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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1963
LA YMEN-ECUMENISM
Two Lay Auditors Address
Concluding Council Meet
s
T R A N G E B U T t r u r VATICAN COUNCIL NOTES
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
Christian and human diversity
have once more found their
place and their just freedom in
the bosom of the Church.
Guitton then conjured up a
vbion, saying:
"LET US imagine, venerable
brothers, that all our separated
brothers wanted to enter
tomorrow the Catholic basilica.
"She would widen her nave,
she would open up her cupola,
she would make her useless or-
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naments, her antiquities disap
pear, so that everyone should
feel at ease in her suplime si
mplicity. She would preserve
the same form, the same es
sence, the same structure.
Nothing that is essential in dog
ma, in worship and in authority
would be modified. But this
same inalterable form, enrich
ed by so many contributions and
so many sorrows, would then
have its flowering, its perfect
plenitude, I might even say its
anticipated glory. What a testi
mony this would be in the face
of the worldl".
GUITTON told the bishops
that "this unity of Christians is
Nun-shy Patient
Mokpo, Korea—A mother
brought her little boy for treat
ment to St. Columban's Hospi
tal here. As the boy’s eyes
were blindfolded, the Sister
asked what, exactly was wrong
with his eyes.
"Oh, it’s not his eyes,’* an
swered the mother. "I knew
he*d be frightened when he saw
you , so I covered his eyes I”
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contained in the prayer of the
Eternal Christ and where is the
religious man who does not des
ire it from the depths of his
heart? It will be achieved
through ways which are un
known to us and which are being
prepared while we remain una
ware of them, the great events
in history. So many converging
prayers rise toward Godl So
many lives have been offered on
one side and the other for uni-
tyl"
He concluded by saying:
"May graces be given to you
for listening to a layman speak
ing of his experience. He has
done it fearlessly like a son
before his father in whom he pl
aces all his hope I”
VERONESE thanked the Pope
for including laymen as audi
tors of the council. He said such
a recognition affords laymen
the opportunity of being "the in
terpreters of that Catholic laity
which otherwise we #ould not
have know how to represent.**
Noting that the bishops of the
council are returning home,
Veronese said: "we too return
to our neighbors. . . We return
to our parishes and to our fami
lies" to update the spiritual and
corporal works of mercy as de
manded by the problems of the
times.
Call For
Schema
On Reds
ROME (NC)—A petition sig
ned by more than 200 council
Fathers from 46 countries ask
ing for a special schema on
communism, Marxism and so
cialism has been handed In to
Amleto Cardinal Clcognanl, Pa
pal Secretary of State..
This was reported here by
the Divine Word News Service,
THE PETITION called com
munism and Marxism the
"greatest and most dangerous
heresy of this century,** It
said that the ‘faithful will re
main puzzled If the council does
not treat a question of such great
Importance,’*
The petition, contained in a
bound volume, asks that Catho
lic social doctrine be set out
clearly and that the "errors of
Marxism, socialism and com
munism** be treated philoso
phically, sociologically and
economically.
The petition asked for con
demnation of the Marxist error
that "any person In need or
any nation In need can take from
another person or another na
tion by force those goods which
the person or nation attacked
did not strictly need to keep
alive.”
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CONDITION (
Second Session Found
Bishops In Unity Role
1963 IS TWE IOO!!*
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views on religious liberty caus
ed him to be slienced for quite
a while, even though he was
permitted to continue teaching
at the Jesuit Seminary. Father
Murray is credited with a ma
jor contribution in the work of
preparing the council draft on
religious liberty. His views
have been eagerly sought by
groups of Council Fathers from
all over the world.
The implementation of the
various liturgical changes will
take time, but the American
Hierarchy has already taken
Mass In Moscow
Five hundred diplomats and
Russians crowded into Mos
cow’s Catholic Church of Sl
Louis where an American
priest sang a Requiem Mass
for President John F. Kennedy
on Nov. 24.
MOW PROPRIO
Pope Grants Faculties
Privileg es To Bishops
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
ties and privileges. Faculties
belong to the bishops by right
and, strictly speaking, are not
conceded. Privileges do notbe-
belong to them by right and are
granted by the Holy See.
