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month Of October, 1774. Ev.
cry one Of these declarations
listed the Quebec Act as an
injustice to the colonists and
an intent to enslave them.
THE EXACT LANGUAGE
Of the affirmation to the peo-
pie Of Great Britain should be
a reliable indicator of the de-
testation these gentlemen had
toward Catholicism. Therein it
was characterized as "a relig-
ion that has deluged your is
land with blood, and dispers-
ed impiety. persecution, muir
der and rebellion through ev-
cry part Of the world"
So it was no uneducated
mob Or a few demagogues
who hurled the inyectives
against the Church in the
English colonies. The tradi-
ton of animosity toward
Catholics and their beliefs
was so deep-seated that there
we're scarcely any who even
questioned this antagonism.
ExPEDIENcY and the real
ization that actual physical
help might be needed ac-
counts for the appeal to the
Canadians, rather than lack Of
conviction by the Continental
Congress in its fulminations
against the Church.
"The Address to the Inhab-
itants of Quebec was dis
patched also in this month of
October, 1874. The Quebec
Act itself had been written
for the benefit Of these peo-
pie, who had been subjects
of the British crown for only
slightly more than a decade.
Catholicism being free and
unrestricted had been the
principal irritant to the Eng
lish colonists in the Quebec
Act.
YET THE APPEAL for a
united stand by them against
the mother country included
this statement: "We are all
too well acquainted with the
liberality Of sentiment dis
tinguishing your nation, to
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BOOKS OF THE HOUR
Echo answers
Unsatisfactory
by FIR. Bernard Thea1l. O.S.B.

novels were almost catecheti-
cal tracts or apologetical
treatises. They touched upon
the Catholic attitude toward
such presentday problems as
divorce, birth control, the
necessity of belief in God on
the terms of Catholicism, and
so on.
The present novel deals with
a series of marital infideli-
ties, and it is hard to feel
that the author is not entire
ly in sympathetic agreement
with her philandering char
acters.
THE CENTRAL FIGURE of
the novel is recently-widow-
ed Clare Tarrant, who has
come to New York for a visit
to friends and relatives and
to help herself forget the
death of her husband at their
country home, st. Ives. Clare's
daughter, Julia Rood, is a
brilliant success as a member
of the US. House of Repre-
sentativeS.
As Clare begins her New
York visit, Julia calls on her
with a sad story about her
own daughter, and Clare's
grandchild, Belinda, who is
hopelessly in love with Henry
Cowper, a much older man,
and married to a chronic in
valid.
MOVING BACKWARD as
we'll as forward in time, the
author shows US Clare's
earlier life in a series of
flashbacks - her brief marri-
age to Tony Delchamp ending
with his death, and then her
falling in love with jerome
Tarrant, himself a married
man.
With Jerome, Clare does
not enter into a liaison, for
as her creator tells us, a
shrewd business sense (she
is part owner of a literary
agency makes her feel that
this sort of thing is dangerous.
Eventually Jerome's wife dies
and and he and Clare are
married.
When, therefore, Clare
learns that her granddaughter
is infatuated with a married
man, it is with great sympa-
thy and with remembrance of
her own situation of years be-
fore. The remainder of the
novel shows Clare and Julia
attempting to advise the con-
fused and infatuated Belinda.
Nowhere, however, is there
any indication of moral reason
ing or of religious motivation
for their attempt to talk. Be-
linda out of her love for a
married man.
THEN THEY LEARN that
Belinda is about to have a
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imagine that differences Of
religion would prejudice you
against a hearty amity with
US"
II is possible to conceive a
more complete reversal of po-
sition than was displayed by
the First Continental Con-
gress within a few days? More
truly may it be asserted that
no change in sentiment had
occurred. With almost the
same pen as had written the
appeal to the Canadians
there was dispatched a Sec
ond Petition TO the King.
Therein the members Of the
Congress repeated their com.
plant about the freedom ex-
tended Catholics in the
North
WAR CLOUDS always are
foreboding; but come war or
peace, the colonial Catholics
of ITS apparently had no
hope Of an improved situa-
ton. True, Great Britain had
abated her Catholic mea-
sures for the benefit of the
Canadians. The virulence of
the protest provoked negated
any expectation of the indul-
gence being broadened to in
clude these free Protestant
colonies"
On the other hand, those
promoting a complete breach
of the ties with the mother
country were the very ones
most bitter in villifying the
= Church. Retention of their
heritage OF Faith in the face
of increasing oppression had
long since proved the cour-
age and fortitude of the CO.
lonial Catholics. The enthusi-
asm with which this be-
%leaguered group Joined the
struggle for national as we'll
as religious liberty will be in
spring to every Catholic to-
day.
Next week: THE LIBERTY
BELL RINGS OUT FOR
AMERICAN CATHOLICS.
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CTHUL& IN AMRGl
Quebec Act Freeing Canadian Catholics Spanked Revolution

