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R. I. P.
VOL. 1 NO. 48
ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN
Latin-English
Changes Begun
By Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B.
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
VATICAN CITY — Prelimi
nary steps to change parts of the
Mass from Latin to English have
been taken by the Hierarchy of
the United States at a meeting
here, Archbishop Paul J. Hal-
linan of Atlanta said in an in
terview
Legislation permitting these
changes approved overwhelm
ingly by the Fathers of the Sec
ond Vatican Council, was so
lemnly promulgated by Pope
Paul VI at the closing public
assembly on Dec. 4.
ARCHBISHOP Hallinan told
this correspondent that the
American Bishops voted full use
of the concessions granted in
the new decrees, which allow
the vernacular language in the
parts of the Mass that are said
aloud up to the Offertory, with
one exception, the Collect. In
addition, the Bishops agreed to
English for the Offetory, Sanc-
tus, the Lord’s Prayer, the Ag
nus Dei, the Domine non sum
dignus, and the Communion an
tiphons.
Asked how the decrees would
affect the administration of the
sacraments, Archbishop Halli
nan said that the entire rite, as
for instance in Baptism, is
from now on permissible in
English.
The American Bishops'Com
mission on the Liturgical Apos-
tolate has been directed to re
commend suitable English
translations as soon as possi
ble. The committee—of which
Archbishop Hallinan is a mem
ber, as he is of the council's
liturgical commission-plans
to study existing English Mis
sal and Ritual texts at a meet
ing in January. Then it expects
to send samples of various choi
ces to all American Bishops for
their recommendations.
AT ANOTHER meeting of the
Hierarchy, proposed for next
spring, the necessary decrees
will be enacted after receiving
the Holy See's approval.Trans
lations of the Missal and the
Ritual are also to be proposed
at this meeting for the approval
of the Bishops, who will then set
the date for the vernacular to go
into effect.
Asked to what extend Eng
lish will be permissible for
the priest’s daily recitation of
the Breviary, Archbishop Hal
linan said it is expected that the
Bishops will also approve an
English translation of the Bre
viary. But permission to use it
must be obtained by individual
clerics from their bishops or
religious superiors.
Religious women and Bro-
thes may use the vernacular
in the Divine Office when the
use is granted to their entire
community or institute, the At
lanta prelate said.
IN ANSWER to a question on
how soon the use of the vernac
ular will become permissible in
the United States, Archbishop
Hallinan replied:
"Not even an approximate
date for this can be set. For
it will take quite some time to
select, edit and properly ar
range the translations. How
ever, the American Bishops
have agreed to put the vernacu
lar concessions of the new de
crees into effect at the earliest
possible date."
Asked whether common ver
nacular texts are being prepar
ed for use in English-speaking
countries, Archbishop Hallinan
answered:
"YES. An international com
mittee representing nine of
these countries is already
working on translations to be
proposed to the various national
hierarchies, work having been
started in Rome. But it prob
ably won’t be completed before
the postconciliar commission
on the liturgy, which has not yet
been appointed, has revised the
Roman Missal, Ritual and oth
er liturgical books.
"The international commit
tee is presided over by Arch
bishop Francis Grimshaw of
Birmingham (England). Other
members are Archbishop (Guil
ford) Young of (Hobart) Aus
tralia as vice chairman; Arch
bishop (Denis E.) Hurley of
(Durban ) South Africa; Arch
bishop (Gordon) Gray of (St.
Andrews and Edinburgh) Scot
land; Archbishop (Joseph)
Walsh of Tuam, Ireland; Arch
bishop (Michael C.) O'Neill of
Regina (Sask.); Auxiliary Bis
hop (James H.) Griffiths of New
York; Bishop (Leonard) Ray
mond of (Allahabad,) India;
Auxiliary Bishop (Owen) Sned-
den of (Wellington,) New Zea
land, and myself.
