Abstinence Out!

Voluntaiy Penance In ^ i o n Through Bishops' Actions O ■'J ^ 'VI ^ ^ -J tn o lany becausei c -t •tential, went m "O C3 o Tl X) o decline. Out! L itu r g ic a l m o ) peak of 2Bt Abstinence o 43 < < o r~ m »r«hip in lh<- By Jack Bacon change the Friday absti- "1. Friday itself remains year. For this reason we C T ipcr off. New Washington — (Special) nence law. a special day of penitential urge all to prepare for that 5/) X> X )t filled, amli — The National Confer- observance throughout the weekly Easter that comes Progress Foreseen D -1 OU O »re shunted^ once o f Catholic Bishops IN commenting on the year, a tim e when those with each Sunday by freely <The author ii the director of selections for reading at apathy to thr (N C C B ) has repealed the new change, a Bishop at who seek perfection will be making of every Friday a Conference of Catholic % law of abstinence from last week's meeting said mindful o f their personal day of self-denial and mor- the secretariat for the Bishops Bishops during its annual Sunday and other Masses. Commission on the Liturgical meeting opened the way to Meanwhile, the American •1, the corps’, meat on Fridays, but urged the abstinence law "was sins and the sins of man- tification in prayerful rem- Apostolate and a consultor of new progress in the reform Bishops have asked for the m o :cd the first Catholics to continue to not abrogated, but com kind which they are called embrance of the passion of the Vatican’s postconciliar li turgical commission.) of Catholic worship. week day alternative read X o eorient the' observe the tradition. muted.” upon to help expiate in Jesus Christ; 33 Z The Bishops not only The change in the law The proposals » ap ings to increase the variety orKi^nizatioiu union w ith Christ Cruci- "3. Among the works o f By Rev. Frederick R. Mc- want the observance con proved on the recom and spiritual content in i the army's was spelled out in the fol fied; voluntary self-denial and Manus tinued because of its bene low ing language, referred "2. Friday should be in personal penance which we W ash in gton — Three mendation of the Bishops week day Masses. m the living,' fit as a penitential observ to by the Bishops as each week something o f especially commend to our major liturgical ichanges Commission • on the Litur- Week day Masses fre- fso-tung. ance hut because of a de "Norms:” what Lent is in the entire (Turn to Page 2) proposed by the National gical Apostolate — involve (Turn to Page 16) sire for U.S. Catholics to a new series of Biblical re ta in what has been a readings for week day distinguishing Masses, an increased use of characteristic of the faith. English in the official lit urgy, and plans for super News-Points THE BISHOPS also vised experiments in wor made the Fridays of Lent a ship. special case, preserving on Each step first must be these days "the tradition of approved by the Holy See. 'Directory' Out Soon abstinence” from which "no The listing o f Bible read The new 1967 Catholic Directory, the official directory of Catholic Christian will ings is almost certain to be lightly hold himself ex the Archdiocese of Denver, will be published and available on permitted, since it is al Monday, Nov. 28. cused.” ready in effect in other Their action was spelled countries. out in a nine-page pastoral Prelate Cites Prejudice statement issued on the TH IS S T E P is intended final day of the historic Albuquerque, N. Mcx. — "Don’t let anybody tell you to carry out, on a tempo NC CB meeting last week. there isn't any discrimination in New .Mexico. There is, rary basis, the determina It leaves in effect a com and it shows itself particularly against the Indian and the pulsory fast and abstinence tion of Vatican Council II Htspano,” Archbishop James Peter Davis of Santa Fe to "open up the treasures O fpce law that applies only two warned. He addressed a meeting of the Archdiocesnn days a year — Ash of the Bible more lavishly” Council o f Catholic Women in Albuquerque, largest city in Wednesday and Good Fri and "to provide a richer New .Mexico, a slate which has traditionally claimed with pride that harmony and tolerance exist among its resi day. fare at the table of God’s word.” dents who include many Indians and Spanish-speaking The law in regard to citizens. these days was proclaimed An important by-product by Pope Paul early this of the new lists of read year, in his constitution High Country Youth Ecumenism ings, it is hoped, would be Advent Institute relaxing fast and absti the preaching of very brief nence requirements for Guiding an ecumenical discussion for youths horn Ranch conference of the University Chris homilies on the