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MN of MAIWIEN
Volume 2
SEPTEMBER, 1939
Number 3
DREAMS VERSUS REALITIES
Poets and philosophers, in (lreamy
lyrics or sedate prose, have told in-
numerable ages of the joys and the
psychology of dreams experienced in
the shade of some glorious tree, par-
ticularly during delightful summer
vacations.
“’e, too, have felt the intoxication
of a marvelous dream, and, 0, how
we wished that that dream might
come true when we were aroused
from glamorous slumber.
But, putting aside the fantastic
flights of an active mind in a sleeping
body, let us think of a dream that
has been carefully thought out, and
planned to the last detail-THE
DREAM OF CORRIGAN HALL.
Plans, however, are only plans until
actual operation is eommened, and
that, in this instance, is dependent
upon the will of the Men of Malvern.
Theirs is the final word, and their
approval must come in two ways-a
“go ahead” signal and the providing
of the funds.
The actual building of Corrigau
Hall is being held up because we are
still short of tlie prescribed S-10,000.00.
We actually have more than $35,000.-
00 in cash, but the gap is closing too
slowly. The time for action is NOW.
Let us cast off the lethargy that
has permeated so many of our mem-
bers and turn to the task with a will
that will brook no let up. Unless we
start operation this month we shall
not be able to finish the building be-
fore the cold weather will stop the
work. and that means we shall not
be ready for the opening of next
season.
Our membership totals more than
l0,500 men, so it needs no prodigy in
mathematics to figure how easily the
job could be done if each man ac-
cepted his own responsibility. “’ith
that $5,000.00 in hand, work could be
started in two weeks‘ time and we
could have a Grand Opening on
Thanksgiving Day. and what a
thanksgiving that would be!
These are the cold facts. What do
you think about them?
FROM "MENS NOSTRA." THE
ENCYCLICAL ON RETREATS.
BY POPE PIUS Xl
‘. . . The importance for more than
one reason, the utility and opportune-
ness of sacred retreats, will be readily
recognized by anyone who considers.
however lightly, the times in which
we now live.
The most grave disease by which
our age is oppressed, and at the same
time the fruitful source of all the
evils deplored by every man of good
heart is that levity and thoughtless-
ness which carry men hither and
thither through devious ways. Hence
comes the passionate absorption in
external things; hence, the insatiable
thirst for riches and pleasure that
gradually weakens and extinguishes in
the minds of men the desire for more
excellent goods, an(l so entangle them
in outward and fleeting things that
it forbids them to think of eternal
truths, and of the Divine laws. and
of God Himself, the one beginning
and end of all created things. KVho,
nevertheless, for His boundless good-
ness and mercy. even in these, our
(lays, though moral corruption may
spread apace, ceases not to draw men
to Himself by a hounteous abundance
of graces.
“NOW. if we would cure this sick-
ness from which human society suf-
fers so sorely, what healing remedy
could we devise more appropriate for
our purpose than that of calling these
cnervated souls. so neglected of
eternal things, to the recollection of
spiritual exercises.
And, indeed, if spiritual exercises
were nothing more tlmn a brief re-
tirement for a few days. wherein a
man, removed from the common so-
ciety of mortals. and from the crowd
of cares, was given. not empty silence,
but the opportunity of examining
those most grave and penetrating
(confirmed on page 6)