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NATION PAUSES TO THANK GOD: Typical Americans are the of St. Peter the Apostlj:! parish in Provincetown-where the Pilgrims first landed-who pause on Thanksgiving Day to offer gratitude to God for the blessings He has bestowed upon them. Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cook ~oks

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of 16 Prince Street, Provincetown, say grace before the holiday meal. Left to right: Christopher 6. Cynthia .11, Cathleen 8, Mrs. Ellen Cook, Susan 3 months, Mr. Cook and MaryEllen 3. This national Act of Thanks has continued without interruption since the Landing Fathers' first harvest.

Council Debates Document On Sou rces o'f Revelation ROME.- Debate. continues amo.ng Council Fathers on the draft submitted to them concerning the sources of Divirte Revelation. Catholic doctrine has always maintained that there. are two sources, Sacred' Scripture and Tradition, while non-Catholic accept only Scripture. The draft proposed for the Bishops' consideration has been criticized , as being textbook in language and not pastoral enough in tone. Many of the Bishops are hoping for a presentation t}1at would be clearer and more simple in ,language, one that would take into account the thinking of non-Catho-

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lics in the matter and one that would try to put more emphasis handed down from the Apostles oJi points of agreement rather that were committed to writing than on a'reas where there is under the inspiration of the fall River, Mas~., T~ur~d'a'y~ 22, 1962 .dIfference of belief. The.re is Holy Spirit are Scripture. The . By' J~'J~ Gilbert n:.o question ,~f"watering down" revealed truths handed down PRICE lOe ,through the living authority of Catholic. doctrine but of trying ,tjle Church are given the' name (NC) WASHINGTON © 1962 The Anchor $4,00 ,per Year , . . to 'present it inmoi-e 'modern The Decalogue' is totally terms iakingiritO'account the Tradition. Christ founded ,a visistr'aightforward about' it: mentality and philosophy be- ble society, a living teaching "Thou shall not kill." It hind. non - Catholic under- authority, and gave the Apostles doesn't leave any loopholes. standing:-- Some' of' ~the Bishops the charge to teach all nations. ' . But in Liege, 'Belgium.. a 'believe that if this .were done, Not all of His teachings were committed to writing, and the. , yo~rig .mother ,and four' other' there would be revealed a·closedefendimts have been found not ness bet'ween:G::iithQIicand non- . early apostolic ministry spread gUilty'in the murder of a week~ Catholk<belie£ ,on the" matter 'the·Faith, through preaching, through oral instruction rather . PITTSBURGH (NC) -:- Th~ indifference. of .Catho-, old baby who' was .born with.'th'ilt wo~lif:Qesurprising.. · . t!l:ln throligh wri~ing.. Indeed, St., deformations caused by' .' )p,the J~.a:tholi.c~~~irin'lofthe Paul presupposes as a necessary lies and non-Catholics to the dynamic principles of Catho..; , cruel. the d'rug known as thalidomide'SOl.1r~~~:, 9f,pivi,ne, Reve~~t.i~n, ~eism is one reason why the' task of the' pre~ent Ecuinim;;' Ther~ . was no d~nial by.' ,the ' 'tradItion. has' avery speCIal' prereciui~ite'for faith tt:te hearei~l COl1Jlcil is .tougher than that of any previous .Council, ;. _: ~ ~ :Turn ~ pag~ Flye' " : .'. "~eaI1ing.·' r.rh~'. r~vealed .' truths .' : .' Turn ,to Page Eighteen ~ editor :sai,d here. Ro~ert duty. is .not for e~ch' of "us", to, 8. Hoyt, editor. the Cath- set himself. up 'as' a supiemeDiSP~n.sation'" . otic Reporter,· newspaper of ~ribunal judging the acts of the Catholics 'in the Diooese of the KailSas City;.St. Joseph . Council." 