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Orders Unauthorized Mass Prayers Stop
The Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship has ordered priests to stop using unauthor~ ized versions or variations of the euchar,istic prayers that immediately surround the consecration of the Mass. An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul At the same time the Vatican congregation encouraged national bishops' conferences to develFall River,' Mass. Thursday, June 21, 1973 . op alternate eucharistic prayers for their own countries. and sub17, 25 Š 1973 The Anchor $4.00p:'~~~e:; mit them to the Vatican for approval. It also encouraged the wider use ofauthorlzed variations in other Mass prayers, especially in the many prefaces now available and in the priest's introduction to the eucharistic prayer. The VatiCan's instructions Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, effective unlion in order to im-, were delivered in the form of a S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese of prove the deplorable econqmic letter to the presidents of naFall River, joined 24 other Ro- conditions in which they have tional episcopal conferences. The man Catholic Bishops of New lived and worked for many genletter, which was officially dated England including Cardinal Hum- erations. The right and necessity April 27, appeared in the June 15 berto S. Medeiros, Archbishop of of such organizations has .been issue of L'Osservatore Romano, Boston in signing a statement stoutly defended 'by the Church. the Vatican daily, which was urging the American public to re- Vatican II stated: distributed June 14. 'Among the basic rights of the frain from purchasing table Augustinian Father John Rohuman person must be counted grapes and liceberg lettuce unless they were identified with the the right of freely foundling labor telle, associate director of the NFWU label of the black eagle. unions. These unions should be secretariat for the U. S. bishops' Bishop Peter L. Gerety. Dio- truly able to represent the work- Committee on the Liturgy, called cese of Portl'and and Chairman ers and to contnibute to the the letter "o,ne of the better docof Region I, National Catholic proper arrangement of economic uments that have come from Conference of Bishops said the life.' (Pastoral Constitution on Rome." Father Rotelle pointed out that "New England Bishops issued the the Church in the Modern World, the letter includes both positive statement supporting' the Na- par 68) tional Farm Workers Unlion in "It is with deep distress that and negative elements. "But the their battle against an alliance we now learn that the very e;xis- main' thing.... he said, "is that between the strong Teamsters tence of this struggling little reasons are given" for the conUnion and the powerful Califor- union has been threatened by gregation's decisions. He cited an alliance between the strong especially the document's "posinia Growers." The complete text of the Bish- Teamsters' Union. and powerful tive theology of ministry." The 2,500-word letter exops' statement follows: California GrOwers. Lahor conpressed a strong concern for the "We the Bishops of New En- tracts won by the Farm Workers. gland have watched with inter- with great sacrifice and suffering '~ecclesial dimension of the ~uest and approval the efforts in are now 'being turned over to the recent years of the National Teamsters ,by actions which Farm Workers' Union. AFL-CIO President George Meany of the Turn to Page Six to organize farm workers into an
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'charistic celebration" and the unity of the whole Church in the Eucharist. "When ever eucharistic prayers are used without any approval of the Church's authority, unrest and even dissensions arise. not only among priests. but within the communities themselves. even though the Eucharist should be a sign of unity, and the bond of charity." the letter said. "Many people complain about the overly subjective quality of such te~ts. and participants have a right to make such a complaint. Otherwise the eucharistic
Instruction Has Obligatory Force VATICAN CITY (NC)-A usually mild-mannered Vatican archbishop sternly rebuked liturgical . innovators who use formulas other than the four officiad eucharistic prayers in the celebration of the Mass. Italian Archbishop Annibale Bugnini, secretary of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship, lectured both bishops and priests as he commented on new Vatican norms tl:tat rule out experimentations with the Mass. His commentary and the text of a circular letter to bishops' conferences on the subject of eucharistic prayers were published by the Vatican daily, VOsservatore Romano. in its edition dated June 15. but which was is':" sued June 14. Numberless versions for a'rbitrary eucharistic prayers have Tum to Page Three
Favors Par'ents' Choice of Schools Supported by Public Funds TORONTO (NC) - Parents should have a real choice of. schools that' are viable alternatives supported by public funds, according to a resolution approved at a conference on "Religious Education ,in a Pluralistic Society" held at York University here. In the resolution. addressed to all provincial ministries of education in Canada, the conference delegates resolved: That parents should have a real choice of schools that ar~ viable alternatives, supported by
Blessing Fleet Bishop Cronin will be the principal celebrant and homiIIst at a concelebrated Mass at 11 o'clock Mass on Sunday, June 24 in St. Peter the Apostle Church, Provincetown. Following the Mass, there will be a procession to McMillan's Wharf where the Bishop will bless the individual boats of " the Provincetown fishing fleet.
pubHc funds for the benefit of all students. on an equal basis per capita. according to their stage in the educational process at all schools that me'et provincial academic standards. That one of these choices ought to be that parents and students may share in formulating educational alternatives; e.g., an educational process' recognizing religion in life; That wherever a Separate sector exists within a public school system, any taxpaying parent should have the right to send his children to either sector without further expense. CathoHc-or Separate-schools in Canada receive government aid up to differing grade levels in the various provinces. The conference here was sponsored by the Ecumenical Study Commission on Religion in Public Education of Ontario. Its purpose was the exchange of information regarding the current situation in each province and to share insights into how religion can and' must be made part of education.
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prayer. to which they assent in the "Amen" they proclaim; .becomes disorderly, or is imbued with the personal feelings of the person who either composes or says it. "Hence it is necessary to demand that only those eucharistic prayers be used which have been approved by the lawful authority of the Church, for they clearly and fully manifest the sentiments of the Church." Father Rotelle said that in this country the use of unauthorized eucharistic prayers "is widespread, especially on university campuses and in small-group liturgies." He added that the reason for this is understandable. "There is felt in many sectors of the country a need for more eucharistic prayers," he said. This need is especially' felt "in Religious communities, where there is daily celebration of the Mass," he said. While some of the privately prepared texts he has seen are "quite good," he said, generally "the quality is very, very poor." The liturgy expert said that the unauthorized texts "are frequently deficient in the elements of praise and thanksgiving to God; often enough they are just those elements which the liturgical reform has attempted to restore to the Roman liturgy." While the Vatican congregaTurn to Page Six
Mission Society Reports Record High Budget CHICAGO (NC)-The Catholic Church Extension Society has allocated $3.5 million for its American home missions program next year, making it the largest budget in the society's history. The society has been raising funds to assist impoverished dioceses in the continental United States since 1905. The funds are used" to help construct buildings, educate seminarians, and support missionary priests. Almost $1 million has been allocated to the construction of parish multi-purpose .buildings next year, the society announced at its annual board of governors meeting here. Another $400,000 will be used for salaries of the priests and religious who serve the home missions, and $1 million will be' used to aid campus ministry, seminarian education. and distribution of church goods. James Goedart, general secretary of the extension society, reported thait total revenue for last year was up 23 per cent and .1 that gross annuity income was up 52 per cent, indicating tflat the extension is fiscally stronger than ever. This year's elOtension board of governors welcomed two new members: Archbishop Joseph T. Ryan of Anchorage, Alaska, and Federal Judge Raymond J. Broderick of Philadelphia.