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Vol. 57 No. 22 Thursday, May 27,1976 Single Copy Price —15 Cents In a secret consistory preceding the public function, Pope Paul pleaded vigorously for authentic implementation of Second Vatican Council decrees. Archbishop Lefebvre has been ordered on several occasions by Pope Paul to close his traditionalist seminary in Econe, Switzerland, and has not done so. The Pope appealed to the archbishop and his followers to “reflect with serenity, and without closed minds” on their refusal to accept the Second Vatican Council. Fatima Celebration; Fleet Blessing Brunswick’s 39th annual Fatima Celebration and Blessing of the Fleet took place on Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day was chosen for this event, not only to honor all mothers living and dead, but because of its close proximity to the date of apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima to the three shepherd children of Portugal in 1917. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, cooperating with the Sodality of Our Lady of Fatima, highlight of the weekend celebration was a Mass celebrated by Father Robert Baker, S.M., pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church. Preceding the Mass, a procession was held with four Portuguese men carrying the hand carved statue of Our Lady of Fatima enthroned in a blanket of according to the rite established in the 16th-century by Pope Pius V, the so-called Tridentine Mass. The Pope then criticized “with equal firmness” ultra-progressives “who believe themselves authorized to create their own liturgy, sometimes limiting the sacrifice of the Mass or the sacraments to the celebration of their own lives or of their own struggle.” He condemned the practice of intercommunion. Ultra-conservative Catholics who cling to preconciliar practices as well as ultra-progressives who have gone beyond the council’s directives came under strong papal criticism. The Pope singled out for rebuke Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who has founded a popular international traditionalist movement, a seminary and several religious houses. CENTENNIAL CLASS - Macon’s Mt. de Sales High School’s Centennial class of ’76 - 100th class since the chartering of the school in 1*76. They are pictured in old fashioned dress with Sr. Mary Fidelis, principal, in the old Mercy Habit, at the William Snow residence on Georgia Avenue in Macon. SUNDAY-JUNE 6 Propagation Of Faith Collection BY MSGR. FELIX DONNELLY Propagation of Faith Director Diocese Of Savannah 1976 is the 50th year that people of the United States are sending an annual collection to the Propagation of The Faith, the international organization for the spread of Missions. The organization was actually begun in Lyons, France by a working girl, Pauline Jaricot, who gathered a few friends for a home social to raise money to send to missionaries. Since that time about 153 years ago, the Propagation of the Faith has grown to be an official world-wide Mission Helper. The Propagation of the Faith helps each of us to fulfill our inner mission Glenmary Assignments Bishop Raymond W. Lessard confirms the assignment of the following priests of the Glenmary Home Missioners: FR. WILLIAM SMITH, pastor of St. Christopher Church, Claxton, and its missions, effective July 1, 1976. FR. FRANCIS KORZINEK, pastor of Our Lady of Assumption Church, Sylvania, and its mission, effective August 3,1976. FR. DOMINIC DUGGINS, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Waynesboro, and its mission, effective June 10,1976. They will replace Fathers James Wilmes, Laurence Goulding and Edward Gorny, all of whom are being re-assigned to other positions outside the Diocese of Savannah. spirit by giving the opportunity to help them through their missions in over 830 countries to dispense vitamins, medicines, food and clothing, as well as education. Except for the vitamins and food we help them dispense, many children would be permanently blind, illiterate, undernourished. Many would lack the education they need to better themselves. The missionary comes not with the faith only, but with food, medicine, education, brought through the clinic and school which are part of the Mission. In this way people are prepared for a better life. Many leaders in the emerging nations were trained in Catholic Mission Schools. Last year the Diocese of Savannah contributed about $11,000.00 to the Propagation of the Faith Collection. From this same organization we received $70,000.00 for missions in our Diocese. The abundant return Our Lord promised. We help our own missions when we help others in the Propagation of the Faith. Every Catholic is a missionary to bring the faith to others by word and example. Each of us may accompany the missionary in the spread of the faith and the alleviation of human misery by making a sacrifice for the Propagation of the Faith on June 6th, the Feast of Pentecost, the day the Apostles