'Pall Ri~er may eat meat on diocese, asserted tha-t as the "Rather it is our dUty,"·" he' Friday, Nov. 2~. A dispensa- ' E:atholicChureh meets in the stated, "to join in the work of &ion from the law of absti.. .. . Second Vatican Council it mees the Church. This is the' great: nence has been graitted the' : . ROME '(NC) -:-' Bishops of the United States have or· not so much the open enmity of n~cessity. of .the time, that we faithful by Auxiliary Bishop ~ world as its illCk of ·concern. become. engaged in the work of' James' J. Gerrard, V.G." by. ganized 'a~ con:mlittee' calculated to facilitate and expedi~e He told the, annual conven- tpe ,Church, aijd not merely as virtu!; of special faculties from . "the "homework" each prelate must. do 'for Ecumenical Coun• • on of the Pittsburgh Diocesan objects of the -Church's ministry ·,the· Sacred Congregation of , ,~il:' se~siqn~., Known as the general c.ommittee, it is an' Union of Holy Name Societies but as agents' of- her Jilissiilli." , " - Ute' 'Coundl. ;.....' . . . informational organization, that today "the Faith is not at-.,'. entirely' separate from. the'.~ tacked as false," but "dismissed • irrelevanl" Nati~nal Catholic Welfare . "And we who claim to"'share . Conference. It is to exist for" the Faith also tend to share this the duration of the Council. ' ultimate heresy," he continued. Structurally, .the committee OfFor us, too, the Faith 'is' per,iresembles ,the organizational pheral to our central concerns; framework of the Ecumenical . . ' it is a burden to be borne, Council itself. It consists of a , Rev. Edward J. 'Mitche~1 ~ther than a dynamic source of By Mollie McGee presidency, a secretariat and .... :•• . " energy. group of committees. Some of the. d~ilyne:w:spapers are "It is intensely important that people. Archbishop Thomas A'. Boland Hoyt urged that the laity adopt a mature outlook toward singing hymns should und'~rstandwhat' printing .their Co'undl ~t'ories :'under head- of Newark is chairman of the presidency. ' the Ecumenical Council: they are sayj,ng" l}ishop Connolly .com~ ' '. ",' " '. lines like', Associated with him are Bishop "I suggest," he stated, "that BISHOPS CLASH IN.c6u:l'WI;L .... mented, when telling a reporter in Rome' William A. Scully of Albany, If we do not have the under, ' VATICAN II SPLIT ON, THEOLOGY ••• "Bishop William A. O'Connor of how impressed he had been at the Armenistanding, maturity and concern LIBERALS PROPOSE NEW SCHEMA. Springfield, Ill.; Bishop Floyd an rite Mass, s'aid and sung in Armenian, to be disappointed by the CounA. Begin of Oakland, Calif, and While 'the' headlines' :are' in' ~il, then we are not taking the in St. Peter.'s that morhing,"beBishop Ernest J. Primeau of Council very, seriously. And I deed catchy, the ,stories which fore the thousands of assembled· Manchester, N.H. bishops;" .. 8\1ggest also that we have an follow often'leave the reader,' Auxilhiry Bishop Jeremiah F. inadequate view of .the Church. Catholic or otherwise, bewilMentioning the important Minihan of Boston heads the "We've got Providence mixed dered at the meaning of all this part' that might be played by secretariat. Other members are 1IP with a benevolent sort of alleged "crosier-rattling." use of languages that· are Bishop John J. Carberry of La· pagan fate. We've got the Church . To understand .what is hapel~arly understood, in the fayette, Ind., and Auxiliary mixed up with an automatic pening in the Council these bringing of the church up-toBishop Francis J. Furey of vending machine which goes days, a background briefing on date - specified by the Hqly Philadelphia. through history dispensing the the preparations for Vatican II Father as a reason for the Each seven-bishop committee I1ight answer for every crisis is required. Council - and in "the fitting is charged with making a when the right but ton is You will recall that soon of the discipline of the church thorough study of the subject ~uched." a£ter the Holy Father aninto modern life" Bishop Conassigned it, to coordinate all Hoyt added that the laity has nounced plans for the Council nolly said the liturgical moveavailable information and pre· 11m "obligation" to be expectant cil in January of 1959, the . ment was only too. frequently ond "in some sense" critical of connected with vestments, while what is really request went out to the bishops and Catholic pare programs for meetings of the bishops. the Council. 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