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PAGI. 6 GI .ORGlA LLLLLTIN THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1964
VATICAN COUNCIL NOTES
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Miss Nancy Nunan Weds Aquila
Butler King III At St. Anthony’s
Mr. and Mrs. Marion A.
Nunan announce the marriage
ol iheir daughter, Nancy Marian
Nunan to Mr. Aquila Butler
King, 111, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Awuila Butler King, Jr., of
Wrens, Georgia.
The bride attends Georgia
Slate College where she is a
member of Alpha Phi Sorority.
The groom is employed by the
city of Atlanta sixl attends At
lanta Law School where he is
a member of Delta Theta Phi
Legal Fraternity.
The marriage was solemniz
ed on Saturday, December 7th
at St. Anthonys Church. Father
Jarlath Burke officiated.
The bride was given in mar
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riage by her father. The best
man was Mr, Winston Teate
and groomsmen - ushers were
Messrs. Brent and Russell
Nunan, James King and Marion
Price.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hewin
was the maid of honor and the
bridesmaids were the bride’s
cousin, Mrs. Susan Clark and
the groom’s sister, Miss Sharon
King. Miss Jerrilee Stratton,
cousin of the bride was flower
girl. Their gowns were of
aqua velvet with matching head-
piece, Master Robert Stratton,
cousin of the bride, was ring-
bearer.
The bridal gown was of peaux-
de-soi. The back swept into
a full length train. Her veil
of lllusinon fell from a crown
of pearls.
The reception immediately
followed the ceremony at St,
Anthonys 'Auditorium. The
brides book was kept by Mrs,
Bobble Stender and assisting
in serving were Mrs. Ruth
Lansom, Misses Michele De-
Vaughn, Judy Hart, Linda Smith,
Mary Ann Powell, Peggy Hynes,
Becky and Pat King.
Upon returning from their
honeymoon the couple will re
side in Atlanta.
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This is the last of a series
on the second session of the Vu
lcan Council by the GEORGIA
BULLETIN’S managing editor,
who v-iias returned after three
weeks of coverage and conver
sation at the Vatican.
BY GERARD E. SHERRY
It looked as though this final
article on the Council Session
concluded last month would
never see the light ofday.Space
problems in our Christmas
issues have delayed it until now.
Furthermore So many opinions
have already beenwritten on the
Council Session that one won
ders if a further one is really
necessary.
It seems to me that the Coun
cil set out to establish the
norms of renewal within the
Church as laid down by the late
Pope John XXIII, and re-emp
hasized by the present Holy
Father. The First Session, in
1962, could be classified as a
preparatory course for the
council Fathers. Never before
had so many bishops met un
der one roof; never before had
so many strangers come toget
her to make decisive affecting
half a billion Catholics and
countless other milions not of
our faith.
THE MIRACLE of the First
Session was that the bishops
came to know each other, not
only as brothers in Christ, but
as essential legislators in the
welfare of the Church. An un
wieldy Parliament had been led
from procedural chaos into ru
les of order and administrative
calm, which is now the envy of
every political legislature in
the world.
The timeless Church has ac
hieved in one year what many
skeptics had forecast would
take 50 to 100 years. In ot-
Lor; words, the conclusion of the
Second Session of Vatican II
points to the fact that its ac
complishments will bear fruit
in this generation, as well as
in the generations to come.Two
major decrees do not seem to
much, yet the Liturgy Reforms-
alone stand as a monument to
the accomplishments of the
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THE COMMUNICATIONS —
media decree, even though it
has not received the universal
acceptance that the Liturgical
Reforms gained, is still a step
in the right direction. It has
sorne major faults. However,
the'art of compromise always
results in less than one ex
pected — as well as more than
one have thought possible. Re
newal is never stagnant. Hence,
the communications media will
continue to get the attention of
the Church and improvements
more in keeping with the reali
ties of our times will surely
come about.
The Third Session is expect
ed to take up various schemata
on which debate has al
ready taken place in the Second
Session. These Include Bishops
.and Diocesan Government and
Ecumenism. Other subjects not
yet discussed include Lay
Apostolate, marriage, the
missions, Catholic education,
clergy education, Eastern Ch
urches, and the Church in the
modern world.
THE SCHEMA ON Bishops
and Diocesan Government has
received much attention from
the Council Fathers. Many have
expressed dissatisfaction with
its present form, especially in
relation to National Confer
ences of Bishops and the role
of Bishops in relation to the
Government of the Church and
the Roman Curia. This schema
also treats on the status of Co
adjutor and Auxiliary Bishops,
as well as the retirement age for
Bishops. These may not seem
Important to the average lay
man, but they do have a great
bearing on effective Diocesan
Administration and as such, af
fect us all.
