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PAGE 7—The Southern Cross, June 5,1975
New Breviary Hailed as Major Event
WASHINGTON (NC) - The first of
four volumes of the reformed breviary
or “Liturgy of the Hours” has been
published in English.
The publication is a major event
marking the “most encompassing”
reform of this liturgical prayer in recent
history, according to Augustinian
Father John Rotelle, director of the
Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy of
the National Conference of Catholic
Bishops (NCCB).
The Liturgy of the Hours is an
official daily liturgical prayer of the
Church -- mandated to bishops, priests
and deacons and recommended for lay
persons and Religious -- intended to
sanctify the whole day by prayer.
Its chief components are morning and
evening prayers, and it also includes
sections that are called the office of
readings (with three Psalms and a
biblical and nonbiblical reading),
midday prayer, and night prayer.
Before the reform began, the Liturgy
of the Hours was known most
commonly as the “divine office” or the
“breviary.”
In an interview here the day before a
New York press conference formally - "
announcing the new publication, Father
Rotelle described the dimensions of the
reform and explained the importance of
the new Liturgy of the Hours in the
prayer life of the Church.
He said the four-volume book being
published by the Catholic Book
Publishing Company will be about
8,000 pages -- about 2,000 pages per
volume.
The first volume - actually three in
the liturgical year -- covers 17 weeks
from Pentecost to mid-August. Volume
four will cover the period from
mid-August to the beginning of Advent,
and volumes one and two will cover the
seasons of Advent-Christmas and
Lent-Easter, respectively.
The volumes are four-and-a-quarter
inches by seven inches, slightly over an
inch-and-a-half thick, and bound in a
flexible vinyl cover.
According to a spokesman, the
Catholic Book Publishing Company
hopes to carry the basic price of $19.95
per volume for all four volumes, but in
the future it will also put out more
expensive deluxe editions.
Father Rotelle pointed out that the
reform of the breviary began in 19&5 at
the Vatican, and the reformed version
was completed in Latin in 1971.
The International Commission on
English in the Liturgy (ICEL), which
was formed during the Second Vatican
Council by bishops of English-speaking
countries, began immediately to
translate the massive work into English.
The “most significant” changes in the
reform, Father Rotelle said, are “the
incorporation of a much larger number
of biblical and non-biblical readings,”
and the “introduction of intercessions
in the morning and evening prayers”
that were not in the former breviary.
He said the new Liturgy of the Hours
book is the first publication in the
world of the ICEL English translation.
The ICEL translation, he added, has
been approved for use by the bishops’
conferences of the United States,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India,
the Philippines, the Antilles and South
Africa.
Father Rotelle said that the old
breviary’s secondary readings on the
lives of saints, which often contained
pious legends, some of them of
questionable accuracy, have been
replaced with the daily section of the
biblical and non-biblical readings. That
section includes one reading from
Scripture, a brief biographical
introduction to the life of the saint
whose feast occurs that day on the
Roman calendar, and then the non-
biblical reading. Where possible, the
non-biblical reading is taken from the
writings of the day’s saint or from
writings about that saint by a Father of
the Church.
The non-biblical readings also include
a number of other writings by the
Fathers of the Church - the early
Christian theologians who played a
major role in formulating Christian
belief and practice - and by later
spiritual writers such as St. John of the
Cross and St. Teresa of Avila. There are
even a couple of passages from the
Second Vatican Council and from Pope
Paul VI, Father Rotelle said.
Father Rotelle said the new book can
be substituted immediately for previous
books, since it is already officially
approved. Eventually interim editions
now in use, which do not incorporate all
of the reforms, will be phased out, but
probably “no sooner than Advent of
1976,” he said.
However, priests who would have a
hard time making the transition because
of age or other difficulties, may still use
the older version in private prayer if
they receive permission from their
bishop to do so.
According to Father Rotelle, other
publishing companies will produce
editions of the reformed breviary. A
chief difference he noted, may be in the
use of other approved translations of
the Bible for the biblical readings. The
Catholic Book Publishing version uses
the New American Bible translation, but
the U.S. bishops’ conference has also
approved the Jerusalem Bible and the
Revised Standard version for liturgical
use in this country.
The priest added that shortened
versions, such as books containing only
morning and evening prayers, will also
be published in order to encourage
wider use of the Liturgy of the Hours
by lay persons and Religious Brothers
and Sisters, who are not obligated to
pray the whole Liturgy of the Hours.
A widely used popular version of
morning and evening prayer the
one-volume “Prayer of Christians,” will
then be phased out, he said, because it
was first published under “a stipulation
by the Holy See that it be replaced”
when new versions become available.
OUTSTANDING ATHLETES -
Rita Hill and Zach Norris,
graduating seniors of Augusta’s
Aquinas High School have been
chosen outstanding Student
Athlete of the Year. Criteria for
this award include at least one
varsity sport, good overall attitude,
dedication, and hard work. Rita
has a letter in basketball and
track, while Zach starred in
basketball and baseball. Their
names will be added to other Best
Student Athletes on the plaque in
the school hall.
UNDERCLASSMEN
HONORED -- At an assembly
honoring underclassmen at
Augusta’s Aquinas High School,
Richard Dover, Freshman; Donna
Wilds, Junior; and Jack
Markwalter, Sophomore, received
an award for achieving the highest
overall average in their respective
classes.
Underclassmen Awards
AQUINAS ACADEMIC
HONORS -- Academic honors at
Aquinas High School were cited
for David Munn, Frances Real,
and Charles Pruszynski. Munn
earned the highest average in
English and History; Miss Real, the
award in foreign languages; and
Pruszynski achieved top honors in
Science and Mathematics. All
three students received academic
scholarships to the colleges of
their choice; David Munn to
Mercer; Frances Real to St. Mary’s
Dominican in New Orleans; and
Charles Pruszynski to Georgia
Tech.
