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Liturgy Changes Sif"lir Major Aid in Worship Changes in the Catholic "When the 12 had offered liturgy are attempts to make their gifts and returned to their worship more significant in seats, the kids could still see daily life and to return to the their gifts :m the altar; part of attitude of the early Church them were still there through where religion mphasized the Consecration," said Father commuhity and brotherhood Rouse. rather n just a pia e to go on Gestures are important in the Sunday, according a Fran- liturgy because they help us to ciscan ,Pr iest. express our inward attitude Fattict arren Rouse, OFM, toward God, he said, and by teaching a course on liturgy at nature, liturgical signs have to the University of San Diego, be provisional. "We dare not says religion is best expressed canonize rubrics or signs. We in the total involvement of body have to live not only according and soul in the liturgy of the to the virtue of faith, but also Mass. hope." A certain amount of ex- The purpose of bodily perimentation with the Mass gestures during liturgy is to seems to be needed for the 20th bring unity to the soul and body, Century, said Father Rouse. he said. Purely spiritual public Mass, it indicates that they are receiving God's teachings." The study of God and examination of Church . rvice format was not confined to the clergy during the first through the eighth centuries; it was on a common folk level. The Council of Trent in 1517 brought a necessary uniformity and stability to a liturgy that was floundering amid feudal chaos, Father Rouse said. This liturgical standardization initiated rubrics (the science of liturgical gestures) and the science of moral theology.

outh Bureau fate hinges on hudgf!~( ?,, ,t The. Youth Service Bureau Senate before ·any funds can from the school system, Po- n Cla1rei:nont may be forced be assured for the continued lice and Probation Depart- to close its doors Dec. 31 if operation of the centers. ments, and concerned par• legislation now m the Cali· '-Legislators from San Di- ents. No initial effort is forn1a Assembly fails to ear- ego County have been very made to involve the delin• mark funds for the project. responsive to the Youth quet youngster who is rece1v- lOD.ODO item to con- Service Bureau," Mrs. Clark ing service from existing tmue the loc~l b~reau and said She is optimistic about agencies. three others llke 1t was de· the passage of the bill. The bureau also supplies leted rom the state budget The bureau was opened the Sentinel with its exclu- before 1t reached Gov. Ron- April 7 by the county Pro- sive column on youth prob- aid Reagah desk. bahon Department Partici· !ems, FEEDBACK. T e P o program, aimed patmg organizations include The services offered b at pr en ·uvenile de- Community Mental Health, the bureau are 2 ·a1lable ln~que ned earher Big Brothers, the San Diego youths under 18 living in th th 1. e . h. a 25,000 tale College School of So- area extending south to Mil• state a nation _The• cial Work, the · · ton St., Tecolote Canyon a d budget o nally contained n D1e o the city Artillery Dr., ea to Hi • the same amount for 1969- sc oo s. _ .,,..__,.. way 395, north 1ra ar 70. . The staff m ad to Rd. and west to Interstate 5,

Trent attempted to deal with the problems of the Church by giving latitude to the bishops, he said. The minutes of Trent, made available to historians 300 years later, revealed that the bishops were agitating for the usage of vernacular language within the liturgy. Some Question There is some question a~ to whether Trent's stabilizing decrees were meant to be in- fallible or whether they were just normative for the time, he said. Pope Pius X began liturgical reform by restoring Com munion to children, allowing missals to be printed in the vernacular and the Canon to be prmted. Pope John XXIII organized committees and called Vatican II together. Vatican II, in approaching liturgical reform, referred back to early faith beliefs, rather than the previous procedure of equating Trent's decrees with tradition Father Rouse said.

"However, we cannot change worship is worthless, since the what the Lord has given us. He body and soul are not coor- has given us the symbols of dinaled. Worship will always be bread and wine, and we ca11not down-to-earth and human, so substitute coffee and doughnuts that it may intensify the human at Mass." reaction, he added. However, he emphasized, Standing is the most basic "Priests need to be careful in form of worship, he explained. springing changes on people. It has been a sign of respect for When you tamper with liturgy, centuries. In the Jewish you are tampering with people's religion, standing was the religious identity." lt is a normal position for prayer. psychological problem and one Holy Liberty that must be met with the St. John Chrysostom felt that proper psycho Io g i ca I standing symbolized the "holy preparation for any changes in liberty of the children of God the form of the Mass. through baptism." St. Paul said Sensibly Applied standing indicated that "we are Father Rouse cited a Mass no longer slaves m disgrace, but where some experimentation free: · was sensibly applied. The Mass The new missal, to be issued was offered with about 700 high in November, will direct that school students present. Al the the people stand during the Offertory, 12 teachers, each Canon of the Mass. accompanied by a student, Kneeling has been a sign of walked to the altar to give penance and a 'posture of in- something symbolic of their dividual prayer, the Franciscan discipline of study. continued. "St. Basil thought For example, the football that kneeling showed that coach brought a complete man's sins have cast him to the. football uniform and placed it , ground " on the altar, and the music In the church services, sitting teacher_ brought a trumpet and is the posture for teaching, he placed 1t on the altar. said. "When peqple sit during

Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, di- Mrs. Clark, cons1s s of a wel- rector or the bureau at 3650 fare worker, two probation Clalremont Dr., said a bill officers, a police officer and currently m Sacramento has a secretary. The staff works an amendment covering the wit four-po t plan to pro- esta~hshment of youth cor- vid ssistance for juveniles rection centers. ena e Bill con idered to be on the edge 1291, auth r d ~y tate Sen. of delinquency - counseling, George DeukmeJ1an (R-Long r f ral, tutoring and educa- Beach). mu t b pa ·sed b lion th" A~ embly and then tte Referrals are golicited

BECOMES BRIDE - Miss Me • rice Elaine Bulfer, dau&hter of Mr. and Mr • Jo eph E. Bulfer of San D1e10, recently became 1h11 bride of Richard Alvan Baldwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ramond 81(1Nrin, lso of s n D1e10, m ntes in St. Autustine Hi1h School c pal. Min Mary Lucente was maid of honor, with Patricia Williams and I< ren Sontaa • s bridesmaids. Best man was Patrick Shaw, and Kenneth Wrla:ht and David and Joseph Bulfer were u hers. The bride , • &r duate of Our Lady of Peace Academy an( att111ded the .ll I• versity of San Die o Colle1e for Women. The br qn,om was ar u- • te from . u1ustine Hi&h and attended S DI o State Col- lea:,. The couple will hve in San D1e110. j 0 L.A. Ca dinal wn Hono Bishop Furey

When authority relies on old terms and old approaches the failure to communicate with people leads to a decline of power. Authority, attempting to maintain control, tends to become more and more coer- cive. This interpretation of the problems of leadership was given by Father William L . Shipley, one of two viewpoints expressed in the continuing lecture series on freedom and authority held at the University of San Diego. Father Shipley added that communication is an essential of leadership, attributing a " failure of communication as the cause of former President Johnson's fall from power." Leaders have to be innovators in society, Father Shipley said. If society is to change, and it must change to keep from stagnation, leaders must do more than maintain the old ways of society. Father Shipley said that people in society are required to obey those in authority, but not to agree with them. Truth or falsehood is not a question to be asked about authority. Though, he suggested, one should always question whether the needs of a particular society pertain to a particular order. "Should the diocese tell me what kind of toothpaste I should use?" he asked. Dr. John W. Swanke, the other member of the lecture team, seized on the problems caused by a population of millions. "A giant nation is not capable of serving my needs. They cannot know my needs in Washington if they do not know me." The community needs government big enough to exercise authority and small enough to know the needs of the community. "The dissent ni Southeast San Diego and elsewhere is the legitimate son of the giant in Washing~on," he said. While speaking for the legitimate needs of the com- munity for good schools and good teachers, he was vehement in his disapproval of radical tactics and firebombing as a means of bringing change. Turning to the pronoun- cements and laws of leaders, Dr. Swanke emphasized his point that "the leader is not empowered· to speak without consulting the governed." To serve a community the leader must know his community, and leaders capnot get the knowledge they must have of the needs of the community from the newspapers or from blue ribbon commission re- ports. The lecture eries is open to the public a t $2 a session. The lectures are held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays in Room 238 in the U D College for Men.

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Two Professors G • zve Views on Civil Rights Two views on civil rights were contrasted last week at the Uruversity of San Diego in the continuing series on Freedom vs. Authority. Dr. John W. Swanke asserted that the primary rights are lo life, property and education, but, he insisted, these are into the civil rights of

