Official
Ember Days .....
Pastors and others concerned are asked to re-
mind the faithful on Sunday, September 15, that Wed-
nesday, Friday and Saturday, September 18, 20 and
21, are Ember Days. Wednesday and Saturday are
days of fast and partial abstinence, i:e., meat may be
taken at the principal meal; Friday is a day of fast
and complete abstinence.
Dispensation From Fast
And Abstinence
A dispensation from the law of fast and abstin-
ence is hereby granted to all who will be in attend-
ance at the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, September 18, 20
and 21, 1963.
Postures At Mass
To the Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Archdiocese:
Your attention i,s directed to a revised order of
Mass postures for the laity which appears in this
current issue of the Catholic Northwest Progress•
These postures have already been indicated on the
Archdiocesan Mass Participation Card published in
1959 and re-pubKshed several times since that year.
The Reverend Pastors and Chaplains are now
requested to call these more correct postures to the
attention of their people and, where they are not al-
ready in use, to introduce them at all Masses cele-
brated throughout the Archdiocese of Seattle•
In the interests of a uniform and orderly parti-
cipation of the Holy Sacrifice, the revised order of
Mass postures is to be adopted ixnmediately. For
your guidance and convenience, the Catholic North-
:.west Progress is printing on Page One a short form
of the revised order which may be clipped and in-
serted in your Missal.
.J.
United Good Neighbor
Campaign
Dearly Beloved in Christ:
Our Blessed Lord repeatedly points out to us in
:the Gospel our obligation of charity to our neighbor.
Charity is to be the distinguishing mark of a Christian•
"By this will all men know that you are my disciples,"
Christ said, "if you have love for one another" (St,
John 13:35). Hence, again this fall I wish to recom-
mend to your generous support the various United
Good Neighbor and United Fund campaigns that are
now being conducted in the communities of the Arch-
diocese• Not only do I urge that you support these
campaigns with your contributions, but also by volun-
teering your time and efforts to make them success-
ful. Your support of these campaigns will fulfill your
obligation under the law of charity.
No other campaign in any community makes so
vital an appeal for the varied needs of so many peo-
ple--the crippled, the blind, defenseless children, the
emotionally disturbed, and countless others. The fact
ythat these people may not be related to you, or be of
your religion, of your race or nationality, does not ex-
cuse you from offering your help. In the parable of the
Good Samaritan, Christ clearly points out our obliga-
tion to our neighbor in need, whomever he may be.
Your support of these campaigns and your work on
their behalf is truly an act of Christian charity to your
:neighbor in need.
} While we are all obliged to perform personal acts
of charity to those around us who are in need, our
personal acts of charity cannot fulfill our total obli-
gation. Often we are not in a position to see the needs
of others, even though they live close by in the same
town. If we do see those needs, too often we must
admit that our own efforts, as great as they may be
in time and money and energy, are not sufficient•'
Only when we join our efforts with those of others
can we effectively bring relief. You can be assured
that the distribution of funds raised in these cam-
paigns and the supervision of the various agencies
that spend them provide a most efficient and eco-
nomic way of fulfilling an obligation incumbent on
all of us.
Further, your wholehearted participation in these
community efforts will stand as an example of charity
to all in your community. Nothing better exemplifies
the Faith, its truth and its effect in the lives of men
than good example. Your support of these campaigns
should be a beacon of charity lighting the way for
others to follow•
I would also remind you that a number of our
own agencies unite their appeals to these United Good
Neighbor and United Fund campaigns. Among them
are the Catholic Children's Services, CYO, Home of
the Good Shepherd, Briscoe Memorial School, St.
Ann's Home, Villa Maria Maternity Service, St. Paul's
Children's Homes and the Catholic Seamen's Club.
Each of these in its own way works with the many
other agencies in our communities to meet human
needs. I can personally assure you of the excellent
job they are doing and the efficient way in which they
are run. These agencies, together with the others who
work with them in your community, deserve your
help.
May Almighty God reward you with the bles-
sings He promises for acts of charity done in His
name for your support of these worthwhile cam-
paigns.
