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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1964
ST. PIUS quarterback John Griffin (10) fades back fat a pass
while Leon Wilkins (45) gives pass protection.
S7A PRIESTS
Appointees Named
For Commissions
VATICAN COMMISSION
Instruction Effects
Mass Changes
GOING ON NIGHTSHIFT—Nuns in Czechoslovakia, forced
by the regime to earn their living in a textile factory, alter
nating day and night shifts, wear their religious garb at
work. Persecution of the Church may have become more
subtle, but is reported no less severe than when it began 15
years ago.
SEEKING ACCORD! ?
Czechs, Holy See
Reported In Talks
Additional appointments to
the Commission on Religious
Vocations, the Commission on
Liturgy and various Archdio
cesan projects were announced
today by Archbishop Hallinan*
Appointed to the Commission
on Religious Vocations’are six:
additions. Clergy members are
Father M. Jarlath Burke of
St. Anthony's parish; Father
John J. Cotter, assistant pyin-
cipal at St. Pius X High School;
Father William G, Hoffman of
Athens; Father Michael A.
Morris of Our Lady of the
Assumption; Father Arthur D.
Murray O.F.M. of Immaculate
Conception; and Father Daniel
J. O'Connor, Assistant Superin
tendent of Schools,
MONSJGNOR P. J. O'Connor
is chairman of the Commission
( presently in Ireland inter-
OBITUARY
John Swiatek
John Swiatek, 47, of 434 Gor
don Circle died Saturday at
Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta
after a brief illness.
Funeral services were con
ducted Wendesday morning at
St. Charles in Worcester, Mass.
Rosary services were held Sun
day night at Hunter-Allen-My-
hand Chapel in LaGrange.
Mr. Swiatek was manager of
plant operations of Internatio
nal Latex Corp. plants in La-
Grange, Newnan, Manchester
and LaFayette. He was a mem
ber of St. Peters Catholic
Church, a veteran of World War
II and a member of the La-
Grange Kiwanis Club. A native
of Shirley, Mass., he had lived
in LaGrange for seven years.
Surviving are: his wife, Mrs.
Anne Burke Swiatek; two dau
ghters, Miss Joan K. Swiatek,
Miss Mary B. Swiatek; one son,
John S. Swiatek, all of La-
Grange; his father, Frank Swia
tek of Detroit, Mich., and one
sister, Mrs. Longin Gierczak
of Worcester.
viewing candidates for our
Archdiocese along with their
parents, pastors; and visiting
seminarians).
The Very Rev. Raymond
Govern C. Ss. R. of Griffin,
is vice chairman of this Com
mission and is in charge of
the program for promoting vo
cations to the convent.
THE Commission on Liturgy,
headed by Father Leonard May-
hew as Director, received the
following additional appoint
ments: Sister Louis Mary
R.S.M,; Sister Mary Virginia
3.N.S.H.; and Sister Ellen
Yvonne C.S.J.
In projects sponsored by the
Archdiocese, it was announced
that Father James F, Scherer
of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary Parirh was appointed as
spiritual counselor of Our
Lady's Day School; Vice Chan-
celor, Father Noel Burtenshaw,
moderator to the Auxiliary of
Our Lady's Day School; and
Father Daniel J, O'Connor, As
sistant Superintendent of
Schools, assistant moderator of
the Tenth Man Club, a group
interested in promoting vo-
COUNCIL AUDITOR—Mrs.
Joseph McCarthy of San
Francisco, Calif., president
of the National Council of
Catholic Women since 1962,
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
is not intended to relieve the
priest of a small burden. It
is intended to make clear the
distinction of roles or parts in
the liturgy, with each one—
priest or minister or layman-
taking his own part.
In countries where parts of
the Mass are already said in the
vernacular or where this change
will be introduced soon, the Epi
stle and Gospel should, of
course, be proclaimed or an
nounced facing the people to
whom the words are addressed.
The new instruction goes fur
ther, however, and describes
the whole new rite for this “Li
turgy of Word of God."
