Study club handbook THE QUEEN'S WORK STUDY CLUB \Ji GoefQK* A . ~ Clugr, , Avr Qow SERIES by GEORGE A. McDonald, s. j. THE QUEEN'S WORK 3742 West Pine Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. cents £tud\j dub Handbook by GEORGE A. McDONALD, S. J. A Compendium of Essential Information on The nature of study and discussion clubs. How to organize them. How to keep them alive and inter- esting. What topics to choose for study or discussion. What material has been published for such clubs. What further material can be ob- tained for religious, literary, his- torical, social and other types of Catholic study clubs. This handbook also furnishes an extensive bibliography. THE QUEEN'S WORK 3742 West Pine Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. Imprimi potest : Samuel Horine, S. J. Praep. Prov. Missourianae Nihil obstat : F. J. Holweck Censor Pibrorum Imprimatur : P Joannes J. Glennon Archiepiscopus Sti. Fudovici Sti. Fudovici, die 21 Februarii, 1937 Any Financial profit made by the Central Office of the Sodality will be used for the advancement of the Sodality movement and the cause of Catholic Action. Dsaefdffied Copyright, 1937 THE QUEEN’S WORK, Inc. STUDY CLUB HANDBOOK One of the most encouraging assurances that our Catholic people are heeding the Holy Father’s call to Catholic Action is the growth and spread of the Study-Club Movement in the United States. We have long known that giving our people excellent instruction in catechetical classes, in sermons, in lec- tures, and in other Catholic classes is not sufficient. We must help Catholics to become articulate; we must provide them with the opportunity to learn how to express themselves on the all- important topics of the Catholic religion, Catholic literature, economics, and sociology—topics, the knowledge and under- standing of which are so necessary to the establishment of the Christian Social Order as envisioned in the Papal encyclicals. Study clubs and discussion groups provide just such an opportunity. They can supplement the excellent courses on these subjects offered by our universities, colleges, and high schools and can enrich, with the wealth of knowledge and in- formation that is Catholic truth, those who have not had the good fortune of Catholic higher education. By means of study clubs St. Francis Xavier University, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, has helped fishermen, miners, and farmers to apply Catholic social teaching to their economic problems, with a resultant success that points the way for simi- lar action on the American Continent; and this in spite of the fact that many of the Canadian villagers in the places where study-club groups were organized could not even read or write at the time of the formation of these groups. The diocese of Great Falls, Montana, and the archdiocese of St. Paul, Minnesota, are outstanding examples of what can be accomplished with a planned diocesan program for Catholic study clubs. Many other dioceses are similarly splendidly organized through the efforts and interest of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. The Study-Club Movement constitutes an activity that can be admirably adapted to parish organizations of every kind and is particularly suited to both school and parish Sodalities. From the very beginning of this movement the Central Office has done everything within its power to encourage the forma- tion of study-club or discussion groups; it has endeavored, through The Queen's Work and the Monthly Service, to sup- ply worth-while material in the form of study outlines. A course on study clubs has been a regular feature each year at • 3 • the Summer School of Catholic Action. To this course has been brought the combined experience of the entire staff of The Queen's Work, experience that has not been limited to mere theorizing, for every member of the staff has had practical ex- perience in the organizing and the conducting of such groups. As a result of The Queen's Work's activity in this field, we of the staff are so frequently called upon to help form or organize study clubs or to suggest material for study and dis- cussion that the whole question of study clubs has become a most important phase of Sodality organization. Our daily cor- respondence carries so many requests for help that we have de- cided to summarize briefly the results of our experience in and with study clubs and discussion groups. The purpose, therefore, of this booklet is to answer as con- cisely as possible questions and requests such as we have been receiving. This booklet does not pretend to be exhaustive; rather is it a practical presentation of the results of our experi- ence in this field. It includes, however, references to other ex- cellent pamphlets and booklets on the same subject. In sub- stance this booklet is an outline of the course that is offered each year at the Summer School of Catholic Action. There are available so many leaflets that excellently describe and explain the ways and means of forming a study club and lay down methods of procedure once the study club is formed, that the value of this particular booklet will be found to lie chiefly in its suggested references regarding subject matter and other material, not only for study clubs concerned with re- ligion, but for study clubs interested in other subjects which can be approached from the Catholic viewpoint such as Cath- olic literature, economics and sociology. To those desiring a fuller treatment of the mechanics of con- ducting a study club, we recommend the leaflet which the Na- tional Catholic Welfare Council has published on this subject and the excellent material prepared by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. A highly satisfactory book on this sub- ject is “Leadership Manual," by Florence Hornback, published by St. Anthony’s Guild Press. However it is not out of place to summarize in this booklet the most practical suggestions on the formation and the con- ducting of a study club. The following summary represents, from the viewpoint of what is essential to the success of study clubs, the concensus of opinion of experienced organizers of such groups. • 4 • STUDY CLUB ESSENTIALS Reduced to the minimum essentials, the following pointers represent a resume of what experience has shown to be the most practical suggestions for a discussion group or a study club— call it what you will. These suggestions are not pur- posed to apply to the conducting of lecture courses, forums, panel discussions, or any other similarly large groups which are sometimes thought to be study clubs. WHAT IS A STUDY CLUB? A study club, as discussed in these pages, is any group not exceeding fifteen in number—of school or parish, adults or young people, men, women, boys, or girls, mixed or segre- gated^—that has decided to supplement its knowledge of re- ligion, literature, economics, sociology, or of some other worth- while subject, by studying and discussing the questions and problems in these fields. SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESS IN STUDY CLUBS 1. The study club should be limited in membership—any number from three to fifteen. The ideal number is ten. But more than fifteen members in one study club makes discussion almost impossible; each one in the group should have an oppor- tunity to talk at each meeting. 2. A study club may consist of men only, of women only, or of men and women together. Members of one group may be drawn from one particular walk of life, or they may repre- sent different walks of life. The important thing to remember is that all the members of one group should be interested in and ready to undertake the study of some common subject, even if they have little spare time and are obliged to forego par- ticipation in some other activity to be loyal to membership in the study club. It does not matter if the members of the group are ignorant of the subject to be studied and discussed; they have joined the group in order to learn, not to display learning. 