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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1963
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Hans Kueng Sees
11 Council Defining
Pastoral Norms
This bas-relief statue of Mother Elizabeth Seton, foundress of
the American Sisters of Charity, adorns the main door of St.
Patrick's Cathedral in New York, proclaiming her special
significance to New Yorkers. Mother Seton, who be beatified
in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Sunday spent more than two-
thirds of her life in New York City.
SUPPLY PARISHES
BOSTON (NC)—The Second
Vatican Council proved to be an
agreeable surprise to those who
feared it would be conducted
along absolutist lines, an ex
pert on the Christian unity
movement said here.
Father Hans Kueng, dean of
the theological faculty at the
University of Tuebingen (Ger
many), said that before the
opening of the council many
Catholics Interested in Chris
tian unity feared it would have
"a bad effect on the ecumeni
cal movement."
FATHER KUENG, who is in
the U. S. on a lecture tour, said
at a press conference that many
feared the council might issue
dogmatic definitions that would
be misunderstood by non-Ca-
tholics.
Religious Community
Aids Priest Shortage
BY STAFF WRITER
Vocation Month normally
stresses the contribution of dio
cesan priests, but many other
Religious make up the modern
diocese.
Last week we mentioned that
there were some 36 secular
priests working in parishes and
in special work in Atlanta and
the 70 other northern counties
of Georgia. Of this number, less
than 30 are actually confined
to parochial work.
WHAT IS not generally un
derstood is that there are some
87 Order Priests serving the
Archdiocese of Atlanta from
LENTEN SERVICES
nine religious groups. There
are three Jesuits, two Glen-
mary Fathers, 19 Marist Fa
thers, six Franciscan Fathers,
five Passionists, one priest
from the African Mission So
ciety, five Verona Fathers,
eight Redemptorists, and 38
Trappist Monks.
The Franciscan Fathers staff
Immaculate Conception parish,
Atlanta, and are Engaged in the
Newman Apostolate at the secu
lar universities in the Atlanta
area. One of the Franciscans is
also chaplain at the Federal
Penitentiary'.
The Jesuit Fathers staff Ig
natius House, a retreat center
in Atlanta.
Covington Mission
Invites Protestants
The people of Saint Augus
tine Mission will highlight this
Lenten Season with two evening
services for the non-Catholics
of Newton County. On Monday,
March 18th and Tuesday, March
26 at 8:00 p.m. the parishion
ers will be host to their non-
Catholic friends and neighbors.
The program for these ser
vices will be hymns, sermon
and a question-answer period.
A Thousand invitations are
being distributed by the little
flock of Saint Augustine Mis
sion, to the citizens 1 oi Newton
County. The services are also
being announced in the local
newspaper and on the radio.
IN NEWTON County there
are less than one hundred Ca
tholic people (fewer than 20 Ca
tholic families). In this same
area there are over twenty-
one thousand souls (over 7,000
families). There is a great
need in such an area to make
our Faith known to these thou
sands of people.
Many of them are totally
ignorant of the Catholic Church
and its teachings; others have
had but a passing acquaintance
with the Church; but many have
an erroneous knowledge of our
Faith. Through these services
are but a token effort to reach
out to these thousands of souls,
it is a beginning.
To the Catholic people of the
Archdiocese we ask your pray
ers for the success of this
and other ventures in our Mis
sion Areas of the Archdiocese.
Finnish Missal
HELSINKI, Finland (NC) —
The first Latin-Finnish missal
has been published here. Catho
lic publications are rare in Fin
land where Catholics number
only 2,200 in a total population
of 4.5 million.
The Marist Fathers staff Sac
red Heart Church, Atlanta, and
St. Joseph’s, Marietta. They al
so provide die teachers for At
lanta’s Marist College.
The Passionist Fathers staff
Sl Paul of the Cross Church
and Drexel High in Atlanta.
The African Mission Society
staffs Our Lady of Lourdes in
Atlanta.
