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NOVEMBER - MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS
NEWSPAPER DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH
Vol. 45, No. 18
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1964
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N.C.C.W. To Hear British Economist
Social Service Needs Will Be
Discussed At Capital
BROTHER WILLIAM EARLY of the Glenmiary Home Missioners mans Vocations
booth i&t Burke County Fair in Waynesboro. The booth, sponsored by Sacred Heart
Church, Waynesboro, depicted the life and work of the Glenmary priests, broth
ers and sisters. (Howell Joyner Photo)
Che, Tains Give Aid To
Following Viet Airbase
Wounded
Attack
by Father Patrick O’Connor
Society of St. Columban
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SAIGON — American service
men wounded in the midnight
shelling of the Vietnamese air
base at Bien Hoa (Nov. 1) were
swiftly airlifted to Saigon where
a Catholic chaplain was among
those waiting.
Father (Lt. Col.) John T. Cal-
ter of Boston rushed across cur
few-muted Saigon to the U.S.
Navy hospital when news of the
Bien Hoa attack was received.
A Protestant chaplain, ■ conva
lescing at the hospital, was also
on hand.
The last of the wounded were
brought in about 4 a.m. Four
Americans were killed and 31
wounded, four of them serious
ly. Two Vietnamese servicemen
were killed and several wound
ed.
Blood for transfusions was ur-
NATION
Priest ‘Layman Of Year’
WINOOSKI, Va. (NO—The Winooski Teachers Association se
lected Charles Towne as “Layman of the Year” for his avid sup
port of school activities in this area. It turned out that the “lay
man” is none other tha^ Msgr. Charles Towne, pastor of St. Steph
en’s church—but the association honored him anyway with the
presentation, of a gold and marble trophy at the annual state teach
ers convention.
Pope Prays For Dead
il
ROME (NO—Prayers for victims of traffic accidents and for
those who perish in natural disasters were offered by Pope Paul VI
during his visit (Nov. 1) to Rome’s municipal cemetery on the
city’s outskirts. Riding in an open car despite the rain, the Pope
visited the Flaminian cemetery on the eve of All Souls Day (Nov. 1)
to lead his people in prayers for the dead. Calling attention to the
bonds which link the living with the dead, Pope Paul said the pres
ent generation must take as an example the goodness and sacrifice
of those who have gone before.
Quiet On Pope’s Visit
LISBON (NC) — All comments, favorable or unfavorable, on
Pope Paul Vi’s schedluled visit to India in December have been kept
4^^)f Portuguese newspapers. Portugal has been at odds with
since 1961 when the Portuguese territory of Goa was taken
over by the Indians. Portugal’s foreign ministry broke its silence
only once to call the Pope’s trip to the 38th International Eucharis
tic Congress in Bombay a ‘‘gratuitous insult” to Catholic Portugal.
Converts Denied Privileges
NEW DELHI, India (NO — The Indian supreme court has
ruled that converts are not eligible to special privileges enjoyed by
members of Hindu scheduled castes. The ruling came when the
court upheld a lower court invalidation of election of- a Buddhist
convert from a constituency reserved for scheduled castes. Sched
uled castes are members of the “untouchable” or Harijan communi
ty of the Indian caste system who are eligible for government aid
running to millions of dollars.
VERY REV. HAROLD
J. BARR
Nov. 7, 1952
Oh God, Who didst give to
Thy Servants by their sacerdo
tal office, a share in the priest
hood of the Apostles, grant,
we implore, that they may also
be one of their company in
heaven. Through Christ Our
Lord, Amen.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—A major address by a British
economist on the obligation of service to the under
privileged and a panel discussion on the same theme*
•by specialists in social service will be highlights of the
32nd convention of the National Council of Catholic
Women.
gently needed. An appeal was
telephoned to Saigon hotels serv
ing as lAmerican billets. Men
dashed to the hospital in the
early hours of Sunday morning
to donate their blood.
The shelling took place about
20 minutes after midnight. Mor
tar shells landed with deadly
accuracy on parked planes, de
stroying five jet bombers and
damaging 22 other aircraft.
Then, as if following a pattern,
the shells fell .on huts serving
as American barracks, killing
and wounding men in their
beds.
Twelve hours later this cor
respondent stood in some of
these shattered huts. Rain had
fallen through great gaps in the
roofs, leaving pools of water
mixed with blood on what had
been the floors, now covered
with sodden remnants of person
al belongings.
Amid the explosions and rat
tle of small arms fire, four U.S.
Air Force doctors and one U.S.
Army doctor had tended the
wounded in the huts of the
'blacked-out airfield. A Protes
tant Air Force chaplain, Capt.
James Jones, worked with them
among the wounded.
