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Vol. 45. No. 11
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1964
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Savannah, Atlanta, Charleston
Common Liturgical
Practice Planned For
Georgia, S. Carolina
Announcement was made by
the Savannah Chancery this
week of a common program of
Liturgical practice, established
by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan
of Atlanta, Bishop Thomas J.
McDonough of Savannah, and
the Diocese of Charleston, S.C.
The program is contained in
a Diocesan Liturgical Directory
containing guidelines for uni
form liturgical practices in the
three deep South Dioceses, sent
to pastors earlier this week.
According to a covering letter
from Bishop McDonough to Sa
vannah pastors, directories for
the three dioceses are essential
ly identical.
Introduction of English into
[he administration of the Sacra
ments began in the three Sees
Monday, Sept. 14, with use of
Liturgy
Clinics
The Liturgical Directory is
sued this week by the Savannah
Diocesan Liturgical Commission
will be the subject matter for
three Liturgical Clinics to be
conducted for priests and sis
ters at Albany and Savannah.
All priests, religious and dio
cesan, of the Columbus Dean
ery will meet at St. Teresa’s
Auditorium, Albany, at 2:00 p.
m. Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Clergy of the Savannah and
Augusta Deaneries will hold
their clinic at St. John Vianney
Minor Seminary at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 24. All priests
of the deanery, diocesan and re
ligious will be present.
Sisters from throughout t h e
Diocese will meet for the third
clinic, to be conducted at Bless
ed Sacrament School auditori
um, Saturday, Sept. 26th, at 11
a.m.
At all three clinics, members
iof the Diocesan Commissions
on Liturgy and Sacred Music
will conduct the meetings.
Pastors and assistant priests
pi then return to their respec
tive parishes to begin the in
struction of their people, in ad
vance of the introduction of the
renewed Liturgy, featuring Eng
lish language “dialogue” be
tween celebrant and people.
After the clinic for Sisters,
programs of instruction in the
changes in the Liturgy, to be
gin November 29th, will be in
augurated in all Parochial
Schools.
English in the Mass scheduled
for November 29th, the first Sun
day in Advent.
Since promulgation of the De
cree on the Sacred Liturgy last
February, t h e Savannah Dio
cesan Commissions on Liturgy
and Music have met frequently
with Bishop McDonough to dis
cuss ways and means of intro
ducing the use of the vernacu
lar in the Mass and Sacra
ments.
In addition, the Liturgical
Commissions of both Atlanta and
Savannah have worked closely
together to insure that liturgi
cal practice in both dioceses
will be uniform.
Active participation by the
congregation in the celebration
of the Mass was one of the pri
mary goals of both Bishop Mc
Donough and Archbishop Halli
nan, and the Liturgical Directo
ry contains recommendations
concerning the spoken dialogue
between priest and people at
Mass, as well as directives con
cerning congregational singing
at Low Mass.
The directory recommends
that, wherever possible, the al
tar at which Mass is offered
and the altar at which the
Blessed Sacrament is reserved,
be separate, with the “Altar of
Sacrifice” being “Chaste and
simple in design” and free
standing.
In older churches, where
modification of the existing
main altar is not feasible, and
where sanctuary space will al
low, a new Altar of Sacrifice
may be placed in front of and
slightly below the present altar,
and with enough space between
the two to allow the priest to
celebrate Mass facing the con
gregation.
A member of the Liturgical
Commission must give final ap
proval to sanctuary changes in
all parishes.
Since it will be necessary for
the people to hear all of the Or
dinary parts of the Mass per
taining to them, in order to re
cite with or respond to the
celebrant, the directory lays
emphasis on the necessity for
well-placed microphones about
the altar and loud speakers in
the body of the church.
In addition to extensive use
of the English language (see
Sou. Cross, Jul. 23, ’64 P.6> and
the Mass facing the people, an
other innovation, the “Prayer of
the Faithful”, will be offered
after the sermon.
Beside the familiar prayers
for vocations and the sick and
deceased of the parish, the
“Prayer of the Faithful” will
include petitions for the Church.
ICivil Authorities, and other
needs of both the Diocese and
Parish
For Renewed Liturgy
Diocesan Commission
Issues List On Music
The Savannah Diocesan Com
mission on Sacred Music has is
sued a list of recommendations
relative to the use of Church
music to all pastors of the Dio
cese.
The Commission is headed by
the Rev. Felix Donnelly, pastor
of Sacred Heart Church. Augus
ta, and includes Rev. Arthur
Weltzer, pastor of Holy Family
Church, Columbus; Rev. George
I imes, Moderator of Pacelli
igh School, Columbus; Rev.
fTohn Fitzpatrick, instructor in
Sacred Music at St. John Vian
ney Minor Seminary; and Rev.
Lawrence A Lucree, Ass’t. Rec
tor at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist.
According to the Commission,
the list “is not meant to be ex
clusive, but to serve as a mod
el of the simple hymns best
suited for congregational sing
ing” on account of their sim
plicity, moderate vocal range,
doctrinal content, and suitabili
ty to the parts of the Mass.