’THE MEMBERSof the Ame
rican Commission on the Lit
urgical Apostolateare Archbis-
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New Nuncio
VATICAN CITY (NC)~Pope
Paul VI has named Archbis
hop Carlo Martini to be Apos
tolic Nuncio to the Philippines.
The Archbishop had served as
Nuncio to Paraquay. He suc
ceeds Archbishop Salvatore Sii-
no, who was named Nuncio to
the Philippines in March, 1959,
and died in Rome Oct. 8, 1963,
THE COUNCIL FATHERS ASSEMBLE to hear Pope Paul VI promulgation of the decrees on litur
gical changes and the communications media.
LA YMEN-ECUMENISM
Two Lay Auditors Address
Concluding Council Meet
VATICAN CITY (NC)— Two
laymen, one French and the
other Italian, took the floor of
the council (Dec. 3) to speak of
the need for ecumenism and of
the laymen in the Church in the
presence of Pope Paul VI and
more than 2,000 bishops.
The rare occasion for laymen
to address the assembled bis
hops of the council took place
during a commemorative ses
sion making the fourth cente
nary of the Council of Trent.
The speakers were French
writer Jean Guitton and Italian
Vittorino Veronese, long a le
ader in the field of Catholic Ac
tion.
GUITTON said his vocation
to the ecumenical movement
"is founded onmeditationonthe
reasons which, in the Gospel of
St. John, Jesus gives for His
sacrifice and on the certitude
that this will of Christ is ef
fective and that we must coope
rate in it with our whole being."
He warned against two false
approaches to ecumenism.
He cautioned against one app
roach which would retain
"solely that which is common to
all Christians or which prepa
re a new super-church said to
be the synthesis of the histori
cal churches" Rather than
accept this approach, he said,-
"true religious spirits prefer
the solitude of disunion to an
equivocal union" which offends
truth.
The second approach refe
rred to was "immobilism,"
which holds that "the Catholic
Church must restrict herself to
waiting for the return and the
submission of the churches
Pope Biography
LONDON (NC)—The British
Broadcasting Corporation will
telecast the life story of Pope
Paul VI as a New Year's Day
feature, A BBC team including
Father Agnellus Andrew, O.F.
M., its Catholic religious ad
viser, is now in Rome making
scenes for the program.
which have broken the link of
unity. But unity is a link of
love, and love compels us to
unity."
GUITTON said ecumenism
"demands two complementary
sacrifices."
On the one hand Catholics
themselves must respond
"with a humble, magnanimous
and sorrowful effort of purifi
cation so as to remove from the
face of the Church the lines
which mar her eternal youth.
The blood which achieves unity
cannot be shed on one side
only."
He also said it must be stres
sed that "the Catholic Church
is entrusted with the task of
announcing to the world that she
is the only church as willed by
her Divine Founder."
Yet this must not obscure the
fact that Catholics must realize
that unity will be perfect only
when the legitimate forms of
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TO VISIT HOLY LAND
Pope Promulgates
Liturgical Reform
VATICAN CITY (NC)—The
second session of the Second
Vatican Council came to an
end on December 4 with:
- An announcement by Pope
Paul VI that he will go on a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land in
January.
- Overwhelming passage of
the Constitution on die Liturgy
and the Decree on Communica
tions Media.
POPE PAUL noted that no
pontiff since St. Peter has been
in the Holy Land and added:
"We are so convinced that for
the final happy conclusion of
this council prayers and good
works are necessary, that after
careful deliberation and much
prayer, We have decided to be
come a pilgrim."
The Pope also expressed the
wish in a six thousand word
address that full council meet
ings end with the third session
acheduled for September 14 to
November 20, 1964. He suggest
ed that after that date council
work should be terminated in
commissions, with bishops be
ing summoned to Rome for a
final ceremony to promulgate
the Council's total decrees.
