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THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 8 IN PARLIAMENT Archbishop Sees No ‘Roman Plot’ : bishop-' CATHEDRAL CENTER was the scene of Tuesday’s Leader Convention of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. Shown, left to right, alee Mrs, Thomas Bookman, Mrs. James Cal- lison (president), Mrs. Eugene Lowe, of Rome, Mrs. Herb Mallon, Mrs. John Lambert and Mrs. G. C. Crowell, Jr., Decatur. STUMBLING BLOCK? Priest Asks For Changes In Church Robes, Titles LONDON (NC) — Anglican Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury has denied in Parliament a suggestion that proposed changes in Church of England laws were a “plot” to join the Roman Catholic Church. The primate, who as a senior bishop of the established Church of England has a seat in the House of Lords, the upper chamber of Parliament, was speaking in a rather heated debate on a measure to approve the use of certain Catholic-like vestments. EARL Alexander of Hills borough, a leading Labor party spokesman and president of the Council of Protestant Churches, claimed that changes in the law on what Anglican churchmen may wear at services were "a direct departure from the ori ginal Protestant prayer book.” "If we are not going to be different from the Church of Rome then what is the use of having a Protestant Church?*' he asked. "I would like to interrogate the bishops in dividually and ask them: Are you a Protestant? We should know. The great days of this country and the Commonwealth it has built up have been through the acceptance by the people of the principles of the Reforma tion. Grant it may continue.” WAS THERE, he asked, some special reason why the Church must pass this measure? "Is it because members of the Anglican priesthood in the Anglo-Catholic sector (of the Church of England) wish to be free to go on without break ing the law? .... The vest ments practically speaking are the vestments of the Mass,” A government supporter, Lord Brentford, called the measure "the greatest act of appeasement since Munich.” He said that to give clergymen freedom to wear the vestments they choose was part of a trend to direct Church of England policy towards a sympathetic outlook to Rome. contemplates this, it can only be on the terms of the supremacy of the pope,” he added. "That would involve elimination of the sovereign as the head of the (Anglican) Church. Whatever alleged safe guards may be Introduced into the arrangements it could only result ultimately in the com plete dominance of our Church by Rome.” The Archbishop of Canterbury in his reply said: "I am a Protestant precise ly in the way in which the Prayer Book and . the. Anglican formu laries say I am a Protestantv. without any qualification. I believe in what these formu laries call the Holy Catholic Church precisely in the sense in which our formularies do— without qualifications. . . "1 WANT to repudiate and deny from my heart and my con science that behind our Church legislation there is some kind of subtle plot to assimilate the Church of England to some other Church in Christendom. That is not true.” The suggestion is "either* scandalous or silly,” he said. He added that he values vest ments because they symbolized the continuity of the Christian Church down the ages and they add color. The Anglican church needs to bring its obsolete laws up to date, he stated. THE MEASURE—the Vest ments of Ministers Measure— was approved by 86 votes to 15. To date the only legal vesture of Anglican ministers during their ministry has been the cas sock and surplice, though a cope could-be used for Communion in cathedrals. But a great majority of Anglican clergy now use such Catholic vest ments as the stole, alb and chasuble and the same liturgi cal colors as the Catholic clergy. These will now be per mitted by law. MONTREAL (NC) — A noted priest - sociologist says titles and robes of office not only have outlived their usefulness for clerical dignitaries in the Church but they also present a stumbling-block for the un believer. Canon Jacques Leclerq, a former professor at Louvain and first president of the Inter national Conference of Religious Sociology, says the whole pur- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 ness to face the third session will be reconsideration of the schema on ecumenism. This schema, which originally had five chapters was divided dur ing the last session. The first three chapters were introduced for discussion on the floor. They dealt with the general princi ples of ecumenism wu... Christendom. The text of the other two chapters never reach ed the floor during the session and therefore were not discus sed. Since the three chapters of the ecumenism schema have al ready been discussed, council Fathers will vote only on the amendments proposed. The two other chapters—on the Church's relations with the Jews and on religious freedom—are now termed "declarations" and will be presented for discussion and vote. REPORTS have been frequent that the former chapter on the Jews has been altered and au thoritative sources confirm that the text of the "declaration” to be presented during the third session will differ from the text of the original chapter. How ever, they also point out that the text is only presented for the basis of discussion and the Fathers themselves have the right to make any changes they think necessary. On the other hand, the text on religious liber ty has been clarified to express the issue even more boldly than it was in the original. Next on the agenda is the com pletely revised schema on Rev elation. This document was pre pared after the first draft was ordered withdrawn by Pope John XXIII during the first