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PAGE 6—THE BXJLvjktIN. April *5, 1§oC EASTER AT CARMEL xhsn thffi Chantresses wifi intone the cantiile “Benedictus” and re- CATHOLICS ACCEPT ALL PASTS OF CONSTITilM By Freddie Boyle A beautiful Holy Week of in tensely living the Church litur gy followed by a joyous Easter of devotional ceremonies, meal time treats, and family visits is in store for Discalced Carmelite nuns throughout the world. In an old red brick building surrounded bv a high wall in Baltimore, Md., near the city’s business section, 21 of these nuns live their lives of prayer and sacrifice as cloistered contem- platives. This way they begin on earth the life they expect to be theirs in heaven. Their strict routine is intensified during the last three days of Holy Week when they live in snirit the last sorrowful days of Our Lord on earth followed by the joy of His glorious resurrection on Easter. WASHING THE FEET Observance of these davs is much the same in Discaled Car melite monasteries the world over. However, a ruling of the Father General during this ex perimental stage of adaption to the new rubrics for Holy Week, permits some choice on certain minor points like whether to chant or simply recite Matins and Lauds, parts of the Divine Office, on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Tvnical of the soirit on Holy Week is the following praver froauent.ly reneated on Holy Thursdav and Good Friday: “Look down, we beseech Thee, O Lord, unnn This Thv familv: for which our Lord .Tasns Christ hesitated not to he delivered ur) into the hands of wicken men and to undergo the torment of the cross.” Holv Thursday afternoon at 3:30 will find the nuns in a room of the monasterv eouinned with an altar for special ceremonies. There the Prioress, ass's+°d bv a few of her charges, will wash the feet of the other nuns in commemoration of C h r i s t’s washing the feet of bis anostles. Mass will be at five in the evening in the monastery chaoel with the celebrant One of the chanlains anoninted by the Ardhh'sVino of Baltimore — ei ther Father J. Chester Griffith or Father John Beinsfelder. The nuns assist at Mass in the chapel Choir where they kneel on the bare floor and are hidden from view by a curtain drawn across a large grate of metal bars. The curtain is low ered a- little during Mass so at least some of the nuns can see ACTUAL JOBS open in U. S., So. Am., Europe. To $15,000. Write only Employ ment Info. Center, Room H- 47. 470 Stuart St., Boston IS. East Point Ford Co. 1230 N. MAIN PI.. 3-2121 EAST POINT, <JA. FLOWERLAND GREENHOUSES Retail —- Wholesale Greater Atlanta Deliveries Flowers for. Every Occasion Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd. Chamblee, Ga. — GL. 7-3455 DR. ALLEN WASSERMAN OPTOStSTRlST Office Hours i- 9 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. Monday thru Friday Thursday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday 1152 Main Street PO. 1-7728 Forest Park, Ga. 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The spirit of sadness will be carried through Good Friday with such devotional lines as these from Lauds: “God spared not His own Son, but delivered him up for us all” and “My spi rit is overwhelmed within me, my heart within me is troubled.” The liturgical service prescrib ed for the afternoon of Good Friday will be held in the mon astery chapel at 3:00 p. m. with one of the chaplains as celebrant and altar boys from St. Paul’s parish in Baltimore. The nuns will chant parts of the service ordinary sung by choirs in parish churches. GIFTS OF FLOWERS Since the Vigil Service is no longer anticipated, the nuns stay close in spirit to our Mother of sorrows throughout Holy Sat urday, With the Queen of Mar tyrs, they mourn the death of her Divine Son. Beginning on Tuesday or Wednesday in Holy Week, friends of the nuns bring potted lilies, hyacinths, and tulips to brighten the otherwise barren rooms of the cloister once the joyful celebration of Easter be gins. Callers deliver their gifts without seeing the nuns by de positing their plants in the “turn.” Found in all cloisters, this is a device for delivery of packages to the nuns without their being seen. It is. like a small empty barrel which turns back and forth from the foyer of the monastery to the cloistered section. When the caller rings a bell, a voice from within the cloister answers. Then the open ed side of the “turn” is moved to the foyer so the visitor can deposit his package. Observance of Our Lord’s res urrection will start at 11:30 on Holy Saturday night at the Car melite monastery. The liturgy of the Easter vigil will be car ried out by a priest and servers from St. Paul’s parish. An out side choir will sing the Mass while the nuns in Choir follow it from their missals. Ringing of the bells at the Gloria will mark the end of the usual silence of the cloister and talking will be permitted Easter Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. (Normally the nuns do not speak except during recreation periods or when necessasy in an emer gency or in their work.) After communion of the Mass as the priest purifies the chalice, the Chantresses among the nuns will' go to the Prioress to an nounce the antiphon “Alleluia” which the Reverend Mother then will intone. The Chantress es will chant the Psalm “Lau- date Dominum in sanctis eius” (“Praise the Lord in his holy places”) and then return to the middle of Choir to repeat the antiphon “Alleluia.” The priest will chant the Ben edictus antiphon, “Et valde mane una sabbatorum veniunt ad monumentum, orto jam so-le, Alleluia” (“And very early in the morning the first day of the week they come to the sepul cher, the sun being now risen”). turn again to the middle of Choir to repeat the antiphon. The priest will sing the post communion prayer. EASTER