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PAGE 6—THE BULLETIN, November 10, 1962 HERE AND THERE News from St. Bernard Col lege, St. Bernard, (Cullman) Alabama, informs us of MIKE RICHARDSON, son of MR. AND MRS. ROY E. RICHARDSON of Warner Robins, Ga. Mike, an honor graudate of St. Bernard Preparatory School, is now pre sident of his college sophomore class. A pre-med student, he is President pro-tem of the St. Bernard Government Associa tion and is also an active mem ber of the Circle “K”, a student organization sponsoring blood drives. The Circle “K" is a college-level men’s service or ganization performing the same functions on the college campus that its sponsor, the Kiwanis Club, does in the community. Its motto is identical with that of the Kiwanis', “We build”. .. Also in the collegiate news is Macon’s JAMES PATRICK RYAN. Jim is a Freshman at Belmont Abbey College and was initiated into the First Degree, Knights of Columbus, in August . . . .And from Sacred Heart College for Women (Cullman, Alabama) we have learned that MISS BONITA (BONNIE) BOYLE, daughter of MAJOR AND MRS. C. S. PRESSMAN, Columbus, is the newly elected Secretary-Treasurer of the freshman class. A Liberal Arts major, Bonnie is a graduate of Pacelli High School, Colum bus. She was also appointed feature editor of the student body newspaper. .. .BILL CUN NINGHAM, Customer Relations Director for Savannah’s Sou thern Bell Telephone Company, informing us that the 1963 di rectory will have the Nuclear Ship Savannah featured on a green background. On October 25th JOSEPH K. EBBER- WEIN was approved as a freight forwarder by the Federal Mari time Commission. As a freight forwarder, Joe will act as an agent for exporters in expedi ting the movement of goods through the Savannah Port. The son of MR. AND MRS. GEORGE EBBERWEIN, Joe is a graduate of Benedictine Mili tary School (Sav’h.), has served in the U. S. Coast Guard, a 4th Degree Knight of Columbus, and in January, 1963, he will be married to MISS FRANCES HAVILAND of Savannah. Identi fied with both the exporting and importing phases of the shipping business for the past five years Joe has opened an office at 126 West Bay St., Savannah. . . Salesman of the year is JACK COBURN, Thunderbolt. Jack is a member of the Newman Club of Savannah’s Armstrong Junior College, which organization is presently engaging itself with the selling of doughnuts after Masses on Sundays. A member of the Church of the Nativity, Thunderbolt (Sav’h.), Jack sold twenty dozen “sinkers” in just ten minutes on last Sunday. . HOWARD SIMMONS, son of MR. AND MRS. HARRY H. SIMMONS of Savannah, has been appointed to Jet Flying School at Pensa cola (Fla.) Naval Base. Howard .is a graduate of Benedictine Military School (Sav’h.) and a 1962 graduate of Georgia Tech . . . .Freshman students at St. Francis’ Hospital School of Nursing, Columbus, have elect ed the following as officers: NANCY ENGLEKING, presi dent; JEAN FARRIS, vice pre sident; MARGARET BECK HAM, treasurer; DELORES FISHBOURNE, secretary, and GWEN JORDAN, social chair man. . . .The Columbus (Ga.) Symphony Orchestra entertain ed the SISTERS OF ST. FRAN CIS, members of the faculty and the student body of St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing on Monday evening, October 29, in Ave Maria Hall. Members of the senior class of the school served refresh ments. . . .From BERYL SEL LERS’ Savannah Evening Press “VIGNETTE” we learn that BILLY STARRS, who had a very successful tenure as director of Savannah’s Little Theatre, is directing the Masquers at Armstrong College this year and in late November will pre sent Ben Jonson’s “The Alch emist” as the first offering of the school year. . . .Bill is instructor of English and Speech at Armstrong. . . .And at the other end of the diocese, thea trically speaking, MISS MARY MARGARET BYRNE, woman’s editor of the Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus) led a “Theatre Holiday” group tour for a five day visit to New York's Broad way plays. The tour for "valley” residents is sponsor ed annually by the LEDGER- ENQUIRER. . . .The annual PACELLI BAND MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE - Pacelli’s pep band made its first public appearance at the Pacelli-Bremen game. The drum majorette is Allice Berard. In the above picture Director Robertson is shown with Richard Berard, Pat Martin and Bobby Spano band members. - (Ledger-Enquirer Photo) The Liturgy By Mary Perkins Ryan (N. C. W. C. NEWS SERVICE) (Continued from Last Issue) One question apt to be dis cussed is that of restoring the organic structure of each separate part of the Mass. The sacrement of the Holy Eu charist,, as we now have it, consists essentially of an en- trance ! : rite (through the Collect prayer);, a service of the Word, or instruction; and the thanks giving service consisting of the Canon,, with its solemn Sacri fice, ax^the Communion. How might this structure be made, clearer? Should the Mass b$gin, as it used to do, with the Introit, which is pro perly the entrance hymn? What should he done to simplify the present, Offertory rites? The purpose; V.,of this part of the Mass--sj(mply to prepare the bread and wine to be used in the Sacrifice—has turned