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THE 'CHINA MATE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1968. A

THE FAITHS BY WHICH WE LIVE: Part One

Going to church can moan iplordoue and ceremony in a cathedral; it can mean simple piety in a mission hall. But what impact does this church-going. have on the life of the people? Today the China Moll, bogins an inquiry into the stato of some of the leading faiths: their influence, finances, and personalities, The investigation opens with a Church that is gaining strength every day.

IN

N which churches tomorrow morning are you likely to find fowest empty pews? Which religious community knows nothing about "redundant”: churches, but only the need for more?

There is no doubt about the answers.

The biggest congregations will be in the Roman Catholic churches. And it is the Catholics who face the heaviest programme of new church building.

{ has Consider this simple statistic: Every week since the war brought on average an increase of 1.500 in Britain's Roman Catholic popu- ase of a million to an estimated lation. In total that means an incre 4,576,000.

Those igures largely by

banerg

1

by

made returns parish priests to their bishops. You may

thelr question liability.

BERNARD HARRIS

How strong are

Britain's Roman

Catholics?

teria) post by the Tories since Edith the

dream The rentisation of a

much like that depends more than a simple counting of cuds. 1 depends also on the makc impact which Catholics on the national life and the in- of Buenee they wield in high posi and tions.

ott

But if there is any error it the roulal

the side of henn

"natural increase" (1) By The Newman varrierestimation.

families tend to be Association

busy on "sclen- (Catholle assessment" of the strength larger than the national ver- the Cathulle Commununity, age). And there are some who think

research may show

I

of just over 6,000,000.

Conversions

toin

conversion (though (2) By the not gain is controversial),

Immigration (3) By Catholico from Ireland Central Europe.

If this Church maintains its present rate of progress It can be- hardly be disputed that

years are out fore many will be numerically the most powerful in Britain.

What impact?

It

After allowing for "lapsed" members who may amount to about 40 per cent of the total there can be little doubt that the Catholics are getting Bear to the estimated "active" mem- bership of the Church of En- land though not, of course,

Does this then mean that one the total of those who for day-ay by the turn of the official purposes describe them- century Britain will be a Ro- selves a "C. of E."

man Catholic country, with the How have they made such Homan Mass celebrated in West- spectacular paine?

three minster Abbey and Canterbury

Cathedral?

ways:-

To

ROUND-UP

BETTER THAN MUM'S

CHRISTMAS pudding making has been occupying much of the time at the Army Catering Corps' training centre at Aldershot this month. At the centre 900 embryo Army cooks have already turned out 4.500 lb. of Christmas puddings, more than 400 lb. of Boast is that the Jeed Christmas cakes and 400 lb, of mincemeat. Puddings, to be served out on Christmas Day, will taste as good as not better than "Mum's." The instructors at the centre alm to produce cooks with higher qualifentions than many civilians an with better ideas on serving and decorating than Mum ever hud.

JOBS FOR EX-SERVICEMEN

What

THE problem of resettling ex-regulars is not a new one.

Is new is the Increased numbers, particularly of officers, being released from the Forces, many of them young enough to start D

new career." says Mr A. H. Taylor, secretary of the London and South Eastern Regionai Resettlement Committee. "Many are looking for posts in the middle and lower management level and to assist them in this business training courses have been set up. These are normally of six weeks' durution."

WESTMINSTER ROSES

WESTMINSTER City Couneli proposes to send

Who the outstanding appointed Lord Chancellor.

are Catholics in Britain,

And Just how much influence dn they excrt?

First, look at the House, of Commons, Catholics represent about 10 per cent of the popula- tion, Bui only 3 per cent of the House of Commons belong

that faith-a mere 32 M.P.

out of 030.

bu

Sitwell and Evelyn Duke of Norfolk become Waugh. But the tally of out-

In Parliamentary Secretary to the standing Catholic writers

Str Compilan Mac- Ministry of Agriculture in the eludes also

Cronin, kensin, A. J.

Pamela 1945 "Caretaker" Government.

Frankan, and Q. B, Stern, Of course Catholics suffer

entertainment, дя disabilities vertain

for % ilteraturo, Catholic Influence те concerned, No

closely reflects, even if it does polities

example, cha Catholic, for

the not execed,

numerical strength of the community.

Mr Ceel McGivern, deputy director of B.B.C. Television, is #Catholic. Sa t Sir Irons Kirkpatrick, former Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Office and now head of the indepen- dent Television Authority.

And among the Catholles TV whose faces often All the

Eamonn Andrews, rereens cre Gilbert Harding. Wittred Bebe Daniels. Ben Pickles, Lyon, and Max Hygtaves.

On the T.U.C.

The impact

So, with the support of the Hierarchy, neimpaign is being laumelied to encourage Catholics to go in for "eltizen service”......... ranging from membership of the House Commons to the

tunning of youth clubs.

