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BLESSED DOMINIC BARBERI Archbishop Hallinan Preaches In Rome On New Beatus The following is the text of the sermon by Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan in the Church of SS. John and Paul, Rome, Italy, on Tuesday, October 29, on the occasion of the Triduum honoring Blessed Dominic Barberi, Italian Passionist Missionary' to England, who was. beatified last Sunday in St. Peter's Basilica. Fernando Car dinal Cento, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Chancery, was celebrant of the Mass, assis ted by the students of the Bega College in Rome. The Pontifical Sistine Choir sang the Liturgy'. Yesterday (October 30) the Triduum closed with a Pontifical Mass celebrated by Archbishop John C. j Heenan of Westminster, England. The preacher was Father Alfred Wilson of the English Province of the Passionist Fathers. “Christ sent me to preach the gospel; not with an orator's cleverness, for so the cross of Christ might be robbed of its force. To those who court their own ruin, the message of the cross is but folly; to us who are on the way of salvation, it is the evidence of God's power." 1 Corinthians, 1, 17-18. In Octover, 1841, a young Italian priest went England to establish the first house of the Passionist Fathers in that country. Eight years later, he died. It was an incredibly short apos- tolate, but Dominic Barberi was an incredible man. He has slipped into history' by the back door (as one writer has put it); — it was he who received the great John Henry Newman into the Catholic Church. This was no mean claim to distinction, because Newman’s conversion is one of the unmistakeable landmarks of English Catholicism, But if Dominic became famous only because of the accident of being the right man at the right time and place, then surely the Cat holic world should ask — was it a mere acci dent? Why was he at Littlemore at the precise moment that Newman's will and the divine im pulse of grace came together? Why was Dominic Barberi the right man? WE COULD start with the very name of the religious community that is now honored by his beatification. The Passionists take their name from the passion of Our Lord; their cross is the symbol of His suffering and death. But our language today gives an added meaning to the word 'pas sion', meaning that goes beyond the acceptance of pain. . We use the word to describe what happens in the heart of a man who suffers. Passion becomes an active flame, a burning desire, an overwhelming urge. We often speak of a passion for life or for love. But these are human. A divine passion is the flame and the urge in a man who has surrendered himself to the redemptive suffering of Christ on the cross. It leaps forward to conquer a soul, a neighborhood, a world,— not for gain nor for fame,—but to bring back that world to Him who died for it. Dominic is now called Blessed by the Church he loved and served. He is blessed because he immersed himself in Christ, and iden tified himself with Christ’s passion, But he is blessed too because this experience seized his soul, and poured itself out in a passionate burst of energy that was both perfectly disciplined but recklessly spent. He totally resigned to the will of God, but he was almost hopelessly ambitious in his plans for the advancement of the Kingdom. This is the Passionist pattern. This w-as Dominic’s pattern. Those who knew him did not need to ask why he was the right man for England in the mid nineteenth century. His novice-master spoke of his “extraordinary humility". A Belgian priest CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 PRAY FOR THE COUNCIL Archdiocese of Atlanta GEORGIAS NORTHERN COUNTIES SERVING VOL. 1 NO. 43 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1963 $5.00 PER YEAR BLESSED DOMINIC BARBERI Pope Paul Gives Homily At Rites PICTURED ABOVE ARE EIGHT YOUNG MEN who are studying for the Atlanta Archdiocese at All Hallows College, Dublin. They are, left to right (seated): John Kseran, Michael Feeney, Tho mas Kenny, Michael Hogan; (standing) Leo Herbert, Rev. Mr. Simon Slattery, Patrick O'Connor Michael Woods. James Bar rett, also destined for Atlanta, is not putund. Msgr. Patrick J. O'Connor, Archdiocesan Director of Vocations and pastor of St. Thomas More, Decatur, recently visited the seminarians sed to Dominic's relation with Cardinal Newman. “It was Father Dominic who, on the night of Oct. 8, 1845, at Littlemore (England), heard the decisive profession of the Catholic Faith by that most sin gular mind (Newman), The ex traordinary importance of that simple event and the ever-in- creasing greatness of the fam ous Englishman reflects a shin ing light on the humble Reli gious." THE POPE NOTED that New man’s conversion —“which as we all know matured through most laborious and dramatic meditation"—cannot be attri buted to the direct merit of Blessed Dominic. Yet, the Pope said, we must recognize in Blessed Dominic two other