into a kind of duplication of the Canon. How can it once more be clearly indicated that the Pre face and Canon together form the great Eucharistic Prayer in which the consecration is car ried out and the Sacrifice of fered? Now, because the Canon has come to be said in silence, the itpppession is created that the Preface is a mere intro duction and the Canon is the prieat’ s private prayer in which the faithful have no part. The, question of bringing out the essential structure of the rites leads to the further ques tion of, how better to bring out the essential meaning of each part of the Mass. Should the three,.quirts, now reduced to the Introit, Offertory and Com munion, verses, again become full-length hymns with several Psalm verses and the refrain sung by the people? This would mean changing some of the presept, verses which are too long to serve as a refrain, and it would mean discarding the whole treasury of music writ ten for the texts as they are, and for choirs, not the people to sing. Again, if the faithful are really to listen to God’s holy Word given them in the Mass, some experts think it would be better to give them more variety to listen to—a three-or four-year cycle of readings for the Sunday Masses, instead of the same once every year, and perhaps not two readings, but three— one from the Old Testament, blessing of graves tookplaceon Sunday, November the 4th., at the Catholic Cemetery, Savan nah. RT. REV. MSGR. ANDREW J. MCDONALD, chancellor of the diocese gave the blessing and FR. LAWRENCE A. LU- CREE, assistant at the Cathe dral, the sermon. On November 2nd., Mass was offered on the cemetery grounds. . . .Savan- nahians ought to plan now to attend the IMMACULATE CON CEPTION NOVENA, held an nually at the CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. It will begin on Thursday, Novem ber 29 and conclude on the eve of the Feast, December 7. . . . ROSEMARY BRENNAN and KI- ,KI FREEMAN, recent Pacelli (Columbus} graduates, have been elected to the Student Council of Columbus College. And because of their high scores on English placement tests the two students were not required to register for freshman Eng lish. Next deadline: November 15 Fr. Lawrence A. Lucree, P. O. Box 2227 Savannah, Georgia one from the Epistles and one from the Gospels—as was cus tomary at one time. Again, an integral part of every Mass used to be the solemn prayers for everyone in the world now said only in the Good Friday service. Would it not be well to restore these prayers in some form, and so give petition its rightful place in the Mass, as a trust ful response to God’s Word, these experts ask. This problem of bringing out and enhancing the meaning of the basic structure of the rite leads into the more complicated one of adapting the nonessen tials in each rite to the men tality , not only of modern men, but of all the cultures in the different parts of the world where the Roman rite is used. The recent decree on the rites of adult Baptism has al ready led the way in leaving some matters to the discre tion of national or regional bishops’ councils. This prin ciple of adaptation might well be widely extended to include such matters as liturgical co lors, kissing the altar or not, postures for priests and faith ful. . . Along the same lines, there is the question of how much external active participation is necessary in different cultures to enable the faithful to take their full internal part in the liturgy. Worshipers whose cul ture stems from the west may not feel the need for gestures, processions and the like; the change of posture at the dif ferent parts of the Mass and our “speaking part” may be enough. But this may not be at all true, say, of many Africans. Missionaries say that an ideal liturgy for them would allow scope for considerably more action. And this question of adapta tion leads to what perhaps is the thorniest and certainly the most discussed problem of all— that of language. In principle, there is no reason why, as in the early centuries and as in the Eastern tradition, the entire liturgy should not be celebrated in any suitable language that is understood by the people. And few doubt the enormous gain in truly active participation which such a change would help to bring about. But the official prayer and thinking of the Roman Church have been incarnated in Latin for many centuries. Some peo ple feel very strongly that this whole inheritance would be practically lost if the Latin of the liturgy were to go. Some authorities therefore favor modern languages for the first part of the Mass and for some of the sacramental rites only. However, even this change would bring up the problem of the Church’s music, espec ially Gregorian chant. Some musicians believe that prac tically no adaptation of Gre gorian melodies to modern languages is possible. Others think it is. But there is no doubt that this question of music is one of the most delicate and most difficult to solve to everyone’s satisfaction. As a solution to all these problems, it has been suggested that the Mass and the sacraments should still be cele brated in Latin religious houses, and on solemn occa sions in cathedrals and parish churchs, with the latter using a ^modern language