■I BRINGS STRONG FAITH TO HISTORIC FLIGHT DENVER CATHOLIC By Tom Rees Astronaut James A. McDivitt has had a down-to-earth faith in God since he was a boy. If nothing more were accomplished by his startling multi-orbit mission in the (Jemini-4 spacecraft with Edward H. White, he would return with an even more REGISTER firm faith in the omnipotence of the Creator of the universe he explored, accord­ ing to his father, James McDivitt of Jackson, Mich. National News Section On the eve of the United States’ latest space p**obe the elder McDivitt told the Register his son “ has been preparing for a flight like this all his life. He is THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1965 DENVER, COLORADO VOL. LIX No. 43 very confident and very well equipped with what it takes to do this. “ Faith is his backbone. Ev­ erything Jim doe.s is with that I principle. His faith in God, his hard work and training have i given him the confidence that he can do this.” Papal Peace Unit Si^udied X T h e astronaut himself summed up his philosophy when he wrote: “ I know — I don’t merely hope — that God is in His heaven. He’s up there — or Laity to Serve Conquistadores out there — far beyond the range of our rockets and space probes. On Secretariat Of Space “ And He’s also with me at the controls.” (Register Special) Exemplifying faith and patriotism, In contrast to Soviet cosmonauts’ chauvin­ This was no idle statement, Vatican City — Pope Paul in his first Consistory in Fe’o- istic atheism. America’s astronauts, the elder McDivitt said. “ Jim VI intends to create a new ruary. Maj. James A. McDivitt (left) and Maj. practices what he preaches. Vatican secretariat charged In this, the writers propo.se He’s a first - class practicing with promoting world peace, ac­ “ there should be set up a per­ Edward H. White II listen to one of sev­ Catholic. So is his wife (the for­ eral briefing sessions for the historic GT- cording to reliable Vatican manent body of the Church to mer Patricia Ann Haas of Cleve­ sources. include thcolngists and experts 4 flight. McDivitt, a Catholic, command land. O .). Their oldest son. in the matter who would be pilot of the Gemini capsule, has said he Michael, just received his First Thi.s Secretariat would be formed after the Ecumenical charged with studying the prob­ knows God is at the controls with him. Communion. Jim goes to Mass lems relating to the establish­ whenever he can. Council end.s and would ba.se its work on recommendations ment of peace.” “ St. Anthony of Padua is made by the Council in its final They jioint out that the his favorite saint. Anthony is project “ The Church in the problems of the basic founda­ h i s Confirmation n a me . Modern World,” say these sour­ tions of peace evolve rapidly ces. and that “ their importance REGISTER Whenever he is faced with a “ Trial balloon” guidelines certainly will grow with fu­ grave decision, he usually for the new secretariat have ture years.” asks St. Anthony for guid­ been published in a Swiss The Church's document on its ance,” the astronaut's father Catholic review “ Nova ct Ve­ relations with the modern world ROUNDUP confided. tera” . The rough work draft includes clauses dealing with nu­ McDivitt said his son nor­ was drawn up by Dr. Giovan- clear warfare. This was debat­ Urged mally wears a scapular and in Jona-Lasinlo. a University ed last year but sent back for * Columbus, 0. “ whenever he is in some kind of Rome professor who has redrafting because the original of conveyance he usually has been working with the Eu­ text contained a strongly word­ Occasional attendance at Catholic Mass by a St. Christopher medal wdth ropean Center for Nuclear ed ban on all nuclear arms and Research in Geneva, and Presbyterians was urged in a report of the him.” He added that his son this the majority of Council Father Cottier, a Dominican Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Rela­ carried a St. Christopher me­ fathers, especially the .\meri- philosophy and physics tions of the United Pre.sbyterian Church in the dal with him on his 145 com­ can prelates, considered naive. professor in Geneva. U.S.A. Among the resolutions presented was bat missions during the It has been rewritten and will one protesting the lessening of teaching about Korean action. McDivitt Cardinal Augustin Boa repor­ come up for further discussion at the Council’s fourth session the immorality of sexual relations before mar­ couldn’t say that the St. Chris­ tedly first mentioned the possi­ bility of this secretariat in Jan­ meeting .Sept. 14. riage. topher medal was in the cock­ pit of the GT-4, but added that uary when in Fast Berlin. It Baton Rouge, La. if it were possible his son would be the third secretariat created by Pope Paul, who set Bishop Robert E. Tracy told Catholics of the likely would have it with him. Seven in One Family up the Secretariat for relations Baton Rouge diocese that the “moment of McDivitt’s faith has been with non-Christian believers in Attend Deaf School truth” has arrived in the issue of racial charity part of his everyday life since world religions and the Secreta­ Cincinnati — Toby Petrie, he was a hoy. He was an altar and said: “ Let us now prepare ourselves pray­ rial for contact with atheists. son of Mr. and Mrs. William boy as a youth in Chicago, his erfully for the fact that within the near future In Vatican circles there ap­ Petrie, will graduate from the father said. While stationed at no Catholic door will be closed to any Catholic pear groumis for believing high school department of St. Edwards Air Force base, Ca­ person.’-' that this new secretariat Rita’s School for the Deaf lifornia, McDivitt attended would consist of lay experts June 6. He is the oldest of daily Mass and received Com­ Omaha '' 1 headed by a selected corps of seven of the 19 Petrie chil­ Requiem Mass was offered for Father Ed­ munion. He was head usher veteran diplomats with exper­ dren who are deaf and attend and commentator for the Sun­ ward J. Conway, S.J., director of Creighton ience as Papal Nuncios or De­ the private Catholic school. day dialogue Mass. Wy legates. university's Center for Peace Research, a tire­ -• f / ' ^ The other Petrie children less worker for international peace. In 1945 he Prior to joining the team of The Swiss review was found­ are in grades ranging down to helped draw up a document entitled “ Goals for NASA astronauts McDivitt was ed by Charles Journet, the kindergarten- a test pilot. Once asked about COUMTING HISIIS CHKCHICKENS San Francisco” which the late Secretary of Swiss theologian whom Pope The parents and three chil­ his philosophy as a test pilot he Paul elevated to the cardinalate dren have normal hearing. State John Foster Dulles said has influenced gave an answer that, according the charter of the United Nations. to his father, still applies today: Denton, Tex. “I would be kidding myself The Rev. Joseph M. Thomas, pastor of Im­ and my family if I were to pre­ maculate Conception church, is the first priest tend that there is no danger at Lonely Jubilee for Hero Cardinal, to be elected president of the Denton Minister­ all. There is always an element ial association, a predominantly Protestant of risk in any such flying. We group. face that danger, we accept it. But we do not brood over it. San Francisco Official Baptist representation at the Second “ My faith teaches me that I While Reds Honor Turncoat Priest Vatican Council’s fourth session