FAVOR .LAITY ROLE IN WORSHIP Council Work Moves Slowly
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Propose Pastoral Liturgy Institutes VATICAN CITY (NC) His HoI i n e s s Pope John XXIII brought to 90 the number of churchmen he
Pope was Coadjutor Archbishop book was enthroned by Melkite John P. Cody of New ,Orleans. Rite Archbishop Philippe Naballl He was appointed to the Com- , of Beirut, one or'the five undermission for Seminaries, Studies secretaries of the council. Preand Catholic Schools. siding officer was Antonio Car_ chose to complete the 10 workActually' Archbishop Cody's dinal CaggIano, Arch.bishop of ing cQmmissions of the Ecumen_ name was included in the list of Buenas Aires. ical Council. They were read to elected members as announced . The first part of, the. day's the 2,277 Fathers attending the on Oct. 20. Inclusion of his name, meeting saw the conclusion. of ninth general session: however, was an error. The man the first chapter of the liturgy Pope John surprised the elected is Bishop John C. Cody pro j e c t2. Sixteen churchmen Council by naming nine, not of London, Onto As a result of eight churchmen to each com- the Pope's action, both Arch- spoke. Next in order of business was the opening discussion on. mission. Originally, it had been bishop John Patrick Cody and the second chapter of the projannounced that each commission Bishop John Christopher Cody ect, which deal!! with the Holy would have a cardinal president will Eucharist. Before the adjournnamed by the Pope, 16 members, sion. serve on the same commis' ment at 12:15 P.M., Francis elected by the Council, and eight Cardinal Spellman of New York, The names were announced more appointed by the Pope. It Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini of was assumed that the Pope following the usual rites which begin each day's sessions. The Palermo and Paul Emile Carnamed nine instead of eight to dinal Leger of Montreal read eliminate problems of procedure Mass of the day was celebrated prepared remarks; by Archbishop Paul Yamaguchi in case of tie votes. Turn to Page Twenty of Nagasaki, and ,the Gospel. , Among' those named by the
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Franciscans Pick Judge Considine For High Post MEN'S RETREAT: Participating in retreat for :{Den
At the recent Quinquennial Congress of the Third Order of St. Francis meeting in Detroit, Judge Walter L.
of Diocese at Our Lady of .Good Counsel Retreat ~ouse are, ' Considine of "l'ew Bedford was
elected to the Provincial Council of the' Third Order of, Holy Name Province. 'The Provincial , Council is made up of a priest from the Diocese of Buffalo, three Franciscan Fathers and six laymen. Its purpose is to direct and supervise the 115 Fraternities which a·re under the jurisdiction of 'Holy Name Province. ,These fraternities extend , The nation's Clltholics observed a day of prayer on the from Maine to Florida and are Feast of Christ the King, asking a{xI's blessing on the,Presi- al.90, located 'in 'Denver, the d.ent and the government and petitioning for continued South and the, West Indies. Judge Consi,dine who begins a. peace. The observance was in response to an appeal from the . five year term as Councilor is, Bishops of the country. They States request 'tI~ei~" Catholic presently Pi'efect of the Men's asked for p~aye!s ip. a me~- peOple to observe Sunday, the Fra~ernity of Our Lady's Chapel in New Bedford. sage released in, Washington ~,ast of Christ the King, as Tllrn to Page FourteeD by the Executive. Office of Turn to Page Twelve . the National Catholic Welfare Conference. 'With direct' reference to the U.S. selective blockade of Cuba and the ramifications of this act, the Bishops' statement said: "In view,of the present world erisis, the Bishops of the United
left, Henry McCracken, St. John's parish, Attleboro; Rev. William McMahon, retreat house director; Joseph Kelleher, St. La wrence, New Bedford.
