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Bishop Connolly, in a pastoral directive issued this week to all priests Diocese, stated that "once you have in your hands a text, in the vernacular, Officially approved by the body of American Bishops, of Ritual and Missal, you are free to put it in use." . The Ordinary of the Diocese added, "You are even directed to 80 do. This counsel is given because of the likelihood of my being in Rome (the Third Session of Vatic-an Council II opens Sept. 14) when the new Ritual will appear." The Bishop's letter has been issued in conjunction with the news that the Catholic Church in the United States has moved another step toward the general use of English In parts of the Mass: The approved text for the Ordinary parts of the Mass pertaining to the people have now been made public. The text provides for English in most of the Liturgy of the Word the first part of the Mass, up to and including the Creed. The same is true for the Communion service. -, The text, approved by the National Conference of Bishops of the
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Sisters of Mercy List School Appointments The Sisters of Mercy, Province of Providence, aI!nounce the followirigchanges and transfers affecting the Fall River Diocese: From Holy Name Convent, New Bedford: Sister Mary Michaelinda to Mt. St. Rita Convent, Cumberland. Sister James Marie to St. Patrick Convent, Fall River7 Grade Two. Sister Charles Marie to St. Zoseph Convent, New Bedford, Holy Family School, Grade
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United States at a meeting in Washington last April 2, were confirmed
by the Vatican Liturgy Commission on May 1. The purpose of these
actions was to begin implementing the ecumenical
council's Constitution on the Sacz.ed Liturgy,
which seeks to have -all the people -take part in the
Mass "not • • • -as .strangers or silent- spectators" but with understanding and active partiCipation. The Bishops' decrees and the Vatican confirmation of them were made public in' mid-May by Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York, ranking member of 'the full meeting of the' bishops in Washington in April. In one of their two decrees adopted on April 2, the U. S. Bishops stated that dates for official publi cations of the approved texts would be set "as soon as the time necessary for the preparation and distribu tion of the respective translations can be determined." The Bishops' liturgy commission in releasing the text stated that "permission to reprint it is freely given with the explicit understanding that the text will be set down in its entirety with no omissions or additions. Turn to Page Sixteen
Printers Prepare Missal
Supplements for Laity
DETROIT (NC)-The chairman of the U.S. Biahop4J' Commission on the Liturgical Apostolate s:aid here that missal publishers have already begun printing supplemeJ}ts containing the new English text of the people's parts of the Ordinary of the Mass. Archbishop John F. Dearden bishop has recommended, fol
FatherWallace Lieut-Colonel Rev. Francis X. Wallace, Dio cesan priest serving as a' ohap lain in the United States Army. has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. . Ordained in 1947, Father Wal lace's first and only assignment was as curate at Corpus Chris-ti Church, Sandwich. In 1950 he replaced his pastor, Rev. George E. Sullivan, now pastor of st. Joseph's Church, _ Fall River, as chaplain to the Cape Cod National Guard. Turn to Page Eighteen
of Detroit made the announce ment after meeing here with representatives of half a dozen firms engaged in publish ing hand missals. As the bishops' spokesman on programs for the coming use of English in the Mass, the arch-
lowing Rome's approval of the U. S. text, that without any change in the basic structure of the Mass "there is no need for replacement of existing popular missals." He said that "all that will be Turn to Page Twelve
Vatican Releases Regulations, Agenda for Third Session By Rev. John R. FoIster st. Anthony Church - New Bedford
In letters to the Bishops, the Secretary-General of the Vatican Council, Archbishop Pericle Felioi, announced the agenda--or orderly plan-the Fathers will follow in their discussions for the Third Session of the Council. It was also announced that c e r ta i 11 changes had been made ill the procedure so that the council business could be
Sister Marie William Grateful for Diocesan Aid Sent Africa through Propagation Office
From Mt. St. Mary HHer people did it! Her people did it!" That's the whisper that goes round when From Mt. St. Mary Convent, Sister Marie William, formerly of St. Anne's Hospital staff, Fall River, now a missionary Fall River: Sister Mary Domi tilla, to Our Lady of Lour.des nurse in Upper Volta, Africa, visits the bush country surrounding her hospital. What Convent, Taunton, Grade FIve. "her people"-an American medical team- did was to topple the measles mortality rate Sister Mary Faber to St. Pat among Upper Volta children Yalegdo Ouedraogo Hospital in rick Convent, Fall River, Prin from a staggering 75 per Upper - Volta's capital city of cipal, Grade Three. cent to one per cent. This Ouagadougou since June,. 1961. Sister Mary Donalda to Our The hospital, she explains, is Lady of Cincinnati College, Cin- was accomplished in one year through massive use of the government operated and she cinnati. . and the three other -French Sis Sister Mary Flora to St. Xavi. new measles vaccine. ters who work there are in effect er Convent, Providence. "The people are so grateful," government employees. Sister Mary Emeline to Our recounted Sister Marie William, It is named for the first and Lady of Mercy Convent, Attle on home leave from her mission only doctor the new country has boro Bishop Feehan - High ary post. "They all know the Scho'ol. . produced, whose career was cut
Americans did this for them." short at age 28 by an accident. Sister Mary Dionysia to Salve . Some families, she said, had lost
Begina College, Newport, Regis_ as many as five children to the There is one other hospital in trar. measles scourge and many chil the country, said Sister Marie Sister Mary Dosithea to St. dren who were not killed were William, but the one at which .Joseph Convent, New Bedford, incapacitated by complications she is stationed is the better Holy I!'amily School, Grade such as blindness and encepha equipped of the two. In addition Four. _ litis. By contrast, .she noted, there are numerous dispensaries Sister Mary Padraic to st. polio is not a serious health located in bush areas. Peter Convent, Warwick. problem in the African republic. When Sister arrived in Africa Sister Mary Huberta to St. No one knows why, since living in 1961 the hospital was not Mary Convent, Bay View. conditions are polio-breeding, ready for occupancy and tem From Mt. St. Rita Convent, just 'as no one knows why mea porary facilities were very ·eumberland, R. I.: Sister Marie sles 'should be so deadly to primitive. Families were allowed Bernarde to St. Joseph Convent, African youngsters. to live with patients and care New Bedford, Holy Family High .... ii. <i.····.>.;. f<lr their needs. Sister Marie William, daugh School. "Now we don't allow this,· ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Sister Mary Austina to Mt. St. Lapointe, st. Louis de France aid Sister, "but we have a hut -~~~ TW'n to l'age FoW' _ SISTER MARJE WILLLUJ parish, Sw:anseilt baa been. at TW'1l 110 FageEighieen
.speeded up. The discussions in the counell hall will take place in the fol lowing order: 1. "De Ecclesia" (Coneerninr the Ohurch): amendments to the six chapters alTeady discussed in previous meetings will have to be accepted or rejected. Two completely new chapters will have to be openly discussed: (a) "The Eschatological Nature of our Vocation and our Union with the Church in Heaven," (b~ "The Blessed . Virgin Mary. Mother of God, in the Mystery - Turn to Page Eighteen
Pontiff Finishes First Encyclical VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has finished work on the first encyclical of- his reign. The document was written en. tirely by hand by the Pope ill Italian and has been given to Vatican Latinists for translation. An' unofficial but qualified source said publication of the encyclical can be expected when the translation is com· pleted. It was estimated that th~ . would be by July 31 or later. The subject and length of 1lbe Aoc:wnen~
were DOt revealed.