Devotedly yours in Christ,
Archbishop of Seattle
N.B. The foregoingis to be read at all Masses in all
churches and chapels of the Archdiocese in Clark,
King, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties,
as well as in the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam.
September 13, 1963.
Lay Retreat Schedule
The Palisades Visitation Retreat
(Men's ReLze Huue) (Women's Retreat House)
Septemb er 20-22
St. Patrick, Seattle Our Lady of the Lake, Seattle
St. Francis of Assist, Seahurst
September 27-29
St. Patrick, Tacoma St. Joseph, Lynden
St. Michael, Snohomish
St. Peter, Suquamish
Fr;ch 7, sept. 13, 19b3 TE PROGRESS3
Father Treacy00WritesOf Visit To Moscow
By Rev. William Treacy
The 35 citizen ambassadors
from Seattle arrived in Moscow
Sunday, August 18 on a SAS jet
caravelle from Copenhagen by
way of Stockholm, Sweden. As
soon as the plane came to a
halt two policemen entered, one
took up his position at the front
door of the plane and one at
the rear.
As we left the plane and each
policeman carefully scrutinized
the passport picture with the
passenger before allowing him
to enter Russia. It took a
couple of hours to complete im-
migration and customs formali-
ties before we reached our
headquarters, the Hotel
Ukraine. Built five years ago,
this 32 story building is the
second highest in Moscow. Mos-
cow University is the highest
and, according to our guide,
has over a thousand rooms,
making it the largest in Europe.
The architecture and fittings
are obsolete by American stan-
dards.
The following morning most
of our group enjoyed a one day
trip to Leningrad. Rabbi Levine
and I went to the American
Embassy which is near the
hotel. I was anxious to meet
Father Joseph Richard the As-
Mass at 8 a.m. daily and at
9 a.m. Sunday. He also cele-
brates two Masses Sunday, at
10:45 and at noon in the
Argentine Embassy. He is the
Apostolic Administrator for
the diocese of Moscow.
There is another Catholic
priest at the Church of St.
Louis in Moscow which is tole-
rated by the authorities, two in
Leningrad, one in Tiflis and
one in Odessa.
It was my privilege to cele-
brate Mass on three occasions
in the chapel of Our Lady of
Hope. On the morning of August
22, the feast of the Immacu-
late Heart of Mary I cele-
brated Mass at 7:30 and then
assisted at the Mass of Father
Richard.
Later a woman from the Bel-
gian embassy, Marie Elizabeth
Isaye rode down in the elevator
with me. She had assisted at
Mass and agreed to drive me
back to the Ukraine Hotel. She
told me that she was now serv-
ing as secretary to the Belgian
ambassador, but that her heart
was in the Congo where she had
worked for many years.
Rabbi Levine had met the
first secretary of the Congo
Embassy in Moscow Antoine
Efformi, and introduced me to
him. He is a Catholic and his
sumptionist priest who by treaty wife had worked in the Legion
is allowed to minister to Cath- of Mary in the Congo. I invited
olics in the American and other them to join me on the evening
embassies. Fortunately he drop-
ped into the embassy while I
was present.
The Assumptionist Fathers
had been working in Moscow
for many years prior to the
Revolution, so by tradition
an Assumptionist has been the
official priest to minister to
the embassy personnel ever
s i n c e diplomatic relations
were established with Russia.
In his apartment is a small
chapel dedicated to Our Lady
of Hope where he celebrates
of August 22, which was our last
night in Moscow.
Listening to Marie Elizabeth
Isaye speak so enthusiastical-
ly-about the Congo I invited
her to join me with the secre-
tary. At first she hesitated be-
cause of the relations of the
Belgians and Congolese. When
I assured her that secretary
Efformi had been educated in
Brussels and that he and his
wife were practical Catholics,
she accepted.
The four of us had a very
REV. WILLIAM TREACY
People-To-People
Tour
enjoyable two hours of People-
to-People in the dining room of
the Hotel Ukraine. It so hap-
pened that Marie Elizabeth had
served as a social worker in the
town where Mr. and Mrs. Ef-
formi had lived, though they
had never met. I also learned
that Antoine and his very young
looking wife had eight children
and that she had been honored
by the Belgian government as
an ideal Congolese mother. We
all parted more concious of the
bonds that unite us through our
faith and the need to work for
better understanding and
brotherhood among men.
