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Historic Speech Of
Layman At Council
Following is the text of the
address delivered (Oct. 13) by
Patrick Keegan, lay council au
ditor from England and first
^ lyman to speak at a council
meeting.
In the name of the lay audi
tors, men and women, present
in Rome, I thank the cardinal
moderators for the honor and
opportunity of addressing this
great assembly. I would assure
you, venerable Fathers, that we
are very conscious of our re
sponsibility at this historic mo
ment to try, however inade
quately, to voice the sentiments
of the faithful laity throughout
the world.
We have welcomed most
warmly the chapter of the doc
ument on the Church dealing
with the laity, giving us a new
vision of our active participa
tion in the whole mission of the
Church. We have welcomed also
the Constitution on the Liturgy
which has vitalized our share
in the public worship of the
Church.
We offer the assurance of our
loyal cooperation in fulfilling
the noble aims of the docu
ment on Christian unity. And
now we have been following
with the greatest attention your
debate on the lay apostolate.
This schema marks for us a
J5int of fulfillment in the his
torical development of the lay
apostolate. We sincerely hope
that it marks also the begin
ning of a whole new stage of
development.
The schema is the natural
outcome of the Church’s new
awareness of herself. It is also
the result of the progressive
discovery by men and women
of their responsibility and role
within the whole apostolate of
the Church. All those who work
in the different fields of the
apostolate will welcome the
present debate as a powerful
recognition of their efforts. The
very existence of the document
under discussion is proof that
the apostolate of the laity is no
luxury nor passing fashion. It
means that this apostolate is
incorporated into the new dy
namism of the Church, seeking
new ways to implement the
message of the Gospel, seeking
new means better adapted to
the different social, economic
and cultural situations of mod
ern man.
No document could have pro
vided a codification of all that
is being done in the different
fields of the apostolate. Nor
would one have wished that it
should. This schema leaves the
field open for further develop
ments and at the same time
points to the common ground in
apostolic endeavor. Because cir
cumstances and needs will dif
fer, precise forms and structur
es cannot be universally impos
ed.
In the general report on the
schema, we heard with great
interest of the commission’s in
tention to link this schema with
other conciliar documents which
directly affect the laity: with,
for example, the chapter on the
laity in “De Ecclesia;” with
the decree on means of com
munication. In particular, we
anxiously await the debate on
the Church in the modern
world. All this will have im
mense implications for the re
sponsible activity of the laity
both in the spiritual and in the
temporal orders.
It is clear that an apostolic
lay action must be rooted! in
the actual situation and needs
of the world. And, as we all
know, these needs, both spiritu
al and temporal, are very
great.
Yet, whilst it is true that all
Christians are called through
Baptism and Confirmation to
the apostolate, we must face
the fact that few answer that
call.
How are the vast majority of
Catholics to be made aware of
their apostolic responsibility to
bear witness in their daily life,
as members of a family, as
members of the community, of
the Church and of the whole
community? This is the chal
lenge for all those who bear re-
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with the poor, irrespective of
caste or creed.
Cardinal Gracias said it was
very easy to meet these condi
tions, because for one thing,
“the poor are always with us
and we do not have to gather
them from the highways and
byways.”
The news of the forthcoming
papal visit was frontpage news
throughout India. But in his
press conference, Cardinal Gra
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ism of the coming Eucharistic
Congress that had appeared ear
lier in some Hindu papers. The
archbishop of Bombay said in
this regard that Catholics,
though forming a small commu
nity in India, are peaceful, law-
abiding, and ready to serve ev
erybody.
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English. The Offertory anthem
will also be in the vernacular.
In the Canon, the Sanctus-
Benedictus alone will be in Eng
lish; the rest, including the pre
face and the consecration pray
ers, remain in Latin.
But in the Communion serv
ice, the Lord’s Prayer will be
in English. So will the Agnus
Dei. At the Communion of the
people, the Ecce Agnus Dei and
the triple Domine, non sum dig-
nus will be in English. So will
the Communion anthem. While
the Postcommunion prayer re
mains Latin, the dismissal and
blessing will be in English.
The last Gospel, when said,
remains Latin. But it is to be
eliminated completely under the
further changes which become
mandatory next Lent.
