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Discussions M'crve More Rapidly
The second session of the Ecumenical CounUNVEIL LEO SHIELDS MEMORIAL: Participating in the ceremonies at the new begin Sept. 8, 1963, instead of May 12 as was· athletic field in Hyannis in honor of the late outstanding Holy Cross athlete and scholaT .y·('viollsly announced. The session will likely continue are. left to right, Donald Nickulas, Julio Renzi and Caleb Fraser. ~)lroI'ITh early December of 1963. Pope John made the de:'(-;10'1. t4) change the date has been sent back for re·'xl\('". many prelateR, espe- working by a special committee. dally those from distant The third schema - on communications media - is being qrt'a~, were unhappy over :'iWME -
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llrm;pect oi returning to .a.lIn1l' d rrreat expense and for only !icven weeks during a busy p<:'riod. . MC'unwl1i1e, many Bishops, induel in!; most Americans, have IlskC'd fo!' a vote on the schema ",-latinr; ro the Liturgy which "as bC'en discussed and revised. ','his WUB the first schema or llubject debated by the Council Fathers. ThC' sCoCond schema - on the fonln 0'1 Divine Revelation -
prepared for final vote by the appropriate committee which has been asked by the Fathers to shorten the document after it was approved in substance by the Council members. The Fathers are currently discussing the fourth schema which is concerned with union with the Eastern Orthodox Churohes. This is one of three projects oPo unity. The other two are on the theological basis for all· unity, and the reunion of Christendom.
American Reliance on God Under Secularist Attack
Honor Former Crusader Star A.t Cape Field Dedication
The Bar n s tab I e High School athletic field was formally dedicated to the memory of the late W. Leo Shields and renamed the Leo Shields Memorial Field at ceremonies preceding the FalmouthBarnstable football game on Thanksgiving. L~ Shields, former outstanding student and athlete at Holy Cross .College, Worcester, a native of Osterville and 1932 graduate of Barnstable High, died Aug. 22 of this year. Before becoming assistant principal of
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(NC)-Secularists are subtly attacking the the United States of reliance on ~d. So warned MUl'lt Re'V. Bishop Ernest J. Primeau of Manchester, N. H~ ~iJ1 11 talk here before Americans living in the Eternal City. Btl said the idea of public ''This new theory would have aeknowledgement of social us believe that religion is only :::'iwllden.ce upon God and a private matter - to be con:)~:lil~u.tion to Him, so tra.- fined to the ,home and the ~",~dition in
(, "ioHnl in American history, ill :. ,clerf,oinlt subtle attack b1 a ):Jr(~l.v cecularlstie concept of. ;}:~ch.~tyo
Natiunal Leaders Apprnve Religion, Race t:onference CHICAGO (NC)-Nationai It~ud~!'8 of Church and ;itA{~ hnve hariled the up,'oming four-day National ~ 'ollfl't'CXleO
on Religion and ,~i.al'l·. to be held here starting \ItuIl'!ay, ,1]110. 14, as a potentially "'l:ljOi" contribution to solving 'eiw rnce problem. ",'I\(, conference will bring to",-t!w\" ~ome 800 clergymen and ;;;~, l!u'n representing more than (iI)';l'Impu for discussions of the 'olt- oj' religion in dealing with Iillhlpmu of racial justice. '\'h" conference will adopt a ··,,'.:ttPill0i1\$ of conscience" rep-
a consensus among ~f'II;C' ::U,'nding arid will also )(0.11:';;' :: series of action reC :1"\i\l:"'l~;:tiOns for dealing with ,::",;' ·;('.';·c'egation. ':. \\,":.\ be the first national .'. '1 ;.'d'; (;"nvened jointly by all it,' i'l;,;jUi;> faith groups in the U.s. The convening bodies are the' Department of Racial and Cultural Relations of the National Council of Churches; the ':'::)('i::ll Action Commission of the HynaHor,ue Council of America; ;\ld the Social Action Depart11H'lIt of the National Catholic Wdfare Conference. '''';('lItii'~;
church; that society as such, the state and the government must be purely secular, the statesman cannot ad as a believer; that he must be free from a judgment higher than the will of the people or the plCrty." "This concept is alien to OUI' American principles. and traditions," the Bishop concluded. "It represen~ a real danger to which the people must be alerted".