THE MAIN feature of the pri
vileges is that bishops will now
enjoy the privilege, formerly
granted exclusively to cardina
ls, to preach and hear confes
sions anywhere in the world un
less the local Ordinary explici
tly objects in a particular case.
Most of the faculties now res
tored to the bishops in the motu
proprio were regularly includ
ed in the quinquennial faculties
that may bishops renewed every
five years.
For some time pastors have
had the privilege of confirming
in danger of death. Now bishops
may give the same privilege to
certain hospital and prison
chaplains.
BISHOPS already had the
right to exercise the Pauline
privilege. By force of the motu
proprio, however, they may,
without recourse to Rome, dis
pense from the requirement of
obtaining a statement from one
party that he or she is unwil
ling to become a Catholic or
live in peace with the mate who
wants to become a Catholic..
The faculties belong to resid
ential bishops only, who may
delegate them to their coadju
tors or auxiliaries and the vi
car general. The privileges be
long to all bishops, residential
or titular.
FORMAL AGREEMENT
America Bishops
Back Vernacular
ROME (NC)--America’s Bis
hops have announced formal
agreement "to make full use of
the vernacular concessions
made by the council” In the lit
urgy.
The U. S. Bishops released
a Joint statement here Dec. 4 on
the council’s Constitution on the
Sacred Liturgy, promulgated
the same da.
the same day. They said they
"welcome it wholeheartedly and
dedicate themselves to fulfill
its purposes,”
THE BISHOPS said they have
directed the Bishops’ Copimis-
ARCHBISHOP HALLINAN
Latin-English
Changes Begun
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
hop (John F.) Dearden of De
troit, myself, Bishop Griffiths,
Bishop (Vincent) Waters of Ra
leigh (N.C.), and Bishop (Vic
tor J.) Reed of Oklahoma City
and Tulsa.
"From all of these countries
experts in liturgy, Scripture,
music and literary style will be
invited to assist the interna
tional committee, A secretariat
for this purpose has been set
up, temporarily in the United
States. Existing English lit
urgical texts may be used until
such time when common texts
are available,*’
On being asked the other prin
cipal purposes of the new de
crees, the Atlanta Archbishop
said:
’They are two: a vast pro
gram of liturgical promotion
and the revision of the rites.
The program is already under
way in many American dioceses
to encourage the clergy and
faithful to live the liturgical
life, with each assuming their
proper roles, especially at Sun
day Masses, while seminary
courses will emphasize the lit
urgical formation of future
priests. Regarding the revision
of the rites, the Mass, the
administration of the sacra
ments, and the Divine Office will
be affected,
’THE SPECIAL postconci-
liar commission will apply the
general terms of the decrees
promulgated by the Holy Father
in preparing this revision. Its
principal purpose is to make the
Mass and all other services
more intelligible so as to assure
fuller participation of the peo
ple.
"Specifically, greater stress
will be laid on Scripture read
ings, with perhaps longer cycles
replacing present annual epis
tles and Gospels, Also, ser
mons will become an integral
part of the liturgy, while Holy
Communion under both species
will be permissible on certain
occasions, and concelebration
of the Mass allowed to manifest
the unity of the priesthood.”
Concluding the interview, Arch
bishop Halllnan said that "all
this will be a long-range effort
and in the beginning there is
bound to be some experimen
tation,” He added:
"Of course, all the decisions
of the national hierarchies must
be approved by the Congregation
of Rites. After 50 years of la
bor by dedicated men—espe
cially in France and Germany,
and more recently in the United
States—who sparked liturgical
reforms so as to bring about
deeper understanding of the
Faith, the council now has put
the seaon
the seal on these efforts and the
renewal of the public worship
of the Church is now at hand."
steps to make sure that it will
still be "as soon as possible’’.
Another obvious accomplish
ment of the second session of
the Council has been the widen
ing of real liberty within the
Church. Some of the statements
made during the Council de
bates lead me to believe that we
laity are le s courageous than
our bishops. Perhaps this is
only to be expected in view of
our reverence for authority; but
some American bishops hardly
seemed bashful in lecturing to
their superiors, including the
cardinals present at the de
bates. Certainly some of the
remarks of these bishops con
tained points which laymen here
have expressed - and some
which they wish they had. Alas,
1 have known much milder re
marks by laymen and priests to
have been reported to the Holy
Office, with die suggestion that
they contained the seeds of anti
clericalism or encouraged the
flouting of authority.