If the Influentee of the Church has failed to keep pace with its Increasing numbers, how about its finances? Are they steadily rowing stronger? Is the money

aynilable to press on with deve- lopment at full speed?

None of these questions can

with be answered

certainty. For, like the Vatican itself, the Church in Britain says tile about its Onancial operations.

But it's kiiown that the Roman Church has no invest ments comparable with the mil- lions of git-edged, stacks and Ordinary shares owned by the Church of England. When It lend It buys to build a buya hospital-not for Investment.

Heavy

new

fis commitments for buildings are heavy. For schoola alone the bill avor the next few years is reckoned at £52,000,- 000 and interest chargés could double the burden.

And though there is no tegal ruling there are practical donats Catholic could be- whether a etme Prime Minister and to be responsible for, the appointment of bishops to the Established Of those 12 are Socialists. Church. iber include two Glasgow house- Cullen, who

In other branches of the na- wives Mrs Allee

Gorbals, and Mrs tional life the only non-religious represents

atcalater, the recent organisation which does not al- Mary

low Catholics at the top appears victor of Kelvingrove. There is Hugh Delargy, a friend of Mr to be The Observer. No Catho- c can become a trusice, Bevan

Yet when all this is added up or director, editor,

the impact exerted by the The others are W. J. Edwards, manage of that newspaper.

Catholics is not an great as one David Logan, Joha McGovern,

What shoul the Services? would expect from a 10 per cent John McKay, Simon Mahon.

Mallinh, Sir

Euw Robert

Tom There

top-ranking section of the population.

the This is indeed recognised by the Navy or O'Brien. John Tirathons, and Catholles in

Astry the Church's own leaders. Here, William Wells.

Royal Air Force. The does better, perhaps because for example, is an extract from

Irish

good a recent speech by Bishop Petul activities. such soldiers. Among its Catholles is of Menevia (Wales):- They are Philip Bell, John the now C.I.G.S. General Str Cotonet Cros- Francie Festins, who was con- Anthony Biggs-Divison,

Fell. verted while still a schoolboy thwalte-Eyre,

And the 10 Tories?

the

are

make

Robert Grant- at Winchester,

Price, Peter William Teeling,

Fraser, Hugh

David Ferris, Rawlinson, and Patrick Wall.

business

there In Industry

Arc no of Catholies in positions

infuence. In the outstanding What of the voters

outside State

tho only corporationa Parliament? Some authorities prominent Catholic is Sir Edwin estimate that, although Catholi- Plowden, chairman of the

associated with Atomic Energy Authority, cism to often the Right, as many as four out of Ave Catholics in Britain vate Socialist.

In that casc no Socialist Government could ever come to power if it were not for Catho- He support.

Four Catholic members sli on the T.U.C. generai counci} -- the most Important being Mr "B" Carron, head of the engineers.

The TV boss

In the House of Lords 40 peers are Catholics. Most are

ате In literature Catholles members of the "old" Catholle

impact. familles. But they include some making a tremendous notable converts---anong them The influence of Graham Greene Lords Fakenham, Iddesleigh, in Impressing a cynical genera- and Craigmyle.

tlon may be greater even than that of G. K. Chesterton or The Tory Government is com- Hilaire Bellor in their day- posed of 80 Ministers. But only though at times perhaps not so of them Lord Perth, pleasing to the Hierarchy.

State for the Minister Colonies, is a the first to be

100 rose bushes 1 Oslo "for planting on an English rose garden" in return for "We have the Osk, gifts of the Trafalgar Sauare Christmas tree. felt that the City Council would like to express in some tangible form the gratitude of the citizens of Westminster and indeed of on the public at large for the generosity of the citizens of Oslo in providing the tree year by year," explains the General Purposes Committee in its report.

of

Catholic. He is His influence is supplemented given a minis by two other converts-Dame

Some lacesòs are believed to bo in debt by more than o infl- lion pounds. It is to help pay for schools that most Catholic parishes run their own. foot. ball posts--some producing pra- fits as high ang £18,000 but withi £1,500. It the average about

hozarded that

moncy shortage la indeed retarding the full development of the Church's

can be

maina clear-cUL,

every

But despite this and other problems the ultimate goal re- "Our aim," says Dr Joseph Rudderhom, Bishop of Clifton, "is the conversion of

woman, and child must in this country....We carry out the charter given to us. We rannct, and we shall not, rest until not one, sinple person remains outside the Catholic Church."

"Catholic influence in the life of the nation is not only below what it should be un the grounds of numericni is the strength, but there possibility chab Catholics, single man, instead of being the ones to *erert influence, are being

others influenced by

wlth unhappy affect." Another Catholic leader de- plores the fact that members of the Church are "slow to play their part in public life."

He adds: "A glance at the Honours list ands a mere hand- ful of Catholice qualined for recognition by the Sovereign,"

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