-Nation's Bishops Support Pope,
Defend Family and Life
• Support Papal Stand on' Contraception • Ask Aid to Less Advantaged Families • Urg~. Education. in Human Sexuality Recog~ize Natioll's ',Right of' Self.. Defens~ •• Seek ,To~al, Review. of Draft System • Support Stronger: ':U nited NatioDs -Favor Non..Violent Political and Civic Action '. y rge Considerati~n ..........
for Conscientious Objectors
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Chog~e
Advisory
Council Nominees
Fil'st steps were taken in Bo&ton Monday toward the establishment of an AdV'it3Ol'y' Cou neil of priests and
next choose from those selected five priests and 10 laymen and lay women, so that, on a na tional level, there will be 50 priests and 200 of the laity chosen from all over the country.
ltaity for the United States ~atholic Conference (formerly the N'ational Catholic Welfare Con The final step will see 10 tercnce). Rep I' e sen tat i ve s pl'iests and 20 lay persons chosen .....priests, laymen and lay wom from that group to be members en--of the New England Dio of the Advisory Council. To ceses met' and nominated 50 these will be added, 10 Bishops, priests and 300 laymen and lay five religious men 'and five reli " women. Selected from the Fall 'gious women. .' , River Diocese were Rev. Patrick The selection of the Advisory' 'I. 'O'Neill, Ed.D~, Superintendent . Council, while seemingly based Of Schools of the Diocese; Miss on a rather complicated proce-, Margaret M. Lahey of St. Mary's dUI'e; wiU insure that member € a therdral Parish, chairman' of ship, is as representative as pos- , -.e DCCW, Catholic Charities sible. ,Purpose.:.,of the Council 'is 8ommittee; 'and Albert Gallant to. advise· the Bishops of the. elf St. Mark's Parish, Attleboro" CO"Ulltry in carrying'out the w:ork ,Jlalla, a member' of the CCD . of the Church .in .the modern, DiOccsan Executive Board. world. AU the New England Dioceses, 'The Advisory Council wiil be one of 10 national region~ set the'first ofits·kinci"in·th,e historY ... furoughout the country, will' of the Church in this coUntry.
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Somerset Clerics Plan
Ecu men ical' 'Se rvice' .
Rev. John Oliveira, curate at St. John of God Church, Som ersct, and Rev. Alden Burhoe, rector of the Church of Our Saviour, Somerset, are co planners of 'an ecumenical Thanksgiving service to be held M 7:30 Sunday night, Nov. 24 . in St. Louis de France Church,
Name New Curate At St. Hedwig's The Most Rev. James L. Connolly, .Bishop of the Fall River Diocese, has approved the nomination of Rev. Idlephonse Zalocha, O.F.M. Gonv., as assist ant at St. Hedwig's Parish, New Bedford. Very Rev. Edrnund Symkie wicz, O.F.M. Conv., commisary general of the order, made the Domination' to Bishop Connolly. The appointment was effective on Monday. Nov. 18.
Swansea. Members of all area Protestant and Catholic churches are invited to participate. Rev. Edward Mitchell, curate at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall Ri,ver, and president of the Greater Fall River Ecumenical Clergy Association, will preach. Carrying out a theme of thanl,sgiving for faith, freedom I and food, mixed' chorus mem bers . of Somerset High School wlll support congregational sing ing and give an offertory an them. Readings will be from the Bible and the Declaration of Independence. 'Offerings made at the service will be channeled through the Catholic Bishops' Relief Fund and Chul'ch World Service for Biafran relief. A film depicting the needs of Biafra will be shown in the parish house pre ceding and followiilg the church service. A coffee hour will conclude the ecumenical program.
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WASHINGTON (NC)-The bis}lops of· mission, a witnegs to the primac~' of life the United States have spoken on ·the "doc and the importance of whatever preserves trine a"!ld defense of life" in a 14,OOO-word .,·life." pastoral letter prompted' by' the current The wide-ranging document is divided "threat to life in certain problems of the into two chapters. The first, "The Chris family and of war 'and peace." tian Family," deals with the issue of con In a pastoral entitled "Human Life in . traception and 'other pl'obleins facing the Our Day," issued at the conclusion of their famjly today. The second,' "The Family of annual meeting here, the bishops deal first ,Nations," takes up questions of war and with the family, where "man and life are peace and international relations. first united," and say "the Christian family In their introduction the bishops say the is called more now than ever to a prophetic Tum to Page Fourteen
New> Eucharist Prayers Add
Variety, Richness to Mass
WASHINGTON (NC) -, Liturgical' changes are, Of .immediate concern to priests, but they, are .all oriented toward the people. Every litur gical change, including the new eucharistic prayers and .prefaces which will be officially intro duced next Jan. 1, is ,intended to help the congregation to pray better. ) On Nov. 11 the 'National Con ference of Catholic Bishops for mally: .approved the' English transla tion of, the new texts':"" three "eucharistic prayers (plus a revised version of the ·Roman canon, now called Eucharistic Prayer I) and eight new pref aces. -As with other gradual develop:" ments, t!le responsibility is with
priests to choose these alterna-' tives as the people's needs re quire and to say the prayers well. But the congregations should listen' and absorb the sense of what is said; the con"; gregationshould profit by the , clearer, more' balanced wording ~f the eUCharistic prayers 'in which God is· praised and blessed. "The. length and constant repe tition Of the Roman canon of the Mass, ,Sunday after Sunday 'or day aHe'r day, has become weary i!'g to many pe9ple,. in sp~te of the simple and dignified English version .prepared ·by the Inter nationai Committee on English in the Liturgy, which 'also pre pared the 'new texts, For all its lofty thoughts andbi1biic,al allu sions, the Roman canon is com
plex and hard to follow. All three new compositions (~lthough the first' of them is a third-century ,prayer refur bished) are brief and emphatic. They are also broken up by a "memorial acclamation" sung or said by the people after the re cital of the Lord's Supper by the priest. This means that the new eu charistic prayers involve the people directly and vocally four times-in order to keep every one united to the inner purpose of the Eucharist, to celebrate the Lord's. death and resurrection; to make the Church's offering to God the Father. These four times are (1) the invitation and, response which begin the eucharistic ·prayf'.ll' Turn to .Page Eleven
Silver Priestly Jubilee for Three
Observing the twenty-fifth of their ordina tion to the' priesthood are Rev. James F. Lyons, pastor ~nniversary
of Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Rev William F. MOlTis, pastor of Corpus Christi Chut'ch in Sandwich, and Rt. Rev. Robert L. Stanton, rector ox St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River. The three were ordained in the Fall River Cathedral by the late Most Rev. James E. Cassidy on Nov. 27, 1943. Fathel' Lyons served as assist ant at St. Patrick's Church in Wareham and Immaculate Con ception Church in Taunton. He was administrator of St. Peter's Church in Dighton and, on' Aug. 23. 1967, was named pastor of Turn to' Page Eleven
Fr. Lyons
Fr. Morris
Msgr. SUinton