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16, 1964
Guardian
OFficial %blicati0n 0f the 00iocese oF Eiffle q00ock
COUNCIL SUPI'IEMENT
PAGE 1-A
INENT :unong layn]en attending thc third session of
Council [l are: (lefl to right) Mieczyslaw de llabicht.
Pel'nl.lilent secretary, Conference el International
Organization; Jean Larulaud, French, general secre-
holic Co(irclinatino Cenler for UNESCO; Ramon Sug-
e Franeh. Spanish. prtsidenl of Pax I{omana. taler-
.organization ot" Catholic slndenis and intellectuals,
tdenl, Conference of International Catholic Orgmfiza-
Guiltou, French. University of Paris professor and
Is On Epistle Side,
p Flefcher Reporfs
Hlowing is the fourth weeldy letter, addressed from
Faithful ef lhe Diocese of Little Rock. hy His Ex.
shop Albert L. Fletcher. one of the Fathers of Vatican
Oct. 3, 1964
ear friends:
think I have told you
seat is located in St.
this session of the
My seal number is
means that I am on
side of the aisle
Archbishops
3Ps nearer the altar
and abt)m 800 on
nearer the front door.
is in tile sixth row
the outer aisle and
I am not in the center
of six seats, I only
tall) over Bishop Deu-
t. ilyacinth, Province
Canada, in case 1
]lay a visit to "Bar
Ifter it opens about
Ock. By this time (the
begin fit 9:00
We l.)oth feel like
our legs a little. But
Ure you thai quite a
o£ t!le 2,100 bishops
same way aboul it.
.ntly, hoth "Bar Jonah"
"abas" are absolutely
"Bar Nun", which
a.s )redicted by Fr.
has not yet
at is well located as
speakiug neigh-
llcerned. Bishop Metz-
Paso, Texas, my old
llu( this rather h/w number
on my scat. and its h)cation
pretty far to the front in St.
Peters. is not the only thing
lo remind DlC (hal 1 aln up
l(:|lge" a yOtlhg bishop. My two
friends, jnst in front el ine.
(Bishop l)onagh,,y and Bishol)
Ferins) have just eelebrated
their Silver Jubilees. About ten
days ago Bishop I)onaghey was
given the honor uf saying the
low Mass which always starts
the Council sessmn. Last Thurs-
day, Bishop Ferins said this
Mass on the very day of his
25th anlliver:ary. It nlust have
been quite an exparience to
have over 2.000 bishops atteud
their Jubilee Masses and to say
these Mass,as in St. Peter's.
Mugr. Graves and [ had lunch
last Sunday with ore' two stu-
dents of the North American
College, Father Robert Burton
of Fort Smtth and Rev. Mr.
l:red Gnnti of I)ine Bluff. who
received subdiaconate just tile
day bef(n'e. Father Burton was
ordained lasl ,luly with some
of llle olher student officers of
the Colleg(', as is customary.
Ft. Burton is Sacristan and
Master of Cerem(mies m the
College. Mr. Gunti will be or-
dained with the other members
cf his class next l)ecember.
the only Catholic layman to atlend the [irst scssum (,f the
council: Francesco Vito, Italian. rector of the Catholic Univer-
sity (:f tile Sacred Heart. Milan: ,lames J. Norris, American,
assistant to the executive director. Catholic Relief Services-
National Catholic W(:lfare Conference. and presklent, Inter-
national Catholic M_igration Commission; and Dr. Emilios, Ing-
lessia, Greek. executive director. International Council of
Catholic Men. (NC Phole)
i
Predicts Strong
Liberty Statement
B()sion IN:) llichard Cardi-
nal Cushing el Boston is .confi-
dent thal the ecumenical coun-
cil will give "a clear mandate
el religions liberty for all
lllell."
Cardinal Cushing, writing in
lhe Pilot. arclldiocesan news-
Pal)er. said "all of the speeches
on religious liberty" gJven re-
cently at lhe c.ouncil's third
scssioD "were definitely in
favor of religious liberly in its
I)road understanding."
The cardinal himself was tile
first of seven Ameri('ans to ad-
dress tile council dm'ing the de-
bate on religious liberty, speak-
ing in lh(, name of nearly all
his fellow U.b;. bishops.
