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\ Outlines Holy Office Procedure VATICAN CITY, (NC) — Strictly speaking, no person is tried and condemned by the Holy Office without a hearing. This was clearly stated by Msgr. Henry Cosgrove of the Brooklyn diocese, in an ex planation of the Holy Office pro cedure at the U. S. Bishops press panel. His remarks were occasioned by the opposing speeches of Jospeh Cardinal Frings of Cologne, Germany, and Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, secretary of the Sacred Con gregation of the Holy Office, in the council assembly Nov. 8. Msgr. Cosgrove made it clear that his remarks were given in a private capacity and that they did not represent a declaration of any sort in behalf of the con gregation or his superiors. The Congregation of the Holy Office is composed of the per manent membership of the car dinal members whose duty is to protect faith and morals, and to combat heresy, he said. Only the Pope gives definitive effect to the acts of the Holy Office. The cardinal secretary of the Holy Office does not have the power of the cardinal prefects of the other congregations. There are two major pro cedures in the Holy Office, Msgr. Cosgrove detailed— namely, criminal and doctrinal. “Criminal cases,” he said, "deal with heresy, schism, pro fanation of the Eucharist and the like, and consist in a real trial, not just a warning. The person ► accused must be and always is heard. The hearing is con- * ducted by the Holy Office or by a diocesan tribunal at the re quest of the Holy Office. “The accused must be repre sented by counsel,” he con tinued. “The act of the trial must be submitted by the promoter of justice whose duty it is to draw up an opinion based on objective truth. “The acts of the hearing and the opinion of the promoter of justice are sent to each of the consultors of the Holy Of fice, who meet every Monday morning. Each consultor is cal led upon to discuss the entire matter and to express his view 'in a vote according to his con science. In so doing, he must give his reasons,” the Monsig nor said. The views of the consultors are collected, Msgr. Cosgrove explained, and copies are sent to the cardinal members of the Holy Office, all of whom live in Rome. Normally, he said, the cardinals will take up the case 10 days after the consul- tors meeting, that is, on the Wednesday of the week following the Monday meeting of the con sultors. Each cardinal then is re- -quired to express an opinion, / Msgr. Cosgrove explained. The discussion of the case at this point is expected to be based upon equity, that is, the final opinions are directed toward the best interest of the Faith and the faithful, he said. Finally, the entire matter is submitted to the Pope at the regularly scheduled audience in which the cardinal secretary of the Holy Office is received. A complete dossier is sent to the Pope in advance of this au W. H. “Bill” Boyd INSURANCE FOR “PEACE OF MIND” Serving Savannah Area For 15 Years Lobby Of American Building Drayton & Bay 233-8275 Savannah Mann Television Service Company TV-RADIOS-TRANSISTORS TAPE RECORDS-STEREOS 148 West Broad AD 6-6358 Savannah, Ga. dience, so he will have had a chance to read and consider the details of ther hearing at his convenience, the Monsignor continued. In this audience, Msgr. Cos grove said, “the Pope may ac cept the decision of the con gregation, may reject it and order a new study or may order any modifications he chooses. His decision is final.” There are several dif ferences in the doctrinal pro cedure as opposed to the cri minal procedure, Msgr. Cos grove explained. “The doctrinal procedure,” he said, “concerns the work of the author and not the author himself or his intention. There fore it should not be said, in the strict sense, that an author is condemned, but rather his work. More frequently than not the author is heard, but this is not required by the Holy Of fice procedure. Whether he has been heard or not is not an nounced, because it is covered by the 'Secret of the Holy Of fice’. ” Msgr. Cosgrove explained to the journalists attending the panel that when a book or other publication is denounced—usu ally by someone outside the Holy Office but also possibly by someone inside—an official is appointed to examine the mat ter. He determines whether or not there is good reason for the denunciation and whether or not it should be taken under fur ther study by the Holy Office. If the official recommends further study, Msgr. Cosgrove continued, a number of ex perts are appointed to study the work under question, nor mally two, but sometimes as many as seven or eight. At the same time, the congregation seeks information from the bi shop of the diocese involved or from a religious superior. The various reports are then distri buted to the consultors of the congregation, who draw their own conclusions. Again the car dinal members are asked for a vote. Lastly, the case goes to the Pope for a final decision, he detailed. “These norms and proceed ings,” Msgr. Cosgrove