3. Meetings should be held weekly. A meeting held once a fortnight is passing good; a meeting held once a month is better than nothing. But it has been proved that many study clubs have failed, not because of too many meetings, but be- cause of too few. When a study-club group meets less often • 5 • than once a week, continuity is destroyed and eventually in- terest lags. Strange but true, as has been learned from our observance of other groups and organizations, for ultimate suc- cess in any venture of this kind weekly meetings are essential. 4. Meetings should be held wherever easy informality can best prevail. For this reason the homes of the members are often found to be the best meeting places. If the study-club group meets in the school, the school should permit the use of a parlor rather than a classroom; and the parish club room, if not too large, is much more satisfactory than the parish hall. The thing of prime importance is to make the members feel at home. 5. An hour and a half is a good duration of time for a study- club meeting. Much more or much less than that length of time is often fatal; particularly disastrous is it to prolong the meeting much beyond an hour and a half. In their first enthu- siasm members will often remain at the meeting for many hours; but they will fail to be regular in their attendance at later meet- ings, for they will feel, legitimately, that the study-club meet- ings are endless. If some members wish to discuss a subject further, let them do so after the meeting has been formally and officially closed; or occasionally the meeting can continue for a half hour longer, if the members vote in favor of this extension. 6. The time of meeting should be so arranged that mem- bers can be enabled to fulfill other possible engagements. For example, evening meetings might begin at seven o’clock and conclude at eight-thirty. The main object is for members to know with reasonable certainty that the meeting schedules are definite, beginning punctually and ending punctually. 7. No dues should be collected. If and when money is needed for text books, pamphlets, and other reading material, the members can be assessed, per capita, an amount sufficient to cover such expenditures. 8. Often it is found that the interest of members in a study club can be sustained to such an extent where it is possible to have regular meetings over a period of a year. But it is per- haps better to plan study clubs for two separate eight-week periods during the year, one in the fall and one in the spring. If these periods are arranged to include Advent and Lent, it will be found that the members will be more disposed to the sacrifice of time required for the study-club meetings. 9. Though in the beginning a study-club group may wish • 6 • to discuss a new subject at each meeting, eventually it will be found more satisfactory and more beneficial to choose one sub- ject which provides study and discussion for an entire eight- week course. 10. When the group has begun to function, there will prob- ably arise the question of admitting others who, having heard about the group and its work, are interested in membership. Experience has shown that it is best not to admit new members until one course has been completed. Even then it is advisable to form these new members into separate groups rather than allow the original group to be increased beyond fifteen mem- bers. The study club is warned against having too many visitors or non-participating members. A good rule is to per- mit each member to bring one visitor once. An audience or gallery of observers defeats the purpose of the small study club. MODERATOR If the study club has a priest-moderator, the ideal has been attained. The ideal moderator is one who permits the members to do most of the study and research and most of the discussing. His chief function is to help select topics, procure material, and at the end of each meeting (not before or during the meeting) straighten out difficulties and clear up doubts. The moderator who dominates the whole meeting and takes up the greater part of the hour and a half with lecturing or teaching frightens the members into silence and may be unwittingly the cause of the failure of the study club. WITHOUT A PRIEST MODERATOR It is to be hoped that study clubs, and great numbers of them, will be created in every parish of the country. In many dio- ceses in the country (note the diocese of Great Falls, Mon- tana, and the diocese of St. Paul, Minnesota) diocesan leaders have organized and are directing many study-club and discus- sion groups in nearly every one of their parishes. Diocesan leadership in this field makes for success. But it is evident that there cannot be a priest-moderator for each group. Great Falls alone has seven hundred study-club or discussion groups. Where such groups are under diocesan direction, no better plan of organization can be suggested than the one outlined by the National Center of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine ( No. 3 under the Discussion Study Group ) . • 7 • Where study clubs have not yet been organized by the dio- cesan authorities, it is possible to start such groups by adapt- ing the Confraternity plan to local circumstances and condi- tions. Until such time as the plan of the Confraternity can be adopted, or, if that plan cannot for some reason be adopted, we suggest the formation of study-club or discussion groups along the following lines: 1. Try to obtain the services of an interested priest as ad- viser and guide. 2. Organize one study club with the twofold purpose of mastering a particular subject and at the same time gaining experience in the conducting of a study club. The idea of the twofold purpose is to train the members of the group to be leaders of groups that will be formed later. 3. The leader of the group must be a learner too. His duty is to make a special preparation for the meeting, to plan the development of the subject or subjects to be discussed during the meeting, to assign work to the other members, to try to fore- see. the difficulties or problems that might arise during the course of the meeting, to preside at the meeting with humility and tact, and to do all he can to bring himself and the other members of the group to a fuller knowledge and understand- ing of the subject under discussion and a readiness in speak- ing and discussing. Since the leader is chosen from among the members, it is very possible that he or she will fumble at first; but with patience and perseverance, tolerance and mutual co- operation, the average leader of a study club group can be- come a very satisfactory leader. Above all, the leader should see to it that the members keep to the topic under discussion or study, for it is the leader that is primarily responsible for the whole group thoroughly covering the matter assigned for the particular meeting. When the leader is unable to answer or explain a difficulty, he should frankly admit it. The secretary of the group should make a note of the difficulty and refer it to the pastor or some other interested priest, and the answer or solution should be presented to the group at the next meet- ing. 4. It is essential to the success of the study club which lacks the guidance of a priest-moderator to choose only those topics for which there is available well prepared and authoritative ma- terial in the form of text books, study-club outlines, pamphlets, and the like. Therefore, before beginning the work of study • 8 • or discussion, the group should seek the advice of a priest— the pastor if possible— concerning subjects or topics and the ma- terial available for these subjects. (For suggested topics see list beginning on page 12.) 