was urged at am thinking straight in this. I am certainly not a theologian, Budapest — Another place with the ironic name of “ social and political life” and triumph to Budapest to pre­ ulating them to work for re­ the 58th annual meeting of the American Bap­ but I do know that the Church high honor was bestowed Szabadsag T ar (Freedom in “ promoting good relations side over his flock. But when construction. tist convention. says simply that reasonable here recently on an ex­ Square), a Cardinal prepared between the government and the massive onslaught of So­ In the fall of 1945 he was safety precautions must be ta­ communicated Catholic pre­ to observe on June 12 the 50th the Catholic Church.” viet troops and tanks sup­ named Archbishop of Eszter- Pentecost ken in any profession, whether late by Hungary’s Ciommunist anniversary of his ordination The occasion was the 60th pressed the revolution, he gom and Primate of Hungary. THE VATICAN one is a baby sitter or a test government. , as a priest while a virtual pris­ birthday of the one - lime sought and was granted re­ His first act was to broadcast pilot.” .\nd in the same city, at a oner of the same govern­ director of Catholic Action in fuge in the American Lega­ an appeal to the world to help Pope Paul VI will concelebrate Mass in St. ment. Budapest, who had been made tion. feed the starving Hungarian Ho has remained there ever people. Peter’s Basilica on Pentecost, June 6, with 24 The two cases provide a a Monsignor by Pope Pius XII in 1939, only to be placed since. It was during (his same other celebrants. h e ROSARY as an exercise of Christian piety vivid contrast, one showing T among the faithful . . . takes its place, for eccle­ what cooperation with the under sentence of excommu­ The piercing-eyed Primate year that the persecution of siastics, after Holy Mass and the Breviary, and for Communists can mean, the nication in the early 1950's for of Hungary was born in the Archbishop Mindszenty by the The Christian attitude toward the human village of Cschimindszenty on Communists began when he lay folk after their partici­ other what happens to those active support of a govern­ body “favors the harmonious development of daring to oppose the regime. ment that was then waging a March 29, 1892, of a family of issued his famous pastoral pation in the sacraments. pious, simple farming people all physical attributes, but also insists on self- The defrocked priest. Dr. hitter war against the Church. letter criticizing the method It is a devout form of union who possessed a few acres of land reform in Hungary. mastery and asceticism,” Pope Paul VI told a Miklos Beresztoezy, Deputy Beresztoezy himself knows with God, and always has of land. He was ordained in In 1946 ho went to Rome to group of medical scientists. Speaker of the National As­ what it means to serve time a most uplifting effect on 1915, and in 1919. at the age of receive the Red Hat of a Car­ sembly and Secretary-General in a Communist prison, hav­ the soul. 27 he became pastor of the dinal. of the Catholic Committee of ing been sentenced to eight The Congregation of Rites has concluded an Zalaegcrszcz parish. C.ardinal Mindszenty was Pop* John X X III In his diary, the National Peace Council months in 1949 for failing to examination into the heroic quality of the published as Journal of a Soul His writings and his activi­ taken into custody on the day by McGraw-Hill, Naw York was presented the Order of inform police regarding the virtues of Father Jean Marie Robert de ties on behalf of the underpri­ after Christmas. 1948. It was Merit of Labor in gold for out­ alleged treasonable activities Lamennais, founder of the Brothers of Chris­ vileged and his leadership in on Feb. 8, 1949. that a Com- standing work in the nation’s by Monsignor Sigismund Mi- Actio Catholica in his district muni.st “ People’s Court” in tian Instruction and of the Daughters of Prov­ halovics, national director of Budapest handed down the idence. Father lamennais had an honorary Catholic Action, who had es­ soon extended his reputation to national proportions. He verdict which has denied Car­ title of Vicar General of New York for his help caped the country and found was consecrated Bishop of dinal Mindszenty full freedom in attempting to found a Catholic university refuge in the United States. LISTENING IN Veszprem in March of 1944. to this day. there. The Congregation of Rites has also taken Ironically, this was the His sermons flagellating the An incident which occurred up again the canonization cause of Blessed same year (Cardinal Jozsef Nazis, with whom Hungarian shortly after his return from John Ogilvie, S.J., Scottish martyr. Mindszenty was imprisoned leaders were cooperating, Rome in 1946 .serves to illus­ Where There Are No Trees, behind Red bars after a quick landed him, with 10 priests trate the character of this Pope John XXIH’s successor as Patriarch trial. He was accused of trea­ and 16 seminarians, in jail in man who has refused to leave son. plotting against the re­ of Venice, Cardinal Giovanni Urbani, will be 1944. He was freed after four Hungary until there Is a defi­ gime. and illegal currency nite freedom of operation for the celebrant of a Mass In St. Peter's Basilica months and returned on foot dealings. He was sentenced to the Church in that country. marking the second anniversary of Pope They Can't Hide the Forest and by donkey cart back to life imrrtsonmcnt. his Episcopal residence, only .Shortly after his return John's death. Pope Paul will give the absolu­ Since his arrest 16 years to find it in ruins. But he took from Rome the Cardinal was tion over a symbolic casket after the Mass. By Bishop Robert .1. Dwyer rather than the possible benefits to be derived from breaking down the class­ ago Cardinal Mindszenty has up again the leadership of his visiting the country in an au­ • • * 7-E a r e r e m i n d e d by herself that tomobile. \ group of young­ room walls so as to bring Catechism known only a few days of flock, consoling them and slim- More than 100 American newsmen received it is now well over a year since freedom. In October. I9.’)6. sters threw .stones at the car. and Kerygma to all and sundry. by Pope Paul VI in a special audience heard Mrs. Mary Perkins Ryan posed the Hungarian freedom fighters The Cardinal stopped the ear. him urge them to be faithful reporters and in­ question of whether Catholic schools liberated him from his prison got out and walked towards NOW IT MAY WELL BE TRUE monastery and brought him in the children. “ It seems that terpreters of the news of the world. “ Yours is were the answer, and promptly replied that rhetoric has dominated many of your stones have missed their the task.” he declared, “ of presenting the that on the whole she thought not. If, mark.” ho said. “ You certain­ world as a perfect mirror without adding to or unlike a martyr in stained glass she the more furious rebuttals of her thesis ly did not want to damage the subtracting from the image.” does not display her wounds or flaunt and has qualified the reaction to her Diocese Plans car. which is public property. • « « her palm, it is because the brickbats rather obvious disdain for the Catholic You want to stone me. Here I Pope Paul extended a warm welcome and she has been pelted with have been educational record. Once, in an ill-ad­ Integration am: go ahead.” the assurance of his affection to the thousands verbal merely. The