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:More Steps V ATICAN CITY (NC) .:.... The'striking new changes in the Mass made by the in struction of the Vatican Liturgy ,Commission aim at stressing the community nature of Christian worship and taking full advantage of the liturgy's educational or formative possi bilities.. The new changes, which go into effect March 7, 1965, the first Sunday of Lent, must be regarded 'as a preliminary step in the overall liturgical reform decreed last December by the
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Second Vaflcan r!ouncil. All priests exercising the fac ulties of the Diocese of Fall River will meet on Tuesday. Nov. io, at 3 o'clock in the audi torium of Jesus Mary Academy, Fall River, for a Conference dealing with the new liturgical changes. Rev. John H. Hackett, vice chancellor and secretary to the Most Reverend Bishop, will speak on "The Constitution on the Liturgy and the New Ritual". Rt. Rev. John j. Hayes, pastor of Ho~y Name Church, New
Music Workshop Set at Stonehill
College, Nov. 11
A workshop oli Music in the Renewal of the Liturgy will be held for parish priests parish organists, and parish ·:r choir directors of New England Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Stone hill College, North Easton. The program will begin at 10 o'clock with a general session at which the nature of the liturgical re newal will be outlined. In aft ernoon sessions detailed facets of the role of music in the re IT.PA"" newal will be investigated. The program is sponsored by the New England Committee of the National Liturgical Confer ence and the Music Department PRICE lOc of Stonehill College. © 1964 The Anchor $4.00 per Year The renewal of the liturgy of the Catholic Church e\lolving over several decades has re ceived special significance most recently by the promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy by the Second Vatican Council. One of the seven chap Though important and momentous decisions have al-. ters of this document concerns ready been taken by the F'athets in Council, deeis.ions con itself with the role of music in cerning far reaching cOMequeIices for the future of the the liturgy. In addition to the world still face the Fathers. The Bishop~ had made an ex- important theoretical insights offered, several practical con ception to the rule and had Easte;n Churches Proposition siderations are suggested which deeided to di.scuss the mat- also came under strong criticism. be discussed at the work ters of the Priesthood and "Now the Bishops will, take up si).op. the Eastern Churches even the Schema entitled " The The Stonehill College program, though it had been decided to Church in the Modern -World" while not attempting to resolve simply vote on these subjects (No. 13). This is a schema. all the practical problems, will and not discuss them. The Priest- Therefore, it shall be fully dis attempt to offer guidance and hood Proposition was rejected as cussed-point by point-and a direction to the organists and it stood and sent back to its long series of votes, suggestions choir directors. The program is Turn to Page Twenty commission for re-writing. The Turn to Page Two
Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 22, 1964
Vol. 8, No. 43
Council Fathers To Treat Problems A.ffecting World
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Catholic _Youth Week Begins Sunday Events throughout the Diocese will mark the open ing of National Catholic Youth Week this Sunday, the Feast of Christ the King. Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, Dioc esan director of youth activities, will celebrate a televised Mass at 10 Sunday morning over New Bedford Channel Six. It will be attended by area and Diocesan officers and chairmen of the Catholic Youth Organization, who will participate in dialogue responses. At 7 Sunday night Fall River area CYO officers will be in stalled in a ceremony at St. Mary's Cathedral, to be followed ~t Anawan Street CYO Hall by an awards ceremony and social hour. To be installed are James Gib ney, St. Mary's Cathedral parish, area president; Irene Gagnon, St. Anne'S, vice-president; Mark Mancini, St. Anne's, treasurer: Judy Gagnon, St. Jean Baptiste, secretary; Collin Matton, St. Anne's, publicity secretary. Also Geraldine Rapoza, st.