The Glenmary Fathers serve
St. Luke's Church, Dahlonega,
and the North Georgia State
Newman Club.
The Verona Fathers — Sons
of the Sacred Heart — serve
St. Joseph’s Church in Wash-
ingron and Mother of Our Di
vine Saviour in Toccoa.
The Redemptorists staff Sac
red Heart, Griffin, St. Joseph’s,
Dalton, and St. Gerard Magella,
Fort Oglethorpe.
The Trappist Monks are
basically in a closed Com
munity, but do serve at seve
ral missions which have pub
lic masses.
All these orders serve the
Archdiocese of Atlanta in a
very real way. In mission areas,
such as this, the generosity of
the religious orders in provid
ing priests, sisters, and bro
thers, to assist in the work of
the church has enabled growth
to be nourished and stability
established.
Commenting on the contri
bution made by Religous or
ders of priests to the archdio
cese, Archbishop Paul J. Hal-
linan said:
"It is remarkable that so
many of the religious commu
nities working in our Archdio
cese are in fields so close to
the intentions of their found
ers. One would expect that of
the cloistered Trappists at
Conyers. But when you think
of the Marists teaching for so
many years in Atlanta; the
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Experts from countries that
have large non-Catholic ele
ments in their population, he
continued, were concerned that
bishops from predominantly
Catholic countries would not un
derstand the viewpoints formed
in pluralistic societies. Father
Kueng added that European bis
hops were apprehensive that
Americans would not share
their basic attitudes.
After all these preliminary
anxieties, Father Kueng con
tinued, the council turned out
to be an agreeable surprise. He
said that at the council:
•It was observed that bis
hops who had practically no
Protestants or Orthodox in their
countries shared the concern of
His Holiness Pope John XXIII
for Christian unity.
•Dogmatic definitions which
would have "closed doors"
were avoided.
•The European bishops dis
covered that their American
counterparts shared their
"pastoral intentions."
•An air of freedom, encour
aged by Pope John, permeated
the discussions and the voting.
A PARTICULARLY impres
sive result of the council, ac
cording to Father Kueng was
the general consensus reached
during the discussions.
"If we had voted before dis
cussion," he stated, "the votes
VOCATION
PRAYER
O God, Who wills not the
death of a sinner * but rather
that he be converted and live
* grant we beseech Thee *
through the Intercession of the
Blessed Mary, ever Virgin *
and all the saints * an Increase
of laborers for Thy Church *
fellow laborers with Christ *to
spend and consume themselves
for souls * through the same
Jesus Christ Thy Son * Who
liveth and reigneth with Thee *
in the unity of the Holy Spirit
* world without end. Amen.
would have shown considerable
disagreement. But during the
discussion, opinions changed.
All of the bishops present learn
ed from these discussions. All
made progress by being expos
ed to the views of fellow bis
hops from other countries."
When the votes were tallied,
he stated, it was found that
there was almost total unani
mity. "On most questions," he
said, "there were only 50 to
60 dissenting votes (out of some
2,000). In one case there were
a little over 100."
"This consensus was all the
more astonishing," Father
Kueng added, "because it was
in the direction of progress
and a serious renewal of the
Church."
He said that at the council’s
first session the "schemata"
presented to the bishops were
generally too numerous, too
long, repetitious and not re
lated to one another.
THE SWISS-BORN theologian
referred to these schemata as
"products of a theological
school not representative of the
Church as a whole."
He said the schemata are
now being revised and, most
important, coordinated by a
special commission.
As a result, he added, the
schemata to be presented to
the second session of the coun
cil in September will be less
theoretical, more pastoral and
more adapted to modern times.
Father Kueng predicted that
"there will be more decentra
lization of the liturgy."
"Its essence will be the same
in every country," he explain
ed, "but there will be concrete
adaptations to local needs. It
will be more easily understood
by the faithful and they will be
able to participate more fully."
HE SAID there would be no
immediate adoption of the vei>
nacular, but that the principle
of its use would be accepted.
