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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, May 23,1974
TOP LITURGIST SA YS
No Return to Mass in Latin
BY JAMES C. O’NEILL
ROME (NC) -- The use of Latin
Gregorian chant recently recommended
for some parts of the Mass by Pope Paul
VI “does not mean a return to the Latin
Mass,” according to a top Church
liturgist.
At Eastertime, the Pope sent to all
the world’s bishops a small booklet,
entitled “Jubilate Deo,” containing
some simple Latin hymns in Gregorian
chant that could be used by Catholics
during Mass and other liturgical
ceremonies.
Benedictine Father Burkard
Neunheuser, dean of the Pontifical
Liturgical Institute, said that the hymns
in the booklet do not “in any way mean
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to supplant or replace hymns in other
languages.”
Father Neunheuser, said that
congregations are free to use Latin
hymns during a Mass or other liturgical
ceremony as they wish. But he made it
clear that that does not mean a return
to total and exclusive use of Latin.
No special permission has to be
granted for the use of Latin hymns or
those in other languages, he added.
The occasional use of sung Latin
during Mass as recommended by the
Pope in “Jubilate Deo” is in complete
harmony with the Second Vatican
Council’s liturgical reforms, which
brought in the use of the vernacular in
the Church’s worship.
“Jubilate Deo” was accompanied by
a letter signed by Australian Cardinal
James Knox, the new prefect of the
Congregation for Divine Worship, calling
attention to the Pope’s wish that all
Catholics “should know some Latin
chants for the Mass, for example, the
Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Pater Noster and
Agnus Dei.”
Liturgists here agree that the Pope’s
concern for the continued use of some
Latin is entirely in accord with the
teachings of the Second Vatican
Council.
An official at the congregation, which
sent the booklet to the bishops at the
Pope’s request, pointed to the explicit
teaching regarding the maintainance of
Latin as laid down by the council’s
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. In
section No. 54 of that constitution, in
addition to making a place for the use
of the vernacular in Masses celebrated
with the people, it is stated:
“Nevertheless, steps should be taken
so that the faithful may also be able to
say or to sing together in Latin those
parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which
pertain to them.”
The official commented that “there is
no room for ambiguity for anyone who
has read and understood No. 54 of the
Constitution of the Liturgy.”
The continued use of Gregorian chant
is likewise specified, and other kinds of
sacred music are also provided for. The
liturgical constitution states in No. 116:
“The Church acknowledges Gregorian
chant as proper to the Roman liturgy,
therefore, other things being equal, it
should be given pride of place in
liturgical services. But other kinds of
sacred music, especially polyphony, are
by no means excluded from liturgical
celebrations, so long as they accord with
the spirit of the liturgical action.”
Father Neunheuser said that the
Gregorian Latin hymns in “Jubilate
Deo” were only an indication of how
those specific teachings of the Vatican
Council might be implemented.
Pope Paul has touched on the need to
preserve the use of Latin in some form
on several occasions in recent years. For
instance, during his general audience last
Aug. 22, the Pope, speaking about
prayer and the liturgy, said:
“Many are asking that the Latin
Gregorian chant be preserved in all
countries for the Gloria, the Credo, the
Sanctus, the Agnus Dei. May God will
that it be thus. Just how it can be done
might be restudied.”
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SUMMER CAMP
‘Cheer, Cheer for Villa Marie 9
BY GILLIAN BROWN
“Cheer, cheer for Villa Marie, And
for the campers, happy and free . .
The song, familiar to so many
children from Georgia and further
afield, will be sung again this summer
when Camp Villa Marie opens its doors
for two weeks of “Religious Education”
and another four of “Recreation” on
the Isle of Hope, in Savannah.
To many families, Camp Villa Marie
represents a tradition going back
through the years. The parents of some
of the present campers were campers
themselves in their own day. Brothers
and sisters who have been to Camp
several years running pass on various
pieces of camp-lore to younger siblings
still waiting to be first-graders old
BY LARRY ZANI
Atlanta, Ga. - There are many people
who remember where they were and
what they were doing the moment an
historic event happened. Events like
Pearl Harbor, the New York black-out,
the Kennedy and King assasinations,
and 9:07 p.m., Monday, April 8, 1974.
On the latter occasion I turned to the
robust woman sitting next to me and
hugged her. It was like the embrace of
two walruses, but neither of us cared,
for we were two strangers enjoying a bit
of history and human accomplishment.
Hank Aaron had just hit home run
number 715. The greatest feat in sports
history had been accomplished.
Most reports of the “big hit” came
from the press areas of Atlanta Stadium.
My observation post was in aisle 306,
row 18, seat 15, and though I’ve
covered many athletic events from the
“press pass” side of things, I was glad
that for this one event, my view was
with the people who paid for the seats
they sat in.
The enthusiasm and excitement that
was in the air prior to the game was
every bit what you may have read or
heard, and so were the omens of things
to come.
For myself, a free parking space in a
remote lot, after finding the regular
stadium parking facilities filled. For the
coincidental, the starting pitcher for the
opposing team (Los Angeles) wore
number 44 on his jersey - the same
number worn by Hank Aaron. And for
the glee of the Atlanta fans, the absence
of the baseball commissioner, Bowie
Kuhn, a man not liked in Atlanta, with
signs and booes supporting the fans’
feelings.
