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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Nov. 5, 1964 Vol. 8, No. 4S
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English in Mass
Requires Clarity
WASHINGTON (NC)-The American Bishops' Com miRRion on the Liturgical Apostolate has warned that there is "the greatest possibility of scandal" if in the new English usag-e in the Mass the prayers and scripture passages are read hurridly or without at tention to meaning. The pel in English should be pro commission in a special claimed facing the people at low and sung Masses-the statement asserted that use both lessons preferably read by a
of the vernacular language in stead of Latin is no automatic guarantee of fulfilling the ecu menical council's goal of pro viding the people with worship which is "meaningful and intel ligible to them." The bishops of the commis sion, which is headed by Arch bishop John F. Dearden of De troit, called for dignity of speech and manner by the cele brant and lector alike. They held that any recitation of prayers in a routine or sing-song manner would be a grave abuse of the spirit of the council's Constitu tion on the Liturgy. The commission's wide-rang ing statement is designed to serve as a guide for the liturgical changes which come intogen eral use in the United States on Sunday. Nov. 29. Among the points made in the 3,500-word documenf are these: The lessons, Epistle and Gos-
h!ctor other than the celebrant, but the reading of the Gospel "reserved to the deacon or, in his absence, to the celebrant." At low Masses, the people should stand not only for the Gospel and Creed, but also for the Introit, Kyrie and Gloria, for the Secret, Preface and Sanc tus, and for the Lord's Prayer and the Postcommunion and dis missal. At sung Masses the people should use the same postures as the clergy. Psalms or hymns should be sung by the congregation at low. Masses, especially on S'undays and holy days, and particularly during the preparatory prayers, between the Scripture readings, at the Offertory" during the Communion, and as a recessional -immediately after the blessing, during the reading of the Latin Last Gospel.
Pan-Orthodox Heads • 'Council' Meet In
The Bishops of the Vatican Council, committed to ecumenic-al activities, cannot but be profoundly interested in the Pan-Orthodox Conference being held on the island of Rhodes from No.1 to the 17. One hundred Orthodox pre lates, rep:t.·esenting 11 autonomous (independent) Ortho dox churches-representing 1~O million Christians, are
NO. ATTLEBORO'S MADONNA MANOR: Additions to the former Hixon Hotel are advancing rapidly towards completion and thus becomes another impor~ link in the Diocesan chain of charity for the care of our aged of the Attleboro area.
Council Faces Issues Of Race; Marriage ',All eyes are turned to Nov.' 21. The Bis'hops in council realize that their debates mtlst produce some fruit before that time. Enough must be treated of Schema 13 to give the commission enough guidance in their rewriting the schema. So far, the Bi-shops have en thusiastically and courageously launched out into the deep and they have resolved to face - as a Body - those, prob Church schema, the chapter' on has a vocation to be of benefit lems that all men must face. Our Lady, etc., ' to the world around him. Catholics will be guided and It is possible that four schemas Chapter 4 of this schema deals will realise that the Church wil~ be readY' for proclamation with the Christian's main task
-arid Christ-:-does have some thing to say, on these important things. Non-Catholics will real ize that. the Church, faithful to her divine mission, does have something to contribute. Besides this important schema, ~e Bishops are also reviewing the matters they have already discussed, which have been re written to better conform to the assembled Fathers' mind. They have taken second votes on the
in mid-November, They are: The Church, Divine Revelation, Ecumenism and The Pastoral Duties of Bishops. Though this schema has pro voked nearly universal interest, it is not a panacea-something that wiil cure all existing ills. However, just because a Chris tian's place on earth is like one in exile, that does not mean that the Christian has no contribution to the world; On the contrary, he
New Bedford Missioner New Pastor
meeting to discuss possible re lations with the Catholic Church. The principal issue of the eOllference is whether an ullder st'1l1dinr\ can be reached about jdil1t1~' establishing contact with th.. Catholic Church with a view :;1 -:t:lhit'C tiiiilogue aiming at l'vC'dtuul reunion. 'r'hf' I<;cumenica::' Patriarch of Constantinople, Patriarch Ath~n al{oras, who met with Pope Paul in Jerusalem in January, is l~triving toward such an arran~e lllC'nt. The Patriarch of Athens and All Greece was bitterly op ClOsed to such an opening toward Rome. Thou~h there are no Catholic rlbservers at the conference, Pope Paul sent a message of ~r('etings and best wishes to the prelates. The message was read 10 the conference. It was in :k'rench, accompanied by Greek, TurQ to Page Eleven
SANTA CRUZ (NC)-A New Bedford missioner, one of the first North American priests to work in this country, recently was named pastor here just a few miles from the town where he began his mission work 22 years ago. Maryknoll Father David I. Walsh was one of the first group of Maryknoll missioners to begin work in Bolivia when the terri tory was entrusted to the Mary knoll Fathers in 1942. Father Walsh's first assignment in the country was in the parish of Cotoca, about 12 miles from this city in the heart of the central Bolivian farmlands. The Maryknoller's new parish, San Roque, serves nearly 3,000 persons in this rapidly growing city. As pastor, Father Walsh will supervise the catechist-
training program that prepares native volunteers to teach Church doctrine in the commu nity and will coordinate the so cial service work of several parish groups.
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Long familiar with the prob lems and hope of the Bolivian people for improving their so cial, economic, educational and spiritual conditions, Fat her Walsh directed Maryknoll's work in the country for three years as regional superior of the Maryknoll missioners in Bolivia. He was assigned to the Mary knoll Novitiate in Bedford, Mass., in 1949, and served there and at Maryknoll headquarters, Maryknoll, N. Y., until his return to Bolivia in 1957. A native of New Bedford, Father Walsh is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fuller of 8 Prospect Avenue, Hopedale, Mass. He graduated from St. Kilian's School and Holy Family High School, New Bedford, be fore entering Maryknoll in 1933 to study for the foreign mission ary priesthood
and some of the key themes in the life of the modern world: human dignity,' family life, dif ficulties, social and economic problems, peace and world se curity. Bishop Wright of Pittsburgh, in introducing the chapter to the Council Fathers reminded them that it is not their task to find answers to all the problems since that would take up many years. But they must exert every effort to apply the Church's ancient wisdom to the new and previ ously unheard of conditions harassing modern men's con sciences. Racism and discriminatioa Tum to Page Ten
Liturgy Day Topic Music "Music in the Renewal of the Liturgy" is the theme of a day long workshop to be held at Stonehill College, North ·Easton on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Directed to parish priests, parish organ ists, and parish choir directors of New England, the program is sponsored by the New England Committee of the National Liturgical Conference and the Music Department of Stonehill College under the direction of George Pelletier. The program will begin at 10 with a general session. First ~l1rn to Page Eleven