......... ji ,.
They will nol finish their class
work at. the Gregorian Univers-
ity until the told of this school
lerm. Hence. we will ]lot have
lh(,m haek in Arkansas until
nexl Stllnlnor. Although one of
lheln is now a priest and the
other a suhdeacon, they are
both still seminarians and have
good appetites!
We also had supper one day
last week with Bishop Waters
of Raleigh and his Auxiliary,
l{ishop Mcl,aughiin. who is all
alumnus of St ,lohn's. With us
als() was Bishop l)eFalco of
Amar,illo. who is also an alum-
IIUS of St, ,Iohll'S O[ wholn we
are all mighty proud. It's
nighty gt/od occasionally to
get away frOlll tile serious buM-
hess of the t:ouncil alld enjoy
See LETTER on Page 3A
Likely Closing
Date Nov. 20
Vatican City (El-- A joil3t
meeting of officials of lhe ecu-
merfical council has reportedly
resulled ill a decismn not to
bring the council's third ses-
si(;n lo an abrupt halt. The
most probable oh)sing date ap-
pears to be Nov. 20,
According to reliable sources.
lhe meeting of the council's
presi(tenc', coordinating com-
mittee, modcuators and general
secretariat agreed that the
i)resent session shonld be long
enough to permit discussions
on pending schemata and
propositions to continue with-
out pressure.
The target date for the cotm-
eli's formal oh)sing is now Pen-
tecost Sunday, ,lune 6, 1965.
l)m'ing the sx month inter-
val between the third and
fonrth seqsious, commit'tees
will have sufficient lime to go
over tile many ameudments
l)roposed for varions texts so
thai ihe Fathers will be able
I(i eoml)lete the final voting
du)'in a fonrtn sessi(m to he
called sh()rtly after Easter.
A majority el the Fathers
feel that Ihe schema (m tile
Church in lhe nlodern world
requires special consideration
which ought not to be rushed.
A feeling also prevails thai
inany propositions as now
drafted lear:_' a lot to be de-
sired and would' resnlt in gerl-
(,ral (lisaPl)Ointnlent if nol put
on a mort' solid footing.
at tile first session of
ll.eil, is on my right;
]n fr/mt of me (in the
lative location as last
Bishep Donaghey of
a Maryknoller from
and Bishop Ferins
h'eland.
'e luy neighbor of lasl
Pieris el Ceylon,
:tlutly ol)posite me on
side of tim cemer
is also true iif one
heighbors at. the first
the Ceuneil, Bishop
agreb in Yugoslavia.
requently say "'good
at a distance by ex-
g a tip of our birettas.
Council Applauds Layman's Talk
Vatican Cily (El :Phe bishops
of the ecum(,ni('al c()uncil ap-
))]auded ,warmly when Patrick
Keegan ofGr('aI Britianstepl)e(l
lip to lhe pulpil to become lhe
first layman t,) speal¢ at tile
c()tl ncil.
Keegan, head of tile Intel:na-
tional Fcderation of Christian
W,)rlcers Mt)vements, addressed
lhe l)'athers m) behalf of (he
lay men and women auditors
of lhe e(mncil, who had been
charged theretofore to listen,
not speak, Tile 48-year-old Eng-
lishman's address rt, sounded in
vigorous English over the coun-
cil hall's mnl)lifying system.
'The very existence of the
dvcnment under discussion is
I)r(:(ff that the apostolate of tile
laity is t1(i luxury (ir passing
fasllion," he said, referring to
the lay al)ostolate schenm.
as "giving t,s a new vision of
(;nr at.live partic'ipation in the
wh(;lc mission t)f the Church."
I.,ikewise. h,' said. lhe Consti-
tUli(n on Ihe l,iturgy, passed
by the couueil last l)eeember.
"has vitalizcd our share in tile
public worshil) ;t lilt' Church."
But he said that it is lhe
s('hcll]a OI1 lhe lay aposiolate
lie went c,n to say that the which "ii]arks for us a poiut of
lay auditors welcomed tile t'utfilment in lhe historical
chal)ter in the schema on lhe deveh)pment ef the lay aposto-
Church dealing with tile laily See LAYMAN on Page 3A
Priesthood,
Laity Under
Discussion
Vatican City (El- The ecu-
menical eeuncil's 1001h general
mcetiog was ntarlced by diseus.
sion of a wide range of topics
dealing with the priestly life
and minislry and by the first
speech delivered Io a formal.
w()rking session by a layman.
