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Photographs by J. \V. Blunk
SACRED objects used in the ceremony include a stole, salt, oil, cotton, candle, surplice and the ritual.
A CAMERA SERVES THE CHURCH
How two ambitious amateurs recorded the
Catholic baptismal rites for teaching use
Gateway to Faith, the film pictured on this page, was produced by two young Roman Catholic priests, in their spare time and at their own expense.
It has impressed us as a splendid example of how the imaginative amateur, working within his own business or profession, may bring his camera to the service of that vocation. Similar productions by teachers, doctors, welfare workers or business men are of very real value, both to the producers and to their vocational associates.
Gateway to Faith is the work of brothers — the Reverends Edward H. and Paul Hayes, ACL, of Union City, N. J. Both served in the Armed Forces, and it is only since the war period that they have worked together in film production. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, completed by Father Edward in 1942, will be teamed with this new film in Catholic clerical education.
THE STOLE symbolizes the authority of the Church, as, with the preliminary rites ended, Mary is led towards the baptismal font.
ESSENCE of the ceremony are the words: "Mary, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."
A LIGHTED CANDLE, given to Mary at the conclusion of baptism, symbolizes her future vigilance against all evil.
THE PRODUCERS of Gateway to Faith: the Reverend Paul Hayes is at the camera, as the Reverend Edward Hayes directs.