for ordinary ■Sunday and pastoral purposes. Then there are also the prac tical problems involved in such a change. How many modern languages—only the main ones, or every language spoken by a group of the faithful? Should the translation be literal, more or less word for word, or some kind of paraphrase which might better express the thought of the original to modern hearers? The liturgical questions con cern the very heart of the Church’s life, her life of wor ship and sanctification. They have no easy solution, in spite of the vast amount of study, discussion and experiment that has preceded the council. Oblate Fathers Praised By Archbishop STOCKHOLM - Among the prelates attending the recent consecration of Bishop John Taylor, O.M.I., as Bishop of Stockholm was the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain and former Bishop of Savannah. The new Bishop has 55 priests; 20 parishes and 25,000 Catholics in his Diocese. Archbishop O’Hara men tioned how he had previously cabled his deep regrets to Bish op Taylor, saying that the pres sure of business in the Apos tolic Delegation, together with the preparations for the coming Council, would make it impos sible for him to be present. The day before the Consecration, however, he found it possible to rearrange his schedule. “Thus I am here with you on this historic occasion, ” he said, “apart from wanting to be with you I EVEN FELT OBLI GATED to be here and I will tell you why. “Many years ago when I was a Bishop in a land very much like Sweden, I like Bishop Tay lor was desperately in need of priests to care for whole coun ties where Catholics could only assist at Mass a few times a year . . . namely, only when there was a 5th Sunday in a month! At that time I made an appeal to the Oblates. Im mediately and generously they responded and to this very day they are caring for those once priestless counties. “Noblesse Oblige” continued His Excellency, “and thus I felt obligated to be present on this historic occasion IN AN ACT OF GRATITUDE TO THE OBLATE FATHERS.” His Excellency concluded by saying, “I am sure that this new Oblate Bishop and all Oblate priests working with him, under the guidance of Mary Immacu late, for whom they have such a strong and tender devotion, will find for themselves and for the souls entrusted to them, every grace, every blessing and every gift necessary to do God’s work here in Sweden in the same noble fashion as in Southern Geor gia.” MARRIAGES THOMPSON-GUIMOND COLUMBUS - Miss Joanne Gale Guimond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Guimond and William Clark Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Thompson, were married Sep tember 15 th at St. Anne’s Church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. Her man Deimel performed the cer emony. COLLEGE WELCOME - Oliver F. Frails, an achieve ment scholarship winner as a mathematics major at Providence College, Providence, R. I., is welcomed to the campus by the Reverend Edward B. Halton, O. P., Dean of Freshmen, during freshmen week activities. Oliver, second highest in the 1962 graduating class of Immaculate Conception High School, Augusta, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jabus Frails of Augusta. PRESENTS CRUCIFIX - Capt. John J. Kastigar, Catholic chaplain for Robins AFB, presents a crucifix to Mrs. William Havron, newly-elected president of the Catholic Women of the Chapel. Witnessing the presentation are Mrs. Ralph W. Hamilton (right), vice president; and Mrs. Joseph Buchta, secretary. - (Official AF Photo) CONDUCTS TRIDUUM — Carmelite Father Sebastian Ramge, O.C.D. was preacher for a Triduum held at the Car melite Monastery. The Tri duum commemorated the 400th anniversary of the re turn of the Disalced Carmel ites to the primitive rule un der the leadership of St. Ter esa of Avila and St. John of the Cross. Statesboro Catholic Women Meet STATESBORO - The Catho lic Women’s Club of St. Mat thew’s Church, held its Octo ber Meeting at the home of Mrs. Francis Henry. Mrs. Wallace Gacek and Mrs. Stephen Poliak acted as co-hostess. The meeting opened with a prayer to Our Lady of Good Counsel after which the regu lar business of the club was conducted. Father Loftus, pastor of St. Matthew’s showed slides of Our Lady of Springbank Retreat House at Kingstree, S. C., and gave a talk on the spiritual ad vantages of making a retreat. An evening of Recollection was held on Thursday evening, November 8th. Business Educators To Meet Nov. 16 AUSTIN, Tex., (NC) — The southern unit of the Catholic Business Education Associa tion will hold its annual con vention at St. Edward’s Univer sity here on November 16 and 17. About 100 delegates are ex pected from schools in 11 states Principal speakers will be Fa ther R. C. Baumhart, S.J., school of business administra tion, Loyola University, Chi cago; and Kathleen Barnard, chairman of the department of business administration, Loop Junior College, Chicago. MARK OPENING OF ECUMENICAL COUNCIL - Parish ioners of St. Clare’s Church, Albany are pictured with their pastor, Rev. Martin Bangert, O.F.M., as they gathered for evening mass marking the opening of the Council. Pictured at the right in the picture is Miss Marietta Mc Namara, lay