Religious Liberty Firm Principle Of Catholics WASHINGTON (NO) Two Cat hoI i c spokesmen, speaking at interfaith meeting here, stressed that U.S. Cathol~s
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to the principle of religious liberty. Assurances to this effect were voiced by Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, professor of Church history at the Catholic University of America, and Father Edward Duff, S.J., of Weston (Mass.) Turn to Page Fourteen
the school in 1960, he had been athletic director since 1947, the post he held at his death. At Holy Cross Shields was a varsity football and track star. He received the Lawlor Medal for excellence in scholarship and
Bishop Gerrard Celebrates Requiem for Father Smith Following a Solemn Pontifical Mass of Requiem celebrated Tuesday in St. Mary's Church, Taunton, by the Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, V.G., Au~i1iary Bishop of the Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Francis McKeon, pastor of Sacred Heali Church, Taunton, eulogized in the Diocese until illn~ the life of the late Rev. struck him very early in life. James E. Smith as one of Because of the rigors of the suffering. Monsignor Mc- New England clime, it WM Keon said "that only a few months of good health were enjoyed by Father Smith following his ordination in 1922 and then followed oW years of obedience, dedication, submission and c0operation to the will 01. God". Father Smith was educated at La Salle Academy, Providence, St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, and St. Laurent Seminary' in Canada. The native of Taunton was or_ dained by the late Bishop Feehan in 1922 and then served
Pope John's Guiding Action Lifts Council Fathers' Spirit By Mollie McGee
Rev. Edward J. Mitchell
Sweeping through Ecumenical Council meetings in St. Peter's this week came the wind of change. Spirits seemed to lift when the controversial project on Sources of Rev-
The Second Vatican Council, so recently launched into the sea of history by the man who wears the Fisherman's ring, was this week steered from what seemed to be a
elation was relegated to a special commission for review and the next agenda, that on communications media-radio, television and press - brought the modern world on to the .. ... > j\@ floor. " x ; ? \ The same day the new disf~'; .~~. ',..~,~:., 't;I,::;'j cussions started, C~tholi? laity f';. "'\;~t ;..... ~t>~\ appeared ~or the ~ll'st tlll:e at ,t ;';i:'i~ a Councll meetlllg. Bishop t;"Af'tt.%~ Giacinto Tredici of Brescia, '.: ." r ../:i;<;~ • ;..r.~ ':;i It.aly, celebratin~ his 60th.an/'~..';: ::,;>~~j mversary of priestly ordllla_,.~1liillil~':S~:..":,@Jl tion, with the Mass for the Council Fathe1'S, had received permission to in-
threatening storm by that same wise navigator, John XXIII. The Holy Father's intervention is temporarily shelfing the debate on the Source of, Revelation was regarded here as one of the most significant events of the Council to date. The course which led up to this action, and its far-reaching consequences are worth a closer analysis.· As reported last week, the decree-draft on Revelation (which many felt to be the work of an ultra-conservative prepartory com.. Turn to Page Thirteen
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judged best by doctors that it his devoted service to his Divine Master was to contin~ milder climates should be found and so the young priest startecl four decades in God's service Turn to Page Twelve
Catholics Praise Kennedy's Order On Housing Bias
Catholic reaction to Pr~ ident Kennedy's order bal'ring discrimination in Federally aided housing mingled praise for the order with cautions that it does not solve the problem of segregated housing. The cons~sus among Catholic specialists in interracial justice and community relations was that the executive order is a valuable first step toward ending housing segregation, but that much more remains to be done. They also stressed that Catholics have a duty to work for integrated housing, both by educational programs underlining the immorality of segregation and by practical action aimed at creating integrated neighborhoods. These reactions followed the 'President's announcement that he had signed the long-awaited executive order barrin~ discrimination in housing built or purchased with Federal assistance. Messages of congratulation were sent to President Kennedy following his announcement of the hOusing order by the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice and the New York Catholic Interracial eoun.. clJ.