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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963
Vatican Liturgy Commission
Sets Its Schema Goal
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Q - The Liturgical Commiss
ion meetings have been char
acterized by their openandfree
discussion. Can such open
cooperation be continued after
the Council?
A - Our sessions have been,
in the best sense, democratic.
All can say what they think,
and all are being enriched by
what each contributes. We have
full hopes that such a method
now begun will be Intensified,
and will continue to be effi
cacious. The beginning of the
road is always hard. It is not
easy to break the ice, but every
day the journey becomes easier.
Certainly after the Council, the
cooperation of those with spe
cial experience, who have al
ready proved themselves able,
will be most valuable, not ex
cluding others of course, in ob
taining the fruits of their ex
perience.
Q - You spoke of the Com
mission (bishops and experts)
continuing their work in thefall
session after the schema has
been approved and promulgated,
in order to get the reform mov
ing as soon as possible. Would
you describe this in more det
ail?
A - There is a good possi
bility of achieving that which has
been approved, by profiting
from the presence in Rome of
these experts in the field. It
is hoped that the commission
will complete its work in May.
If this work is approved in Sep
tember, the members of the
Commission can be put to work,
and the reforms will then soon
become a reality.
Q - Do you think, Your Em
inence, that the Council will end
in 1963?
A - The Holy Father still
has high hopes that the work
of the Vatican Council can be
completed by the end of this
second session. If all proceeds
as it is now progressing, and
with thereductionof overlapping
in other commissions, lam con
fident it is quite possible that
this can be accomplished by the
end of this year.
THE CHIEF points being con
sidered at this spring session
are: communion under both
species by the faithful, and con-
celebration of the Mass by more
than one priest at the same time,
— both for special occasions;
certain changes inemphasis and
details in regard to the Sacr
aments; the pastoral stress on
the Breviary; and in all three
(the Mass, Sacraments and Di
vine Office) the extent of the
use of the vernacular; and the
restoration of the central mys
teries of Christ's life in the
liturgical year. The section on
the Mass (headed by Bishop
Jesus Enciso of Majorca) is
about complete. Next in order
will be the Sacraments (Arch
bishop Hallinan); the Divine Of
fice (Cardinal Albareda of
Rome) and the Liturgical Year
(Bishop Francis Zauner of Aus
tria.)
The daily sessions of the Lit
urgical Commission are being
held in a spacious room of the
Pensione Santa Marta, within
the Vatican walls. Cardinals,
archbishops, bishops and ex
perts are seated around a long
table covered in green baize,
equipped with microphones and
tape-recorders. As the Caser-
vatore Romano noted in its page
one story Monday, April 22,
it has been a real "reunion"
for the council fathers andper-
iti who have come from all over
the world for this meeting. Al
most all the members are back,
except two who are ill. It was
encouraging, Archbishop Hall
inan observed, to hear Arch
bishop Francis Grimshaw of
Birmingham, England, describe
the Catholics in his country as
well aware of "this fresh wind
blowing in the Church," and
Bishop Otto Spulbeck of East
Germany tell of the gratitude
of his priests and people in
the advances being made in the
liturgy. It was a German bishop
who, last fall, stressed the ed
ucative value of the liturgy in
regions where it was the only
means of Christian education
permitted.
AMONG the others present at
this spring reunion of the com
mission are outstanding mem
bers of the French, Belgian,
Canadian, Italian, Austrian and
Latin American hierarchies,
and such vigorous bishops as
Bishop Joseph Malula of the
Congo and Bishop Bernard Fey
Schneider of Bolivia. The ses
sions are conducted in Latin,
although at times the fathers,
in advancing their views, find
it more forceful to resort to
their native tongues, and so
French, German, Spanish, and
English have all been heard.
Reverend Frederick McMan
us of the Catholic University
of America is one of the most
esteemed members of the body
of Liturgical periti, the arch
bishop of Atlanta stated. "In
a list of famed liturgists that
reads like a bookshelf of top
liturgical writers, Father Mc
Manus’ opinions are incisive,,
far-sighted, and respected." In
regard to the work-session now
being held, Father McManus
said:
"AT THE first session of the
Council, the bishops made a
decisive choice, to begin the
needed liturgical changes, so
that Catholic worship may be
comprehensible to Catholic
worshippers. The guide-lines of
the reform were voted almost
unananimously;- better and
wider readings from the Bible
at Mass, simpler and clearer
services, more use of the lan
guage of the people. At the Co
uncil’s September meeting, the
bishops can quickly determine
the major changes to be aut
horized. Then, with the com
plete support of the bishops for
the liturgical renewal of St. Pius
X, Pius XIII, and John XXIII,
assured, it should be a com
paratively easy task to revise
the missal, breviary and rit
ual for the sake of greater po
pular participation in the wors
hip of God.