The list was issued in conjunc
tion with the Directory for the
use of the Vernacular in the
Mass, compiled by the Savan
nah Diocesan Liturgical Com
mission.
The Musical Commission has
recommended parish use of the
“People’s Mass Book”, publish
ed by the World Library of
Sacred Music, . of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Pastors were reminded that
“in begin n i n g congregational
singing, it is best to start with
hymns already familiar, such
as ‘Come, Holy Ghost’ . . .
‘O Lord, I Am Not Worthy’ . . .
‘Holy God, We Praise Thv
Name’, and were cautioned that
hymns should be in a key fitted
for adult voices.
“Some hymnals were written
primarily for children’s voices,”
the Commission said.
A list of suggested hymns for
use at various parts of the
Mass was included.
9,478 Enrolled At
'"Teachers, Rulers, Sanctifiers”
by Patrick Riley
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI opened the third session of the ecumenical
council with a ringing reassertion of the role of the Church’s bishops as “the »
teachers, rulers and sanctifiers of the Christian people.”
As if to back up his words by a striking action, he concelebrated the ses
sion’s opening Mass (Sept. 14) with 24 council Fathers Including two Americans,
Archbishops Lawrence J. Shehan of Baltimore and John J. Krol of Philadelphia.
Schools In Diocese
REVEREND BENJAMIN WERNER, on loan from
the Diocese of Buffalo, receives his appointment
as assistant pastor at St. John The Evangelist.
Valdosta, from Monsignor Andrew J. McDon
ald. Father arrived in the Diocese last Friday.
Total High School enrollment,
1.673.
Elementary Schools
ALBANY
St. Teresa’s. 557.
AUGUSTA
Immaculate Conception. 365:
Sacred Heart 275: St. Mary's
On-the-Hill, 625.
BRUNSWICK
St. Francis Xavior, 432.
COLUMBUS
Our Lady Lourdes. 392; St.
Anne's. 418.
LAKELAND
Queen of Peace, 59.
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Fathers toward main entrance, Americans among the
24 concelebrating prelates were Archbishop John J.
Krol of Philadelphia and Archbishop Lawrence J.
Shehan of Baltimore. (NC Photos)
Although the Pope expressly
welcomed these “first women in
history to participate in a con
ciliar assembly” in his speech,
their names had not yet been
announced.
The Pope also addressed non-
Catholic observers, begging them
not “to take it in bad part”
when he invited them to “enter
into the fulness of truth and
charity.”
Just as the Second Vatican
Council will balance the First
Vatican Council’s definition of
papal primacy with a clarifica
tion of the role of the bishops
in the universal Church, Pope
Paul balanced his own affirma
tion of the authority of the
bishops with a forthright asser
tion of the pope’s authority and
of the Church’s need for cen
tralization. He said:
“If our apostolic duty obliges
us to impose restrictions, to de
fine terms, to prescribe modes
of action, to regulate the meth
ods which concern the exercise
of episcopal authority, you real
ize that this is done for the
good of the entire Church for
the Church which has propor
tionately greater need of cen
tralized leadership as its world
wide extension becomes more
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UNIQUE CEREMONY in St. Peter’s Basilica (Sept.
14) as Pope Paul VI in union with 24 high-ranking
prelates from many nations concelebrated mass at
papal altar. Massive Bernini columns frame view from
high above the rear of Basilica, looking past Council
POPE PAUL VI reaches priests’ Communion, in unison with 24 other prelates
from many corners of the globe with whom the Pope concelebrated Mass open
ing third session of Vatican Council II (Sept. 14). At left, Archbishop Enrico
Dante, papal Master of Ceremonies, attends Holy Father. Entire congregation—
bishops, priests and people—participated in Mass, responding in Latin and sing
ing Ordinary of the Mass in Gregorian melodies. (NC Photos)
Twelve Diocesan Priests
Teach In High Schools
Several times and in several
ways he said in his opening ad
dress that the principal task of
the third session will be the
central task of the Second Vati
can Council itself—to round out
the First Vatican Council’s in
complete teaching on the nature
of the Church by explaining the
nature and function of the bish
ops as successors of the apos
tles.
(The First Vatican Council
(1869-70) defined only the pri
macy and the infallibility of
the pope.)
“The present council’s deliber
ations on this subject will cer
tainly be what distinguishes
this solemn and historic synod
in the memory of future ages.”
Pope Paul declared.
AT 97 YEARS, Father Alexis
Clifford McLoughlin is said to
be the oldest living member of
the Society of Jesus. He lives
in retirement at St. Charles
College, a novitiate at Grand
Coteau, La. He has outlived
doctors who, 77 years ago, said
he would not be able to become
a Jesuit because of his health.
Many in the Diocese will re
member Father McLouglin’s
priestly labors in Georgia.
(NC Photo'
The Rev. John Cuddy, Dio
cesan Superintendent of Schools
reports that there are 9,478 chil
dren enrolled in the elementary
and high schools in the Diocese
of Savannah.