said, “have been worked out by the congregation to get to the truth of the matter in charity. It is not logical to suppose that the officials of the congregation have a desire to harm. They are intelligent men and it is unjust to accuse them of harboring thoughts of hatred and evil de signs. Much study, much thought and much prayer goes into their decisions. Though their judge ments are not infallible, they are based on good and prudent reasons.” After Msgr. Cosgrove had concluded his remarks, Father Gustabe Weigel, S. J., of Wood- stock (Md.) College, theologian and a regular panel member, raised two objections against the Holy Office procedure. His first criticism was of the rule of secrecy. “If you are accused of a crime;,” he said, “you are ,heard. But in doctrinal matters you are not necessarily heard. I know of cases in which wri ters were not called.” Voicing a second objection he said, “The thinking of the officials of the Holy Office appears to follow a certain theological thought but only of one. When you see that a cer tain line of theology is always rendered suspicious and that such writings are liable to action by the Holy Office, there is the inclination to aban don the great amount of work necessary and to turn to more profitable areas of inves tigations.” PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS SANITARY SEPTIC TANK SERVICE CO. • Cleaning • Repairing • Installing M. C. Tippins, Owner EL. 5-5303 141 E. Charles Savannah ** l Aaj*k-*n*A f *0 Ratfish Kin^ FAMOUS ALL-PURPOSE DRESSING DELICIOUS ON Salads - Meats - Seafood 'SOLD AT LEADING STORES" PICTURED ABOVE are the children of St. Francis Xavier School Kindergarten, Brunswick, Ga. On the eve of All Saint’s Day, Halloween, they dressed as their Patron" Saint and presented a skit entitled “Welcome to Heaven.” Mrs. L. McDonough, Kinder garten teacher, directed the performance. Catholic Charities Head Scores Welfare Programs CHICAGO—In a hard-hitting speech prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice Novem ber 15, in Washington, the head of the National Conference of Catholic Charities criticized legislators for not coming to grips with the reality of what is involved in what he termed their “penny-wise” philosophy of public relief. “They still harbor the notion that these people (welfare re cipients) are unworthy and are responsible for their own pov erty,” said the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Raymond J. Gallagher. "As a result, they are not inclined to think in terms of justice. If they could only un derstand the downward cycle of repetition, generation after generation, which results, they would relish the opportuni ty to break that cycle in this present day by awarding the kind of benefits that would en able the family on relief to move upward and outward from the ghetto of poverty. . . This inequity, inadequacy, and injus tice can be swept under the car pet no more.” Monsignor Gallagher also charged that Americans in gen eral are not meeting the chal lenge of poverty, race, and re ligion, and that ignorance of the facts is no excuse. “It is impossible to be ig norant of the fact that almost 25 per cent of the people in the United States live below the minimum standard and level of living. How could anyone be inattentive to the demanding voices rof 40 million people in this country who must go to Pope Takes Possession Of His Cathedral ROME, (NC) — Pope Paul VI, on taking possession of his cathedral church, the Archba silica of St. John Lateran, said he hopes to give “new vitality” to the parishes of his See of Rome. The 66-year-old Pontiff also told the people of Rome (Nov. 10) he intends to make “pas toral visits” to encourage them. Fifty cardinals and 1,200pat riarchs, archbishops and bi ships were among the more than 20,000 at the stately rites which lasted more than four hours. Thousands lined the route the Pope took across Rome from Vatican City to the Lateran. The Pope received the keys to the basilica, symbolizing his assumption of full powers as Bishop of Rome, when he reach ed the entrance. He himself of fered Mass at the basilica’s main altar. In a discourse after the Gos pel, the Pope recalled that the Lateran basilica had been the scene of five ecumenical coun cils and that its history marked the progress “sometimes slow and painful, sometimes free and victorious, of the mysterious passage of Christ through time.” “Today,” he said, “this ba silica, as never before in the long centuries of its existence, holds almost all the world’s episcopate to receive splendidly and solumnly the latest of her pontiffs, the lowliest and most humble,” in the whole line of popes. “He has no right to enter here as lord and master,” he said, “other than the irrefu table right of having been can onically elected Bishop of Rome.” bed each night hungry and dis consolate,” he said. He declared that the ratio of Negroes to whites among the poverty stricken is “almost two and one-half to one,” and expressed concern over his in ability to see any