CARDINAL Larraona, in his
visit with Archbishop Hallinan,
expressed great interest in the
reaction of the priests and peo
ple of the Archdiocese of At
lanta to the steps taken by the
Council in regard to the liturgy.
He enjoyed the account of ques
tions asked by Protestant gro
ups to which the archbishop has
spoken in the Atlantaareas; it
was this that prompted his hope
that the liturgy could be an
important means of drawing
closer to our separated bret
hren. He was particularly in-
terestedin the Liturgical Study
Center to be established in Flo
rida by an Episcopalian group,
and possibilities of Catholic
scholars working with them to
promote the alms of the liturgy.
>^chbishop Hallinan will re
turn to Atlanta from Rome about
May 13. He plans to return
to Rome in August for preli
minary work for the Second
Session which opens September
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Argentinian Ambassador Robert T. Alemann (second from right) meets with other participants
in the University of Notre Dame conference on "Religion and Social Change in Latin America."
Shown with the ambassador are: (from the left) Dr. Frederick Pike, associate professor of history
and conference co-chairman; Eduardo Frei Montalva, amemberof the National Senate of Chile and
head of the Christian Democratic party of Chile; Alemann; and Father Robert E. Vakemans, S.J.,
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SALUTES POPE
World Congress Defines
Rights Of Children
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The more
than 1,000 delegates to the
World Congress on the Rights
of the Child started homeward
goaded by the congress finding
that more than half the children
of the world are deprived of
their right to physical and emo
tional well-being.
They were also resolved to do
something about it. The week-
long sessions brought about a
consensus on the following:
• A priority of urgency to the
fundamental and most elemen
tary rights of the child, to life,
food, clothing, love, Inalienable
rights to birth and to education.
• A reconfirmation of the
truth that the parents have an
Inalienable right of priority to
see to the education of the child
in a school of their choice.
The right of the child to edu
cation and to competent teach
ing.
• The right of the child to
benefit from modern technical
schooling and assistance.
• The right of the child to be
educated in the faith of its
parents.
• The obligation of the
parents to provide a suitable
home and home life.
• The obligation of the state
to see in the well-being of the
child the hope of its own well
being.
THE congress stressed that
religious teaching should be
proportional to secular teach
ing, and that the arbitrary limi
tation of the right of the child
to live his own religion be
abolished.
The congress likewise call
ed upon all institutions that
deal with the child, national
and International, to use all
their efforts to bring about the
Implementations of the rights
of the child. The two sponsor
ing organizations, the Inter
national Catholic Child Bureau
and the Catholic International
Education Office, assumed the
responsibility of using all their
forces to bring the results of
the congress to the attention
of world leaders and world
opinion.
The sessions were held for
the most part at Apostles Col
lege in Jounieh, about 20 miles
from Beirut. They brought to
gether representatives from
some two dozen countries on
five continents, among them
Catholics, Orthodox, Protes
tants and Muslims.
It was in effect a "busman’s
holiday" for the majority of the
clergy and Religious and
jurists, physicians, sociolo
gists and psychologists pre
sent.
There was continual debat
ing, straining words through a
technical sieve and whetting
the instruments of definition.
But the delegates showed no
sign of strain at the close,
when they waited through a
rain storm and a storm of com
plimentary speeches from Pre
sident Fuad Chehab of Lebanon;
the Papal Nuncio here, Arch
bishop Egano Righi-Lambertini
and state and city officials—as
well as the reading of the 10
commission reports.
IT WOULD be foolish to look
for Immediate results from the
congress. But its long-range
effects could be profound. What
gradually emerged was a de
finite body of applicable prin
ciples imbued with the tradition
of the Bible, Christian philo
sophy and Christian and Islamic
humanism.
Again and again the congress
fell back on the authority of
papal teaching—particularly
His Holiness Pope John XXIII’s
new encyclical, Peace on Earth
and on primary United Nations
documents on rights—the 1948
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, and the 1959 Declara
tion of the Rights of the Child.
Father Jules Gagnon, O.F.M.
