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VOL 2 NO 13
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1964
$5.00 PER»YEAR
of Atlanta
GEORGIA'S
NORTHERN
COUNTIES
SERVING
A HOLY
HAPPY
EASTER
ARCHBISHOP’S MESSAGE
Easter- The Radiance Of The Godhead
The new Easter Liturgy, of course, be
gins on Saturday evening, and every Catho
lic family able to do so will be present at
the Paschal Vigil.
As the years go by, the meaning of the
various parts will become clearer to our
people - the “Lumen Christi", the chant
ing of the Exultet, the prophecies, the short
ened form of the Mass, and the blessings
involved.
The liturgy - especially the Easter Litur
gy, - is coming to life.
What does it mean to us on this first
Easter of the conciliar era ?
First, that Easter is not just a feast of the
living, but of the dead too; not a feast of
saints, but of angels too; not of the saved
only, but of sinners too. Everyone is included
on this great day. Easter is so great be
cause it is the Feast of Our Lord - His
“Hour"“the day which the Lord has
made."
Then as the procession enters the church
in darkness, the words “Lumen Christi"
come out, loud and clear, “light of Christ".
They mean:-
(1) The radiance of the Godhead;
(2) The light of divine truth that
Christ came into the world to teach;
(3) our own call, as a vocation to
our new Risen Life.
66 If you be risen with Christ, seek the
things that are above!" It is not a matter
of an Easter joy, nor thrill, not emotion. It
is not even a matter of good resolutions or
good intentions. It is the divine entering our
hearts and souls; overwhelming the human
reaction. The sacramental grace of the Eu
charist - made complete by our Easter con
fession and communion - is what personifies
Easter. The effect goes deep in the soul. We
are invited, nay more than invited, we are
urged and exhorted on Easter, to seek the
things that are of heaven, not of earth.
This Easter, - 1964, is our opportunity.
Our families - what challenges they offer,
the corporal and spiritual works of mercy in
our own midst, family prayers, good exam
ples. Our neighborhoods - what opportuni
ties for justice, charity, fairplay, for putting
aside the littleness of racial and national and
sectional differences. Our nation - an elec
tion year with all the issues that so often
touch on moral questions. Our world - nu
clear decisions, automation, poverty.
All in all, Easter of 1964 offers us, possi
bly more than ever before, the testing-
ground of real Christianity - are we ready to
follow the Lumen Christi down the aisle of
the church to life’s real problems, or is it
only a symbol ?
God grant that it be a reality. Easter is
the day the Lord has made - “if you be
risen with Christ, seek the things that are
above". They are so much more signifi-
cent than the things we have below!
Archbishop of Atlanta
TEXAS BISHOP
Council Benefit
Seen In Delay
On Jews, Liberty
WASHINGTON (NC) — It may
have been a blessing in
disguise that last year’s ses
sion of the ecumenical council
didn’t take conclusive action on
proposed statements about re
ligious freedom and Jewish-
Christian relations, a bishop
said here.
Auxiliary Bishop Stephen A.
Leven of San Antonio, Tex.,
said this is because a new
draft of the ecumenism schema,
of which these statements are
part, is so much "better" than
the or.ginal.
BISHOP LEVEN said one
American bishop serving with
the council body responsible for
the ecumenism schema told him
that for this reason he was
"thankful to God" that the re
ligious liberty and Jewish-
Christian relations statements
weren't voted on last year.
(Council Fathers and experts
of the Vatican’s Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity met
recently for two weeks near
Rome to revise the ecumenism
schema. Following their closed
meeting, Father Thomas F.
Stransky, C. S. P., an American
on the unity secretariat staff,
called the new draft "bolder"
than the original.)
MONASTERY
SCHEDULE
Times of services during the
Sacred Triduum at the Monas
tery of Our Lady of the Holy
Ghost, Conyers, are as fol
lows:
Today, Holy Thursday - 4 to
6 p.m.
Good Friday - 2:45 (appro
ximately two hours).
Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil
begins at 10:45 p.m.
Easter Day High Mass - 9:45
a.m.
BISHOP LEVEN gave his as
sessment of the progress and
prospects of the ecumenical
council (March 20) at the 1964
president’s conference of the
National Council of Catholic
Men. The meeting (March 19-
22) brought together some 150
officials and moderators of dio
cesan men’s councils for dis
cussions on the theme "Plan
ning and Action for Renewal."
A highlight of the conference
was the presentation (March 21)
of the NCCM's St. Thomas More
Awards to six outstanding lay
leaders from various parts of
the country. The awards are
busts of St. Thomas More,
patron saint of the national
men’s council.
