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CATHOLIC YOUTH WEEK---OCT. 25
last April 2. The decrees they
adopted were made public on
May 14, less than two weeks af
ter they w'ere confirmed by the
new Commission for the Execu
tion of the Constitution on the
Sacred Liturgy.
The changes to take effect at
the end of November include
the use of English instead of
Latin for most of the Service of
the Word—the opening part of
the Mass—and for much of the
Communion service as well.
Thus the Introit, Kyrie, Glo
ria (when said), the lessons,
Gospel and Creed, the restored
“common prayer” or “prayer
of the faithful” will all be in
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- NOV. 1
“OVER THE TOP” was the report from St. Mary’s
on-the-Hill, Augusta at the end of last Sunday’s
canvass of homes in the parish on behalf of the
Bishop’s Confraternity of the Laity. Men of the par
ish are pictured on the steps of the church following
Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament immedi
ately before they went out to raise $12,500.00. Re
turns showed more than $13,000.00 collected. Drive
Chairman was Richard N. Bowles. Dr. C. Stephen
Mulherin was co - chairman. One hundred and
eighty-eight men worked on the Drive.
FAR EAST
Buddhist Chaplains
^WbAIGON, Vietnam (NC)—About 70 Buddhist bonzes have been
appointed chaplains to the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam
since mid-July, according to latest unofficial estimates. The first
Buddhist request for chaplaincies for bonzes was not issued until
June, 1963.
VATICAN
Laziness In Church
VATICAN CITY (NO— Pope Paul VI has reminded Catholics
that “the good fortune of being in the Church, in the bark of salva
tion, does not authorize us to be lazy and believe we are dispensed
from striving to move ahead on the paths of Christ.” The Pope
was speaking at his weekly general audience (Oct. 15). Among the
many groups present was an Italian Catholic union of midwives.
He reminded them of “the lofty indications given by our predeces
sor, Pius XII, for your daily service of human life.”
ROME (NC»—The Bishops of
the United States at a meeting
here (Oct. 19) formally approv
ed Nov. 29, the first Sunday of
Advent, as the official date for
the introduction of English in
the Mass.
This date, the first day of the
new Church year, had been
widely anticipated as the day
that the new English use would
go into effect in the Mass
throughout the United States. In
some American dioceses, how
ever, English was introduced in
the Mass last summer.
The Nov. 29 change will put
into effect the decisions adopt
ed by the American bishops at
their meeting in Washington
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' IVol. 45, No. 16
NEWSPAPER DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
First Issue
Of Weekly
Oct. 24th
j KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NC) —
•fte National Catholic Reporter
will begin publication Oct. 24
| with more than 10,000 subscrib
ers, officers of the new publica
tion have announced.
Robert G. Hoyt, editor of the
national publication who will
continue as editor of the Catho
lic Reporter of the Kansas City-
St. Joseph, Mo., diocese, said a
Saturday publication date for
the paper was chosen for two
main reasons.
“First, we do not mean to
compete with the diocesan
newspaper in local coverage.
“Second, we think the time
of the* Sunday Catholic’ is pass
ing the time when Catholic
puh^^fcons relied solely on
SutkB^ church sales for their
existence because that was the
only day of the week when re
ligion came under examination.
The National Catholic Reporter
is being published for ‘Monday
Catholics’,” he said.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1964
First Pontiff To Visit Asia
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Papal Visit To Bombay Gives
Impetus To Ecumenical Spirit
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Vatican Radio said that
Pope Paul Vi’s coming trip to India is of far greater
importance than the events which shook world public
opinion in mid-October.
This was a clear reference to the Soviet govern-
BISHOP Paul Leonard Hagarty, O.S.B., of Nassau, Baha
mas, brings the Gospel Book forward in St. Peter’s Basilica
for its daily enthronement before the Fathers of Vatican
Council II. (NC Photos)
For Discussion on Priesthood
Majority Vote May Force
Another Council Session
ment and the explosion of a Red
Chinese atomic device.
The broadcast said:
“For the first time in history
a pope is going on a missionary
journey to another continent, a-
mong a non-Catholic and non-
Christian people.
“This unprecedented gesture
does not cause worries, anxie
ties or doubts, but raises spirits
with a new unexpected hope of
brotherhood and peace.
“Paul Vi’s journey can be re
garded as a first concrete im
plementation of his encyclical,
Ecclesiam Suam, of that broth
erly dialogue which the Church
intends to carry on with the
peoples of the whole world.
by Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY — The voting
in the ecumenical council on
Oct. 19 removed the last rem
nants of doubt regarding the un-
avoidability of a fourth council
session.