5. After selecting a topic, the group should decide on a defi- nite text book or study-club outline and select several pam- phlets for supplementary reading. If possible each member should have his own copy of the text book or outline decided on. Supplementary books and pamphlets should be gathered to form a reference library that can be placed under the direc- tion and supervision of a member of the group. 6. In the beginning a study club can function without offi- cers; but it is well to elect or choose, as soon after organiza- tion as possible, a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a librarian. The duties of the president are to represent the group and to coordinate the activities of that group with those of other groups which will undoubtedly be created. The duties of the secretary, besides the usual ones of calling the roll and writing and reading the minutes of all the meetings, in- clude keeping a record of the progress made by the group, re- cording the difficulties which must be referred to the pastor or another priest, and keeping any other pertinent records. The treasurer collects the necessary funds for text books and keeps the accounts of all purchases. The librarian assembles and keeps a record of the supplementary books, pamphlets, maga- zines, files, and newspaper and magazine items, clipped from current writings, which the members will from time to time bring to the meetings. Such library material, carefully arranged and catalogued, will be an invaluable help, not only to that group, but to any other group pursuing the same study. 7. After choosing a topic and procuring the material for study, the members decide on the division of the subject or topic over the six or eight-week period. If in the course of time the members find that they are attempting to cover too much or too little ground in one meeting, the necessary modifi- cations or additions can be made. 8. Settle upon a definite order to be followed at each meet- ing. The following order is suggested: a. Opening prayer. b. Roll call by secretary. c. Reading of minutes of previous meeting and summary of lesson of previous meeting. • 9 • d. Opening of discussion of new lesson (by the leader). e. Assignment of lesson for the next meeting (by the leader). Each member makes special preparation of the topic or part of the subject assigned to him. The leader announces the place and time of the next meeting. f. Closing prayer and adjournment of meeting. A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION OF METHOD To illustrate one practical method of conducting a study- club meeting, let us suppose that the topic for the six or eight- week period of the study club is “The Mass.” One of the many excellent study-club outlines available on this subject has been selected for use by the group. The study club plans to study the externals of the Mass, the Mass as a sacrifice, and intelligent participation in the Mass. Let us presume that at a preliminary meeting the group ex- amined the material and decided on the amount of time to be spent on each division of the subject. At that preliminary meeting the group decided to begin with the externals of the Mass. The topics for the first meeting were: the altar, the tabernacle, and the altar vessels. The leader for the first meet- ing was chosen. He was delegated to make a special study of all three topics scheduled for the next meeting. The leader assigned each topic to two or more members and told them that for the first actual meeting they could prepare and read a paper on their assignment; but he warned them that, as they become less self-conscious and learn to express themselves more naturally and to speak extemporaneously, they will have to speak with the help of only outlines or notes. The first actual study-club meeting was planned at the preliminary meeting. Now to the actual meeting: After the opening prayer, the roll call, and a short business meeting, including the reading of the minutes, the leader calls on the member or members who prepared the topic “the altar.” (It is understood that all the members have in a general way examined the outline of the topic. ) He or she details and dis- cusses, in as natural and interesting a way as possible, the in- formation he has found on the subject. Other members con- tribute further information, and the whole group participates in an informal, conversational discussion. The questions that arise on this topic are addressed either to the one who has made the special preparation or to any other member of the group. Perhaps the members become sufficiently interested to want to • 10 • inspect the altar and the altar stone in their own church. When the members are satisfied that they have covered this topic suffi- ciently well, they take up the other topics and follow the same procedure as that adopted for the first topic. Throughout the meeting the leader is careful to note that the members keep to the topic and that just enough time is alloted to each topic to allow for the covering of all the material scheduled for the meeting. It may be that the three topics prove too much ground to cover in one meeting. In that case a new disposition of the material is arranged for the next meeting. If the material is not sufficient for one meeting, the meeting either adjourns at the completion of the third topic or spends the remaining time in the reading and discussing of some pertinent pamphlet. When the difficulties, if any, have been noted by the secre- tary, the leader for the next meeting is chosen and the new subject matter is assigned to the members. The meeting ad- journs with a closing prayer. As time goes on the method of procedure at the meetings will change and improve, according to the experience gained at the actual meetings. • 11 • TOPICS FOR WHICH THERE EXIST OUTLINES SPECIFICALLY INTENDED FOR STUDY CLUBS L THE QUEEN'S WORK 3742 West Pine Boulevard, St* Louis, Missouri The Existence of God, Daniel A. Lord, S.J. Our Part in the Mystical Body, Daniel A. Lord, S.J. Rural Life Projects: 1 . Private Property. 2. Credit Unions. 3. Cooperation and Cooperative Associations. 4. Legislation. 5. Education: Principles and Practices of Cooperation. 6. The American Village. The Supernatural Life. The New Hagiography. (Biography of the Saints.) The Mass. The Commandments of the Church. II. AMERICA PRESS 461 Eighth Avenue, New York City, New York Broadcasting Your Talk. Can Anglicanism Unite With Rome? Why I Am a Catholic. What Catholics Do Not Believe. Why Apologize? Christ the Mankind. What Is a Catholic Attitude? The Modern Indictment of Catholicism (pamphlets) : 1. Is the Church Intolerant? 2. Is the Church Arrogant? 3. Is the Church Un-American? 4. Is the Church Officious? 5. Is the Church a National Asset? God, the Cosmos, man. Chaplaincy, Newman Club or Catholic College. Encyclical on Reconstruction. Encyclical on Labor. • 12 • Can the Churches Unite? Do Miracles Happen? Did Man Make Religion? The Church and Tolerance. Encyclical on Education. Encyclical on Retreats. Encyclical on Marriage. Liturgical Movement: in and for America. Four Great Converts. The Catholic Doctrine of Matrimony. God and Caesar. The Church and the State. Stumbling Blocks to Catholicism ( pamphlets ) : 1. A Man Who Is God. 2. The Confessional Bogey! 3. The “Worship” of Mary. 4. The “Myth” of Hell. 5. The Shackles of Wedlock. Christ True God. Catholicism True As God. Menace of Atheism. The New Morality and the National Life. New Series: Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII and Pope Pius XI arranged with questions and references for study clubs. III. BRUCE PUBLISHING COMPANY Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Catholic Literary Revival, Calvert Alexander, S.J. Science and Culture Series IV. THE CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN DOC* TRINE. N.C.W.C. 1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. The New Testament Series (St. Anthony's Guild Press): Part 1—The Life of Christ. Part 2—The Life of Christ. Part 3—History of the Early Church (in preparation). • 13 • Part 4—The Bible in the Making: Its Letters and Oratory (in preparation). The Catholic Action Series: Altar and Sanctuary. Praying the Mass. The Means of Grace. The Ceremonies of the Mass. An elementary text for begin- ners. (Paulist Press. New York. ) The Parent-Educator. Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Leadership Manual for Adult Study Groups. V. THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE COUNCIL 1312 Massachusetts ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. (Send for classified list of outlines and material for the use of study clubs.) VL ST. ANTHONY'S GUILD PRESS Franciscan Monastery, Paterson, New Jersey The Means of Grace. The Way of Life. VII. CATHOLIC ACTION COMMITTEE 424 North Broadway, Wichita, Kansas Altar and Sanctuary. Praying the Mass. The Liturgical Year. OTHER PUBLICATIONS OF THE QUEEN'S WORK ADAPTABLE TO STUDY CLUBS The Mass Chart. The Bible Chart. Chalk Talks. Pamphlets on the Blessed Virgin Mary: A Month of Devotions to Mary. The Months With Mary. The Mother of God. A Novena to Mary Immaculate. • 14 • Our Lady’s Assumption. When Mary Walked the Earth. Pamphlets on Conduct and Character: Christ the Modern. Christ and Women. The Daily Examen. Don’t Say It! Hard-Headed Holiness. Hints to Happiness. Hours Off. I Can Read Anything It’s Christ or War. Our Precious Freedom. Pardon My Manners. Truth’s the Thing! When Sorrow Comes. Whose Country Is This? Why Leave Home? You Can’t Live That Way. A Dream. Facing the Danger. It’s Not Worth It. What of Free Will? Pamphlets on Vocations: The Call to Catholic Action. The Call of Christ. Forever and Forever. How to Pick a Successful Career. Marry Your Own. Shall I Be a Nun? Shall My Daughter Be a Nun? They’re Married. Your Partner in Marriage. The Catholic Nurse and the Dying. The Flowering Tree. Shall I Be a Jesuit? Who Can Be a Nun? • 15 • Pamphlets on Biography: The Best Best-Seller. Captain of His Soul. The Man We Can’t Ignore. A Novena in Honor of the Little Flower. Radio Talks. A Short Life in the Saddle. The Successful Failure. These Terrible Jesuits. The White Plume of Aloysius. A Boy Who Loved Jesus. The Din of Battle. Pamphlets on the Establishment of the Christian Social Order: An Integrated Program of Social Order. Prayers for Our Times. A Program for Catholic Social Action. Pamphlets on the Eucharist: Be of Good Heart. At Mass With Mary. A Traveler in Disguise. Christ Lives On. Frida. How to Pray the Mass. It’s the Greatest Gift. Nicky. Pondering in Our Hearts. Priest of a Doubting Flock. Tony. Thanksgiving After Holy Communion. Pamphlets on Morals: He Kept It White. Peanut. Tips on Temptation. Confession Is a Joy? Of Dirty Stories. Fashionable Sin. Murder in the Classroom. • 16 • Prodigals and Christ. The Pure of Heart. The Ruling Passion. Speaking of Birth Control. What of Lawful Birth Control? What Birth Control Is Doing to the United States. Pamphlets on the Faith: The Common Sense of Faith. Everybody’s Talking About Heaven. Has Life Any Meaning? It’s All So Beautiful. A Letter to One About to Leave the Church. My Faith and I. Our Precious Bodies. Random Shots. Revolt Against Heaven. The Sacrament of Catholic Action. Buried Treasures. The Souls in Purgatory. Pamphlets on Parish and Church: Christ and His Church. The Church Is Out of Date. The Church Unconquerable. Forward. America! The Gateway of Grace. My Friend the Pastor. OTHER PUBLISHERS OF MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR STUDY CLUBS SHEED AND WARD. 63 Fifth Ave., New York City. THE PAULIST PRESS. New York City. THE CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY. ( Publications of the American, Irish, English, Scotch, and Australian Catholic Truth Societies can be obtained from The International Cath- olic Truth Society, 407 Bergen St., Brooklyn, New York.) Editor’s Note: Any Catholic publishing house will be glad to furnish a complete list of its publications. • 17 • OTHER SUGGESTED PUBLICATIONS WITH BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ADAPTABLE MATERIAL Most of the following books are obtainable through Catholic publishing houses, such as P. J. Kenedy, 12 Barclay Street, New York City; B. Herder Book Co., 17 South Broadway, St. Louis. Immediately following this bibliography we have listed for your convenience the addresses of some of the principal publishers. L RELIGION: GENERAL Religion and Leadership, Daniel A. Lord, S. J. Science and Culture Series. Bruce Publishing Company. Teacher’s Manual for Religion and Leadership, Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J. Bruce Publishing Company. Misbehaviorists, Harvey Wickham. Dial Press. The Four Mysteries of the Faith, F. Kolbe. Longmans. The Question and the Answer, Hilaire Belloc. Science and Culture Series. Bruce Publishing Company. The Everlasting Man, Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Dodd Pub- lishing Company. The Age of the Gods, Christopher Dawson. Houghton Pub- lishing Company. Origin and Growth of Religion, Wilhelm Schmidt. Dial Press. Religion Past and Present, Sir Bertram C. A. Windle. Century Publishing Company. The Catholic Doctrine of the Fall and Original Sin, Rev. W. Moran. Catholic Truth Society, Dublin. Credo, Mother Mary Loyola. The Paulist Press. The Divinity of Christ, Rev. James M. Gillis. The Paulist Press. A Map of Life, F. J. Sheed. Sheed and Ward. Heaven, Rev. Francis A. Baker. The Paulist Press. Miracles, Ronald A. Knox. The Paulist Press. Our Guardian Angels, Rev. Jos. Husslein, S. J. The Paulist Press. Purgatory, Henry Grey Graham. The Paulist Press. Certainty in Religion, Wyman. The Paulist Press. Hell, Rickaby. Catholic Truth Society, London. Hell Open to Christians, Pinnamonti. International Catholic Truth Society. • 18 • Purgatory in the Divine Plan, Schouppe. International Catho- lic Truth Society. The Existence of God, Clarke. Catholic Truth Society, London. Is There a God?, Conway. The Paulist Press. God, Lonergan. America Press. Is There a God?, Duffy. Catholic Truth Society, London. Mirage and Truth, M. C. D’Arcy. Macmillan Publishing Com- pany- Religions of Mankind, Otto Karrer. Sheed and Ward. The Unfinished Universe, Gregory. Sheed and Ward. II. RELIGION: THE CHURCH The Catholic Church and the Modern Mind, Morrison. Bruce Publishing Company. The Catholic Church in Action, Michael Williams and Julia Kernan. Macmillan Publishing Company. The Church of the Living God. The Paulist Press. The Church— Its Marks, Rev. M. J. Browne. Catholic Truth Society, Dublin. Is One Religion As Good As Another? Rev. Peter Finlay, S. J. The Irish Messenger, Dublin. Is the Pope Infallible? Rev. H. B. Loughan, S. J. Catholic Truth Society, Dublin. Papal Supremacy and Infallibility, Rev. Sydney F. Smith, S. J. The Paulist Press. The Spread of the Church, Rev. John A. O’Brien. The Paulist Press. What Is the Catholic Church? Rev. Richard Felix. The Paulist Press. What the Catholic Church Is and What She Teaches, Rev. E. R. Hull, S. J. The Paulist Press. The Spirit of Catholicism, Karl Adams. Macmillan Publish- ing Company. The Coming Age and the Catholic Church, Wm. Barry. Cas- sell and Company, London. The Belief of Catholics, Ronald A. Knox. Harper and Brothers. The Faith of the Roman Church, C. C. Martindale, S. J. Harper and Brothers. • 19 • Be Fair, Rev. James M. Gillis. The Paulist Press. The Catholic Ideal of Life, N. C. W. C. Christ in the Church, Rev. Wm. Busch. The Catholic Mind, March 8, 1934. The Church Indispensable, Rev. George Clune. Catholic Truth Society, Dublin. Did Christ Rise Again? Rev. Paul Schanz. The Paulist Press. Evolution and Catholicity, Sir Bertram C. A. Windle. The Paulist Press. Is One Church as Good as Another? Rev. John B. Harney. The Paulist Press. Is the Catholic Church an Enemy to Science? Rev. Reginald Lummer. The Paulist Press. The Visible Church, Thomas F. Woodlock, N. C. W. C. Why I Am a Catholic, Rev. John B. Harney. The Paulist Press. Why Not Be a Catholic? Rev. M. D. Forrest, M. S. C. The Paulist Press. Why You Should Be a Catholic, J. F. N. Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana. Catholic Doctrine of the Redemption, Moran. International Catholic Truth Society. Supernatural Life, Philips. Catholic Truth Society, London. Catholic Doctrine of the Fall and Original Sin, Moran. Inter- national Catholic Truth Society. Original Sin, O’Connor. Catholic Truth Society, London. III. THE CHURCH AND HISTORY The Oxford Movement, Shane Leslie. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. The Romance of the Floridas, Michael Kenny, S. J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. The Church in the South American Republics, Edwin Ryan, D. D. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Com- pany. The Protestant Reformation in Great Britain, Joseph Clayton. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. Chapters in Frontier History, Gilbert Garraghan, S. J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. Key to the World’s Progress, Charles Stanton. Longmans Publishing Company. • 20 • Historical Terms and Facts, Francis Sales Betten. Allyn Pub- lishing Company. St. Bartholomew’s Day, August 24, 1572, Bertrand Louis Con- way. The Paulist Press. Mediaeval Inquisition, Jean Guiraurd. Benziger Brothers Com- pany. The Church at the Turning Points of History, G. Kurth. Naegele Printing Company. Some Lies and Errors of History, Reuben Parsons. Ave Maria Press. The Inquisition, Vacandard. Longmans Publishing Company. Mooted Questions of History, H. J. Desmond. Benziger Brothers. Mediaeval Heresy and the Inquisition, A. S. Tuberville. History of the Church, Alzog. Catholic Church and History, Hilaire Belloc. Calvert Series. Macmillan Publishing Company. Christian Worship, Louise M. O. Duchesen. Macmillan Pub- lishing Company. Manual of Church History, Franz Xavier Funk. B. Herder Book Company. Eve of the Reformation, F. A. Gasquet. Harcourt Brace Pub- lishing Company. Henry VII and the English Monasteries, F. A. Gasquet. Har- court Brace Publishing Company. History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages (3 vol- umes), Grisar. B. Herder Book Company. Introduction to Church History, Peter Guilday. B. Herder Book Company. Belief of Catholics, Ronald Knox. Harper and Brothers. Church History (a complete history of the- Catholic Church), J. J. Laux. Benziger Brothers. The Church in Modern Times, Auguste Leman. Sands and Company. Contemporary Church History, Orazio M. Premoli. Benziger Brothers. The Life of the Church, D’Arcy, Rousselot, Huby, Grand- maison, Brou. P. J. Kenedy and Sons. Spirit of Catholicism, Rev. Karl Adams. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company. • 21 • The Catholic Church in Contemporary Europe, 1919-1931. P. J. Kenedy and Sons. History of the Popes, Ludwig Pastor (24 volumes). B. Herder Book Company. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution, J. MacCaffrey. Gill, Dublin. Catholic Church in the 19th Century, J. MacCaffrey. Gill, Dublin, and B. Herder Book Company. The Claims of the Catholic Church to Be Infallible, Loughan. International Catholic Truth Society. Papal Supremacy and Infallibility, Smith. The Paulist Press. Is the Pope Infallible? Loughan. International Catholic Truth Society. Papal Infallibility, McIntyre. The Paulist Press. Is There a True Religion? Conway. The Paulist Press. How to Look for the True Church, Vaughan. Catholic Truth Society, London. The Title Catholic and the Roman Church, Tuker, International Catholic Truth Society. IV. RELIGION: LITURGY Christian Life and Worship, Gerald Ellard, S.J. Religion and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. The Spirit of the Liturgy, R. Guardini. Benziger Brothers Company. V. RELIGION: THE MASS The Liturgical Sacrifice of the New Law, J. Kramps. B. Herder Book Company. It’s the Greatest Gift, H. OH. Walker, S.J. The Queen's Work. At Mass With Mary, John Sexton Kennedy, S. J. The Queen's Work. The Mind of the Missal, C. C. Martindale. Macmillan Pub- lishing Company. The Roman Mass, Pierre Maranget, S. T. D. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company, London, and B. Herder Book Company. The Priest at the Altar, Dom. Ernest Graf, O. S. B. B. Herder Book Company. The Mass of the Apostles, Joseph Husslein, S. J. P. J. Kenedy and Sons. • 22 • Altar and Sanctuary, Angela A. Clendenin. Catholic Action Committee of Women. A Catechism of the Liturgy for Young and Old. The Paulist Press. The Ceremonies of the Mass, Rev. C. C. Smyth. The Paulist Press. Holy Mass, Mother Loyola. The Paulist Press. The Liturgy of the Mass, Rev. E. C. Messenger, M. A. The Paulist Press. The Mass Book. The Paulist Press. The Mass and Catholic Action. N. C. W. C. Modern Psychology and the Mass, Rev. John A. O’Brien. The Paulist Press. The New and Eternal Testament, Rev. F. J. Morrell and Angela A. Clendenin. Catholic Action Committee of Women. Praying the Mass, Rev. John J. Butler and Angela A. Clen- denin. Catholic Action Committee of Women. The Vestments of the Roman Rite, Adrian Fortescue. The Paulist Press. VI. RELIGION: THE SACRAMENTS Baptism and Confirmation, Michael Quinlan, S. J. Irish Mes- senger, Dublin. The Confession of Sin, Rev. John B. Harney. The Paulist Press. Confession of Sins, A Divine Institution, Vertrand L. Coway. The Paulist Press. Extreme Unction, Michael Quinlan, S. J. Irish Messenger, Dublin. Frequent Communion for Young and Old, Rev. James A. Ma- loney. The Paulist Press. Holy Communion, Monsignor de Segun. The Paulist Press. The Sacramentals, Rev. Francis J. Connell. The Paulist Press.. The Sacraments, Rev. Francis J. Connell. The Paulist Press. Marriage, Bakewell Morrison, S. J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. The Sacraments, Part I: The Sacraments in General, Pohle- Preuss. B. Herder Book Company. Six Sacraments, Edited by C. Lattey, S. J. B. Herder Book Company. • 23 • Penance (Confession) “As Man to Man”. Macmillan Pub- lishing Company. The Catholic Church and Confession, Leonard Geddes and Herbert Thurston. Macmillan Publishing Company. The Sacramental System, C. C. Martindale. Treasury of the Faith Series, No. 21. Macmillan Publishing Company. Treasury of the Faith Series (Nos. 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29). Macmillan Publishing Company. Baptism, Connell. The Paulist Press. Matrimony, Quinlan. Irish Messenger, Dublin. Marriage and Baptism, Ronan. International Catholic Truth Society. Soldiers of Christ, Nash. Catholic Truth Society, Ireland. Shall I Be a Priest? Doyle. Irish Messenger, Dublin. Holy Communion, Quinlan. Irish Messenger, Dublin. The Eucharist, Joseph Husslein, S. J. America Press. The Real Presence, Mangan. The Paulist Press. Mortal Sin, Baker. The Paulist Press. How to Make a Good Confession, Quinlan. Irish Messenger, Dublin. Who Can Forgive Sins? Danahey. International Catholic Truth Society. Confession to a Priest, Anderson. International Catholic Truth Society. Indulgences for Sale, Thurston. Catholic Truth Society, London. They’re Married, Daniel A. Lord, S. J. The Queen’s Work. Marry Your Own, Daniel A. Lord, S. J. The Queen’s Work. The Call of Christ, Daniel A. Lord, S. J. The Queen's Work. VIL RELIGION: THE MYSTICAL BODY Our Part in the Mystical Body, Daniel A. Lord, S. J. The Queen’s Work. The Man We Can’t Ignore, H. O’H. Walker, S. J. The Queen’s Work. The Doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ, Joseph Anger. Longmans Publishing Company. Christ in the Church; Religious Essays. B. Herder Book Com- pany, Christ the Life of the Soul, Dom. Marmion. P. J. Kenedy and Sons. • 24 • Reparation, Its History, Doctrine, and Practice, Raoul Plus. Burns, Oates, Washbourne Publishing Company. Christ in His Mysteries, Dom. Marmion. P. J. Kenedy and Sons. In Christ Jesus, R. Plus. P. J. Kenedy and Sons. Christ and His Church, Daniel A. Lord, S. J. The Queen’s Work. Christ Our Brother, K. Adams. Macmillan Publishing Com- pany. The Mystical Body, H. Meyer. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company, London. Christ in His Brethren. Benziger Brothers. The Mystical Body, L. E. Bellanti, S.J. The Paulist Press. A Man Who Is God, Lonergan. America Press. The School of Christ, Treacy. America Press. Divinity of Christ, James M. Gillis, C.S.P. The Paulist Press. Who Is Christ? Hogan. International Catholic Truth Society. Christ True God, Scott. America Press. VIII. RELIGION: OUR LADY AND THE SAINTS The Life of the Blessed Virgin, Rev. B. Rohner, O.S.B. Ben- ziger Brothers. The World’s Madonna, J. Shaw Mulholland. Benziger Brothers. The Lily of Israel, Abbe Gerbert. P. J. Kenedy and Sons. The Divine Motherhood, Anscor Vonier, O.S.B. B. Herder Book Company. His Mother, Alice W. Darton. Macmillan Publishing Company. The Blessed Virgin— Her Times—Her Life—Her Virtues. B. Herder Book Company. Mary, the Mother, Blanche Mary Kelly, Encyclopedia Press. Loretto and the Holy House, R. and T. Washbourne. Our Lady’s Dowry, Father Bridgett, C. ss. R. Burns and Oates Publishing Company. The Blessed Virgin in the Fathers, Thomas Livius. Burns and Oates Publishing Company. The Greater Eve, Rev. Jos. H. Stewart. Burns and Oates Pub- lishing Company. The Immaculate Conception, Father Hugolinus Storff. St. Fran- cis Press. • 25 • Mary’s Praise on Every Tongue, Father P. J. Chandlery. B. Herder Book Company. When Mary Walked the Earth, Daniel A. Lord, S.J. The Queen’s Work. The Months With Mary, Daniel A. Lord, S.J. The Queen's Work. IX. RELIGION: MORALS The Folly of Human Sterilization, Ignatius W. Cox, S.J. The Paulist Press. Human Sterilization, Rev. John A. Ryan, DD. N. C. W. C. Problems of Mental Deficiency (Four Pamphlets), Ulrich A. Hauber, Ph. D. N. C. W. C. What About Sterilization?, Ignatius W. Cox, S.J. and James J. Walsh, Ph. D. N. C. W. C. Why Be Moral? Rev. George Johnson. The Paulist Press. X. RELIGION: SCRIPTURES The Gospel Guide, Wm. A. Dowd, S.J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. The Memoirs of St. Peter, James A. Kleist, S.J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. The Catholic Church in the Scriptures, Archbishop Bagshawe. The Paulist Press. Faith Healing in the Gospels, R. E. J. Steuart, S.J. Catholic Truth Society, London. Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Gospel, C. C. Martindale. Cath- olic Truth Society, London. The Church and the Gospels, Joseph Huby. Henry Holt and Company. XL THE CHURCH AND SCIENCE The Great Design, Edited by Frances Mason. Macmillan Pub- lishing Company. What Catholics Have Done for Science, Martin S. Brennan. Benziger Brothers. Catholic Science and Catholic Scientists, J. A. Zahm. Kilmer Publishing Company. The Catholic Church and Its Reaction With Science, Bertram Windle. Macmillan Publishing Company. • 26 • Christianity and the Leaders of Modern Science, Karl Alois Kneller, B. Herder Book Company. The Church and Science, Bertram C. Windle. B. Herder Book Company. What the Church Has Done for Science, F. A. Zahm. The Ave Maria Press. Science and the Supernatural, Arnold Lunn and J. B. S. Hal- dane. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company. XIL CATHOLIC LITERATURE From Dante to Jeanne D’Arc, Katherine Bregy, Litt. D. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. Catholic Literary Revival, Calvert Alexander, S.J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. Ethical and Religious Value of the Drama, Ramsden Balmforth. Greenberg Publishing Company. Catholic Tradition in English Literature, George Carver. Doubleday Doran. Index to Catholic Biographies, S. J. M. Brown. America Press. Catalog of Novels and Tales by Catholic Writers, S. J. M. Brown. Catholic Library Association. Religion and the Study of Literature, Brother Leo. Schwartz Kirwin and Fauss Publishing Company. Catholic Church and Current Literature, G. N. Shuster. Mac- millan Publishing Company. Catholic Spirit in American Literature, G. N. Shuster. Mac- millan Publishing Company. Catholic Spirit in English Literature, G. N. Shuster. Macmillan Publishing Company. Fiction by Its Makers, F. X. Talbot. America Press. Novels and Tales by Catholic Writers, F. X. Talbot. America Press. XIII. SOCIOLOGY: EDUCATION The Jesuits and Education, Wm. J. McGucken, S.J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. Foundation of Christian Education, Edw. Augustus Fitzpatrick. Bruce Publishing Company. Christian Education of Youth, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. Christ and the Catholic College, Maurice S. Sheehy. J. F. Wagner Publishing Company. The Psychology of Character, Rudolph Allers. Macmillan Pub- lishing Company. The Catholic School System in the United States, J. A. Burns. Benziger Brothers. The Responsibility of the Catholic College in Training for Social Work, J. C. Carr. 15 National Conference of Catholic Charities. The Place of a Catholic University, C. H. Cloud. Catholic Mind, April 22, 1929. Code of Social Principles. Catholic Social Guild, Oxford. Why a Catholic Education? F. M. Crowley. N. C. W. C. Philosophy and Education, Franz D. Hovere. Benziger Brothers. Contribution of Catholic Education to American Life, George Johnson. N. C. W. C. A Civic Mosaic, John A. Lapp. N. C. W. C. Private Schools and State Laws, C. N. Lischka. N. C. W. C. Ten Ways of Advancing Catholic Education, C. N. Lischka. N. C. W. C. Review, August, 1930. Educated Catholic Men, C. C. Martindale. Catholic Mind, June 22, 1929. The Catholic High School, N. C. W. C. The Church and Education. N. C. W. C. Local Self-Government in Education. N. C. W. C. Official Attitude of the Catholic Church on Education. N. C. W. C. Public Opinion and the Need of Religious Education. N. C. W. C. Private Schools and the Fourteenth Amendment. N. C. W. C. A Catechism of Catholic Education, J. H. Ryan. N. C. W. C. The Sphere of the Catholic Graduate, J. K. Sharp. Catholic Mind, May 22, 1930. Philosophy of Education, Claude Vogel. Bruce Publishing Company. The Science of Education, Kirsch Willmann. Beatty Publishing Company. Catholic Schools, Rev. Michael J. Larkin. LL. D. The Paulist Press. Culture for Young People, Agnes B. Harding. N. C. W. C. Health Education (Study Club Outline). N. C. W. C. • 28 • The Marks of an Educated Man, James M. Gillis, C.S.P. The Paulist Press. Public or Catholic Schools? Philip H. Burkett, S.J. Catholic Mind, Feb. 8, 1931. The Religiously Under-Privileged Child, Rev. Edgar Schmeid- eler, O.S.B. N. C. W. C. Sex Education, Rev. Felix M. Kirsch, O. M. Cap. The Paulist Press. XIV* SOCIOLOGY: CHRISTIAN FAMILY Superstition of Divorce, G. K. Chesterton. Dodd Publishing Company. Eugenics and Other Evils, G. K. Chesterton. Dodd Publishing Company. Judgment on Birth Control, Raoul de Guchteneere. Macmillan Publishing Company. Man and Society, An Introduction to Sociology, Francis J. Haas. Century Publishing Company. What Is Marriage? Vermeersch-Bouscaren. America Press. Birth Control, John M. Cooper. N. C. W. C. Birth Control, Rev. Dominic Pruemmer. The Paulist Press. The Catholic Matrimonial Courts, Rev. M. J. Browne, D.D. The Paulist Press. The Christian Family. (Study Club Outline.) N. C. W. C. Christian Marriage, Monsignor Dupanloup. The Paulist Press. The Divine Romance of Marriage, Ignatius W. Cox, S.J. The Paulist Press. The Family. ( Study Club Outline. ) N. C. W. C. Is Food the Limiting Factor in Population Growth? Robert J. McFall, Ph.D. N.C.W.C. Is Sexual Abstinence Harmful? Ignatius W. Cox, S.J. The Paulist Press. On Being Cheerful, Joseph McSorley, C.S.P. The Paulist Press. Marriage Problems, Rev. Martin J. Scott. The Paulist Press. Parent and Child, Rev. Edgar Schmiedeler, O. S. B. The Paulist Press. What Is Love? J. Elliot Ross. The Paulist Press. Whom God Hath Joined, J. Elliot Ross. The Paulist Press. • 29 • XV. ECONOMICS: COOPERATIVES What Is Consumers’ Cooperation, Dr. J. P. Warbasse. The Cooperative League. A Cooperative Economic Democracy, E. R. Bowen. The Co- operative League. America’s Answer—Consumers’ Cooperation, E. R. Bowen. The Cooperative League. Up