AT LOW Mass, for example,
it is preferable that the lector,
whether cleric or layman,
should read the Epistle while
the celebrant listens. The same
lector may read the chants
which follow the Epistle un
less these are sung or recited
by others. The Gospel reading
is reserved to the deacon, sec
ond priest or celebrant himself.
Even at low Mass, the cele
brant may remain at his seat
through these readings, thus
empahsizing his office of pre
siding over the service, and
take his place at the altar only
for the celebration of the Euc-
charist itself, beginning at the
Offertory.
Various possibilities are
provided for readings; at the
lectern or the pulpit, at the
edge of the sanctuary area, the
railing, even at the altar. The
alternatives are a step toward
breaking down the rigidity and
formalism of ceremonial dir
ectives or rubrics. Great flexi
bility is provided, according to
the circumstances, so that
reading to the people will be
well planned beforehand and not
conducted routinely according
to a rigid pattern.
TO HELP popular partici
pation and to show that the Mass
is a sacrificial banquet or meal,
the instruction allows and pre
fers, but does not require,
that the altars be arranged,
for Mass with the celebrant fac
ing the people. It is made very
clear that Mass may be cele
brated in this way even if
there is a small tabernacle on
the altar.
Few directions are given on
church building and planning to
encourage the congregation to
participate with understanding.
The widest freedom is given in
locating the tabernacle, which
has sometimes appeared to be
an obstacle to the celebration
of Mass toward the people.
The tabernacle may be on the
main altar or on another altar
(ideally in a separate chapel or
other such area, according
to the instruction). But it
may even be, according to local
custom, and in particular cases
with approval of the biship,
in some other fitting place in
the church.
THE instruction, which con
tains 99 sections, deals with
many details. Some are tech
nical, such as the procedure
when national bodies of bishops
enact legislation on the liturgy
in virtue of the 1963 consti-
The second monthly meet
ing of The Home and School
Association of Immaculate Con
ception School, was held Sunday,
October 18, from 2:30p^n. un
til 4 p.m.
There was a short general
assembly in the school cafetor-
ium, Mary Ann Repik gave a
LaGrange Pastor
Hits Delinquency
Father Joseph Beltran, pas
tor of St. Peter’s Catholic
Church, LaGrange was guest
speaker at the LaGrange Lions
Club meeting on Oct. 14. His
subject was juvenile delin
quency. He advised parents to
return to the old fashioned ways
of bringing up children.
Father Beltran said; "Juve
nile Crimes are a serious prob
lem and one of the nation’s
most serious liabilities. Young
people are given too much too
soon." He said our duty is to
help our children back to God
by providing a religious home
background and teaching them
to know, love and serve God,
tution. The responsibilities of
liturgical comminssions, na
tional and diocesan, are also
spelled out at length.
Most details have pastoral
value and importance: the pos
sibility of a sung Mass with
a deacon but without a subdea-
con; the elimination of rest
rictions formerly placed upon
priests in giving certain bles
sings; reprobation of any dis
tinction among persons, forex-
ample, church seating arrange
ments in church on a basis of
social or economic condition.
ONE welcome concession
allows the faithful who receive
Holy Communion at the Easter
Vigil Mass or at Christmas
Midnight Mass to receive Com
munion again at Mass on Eas
ter Sunday morning and Christ
mas Day.
The instruction devotes much
space to seminary training and
especially to the long over
due integration of the whole
spiritual life of clerical stu-
dsnts with the 1 iturgy. The popu
lar Bible services are en
couraged in parishes, but with
their pattern left flexible. De
tails of Confirmation and mar
riage rites within the Mass
itself are worked out.
SINCE the homily is part of
the Mass and not a catechet
ical instruction or occasional
sermon, a general statement
of the council has made spec
ific; where plans for Mass
sermons are set up, they must
be in harmony with the mystery
of the Redemption.