constructive programs on the economic horizons which would alleviate the situation. The NCCC secretary sug gested that the Church should use its facilities to teach de prived and neglected people the methods of making a full and rewarding life for themselves as it did with immigrants to whom it taught the American urban life, the language, litera ture and culture of this nation. “In the after hours of the day we could assist them to per- Liturgy (Continued from Page 4) priest will be bound slavishly to follow the Sunday Gospel next in his sermon. It does mean that he should preach in the con text and setting of the sacred texts of Mass, trying always to relate an iiidividtial truth bf doctrine of faith to the whole Christian message. This, even apart from the liturgy, is one of the great lessons of the council, that doctrines may not be isolated one from the other, but must be integrated—the doctrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary seen in the mystery of God’s plan of salvation, the Church, for example. If the preaching at Mass is always in the context of wor ship, it will never appear to be extraneous. And the Church’s way of teaching, through a year ly celebration of the mysteries of Christ, will have a chance to work. It will evidently be inappropriate to preach on the matrimonial impediments on the First Sunday of Advent or on improper books on the feast of Pentecost. All this has ecumenical over tones, both the emphasis upon a real announcement of God’s word from the Bible and upon preaching at Mass. In theory the Church has never neglected this: the word of God is read to the people at every Mass. In practice, the reading, espec ially on weekdays, seems hur ried and superficial, and the sermon an extra element. Pro testants, who traditionally place great stress on God’s word, may see in this new development of Catholic worship something comprehensible and attractive. Giving public worship back to the people, or better, bring ing the people back into wor ship, involves action or parti cipation. The revision of the Mass text and rite in the next few years will eliminate un necessary additions (like the Gospel or the prayers after Mass) and simplify complex parts (like the over-long Offer tory prayers of the priest). But a simpler, clearer service will not be enough if the peo ple do not take part actively and consciously. This is the third aspect of liturgical growth that we may picture for the future. It has been called, and probably mis named, the “dialogue Mass.” The point of course is that every Mass at which the people assist is, or should be, a dialogue Mass. Whether low Mass or high Mass, there should be a dia logue of prayer and response between priest and people. The priest leads and presides, the people respond. In many places the faithful are well prepared for this de velopment, urged by popes and ’feet their . housekeeping me thods, their care of children, the womanly arts of crafts and sewing, the techniques for mak ing their houses into homes that are the equivalent of any about them,” he said. He also suggested that, on an organized basis, Catholic men could offer their counter parts in deteriorating neighbor hoods brotherhood first and their skills and talents after wards. “Their intervention in obtaining job opportunities is the goal they might strive to ac hieve, while in the meantime they could impart some of their skills and their 'know-how' for maintenance, repair, and con struction, thus preserving the spirit and the initiative of the men with whom they work.” Action bishops and priests for many years. Elsewhere it still seems a novelty, something for a spe cial occasion or a special group. The mistake has been to look upon the common response, re citation and singing of the peo ple as something exceptional, for example, with two Sunday Masses “dialogue Masses” and the rest silent services. There will always be a distinction between Masses with elaborate participation by the congrega tion, high Masses and low Mas ses with hymns and the like, on the one hand, and weekday Mas ses or Sunday Masses with smaller numbers present on the other. But the people’s part is found in every Mass, at least in brief responses and reci tation of prayers. The council’s decision is that the missal of the future should clearly indicate the people’s part at Masses, whether re sponses, acclamations, psalms or chants. Thus a regular and ordinary pattern will be set up to give the people a chance at every Mass to express their common and public praise and worship. Nothing could be fur ther from the intention of the bishops than that this would be a mechanical effort, vocal par ticipation for the sake of mere change. But it is the one sure way of awakening priests and people to the community nature of Christian worship, in which all the members of Christ unite with him in prayer to the Fa ther in Heaven. These are broad aspects of liturgical development, all di rected toward involving the laity more deeply in the Church’s public worship. The