great reasons for merit. SETER ELIZABETH ANNE, R.S.M., of St. Joseph's Infirmary, receives an autographed picture of Pope Paul from young Stephen Bagley, a patient for three months at St. Joseph's. Some time ago Stephen wrote to the Pope, asking for the picture and explaining that he wanted it to give to Sister “Because she had been so good to him." Stephen is not a Catholic and Sister Elizabeth Anne com ments: “It was a lovely, ecumenical present." EASTER DATE Approve Change The first is that "of having heeded a mysterious, inexpli cable vocation, clearly present in his soul from the early years of his religious life, to conse crate his apostolic ministry to England, where the Passionists had not yet set foot... and the other merit of having provided the image most likely to win the esteem and the admiration of Newman,” who wrote of Bles sed Dominic. POPE PAUL QUOTED this reference to Father Dominic by Newman Just before his recep tion: “...a simple, holy man, CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 Fathers ROME (NC)—The Fathers of die Second Vatican Council have opened a subject of Interest to men everywhere, the reckoning of the passage of time. In so doing, they have reminded the world of the part the Church has played in determining the or derly procession of days, months and years. Their action is related to a desire for a fixed annual date for Easter and for a simplified permanent calendar. It immed iately calls up the fact that an earlier group of council Fathers —meeting at Nicaea in the year 325—set the present method of determining the date for the ob servance of Easter. It also dir ects attention to Pope Gregory XIII, who gave his name to the Gregorian Calendar now in use in most of the world. BY VOTES OF over 2,000 to less than 10 the present- day council Fathers made these recommendations: "The council considers the wish expressed by many for a fixed Sunday Easter, and for a permanent calendar, to be of no small moment, and hence, af ter paying due heed to the con sequences that may follow from such a new calendar, declares; "THE COUNCIL is not oppo sed to fixing Easter on a dete rmined Sunday in the Gregor ian calendar, provided this is agreeable to all others who are concerned with the problem, es pecially the Christian bre thren separated from commun ion with the Holy See. “Similarly, the council is not opposed to the various lnitat- ives for establishing a perpe tual civil calendar, provided the week of seven days with its Sunday is safeguarded and pro vided the regular succession of weeks remains intact—unless most serious reasons would, in the judgement of the Holy See persuade otherwise." THESE POSITIONS were taken in the form of amendments to the fifth chapter of the coun cil's schema on the liturgy. Though they are far from urg ing any concrete action they are still considered a significant beginning. They drew prompt and favorable responses from Orthodox and Anglican leaders. Easter now is celebrated each year on the first Sunday after the full moon which occurs on or next after March 21. I OFFICAL I The Law of Abstinence does not oblige tomorrow (Friday, November 1) the Feast of All Saints, because it is a Holy Day of Obligation (Canon 1252 #4). VERY REV. HAROLD J. RAINEY, CHANCELLOR and made an appeal for more students. Within the next four years, fifteen young Irish students will be ordained for this Archdiocese. Next June Rev. Mr. Slattery, of Limerick, will be ordained; he will report for assignment in the Archdiocese during the summer. Pictures of five students at St. Patrick's College, Carlow, and of our other students at St. Kieran’s, Kilkenny; St. Patrick's, Thurles; Mungret Apostolic School and St. Patrick’s College at Maynooth, will be in future editions. BEATIFICATION SCHEDULED Father Leonard Murialdo (above), Italian founder of the Pious Society of St. Jo seph of Turin will be beati fied on November 3, in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. The new beata died in 1900. Council II Speed-Up VATICAN CITY (NC) —The French, German and African Bishops have reached virtual agreement on a plan to speed up the work of the ecumenical council. They feel confident that other groups of bishops will Join in their proposal to change coun cil rules to reduce the number of weekly general meetings from five—Monday through Friday—to three. THE OTHER TWO days are to be used for meetings of the various national or regional bishops* conferences at which council Fathers will not have to speak in Latin and will have a real opportunity t > debate the Issues. VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope Paul VI cited John Henry New man’s description of Blessed Dominic Barberi—“He loved England very much"—during the Italian Passionist's beati fication ceremonies in St. Pe ter’s on the Feast of Christ the King. In the afternoon part of the Rites, the Pope venerated the relics of the new Blessed Do minic of the Mother of God and entwined his name with that of the distinguished English Car dinal as symbols of the future of the Church in England, THE BEATIFICATION had begun with morning rites which included the reading of the of ficial document granting Father Dominic the honors of the altar. This was followed by Pontifical Mass sung by Paolo Cardinal Marella, Archpriest of St. Pe ter’s. The Pope took part in the late afternoon service in honor of Blessed Dominic. The rite was attended by the cardinals in Rome, most of the archbishops and bishops of England, rep resentatives of the Passionist congregation, and thousands of other persons. Solemn Bene diction of the Blessed Sacra ment was given by Archbishop Igino Cardinale, newly appoint ed. Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain. THE POPE DEVOTED most of his homily on the new Bles- ALSO D1ACONATE Bishops Vote Broad VATICAN CITY (NC)—Coun cil Fathers yesterday (Wednes day) voted to broaden the pow ers of the bishops in the gov erning of the Church with the Pope. They also voted to restore active deacons, although noth ing has been stated, as yet, as to whether or not this would in clude married persons. On Tuesday the Fathers vot ed 1,114 to 1,074 to include their declaration on Our Lady in the schema on the nature of the Church rather than in a se parate schema. Before the vote was taken, the day's moderator, Gregorio Cardinal Agagianian, stated: “No vote on either side can be construed as constituting any lessening of the dignity of the Blessed Virgin or any di minution of her preeminent role in the Church." TWO OTHER MAJOR steps taken at the Oct. 29 General meeting were to give overall approval to Chapter V of the liturgy schema, which con cerns the liturgical year, and to begin voting on amendments to Chapter VII, which deals with sacred music. The vote on amendments to Chapter VII which deals with sacred music. The vote on Chapter V was 2,154 in favor; 21 against and 16 in favor but with reservations. The long-awaited “four points" on the schema on the Church finally made their ap pearance at the day’s meeting. The leaflets which were distri buted, however, presented five Instead of the often-mentioned four points. The leaflet explain ed that the vote—to be taken Oct. 30—will not have the effect of approving or rejecting any part of the text, but will only serve as a guide to the Theolo gical Commission in its revis ion of the text. The five propositions were stated in the form of ques tions. THE QUESTIONS WERE: • Whether it is agreeable that the schema should be so drawn up as to state that epis copal consecration is the high est grade of the Sacrament of Orders? • Whether it is agreeable that every legitimately consecrated bishop in communion with the bishops and the Roman pontiff, who is head and prim ipal of unity, can be said to be a mem ber of the body of bishops? • Whether it is agreeable that the body or college of bis hops in evangelizing, sancti fying and feeding the flock can Powers be said to succeed the college of Apostles; and that this col lege, in union with the Roman pontiff and never without him, has full and supreme power over the Universal Church? • Whether it is agreeable that the aforesaid power belongs to the college of bishops in un ion with its Head by divine right? • W hether it !s agreed that it is considered timely to restore the dlaconate as a distinct and permanent rank of the sacred ministry, according to the needs of the Church in different re gions? A LENGTHY BOOKLET con taining amendments to the sche ma on Our Lady was also distri buted. It seemed likely, how ever, that in view of die de cision to combine the schema on Our Lady with the one on the Church, further revisions might be made in the text. At the American Bishops’ press panel after the meeting, Father Bernard Harin, C.SS. R., said that there were two predominant reasons motivat ing those who voted against making the schema on Our Lady part of the schema on the Church. Some of the Fathers, he said, did not want the mat ter of Our Lady to be treated at all, mostly for reasons of ecumenism. Others, and the greater part felt that if a spe cial place was not given to the Blessed Virgin in a separate schema, her glory would be di minished, he said. FATHER HARING revealed that three other schemata be sides the present one have been drawn up on Our Lady. The first of these was composed CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 First Friday Club To Meet The First Friday Club of Atlanta, a national Catholic men's club, will hold their mon thly lunc heon meeting tomorrow (Friday) noon at the Cox-Car- lton Hotel. Steve Sertich, Club President, announces the spe aker, is Mr. Harry Mehre, At lanta Journal Sports Writer, and former member of the Notre Dame football team with the famous 4-Horsemen under Knute Ro<. kne, and formerly football coach at the University of Mississippi and University of Georgia. All Catholic men are invited. Mr. Mehre is a member of the Cathedral of Christ the King.