From the Shadows, Michel Becker. The Cooperative League. A Short Introduction to Consumers’ Cooperation, Ellis Cowling. The Cooperative League. Fundamentals of Consumers' Cooperation, V. S. Alanne. The Cooperative League. The Organization and Management of Consumers’ Coopera- tive Associations and Clubs. The Cooperative League. Consumer Cooperation in America—Democracy’s Way Out, Bertram B. Fowler. The Cooperative League. The People’s Year Book. The Cooperative League. The Consumers’ Cooperative Movement, B. and S. Webb. The Cooperative League. Cooperative Democracy, James P. Warbasse. The Cooperative League. Sweden: The Middle Way, Marquis W. Childs. The Coopera- tive League. Cooperation, Hall and Watkins. The Cooperative League. XVI. CITIZENSHIP AND GOVERNMENT Catholic Loyalty, Cardinal Gibbons. The Paulist Press. The Catholic Woman and Civic Life. (Outline for Study Clubs.) N.C.W.C. Civics Catechism on the Rights and Duties of American Citi- zens. N. C. W. C. A Civic Mosaic, Compiled by John A. Lapp, LL. D. N. C. W. C. The Elements of American Democracy. (Outline for Study Clubs.) N.C.W.C. Religion and Citizenship, Rev. John J. Dunn, D.D. The Paulist Press. Necessity of Politics, Carl Schmitt. Sheed and Ward Publish- ing Company. • 30 • American Government and Politics, C. A. Beard. Macmillan Publishing Company. Occupational versus Proportional Representation, P. H. Doug- las. American Journal of So. XXIX, Sept. 1923. Introduction to American Government, F, A. Oggand and P. O. Ray. Century Publishing Company. Declining Liberty and Other Papers, John A. Ryan, Macmillan Publishing Company. The Servile State, Hilaire Belloc. T. N. Foulis Publishing Company. Graft in Business, John T. Flynn. The Vanguard Press. The Christian Social Manifesto, Joseph Husslein, S.J. Bruce Publishing Company. Distributive Justice, J. A. Ryan. Macmillan Publishing Com- pany. Utilitarianism, Liberty, Representative Government, John Stuart Mill. Dutton Publishing Company. American Parties and Elections, Edward M. Sait. Century Pub- lishing Company. Negro Politicians, Harold F. Gosnell. University of Chicago Press. Proportional Representation, Hoag and Hallet. Macmillan Pub- lishing Company. City Management; the Cincinnati Experiment, Charles P. Taft. Farrar and Rinehart Publishing Company. Congressional Record. National Municipal Review. XVII. ENCYCLICALS Catholic Action, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. Christian Education of Youth, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. Christian Marriage, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. The Church and Mexico, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. Forty Years After, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. The Labor Encyclical on the Condition of the Working Classes, Leo XIII. America Press. The Light of Truth, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. The Peace of Christ, Pope Pius XI. America Press. The Promotion of True Religious Unity, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. • 31 • Quadragesimo Anno, Pope Pius XI. The Paulist Press. Rerum Novarum, Pope Leo XIII. The Paulist Press. The Sacred Heart and World Distress, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Pius XI. N. C. W. C. XVIII. STUDIES OF ENCYCLICALS The Christian Social Manifesto, Jos. Husslein, S.J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. Towards Social Justice, Rev. R. A. McGowan. The Paulist Press. Some Timely Commentaries on a Great Encyclical—A Sym- posium and Study Club Outline. N. C. W. C. Summary of “Forty Years After—Reconstructing the Social Order,” Rev. R. A. McGowan. N. C. W. C. Rerum Novarum Reviewed, Part 1 of “Quadragesimo Anno.” Co-op Parish Activities Service. XIX. SOCIAL JUSTICE Bishops’ Program of Social Reconstruction. N. C. W. C. The Boy Problem, Outlines of a Unit Course for Study Clubs. N. C. W. C. Capital and Labor, Rt. Rev. John A. Ryan, D.D. The Paulist Press. Catholic Action and Atheist Action, Rev. James M. Gillis. The Paulist Press. Catholic Builders of the Nation, Outline for Study Clubs. N. C. W. C. Catholic Education, Outline for Study Clubs. N. C. W. C. Communism and the Catholic Social Program, Rev. Lewis Watt, S.J. The Catholic Mind, March 8, 1934. The Economic Organization of Society and the Encyclical, Roy A. Bronson. N. C. W. C. Just What Is Communism, Raymond T. Feely, S.J. The Paulist Press. The Labor Problem, Outline for Study Clubs. N. C. W. C. The Labor Problem, What It Is, How to Solve It, Rev. John A. Ryan and Rev. R. A. McGowan. The Paulist Press. The Priest and Social Work. The Catholic Mind, Nov. 22, 1933. • 32 • Rights and Wrongs in Industry, Rev. Francis J. Haas, Ph.D. The Paulist Press. Some Timely Commentaries on a Great Encyclical. N. C. W. C. A Statement on the Present Crisis. N. C. W. C. Summary of “Forty Years After,” Rev. R. A. McGowan. N. C. W. C. Review June, 1931. Summary of Main Lines of Thought Present in Pius XI’s “Re- construction of the Social Order,” N. C. W. C. Towards Social Justice, Rev. R. A. McGowan. N. C. W. C. or The Paulist Press. Women and Industry, Rev. R. A. McGowan. N. C. W. C. XX. CATHOLIC ACTION Call to Catholic Action, Daniel A. Lord, S.J. The Queen's Work. The Sacrament of Catholic Action, Daniel A. Lord, S.J. The Queen’s Work. Catholic Church and the American Negro, John T. Gillard. St. Joseph’s Soc. Press. Catholic Action, Bebe Hess, O.M.C. The Homelitic and Pas- toral Review, November, 1931. Christian Social Manifesto, Joseph Husslein, S.J. Science and Culture Series, Bruce Publishing Company. Catholic Charities in the United States, John O’Grady. National Conference Catholic Charities, 1931. Catholic Church and the Destitute (Calvert Series), John O’Grady. Macmillan Publishing Company. Training Outline of Catholic Evidence Guild, Maisie Ward. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company. Aids to Catholic Action. N. C. W. C. Catholic Action Series, Basis, Scope, Aims. The Homelitic and Pastoral Review. Our Common Catholic Work; A Symposium. N. C. W. C. XXL COMMUNISM AND INTERNATIONAL ATHEISM For a background of Communism read: National Republic, July-August, 1934. Fine articles appear in: The Sign Catholic Mind • 33 • A Framework of a Christian State, Cahill Bolshevik Theory and Practice, Guerian Russia’s Iron Age, Chamberlain A Program for Catholic Social Action, Father Reiner. Karl Marx, “Capital”; Max Eastman in The Modern Library Series, No. 202. The Last Stand, Edmund A. Walsh. Little Brown and Company. Christianity and Class War, Nicholas Berdyaev. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company. The Russian Revolution, Nicholas Berdyaev. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company. The End of Our Time, Nicholas Berdyaev. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company. Just What Is Communism? Raymond Feely, S.J. The Paulist Press. The Catholic Church in Present-Day Russia, Edmund A. Walsh, S.J. Georgetown University. The Bolshevik Persecution of Christianity, Capt. Francis Mc- •Cullagh. John Murray Publishing Company, London. Religion in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Yaroslavsky. International Publishing House. Crucifying Christ in Our Colleges, Dan Gilbert. Ales Dulfer Printing Company. Communism in Mexico, M. R. Madden. America Press. (Con- tains an excellent bibliography for further study of the specific manifestations of communism in Mexico. ) Socialism, Catherine Gettleman. Benziger Brothers. The Servile State, Hilaire Belloc. Foulis Publishing Company, London. The Fall of the Russian Empire, Edmund A. Walsh. Little Brown and Company. Man and Society, Haas. The Century Company. Social Studies, Confrey. Benziger Brothers. Bolshevism Theory and Practice, Gurian. Sheed and Ward Publishing Company. The Last Stand, Walsh. Little Brown and Company. The Lusk Report (out of print, available in public library). Reds in America, R. N. Whitney. (Out of print, available in public library.) The Fish Report and Report of William Green to the President of the United States. ( Congressional Record. ) • 34 • The Red Network, Elizabeth Dilling. 