AT CIVIL RIGHTS RALll..Y: Rev. Edmund T. Delaney, left, curate at Holy Name Church, Fall River, greets dinner guest from North Carolina, Mr. William Speller. Center, Audrine Scott, 14 year old chorister from Williamton, chats with Mrs. Floyd Black, wife of president of Fall
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New Decree,'on Liturgy
Asks People Participate
By Rev. John. R. FoIster
st. Anthon,. Parish. New Bedford
The period betweeh the closing of the 2nd Session of the Vatican Council l.nd Feb. 16 is to permit the Church's ,authorities and scholars to familiarize themselves with the recently passed liturgical decree before it becomes actual law. Already there have ' been some commentators of the "long, work of all who proposed and publicised the ver_ that have summarily called nacular question over the years," the entire constitution a the bishops were nearly unani
.imple substitution of the ver nacular for the Latin. One of America's I e a din g liturgical authorities, the Rev. Frederick MsManus termed this manner "an over-simplification." For, "'there are much more important liturgical reforms decreed by the council." However, all agree th<,' the use of the vemacular is one of the decree's most striking changes. In the council hall, it was not long before the b ish 0 p s thoroughly understood that the • Church was truly Catholic, i.e., there was great diversity in the Church. As far as Latin was concerned, it is "not even re motely a universal language. It is not the language of the Scrip .'" tures, nor the language of the Oriental churches. The vast majority of the world's inhabit ants do not even have ancestors who spoke Latin." ,. Faced with such diversity and "Ctual truth, and with the weight
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River unit of NAACP. Right, Robert Shea family of St. George parish, Westport, with their guest. From left, James Smith, Deborah Shea, Robert Shea,' Bob Shea. Seated, Mrs. Shea~ Sunday night Freedom Rally story on Page Three.
mous in proposals for language substitution. It seems that the only possible objection or condition was that the bishops themselves - on re gional bodies have control over such sUbstitutions. The reason for substitution' is ' a simple one: "If' the words are to be meaningful and prayerful, people must pray them in their. own language." The Holy Father had stressed that the liturgy is by nature pastoral and didactic. Therefore, the Fathers stated: "Whe,. the Church prays or sings or acts, the faith of those taking part is nourished and their minds are raised to, God, so that they may offer Him their ra tional service ...... *" This can only be done if the people nor mally understand and can nor mally participate. According to the council, the sacraments and sacramentals are entirely open to chan"'e. "The ' Turn to Page f¥"
Pope Paul VI Makes Historic Holy Land Trip to Promote Cause of Church Unity
The,Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D. , Bishop of Fall River, today called upon the of the diocese to offer prayers for the safe visit of His Holiness Pope Paul VI when he goes to the Holy Land, Jordan an d Israel this weekend. It will be the first time since St. Peter that the Supreme Pontiff has visited the place of the death of Jesus Christ, founder of the heal the breach originating be 65 miles. Before reaching the Roman Catholic Church. The tween Rome and Constantinople' Holy City he is scheduled to trip of the Holy Father, in 1054. visit Bethany, where Mary and ,Pope Paul has reiterated sev Martha and Lazarus lived. He which is attracting world f~ithful
wide interest and attention, will also be the first that the head of the church has made hy air':' plane. -:: is also expected that His Holiness.' will' meet with ' Ecu menical Patriarch Athenagoras I of Eastern Orthodox C"'trch. T!te expected meeting will be the' first between a pope and a patriarch in 525 years. It was in 1439 that Pope Eugene IV met Patriarch Joseph II in northern Italy in an effort to
,Bishop's Statement "While I know that the faithful of the Diocese are ac customed to pray for the Holy Father, I urge all to keep him especially in mind as he pre pares and carries out his pil. grimage to the Holy Land, January 4th to 6th. This significant journey is more than an expression of one man's piety. It is sym 'bolic of the questing for Peace among men of good-will in a small corner of the world dear to Christian, Jew and Moham medan. Already the ' world seems to wait the good results that we all hope and pray may come from this pilgrimage of Grace.' Let 'us 'not be slow to join with Pope Paul vi and make these three days sources of spiritual renewal to our selves. May the 'Lord bless and preserve Pope Paul, and make him ,md instrument of true peace and ·)rotherhood."- e
We Will See You Everything is in complete readiness for the Bishop's Char_ ity Ball at Lincoln Park, Dart mouth, next Weonesday night. This year's ,affair will be the biggest in the history of the out standing social eveht in South eastern Massachusetts.
eral times that the purpose of his Holy Land visit is solely religious. Attempts have been ~" ie to place some political sig-, nificance in the visit but the Holy Father, has, repeatedly pointed out 'the prime and sole religious purpose. After Pope Paul is welcomed at the Amman airport in Jordan on Saturday by King Hussein; he and his entourage will go by automooile through Amman to' Jerusalem, a distance of about
plans to arrive at the Basilica , of ' the Holy Sepulcher in Old Jerusalem at 4 P.M. and will offer Mass ' there at the site at the Resurrection. 'Afterwards he will go to the residence of Archbishop Lino Zanini, Apostolic Delegate to the Holy Land, where he will have dinner' and sp",ld the night. At 10:30 P.M. that evening he will take part in a holy hour on Gethsemane in the Church of Turn to Page Eighteen
Father Albert F. Shovelton To Conduct Radio .~rogram Rev. Albert F. Shovelton, assistant at St. James Church, New Bedford, will inaugurate a half-hour radio program, The Catholic Viewpomt, this Sunday evening at 8 :30 over New Bedford Radic Station WBSM. The program, which will.be on the air every Sun most qualified to discuss' with day evening at that prime him the Catholic attitude on listening spot, will open this these pressing issues, or the reac week with Father Shovelton tion of those of other religioM interviewing the Most Reverend Bishop who will discuss the ac tivities of the Second Vatican Council. .' Succeeding programs will dis cuss such topics as birth con trol; Catholic schools, the prob.. lem of unwed mothers, and other topics sure to be of interest to non-Catholics as well as Catho lics. As Father' Shovelton' has expressed it, "Purpose of the program is not so much to en gender controversy as to pro mote understanding." In line with this goal, Father Shovelton plans to invite both Jewish rab bis and Protestant ministers to participate in the program with him. As the program name indi cates, topics of present -interest will be opened up on the pro gram, and Fathf T Shovelton will have as his guests those he feels
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BEV. ALBERT F. SHOVELTON '