But others were at the game. Atlanta
Mayor Maynard Jackson. Georgia
Governor Jimmy Carter. Pro Athletes
from all sports. NBC and its video
broadcast crews. And 53,775 paying
enough to join the members of “Cabin
One.”
About 150 children come to Camp
each summer. This year, with the energy
crisis still a problem, two special buses
have been chartered to bring children
from the Atlanta and Macon areas.
Father Michael Smith, Director, will be
assisted by a Staff of Sisters,
Seminarians, and Lay Counsellors, many
of whom will already be familiar to
many of the campers as they arrive.
The Religious Education session
(June 22-July 6) is limited to Catholic
children attending public school in
grades 1-9. Preference is given to those
from small towns and rural areas.
Registrations are made through the local
pastors.
Dates for the Recreation sessions are:
fans, the largest crowd in Atlanta Braves
history.
Up in the “rafters” on the opposing
side of the stadium were other persons
who would bring the news of number
715 to the world. On one side, a ham
radio contingent. On the other, three
separate Spanish-sepaking broadcast
teams.
And there were cameras, more than I
had ever seen at major sporting
championships or at Presidential news
conferences. Two of them, positioned in
the outfied, had lenses large enough to
stuff my size 44 waist into.
Persons from the entertainment
world were there, too. Sammy Davis, Jr.
came, hopefully, to buy the record
baseball for his son’s enjoyment before
turning it over to the Baseball Hall of
Fame. And Pearl Bailey sang a moving
rendition of the National Anthem, after
first quipping, “You can see a little bit
of America out here tonight. There’s
happiness out here and something going
on and people are sayin, ‘Yeah, this is
where it’s at’.”
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The pre-game festivities ended with a
flurry of balloons, fireworks, and
hoopla, unheralded even by the great
Tommy Walker who used to produce
half-time shows for the New Orleans
Saints. The din was tremendous, but the
people in the stands wanted the game to
get started. A moment of history
awaited them.
Hank Aaron’s first trip to the plate
was uneventful. That opposing pitcher
(A1 Downing) gave up three balls and
posted a strike. A few days earlier, in
Cincinnati, Aaron hit the next pitch on
the same type of count for number 714.
This time, with the home fans waiting,
he was walked, and later scored on a hit
by teammate Dusty Baker and a Los
Angeles error.
Two innings later, in the bottom of
the fourth, after the fans returned from
their hot dog, beer, peanuts, etc.,
purchases, Henry Louis Aaron swung his
first week July 14 - 20, second week
July 21-27, third week July 28 to
August 3, fourth week August 4 - 10.
Campers for these sessions usually have
completed first grade and attend
through the summer after eight grade.
Even in the Recreation sessions,
Camp is much more than an
opportunity for having a good time.
Children learn how to make friends and
get along with people they have not
known before. They learn to share and
work with groups of boys and girls of
their own age. For many it is a chance
to develop independence and
resourcefulness away from home.
Registration forms and information
are available from Camp Villa Marie,
Grimball Point Road, Savannah, Ga.
31406.
bat on a 1-0 pitch and propelled a
record-breaking baseball 400-feet over
the left centerfield fence.
What followed was mixed with
emotion and confusion. A blue blur
comes running through the outfield.
(Only later is it known that the “blur”
was an Atlanta pitcher named Tom
House who caught the home run ball
and was bringing it in to Aaron). At the
same time, Aaron is rounding the bases,
being escorted by two uninvited young
fans. And at home plate is a plethora of
baseball players, cameramen, and Aaron
family members.
Meanwhile in the stands, we fans
were exhilarated. The track club from
Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. The
people who had traveled from Vineland,
New Jersey. And that unnamed woman
sitting next to me. It was a warm,
wonderful pandemonium.
And all too soon it was over. The
unpredictable Southern spring turned
cold this night. The game dragged on,
with the Braves winning 7-4, and Hank
Aaron not providing any additional
flourish. And the crowd thinned out,
quickly, with fewer than 10,000 left at
game’s end. (that woman sitting next to
me left in the seventh inning).
After the game, outside the stadium,
it was business as usual in Atlanta. The
ever-present balloon salesmen were
there. So was an industrious fellow,
with hastily printed up bumper stickers
reading “I was there for 715”, and
selling for one dollar apiece. And the
political candidates were present, at
least in their neon rent-a-sign campaign
slogans.
We left, each to his own homes. Each
with our own thoughts and feelings of a
tremendous evening that was. Some of
us partied, and will so for the next few
days. And maybe like those who saw
Babe Ruth establish a record some 40
years ago, we will be able to share our
emotions with the generations to come.
For “we were there when Hank Aaron
hit number 7 -1 - 5.”
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I Remember Hank’s Homer
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ST. MARY’S PARISH COUNCIL of Catholic
Women, Augusta, held its final meeting of the year in
the home of Mrs. Brad Bennett, on Wednesday, May 8.
Mass was celebrated by Monsignor LeFrois, during
which new officers were installed. The officers for
1974-75 are from L-R: President - Mrs. S.S. McGarity,
Vice-President - Mrs. Brad Bennett, Secretary - Mrs.
Tom Saul, Treasurer - Mrs. Thomas R. Maxwell.