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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
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mind . . . and into the life and
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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.
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Quips and
Quotes
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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
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"George, here's something coming up nicely.'
Family Weekly, June 3, 1962