COUNCIL RECONVENES (Register Special) Pope and Council officials in St. The 2,500 Council Fathers Peter’s, which /ith the tiered Mrs. DENVER CATHOLIC Rome — The hundreds of have gathered in Roma to consi­ Council Fathers and mem­ seats in the main nave has der and approve 11 projects John grown to be a homelike setting that will round out the Council’s COKFRATERNITY and b e rs of almost every reli­ for the w orld’s Bishops. success. ven; gious order and Catholic associ­ The Mass marked the vast The penitential procession Mrs. ation of the area m arched with progress made by the Council opening this great climactic ses­ OF !ath- REGISTER Pope Paul VI through Rome’s which has already issued a his­ sion Sept. 14 went from the Ba­ All ancient streets as part of the toric liturgy decree spelling out silica of the Holy Cross to nect National News Section opening of the final session of such concelebrated ceremonies, St. John Lateran Basilica. The CHRISTIAN I the the Second Vatican Council. familiar in the Church of old Pope carried relics of the ’True tins The procession followed the but still an unusual sight for Cross in the more than two-hour and THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1965 DENVER, COLORADO VOL. LX No. 6 Mass concelebrated by the modern eyes. long march. DOCTRINE ade linf! ISSUE ays - . . . Any Record Throng CALLS CCD }ar* Se­ Expected To Greet KEY TO _____ . - _ • V- Pope in New York -if?*:- FUTURE

New York — Officials are It was reported from the Vati­ .,i. ’i2 (Register Special) preparing to handle on Oct. can, meanwhile, that '‘hundreds nes of inquiries” had been received Alexandria, La. — Parish [rs. 4 the greatest crowd in the about the Pope’s agenda. A and diocesan directors of history of this city which has spokesman said It had not been the Confraternity of Chris­ been host to almost all the decided, and would be an­ tian Doctrine have a special world’s great, but never a nounced within two weeks. role in the formation of the ive reigning Pope. People of God. which is co-ex- lat These officials say the throng tensive with the field of the greeting Pope Paul VI may be CCD, Bishop Charles P. Greco as large, or larger, than that P o p e ’s UN T a lk of Alexandria, declared. which greeted Gen. Douglas On Feast of Lial Bishop Greco, who is chair­ MacArthur on his return to the man of the Bishops’ Committee if United States in 1951. (On April ‘Peace Saint’ 'Py of the CCD, said the CCD is 20, 1951, New York turned out New York — 'The Pope’s “ not only growing in the United its largest throng in history, es­ historic trip to the United Na­ States and in Canada, it is timated to be 7,500,000 persons, tions to plead for peace falls to welcome MacArd.ur.) spreading gradually but effec­ on the Feast of St. Francis of tively all over the world.” Commis.sioncr of Public Assisi, the “Saint of Peace.” There are scattered but thriving Events Richard C. Patterson The saint’s famous prayer nd CCD organizations in South -said the Pope’s brief visit would for peace Is known the world America. he rank as “one of the most impor­ over, not only to Catholics but tant trips in the history of to other Christians and even Parish and diocesan directors .America.” non-Christians. It goes; of the CCD, Bishop Greco said, Thousands of police will be “Lord, make me an In­ have a special mandate from detailed to traffic and security strument of Thy peace; where the Bishop to share with him his duty along the route of the there is hatred, let me sow divine right to form and train Pope’s limou ine from the air­ love; where there Is injury, the laity for their particular The CCD Member's Aim: port to Cardinal Spellman’s res­ pardon; where there is doubt, apostolate; they have the direc­ idence, at the Unite< Nations faith; where there is despair, tion and coordination of the building, and on the streets to hope; where there Is dark ­ religious education and instruc­ That All May Know God the stadium selected for the Pa­ ness. light; and where there is tion of the largest number of pal Mass. sadness, Joy. 0 Divine M ast­ our Catholic children (those at­ er, grant that I may not so Invitations for the Pope were tending public school — more much seek to be consoled as than 8 million today, of whom pouring into archdiocesan offi­ to console; to be understood, ces here. One came from May­ as to understand; to be loved, .slichtly more than half are be­ or Richard C. Daley of Chicigo. as to love; for it is in giving ing reached) and. what is in asking the Pontiff to offer hi.s that we receive; it is in par­ danger of being overlooked in Mass in Soldiers Field m that the press of daily duties, the REGISTER doning that we are pardoned; city. Soldiers Field has a capa­ and it is in dying that we are vast operation for the formation city of 250,000. bom to eternal life.” of our Catholic laity. “ I would venture to say that ROUNDUP the adult education phase of the CCD program is just as vitally 280 Students in Schools necessary as are the CCD Teachers THE ROAD TO UNDERSTANDING Schools of Religion,” the Louisi­ Cincinnati ana prelate declared. Today’s teachers are engaged in a high In Chicago on Shared Time “Unless we train our Catholic calling made more difficult by the weakening Ground Trod by Council Fathers laym en and laywomen to be of home influences. Auxiliary Bishop Paul F. Kennedy in the morning arrive apostolic witnesses to the truths Leibold of Cincinnati declared at a Elder High Chicago — An historic of Christ in their lives and in shared-time program under at St. Paul where they will be in school’s faculty day. "More powerful forces of class until 2:35 p.m. their environment, the great a “new mood of friendly Hollowed by Saints, Martyrs promises of the aggiornamento evil, not the least of which is television, are re­ cooperation between public and Both morning and afternoon will be lost,” he added. placing the social force for good that used to private schools” which did not groups will be taking cultural By Michael Wilson In 312, Emperor Constan­ oldest p ortrait of Christ, exist in family training,” he added. exist two years ago has begun geography, English, and reli­ Rome Correspondent tine. the first Christian em­ which is called “Acheiropita” “It is our challenge which the here without a hitch. gion at St. Paul and mathema­ Rome — When Pope Paul peror, presented it to the or “not made by human new look in Scripture, liturgy New York tics, science, physical educa­ and theology brings. The next The fourth session of the Vatican Council The program, the first be­ VI led the Vatican Council’s Bishop of Rome, Pope St. Mil- hands.” F or there is a pious tion, and a variety of other tech­ ziade. legend that the painting was ten years will tell the story if may last until Easter — April 10, 1966 — tween the public and Catholic nical subjects at Kennedy. fourth session opening’s Pen­ school systems here, involves begun by St. Luke and fi­ we have met this challenge.” he pointed out Bishop Ernest J. Primeau of Man­ itential procession Sept. 14 Pope St. Sylvester I, the added. John F. Kennedy high school, “The essence of this pro­ next Pope who reportedly nished by heavenly hands af­ chester. N. H-, in a national television pro­ opened last year, and the new gram is to treat these from “Santa Croce in Gerus- ter his death. The prelate said the great gram. He seemed to think that if thi.s happens students like young adults and adapted the great Hall of Jus­ • parochial St. Paul high school, alemm e” to St. John Lateran, tice, or Basilica, to the use of In the Lateran basilica are confusion in the minds of our there will be a Christmas recess. three blocks away. A group of not like children,” said Mon- he trod ground hallowed by the heads of St. Peter and St. people in the term s of the old • « « signor William E. McManus, a church, thus, say these 280 high school freshmen are in­ early Christian saints and sources, set a pattern for all Paul, which had been among and the new must be cleared The first Mass concelebrated in the Latin volved. archdiocese superintendent of steeped in earliest Christian the most precious relics of the schools. “ We want, to develop early church construction. up: teen-agers must be met on Rite at the Vatican pavilion of the World’s tradition. Sancta Sanctorum. their own level and in their own Brother Terence, principal of a sense of maturity and the F air climaxed an all-night vigil of the Blue St. John is the head of all Across the road from the Pope Paul started the term s. St. Paul, explained how the pro­ feeling that the students are Lateran Palace, on the north­ gram works. At 7:50 a.m. about Catholic churches and the ad­ procession from the Church Army and the Society of Reparation to the Im­ big enough to go to two eastern comer of the piazza, “ The CCD thus, I think, holds maculate Heart of Mary. Bishop Joao Pereira 30 students arrive at St. Paul schools and to get the best joining palace was the official of the Holy Cross in Jerusa­ is the edifice known as the lem. This church was origin­ the key to the future of the Venanico of Leiria, Portugal, in which diocese and at 10:15, after three per­ kind of education.” residence of the Popes for Church in America. Priests nearly 1,000 years. Scala Santa, or Holy Stairs, ally an oratory built by St. Our Lady of Fatima shrine is situated, was the iods. begin the three-block walk Recalling earlier turmoil. have the rare opportunity to to Kennedy. built by Fontana for Pope Helena to house the relics of major celebrant. Monsignor McManus said: “I This church was once the Sixtus V in 1586 to house the the true Cross, which she ex­ make it work,” Bishop Greco Another 60 students who ar­ think the two years which have home of a Roman, Plautus 28 steps of Tyrian m arble said. rive at St. Paul at 8:30 a.m. cavated and brought back to The National Newman congress, represent­ elapsed have seen the arrival of Lateranus, who was con­ which, according to tradition, Rome. The prelate pointed out this leave for Kennedy at 10:53 a.m. a new mood of friendly cooper­ demned to death and his ing Catholic students at secular colleges, voted At 12:17 p.m. another 190 belonged to the house of Pi­ It had been part of her pa­ year marks the 60th anniversa­ ation between the public and property seized by the Em­ late and on which fell drops to expand its activities outside the continental students who have attended private schools. Much of this lace, known as the Sessorium ry of the great encyclical of St. peror Nero to become an im­ of blood as the Savior des­ and which she had turned into Pius X “ On the Teaching of U.S. and the Canal Zone. Hawaii, and Puerto has been stimulated by the new perial residence. cended them. Rico were coordinated under an “extra-continen­ federal aid to education bill the oratory. Through the cen­ Chri.stian Doctrine.” which, he which prescribes that all These steps were brought to turies the oratory has been said, gave the impetus to the tal chairm an.” .After voting to change the name Bombing Raids schools work together for the Rome by Constantine’s mo­ made into a church, much en­ catechetical reform that “ we from National Newman Club federation to Na­ Called 'Scandal' best interest of the children.” 