THE SECOND session’s last
meeting approved the sweeping
reform of the public worship of
the Church by passing the Lit
urgical Constitution byanover-
whelming majority of 2,147 to
4. A tremendous burst of ap
plause greeted announcement of
the vote. The Pope then ap
proved and promulgated the
Constitution, making it the law
of the Church.
Pope Paul, in his speech,
called the liturgical reform,
"The first invitation to the world
to break forth in happy and
truthful prayer, and to feel the
ineffable lifegiving force that
comes from joining Us in the
song of divine praise and hu
man hope."
IT WAS announced immedia
tely after the promulgation that
on February 16, 1964, the first
Sunday of Lent, the Pope will
issue instructions as to when
and how the constitution's pro
visions are to be put into prac
tice. A warning was given that
until the instructions are made
public, no changes are to be
made.
The meeting also approved
the Decree on Communications
Media by a vote of 1,960 to 164.
Applause for the vote was less
than that given the Liturgical
Constitution. Pope Paul also
approved and promulgated the
decree.
POPE PAUL VI
In his speech the pontiff said
the decree is, "not of small
value," and added that it in
dicates the "capacity of the
Church to unite the interior
and exterior life, contempla
tion and action, prayer and
the active apostolate."
POPE PAUL also spoke about
the Collegiality of Bishops one
MOW PROPRIO
Bishops
VATICAN CITY (NC)— A list
of 40 faculties, or powers, was
granted to bishops of dioceses
by Pope Paul VI in his motu
proprio. Pastorale Munus, pro
mulgated here Dec. 3.
The document was dated Nov.
30, the feast of St. Andrew, but
was promulgated Dec. 3 on the
occasion of the solemn comme
moration of the fourth centen
ary of the Council of Trent.
MOST OF the faculties gran
ted would be meaningless to
the general body of Catholic.
They have particular import
ance for diocesan chancery of
fices, relieving them of the bur
densome and time- consu
ming taskes of making a spe
cial request each time the
faculties are needed.
The faculties pertain to ext
raordinary circumstances in
Joint Memorial
SYDNEY, Australia (NC)--A
church at Perisher Valley
highest point in Australia, plan
ned as a memorial to Pope
John XXIII, will have an altar
dedicated to the late President
John F. Kennedy,
of the most discussed issues
during the second session, say
ing that "the Episcopacy is not
an institution independent of or
separated from, or still less
antagonistic to, the Supreme
Pontificate of Peter. But with
Peter and under Him, it strives
for the common good and die
supreme ends of the Church."
The Pontiff’s address was a
review of the work done by the
Council so far, and noted thar
"The Council has labored much.
As you all know, it had ad
dressed itself to many questions
whose solutions are in part
virtually formulated in authori
tative decisions, which will be
published in time after work on
the topics to which they belong
is completed."
The final day's ceremonies
began at 9 a.m. with more than
two thousand bishops in their
places in St. Peter's basilica
wearing white copes and plain
white mitres. The diplomatic
corps accredited to the Holy
See, Roman nobles and more
than ten thousand people pack
ed the church.
Given
the sacraments and to the ad
ministration of certain goods
and properties held by a dio
cese.
Those faculites having im
mediate effect on parish life
have to do with the celebration
of Mass. Bishops of dioceses,
for example, may permit their
priests for a just reason to ce
lebrate Mass twice on weekdays
and thrice on Sundays and Holy
days.
ACCORDING to the new fac
ulties, bishops of dioceses may
allow priests afflicted with poor
eyesight or some other in
firmity to celebrate the votive
Mass of the Blessed Virgin or
of the dead daily. Infirm prie
sts may be permitted to cele
brate Mass in their homes, and
seated if necessary.
Th e faculties relating to the
Sacrament of Penance allow
bishops, among other things, to
grant confessors faculties to
absolve from reserved sins and
censures with few exceptions.
