Page 2, 19th November 1954

19th November 1954
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Religious Prejudices

SIR,-As an Anglican who also COnSidersmself a Catholic, I am often amazed at the way so many (Roman) Catholics sneer at, and attack, the Anglo-Catholic school of thought in the......

Showing Christ

SIR,-Neither argument nor good example ever converted anybody, but both can be very powerful in preparing non-Catholics for that intervention of God's grace, which we can only......

A Question Of Facts

SIR,-I write as a very friendly non-Catholic. In your current issue D. F. B., in a letter which does not err on the side of Christian forbearance, discusses anti-Catholicism. I......

Fatima And Mahomet

SIR, I happened to see a news item in your paper of November 12 named "Fatima wasn't the daughter of Mahomet." You say that the descendants of Mahomet and Khadidja are not......

Telephone Entries

SIR, As a tourist in England. I would ask you can anything be done to have all the entries in telephone directories relating to Catholic Churches under one obvious heading.......

Leakage The Problem Of Our Day

Letters pour into `C.1 - 12 Mr. Newman's letter of last week has brought to notice a very important and urgent factthe great lack of social work, especially for youth, among the......

Realist Training

Slit, As a Probation Officer working on the fringe of the London area, I should like to endorse the points Mr. Newman puts forward in his letter. It has been my sad experience.......

Problem Of Tire 15-20's

THE Editor regrets that It is impossible to publish more than extracts from the majority of letters on the "leakage" reaching this office. We would ask future correspondents to......

St. Christopher's Cycling Club

SIR,-Within our club I am frequently stating my conviction that the future of our club lies within the senior age groups at all our Catholic schools, colleges. etc. True, we can......

Plain-chant

SIR, It seems naïve of Dom Gregory Murray to suppose that two of his .questions can be answered with "a plain yes or no.' I do not propose to fall into that trap, but I will......

Dom Gregory's Answer

SIR,-I thank Dom Desrocquettes for his candid replies to my three questions. Perhaps you will allow me to bring this correspondence to a conclusion by offering a few comments on......

School Uniforms

SIR,-I have been very pleased to see this question raised in your columns, as I have been very concerned about the problem it raises for many mothers for a long time. have been......

Place Of Youth Clubs

SIR, -Mr. Palmer has quite rightly cast doubt on the idea that clubs are the solution to the leakage. No person, in their right senses, would suggest that any single activity or......

Is It Exaggerated?

Sm.-l1 is difficult to ascertain how the alarming figures for the "leakage" are arrived at, for they are certainly not typical of the average, which can be fairly closely......

Extracts From Letters

SIR,-IS it youth clubs, which tend to divide even further the already divided welfare state supervised family, so much as Catholic community centres which arc needed? Centres......