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Dual Chorus, Pros Stage Yule Concert The Mundelein chorus will blend their voices with the chorus of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in a Christmas Concert which will also fea ture the College's Chamber Singers and five guest soloists, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. in the College Theater. The 125 voice combined chorus will be accompanied by 15 members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra. Mundelein performers will sing Martin CRHPER Vol. XXXV Mundelein College, Chicago 26, 111., Dec. 9, 1964 Cogley Cites Council's Achievements; Gives Insider's View on Resolutions by Judy Wardwell Reports circulating around Rome recently predicted that at the last minute the Holy Spirit would swoop down upon the Council and frighten everyone back to their senses. With Irish humor, John Cogley, founding editor of Today maga zine, former executive editor of Commonweal, and now Council reporter for the Religious News Service, spoke concerning Old Problems . . . New Solutions as part of the Skyscraper Photo by Diane Sargol Mundelein choristers Jeanne Cotter and Grace Ching. Shaw's Christmas Fanfare, Charles Gounod's Send Out Thy Light and Staf Nees' Alleluia. Mr. Adalbert Huguelet, also a member of the Northwestern Uni versity faculty, is moderator and director of Mundelein's Chorus. The 11-member Chamber Singers are di rected by Mrs. Philip Hyman. Soloists Perform In addition, the concert will pre sent five soloists of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: soprano, Ca rolyn Smith-Myer, who will make her debut at New York's Carnegie Hall in April; mezzo soprano, Ma rion Vincent; contralto, Mary Wat- kins, who sings with the Thomas Peck Singers, also making their debut in New York in April; bass, Thomas Peck, who is the director of the Grant Park Chorus and the conductor of the Thomas Peck Singers; and tenor, William Wood ruff, who is a soloist with the Rockefeller Chapter Choir at the University of Chicago. St. Mary's Chorus will sing La (Continued on Page b) McKenzie: Study Object Charles Carroll Forum Lecture Se ries at DePaul University, Nov. 22. Spontaneous applause burst from the audience when the former edi tor named Chicago's Albert Cardi nal Meyer as the most highly respected of the American bish ops. He said that he considers Cardinal Meyer one of the Church's five top prelates. Citing the Ecumenical Coun cil as the most significant gathering of Christians in the last 1,000 years, Cogley noted that Vatican II not only indi cates the beginning of a new era for the Church but also for divided Christians and the world. He stressed that it marks the death of the provincial notion of what a Christian society should look like. To demonstrate what he means by the end of provincialism in .the Church, Cogley specified the deci sion of Pope Paul VI to visit India and the emergence of the African bishops at the Council, since they are no longer considered mission ary bishops. The journalist pointed out that the Council's changes in .the Church are quite different from the face of Catholicism that we know to day. He said that the revisions appear mysterious, inexplicable and faintly shocking to many, and that these recent changes, .too, will probably be fossilized in the fu ture. Praising Pope John XXIII as the model Christian of our age, Cogley observed that he taught all to believe, hope and love again. He commented that the discussed canonization of Pope John would only be an anticlimax to his greatness. Pope Paul VI was described by Cogley as enigmatic. He noted that Pope Paul lacks John's char- ism, but that he is an authentic ecclesiastical genius whose sub tlety of mind has escaped the press. Rejecting the Hamlet label applied to the Pope, Cogley sketched the Pope as a man of po litical wisdom who has allowed nei ther side to claim him for itself thereby avoiding a schism within the Council. Cogley noted that this wisdom of Paul is often interpreted as timidity, and that the role of a Pope is lonely and easily misun derstood especially today. Referring to some of the outstanding prelates at the Council, Cogley reminded his audience that the Fathers are not geniuses but conse crated men SHbject to frailties. Testament Is History The Reverend John L. McKenzie, S.J., author of The Two-edged Sword, wittily and wisely discussed the problems of Christianity's de pendence or independence on the Old Testament in a lecture Dec. 1 in McCormick Lounge. This problem exists because the Old Testament is Israelite history and some theo logians believe it has little effect on the Roman Catholic Faith, an idea both antique and new, Father said. One of the earliest Christian Biblical scholars was Marcion, who said that the Old Testament was not a revelation of the Christian God but of the God of the Israe lites, Father asserted. Various efforts are being made now, he added, to affirm in some way that the Bible is a Christian book in that its contents belong to the Christian belief. Testament Not Prediction The principal trends which Christian interpreters follow in in- by Marybeth Wagner corporating Christ into Christian belief are first, that the Old Testa ment predicts Christ, Father said. He criticized this view because it shows the Old