Constitu tion on the Liturgy is the first achievement of the council call ed by Pope John to renew and revitalize the Church. In the first days of the council in 1962 the opposition to liturgical change was fierce but, as it turned out, fractional—only the smallest minority of the bishops had any fundamental hesitations about bringing the people more fully into the services of wor ship. Since the Second Vatican Council got under way, it has been generally agreed that its purpose is “pastoral,” but the meaning of the term is not al ways clear. If it means that the pastors or shepherds of the Church, the pope and the other bishops are primarily con cerned with the people’s needs rather than with the clergy or Religious, the council’s action on the liturgical renewal is pas toral. It opens up new oppor tunities for the people to have their faith and love of God deepened as they assemble Sun day by Sunday as the pray ing people of God. U. S. Aiding Half Million Congolese LEOPOLDVILLE, the Con go (NC)—Nearly half a million persons in the Congo are being fed under the relief program of U. S. Catholics. These include school pupils, widows with young children and about 50,000 sick persons. Directors of the Congo’s, schools and medical institu tions have told Catholic Re lief Services—National Cath olic Welfare Conference, which administers the distribution of the food, that without it many Congolese would have died and many of the country’s welfare institutions would have closed. In addition to the food, which is supplied from U. S. govern ment stores of surplus com modities such as powdered milk, wheat and vegetable oil, more than a half million pounds of used clothing, bedding and blankets are being distributed. These are gathered in America through the annual Bishops’ Thanksgiving clothing collec tion. Before the current fiscal year is concluded, the Congo govern ment will have spent nearly $750,000 in moving the relief supplies inland from Atlantic ports. Catholic and Protestant mission facilities are cooperat ing with the transportation and distribution facilities. In the past year Catholic Re lief Services has distributed medicines valued at $63,000. Fifty-two Catholic medical mission stations received 51,— 000 pounds of medicine sent through the Catholic Medical Mission Board. Father Roland Bordelon, di rector of the Catholic Relief Services office here, emphasiz ed that the relief food is always given to the most needy. Most is directed toward institutions, he said, except for emergency and famine relief, such as that for the Baluba people of South Ka sai. The U. S. Catholic relief ag ency is also sponsoring or sup porting several community de velopment programs. These are agricultural experiments and self-help projects in the inter ior aided by religious and lay volunteers. An interesting aspect of U.S. Catholic relief work in the Con go is the support given to it by the British voluntary agency known as OXFAM, the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief. Non-denominational, it has the support of British Catholics. Here its trucks have been used to good effect by the Catholic volunteers in their projects. Covered Dish Dinner Dec. 2 At St. Janies SAVANNAH—St. James par ish council of catholic women held their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, November 4th, in the meeting room of the school. First on the agenda was the naming of the nominating com mittee by the president, Mrs. Cleuse McElveen: Mrs. E. B. Anderson, chairman; Mrs. A. J. Schano; Mrs. Rosalie Tucker. Plans were discussed for the annual Advent Covered Dish Dinner to be held December 2nd at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. John B. Schroder, chairman. Three new members were welcomed and introduced: Mrs. Anna Remler, Mrs. Joan Rent ier and Mrs. Anna Canan. Mrs. Barbara Reardon, com mittee chairman On “Catholic Charities” reminded members that linens were needed for sewing cancer pads. Mrs. Rosalie Tucker, com mittee chairman of "Library and Literature” announced that Bibles and Religious articles would go on sale for Christ mas Gift giving the first Sunday in December. It was reported that “Tiny Tots Sunday School” registration had jumped to a total of 134. Miss Raline Par ker and Mr. Henry Parker as assistant will take over this committee. Motion was made by Mrs. John Stevens, Chairman of St. Mary’s Home Guild that a do nation of $50.00 be given by the council toward the support of St. Mary’s Home. Msgr. John D. Toomey, spiritual modera tor, offered an additional $50.