Holy Inquisition vised mood, we essayed what we Lafayette, La. — Monsignor The cheeks of the young­ of children from the shanty towns and housing which at one time might have operated thought was a harmless bit of satirical sters reddened, and with fal­ Ignatius A. Martin, superinten­ tering voice they greeted him projects of Rome's ragged outskirts who came to stretch her on the rack and apply the foolery on the theme of closing out the dent of diocesan schools, has in terms of respect. to sec him. therapeutic thumbscrews has lap.sed, experiment, and very quickly learned that it does not pay to be facetious on announced that Catholic schools Thus while Dr. Beresztoezy, alas, into that state which we delight in in part of the Lafayette diocese calling innocuous desuetude. No dun­ the subject. This might suggest that the form er prie.st, remains |/S/ew Daily will integrate students racially, the “ white-haired boy” of the THE ORIENT geons for Mrs. Ryan. Catholic America is still painfully beginning in September. Manila short on the side of humor, which Communist regime, the 73- Her complaint now. reasonable “ Catholic schools in the city year-old Cardinal Mindszenty The publication of a daily Catholic newspa­ would in turn indicate a degree of im­ enough if substantiated, is that her of Lake Charles and In the civil prepares to mark his 50 years per has been planned by Cardinal Rufino San­ maturity which hardly comports with critics for the most part have confined parishes (counties) of Calca­ in the priesthood. 16 of which tos of Manila. The plan calls for establishing a our claim to be big boys and girls. sieu, Lafayette, and St. Landry have been spent as a prisoner i.'iOO.OOO printing plant and merging the present themselves to rhetoric rather than to When the day comes when we can will accept all qualified pupils because of his refusal to bend archdiocesan weekly paper, Filipinas, with the reason, and have cited the harm con­ laugh with our critics as well as at in September, 1965, Monsignor to Hungary’s Communist ru­ Sentinel, national Catholic weekly. ceivably accruing to the establishment (Turn to Page 2) Martin announced. Cardinal Mindszenty lers. P o p e P la n s LISTENING IN 1966 T rip Prelate Disavows To P o la n d Anti-Government Warsaw — Sources close to Where There ore No Trees, (he secretariat of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynskl of Warsaw, I * according to press reports, Stand of Priest have confirmeNuns “ must begin to get out purpose than to b e.a Colvorian rock on which to erect a Surveying the situation, the first approaci The missionary catechetical pro- liaison between hospital and the [Texas Hospital Association con- of the hospitals." said Monsignor Cross, to be a network of highways and byways on which Bishop of the diocese, the Most Rever­ Harold Murray, director of the missionaries carry good tidings of salvation. Swallowing the . statemen grar: will therefore continue for years plains th end Thomas K. Gorman, now Ordinary Bureau of Health and Hospi­ world in one gulp does not develop indigestion but deep to come. Other Sisterhoods have • mean sil of the Dallas-Eorth Worth diocese, rea­ tals of the National Catholic disturbance of soul. Just principle, lized that the only hope for the preser­ joined the original volunteers to ex­ Rumored Diplomatic Split Welfare Conference. “We do take A sia alone: It has one of waitir vation and building of the Faith in Ne­ pand and intensify the work, especially not protect ourselves by shut­ half of the earth’s popula­ . tion to r vada rested on the promotion of a in the areas of greatest growth around Denied by Vatican Press ting ourselves off from the com tion yet only one per cent is widespread catechetical program. Las Vegas and Reno, where no amount munity ” incorporoted visibly into the . SpeUed During the two strenuous decades he of effort can enable the faithful to keep Vatican City —The Vatican faircs of the exile government’s Sisters have come to the Mystical Body of Christ. Has lot, the p served the Church in this missionary pace with the building of parish press office has denied know­ mission here, has boon unavail­ realization.” he said, “ that part the Cross failed? Is the Arm ■ requirem- able for comment. the comi area he succeeded in establishing a schools. But the catechetical program ledge of a rumored break in di­ of their job in hospitals is get­ of G o d so shortened that He In Poland, Jerzy Zawieyski, ting out into the community to to any of catechetical network reaching almost is frankly recognized for what it is, a plomatic relations between the touches only our affluent a member of a small group of represent the interests of the > stitutions, every place of human habitation. He prelude to fulfillment. Catholic schools Holy See and the Polish govern- West? practicing Catholic deputies in hospitals. We are In the commu­ nel. was able to enlist the services of the have their failures in Nevada as else­ mcnt-in-exile. the Polish parliament, has nity. We must take part in com ­ N o . I saw Christ's Pres­ The Sis Sisters of the Holy Family of San Fran­ where, their teachers whose vocations The rumor, apparently Ger­ munity planning." called for establishment of dip­ ence in New Gethsemanes, * volve thei cisco and of the Missionary Sisters of were misdirected, their stringencies of man in origin and carried to lomatic relations between the Mounts of Temptation, and terracial - finance and opportunities. But in the Rome by a Polish refugee, Our Lady of Victory to establish per­ Holy See and the W arsaw' >■ ■ ■ ■ other plains of Copharnoum. it” progr manent catechetical centers, and he common esteem they are the only real claims the exile government's Kovornment. NOW.. .IlClpS S0lV6 cial works diplomatic mission to the Holy Where o materialistic pros­ interested seminarians from neighbor­ answer. He cited “ a common Polish- HpntlirP lAfPPrOrC* phasizes t Sec will soon be closed as the perity flourished, one sow ing Dioceses to devote their summer point of view ” between Catho - UCIIIUIC ffC d lC Id on faces the sadness of preceded first step toward new Vatican edge «>f ch holidays to the teaching of religion out THEY ARE THE BASIS of a sound lies and Communists in Poland 3 bi([6[6St DrOblBBIS those who had everything contacts with Poland’s Commu­ and said his talks with Pope! • The boo] on the desert. The outbreak of the 2nd and solid Catholic growth. As the ru­ nist government in Warsaw. but Love: hands full, but dimentary Catholic school system in a John and Pope Paul “enabled hearts empty. One saw perior Ge, World War disrupted progress, but by Further support has been giv­ small city like Reno has grown over me to be optimistic about the| Christ In them negatively os Cunningha 1950 the network was practically com ­ en the rumor by the fact Pope entitled, “ normalization of Church-State, when one thinks of life in plete and in excellent working order. It the past three decades, say, the effec­ Paul VI granted audiences with relations.” of Mercy r# ving corpse, or food in seeing hunger. may be doubted whether this cateche­ tiveness of its training is becoming Polish Primate. Cardinal Stefan 0 Social Jusi tical coverage achieved in Nevada had more and more observable in the life Wyszynski, before the Cardin­ Sisters its equal or duplicate in any other mis­ of the community. The investment is al’s return to Warsaw from Press Coverage