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SERVING GEORGIA’S 71 NORTHERN COUNTIES
VOL. 3, NO. 42
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1965
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Jewish Statement
Opens Two-Way
Street To Success
WEEK-LONG SESSION
Group Studying
Further Proposed
Changes In Mass
BOGOTA, Colombia- In the Latin American back country
Mass is celebrated in dingy adobe chapels lighted in casual
fashion like this one. In the great renewal, the social revo
lution sweeping over the continent, this also will change.
ROME (NC) —The road of
cooperation and mutual under
standing which has been opened
by passage of the declaration
on relations with non-Christ
ian religions, especially the
Jews, must be a two-way street
if it is to be a success.
Bishop Francis P. Leipzig of
Baker, Ore., who is chairman
of the subcommissiononCatho-
lic-Jewish relations of the U.S.
bishops’ ecumenical com
mission, said success in fu
ture developments between the
two faiths will depend on both
sides.
Speaking at the U.S. bishops’
press panel (Oct. 15) Bishop
Leipzig said he was “delight
ed at the approval of the de
claration,'*. and that it was "of
great significance....! am sure
it will usher in a new era of
U.S. BISHOP’S MEET
Celibacy Dispensation
Subject For Press Panel
VATICAN CITY (NC)—Dis
cussion at the Oct. 13 meeting
of the U.S. bishops’ council
press panel centered on the
subject of priestly celibacy,
which Pope Paul VI has already
ordered not to be discussed at
the ecumenical council.
A large part of the discussion
revolved around a figure given
by one news agency that over
the years, 10,000 priests have
requested the Congregation of
the Holy Office for dispensa
tions from celibacy.
Panelists agreed that there is
no accurate figure as to the
number of such cases. They
also agreed that celibacy is not
a major problem for the Ameri
can clergy.
AUXILIARY BISHOP Gerald
McDevitt of Philadelphia refer
red to his ordination’, class of
1942, saying that “no member
...is not fully exercising his
priesthood up to the present
day.”
Msgr. George Higgins, di
rector of the Social Action De
partment of the National Catho
lic Welfare Conference, Wash
ington, D. C., said that the dis-
Rabbi Lectures
At Seminary
TECHNY, Ill. (NC) —A
Chicago rabbi is • guest: lecturer
on the Psalms at the Divine
Word Seminary here.
Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman,
spiritual leader of Emanuel
Congregation in Chicago, was
invited to join the faculty at
the Catholic seminary after
giving a series of lectures last
spring to students and faculty
members.
PRELATES welcome Pope Paul VI home from his historic
peace mission to the United Nations in New York. In the
group (clockwise* are Giuseppe Cardinal Siri of Genoa.
Archbishop John J. Krol of Philadelphia. Ennenegildo Car
dinal Florit of Florence, Giacomo Cardinal Lercarp-of
Bologna, and (center* Giovanni Cardinal Urbani of Venice.
cussion of clerical celibacy has
been too frequently conducted in
terms of celibate priests being
better able to be ministers than
those with families, and that the
celibate clergy is less expen
sive than a married one.
HE SAID he wanted to stress
the deep spirituality behind the
ascetic discipline of celibacy.
A Jesuit expert on the East
ern churches, Father John Long
of the Vatican Secretariat for
Promoting Christian Unity,
pointed out that celibacy has
always been seen as the ideal
for priests in both the East
ern and Western Churches, de
spite the fact that the Eastern
branches of the Church do per
mit a married clergy.
Father Long said that even in
the East, marriage comes
before ordination, and is not re
peated even if the priest’s wife
dies. There is no question of
remarriage.
Father John J. King, O.M.I.,
superior of the Oblate house of
studies in Rome, said that even
if the figure of 10,000 were ac
curate—and nobody knows if it
is—it Would mean that only a
little more than 5% of
the world’s clergy has found ce
libacy unacceptable, and that
this is a very small percentage.
It means that 90% of the world’s
clergy has said they have not
found it impossible, and there
fore should not be eliminated.
MSGR. GEORGE W. Shea,
rector of Immaculate Concep
tion Seminary, Darlington, N.J.,
pointed out that whatever the
number of priests who' have
asked for release from the vows
of the priesthood might be, not
all of them have requested this
for reasons of celibacy alone.
Msgr, Mark Hurley, vice
chancellor of the San Francisco
archdiocese, injected a note of
humor by observing that many
of the same writers who have
criticized the Church’s attitude
toward birth control have, on
the other hand, advocated a re
lation of the discipline of a ce
libate clergy.
friendship and cooperation with
our Jewish brethren for the
benefit of all men.”
BISHOP LEIPZIG, in a
printed statement, noted that
there were “in my opinion,
minior” imperfections in the
declaration. He said the do
cument contains some weaker
expressions than one would
want. “But individual expres
sions or sentences carry less
weight than the entire document.
What counts is the overall text
and the overall spirit.
