Sacrifice Personal Taste for God's Will
, By Rev; J~hn R. FoIster The Fathers in Councn have-in 'a preliminary vote Hmphasized .that it is the Intention .Ofthe ,Church in $his modern era to bring about ~a change of attitude, a conver Sion of heart" toward all men ~ut especially toward non- Cath~ elie· Christians. It also has open ed the way for fraternal and friendly gestures in a sincere attempt to translate into action the sincere hopes and prayers «or Christian Unity.
Both sides, Catholics OIl the one hand, Orthodox and Protes tants on the other, have been .at fault time and again through the centuries. Both must now beg forgiveness of God and of each other. Thus, Session III of Vatican It will go down in history for hav ing given the Church a great positive tone in her relation ships with non-Catholics. Here sy is still and always will be heresy. However the sin of here sy cannot be imputed to those now born in non-Catholic
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churches. Rather the Church of ficially states her eagerness to "embrace them (non-Catholics) in brotherly rev erence and love" The intensity of the Fathers' de cision and their strong intention can be clearly seen in the re sults of the pre liminary votes. The majority has lllways beeD /Ver
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Bishop Approves Changes Of Sacred Hearts Fathers The Most Reverend Bishop has approved the nomina tlons made by the Very Rev. Daniel J. McCarthy, SS.CC., Provincial of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, Fair haven, concerning four assignments of Sacred Hearts Fathers to· parishes in the administrator of St. Anthony's, Diocese, effective Thursd'ay, as Mattapoisett. Oct. 15. The assignments Rev. John Brennan, SS.CC.; as IlIre as follows: administrator of St. Joseph's Rev. Paul Price, SS.CC., as administrator of Holy Redeemer, ehatham. . . Rev. Columba Moran, SS.Cc.,
Fairhaven. Rev. Leo King, S8.CC., as administrator of Our Lady of LoW"~ WeUDMi.
On Nov. 21, 1963, the original text was presented' to the Fathers for the first time and was approved for discussion by
a 1966-86 vote. Then the Fathe1'll proceeded to discuss the schema and present their individual and· collective views. The Second Session finished before more could be done. During the Inter-Session, the Secretariat for' Christian Unity' received the Fathers' opinions as they had been 'voiced in the council chamber. They also re ceived some 500 recommenda tions in writing from .the world's bishops, 75 of these from as sembled groups of bishops. Turn to Page Five:
Council Is Now Examining Scripture
And Tradition Roles in Revelation
The Church is a divinely delegated teacher. It is to teach with God's own authority, clearly, unmistakably. But teach what? Surely individual representatives of the Church the Bishops and in a lesser degree, priests-cannot teach what they like or what seems practical in a given instance. They must ever be careful to teach all-and only-what God wants to be taught. The Commission concerning in the tradition of the 'Church But where will they get Theology gave its report to the found in some way in the Bible; this teaching in order to Fathers. It was a double report, or, is there something equally transmit it to others? This one which reflected the majority revealed found only in the is exactly what the Discussion on Revelation seeks to clearly define.
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2000 and the strongest 0p posing number has - at the greatest-been a feeble 57. How ever, these votes concern prin ciples. When the Fathers come to discuss the practical means, there may be closer votes. The practical always is closer to per-· sonal tastes than is the funda;. mental doctrine which depends on Christ more than personal likes and dislikes.
Rejects Coercion
ROME (DW) - "If we do not explicitly and clearly reject without any loopholes the deplorable doctrine of
opinion and the other, the mi nority. The problem is: does Revela tion (all that God has in some way taught) contain more than what is actually written in the BibJe, or is everything contained
Church's tradition but not actu ally in the Bible. The Commission's majority re Turn to Page Eleven
Jewish Treatment Concern Fairhaven School Council ROME (DW) - Bishop Blessing Sunday . Donal R. Lamont, 53, Bishop
Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, legitimate coercion in religious D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of the matters, we shall appear to have . Diocese, will lay the cornerstone made some small concession to and bless the new St. Joseph modern thought, but will have School, Fairhaven, at 2:30 Sun proclaimed no truth,"- said Af day afternoon. rican-born Archbishop Jean Zoa, Speakers will include Joseph 40, head of the Yaounde Archdi Saladino, chairman of the build ocese in Cameroun and member ing fund committee; Rev. Eu of the Missions Commission of gene Robitaille, SS.CC., vice the Council, speaking today in provincial, who will represent the Sacred Hearts Fathers; and the Council Hall on the Declara tion on Religious Liberty. James B. Lanagan, representing Cloture on this . debate had the Fairhaven Board of Select been called near the end of last men a.nd the townspeople. Friday's session, but Archbishop The choir from Sacred Hearts Zoa received the necessary 70 Novitiate, Wareham, will offer selectioD8. . TW'D to Paie Eleven
of U mtali Diocese in South ern Rhodesia and a member
of the Council Secretariat far Promoting Christian Unity, to day said the question of the Jews must receive treatment by the Council for logical, theolog ical and pastoral reasons. He also tleemed to express the fear that the Secretariat to which he belongs may be dissolved at the end of the Council, because ill concluding his intervention he said, "Let us hope that the Sec retariat for Promoting Christiaa Unity may continue in exis tenCle even after the Council, lest .Turn to Page Ten
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ENTHRONEMENT CEREMONY: Family dedicates itself to Sacred o-f propagating devotion, win be led by Rev. Francis Larkin, SS.CC., Nat.
Heart in simple home ceremony. Two day workshop at Bishop Stang High ional Director of the Enthronement. Bishop Stang students will take prom ·Iohool in North Dartmouth thia Sunday and· Monday wiU explaill meana . inent part iaworkshop proceedings_ StOff R Page ·Ten. ../ .