Attleboro Pope Paul VI's Visit
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Vo.I 7, No. 53 © c $4.00 per Vear Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 26, 1963 1963 The A nchor
Parishes Mu~st Prepare For Liturgy Reform By
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Rev. John R. FoIster
Liturgical reform still looms as the Council's richest product so far. It reflects thE! Church's horror that in far too many cases individual c:ongregations (parishes, dio .ceses, etc.) are now "uninvolved or indifferent," performing or witnessing "rites that are routine or unintelligible" In all her power flows," teaches the a commentary on the Coun- voted s;hem~, .which is. now the '1' f' t d . . Church s offIcIal teachmg. CI SIrs ecisive product, All this doctrine makes up Father F red e ric k McManus one-third of the schema. For (Boston and Catholic Univer- this, there Is no "waiting period SIty) pointed out that there has until it becomes true or goes into been much "risky speculation" effect." "It should be the starting when seeing the liturgical legis- point for priests and teachers in lation only according to the time their explanation of the Church element. In general, the legisla- M a worshiping community." t' ~ould be viewed under the Discipline following headings: In the passed schema there are Doctrine also norms that go into effect as Much of the liturgical instruc- of Feb. 16, 1964 - the First
tion is the Church's teaching of Sunday of Lent. But it is NOW dogma in her ordinary teaching. that the people must be in The assembled bi9hops have atructed, NOW that full partici pointed out that the liturgy ilpation must be brought about, the continuation of Christ's "irrespective of future changes." priestly acts in His members. • • While it is natural to look that He is the one acting in litur- ahead to some of the further gical celebrations. changes, still "the task of litur"The Liturgy is the summ.it gical education and liturgical toward which the activity of the p~rticipation is immediate." Church i. directed; at the same In brief, this is shown in the time it i. the fount from which Turn to Page Seventeen
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Bishops Stress Safe Driving Moral Obligation WASHINGTON (NC)-Appeals are being made to the people of the U.S. to make the holidays safe. The Catholic Bishops, individually and collectively, have made some of the mO!'lt compelling calls foll' caution. More than once they they have pointed out that ;. there is a moral obligation involved i n safeguarding one's life and wellbeing, and the lives and wellbeing of other,.. There are many reasons wb'y' safety warnings are issued at, W ASffiNGTON (NC) this time. Such warnings alway.: seem timely, but this is thel The death of Pope John longest holiday period of the XXIII was the major story "ear; accidents are frequent in·, of 1963 for U.S. and Can side the home as well as out·· adian Catholic newspapers, a doors; the weather can be at it.ll poll of editors reveals. worst; intemperance is morE~ The death of another "John" likely than usual. -President John F. Kennedy Even under the best circum·· who was killed by a sniper in stances, the possibility of acci. Dallas, Tex., on Nov. 22--was dents is enormous. It has been selected by editors as the year's said that the possible number second biggest story for diocesan of conflicts in traffic is "astro,· newspapers. nomical." It has been estimated The June 3 death of the 81 by one authority that there ar,! 80 million vehicles driven 801[) year-old Pope, who died with a prayer for Christian unity on his million miles by 95 million driv_ lips emerged as top story of the ers. year in the second annual poll These figures have been cited conducted by the N.C.W.C. News on occasion to show that most Service. drivers, most of the time, are Third in the choice of editors doing a fine job of avoiding ser was the June 21 election of Gio ious accidents. But it is easy to vanni Battista Cardinal Montini Turn to Page Fourteen , who chose the name of Pope
Rev. Thomas H. McBrien, O.P. The Rev. Thomas H. Mc Brien, O.P., Chaplain of Providence College, has been appointed director of the office of public relations and public information at St. Vincent Ferrer Priory, the Dominican provincial headquarters in New York City. This post was created by the Very Rev. Robert L. Every, O.P., new Provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. The appointment was made by Father Every. As an adjunct to this post, Father McBrien has also been appointed d ire c tor of the Leonine Commission, a com
mission set up by Pope Leo XIII for the complete critical study of all the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. Father McBrien, who Ut leav ing Providence College in his ninth year as Chaplain, was born in Attleboro. An alumnus of Providence College, class of 1941, he was ordained a Domini can priest at Washington, D.C., in 1948. After receiving his S.T.L. and S.T.Lr.at the College of the Im maculate Conception" Fat her McBrien was appointed to the teaching staff at Providence College as professor of theology in September, 1949. In May of 1955, he was appointed Chap lain to the student body at the College. Turn to Page Seventeen
