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PASSIONTIDE—TIME FOR MORTIFICATION AND PENANCE special liturgical services on Palm Sunday, referred in the revised Holy Week liturgy as Second Sunday of Passiontide. Jame Fink of Fort Wayne, Ind.. diocese, at right, traces year 1957 on the Paschal candle in prepar ation for the Easter Vigil service marking climactic end of Passiontide. (NC Photos) Passiontide, embracing the last two weeks, and final days of Lent, dramatizes the Lenten spirit of morti fication and penance by draping of crucifixes and saints' images in our churches. Prayers, epistles, gospels and whole liturgy of this time show the Passion of Christ is now the sole thought of the Christian world. Left photo, Charles Lenhard of Columbus diocese, drapes the cru cifix on the Saturday before the First Sunday of Pas siontide; Paul Le Saute of the Erie, Pa., diocese, at cen ter, arranges Palms to he blessed and distributed at Official Newspaper For The Diocese Of Savannah Vol. 37, No. 23. PUBLISHED BY THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA MONROE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1957. Official Newspaper Far The Diocese Of Atlanta 10c Per Copy — $3 a Year NEW HOLY WEEK CHANGES SEEN RESULT OF HOLY SEE’S DESIRE FOR ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD MOST BENEFIT THE FAITHFUL The renter of the following ar- seems to underlie all the changes. Archbishop Is Knight Of Malta LONDON, (NC) — Archbishop Gerald P. O’Hara, A p o stolate Delegate to Great Britain and Archbishop of Savannah, Geor gia, has been invested as a Knight of Malta. In a ceremony conducted by Lt. Col. Guy Elwes, British presi dent of the Knights of Malta, the Archbishop was made a Knight Grand Cross of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Officers present at the cere mony included Lord Robert Crichton-Stuart and the Earl of Gainsborough. Two Fires Believed Set By Arsonist SAVANNAH—Fire damaged a storeroom in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Monday eve ning, April 8th. Police and fire- Eosfer Collection For Saint Thomas Vocational School SAVANNAH—The annual col lection, in behalf of Saint Thomas Vocational School, will be taken up in all the churches of the Dio cese of Savannah, Easter Sunday. April 21st. In urging support of this col lection the Most Rev. Thomas J. McDonough, Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah, reminded that St. Thomas Vocational School, for many years, has provided a home for teen-age boys, who would have otherwise been deprived of a Catholic environment and a Catholic education. “Our mission is to continue the charity of’ Christ—and we must emulate Him in providing care for those who look to the Church for help and direction.” men are investigating the possi bility of arson. Discovered during Lenten Serv ices attended by a large congre gation the fire was reported at 8:12 p. m. There was no panic (Continued on Page Two) tide is assistant-professor of liturgy at the Catholic University of Am erica and the author of “Holy ff eek Manual for Priests.’ pub lished by Bruce. He analyzes the recent modifications made in the Holy Week liturgy by the Vatican. (By Father Waller J. Schmitz, S. S.) (Written for N. C. W. C. News Service) The newly announced changes for carrying out the Holy Week ceremonies indicate primarily the Holy See’s great desire to make adjustments that will be most beneficial to the faithful. Because of these modifications, tire faithful can participate more intimately and more frequently in the liturgical services of Holy Week, the greatest time in the Church’s calendar. This thought On November 16, 1955, when the Revised Holy Week schedule was announced, it was the most startling change in liturgical prac tices for over 400 years. W r hen time-honored traditions and cus toms affecting thousands of peo ple are made, adjustments of ne cessity must follow. And. so, too. with the Catholic world as re gards Holy Week. The decree dat ed February 1, 1957, then, pro vides for modifications rather than regulations or laws, because for the most part it is a clearing up of difficulties that were notice able in the Holy Week services of 1956. When Holy Week was over last year, bishops throughout the world were asked by the Sacred Congregation of Rites to report to Rome on the success of the litur gical ceremonies adapted to these new specifications. They were free to make suggestions to smoothen the Revised Holy Week program. The reports were most encour aging and the new decree with its various modifications is a re sult of these investigations. To both priests and faithful it rep resents the solicitude of the Bishop McDonoygh Dedicates New Saint Anthony's SAVANNAH—The new St. An thony’s Church was dedicated April 5th by his Excellency, the Most Reverend Thomas J. Mc Donough, Auxiliary Bishop of Savannah. Present for the dedication were the Very Rev. Anthony P. McAn- drew, Provincial of the Ajnerican Province of the Society of Afri can Missionaries and more than 25 members of the clergy. The new church was construct ed at a cost of approximately $50,000 and was completed the early part of December. The Rev. Patrick Fleming, S.M.A., is pas tor of the parish. church as a devoted mother for her children, her desire to do what is in the best interests of all. If at times we are inclined to wonder why this or that change was not passible, we must beat in mind the universality of the Church, and that these regulations are to be effective not in our country alone, bub that they will affect Catholics throughout the world. The modifications that will ef fect both the clergy and the lai ty are the reception of Holy Com munion and the element of time. By insistence on this latter point, the Holy Week ceremonies will be placed in a setting that best commemorates and recalls these events as they took place in. the time of Christ. The Congregation of Rites re peats that on the Second Sunday of Passiontide (Palm Sunday), the faithful participate in the proces sion that follows the blessing of the palms. It is further stated that the blessing of the palms may take place at a suitable outdoor shrine or even in the open before the processional cross, and then all go in procession to the church where the blessing of the palms ceremony is concluded and the Mass begins. Where it may prove beneficial, the bishop of the diocese can per mit the blessing of the palms pro cession and Holy Mass to take place between 4 and 8 p. m. On Holy Thursday, hours for Mass and the reception of Holy Communion have been extended. Mass may now begin at 4 p. m. but no later than 9 p. m. Further more, where it is necessary so that all the faithful may receive Holy Communion on this day when the institution of the Holy Eucharist is solemnly commemorated, per mission is granted for one or two low Masses in addition to the prin cipal Mass when the procession to the repository takes place. These Masses must all be celebrated be tween the hours of 4 and 9 p. m. As another evidence of our Holy (Continued on Page Two) NEW SAINT ANTHONY'S CHURCH