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MASS CHANGES AUTHORISED BY POPE PAUL By FATHER FREDERICK R. McMANUS
The striking new in the Mass hanges c the instrucby mode tion of the Vatican Liturgy Commission aim at stressing the c ommunity nature of Christian worship and taking full advantage of the liturgy's educational or formative possibilities.
the new changes enacted by the postWHILE conciliar liturgy commission become mandatory and must be observed as of next March 7, the first day of Lent, national bishops' conferences could get permission to put them into effect earlier, according to Father McManus. He told a meeting of the U.S. press panel that a national body of bishops would only have to apply to the commission for the permission to put all of the changes into effect prior to the effective date. Father McManus noted in his explanation to journalists that the instruction of the commission involves only changes which can be made easily. without having to alter the existing liturgical books to a major extent. He said, however, that in the future there are to be a number of structural changes which will be much more radical in restoring the purity of the celebration of the Eucharist.
The new changes, which go into effect on March 7, 1965, the first Sunday of Lent, must be regarded as a 'preliminary step in the overall liturgical reform decreed last December by USE WITH CONGREGATION the Second Vatican Council. Father McManus noted that while the instruction In the Constitution on is the work of the new liturgy commission, it was the Liturgy the Council issued by the Congregation of Rites after review by gave broad mandates for r eforms to be worked out that body. in detail by a commission The priest pointed out that the instruction prodrawn from all over the vides for use of the vernacular in the Mass whenw orld. Early this year, ever there is a congregation. But if a priest is Pope Paul VI set up the celebrating Mass by himself with only an altar boy commission with the major present, Latin is to be the language of the Miss. task of revising the official He also stated that instructions regarding conmissal, ritual, breviary and celebration of Mass and Communion -wider both so forth. -species have been drawn up, but have It yet been Although complete reform is expected to take published. No reference is made t. these two several years, the Vatican aspects of the liturgy in the present ill .ruction, he Liturgy Commission has said. prepared an interim instruction concerning the Mass and other services. It was made public on Octo- to be said or sung at the indicated. On principle, completion of the Service the celebrating priest will ber 16 by the Congregation of God's Word (readings, no longer recite privately of Rites, the Vatican homily, creed), ju I after or quietly any text of a agency which has dealt with liturgical matters the priest says, Let us prayer or reading that is pray." The actual text of said or sung by others, since the 16th century. the prayer of the f ithful, whether by the people, or Unlike the changes of however, has been ' 'ft to by the choir in case of liturgical texts into vari- the decision of n.-Itional chants and hymns, or by ous languages, which are conferences of bishcps. the lector in case of readquestions entrusted by the ings. Council to the bishops of Corrected This eliminates a curious each country, the new inNE contradiction in the duplication. In the past the struction is obligatory rite of the Mass has rule prevailed that the throughout the Latin Rites been partially corrected. priest should recite the of the Church by the exThree of the most solemn Gloria, for example, even pressed direction of Pope and public prayers recited though the hymn was sung Paul. quietly by the priest up to by the people. Simplified the present will be sung Distinction HE instruction has sim- or said aloud for all to hear and to respond to. plified the beginning T HIS change, making and the end of Mass. Psalm They are: specific a decision of 42 in the preparatory The prayer over the offer- the Council, is not intendPrayers as said by the ings, called the secret ed to relieve the priest of priest and the server will prayer, which completes a small burden. It is inbe dropped. The Mass will the preparation of bread tended to make clear the end at the blessing, with and wine; distinction of roles or parts the last Gospel and prayers after Mass entirely elimi- The concluding doxology in the liturgy, with each of canon or Eucharistic one—priest or minister or nated. prayer; layman — taking his own These omissions will not The prayer for deliverance part. shorten the Mass very from evil and for peace In countries where parts much, nor is this the intenwhich is of the Mass are already the added to tion of the change. The Lord's Prayer. said in the vernacular or time saved is needed for Of the "public" prayers where this change will be the preaching insisted of the Mass which the introduced s o o n, the Upon by the as an whole congregation should Epistle and Gospel should. integral part Council of the Mass and also for the new read and follow, only the of course, be proclaimed or body of the canon, which announced facing the Prayer of the People." still awaits revision, will to whom the words are The latter brief series of be said quietly. a ddressed. The new ininvocations or petitions is Broader changes are also Continued on Page Three.
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His Grace the Archbishop carries the Blessed Sacrament in procession at the Christ the K ing Festival held at Perry Lakes Stadium last Sunday. See report on page eight.
Simplicity Will Be Keynote Of Papal Visit To Bombay
VATICAN CITY: THE HOLY FATHER WILL CONSECRATE FIVE BISHOPS FROM FIVE CONTINENTS ON DECEMBER 3 WHILE ATTENDING THE INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS IN INDIA. Coadjutor Arch bishop Angelo 'Fernandes of Delhi told the U.S. bishops' press panel that the Pope "will spend three days at least iii Bombay during which he will consecrate five bishops from five continents and on another occasion he will meet thhe poor." After the panel discussions, Archbishop Fernandes somewhat qualified the period of the Pope's visit, indicating that it may not be a .full 72-hour stay in India, but may also include travel time from Rome to India and back. The names of the new bishops have not been reArchbishop leased and Fernandes said the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith was still selecting candidates when Valerian Cardinal Gracias of Bombay left Rome two weeks ago. SAID THE ROSARY A rch bishop Fernandes said the Pope spoke to Cardinal Gracias two weeks ago to inform him of his decision. Archbishop Fernandes said the cardinal told him that while he waited in the antechamber for his audience he said 15 decades of the Rosary, "hoping for the best" and to have the grace of acceptance if the Pope decided not to go. When His Holiness announced his decision, Cardinal Gracias said he knelt and kissed the papal ring sayin2- only, "Thank God." Two characteristics of the visit which Pope Paul desires, Archbishop Fernandes said, are simplicity and spirituality. The Pope particularly asked to visit
the poor, to meet them without distinction of caste or creed.
as June 21, 1963, when he had his first audience with the newly elected Pope. As late as May this year the FOOD FOR POOR Pope told Cardinal Gracias In line with the congress that he had not made up plans, great amounts of his mind, but promised to foodstuffs will be distri- tell him in September. buted to the poor during The Pope summoned the congress, including Cardinal Gracias at 8.30 £ A45,000 worth of sur- p.m. on September 30 and plus U.S. wheat. The Am- announced "If it pleases erican bishops are also the Lord, I come to India. donating £ A22,500 worth And I come." The Pope of medicines and an un- asked Cardinal Gracias to specified amount of cloth- keep the news to himself ing. until October 18 when he In a press conference in planned to announce it at Bombay, Cardinal Gracias the canonisation cererevealed that negotiations monies for the 22 Uganda for the trip began as early martyrs.
New Regional Boys' School
HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP ANNOUNCES THAT A NEW BOYS' SCHOOL WILL BE OPENED IN QUEEN'S PARK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 1965. The school will be staffed by the Canons Regular of Premontre (Norbertines). Two priests from Holy Trinity Abbey, Kilnacrott, County Cavan, Ireland, will arrive in Perth early next January to take charge of the school. It will commence with sixth grade and an extra class will be added each year until the final year of secondary education is reached. The following are the parishes of the region-Queen's Park, Carlisle, Cloverdale. Kenwick-Thornlie, East Cannington, Gosnells, Kelmscott, Armadale. Carilla, Lesmurdie and Kalamunda. The Norbertine Fathers came to Perth Archdiocese in 1959 and were given the parish of York. They established St. Norbert's Priory at Kerry Downs, just out of York. The Order engages in missionary, parochial and educational work.