HAIFA (NC) - Pope Paul VI's January visit to the Holy Land will have great importance for the Jewish people, Israel's only Catholic bishop said here. Melkite Rite Bishop Georges Hakim of Acre told a press conference: "The Holy Father's visit is of great importance. It is proof that does not want a papal visit." he bears no ill will toward At the time Bishop Hakim either the Jews or th Mo _ spoke the Pope's itinera:~ in " . e s Israel had not been offICIally ~,ems. The B~sh~p added that con fir m e d. But newspapers the papal pI1g~Image to the widely reported that he will en Holy L~nd has Importance for ter the country Jan. 5 from the Jew~sh peo~le because of the Djennin, Jordan, and be wel good WIll mamfeste~ when. the comed by President Shazar and d~cument on CatholIc relatIOns cabinet members in Megiddo. WIth the Jew~ was pr~s~nted Radio and television facilities to the ecumemcal counCIl. .. have been installed in that town. .He" also stated that the VISIt As an alternative, papers here WIll create ~ better .at~osP,here said, the Pope might fly from on the questIon of pIlgrIms ac- Jordanian Jerusalem to Lydda cess to the holy place~ of ~ ordan airport between Israeli J eru and Israel, and IsraelIs WIll one salem and Tel Aviv day again be able to visit the . Pope Paul ,,:as not expected Wailing Wall as well as other sacred sites." to enter Israel 10 Jerusalem be At his press conference, Bis- cause of the. str.i~tly religious hop Hakim expressed his grati- c!>-aracter o~ hIS VISIt. It was be tUde for the government's ef- heved pOSSIble that such an en fort to ensure a successful papal try WOUld. ~e regarded by some pilgrimage. He also regretted the as reCOgmt.IOn o~ Jerusalem as protest issued by the nationa- the IsraelI capItal. Although list Herut party against the I~rael reg8:rds the part. of t~e Pope's entry into Israel outside CIty under ItS control as Its capI of Jer.usalem and the suggested tal,. both th.e Holy See and the meeting between Pope Paul and ~m~ed Nat~ons .ha~e called for President . Shneor Shazar in Its mternatIonalIzatIon. Megiddo instead of Jerusalem. Bishop Hakim told newsmen He said: that "if asked, I am convinced "While everybody here know. that the Pope will be happy to that this is all internal politics offer his good offices in the con the Herut motion may be misun~ flict between the Arab states and derstood by the outside world. Israel.". The Bishop also said he Arab broadcasts are already ex- was convinced that the Pontiff ploiting it, claiming that Israel Turn to Page Eighteen
Many and Varied Benefits Flow From Bishop's Ball There is just no way to count and evaluate the many aM varied benefits that annually flow from the Bishop's Charity Ball, the diocesan social highlight which is scheduled at Lincoln Park on Wednesday night, Jan. 8 next. Of course, projects and causes close . constantly confronted WIth new · t' and d ear 0 the he~rt of the and greater demands. Most Reverend BIShop are The best evidence of the suc the principal benefactors. cess of the annual ball is the The financial gains of the Winter fact that the attendance has im. , proved each year as men and sea-on s top event are employed women look forward to th _ · d" e op .by the dIocesan Or mary to portunity to renew friendshi~ undertake new works of mercy that had their beginning at a and also to continually improve previous ball. the multiple projects which are Rall?h Stuart and his o:chE!$ tra will provide the mUSIC for the 1964 event.. This musical unit's one of the best known and appreciated in the area. On the other side of the ledger, Turn to Page Seventeen
Pope John's Death Voted Top 1963 Story Assassination of Kennedy Next Choice Paul VI. The other seven stories in the top 10 are: Pacem in Terris 4. The issuance during Holy Week of Pope John's monumen talon peace, "Pacem in Terris" (Peace on Earth), which was ad dressed not only to Catholics but to all men of good will and which earned worldwide ac claim. 5. The June ruling of the U. S. Supreme Court which held that Bible reading and recitation of the Lord's Prayer violated the Constitution. 6. The Sept. 21 address of Pope Paul to members of the Roman Curia in which he an nounced he will simplify and de centralize the Church's central administrative body. 7. The months-long controver_ sy in Vietnam over the alleged
persecution of Buddhists and favoritism for Catholics by the government of the late President Ngo dinh Diem. 8. The formal promulgation on Dec. 4 by Pope Paul of the two decrees of the Second Vati can Council, one calling for major changes in Church liturgy and the other dealing with prop er use of mass media of com munication. 9. The action of administra tors at the Catholic University of America who removed the names of four prominent "lib eral" theologians from a list of candidates proposed by students as speakers for a campus lecture
series during Lent.
10. The Aug. 28 March on Washington and the extensive participation in this civil rights demonstration by Catholics and Turn to Page Fourteen
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