April 11, 2014

What was in the news on April 10, 1964?

A call to reduce the workload of the Council and worries about the end of Gregorian chant

Criterion logo from the 1960sBy Brandon A. Evans

This week, we continue to examine what was going on in the Church and the world 50 years ago as seen through the pages of The Criterion.

Here are some of the items found in the April 10, 1964, issue of The Criterion:

  • Bishops meet to discuss English in the liturgy
  • Historic statement: Michigan’s dioceses pledge rights action
  • West Baden Jesuits to move to Illinois
  • Rome names permanent UN observer
  • Details set for Woods unity event
  • Permitted to celebrate liturgy in Eastern Rite
  • New Little Sisters home to house 180 residents
  • New Fatima Retreat House dedication to be held this Sunday
  • The council’s decrees can’t change Church overnight
  • Cardinal Siri: Suggests the council reduce its work load
    • “GENOA, Italy—‘Let us do what is necessary. This is always a good rule for summit level meetings such as the ecumenical council.’ With these words, Cardinal Giuseppe Siri of Genoa expressed his belief that the council should deal only with a few major and compelling issues rather than with the numerous proposals that have been presented. Moreover, the Cardinal stressed that one more session is all that is required to complete the necessary work facing the Second Vatican Council.”
  • IU speaker endorses shared-time concept
  • ND dean criticizes capital punishment
  • A little (improvised) homily on homiletics
  • Church concern for youth emphasized by Pope Paul
  • Prelate sees no reason for panic over schools
  • Defends rights of home buyer
  • Mission agency reports $23 million donated
  • Annual CYO Convention slated this week-end: Parley is expected to draw 600 teeners
  • Sodalists slate annual Congress at Brebeuf Prep
  • ‘Emerging Brothers’ seen needed by Church
  • Delegate visits stricken Alaska
  • Immigration a ‘factor’ in intellectual picture
  • El Greco canvas to stay in Spain
  • Cuban refugees teaching Spanish at Schulte High
  • Says Reds will learn to live with Church
  • Rap panic thinking: Catholic educators view crisis in school system
  • College teachers ask ‘reform’ of the Index
  • Economic justice sought in Spain
  • Who is right? Writers give divergent views on Church’s role in Brazil crisis
  • Chant will remain, Pope Paul assures
    • “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI has sought to assuage the fears of those who see the ecumenical council’s Constitution on the Liturgy as possibly spelling a new eclipse for Gregorian chant. Speaking to a pilgrimage of French teachers of plain chant, the Pope said: ‘Are any of you perhaps alarmed at the future applications of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy which was adopted by the council Fathers and promulgated by us last December 4? Let them read that admirable text’s passage concerning liturgical chant, and particularly the following: ‘The treasure of sacred music is to be preserved and fostered with great care …’ (Liturgy Constitution, Paragraph 114.”
  • Brazil prelate warned of communist danger

(Read all of these stories from our April 10, 1964, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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