Testament as a fore shadowing of Christ and he ques tioned the need of studying a shadow when one can study the ob ject itself. Example of Absurdity This theory doesn't show any control. For instance, some actually want to prove a connection between 318 warriors of Abraham in Gene sis 14 and the 318 Fathers present at the Council of Nicea, the theo logian humorously added. That the Old Testament is a preparation more than a prefig- uration was another approach presented by Father McKenzie who described it as more subtle, but unfortunately more indefinite. When God spoke in the Old Testa ment and in the New, He had to speak in a language, that is, a cul tural entity rather than syntax, Not Shadow and the development of Israelite history created this language. A more positive value of the Old Testament is that it defines the mission of Jesus Christ as it can in no other way be defined. The only way Christ is intelligible is through tbe Hebrew term, Mes siah. As Christ is the Last Word of God in the dialogue between man and God, one must know Christ as well as possible, Father advised. This is possible by knowing what leads up to the Last Word, that is historical encounters in the Old Testament Israelite history. Stress on Eschatology Father noted that Christians have been faithful in one way to the Old Testament, and that is in eschatological mythology for there they are free to dream and to speculate. It is for this reason that the picture of celestial bliss by St. Thomas Aquinas was limited, for it showed ignorance of the Bi ble. narrowness, complacency, ig norance and pride. Cogley defined the term incar nation as giving an earthly meaning to the spirituality of the Church. He pointed out evidence of the more incarnational notions of the Church with the fact that Catholic figures are no longer painted as Snow White heroes. Humility is no longer personal. It is shared as a community virtue. Recognizing Vatican II as the first time in history that laymen know where, they stand, Cogley noted that laymen as laymen have an apostolic role to play. He said that they are a priestly people who should be realized as full members of the Church. Cogley acclaimed the ter mination of the war against modernity as the most out standing achievement of the Council. He explained that the Church is not a foxhole from which to snipe at the world, and that the war against mod ernity was the wrong war with the wrong arms, the wrong enemy and the wrong allies. Warning that modernity is not easily achieved after years of iso lation, he reminded that confi dence must be earned, sincerity must be proved and relevance must be established by the Church. Skyscraper Photo by Aldlno I-'avaro John Cogley FBI Director Warns Against Rise in Crime by Diane Sargal Flickering candles midst red carnations lighted the gold-covered ta bles of the 1,134 guests at the International Ballroom of the Conrad Hilton Hotel, Nov. 24. The event was the Annual Award Dinner for the Stritch School of Medicine at which, for the first time, the Sword of Loyola Award sym bolizing courage, dedication and service, was given .to J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After receiving the award, Mr. Hoover asserted that the moment has arrived when Americans must face reality. The crime rate of the United States has mounted steadily since World War II and it has surged since 1958. Hoover pointed out that last year, for the 15th consecutive year, juvenile crime pushed upward. Law Protects Nation Law and order are essential to a nation, he declared. The FBI director said Without law and order society will destroy itself. The recipient of the Sword of Loyola declared, As long as I am director of the FBI, it will continue to maintain high standards despite the moral opinions of its detractors. He explained that the FBI will not cease to be objective in its investigations in spite of the pressure groups which seek to gain their own good at the cost of .the nation's people as a whole. In stressing the need for action to combat crime, Hoover said, It will be tragic if nothing but hope is brought to bear on crime in the United States today. He emphasized the nation's need for men and women to help fight crime by bringing all people to an awareness of the problem. Chief Urges Action We must adopt a realistic approach toward this critical problem, he said. We have tried the lenient approach and have failed. Hoover pointed out the need for a revamping of .the morals in America. He said that terrorism and faithlessness are not the way of this nation. Communism flourishes best where self-discipline is weak. When a man places himself above the law he assists the communists in overcoming all civilization. He helps the communists conquer man. America stands at the crossroads of destiny, he continued. It is a common destiny at which we shall all stand or fall together. With these words J. Edgar Hoover insisted that this nation is still capable of producing leaders who will give support to those striving for the nation's achievements. Man has in his hands the power to choose between oppos ing factors, between good and evil, between God and the devil ... This is truly a time for decision.
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1964-12-09 (1)
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