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The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 30, 1965

Vol. 9, No. 39 ©

1965 The Anchor

PRICE 10c

$4.00 per Yeat

.100,000 to Participate

In. Mass at Stadium

, NEW YORK (NC)-The Mass Pope Paul will cele­ · brate in Yankee Stadium Oct. 4 will be a low Mass with participation in English from the 100,000 persons expected. The service, which will begin at 8 :30 P.M., EDT, and be nationally televised, will be a will consist of five petitions. : Mass familiar to the vast PoPe Paul will introduce the majority' of U.S. Catholics prayer in Latin; laymen will de­ · under the new liturgy deTurn to J'age Thirteen :crees, according to a spokesman 'fior the New York archdiocese. A leaflet missal ,containing 0 ·prayers and hymns of the Mass 'will be included in a commem- ' ours~

'orative brochure given those,

holding admission tickets to the ·stadium. Rev. Joseph L. Powers, : The congregation will be in­ Diocesan Director of the vited to recite in English the Introit, Gradual, Offertory, Our Confraternity of Christian .'Father, Sanctus (Holy; Holy, Doctrine, has announced an Holy), Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) eight-week doctrine course for and the Communion chant. 'elementary' and high school ; English hymns will be led by teachers of the CCD to be con­ a choir composed of 200 men ducted in the five areas of the ,fcom area seminaries. Diocese. The Epistle at the Mass will The location and opening be read by Ii layman, affiliated date of the courses are as fol­ 'with the United Nations. The lows: Fall River, Mt. St: Mary's Gospel will be read by a deacon Academy, Wednesday, Oct. 6; selected from a New York arch­ Rev. Richard P. Demers.

'New Bedford, Bishop Stang

Aiocesan seminary. 'After the Gospel, Pope Paul High School, Tuesday, Oct. 5, will deliver a brief homily in Rev. John R. FoIster. English. Taunton, Bishop Cassidy High :' The Prayer ,of the Faithful Turn to Page Thirteea

CC D T Presen t T eac h ers' e On Doctrine

Catholics Must Balance Faith and Involvement VATICAN CITY (NC)-Striking a balance between their faith and their involvement in the modern world must be the characteristic of "conscious and faithful sons 'ot: the Church," Pope Paul yr told his weekly general audience here. Speaking to .thousands gathered in St. question not to provide a solu­ tion but 'to warn those at the Peter's basilica (Sept. 2?), audience to prepare themselvetl the Pope took up the theme Turn to Page Thirteen

then being discussed at the ecu­ menical council, the schema on the Church in the modern world. Preserving and professing the faith while at the same time taking part in modern life is the "immediate problem in con-' sciences of the faithful," he said, "'the more so in proportion to their desire to be good Chris­ tians and sincere Catholics.' "Our times -- times in which everything is changing, every­ thing demanding our acceptance and conformity - raise continu­ ous difficulties for one who wants to remain free and logical, and who cannot and does not want to set himself apart from a world which conditions, ab­ sorbs, shapes and overpowers him." Pope Paul said he raised the

AMERICANS READY TO GREET SUPREME PONTIFF: His Holiness Pope Paul VI will make a special trip from Rome ,to New York City next Monday to plead for world­ wide pe&ce to the United Nations Assembly. Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, Auxiliary Bishop in New York, will serve as special narrator during the short Papal visit to this country.

Country, UN Await Monday Papal Visit NEW YORK (NC)-Complete television coverage of Pope Paul VI's visit to New York, Monday, during which he will '.address the United Nations General Assembly and meet' with President Johnson, will be provided by a multi-network television pool. Ap.­ proximately 65 TV cameras wil1 be used. They will include a eamera in a helicopter flying over the motorcade from " Netwo'rk members of the telKennedy Airport to Manha~ Bishop Sheen will participate tan, and cameras in mobile evision pool are ABC, CBS and in the daytime coverage of Pope NBC. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen Paul's arrival,· his reception ill· "flash" units that will ac~ will serv:e as special narrator New York and will interpret company the motorcade in which the Pope will travel through the city. Several handheld.cameras also will be utiltzed. Of the total, seven will be NBC color cameras located in Yankee Stadium for color coverage of the 8:30 nighttime Mass to be celebrated there by the f'ope.

on CBS television and radio !'etworks.: Fred W. Friendly, CBS News presi'dent, said Bishop Sheen, who is national director of the Society fo'r the Propagation of the Faith and auixiliary bishop of New' York, will come here from the fourth session' of the Second Vatican Council for the assignment.

C0n fed lence Keynote of Council Voting The Fourth Session of the fire to council activities: reli­ Vatican Council has taken on gious liberty vote, the detailed a new optimism. Some feel votes on Divine Revelation and that the bishops will be home not only by Christmas but even for Thanksgiving! The great doubts attached to the religious liberty schema had for some time provoked a grave uncertainty among the Fathers. Rumors ran wild' concerning~ possible intrigues, politics, sud­ den and embarassing opposition, etc. But when the doubt was dispelled, a current of fresh ail' boosted the spirits of aU. It is the contribution of many factors that has touched new I

Schema Dealing With Mankind The Council ~athers are now discussing chapter-by­ chapter the schema - once called No. 13 (actually now No. 16)-which deals with "The Church in the Modern World." This schema seeks to review Turn to Page Five

Apostolate of the Laity, the squashing of opposing-the-ma­ jority tactics, a quick getting down to work on the Church in the ModeI'll World schema, other new schemas ready and waiting for the vote. The clear force of the majority in resolving the religious lib­ erty vote was a turning point in the history of the council. All intrigue fell to the side and even the decision of the Coordinating Commission to put off the vote was overshadowed by the deci­ sion of the Pope himself."There ihall be a vote-now." Turn to Page Five _J'

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for viewers the evening outdoor Mass offered by the Pontiff ill Yankee Siadium. ' Pope Paul VI will enter th~ city in a modest ,motorcade over a 24-mile route to the greetinga of millions. , The Pontiff, who turn'ed 61 years of age last Sunday, win expose himself to a grueling schedule whose highlights wiU be a visitwith President John­ son, an appeal to the United 1'lTations, a talk with representa­ tives of Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups which maintain contacts with the UN and a Mass for Peace at Yankee Sta­

dium. Beneath the outward 'calm around the United Nations, St. Patrick's Cathedral and the resi­ dence of Francis Cardinal Spell­ man, where the Pontiff will rest, there were however, strong un­ dercurrents. Police officials estimate 3,000 reporters want to be present, but there is room for less than one-fourth the number. The tightest security net in the city'. history has been spread because TUfn to Page Thirteen


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