“I look forward to the time
when the council’s wish for
more deepened conversations
with our Jewish brethren will
be implemented, and I pledge
my wholehearted support to
ward that important purpose.”
Another statement was issued
by Zachariah Shuster, European
director of the American Jew
ish Committee. He said die
declaration's acceptance by the
council is a “significant event
in the history of Christian-
Jewish relations and cannotfail
to have an impact in various
parts of the world.”
HE TERMED it "unfortun
ate” thatthe document hadsome
passages which might “cause
misunderstanding and con
fusion,” but he added: “It must
be recognized, however, that
the declaration denies an age
old myth of collective Jewish
responsibility for the crucifi
xion, which caused so much
harm in the past. The de
claration also speaks out
against persecution and anti-
Semitism. Both of these as
sertions have been long over
due and constitute an ret of
elementary justice.”
During the press panel meet
ing it was disclosed that the
council Fathers received an
anti-Semetic document signed
by about 30 so-called Catholic
or Christian organizations urg
ing the Fathers not to vote for
the declaration.
Among the name on the list
was that of the Catholic Tra
ditionalist Movement, but its
former head, Father Gommar
De Pauw, he was at the panel,
said he had checked immediate
ly with the movement’s leaders
in the United States and they
denied signing or even seeing
any such document.
THERE WAS some discus
sion at the press meeting about
the more than 200 council Fa
thers who voted against the de
claration. It was asked if
this means there are more than
200 anti-Semitic bishops in the
Church.
Jesuit Father John Long, who
is a member of the Secreta
riat for Promoting Christian
Unity, answered by cautioning
about thinking of the document
as dealing solely with the Jews.
It deals with all major non-
Christian religions, and he
noted that there are some bis
hops who objected to parts of
the declaration dealing with
Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.
Vocation Drive
LONDON (NC) —The Serra
International movement to en
courage vocations to the priest
hood is shifting emphasis in
Britain from efforts among ele
mentary and high schools to
work in universities. A series
of talks at London University
and Manchester University will
signal the change in tactics.
MONSIGNOR JAMES E. KING. PASTOR EMERITUS
OF ST. ANTHONY PARISH, WEST END ATLANTA
PASTOR EMERITUS
Monsignor King
Dies At Conyers
• See editorial page 4
Monsignor James E, King
Pastor Emeritus of St. An
thony’s Church, West End, At
lanta, died Tuesday at the Mon
astery of Our Lady of the Holy
Ghost, Conyers. He had been
in residence there since lea
ving an Atlanta hospital.
The Rosary was said at the
funeral Home yesterday even
ing, and this morning a Solemn
Requiem Mass will be offered
at St. Anthony’s by Rev. R.
Donald Kiernan, Pastor, in the
presence of the children
of the parish. The Office of the
Dead will be recited this even
ing at 8 p.m. in the church
with Msgr. Joseph G. Cassidy,
P.A., V.G., presiding.
TOMORROW, Friday, the Fu
neral Mass will be offered by
Msgr. Casidy at 11 a.m.
Pallbearers will include
priests who have served at St.
Anthony’s parish. They are,
Fathers,Joseph Beltran, Leo
nard Mayhew, Daniel McCor
mick, Jarlath Burke, Dale
Freeman, Dennis Dullea, Doug
las Edwards, Daniel McCor
mick, William Hoffman and
Michael Morris.
Escort Will be members of
the Atlanta Lodge B.P. O. Elks
No. 78. Msgr. King was chap
lain to the fraternal order for
some three years.
A NATIVE of Troy, N.Y.,
Msgr. King attended Villanova
College and St. Bonaventure
University. He was ordained
in 1923.
His first priestly service was
NEW BISHOPS
at the Cathedral of St. John
the Baptist, Savannah in 1923
and he came to Atlanta in 1925,
becoming administrator of St.
Anthony parish. He served in
Athens (1926) Valdosta. (1937)
Milledgeville (1939) Albany
(1941) Athens (1943) Warner
Robbins (1946) and was appoin
ted pastor of St. Anthony’s in
1952.
MSGR. KING was named a
Diocesan Consultor in 1957 and
promoted to the rank of Do
mestic Prelate in 1960. He was
renamed to the Board of Con-
suitors when Atlanta became
an archdiocese in 1962,
Msgr. King, who served all
his priestly life in Georgia, was
known as a great builder and
several of the permanent chur
ches in the Northern part of the
state were constructed during
his various pastorates.
Survivors Include nieces ,
Mrs. Margaret Mary Mc
Donough, Mrs. Kathleen Alba-
relli; newphews, Mrs. Christo
pher Delaney, Mr. James De
laney, and Mr, Thomas Delaney.
Letter Threat
VATICAN CITY (NC)—A
letter threatening “death and
destruction” to council Fathers
who “play Israel’s game” ar
rived at the Vatican while the
ecumenical council was voting
for its document against anti-
semitism.
