THE AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY

New Zealand Tablet, 11 May 1911, Page 855

THE AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY

, r .; It has been remarked time and again (says the Melbourne Tribune) that the bulk of our Catholic people, have hot yet ! realised the necessity of supporting an apostolate that stands out as one of the great needs of our daythe apostolate of ; the Catholic press. From the highest to the humblest member # of the hierarchy of the Church, by Pope, bishop, and priest, the earnest wish has again and again been expressed that the powerful engine of a vigorous Catholic press should be utilised for God and revealed truth. That the A.C.T.S., in the face of apathy and cheap criticism, is doing sterling work in this direction becomes evident from the, fact that, though yet in its infancy, it has circulated throughout the Commonwealth and New Zealand -some 700,000 penny pamphlets, 43,000 copies of the Society's Prayer Book, and 800 copies of his Grace the Archbishop's Lectures and Replies. All the machinery for carrying on this good work is ready at hand, and the only thing needed to make the Society a magnificent bulwark of Holy Church is the sinews of war.' Considering the special claims which the Catholic Truth Society has upon our people, it must be confessed that they are not co-operating with it as they might. Happily there are signs that our people are awakening to the necessity of aiding a work which might do much to stem the rising tide of rationalism, secularism, and lawlessness. '■•■'■ In New Zealand a generous response is being made to the Society's

latest appeal, and quite recently a zealous young lady in a remote corner of this State volunteered to make,an appeal for subscribers to the.A.C.T.S. The result of this appeal was highly gratifying, and if others will be inspired to do likewise, the committee of management would be relieved of many anxieties. This lady has forwarded the names of twenty subscribers—-four,Jife subscribers at three guineas each, and sixteen' annual subscribers at five shillings each. All these subscriptions came from one remote country parish, and were freely and cheerfully given. We are r confident that, in order to obtain the assistance of other zealous workers in the cause of Catholic Truth, it is only necessary that attention should be drawn to the urgency, of increased support which might enable the Australian Catholic Truth Society to develop and extend its activities in this land for the good of souls and the glory, of , God.