500 Elephaals ther, the Empress .Augusta, la­ larged and rebuilt and has are witnessing today with so tional Newman Student federation, the dele­ When the program was first All in One Crate te r known as St. Helena, and changed names several times much fruit throughout the gates sidetracked a proposed merger of the proposed by Benjamin C. Wil­ were covered over with wood from the Basilica Heleniana world.” Newman federation with the National Federa­ Paris — A charge that U.S. to the Basilica Sessoriana. bombing raids in Vietnam are lis, Chicago superintendent of Cincinnati — As Sister for protection; the places However, Bishop Greco said, tion of Catholic College Students. Mary Janies opened the crate where the blood fell are cov­ The relics brought from Je­ a scandal from a Christian point schools, more than two years 60 years later the Pope’s man­ ago, it raised a furor which assigned to the Little Sisters ered by glass. rusalem were first housed in Washington of view was made in an article date is still far from being by Monsignor Jea.j Rodhain ap­ lasted for months. Today lit­ of the Poor at St. Peter’s an underground chapel but in Mon.signor Giulio Einaudi has been as­ home, she exclaimed. “Just At the top is the Sancta the 16th century were moved universally carried out. Even in pearing in the periodical. Mess­ tle public protest remains. Sanctorum, a chapel of the signed by the Holy See to serve as secretary ages. Still fighting the program is what we needed,” when she to a new chapel, higher and the United States, where the of the .Apostolic Delegation. .Archbishop Egidio found 500 elephants. early Popes, which remains drier. Moncignor Rodhain. head of the local branch of Protestants as it was when the Lateran CCD was officially establi.shed Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate in the U. S., an­ The most precious relics of Secours Catholiques. French and Other Americans United for But these werL. little ele­ Palace was first built. The more than 30 years ago. there nounced. He comes to Washington after serving C tholic Relief organization, the Separation of Church and phants — ash trays, door­ chapel walls have been redec­ Christianity are kept in this for five years as secretary of the delegation said that fro.u a strategic point are whole areas where the CCD State (POAU), which sponsored stops, .alt and pepper sha­ orated and on its walls are Chapel: A part of the Cross on in Bangkok, Thailand. of view the raids are a success a court suit challenging the le­ kers, even a pencil sharpener. w ritten: which Jesus was crucified, is not organized at all or is in • ■ • for the U.S. arm ed forces, but gality of the program. The suit They were a gift of Mrs. Ella two of the thorns in the crown need of a “shot in the arm ,” he that from .e hum an point of was dism issed but POAU is in Mae Sauer, who died recently “There is not in the whole mockingly placed on his head, declared. There have, however, Some 1,000 priests, religious, and lay per­ view, they are a massacre and the process of appealing the de­ in Florida. She also left $2,000 world a place more holy.” and one of the four nails used been grea' strides in the past sons active in Catholic mission work are ex­ a point of scandal to Christians. cision. to the Sisters. This because it contains the to pierce his hands and feet. two decades, he pointed out. pected at the I6th annual meeting of the U. S. Mission-Sending Societies Sept. 20-22. The meet­ ing will have as its theme: “Revolution in Mis­ sionary Thinking: Our Response to De Ec- clesia.” Paul VI-LBJ Meeting Thought Arranged for New York Richmond Pope Paul VI will proba (Bill D. Moyers, the PresJden' noon of his visit to New York. mano, the Vatican daily news­ outdoor Mass a t a site to be Public Events, headed by P'ir.sl Bishop John J. Russell of Richmond has an­ bly confer with President tial press secretary, said in The president of the 20th ses­ paper. said that the Pope’s visit chosen. New Y ork’s Yankee Sta­ Deputy Commissioner (Mrs.) nounced an anti-discrimination policy for the Lyndon B. Johnson during Washington that “as the time sion of the General Assembly of will surely advance the ideal of dium (seating capacity 70,000) Emma Aiden Rothblatt. The de­ Richmond diocese whereby the diocese will no the Pontiff’s one-day visit to ad­ gets nearer, I’m surer they the U.N. will be the m an to in­ peace and the prestige of the in­ and Shea's Stadium (seating ca­ partment arranges the events longer do business with firms guilty of racial dress the United Nations on [those arranging the President’s troduce the Pope to the U.N. de­ ternational organization (the pacity 100,000) are the two main for the City of New York and discrimination in hiring practices. Oct. 4, the Register was told by trip] will want to take a look legates, the U.N. information U.N.). The newspaper said that sites under consideration. One its mayor, Robert Wagner. its Vatican correspondent, Mi­ at whether or not an overnight center informed the Register “this act shows it places spiri­ factor that could eliminate In Albany, the office of Lansing, Mich. chael Wilson. (The sam e corre­ stay is possible. The president of the 20th ses­ tual moral teachings at the Shea’s Stadium is that it is dis­ Robert McManus, press aide Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Green of Lansing spondent correctly pinpointed (The CDN dispatch said the sion will be chosen at the start summit of the problem of coex­ tant from the U.N. building, to Governor Nelson Rockefel­ is the Episcopal adviser of the N ational Cursil- the Pope’s visit for the first President’s dinner engagement of the session Sept. 21. istence among peoples. It also where the Pope will have just ler, said that the Governor ex­ lo movement. At the Cursillo convention here part of October in a dispatch in New York was pre-arranged, The Pope’s speech to the U.N., significantly recognizes the mis­ given his speech. pected to be in .New York City Bishop Green was selected by the delegates carried by the Register in the and called the arrangement a according to a dispatch from sion of the visible head of the Both stadium s will be free as at the time of the Pope’s visit. and consented to serve. issue of Aug. 29.) “commonsense triumph of pro­ Wilson, will reflect the Pontiff’s C hurch.” the baseball season will have The “Register” was told that Confirmation by the White tocol in burying the difficulty as grave anxiety over tensions that A Vatican official com m ent­ ended the day before. the Governor “had no specific Miami Beach House of the report the Pope far from public view as possi­ could precipitate a world war. ing on the visit said that the As The R egister went to plans to meet (he Pope, but that A recommendation by former U. S. Senator would speak with I.BJ was not ble.” The Vatican is reported hop­ Pope can never be divorced press, the office of the Very he would like to see him .” The Harry P. Cain of Washington at Miami di­ available as the Register went (The “difficulty” is the proto­ ing that many world leaders from temporal problems al­ Rev. Mon.signor Thom as J. Mc­ Governor was received in aud­ ocese’s fifth annual I.abor day observance that to press. col problem involved, since the will attend the U.N. session, though he has rejected temporal Govern, assistant director of ience with the Pope in the Vati­ family planning should be included in the gov­ (President John.son, in what Pope is traveling as a private especially in view of the fight­ power. the Information Bureau of the can in 1963. ernment war on poverty programs was dis­ is described by Chicago Daily citizen and not a head of state, ing between Pakistan and India. The Pope’s U.N. address will Archdiocese of New York, said The visit to New York will be puted by Monsignor George C. Higgins, direc­ With this in mind, the Pope has it had no official announcement the first by any Pope. However, News Service as an “all but im­ There was uncertainty before be translated into five languages tor of the NCWC Social Action departm ent. The possible coincidence” has made his visits to India. Israel, and scheduled to have six spare to make on the plans and de­ before becoming Pope, Paul VI — English, Spanish, Russian, prelate scored the idea and declared it would a New York dinner engagement Jordan, but in each case be was hours in New York to confer Chinese, and French — for the tails of the Pope’s visit to New had made two visits to the U.S. ‘.for the evening of Oct. 3 with greeted by the head of state.) with world leaders. Assembly delegates. York. — once in the 1930s and again be degrading for the government to approach "Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg The Pope’s address to the In announcing the Pope’s visit The Pontiff’s special trip to There was also silence from when he was Cardinal Giovanni the poor with a special program for limiting bnd his UN aides. U.N. will be made on the after­ to the U.N., L’Osservatore Ro­ the U.S. will also include an the New York D epartm ent of Montini of Milan. their families. India's Cardinal Will Jl/liss Council Pontiff Urges Special Devotion '[ While War With Pakistan Continues “not only toward us but for the I- Bombay, India — C ardi-;w here a vast throng of Catho- nal Valerian Gracias had gathered to cjlebrate entire world.” To Mary, Calls Her Birth'God's Hour' Bombay postponed his t r i p ‘‘he feast of Our Lady of the Na-, The Basilica of Mount Mary to Rome for the fourth session [is the shrine visited by Pope j Castel Gandolfo — Great! “honor the Madonna with your “Now the Council which is "must pray to her so that there tion of her h^r- of the Ecumenical Council forj The Indian prelate told the Paul VI at the time of the Bom-(devotion to Mary and pray- during these days pre without doubt a great episode in may be given to us grace to un- this . reflected may the duration of the war between (group that voluntary help is nc- bay Eucharistic Congress in De- grs to h e r for SUCCess session of the the history of the Church and derstand that the Council Is the *"^3 Ecumenical Council and also India and Pakistan cessary to assist the govern cember, 1964.