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It is here that we see the first
role of our organizations. It is
clear that association provides
the most favorable conditions
for Christian formation and for
sustaining the individual in the
development of his creative po
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To help us to fulfill our role,
venerable Fathers, may we pre
sume to appeal through you for
priests to give us their indis
pensable help. It is the priest
who brings Christ to us through
the sacraments and the Gos
pels. It is the priest who equips
us spiritually to “consecrate the
world.” Those of us especially
who work in lay movements
know how much we owe to our
brotherly cooperation with our
chaplains.
The lay apostolate cannot be
an isolated entity in the Church.
It reaches its fullness in close
collaboration with all the other
members of the Church. By its
very nature it demands a con
stant and regular exchange be
tween the hierarchy and the
laity. It is for us as lay people
to bring to our pastors our ex
perience of the needs of the
world in which we live, and to
seek from them guidance in our
endeavor to respond to these
needs. In simple terms, there
must be the “family dialogue”
of which our Holy Father, Pope
Paul, has spoken so frequently
and emphasized in his recent
letter, “Ecclesiam Suam.”
His Eminence Cardinal Cen
to, to whom our thanks, as to
all members of his commission,
are due, told us in his introduc
tion to this debate that there is,
by wish of her Divine Founder,
a distinction within the Church
between the hierarchy and the
laity. But this distinction im
plies no distance. This debate
in the council has done much
to bind us together inseparably
in the single mission of the
Church.
COUNCIL FATHERS, at start of a busy day, emerge from their buses in St. Peter’s Square to enter council “hall’’—St.
Peter’s Basilica itself. At left is one of the two arms of Bernini’s colonnade enclosing the square. The opening between
buildings at right, behind the famous obelisk, is the Via della Conciliazione. (NC Photos)
Fifth Week In Review
Council Discussions Move To
Priesthood, Eastern Churches
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The
ecumenical council in its fifth
week of discussions moved from
the laity to the priesthood and
then turned to debate on the
Eastern Churches.
The debate on the proposition
on priestly life lasted only two
and one-half days. The discus
sions on the Eastern Churches
promised to be equally short,
as the council headed toward
debate on the controversial
schema 13 on the Church in the
modern world.
The subject of mixed marri
ages came up in the proposition
on the Eastern Churches. The
proposition states that marri
ages between Eastern-rite Cath
olics and Orthodox Christians
are valid, although unlawful, if
performed by an Orthodox
priest.
The document further propos
es that Catholics may receive
the sacraments of Penance, Ho
ly Eucharist and Extreme Unc
tion from non-Catholic Eastern
priests if they are unable to
find a Catholic priest. In simi
lar circumstances, Or t h o d o x
Christians may receive the sac
raments at Catholic churches.
The council Fathers complet
ed 1 their discussions on the laity
early in the fifth week and
moved quickly to the subject of
the priesthood. The talks cen
tered on the recruiting, distribu
tion and financial support of
priests, as well as their celibate
life.
Speaking for 112 Brazilian
prelates, Bishop Fernando Go
mes dos Santos of Goiania, Bra
zil, said the proposition on the
priesthood was “too little, too
poorly done.”
Bernard Cardinal Alfrink of
Utrecht, The Netherlands, also
expressed dissatisfaction with
the document, stating that it
does not clarify the image of
the priest or of the priesthood.
He said the proposition should
contain a better treatment of
priestly celibacy, since recent
discussions and publicity on that
subject “amounts to a crisis.”
Several Fathers said they de
sired a change in the Church’s
methods of supporting priests.
Coming under particular fire
was the practice of stole fees,
donations received for adminis
tering the sacraments, and ben
efices, the income a pastor re
ceives from an endowment be
longing to his parish or Church
post.
Auxiliary Bishop - elect Jozsef
Bank of Gyor, Hungary, said
the custom of stole fees is offen
sive to modern ears and should
either be abolished or changed
completely.
Mexican Bishop Ernesto Cor-
ripio of Tampico urged the a-
bolition of the benefice system.
He said the practice provides
some priests with more money
than they can use, while others
are on the edge of starvation.
In place of benefices, he sug
gested that each diocese estab
lish a common fund and that
priests be provided with retire
ment and health insurance.
Auxiliary Bishop John Gugic
of Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, add
ed; that some priests have even
refused assignments which have
no benefice attached.
