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VOL. 6, NO. 25 “ATLANTA, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1968
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☆ ☆ Three New Canons Effective Aug. 15 ☆ ☆
VATICAN CITY (NC)-From
mid-August on, Catholics of the Roman
rite will have three new canons of the
Mass-.
The Holy See, explaining this first
major change in the Church’s
Eucharistic prayer for centuries, said
that no single canon “is able to contain
all the riches which are desirable from a
pastoral, spiritual and theological
viewpoint.”
The Roman canon has remained
substantially unchanged from the early
seventh century.
No fixed rule governs the choice of
the four canons soon to be available to
the celebrant of a Mass. The Consilium
for the Implementation of the Liturgy
Constitution said criteria for choice
must be pastoral. Pointing out that the
first of the new canons is short and
simple, both in language and ideas, the
consilium said it was especially suited for
children’s masses.
Published simultaneously with the
three new canons were eight new
prefaces-or nine, including the preface
fixed in the third of the new canons.
Father Cipriano Vagaggini,
Benedictine liturgist who announced the
new canons and the prefaces at a press
conference, stated they could be used in
the vernacular in translations approved
by national episcopal conferences.
The eight new prefaces are “only a
taste” of more to come, according to
Father Vagaggini, professor of theology
at the Milan Theological Faculty.
The Consilium for the -Liturgy, in its
explanatory statement, constantly
referred to the canon as “anaphoras,” a
Greek word used in Eastern rites and
meaning “offering.”
It said: “Faithful to the wish
expressed by many bishops, which was
recently confirmed in the Synod of
Bishops, and desirous of the possible
ways of expressing in the central part of
the Eucharistic celebration the
marvelous events of God's goodness and
of the history of salvation, the Holy See
has introduced three new anaphoras
into the Roman liturgy.
“And so, including the Roman
canon...the Roman liturgy in the future
will have four anaphoras.
“Why this innovation? A
consideration of the variety of
anaphoras in the tradition of the
universal Church, and of the content of
each, clearly shows that no one
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Canons
Enrich
Mass
(Editor’s Note: The following
article about the new canons was
written by Father Frederick R.
McManus for NC News Service.
The priest is director of the
secretariat for the U.S. Bishops
Committee on the Liturgy.)
Three new eucharistic prayers,
corresponding to the present
Roman canon of the Mass, along
with a series of new prefaces,
should serve to enrich and enliven
the celebration of Mass. This
step, taken by Pope Paul VI at
the recommendation of the
Synod of Bishops last October,
will also help to relieve the
rigidity of the Mass text.
Even the fresh English
translation of the traditional
Roman eucharistic prayer, in use
since last Fall in the United
States, has become monotonous
to many people. In 1967 Pope
Paul refused the request of many
hundreds of bishops that the
Roman canon be shortened,
especially by reducing the lists of
saints. Besides this, the daily
recitation of the Roman prayer in
English has revealed the
complexities of the Latin
original—with its petitions
scattered through the long text,
with repetition of certain themes
(like the theme of offering) and
the neglect of* others (such as the
theme of praise and thanks).
The old expression, “canon of
the Mass,” has deliberately given
way to “eucharistic prayer” for
at least two reasons. “Canon” has
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INSIDE
The Church in Spain, the life of
Arab Christians in Israel and the fifth
anniversary of Pope Paul VI are
featured in today’s issue of the
Bulletin.
A Spanish editor (Page 3) talks
about the liberalization of the Church
in his country while the Arab
Christian Mayor of Nazareth says the
Arabs of Israel are “in heaven.” (Page
11)
Page 10 has a report on the fifth
year of Pope Paul.
“HEY! That’s me up there,” says Tooky, as he and his friends
admire their paintings. (See story on Page 7).
City With No Catholics
Needs A Church Mission
By MARY LACKIE
In a city with no temples, no
shrines, no Catholics and 150,000
people, Father Anthony Glynn,
S.M. wants to build a mission
church modeled after Holy Spirit
center in Atlanta.
The city is Tomigaoka, Japan,
one of many new cities carved
from the mountainsides by the
railroads. Father Glynn said,
“The people place their names in
a lottery to move to these new
cities. They are cut off from then-
old ties. Some live in small homes
and there are high-rise apartments
for the poor. We have four-fifths
of an acre for the mission, but we
don’t have the money to build it
now.” The priest was in Atlanta
to collect funds for his mission.
The missionary plans a
multi-purpose building with a
chapel in place of the traditional
church. He said, “The Catholic
church is regarded as a foreigners’
religion. The Japanese feel if they
join this religion, they lose part
of their identity. Even a beautiful
church would not draw the
people, but the center’s activities
would attract the children who
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FATHER GLYNN
Tighter Gun Laws
Urged At Meeting
A former Democratic congressman and two Republican state
representatives called for support of stricter gun control legislation
Monday night in a meeting at the Cathedral Center.
■ The statements of Charles L.
Weltner, Rep. Mike Egan and
Rep. Rodney Cook, who is also
an Atlanta alderman, did not go
unchallenged. Two members of
the National Rifle Association
and a member of the Cathedral
parish said they were opposed to
tighter gun control legislation.
MANY PERSONS attending
the meeting signed petitions
which urged “the passage of
realistic legislation for the
strictest control of all purchases,
ownership, registration, finger
printing and waiting period of
hand guns, rifles and shotguns.”
The petitions will be sent to Sens.
Richard Russell and Herman
Talmadge.
Weltner said, “We meet
tonight on an important subject
and it is unfortunate that it takes
shock to bring the question of
gun control legislation to the
forefront.”
The former congressman said
there are 30 million gun owners
in the United States. He said he
owned a gun but used it
infrequently.
“THESE GUNS are involved
in 50 fatal shootings every day
including murders, suicides and
accidents,” Weltner said, adding
that since 1900, 695,000 lives
have been lost because of
firearms.
Weltner said the gun-homicide
rate is 2.7 persons per 100,000 in
the United States. “The rate in
Great Britain is one-fifty fifth of
our rate and in the Netherlands it
is one-ninetieth of our rate.”
He pointed out the largest gun
control bill only deals with hand
guns and not rifles or shotguns.
“It is time to act on mail order
guns and permit sales only
through licensed dealers,”
Weltner said.
EGAN SAID, “The problem
of gun control will be with us for
a long time. The tragedy of
Robert Kennedy will not be with
us for a long time unless you
people make it so. The NRA is a
powerful lobby against gun
legislation and as soon as any
legislation is introduced its
members flood legislative bodies
with opposing material.”
The representative said he-'
plans to introduce gun legislation
in the General Assembly, but
does not expect it to pass. “To
pass a stricter gun law will take a
lot of enthusiasm and we’ve got
an uphill battle.”
Cook said, “The governor has
said he will veto any gun measure
from the Assembly, but I’d like
to see him put to the test. I’ll
support stricter gun control
legislation.”
CHARLES WYSONG, a
member of the Cathedral parish,
said he was opposed to stricter
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Church Women
Back Gun Laws
NEW YORK (RNS)--The
president of Church Women
United has urged President
Johnson and Congressional
leaders to use their influence to
bring about passage of stronger
gun control legislation.
Mrs. James M. Dolbey asked
regulation on the sale,
transportation, registration and
use of firearms in letters to
President Johnson, Senate
Majority Leader Mike Mansfield,
and Speaker John McCormack of
the House of Representatives.
“The mood of our times
incites emotionally unstable
persons to violence,” Mrs. Dolbey
said. “Possession of deadly
weapons is not in itself a cause of
violence, but is obvious that one
cannot shoot without a gun.”