In some matters the instruc
tion is more restrictive than
the council’s Constitution on the
Liturgy. The altar missals and
breviaries used by the clergy
should contain Latin as well as
the vernacular texts, even when
the latter are allowed. Ordina
tion rites must remain in
Latin except for introduc
tory sections. In general, how
ever, the openness of the coun
cil has been preserved even
in a document which neces
sarily deals in directives and
norms.
THE spirit of liturgical rene
wal shines through in the signi
ficant opening paragraphs of the
instruction. The whole importof
the reform does not lie in the
novelty but in pastoral action
to express the “paschal mys
tery" better. This mystery
of the Death, Resurrection and
Ascension of Jesus is celebra
ted in the Church “in the sacra
ments of faith, chiefly Baptism
and Confirmation." And around
the celebration of the Holy Eu
charist “are ranged the other
sacraments and sacramentals
by which the paschal mystery
of Christ is unfolded in the
course of each Church year."
Some will be disappointed that
this or that change has not pro
visional character and the
necessity for gradualism ment
ioned in the case of liturgical
education and instruction, for
mation and participation. This
task, according to the instru
ction, is the responsibility of
all pastors of souls, "in the
words of Vatican Council II."
brief presentation on Mother
Mary McCauley, foundress of
the Sisters of Mercy, teachers
at the school. Sister Mary Ama
lia explained the progress our
children are making in learn
ing the new liturgy of the
Church. This assembly period
was followed by classroom
meetings with the teachers.
A new accomodation for pati
ents unable to obtain baby
sitters fo r these Sunday after
noon meetings for our pre
school age children, was the su
pervision of these little ones
by the seventh and eighth grade
girls.
Lebanese Dinner
Is This Sunday
The Annual Lebanese Dinner
of St, Joseph's Maronite Church
will take place on Sunday, Oct,
25, from 11 ajn, to 7 p.m.
The dinner will be served in
the ichurch auditorium, 502
Seminole Drive, NE Atlanta.
Reservations can be made by
calling Mrs. Joseph Salome,
622-2106, or Mrs, Joseph Ash-
kouti, CE 3-4010.Tickets are $2
for adults, $1 for children.
BONN, Germany (NC)--Talks
between the Vatican and the
communist regime in Czechos
lovakia are in progress, the
German Catholic news agency
KNA has reported here.
The agency said that the site
of the talks was "te capital
of a West European country."
It also said that the Cz3chos-
lavakian Ambassador to Italy
was present at the talks.
ACCORDING to the report,
the discussions were preceded
by a consultation between Bis
hop Eduard Necsey, the Apos
tolic Administrator of theNitra
diocese, and an official in the
Church property bureau of the
Czechoslovak Ministry of Cul
tural Affairs. Bishop Necsey
acted as spokesman for the
Czechoslovak biiiiisssshopps
now in Home attending the Vat
ican council.
It is reported by KNA that the
first subject at the talks was the
problem of diocesan adminis
tration. Normal, free leader
ship is lacking in almost every
DARLINGTON, N. J. (NC) —
Much of what sounds newest in
the deliberations of the ecu
menical council is really oldest,
a Church historian said here.
Just back from three weeks
at the council, Msgr. Henry G.
J. Beck of Immaculate Concep
tion Seminary said in an inter
view that the council is "return
ing the Church to its sour
ces."
WHILE all that is going on in
the council looks like innova
tion, Msgr. Beck said, "in
reality it is the behavior of the
earliest Christians." He de
clared:
'The reevaluation of the epis
copacy as a collegiate body cer
tainly represents a charge in
attitude. But it was also a very
prominent reality at the ecu
menical council of 50 A.D.
‘THE restored diaconate is
a most significant change. Yet
the function of deacons was
clearly outlined in the Acts of
the Apostles.
’The reevaluation of our
phraseology of Scripture and
Tradition is a change. In the
last 400 years theologians have
bt-en inclined to separate Scrip
ture and T raditlon, and now the
council is welding them togeth
er, placing Scripture within
Tradition. But this reunder
standing harks back to the early
apologists, like Irenaeus of
Lyons writing in 180 A.D.