apostle, who served one month in the parish, working among the parishioners. Pastor’s Death Ends Family Succession Line In Priesthood FARRELL, Pa., (NC)-Life’s end for Father Aurelius A. Petrick, 73, here also closed an unusual succession within his family in the priesthood. Father Petrick, a married Byzantine Rite priest, had fol lowed his father, grandfather and great-grandfather into the priesthood. The Byzantine Rite permits married men in most countries to be ordained to the priesthood, but a Holy See de cree prohibits such ordinations in this country and in Canada. A Pontifical Divine Liturgy of Requiem (Mass) was offered for Father Petrick by Auxiliary Bishop Stephen Kocisko of the Pittsburgh Byzantine Rite dio cese (Oct. 17) in St. Michael’s church, where Father Petrick had served as pastor for 31 years. Father Petrick died (Oct. 14) of a heart ailment. A few hours before his death, he called his assistant Father John Danilak, to his bedside and sang all of the Divine Liturgy. Father Petrick, his father, grandfather and great-grand father had served in the same parish in Presov province in eastern Slovakia. It was there in 1912 that he and Ann Kas- csac were married, a year before he was ordained to the priesthood in Uzhgorod, Hun gary, now a part of the Soviet Ukraine. Father Petrick and his wife came to the United States in 1920. He served at parishes in Taylor andWindber, Pa., before coming to Farrell. He and his wife observed their 50th wed ding anniversary last June 24. Father Petrick offered the Di vine Liturgy in thanksgiving on that day. He is survived by four sons, none of whom had a vocation for the priesthood, two daughters and 22 grandchildren. He would have celebrated his 50th anni versary in the priesthood next March. English Bishop Calls For Increased Help For Catholic Schools LONDON, (NC) - The British government has been urged to provide 75 per cent grants to ward the building of all new Catholic schools in England and Wales. Otherwise the schools will face “agitation, bitterness, re crimination and discontent which may well bedevil our education system for years ahead.” The call and the warning came from Bishop George Beck, A.A., of Salford, the English Hierarchy’s spokesman on schools, in the new annual hand book of the Catholic Education Council of which he is chair man. The government, under a sup plementary Education Act in 1959, increased its grant toward building, enlarging or improv ing Catholic schools inside the free state system from 50 to 75 per cent. But it refused to make such grants for future Catholic pri mary schools for children up to the age of 11 or for the se condary schools needed to match them. Catholics have to provide millions of dollars annually to ward such school developments. “There is a growing feeling that the millstone of school building costs is dragging us down and strangling our efforts in many other directions,” Bi shop Beck stated. “Catholics do not expect to receive 100 per cent grant assistance to enable them to build new 1 vol untary schools—though they think such a claim can be made in full justice. They are pre pared to contribute 25 per cent of the cost of these schools from their own resources, thus offer ing a substantial saving to the government. “They think a flat grant of 75 per cent on the cost of all new voluntary schopls would be a statesmanlike concession which would in the long run mean a saving in public funds and would avoid many tensions and difficulties in educational administration for the future.” Despite the concessions in 1959 “in this field we still seem to be running a losing race,” he added. The Bishop gave three main reasons for this; 1. The government’s refusal to aid reorganizing Catholic all age schools. 2. The financial burden on Catholics. 3. The unprecedented rise in the Catholic birth rate as well as the high proportion of Catho lics among the immigrant popu lation. Bishop Beck said ” it would be a mattp - ' of wise administra tion and sound planning to allo cate the bulk of future expendi ture in education, particularly for primary schools, to the pro vision of the new schools which this rising Catholic child popu lation will require. This, how ever, is the problem which may sow seeds of future difficulty and resentment. “If the Catholic community wishes to provide new primary schools to meet the needs of a growing population it must meet the whole cost from its own pocket without any grant assistance from the Ministry of Education. At a later date the secondary schools required to match these new primary schools will also be expected to be built by the Catholic community out of its own funds without any grant assistance from the government.” Bishop Beck said there would be a very serious shortage of trained teachers in the immedi ate future but that this is a pass ing problem. Soon greatly in creased facilities for training teachers will be available and plans are going forward for the establishment of four new Catholic training colleges at Liverpool, Nottingham, Bir mingham and Leeds. Be a full time citizen - reg ister and vote in every election. Reduce your speed on the highways, and you’ll find that safety is no accident. WALTON TRIBUNE PRESS. MONROE. GA.