No. 3220. PERTH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1965.
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POPE AT HISTORIC UNITY SERVICE By Father Placid Jordan, O.S.B.
"A GREAT stretch of the road remains to be brought behind us, but we have begun to love one another." Such was the essence of the message Pope Paul VI gave to the 65 delegate -observers of non-Catholic churches to the ecumenical council when he joined with them in an unprecedented formal service invoking Christian unity. service was held Christians could hardly would like to have you THE almost on the eve of be overestimated. Rep- with us always!"
the simultaneous cere- resentatives of some 900 monies in which Pope million Christians — Great Problem Paul and Ecumenical some 250 million AngliOrthodox Patriarch cans and Protestants, He went on to say: A thenagoras I of Con- 170 million Orthodox, stantinople sought to and 500 million Roman "The great problem of make amends for the Catholics—joined as one the re-establishment of At Final Public session of Vatican Council II, Pope Paul VI blesses Council Fathers and others who jammed unity in visible Church counter - excommunica- in prayer and song. St. Peter's basilica. Seen here walking in procession with Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani at his side, t he Pon. which pertains to all tions between the patritiff promulgated four documents, bringing to 16 the number of formal "fruits of the Council." those who have the good archate and the Papacy Inspiring Homily fortune and responsiin the year 1054. bility to call themselves "Brothers and friends Christiasn Observers representmust be ing thirty-eight Chris- in Christ," was the way studied in its depth. If addressed Pope the this tian churches not in not today, then tomorcommunion with Rome c ongregation in his in- row it will be possible assembled with Pope spiring homily in to find its solution — Paul and nearly one French which was the Slowly, gradually. genthousand cardinals and centre of this new type eroulsy." bishops for the service of inter-faith liturgy. in St. Paul's Outside- It may well have set the the-Walls, one of the pattern for similar serfour major basilicas of vices the world over. Rome. It was there that Pope John XXIII in His voice almost tremNLIKE jubilees of the past, such as the Holy Year of 1950 decreed by Pope Pius XI!, the January, 1959, first an- bling with emotion, the nounced his plans to Pope said: "Your deparextraordinary jubilee decreed by Pope Paul to be held between January 1 and May 29 ture with the end of the convene the Council. next year will centre around the bishops of the individual dioceses rather than around the person a in leaves us Council The significance of the loneliness which before of the Pope in Rome. unprecedented s e r vice the Council we did not -rHE timetable of Confessions and Masses to pray for unity for know, and which now All privileges and inThe Pope expressed close to 900 million makes us feel sad. We in St. Mary's Cathedral dulgences con nected his desire that the jubifor Christmas is as fol- with the event will be lee be observed locally able to be enjoyed or throughout the world. lows: gained in the individual "We consider it normal Confessions: Friday, diocese and Catholics to ask that this sacred A t a ceremony held at the Floreat Forum last week, December 24-11.30 to are not required to go jubilee be celebrated in Monsignor A. Langmead, parish priest of Leederville, 1 p.m.; 4 to 6 p.m.; 7.45 to Rome to gain them as each diocese and that it be centred in the :was invested with the Order of Knight of Saint Philip to 9.30 p.m.; 10 p.m. to in the past. cathedral and in the one in recognition of his efforts to establish St. Philip's Midnight Mass. Pope Paul called on R egional High School as the first Servite school in M asses: Saturday, the world's Catholics bishop to whom the A ustralia. December 25—Midnight during this celebration flock has been entrusted DAVD GRAYS * DAVID GRAYS Pictured with Monsignor Langmead (Centre) are Mass, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m. to mark it with the as to a father and pastor. Fathers S. Ryan, 0.S.M., ( left), principal of St. Philip's and 5 p.m. Rosary and -practice of the virtue , High School, and Father C. Ross, 0.S.M., parish priest Benediction at 7.30 p.m. "Hence it is approof repentance." of Joondanna. priate that during the Moreover, he declared, coming jubilee, when "we ardently desire that the faithful go to attend the followers of Christ sacred ceremonies or not be satisfied merely sermons or to gain spewith living blameless cial remissions (more lives but that, as much generally called indulas human effort allows. gences) of punishment earnestly they seek due to sin, they should after holiness of life. go either individually or This includes a firmer in groups to the princidetermination to prac- pal church of the dioeffectively the cese." tise Christian virtues, espeNext week "The Recially charity, a sincere resolution follow cord" will print the to Christ Crucified and a special faculties granted constant preoccupation by Pope Paul to priests with enlarging the king- hearing confessions during the jubilee. dom of God."
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