'THE apostolic labor of the
layman dates back to the very
Epistle of St, Paul where the
community is addressed as
bearers of the message of
Christ by their witness and their
Czechoslovak diocese. The
regime is still pressing for top
diocesan posts the Vicar Capi
tulars it placed in diocesan of
fices several years ago. But it
is said to have no objection to
the nomination of Apostolic Ad
ministrators by the Church as
diocesan heads.
THE NEWS agency stated that
the Prague government is not
committed to the nomination of
its candidate, Vicar Capitular
Father Antonin Stehiik, as
Apostolic Administrator of the
Prague archdiocese, because it
knows that the Vatican will nev
er agree to the appointment.
The government, however, is
reported opposing Auxiliary
Bishop Kajetan Matousek for the
post. Bishop Matousek, tiow
pastor of St. Adalbert church
in Prague, is said to be favor
ed by Archbishop Joseph Beran
of Prague.
Archbishop Beran’s fate will
probably be left undecided by the
conferees, it was reported.The
Prague prelate, released by the
Czechoslovak Reds in October,
1963, after 14 years of intern
ment, has not been allowed to
take charge of his archdiocese.
life."
The historian commended the
readiness of the council and
Pope Paul VI to admit that
Catholics share the blame for
divisions among Christians.
'THE greatest problem sep
arating the Christian communi
ty in the past 400 years," he
said, "has been that neither
side was willing to budge an
inch....The only way to begin is
to say we are sorry for what we
have done to hurt you."
In this regard Msgr. Beck
called the recent return of a
relic of St. Andrew to the Or
thodox “one of the truly signi
ficant acts" of the council's
third session.
“POPE Paul’s January visit
to Jerusalem and Patriarch
Athenagoras, and this Septem
ber’s return of the relic will,
100 years from now, be seen as
the beginning of the rapproach-
ment between the Church and
the East," he predicted.
North Carolina
Lay Consultors
RALEIGH, N.C. (NC)~North
Carolina's Bishop has named
120 lay men and women to be
consultors to Church leaders,
40 to assist him and 80 to aid
the heads of the Raleigh dio
cese's ten deaneries.
Bishop Vincent S. Waters’
announcement said the dioce
san lay consultors will gather
at his request and the deanery
consultors will meet twice a
year on dates to be selected
by the deans.
is the first American lay-
woman named by Pope Paul
VI to be a Council auditor.
SHRINE
FALL FESTIVAL
November 12th and
13th at 7:30 p.m.
At
The Immaculate Conception
48 Hunter Street, S. W.
Atlanta 3, Georgia
ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS
will be given away free to
lucky ticket holder.
Donation $1.00
Twelve tickets $10.00
obtainable from members of ICS
Parish Groups or the Rectory.
Home And School Meeting At ICS
HISTORIAN OBSERVES
Council Work New
But Actually Old
AT THE COUNCIL
NCWC President
Named Auditrice
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Mrs.
Catherine McCarthy, 60, pres
ident of the National Council of
Catholic Women, has been nam
ed America’s second woman
auditor at the ecumenical coun
cil. Her appointment was made
public here (Oct. 16).
A resident of San Francisco,
Mrs. McCarthy has been pres-
dent of the 10 million-member
women's organization since
1962.
PREVIOUSLY named as a
council auditor by Pope Paul VI
was Sister Mary Luke, of Ner-
inx, Ky„ superior general of
the Sisters of Loretto, and pres
ident of the American Confer
ence of Major Superiors of Wo
men. *
Mrs. McCarthy was born in
Worcester, Mass. She attended
Worcester State Teachers Col
lege, Clark University in Wor
cester and Boston College. She
taught at junior and senior high
schools in Auburn and Whitins-
ville, Mass., and was married
to the late Joseph McCarthy
in 1935.
AFTER moving to San Fran
cisco, Mrs. McCarthy became
president of the archdiocesan
council of Catholic women. She
became a national director in
1960. Last February she was
awarded the Pro Ecclesia et
Pontifice medal by Pope Paul.
