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Vol. 015 Issue 006 (December 9 1931)
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Vol. 015 Issue 007 (December 16 1931)
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Vol. 015 Issue 008 (December 23 1931)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 The Vigil
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THE VIGIL TWO DAYS after the day when this issue of our paper will appear, it will be Christmas. To all our readers, and the friends of our readers, and the friends of their friends, we wish good...
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Week by Week
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WEEK BY WEEK THE PRESIDENT'S message to Congress is diffi-cult to evaluate. On the one hand, it reveals a man struggling hard to grapple with a staggering complex of problems concerning which he...
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Phantoms in the East
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PHANTOMS OF THE EAST GETTING out the map of Asia and puzzling over it has once again become a pastime with serious implications since Japan has struck another historic blow in Manchuria. There on...
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Spain and the Church
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Manent, M.
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SPAIN AND THE CHURCH By M. MANENT IT IS already known that among the first decrees of the new regime established in Spain were those whose object was the immediate laicization of the state. For...
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A Prayer for Snow (verse)
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Wilson, R. N. D.
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A Prayer for Snow Sweet Christ Whose whiteness was A lamb on the world's grass, Whose coming lit a star Unknown before To learned astronomy, I pray Thee send us snow, That Christmas may be...
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Fearing Old Age
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Darrach, Marie L.
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FEARING OLD AGE By MARIE L. DARRACH "IF YOU know of any old man or woman who is unhappy, who has lost courage to live fully, who is merely marking time till death overtakes him, or her, or if...
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The Symbol (verse)
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Ryan, Anne
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The Symbol On a high inaccessible peak stood an old castle inhabited by monks. Valleys lengthened away from it on every turn, The hemlocks, no matter how tall they grew, only swept as a boiling...
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The Vanishing Individual
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Murphy, Elmer
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THE VANISHING INDIVIDUAL By ELMER MURPHY Is the individual gaining or losing ground? In the following paper, Mr. Murphy replies by saying: "John Jones finds it more difficult to stand on his own...
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Medicine and Prayer
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Stahl, Joseph J.
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MEDICINE AND PRAYER By JOSEPH J. STAHL THE present Sovereign Pontiff has sounded a call for increased corporate sanctity among the faithful through organized Catholic Action. To this paternal...
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The First Christmas
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Klein, Felix
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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS By FELIX KLEIN IT IS now nearly nine months since Mary, the daugh-ter of Joachim and Anna, received the celestial message, and, with her consent, the Eternal Son of God has...
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My Light (verse)
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Moody, Anna
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My Light No one can take away my light, The torch that God has given; And when my angel comes to me, And when my soul is shriven— This little torch, this little light, Is all I'll...
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The Fire on the Hearth
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Cram, William Everett
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THE FIRE ON THE HEARTH By WILLIAM EVERETT CRAM THE OPEN fire on the hearth dates back to England. The Indians had their open fires and an abundance of fuel, but probably not until the English...
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Christmas Eve in the Tyrol
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Minkus, Friedrich von
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CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE TYROL By FRIEDRICH VON MINKUS NIGHT still envelops the white village. The high pointed windows of the church paint golden exclamation marks in the darkness, and twinkling...
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The Play
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Skinner, Richard Dana
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214 THE PLAY By RICHARD DANA SKINNER 1931THE GROUP THEATRE, that organization of younger enthusiasts which the Theatre Guild is sponsoring and which produced recently "The House of...
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Communications
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COMMUNICATIONS GREED IS THE WITCH Washington, D. C. TO the Editor: The paper by Michael O'Shaughnessy in the November 4 issue of The Commonweal takes the vice of avarice seriously. This is...
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Books
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Lapp, John A.; Williams, Michael; Healy, T. Francis; Shuster, George N.; Healy, Patrick J.; Lavanoux, Maurice
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BOOKS Doctrine for Today Questions of the Day, by John A. Ryan. Boston: StratfordCompany. $3.00. THIS is a vigorous book. It deals with vital questions of the day in unmistakable terms. The...
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Vol. 015 Issue 009 (December 30 1931)
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