Cap., of Quebec, assistant pro
vincial of the Capuchins in East
ern Canada, and North Ameri
can representative of the Inter
national Catholic Child Bureau,
praised the "vision, spirit and
understanding" of the United
Nations and UNICEF (United
Nations Children’s Fund) for
their work for the recognition
had safeguarding of the rights
of the child. He urged dele
gates to support the U.N. and
the representatives of the other
great religions "as long as they
adhere to the same principles
as ourselves in favor of the
child."
MARONITE Rite Archbishop
Ignace Zlade of Beirut in
another major addredd stated:
The Catholic Church identi
fies herself with the principles
of the United Nations in her
quest to secure the rights of the
child. While the Idea of the
rights of the child Is a com
paratively new doctrine In the
world, It has never been new
to the Church. The Gospel has
always pointed to the protec
tion of widows and orphans
from early Church times, al
though previously—and in large
measure in the Intervening
times—the widow and the child
had no rights outside (the
Church)...
"The Church has been the
defender of the right of the
child to life. The basis of this
right is found in the concep
tion of the child. This right to
life Is not only a biological
right, but also a spiritual right,
founded on the truth that the
incipient life is the life-prin
ciple of the soul, destined to
develop Into a personality."
One initial outcome of the
congress was pinpointing the
delegates’ analysis of the cur
rent situation and their goals
for the future. Major com
mission reports spoke out on
the right of the child to life,
to emotional and physical well
being to receive education and
religious instruction, and also
the rights of maladjusted child
ren, including the physically
and mentally deficient, and de
linquents.
THE commission on the right
of the child to life declared:
"In the face of the preva
lence of an excessively broad
ening viewpoint which is be
coming more and more exten
sive on the subject of abortion
and contraception, we wish to
uphold the teaching of the
Church which always and every
where condemns abortion, and
we pledge ourselves to foster
in society a stricter and more
authentic Christian mental
ity..."
Concerning children’s well
being, the congress report said
that "for more than half the
children of the world, the right
to physical and emotional well
being is not assured or is
badly neglected." The report
voiced special concern over
the plight of the children of
refugees and of brokenfamilies,
and over the fact that in some
areas "girls are passed by in
relation to boys."
It called on "all governments
and all those responsible on the
social level—and on the econo
mic, cultural and political
planes as well, following na
tional and internationals stand
ards—to give true priority in
their anxieties and their ef
forts,in fact as well as In theory,
to the right of the child to phy
sical and emotional well
beings."
THE report concerning the
rights of exceptional children
stated that ’"Hie handicapped
child has the right to a certain
priority of care and education,
according to the degree of the
development of his country and
the extent of the education which
he can achieve. (In fact, the
principle of equality demands
that such a child be the object
of more attentive solicitude than
a normal child, because lacking
this not only his Instruction
but his personality is compro
mised.)"
CIVIC COMMUNITY
The City Of Man
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
The Christian is a man of Faith, Hope and
Charity, is the salt of the City of Man, the yeast
which will raise the whole mass of the civic
community. With his vision he raises the sights
of the city; with his courage he urges the city
to rise to its true heights; and with his love he
makes the city a human place which has become
open to the divine.
With no intention of being irreverent, may I
point out that the Gospel imagery of Salt and
Yeast breaks down as all imagery breaks down,
when we realize that the Christian, unlike the salt,
is a part of the city he is to preserve. He is
no alien intruded into the city merely as a cat
alytic element. He belongs in the city by birth.
Let us hope that we Christians will begin to be
what we are In reality. Sons of Men who have
been called to be Sons erf God.
VATICAN SECRETARY
Diplomats Honor
Cardinal Cicognani
VATICAN CITY, April 25
(Radio, NC) — Members of the
diplomatic corps accredited to
the Holy See gave a reception
here to honor Amleto Cardinal
Cicognani, Papal Secretary of
State, on his 80th birthday and
the 30th anniversary of his
consecration as a bishiop.
Belgian Ambassador Pros
per Poswick, dean of the diplo
matic corps at the Vatican, paid
tribute to the Cardinal and also
praised the peace encyclical of
His Holiness Pope John XXIIL
He said that Pacem in Terris
holds up "to all men, all na
tions and all states a natural
code of international life whose
principles none can contest."