______jthe Ecumenical Council now the salvation of the world needs hour of God. The birth of Mary j**"*"^ f • bring us Lyni ment in providing for the needs jits final session were urged by during the meetings of the this Marian preparation.” was the hour of God, the unique ing Christ. thaUtm^^^^^ Cardinal Gracias appealed Council The Pope declared that we and destined hour for redemp- a true ( hris____ » ------suits ( for prayers “that India might of Indian soldiers, particularly 'Pope Paul at his general audi- the sick and wounded. (ence Sept 8, the Feast of the “The apparition of Mary in which successfully defend her national the history of the world,” he Cardinal Gracias said that Pope Has ; Nativity of the Blessed Virgin “dialogu integrity i Mary. said, “is like lighting a light in The Indian Catholic Hier­ government leaders were the darkened area, a light of the ducted 1 archy and parish priests are “bravely playing their part At the same time, the Pontiff morning, pale and indirect but Obedience Most Necessary, Christiai generally giving all-out help to maintaining the morale cf the Mass in issued an appeal for peace as very sweet and very beautiful be the the government in its defense people, and in “ensuring the in­ the result of battles raging be­ The light of the world, Christ is CCD uni effort. tegrity of the motherland.” He tween India and Pakistan. yet to come, but the happy des ing whj Auxiliary Bishop Francisco said that “valiant soldiers are Catacombs But the Pope devoted his tiny of humanity, its possible U.S. Seminarians Reminded laym en. risking their lives for th i secur­ salvation is already assured — de Piedade Rehello of Goa main talk of the day to Our always in keeping with Catholic The s sued a statement asking Indian ity of millions in their homes.” Rome — Pope Paul VI Lady, urging his hearers to Mary brings it with her. Caste! Gandolfo — Amer­ ration. We know that your am ong young spirits rebel at times teachings and principles.” Catholics to extend their sup If to obtain freedom Sept. 12. celebrated Mass in ica’s seminarians have been The Pontiff stressed the im­ uates of against what seemingly is a through port to the government in its ef­ painful process, it is even more the catacombs just outside reminded of the necessity of| portance of their intellectual Rome’s gates and prayed at the the virtue of obedience. Doingj brake on your initiative and de­ mine wh forts to repel “the Pakistan ag­ painful to retain it,” Cardinal preparation “because today the gressor.” Gracias said. tombs of several Popes buried Minor Revolution Seen the reminding was Pope Paul sire to confront the vast prob­ attitudes VI. lems of the world.” he said. community looks to the priest He also asked Catholics “as He added that “freedom there. work anc good citizens, and good Chris­ In Catholic Education “R em em ber that obedience is for guidance and leadership not so much the end of the na­ The Pontiff celebrated the Here in the sem inary you most necessary in any well-or­ more than ever before.” Sixty-fi tians, to pray to God to spare have order and discipline, a tional struggle, as the beginning Mass in the catacom b of St. Do- New York — Monsignorj the Baltimore Archdiocese and dered society and that it is a respondir us the terrible calamity of war, matilla, considered by some au­ guarantee for your good prepa- and to pray for the dead fallen of national self-achievement.” James C. Donohue, newly ap­ secretary of the Superinten­ most basic virtue upon which Hungary Primate cent wer thorities to be the oldest Chris­ dents department of the Nation­ in the defense of the country." , Cardinal Gracias called upon pointed co-director of the Na­ constructive and effective activ­ Reported Ailing cent wen Cardinal Gracias spoke at the I ail Indians to pray for a speedy tian cemetery in existence tional Catholic Welfare Confer­ al Catholic Educational associa­ Joint Religious ity is solidly founded. | ges; 25 p< Basilica of Mount Mary, in thej and durable peace based on jus­ The Mass was offered in the ence’s department of education, tion, makes these points: Vienna ^ Cardinal Joseph ular coIl( said here Catholic education is Session Opposed “ Without it, chaos would re-j Mindszenty, Primate of Hun­ from the Bombay suburb of Bandra.l tice and mutual understanding internally excavated Basilica of — Curriculum reshaping suit. This spirit creates contin-! being pointed in new directions gary, is reported to be under Sts. Nereus and Archilleus, lo “nothing short of phenomenal,” Cologne, Germany — A .sug­ uity and action so necessary if D ata c( because of the growing role of is taking place under the guid­ treatment for a lung disorder cated in the depths of the gestion that a joint Evangeli­ apostolic initiatives arc to be was stud ground and surrounded by the the laity in teaching and admin­ ance of lay men and women in revealed by a routine X-ray istration. cal (Lutheran) and Catholic brought to a successful con­ check of American legation other CXI most extensive of Rome’s sub-i administrative posts along with clusion.” the Pope added. of discu He hailed the bringing of in­ national congress be held has staff in Budapest, where he terranean burial caverns. experts being produced by reli­ brought the opposition of Car­ form ed. creasing numbers of lay people In his talk to the seminarians took refuge after the Hunga­ gious communities; dinal Lorenz Jaeger of Pader- The Pope used the ancient al­ into the schools as a “great ad at the nearby sum m er villa of rian revolt, in November 1956. The SI — A system of centralized born, who said It is not a tar, facing the congregation, vance.” the Pontifical North American The latest report is uncon­ n o n - Ca long identified with the early financing of Catholic elementa­ good idea at the present time. Monsignor Donohue, who also College, Pope Paul told them firmed, but earlier the Car­ Catholics Christian community and the “these are challenging and is superintendent of schools for ry and secondary schools, with G erm any’s two m ajor faiths dinal had been reported as. such are origins of the Mass rite itself. tax levied on each parish, is now hold separate Church changing tim es. Old methods suffering from enlargement teaching Following the Mass, Pope inevitable because of lay teach­ congresses. Tliis year Car­ will have to be transform ed, but of the thyroid gland, and m arriage Paul went directly to the cata­ ers who must be given a salary dinal Jaeger was a guest at always in the light of past Ics-, “heart weakness." Later re­ a priest, comb of St. Calixtus which con­ Cardinal competitive to that offered in the Lutheran congress in Co­ sons. Sometimes new solutions, ports said he had recovered and the 1 tains a Papal crypt and at one public schools; logne. He pointed out that a are proposed, but these are not| from a “cold.” They als time was the official burial Cites Fear Parish school boards and joint meeting would necessi­ gion of D( place for the Bishops of Rome strong home-school associations tate the exclusion of some Mass, the ’ There the Pope prayed at the St. Louis — “The people will be am ong “ the most impor­ very important questions, Mother of ' tombs of his predecessors, at of the world are just scared tant things that can happen in which be said is useless. least 11 of them martyred to death” of nuclear war. Catholic education in the next Popes of the third century. This was one of Cardinal 20 years” because they will ad­ The catacombs originally Joseph Ritter’s reasons for say-; vance the cause and effective­ FEE1 Cut T h is Cl were subterranean quarries for ing he was giving “serious con­ ness of the schools. M ost Reverend Fulton J. Sheen mining of clay-like tufa from sideration” to speaking out at In all, said Monsignor Don­ TEIVS/0 To Right Size which building bricks were the Vatican Council’s fourth ohue, it adds up to a minor re­ On the same day, a mother lost two of her**^ made. During the persecutions session against the use or stock­ volution. “I don’t think that y V3PS£r 1 by the Roman emperors, the piling of nuclear weapons. children, one aged 9, the other aged 11, One was a Z Catholic education is ever going j/ O U R s y s t e U V ^ v early Christians found refuge People try to justify nu­ to be the same again,” he ad­ daughter, the other a * there and a place to bury their clear weapons by saying that ded. dead, a custom which continued, they would only he used in a son. Some parents are Z for a time after the persecution! limited way, but we ail know Take so cast down with grief* :* ceased. I things could get out of hand.” FREE BOOKLET of PHILLIPS’MiLK OF m a g n e s ia that they think only of The Catacomb of St. Domatil- the St. Louis Cardinal said in interview before leaving Prayers for the Sick when tension causes acid indigestion th e ir loss. The m other la is said to date from the first or constipation. century. Others followed until for Rome. To help youraelf and your loved and father of these two •> There are those who claim onei, u n d today tor a PRBE the fourth century, after which BOOKLET of Approved Preyir* A tittle Phillips* lor the Sick. Just melt this cou­ the custom began of burying the existence of nuclear wea­ for acid upset. children wrote to us say­ pons is helping to "keep the pon with your name and eddrest corpses near the churches to: A tittle more ing: “ This represents the ''^ springing up throughout the Ro­ peace” by deterring potential O. L. V. Homes for constipation. man empire. The catacombs aggressors, he noted. Oepl. Rep. savings of our daughter,*:: Flood Splatters Pope’s Cassock then became sanctuaries and ‘But is it?” he asked. “ I won- Lackawanna, New York I4)ia r PFavored. Patricia, and our son, '^ places of pilgrim age until pil- der if it is even moral to stock- Touring flooded areas of Italy around Prima Porta and laged by invading barbarians. I pile nuclear bombs.” Michael, who left us j Labora, working-class suburbs north of Rome, Pope Paul VI July 18th to be with our *• stands In his jeep while volunteers lift its wheels out of mud. Father in heaven. I The Pope’s white cassock became splattered and his slippers NOW! PRAY THE ROSARY PROPERLY were soaked and caked with mud after his visits to the homes MYSTERIES AND DAYS USED...AT YOUR FINGERTIPS know they would wont of flood sufferers. AIRIVIAIL you to help some poor child have a better life.” There was enclosed their THIS young lives' savings of $4.73. Sacred Scripture says: CHURCH? “Their work shall follow them.’