April 29, 2016

What was in the news on April 29, 1966?

New local priests, division concerning ‘deicide’ charges, and the new concept of a council of priests

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 29, 1966, issue of The Criterion:
 

  • Cathedral graduate: Camaldolese hermit back home for visit
  • Ten to be ordained for the archdiocese
    • “Archbishop [Paul C.] Schulte will confer the sacrament of Holy Orders on 11 candidates to the priesthood and five to be raised to the diaconate at St. Meinrad Archabbey Church at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 1. Ten men are to be ordained for the archdiocese and one Benedictine for St. Meinrad Archabbey. The ordinands are: Rev. Mr. Richard E. Keil, Rev. Mr. Kenneth T. Bechert, Rev. Mr. Larry P. Crawford, Rev. Mr. Joseph Kos, Rev. Mr. Peter R. Martich, all of Indianapolis; Rev. Mr. Lawrence W. Voelker, of Beech Grove; Rev. Mr. Frederick C. Easton, of Bloomington; Rev. Mr. Paul A. Pyatt, of Columbus; Rev. Mr. Gerald T. Reen, of Louisville; and Rev. Mr. James R. Hillman, of Gilett, Wis. Also being ordained is Rev. Fr. Warren Heitz, O.S.B., of Huntingburg, Ind., from the Benedictine Archabbey.”
  • Gromyko papal meeting set historic precedent
  • Set benefit concert at Ladywood
  • Approve salary hike for teachers
  • Start expansion at Latin School
  • Text of Church in Modern World schema
  • Seminary integration termed vital to Church integration
  • Couple to observe 60th anniversary
  • Pope Paul VI presents medal to U.S. astronomer
  • Ultraconservative Catholics kick up a storm in Oklahoma
  • ‘Carousel’ slated at Marian College
  • St. Christopher youth heads up CYO council
  • Marian art work to be exhibited
  • Six dialogue units formed in Richmond
  • Pontiff predicts revival of Latin
  • Visiting prelate backs clergy demonstrations
  • Pontiff calls Curia to personal reform
  • Orthodox broadside leveled at Vatican
  • Two films about nuns in current offerings
  • New confession form adopted for children
  • ‘Drama’ is topic of Catholic Hour
  • Bishop reiterates ‘deicide’ charges
    • “ROME—The bishop who led the dramatic council fight against absolving Judaism of collective responsibility for Christ’s death has reiterated his charges. In two articles appearing in the March and April issues of an Italian clergy review, Palestra del Clero, Bishop Luigi Carli of Segni, Italy, denied he had branded the Jewish people with the charge of deicide, but maintained the term was accurate when applied to the Jewish religion as such. He claimed his thesis is still tenable in spite of the Vatican council’s declaration on the Jews.”
  • ‘Council of priests’ idea wins approval
    • “MILWAUKEE—Archbishop William E. Cousins of Milwaukee endorsed a ‘council of priests’ for the Milwaukee archdiocese during one of a series of dialogues with assistant pastors here. The archbishop held three dialogues with the assistant pastors at St. Francis Seminary, where one of the proposals he heard was for a council of priests to serve as a structure for continued communication between the archbishop and the priests. ‘I don’t want to impose this upon you from above,’ the archbishop said, ‘but if you can set up this council on your own—from the bottom up, as it were—I’ll be glad to work with it.’ ”
  • Promote dialogue, ACCW parley told
  • Theologian cites sense of isolation among the clergy

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