The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-20
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DONNELLY

crease. Certainly the unrelenting
campaign carried on by the Catholic
Church to expose the spiritual and
material disasters of birth preven-
ton has done much to discredit the
practice And while in the past the
ears of the on-Catholic world may
remained deaf to the statement of
these evils, the war is now proving
the reasonableness of the Catholic
position.
That position, however, has a
deeper root than material consider
ations. 1t reaches to the Christian
attitude toward matrimony and
asks: rs the bringing of children
into the world a noble act of CO.
operation with Almighty God in the
creation of immortal souls and fut-
ure citizens of Heaven, or is it a
nasty responsibility to be avoided for
selfish, economic or social reasons
while at the same time enjoying the
sensual satisfaction of animal pas
SionS?"
BUT 772 LESS TEACHERS
IN NEW YORK
While the population of the de-
clared enemies of the United States
is growing rapidly, the population
here is approaching standstill. The
New England Conference on ITO
morrow's Children" held at Harvard
last summer pointed out that Am
erica today has 100000 fewer chill
dren under 20 than she did 10 years
ago. Further it was pointed out that
women capable of motherhood must
have four children each on an aver
age merely to replace the population.
But how disastrously have the
birth preventionists worked? In
world threatened by international
gangsterism the future strength OF
the nation may be judged from the
number of future citizens in Ameri-
cas- schools. Last week the Board
of Education of the City of New
York announced that, effective Feb.
2, total of 772 teaching positions
will be eliminated because of ode
creased registration and class enroll
mert." According to the United
States Office of Education in Wash
ington there are 100000 fewer chill
dren in the elementary grades this
year than there were last year.
Perhaps Mrs. Sanger and her
followed should be congratulated on
the success of their efforts to elm
ate the American people?
THE NEW BABY
1t is almost with a jolt that one
finds in the secular press thoughts
as wholesome and sane as the fol-
lowing The words are one Woman's
answer to the amazement expressed
by her friends when she told them
that she was going to have baby.
The Ave Maria quotes the statement
from Good Housekeeping.
THE most important reason why
our child must come into being;
the one that time and the dictators
and economic upheaval cannot
change, is that Glenn and I love
each other. That child, and the
brothers and sisters we hope will
follow will share our love fulfill it,
grow with it. Love is important in
q world where millions suffer be-
cause some have forgotten its mean
ing. And SO we are having our child
because of the worlds troubles, not
despite them.
THE world needs our child and
millions of other children of free
parents. Children born of love, of
trust, brought forth in hope and
determination that their world will
be a better one. We are going to
have baby. He shall be the father
of future generations of the free.
He shall be exalted by the great
ness of his country, and be humble
in his devotion to God"