Biblical The annual Advent Institute open to all Sisters of the Den Lent, Ember days, and high in the beautiful mountain region near Fort tian Movement, newly-formed student ecumenical texts at daily Masses. ver Archdiocese at Regis college. Denver, will open Saturday, special vigils ^ and left to Collins is Roy Smith, United Campus Christian movement- The Rev. Thomas Rauch, S.J., theology The long range plan, Nov. 26. The Rev. Thomas J. Casey, S.J., is director. Talks for Fellowship minister at the University of Colorado. instructor at Denver’s Regis college, is seated at now being worked out by the four-Saturday series will center on the import of the national Bishops’ organiza "Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of the Religious Life" tions the authority to The casual session was part of the recent Buck- the far left. See story on this page. the postconciliar liturgical (Perfeclae Caritatis) of Vatican II. commission named by Pope The Conferences will open at 1:30 p.m. on each of the Sat Paul, is to arrange a three urdays, Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 10, and 17 in the Regis student chap or four-year cycle of Bible el. The initial conference will include a talk by the Rev. Harold L. Stansell, S.J., on "Historical Background to Pcrfectac Carita- tis" followed by Benediction. Other speakers include the Rev. Francis J. Moriarty, S.J.; the Rev. William T. Miller. S.J.: the Rev. Francis F. Bakewell. S.J.: the Rev. Andrew J. Deemna, S.J.: the Rev. Richard F. Bocklage, S.J.; and the Rev. Thomas c^poc/iyp(ia J. Casey, S.J. Something Missing Holiday Truce Possible Today’s modern restaurants are shiny and neat or quietly Washington — Secretarj- of State Dean Rusk ha.s suggested elegant, the food is good, the the possibility o f a brief Christmas let-up in the Vietnam . ^ service is fine — but for Joe fighting but sees no hope for an extended bombing pause with * Lombardi, of Duffy's Tremont out a corresponding move by the Communists. Rusk stressed ► ■ , street restaurant, Denver, the distinction between possible brief lulls in the fighting dur Ml something is missing. ing Christmas and the Vietnamese New Year, and a repetition |\ In his youth, Joe was a of last year’s 37-day pause in the bombing of North Vietnam. counterman in Montana res "I would not want to hold out the expectation that a prolonged taurants, and the colorful calls pause in the bombing might occur,” he said. f • n m m t n f M «v W R te r VOL. LXI Nq. U of the waitresses to the cook still reverberate pleasantly in his memory. Holy Name Union Moss An order of poached eggs on toast was "Adam and Eve on Approximately 350 men of the Archdiocesan Holy Name a raft.” Two eggs with the Union attended the Mass of Peace Nov. 20 in St. Vincent de Bishops' Aim: Execute Council Duties yolks broken was "Fry two — Paul church, Denver. Archbishop Urban J. Vehr, president, and put their eyes out.” Ham and the Rt. Rev. .Monsignor Gregory Smith. V.G., P.A., was celebr eggs with toast was "Two ant. Auxiliary Bishop David M. .Maloney was present in the W a s h in g t o n — T h e and subm itted to careful FO U R policy statements o f all racial discrimination, insofar as they indicatedcackles, a grunt, and a sack.... of sanctuary, and the Very Rev. Patrick O’Brien, C..M,, rector of C a th o lic Bishops o f the and favorable considera- dominated the headlines on and the carefully- qualified the current movement o f hay.” Hash''was "Clean up theSt. Thomas’ seminary, Denver, spoke on 'Th e Peace of Christ.” United States opened their tion. Plans were made to stories about last week’s support o f the U.S. mili- the U.S. Hierarchy. kitchen.” or "Another gam first general meeting since meet again in less than meeting — the criticism of tary effort in Vietnam. Bishop Clarence G. Is- bler.” An order of beans was Vatican Council II last five months to take up alleged de facto forcing of These were important ac- senmann of Cleveland said "$1,000 on a plate.” Loretto Lectares w ee k by declaring they matters that could not be birth control practices on tions, but probably not as the fact o f "th e meeting And what was the order Th e pastoral role o f Bishops in the Catholic church were here to carry out the acted upx)n at this session the poor, the lifting o f the significant in the future of it s e lf’ was the most sig- most’ calculated to make the cook contemplate mayhem? A and the nature of the priesthood will be discussed Tues duties the Council gave — an unprecedented 1,100-year-old law against American Catholicism as nificant development of the waffle during the noon rush — day.

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