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MARCH 27, 1937
Discuss Fixed Easter
and Calendar Reform
(Continued from page seven)
July 1, and would not bear the name
of any /lay of the week.
As to Easter, the date that has re
ceived the most support is the Sun
day following the second Saturday
in April: If the Calendar should be
reformed as proposed, the first Or
April would always fall on a Sunday,
therefore Easter would fall invar
iably on April 15.
What is the attitude of the Cath
olic Church with respect to the vari
ous suggestions?
The Church appears to be by no
means irreconcilable.
The first observation made is that
the Gregorian calendar, now in use,
is not specifically Christian. It is the
reproduction, slightly modified of the
calendar of Julius Caesar.
Up to the Council of Nicaea, the
Christians had celebrated Easter on
different dates, according to the sec
tions of the world in which they liv
ed. If the Council adopted the fixa
tion of Easter to the extent of select
ing the Sunday following the full
moon of the vernal equinox, it was
only for the purpose of unifying the
celebration. But there was no rea
son of a symbolic or historic nature
affecting the decision.
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UNIVERSAL ACCORD
SOUGHT
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In 1896, at the request of Herr
Fcerster, director of the Berlin Ob
servatory and president of the Inter
national Committee on Measures,
Cardinal Rampolla, at that time Un
der-Secretary of State at the Holy
See, said that if' the stabilization of
Easter • were demanded universally;
it would be taken under considera
tion by the Holy See in general;
if it were not of universay accord,
it would not be considered since it is
not the desire of the Holy See to
create'new divisions in Christianity.
Abbe Chauve-Bertrand assures that
in 1913, Pius X favorably considered
the eventuality of a calendar reform
which would be affected by common
accord between the governments and
the Church.
In 1924, the Most Rev. Luigi Mag-
lione, then Nuncio at Berne, wrote to
a commission of the League of Na
tions that the eventual modification
of the feast of Easter would not pre
sent any dogmatic difficulty; how
ever, it would be a question of aban
doning traditions strongly establish
ed to depart from which would be
neither legitimate nor desirable with
out grave reasons of universal inter
est. If it were demonstrated that the
general good demanded certain
changes in these traditions, the Holy
See would not wish to examine the
question without the expressed wish
of an oecumenical council.
In 1935, after certain large associa
tions, including the World Calendar
Reform of New York, had sent to the
Holy See a memorandum on the nec
essary reforms. The Journal of Cal
endar Reform presented the following
results of the inquiry made at Rome:
PROF, WEISZ SERVES
PARISH 58 YEARS
Beloved Organist and Choir
Director at Macon Ap
proaching Diamond Jubilee
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THE VATICAN’S POSITION [
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1— The .Vatican constantly follows
the calendar reform movement
throughout the world;
2— The stabilization of Easter can
not be detached from general reform;
3— It is desirable that unity be es
tablished between those who demand
reform or that all, or at least an im
portant majority, favor one of the
systems;
4— Complete accord on a definitive
revision must have the formal appro
bation of governments. If the na
tions should present a request to the
Holy See that it examine the question
it is probable that this request would
be received with favor. But until an
accord has been reached, it would be
premature to attempt to-obtain an of
ficial decision from the Holy Father,
5— It is desirable that it be shown
that the demand for a calendar re
form is not supported by various in
terests, but is universal;
6— The opinion of the Vatican is in
favor of the system of 12 months and
opposed to the 13-month year.
It is indicated that from the religi
ous viewpoint, the reform of the cal
endar and the changing of the date
for Easter do not meet with any in
surmountable difficulty.
Abbe Chauve-Bertrand remarks
that if it is decided to change the cal
endar, it would be advantageous to
do so on January 1, 1939, which will
fall on a Sunday. This coincidence
would limit to a minimum the in-
convience of a change. After that date
it would be necessary to wait until
1950.
There are, perhaps, some chances
for 1950 but it would seem unlikely
for 1939. It is already too late.
