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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1964
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Prelates Report
On Vernacular
THE GOOD SHEPHERD—
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BANQUET TONIGHT
WASHINGTON (NC) — The
Bishops of the United States
met here to discuss questions
relating to the use of English
in the liturgy of the Church in
this country.
Their conclusions are being
sent to Rome for submission to
the Commission to implement
the Constitution on the Liturgy.
Until word is received from the
Holy See confirming the decis
ions taken here, there will be
no official statement on behalf
of the U S. Bishops, it was an
nounced.
SOME 200 members of the
Hierarchy took part in the day
long discussions at the Catho
lic University of America. Fol
lowing the meeting Archbishop
John F. Dearden of Detroit,
chairman of the Bishops 1 Com
mission on the Liturgical Apos-
tolate, made the following
statement:
N.C.CJ. Honors
Robert Troutman
Mr. Robert B. Troutman to
night receives the Annual
Brotherhood Award of the
Nation Conference of Christians
and Jews at a banquet at the
Atlanta Americana Motor Hotel.
Mr. Troutman is one of four
Georgians scheduled to receive
the Silver Medallion of the Nat
ional Conference. The
medallion Is awarded for
meritorious service In the field
of human relations.
Mr. Troutman, a prominent
Atlanta attorney, is a member
of the law firm of King and
Spalding. A member of Sacred
Heart parish, he Is a former
member of the House of Dele
gates, American Bar Associat
ion; a Fellow of the American
College of Trial Lawyers; a
Fellow of the American Bar
Association; former president
of the Old War Horse
Lawyers Club (Atlanta); a mem
ber of the American Judicature
Society; a member of the New
comen Society in North
America; and a trustee of the
University of Georgia Foundat
ion. He is married to the former
Nellie Hood Ridley and has two
children, Robert B., Jr. and
Mrs. Thomas V. Bockman.
OTHER RECIPIENTS of the
award will be Cecil A.
Alexander of the architectural
firm of Finch, Alexander,
Barnes, Rothschild and Pas
chal; Dr. Edwin D. Harrison,
ROBERT B. TROUTMAN
president of Georgia Tech; and
Mrs. S. Ernest Vandiver, wife
of the former Governor of
Georgia. Mrs. Vandiver was
the instigator of the All Faiths
Chapel at the MilledgevlUe State
Hospital.
The main speaker this even
ing will be Mr. Frank H. Heller,
president d the National Council
of Catholic Men. A native of
Dallas, Texas, he is past pre
sident of the Dallas Deanery
Council of Catholic Men and
is past president of the Diocesan
Council of Dallas and Forth
Worth. A Fourth Degree Knight
of Columbus, he has long been
active in Texas civic and re
ligious groups.
"The assembled Cardinals,
Archbishops and Bishops of the
United States in their first gen
eral meeting on the Liturgy
Constitution of the Second Vat
ican Council discussed propo
sals on the use of English in
the Mass, sacraments and bre
viary. They also discussed the
English texts to be used.
‘THESE DECISIONS will now
be submitted to the Commis
sion on the Liturgy in Rome for
final approval. When this is
forthcoming, they will be put
into effect In the United States
as soon as possible. Nothing
can be said, however, until they
are approved by Rome."
The Constitution on the Lit
urgy, enacted by the Second
Vatican Council last Dec. 4, in
large measure leaves it to na
tional or regional bishops'con
ferences to determine how
much of the Mass and the sac
raments should be in the lan
guage of the people. It also
provides for a long-range re
vision of the worship of the
Church in general.
THE AMERICAN Bishops is
sued a joint statement in Rome
in December stating that they
had agreed "to make full use of
the vernacular concessions
made by the council." They
noted that the council consti
tution allows the vernacular for
most of the parts of the Mass
that are sung or said aloud up
to the Canon, and also for other
prayers such as the Sonctus and
the Our Father.
After their Rome meeting the
U.S, Bishops entrusted imple
mentation of their decisions to
the Bishops' Commission on the
Liturgical Apostolate. It was
the work of this commission
that formed the basis of dis
cussion at the general meeting
of the U.S, Bishops here.
