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SESSION OF THE SECOND VATICAN WAS VOTED BROAD APPROVAL IN THE FIRST
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urgy, with the attendance various races and peoples. different w a y s, brought and participation of the conlooks favourably on about, and at the same time It gregation, is to be preferred of Jesus everythng in the customs of the Mystical Body members. to the individual or private these people that is not in- Christ, Head and of liturgical serseparably bound up with offers complete and public celebration vice. ." superstition and error, and, worship in the participant Each if it can, protects and conFather Vagaggini goes on liturgical drama plays all of serves them. Thus sometimes to quote the text as saying: his part and only that, and it admits these customs into "The liturgy does not exthis pertains equally to the the liturgy itself, provided haust all the activity of the ministers, lectors, commenNevertheless, they can be harmonised with Church the authen' ic liturgical it is the summit towards tators and choir and people. spirit." which the actions of the The active participation Commenting on the gen- Church tend and at the same of the people must be procil. The Benedictine priest, eral rules which will govern time the font from which moted, especially through the responses, acclamations who is vice -rector of Rome's the Church's public worship comes all its vigour." and hymns, and this must Pontifical Athenaeum of St. in the future, Father VagagSections Four be spelled out in the rubrics. Anselm, disclosed that the gini said that one of the let to is which voted elements upon most important The principles council Fathers For this last point on this such bodies as national and contained in Article 22 of liturgical reform is to be score, Father Vagaggini regional bishops' confer- the text of the constitution based are then traced by quoted from the text of vernafour the established the on is in it Vagaggini which in Father ences decide Article 32 of the constitucular question. The decisions that the bishops themselves sections of the first chapter tion: "In the liturgy, except of these conferences need may effect reforms in the of the constitution. These the distinctions for liturgical This privilege is are: general norms (Articles office and honours due to only confirmation by the liturgy. granted, according to the 22-25); norms based on the civil authorities according to Holy See. text, "to the various kinds nature of the liturgy as a liturgical laws, there must territorial hierarchical and community be no regard for persons or competent of Point By Point bodies of bishops, as law- action (Articles 26 - 32): conditions, either in the The Vagaggini article un- fully constituted norms based on the teaching ceremonies or in external imand pastoral nature of the pomp." derlines point for point portant elements of the preliturgy (Articles 33-36); and In this regard, the priest Definition face and the first chapter of norms for adapting the lit- pointed to the practice in the on theoloThe Benedictine urgy to various cultures and some countries of having the "constitution" liturgy which were aproved gian drew oil the text of the traditions (Articles 37-40). various "classes" of funerals Concerning the section of and weddings, and said the by the council Fathers on document for a definition of There were the liturgy. the text dealing with the "intent of the Church" is to December 7. 2,118 council Fathers preHe said: "The liturgy social charactej of the lit- eliminate such things. Vagaggini Father sent at that meeting. A total appears as the exercise of urgy, of favour in voted of 1,922 the priestly office of Christ, tracts these pivotal norms the text, 11 against, 180 in in Whom, by means of out- of reform: As far as is possible, the favour but with reserva- ward signs, the sart tification tions and five votes were of man is signified and, in community form of the lit -
This was revealed in a commen t a r y, accompanied by ample quotations from the actual text, published in the Vatican City newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. The commentary was written by Father Cipriano Vagaggini, O.S.B., liturgical scholar who is one of the "experts" appointed by His Holiness Pope John XXIII to aid the work of the coun-
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of his ordination on December 21. After ordination at Dalgan Park, Ireland, in 1937, Father
Chapman was appointed to missionary work in the Philippines. He served For 12 years on Mindanao, the for most southerly of the islands. Later he was Superior four years of a new mission on the neighbouring island and of Negros. In 1955 he was recalled to Australia since then has directed the work of the Society in this country. Father Chapman is a native of Fremantle. He received his early education at St. Anne's Convent, North Fremantle, and later at C.B.C., Fremantle.
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spokesman for the VATICAN CITY. delegate observers of non-Catholic churches at the Ecumenical Council told Amleto Cardinal Cicognani that they were full of
"nut since the use of the
vernacular very often can be very helpful to the people in the Holy Mass or in the administration of the sacraments and in other parts of the liturgy, a larger role is conceded to the vernacular
"gratitude and hope" because of what they had witnessed.
especially in the lessons, instructions, in some prayers and in some chants, according to the norms laid down in the following:
Approval "It will be the right of the territorial authority .
of VERY REV. FATHER FRANCIS CHAPMAN, Superior jubilee St. Columban's in Australia, celebrated the silver
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consulting, if the case suggests this, the bishops of the neighbouring regions having the same language, to determine the manner and use of vernacular language, the with the reservation that their acts must be approved, that is, confirmed by the Apostolic See." The constitution will also allow bishops in certain places to adapt the culture and traditions of their people to the liturgy, according to Article 37 of the text, which L'Osservatore quotes as follows: "The Church, when it. is not a question of the Faith or the common good, does not intend to impose, even in the liturgy, a rigid uniMoreover, it reformity. spects and promotes the characteristics and gifts of
He concluded: "It is true that we have not overcome existing difficulties. Our separation has not been erased in on,e stroke. On the contrary, it is possible only now that we understand the immense size of the task that faces us when seeking together td give new expression to unity in Christ.
The Papal Secretary of God grant him the grace of "This is why the weeks of State, who is also president being able to continue and to direct the work of the the council are, for all of us, of the council's Secretariat council." in many respects only a befor Extraordinary AffairS, We still have to received the two score obDr. Vischer said the oppor- ginning. servers in his state apart- tunity to attend the council cover the long road of work We still do not ment in the Vatican Palace was a rich experience for together. at the council's first session the observers. "We have had know the result. But one weeks is certain-the thing sessions all adjournment. free access to Cardinal Cicognani told and we have been able to of this council through have lived have we which them he had just had a tele- see repeatedly the great efphone call from His Holiness forts which have been made proved to the maximum the toroad this will to travel Pope John XXIII expressing to understand our convichis regret that he could not tions, our own character, gether and it is this which bid goodbye to each of the our experiences and our fills us with gratitude and hope." The difficulties." observers in person. presented each (.4.0.04141,44".0114,44,4,0004.41,1,0,0e Cardinal with a medal of the Pope's pontificate. He also complimented them for the interest and attention they had given at the working sessions of the council. Rev. Lukas Vischer of Geneva, research secretary of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, who served as the World Council's observer -delegate at the a Vatican council, spoke on behalf of his colleagues. "We would be grateful to you," he told the Cardinal, "if you would convey to His Holiness our good wishes for the prompt and complete recovery of his health. May
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