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A Parochial Course of Doctrinal Instructions for All Sundays and Holidays of the Year, Based on the Teachings of the Catechism of the Council of Trent ... Sundays and Feasts
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About A Parochial Course Of Doctrinal Instructions For
No more timely and valuable contribution to the Catholic pulpit could possibly be made than the Parochial Course of Doctrinal Instructions prepared by Reverend Fathers Callan and Mc Hugh, of the Order of Preachers, in conjunction with our Diocesan Commission on Preaching, to which I entrusted, some time ago, the working out of a practical and uniform Program of doctrinal and moral exposition for the entire Archdiocese of New York. I am more than gratified and consoled at the exceptionally splendid result, in the appearance of the Program, already in use in New York, and of the present volumes as a companion work in the larger development of the subject matter outlined in the Program. It is quite evident that the authors and compilers realized that the quest for the passing new in preaching lessens, if it does not altogether destroy, the zest for the basic old in the Church streasury of the Word. Hence, the Catechism of the Council of Trent, the Encyclical of Pius X,1 and that of Benedict XV,2 have been studied most carefully and followed in the preparation of these volumes. The Catechism of the Council of Trent is presented within these pages in a revised English version and with suitable arrangement and division as to chapter and subject. The Catechism is but too little used to-day, though in the Church it has the unique distinction of holding a place, as it has been said, between approved Catechisms and what is de fide It is the fruitage of years of labor and discussion, subsequent to the closing of the Council of Trent, and was issued for the use of parish priests by order of Pope Pius Vin 1566. Leo XIII writing3 to the French Episcopate calls it the golden book, the Catechismus ad parochos a precious summary of all theology both dogmatic and moral. Cardinal Newman says: I rarely preach a sermon, but I go to this beautiful and complete Catechism to get bo(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