One great disappointment, to
my mind, was the position of the
lay auditors. The firs t thing
that must be said right away Is
that hardly any of the fifteen
originally appointed are con
cerned in the day to day work
ings of the lay apostolate. They
are basically administrators.
Furthermore, as auditors, their
main Job is to listen, even though
it is claimed that various com
missions of the Council consult
diem at will. No doubt steps will
be taken to give lay auditors
a greater part in future Coun
cil deliberations. This can be
seen by the appointment of two
additional lay auditors, Martin
Work, executive director of our
own National Council of Catho
lic Men, and Patrick Keegan,
former international president
of the Young Christian Work
ers, and now an official of the
International Lay Apostolate
Movement. So, too, we shall
see the advent of women audi-
gors. While I was in Rome, Car
dinal Suenens, Primate of Bel
gium, urged an increase in lay
auditors, including women,
"since women constitute one-
half the population of the
world."
The great expectations of this
second session of the Council
may not have been realized.
However, what is 'clear is that
Pope Paul and the majority of
bishops are determined that the
updating of the Church will be
come more than an empty pro
mise. It is no longer a question
of a struggle between Conser
vatives and Liberals, but rather
between an entrenched system
and the desire by an overwhel
ming majority of the Council
Fathers to seek new positions
in the propagation of eternal
truths. There is no question of
changing doctrine, but only that
of updating the methods.
(To be continued.)
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slon on the Liturgical Aposto
late "to propose Enllsh trans
lations for die consideration of
all the Bishops.” Tl\ey added:
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"At a formal meeting of the
Bishops, now proposed for the
spring of 196*4, formal decrees
will be drawn up and sent to
the Apostolic See in Rome for
confirmation. At the same time
official translations will be ap
proved by the Bishops for pub
lication. Only then can a date
be determined by the Bishops*
for the actual Mise of English
in the liturgy.**
THE BISHOPS also announ
ced that they have authorized
representatives towork with an
international committee that
"will ultimately propose trans
lations based upon the reformed
rites for the consideration ef the
respective hierarchies of the
English-speaking world.”
The statement was issued by
members of the Bishops* Com
mission on the Liturgical Apos
tolate: Archbishop John F.
Dearden of Detroit; Archbishop
Paul J. Halllnan of Atlanta, Ga,;
Auxiliary Bishop James H.
Griffiths of New York; Bishop
Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh,
N. C., and Bishop Victor J,
Reed of Oklahoma City and Tul
sa.
Matt Talbot
Cause Set
In Dublin
DUBLIN (NC)—The beatifi
cation cause of Matt Talbot has
reached the stage of examina
tion for heroic practice of vir
tue, Archbishop John McQuald
has written to the people of
Dublin from Rome,
Directing a Dublin diocesan
collection to promote the bea
tification cause, Archbishop
McQuaid reminded that proces
ses requiring years of careful
Investigation still lie ahead. He
also urged prayers invoking
Matt Talbot's intercession with
God be offered, so that there be
an opportunity for possible mi
racles, which are necessary in
the cause,
Man Talbot, a Dublin lum
beryard worker and reformed
alcoholic, died in 1925. An ex
ample of deep spirituality to his
fellows, he had secretly worn a
belt of chains as a penance.
Specifically a chapel for her POOR CLARES at KIDANGOOR
in the archdiocese of ERNAKULAM in Southern India. The
Provincial of her Sisters writes: ’T
told you about the construction of
our novitiate. We received some
help but more is necessary. We
nerd $1,500 for a chapel to be dedl*
W 9 cated to St. Joseph” . . . The Arch-
<P" bishop of ERNAKULAM explains
her problem a little more. The Sla
ters borrowed to the limit of their
credit to build their novitiate.
There are no funds left for a chapel.
He appeals to the generosity of our
The Holy Father's Mittion Aid readers . . . When we mention St.
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