intercession. And now our Holy Father, knowing that the precarious peace to-day existing in the world is threatened with overthrow by the excesses of Nationalism and Racialism, again points to Lourdes as the place where the shaky understandings and deals of the diplomatists can be underpinned and rockily stablished on a sound and sure foundation of true Christian brotherhood. In ah Apostolic Letter (henceforth to be cited a‘s Quod tarn alacri) to Mgr. Gerlier, Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, the Sovereign Pontiff directs that a Triduum of most exceptional solemnity shall be celebrated at the Grotto by the Gave on April 26, 27 and 28. Culminating on Low Sunday, which will thus become a High Sunday indeed, the Holy Sacrifice will be offered without cease, day and night. Meanwhile, the Bishops o f all Catholic Christendom will provide each a Triduum suitable to his own flock. Thus will the extended Holy Year in honour of the nineteenth centenary of our Redemption be closed eucharistically and in a strenuousness of prayer for love and peace.