The Schema on Ecumenism
appears to be the most difficult
for the Council Fathers to de-
cive upon. The debate at the
Second Session, rather acri
monious at times, showed the
Bishops to be of one mind, ex
cept on the chapters 4 and 5.
These Involve a statement of
principles on Catholics and
Jews, and on religious liberty.
Some of the Council Fathers
fear these last two chapters
will be quietly deleted from the
schema on the Lisistence of
leading Curia officials. How
ever, all signs point to the op
posite. Cardinal Bea, who heads
the Vatican Secreariat for Ch
ristian Unity, assured the
Council Fathers at the clos
ing debate of the Second Sess
ion that the chapters were very
much alive, and would be fur
ther discussed at the Third Ses
sion. The known Involvement of
the American Hierarchy in the
preparation and support of the
chapter on Religious Liberty
seems to guarantee that it will
not be squashed or watered
down. Furthermore, Curia
fears on this subject are only
natural considering their role
as main defenders of the Div-
the Deposit. It Is expected
that their apparent lntranslge-
ance during the Second Session
will not deter the majority of
Bishops from approving the Re
ligious Liberty chapter.
TO SUM UP, it could be said
that apart from the promulga
tion of two major decrees, the
Second Session also achieved a
unanimity among the Council
Fathers which was never ex
pected. The so-called Council
struggle Is not a political bat
tle, nor is it a question of a
battle over doctrine. It simply
Involves the question of what
are the best methods of achie
ving renewal and unity —• which
is also the purpose expressed
by Pope John when he originally
conceived the idea of the Coun
cil.
FRANCIS CARDINAL si»KLLMAN had just returned from the second session of the
Second Vatican Council, and was about to leave on his 13th annual Christmas visit to
American servicemen stationed overseas, when he gave his 18th annual Christmas party
for more than 100 small boys and girls of the New York Foundling Home. The Arch
bishop of New York is shown here with two of his tiny guests in the grand ballroom of
the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. The Cardinal distributed gifts to the children,
who also received their fill of ice cream, cake and milk. The visit to U. S. service per
sonnel this year takes the Military Vicar to the South Pole, where U. 8. Navy personnel
are engaged in a peacetime scientific expedition.
Is Oldest Bishop
Retired Bishop Edmund F.
Gibbons (above) of Albany, N.
Y., who is 95-years-old is now
the world’s oldest bishop, fol
lowing the death in Rome, De
cember 6, of Archbishop Alfon
so Carlnci, at age 101. Bishop
Gibbons served as Bishop of
Albany from 1919 until 1954.
CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE
Visits Sick, Asks For World’s Peace
VATICAN CITY (NC)—On the
first Christmas of his pontifi
cate, Pope Paul VI celebrated
his three masses for people of
all social levels, visited the
sick and preached the gospel of
peace.
At midnight, the Pope cele
brated his first Mass lntheSls-
tine chapel for the diplomatic
corps at the Holy See at an al
tar facing Michaelangelo’s Im
mense fresco of the Last Judg
ment. At 8:30 ».rn., he was driv
en to the working class Rome
district of Pletralata for his
second Mass, and at 11:30 he
celebrated his final Mass for
15,000 people in St. Peter's
basilica.
THROUGHOUT HIS entire
commemoration of Christmas,
the Pope stressed the theme of
peace and its intimate connec
tion with the birth of the Prince
of Peace.
The most tumultuous moment
of the day occurred as Pope Paul
arrived at the Pletralata dis
trict, where thousands had turn
ed out under glowering skies to
welcome him. From the balcon
ies of the concrete, low-cost,
state-built apartments hung
bunting, blankets, bedispreads
and makeshift Vatican flaga of
gold and white.
AS HE STEPPED from his
car, the Pope was greeted by
Luigi Cardinal Traglia, Pro-
Vicar General of Rome, and by
pariah priests of the district.
The Pope was presented with
numerous gifts of flowers and
spiritual bouquets. One little
girl handed him a live, kicking
white lamb. The Pope delighted
all around him by lifting It up
above his head to show it off.
Thousands remained standing
outside the church as Pope Paul
celebrated Maas and his words
ware carried over loudspeakers
which echoed through the neigh
boring streets.
TO THE POPULATION of the
working class quarter he said
he had some so that he could
spend Christmas among his
people. Many of the area's re
sidents have voted the commu
nist ticket, but the Pope told
them that Christmas inthePie-
tralata district was £oth'"very
true and very beautiful” for
Christ Himself chose to be bom
”in squalor and poverty.”