In voting, the council majori
ty held out for discussion in
greater detail, and referral to
committee for further study, of
the proposition on the priest
hood.
Since at least some of the
remaining five propositions may
require similar action, some
council Fathers are even begin
ning to consider the possibility
of a fifth session of the council.
A fifth would seem unlikely,
however.
Pope Paul VI is reliably un
derstood to have spoken in fa
vor of a fourth session. But it
remains an open question as to
w^^r the fourth session should
next spring or next fall.
Th^Uatter now appears more
likely in view of the consider
able amount of material on
hand to be considered.
Barely four five-day w’eeks re
main in this session, and the
agenda is still filled with vital
topics to be discussed. Debates
on the priesthood and on the
Eastern Churches have shown
that the need persists to spend
more time on these and other
issues now presented as mere
“propositions.” The council Fa
thers wall vote this week on
their preferences in this regard.
Many Fathers are dissatisfied
with what they consider the ex
cessive hurry. To mention only
one instance, a former schema
on religious orders, which af
ter numerous committee meet
ings had been adopted as a 42-
page document, was eventually
cut down to only four pages.
Similar fates were suffered by
the former schemata on mis
sions and seminaries.
This week the Fathers will
take up the schema on the
Church in the Modern World.
But it is realized that its ex
amination can be undertaken in
preliminary fashion only on the
basis of accepting it in prin
ciple, which now appears cer
tain.
“This second trip of the Pope
translates into reality the ecu
menical spirit which inspires
The two annexes on religious the council. It testifies to the
liberty and on the Jews, sub- effective effort with which the
jects of a controversy earlier (Church is pursuing the updating
in the fifth w’eek, are now safe- desired by Pope John XXIII
ly back where they started in and gives a new light and a
the Secretariat for Promoting new look to missionary activi-
Christian Unity. Their final a- ty. There is a special signifi-
doption is considered certain, cance in the fact that Pope
although the Unity secretariat Paul’s announcement coincides
is now inclined to have the with World Mission Day and
statement on the Jews incorpo- the canonization of the 22 U-
rated into the schema on the ganda martyrs.”
Church.
Pope Paul made the announce-
With all this in mind, obvious- ment of his trip at the end of
ly only two or three schemata his address during the canoni-
will be ready for promulgation zation of 22 African martyrs of
at the close of this session, Uganda in St. Peter’s basilica
which, of course, means that a
fourth session, and perhaps a
long one, is unavoidable some
time next year.
(Oct. 18).
The Pope revealed no details
of his trip except to say that it
would be “very brief and sim
ple.” It is expected that the
Pope will go to Bombay for the
closing ceremonies in the con
gress on Dec. 6.
After his tribute to the Ugan
da martyrs, Pope Paul an
nounced that he intended to go
to Lidia “to bring to them our
since i e message of Christian
faith . . .
“This is the second time we
have occasion to announce in
this basilica that we are about
to make a journey abroad,
something which hitherto has
been completely outside the or
dinary scope of the papal apos
tolic ministry.” The first time
was on Dec. 4, 1963, when the
Pope announced, at the close of
the second session of the ecu
menical council, that he was
going as a pilgrim to the Holy
Land in January, 1964.
“The pope is becoming a mis
sionary, you will say. Yes, the
pope is becoming a missionary,
which means a witness, a shep
herd, an apostle on the move..
‘Our journey, though very
brief and simple and limited to
a single stopping place, where
solemn homage is paid to Christ
present in the Eucharist, is in
tended to be a testimonial of
gratitude for all missionaries of
yesterday .and of today who
have consecrated their lives to
the cause of the Gospel, for
those especially who, following
in the footsteps of St. Francis
Xavier, have ‘planted the
Church,’ with so much self-sac
rifice and success, in Asia and
particularly in India.”
Cardinal Says Pope Will
Stay In India Three Days
NATION
Lay Consultors
RALEIGH, N.C. (NC> — North Carolina’s Bishop has named
120 lay men and w T omen ,to be consultors to Church leaders, 40 to
assist him and 80 to aid the heads of the Raleigh diocese’s ten
deaneries. Bishop Vincent S. Waters’ announcement said the dio-
oesan lay consultors will gather at his request and the deanery
consultors will meet twice a year on dates to be selected by the
deans.
Telecast Rescheduled
NEW YORK (NC)—The National Council of Catholic Men said
the Catholic Hour presentation of “The Nightwatch”, an original
drama by Robert Crean, has been rescheduled for 1 to 1:30 p.m.,
EST, Nov. 1 over the NBC-TV network. It was scheduled originally
for Oct. 11 but that time was preempted by the world series. It is
part of a special series entitled Crisis in the Christian Conscience,
dealing with the problem of communication between clergy and laity.