As we were discussing these
thoughts in the dining room we
could observe representatives
of many races and nations
around us in the Communist
capital. At the next table were
seven eager young Africans
from Uganda who had received
free transportation and tuition
for five years at the Patrice
Lumumba University which, as
a branch of Moscow University,
caters to African students and
hopes to send them back to
their own countries as dedicated
followers of the philosophy of
MaPx and Lenin.
It was difficult during the
brief stay to make contact with
the Russians and to evaluate
their lot at first hand or to
communicate with them. We
were fortunate in having a
group meeting with U. S. Am-
bassador, Fay Kohler and two
members of his staff.
The ambassador addressed us
for about 20 minutes while his
aides answered our questions.
Ambassador Kohler served in
the embassy in 1948 while Stalin
was alive. He pointed out that
at that time there was a crack-
down on writers and artists who
were deviating from the party
line. The offending ones either
immediately confessed t h e i r
party sins or were sent to Si-
beria. Recently there was a
similar crackdown but this time
there was some open opposi-
tion to the Party policy.
This and other factors point
to a gradual evolution which
gives some grounds for hope
though in his words, " it is a
system contrary to ours which
is based on the Judaeo-Christ-
inn concept of man. We must
study it, for our children and
probably grandchildren will
have to live with it. At first
sight it appears to be falling
apart but there is a gradual
incline upwards taking a long
perspective view." Many of
our group were impressed by
the signs of economic growth
and development.
Jack Matlock, political officer
at the embassy for the past
two years, explained, in answer
to a question I asked about re-
ligion and the new contacts of
the Russian Orthodox Church
with the Vatican, that a person
can be prosecuted under the
civil code for giving religious
instruction. The regime has
closed many churches. At pro-'
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creation of a Mexican National
College in Rome.
The Bishops lauded the work
of the Montezuma Seminary in
New Mexico, set up by the U.S.
McGuire & Muri, Architects, Sketch of Convent Planned for Sacred Heart Parish, Tacoma Bishops.in 1936 to train priests
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Church in that country was suf-
TACOMA The Most
R e v e r e n d Archbkshop
Thomas A. Connolly has
announced that the bid for the
construction of the new con-
vent at Sacred Heart Parish
has been let to Merit Com-
pany, Tacoma, for $97,680.
Architects are -McGuire &
Muri, A.I.A., Architects, also
of Tacoma.
The two story building
with full basement will fea-
ture eight bedrooms with
built-in wardrobes, one of
which will be used as the
convent office temporarily,
The first floor will have two
conference parlors with a ves-
tibule; combination d i n i n g
room and community room
with fireplace; "U" kitchen
and pass pantry, store room,
locker room, chapel and double
carport.
The second floor will be liv-
ing quarters for the Sisters of
Charity of Providence who staff
the school.
The basement will include
a recreation room with fire-
place, laundry and store
rooms. The roof will be built
of slate coated built-up roof
and the interior walls and
ceilings will be lath and plas-
ter painted throughout. Floor
coverings will be asphalt tile fering persecution, and the
and carpeting and exterior Latin American College in
Rome.
walls will be brick veneer
and rough sawn cedar. Vietnamese Prelate
Other bids received (all from
Tacoma contractors) were: in New York
Strom Construction Co., Inc.,
$97,800; McKasson Brothers
Construction Co., $99,900; War-
ter Construction Co., $100,000;
Goettling Construction Co.,
$100,760; Lincoln Construction
Co., $101,700; Jardeen Brothers,
Inc., $101,856; G. Kirkebo &
Son, Inc., $104,500; Fitzpatrick-
McIntyre, $105,800; and Con-
struction Engineers and Con-
tractors, $106,240.
