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Church Revives Tradition With . Mass' Facing People The Mass as offered at an altar facing the people is Church nor is it a simple device ~ let the people in on new changes. The impression can be ..roneously had that this "new~' way of doing things is only a means to acquaint the people with changes and times that made its use "unus • soon as they know these ual". With St. Pius X, the Eucharist Ihanges, we can go back to was clearly and emphatically
BOt somethiIig new for the
Ihe "old" way.
For nearly 1,000 years the al
tar stood away from the wall in Catholic churches so that Mass said fl!-cing the congrega Clon. However, with the empha lis placed on devotion to the llelies of saints and the transfor aation of the altar into a shrine, lite altar was quickly placed· *Sainst the wall. Later, with a regal emphasis _ the devotion to the Blessed 8acrament, the altar was trans formed into a kind of throne. Wrue, Mass was always said there bat what popular devotion .ressed was the Eucharist as a eeerament, the divine presence. Historical oppositions probabl7 aecessitated this but the empha ~ on such an observance took lIWay from the fact that the Bucharist is both sacrifice and .crament. However, the practice of oUer Ibg Mass at a free-standing altar 41id not disappear. Mass was llSUally offered in this way in the Roman basilicas where the papal altars are so constructed that normally Mass is offered -racing the people". Furthermore, the Roman Mis • always contained the rubrics to be used for such an occasion. 8uch as Mass was then normal ... it was the emphasis of the ~as
taugM as a sacrament-sacrifice. Mass was not only a solemn prayer offered in the name of all. It was a sacramental-sacrifi cial meal in which all were nor mally to participate. This saintly Pope's emphasis on Holy Communion spread throughout the world. Various schemes were tried to bring the Mass "to the people". All kinds' of architecture were formed to place the altar near or even in the middle of the people. To promote participation, pas tors erected small supplementary altars near the altar rail so as to break with the needless dis tance between priest and people especially in churches with monastic stalls. In 1930 it was realized that the offering of Mass facing the people Wall not a papal privilege but a normal, approved mannel of offering the sacrifice. Chartres began by regularly offering Mass in this way. Car dinal Verdier normally offered Mass in this way at Notre-Dame of Paris. Quickly the practice spread throughout France and Belgium. In Italy Mass had al ways been offered in this way in the Church's histl?rical basil icas. Turn to Page Six
College of Cardinals Total .Now Greatest in History VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has told the eonege of Oardinals that he gave it 27 new members, includ Ing Cardinal Shehan of Baltimore, the sixth Oardinal in V.S. because of the help he needs in the 'growing gravity and complexity of the cen dress at the consistory the Pope tral government of the showed concern that his decision Cfuurch." At Monday's secret to raise the number of cardinals eonsistory naming the new be interpreted correctly. Almost lardinals, Pope Paul also told 36 ., the older cardinals that he !lad increased the membership Ii the Sacred College to a record lOS as a sign of his love and af Jection for the Church. k his 1,OOO-worci Latin ad-
as if answering various objec tions, he carefully outlined his reasons for the increase. To those who might object that such an increase would lessen the rank of cardinal the Pope Turn to Paie SixteeA
MERCY MISSION: Jeanne Guilbeault, left, Jeanne Hebert,center, and Barbara Cross, senior student nurses at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, prepare shipment for !tev. Joha Breen, M.M., missionary to Guatemala. Not only the crate of medications, but the girls are in Guatemala. They're donating their one month vacation to aiding poverty-stricken In dians of Latin republic
St. Anne's S.tudents Are Mission Minded This is vacation month for senior student nurses .at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River. But three seniors are hard at work-only they're in Guatemala instead of Fall River. Their flying trip South is their answer to a challenge by Rev. John Breen, M.M., Di ocesan native and a longtime miSsioner in Guatemala. Last Summer Father Breen visited Fall River and spoke to St. don't even know what nurSN The girls do not expect to en Anne's Marian Mission Club which specializes in sending counter difficulties with the are," said Jeanne, "but they have confidence in the priest.!, medical supplies to mission p 0 v e r t y-s t ric ken people greatTurn to Page Eighteen
ers. He told the student nurses of the great need for their services in Guatemala, ending, '~I dare you to come!" His words struck home to pretty Jeanne Hebert of St. Louis de France parish in Swan
sea'. She told fellow club mem bers, "I think I'll go." "If you do, we will," responded Barbara Cross of St. ,Mary's par ish, Taunton, and Jeanne Guil beault of St. Anthony's New Bedford. Last Thursday the girls took off for their 30 day mission of mercy. They're already at work in the Indian pueblos that dot the Guatemala countryside, hav ing been met last Saturday in Guatemala City by Father Breen. "Father Breen hopes we'll be able to help the women espe cially," e x pIa i ned vivacious Jeanne Hebert at a pre-depar ture interview. "'We hope to show them health principles and demonstrate things ldke how to bathe a baby, elementary mid wifery, and how to cook prop
erly.'"
they will be helping.
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North Easton Parish Offers Distinguished Lenten Talks The Annual Adult Lenten Forum of the Immaculat.
Conception Church, North Easton~ has announced its sched
ule and speakers for the coming season. The Forum win begin on Sunday evening, March 7, at 7:30 in the Hall, with Rev. Raymond W. McCarthy, M D h 1 ist t th V t · t or 0 f th F amI'1 L'f ... psyc 0 og a e e D I~ec . e 1 e eMIl Hospital in Brockton, will· Bureau of the DIOcese, speak on "We Neurotics." speaking on "Marriage On Sunday evening April 4,
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what to do till the psychologist comes." This is a treatment of the husband-wife relationship . in marrIage. On SlHlday, March 14, at 7:30 P.M., Rev. Thomas Aquin~ Col lins, ·O.P., a noted ScrIpture scholar who is presently teach ing at Providence College, will speak on ''The life of Christ, a fulfillment of the Old Testa ment." On Sunday evening, March J1, at 7:30. Dr. Joseph McCourt,
at 7:30, Sister Mary U~, R.S. M. principal of Bishop Feehan Hig'h School Attleboro' will speak on "The"nun in the modern world." Fin'aHy, on Wednesday eve ning, April 14, at 7:30, the noted liturgist Rev. William F. Hogan. C.S.C., of Stonehill College will speak on the liturgical feast of Seder. The Forum series is open to the public, non-Catholics as weB u CatholiClo