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DETROIT (NC) - The National Council of Catholic Women has corne up with some not-very-rosy answers for world challenges confronting Catholics. The women's conclave in this Michigan Motor City is being attended by 2,000 delegates.· "Willing' ness to face the fact of that the 1954 decision of the change" and "willingness to Su~rem,,: Court outla~ing segre. " ,. ,gation m the publc schools take. rIsks .are two o~t- "opened more doors to Negroes
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Lutheran Q'Sees Spirit Guiding'Council MINNEAPOLIS (NC) ..:..... A Lutheran minister deeiared here th~t it appears to him that the Second V~tican Council shows the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The element of surprise in the calling of the council and the suddenness with which the idea of the continues to direct the . council," meeting carne to His Holi- Rev. Snyder said, "is seen in the ness Pope John XXIII is a way'in which these Ptotestants possible indication that it ' Turn to Page Twelve is' "the rcsult of the prayers of c6untless Catholics and Protestants," said the Rev. William R. Sn'yder of ,St. John's Lutheran ehurch, in a Reformation Sund~y sermon. The "most obvious" of signs *that the Holy Spirit continues to be the moving force in this cou'ncil," he said, is the' "issuance of invitations to representatives of various Protests'nt denominations."
URGES UNITY:: ArchbishoI\ Maximos IV Saigh, Melkite Rite Patriarch of Ant i 0 c h, has called for greater attention by the Church to the Eastern Rites as a means of achieving reunion with the Orthodox Churches.
standmg Amencan charactenstics, >:et on sever~l major points AmerIcan CatholIcs lack these characteristics and are, "not American enough," Phil Scharp_ er, New York publishing company editor, told the delegates at the 31st biennial session. Singling out the fields of work, race relations and urban responsibility, he made these points: Work-America is "the start and the center of the technological revolution'," and therefore "American Catholics ought to have developed a solid theol_ ogy of work." But "we haven't even made a beginning." Race-The "sin of racism, the heresy of racism" is so insidious
Short, Snappy, Substantial Sermons VATICAN CITY (N C) Brief but substantial, sermons on scriptural texts at Sunday Masses are favored
by Ecumenical Council fathers. A Council bulletin said the general opinion of the Council Fathers is that the scriptures "So desirous was the Pope to should have a greater part in !have representatives from the the Mass. It was suggested Russian Orthodox church that that the books of the scriptures sent a personal envoy to· could be divided over a cycle Moscow on the eve of the coun- of years to let preachers cover eil .to urge the Russian church the major truths of the faith in leaders to send observers," he commenting on the scriptural noted. texts of the masses. , 'The bulletin said it was stated "Proof that the Holy Spirit
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at the Council: "It is necessary to emphasize the first part of the mass-the teaching part, or Mass of the Catechumens-in all its primitive value and to unite it closely with the second part, the sacrifice proper." ,It was also urged, the bulletin said, that Catholics should be better educated regarding the observance of holy days of obligation. The bulletin also reported that ca,ution was urged at the Council "in order to honor holy and venerable traditions." ,The bulletin added that many
Council Fathers urged that Catholics be taught "an awareness of a priesthood common to all faithful by reason 'of Baptism and Confirmation." 'It reported that although the Fathers said the dialogue Mass ought to be promoted, "it was noted that the faithful should not be deprived of those moments of recollection which favor personal piety." The bulletin said that at' their 11 th meeting the Council Fathers suggested that homilies-or sermons on scriptural texts-at Masses should "be brief but substantial."
in American Catholic institutions than did even the teaching of the Mystical Body,of Christ." Some positive views on the role played by Catholics in the modern world came from G Mennen Williams former Michi~ gan governor wh~ is now Assist_ ant Secretary of State for Airican affaiI:s. Williams, whose appearance was . unscheduled, said he wanted to convey his own impressionc of "the tremen_ ous good work" being done ;by the Catholic ,Church in Afriqa. He said that in the fields. of education and health the missionaries are performing gr~at service to the emerging peoples of Africa. The U. S. government. he said, "is certainly not going to do all-even the major partin expressing America's interest" in the peoples of the new African nations. He added that the organizations affiliated with the NCCW "have made a very real impact on the life of the (African) people." Scharpel"s criticism was echoed the following day at a panel, discussion on "fostering the-ecumenical spirit." Panelist Alba Zizzamia,.of the National Catholic Welfare Conference Office for United Nations Affairs, New York, said that when an organization like the NCCW makes III positive contribution to promote better international relations, it gets a lot of "nasty letters" from other Catholics. "Why are there so many ... isolationists among Catholics?" she asked.