accompanied the Holy Spirit to spread the faith of Jesus. The Birthday of the Church. BRUNSWICK SHRIMP BOAT passing in review at Brunswick’s Blessing of the Fleet. VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI surprised the Church May 24 by bestowing the cardinal’s red hat on the Archbishop of Hanoi, North Vietnam - one of two men he had named cardinals “in pectore” (“in his breat,” or secretly) a month earlier. Archbishop Joseph Marie Trin nhu Khue, 76, was present among the 20 bishops, including Archbishop William Baum of Washington, D. C., whom the Pope raised to the rank of cardinal in colorful ceremonies before 6,000 people in the new papal audience hall. flowers. The statue, approximately five feet in height, was carved from a solid block of Brazilian cedar. A gold filigree crown, studded with precious stones and used only during this annual event, was placed on the head of the statue. During the Mass and procession, the adult choir, under the direction of Mr. Charlie Poremba, lead the singing of Portuguese and English hymns. The annual Blessing of the Fleet took place in the afternoon at the Moreira Docks at the foot of Albermarle Street. A special blessing by Father Baker was invoked for each boat passing in review. CROWDS gather around the statue of Our Lady of Fatima at Brunswick Celebration. IN SAVANNAH DIOCESE Penance Rite Effective June 1 “They can find today the support and the sustenance that they are seeking in the renewed forms of the council,” the Pope asserted. The Pope pinpointed as especially serious the refusal of traditionlists to accept liturgical reforms. “The adoption of the new liturgical missal is certainly not left to the free choice of priests or faithful,” the Pope declared. “In no different way did Pope Pius V make obligatory the missal reformed under his authority, following the Council of Trent.” Many traditionalists still attend Masses illicitly celebrated WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY ~ ‘The Mass Media and the Fundamental Rights and Duties of Man” is the theme of the annual World Communications Day set for May 30. In his message for World Communications Day, Pope Paul VI stressed the power and responsibility of the media for educating and training people in their fundamental human rights and duties. The Southern Cross DIOCESE OF SAVANNAH NEWSPAPER At the direction of Bishop Raymond W. Lessard, the New Rite of Penance or Reconciliation will be officially intro duced in the Diocese of Savannah begin ning June 1,1976. Effective with that date, the new rite may be used in those parishes of the diocese which have conducted the prescribed preparatory cathechesis. The minimum required before a parish may introduce the new rite would be at least three homilies on the subject. Most parishes of the Diocese conducted programs on the New Rite during the Lenten Season or have covered it as part of their Adult Education Classes. In making the announcement of the introduction date Bishop Lessard stressed that the use of three homilies as a catechesis was a bare minimum. The bishop said, “the providential occasion of introducing a revised rite would suggest that much more be done, both on behalf of the minister of the sacrament as well as those who will be receiving it ... we should not remain satisfied merely with preparatory catechis, but should seek to extend that instruction so that it becomes a continuing part of our educational mission.” The Reformed rite of Reconciliation is the last of the major liturgical changes following the Second Vatican Council. The new Confessional Rooms to be used with the new rite will have a screen, giving the penitent the option of being behind the screen or facing the priest. What has changed is: -The emphasis on the prayerful attitude of both priest and penitent in the rite. -The emphasis on the sacrament as an act of reconciliation between the penitent and God. -The emphasis on Scripture in the rite. In the new rite there is an invitation to the penitent to trust in God, which may be in words from Scripture. There is also an option for a scriptural reading that proclaims God’s mercy and calls persons to conversion. The prayers make better use of Scripture. -The emphasis on the communal or social aspects of sin and reconciliation. This occurs in the new rite in several ways - the various options for communal celebrations, more emphasis on the social aspect of sin in the examination of conscience and confession of sins, and explicit mention in the absolution formula of the “ministry of the Church” through which God grants pardon and peace. Nearly $17,000 For Guatemala As of May 15, the people of the Diocese of Savannah had contributed $16,714.52 for Guatemalan Relief. Bishop Raymond Lessard wishes to thank all those who have so generously contributed since the February earthquake. He is most pleased, edified and grateful to the Catholic people of South Georgia. Surprise Cardinal Is Named; Extremist Catholics Criticized