tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post982051381542610539..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: 10 Year Olds Knew it in 1948Fr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10926044119712200962008-05-09T17:44:00.000+01:002008-05-09T17:44:00.000+01:00Well, I was 10 in 1948. We all read comics then, ...Well, I was 10 in 1948. We all read comics then, the Dandy, the Beano, the Knockout. No I did not see this particular innovation which kids would have taken in their stride but I do remember the Parish and how it was a community and when they talk today about `community` I want to cry. Grandparents, parents and Children in Glasgow where I grew up usually had attended the same school and Church. Most families were involved in the Church through the SVP, the Legion of Mary, Knights of Columba, Sacred Heart solidarity, and the Children of Mary. The priests were involved with their parishioners and were often the last word in family disputes. From school we would attend Adoration and Forty Hour Devotions. And as far as the poor were concerned I do not think thee was a religious order my mother did not contribute to. On the catechism, recently I was confronted with this nonsense. You know it. Jesus is present in the Tabernacle, in the priest, in the community and we are led to believe equally. I thought back to my Penny Catechism. `AS God Jesus Christ is everywhere, but as God made Man he is in heaven and in the Blessed Sacrement of the Altar. As a ten year old I could have knocked spots off our modernist priests.John Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13074138642860577242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-36225424640850909442008-05-07T18:33:00.000+01:002008-05-07T18:33:00.000+01:00:-D you'd have known about it even sooner if you ...:-D you'd have known about it even sooner if you ran across <A HREF="http://gemoftheocean99.blogspot.com/2007/09/treasure-chest-online.html" REL="nofollow">back in September</A>.<BR/><BR/>I caught the tail end of the era, having started grade school in the early 60s. The great thing about the magazine was that it didn't come across as didactic or anything. It was very inexpensive reading ... 10 cents a copy in my day. I was sorry to see the archives didn't have the next year or two as there was a year I never did finish out one of the serial stories as we'd moved mid year.<BR/><BR/>One drawback was that it was only sold in schools, and you had to sign up for a subscription at the beginning of the school year. An issue came out every other week.<BR/><BR/>There were also stories of general interest, and stories that didn't have anything directly to do with religion, but looking back on them "the good guys always won, the bad guys lost."<BR/><BR/>I had run across the electronic archive some time ago and was astonished to find after reading the first year's issues that the ubiquitous Chuck White had been a convert.<BR/><BR/>You'd also find biographies of famous people, or historical figures.<BR/><BR/>I'm very sorry it had gone out of business. That coincided with the decline in the numbers of Catholic grade schools starting in the early 70s. A pity, but I'm glad so much has been preserved. <BR/><BR/>I wonder why the archives only go up until the early 60s. somewhere among my souvenirs I think I might still have two years worth of issues after that date, and a few odd issues here and there.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-65363879804420096442008-05-07T10:11:00.000+01:002008-05-07T10:11:00.000+01:00The pages shown in the comic are informative for a...The pages shown in the comic are informative for adults too. I had no idea of the origins of the service of Benediction until I saw this.<BR/><BR/>Having frequented Collectors' Fairs for some forty years where children's comics are often found, I wondered why I had never seen any issues of this particular magazine. On searching further I see that it was an American publication which would appear not to have reached our shores. <BR/><BR/>Many of us tend to criticise the many American influences which have indeed arrived here - I used to wonder if my sons would start speaking with American accents as so much of the children's television at the time came from the US! However, it does look as if Catholic children in Britain would have benefited greatly from this comic, or something similar if they had been available over here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com