By NANCY WEST
All in the Family
The parent-child relationship has received a one-sided treatment
writers. Most attention has been devoted to what parents
ach children, little to what children teach their parents.
Every mother knows the complete surrender of self which
-curs when her first-born is placed in her arms. Her former ego is
ermanently shrunk, her prayer life permanently revived.
Even though Baby may sleep all night from the beginning, its
ther never does again. She has advanced in will power, thanks
him to Night Tension, a condition outwardly resembling sleep
tit from which she can leap upright and land with her head on her
ifant’s chest. The N.T. reaction is often triggered by quiet breathing
r a small snort.
Both parents benefit character-wise from the first child, of
ourse but too much notice has been taken of poor New Father and
is sufferings while New Mother hovers over the bassinet. Has Irma
itched Gerald for Junior? Don’t Irma and Gerald go dancing anymore?
» Has anyone realized how much Gerald is profiting from this
pheaval of his domestic universe? Let him suffer a little if he wants
0 but most new dads have little time to stand watching their wives
fatch the baby. Dad is either outside hanging up diapers or downtown
laking enough money to meet education policy payments.
Dancing? Now Baby has taught his parents a new concept of
ileasure: serving his needs. His crooked, tentative smile at four
peeks (yes, he is precocious) sends these two soaring to new heights
if joy.
All the conquests of muscle and mind that Baby makes in his
irst year fill his parents with pride, but it is not the same pride
tripped from them in suffering at his advent. It is pride in him,
md it is founded on wide-eyed awareness of the goodness of God in
rusting them with such a treasure.
When Baby is two years old, his parents’ humility and trust
[row through exercise. They are often heard praying aloud, “Give
ne strength,” and “O Lord, help us!” Their heartfelt cries may follow
he 49th replacing of all the pots and pans or a fruitless search for the
:ar keys.
Parental suffering is usually minimal when the child leaves for
iis first day of school. Real suffering begins on their first night of
>,T.A. Vast opportunities lie before them for putting aside selfish in
erests in favor of Group Purpose. Through the school years they are
ated to follow their children, a sort of protective rear guard given to
anel discussions, cake sales, workshops on nutrition, and other en
abling good works.
The tendency of children to get older and older is a deterrent to
heir parents’ vanity. “Only her hairdresser knows for sure,” cannot
le said of the bottle blonde in the company of young Gerald who has
ust registered Democratic. ,
When, then, aren’t most parents quite saintly? Is it perhaps be
lause after all these years of growth and humility, parents become
p-andparents? And there is no help for pride in grandchildren. It is
lure deep, and incorruptible because any flaw in the little darlings
5. naturally attributable to the other side of the family.
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The State Council of the
Knights of Columbus will expand
their program of Catholic Informa
tion Advertising for the fourth
successive year. A series of fifty
six advertisements will be carried
in eight newspapers throughout
the State. Booklets and informa
tion on various phases of Catho
lic belief and practice will be pro
vided to inquirers at no cost or
obligation.
The cities where the advertising
will be placed are: Albermarle,
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DIOCESAN SEMINARIANS pictured above (1. to r.): FRONT ROW: Joe Vetter; Bill Parker;
Melvin Wetzel; Dennis Ficken; Fr. John Wall, Rector of St. John’s Hall; Bishop Waters; Larry
Smith; Wilbur Thomas; Joe McCarthy; SECOND ROW: Professor Louis Palanc, Harry
Webb; Pat Williams; Joe Edelen; Jim Ross; Jim Butler; Rev. Mr. Alan Dash; George Stall
ings; Joe Gaul; Charles Williams; THIRD ROW: Pete Harmatuk; David Williams; Bill Pitts;
Rev. Mr. James Waters; Tom Mattox; Joe Lusk; John O’Connor; and Pete Finnerty. George
Kloster of Clayton, North Carolina was absent from this year’s session since he is studying
at the North American College in Vatican City.
The twenty-four diocesan seminarians have just completed a two week Latin Clinic un
der the direction of Mr. Louis Palanca, Chairman of the Department of Classics at the Uni
versity of North Dakota. Fifteen of the twenty-five seminarians are residents of North Caro
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Msgr. Stack of Extension Speaks
At St. Raphael Dedication
St. Raphael’s Church of Mill
brook, N.C. will be blessed and
Rev. John Richardson installed as
first pastor on Sunday, July 10th.
Bishop Vincent S. Waters will pre
side at the blessing and installa
tion at the new parish seven miles
north of Raleigh.
Monsignor Kenneth G. Stack,
Acting President of the Church
Extension Society of America will
deliver the sermon at the cere
monies which will take place at
the 11:00 A.M. Sunday Mass. The
Extension Society has been in
strumental in providing contribu
tions to the new Church. Mrs. Jo
seph Hartnett of New York has
contributed $20,000 to the mod
ern Church which was designed
by the firm of Holloway-Reeves.
The Church is set in a property
comprising thirty-five acres. A
building dating back to 1820,
which once served as a roadside
tavern, has been refurnished and
will serve as a rectory. The parish
will serve some two hundred fam
ilies, most of whom have come
into the State over the past five
years. The cost of the new Church
was $150,000.
Monsignor Stack, head of the
Extension Society will be a guest
of the Bishop for a few days. The
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