JOSEPH CARDINAL Ritter of
St. Louis and Archbishop Paul
Halllnan of Atlanta are U. S.
prelates on the commission in
Rome to which the liturgical
decisions of national bishops'
conferences are submitted.
The U.S. Bishops' Commis
sion on the Liturgical Aposto
late is composed of Archbishop
Dearden, Archbishop Halllnan,
Bishop Vincent Waters of Ral
eigh and Bishop Victor J. Reed
of Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
Pope Visits
ROME (RNS)--Pope Paul VI
was scheduled to pay a visit to
Rome's famous Regina Coeli
(Queen of Heaven) jail today.
This will make him the second
pontiff to go there.
BISHOPS DISCUSS ENGLISH IN LITURGY - Four of the five United States cardinals and nearly
200 archbishops and bishops attended a general meeting of the U. S. Hierarchy held at the Ca
tholic University of America in Washington, April 2. Purpose of the special meeting was to
discuss matters relating to the use of English in the Liturgy. Seated at the presiding table prior
to opening the meeting are, left to right: James Francis Cardinal McIntyre, Archbishop of Los
Angeles; Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Military Vicar; Albert Cardinal
Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago, and Joseph Cardinal Ritter, Archbishop of St. Louis.
STUDENT NURSES Donna Fern, Margaret Nemey and Denise Kelly examine Sister Mary Ellas's
Applied Physiological Chemistry book. Sister Mary Elisa, R.S.M., Supervisor of the Clinical Lab
oratory and Instructor at St. Joseph's Infirmary School of Nursing, wrote this book for the use of
Nursing as well as Para-medical students. Applied Physiological Chemistry is available at J. A.
Major a Medical Book Store and St. Joseph's Infirmary Gift Shop.
VISITING CARDINAL
Council Fathers Working
More Closely Together
WASHINGTON (NC) - Mis
trust and anxiety among the
council Fathers sometimes had
a "paralyzing effect" on the
Second Vatican Council, Franz-
lskus Cardinal Koenig of Vienna
told an audience at Georgetown
University (April 6).
The Austrian prelate added,
however, that these elements
are being dissipated as the
council progresses, and that
they were understandable when
Official
The practically unanimous approval of the English language for
the Liturgy by 200 United States Bishops, who met in Washington,
April 2nd and 3rd, is a continuing sign of their very spirited lead
ership in the new aggiomamento of the Church.
Although no date has been set for the adoption of the English in
large sections of the Mass and in all parts of the Sacraments, it
is confidently expected that within the year 1964, the changes
will be ready. It is possible that this will coincide with the opening
of the Church’s year of worship, the first Sunday of Advent in De
cember.
THE AMERICAN Bishops, many of whom spoke and worked vigo
rously for the vernacular in both sessions of the Council, met in
Rome in November, 1963 and authorized their Episcopal Commis
sion for the Liturgical Apostolate to prepare all necessary data
for a thorough study of the problem. This group, headed by Arch
bishop John F. Dearden of Detroit, met in Philadelphia January 8th
and New York City February 28th with selected priests and lay lit
urgical specialists. A draft of their proposals was then sent to all
United States Bishops to prepare for the official meeting held April
2nd. The completeness and clarity of this confidential report was
a real tribute to those who prepared it.
THE NEXT two steps are the transmission of a draft decree to
the Apostolic See in Rome, which is now being done; and the actual
publication of the missals, rituals and breviaries by the publishing
houses.
Meanwhile, progress in the vernacular decrees is being reported
from France, Germany, Canada, Australia and Indonesia. TTiede
cisions of the American Bishops will undoubtedly influence much of
the English-speaking Catholic world. The Secretariat of the Inter
national Committee for these nine English-speaking areas is lo
cated in Washington, D. C.
Archbishop of Atlanta
the council began.
"It has often been the case,
especially in the beginning, that
individual Fathers spoke at
cross-purposes," said Card
inal Koenig. "The other's point
of view was not always grasp
ed or understood correctly.
This wasted time in the council.
"MORE difficult was the
mistrust which was more im
personal than personal. By
mistrust I mean those worries
caused by other people's argu
ments, and which develop into
anxiety. As, for instance, the
debate on the (marriod) diacon-
ate, which was interpreted by
some as a direct attack on the
celibacy in the Latin Church.
