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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1964
DIVINE OFFICE
Breviary Reform To Seek
Benefit For Whole Church
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office, according to the coun
cil, “is devised so that the
whole course of the day and
night is made holy by the
praises of God," At present
this design fails to work out
In practice. Even in monaster
ies the parts or “hours" of
the office have to be combined
and celebrated at inappropri
ate times of the day. The
clergy engaged in the pastoral
ministry find it almost im
possible to observe the pattern
of the hours, planned for the
different periods of the day.
When the office is reformed
in structure, it will clearly
have three principal parts: (1)
morning prayer, called Lauds,
(2) evening prayer, called
Vespers, and (3) an “hour of
reading" (Matins). The lat
ter will not be attached to any
particular period of the day,
but will form a real service
of spiritual reading for all who
take part in the office, whether
in communities or alone.
With this clear and simpler
pattern, the lesser parts of the
Church's daily prayer will fit
into their secondary place: brief
prayers for mid-morning, noon,
and mid-afternoon—but only
one of these three to be
obligatory for the clergy—and
the prayer of Compline before
retiring at night. The hour of
Prime, a monastic prayer that
is a duplication of the morning
prayer (Lauds), will be sup
pressed,
WHILE THE process of
aimplifylng the office will in
volve some abbreviation as
well, a lessening of prayer
within the Church was hardly
the council's purpose. On the
contrary, for those who must
or those who choose to pray,
the daily office, the problem
today is not the total period of
time at prayer, but the need to
get through so many psalm
verses and vocal prayers: not
too much prayer, but too many
prayers to be said.
If the office is revised well,
it will be easier to pray with
greater deliberation, more
slowly, in fact more prayer
fully. Adaptations of the of
fice in the form of “short
breviaries," Just as much the
Church's prayer as the full
Divine Office, will be worked
out—especially for communit
ies of Sisters and of Brothers,
but well suited to lay men and
women.
STILL BETTER, as single
form of community prayer—
for example, a new version of
Sunday Vespers — might be
celebrated together by the
faithful, by the Sisters or
Brothers of the parish school,
and by the pastor and other
priests.
In this chapter of the Con
stitution on Worship, much is
made of the bishops's authori
ty, in the general spirit of de
centralization that charac
terizes the council. The bishop
may now dispense those other
wise obliged to pray the office.
He may allow the clergy, on
an individual basis, to recite
the office in their own language
Instead of Latin. But here again,
there is an immediate mention
of the laity and their needs:
any priest, without dispensation
or permission, may celebrate
the office in the vernacular
language with a group of the
faithful.
Among the strong exhortat-
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ions addressed to the Church
In the council’s Constitution
on Worship is the plea that
“priests and all others who
take part in the Divine Office"
should "improvb their under
standing of the liturgy and of
the Bible, especially of the
psalms." While it refers di
rectly to the Divine Office de
scribed above and now about to
be reformed, this recom
mendation is applicable also to
another kind of “public prayer’’
of the Church, less official and
less formal.
THIS IS the so-called Bible
service or Bible devotion, men
tioned in Chapter 1 of the con
stitution. Such services, which
the council calls “sacred cele
brations of the word of God,"
are clearly related to the of
fice itself—In spirit, because
they are scriptural In their
composition, including Bible
readings, psalmody, etc,; in
their form, because they follow
the pattern and style of liturgi
cal prayer and action.
These services are recom
mended by the council as even
ing devotions, for example, on
Sundays and on the weekdays
of Advent and Lent, Since they
do not have any set or of
ficial form, they may be in
troduced into popular devotional
usage immediately — and al
ready are in use in many places.
BIBLE SERVICES, although
not part ofthe office, deepen
scriptural understanding and
give a liturgical spirit to popu
lar devotions. They suggest one
way of taking a long, hard look
at existing devotions; this is now
made necessary by the council
which requires that “these de
votions should be so drawn up
that they harmonize with the
liturgical seasons, accord with
the sacred liturgy, are In some
fashion derived from it, and
lead the people to It, since in
fact, the liturgy by its very
nature far surpasses any of
them,"
The bishops of Vatican Coun
cil II, who enacted the constitut
ion by a vote of 2,147 to 4, were
determined “to impart an ever
increasing vigor to the Chris
tian life of the faithful" —
whether it is a question of the
Divine Office or of popular
devotions.
In the office, says the con
stitution, Christ “continues
His priestly work through the
agency of His Church, which is
ceaselessly engaged in praising
the Lord and interceding for
the salvation of the whole
world."
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Cardinal Offers
Kennedy Requiem
GETS CATHOLIC AWARD.