* THE HOLY FATHER*! MISSION AID TO THE ORIiNTAL CHURCH This FREE This mother has somewhat the same attitude': From Communist-infested southern India Father as Our Blessed Mother at the foot of the Cross. She - dollar box Thomas Puthiavel pleads for help to build at once a durable church in Kavarapa-rumbu, a lost the Son of God and acquired the son of Zebe-‘ : critical mission-center. “ N ot long ago the Reds dee. It was a poor exchange but it is the way of gunned down seven of my finest-men.” writes oi Mason Father Thomas. “Without a church we cannot love. This good mother loses her ow n and im m edi­ BRAND NEWI save the faith.” . . . The problem, of course, is ately reaches to the aid of other poor children. In poverty. The men who have jobs (weaving bam­ the message at Fatima, and If there be any truth to , Candy can PRAYER PLAQUES boo mats) get about 16^ a dayl. . . The church (with meeting-room attached) can be built for the later message of a few years ago in Spain, the - GE< 25 different deelgne as little as $3,800 (the cost of the materials) Blessed Mother bids us to adopt the poor and hun- . help you ftonde on desk or since Father Thomas and his parishioners will h«mgs on wall build it evenings after work. 727 Catholics, many gry o f the w o rld in expiation fo r our sins. W hat this of them children, are w aiting to use it.They hear good mother did in sorrow for her children, other H*r* or* hauiuqI gift* for any Mass now out-of-doors, if and when weather per­ raise *180 occaileni S•auHFully d«(ign«d mothers in joy and happiness can do for the millions - proy«n, p«raian«nlly m»tinl*d on m its. . . . The parish is dedicated to St. Therese, a walnul Anlih plaqut. For M fl the Little Flower. Build the church ($ 3 80 0), or of afflicted in mission lands. It w ill only be by rep­ MOCHUIC of Pr^»r Plaqu««, AH < 10*2,500! OccaUon end Kely Cardf, part of it, in memory of your loved ones? Please aration that great disasters and catastrophes can be ••nd yeuf nom* end oddreii tei send at least as m uch as you can right now ($200, $150, $100. $75. $50, $20. $15. $10, averted from the world. May Michael and Patricia ABBEY PRESS $5, $3. $1). Father Thomas needs your help Printing DIv., Dept. B who are in heaven intercede to the Holy Spirit so -* Immediately. We’ll send It to him Airmail. St. Meinrad, Indiana 47577 that all who read this column w ill do something for the poor. In Rome this week the Bishops thought of Jeru­ salem, the heart of our 18-countiymission world. Pope Paul asked th a t relics of the True If you believe that life does not stop with death Cross be carried in procession when the Council and that giving does not stop w ith death — then re- ^ reconvened___ The Bishops in Council need our » MASON MINTS • ALMOND COCOANUT examine your Will, look over your bequests! If you RECEIVE .mie GIVING prayers. They need help to wallop world poverty, » ASSORTED JELLIES • WALNUT FUDGE to keep God with the poor___ Give them a hand? stand in need of God's mercy and feel that others The Holy Father will use your stringless gift (in would have done more with your faith, then make Yes, we will mail you a check every month for life if you invest through our any amount) where it's needed most No money in advance. . . no ris k . . . no c notation in your Will: Because I have need of the - obligation. We will give you a FREE dollar box of nationally known Mason forgiveness of the Son of God hidden in the poor, I : candy and tell you how your organiza­ LIFE INCOME MISSION CONTRACT tion can make 40C on every $1.00 box. Another easy way to help the Holy Father Is to hereby bequeath to The Society for the Propagation You have a choice of four varieties of (AN ANNUITY) USE use our legal title when you make a will: Catv^ Mason Candies. 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THE CATHOLIC MEAR EAST W ELFARE ASSOCIATION my help now rather than 50 years from now. They POITIER • C ADDRESS______are hungry and sick now and starving as well from - JOSEPH SCH CITY______STATE- TODAY TO C ity ____ -Zone___State. the lack of knowledge of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and • V^INTERS • HOW MANY MEMBERS— I His teachings." THEATRE OF PHONE______MISSIOIMS GEORGE STE REV. FATHER RALPH S.V.D. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN. President In creative a 316 N. MICHIGAN / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601 MSGR. JOSEPH T. RYAN. National Secretary Cut out this column, pin your sacrifice to it and iJEWMAN-F Write: Catholic N ear East W elfare Assoc. 330 Madison Avenue*New York, N.Y. 10017 m a il it to Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, N ational Di­ Telephone; 212/YUkoo 6-5840 rector of The Society for the Propagation of the Page 2, Sec. 2 The Denver Catholic Register September 16, 1965 Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y, 10001. 'Dialogue From the Pews" Papal Envoy Backs Archbishop W ho Hit Birth Control Policy Helps Orient CCD W ork W ashington — Archbishop Cathedral here. He said the fed­ which it was suggested the bishop O’Boyle Is, next to His lEgidio Vagnozzi, Apostolic eral government “ has no busl- government approve birth con­ Holiness, the Pope, the most au­ I Southern Catholic schools and program could be improved They also asked that CCD p r o - in the United ness” promoting birth control. trol programs in conjunction thoritative voice of the Catholic h er that premarital chastity also were Othe.' than sponsoring popula­ with the w ar on poverty pro­ Church in (he Archdiocese of le r hour- by tackling controversial grams emphasize the Church’si4,._®^^.^^® posi- topics of conversation. i.ssues In depth and “off the role in salvation, the Bible, tion taken by Archbishop Pat­ tion research, the government’s gram and also in connection Washington. ed, may position in the field of popula­ with foreign aid programs. ' Of those surveyed about half cuff.” stress “being a Catho­ Mass, responsibilities of mar­ rick A. O’Boyle of Washington “His position as elected chair­ the sav* on birth control. He criticized tion and family planning should Supporting the position taken man of the administrative [>ring us l-ynbrook, N.Y. — Re said they could handle the ques­ lic every day," concentrate riage. the Mystical Body. m ore on the life of Christ, attempts ‘.o minimize the impor- be one of “strict neutrality,” by Archbishop O’Boyle, Arch­ board of the National Catholic atlon.” tions that were raised. The oth Those surveyed also Archbishop O’Boyle said. suits of a parish survey er half reported they felt want have college students and marked that all the CCD ;tancc and authority of Archbish- bishop Vagnozzi issued the Welfare Conference proves the workers conduct CCD classes, The situation was prompted following statement; confidence he enjoys with mem­ which took the form of a ing either in knowledge or the struction possible cannot substi-j^^A^uu-^lf^ i - * a bers of the Catholic Hierarchy, give easy explanations of ar­ lute tor good example andl as a res'dt of hearings conduct­ “Attempts have been .nade to “dialogue from the pews” con­ ability to convey the facts artic­ 4. • • XI J jj ,iwas laxen Aug. 29 m a sermon minimize the importance and none of whom has expressed ducted here by Confraternity of ulately. ticles of faith which can be ed by a Senate Government ram,ng at home, and added | he preached in St. Matthew’s Operation subcommittee at the authority of the statement any disagreement. Christian Doctrine may prove to W'hat gripe.s did those sur­ used in explanations to non- that efforts to educate parents!-----— ------Catholics. issued by the Most Rev. Patrick “ In fact, the Archbi.sbop’s be the model for other parish veyed have against the Church? should be stepped up. A. O’Boyle, Archbishop of CCD units to follow in determ in­ statement re-echoes the warn­ They registered discontentment W ashington, on Aug. 29, *965, ing of Pope Paul VI: *So far we ing what programs to offer toward the Church’s .stand on laym en. ^ , I iA I n Congressmen, ACLU concerning the present teaching do not have a sufficient reason birth control, mixed marriage, of the Catholic Church on the to regard the norms given by Catholic The survey was conducted compulsory Mass attendance,; ochools Moke bpurf Tangle on Smut Curbs m atter of birth control. Pope Pius XII in this matter as am ong high school postgrad­ sermon.s not related to the prob­ “It has been asserted that the surpassed and therefore not he Im- uates of the classes from 1960 lems of the day. They also com­ New Y o rk — The newly|good teachers Catholic school! '^^sHngton Lawrence Spei there are a lot of things I consi­ Archbishop’s statement does binding. They must therefore be Ilectual' through 1963. It sought to deter­ plained about “narrow minded appointed codirector of the'systems must pay competitive,?