The motu proprio lists facul-
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New Faculties
VATICAN COUNCIL NOTES
Second Session Found Bishops
Aim At Unifying Role
This is the first of a series
on the second session of the Va
tican Council by the GEORGIA
BULLETIN’S managing editor,
who has just returned after
three weeks of coverage and
conversations at the Vatican.
BY GERARD E. SHERRY
The Second Session of the Va
tican Council was concluded this
week. On the surface, little
seems to have been accomplish
ed. Only one piece of major
legislation, the Schema on the
Liturgy, has been promulgated.
In addition, Pope Paul approv
ed the communication schema.
Yet, there have been great
strides toward aggiornamento,
renewal within the Church,
since the late Pope John call
ed the Council Fathers to Rome
in 1962.
One has to be present in Rome
to completely grasp the many
hidden accomplishments of the
Council so far. Publicly, the
Church ' still appears to be
shackled with ponderous ma
chinery, with some of its lead
ers, not only not wanting renew
al, but actually fearing it. How
ever, my three weeks sojourn
covering the Council in Rome,
leads me to the conclusion that
much was accomplished in
changing the minds and hearts
of all those concerned; that re
newal is already taking place;
that the basic unity of the Coun
cil Fathers remains intact.
At the first session, last
fall, a deep cleavage seemed
to be reflected in the Council
debates. Entrenched Conserva
tives seemed to be battling a
minority' of Progressives (or
Liberals) for the right to es
tablish the norms of renewal. In
press reports, the accent seem
ed to be on acrimony between
the leaders of these groups.lt
seemed almost to come from
out of the pages of Zane Grey,
with the role of hero and vil
lain being played by stars on
the side you favored most. It
would be less than honest to try
to hide the fact that there were
deep differences at the first
session. Neither Xavier Rynne
nor Robert Kaiser invented
these differences—even if their
books on the first session drew
the ire and the censure of some
in authority. The differences of
the Council Fathers at the first
session received so much play
because of the over-emphasis
on secrecy; the press was fed
only the bare bones of the real
news. Unknown to the outside
world was the fact that these
differences also led to a re
examination of positions, and
led toward a greater unity’.
This is so very obvious to
any observer at the second
session just completed. One has
only got to look at the votes on
the matters debated to realize
that in a space of nine months
a great measure of unanimity
has been achieved by the Coun
cil Fathers. The Conservatives
are still there, and they still
fight from their entrenched po
sitions. But the Progressives
(or Liberals) have almost scal
ed the heights, picking up strag
glers on the way. Acrimony
was less evident, and was con
fined to some giants in both of
the so-called camps. It is ob
vious that with majorities of
80% or more on most of the
matters voted upon we are well
on our way toward that renewal
so ardently desired by Pope
John and his successor, Pope
Paul VL
The main accomplishment at
this session was the promulga
tion of the decree on the litur
gy. This Involves complete re
vision of the rites of the Sac
raments and the Mass, with its
emphasis on the vernacular. It
also encourages local initia
tive in relation to liturgical
changes. But even here most of
the work on the liturgy schema
was done before and during the
first session. For this reason,
it was die first item on the
agenda of the just-completed
session. Our own Archbishop
Hallinan was a member of the
Liturgical Commission as were
two other Americans, Fathers
Frederick McManus, a canon
lawyer from Catholic Univer
sity, and Godfrey Diekmann, O.
S.B., editor of Worship Maga
zine, from St. John's Abbey,
Collegeville, Minnesota.
It is interesting to note that
Father Diekmann has been one
of this country's leading pio
neers in the fight for liturgi
cal change. He was one of the
four priests banned from the
Lenten series by Catholic Uni
versity. He is now an expert
officially appointed to the Coun
cil. Three other priests who
came under the ban, Jesuit
Fathers John Courtney Mur
ray and Gustave Weijel, both
of Woodstock College; and Fa
ther Hans Kueng, Swiss theo
logian, have also been vindicat
ed by their presence as experts
at die Council. Perhaps the
greatest consolation must have
come to Father Murray, whose
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