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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1962)
Why So Many Decide Ma-AJfcnai- St JTIIAI I AO 10 btUUftlt UHIHULIUO Every week ... all over the world . . . thousands of people are received nto the Catholic Church as con verts. In some cases, they are promi nent, even famous people, and newspapers and magazines will in terview them to ask: "Why are you adopting the Catholic Faith?" Usually, however, these converts are just average people and no body bothers to ask them "Why?" Yet the reasons which prompt the average person to become a Catholic are tremendously impres sive. They are worth the most careful study of all who seek the salvation of their immortal souls, and who search for spiritual truth in a world of confusion. It isn't easy to become a Catho lic. It involves more than a mere declaration of faith and regular attendance at a nearby church. Thorough instruction in Catholic beliefs and obligations comes first, and a firm and fervent conviction must be demonstrated. The Sacra ments of Baptism, Confirmation, Penance and Holy Communion must follow. And these are only the beginnings of Catholic life and Catholic obligations. Nobody would undertake to meet such rigid requirements out of mere curiosity, or as a passing fancy. It may be assumed, there fore, that the average person who is thinking of becoming a Catholic has been moved by some strong reasons to feel this way. Is it mere ly because he has friends and neighbors who are Catholic . . . be cause the Catholic Church spans the earth and dates back to the j g A oostles... because in the Catho- ! NAME I lie Church there is unity of creed ana worsnip, authority and a dis- AD0ESS a tinctive form of ritual? i 3 Any one of a hundred reasons may be responsible for the initial 1 SUPREME COUNCIL g KIHGHTS of COLUI11BIIS RELIGIOUS INFORMATION BUREAU i 44JS IINDELI BLVD. ,iilsX ST. LOUIS S, MISSOURI 1 interest of a Catholic convert. But what is it that prompts so many of them to investigate Catholic beliefs and teachings, and then say to themselves: This is it! I s The answer comes from the lips jj of numerous average people who jj were not originally Catholics but g are today. They tell in a clear and j understandable way what they : found when they looked into the teaching, worship and history of I the Catholic Church with an open r mind . . . and into the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. They an swer questions which may linger in your mind in a way which any non-Catholic can easily under stand, for they too once stood on the outside and, in some cases, were even antagonistic to every thing Catholic. An interesting pamphlet which you cannot obtain elsewhere . . . describing the experiences of aver age people who were originally non-Catholics but are now devoted members of the age-old world wide Catholic Church . . . explain ing how and why they became j Catholics . . . how and why the j Catholic Faith can aid and enrich ! your own personal and family life ! . . . will come to you in a plain I wrapper on your request and no- j body will call on you. Write for Pamphlet No. FM-27. FREE Mail Coupon Today . SUPREME COUNCIL KNIGHTS Of COLUMBUS RELIGIOUS INFORMATION BUREAU 4421 lindell Blvd., Si. louii 8, Miitouri Pltoio lend m Fr Pamphlet ntltldi Why So Many Dcid To Bkhiw Catho- LflStL YOU CANS KlSTtttt ( PREVENT ) gX FOREST Z Quips and Quotes TBI Man and Supermarket Three brown bags are packed With items thai he spent for Everything, in fact, But the item he was sent for. Betty Billipp Grandma was visiting the young family for the first time, and she was particularly entranced by her daughter's three-year-old boy. Her pride overflowed when she heard the youngster reverently recite his prayers before going to bed. "That's darling, Johnny," Grandma said. "I hope you'll let me hear you say your morning prayers." "Aw," the boy replied, "I just say prayers at night. I can take care of myself in the daytime." A. T. Quigg Males on the Threshold of Summer They're sure that if they'd tan some, They'd be just twice as handsome. Ruth Chndwick June is the month when many who think they're finished with institutions of higher learning enter one called matrimony. -V. W. Pelkie A circus advertised for a lion tamer. Two candidates showed up, an attractive blonde and a husky young man. The girl was first to try her skills. She entered a cage with four lions and uttered a few soft words. Immediately one of the lions strode to her, laid his head gently on her shoulder, and nuzzled her hair. "Whew!" said the impressed circus own er, turning to the other applicant. "Can you do that?" "You're darn right," the young man re plied. "Just get those lions" out of there !" John Shotwell The Height of Injustice The single girl who's five-foot-ten Is seldom madder than When hearing of some five-foot girl Who snagged a six-two man. Hal Chadwick "It's not that I don't like you," the girl's father said to a prospective bridegroom, "but frankly I don't see how you can sup port my daughter. Why, I can hardly man age it myself." The young man pondered this truth for a moment, then brightened. "I've got it, sir," he exclaimed. "Suppose you and I pool our resources!" . F. G. Kernan -1 V. i vi - 'VST' "George, here's something coming up nicely.' Family Weekly, June 3, 1962