Two dark and baffling miles
away, a newly-arrived Catholic
chaplain was feverishly seeking
some way to reach the stricken
on the airfield. He was Father
(Capt.) Joseph P. Mulhern,
O.P., a Dominican Father from
Worcester, Mass., who had ar
rived for the first time in the
U. S. military advisors’ com-
pound less than nine hours ear
lier.
There was an immediate
blackout in the compound. In
the dark Father Mulhern grop-
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Some 5,000 persons are ex
pected at the convention Nov,
11-14, which will be held in the
fShoreham and Sheraton Park
Hotels here, on the theme “Vati
can Council II—and You.”
British economist and author
Barbara Ward (Lady Robert
Jackson) will speak at a gener
al assembly Nov. 13 on the sub
ject “Do God’s Charity.” Her
talk will be followed by a panel
discussion by Msgr. Raymond
J. Gallagher, secretary of the
National Conference of Catholic
Charities; Philip H. Des Marais,
deputy assistant secretary for
legislation of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare;
and 1 Eileen Egan, project su
pervisor with Catholic Relief
Services—National Catholic Wel
fare Conference; and Dr. Jeanne
L. Noble, director of women’s
training centers for the Office
of Economic Opportunity.
Auxiliary Bishop Stephen A.
Leven of San Antonio, assistant
episcopal chairman of the De
partment of Lay Organizations,
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, will give the keynote
address at the convention open
ing session.
Bishop Leven will also preach
at a Mass closing the conven
tion offered in St. Matthew’s
cathedral by Auxiliary Bishop
John S. Spence of Washington.
Other Masses during the con-
Plan Convention
vention will include one Nov. 11
in the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception offered
for all who have given their
lives for their country, in parti
cular the late President Kenne
dy, and, a Byzantine Rite Divine
Liturgy Nov. 12.
Among those giving talks at
the meeting will be Father John
H. Miller, C.S.C., liturgy editor
of the New Catholic Encyclope
dia; Sister Rose Eileen, theolo
gy professor at Dunbarton Col
lege of Holy Cross here; and
Mrs. Mary Perkins Ryan, na
tional chairman of the NCCW
spiritual development commit
tee and author of the book, “Are
Parochial Schools the Answer?”
A performing arts program
featuring television and movie
star Jane Wyatt will highlight
the convention banquet Nov. 13.
The program will be presented
by the speech and drama and
music departments of the Cath-
c ic University of America un
der the direction of Father Gil
bert V. Hartke, O.P.
The convention’s closing day
will begin with an address en
titled “Take God’s Order into
the World” by Catholic Univer
sity sociologist C. Joseph Nuesse,
social sciences editor of the
New Catholic Encyclopedia.
The afternoon will be occupied
by 18 simultaneous conferences
on contemporary social issues.
REV. SEAN O’ROURKE, assistant rector of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist,
demonstrates how priest wid face people at the Altar of Sacrifice when liturgical
changes, including use of the English langauge in the Mass, are inaugurated
throughout the Diocese Nov. 29th.
Clarity, Sincerity Will Be
Needed For Mass In English
Valdosta State Hosts
Area Newman Council
Valdosta State College and its
chaplain Father Thomas Payne,
were hosts to the Newman Club
Southeastern Province Execu
tive Council meeting. Officers
attending were:
Chairman, David Ray of Uni
versity of Georgia; External Af
fairs Vice-Chairman, Andrea
Roth of University of Florida;
Treasurer, Dianne Cronin of
Georgia State; Georgia Region
al Director, Bob Stimler of
Georgia Tech; Florida Regional
vice-director, Barbie Conlin of
Florida State; National Internal
Affairs Vice - President, Mike
Marlowe of Rollins College; and
Province Chaplain, Father Chris
Malone of University of Geor
gia.
Also present were representa
tives from Georgia Southern,
Florida State, Florida A&M,
University of Georgia, Georgia
Tech, and Valdosta State.
A need for more extensive
communications between o f f i-
cers and local clubs was stress
ed and plans for the province
convention to be held in Savan
nah, Ga., February 5-7, were
formulated.
Explanations were given of
the National Newman Apostolate
functions, National Federation
services, along with reports of
the officers, and an exchange of
ideas obtained at the National
Congress this past September.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—The American
Bishops’ Commission on the Li
turgical Apostolate has warned!
that there is “the greatest pos
sibility of scandal” if in the
new English usage in the Mass
the prayers and Scripture pas
sages are read! hurriedly or
without attention to meaning.
The commission in a special
statement asserted* that the use
of the vernacular language in
stead of Latin is no automatic
guarantee of fulfilling the ecu
menical council’s goal of pro
viding the people with worship
which is “meaningful and intel
ligible to them.”