^^; director of the Wash- der trash that I don’t want the not express the mind of the considered valid, at least until mine what moral questions and ness,” that the Church was “all ington office for the American Catholic Hierarchy of the Unit­ we feel in conscience hound to lay the. National Catholic W e l f a r e ! government to suppress.” priest altitudes those .surveyed met at politics” and “still in the Middle Civil Liberties Union, and two This drew fire from the bill’s ed States, nor is it representa­ modify them...... No one should, Conference’s Education depart “The ultimate answer is tive of true contemporary Cath­ iership work and in college. Age.s.” Congres.smen studying ways to sponsor, Rep. Dominick Daniels therefore, for the time being, ment has assailed “unwarrant­ going to be some kind of cen­ olic thought. take upon himself to pronounce Sixty-five per cent of those Non-Catholic complaints ed, unfair and unnecessary” tralized financing. With cen­ curb pornography, tangled dur­ of New Jersey. Daniels said the ing a recent House subcommit­ “As Papal representative to himself in terms different from responding were women: 35 per about the Church, the survey re­ criticism of Catholic education tralized financing for teacher ACLU’s spokesman had the Catholic Church in the Unit­ vealed, ranged from “The tee hearing here. the norm in force (June 23, cent were men. Fifty-five per and said Catholic schools have salaries, religious and lay, by knowledged there was a growing ed States may I state that Arch­ 1 9 6 4 ).” cent were from Catholic colle­ Church is too high and mighty' made more progress in the last means of an equitable tax lev­ Speiser first appeared before problem of obscenity, but had ges; 25 per cent were from sec­ to She is “too strict and as a 10 years than any other 10-year ied against each parish, we the group on Sept. 3, when he “opposed examination and stu­ useph ular colleges and 20 per cent result Catholics are often hypo­ period in their history. could provide a salary that read a formal statement of op­ dy of the problem.” For your Religious Discussion Croups Hun> from the business world. crites.” By far, however, non Monsignor James C. Donohue! would come within 80 per cent position to the bill (H.R. 7465). Dent said that the commission jnder Catholic complaints constantly in an interview published in The to 85 per cent of the public ; There was no time to question would study ways to keep por­ Data compiled In the survey school s a I a r i e s,” he ex- 1 . New Horizons in Catholic Worship order returned to the Church’s .stand Catholic Educator said Catholic him, so Rep. John Dent of nography out of the hands of by Rev. William J. Leonard, S.J., and Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leon <-ray was studied by teachers and on birth control, marriage and students “are winning their fair! plained. other CX^D workers and a series Pennsylvania, chairman of the minors. “If someone over 21 A. McNeill, M.A. The renewal of public worship according ation divorce, those surveyed said. share of scholarships. . .They! subcommittee, invited him back wants to buy this trash, that’s to the Liturgy Constitution. c he of discussion sessions was are doing as well as if not better! form ed. Those surveyed al.so said Right State — Sept. 8. his business,” said Dent. inga- they thought the parish CCD than public school students on| 2 . New Horizons in Scripture and Worship 1956. The suney revealed that achievement tests and college i But before Speiser left, Deni Speiser was unruffled. He in­ by Kev. G. H. Guyot, C.M., and McNeill. The Bible and its Wrong Diocese usage in the liturgy. icon* non* Catholics questioned entrance board examinations.” igave him two lurid paperback sisted the commission could Car* Catholics most frequently on Rhodesian Chiefs Monsignor Donohue said In the caption to the picture ; books and a nudist magazine turn out to be an unofficial na i for “homework.” tional censorship board. 3. New Horizons in Christian Living 1 as such areas as the Church’s Attend Ordination marked improvements in curri-I of the installation of Bishop by Leonard-McNeill. 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It gives the child the right start be­ cause it teaches that sex is Go• cleansed art templation (the prayer of personal commu­ Ju.st to go through tho motions of praying A typical case was (hat of Constantius, God (he things that are God, and to Caesar Jesse, and a flower (Hebrew, netser) would rise • : . live not for nion with God) and the liturgy (the public, and listening and participating will not ac­ son of Constantine (350-361). This Emperor, (he things that are Caesar’s. The Palaces be­ from his root (Is. xi, f). God, and to • ' complish a great deal (or an individual wor­ urged on by a number of Bishops who fa­ long to (he Emperor and the cbnrriies to the Or it may be a general reference to the prophe­ among ourse official prayer of the Christian community). To m ake € shipper or for a whole as.sembly. Technicali­ vored Arlanism, undertook to establish reli­ p rie sts.” cies that speak of the humiliations of the Messias. When the vital link between the liturgy and • uble bond contemplation is broken or Ignored there is ties of piety alone do not produce thorough gious unity at the expense of orthodoxy. Nor can it be said that Ambrose resisted The word Nazarene in the time of Christ was a term Christians. of reproach. tween faith immeclinto trouble in ChrUtian piety. His chief enemy was St. Athanasius. Bish­ the PJmperor only because he was an Arian. Fathers of tl U is necessary, for full fruitfulness, to op of Alexandria, who was assisted by sever­ When, about this time, the usurping Emper­ ing the do .Some promolors of the liturgy have run bring to the Mass a contemplative .soul and into great difficulty because they have not al Western Bishops, among whom were St. or, Maximus, put to death the heretic PriscU- Why Married Oriental Priests? • * , Church has to bring away from the Mass a spirit of pray­ taught and v explained In depth the theological meaning of Hilary of Poitiers and Hosius of Cordova. lian and his companions (the first instance of Q. Why are priests of the Eastern Church per­ erful brooding over the meaning of the Word defined by th the liturgy. When Constantius urged the Bishop.s. at capital punishment inflicted for heresy by a mitted to marry, while the priests from the Latin and a prayerful respon.se to the demands of the Council of Milan in 355, to depose Athana­ Christian prince), Ambrose, though he had no ' ^ determined i The spiritual life implications of public Church arc not? treatise on th Eucharistic love. sius because of hLs opposition to Arianism. he use for Prisdllian, and had refused to inter­ worship have hern neglected by many in A. No priest in the Catholic Church is permitted - 6 ry of the Euc The meaning of the Word, by the way, and cede with the Pope for him. broke off commu­ their first fervor to comply with directives was an.swered thus by Hosius: to marry, but in the Eastern Rites they are permit­ lowing summ the demands of Encharistle love, will lead us “God has given yon the government of the nion with those Bishops who had agreed to regarding liturgical slrncturrs. rites, ceremo­ ted to be ordained if they are married before they "At the La far, though gradually, into a life of charity Empire, and to us the government of the his death. nies, pro(*edureH. The result has been confu­ have received the sulxiiaconate. Canon 70 of the Code i < night He was and action and Into spcrific commitments of Church. Whoever dares assail your autberity And the whole world knows the story of I.ord institute sion and resentment on the part of pari.shlon- of Oriental Law declares incapable of contracting helpfulness toward our neighbor In need. Is opposed to the order of God. Take rare how Ambrose made the rigidly orthodox Em­ ’ sacrifice of H crs. marriage subdeacons and all higher clerics. J: Mere polite attention to the reading of the peror of the East. ’H>eodo«lus, do public pen­ to perpetuate likewise not to make yourself guilty of a The reason why married priests are allowed in ' On the popular front, Itiat is, in (ho pews, ICplsUo and Gospel will not, of it.scif, produce greater crime in usurping (he authority of (he ance for (he massacre of his rebelling sub- the Eastern Rites is ancient custom, which was fixed the cross thr (hero are largo areas of turmoil and anguish in us (he full fruits of Clod’s revelation. Scrip­ Church. Ject.s. 1 • until ho sboul hccause (ho common citi/ens of the Ixird’a ture reading, especially when It is done as at the .Synod in Trullo in 692. This Council, which entrust to thi “Wc have been ordered to render to Cae­ When we look for the origins of the reli­ J ■ rnrihly kingdom see only division and nntng- part of the official worship posture of the legislated for the Eastern Churches, required Bish­ loved spouse. sar that which belongs to Caesar and to God gious liberty we krmw in Am erica, we must ops, if married, to live separate from their wives and * ■his death am onlsm hi'iuecn whiit im>, in rcallly, only v ar­ Church, sets in motion in our souLs* currcnt.s (hat which is God’s. We are not permitted to go much farther back than the Declaration of ious phases of a single minded splrilualily. of knowledge and love and submission to tho forbade all clerics to marry after the subdiaconate. sacrament of t arrogate the imperial authority to ourselves Independence. Without the murage of men • The ultimato end of the liturgy and con- divine will. The di.scipline is generally followed by both separat­ unity, a bond You likewi.se have no power in the ministry like Ambrose, we could not have this free­ chal banquet i Icmplalion and npo-stollc action, too, for Rut the full potential of this reading and ed and Catholic Easterns. of sacred things.” dom today. Since celibacy is not a divine command, where received, the . that m atter — is to provide means liy whicli of this grace are reached only when I search grace and the man can bo united with God and by which ancient custom permits a married clergy, the cus­ out at some length and at some depth tho tom is honored, e.specially in countries where the tile pledge of f God can stmip down Into the life of man to meaning of Ihe Word for me and then make In tliese won share with him tho divine riches and to catch some response of faith and action to it. Eastern Rites have been long established. both the sacr up Into the com forting currents of salvotion Ihe Eufharixtlc sacrifice and (he Kucha- No one can be promoted to the Episcopal Order . tains to the ess history. rlHtic meal reach a new dimension of enrich­ CCD and the Council in an Eastern Rite who is not celibate or lawfully which Is celeb Prayer is an interchange between the ment for me when I take part in (hem with freed from bonds of marriage. * the sacrameni people of Gml and the Blessed Trinity, full knowledge of (heir significance and with age and psycbelegieal points eat. "what has ap­ Father Victor J. Pospishil, of the Ukrainian By­ faithful partii What effect will the Council zantine Rite, writes as follows: “The Christian East Communion by whether (he people of God happen to be rep­ a thoughtful and fervent faith. have on the Confraternity of group.” peared to predom inate is "The time has come." he ‘personalism .’ Ry (hit we retained the Apostolic custom of ordaining married of Cnrist an< resented at a given moment hy an Individual The graces of the Ma.ss and of the sac­ the Christian Doctrine? * ■ blood, receivinj or an assemhly. raments arc not equally distributed. God fa­ continued, "for us to examine mean an awareoeas of the candidates, but hand in hand with this indulgence to This is (he question (hat value of the human person, beginning of eti The essential element of interchange is vors with more abundant supernatural re­ very closely ‘what’ we are human frailty a high appreciation of the celibate state hangs over the CCD just as teaching, rather than 'how' his dignity, Indlvklaality, his medicine of i love: On one liand. man's humble and feeble was no less an idea in the East than in the West” turns those who come to Him with disposl- the challenge of renewal and we are teaching it- sacrednest in the sight of (iod (Code of Oriental Canon Law: Marriage, p. 100). cording to the effort to give himself to his heavenly Father, Uons which are more realistically devout. reform confronts the Church and therefore la our sight.” Lord: "The mi What we must examine flesh and drink and, on the other hand, the supremely mag­ Liturgical participation taken on in a deep­ as a whole. most carefully is the content "This concept, in cateche- joys eternal life nanimous gesture of God who through the In­ ly contemplative mood will necessarily show It is too early to detail all and meaning of the Message sis. means that we understand Aaronic Priesthood t him up at the carnate and Risen Christ continues to empty itself in apostolic fruitfulness. the effects that the Council What the catechetical move­ once more the sacredness of Q. Why was Aaron, the molder of the Golden Calf Therefore, we Himself that Ho might he one with wayfaring will have on the CCD. but m ent must have is a re-»*xam- the child in our class room," at Sinai, made high priest and the priesthood perpet­ The mo.st significant change that has ta­ ? that the restore men. ken placo in ihe CImrch in the past few years Bishop G. Em m ett Carter of ination and a reassessment he continued. "The idea that uated in his descendants? I/mdon, Ontario, has given F will bring forth It is helpful for u.s who aspire to union is that Catholics now arc induced to take of the basic concepts upon the child is important because A. Aaron certainly sinned by this concession to voice to some pertinent points which our catechesls is built. he is the adult of tomorrow is of Eucharistic c with God, to understand (hat the formulas of more fervent notice, of both God and of their idolatry, but he was saved from divine punishment 4 as to the ways the Council We must have the dominant a half-truth. If it affects our the Holy Church prayer have an importance. However, the n c ig h lH ir . will affect the teaching of reli­ themes of the Second Vatican (caching so that we are teach­ by the intercession of Moses (Deut. ix, 20). ing sign of pit erhaps even electrifying — when congre­ "Those who are interested themes of our catechists.” there, it can be a catastrophe. was natural that God should choose him as high * have a far higher Importance. The liturgy gations. in larger numbers and in larger in catechetics must be alert to Although realizing that it "All the traditional Chris­ priest and as the ancestor of the priests of Israel, tians to a unity love, drawing the implications of the Coun­ might be premature to state tian respect of children is • * and contemplation must not only complement measure, integrate their liturgical efforts whose line was propagated by carnal generation. thanks to the ac each oihrr but they must be integrated into with their prayer of contemplation. cil and to following its load.” those themes, the Bishop of­ based upon the fact that each he stressed. fers to the religion teachers is a person and must be grace. each other. The integration of liturgical prayer and We seem to ha "A fter all, the teaching of some concepts which seem to taught in accordance with the Inter-Ordination? 4 In its broadest structure the Mass is an contemplative prayer wlli provide man with these fruits and, the Word to little ones is sim­ be evolving from the Council. ends of the moment — needs Q. From the Ecumenical perspective, could not the 4 encounter with Cbrist in two ways: Through a unified and loving and rewarding approach ply the adaptation of the Mes­ "In the general psychologi­ not only of the mind, but also Church, by tacit agreement, grant the power of con­ gather in the et the Word (Sacred Scripture); and through to the presence of God. who is love. sage of Cbrist to a particular cal level,” the Canada prelate of his heart and emotions.” only in the genu secrating the Eucharist to those Protestant minis­ gem ess with wi ters who sincerely believe in Christ’s Real Presence? 0 bers of the Ci A. No one can consecrate the Body and Blood of have received bo * Ecumenical perspective Christ without valid ordination. Without the priestly tion on the Sacn order, this is not only illicit but even impossible. - the restoration ( Absolutely speaking, the Church could ordain as * but also in the gi true priests ministers who intend to remain outside - « well* prepared From the Newman Congress which seek to in’ her jurisdiction, but naturally she would not do so. 4 profoundly and By Jtirosiav I'rllkan anxious moires I have heard decrying (he college generation, I Their number will almost certainly Increase, but it cannot Priests are ordained for the service of the true more fruitfully tl Church. Moreover, many abuses and religious con­ the Holy Eucharii l.iilhrnin Tht'otogiitn and I'rnfrssor must confess (hat I came away from (he second meeting, at hope to keep up with the total increase in the number of the - / ' of Church History u( Yale I'nhcrsity from (he first, heartened at the responsible attitude with which young people of the Church who go on to higher education. fusion would follow from such a practice. reference to its re - mystery of the Ch The college youth of our country have not had a very good the renewal of the Church Is being advocated and carried out. Thus the Newman Clubs must serve as the agency for spiri­ The “tacit agreement’’ of which you speak is ex­ press during the last year. The Irresponsible actions of a few tended by the Church to separated Oriental priests All of this is foi Make no mistake about it. how'cver. the renewal of the tual, InteUectual, and moral maturity In the young men and for the granting of absolution in Confession. profound consolati have been used as an oxcu.so to ignore the legitim ate com­ Church cannot be slopped or reversed, and anyone who tries women without whom the future of the Church would look - is a great pleasi plaints and criticisms of (he many, with the result that the Being validly ordained, these priests have the now’ to blow the whistle will be courting disaster. (More about bleak indeed. power to forgive sins, and they are deemed to have communicate this responsible leaders of the student protest movement have this in next week’s column.) Unless a spirit of renewal-with-responsibility can animate • able brothers, S' been overshadowed by the radicals. the jurisdiction necessary to make this power effec­ •• * with us you may . Rut (he enthusiasm for renewal and for ecumenism in the these students, both the Church and the nation will be deprived tive when absolving their own communicants. , Leaders of the state, of the unUersitities, and. alas, also of the very leadership they need. God, the giver of of (he Churches have sometimes failed to give serious and young people I met at (he Newman Congress was accompa­ witti His spirit rul nied by wholehearted sup|>ort for the doctrine and tradition of One day's visit is no valid criterion, but my contacts and respectful attention to the opinions of stndents. dismissing r- *• and enriches her the Church, by a deep devotion to Christ and to His Revela­ conversations at the Newman Congress bear out the exper­ Segregationist Groups (hem condescendingly as only a symptom of growing pains or ing virtues. tion. and hy a genuine desire to serve Htm and obey Him. ience I have had on many college and university campnses Q. May a Catholic ally himself with those groups as e\ldence (hat more authority is called for. " * Reasons for Pa across (be United States for a decade or more: There is no whose primary purpose is to perpetuate segrega- It was a happy coincidence for me that, of the very few It was also accompanied by a healthy suspicion of the z - Concern and Ai more thrilling or hopeful sign of genuine renewal in the Ro­ However, veneri lecture invitations