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New Zealand Tablet, 24 July 1919, Page 19

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The New Canon Law , by Rev. Stanislaus Woywod, O.F.M. (Linehan, Melbourne; 17s Gd.) Father Woywod’s name is already known to readers of the American Ecclesiastical Review, in which he contributed many important articles dealing with the new Code of Canon Law. In the present volume he has given us a manual especially designed for the use of missionary priests. Questions with which the clergy in charge of souls are not directly concerned are treated briefly, and the work aims at supplying a useful- reference for busy priests. In the author’s own words, “the purpose of the present volume is mainly to give the clergy engaged in parish work in a handy volume all that which is of practical importance for them in their daily life, in the exercise of their sacred duties that must be guided by the laws of our Holy Mother the Church.” Prolonged discussion and lengthy comparison with former law, such as might appeal to the student who has no other duties but his studies to attend to, are avoided in this volume. The author follows the order of the New Code, and the exposition is admirably clear throughout. A copious index adds much lo the practical value of the work.