In his brief sermon after the
Gospel, Pope Paul dwelt on the
theme of peace. He said:
"CHRISTMAS IS the feast of
peace—the peace of God, peace
in our consciences and there
fore peace with our neighbor. If
this became a social phenome
non, if it should spread in fami
lies, in cities and in nations,
men Indeed would become bro
thers and the face of the world
would be changed.”
After Mass, the Pope was
driven a few hundred yards to
an apartment house. Alighting,
he skirted mud and rain puddles
to enter the building and visit
65-year-old Emilia Proietti,
who for the past 15 years has
been paralyzed. On his return
to the Vatican, the children. He
was asked by one of the child
ren If they could go with him to
the Holy Land. The Pope said:
“You pray for the visit and I
promise to visit you again.”
THE POPE'S FIRST Maas
was celebrated In surroundings
greatly different from those of
the Pletralata district. The Sis-
tlne chapel at midnight was
filled with a quiet crowd of dip
lomats, their wives and child
ren. The congregation ana
wered the prayers In adialogie
Mass, while the Slstlne choir
•ang.
To the diplomats also, the
Pope addressed thoughts on the
subject of peace. He stated:
"GENTLEMEN, IS IT not
your mission to work to break
down the walls which divide
peoples and to announce peace
to both those near and far
away? Words are not enough,
and the Babe of the Crib who
gives witness to us by His ex
ample, and dally expeience as
well, unfortunately confirms
this. We are obliged to do
more. Wa must be man of peace,
completely given over, If pos
sible, to thoughts and feelings
which are those of God and
which led Christ to become
man. Thus only can one an
nounce effectively peace to
others and have it penetrate
the heart.”
At his third Maas of the day,
Pope Paul was carried into
St. Peter’s while 15,000 voices
chanted the Creed. The whole
nave of the church remained
empty except for the unoccup
ied banks of seats of the su
spended ecumenical council, but
the entire apse of the church
as well as both trancepts were
Jammed.
THE POPE SHOWEDnosigns
of weariness after his morn
ing across the city at Pietra-
lata. In fact, he seemed to
have been buoyed up by it. His
voice was strong as the care
fully enunciated words of the
prayers at the foot of the altar
were carried by loudspeakers
throughout the church. Events
he began Mass, a baby was
being baptized at the baptismal
fount at the church's rear.
Present in the sanctuary for
the low Mass were Cardinal
Traglia, Paolo Cardinal Marel-
la, Archprieat of St, Peter's,
and numerous members of the
papal household. As the Pope
delivered a short homily after
the Gospel, he was flanked by
Archbishop Enrico Dante,
Prefect of Papal Maatera of
Ceremonies; Archbishop Diego
Venini, Papal Almoner, Biahop
Peter Caniaiua Van Leirde, Pa
pal Sacriitan, And again his
theme was peace,
SPEAKING extemporaneous
ly* Pope Paul said peace la to
be found in the mystery of the
Incarnation, He added:
“Peace is God coming into
the world, a God who know
us, who speaki to us...Christ
mas la the feast when God re
veal* Hlmaelf not in greatness,
but as the Lord who comes in
love and goodness,”
As he spoke, the Pope's voice
became noticeably emotional
»nd dramatic. With a wide
change of inflection*, the Pope’*
voice roae vibrantly and then
fell almoat to a whlaper.
IN THE GOSPEL account,
“so beautiful, so enchanting,"
the Pope said, one reads
of peace and the crib of Beth
lehem, “There is the crib,
the human scene, the sensible
scene, but not only that. Be
hind it la another Immense
scene, immensely mysterious
Behind the crib scene is the
mystery of the Incarnation.**
At the end of Mass, the Pope
went directly to the elevator at
the left side of the basilica to
reach the central balcony of
St. Peter's from which he gave
his blessing to the city and
the world. Approximately 80,
000 people were gathered in the
square despite threats of rain,
AT THE POPE'S appearance
on the balcony, a warm series
of cheers ami applause greet
ed him while the massed band
of the Palatine Guard of Honor
struck up an anthem on the wide
pUtform atop the stairs lead
ing to the basilica.
Pope Paul, wearing the bul
let-shaped tiara which he had
worn on the day of his coro
nation and which had been a
gift from the people of
Milan, took his seat on a throne.
The papal banner carrying the
three mountains—the Pope's
family name, Montlni, can be
translated little mountains—
fluttered slightly with the winter
wind,
TO THE THOUSANDS below
he wiahed “a Merry Chriitmas
on the feast of peace,,, peace,
the gift of the Lord," Then
he pronounced the Latin
formula of the apostolic blast
ing, to which there was at
tached, a plenary Indulgence.
Pausing briefly to acknowledge
the crowd's greetings, Pope
Paul turned and disappeared
behind the crimson curtains of
the doorway to begin hi* pri
vate Christmas observance.
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