I'r “ must kne sionary area. paying off. Could it be that some part Rome. Vatican sources have But Christ w as present everywhere — In lepers, the ings of the of the difficulty at the root of Mrs. been silent on the subjects dis­ Of Vietnam Hit Todajr ictcnce ofT^n • proirrn wajr that sick, the swirling dust, the teeming whIte-skIrted Impover­ the mind o cussed during the audiences. . M> htipa krep jrour dentuFM fmm fllp- WHAT WERE THE RESULTS? Ryan’s complaint is that those who feel Mllwaukec — The world press; pine or dropping; OI ke«pa deatufTM ishment, the crying children strapped to their mothers' diocese in Casimir Papee. charge d’af- morr comrorubla; and (3) makea It Certainly the fact that the generations as she does about Catholic schools coverage of the situation in eaaicr to aat and chaw with your falae backs. We who ore blessed with faith see other Presences: must have Uath. Tha one dlaooaary that doaa oil situation in of Nevada Catholics who grew' from have seen the system from too close an Vietnam has been criticized by 3 la PABTXrrH Poardfr FASTEETH the Eucharistic Presence In the Tabernacle, the Mystical Pres­ observation-point, noting the inciden­ Peruvian President helpa hold trath In place Tou can laugh are to ope childhood to maturity during these the Truth About Communism, a or RMk without embarraaamant. It ence in the Church and the Charismotic Presence in the soul. mihiirntinn nf thp Truth Inr I euahton* tandar guma Chackn denture problems o years have substantially kept the Faith tal defects rather than the total nobili­ Against Birth Curb puDUcauon oi me iru m . me., ^rtath o n rAsTEKTH Powder at drug — in this c; and edited by the political countara evarYwhara, But does not a greater faith see Christ in those Unknowns is a tribute to the devotion, intel­ ty of the structure? Maybe they cannot Lima, Peru — Instead of the White n science club of Marquette- of whom He spoke: “I was hungry ... I was thirsty. .. I ligence. and presence of this mission­ see the woods for the trees. adopting a birth control poli­ and must le University high school here. | ary catechist corps. No prai.se can be Out here in Nevada, where there cy, President Fernando Bc- w a s naked . . . 1 w as homeless . . . I w as in prison. . . ” ? the agencie too high for the work done, its quality are no trees, perhaps our vision is less launde Terry told members of T h e publication hit thei Even on the Lost Day, the saved w ill confess they did not ic, working “shocking display of partiality” ! and extent. In contrast with the some­ hampered. The case history cited, the International Transporta­ YOUR see Christ in these roaming multitudes w ith wasted limbs, lems.” what alarming leakage from the tion Federation here that La­ on the part of the press for the brief and inconspicuous though its an­ deteriorization of the situation sunken eyes, and w id e open sores. “ Lord, when did we see Church during the long decades from tin America would be better nals be, might be worthy of a more sed­ off exploring new agricultural in Vietnam. SON Thee . ..?” 1850 to 1930, the mining era, when Ne- ulous investigation. and mineral areas to help the W riter-traveler Suzanne La Neg population. bin and Sen. Thomas Dodd of Prelate Sees Statement on Jews Anti-Obscenity Bill In expressing his opposition Connecticut are quoted often in OESERVES W e In the prosperous West save our souls by faith and Lack to birth control, Terry empha­ the latest issue of the publica­ the advantage of going to a Backed by Bishop tion good works. They save their souls by existence, faith in life, Canton, 1 sized fi«at the continent has quiet unrebellious submission to the forgetfulness of os priest here As Helping To End Past Abuses Burlington, Vt. — Citizens are many unexplored zonoc where Christions, and by unconsciously bearing the hunger of rishioners ta being urged by Bishop Robert new sources of food and work Catholic Boys’ Camp New Rochelle. N.J. — One ofi Jews in compliance with re- inantly Whit T'. Joyce of Burlington to write could ’'c developed to aid the Christ on the Mount, the loneliness of Christ in the Garden, dramatize th the results of Issuing the Vati-[ guests, or as a concession to their legisL ljrs in support of a growing population. Locsted In the thrfltini. hittsric Celersde His thirst on the Cross and above all His despisal by those can Council’s statement on the Jewish demands. fusal to grar bill pending in the State Legisla­ who had much. permit to hi Jews would be to end past abu- as part of the main doc- ture that would bar distribution scs, when “ the Cross, that ROCKY MOUNTAINS tion. ument. the section on the -Tews of obscenity to young people. VOCATIONS - MEN majsstic pillar of love, became 70 n lle t from Denver near Estes Park Father Lul answers the Church’s own Child Jesus i a whipping post for Jews.” Bishop Joyce in a statement I never sow so m any faces of Christ in my life! I never needs. “ One of the fruits of the said in part: “ Indecent reading Hely Cress Brethers SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE under the tion, approve Monsignor J. Oesterreicher before realized that the reason that we have missc, or “ore Pentecostal spirit astir at the matter has become a most ser­ Serve God In direction of Msgr. Richard Hies- ard 0. Gcro> said this in a spring lecture at • Teaching « MIsiloni ious menace to our youth, and ter, Camp Director, aided by sent" Is because they have passio, or “ ore suffering.” The against Saci New Rochelle college, May 24. Council, it is part of its move­ • Social Work a Guldanea it calls for prompt and energet­ • Trade* « Accounting experienced counselors, all SL tabernacle lamp reveals one Presence but the sunken cheeks but again.st on “ Jewish Hopes for the Coun­ ment towards renewal,” the F o r information and ic action on the part of all in a m ud hut reveal another Presence. M a yb e our whole “delay, delaj cil.” speaker said. ____ literature write: Thomas Seminarians. adults.” Brother Bartel. C.S.C. mission technique is wrong. Maybe we hove been trying to his bid for a He rejected claims that the V 7, Vincent Hall St. Edw ard's Univarilty bring Christ to these people when we should be bringing About a hu statement prepared for Vatican Austin, Texas EARLY Christ forth from them. These millions have been more tended the II on the relationship of the “Lay Up Treasures for Yourselves” Relaxed RESERVATIONS c’osely united to the sufferings of Christ than I ever will their pastor, Church to non-Christian reli­ BE A BROTHER Through be. They may not know that Christ lives in them, but I saw and a Negro i gions, carried the section on thei In Amtrica's Nowest Comn Retirement ADVISABLE A community of Pirlict for Christ in those tabernacles as I circled this tiny orb of ours. 