March 28, 2014

What was in the news on March 27, 1964?

Archbishop Schulte to meet with a U.S. Orthodox leader, and a mountain is gifted to a religious order

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 March 27, 1964, issue of The Criterion:

  • Archbishop to meet U.S. Orthodox leader: St. Mary-of-Woods to be host to event
    • “Archbishop Schulte will meet with the North American primate of the Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Church ‘in the fraternal spirit of ecumenism on the national level’ at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College on April 15. His Eminence Antony Bashir, who is also Metropolitan of New York, will later address a convocation at the college. His subject will be: “Possibilities of Reunion Between Catholicism and Orthodoxy.” The event, which symbolizes the meeting earlier this year between Pope Paul VI and Athenagoras I, Orthodox Patriarch of Instanbul, is believed to be the first of its kind in the Midwest. It is being sponsored by the host college. The two prelates will meet privately before a formal reception and dinner in their honor. Metropolitan Archbishop Bashir’s address will follow, before an audience consisting of members of the college community and special guests. Both Archbishop Schulte and the Metropolitan stressed the “gracious and fraternal” spirit of their forthcoming meeting, and said they planned no official discussion on the possibilities of religious reunion. Archbishop Bashir, well-known to Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders, has been hailed as the “most articulate” Orthodox spokesman in America. He was consecrated Archbishop of the North American Syrian Antiochian Church in 1936. Prior to his appointment as Archbishop, he served as a special Representative of the Patriarch of Antioch to America, taught at the American University of Beirut, and authored several scholarly and journalistic works. For the St. Mary’s meeting of the two prelates, invited guests include: Catholic and Orthodox clergy, presidents of neighboring colleges and universities, Terre Haute members of the SMW board of lay trustees, special guests of the College, its faculty and student representatives. The April 15 meeting is the climax to a long-standing interest in ecumenism at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. An active student interfaith dialogue, now in its fourth year, includes participants from seven faiths. The dialogue was cited at the 1961 congress of the National Federation of Catholic College Students for its outstanding contribution to the ecumenical movement.
  • At pope’s request: World day of prayer for vocations slated
  • Plans are announced for Liturgical Day
  • School cutback? Not in Florida
  • Jesuit’s contention: Communion for non-Catholics seen ‘theologically possible’
  • Sees challenge to West in developing nations
  • Pope Paul gives advice to those in teaching
  • Pope Paul emphasizes the role of the worker
  • Liturgical texts are published
  • Rex Mundi’s title bid fouled up by Lafayette
  • ‘Mediterranean Holiday’ for ‘young of all ages’
  • More involvement by Catholics asked in rights movement
  • Blames schools for lack of religious vocations
  • College association: Gives qualified support to Hartke aid proposal
  • Seminary project: Jewish Passover Meal is held at St. Meinrad
  • Way of the Cross slated in plaza
  • Lay leaders map diocesan projects
  • Heads see in third different nation
  • A little hard to gift-wrap
    • “MANCHESTER, Vt.—A retired industrialist has donated a mountain to the austere Carthusians. Joseph G. Davidson, retired vice president of Union Carbide Corp., has specified that all land on Mount Equinox, an area of 11 square miles, will become the property of the Carthusian Foundation of America within nine years.”
  • Vacation schools in religion set by Benedictines
  • Ancient privilege: Italian villagers elect new pastor
  • Negro Catholics seen font of future priests
  • Reds sponsor ‘naming’ rite
  • ‘Open occupancy’ program urged
  • Permits evening nuptial Masses
  • Pieta will be loaded at special drydock
  • St. Roch’s parish plans spring ball
  • New pact reassures Church in Venezuela
  • Shared-time advantages emphasized
  • The baring of a soul: Diaries of Pope John released in book form

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