R O M E (NC) -- Archbishop
Mgo Dinh Thuc of Hue, brother
"of Vietnamese President Mgo
Dinh Diem, left Rome Wednes-
day to fly to New York•
He gave no reason for leav-
ing and did not say when he will
return. He said the Vatican or-
dered him not to discuss the
situation in his country while
outside of the country.
sent there are 33 operating in
Moscow when with half that
population there were 400 prior
to the revolution. Religion is
also adversely affected by the
closing of seminaries and the
constant anti-religious indoctrin-
ation of youth.
In regard to contacts with
the Vatican he expressed the
opinion that for its own
reasons the government had
approved of these contacts or
they could never take place.
While in Moscow I had dinner
with a young man from the
Norwegian e m b a s s y, Tore
Borreson whose friend Per Hal-
vorsen in Copenhagen had given
me a letter of introduction to
him. Mr. Borreson is a very
dedicated young Lutheran who
attends the Baptist Church in
Moscow. There are about 3,000
worshippers at the two hour
service each Sunday. It was
his opinion that the Orthodox
Church needs an "aggiorna-
mento" or bringing up to date
before it could have an appeal
to the youth.
This is a subject which I
would like to comment on
in greater detail when I
describe a visit which I made
with Dr. Carson, Dean Left-
ler and Father George Hirsch-
boeck to the headquarters of
the Orthodox Chureh in
Zagorsk, which is about 50
miles northeast of Moscow.
Father Hirschboeck is a
MaryknoU priest, a pastor in
Kyoto, Japan on his way home
for a vacation to Milwaukee.
He is the first priest the Russ-
ians allowed to travel from
Vladivostok through Siberia by
rail to Moscow in 35 years. We
celebrated Mass together each
day in Moscow. From conversa-
tions with Russians on the train
in distant areas he found them
more willing to talk and even
to criticize the regime than in
the Moscow area. Several of
them told him that the Orthodox
Churches were filled to capacity
on Sundays.
One of the reactions of our
Vietnam
Prelate Denies
News Charges
ROME, Sept. 12 (Radio, NO
--Archbishop Pierre Ngo dinh
Thuc of Hue, Vietnam, has de-
nied remarks attributed to him
by two Rome newspapers, ac-
cording to a third paper•
The Archbishop, brother of
Vietnamese President Ngo dinh
Diem, told the Rome D a i I y
American that he had not told
the daffy II Tempo that he had
come to Europe in advance of
the ecumenical council'a sec-
ond session to visit various
countries and give his account
of Vietnam's recent disorders
involving the government and
Buddhists. According to the
Daily American, the Archbishop
does not plan to leave Rome
before the session's start.
The Archbishop of Hue flew
to the United States from
Rome for a "one or two day
visit" with two friends, Francis
Cardinal Spellman and Bishop
Fulton J, Sheen.
group and of the different em-
bassy people with whom I visit-
ed is best expressed by Am-
bassador Kohler:
"Communism presents us
with a daily challenge to
know and defend the values
or our society which we so
frequently take for granted."
Celebrating Mass each morn.
ing with a statue of Our Lady
of Fatima beside the altar in
the chapel of Our Lady of Hope,
one realizes that one cannot
fight Communism without pray-
er and the penance needed to
live a truly Christian life. We
must pray for the Russian
people and also for another
important group of people in
Russia, the members of our
embassies that they may by
their lives know, defend and
live the truths which the
Declaration of Independence
tells us are 'self evident", the
existence of a Creator who
gives us our rights and who by
His Providence watches over us.
As we said goodbye to our
charming g u i d e, Valentina
Kotlaraskaya, she told me how
worried she was about her hus-
band who returned the night
before from a vacation by the
Black Sea with a high tempe-
rature, and how she stayed up
all night to nurse him. As we
had breakfast at the Moscow
airport, I explained to her what
religion can do in such critical
circumstances. "I understand"
she said. It may have been a
polite answer. Would that Val-
entina and her fellow country-
men could understand in her
heart.
Within the Kremlin walls are
three beautiful churches now
preserved as museums. The
largest is the Church of the
Assumption built in 1489 in
which the Czars were crowned.