Nation's Catholics Respond. To Appeal for Prayers
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Scripture lessons and preaching in the Mass. More responsibility for church administration en-, trusted to laymen. These are some of the hopes of a priest whose Minneapolis parish became nationally known for its program of active participation in the Mass and of lay responsibility for parish affairs. . Father Alfred C. Longley told a Xavier University Forum audience that the Second Vatican Council may realize his hopes. A leader in the liturgical movement in the U.S;, Father Longley returned recently from Belgium where he was a member of a commission engaged in revising the St. Andrew Missal. 'lie came back ~onvinCfXt that
Council of Cat~olic Women Mee'ts Saturday in Detroit WASHINGTON (NC)-Nearly 10,000 delegates and guests are expected to gather in Detroit Saturday for the' 3'1st biennial convention of the National Council of 'Catholic Women. 'Registrants, who will be representatives of the 14,000 organizations affiH- on the conv~ntion theme: "The ated with the council, will be Christian in a Changing World." , offered five days of workNCCW 'officials describe' the shops and panel ,discussions 'allscinbly: as Ii "working' converi- , , ,.
Council Fathe r$ Are·Considering Divine Office in Vernacular
Transfers Effect Two Pa rishes By virtue of a special mandate, the Most Reverend James J.' Gerrard, D.D., Vicar General 'of' the Diocese of Fall River, approves the nominations submitted by Very ltev. George' M. Roskwitalski, O.F.M.Conv,' Minister Provin. cial of st Anthony's Province of 'the Order of Friars Minor Conventuals and transfers Rev. loachim Dembeck, O.F.M. Conv., assistant at Holy Cross Church, t-all River,' to Our' Lady of Perpetual Help Church, New Bedford, as assistant. The Most Reverend' Vicar General also ~provcs the nomination of Rev. Turn to Page. ,Fifteen
"the liturgy is in for a drasUe revision" by the Fathers of the council. "We can look for the vernlllcular," he said, "at least in the prayers offered in the name of the people." Thus, in Englishspeaking countries the Introit, Gradual, Gloria, Creed, Our Father, and prayers of thanksgiving would be in English, as well as the Epistle and Gospel. The cannon will remain irl Latin "for the time being,'" Father Longley believes, but he added that. "there may be pro- . vided a new companion prayer to' be read by' the laity irl their . OWrl language while the priest secretly prays the canon." 'As a result' of the council'. T.urrl'to PQge Twelv.. '
By Rev. Edward J. Mitchell
By James M. Johnson
As the Vatican Council began to pick up steam this week in long and lively discussions on the worship' of the Church, brooding clouds of war darkened the Carib-
Almost every morning of the week, mOre than 2,500 fathers of the Second Vati· can Council enter the main door of St. Peter's Basilica to continue the task of seek-
bean Sea and raised the possibility of an early adjournqle~t,' to the 21st Ecumenical Council. Romans sadly recalled that a war in 1870 brought the First Vatican Council to an abrupt . en9. The Holy Father, d~ply troubled that war could put an end not to, the 'Counc~l, but perhaps to ,the human race it:' self, took to the airwaves to deliyer a strongly.. worded message for peace. It was one' of the' few times in his fouryear reign that the pontiff spoke out on political affairs. Revealing that tbe " TUrn to Page' Eleven .
ing the best course for the Catholic Church in a troubled world. About. 250 of these fathers are the Bishops' of the United States. As the council plunges ever deeper into its work, it has, become more and more ap';' parent ,that, whiie they will not - generally ~ take a commanding role in the deliberations, the American· Bishops will occupy an important place. ' To understand the importance ~f the role of the U.S. Hierarch,y, It is nee-Turn to Page Tell. '
tion," noting that sessions will tackle subjects 'such' as the role of Christians in areas such as public morality, children and youth, literature and the arts, lay participation in the Church and rural and urban ,life. Msg'1'. Cla'rence D. White will open the program with an analysis of the convention'!! theme. Msgr. White is assistant general secretary of the National 'Catholic Welfare Conference, the parent organizatiorl of the women's council. Mrs.' Arthur Zepf of Toledo. Ohio, retiring after a two-yeat' term' as president of the 42-yearold council,' will preside at the opening' session. Miss Margaret Mealey, executive director of the NCCW, wiiI outline the organi. zational plan of the conventiorl which will be held in Detroit's municipal '. 'aUditorium,' Cobo Hall. Philip Scharper, American editor of Sheed and Ward, publishers, will address an evening civic meeting. The religious highpoint of too assembly will be an afternOOla Turn to Page '1)vel~