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society. The prevailing values and beliefs in that community are the basis for ci vii justice, and these vary between societies, between countries, he added. "What is considered a right to medical care in some countries is not considered a right in others," he explained. Dr. Swanke raised the problem of the individual who threatens the social fabric. "I cannot survive humanly without society," he said. Revolt is justified only when the cause is ~reater than society itself, he said. ''If the society is more evil than the evil of demonstra lions or revolution then revolution is justifiable'. This is the only way we can accept civil disorder and civil disobedience.'• He asked, "Is the evil of 7 acism so great we are allowing 1t .to d_estroy society; is the uruversity so corrupt that we have to replace it with who knows what?" On the problem of dissent - Father Shipley said "Th~ dissenter ought to kno~ what he's mad at so he can do something about it. Fight the draft law if that is the issue but don't tear down the w'hole country." The series ends today, Thursday. It is held in Room 238, USD College for Men and is open to the public for a $2 fee.

general rights, "a right to a house, but not a specific house, right to an education but not an education at a specific college." Commenting on civil rights as such, be said, they are rooted in the individual, "but my civil rights give me no right to in- fringe on my neighbor's civil rights." Dr Swanke asked, "Do nuns lying m the street in Chicago invade my nghts?" Share Platform Dr. Swanke, associate professor of philosophy al USD, and_ Father William L. Shipley, charrman of the department of philosophy, share the lectern in a three-way discussion of the implications of freedom and authority in today's society. One third of the time is devoted to student-lecturer discussion. Father Shipley b.Jrning to political science for sources said rights are a dynamic fore~ in the relationship of men, not something enshrined on paper, but the actions of one man to another. Rights are mutual obligations between free per- sons fundamentally equal in the basi needs of their human na , he said. However, he asserted, civil rights are rights of citizens as citizens in a particular society, and all of man's natural r his may or may not be incorporated

Creation departments announced yesterday at the Un1versitv of San Diego as part of a continu- ing move to unify U D's coordi- nate colleges. University-wide departments In educalion and in religious studies were established, along with other departments that will retain separate chairmen from the College for Men and the Col- lege for Women. The university. for more than a year, has taken steps toward uniting the colleges. The wom- en's college was opened in 1952 by the Society of the Sacred Heart; the men's college in 1954 as a diocesan institution. 6 JOINT DEPARTI'IE:>.TS Announcement of the two all- university departments. plus six Joint departments wit single chairman and 3oint rricula, was made by the Very Rev. John E. Baer, men's college president, and Sister Nancy Morris, president of the College for Women. Dr. Robert Nelson an assist- ant professor, will head the edu- cation department that will uni- fy the varying education pro- grams of the two colleges into one unit. Sister Mary Guest, Ph. D., will be director of elementary education; Dr. Jack Morris, director of secondary education, and Nelson will be director of special education. Morrison has beaded the men's college education depart- ment and Sister Guest has been chairman of the College for Women education department. RELIGIOUS STUDIES The Rev. John Portman,for- mer chairman of the men's col- lege theology department, will be chairman of the university- wide department of religious studies. Chairmen of the joint depart- ments are Sister Helen Mc- Hugh, Ph. D., Engll h; Dr. Ray- mond Brandes, history; William de Malignon, mathematics; Dr. Gerald Sperra1.zo. psychology; Dr. Graciela Graves, Spanish, and B. R Van Vleck. speech. Richard ott will be director of forensics. Name as director of the Edu- cationa Development Center was D oland K. Phelps. He assume e post va~ated by Sperra Father Baer said other de- partments, wble retaining sepa- rate cha1rm n have accepted joint curricula. The e are biol- ogy, chemi ·try, po ltlcal science and sociology. f s111gle academic as

1·hird O rder Sponsors 'Week of Community' Members of the Third Order Secular of St. Francis will partici- pate in a "Week of Community" August 10 to 16 at the University of San ~ eI!il College for Women. Over- liieme of the week will be "Franciscans Now," symbolic of the lay order's relevancy to the times. The week will include

scheduled for 8 p.m. on August 13. Major lay speakers include Gerard Sherry, editor-manager of the Central California Register in Fresno, and Dr. Robert Brooks of El Cajon, who is active in the Catholic Peace Fellowship and other Catholic groups. Sherry will speak at 8:30 p.m. August 12 on "Bridging the Gaps between the People of God," and Dr. Brooks at 9:30 a.m. August 15 on "Peace- making-Alternative to Fu• tility."

spiritual exercises, addresses, panel discussions and a visit to Mission San Diego de Alcala in honor of its 200th anniversary. Several Masses will be celebrated in the college chapel. On August 13 the Franciscans will a ttend a 4 p.m. Mass at Mission San Diego de Alcala offered by Msgr. James T. Booth, pastor. Afeature of the week's events will be an address by Auxiliary Bishop John R. Quinn on "Hierarchy-Laity Relations in the Contemporary Church,"

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