I accept, two happened to come in the same fakery that often poses as piety, of the intelloctual dishonesty " a man Catholicism of the United States than the development of A. Any group that aims at denying equal use of In this very matt week: One. about which I reported in last week's column, at that sometimes appears in the defense of the status quo. and an articulate, thoughtful, indoctrinated, critical, and responsi­ public facilities to the members of any race, or ha­ are discussing tb the Ijturgical Week in Chicago, and the other, on Friday of of the organizational mentality that equates the maintenance ble lay leadership among the members of the college genera­ rassing them by any means, or unfairly discriminat­ lacking reasons foi the same week, at the National Newman Congress in New of ecclesiastical machinery with the furtherance of the King­ tion. The future is safe with them. ing against them, should be judged as opposed to the - ** toral concern and York. dom of God. repeated declarations of the American Bishops *• awaieness of our i These two meetings gave me an opportunity to compare The Newman clubs are, of course, the bearers of the work against such treatment as un-Christian and sinful does not allow us 1 the atmosphere of a meeting attended largely by the profes­ of the Church on campuses not operated by the Church. They In the continuing dialogue confronting Catholics and non- Catholics should avoid them. I ^ the face of these sional cadres of the Church with that of a meeting where most are. therefore, increasingly important in the program of the Catholics alike, the '’Register‘d is presenting one of the most deed we are awar of the faces were youthful. And in spite of all the defensive or lay apostolato. It seems to me inevitable that as the call for a distinguished Protestant theologians m America, Professor Jar- . . . , . that, among those ' lay apostolate increases, the- percentage of Roman Catholic oslav Pelikan. We should w eigh the optntons of others with j ... ^ reasons, cannot be answered in I * THE DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER college students who attend the colleges and universities of the /ittine cou«j^ ond Professor Pelikan « eminently qualified | addr«s'shMid li tariuTd. '' j 6 ' THE Pago 4. See. 7 September 16, 1965 Church will decrease^ to present the Lutheran position tn a dialogue...... | 4 September 16, 1 ‘ *

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H 'Mysterium Fidei'-Pope Paul's Encyclical on Eucharist (The followini; is an unoffi* I this most holy mystery in writ In fact. St. Bonaventure as­ this reason these formulas are Christ’s Blood? Is not the bread't*on to this sacrament, to extol His name the sacrifice of the that “The Eucharist is that cial translation of P o p e Uen or spoken word, there are serts: “There is no difficulty adapted to men of all times and we break a participation the dignity of all the faithful, Mass; He is present in her as flesh of our Saviour Jesus Paul’s latest encyclical. Mys* !some who, with reference either about C hrist’s presence in the ail places. But the most sacred Christ’s Body? . . . To drink the and to spur their spirit toward she administers the sacraments. I Christ which suffered for our terium Fidel. The speed of to Masses which are celebrated Eucharist as in a sign, but that task of theology is not the in- Lord’s cup, and yet to drink the the attainment of the sum m it of We find deep consolation in re-sins and which the Father in 7 of transmission to Denver, only . sanctified His own. For just as^changed into flesh and blood.” The Catholic Church has al element of sacramental sign as arc the words of eternal life” of the first Vatican Council that Jerusa- ^ offered not for the words which God spoke are ways devoutly guarded as a The Council of T rent, basing if the symbolism, which all cer­ (Jn 8:61-9). “the same signification (of (Je following: Q^^^elves alone, the very same as those which it.self on this faith of the most precious treasure the mys­ tainly admit in the Eucharist, It is logical, then, that we sacred dogmas) is to be forever memorable instruction for ^^at of the whole the priest now speaks so loo the Church, “openly and sincerely it tery of faith, that Ls, the ineffa­ expresses fully and exhausts should follow as a guiding star retained one our Holy Mother neophytes: “After the spiritualHence although the very oblation is the very same,” No professes that within the holy ble gift of the Eucharist which completely the mode of Christ’s our investigations of this the Church has defined It, and i sacrifice, the unbloody act of na{u,.g q{ jhe action renders one is unaware that the sac­ sacrament of the Eucharist, af­ ar she received from Christ her presence in this sacrament. Nor m ystery the m agisterium of the under no pretext of deeper pe-; worship has been completed., n^^st appropriate the active ram ents are the actions of ter the consecration of the spouse as a pledge of His im-iis it allowable to discuss the Church, to which the Divine Re­ netration may that meaning be bending over this propitiatory participation of many of the Christ, who administers them bread and wine. Our Lord Jesus le mense love, and during the Sec-jmystery of transubstantiation deemer entrusted for protection weakened” (constit. dogm. de offering we beg God to grant faithful in the celebration of the through men. Therefore, the Christ, true God and true man. in ond Vatican Council, in a newlwithout mentioning what the and for explanation the revelo- fide cathol. c.4) , peace to all the churches, to Mass, nevertheless that Mass sacram ents are holy in them- is really, truly and substantially te and solemn demonstration, she Council of Trent stated about is to be fully approved which, selves, and by the power of| contained under those outward professed her faith and venera the marvelous conversion of the ‘ in conformity with the pre- Christ they pour grace into the;appearance.s.” In this way the tion for this mystery. When whole substance of the bread ‘ scriptions and lawful traditions soul when they touch the body.! Saviour in His humanity is pres- dealing with the restoration of into the Body and of the whole of the Church, a priest for a The mind boggles at these dif- ent not only at the right hand the sacred liturgy, the Fathers substance of the wine into the sufficient reason offers in ferent ways in which Christ isiof the Father according to the of the Council, by reason of Blood of Christ, speaking rather private, that is, in the pres- present; they confront the' manner of existence but their pastoral concern for the only of what is called “transig- ence of no one except his Church with a mystery ever sacrament of the whole Church, considered it of nification” and "transfigura­ .server. From such a Mass an be pondered Eucharist “by u mode of exis- the highest importance to ex­ tion,” or finally to propose and abundant treasure of special .sal­ hort the faithful to participate act upon the opinion according utary graces enriches the cele­ „ . r t T "- ’ o T d t'’ b:r actively, with sound faith and to which, in the consecrated brant, the faithful, the whole nor m whirl. Christ ,s present .n illumined by faith, we e.an His ehurch a manner wh.eh (irmly with the utmost devotion, in the Hosts which remain after the Church, and the entire world — celebration of this most holy celebration of the Sacrifice of graces which are not imparted surpasses all others; it is His'believe, to be imssiblc to G od’ the Mass, C hrist our l ord is no in the same abundance by the presenee in the saerament of (Decree on the Eucharist, ch. mystery, to offer it with the the Eucharist, which is for this i) 'priest to God as a sacrifice for Irnger present. mere reception of Holy Com­ their own salvation and for that Everyone can see that the munion. spread of these and similar opi­ = o f '^ v o Z " n r t i : : ^ t''"-;*' T i t of the whole world, and to find Therefore, from a paternal ly object of contemplation, a the Sacramc lit of the in it .spiritual nourishment. nions docs great harm to the and solicitlous heart, wu recom­ faith and devotion to the divine more effective means of sancti- FtK-’hariSt by Traiisiibs.an- For if the sacred liturgy holds mend to priests, who bestow on fication than all the other sac- tiation. the first place in the life of the Eucharist. us a special crown of happiness And therefore, so that the raments” (aegidiius tomanus,^ To avoid misunderstanding Church, the Eucharistic myste in tlie Ixird, that they be mind­ “thereoremata de c o r p o r c this sacramental presence hope aroused by the Council of ful of their power, received ry stands at the heart and cen­ a now flourishing of Eucharistic chrisli”). The reason is clear; itjwhich surpasses the laws of na- ter of the liturgy since it is the through the hands of the ordain­ contains Christ Himself and it is turo and cons'itutes the greatest piety which is pervading the ing Bishop, of offering sacrifice fount of love by which we are whole CUiurch be not frustrated “a kind of perfection of the miracle of its kind, wc must li.s- cleansed and strengthened to to God and of celebrating Mass­ ten with docility to the voice of by this spread of false opinions, es both for the living and for spiritual life; in a way, it is the live not for ourselves but for we have with, apostolic authori­ goal of all the sacraments” (St. the teaching and praying God. and to be united in love the dead in the name of the Church. This voice which con­ ty decided to address you, ve­ I.ord (cf. Pontificable Roman- Thomas. “Summ. Theol.” Ill, among ourselves. nerable brothers, and lo ex­ Q, 73, a. 3 c.). stantly echoes the voice of um), and that they worthily and Christ, assures us that the way 'fo make evident the indissol press our mind on this subject. devoutly offer Mass each day in This presence Is called “real” ubte bond which exists be­ Christ is made present in this We certainly do not wish to order that both they and the — by which it is not intended to sacram ent is none other than by tween faith and devotion, the deny in those who are spreading