Sometimes there was not only
opposition, for the argument,
but for the speaker as well."
As another example, Card
inal Koenig said the debate on
the vernacular was under
stood by some as a desire to
reform the external structure
of the Church in such a way
that it would endanger the Faith
itself.
"In the debate on the bishop’s
collegium in the second sess
ion, fears were expressed of an
attack on the Bishop of Rome
as the-* head of the universal
Church," the Cardinal contin
ued.
"This mistrust, these fears
were not always—and here lies
the disadvantage—spoken out
loud, but remained in the realm
of the unspoken, which had a
paralyzing effect and cast a
shadow over the conciliar
atmosphere."
ONE REASON the council is
going slowly, said Cardinal
Koenig, is that the prepara
tory commission of which he
was a member "failed entire
ly" to shorten and collect the
material for debate.
CAPITALISTS-COMMUNISTS
Church Caught
In Middle By
Brazilian Revolt
SAO PAULO, Brazil (NC) -
The Church in crisis-torn Bra
zil is caught between two fires.
On the one side are wealthy
capitalists who wont to retain
their privileged positions and
the abuses of the present socio
economic order.
ON THE other are an active
handful of communists who are
trying to take advantage of the
people's discontent to pursue
subversive alms.
In the events leading up to the
rebellion that overthrew the
government of leftist President
Joao Goulart both sides claim
ed Church support for their
goals. Catholic Action organiza
tions in two key states den
ounced this effort.
THE ATTEMPT to involve the
Church was particularly evident
in connection with the speech
in mid-March by former Pre
sident Goulart in which he
announced his. plans for social
reform, including the confis
cation of privately-owned lands
for distribution to the landless
peasants,
In his speech Goulart said
in passing that not much pro
gress toward reform could be
made by reciting the Rosary un
less action were also taken to
Improve the people’s lot.
HE WAS referring to the fact
that a few days before he spoke
a group of Catholics in Belo
Horizonte—capital of the state
of Minas Gerais where the re
bellion was first announced—
had itaged a demonstration,
rosaries in hand, against the
ousted President's agrarian re
form proposals. Belo Horiz
onte's Catholic Action organi
zation disavowed the group's
demonstration saying with the
approval of Coadjutor Arch
bishop Joao Rezende Costa of
Belo Horizonte that "religious
sentiments must not be made
use of as political Instruments
in the service of a state of af
fairs contrary to the Comman
dments and to Christian teach
ings."
Then certain politicians stag
ed a mass rally in Sao Paulo
which they called a "Family
March with God for Liberty"
in "reparation for the Ros
ary" They said the demons
tration was necessary to fight
communism. A strong press,
radio and television campaign,
financed by Sao Paulo business
Interests helped to get more
than 300,000 people to take
part in the rally, Gov, Ademhar
de Barros of Sao Paulo state,
wealthy Industrialist who back
ed the antl-Goulart rebellion
proclaimed a holiday to make
it easy for workers to partici
pate.
BIG BUSINESS interests have
blindly accused everyone who
is not on their side of being
communist, even though they
are sincere Christiana. They
have even attacked priests and
bishops who do not back them.
In view of the mass demon
stration's open exploitation of
religion, Sao Paulo's Catholic
Action organization and the
Federation of Our Lady's Soda
lities stated jointly that the
only true Catholic position was
that taken by the 1963 pastoral
of the Brazilian Bishops. The
Sao Paulo statement said:
"WE EXPRESS our opposi
tion to any exploitation of the
faith and religious sentiment
of the Brazilian people, as well
as to taking political advantage
of religion."
Gypsy Tribe
Is Converted
REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy
(RNS)—An entire tribe of Gyp
sies were converted here on
Good Friday to Catholicism af
ter having given up their no
madic way of life.
The Gypsies had been living
in a former mine near this
southern city. All their children
have been baptized, and from
now on their marriages are to
be solemnized in church.
A WARM WELCOME - Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of
Boston, welcomes Francis Cardinal Koenig, Archbishop of Vienna,
upon his arrival at Boston's Logan International Airport. The
Viennese Cardinal will visit several cities of the United States
on a speaking tour.