session in 1962. Many of the more ad vanced biblical scholars still find the new document objec tionable, but other experts feel sufficient support could not be found among the Fathers to ap prove a radically different document. IF WORK is completed on all the foregoing, the council Fath ers will pass on to considering the schema on the lay aposto- late and even possibly the one on the Church in the modern world. However, it is generally will have left behind it a legacy of immense Importance. pose of Pope John's aggiorna- mento and the ecumenical movement was to adapt the Church to the needs of our times. Writing in the July - August issue of Malntenant, a monthly review published here by the Dominican Fathers, Canon Leclerq discussed the question of the "prestige" of the Church, HE ARGUED that many of the costumes and titles of pre agreed that it is unlikely that work on these last two will be completed unless the council 8 its longer than it has in the past. No closing date has been established for the third ses sion and it is possible that Pope Paul VI may ask the Fathers to stan on in Rome longer than during past sessions to com plete more work. Even if the session is not ex tended, the prospect for accom plishment for this portion of the council is great. If the council Fathers complete all work on the schema on the Church, on the pastoral duties of bishops and on ecumenism—to say noth ing of making significant head way with the schema on Reve lation—then the third session lates belonged to another age, that the habit did not make the monk and that "any unbelievers and persons of weak faith are driven away from the Church by these exterior forms. , "Titles which to them seem solemn and pompous and in signia and robes of office which appear to belong to another age are interpreted as the refine ments of a purely human in stitution . . . (they) lead to the condlusion that there is no rap port between the Church and Christ," CANON Lerlerq noted that the success of many of the minor religious sects is in part due t& their simplicity and the meaningful use of the word "brother." "How can you treat like a brother someone you must ad dress as 'monsignor?* " queried Canon Leclerq, ‘The bishop is often called the Fa ther of his diocese: how can you see your father in a personage you must address as ‘ex cellency?* ” CANON Leclerq commented on the pope’s title: Holy Father — "it is more simple than the titles of all his en tourage ... yet it does not diminish his prestige.” "The most powerful men in the world are . , , the president of the United States and the leader of the Soviet Union . . . they possess neither title of honor nor special robes of of fice,” he said. 'IF THE (Anglican) Church “PET.*youbetr PET _ _ MIM COMPANY V j DAI tv DIVISION For Convenient Homo Delivery In Atlanta Call 636-8677 9*pUiAOHce Ik all Ua I&uhA.I 9I; iii wAitleK, wAile U . . Sutter & McLe/tun 1422 RHODES HAVERTY BLDG. JAckson 5-2086 WHIRK INSURANCE IS A PROFESSION NOT A SIDELINE INVITATION NATIONAL LITURGICAL CONVENTION ST. 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GROUNDWORK LAID Council Session Seen Productive IN SUMMER RESIDENCE Americans Are Impressed By Pope’s First Audience CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy (NC) —"I’ve never seen anything like it; and I live in New York City.” Thus one American woman described in the most glowing terms she knew the first gen eral audience held by Pope Paul VI (July 22) after begin ning his summer stay in the papal villa here. She and some 10,000 others had come for the audience to this small village in the Alban hills overlooking the beautiful countryside and little Roman villages clustered here and there in the valleys and atop smaller hills. THEY CAME the 16 mile trip—mostly by buses, which slowly climbed the steep grade to the castle, or "castel,” ori ginally built by the Gandolfi family from Genoa in the 12th century and given to the popes in 1596. It has been the sum-, mer residence of 22 popes to date. The buses jammed the tiny streets and squares of the vil lage which has grown up around the castle. There they stopped, packed tight, and people from all sides converged on the gates of the papal villa in the swelter ing heat—the worst in years according to the papers. They passed religious article booths on either side, and here and there a soft drink stand displaying trade names familiar to Americans. A SHORT path from the gates leads through a field of grass with a formal statuary garden on the left, and a turn to the right leads to the front of the general audience hall. Built by Pope Pius XII and inaugurat ed Pope John XXIII in 1959, it is 360 feet long, 82 feet wide and 32 feet high. Modern in design, its interior right wall is faced with an intricate pattern of smooth red bricks, while on the left windows run the entire length of the hall and give more light to the interior than is seen in most buildings in Rome. The papal dais stands elevated at the far end, sur rounded by bright red drapes, and directly behind a red - upholstered throne hangs a gold drape to set it off. The audience is scheduled for 10 a.m. and the hall is filled to its 8,000 capacity and be yond by 9:30. Here and there a group of French, another of Germans, burst into a hymn. There are none in English, even though Americans seem to be in the majority. Their natural reticence for public hymn - singing vanishes though when someone begins the familiar "Credo” of the Mass in Latin. Here is something they know from endless practice under the watchful eye of some grammar school nun. AT 10:15, THE papal Mer cedes-Benz, with license plate SCV 1 (for Stato della Citta Vaticana—the State of Vati can City) arrives outside