The second largest was also
dedicated to Our Lady of the
Annunciation in 1489 as a family
church for the Czars and in
1609 they built a third church
within the Kremlin (which
means fortress) in honor of St.
Michael the Archangel, the
patron saint of Russia.
It was my privilege to ex-
plain to our guide what the
Assumption really means. In
spite of being able to refer to
it her questions put to me
privately indicated a sincere
interest in its meaning and
significance. Evidently s h e
had never heard the true facts
about her wonderful religious
heritage.
One day Father Hirschbock,
Father Richard and I walked
into the National Hotel to have
lunch. The manager was quite
puzzled by our clerical dress
and asked what we were. We
told him that we were Cath-
olic priests. Until then we were
unable to get a table. He im-
mediately became friendly and
got us a table by ourselves
where we had a quiet visit. In
telling the rest of the group
about the incident, Ed Pratt of
the Urban League made an apt
remark. "Somebody remember-
ed a few facts•"
With God's help we hope
enough people in Russia re-
member the facts of Christian-
ity and teach them to their
children, until freedom returns.
Postures At Mass Defined For Laity'
(Continued from Page 1)
contribute an active liturgical participation in virtue of the
baptismal character".
The layman then,'by reason of his Baptism and his in-
corporation into the Body of Christ, also has been "ordained"
to participate in the Sacrifice of the Mass.
Congregational participation at holy Mass no longer is some-
thing to be begrudgingly conceded or reluctantly accepted. It
may no longer be shrugged off as a mere arbitrary gimmick
which may or may not be fostered according to the bent of the
individual bishop or pastor. The fairy's duty of active participa-
tion at Mass is gradually being established as law. But--and
what is even more functional--the law itself is here only the
formal promulgation of these sacred rights and duties which
by our theology the laity already possess within the Church at
worship.
• . . This brief recasting of the underlying reasons for
popular participation should help to explain why His Excellency
Archbishop Connolly has now directed that our attention be
called to a more correct order for standing, sitting and kneel-
ing at holy Mass.
The Church, with her profund understanding for the place
of outward signs and symbols within the sacramental order,
has ever expressed her reverence before God not only the sung
or spoken word, but also--among other means--even by bodily
posture. Each ceremonial movement, each slightest gesture of
the priest celebrant at the altar is carefully prescribed by the
Roman Rubrics. And this not for the mere sake of "ritual", but
that each of the priest's postures in turn might also better ex-
press every new sentiment or present thought within the devel-
oping action of the Mass.
The 1958 Instruction expressly states too that the partici-
pation of the people should also include such well ordered
acts. It numbers "bodily posture (kneeling, standing, sitting)
and ceremonial gestures" among the necessary outward modes
of participation.
What is definitely at stake here is far more than mere eti-
quette or a few polite niceties of church behavior. If indeed the
people were only "strangers or mute spectators" at Mass and if
the Mass was only a mystic rite which involved but the clergy
exclusively, then the postures to be proposed for the onlookers
in the pews would hardly trouble us. But if the laity do have
a real and an active share in the Mass--and the Church has
ruled that they do- then their own postures (like those of the
celebrant) in fact take on a real significance. The congregation's
order for standing, sitting and kneeling obviously should also
correspond to and properly express that positive role now as-
signed for the "holy people" within each new part of the Mass.
Now what have been called (though quite incorrectly) the
"traditional postures"--e.g., kneeling until the Gospel--in fact
date only from the other times and place where congregational
participation had already long since been abandoned. These pos-
tures then actually presume non-participation, a passive laity,
and sometimes bear little resemblance to the reality of the Mass
Given any understanding of the Mass, what sense at all
does it make say for people to remain kneeling when the
Epistle is being read to them for their instruction? This vio-
lates common sense as much as if the people were to remain
kneeling throughout the sermon! Or how can the people under-
stand the tremendous upward movement of the Mass when
they are still seated after the great prayer of the 'Canon has
already begun?