rest of the faithful may enjoy exclude all other types of pres­ Fathers of the Council, confirm' the change of the whole sub­ these singular opinions the the benefits that flow so richly ence as if they could not be stance of the hr3iid into His ing the doctrine which the praiseworthy effort to investi­ from the sacrifice of the cross. “ real” too, but because it is Church has alway.s held and l>ody, and of the whole sub­ gate this lofty mystery and to Thus also they will contribute presence in the fullest sense: stance of the wine into His taught and which was solemnly set forth Its inexhau.stible m ost to the .salvation of the hu­ That is to say, it is a substantial blond, and that this unique and defined by the Council of Trent riches, revealing its meaning to m an race. presence by which Christ, the truly wonderful change the determined to introduce their the men of today; rather we In Sacrifice of Mass God-man. is wholly and entirely Catholic Church rightly colls treatise on the mo.st holy m yste­ acknowledge and approve their Council of T rent., transubstantiation (cf. Council ry of the Eucharist with the fol effort. However we cannot ap­ Christ Hade Sacramentally*•’ Decree onf”' the Eucharist). Itiof Trent, Decree on the Kucha lowing summary of truths: prove the opinio.15 which they Present would therefore be wrong to ex-|r»st.) and as a result of transub- “At the Last Supi>er, on the express, and we have the duty By the few ideas which wc plain this presence by having | stantiation, the species of bread night He was handed over, our to warn you about the grave have mentioned regarding the'recourse to the "spirilual” na-'® Lord instituted the Eucharistic danger which these opinions in­ sacrifice of the Mass, we are | tore, as it is called, of the glori-1Cleaning and new finality sacrifice of His body and blood, volve for correct faith. encouraged to exp|ain a few no-jfjy(j body of Christ, which ii for they no longer rem ain or- to perpetuate the sacrifice of tions concerning the sacrament idinary bread and ordinary Holy Eucharist Is I give harmony to the whole I . , ^ 'present everywhere or by re-' , . . .u • * the cross throughout the ages tion which he has communicat-i Mystery of Eucharist of the Eucharist, seeing that j, ^ bind of symbolism, jbecome the sign of until he should come, and thus A Mystery of Faith ed to us through Scripture or'Verified in Sacrifice of world, to bless our rulers, ourj^Qj}^‘ sacrifice and sacrament i[_ .r .. . 'something sacred, the sign of a entrust to the Church, his be­ First of all we wi.sb to recall Tradition. F or we are con- Mass ; soldier.s ’ ' companions. I pertain inseparabl.v to the .same “ament "'ronsTsted nothing However, the something which is ’.veil known loved spouse, the memorial of vinced that “ w hat since the, F'of the inspiration and conso- ,to aid the sick and afflicted, and | my.stery. In an unbloody rea.son they take on thi.s new to you but which is altogether . in general to assist all who ®^^® efficacious sign “of[ significance and thi.s new finall- his death and resurrection: a sontation of the sacrifice of the the spiritual presence of Chrisli sacrament of devotion, a sign of necessary for repelling every days of anUquity was ^ 'Lmhirr ■" need, and then we offer Cross and in application of its I.s simply because Ihoy con unity, a bond of charity, a Pas­ virus of rationalism, something and believed throughout the (b^ g„ctrine which the Cattolic ■ Bishops and tyrs have witnessed with their ...... 1 •' I for all our dead. As we do thi.s, received, the soul is filled with faith is true, even if it is not and unanimously teaches con- when, through the words of con-Not that there lie.s under those blood, while celebrated Fathers we are filled with the conviction secration. he begins to be pre-f®"®'*'! species what was already there grace and there is given to us submitted to rational investiga-|cerning the mystery of the; and Doctors of the Church con­ that this sacrifice will be of the sent in a sacramental form un-i can hejj)pfo,.c, but something quite dif- the pledge of future glory.” stantly professed and taught it. tion, even if it is not explained i^^ucharist. greatest■aw iiv-.ia help tow thoseviviiv ov/Miosouls L\ji for dcf thc appparanccs of broad , falhor.s and in thc.fpi-pnt apjj that not only because In these words are highlighted that is, that the Eucharist is a by means of words” (St. Augus-- We desire to recall at Ibc I whom prayers are being offered I and wine to become the regard to sym-1 of the faith of the Church, hut in both the sacrifice, which per­ very great mystery, in fact, tine) very outset what may be Iin the very presence of our holy'tual food of the faithful. holism m the Eucharist, especi- objective reality since niter the tains to the essence of the Mass properly speaking, and to use B this is not enough. Havin: and awesome Victim." This holy' o( us reallre that there is ""“yI " J suBsloncc or na- which i.s celebrated daily, and the words of the sacred liturgy, safeguarded the integrity of the <*»gnia. namely, that by means doctor closes his instruction by' (ba’ ane^v In whichThe Conned of, tnre of the bread and wine into the sacrament in which the it is the mystery of faith. faith, it is necessary to safe- of •hi "'ys'bi'y 'Im Eucharist, citing the parallel of the crowm i ch ™,t i^ present Tn His C h ^ .Boclrine.l the body and blood of Chnst faithful participate In Holy which is woven tor the Ernnerorim. Ibughl that the Saviour bc-| nothing remains of Ihe bread “Minded, in it alone,” as Leo guard also its proper mode of fie sacrifice of the cross, which which is woven for the Emperor w p ^Seh to review at creator ^ ^ . Communion by eating the flesh XIII, our predecessor of happy expression lest by the careless!was once offered on Calvary, isS to move him to nardnn evi1e«; . ® .u * review greaier blessed Eucharist and wine but tlic appearances. of Cnrist and drinking His memory very wisely remarked, use of words, wc occasion (God remarkably re-enacted and con-1'■ !“ln the sam e fashTon when we " ”r t o His Church "as a symbol under which Christ, whole and entire, in his physical “reality” blood, receiving both grace, the “are contained, in a remarka­ forbid) the rise of false opinions stantly recalled and its savlngL((ur our prayers offer Christ | (Jo *oLtimtio"n "de sacra ' ;; unity and cha^rity is bodily present, although not beginning of eternal life and the ble richness and variety of mir­ regarding faith in the most su­ power exerted for the forgive-L|gygbiered for our sins, be-murgia” (cf. c. 1, n. 7; a.a.s. which he wished all Chris- medicine of immortality, ac­ acles, all supernatural reali­ blime of my.sleries. St. Augus­ in the same way that bodies are ness of those sins which we n^erciful God tOiiyi 1964 nn. lOO-ldl). Christ is^*?*^^ ^® intimnlely unit- present in a given place. cording to the words of Our ties” (Encyclical Mlrao Carlta- tine gives a stem warning about ly commit (cf. Concil. Trid.. pjjy on pre.sent in His Church when she among themselves. and Lord: “The man who eats My tls, acta Leonis XII, Vol. XXIII. thi.s in his consideration of the “Doctrina de Ss. Missae Sacri-lour.sclves” (c.iteche.ses. 23ip,.ays. since it is He who prays ^®"®® ® -symbol of that one For this reason the Fathers flesh and drinks My blood en­ 1902-1903. p. 111). way of .speaking employed byificio. ci.). ft i«- n o -v? 111*? t ’ -1 - j .. cLa *A body of which He is the head” took special care to warn the (myst.5), «-i8, “ p.g. .Id, 1110- for us and prays m us and to au t-. u • * v faithful that in reflecting on this joys eternal life, and I will raise We must, therefore, approach the philosophers and of that Just as Moses with the bloodilllS). St. Augu.stlne testifies! whom we pray a.s to our God’’' .^*1® Eucharist.) him up at the last day”. especially this mystery with which ought to be used by most august sacrament, they of calves had sanctified the Oldithat this manner of offering I (st, Augu.stine. “in Ps.” 8.6, 1; p. Christian literature was should not trust to their senses, Therefore, we earnestly hope humble respect, not following Christians. “The philosophers.” Testament (cf. ex. 24, 8), so|also for the deceased “the sn-[i 37 108I). It is Me who has still in its infancy, the unknown that the restored sacred liturgy human arguments, which ought he says, “speak freely without author of that work we know n.s which reach only the propi-rties also Christ Our Lord, throughjcrifice which ransomed u.s" was promised: “Where two or three of bread and wine, hut rath er to will bring forth abundant fruits to be silent, but adhering firmly fear of offending religious listen­ the "Didache or Teaching of the of Eucharistic devotion, so that ers on subjects quite difficult the institution of the mystery of 1 being faithfujiy observed in the'are gathered together in My the words of Christ which have to divine revelation. the E ucharist, with His own Twelve .Apo.stle.s” wrote as fol­ the Holy Church, under this sav­ to understand. We, on the other church at Rome (cf. confess.-name. I am there in the midst power to transform, change and St. John Chrysostom, who, as Blood sanctified the New Tes­ lows on this subject; “In regard ing sign of piety, may make hand, must speak according to IX. 12,32; p.l. 32. 777; cf. ibid. I of th em ” (Mt. 18:20). He is pre- transmute the bread and wine you know, treated on the Euch­ tament, whose, m ediator He is. to the Eucharl.st. give thanks in daily progress toward perfect a fixed norm lest the lack of re­ IX, 11, 27; p.l. 32, 775), and at 1 sent in the Church as she per- into Hi.s body and blood. For. as aristic mystery with such nobili­ For, as the evangelists narrate, the sam e tim e he ob.serves that [form s her work.s of mercy, no! this manner; . . . .lust as this those same Fathers often said, unity and may invite all Chris­ ty of language and insight bom straint in our speech result in bread was scattered and dis­ tians to a unity of faith and of some impious opinion even at the La.st Supper “ He took the Universal Church was fol-[only because we do to Christ the power that accomplisl