BREAKFAST Easter Sunday morning the nuns will rise at 5:45, their us ual hour for starting the day in winter. (In spring and summer they rise an hour earlier. Six o’clock will find the brown garbed religious back in Choir for an hour of mental prayer. Carmelites pray especi ally for needs of the Church, sanctification of priests and sal vation of souls. Mass at seven will be follow ed by Benediction and recita tion of prime, tierce, sext and none, the “Little Hours” of the Divine Office. Breakfast at 8:30 on Easter morning will include a boiled egg for each nun, a departure from the usual breakfast of only bread and coffee. During the fast of the Order from Septem ber 14 until Easter the nuns do without butter at breakfast. After breakfast the communi ty will gather in the recreation room and the Prioress will an nounce beginning of Easter rec reation days during which the nuns may talk. Then she will de liver a short talk on the mean ing of the Resurrection. After this each nun will wish the Mother a happy feast and receive her blessing and em brace. Then in the spirit of hap py community life, the nuns will embrace one another and ex change greetings for a happy feast. They may enjoy talking and singing together until seven minutes of 11 when the mingling of happy voices must stop for a short examination of conscience. Fluffy mashed potatoes and delicious home made rolls will make dinner seem special to the nuns who usually dine on pota toes in their skins and plain bread. Fish or eggs, vegetables, fruit, cake and ice cream will probably round out the meal. Carmelites never eat meat ex cept in cases of illness when it is prescribed by doctors. Meals at the monastery are prepared by Lay Sisters of the Order. They are distinct from Choir Nuns in that they substi tute other prayers for the Divine Office. AFTERNOON VISITORS After dinner the nuns will en joy an hour of recreation. Talk ing or singing is the usual pas time since games are not per mitted. A nap is scheduled for 12:30, but many of the nuns will prob ably spend the early afternoon visiting with relatives and friends. Easter visits at the Car melite Monastery are different, though, from the usual get to gether of families and friends. Nuns are always separated from their guests by a grate of metal bars. For family members the black veil behind the grate is pulled away, but other visitors talk to the nuns without seeing them. At 2:00 o’clock on Easter af ternoon the nuns will file back to Choir to chant praises like these of the risen Lord in Ves pers: “The Lord said to my Lord: ‘Sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool.’. . ; “The scepter of your power the Lord will stretch forth from Sion: ‘Rule in the midst of your enemies.’ ” After Vespers the nuns recite Compline and then go to their rooms which they call cells for private spiritual reading. The schedule for the rest of a Discalced Carmelite’s day goes like this: 3:00 to 4:45 — free time to write letters or do as they wish; 4:45 — preparation for mental prayer during which nuns go over in their minds points to he covered in their meditation from five to 5:30; next Matins and Lauds are re cited; at six a light supper of eggs, vegetables or cereal and fruit; recreation again from 6:30 to 7:30 followed by examination of conscience and evening pray ers. The nuns retire to their cells at eight, much earlier than usual because of the need for more rest after the strenuous Holy Week routine. They take their rest on a bed of boards topped with a straw mattress and pillow. So even though the Easter feast day marks a slight departure from the rigidity of the monastic rou tine, a Carelite never leaves off completely the habit of daily sacrifice — her preparation for eternal happiness with Our Lord in heaven. PERFECT BELT MFG. CO. 225% Mitchell St., s. w. JA. 2-9616 Atlanta, Ga. EDITOR TELLS MALDEN, Mass., (NC)—Cath olics were among the signers of the Constitution, and Catholics today, accept its provisions, in cluding separation of Church and State, a Catholic editor told ministers here. , Msgr. Francis J. Lally, editor of the Pilot, newspaper of the Boston archdiocese, spoke to the Malden Ministers’ Association on “Catholic Responsibility and the Presidency.” The Church-State separation policy of Catholics is one in which they stand side by side with their Protestant neighbors, Msgr. Lally said. “There is no constitutional problem involved here, and just as Catholics were among the signers of the Constitution, so Catholics proudly and conscien tiously accept its provisions to day,” he said. “A Catholic candidate for the presidency, like any other man with serious religious commit ments, would come to the White House with his own religious convictions, but there is no rea son for believing he would try to impose these on others. He would have no right to do so,” said Msgr. Lally. Named Group Head NEWARK, N. J., (NC) — Sis ter Hildegarde Marie, president of the College of St. Elizabeth, Convent, N. J., was elected president of the New Jersey As sociation of Colleges and Uni versities at its 16th annual meeting here. She succeeds Dr. Thomas E. Robinson, president, Glassboro State College. MINISTERS Cites Religion As Deferent To Crime WASHINGTON, (NC) — FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover has told a congressional , subcommit tee that “youths who regularly attend Sunday school do not be come involved in juvenile crim inal violations. In testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee, Mr. Hoover declared it was the experience of one juvenile court judge that only 42 of some 8,000 youths appearing before him had attended Sunday School regularly. Mr. Hoover also said that none of the 8,000 children had parents who attended church regularly. 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