Mrs. McCarthy is the mother
of two daughters, Catherine,
now Mrs. Frank Filice of San
Francisco, and Winifred, a
teacher in San Francisco public
schools. She is a member of
the Citizens’ Advisory Council
of the Food and Drug Adminis
tration and of the President’s
Committee on Employment of
the Physically Handicapped.
Protest Adding
To D’Youville
BUFFALO, N.Y. (RNS)—Sev-
en Protestant ministers here
protested a proposal to use
part of Prospect Park for ex
pansion of D'Youville College, a
Catholic institution for women.
The clergymen contended in a
letter that a gift of public prop
erty would violate church-state
separation and be unconstitu
tional. In their letter, the min
isters cited a portion of Article
)fl, Section 3. of the New York
Constitution which, they said,
forbids the state from allowing
its property to be used by
schools under the direction of
any religious denomination.
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** I TO AS9UME THAT XXJ HAVE
HO OBJECTIONS TO HAVING
&NNER AT THE Rl VIBRA
BHTAORANTf
SISTER JUDITH: LOTS OF LOVE
SHE GAVE UP THE RIGHT TO HAVE CHILDREN when
she vowed virginity and became a Sister. In MARIAPURAM,
INDIA, nonetheless, she is “mother”
to dozens of infants . . . SISTER
JUDITH smiles at the “joke God
played” on her'. “To make room for
‘he babies,” - she says, “the Sisters
sleep on the floor.” . . . The babies
are carried to the convent anemic
and covered with sores. Most of
them are orphans; some were simply
abandoned, left to die . . . “We
wash them, feed them, watch them
Tbt Holy Ptibtr’t Million Aid * row —* n d we give them lots of
t*r,b.0ri n ,4Cbmcb , ” v '” sws S,STER JUDITH. “W«
pray they’ll become good women.
India needs good women.” . .. What does SISTER JUDITH need?
She needs four more rooms, room for 40 children. Until she
gets them, she and her Sisters will have to sleep on the floor . ..
Will you help? You’ll have a share in caring tenderly for babies
nobody wants . . . Each room will cost $725. The four rooms, all
told, will cost $2,900. Why not give one room, or more, in
memory of someone you love? . . . SISTER JUDITH will be
grateful for whatever you give—$2, $5, $10, $20. Send it with
lots of love.
HONEYMOON IN THE HOLY LAND?—Bishop George
Hakim of Nazareth suggests that couples begin married life by
visiting the Holy Land. They’ll see families by the thousands
living in squalor in refugee camps . . . Why not FEED A
FAMILY for a month? It costs only $10 . . . We’ll send you
an Olive Wood Rosary from the Holy Land.
SOMETHING FOR THE FAMILY—Mother, dad, sisters and
brothers all benefit when you enroll your family in this Aasocia-
tion. Everyone shares in the thousands of Masses offered by
our missionary priests, and in the prayers and good works of
our heroic Sisters. The dues FOR A FAMILY (only $5 a year,
$100 for life) help lepers, orphans, the aging, priests and Sisters.
Write to us.
TO LIGHT UP THE DESERT—DOCTOR FANNY TORNAGO
and her four lay assistants, who give the only medical care avail
able to 25,000 penniless villagers in the SYRIAN desert, lack
$525 to complete installation of a small electric generator. The
generator will provide lights for their unique clinic. Would
you care to help?
BEFORE NOVEMBER—“What are GREGORIAN MASSES?.”
people ask, because November is dedicated to the Souls in Pur-
gatory . GREGORIAN MASSES are a series of 30 Masses
celebrated on 30 consecutive days for the soul of a deceased
person . . . Our missionary priests will be pleased to offer the
,f yoU ’ d Mke l ° arran * e now to have
GREGORIAN MASSES offered for you after death, ask us about
our “Suspense Cards.”
EVEN IF IT’S TOO LATE NOW to go to the missions, you
can be part of what we do. Simply mention the missions in your
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