After the council, he added,
there will probably be a test
period to determine how and
where the vernacular may be
most usefully introduced.
VOCATIONS are highlighted during this month. The solitude and grandeur of the contemplative
life are symbolized here through an archway of the cloister at the Trappist monastery of Our
Lady of the Holy Ghost, Conyers. See Story Page 3
FROM COUNCIL
Lutheran Observer Sees
Christian Unity Hope
PORTLAND, Ore. (NC)—
Four signs of hope for Chris
tian unity—and three questions
—were stated by a Lutheran
ecumenical leader here.
Pastor Max Lackmann, in
ternationally known Evangelical
Lutheran minister from Ger
many, is in the United States
for conferences with the sec
retary of the League for Evan
gelical Catholic Reunion which
he helped to found, spoke at
the University of Portland.
"The movement set in mo
tion by the Second Vatican Coun
cil cannot now be stopped—even
if Pope John is unable to lead
the council to its conclusion,"
he said. "The ancient portals
TWO STUDENTS of St. Matthew school, Seattle, exhibit their Junior-size altar and vestments, all
completely hand-made by the St. Gerard Guild of the parish. The altar, mounted on wheels for
easy storage, will be used by school classes and CCD classes in their study of the Mass. Taking
the part of the priest is Joseph Kenney while the altar boy is Phillip Knudsen. Looking on are
Sister Irmalita (left), principal of St. Matthew’s, andSister M. Agnes Lucille, both Holy Cross nuns.
of the 2000-year-old Church
have begun to open. But will they
open wide enough for all of us
who wish to come?"
A DELEGATE-OBSERVER at
the first session of the council,
Pastor Lackmann said his im
pressions included signs that
"the Catholic Church is on the
verge of presenting in a new
way her concept of unity and
the ecumenical task, which will
cause many—but certainly not
all—non-Catholics to revise
and reconsider their concept of
the Church and contribute their
part to the dialogue which the
Catholic Church has already
begun."
The four "signs" he saw
were:
•The spiritual attitude of
Pope John, a pastoral "con
cern for souls which has noth
ing whatsoever to do with‘theo
logical liberalism' ’’;
•The'freedom and frankness
with which the Council Fathers
conduct their business;
•A new, courageous spirit of
Catholicism which "has be
gun to overcome" the narrow
and confessionalistic face of
the Church to "make room for
Catholic life and thought in all
its multiplicity";
•An ecumenical orientation
which pervaded the council’s
deliberations.
On the other hand, Pastor
Lackmann posed these ques
tions as possible stumbling
blocks in further moves toward
Christian unity:
•"Are the 198 non-Catho
lic churches associated in the
World Council of Churches rea
dy to revise their thinking to
enter into the new spirit and
make approaches?"
• "Will the Catholic Church
of the council carry through
its ecumenical dynamics?"
• "How long will it take the
Universal Church to carry out
the council’s suggestions in all
the many dioceses, seminaries,
universities, and congrega
tions?"
ALTHOUGH he said the first
session of the council "wasn’t
especially productive in exter
nal results," Pastor Lackmann
stressed "the magnificent spi
rit in those memorable weeks,"
and particularly the spirit of
Pope John.
He pointed out that the Pope's
concept of Christian unity "as
a gift from Christ as well as a
task for all Christians" was in
many ways opposite from the
World Council of Church’s idea,
as stated in 1961 in New Delhi,
of a "visible unity which his
torically has never existed."
He pointed to widely different
Interpretations of "the goal and
essence of unity" among non-
Catholic churches, including the
view of his own group, the Lea
gue for Evangelical Catholic
Reunion, which aims at a re
union based on recognition of
the authority of the Pope, but
retaining theology, liturgy and
priesthood of Evangelical Lu
therans.
PASTOR Lackmann cited
Pope John's distinction "be
tween eternal truths and the
form of their linguistic habit"
as a milestone toward a re
examination of the wording of
dogmas with an eye toward
dialogue with other Christians
and non-Christians, together
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