Augusta’s Aquinas High School held
its Underclass Honors Program on
Thursday, May 29th, 1975 at 2:00 p.m.
Brother Paul, the Assistant Principal,
awarded the following:
Christian Service Award: 11th - Jon
Ledbetter, Debbie Pinkerton; 10th - Jack
Markwalter, Ginnie VanSant; 9th • Harry
Colley, Marianne Moss.
Award for the Highest honor:
English - 11th - Donna Wilds; 10th -
Natasha Fox; 9th - Betty Head. American
History - Ann Marie Markwalter; World
History - Nancy Fenicin; French I - Linda
Rockholt; French II - Robert Beier; Spanish I
- Barbara Parsons; Spanish ll • Natasha Fox.
Algebra I - Barbara Parsons; Geometry -
Robert Beier; Algebra II - Mark Von Plinsky;
Biology - Harry Colley; Chemistry - Jack
Markwalter; Advanced Chemistry - Sophie
Dean; Typing - Cindy Smith.
Peter Landrum, Patrick Smith, Elena Tribby.
Award for 1st place in one-act play
competition. Region 7A: Rich Brotherton,
Harry Colley, Mary Donaldson, Bill Juras,
Jon Ledbetter, Haywood Moxley, Edward
Mulherin, Neal Thomas, Danny Walter, Starr
Wright.
The Achiever Award - presented by Junior
Achievement: Natasha Fox, Michael Hall.
Award for Service to the Youth
Association for Retarded Citizens: Caroline
Battey, Kim Dorr, Jean Gambill, Stan Horne,
Marty Jacobson, Agnes Markwalter, Liz
Markwalter.
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Augusta's Aquinas Shamrocks Golf Team
captured 1st place in Region 7A golf
tournament. David Rucker and Charles Myers
hit a hole in one. Members of the team are
Keith Morgan, Jack Myers, Mike Farr, Tom
Leonard, David Rucker and Tom Marble. In
tennis, Mike Owings won Region 7A boys’
singles crown.
Juniors who have done outstanding
volunteer work in the Library: Claire Brook:
and Angelika Selman.
Library - Mary Williams; Service in School
Office - Marsha Cuiry & Julie Graham; Service
in tutoring at Hyde Park Community Center -
Debbie Hudson and Hannah Wooley.
Golf - Recognition for winning Region 7A:
Mike Farr, Tom Leonard, David Rucker, Tom
Marble; Hole in one awards: David Rucker
and Charles Hagler; Tennis - Recognition for
winning 7A - Boys’ singles: Mike Owings;
Presbyterian College Junior Academic
Achievement Award: Michael Hall, Mark
Kuchinski, Anne Marie Markwalter, Donna
Wilds.
Certificate of Merit from the State of
Georgia and the University of Georgia: Mary
Kay Blithe, Sophie Dean, Mark Kuchinski,
Michael Hall, David Heid, Anne Marie
Markwalter, Donna Wilds.
NEDT (National Educational Development
Testing) Award for ranking in the top ten
percent of the nation: Karl Boerner, Richard
Dover, Robert Dukes, Carolyn Fenicin, Steve
Mirshak, Ivey Mock, Barbara Parsons, Ann
Wooley. Highest Freshman: Robert Dukes,
Robert Beier, Richard Brotherton, Nancy
Fenicin, Natasha Fox, Ken MacLeod, Walter
Kahres, Agnes Markwalter, Russell Moores,
Terrye Nipper. Highest Sophomore: Ken
MacLeod.
Perfect Attendance: 11th - Stephen Bell,
David Conley, Sophie Dean, Charles Myers,
Ida O'Bryant, Mark Scott, Donna Wilds.
10th - Robert Beier, Edouard Boerner,
Brian McGreevy, Ron Pruszynski, Tim Rice,
Pierre Wilkins.
9th - James Dover, Bobby Dukes, Wanda
Flanders, Pam Fryer, Josephine Jackson,
AUGUSTA
SISTER
MARY
JAMES
PRINCIPAL
Responding to a suggestion that
many priests in recent years seem to
have paid little or no attention to their
obligation to pray the Liturgy of the
Hours daily, Father Rotelle made
several points.
In the first place, he said, the
instructions preceding the Liturgy of
the Hours say the obligation of the
prayer rests on “bishops, priests, and
other sacred ministers who receive the
mandate of the Church to celebrate the
Liturgy of the Hours,” and this
obligation is “to celebrate daily, insofar
as possible at the appropriate times.”
“The obligation is there, no doubt,”
Father Rotelle said. But he warned
against a misunderstanding of the
gravity of the obligation in terms of a
mechanical or numerical perspective.
The first obligation, which belongs to
all Christians, he said, is to pray.
Secondly, there is a “special mandate”
to Religious and to bishops, priests and
deacons to pray “in the name of the
Church.”
And it is in this context, he said, that
the Liturgy of the Hours is given as the
prayer structure ‘par excellence’ for
praying in the name of the Church.
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AQUINAS HONOR GRADUATES -- Pictured above
are Augusta’s Aquinas High School graduating seniors
who fulfilled the requirements of the National Honor
Society of America. Back row: left to right, Tina
Glinski, Warren Anderson, David Munn, Craig
Doolittle, Sidney Fontenot, William Beier, Doug
Quarles, Kathy Dotson, Matt Rice, Perry Duggar, Allyn
Lay, Zach Norris, Joe Samulski. Front row, seated:
Libba Battey, Christina Rice, Kathi Markwalter, Ginger
Long, Becky Whaley, Carlton Moxley, Frances Real,
Susan MacLeod, and Connie Van Sant.
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