a e aS
ins jubilee with celebration in Vincennes
of its establishment, the Diocese of Evansville opened its
Service at the Basilica of St. Francis
joined Catholic representatives from parishes,
other institutions in the diocese, at the ecumenical prayer
350 people attended.
proclamation, announcing the Ju.
as the site for the opening ceremony be-
3cesan -- and statewide -- religioius history.
historian, traced Catholic presence in south-
: seventeenth century French missionary activity at Que-
day work of the Catholic Church in the last 50 years.
read a proclamation signed by Vincennes Mayor Belle
"Catholic Diocese Day" in Vincennes.
I organizations are encour-
anniversaries in the coming yea'. Parishes and schools
on each of the coming 50 Sundays. A special prayer
printed for distribution throughout the diocese.
, of the Jubilee Year will be at Roberts Municipal Sta-
1995. A planning committee will be meeting to develop
Bishop Gettelfinger prclaims the opening of the Jubilee Year.
women, sex abuse among topics as bishops,' meeting opens
'ON (CNS) -- violence, and a reflection de- peace in places like South was withdrawn from consider-
President to
toward goals
*!itically cor-
Ugly consis-
began
fall meet-
from
to liturgi-
abuse.
of the Nov.
at the Omni-
d in Washing-
bishops
million 1995
of the
Missal and a
collection to
in Central and
began de-
and re-
for Catholic
a Pastoral mes-
ng a Catholic
action against
signed to increase dialogue on
women's role in the church.
Each bishop also received a de-
tailed resource manual to help
him deal with issues of sexual
abuse of minors by church per-
sonnel.
Cardinal-designate William
H. Keeler of Baltimore, presi-
dent of the National Confer-
ence of Catholic Bishops and
U.S. Catholic Conference,
opened the meeting with a talk
that sharply contrasted the
church portrayed in the media
with "the real church in which
we live and worship."
"Our advocacy does not fit
ideological or partisan cate-
gories," he said. "Our witness
is not politically, correct, but it
is unfailingly consistent."
Cardinal-designate Keeler
cited the recent track record of
the church's contributions to
Africa, Mozambique, Northern
Ireland and the Philippines as
a prelude to inviting the U.S.
government to take up the
church's initiatives toward a
dialogue in Cuba.
On domestic policy issues
the cardinal-designate said the
church consistently stands
"with the unborn and the un-
documented, the poor and the
vulnerable, the hungry and the
homeless, in the defense of
human rights and human life."
At a meeting where liturgi-
cal decisions were expected to
play a dominant role, the first
vote was on segment one of a
whole new translation from
Latin of the Sacramentary, the
official book of prayers used at
Mass. The bishops had been
expected to vote on the first
three segments during the
meeting, but the third segment
ation at the last minute.
Part of a massive project
under way for several years
now, the revised Sacramentary
will not be completed until the
bishops deal with four addi-
tional segments in coming
years.
In addition to the revised
translation of texts, the bish-
ops will be asked to approve
several changes or optional al-
ternatives in the way people
celebrate Mass every week.
Other votes at the bishops'
meeting Nov. 14 included the
159- 8 approval of the NCCB-
USCC budget for 1995, repre-
senting a $400,000 decrease
from the 1994 budget; the 153-
13 vote to extend the Eastern
Europe collection for three
years; and the voice vote to ex-
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