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f GEARED TO THE NEWS diocese of Atlanta NORTHERN COUNTIES VOL 2 NO 15 ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1964 $5.00 PER.YEAR AWAIT CONFIRMATION Prelates Report On Vernacular THE GOOD SHEPHERD— From the Lateran MUseum in Rom# comei this third century itatuc of the Good Shepherd. Zt will be exhlb* lted in the Vatican Pavilion at the New York World’* Fair. 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.