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SOME SWEEPING MOVES MADE Appealing [yes AS COUNCIL SPEEDS UP beauty, • Establishing rather than costliness, as the proper criterion for images, vestments general and church furnishings.
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VATICAN CITY: THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL IN ITS FIFTH WEEK IN SESSION MADE THESE SWEEPING MOVES: • Paved the way for a declaration stating the bishops of the world as a body, led by the Pope, have divine right supreme power over the whole Church. • Voted approval of the last chapter of its document on the liturgy, thus setting the stage for final approval within a matter of weeks of the whole schema which looks toward broad revisions in the public worship of the Church. • Approved in principle the ordination of deacons to serve as such permanently, rather than going on to tke priesthood. • Operated under procedures revised in a way promising to speed up its activity. The (Oct. 3W action promising a declaration on the collegiality of the bishops was regarded as a council turning point.
• Special Vote The Fathers voiced their approval of the concept of the college of bishops and on the restoration of the Permanent diaconate in a special vote on five questions. The vote was called for by the council moderators as a way to speed up procedures. The balloting was to serve as a guide to the council Theological Commission in revising the chapter dealing with the hierarchy in the schema on the nature of the Church. It thus Precluded further prolonged discussion. The five questions, with the voting results, were: 1... Whether episcopal con-. secration is the highest grade of the Sacrament of Holy Orders: yes, 2,123; no, 34. 2. Whether every bishop, who is in union with all the bishops and the pope, beto the body or college of bishops: yes, 2,049; no. 104. 3. Whether the college of bishops succeeds the c6ilege Of Apostles and, together With the pope, has full and supreme power over the Whole Church: yes, 1,808; no, 336. t 4. Whether the coege of uishoPs, in union with the Pope, has this power by di408. right: yes, 1,717; no, 5. Whether the diaconate should be restored as a distinct and permanent rank in !he sacred ministry: yes. 1, 588; no, 525. A t the American Bishops' Press panel following the meeting baum 0 Father Gregory .S.A., of Toronto, $21-11-leil expert, noted that `ile vote in favour of the
five points was "an inestimable aid and support of the position of the moderators." He said that the successful use of this procedural device would enable moderators in the future to discover the majority feeling of the council Fathers on a particular subject without the need for hearing an interminable multiplication of speakers.
• Easier Bishop John J. Wright of Pittsburgh, a member of the Theological Commission, told the press panel that the vote on the five points would make it "enormously easier" for the subcommission dealing with the collegiality of bishops to revise the chapter. He said that the Theological Commission is now in a position to subdivide itself into subcommissions, as it has already done in order to take points under consideration and reorganise the schema. The day it took the special vote on the collegiality concept, the council also passed amendments to the liturgy schema's chapter on sacred music. These included among other things a recommendation that traditional local music be adapted to the liturgy, especially in mission regions.
• Worship Then on Oct. 31, before recessing for a four-day holiday, the council Fathers passed the final chapter on the document on public worship. They saved almost a whole day's work by combining into one, two chapters dealing with sacred art. Among the provisions adopted were: • Encouragement of the use of contemporary — but not abstract — art forms in churches.
• A warning to the effect that too many statues not only clutter a church but distract from worship. • A recommendation that churches be so constructed as to promote active congregational participation. • A call for solid instruction in sacred art in the seminaries. The votes taken in the course of the meetings were interspersed between the council Fathers' continued discussion of the schema on the nature of the Church. Concerning the chapter dealing with "the call to holiness in the Church," Bishop John J. Russell of Richmond told the Fathers: "Before taking, up the question of sanctity in the members of the Church, the text should speak of the essential sanctity of the Church . . . We know that the Church has sinners in its ranks, that there are scandals among persons consecrated to God, apostasies, racial discrimination and the like.
• True "Unless we distinguish these two aspects of sanctity, we are open to the charge that our insistence on sanctity in the Church is only an attempt to whitewash the facts." Bishop Franjo Franic of Split, Yugoslavia, told the council whereas the schema presents the order of bishop as a model of holiness, "this is not borne out by facts." He held that "the cause of a lack of sanctity in bishops today is a lack of evangelical poverty." Thus he called on the council to determine "the concrete forms of poverty for bishops." Fernando Cardinal Cento, Grand Penitentiary of the Church, asked the council to pass a resolution calling for beatification and canonisation of more lay people. He said this would encourage the laity to strive harder for holiness.
These two young ladies are inviting you to come to see them at St. Joseph's and St. Vincent's, Station Street, Wembley, on "GIFT DAY," SUNDAY, NOVEMBER -24.
They hope that you will be
able to "make it a date" when both their homes wi l l be open for inspection.
Mass For Archbishop Mannix C ARDINAL GILROY CELEBRATED MASS FOR THE R EPOSE OF THE SOUL O F ARCHBISHOP MANNIX IN THE CHAPEL OF T HE BLUE SISTERS CLINIC, ROME, AT 5 P.M. ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7.
Those present at the Mass included the Australian Ambassador to Italy, Mr. Sterling; the Irish Ambassador to the Holy See; the charge d'Affaires of the Irish Embassy to Italy, and the first secretary of the English Minister to the Holy See. Cardinal Browne, the Irish Dominican who is a mernber of the Roman Curia; the Primate of All Ireland; the Primate of Ireland; and about 80 bishops from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Oceania The choir were present. of the Irish College sang and
Australian students from Propaganda Fide served the Mass. Between bishops, student priests, seminarians and lay people there were about 200 present. During the Mass Cardinal Gilroy paid a deeply felt tribute to "the late, great Archbishop of Melbourne. "He was," said the Cardinal "a noble figure who exemplified a burning love for the land of his birth and a ardent love for his land of adoption. He was an Irishman through and through who was interested in everything which regarded Ireland. He never lost an opportunity to speak in praise of Ireland and he never lost an opportunity to defend Ireland from attacks. "Whether he spoke in praise or defence he spoke with an eloquence that was e xtraordinary. He was by-
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ed and revered not only in Ireland and Australia but also internationally. Indeed it would not be an exaggeration to say that no name is better known in the English-speaking world than that of Archbishop Mannix. "Australians possibly have the 'best and most intimate knowledge of Archbishop Mannix for he was a national figure known not only in Melbourne where he was an idol but through-out the length and breadth of the Whenever there nation. was any question concerning the welfare of the Church or of Australia he spoke for he was not only a churchman but also a statesman. "Whether one agreed with what he said it cannot be denied that he always spoke
what he believed to be the truth and he spoke with all the eloquence of which he was capable. He gave deep thought to his statements and his extraordinary eloquence enabled him to express great truths with brevity. LONG EPISCOPATE
"Few have the fortune of such a long episcopate. He has left a diocese as vigorous and wholsesome as any in the world. A great many parishes are beautifully equipped, religious schools and institutes are flourishing and the diocese has a secular clergy second to none. Materially great things were achieved such as the spires to the cathedral, the seminaries, the university colleges but even finer is the magnificent priesthood. Archbishop Mannix encouraged every boy
who showed any sign of a vocation, he encouraged all his priests and was an inspiration to them. "The city of Melbourne will be plunged in grief but there are two satisfactions to be kept in mind: Archbishop Mannix headed the diocese for a longer period than most bishops and although he was of an advanced age his faculties were unimpared to the end. "On the way to this Council a number of the bishops called on him. He welcomed us and entertained us with his conversation and I consigned a medal which the Holy Father had sent for him. I asked what message he would like conveyed to the Holy Father and he replied: "Thank him and tell him I hope he will live as long as I have." Now God has called him to himself so I ask you to pray God that he may grant rest to his soul and with him to the souls of all the faithful departed."