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Liturgy Commission Scores Lavish Decoration Expense
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MONTREAL (NC)-A Catholic liturgical group has declared that the spirit of poverty should characterize the eonstrnction and decoration of churches so that "a poor person should not be embarassed" at worshiping in them. The Liturgical Commis those responsible for the con .ion of the Montreal arch struction of churches should clioceRe, in a series of direc undertake their work with the tives approved by Paul Emile parishioners asa whole. This eardinal Leger, says "the sacred always involves a certain mag ftificence, but when we consider the misery which afflicts so litany human beings * * * all lavish expense in decoration is • scandal." Other pO,ints made by the doc ttment include a cautionary note en the "commercial aspect" of ..gil lights; a warning against putting too many statues in ehurches; and a reminder that file construction of a church is • concern of the "Christian com IDUnity" it is meant to serve. "From the point of view of the pastoral life," says the document prepared by a commission of .ne priests, "it is desirable that
common undertaking 'will con tribute to the, building up of the Christian community which the church will gather together." The church, the directives de-' clare, is not thep,rivate affair of the pastor or the architect but rattier should serve "the com munity, the parish and the lit urgy." Regarding decoration, the doc ument notes that the modern Christian lives in "a world o'verrun by the visual" and thus has "less need than he once did of pictures in his church." , It recommends that the inspir ation for interior decoration come from biblical themes and that such pictures as are used "~xcel in their artistic quality."
BISHOP CONNOLLY MEETS BISHOP 0]<' AZORES AT COUNCIL: Meeting in Sf,. Peter'c Basilica, Vatican City, the Ordinary of the Fall River Diocese discusses a Session schema with Most Rev. Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho, Bishop of Angra, Azores, PortugaL
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Council on Nov. 21 Concelebration Session III; Vatican H will be signed into the book of past history on Saturday, November 21. The closing will be accomplished in a dOl,lble ceremony honoring Our Lady on the feast of the Presentation of Mary. In the morning, His Holiness, Pope Paul" VI will concelebrate a solemn Mass in St. Peter's basilica. The co-celebrants will . be 24 CouncIl Fathers who have
major Marian sanctuaries in
their own dioceses.
In the afternoon, the formal closing of the Third Session will
Physicians Set Annual Mass For Oct. 31 'Members of St. Luke's Physicians' Guild of Fall River will hold their ninth annual white Mass for phy
REMEMBER CLOTHING DRIVE: Early bird contri butors to annual Bishops' Thanksgiving Clothing Drive 3lt Immaculate Conception parish, North EMton, remind fel low members of Diocese to check closets, storerooms fo-r uable clothing, bed linens, blankets, shoes, bring them to designated collection points next week. From left, Mrs. Rose Nadeau, David Bagge, Neil Bagge and Francis L. Wild, accepting contributiona.
sicians, dentists, nurses, drug gists and others engaged in the health' field at 8:30 on Saturday morning, Oct. 31, in St. Anne's Hospital Chapel. The intention of the Mass to be offered will be the fulfill ment of the Catholic aims and ideals as they apply to those in the field of health and medicine. Officers of the Fall River Guild are: Dr. Francis J. D'Errico, president; Dr. Ray mond A. Dionne, vice-president; Dr. Thomas F. Higgins, secre tary-treasurer.
Dispensation The Most Reverend Bishop has granted a dispensation from the laws of fast and ab stinence on Saturday, Oct. 31, the day before' the Feast of ,All Saints. ,I;...
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be held in the basilica of St. Mary Major in downtown Rome. Meantime, some 300 bishops have signified that they intend to speak on the controversial Schema 13-"The Church in the Modern World" and council commissions are hurrying to re work some of the already dis cussed topics so that they might be proclaimed by the Pope at the closing of the session. .After numerous discussions concerning the schema in gen-
Council Honors Good Pope John A speci'al Mass was cele brated yesterday at the Vatican Council in honor of Pope John XXIII who "pro claimed and began this Vatican Council and guided its first steps." . The Mass - the first to be celebrated in the council hall by simple priests - was a con celebration of 12 parish priests. One of the twelve celebrants was an American, the Rev. Thomas B. Falls of Philadelphia. In the announcement of the Mass, Archbishop Felici, the Secretary-General, urged the council Fathers to pray not only for Pope John but also through him for God's continued blessing on the council's work. With rumors of a proposed canonization of Good Pope John, this is at least the second time that Pope John's power of intercession with God has been asserted in the Council. The first time was in a magni ficent eulogy preached by Leo Cardinal Suenens in which he publicly appealed to Pope John to intercede for the council. The special Mass offered by simple priests-"the right arm of bishops"-was a symbol of the bishops' gratitude and es teem toward their most faith ful collaborators, said Arch bishop Felici.
World Problems eral, the Fathers finally voted W close discussion and begin to minutely examine the schema again chapter by chapter. The schema takes up the con'" troversial subjects of nuclear warfare, family life, poverty. hunger, etc. . In general the criticisms were all mild asking for clearer lan guage, clear stands, courageolW undertakings. One exception was the address of Archbishop John C. Heenan. of Westminster. In a violent at tack couched in some of the strongest language the Fathers have heard, to date, the prelate denounce the schema as a "dangerous'" • * set of platitudes * • * unworthy of a council." The English Primate asked for a new commission to draw up a completely new schema. He harshly criticized some of the council experts and labelled them totally inadequate to treat problems of the world. .' The Archbishop called for the Turn to Page Ten
Haste on Schema 13 Is Dangerous Says Cardinal ", ROME (DW) - His Emi- . nence Giacomo Cardinal Ler caro, 73, ArchbiRhop of Bo logna in Italy and one of the four Moderators of the Vatican Council, has called for lengthy discussion and careful revision of the difficult 13th schema titled, "The Church in the World Today". He stressed the importance and necessity of detailed discus sion on the Council floor in evolving Council decrees and constitutions, and said this was all the more true for the new schema introduced this mornins. 'rum to Page Twev' •
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