William Foxwell Albright
has been named to receive,
April 19. the 1964 Christian
Culture Award of the Uni
versity of Windsor, formerly
Assumption University. The
Methodist scholar is one of
the world's best known
archaeologists and Scripture
scholars. The Catholic
school gives the award an
nually to “an outstanding
exponent of Christian ideals."
BOSTON (RNS) — The near
ly century-old Roman Catholic
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
here was the scene of an un
precedented religious and civic
memorial which had rich
ecumenical and cultural over
tones in honoring the late Pre
sident John F. Kennedy.
Richard Cardinal Cushing,
Archbishop of Boston, offered
a Solemn Pontifical Requiem
Mass before 1,800 invited
guests Including Protestant,
Orthodox and Jewish clergy
men, federal officials, and
state and civic dignitaries.
Millions more watched the
memorial over network tele
vision.
FOR ARCHDIOCESE
Aldermen Veto
Children’s Villa
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
to be opposed to the project.
He said that while he had sym
pathy for residents of the area
involved, the project was being
misunderstood. Emphasizing
the endorsement of the Joint
County Planning Board and pro
fessional planners in Atlanta,
Mr. Freeman said nobody
seemed to be against an orph-
Cancer Research
ROME <^C)—Italy’s League
for the Fight against Cancer
has established a prize named
after Pope John XXIII to spur
cancer research. Pope John
died of stomach cancer last
June 3.
The prize, carrying with It
a cash award of six million
lire (about $10,000) Is to be
awarded for the best monograph
on antimltotics — substances
which inhibit the process of
cell division. Cancer is a mal
ignant proliferation of abnormal
cells. The competition for the
prize is open to researchers
and practicing physicians.
Holy Name
VICTORIA, Tex. (NC)—Hugo
A. Rhodes of this city has been
elected president of the San An
tonio Archdiocesan Union of
Holy Name Societies—first
Negro to hold the office. Rhodes
defeated Wilfred Lamb, also
of San Antonio, by a 290 to
70 vote at the union’s recent
annual convention.
OBITUARIES
William Fuchs G.F. Singleton
Msgr. James E. King offered
a funeral Mass on Saturday
at St. Anthony’s for Mr. William
Fuchs. A retired Army of
ficer, Mr. Fuchs lived at 1381
Lee St., SW Atlanta. He is
survived by his wife, one son,
B.D. Fuchs, Peoria, 111; two
brothers, John and Joseph
Fuchs, Peoria; and one grand
child.
Mrs. McDonald
The funeral of Mrs. Eleanor
Gailmard McDonald, 2298 Des
mond Dr„ Decatur, was held
yesterday at Sacred Heart
Church, Atlanta. Fr. George
Meiluta offered the Mass. Wid
ow of the late Mr. Mark A.
McDonald, she is survived by
her daughter, Mrs. Clay V.
Brittain; a grandson, Mr. Mark
McDonald Brittain, both of De
catur; sisters, Mrs. Charles
J. Arban and Mrs. Raymond
High, Lexington, S, C.; a broth
er, Mr. Joseph Gailmard, New
Orleans, and several nieces
and nephews. Burial was inAr-
t lington National Cemetery.
Graveside services for
George F. Singleton of 180 Gib
son St., SE Atlanta, were held
Thursday in Hill crest Cemet
ery, with Fr. Leonard Kelly,
O. F. M., officiating. Mr.
Singleton was a native of Mass
achusetts and was a veteran
of World War L He is sur
vived by his wife, the former
Agnes Hunnicutt.
Mrs. J. Harvey
A Requiem Mass was offered
for Mrs, James A. Harvey, Sr.
by Fr, Noel Burtenshaw on
Tuesday at the Cathedral of
Christ the King. Mrs, Harvey
lived at 3355 Piedmont Rd„ NE
Atlanta. She is survived by her
daughters, Mrs. Christine J,
Sullivan, Mrs. Charles F. Wy-
song; a son Mr. James A. Har
vey; her sisters, Miss Florence
Jones and Mrs. George W. Stem;
a brother, Mr, Emmett W,
Jones, all of New Orleans; 12
grandchildren and several nie
ces and nephews. Intermentwas
at Arlington.
Deanery Winter Meeting Held
The Winter meeting of the
> South Deanery was held on
' Sunday, January 19th, at St.
Anthony’s Church, 928 Gordon
St., S.W. with 79 ladies in at
tendance. The door prize was
won by Mrs. Hotaling, from St.
John's Parish, Hapeville.
Mrs, Florence Beaton, AC
CW Chairman of Confraternity
of Christian Doctrine, conduct-
ange, except when it was to be
erected in their neighborhood.
