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Consciousness.  \n■ ONE thing can be said for sure about the mod-ern Church:discussion is flourishing as never be-fore.CFM groups;\"Operation Renewal\"groups;\"Living Room Dialogues\";and just plain discus-sion circles have multiplied apace in the last fewyears.The Springfield Illinois diocese,for exam-  \nple,has 20,000 adults participating in a well organized discussionprogram.  \nHere at Liguori we have been heartened by the response to ourseries of seven discussion booklets,edited by Father Hugh O'Connell,pictured below.Last year's 16 lesson book entitled:\"What's Happen-ing in the Church?”has just gone into its fourth printing,totalling100,000 copies.At a conservative estimate,more than 10,000 discussiongroups are making use of this booklet.In it are chapters of comment.with suggested questions as talk-starters,on such subjects as the re-newed liturgy,ecumenism,sacred music and art,the Bible today,andreligious liberty.All are based primarily on the Council documents.  \nA new booklet entitled:\"Putting Vatican II into Practice\"is com-ing off the press as these lines are being written,and basing our opin-ion on the advance orders received,we are projecting for this an evengreater distribution.Here are some of the chapter headings in thisnew booklet:Clear Thinking about the Christian Renewal,The Fu-ture of Catholic Education,New Ideas on Confession,What Is theFuture of Parish Societies?War and Peace.  \nOur idea in publishing these booklets is to respond,in the best waywe can,to the oft-repeated plea of Pope Paul that the people of God\"enter into the spirit of the Council,a spirit which demands from each  \none of us an inner effort which will.enable us to thinkand to perform the good,vital things which the Councilproposes to all.\"  \nThese discussion booklets are available at 50 cents each(discount for bulk orders)from Liguori Pamphlets,Box  \n39,Liguori,Mo.63057  \nPUBLISHED BY THE REDEMPTORIST FATHERS  \nEditor:L.G.Miller.Assistant Editor:D.L.Lowery.Associate Editors:F.J.Connell,D.F.Miller,H.O'Connell,T.E.Tobin,R.J.Miller,J.E.Doherty,  \nF.M.Lee,E.F.Miller,W.F.McKee.Editorial Assistant:Virginia Smith.Artwork and Layout:Jim Corbett,Nick Mirkay,Jr.Promotion:C.A.Bodden,  \nF.Novak,W.Ryan,R.T.McKee,J.Campbell,J.Gleason,John Daly,W.Hogan,J.Broker.Business Manager:G.Breitenbeck.  \nTwo dollars per year —Canada and foreign $2.50Change of Address:Four weeks notice re-quested.Include both old and new addressand mailing label from recent issues.Hardcover binders are available,suitable forholding 12 easily inserted issues of theLIGUORIAN.Price $2.50.  \nOwned and operated and published monthly bythe Redemptorist Fathers and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Liguori,Mo.under the act of March 3.1879.Acceptance formailing at special rates of postage provided for insection 1103,act of October 3,1917.AuthorizedJuly 17.1918.Second-class postage paid at Li-guori,Mo.Published with ecclesiastical approval.  \n2 People of God and Priest of GodAlfred C.Rush  \n6 Readers Retort  \n11 The Galileo ScandalEdward Day  \n16 The Catholic Divorcee:A Composite PortraitThomas E.Tobin  \n22 Translating the Gospels:Rules for MeR.J.Miller  \n26 Readers Ask:New Church Attitude on CremationJoseph Manton  \n30 Sideglances:Crisis of Justice:The Right-to-Work LawsEdward Cosgrove  \n36 New Methods of Teaching Old TruthsDonald F.Miller  \n41 Teens on Target:Can a Teenager Be Both Humbleand Happy?Daniel Lowery  \n45 Conscience or Mob Consciousness?John P.Lavin  \n50 Living WatersGeorge Wadding  \n54 Feature Forum:Cry Room ControversyLaura Flinn  \n57 Liguoriana:Prove Yourself Christian by CharityJoseph Manton  \n56 Notable &Quotable  \n61 Books  \n# People of God\n\nand  \nALFRED C.RUSH  \n# Priest\n\n■ VOCATION is an everydayword in Catholic life.Ask an aver-age person what a vocation is,andhe will probably reply that a vocationis a 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