Bishop Leven in his talk
stressed the fresh look the ecu
menical council is taking at the
roles of the members of the
Church—pope, bishops, priests
and laymen.
THE KEY concept being
examined with regard to the
relation between the pope and
bishops, he said, is that of
"collegiality." But he describ
ed as erroneous newspaper re
ports that what the bishops
were doing was "voting more
power to themselves and taking
it away from the pope."
"No one ever questioned the
primacy of Peter or the pri
macy of the pope," he said.
Rather, he said, the meaning
of collegiality is that as Christ
gave the power to teach, rule
and sanctify — the
"magisterium "--to "the body
of the Apostles with Peter at
their head that the magisterium
is given today."
THE ALTERNATIVE to this,
he said, is a view that makes
the pope a "super bishop" with
the other bishops of the world
his "errand boys."
Bishop Leven said the coun
cil was abandoning the notion
of the Church as a "pyramid
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Men Who Have Seen Death Conquered Can
Challenge The World. They Will Dare All
In His Name. Through The Liberation Of
His Death We Can Do Nothing Less.
FIRST EASTER
Pope Has Heavy
Schedule Of Holy
Week Ceremonies
ROME (NC)—The first Holy
Week and Easter of the reign
of Pope Paul VI saw the new
Pope at the center of all major
ceremonies, a Pope praying
with the world and the Bishop
of Rome praying with his peo
ple.
Like Pope John his predeces
sor, Pope Paul chose to observe
Holy Thursday, Good Friday
and Easter Sunday in the great
churches of Rome surrounded
by thousands of his people and
thousands of others from all
parts of the world. In the crowd
were persons from Asia, Af
rica, Europe and the Americas
who have made Rome the cli
max of their devotion and the
high point of their pilgrimage
at Eastertime.
UNLIKE POPE John, how
ever, Pope Paul chose not to
deliver a radio message to the
world on the occasion of Eas
ter. Instead he chose to cele
brate Mass at a temporary
altar on the steps of St. Peter's
at 11:30 a.m. Easter Sunday in
the presence of his own people,
and to speak to them and to
millions of others watching over
Eurovision of the triumph of
Christ’s Resurrection and the
promise of peace which the
feast of Easter holds the world.
Holy Week 1964 in Rome
opened in the splendor of the
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside
the Walls where the Pope cele
brated Palm Sunday. At 9 a.m.
the Pope began the ceremonies
of the day. He blessed stacks
of specially-braided palm
leaves and presented them one
by one to the Cardinals of Rome,
officials of the Papal Court and
to the community of Benedic
tine monks whose monastery
adjoins the great basilica.
THEN THE Pope and the en
tire court and moved in pro
cession down the center aisle
of the church chanting, while
thousands lined wooden bar
riers along the procession's
route and prayed with the Pope.
To many the ceremony was very
moving to see the Vicar of
Christ on earth commemorating
Christ’s triumphal entry into
Jerusalem.
After the procession, the
Pope took part in a Pontifical
Mass celebrated at the high al
tar of the basilica.
ON HOLY Thursday Pope
Paul went to the Basilica of
St. John Late ran. There he fol
lowed the precedent set by Pope
John by performing the man-
datum, or washing of the feet.
The Pope knelt before 15 semi
narians and washed and dried
the right foot of each in humble
imitation of Christ, who on the
first Holy Thursday washed the
feet of his own disciples.
The following day the Pope
again officiated at ceremonies,
this time those of Good Friday
in Saint Peter's. Pope Hohn,
in the first year of his reign,
had taken part in the Good Fri
day ceremonies at the stational
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CATHEDRAL
SCHEDULE
Times of services at the
Cathedral of Christ the King
from today, Holy Thursday,
through Easter Sunday, are as
follows:
Today, Holy Thursday - 8
a.m., 5 p.m. 6 p.m. and 7:30
Service at 6 p.m. is a Solemn
Service. Confessions before all
Masses.
Good Friday- Special Service
of the Passion, 12 noon to
3 p.m. Stations, 2:30 p.m.
Special Liturgy at 6 p.m.
Confessions 4:30 to 6, 7:30
to 9 p.m.
Holy Saturday - Liturgical
Blessing at 10:30 p.m. follow
ed by Midnight Mass. Confess
ions 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 pm.
Easter Sunday - Masses at
7, 8, 9, 10:15, 12:30 and at
6 p.m. No special Mass.