Also pointed out was that the
children scheduled as Village
residents were not orphans, but
youngsters whose parents were
separated or unable to care for
them. Examples were given, in
cluding the case of several
brothers who had lost their
mother, and their father was
overseas with the army. Young
residents of the Village would
attend Parochial schools in the
area.
OBSERVERS at the hearing
suggested that the opposition to
the Children’s Village was bas
ed on a combination of political
and racial factors. The fact that
the Village, in conformity with
Archidocesan policy, would be
integrated had some bearing on
the vote.
Real estate Interests also
were said to have put heavy pre-
sure on the aldermen over the
week-end. One alderman who
opposed the project confessed
to have been deluged with 500
communications, with only one
favoring it. However, only 28
zoning notices were sent out to
conform with city ordinances.
In addition, Alderman Wood,
who admitted that he had been
in the real estate business in
the area concerned for fifteen
years, said he felt “such an
institution would adversely af
fect the areas."
Alderman Cook observed
that, while the Board had every
right to overrule its zoning
committee, there was a quest
ion as to whether it would be
overridden on every controver
sial issue. He added, “I doubt
that any of you have seen the
plans or specifications (for the
Village.) There’s no place in
this city that something of this
sort can go without opposition
from the neighborhood."
V atican
Shuns
ed a workshop on Co-operating
with the CCD. A report on the
December Board meeting of the
Archdiocesan Council of Cath
olic Women was presented by
Mrs. E. P. Faust, Jr., Presi
dent of the Council, The Spring
meeting of the Deanery will be
held on April 5th at Sacred
Heart Church, in Mllledgeville,
Georgia.
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Pope
Paul VI, reviewing Italy’s new
Premier, wished him well in
his struggles with Italy’s stub
born political problems but em
phasized that the Holy See in
tends to stay out of Italian poli
tics.
Premier Aldo Moro came to
see the Pope (Jan. 20), less than
a month after his confirmation
in office. The Christian Demo
crat statesman heads Italy's
controversial center-left gov
ernment.
THE POPE SAID: “Always
consistent with our intention to
keep outside the nation’s politi
cal life, we abstain from con
sidering its problems, many of
which are linked to ours. And
we wish to be no more specific
in our good wishes than to wish
that you may succeed in over
coming the difficulties and un
certainties inherent in the pre
sent hour through the trust and
collaboration of good and will
ing citizens, and that you may
help the state of mind of so
many citizens— of the free and
honest workers particularly—
move toward an ever better es
teem for the state to which they
have the honor to belong,"
Erich Leinsdorf conducted
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
and a 180-voice choir in the
performance of Mozart’s Re
quiem in D Minor, The choir
was composed of singers from
the New England Conservatory
of Music, the Pro Musica
Chorus, and the Harvard and
Radcliffe choral societies.
Some responses and other
parts of the Mass were sung
by the St. John Seminary Choir
under the direction of Msg.
Russell H. Davis.
The late President’s widow,
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, and
his mother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy,
occupied the first pew with
Senator and Mrs, Edward F.
Kennedy. Attorney General and
Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, who
were in Japan, could not attend.
In a eulogy following the
Mass, Cardinal Cushing ob
served that the musical genius
of Mozart and the genius of
President Kennedy’s leadership
had been linked in the religious
and civic memorial.
“Separated by centuries,"he
said, “these men were touched
by a ckeative instinct uncommon
in any generation; both brought
out of their houth a shining
out of their youth a shining
light which will Illumine the
ages; both were summoned to
eternity at a moment which to
mortals must seem untimely."
Cardinal Cushing predicted
that "the memory of men will
enshrine their names among the
great of the world."
Referring to the “unforgett
able music of Mozart’’ per
formed in the cathedral
memorial, the prelate declared:
“We have heard again in our
hearts the stirring voice of our
youthful leader; in the artistic
expressions of the one, we have
caught the unmistakeable ac
cents of the other. The destiny
of greatness which they shared
brings them together in the pre
sence of the God who so richly
endowed them with His gifts."
Cardinal Cushing recalled
that President and Mrs.
Kennedy “enriched" the White
House with the best in art and
music.
He said that in light of this
no tribute “to our beloved Pre
sident and his charming wife
could be more appropriate than
the spiritual, artistic, and
liturgical service" performed
in the historic cathedral.
“No prayer, to the memory
of that scholarly, dedicated
leader and to the cultural back
ground of his bereaved wife and
loved ones could be more
fitting,” he stressed.
It is believed that the per
formance of Mozart’s Requiem
in Holy Cross Cathedral here
was the first of its kind in
the U.S. In 1956, on the 200th
anniversary of Mozar’s birth,
the Requiem was played in St.
Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna.
The last performance of the Re
quiem by the Boston Symphony
Orchestra was in the summer of
1963 at Lenox, Mass., when it
was played In memory of Pope
John XXIIL
Before the Mass, Cardinal
Cushing met Mrs. Kennedy and
the late President's mother at
the front arch of the cathedral
and led them In a processional
to their front pew on the epistle
side of the altar.
Father John F. Fitzgerald,
a cousin of President Kennedy,
walked ahead as metropolitan
cross bearer, a symbol of the
prelate's authority.
SISTER MARY BARBARA, RMS, receives a special presenta
tion plate of the St. Pius X Alma Mater song she composed
from student Mary Watson.
FIVE INSTITUTIONS
Resources Pooled
WASHINGTON (NC)— Heads
of five universities in this city
have signed a pact which pools
their graduate school resour
ces.
Described as “a major step
in advancement of American
higher education," the Joint
Graduate Consortium was de
signed to enable a graduate stu
dent of any one of the five uni
versities to take courses at any
of the other four.
THE PACT WAS signed by:
Msgr. William J. McDonald,
rector of the Catholic Univer
sity of America; Father Edward
B. Bunn, S. J., president of
Georgetown University; Hurst
R. Anderson, president of
American University, a Meth
odist institution; Thomas H.
Carroll, president of George
Washington University, a pri
vate school; and James M. Na -
brit, Jr., president of Howard
University, a semi-U.S. insti
tution.
The educators cautioned
against expecting too much too
soon from the agreement but
expressed hope it might ac
complish wider opportunities
for the 12,024 graduate stu
dents of the schools; elimi
nate duplication of effort and
make maximum use of teach
ing and materials resources;
establish a major scientific re
search center which no one of
th e five institutions could af
ford; institute joiqj professor
ships to attract cop scholars;
and enable a greater sharing
of library and scientific faci
lities at the five universities.
Father Bunn told newsmen
that one Implication of the new
cooperative setup may be a
similar program at the under
graduate level.
INDIA: CATHOLIC OPPORTUNITY
Nine years ago U.S. Catholics helped to build a school for
girls in KOTTAYAM, southern INDIA. The result? The school
today has 1,000 students. Among
its graduates arc native Sisters,
nurses, teachers, wives, mothers.
The impact in INDIA is simply
wonderful . . . Perhaps now you can
^ help to provide what the school
I w lacks — a combination chapel and
lecture hall, to serve as a focal
point for CATHOLIC ACTION ac-
tivities in KOTTAYAM. The build
ing costs will total S5.000. The
chapel will be used for closed re
treats for Legion of Mary members,
for instance, when the students go
home on vacation. The lecture hall will provide a place for
speakers, meetings, area Catholic action . . . Will you help?
Perhaps you’d like to erect the building all by yourself as a
memorial to your parents or someone you love. Or perhaps
you can send us $1, $5, $10, S100, SI,000 right now , . . The
opportunity is extraordinary. Please write to us.
The Holy Fetter'i Mutton Aid
for the Oriental Church
ST. THERESE
When the Little Flower was asked one day why she con
tinued to walk with a sore foot, she replied that each painful
step was made for some weary missionary. Your sacrifices,
prayers and financial aid are precious things for our weary,
overburdened missionaries in the Near and Middle East. You
can help by
□ Constructing a CHAPEL or CHURCH. Cost: $2,000 to $6,000.
□ Helping the lepers 'DAMIEN CLUB', aged 'PALACE OF
GOLD*, orphans 'ORPHAN’S BREAD), training Sisters
'MARY’S BANK*, educating seminarians (CHRYSOSTOM
CLUB'. Cost: $1 a month.
□ Feeding a PALESTINE REFUGEE family. FOOD PACK
AGE costs $10.
□ Adopt a seminarian. Cost of education: $100 a year for six
years.
□ Train a Sister like SISTER FELICIA. Cost: $150 a year for
two years.
□ Join our association. Fee: $1 a year for single persons; S5
for a family.
□ Give an article to a Mission Chapel. Suggestions: Vestments
—$50; Monstrance—$40; Chalice—$40; Sanctuary Lamp—
$15.
JACOB S LADDER
When Jacob was sleeping he saw angels ascending and de
scending to and from Heaven on a ladder. A priest “ascends’
to Heaven at Mass each morning and “descends” with grace:
for mankind . . . Your MASS STIPEND offerings are sometime}
the sole daily support of our missionaries. Please keep sending
them.
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NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION.
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in the graces of the Holy Father’s Masses and those of 15,000
priests.
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