not look forward to a def
mite improvement in their
status?
All these expectations we're
dashed in the controversy
which arose both in England
and in the colonies over the
Quebec Act. The fresh diff
Guilty for the Catholics in the
English colonies originated in
the refusal of the French and
Spanish government to ietti-
son their former subjects at
the peace conference.
THE . EATED powers
had insisted the all-conquer-
ing COVE r n m e n t of King
George III not discriminate
against the newly acquired in
habitants because of their
Catholicity. This solicitude re-
suited in the inclusion of the
following clause in the Trea-
ty of Paris: ellis. Brittanic
Majesty agrees to grant
the liberty of the Catholic re-
ligion to the inhabitants of
Canada :" Announced by
proclamation on the Feast of
the Most Holy Rosary of 1863,
the Quebec Act was holly de-
bated on both sides of the At
lantic for IL long years. Be-
coming a law on the eve of
the American Revolution, it
unquestionably was a cause of
the colonial rebellion.
ONE INSTANCE will indi-
cate that the Catholics in
America did not presume up
on the freedom proposed by
the Quebec Act. With any
priest subject to expulsion or
even death if apprehended in
the English colonies, it will
be readily appreciated that
no bishop was present. Once
the territory east Of the Mis-
sissippi was united under one
rule, the Holy See proposed
that Bishop Jean Olivier Bri-
and of Quebec visit the faith
full along the Atlantic sea-
board, especially in Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland.
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Az lOk A3AOASoN
Virtue cannot develop in a
vacuum of rational convictions
or in a confusion of half
truths, false attitudes and
downright immoral notions"
BUT WHO is GOING to
give the young instruction and
training in habits of chaste
living In general, group in
struction is not the answer.
Individual explanation suited
to the maturity and needs of
the youngster seems to meet
the situation more properly.
And WHO is to do this?
The priest and teacher, to be
sure. Sometimes they must do
so, or else adequate instruc-
ton will not be given.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT,
parents should assume the re-
sponsibihty which is theirs
primarily. and not someone
else's. The common problem
of SO many parents, however,
is: How do you give such in
structions properly?
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child, and Julia's thought is
Immediately of abortion. This
Clare resists, but again only
for sentimental reasons that
seem to have no basis in the
morality preached in the
earlier novels of the same
author.
The book ends with the
death of Henry Cowper's
wife and the implicit promise
of happy days ahead for him
and Belinda-and Clare takes
a fearful farewell of New
York after rejecting a loftily-
phrased proposal from her
late husbands lawyer.
1T is HARD to follow the
motives of any of these senti-
mental, completely amoral
characters, and the level of
Mrs. Banning'S narration about
them is never more than
mediocre. This is a thorough
ly unsatisfactory novel and
not recommended.
ONE OF THE MOST peren-
nially popular spiritual clas-
sizes, considered the common
property of Protestant as well
as Catholic readers, is st.
Augustine's Confessions, but
the average reader needs
some sort of interpretive
guide to this great book.
A FINE HELP in this di-
rection is offered by Msgr.
Romano Guardini's The Con-
version of st. Augustine New
man $685..
The nature Of man, the
meaning of life, the defini-
ton of wisdom, the meaning
Of love, divine and human
these are some of the themes
with which st. Augustine
grappled in his great work.
Mspr. Guardini's commentary
Eliminates them all, and pro-
vides enough biographical and
historical reference to enrich
the experience that reading
or re-reading the Confessions
always proves to be.
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Marriage

