November 6, 2015

What was in the news on Nov. 5, 1965?

Revelation document passed at Council, the editors respond to charges of communism, and parish societies are proclaimed dead

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 Nov. 5, 1965, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Almost unanimous approval is given to revelation schema
    • “VATICAN CITY—The ecumenical council’s document on divine revelation, which in the council’s first session drew such heated controversy that Pope John XXIII himself intervened, reached completion with a vote of virtual unanimity at the 155th general congregation. After piecemeal balloting [on Oct. 29] on a series of amendments made since it was last on the council floor, the Fathers voted 2,081-27, seven votes null, to accept the entire constitution and ask for its promulgation by Pope Paul VI.”
  • Pope helped amend revelation schema
  • Catholic High sets expansion
  • Seventh Week’s Summary: Declaration on non-Christians was highlight of council week
  • Says missioners needed in cities
  • Stocks donated to institutions
  • Liturgy Study Days scheduled for clergy
  • Protestant Theologian: Tillich left impact on Catholic thought
  • How Medicare works
  • Council condemnation of communism asked
  • Hails ‘broadening’ of Jewish statement
  • By St. Louis paper: Reform of bishops’ conference urged
  • Rhodesian move seen ‘immoral’
  • Superintendents back school boards
  • Editorial: Matter of rights
    • “In a letter on this page, we are taken severely to task for upholding the constitutional rights of peace demonstrators. The letter writer, in effect, accuses us of being in league with the Communists. Now, Doctor, our problem is: Should we dignify that accusation with a denial, or should we just laugh? The way the hysteria against any dissent is rising, there may not be a whole lot of free speech left in the country by Christmas. That possibility, remote though it may be, worries us more than the protest parades, rallies and speeches.”
  • Sees wide success in liturgy changes
  • Legal action halts book distribution
  • Twelve youth leaders honored by CYO
  • Theology center honors John XXIII
  • Affluent Catholic accused of bigotry
  • Parish society concept is dead, speaker asserts
    • “Dayton, Ohio—A Catholic pastor charged here that the traditional concept of the Holy Name Society does not fit the vision of the modern parish. ‘Many things about the Holy Name Society are 25 years out of date,’ Msgr. Martin T. Gilligan, pastor of St. Charles Parish, Kettering, Ohio, said in a lecture at the University of Dayton. A dynamic parish community must ‘involve as many people in as many things as possible,’ Msgr. Gilligan said. This must be done by organizing and using the skills and professions of the people, he added. ‘As far as I’m concerned, the Holy Name Society is dead,’ Msgr. Gilligan said. … ‘We have imbued our parishioners with the idea that they must sanctify the secular environment, and not merely be messenger boys for the priests,’ Msgr. Gilligan said.”
  • Anglican official becomes Catholic
  • Drive started for eyeglasses
  • Nuns’ vocation center planned
  • Broaden interests, nuns told
  • Indianapolis Jewish leader lauds schema
  • Orthodox Primate pays visit to Cincinnati
  • School cooperation urged by Brademas
  • Joint effort set to stem obscenity
  • Japanese music expert booked
  • ‘Something new’: New priest-worker experiment assessed
  • Ban veneration of boy reputed killed by Jews
  • Americans give more to charity
  • Program helps disadvantaged prepare for the first grade
  • Warns of making nuns lead ‘double lives’

(Read all of these stories from our Nov. 5, 1965, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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