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Auckland. New Zealand — Di­ But her interest in children Aged Mother Could Not Read ana Balemi, of Hamilton, New became so groat that she aban­ Zealind, had no legal difficulty doned many of her social en­ gagements. Where she once s-t brought Spokane, Wash. — Bishopj “ Most present criticism, ther it should be published ori any love whatsoever for Holy when she adopted 11 children in be. at Iea.st in .some sense, posi­ off for work, she now sets out Catholic, B ern a rd J. Topel o f Spo-1 however, does not help these not. For the true Catholic, the Mother the Church, tive. India. There are no adoption on a begging campaign for sup­ I Baha’i laws there. kane has assailed what help""'®- “ s“cceeom with grave physical detect fit; to strengthen graduate pro­ INTEREST riests “ When I first arrived in Bom­ courts have recognised that a " '•’<= re,suited| grams at all four institutions; bay.” she said, “ I had a m ane- child conceived but unborn can f™"' '•“P'i , to make faculty resources more lu .u ..ui »» r I - I 5..U* Cases of rape or incest would For Eastern Religions lous social life.” she said. ^ath> ! be the subject of legal rights, ^ determination easily available to graduate “ There are very few single Fur- dent Race Policy By Reinhold Lehmann If an unborn child has any g district attorney or a court cm religious groups is the Bud students; and to study, pursue op( an girls there and lots of CATHOLIC A • rights, he must have the right to gg facts (NCWC News Service) dhist mission for Germany research, and exchange infor­ eligible men.” loen CHURCH Outlined by life.” Walter Trinkaus stated. (.-gthor Timothy O’ Birne, as- Stuttgart, Germany — ThLs which came from Ceylon. Sev­ mation and ideas to further by both the ecumenical movement He was one of several witnes- .sistant director of Catholic Char-| nation, which has a proud Chris eral branches of the Buddhist U.S.S.R. To Mark religion have united themselves and Judaeo-Christian studies. SCHOOL ses appearing before the State ities for the San Francisco arch tian heritage both for Catholics Priesf’s Endeavor Nuns^ Order Assembly Committee on Crim- diocese, recalled past state-Protestants, has become in within the Buddhist mission. La­ Dr. Calvin T. Schnucker, dean ter this year a center of Mahay HOSPITAL Bethesda, Md. — “ Promoting inal Procedure. The commit- ments of opposition by the B is h - the past few years the primary of the Dubuque university theo­ Berlin — The theorj- of tee has recommended passage ops and the state’s Catholic mission territory in Europe for ana Buddhists from Tibet is logical seminary, regards ihe heredity based on the pioneer­ Interracial understanding should RETIREMENT HOME of a bill which would permit Hospital association, Eastern religions. scheduled to be opened near new corporation as unique in ing work of an .Austrian ,\u- be the work of every Sister of Munich, abortions in hospitals upon ap- Miss Virginia Mueller, anoth- Moslems. Buddhists, and Hin­ the United States, or inde-'d in gustinlan priest, long accept­ Mercy of the Union,” de­ proval of a hospital committee er witness, speaking for the dus are all laboring in Germany At the present time it is es­ the world. ed by Western scientists but clares a published statement of of five members which would American Assoc! t i o n of with varying degrees o f suc- timated there are more than ‘It is a very exciting exper­ officially denied in the Soviet BONDS policy for the order, which ^ continuance of preg- University Women, suggested > cess. Thus far they have won 3.000 German Buddhists and ience. and although we do not union for the past three dec- the number of people interest­ know the_ future, I can only see _ ades, will soon be accepted some 7,500 Sisters in nine U.S nancy involves substantial risk the proposal would be a help in!only a handful of converts, but America's Largest that the mother may suffer reducing the school dropout; they have stirred up a great ed in Buddhism is much great­ the program as strengthening] ®ven by the U.S.S.R. A new Exclusive Underwriter of ' provinces. grave impairment deal of interest among students er. The Protestant Informa­ all four institutions.” he said. : scientific rcvie%v, Genetika, to Church • School • Hospital be published by the Soviet Retirement Home Bonds “ All action in this sensitive and foreign workers. tion office in Stuttgart de­ area of race relations must be clared in mid-May that the in­ Academy of Sciences, will There are nearly 200.000 ■ approached with prudence,” the fluence of Buddhist publicity commemorate the work of B. C. Z fEG LIR A N D CO M P A NY Moslems now living in West . statement admits, bat it ex­ campaigns is much greater War on Poverty Father Gregor .Mendel, who Germany. This number is plains that “ prudence docs not first stated his principles of P than provimisly thought. mean silence about the moral three times more than two Said Task of All heredity in 1865. St years ago. About 190,000 of Intellectual circles particular­ principles at slake, or a policy Newark. N.J. — Catholics the total are factory workers ly have been showing interest in of waiting for another genera­ Buddhism. In the last few years must become personally in­ tion to right the wrong.” from Turkey, Yugoslavia, Burial Insurance Jordan, Syria. Egypt, Mo­ more than 30 books have been volved in order to make any published on Zen Buddhism, $500 or $1000 policy — to age 80- , Spelled out in a 14-page book­ rocco, Iran, Pakistan, and headway in the war on poveity, No Salesman Will Call on You. many of them enjoying large let, the policy forbids any racial Iraq. Archbishop Thomas .A. Boland Money Back Guarantee. For • requirement for admission to sales. Often the religious ele­ FREE details write Crown Life Eight mosques have already of the .Archdiocese of Newark the community, for admission been built in this country. At ment in these hooks has been of Illinois, 203 No. Wabash Ave. to any of its schools or other in- woven in with Western psychol­ said at an antipoverty confer­ Chicago 1, Illinois, Dept. M79A. prayer services one can see not ence here. • stitutions, or in hiring person- only foreign workers and ogy. “ It is not enough to just give nci. students but also a number of Hinduism has had less effect to the poor. This is only tempo­ Germans who come out of curi­ on Germany than either Islam The Sisters are urged to in- rary aid. We must teach them to ' volve themselves in Catholic in­ osity or honest longing for reli­ or Buddhism. But the general interest in the exotic Orient has help themselves, to become terracial councils, in “home vis­ gious roots. For many people it self-supporting. The Economic INDIA: it” programs, and in interra- seems to be a fashionable thing steered some people to the practice of Yoga. There are at Opportunity .Act throws respon­ . cial workshops. The booklet em-| to do. sibility on the community and present nine Yoga schools in ELEPHAIMT5 phasizes that “ activity must be! In the town of Schwetzin- on individuals to do this,” the the country, and in most of ' preceded by adcqui.te knowl- ger, for instance, there Is a .Archbishop said. AND . edge i)f chaos that may ensue.” mosque built in the 19th cen­ them students are encouraged The booklet, issued by the Su- tury by a nobleman who fell to study Hindu beliefs along SISTER IDA ' perior General, Mother Regina in love with Islamic culture. with the physical exercises. The PERFECT GIFT Cunningham, and her council, is Now a onetime unskilled entitled. “ The Role of a Sister: worker named Abdullah (Nor- Baptism Rale High THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH • of Mercy in the Apostolate of I Admitted to High Court Practice bert) Weisser has a congrega­ In Slovakia tion of German Moslems and The Sacred Heart Sisters In Arlankavu, south­ Social Justice.” i Sister Frances Catherine, legal adviser to the Sisters of ern India, live in mortal fear of elephants. “ One holds Sunday meetings in the Bonn — Ninety-eight per cent Sisters of Mercy, it says,! Charity at Mt. St. Joseph near Cincinnati, stands outside U.S. never knows,” writes Sister Ida, “ when they'll mosque with great success. of the babies born in Slovakia come thundering out of the forest causing de­ ' “ must know the social teach-j Supreme Court after being admitted to practice before the ings of the Church, must know; Not all the Islam practiced in during the past year have been struction, misery and pain. Many a time we nation’s highest tribunal. With her is Sen. Philip A. Hart (D.