53 W. Jackson boule- vard, Chicago. (Statements made in this book have been criticized as false and alarmist statements. Those who so criticize have read more than was written. Be careful when using this book to take exactly what is written. No more, no less. ) Current information will be found in: National Republic Communist Publications : The Western Worker ( for the Pacific Coast ) . The Daily Worker Communist Pamphlets : Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels. Religion in the USSR, E. Yaroslavsky. Program of the Young Communist International. Why Communism? Olgin. FURTHER SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR STUDY AND DISCUSSION (Arabic numerals refer to book-list that follows) Topics Church and Freedom: a. Human freedom (slavery) 11; 31. b. Political freedom (civil government) 6; 11. c. Religious freedom (persecution) 5; 11; 36; 45; 13. d. Scientific freedom (learning, progress) 16; 26. Church and Education: a. Early Church (primary education) 38; 17. b. Medieval Church (higher education) 38; 17; 14; 18. c. Modern Church (general education) 38; 17; 18; 37; 14. Church and Woman: a. Dignity of womanhood (divorce). b. Education of woman; 39. c. Political status of woman. Church and the Child: a. The right of child to life, (birth control, abortion, in- fanticide ) . • 35 • b. The right of child to Christ, (Catholic education, the parochial school ) , The Church and Censorship: a. Books. b. Newspapers, magazines. c. The theatre; motion pictures. d. Dress. e. Dancing; amusements in general. The Church and the State: 12; 11; 20; 21; 5; 6. a. Catholic ideal of Church and State. (The American no- tion the most Catholic in practice the world has yet known. ) b. Cooperation between Church and State, the ideal. c. Union between Church and State, the peril. (Work out true notion on interrelation of Church and State. The word “union” an unfortunate, misleading and dangerous term.) d. The “secular arm!” The Church, Peace and War: a. Sensible notion, army, navy, no less than police, a neces- sity since Adam's fall. b. War as means of self-defense, like courts, police, jails, execution. c. Arbitration; world court; League of Nations. d. What the Church has really advocated and done: 1) . The Crusades; 2 ) . The Church and the Christianizing of backward peo- ples, e.g. Spain, Portugal, France, in America and the Far East. 3 ) . The Church and wars to vindicate the independence of oppressed peoples, e.g. Ireland vs Great Britain; Spanish Amer- ica vs Old Spain; Philippines vs Spain and U. S. A.; India and Mahatma Ghandi vs Great Britain; Poland, and other countries against oppressors; “Young Italy,” “Young Australia,” “Young Spain,” etc. etc., against despotic governments. (This last may impinge upon the topic of Church and State.) e. Almighty God in the Old Testament; and the sanctioning of war there. The Church and Labor: a. In abstract: “Rights and Duties of Property” “Rights and Duties of Labor” “Rights and Duties of ‘Third Parties’.” • 36 • b. In concrete: The slave, 11; 31. The serf, 11; 31. The servant. The industrial worker; the miner; The farm worker and peasant owner. c. The just wage. The just price. The rights of the consumer. The housing of the workingman and family. The recreation. The Church and Secret Societies: The Church and the Sex Problem: 44. The Church and the U. S. A.: 22. The Church in Mexico: 40; 41. BOOKS THAT COULD PROFITABLY SERVE AS SUB- JECTS FOR GROUP-STUDY 1. Conway’s “Question Box.” Contains bibliography. 2. Young's “Catholic and Protestant Countries Compared”; old, but discussion can be brought up to date by “A” and “B”. 3. McCaffrey’s “Catholic Church From the Renaissance to the French Revolution.” (2 vols.) 4. McCaffrey’s “Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century.” (2 vols. ) 5. Devas’s “Key to the World’s Progress”; thirty years old, but GOOD; can be had in twenty-five cent paper covered edition. 6. McNamara’s “American Democracy and Catholic Doc- trine.” I.C.T.S., 407 Bergen St., Brooklyn, New York. 7. Penty’s “A Guildman’s Interpretation of History.” 1919. Sunrise Turn, Ind., 51 East 44th St., New York City. Sees in Catholic medieval guilds the solution for economic ills of today; excellent. 8. Any history of the Catholic Church that contains a bibliog- raphy or suggestions for reading. Brief ones are: a. Laux’s “History of the Catholic Church.” (1 vol. ) • 37 • b. Weber’s "History of the Catholic Church." (2 vols. ) 9. Fr. Martin Scott’s books. ( A list of these may be found in "Who’s Who" under his name. ) 10. T. W. Allies’s "The Formation of Christendom." (8 vols.) 11. Balmes’s "Protestantism and Catholicism Compared in Their Influence Upon European Civilization." 12. Horgenrother’s "The Catholic Church and the Christian State.” (2 vols.) 13. Parsons’s "Studies in Church History.” (7 vols.) 14. Walsh’s "The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries"; (the 12 or more appendices are as good as the book itself) . 15. Walsh’s "The Century of Columbus." 16. Walsh’s "The Popes and Science.” 17. Drane’s "Christian Schools and Scholars." (2 vols.) 18. Montalombert’s "The Monks of the West." (7 vols.) 19. Chesterton’s "What’s Wrong With the World." 20. Godfrey Kurth’s "The Church at the Turning Points of History." 21. W. S. Lilly’s "Chapters in European History." 22. Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S.J.’s "Whose Country Is This?" (A pamphlet, but full of meat and worthy of intensive study. ) 23. Mozaus’s "Woman in Science." 24. Kenelm Digby’s "The Ages of Faith or Mores Catholici." 25. Kenelm Digby’s "Compitum or the Meeting of the Ways." 26. Windle’s "The Church and Science," etc. 27. Ernest Hull’s "The Formation of Character." 28. Ernest Hull's "Fortifying the Layman.” 29. Ernest Hull’s "Collapses in Adult Life." 30. Dollinger’s “Gentile and Jew.” (2 vols.) 31. Brownlow’s "Slavery and Serfdom in M.A.” 32. Gasquet’s "Catholic Church in England," and other works. 33. Chesterton’s "Orthodoxy.” 34. Chesterton’s "The Everlasting Man.” 35. Belloc’s "How the Reformation Happened." 36. Vermeersch, S. J.’s "Tolerance." B. O. Wash. 1913. 37. Leicester Buckingham’s “Bible in Middle Ages." 38. Brother Azarias’s "Essays Educational.” • 38 • 39. Spalding’s “Miscellanea,” (2 vols. ) 40. Kelley’s “Blood-drenched Altars.” 41. Wilfrid Parsons’s “Mexican Martyrdom.” 42. Eckenstein's “Woman Under Monasticism.” 43. Schmiedler’s “The Industrial Revolution and the Home,” 1927, Washington, D. C. 44. Rev. Felix Kirsch’s O.M.Cap., “Sex Education and Train- ing in Chastity.” Benziger, 1930. (The reading and group-study of the above books would be helped by referring to other books, etc., cited below.) SOURCES FOR INFORMATION FOR STUDY CLUBS A. The Catholic Encyclopedia. B. The Catholic Truth Society Publications: (those of the American, Irish, English, Scotch, Australian Societies can be obtained from the International Catholic Truth Society, 407 Bergen St., Brooklyn, New York. A catalogue will be sent on request) . C. The Paulist Press Publications; a long series of valuable pamphlets. D. Rev. Daniel A. Lord’s pamphlets; any and all of these. E. The Catholic Mind, 329 West 108th St., New York. Catholic papers and magazines that may profitably be used as subjects for group study. (Different members of the group might subscribe for different periodicals and put them at the disposal of all the members. Thus a large circulating library could be formed. ) F. America The Commonweal Denver Register The Sunday Visitor The local diocesan weekly The Queen’s Work The Sign The Catholic World The Rosary The Sentinel • 39 • Ave Maria Black Friars The Acolyte The Dublin Review Studies American Ecclesiastical Review Irish Ecclesiastical Record Thought U. S. 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