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PLAN OFFERED TO SPEED UP COUNCIL WORK V ATICAN CITY: THE FRENCH, GERMAN AND BISHOPS AFRICAN VIRREACHED AVE H ON AGREEMENT TUAL UP SPEED TO A PLAN THE THE WORK OF ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.
They feel confident that other groups of bishops will join in their proposal to change council rules to reduce the number of weekly general meetings from five-Monday through Friday—to three. The other two days are to be used for meetings of the various national or regional bishops' conferences at which council Fathers will not have to speak in Latin and will have a real opportunity to debate the issues. The proposal states that following discussion in national conferences, only
• By . . . FATHER PLACID JORDAN, O.S.B. two Fathers would be assigned to present the pros and cons of a topic at a general meeting. This, according to the plan, will cut down on duplicating speeches as well as those that stray from the point under debate. SPEED UP The proposal was prompted by a widespread feeling among the Fathers that the council needs to speed up its work. "The work of the council began a year ago," an American bishop remarked, "and we still have not adopted a single schema. With 17 schemata on the agenda, at this rate it will be 1980 when those of us then still alive can go home."
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ANXIOUS Pope Paul VI is understood to be anxious to put the liturgy schema into force on the first Sunday of Advent (December 1), just before the December 4 end of the council's second session. But various amendments still remain to be voted on. Whether discussion on the second schema — "On the Nature of the Church" —will be completed during the second session is still uncertain. If the council should decide to streamline the schemata, as has been suggested, by including both the Mariological a n d ecumenism schemata in the one on the Church, debate on the latter could not possibly be finished by December 4. At a press conference reviewing council progress, Bishop Helmut Wittier, of Osnabruck, Germany, said that many bishops are displeased by the council's slow progress. But, . he added, it is difficult to reach a compromise between the need to avoid interminable debates and the desire not to interfere with freedom of speech.
LOOK FOR P.3: Presbyterian Board on Education. P.4: The Image of B ishops P.8: The Calendar Change. P.9: For Women. MONSIGNOR O'CONNELL WITH HIS SISTER
Golden Jubilee * On Monday, November 4, the Golden Jubilee of profession of SISTER MARY OF ST. PASCHAL O'CONNELL, of the Good Shepherd Convent, was celebrated with a high Mass of thanksgiving offered by the convent chaplain, Monsignor J. Wallace. Father J. McGlynn, D. Foley and T. Phelan were deacon, sub-deacon and rnaster of ceremonies. The occasional sermon w a s Preached by Monsignor J. T. McMahon, parish priest of South Perth. The Jubilarian is the eldest of nine children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. John O'Connell, of Fernhill, Victoria. Sister entered t h e Provincial Monastery of the Good Shepherd in Januar y, 1911, where she was later followed by two Younger
sisters, one of whom died at Bendigo last year. After profession in 1913, she was appointed to Leederville in November, 1914 —where the intervening years have been spent. Her brother, Monsignor D. O'Connell, of Warrnambool, Victoria, was present for the occasion, as also were her Good Shepherd sister and niece, her sister, Mrs. Sylvester Byrnes, of Wentworth, New South Wales, Mrs. O'Connell, of Fernhill, Victoria, a n d two close relatives, also Good Shepherd nuns, from Sydney and Bendigo. Among many congratulations received by the Jubiliarian Sister was a visit from His Lordship Bishop McKeon on Monday. The Mother Provincial, Mother M. Brigid, from Abbotsford, Victoria, who is here on visitation, was also present for the ceremony.
P.14: Sport. P.15: The Liturgy Amendments. Fremantle School.
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The oldest Archbishop in Australia, the Most Reverend Daniel Mannix. D.D., died in Melbourne on Wednesday, November 6. at 12.35 p.m. Archbishop Mannix suffered a collapse the previous day and prayers were asked for him by the Vicar-General of the Melbourne Archdiocese, Monsignor L. P. Moran, Adm. The late revered Archbishop would have had his hundredth birthday on March 4, 1964. Known throughout the continent, Arch bishop Mannix, who was born in Charleville, Ireland, has
been a national figure since he was appointed to the See of Melbourne in October, 1912, as its Coadjutor Archbishop. He succeeded to the See on May 6, 1917. Renowned for his statements and interest in anything that affected the Church and the country, he was regarded by the great majority of people as a great churchman and a great Australian. Retired from active work of latter years, His Grace still kept up his interest in all things. His failing health slowly never dimmed the intel-
lectual acumen that was naturally his. SUCCESSOR TO SEE The Most Reverend Justin Simonds, D.D., Ph.D., who was appointed Codajutor Archbishop with the r;ght of succession on May 6. 1942, is at present in Rome attending the second session of the Second Vatican Council. The new Archbishop of Melbourne was born in 'Glen Innes, New South Wales, on May 22, 1890. He was ordained on November 30, 1912, and was appointed Archbishop of Hobart in 1937.
A BASIS FOR RE-UNION NAPIER, New Zealand,— The primatiol diocese of the Anglican Church in New Zealand has gone on record in favour of seeking union with the major Protestant Churches—but only on a basis that would not stand in the way of union with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The action was taken when the synod of the Diocese of Waiapu met in Napier under the presidency of Archbishop N. R. Lesser, Anglican Primate of New Zealand. It passed a resolution stating in part: "This synod, being mindful that Our Lord Jesus Christ
taught us that it is His will that His Church should be one, affirms its desire to seek a basis of union into which the Church of the Province could enter. together with the present negotiating Churches, provided that such basis would not render the hope of union with
the Roman and Orthodox Churches unlikely or impossible. ' SIMILAR The motion was similar to others being passed in other Anglican diocesan synods throughout New Zealand. according to Archdeacon S. F. N. Waymouth. With Archbishop Lesser. Archdeacon Waymouth is a member of an Anglican commission that has since 1958 examined church union prospects. The Protestant Churches negotiating together, and
with whom the Anglican discussed had Church union, are the Presbyterian, Methodist, Congregationalist and the Associated Churches of Christ. At present the four Protestant Churches hope to vote on union next year, although a recent report said the Congregationalists are looking to 1965. NO EXCLUSION Reunion should not be looked upon as a Protestant b 1 o c. Archdeacon "You Waymouth said. can't exclude the Roman Catholic a n d Orthodox Churches.