- Germany is Orthodox. The Ah- Sisters have nearly been killed.” Why don't the the mind of the Ordinary of th e' baptized in Catholic churches. Mich.) who served as her sponsor. madiyya sect, which has re­ Sisters leave the village? “ If we leave,” Sister diocese in which they work.J KNA. the German Catholic ceived great publicity here, Ida replies, “ who will teach the children, care must have a knowledge of thej Before taking final vows as a nun in 19$2, Sister Frances News agency reported here. for the old people and the incurably sick? We considered heretical by tradi­ situation in which the principle.s was chief drafter of bills for the Michigan legislature, serving The agency also reported that SISTERS Sisters stay here because people need us.” To tional Moslems. One Ahmadiy- are to operate, must learn the in that post from 1931-1955. The former Mrs. Arthur Royce, periodicals and visitors .said 80 STAY continue their work in Ariankavu. however, the ya congregation in Frankfurt is WHERE Sisters must build a school ($2,000), convent problems of the people involved she became a Catholic five years after her husband's death In per cent of the young persons led by a former officer in the THEY’RE ($1,450), and medical clinic ($925). Construc­ — in this case, problems of both: J947 g^d later joined the Sisters of Charity, are assisting at Sunday Mass. I .Africa Corps who calls himself NEEDED tion costs are very low because the people in the White man and the Negro - - |j^ whil«* wearing the garb of a novice, she was ad- the village, who see the good the Sisters are I Imam Abdus Schakoor Kunze. doing, will provide all of the labor free of charge. an mus earn some •t'S a 0.1 (q Ohio bar. Sister Frances received her legai train- {The head of the Ahmadiyya the agencies, religious and civ-' . . . ^ ...l Shrinks Hemorrhoids The Sisters need money only for lumber, nails, ic. working to solve the prob-' University of Michigan, graduating in 1927. The I mosque in Nuernberg is Dr. For Your Anniversary cement, and other building supplies. Won’t you Ic’ms.” i following year she was admitted to practice in Michigan. j Mohammed Said, alias Dr. Karl Without Surgery do something to help the Sacred Heart Sisters Koller, an army physician dur­ help the helpless? Build the school, convent, or clinic (or all three), in memory of your loved ing World War II. Stops Itch — Relieves Pain RINGS-O-BLISS Working Life Unit Oepi. 2 ones, and in honor of your favorite saint. Give One of the more active East- For the first time science has found a 29 E. Modlsort $1. at least whatever you can ($100, $75, $50. $25, Negro Catholics Protest Chooses President new healing substonce with the as­ $10, $5, $2, $1) in thanks for all God has given tonishing oblllty to shrink hemor Chicago 2, I Chicago — The election of you. No sacrifice is too large, no sacrifice too DIVINE WORD rhoids and to relieve pain — without small, for the suffering. The Sisters are giving Lack of Building Permit Martin J. Burns, an attorney, surgery. In cose after case, while their lives in India. They need your help desper­ as president of the Catholic Canton, Miss. — A White In a letter to Sacred Heart ANNUITIES SATISFY gently relieving pain, octual reduction ately. Please help them. Council on Working Life was priest here led his Negro pa' parish. Bishop Gerow said he (shrinkage) took place. Most omozing announced here. He will suc­ 1. Pay high interest for life. of all results were so thorough thot rishioners to Mass in a predom­ was “ very disturbed at the refu­ ceed John T. Clark, insurance 2. Help educate boys to the sufferers made astonishing stotements A missionary priest, who depends on Mass sal of the city to grant a permit MASS inantly White parish in order to company executive who headed Priesthood. like "piles hove ceased to be a prob- IN offerings for his food and clothing, will offer dramatize the city council’s re­ for. . a church in which our leml " The secret is o new healing the council for the past two For free boeklat write to: THE promptly for your intentions the Masses you fusal to grant a church building Colored Catholics can attend Divine Word Canter substance |Bio-Oyne©|, discovery of HOLY LAND request. Simply write to us. years. Founded 22 years ago, a world-famous research institute in permit to his Negro congrega­ M ass.” the council is a pioneer social 1118 Wllshire Blvd. tion. 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It two great events: The descent of the Holy Spirit on had its head, Christ; for its body, the Apostles and Capital Punishment the Apostles and the birthday of the Catholic Church. other faithful followers of Our Lord; and now it ac­ This year Pentecost is observed on June 6. quired a soul, the Holy Spirit, to animate it with di­ Q. What exactly is the Church’s teaching on euth- vine life. thcnasia? On capital punishment? It is inconceivable The events of that first Pentecost are related by As the Jewish worshipers passed the cenacle in to me how she could condemn the first and allow the the Evangelist Luke in the Acts of the Apostles. the narrow street, they heard the loud sound of the second. St. Luke tells us that there were devout Jews Christians’ voices and stopped to listen. It seems the A. The intrinsic malice of euthanasia, or the from distant lands visiting in Jerusalem at the time disciples went out and mingled with the crowd. direct killing of the ill or deformed, is contained in of the first Pentecost. The spectators, knowing this group to be mostly the Fifth (Commandment: Thou shalt not kill, which . < This was not unusual as this day was original­ Galileans, were bewildered and amazed to find them applies to all rational life. using strange dialects that were spoken in their dis­ ly observed as the harvest festival and the end of the The reason why it is not murder to take the life of Passover-time, and, at the time of the first Christian tant countries. There were some in the crowd, however, who a criminal, supposing a grave offense, is that God Pentecost, the day was a Jewish commemoration of has given the State this right for its own protection. the giving of the law on Mount Sinai. tried to ridicule the whole affair by saying that the disciples were “full of new wine.” This is deduced from the Old Testament, where The word pentecost means 50 and in the Chris­ Peter, the first Pope, who had already acted as it is explicitly stated (e.g., Gen. ix, 6) or taken for tian connotation the Feast of Pentecost means 50 the primate and leader of the Apostles by presiding granted, and in the New Testament, where St. Paul days after the Resurrection. For the Jews Pentecost over the election of Matthias to succeed Judas Isca­ speaks of rulers as rightfully carrying the sword, meant 50 days after the Passover. Thus the Christian riot, then delivered a masterful address, which clear­ which implies the right of capital punishment (Rom. Feast of Pentecost took place