Since 1959 then, and the publication of our "second stage"
participation card, the Seattle Archdiocesan Commission on
Sacred Music and Liturgy, with the approval and endorsement
of the Most Reverend Archbishop, has encouraged what would
seem to be a more correct and appropriate series of postures
for the people. These postures were hardly invented by the local
committee. They represent rather that order which quite gen-
erally is being adopted throughout the Church now in many
areas where there exists a healthier liturgical awareness. As the
Church to date has not yet published any final code of rubrics
to govern the precise deportment of the people at Mass, these
postures have largely been developed -- with only one or two
minor accommodations for the laity--from the official direc-
tives laid down for the clergy when they form the congregation
at Mass. (These same "choir rubrics" were again delineated and
given the full stature of law by Pope John XXIII's 1960 revi-
sion of the Roman Rubrics.)
These common sense postures then conform to the most
authentie traditions of our liturgy. They acknowledge the
lalty's rightful place within the Mass and they relate always
to those special roles assigned for the congregation.
There are three possible postures for the laity at Mass:
standing, sitting and kneeling.
STANDING, from earliest Christian generations, has ever
been the normal position for prayer -- and was once the only
posture which Christians knew for the Eucharistic liturgy. (The
ancient basilicas of Christendom were built free of all pews and
kneelers: they presumed a standing congregation.) Standing
symbolizes the Resurrection of Christ. as well as the confident
knowledge that it is through the risen and glorified Lord that
all our worship and our sacrifice of thanks and praise is being
offered to the Father. Standing also inlicates respect.
KNEELING became common in the Church only at a later
date. Originally the posture of a subject before his master, now
it expresses our own humility and nothingness before God's
great majesty.
SII'ING is the position of the learner or the observer.
Working from these principles and recalling the role assigned
for the people at Mass, the following order of postures has now
been suggested for every Mass throughout the whole Archdiocese
of Seattle:
Priest's entry: We stand out of respect for the priest, our
leader at holy worship.
Prayers at foot of the altar: We kneel In humility to confess
our sins and to prepare for Mass. (If an opening hymn is to be
sung, of course it makes for better sense--and better singing
--to remain standing.)
Introit, Kyrie, Gloria, Collect: We stand and together partici-
pate in these prayers.
Epistle: We sit and listen.
Gospel: We stand to show respect for the Christ who speaks
to' us in this sacred reading.
Sermon: Again we sit and listen.
Creed: We stand to join this common battlecry of our faith.
Offertory: Now we sit and observe prayerfully while our
gifts are prepared at the alter.
Canon-Preface: The offertory is over and we stand to join
in the dialoge before the Preface and remain standing while
the priest proclaims our thanksgiving in the Preface. We also
remain standing while we recite or sing the Sanctus together.
Canon -- after reading (or singing) the Sanctus: We kneel
during the solemn priestly prayer before the Consecration and
remain kneeling until the "Great Amen" which concludes the
Canon. (Here the choir rubrics, except for a requiem, direct
the priests in attendance to stand after the Consecration. Much
could be argued in favor of all standing now while together with
the Risen and Glorified Christ we offer His Sacrifice to the
Father. But to remain kneeling here throughout these sacred
moments has, nevertheless, been allowed as a justifiable con-
:cession to our more modem habits of piety.)
Communion--from the Pater Noster until after the Agnus
Dei: We stand for the recitation of common prayer.
Communion--after reciting (or singing) the Agnus Dei: We
kneel in humble preparation for the Lord's Banquet and after-
wards in thanksgiving. (While the rubrics again direct the clergy
in choir to remain standing, and although standing while receiv-
ing the Risen Christ is perhaps a more authentic and exact
tradition, still a concession has once more been made for modern
devotional customs.)
Post-Communion: We stand (at the greeting Dominus vobis-
cure) while our priest leads us in prayer.
Last blessing: We kneel.
Last Gospel: We stand again out ef respect for God's Word
---or for the final prayer. :
Finally, it should be pointed out that one of the advantages
of these postures (which, of course, are already in wide usage
throughout the Archdiocese) is that they are equally valid for
both high and low Mass. Once they are accepted in all our
parishes, much:of the confusion which presently reigns in the
pews during high Mass in some places should be eliminated. •