Continued from page ~
Locke, and others. These ele-
ments are important in mar
riage but not the formal
cause.
Ordinary home life does
not in itself usually satisfy
a spouse's craving for per-
lection. He needs other agen-
cies, such as the Church and
society. His personal needs
go beyond the horizon Of the
family. Human perfection is
not to be found exclusively in
marriage. Mutual dev e o
ment then cannot be the for
NAL cause or that which dis
tinguishes the marriage con-
tract from any other. Perfec-
ton can be found in many
other forms of association and
in all walks of life.
THERE is OF COURSE a
subjective purpose in mar
riage. One may marry for love
and security; this would be
one persons own particular
choice. But there is also an
objective reason, such as the
very nature of marriage. 1t is
this objective reason with
which we are concerned here.
1t is a purpose which man
himself cannot and did not
fix. The God of nature ar
ranged it. Sex differences
were so constituted by God
as to bring about the pro-
creation and education OF
children. The very nature of
the marital relationship is d.
rected to that result even
though accidentally it may
not always achieve it.
That which makes marriage
marriage then is the mutual
comforting of the rights to the
marital act. The marital act of
its very nature>is directed to
the procreation of children.
Therefore, the primary OBJ
jective purpose of marriage
is the procreation of chill
dren. This is the formal dis
tinguishing cause.
But since children require
the continued help of parents
for their physical. intellectual
and spiritual development,
the e~o-primary purpose OF
marriage is the education OF
children but this necessarily
involves the affection and
love upon which you, Doctor,
so wisely insist.
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CATHOLICS IN Fl

to "the Roman Catholics" In
addition to the usual yitupera-
ton Of "Babylon's Who're" as
the Church was branded, the
New Englanders cited the
British federation Act o. 1889
as a firm legal precedent for
this disbarment.
No dissent was voiced to
this exception in any of the
13 colonies. With an increase
in the disagreement between
parent and children, the ia
nous Suffolk Resolves were
passed by the New England
ers in 1774. Article 10 of
these resolutions explicitly
condemned the freedom of
conscience granted to Roman
Catholics in Canada as "dan-
gerous in an extreme degree
to the Protestant religion and
to the civil rights and liber-
ties of all Americans"
Paul Revere carried a copy
of the declaration to the Con.
tinental Congress. That body
promptly approved without
qualification all the resolu-
tions and broadcast them to
the newspapers throughout
the colonies. More and more
does it become clear that the
Quebec Act was a direct
cause Of the American Revo-
luton.
THE ABILITY of the men
who comprised the First Con-
tinental Congress has been
acknowledged both by those
who favored the position of
the colonies and those who
supported the mother coun-
try. What was the attitude of
men of this high caliber to-
ward Catholicism? The writ
ten statements which this
body composed and approved
stand witness to the inner
most sentiments of the mem
bers.
Addresses were sent to. the
King, declarations issued of
rights and grievances, and an
appeal made to the people Of
Great Britain, all during the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-12
NelU Books
For Catholics

AUTH, CHARLES r. Rosary Bib
biography: English language
Works. marian Library, Universe
ty of Dayton, Ohio. Paper. $3.50.
COLLINS, PAUL L. Tato Vasco.
noyola University Book Store,
New Orleans. $3). A semipopular
biography of a 16th-century law
yer who became a reforming
bishop.
DANIELOU, JEAN. The Chris
tan Today. Desclee. $2.75). A Sc
ries of meditative essays.
GREENE, GRAHAM. The Heart
OF The Matter. Viking. $1.45). A
novel, reprir ted from the 1948
edition.
GUARDUCCI, MARGHE RITA.
The Tomb OF st. Peter. (Haw-
thorn. $4.95). A semi-popular ac-
count of the recent discoveries in
the Vatican grottos. Highly IL
Illustrated.
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Margaret Culkin Ban
ning's new novel, Echo
Answers Harper, $3.50
departs from the largely
religious themes of her
two previous pieces of fiction,
The Convent and Fallen
Away.
1t represents, indeed, quite
an abrupt change of pace, for
the two aforementioned,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-12

Eighteenth century
American Catholics may
have thought that they
had plumbed the nadir of
colonial intolerance dur
ing the French and Indian
War. The Acadians had felt
the deepest bite of the lash
in expulsion from their native
Nova Scotia:
Southwark in the territory
now the United States the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-08-12

"Act for dis
arming t h e
P a p S t 50
m S t have
b e e n X
tremely hui
militia t i G
for any Cath
Ollie of con-
seque n c e
Whether or
not an indi-
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ICCENT ON PURITY
ON PURITY
Good READING
For The Adult
BY M. /. MURRAY
Copyright, 1850. Fc.wc. sss~s Serves