during the Jewish Pen­ ly revealed the effects of Christ’s closing instructions xiii, 4). tecost. and of the grace of the Holy Spirit. It was one of three important feasts in the Jewish “ Men of Israel,” said St. Peter, “ hear these The criminal is deemed to have forfeited his calendar and the traditional ambition of all pious words. Jesus of Nazareth was a man approved by right to life by withdrawing' himself from rational Jews was to observe the feast in the Holy City at least God among you by miracles and wonders and signs .. . conduct. Therefore, the State can claim what is al­ once. which you yourselves know. Him, when deUvered up by ready forfeit (cf. Summa Theologica II-II, 2, Ad 3). Whether the State should carry out capital punish­ On the morning of the first Christian Pentecost settled purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have crucified and slain by the hands of wicked men. But ment is a matter of policy, which Catholics are free the Jews were on their way to the temple when to debate. The Church says only that it can. a mighty “ sound from heaven, as of a violent wind God has raised Him up, having loosed the sorrows of coming” was heard emanating from the cenacle, the hell, because it was not possible that he should be upper room in which Our Lord had celebrated the held fast by it . . . St. Joseph's Children first Mass the previous Holy Thursday and through “ Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your Q. Did St. Joseph have two wives? Could Jesus’ whose closed doors He had appeared to the Apostles brothers and sisters have been Joseph’s children by after His Resurrection. sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For to you is the promise and to your children and to a previous marriage? Scriptural scholars believe that the Blessed Vir­ all who are far off. even to all whom the Lord our gin and other holy women together with the 120 per­ A. All theologians today agree that Joseph was God calls” (Acts ii, 22-25, 38-40) always a virgin. sons mentioned in Acts i. 13-15 were present with the The results for the day were that about 3,000 Apostles as the sound filled the whole house. This were converted and baptized. It was a good begin­ It is quite unnece.ssary to have recourse to a pre­ marvel recalls the thunder and lightning on Mt. Si­ ning for the Catholic Church. vious marriage to explain the “ brothers” and “sis­ nai. There is nothing strange about the marvelous vi­ ters” of Our Lord, for they could in Hebrew usage Over the heads of each were seen tongues which tality of the church after nearly 2,000 years. The just as well have been cousins or other relatives. had the appearance of fire. They all spread out from Holy Spirit still animates her. “ And I will ask the Certain early-century apocryphal “gospels” one central flame. Fire is the most powerful earthly Father and he will give you another Advocate to speak of Joseph’s previous children, but these are symbol of the presence of God. The tongues were dwell with you forever, the Spirit of truth whom the historically worthless. At That Moment Christ's symbols of speech, of preaching, of the power of pro­ world cannot receive” (John xiv, 16). mulgating the Gospel. There was a corresponding in­ In a certain sense the first Pentecost never end­ Can God Do Anything? Mystical Body W as Created terior marvel, for all were filled with the Holy Spirit. ed, because the Holy Spirit came to stay. Q. Can God make a weight He cannot lift? ||[||IIIIIIINIII[||llllllllllll|[llllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllilllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliilHfllilllllllllllll|[|||lllllllllll[[[||^ ...... A. God, being infinite Spirit, lifts nothing, for lift­ ing connotes a body, He can, however, move, create, or annihilate any mass whatever. Life of the spirit It is not strictly accurate to say that God “can­ The Old Versus the New not do” anything. The object of doing is something By Rev. Joseph A. Hughes ful way. as a gesture of community action and as an cult of Eucharistic reservation and adoration real, and God is the source and master of all that is real. One of the persistent complaints coming The arrangement of the sanctuary furnish­ invitation to the people to follow their IVfa.ss will not com pete with the action of Eucharis­ An absurdity, such as a square circle, is unreal; th in to this office in regard to the new liturgy ings has been changed from the traditional more closely. The communion rail is re­ tic sacrifice. Fi moved t(t destroy a physical and psychologi­ it is nothing. Since nothing is not the object of doing, is to the effect that “ wc have been robbed.” pa ern to a more open and expressive style, The people receive Communion standing Pi Th cal harrier between the priests and the now (as the priest has always done without there is no question of God’s “ being able” to do or Hardly ever is this charge spelled out in de­ new style actually goes back to the days ve tail. So I would like to examine briefly here e primitive Church. people. irreverence) so that the communitarian aspects make it. some of the salient differences between the ow the altar is faced toward the people The tabernacle is put in a place where the of the Sacred Meal may be emphasized. The Eucharistic banquet is to provide super­ old and new orders of liturgical prayer. llllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIill1l!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIi:illlI||||IIIIIIIIIIIIIII|lllllllltlllllllll!llllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllll[llllllllllllllllllllllll[IIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIflllll^ Confirmation Age pr natural nourishment and true Christian unity, In the old order there was silence and soft Q. Who dictates the age at which Confirmation e ! charity and fellowship. In the new liturgy the mystery and what some call dignity. There should be administered? sc! are certainly values in these qualities of wor­ various actions are undertaken because ab ship. At one time for people of medieval Traditional Teaching they express and teach deep theological truths A. Canon 788 of the Code of Canon Law stntes ca which need special implementation In our that in the Latin Church ConHrmation is usually de­ background and mood these may have been en paramount values. day. ferred until about the seventh year of age, but that it In the now order there is Participation by In (hr new liturgical order the Scriptures may be conferred before this age, even to a baby or 1 the faithful, dialogue in prayer, and commu­ On Real Presence Upheld (God's truth and presence) have been res­ an idiot, if the infant is in danger of death, or if the fro nity song. Sometimes in the beginning stages cued from seml-obscarlty. Their place and minister in any other case thinks it expedient for nui the singing may be a bit ragged and distur­ Recent theological speculations about the well .say, as Wiseman remarked, that the importance in the spiritual formation of the good and weighty reasons. bing to meditative souls. Real Presence lack foundation in both Scrip­ words, ‘And the Word was God’ really people have been given due thrust and prom­ That the Church is anxious that no one depart act The purpose of common prayer and song ture and Tradition, according to Father Jean- mean: ‘And the Word represented God.’ Re­ inence. this life without being confirmed is evident from the as is to express and expand the spirit of com­ Marie Bauchet of the Congregation of the member also that the proper sense has prior­ In the old liturgical order there was a ri­ decree of Pius XII of Sept. 14, 1946, granting pastors den munity in the assembly. It is also to impress Blessed Sacrament of Montreal, a Scriptural ity over the figurative sense. When we say: gid pattern of prayer and rubrics. In the new the faculty to confirm nonconfirmed persons in dan­ to upon the faithful that the liturgy is primarily scholar who has submitted his defense of the ‘Three years ago this cohvent burned,’ we liturgy variation.s are encouraged in order to ger of death whenever the Bishop is unavailable. a sacred action in pursuit of divine truth and traditional teaching to the Holy Office. mean it literally. If wc wish to say that it get away from mechanical and regimented Laz grace, and that ali who have assembled to These authors say that in the Semite way burned with zeal we have to add the words piety in favor of frc.shne.ss and spontanicty : CEl have enounter with Christ must do it primari­ of thinking, which is that of Scripture, the with zeal. man’s approach to God. Giving Catholic Articles als( ly as a community. most natural sense of the words of Our Lord “All dictionaries of Biblical Hebrew are In the old order private devotions were Q. A Catholic grandmother has given her Protes­ clei St. Pius X, the founder of the modem li­ in the Last Supper would be: ‘ ‘This signifies pormillcd and even invited by the fact that unanimous in giving Biblical quotations in tant grandchildren rosaries and medals that sav: t : turgical movement (1903), has said clearly My Body.” They cite the instance of Ezech- which the concept of the verb to he retains its the Mass seemed to be a solemn, mysterious, “ I am a Catholic. In case of accident call a priest.” and urgently: ‘ ‘The primary and indispensa­ lent hiel, who said of his hair: ‘‘This is Jerusa­ Immediate proper sense. In Biblical Aramaic distant, unintelligible sacrifice going on be­ Is this permissible? ble source of the true Christian spirit is ac­ app lem,” that is, a symbol of Jerusalem. the same sense is found. tween a priest and God without too much tive participation in the Sacred My.steries A. Catholic may give religious articles to anyone To this argument Monsignor, now Cardinal, open reference to the people who were there and in the public solemn prayer of the In the whole Hebrew Bible an Impartial who will use them reverently. Charles Journct replied to Father Bauchet as also to be touched and uplifted and sanctified Church.” examination shows that, every time the con­ follows: by living contact with divinity. It is not advisable that they have on them the In the old order the priest was the whole text does not impose a metaphorical sense, ‘ ‘The Evangelists were not deceived in Many good hut unwary Catholics went words about calling a priest in case of accident, since c show. The people were, in a sense, kept at a the proper sense is almost invariably meant. translating the Aramaic words, This-My- loyfuily to Mass nn Sundays because they this might be the occasion of the invalid administra­ distance, subdued, and isolated from the For example, in Genesis xxv, the idea of the Body, as touto esti to soma mou, This is My thought it was a holy place and a gr/od time tion of the sacrament of Extrem e Unction, and might sacred precincts and from much of the ac­ verb to be is expressed 19 times in the proper Body; which is something entirely different to pursue their personal spiritual hobbies. also be seriously objected to by the parents. tion. sense, and only once in the metaphorical f than This-as-My-Body. And the Greek text is Their private devotions were often of an en­ In the now order a minibor of lay minis­ sense. . inspired.” nobling nature hut they happened to be at ters are used (1) to give back to the laity the “ Exegetes agree in affirming that in Ara­ variance from the official worship program Man's Ancestors rc^es and voice which belong to them, ( 2) to Father Bauchet quotes Father Robert maic, whatever be the terms chosen for the of the praying Church. Q. In the opinion of the Church, how long ago deepen the sense of community, (3) to extend Fortin, late professor of theology and rector nouns used, Our Lord must have literally Private prayer is helpful — and necessa­ was Adam created? Are Neanderthal, Pithecanthro­ the area of holy action. (4) to help all mem­ of the Blessed Sacrament House of Studies in said ‘This-My-Body, “Tbis-My-Blood/ as we ry. But liturgical action — prayer, instruc­ pus, etc. ancestors or descendants of Adam? If they Th bers of the assembly to become actively In­ Rome, as saying: “This opinion goes directly will, find in the Syriac Bible. This Semitic expres­ tion, sacrifice. Communion — in and through were ancestors, did they have immortal souls? If they volved in the process by which God is publi­ against the teaching of the Council of Trent,” tabli sion is the most usual one to state that This Christ and the total Christian community, is cly honored and men are more thoroughly which declared that Our Lord In the Words of were descendants, is their state to be regarded as the lion IS My Body, This IS My Blood. more helpful. sanctified. Institution were to be taken literally (Sess. result of original sin? Cath The Mass is not the place for private de­ In the old order the language of the Mass xli. ch. 1 and 2). “ We have seen, from the Council of Trent, votions. Each individual must pour into the A. It is Catholic doctrine, proximate to faith, An and the sacraments was Latin. At one time "In all the languages of the world,” writes that the universal belief of the Church de­ reservoir of community action and piety his that all men are descended from an original pair. It was this was the vernacular — the people under­ Father Bauchet. “ including the Semitic, the mands interpreting the words of Institution arch own prayerfulness and fervor, his own faith is not contrary to faith, though it is not probable, that stood it. In late centuries Latin has been a fact that a word is used in a metaphorical of the Euchari.st in dear, precise terms, with and and l(/ve and sacrifice. rational creatures lived before Adam and Eve but dead language in several ways. sense does not necessarily destroy its proper their proper meaning, according to which the busii But the ends of public worship — God’s died out before they were created. If they existed, In the new order the vernacular is permit­ sense, especially in the case of the concept of Fathers understood them.” Cath praise and man’s sanctity — are accom­ they would have immortal souls, for every rational ted. This gives the people the opportunity of asso( being in the proper sense, without which a Father Bauchet began the study of He­ plished principally by active participation of soul is naturally immortal. They might not, however, following the prayers and action in a more Th< language would become unthinkable! If the brew in 1929 and has supplied Cardinal Tis- the people in the Sacred Mysteries in the have been destined for the supernatural happiness of understandable and, therefore, more prayer­ ing c example of Ezechiol were valid, one could as sorant with several translations. public solemn prayer of the Church. the Beatific Vision. [iiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii[iiiiiiiiiiiiiii i’i)