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"-Insertion of the name of lfhe Bishops of ,the U.S. have ,, St. Joseph in the Canon of the formed a group of small Mass together with' that of Our e6inmittees to coordinate Lady. and assist their stUdY' of subjectjl eaming before the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council. . . 'Each of the 12' committees will study a particular field and be available to' help all the U.S. Bishops in their preparations for the general sessions of CounCil dealing with that field. ' 'The pl'ogram works through a general committee composed of • presidency, a secretariat and Tarious particular committees. Archbishop Thomas A; Boland of Newark, N.J., is general Chail'man of the project. Meanwhile, detailed discusstons of possible changes in the Mass, including reception of Holy Communion as both bread and wine and COD-celebration of the Mass, marked the 12th. general' session of the Ecumenical €ouncil. The 12th session was opened with a Maronite Rite Liturgy offered by B ish 0 p Joseph Khoury of Tyre, Lebanon. The language of the Mass is ancient Syriac, the last stage in the evolution of the Aramaic language spoken by Christ. It was the first time in nearly 20 centuries that the language of Jesus was heard in ceremonies in St. Peter's basilica. 'Among the innovations in the Mass suggested by the Fathers, the Council press bulletin reported, were: -Reducing prayers at the toot of the altar. -Changes concerning the sermon and the participation of the congregation in the action
-Greater cohesion between the two parts of the Mass. ,.-:Readi!1g .the, I>~a~er~ ,and
Mass. from tlj1e pulpit and reciting those of, the second part at the altar. -Ending the Mass with the last blessing and the "Ite missa est." - ' Th~ press bulletin sai~ that
using caution in revising words, gestures and prayers which have acquired . great 'nobility in, the passing of the centuries without losing anything of their original significance." "It ,is,. considered,tl1~r~fore,
Many .Fruits .Spring From Slowness Of Early Vatica,n Council Work By Rev. Edward J.' Mitchell An unusual fleet of buses is crisscrossing 'the city of Rome these gray November mornings. It is the Vatican's armada of 100 chartered buses which' daily ,shuttles the
By James M. Johnson As the approximately 2,500, Fathers of the Second Vatican Council slowly make their way through the comple.x:ities of the Sacred Liturgy, it is easy sometimes to forget the one man upon whom . the success or failure of' the Council so greatly depends. That man is Giovanni Roncalli-Pope John XXIII-who summoned the "successors of the Apostles" from theil." Sees throughout the world to consider the state of the Church in these troubled times. It is easy to forget the crucial role that Pope John has to play in the Council because he, has held himself aloof from its day-to-day deliberations, preferring to let the Fathers fune,tion, debate and
bishops from their hotels to St. Peter's. This episcopal masstransportation system jolts many a sleepy-eyed Roman on his way to .work. For behind the shining bus windows, instead of the usual tourist fumbling his map or camera, he encounters a row of red-robed bi~etted bishops smiling out at him. Perhaps the smiles would be hard to identify when the bus, rolls into one of Rome'·s monumental traffic jams. "If. the police can. get'the bishops through Rome's traffic jams," went a pre-counCil Turn
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that the order of .the Mass be retained in, its substance, while admitting partial changes for the purpose of making the active participation of the faithful in the individual Rites 'easier. H It was emphasized that each change in the Mass as it noW' exists should be preceded by a thorQugh study of the individual prayers and ceremonies under discussion. ' The Council bulletin stated that "it was insisted that the Canon of. the Mass especially should remain intact because of its solemnity and for literary, liturgkal, historic and juridical reasons known to all." In regard to concelebration the joint celebration of a Mass by more than one priest-it was Hadvised that ... it be reserved to monasteries and to religious communities so that brotherly union and piety might be encouraged." As for reception of Holy Communion under the two species of bread and' wine, it was noted that "difficulties of a practical and hygienic order were cited in the matter of restoring the practice • . . However, reasons in favor of the practice were also indicated, but under the condition that the special cases in which it would be permitted would be well specified." The bulletin said that a "twofold preoccupation ran through all !!peeches of the Fathers: first, to render the celebration of the Mass more solemn and as holy as possible and, secondly, to favor understanding and participation of the faithful in the Sacrifice of Christ through the action of the priest and their own voluntary obla'tion."