ACCENT ON PURITY-A Guide for Sex Education
BY Joseph {. Haley, csc, Fides Publishers, ose
Every responsible adult knows that sex education
for the young is necessary. AS the preface of this book
puts it: Ignorance is not virtue; transformation and
bias are not bases for sound living; Puritanic prudery
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In this book Father Haley,
of the Department of Religion
at Notre Dame University,
gives a fine treatment of this
subject. Especially helpful is
the Suggested Instruction"
he outlines as an aid. Parents,
this should be on your Book
list. - GAF,
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Father Ferdinand Farmers
response to the suggestion
was prompt and decisive. This
Jealous priest pointed out to
Bishop BRAND that any indul-
gence enjoyed was contrary
to the letter of the law. The
presence of a bishop, even
temporari Y, m i G h t invite
summary action. This disas-
ter would counterbalance by
far the obvious benefits of
the episcopal visit, even the
spiritual advantages of the
Sacraments conferred.
ALMOST TWO HUNDRED
years later it would appear
that the priest had correctly
interpreted the i'll temper of
American Catholics of
the 1770's. A review Of the
more fragrant incidents of
these years will suffice.
One had taken place the
previous year. The Boston
Committee of Correspondence
had enumerated the causes
Of dissatisfaction among the
settlers. One of the rights de-
manded was ito worship ac-
cording to the dictates of
ones own conscience"
BUT WHILE INSISTING
upon this freedom from the
mother country, the New Eng
landers explicitly denied it
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This is the sixth of a
series of articles review
ing the position and ex-
Perienee of the praefie-
ing Catholic in the life of
the American community
from colonial times. The
author holds a docforafe
in American Church His
tory, hes taught in vari-
Gus universities, and is
presently Archivisf and
Historian of the Arch.
diocese of St. Louis.
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Mass,Ordo-
OF The
W z E X
SUNDAY, AUG. Ia
TENTH SUNDAY AFTER
pENTEc0ST

FEN ECOST
Green vestments, Gloria,
Second Prayer lin Low Mass
of Saint Eusebius, Creed,
Preface of the Holy Trinity.
MONDAY, AUGUST IS
ASSUMPTION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
White yestments, Gloria,
Creed, Preface of the Blessed
Virgin. :
TUESDAY, AUGUST Is
SAINT JOACHIM
White vestments, Gloria, no
Creed, Common Preface.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II
SAINT HYAclNTH
White vestments, Gloria,
Common Preface.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10
FERIAL THURSDAY
Green vestments, Mass as
on the Tenth Sunday after
Pentecost, no Gloria, Second
Prayer lin Low Mass) of
Saint Agapitus, no Greed,
Common Preface.
FRIDAY, AUGUST ~
SAINT JOHN EUDES
White vestments, Gloria, no
Creed, Common Preface.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
SAINT BERNARD
White vestments, Clio r j a,
Creed, Common Preface.
The Sidney herald., 1960-12-14

More than 5000 entries were
received in the under 81" Christ
mas essay contest which ended
two weeks ago and choosing the
two winners was a very diff1-
cult job" according to the judges
but they did come UP with the eS-
says they believed covered the
subject matter better than all the
other entries.
The topic was this: 'What 1 Be
Ieve the World Needs Most This
Christmas" Winner of $25.00 in
cash in the Glass A division for
seventh, eighth and ninth grade
pupils is Andrea Koczapski, IL
y~ear-old seventh grade pupil of
Chiliwack, B. c., Canada.
Martha Milstead, 16, a San
Augustine, Texas, high school
Junior, is the winner of $500
in cash in the Glass B division
for 10th, 11th and 18th grade
students.
According to the judges, any of
several hundred entries were
about as sincere as the entries
submitted by Martha and Andrea
but their essays contained that
little something 'extra" that set
them apart.
Andrea had this to say: Il be-
lieve the world needs friendship
more than anything else this
The Sidney herald., 1960-12-14

Cindy and Judy Foss visited
their aunt, Mrs. Henry Miller, Jr.
ON Tuesday while their parents
went 10 town.
Sidney shoppers this week
were MI. and Mrs. Harry Foss.
MIR. and Mrs. Quinto Ruffatto,
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher, al
Schmitz, Mrs. Anton Schmitz.
Mr. Porter Slevin of Poplar
visited at his sisters home, Mrs.
Howard Smith Saturday and Sum-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Moore and
son Stanley of Sidney were Sun
day visitors at the home of MIR
and Mrs. Grin Patch.
Leroy Fisher was a dinner
guest at the Henry Miller home.
He visited friends and relatives
in Sidney Friday and Saturday.
Visitors at the William Fisher
home Sunday afternoon were Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Candee and fam
lily and Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Smith and daughters.
Mr. Quinto Ruffatto and boys
and Joe Fisher attended the show
'Huckleberry Finn" in Culbert-
son Saturday night.
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Fisher took
their son Leroy to Glendive on
Sunday night. He took the bus
to Long Beach, Calf, where he
is returning to duty in the navy
after a IA day furlough.
Mrs. Anton SchmitZ underwent
surgery at the Community Memoir
ial Hospital in Sidney Thursday.
Mrs. Leslie Candee, Mrs. John
Ruffatto, Mrs. George Fisher and
Mrs. Bill Fisher met Thursday
night at the nome of Mrs. Quinto
Ruffatto to help the All club
The Sidney herald., 1960-12-14

