October 24, 2014

What was in the news on October 23, 1964?

Vatican II deals with the modern world, Pope Paul VI to India and a date is set for the Mass in English

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 October 23, 1964, issue of The Criterion:

  • Vatican II comes to grips with modern world issues
    • “VATICAN CITY—In an attempt to understand the modern world and to interpret the Church message to that world, the council Fathers began discussion of one of the most talked-about and long-awaited schemes on its agenda. Eight cardinals took the floor [on Oct. 20], and all but one expressed general satisfaction with the text of schema 13 on the Church in the modern world. They asked the council to accept it as a basis for discussion. Cardinal Francis Spellman of New York hailed it as ‘representing the basic hopes of the Second Vatican Council,’ and asked that in recommending changes, council Fathers take care not to weaken but rather to strengthen the text and improve its clarity.”
  • Editor comments from Rome: Excitement ‘disrupts’ smooth-running council
  • Pope Paul announces plans to visit India
    • “VATICAN CITY—Pope Paul VI has announced he will go to India for the International Eucharistic Congress being held in Bombay from November 28 to December 6. The announcement was made at the end of his address during the canonization of 22 African martyrs of Uganda in St. Peter’s basilica [on Oct. 18].”
  • Archdiocese to observe Youth Week
  • Ratify date for start of vernacular
    • “ROME—The Bishops of the United States at a meeting here formally approved November 29, the first Sunday of Advent, as the official date for the introduction of English in the Mass. This date, the first day of the new Church year, had been widely anticipated as the day that the new English use would go into effect in the Mass throughout the United States. In some American dioceses, however, English was introduced in the Mass last summer.”
  • Liturgy ‘instruction’ issued by the Vatican
  • Musical comedy star: Tells how priest at St. Meinrad helped launch her singing career
  • Donovan bequests are announced
  • Little Sisters’ drive tops goal
  • New joint translation of Bible makes debut
  • Scenes at recent Serra Club Religious Vocations Exhibits
  • Charities Bureau opens drive for foster homes
  • More missioners in Latin America
  • 4th council session seen ‘unavoidable’
  • St. Roch’s wins Cadet kickball championship
  • Ex-editor named to missions post
  • Family Clinic: The single life is also a true vocation
  • Russian praises return of relic
  • Speaker urges changes in school designation
  • Pope Paul decides to take helicopter to Montecassino
  • ‘Pieta’ will remain at NY fair grounds
  • Connersville parish sets Cana Conference
  • During Fifth Week: Priesthood, Eastern churches come under council discussion
  • New ventures urged for DePaul Society
  • Bishop announces 120 lay consultors

(Read all of these stories from our October 23, 1964, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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