- 00 toward this donation, mak ing a total donation of $100.00 to the Home. Msgr. Toomey praised the parish council in their efforts in going all out in working in all fields of Catholic action, especially since the council has 100% participation in all committees set up within the council. The Southern Cross, November 14, 1963—PAGE 5 Jotting (Continued From Page 4) ever our friends think of us, whatever our material contri bution, nothing can balance our moral failure.” * * * ONE does not have to reach forty to experience this. In my once romanticized idea of death, I thought I’d never live to see forty. Maybe I won’t. I still have some years to go. I do know that death is not merely an end of pain, separation, loneliness and reunion with those who have gone before. As I think over my long list of dear dead daily but especially in this month of the All Souls, I preceive how de serving each one of them had been. They were plucked from the earth at the moment their souls were most perfected through personal example, bearing great physical pain or enduring mental sufferings. Again, this is not always so. We can only judge through hu man eyes as we read of un timely deaths. Our human eyes mourn the passing of those un timely souls. Only God sees the full biography of the soul. While I would yearn to be with those whom I have loved and lost in a physical sense—and to be free from the prison of body, I still realize that heaven and death is something that must be deserved. This vale of tears is a novitiate for mansions of hea ven. * * * THIS NOVEMBER within the atmosphere of crisis, we con template a little longer and a little bit more realistically our own deaths perhaps. All of us are left on earth for a purpose. Our loved ones died because their time had come to be with God. We are in the waiting rooms, some nearer than others. Some must learn to bear pain, some must experience the ravage of age humbly. There is a reason. I mourn the high hopes and aspirations of youth. When we remember what we wanted to be and failed to be that is the great tragedy. Father Von Zell er says: “What monk or nun can claim that the high hopes entertained in the novitiate have been verified? Who can look at those early retreat notes without a very real — and not merely emotional — sense of shame? Who, whether under vows or in the world, can com pare without uneasiness the standards which were his when he first understood the implica tion of religion with the stand ards which he allows himself now.” And with the poet, I would say: “Let me not die before I’ve done for Thee. My earthly work, whatever it may be. Call me not hence with mission unful filled.” REFRIGERATOR SERVICE Bishop’s Appliance Service 31 Years Experience in Savannah Automatic Washers - Freezers - Refrigerators Air-Conditioners EXPERT GUARANTEED SERVICE AD 6-1197 Nights 354-6880 Chatham Typewriter Co. 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The ceil- for the Oriental Church ing, a wooden one, was badly dam aged in World War II and again in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Then in addition, an earthquake in 1956 added to the damage. The outside wall was so badly damaged experts said it would be less expensive to build a new Chapel. The poor people have scraped together $300 for the new building. They appeal to us for $2500 to complete the job. Will you help? JO ANN WRITES She is a young friend in Los Angeles. She writes: “I’m eleven and I know there are other youngsters that could use this money. Love is God so may He love and watch over you always. Your little friend.” OUR REPLY: We thank you for your gen erous help of $2. You mark it as a STRINGLESS GIFT. Do you know that this type of gift enables us to help the Holy Father where he feels the need is greatest? MINCE PIE A contemporary magazine informs us that this delectable item of the Thanksgiving menu was once a test of faith in Puri tan England and colonial America. To the Puritans, mince pie was an abomination; for Catholics a delight . . . We don’t know how delectable the THANKSGIVING meal will be for many PALESTINE REFUGEES this year. We do know that a $10 FOOD PACKAGE will make the occasion more pleasant for these needy people. We will send an Olive Seed Rosary from the Holy Land. CHRISTMAS CLUBS Just about now, the Christmas Clubs are preparing to pour out money to the members, a painless way of meeting a gift giving day . . . Our MARY’S BANK is a painless way of making deposits of grace in the bank of Heaven. The $1 a month we ask along with a prayer helps us educate SISTERS-TO-BE. CHRISTMAS GIFT CARD We’ll send one to someone on your gift list when you send something to the missions in their name. The card will be ac companied by one with pressed flowers from the Holy Land. Some gift, suggestions: JOIN OUR ASSOCIATION. SINGLE PERSON: $1 A YEAR; FAMILY: $5: PERPETUAL MEMBERSHPS: SINGLE, $20; FAMILY. $100. EDUCATE A SISTER-TO-BE LIKE SISTER MARY AVILA Cost.; $150 a year for two years. EDUCATE A SEMINARIAN LIKE JEAN ABBOUD Cost: $100 a year for six years. SEND MASS STIPENDS. REMEMBER THE HOLY SOULS. Dear Monsigner: Enclosed please find . . .. for. . Name Street City Zone . .. State ........ P.S. When making your will, remember the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. fMLl2earSst01issionsjMl FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan, Nat’l Sec’y Send all communications to: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION 480 Lexington Ave. at 46th St. New York 17, N. Y.