Mary's Cathedral, spiritual com mittee chairman; Michael Mc Nally, St. Joseph's, cultural committee; Louise Casavant, St. Jean Baptiste, social committee; Fred Campos, Santo Christo, athletic committee. At the Anawan Street center, awards. will be presented to the year's outstanding CYO person ality, past officers, and the top parish CYO unit. Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 7:30 a penny sale will be sponsored at the Anawan Street CYO by the area organ ization and units from St. Jo seph, Sacred Heart, Our Lady of Angels and st. Mary's Cathe dral. From noon to three Thurs day, Oct. 29, Father Sullivan will sponsor an informal lunch eon at the Catholic Community Center on Franklin Street for parish CYO moderators; and on Saturday night, Oct. 31 the ,De La Salle Academy band will play for the regular CYO dance at Franklin Street. Taunton area activities win begin with CYO attendance at 8 o'clock Mass SWlda)' mornfiig
at St. Mary's Church. A Com munion breakfast will follow at CYO Hall at 10 o'clock, with Robert Hill Jr., Diocesan spiri tual chairman, as guest speaker. Area officers will be installed at the breakfast. They are James Murphy, 'Sacred Heart parish, president; Rosemary Gallagher, Sacred Heart, vice-president; Jay Hill, St. Mary's, treasurer; Turn to Page Twenty
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Bedford, wil'l speak on "The Constitution on the Liturgy and the New Missal". . The Vatican 'instruction has simplified the beginning and the end of Mass. Psalm 42 in the preparatory prayers as said by the priest and the server will be dropped. The Mass will end at the blessing, with the last Gospel and prayers after Mass entirely eliminated. The s e omissions will not shorten the Mass very much, nor is this the intention of the change. The time saved is need Turn to Page Fourteen
Council Is to Restudy Priesthood Schema The Proposition on "Pries~ly Life and Ministry" had not been adopted by the Council. This is not because the Bishops have no true appreciation for their closest col laborators; just the contrary is empha'sized. By special ar. rangement, the Fathers de do justice to the subject of the cided to discuss the propo apostolate, a full schema on the sition before they gave their priest is required . . . it seems votes. The discussion reveal to deal only with the priest's ed a near general disap obligations, and this in a way proval of the Proposition as it will hardly encourage them Ol' stood. Why? inspire them to higher things .... Criticisms were: "Not too ae "too little too poorly done ceptable because it is not clear an insult to the priesthood •• a treatment of the bishops' "co< what its aim is . . . the aposto late depends so much on the laborators in a second rate man apostolate of the priest that to Turn to Page Twenty 0
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Asks Vincentians To Face Three 'New Work Trends PORTLAND (NC)-A call for «new blood" to rein vigorate" the St. Vincen,t de Paul Society was issued here br the society's international officer in charge of youth activities and new conferenoes. Such a transfusion is al ready under way in Europe, . . D T Calling this a "very delicate A mm e errazi, youth con- subject, especially in Anglo sultant from council general Saxon countries," he added: headquarters in Paris, told "But we need the gifts of women a' group of Portland Vincentians, in works of mercy. Certailli adding that the "new blood" , Turn to Page Fourteen , should come from among young people, women, and members of other faiths. He noted these three "new trends:" Youth. Formation of hundreds The annual meeting of th«f of youth conferences in western Europe-and some in other Catholic Pharmacists Guild of St. James of the Fall River Dio< countries-is returning the soci ety to its "youthful origins," cese will be held at 7:30 to said DeTerrazi. He recalled that night at St. Jean Baptiste church Frederic Ozanam was only 20 hall, Stafford Road, Fall River., when he founded the society in Officers will be elected. It is also announced by Norm. 1839 with five or six fellow an H. Caron, president, that the Parisian students of like age. annual Mass for living and de Women. A two-year experi ceased members will be offered ment is now underway for mer at 9:45 Sunday morning, Oct. 25 ger of the society with a paral lel women's society which has at St. James Church, New Bed remained separate, with offices ford, by Rev. Albert F. Shovel and administration in Italy, ton, spiritual director for both since its foundation in 1856, local and national pharmacists' guilds. DeTerrazi said.
Druggists to Hold Annual Meeting
Explanation'of Common Prayer Use Probably the best explan ation of the u,se of the com mon prayer with members of ~ther faiths has been pub B'!hed in the Catholic Transcript, official paper of the Archdiocese of Hartford. This article should answer many questions that have been propounded. The ar ticle, published with permission, follows: We have encountered among Catholics two aets of reactioRi
to two recent happenings abroad and at home. The happenings are: (1) the vote 'in Vatican Council II authorizing some prayers and services in common by Catholics 'and non-Catholics, and (2) Cardinal Cushing's rec ommendation that Boston Cath olics attend the meetings of evangelist Billy Graham. One reaction is of horror and dismay~ as if in both instances an aban donment, or even a betrayal, of Catholic principle \Yere invQlvrd..
The other reaction is of gratified assumption that ,at long last participation in any kind and form of,non-Catholic religious services is permissible. Both re actions are based on misunder- standing of what actually waf said and done in each case. The vote in the council merelT. was in favor of granting per mission to participate in a spe cial kind of prayers and services iP "proper circumstances." Tu T.urn 1lo Page Six