BOMBAY (NC)—Valerian Car
dinal Gracias asserted here that
Pope Paul VI “will definitely
be in this city on Dec. 3” and
that he will spend “at least
three days with us.”
The cardinal - archbishop of
Bombay, who will be host to
the international Eucharistic
Congress, revealed details of the
Pope’s visit to India at a press
conference (Oct. 18) at virtual
ly the same time Pope Paul was
in St. Peter’s basilica announc
ing that he will attend the Eu
charistic Congress.
Cardinal Gracias said that the
Pope will land first in Bombay,
flying direct from Rome if pos
sible. He said that “it is more
or less settled” that Pope Paul
will stay at the archbishop’s
house during his Bombay stay.
Noting that Dec. 3 is the
feast of St. Francis Xavier, In
dia’s second apostle, the cardi
nal said Pope Paul will definite
ly be here on that date — the
sixth day of the nine-day con
gress. During his visit, Cardinal
Gracias said, the Pope “will
probably perform the consecra
tion of five bishops from the
five continents.”
The Pope told him of the de
cision to come here on Sept. 30,
but stipulated that the informa
tion remain confidential until
Oct. 18, according to the Indian
prelate.
Calling it “one of the boldest
of decisions,” Cardinal Gracias
said that Pope Paul laid down
three conditions for his visit:
—That it be one of “utter
simplicity.” In this connection
he mentioned the example of
the simplicity of two other spiri
tual leaders: Mahatma Ghandi
and the Rev. Martin Luther
King.
—That it would be “a spiritu
al pilgrimage in keeping with
the best spiritual traditions of
India.”
— 1 That he could spend a day
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Nov. 29th Approved
For English In Mass
A PHOTO FIRST? Many think so. Photographers awaiting the arrival of Pope Paul VI
in St. Peter’s Basilica snapped this picture cf Bishop Charles P. Greco of Alexandria, La.,
addressing the council. Several bishops remarked that this was the first time a Council
Father had ever been photographed addressing a general congregation of Vatican Coun
cil II. (NC Photos)
Long Awaited Schema
Council Begins Discussion On
Church Role In Modern World
VATICAN CITY (NC)—In an
attempt to understand the mod
ern world and to interpret the
Church’s message to that world,
the council Fathers began dis
cussion of one of the most talk-
ed-about and long-awaited sche
mas on its agenda.
Eight cardinals took the floor
(Oct. 20) and all but one ex
pressed general satisfaction with
the text of schema 13 on the
Church in the modern world.
They asked the council to ac
cept it as a basis for discussion.
In brief, the schema consists
of an introduction and four
chapters. Chapter one deals
with the vocation of the whole
man as Christian living in the
world.
Chapter two treats of the
Church in the service of. God
and men — wiiat the Church
can give to men and what the
Church receives of men.
The third chapter deals with
the Christian mode of life in
the contemporary world, and
the last chapter deals with the
principal tasks of the Christian
today.
Francis Cardinal Spellman of
New York hailed it as “repre
senting the basic hopes of the
Second Vatican Council” and
• asked that in recommending
changes, council Fathers take
care not to weaken but rather
to strengthen the text and im
prove its clarity.
Both Julius Cardinal Doepfner
of Munich, Germany, and Gia
como Cardinal Lercaro of Bo
logna, Italy, cautioned against
speed in deliberations. The lat
ter observed that “perhaps
there is not even time enough
left in this session—especially
if there is going to be a fourth
session next year.”
Saying he was unhappy with
the impression given by the
text that the Church “fears con
tagion from associating with the
world,” Albert Cardinal Meyer
of Chicago called for a deeper
understanding of the role of the
world in the plan of salvation.
He cited Scripture and tradition
to support his contention that
the world itself, and not only
the soul of man, is the proper
object of Redemption.
In the name of the mixed
commission of members of the
council’s Theological Commis
sion and the Commission on the
Apostolate of the Laity, of
which he is president, Fernando
Cardinal Cento introduced sche
ma 13. He said it was- offered
with a great deal of “trepida
tion” and a consciousness of
the extreme gravity of the task
at hand. This task, he said, is
to make the Church stand out
as the “light of nations,” ac
cording to the words of Pope
John XXIII.
The Church is conscious that
it is not growing old, but ever
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PRAY FOR OUR
DECEASED
PRIESTS
RT. REV. MSGR.
THOMAS A. BRENNAN
Oct. 28, 1963
REV. JOHN J. BESSMER
Oct. 29, 1926
Oh God, Who didst give to
thy servants by their sacerdotal
office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant, we
implore, that they may also
be one of their company for
ever in heaven. Through Christ
Our Lord, Amen.
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