Subjecls dealing with the
l)riesthcod ran the gamut frmn
the spirituality required of a
1)riest Io the salaries of rectory
]lOLls(,keepe.l's. Ph,as were. made
for abolishing Chnrch belle-
fires, and I)aying priests ade-
quate salaries and providing
medical rare and retirement
benefits. A special /ribute was
paid lo lhe t'onl;lry priesl, for-
gotlen ill a mass urban society.
Palrick Keegan, council audi-
t(w from England, addressed
lhe Fathers (m tile lay aposto-
late sehema even though de-
bate (m it had bc'en formally
closed by a cloture vote the
previous day. He was greeted
by a round of al)l)lause after
he had told lhe Fathers, iu an
• tt(,mpt to "voice the senti-
ments ot the faithful hlity
throuhout the world," that the
docuDleDt was most warmly
welcomed, "giving us a new
vision of our active participa-
lion ill th.:' whole mission of
I he Chureh."
Priestly Life
Afler A1 (.id)ishop Franeois
Marty of Rheinls. Franee, had
given a repm't on the pi'oposi-
lion "On the Priestly Life and
Minislry," A i b e r t Cardinal
Meyer of Chicago led off the
discussion. He rejected the
draft as unacceptable and called
for a full schema and full dis-
cussion of the uhjact. just as
there had been for the bishops
and the laily.
Though originally seheduled
as a schema, it had l)een re-
duced to a "'t)roposition" dnr-
ing the Pnterim l'eceding the
1)rcEent council session. Only
recelltly by a vote of the eeun-
ell Fathers was it decided to
give it any discussion l)rior lo
voting. 1-h'Olmsiti0ns. unlike
sch(,mas, are not scheduled to
be fully dehaled by the Fathers.
Another Anmriean prelate
\\;vho spoke was Auxiliary Bish-
op ,h)hn A Donovan of l)etroit.
lle made a slrong plea for un-
derslandilg and eare of psy-
cholo;dcally disturbed and psy-
ch()tie priests, lit, asked that
lhey be given modern treat-
meat ralher than confined in
• "eeeh, siastica2 prisons."
Twelve other speakers dis-
ettss(,(I the priesthood after
lhree, inv(/king the 70-sigl)a-
lure .'ule to speak after a clo-
ture vote. (,,retinue the debate
on the lay al)Oslolate.
A rehhishol) Pericle Peliei,
lhe council's general secretary,
recognized lhe presence of pas-
IOI'S chosell froln various eOtUl-
lries to sii in on the discussion
of 1he ln'iesU',ood at the person-
al request oi Pope Paul VI. He
gave tlem a eordial welcome
whiell was seconded by the ap-
plause ol Llle. council Fathers.
Americans Present
The Alnel'lL'tlllS present were
Msgr. Walter J. Tappe of Santa
R(:sa. ('ali[., and Msgr. Joseph
E. Emmen,.gger of Delavan,
Wis. Msgr. Gerard L. Frey ()f
l[oulna. La:, ttllcl Msgt) 'Pholnas
B. Falls "ot Mauoa, Pa.. lhe
(:ther two Lt.S. priests called to
the council, had' not yet ar-
rived,
in his repoy.t on the proposi.
li(m (m the ln'iesthond, Arch-
hishep Mar'l.: explained hat
1he lille had been changed
['rlllU "The t)rieM]lood '' because
lls mater, ial had been reduced
,o dralicatly tilat such a title
was ulo vast [or a simple propo-
silica, lh' also said the change
\\;:ts dictaled by tile iueurpo-
ratioll el a {re:|tlllClll (in lhe
l)riestho(;d ill Ihe schenla on
lhL' ('hurch otld olher coulicil
drafls.
The propositiun, he said. is
lhe fluit of (,xtensiw" and con-
centrmed work. The criteria
used ill drawing it up, he said,
were the pastoral needs of the
ministry and a positive ap-
See PRIESTIIOOD on Page 4A