Priestly vocations and the dis
tribution of priests was a con
cern of several Fathers. Span
ish Bishop Marcello Gonzales
Martin of Astorga said it was
“scandalous” that 1,000 to 2,000
candidates for the priesthood
are turned away in Spain each
year because they are not need
ed. He said international semi
naries could train priests to
serve in needed areas. Jaime
Cardinal de Barros Camera of
Rio de Janeiro seconded the
need for better distribution.
The Brazilian cardinal also
suggested that bishops set up a
board of priests to advise them
in administrative matters. In
this he was supported 1 by Bishop
Victory Garaygordobil Berrizbei-
tia for Los Rios, Ecuador.
Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini of
Palermo, Italy, and he was
generally happy with the text
on the priesthood. He said his
only complaint was that the
document was written largely
in the form of admonitions, giv
ing the impression that abuses
are rampant.
The debate on the priesthood
ended on Oct. 15, when the
council Fathers voted for clo
ture by a narrow majority. The
proposition on the Eastern
Churches was then introduced
by Amleto Cardinal Cicognani,
head of the Council Commission
on Eastern Churches.
Melkite - rite Patriarch Maxi-
mos IV Saigh of Antioch com
mended the text as showing
vast improvements over previ
ous Church declarations, but he
said the part dealing with pa
triarchs was “absolutely inad
missible.”
He declared it was no use
showering patriarchs with
praise, then failing to give them
authority commensurate with
their offices. He said patriarchs
are reduced to a position of
subordinates when they are
forced to check with various of
fices of the Roman curia over
administrative details best left
to their own authority.
Franziskus Cardinal Koenig of
Vienna, speaking in the name of
all Eastern-rite council Fathers
from Austria, said! the proposi
tion on the Eastern Churches
should be better harmonized
with the schema on ecumen
ism, and that the treatment of
patriarchs should be added to
the schema on the pastoral du
ties of bishops.
The following day, the pro
position was critized by several
Eastern - rite Fathers. Reading
the text, said Bishop Michael
Doumith of Sarba, Lebanon,
“one finds all hopes for the
Orientals vanishing into thin
air.”
Speaking for the bishops of
the Ukraine, exiled Archbishop
Josyf Slipyi of Lvov warned
Latin-rite Catholics of the dan
gers of “proselytizing” mem
bers of Eastern rites. He said
Eastern rites have suffered
mtich from the attempts of
“Latinizers.”
Bishop Basilio Cristea, the
delegate of the Congregation for
The Southern Cross, October 22, 1964—PAGE 3
Nuns To
Be Helped
By Council
VATICAN CITY (NC) — A
“new look” in the work of A-
merica’s Sisters was described
here by Sister Mary Luke, the
only American woman attending
the daily sessions of the Sec
ond Vatican Council.
“Through the council,” sh'e
said, “Religious women in the
Church will catch up with the
position of women elsewhere.
Through participation in the li
turgy, through discussion on the
Church and on the lay aposto
late going on at the council,
Sisters are becoming more a-
ware of what the Church is
teaching today and they are
more able to participate. Our
very presence here is evidence
of that.”
“How many bishops,” s Ike
continued, “have expressed
their gratitude that we (Sisters)
are here at the council!”
Describing the spirit of “ag-
giornamento” already at work
in her own community, Sister
Mary Luke (she prefers not to
be called Mother) said that
teaching Sisters now visit the
homes of their pupils, they at
tend Christian Family Move
ment meetings and join other
meetings of parents’ organiza
tions.
In the new novitiate of the
Sisters of Loretto, she pointed
out, the novices work among
migrant workers in the area. In
the house of studies, she said,
the young Sisters visit the hom
es of the poor on Saturdays.
Sister Mary Luke reports that
the Sisters engaged in this work
have told her, “we don’t bring
Christ to these people; we find
Him there.”
the Oriental Church to Rumani
an Catholics in exile, made an
eloquent plea for the safety of
persecuted Eastern - rite Catho
lics.
He said six million Catholics
in Rumania and the Ukraine
have been subjected to religious
persecution and have not been
allowed to practice their reli
gion. He said that since 1948 six
Rumanian bishops have been
imprisoned and five of these
have died. He called on the
council Fathers to make the
plight of these people known to
the United Nations.
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