Washington See
Now A Province
WASHINGTON (NC) — Pope
Paul VI has made the following
provisions and appointments:
His Holiness has established
the new ecclesiastical Province
of Washington, with the Prela-
ture Nullius of the Virgin Is
lands as suffragan to the arch
diocese of Washington, and the
Most Rev. Patrick A. O’Boyle
as metropolitan archbishop.
The Holy Father has acceded
to the request of the Most Rev.
Henry J. Grimmelsman that he
be permitted to resign the posi- ■
tion of bishop of Evansville, Ind.
Bishop Grimmelsman has been
named titular bishop ofTabla.
Msgr. Paul F. Tanner has
been named titular bishop of
Lamasba. Bishop-elect Tanner
will continue in his present of
fice of general secretary of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference.
Msgr. Joseph M. Breiten-
beck, pastor of Assumption
Grotto parish, Detroit, has been
named titular bishop of Tepelta
and auxiliary to Archbishop
John F. Dearden of Detroit.
These actions of the Holy Fa
ther were announced here by
Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi,
Apostolic Delegate in the Uni
ted States.
ROME~The Commission for
Implementation of the Constitu
tion on the Liturgy met to study
proposals to make the Mass and
the administration of the other
sacraments simpler and more
readily understood by the
people.
The commission, headed by
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro of
Bologna, began a week-long
session (Oct. 18) when the ecu
menical council was in recess.
The 43-member body includes
Joseph Cardinal Ritter of St.
Louis, Archbishop Paul J. Hal-
linan of Atlanta, and Bishop’
Joseph A. Martin of Nicolet,
Que.
High on the agenda for the
meeting was a demonstration of
a “new look” for the Ordinary
of the Mass submitted by Msgr.
Johannes Wagner, chairman of
the committee on the Mass and
director of the liturgical insti
tute at Trier, Germany.
If the commission approves
it, Pope Paul may permit its
experimental use in a limited
number of parish and reli
gious communities, as Was done
before, the rite for concelebra-
tion of the Mass was given
general approval.
On the strength of available
information, it is possible to
describe the general principles
prompting the prospective re
forms. What the commission is
aiming for is to restore a
proper balance in the Mass
in line with the liturgy consti
tution’s call for rites which are
“short, clear and unen
cumbered by useless re
petition.”
SIMPLICITY and intelligibi
lity are to be achieved by eli
minating additions made to the
Mass over the centuries which
have lost their significance.
Greater emphasis is to be put
on the essential parts, in which
there now are a succession of
somewhat, disconnected pray
ers.
Some compression has al
ready be<sn done. But short
ening is not the primary con
sideration. The individual parts
should be properly related to the
others so as to bring about a
better unification of the Whole
rite. Repetitions can easily be
eliminated without in any sense
disturbing the basic structure
of the Eucharist as both sa
crifice and banquet.
One proposal, for instance,
is for elimination of the initial
prayers at the foot of the al
tar, which were shortened by
the liturgy commission a year
ago. With the omission of the
Gonfiteor and other prayers,
Mass would start with the en
trance chant, and the celebrant
after bowing before the altar
and kissing it would take his
seat to preside over the wor
shiping community.
AS FOR the Scripture read
ings, in keeping with the con
stitution the texts of the Sunday
lessons and Gospels would be
spread out over a period of
years, instead of having the re
gular annual cycle. Some texts
now in use could be eliminated
entirely—for instance the
genealogies, which no longer
convey the meaning they once
did.
The basic structure of the
Mass would remain . But cer
tain elements, such as the
prayer over the offerings of
bread and wine, could be sim
plified along with the wholes of
the Offertory rite. The prin
ciple here is that the prayers
of the Offertory should nei
ther anticipate nor dupli
cate those of the Canon. This
might mean doing without the
Orate, fratres. The number of
genuflections and signs of the
cross, already greatly reduced,
would be cut still more.
inat such changes are en
tirely feasible within the over
all basic framework of the eu-
charistic celebration can
already be seen in the rite of
concelebration, in which the
main part of the rite is said
by all the celebrants aloud to
gether, while the secondary
parts are divided up. As a
result, the rites that are
essential become richer and
more meaningful.
WITHIN the Canon itself, an
obvious area for change is in
the names of the saints who
are mentioned. Some do not
have universal significance, and
it would seem better to con
centrate on those appealing to
the Christians of today.
Fatima Statue
SAIGON (NC)~A three-
month tour of South Vietnam
dioceses by the “Pilgrim Vir
gin” statue from Portugal’s
shrine of Our Lady of Fatima
began (Oct. 10) with a motor
cade from the airport to Sai
gon cathedral.
HOEY AWARD WINNERS—The 1965 recipients of the
James J. Hoey Award for TnterraciiR'-Justice of the Catholic;
Interracial Council of New York are (left) Gerard E. ;
Sherry. Editor, The Georgia Bulletin, Atlanta, and .James
R. Dumpson, former New York Commissioner of V elfare,
now assistant director of the Hunter College school of
social work. • See story page 3