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Professor James G. Weisz, organist
of St. Joseph’s Church, Macon, is not
only an institution in that city but,
as The Bulletin recorded in a recent
issue, hqs a record perhaps unparallel
ed in the United States. Eighty years
old on February 12, he has been or
ganist and choir director at St. Jo
seph’s for fifty-eight years; he will
observe the diamond jubilee of his
service in that capacity in 1939. Born
in Cambria County, Pa., in 1857, he
became a member of the choir at
Nicktown while quite young, entered
St. Vincent’s College in 1873, soon
started the study of the organ and
piano, went to Boston for further
study at the Conservatory of Music,
and became organist at St. Nicholas
Church, Nicktown, Pa., in 1877, sixty
years ago
He later introduced the Gregorian
Chant in St. Michael’s Church, La-
trobe, Pa., refused an offer to be
come organist at the famous Jesuit
Church in Boston, that of the Im
maculate Conception, came South to
Macon for reasons of health, and be
came organist at St. Joseph’s and a
teacher at Pio Nono College, later St.
Stanislaus College, in Macon before
the Jesuit Fathers came to Macon.
He has been organist at St. Josephs
since, first in the old and then in the
new church. One of his first pupils
at Pio Nono College was the Rev.
John M. McCreary, S. J., now one
of the most venerable members of the
Jesuit Mission Band of the South.
Two of the members of his first
choir, Mrs. Loh and Mrs. Margaret
Donahue, then Miss Harvey, are still
living. He has served in Macon under
five Bishops and under every Jesuit
pastor the parish has had from Father
John Quinlan, S. J., in 1880 to Father
Peter McDonnell, S. J., in 1937, a bond
of union between the earliest days
and today. May he be preserved for
many another long, blessed and hap
py year.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS for
Sisters, by the Rev. Charles J. Mullaly,
S. J., editor of the Messenger of the
Sacred Heart. Fordham University,
New York, has gone through three edi
tions totaling 26,500 copies in four
months, and a fourth edition of 10,500
copies has been issued, one of the most
remarkable sales of a spiritual book
ever recorded.
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Back to Nature
Bar Z Bad Man
Beloved Enemy
Bettelstudent, Der
(German)
Blende Passagier
(German)
Bold Caballero, The
Borderland
Bom to Dance
Breezing Home
Bulldog Edition
Cavalcade of the West
Champagne Waltz
China Clipper
China Passage
Circus Girl
Clarence
Cloistered
Code of the Range
Conflict
Counterfeit Lady
Cowboy Star
Crime Nobody Saw
Crisis Mundial
(Spanish)
Dar.iel Boone
Devil Diamond, The
Devil Is a Sissy, The
Doctor’s Diary, A
Dodge City Trail
Don't Pull Your Punches Melody for Two
Grenzfeuer (German)
Hats Off
Headin’ for the Rio
Grande
Head Over Heels in
Love
Hearts in Bondage
Holy Terror
I Promise to Pay
Kidnapped in Shanghai
(Formerly Happy Go
Lucky)
Join the Marines
Jungle Princess
Killer at Large
King of the Royal
Mounted
Land Beyond the Law
Larceny on the Air
Laughing at Trouble
Law and Lead
Left-Handed Law
Let’s Get Married
Let’s Make a Million
Letze Rose (German)
Lost Horizon
Love Is News
Love on the Run
Luck of the Irish, The
Make Way for a Lady
Man of Affairs
Man of the People
Don’t Tell the Wife
Elephant Boy
Espionage
Fair Warning
Find the Witness
Family' Affair
Fire Over England
Fugitive Sheriff
Fury and the Woman
Gambling Terror. The
Gay Desperado, The
Mighty Treve, The
Million to One, A
Mind Your Own Busi
ness
Mude Theodor, Der
(German)
Murder With Pictures
Mysterious Crossing
Naszut Felaron
(Hungarian)
Nine Days a Queen
North of Nome
Girl from Poltava
Girl on the Front Page, Off to the Races
The Once a Doctor
God’s Country and the One in a Million
Woman Our Relations
Golgotha On the Avenue
Graefin Maritza Paradise Express
(German) Park Avenue Logger
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Parole Racket
Pennies From Heaven
Penrod and Sam
Phantom of the Range
Plainsman, The
Quality Street
Racing Blood
Racing Lady
Rainbow on the River
Ramona
Ready, Willing and Able
Rebellion
Red Lights Ahead
Roaring Lead
Romance Rides the
Range
Round-up Time in
Texas
Sandflow
Schloss Hubertus
Sea Devils
Secret Valley
Silks and Saddles
Sing Me a Love Song
Soederkaakar
(Swedish)
Stage Struck
Star for a Night
Step Lively, Jeeves
Stowaway
Straight From the
Shoulder
Ten Laps to Go
Texas Ranger
They Wanted to Marty-
Time Out for Romance
Three Smart Girls
Traitor, The
Trouble Ahead
Trouble in Texas
Trusted Outlaw
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Two Wise Maids
Wedding of Palo, The
(Eskimo)
Wedding Present
We’re on the Jury
What Price Vengeance
When’s Your Birthday?
