Alcala 1958

Un for tun ate ly, the litu rgi cal flav or of her theme s som etime smak es them almost unint ell igi bleto one out sid e the clo iste r. Sev eral page s are dev ote dto mon asti ccus­ toms pe cu lia rto the Po or Clar es and prac­ ticall y needan inte rpr ete r.But when Mary 's nam e is me nti oned ,Sis ter Franci s sha res ecs tas y wit h the mu ltit ude. "M ar y,you r name is a pause in son g. It is the mo me nt be fo re fligh t." Th is is the name wh ich bec omes acry sta l dan ce of song. It is as oil pou red out on smart ing sp iri t, an oa sis in the was telan d of wa iti ng . It is a sil ence full of bell s. "M ar ywa s full of lis ten ing And the Wor d W as ut te re din he r sile nce Li ke a be lls tro ke ." How rem ini sce ntSis teris of St . Bern ard ! Sh e tell s us that at a wor d from Mar y ever y "st one in hel l we nt limp as rag ." "The soft -str ung Wor d lost in neg oti ati on"with Ma ry. Yo u wo rry ov er pur ple patc hes, for the firs t po ems of he r ear ly wr itin g are far from pe rfe ct. But in her mor emat ure work ev er yth ingglows wi th cha rm and cha rity , su ffe rin gand sa cr ifi ce ,den ial and fulf ill­ me nt. "T he vir gin aldoo r of He ave n"go es wit h the log ic of lov e to the "ar ms of the cro ss to en cir cle the br ide ." "T h etowe r of Ba bel is cru mb ledan d go ne : Th e tow er of Dav id stands tal l in the da wn !" In a sen ten ce, we are taken from Me rcy , wh ich rul es the bu sin essof the Tr inity, to the su ffe ring sou l "st ricken with hope" unt il kin dn ess "sc ar s" the ver y be ing of a pit y-f low ing fa ce . But we retur n wit h Sis ter Ma ry Fr an cis to Ma ry, for whom all the wor ld is a Te pe ya c. But no on e rea ds poe try any more. — C . J. DA 8 Fr. Char les J. Dol len , librar ian of the Col lege for Men. tunately, ical s ti es es el igible i e r. l s d tic - s li r t es - y ne d eter. ary's tioned, s y ltitude. ary, g. nt re l t. is i es a l . ting it, i d iting. . ary f ing rni d s t r d t ke." i iscent . ernard! y l ." ung l tion" . l es, t s l i g f ct. t ing it , ri g ifice, i l il - t. al " i cle i ." he r f led rnl : er f id !" ce, n , wh i e i it , the uffering soul " tricken with hope" i e " -flo ing . cis , l yac. - . /. . 8 8 . l !J , i l

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INCE crim e pre ven tion is the cen tral theme of Cr im inol og yand Crime Pr eve nti on , 9 the auth ors dev ote mu ch spa ce to the enli stment of ev ery ava ilab le commu nity support. Con­ sist ent with the ir emp has isupon cri me pre­ ven tion , they mak e rehabil itat ion the pri­ ma ry, thou gh not the onl y obj ective , in de aling with offe nde rs. Hi ggins and Fitz- pat rick def ini tely do not hol d with the codd lin gschools of crimin olo gy. Pro bab ly the most con spic uou s feat ure of the ir stud y is the amo unt of atte ntio n giv en to persona l resp ons ibility and free ­ dom of the will, an app roa ch that pla ces themcomplet elyin acco rd with the c rim ina l code s and very muc h out of line with the pre va iling phi loso phi es of man y lea din g wri ters on crimino log y. Althoug h the y stro ngl yenc our agethe use of soun d psyc ho­ the rap y,they cannot see how solid impr ove­ men t will result from reli anc e upo n en­ viro nment al dete rmi nism or ma terialistic psy cho analys is. Th e chapter devoted to the cri mi nal ac tiviti esof the Commun ists and to the ir succes ses in de cei vin g "in no cents" wil l pro ve more than a little dist aste ful to tho se "L ibe ral s"who beli ttle the wel l-establi shed fac t of gui lt by ass oci ati on . Crim e "co mi c" books are deal t wit h as an inst anc ein wh ich communityact ion can effect resu lts pres ently bey ond the pow er of the poli ce. While the U.S. Supreme Court may con tinu e to rend er of fic ia lre­ stra int almo st imp ossi ble , info rme d and det erm ined community org ani zat ion shave ade quatemea ns of eco nomic reprisa l. Lo is Lund ell Hi gg ins is pre sident of the Inte rna tion alAss oci atio nof Women Po lic e and dire ctor of the Crim e Pre ven tionBu­ reau of Illin ois. Edward A. Fitz patrick is pre sident eme ritu sof Mou nt Mary Col lege , 'L o isLunde ll Hig gins and Edward A. Fitzpat­ rick (Mi lwa uke e: Bruce , 195 8). 121 inology twn, 9 s t i le nity - sis - ti , ilitation - , ti , l rs. i itely li g l i ology. ly i uou feature ti n l on ibility - c l ely i al s iling l phie i g i logy. h ly e age - y, - e - e tal ini t i li i analysis. to inal ti ities i ts - e vi g ce t " l f l i rals" l l- t lished ation. ic" e i nity i l tl l1 . e Co e ial - straint almo t ible, ined nity izations have ate s ic is l. i l in e t tional ation o li e e tion - is. it 1 l , 9 L i l i - [ uke : , ).