the hall from the castle several hundres yards up the hill. The Pope transfers to his portable throne and, carried on the shoulders of the sedari, or papal chair - bearers in their bright red capes and long red stockings, enters the hall amid shouts and hand-clapping. The Pope turns from side to side, hands extended, and there and there points to a group and directs their way a special blessing. Passing down the long center aisle, he leans overfrom time to time and touches an outstretched hand or the head of a child held up above the crowd by a parent. Then he takes his place on Urges Observers AUCKLAND, New Zetland (RNS) — Anglican Bishop Eric A. Gowing has urged that Cath olic observers be invited to Protestant church union nego tiations in progress here. The negotiations involve An glicans, the Associated Churches of Christ, Congre- gationallsts, Methodists and Presbyterians. Bishop Gowing cited the spirit of Pope John XXIII in inviting non-Catholic observers to the Vatican Coun cil. the throne and the audience be gins. First in Italian, a mon signor announces the groups present from Italy. As their names are called, each shouts and claps and Pope Paul smiles and waves an arm in their di rection. Then he speaks to them in Italian. The same is repeated in French, then English, German and Spanish. FORM America, a monsignor announces, are several groups including one from the Jesuit- run Seattle University, another large group of American mili tary personnel and their fami lies. Of all the American groups, theirs has the loudest response. but who have stood for almost an hour in the blazing sun or sought the shade of the garden hillside which rises abruptly from the windowed side pf the hall. Pope Paul spots a young boy in the crowd pressing against the barricades and the papal gendarmes restraining them. He beckons to him and the boy ducks under a guard and over to the car where for his efforts he receives a blessing and a papal pat on the head. Not to be outdone, a little girl runs after him—maybe a sister, and she also receives the special attention of the Pope. Pope Paul thanks the Ameri cans for coming so far for this visit. "It is a sign of your great faith,” he says, and a com fort to the Holy Father. AFTER blessing the group, the Pope again mounts the portable throne and returns to his car. The top of the converti ble is lowered in the bright morning sun and he steps in to stand a moment and bless the several hundred who could not crowd into the audience hall Remodeling Estimates & Planning Room Additions Kitchens Modernized Roofing-Siding Painting Concrete & Block References Gladly Given F.H.A. Terms N. Atlanta Constr. Co. 231-1514 THEN the car starts up and speeds away with the Pope standing in front of his single chair in the back. The audience is over OtCantoit MOTOR HOTEL e FREE PARKING e TV ft AIR CONDITIONING e RESTAURANT e ICE & BEVERAGE STATIONS e COFFEE MAKER. EACH ROOM C. O. Hulsey, Manager American Express Credit Cards Accepted j CONE AT LUCKIE ST. | A Good Address in Atlanta I ZI-T.J CANA: CHILDREN AT THE WEDDING? WERE THERE CHILDREN AT THE WEDDING WHEN CHRIST CHANGED WATER INTO WINE AT CANA? . . . Gosnel account rto-sn’t mention children, but we daresav they tvern there. After all, children love a par<y . . , Four miles or so from Nazareth, CANA today looks much CJ ** did in the time of Christ. ** Youngsters play ball In the sun- baked streets, run for water to the villafe well, and wonder about the world outside . . . The Franciscan Sisters are teaching these children Jbt Holy Pstbtt'i Mutio* Aid * "* d •"* * s * h ' i rk l catechism—In a school that 1s much for the Ontnisl Cbunb too small. In fact, 180 youngsters are squeesed In. shoulder-to-ehoulder, in a single classroom! Under these conditions, how can they possibly learn? ... By pinching pennies the Sisters can double the school's capacity for only 87.000 . . . 8475 more will buy the desks and benches, and even a blackboard! . . . Won’t you help? Christians are few and far between in the Holy Land, and these youngsters must he given the chance to learn . . . Please send whatever you can <81, 85, 810, 8100), and mark it "CANA.” You'll be helping the youngsters Jesus loved. REFUGEE VOCATIONS VIOLETTE HAJAR and THERESE DANIEL arc the first girls In our refugee camp at Jlsr-El-Basha. Lebanon, to ask admission to the convent. They will join the Aleppine Sisters (Maronite Rite), who teach catechism in the camp . . . Each girl needs a "trousseau” (840) . . . Will you help her puvehase one? SPEAKING OF REFUGEES . . . WE NOTE THAT AMERICANS will consume 97 pounds oi beef a person in 1964, or two pounds more than the record pei eaplta consumption in 1963 ... In LEBANON. JORDAN. SYRIA and the GAZA STRIP, our Palestine refugees (they now numbei more than 1.4 million) eat meat, at beat, onee or twice a yen . . . We can FEED A FAMILY FOR A MONTH for only 810 .. , If you will FEED A FAMILY FOR A MONTR we'U send you, in thanks, an Olive Wood Rosary from the Holy Land. HOW TO TRAIN A SISTER □ $l-a-month (812 a year) pays your membership dues In MARY'S BANK, our sponsors’ club for training native Sisters. □ $3 supports a novice for about a week. □ 85 buys shoes for a Sister-to-be. □ 87.50 provides incidentals for one year. □ 810 is the cost of a Sister’s habit. □ 812.50 supports one Sister for a month. □ 8150 supports one Sister for a year. □ $300 pays the entire cost of a Sister’s two-year training. Dear Monsignor Ryan: Enclosed please find for. Name Street ~ City Zona State f&^Hgartast (HissiousjM FRANCIS CARDINAL SPILLMAN, President Msgr. Jwpfc T. lyen, Het'l See'y Seed eh cMMneaicetfees te: CATHOLIC NIAR EAST WILFARf ASSOCIATION m Mediae* Am «t 42ad Sr. New Yerk, N. Y. 10017