White Legion
Wings of Morning
With Love and Kisses
Woman in Distress
Woman Wise
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Willingham Cotton Mills
After the Thin Man
Banjo on My Knee
Black Legion
Bulldog Drummond
Escapes
Camille
Captain Calamity
Career Woman
Come and Get It
Criminal Lawyer
Dangerous Number
Dead Yesterday
East Meets West
Eternal Mask
(German)
Everybody Dance
Falling in Love
Garden of Allah
Girl Overboard
Give Me Your Heart
Gold Diggers of 1937
Good Earth, The
Green Light
Her Husband’s Sec
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Hollywood Boulevard
It Couldn’t Have Hap
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John Meade's Woman
King and the Chorus
Girl, The
Lac-aux-Dames
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Lady From Nowhere
Last of Mrs. Cheyney,
The
Laughing at Trouble
Legion of Terror
Lloyds of London
Love in Exile
Maid of Salem
Mama Steps Out
Man I Marry, The
Man Who Could Work
Miracles, The
Maytime
Men Are Not Gods
Midnight Court
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
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Murder Goes to College
Nancy Steele is Missing
Nation Aflame
Night Waitress
Outcast
Plough and the Stars,
The
River of Unrest
Robber Symphony
Scotland Yard Com
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Seven Sinners
She Shall Have Music
She’s Dangerous
Sinners Take All
Soldier and the Lady,
The (Formerly Mi
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Stolen Holiday
Swing High, Swing Low
Sworn Enemy
That Girl from Paris
That I May Live
Under Cover of Night
What Becomes of the
Children
When You're in Love
Winterset
Without Orders
Women of Glamour
Yellow Cargo
You Only Live Once
You’re in the Army
Now
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Broken Blossoms
Devil on Horseback
Devil’s Playground
Dodsworth
Everything Is Thunder
Forgotten Faces
Go-Get-’em-Haines
Go West, Young Man
Hell Ship Morgan
Amours de
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Ecstasy
Doni, Les
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Hideaway Girl
It’s Love Again
Libeled Lady
Lightning Jim Carson
Living Dead
Love Letters of a Star
‘Man Who Lived Again,
The
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Gambling With Souls
Living Dangerously
Pitfalls of Youth
Peg of Old Drury
Pursuit of Happiness
Rembrandt
Secret Agent
Strangers on a Honey
moon
Theodora Goes Wild
Two Against the World
Woman Alone
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Appointed Superintendent of
Schools of Bishop Adrian
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Rey. Dr.
George Flanigen, principal of Father
Ryan High School here, has been
named Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools by the Most Rev. William
L. Adrian. D. D., Bishop of Nash
ville. Father Flanigen is an alum
nus of Spring Hill College and of
the North American College in Rome;
his work as director of the Father
Ryan High School has won his great
distinction as an able educator, and
his appointment as Diocesan Super
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of a new era in Catholic education
in the Diocese.
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