There is an enrollment of
7.805 in the elementary schools
with 1,673 in the high schools.
The enrollment by school fol
lows:
High Schools
AUGUSTA
Aquinas High School. 331:
Immaculate Conception High
School. 113.
COLUMBUS
Pacelli High School. 262.
MACON
Mt. de Sales. 201.
SAVANNAH
Benedictine Military. 270: St.,
Pius X, 165: St. Vincent’s Aca
demy, 268: St. John Vianney
Minor Seminary, 63.
Twelve priests of the Diocese
are serving on the faculties of
Catholic High Schools in the cit
ies of Savannah, Columbus, Ma
con and Augusta.
Faculty members of St. John
Vianney Minor Seminary are:
The Very Reverend William
V. Coleman, Rector and Latin
instructor: the Reverend John
Cuddy, Vice-Rector and instruc
tor in German and English; the
Reverend Joseph Stranc, Relig
ion and History instructor; the
Reverend Kevin Boland, instruc
tor in Math and Chemistry; the
The Second Vatican Council
has already made history by
the Pope’s declared intention of
bringing women into its deliber
ations and by the actual pres
ence of delegated observers
from other Christian churches
and communities.
Reverend John Fitzpatrick, in
structor in Religion. Latin and
Music.
Members of the faculty at
Mount deSales High School,
Macon, are the Reverend Jo
seph Gillespie, assistant pastor
at St. Joseph’s and the Rever
end Joseph Reilly, Warner Rob
ins. Both teach Religion.
The Reverend George C. Jam
es is Moderator and Religion
instructor at Pacelli High
School, Columbus.
Augusta, is the Reverend Ralph
Seikel.
Faculty members at Saint
Vincent’s Academy. Savannah,
are the Reverend Herbert J.
Wellmeier, the Reverend Robert
J. Teoli and the Reverend John
N O’Rourke.
In addition to the above
pi iests, each pastor, of a par
ish which has a parochial school,
devotes some of his time to
teaching Religion in the parish
school.
Moderator and Religion in
structor at Aquinas High School,
Vatican
Hungary
Accord
VATICAN CITY (NO—The
Holy See has announced the
signing Of an agreement with
the Hungarian communist
government that will recog
nize the Vatican’s authority
in that country for the first
time in 15 years.
The long-expected accord,
the result of 18 months of
negotiations between Hungary
and the Holy See, was sign
ed in Budapest (Sept. 15).
VATICAN
2,513 Council Fathers
VATICAN CITY (NO—As of Sept. 10 there were 3,070 men
with right to take part in the ecumenical council, 1 according to the
council press office. Of these 3,070, 2513 had announced that they
would be present at the third session, the other 557 asked to be
excused, usually for reasons of health.
Daily Council Sessions
VATICAN CITY (NO—It has been officially announced by
Archbishop Pericle Felici, general secretary of the ecumenical coun
cil, that the council will meet every day except Saturdays Sundays
and holy days. However, a strong movement is under way to have
fewer general meetings and more committed work to speed the
council’s deliberations.
NATION
Encyclical In “Record"
WASHINGTON (NO—Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota
placed the complete text of Pope Paul Vi’s first encyclical, Ecclesi-
am Suam in the Congressional Record. In remarks prior to in
serting the encyclical in the Record (Sept. 9), Humphrey said that
“if this encyclical is given the thoughtful reflection it deserves,
men of various faiths, and of none, will be enriched by it and
fortified in the patience and perseverance necessary to solve the
problems of the great tensions and transformations of our time.”
El ROPE
Declares Ecumenism “Abominable"
ATHENS (NC)—Any form of dialogue between the Greek Or
thodox Church and other Christian denominations, including the
Catholic Church, was sharply condemned by Orthodox Metropolitan
Chrysostomos of Argolis. The prelate was recently appointed as
representative of the Orthodox Church cf Greece to the Pan-Or
thodox conference tp be held in Rhodes next November. He urged
all Orthodox to be on guard against those who want to lead their
Churcn into an “abominable ecumenism.”
Release Priest, Civilians
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo (NO—Father Evrard Van den
Broeck, C.I.C.M., who had been imprisoned by the Congolese na
tional army in Kanyama, a mission of the Kabinda diocese in the
southern Congo, has now been released, the Leopoldville Catholic
news agency, DIA, reported here. Along with Father Van den
Broeck, two European civilians and about 30 Congolese were releas
ed. All had been jailed on the ground of alleged collaboration with
the rebels who are fighting against the central government.
Missionary Beheaded
LOURENCO MARQUES, Mozambique (NC)—The decapitated
body of a Dutch Catholic missionary has been found near the Nan-
gololo mission in the northern part of this Portuguese east African
territory. The head of Father William de Meels, S.M.M., was found
later on the altar of his mission chapel. No further details were
reported. The district administrator was investigating.
Pope Paul Reasserts Role
Of Bishops In The Church
At Third Session Opening