The bishops of the commis
sion, which is headed by Arch
bishop John F. Dearden of De
troit, called for dignity of
speech and manner by the cele
brant and lector alike. They
held that any recitation of pray
ers in a routine or sing-song
manner would be a grave abuse
of the spirit of the council’s
Constitution on the Liturgy.
The commission’s wide-rang
ing statement is designed to
serve as a guide for the liturgi
cal changes which come into
general use in the United States
on Nov. 29.
The instruction began with a
brief explanation of the reasons
for changes in the traditional
way of celebrating the Mass
and the other sacraments. It
cited the words of the Constitu
tion on the Liturgy that “it is
of the highest Importance that
the faithful understand the rites
because the sacraments ‘not on-
Protestant Editor
ly presuppose faith, but by
words and objects they also
nourish, strengthen and express
it,’ moreover, ‘they do indeed
impart grace, but in addition,
the very act of celebrating them
most effectively disposes the
faithful to receive this grace in
a fruitful manner, to worship
God duly, and to practice char
ity.”
Concerning the use of English
in the liturgy, the commission
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Sees Liturgy Reform
Aiding Understanding
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (NO — Dr.
Kyle Haselden, new editor of
the Christian Century, a nation
al, non - denominational maga
zine, said here that changes in
liturgy in the Catholic Church
have “made it possible for Pro
testants to understand what
Fathers Of Council Undertake
Final Session Discussions
by Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B.
VATICAN CITY — When the
ecumenical council reconvened
(Nov.. 4) after a long three-day
weekend!, it undertook a spurt
of activity to wind up the third
session.
In the course of the week, the
general discussion on schema 13
will be concluded. The schema
will then be referred to draft
ing committees which will be
kept busy rewriting it in light
of numerous suggestions that
came up in the course of a de
bate that was notable for its
comprehensiveness and frank
ness.
It is now felt in competent
quarters that the council will
not have a fourth and closing
session before October, 1965,
since not only schema 13 but
several other draft proposals,
especially that on the lay apos
tolate, will require considerable
study before being rewritten.
The crucial issues of the
Church’s relation to the Jewish
people and religious liberty are
still in suspense, since relevant
consultations between the Sec
retariat for Promoting Christian
Unity and the council’s theolog
ical commission are not yet
completed. However, the outlook
for final agreement on these
subjects now appears favorable.
The Jewish statement will like-
14 become one on Catholic rela
tions with non-Christian reli
gions generally.
In rewriting both these state
ments, taking into consideration
all relevant suggestions for their
improvement, the unity secre
tariat is being guided by a ‘de
sire known to have been ex
pressed by Pope Paul that mi
nority views be given all con
sideration.
Judging by the amount of
work that remains to be done,
the fourth session will face an
agenda which will easily be as
crowded as the present one. Not
only schema 13 and statements
on the lay apostolate, the priest
hood, seminary education, reli
gious life and missions will have
to be; taken up. but also the
“propositions” w h i c h at one
time were full-fledged schem
ata!
/
Meanwhile, interest in Rome
also concentrates on the Pan-
Orthodox Conference being held
on the island of Rhodes (Nov.
1) with 100 delegates represent
ing 11 autonomous Orthodox
churches with 130 million mem
bers. Contrary to reports from
Greek sources, there will be no
Catholic observers present.
The conference will last 17
days, so its results are likely
to be known in Rome prior to
the closing of the ecumenical
council. The principal issue be
fore the Orthodox delegates, in
cluding both Greek anti Russian
Orthodox, is whether an under
standing can be reached about
jointly establishing contact with
the Catholic Church with a view
of future dialogue
Catholics are doing.”
Dr. Haselden spoke at the an
nual Christian Heritage Day
ceremonies (Oct. 25). The occa
sion was formerly called Refor
mation Sunday, but its name
has been changed 1 locally by
the sponsoring group, the Louis
ville Area Council of Churches,
in the spirit of ecumenism.
Dr. Haselden, an observer at
the second: session of the Vati
can Council, is a Baptist minis
ter who has served in churches
in New York, Minnesota andi
West Virginia. He said in an in
terview that with parts of the
Mass soon to be in the verna
cular, “Protestants have found
many similarities in our serv
ices.”
He had high praise for Pope
John XXIII, whom he called 1 ,
“a daring, visionary man with
a beautiful, loving spirit.”
“We Protestants say he is the
best pope we ever had,” he
commented.
He said Protestant leaders
have decided that Pope Paul VI
is an “open door Pope” — a
phrase he said he prefers to the
“vague term ‘liberal’.”
Changes in the Catholic
Church. Dr. Haselden said, have
“removed ignorance (on the
part of non-Catholics) and have
made for less suspicion, less bi
gotry.”