Christmas. With more friendship
we wouldn't worry about atomic
bombs and rockets. Therefore, we
could save money on defenses.
If friendship was a widely prac-
tIced art, scientists would not
nave wasted time deviSing war
machines and we would have a
better civilization.
Friendship begins in the nome.
When families get along together.
1t Us a start for the community to
agree. When communities are get
ting along well, it helps the whole
country to unite. If whole coun-
tries unite, it is a start toward
the unity of the world.
Christmas is Christ's birthday.
For a birthday present and for the
benefit of the world, why don't
we give each other what He came
to earth Ito teach? Christ said.
"Love thy neighbour as thysef."
When we do this, we are practic-
ing friendship"
Martha wrote she believed the
world needed understanding more
than anything else this Christmas,
saying, 1.-The dictionary defines
understanding as being a mutual
agreement of ideas that settle
differences. To-day there are many
differences which invlove and
concern all = the controversy
over indignation. segregation, dis
armament, dating, dictatorship, de-
hnquency, democracy, marriage
= all of these and more scream
for recognition and understanding.
1T should be remembered that
with understanding comes for
giveneSS, with forgiveness, love.
with love, peace; and with peace,
happiness.
IF understanding was an item
to be bought or sold, received OF
given at Christmas, it would be
highly the wish of all to receive
it. However, perhaps it is forgot
ten that the greatest JOY comes
from giving.
"This Christmas, trim the tree
with love, light the candles with
peace, sing the carols with hope
jingle the bells for pure joy, ano
wrap your gifts with understand
ing"
Actually all you teen-agers and
children who submitted entries
The Sidney herald., 1960-12-14

are winners in a sense. If moth
ing else, you put your thoughts
down ON paper and you started to
think. Why not follow up your
essays by practicing daily what
you wrote? We all know the be-
ginning of anything, whether it
be good or bad, doesn't start in
a nations capital, with a law
making body, a ruler, a televi-
sion show, on an athletic field
or elsewhere. Whatever you want
to do or be, whatever you want
your country and the world to do
or he, starts in the home. If you
kids practice daily what you
preach, some of that love, that
kindness, that peace and that un-
Outstanding will rub off on mem
berS of your families, ON your
nelghbors and frineds, on stran-
gers and will eventually be car
rled throughout the world. Try
this approach.
Thanks to all of you who sub
united entries, all of which were
thoroughly read and considered.
The Sidney herald., 1960-12-14

MIR. and Mrs. Cen Simonsen
and family motored to Trotters,
North Dakota to visit Mrs. Simon
sens parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
lip Moore.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Lewis and
family, MIR. and Mrs. Lloyd Wick
and children, Nh. and Mrs. Cas-
per Wick and family We're after
noon guests at the Eyvind Wick
home ON Sunday to help Stevie
Wick celebrate his birthday.
Miss Margaret Bucker of Great
Falls, Mrs. Gordon TveVt of Rud-
yard were supper guests at the
Frank Daniels home Tuesday,
The Girard JollyworkerS All
club held their Christmas party
at the Con Simonsen home. Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Salisbury and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dan
ielS and girls were their guests.
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Jensen at
tended the Future Farmers of
America banquet ait the Moose
Hall in Sidney Thursday.
The Girard Homemakers club
will meet for their Christmas
party Tuesday evening at the
Russell Danielson home.
Mrs. Pratt was a supper guest
at the Frank Daniels home Thurs
day evening,
MIR. and Mrs. Ruben Simonsen
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell
Goebel and family were supper
guests ait the Con Simonsen home
Sunday
Bud Daniels is attending a
GTA convention in ST. Paul this
week.
The Sidney herald., 1960-12-14

Glendive to Minot this past sum-
mer. He has spent much of his
time in this work - mostly in
Arabia, and the Dutch East Indies.
MI. and Mrs. Low honeymooned
in Mexico, and are living in Hous-
tom.
The Sidney herald., 1960-12-14
Charley Creek News

members make gifts for the elderly
folks of community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Smith
and Honore were luncheon guests
of the Kiwanis club of Sidney on
Thursday. Honore was presented
a plaque as first place winner on
writing an essay on the KiwaniS
tour of Sidney.