Texas Gulf Coast Register (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1969 Page: 2 of 8
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TEXAS GULF COAST REGISTER
Friday, April 11, 1969
Enrichment of Liturgy Set
Publication is Scheduled
For 70 New Prefaces
A m£yor enrichment of
our Roman liturgy will be
the publication of 70 new
prefaces. At present we
expect that they will be in
use before the end of this
year.
The preface must always
be seen as the beginning
Ct the eucharistic prayer.
The eucharistic prayer it-
self is a blessing of
thanksgiving and praise to
God the Father, and the
preface states most clearly
our reason for praise and
thanksgiving on the occa-
sion of this celebration of
the Eucharist.
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“Calendar of Events”
On the first Saturday of each month, the Holy Rosary
is recited after the 3 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral. The
intention for Peace as the Holy Father asks. All par-
ishes are invited to participate.
APRIL 12, 19*9 — Regional Holy Family Guild Spring
Dance, 9 p.m. till 1:00- a.m. MUsic by
Frank Slrub Orchestra at K. C. Hall, 5525
y?'.--' South Alameda. Admission $4.00 per cou-
pie. Theme: April Showers.
-APRIL IS, 19*9 — Corpus Christi Academy Benefit.
Silver Anniversary — Beef Bar-B-Q and
Festival. $1.25 per plate. (Children may
share a plate.) Public invited. Teen-time
dance in Academy Gym — 3-7 p.m. Prizes
to be given away at 3 p.m. Place: 1200
L an tan a Street, C.C. Academy campus.
TVJPRIL 13, 19*9 — St. Joseph’s Jr. Altar Soc. sponsor-
■ ' ing Mexican Supper 11:30-2 p.m. and 5-8
p.m. serving noon and supper meals.
Adults $1.25 Children 75c. James R. Dough-
tery Hall, 400 N. Tyler Street, Beeville,
Texas. Tickets at the door and also orders
to go. Advance tickets are now being sold.
APRIL 20, 19*9 — Our Lady of Perpetual Help —
“Parish Home-Coming” Serve Beef Bar-
beque from 11:00 a.m. till 4 p.m. Pre-sale
tickets: Adults: $1.25, children: $.50 At
door: Adults: $1.50, children: $.75 Fun-»
games for all. For information call —
V/Y 1-3307.
(All Items for Oils calendar must be in the “Register” *
office no later thah Friday, one week before publica-
tion date.)
changes from feast to
feast and from season, it
makes our Re nan cele-
bration of the Eucharist
the richest and most
flexible used by the
Church. Some of the
Eastern Rites have more
anaphoras (at they call
their canon) than we,
but none of them has
the complete adaptabili-
ty to particular occa-
sions given by the Ro-
man prefaces.
As yet we hardly know
the prefaces which were
published along with our
new eucharistic prayers,
for we have not had occa-
sion to use all of them in
our eucharistic celebra-
tions.
They include two for
Advent, one for the Sun-
days in Lent, two for the
Sundays during the year,
one for the Masses in hon-
or of the Holy Eucharist,
and two common prefaces
for every day.
A PREFACE always
contains three parts: an
introduction, a statement
of our specific reason for
thanks and praise in thiB
celebration of the Eucharist,
and a request that we be
allowed to give our thanks-
giving and praise in union
with the angels in heaven.
The introduction always
picks up the thought of the
opening dialog between
priest and people: "Let us
lift up our hearts. We
have liften up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the
Lord our God. It is right
and just.”
(Incidentally, it may not
be out of place to recall
once more what one of the
early Fathers sees in this
dialog. He reminds us that
the Greek word for
thanksgiving is eucharis-
tia.
For this reason we see
the priest as saying to the
people: "May I celebrate
this Eucharist in your
name?” then waiting until
the people give their con-
sent before proceeding to
do so.)
The introduction to the
preface gives the general
reason for what we are
doing: It is right and
just that we should
praise God always and
everywhere, and we do
this effectively only
through Jesus Christ,
God’s Son who is our
Lord.
It is in the statement of
our reason for thanksgiving
and praise that the rich-
ness of the preface can be
found. Each new statement
is an- exploration of a dif _
ferent aspect of one of the
mysteries of our faith.
FOR EXAMPLE, in the
preface of the Eucharist
which we have used for
several years, we praise
and thank God because
Christ
"Abolished the animal sac-
rifices that were empty
shadows
"And entrusted to us his
own body and blood for a
sacrifice,
So that in every place
might be offered to your
name
"that clean oblation which
alone has pleased you.
"So in this mystery of un-
searchable wisdom and
boundless love,
“being himself the one who
offers and the victim,
"he invites us to the sa-
cred banquet
"in which he, our food, is
eaten,
"the memory of his passion
is renewed;
“the soul is filled with
grace,
"and a pledge of future
glory is given.”
IN OUR NEW preface of
the Eucharist we thank
and praise God because
Christ
"is the true and eternal
high priest
"who established thip. un-
ending sacrifice.
"He offered himself as vic-
tim for our deliverance
"and taught us to make
this offering in his me-
mory,
"so that by eating the
bread of life in a holy
meal
"v.e might proclaim his
death until he comes.”
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Plan for Barbecue
Charles Heck, Delmas Gregory and Bill Wilhoit preparing bean kettle
for Corpus Christi Academy Barbecue and Festival to be held at the Aca-
demy, 1200 Lantana St, Sunday, April 13, 1969. — Photo by Father Augus-
tine Lin beck, O.S.B.