CARDINAL Cicognani, form
er Apostolic Delegate In the
United States, thanked the diplo
mats for their tribute. He noted
that when the Holy See has
dealings with them, "both in
ordinary and extraordinary
matters, it is never a question
of purely material affairs."
He noted that the Pope is
concerned for the true welfare
of all countries and that this
fact' led him to write Pacem
in Terris.
HE RECALLED that diplo
mats at the Holy See often
have an opportunity to pray
together with the Pope and con
cluded; "It is a great privilege
to pray together with the Pope.
For then truly you are repre
sentatives ‘plenipotentiary’ of
your countries before the throne
of God."
Cardinal Cicognani celebrat
ed his 80th birthday on April
23 and the 30th anniversary of
his consecration the following
day.
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Talks To Group
The Second Vatican Council
was the subject of a talk given
to the Men’s Club of the First
Methodist Church of Canton by
the Rev. R. Donald Kiernan,
Consulting Editor of the Georgia
Bulletin.
The Invocation was given by
the Rev. Shelnut, pastor of the
church and Father Kiernan was
introduced by Dr. Charles
Andrews of Canton.
MOTOR HOTEL
cooperation between the
churches as a result of the
Council, the Gainesville priest
concluded that this was the
greatest deterent to the forces
of communism in our country.
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INDIA: A CANDLE FOR INDIA
The Holy Father’s Mash* Aid
for the Oriental Chimb
-JOSEPH CARDINAL RITTER recently told an audience hi
,*St. Irouis: "Some forms qf unity will have to wait upon tht
consultations of experts, but there
Isn’t a person in the world who is not
qualified to be an expert in matters
of mutual respect, trust and toler-
9 *nce. There is neither time nor res*
\ fmI son t0 curse ^ darkness.” . . . SIS
TER CELINA and her nuns at the
CARMELITE convent of St. Ger
maine, in the Indian village of
CHENGAL, certainly are following
this wise counsel. The disabled, old;
blind, mentally afflicted find a haven
and gentle care, as well as poor girls
seeking escape from demoralizing cir
cumstances . . . Those who are able work. All live in a dilapi
dated old building which serves as living-room, dormitory,
workshed, etc. . . . Forty-five members of SISTER CELINA’S
large and ever-changing family appeal to us, not to curse the
darkness threatening their lives, but to help dispel it. They
need $2,000 for a new house . . . Your contributions in any
amount will help. Send H now.
M is for MARY, M is for MAY;
M Is for MOTHER on her SPECIAL DAY.
M is for MISSIONS and for holy MASS too—
M is for MEANING all this has for you.
And that meaning is fust this! Sunday, May 12. is Mother’s
Day and it’s not too late for us to send your Mother our beautiful
GIFT CARD with pressed flowers from the Holy Land and the
thoughtful message that you have arranged for our missionaries
to say a Mass for her ... Or perhaps you would prefer enroll
ing her in our Association. You can do that for $1 annually or
$20 perpetually. Or you can choose one of the following articles
In her name:
Chalice $40
Taberpacld $25
Pyx $15
Vestments $50
Mass Book $25
Sanctuary Lamp .... $15
For many mouths children of the PALESTINE REFUGEES
have studied hard In catechism classes led by our devoted mis
sion priesta and sisters. They hnow the answers—at least most
of them! . . . And now comes the great day «f FIRST HOLY
COMMUNION. Shall they go to the altar ha Tagged hand-me-
downs, tiie only clothing their parents can provide? ... No, not
if you help them. For only $10 you can supply a child with a
new outfit. What a lovely gift for May and .Mary!
One good way to make Cardinal Ritter’s suggestion a reality
is to adopt a seminarian or sister in training. For $100 a year
for six years, the expenses of a seminarian
will be covered ... A sister’s education costs
$150 a year and is for two years. We have
hundreds of names, of poor seminarians and
sisters, names like GIUSEPPE and ALBER-
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AURELIA and SIBILINA of the Sisters of _____
the Destitute in Alwaye, India. Think of the happiness of know
ing the work of grace being accomplished. Isn’t it a lovely day
to be caught in the rain?—so the song says, especially when
It Is a May shower of graces from such work, and you will know
you had a hand in it.
Those who wish to ADOPT A SISTER OR SEMINARIAN can
send financial help at their convenience during the year. For
those who would like to help but are unable to cover the larger
expenses, we have our clubs: MARY’S BANK for sister training
and CHRYSOSTOM CLUB for seminarians. $1 a month and a
prayer are all that is asked.
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