The New Orleans Meeting
And the Direction of Our Priests
By Father Joseph Berger
On March 24th, 25th, and 26th, 1969,
some 300 priests from all sectors of the
United States convened in New Orleans,
Louisiana, to participate in the second
annual meeting of the National Federa-
tion of Priests Councils.
Approximately ten months ago a group
of dedicated priests inspired by a vision of
what the Church should be, founded the
N.F.P.C. Since May of 1968 the Federa-
tion proudly boasts of 130 participating
councils which represent 114 dioceses.
These councils in turn represent over
38,000 priests stationed throughout the
United States.
The Diocese of Corpus Christi has
both a Senate of Priests and an Asso-
ciation of Priests. The former enjoys
official status within the diocese, the
latter does not At New Orleans the
Corpus Christi Association of Priests
(C.C.A.P.), whose current total mem-
bership is 61, 45 of whom are diocesan
and 16 of whom are religious priests,
was represented at the house of dele-
gates.
While the N.F.P.C. was in the em-
bryonic stage during the first months of
last year a number of Bishops, Priests,
and Laity questioned the feasibility of a
group of priests to discuss, adhere to, or
create a specific vision of what the Church
should be. After all, we have Popes and
Bishops whose official role and function it
is to guide, guard, rule, order, and give
direction to the Church.
The discussion and dialogue ensuing
from this apprehension has been healthy
and helpful, not harmful to the Church in
this country. To allay fears that priests
wishing to Federate were a group of or-
dained misfits seeking a reserved portion
of the clerical cry-towel, Father Cranor
Graves very clearly stated:
"We federate out of loyalty, not out of
rebellion; from the motive of service, not
of insurrection; for renewal and reform,
not revolution . . . our role is not to de-
stroy authority. To open avenues of dia-
logue is to safe-guard authority. Nor is it
our role to ignore real problems with the
anxious hope that they will disappear if
we refuse to face them.”
LAST YEaR NOT a single member of
the Hierarchy was present for the initial
meeting of the N.F.P.C.
This year three distinguished and emi-
nent members of the Hierarchy were en-
thusiastically present. They were Cardinal
Lawrence Shehan of Baltimore, Bishop
Ernest Primeau of Manchester and Arch-
bishop Philip Hannon of New Orleans.
In his address to the House of Dele-
gates, Cardinal Shehan insisted that
"the union of a Bishop with his priests
is incomplete if it is one-sided, if it is
either totally possessive and totally
submissive, or if there is mutual inflex-
ibility that closes the minds that
should meet and the hearts that
should pulse together in union with
Christ.”
In his "State of the Federation” mes-
sage Father Patrick O’Malley, President of
the N.F.P.C., admitted that the first
months of the Federation’s existence were
necessarily spent in self analysis, intro-
spection, or "navel-gazing.”
The atmosphere pervading the entire
assembly was one of joyous Christian
"Hope.” Among the many signs of vitality
and maturing growth within the Church
was the principle of accountability, Prior
and Post Due Process, serious discussion
of such matters as Experimentation in
dialogue on a vast scale, the establish-
ment of a National Personnel research
committee for both priests and laity alike,
the Manchester plan for the nomination of
Bishops.
THE SPIRIT OF HOPE which
prevailed in New Orleans was expressed
perhaps best by Eric Fromm, who was
quoted by President Father O’Malley in
his "State of the Federation” address.
"Hope is paradoxical. It is neither pas-
sive waiting nor is it unrealistic forcing of
circumstances that cannot occur. It is like
a crouched tiger which will jump only
when the time for jumping has come . . .
to hope means to be ready at any time for
that which is not yet born, and yet not
become desperate if there is no birth in
our lifetime.
"There is no sense in hoping for
that' which already exists or for that
which cannot be. Those whose hope is
weak settle down for comfort or for
violence; those whose hope is strong
see and cherish all signs of new life
and are ready every moment to help
the birth of that which is ready to be
born.”
Prayer of Faithful
Second Sunday after Easter, April 20
INTRODUCTION. Today is Good Shepherd Sunday,
World Vocation Day. We pray especially that God will
call many young men and yuung women to be his
priests and religious and keep all who serve him faith-
ful to their vocation.
1. — For the whole world, that the Prince of Peace may
end hostilities, we pray to the Lord:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!
2. — For Christ’s Church, that God may send workers
into his vineyard and they may be faithful minis-
ters of his mysteries, we pray to the Lord:
LORD, HEAR OCR PRAYER!
3. — For our Diocese, that many young men and young
women may offer themselves to serve God and his
children as priests and religious, we pray to the
Lord:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!
4. — For our families, that they may be given and rec-
ognize the blessing of a religious vocation for at
least one of their children, we pray to the Lord:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!
5. — For the parents of priest^ and religious, semina-
rian® and aspirants, that God may reward their
gift of their sons and daughters, we pray to the
Lord:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!
6. — For aspirants to the priesthood and religious life,
that they may persevere in their God-given voca-
tion, we pray to the Lord:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!
7. — For the departed priests and religious who have
served us, that they may receive their reward in
heaven, we pray to the Lord:
LORD, HEAR OUR PRAYER!
PRAYER. O God, your Son his life for your glory and
the salvation of men. Call many to follow him in the
special service of you and your children, and keep all
who have accepted your call faithful to their vocation.
This we ask through him who lives and reign ■ with you
forever and ever.
AMEN!
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late Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
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distinguished and best
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