June 8, 2012

What was in the news on June 8, 1962?

Vernacular seen as topic of Second Vatican Council, and a special candle for the session from the pope

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 June 8, 1962, issue of The Criterion:

  • Parochial school bus rides banned by state High Court
  • ‘Shared-time’ working in Minnesota schools
  • Peace Corps head lashes out at colleges
  • Warm response noted to fund drive appeal
  • Vernacular seen as topic of Council
    • “CHICAGO—The prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Rites predicted here that the October ecumenical council will consider whether vernacular should be used in parts of the Mass. … The cardinal, a member of the central preparatory commission for the Second Vatican Council, expressed his belief that there may be a majority of delegates who may favor the use of modern languages in portions of the Mass.”
  • No Russ to attend Council
  • Evansville bishop hits grade dropping
  • Benedictine investiture: Clothing a Bride of Christ
  • Weigh 1,100 pounds: New doors being made for St. Peter’s Basilica
  • Appeals for Latin America volunteers
  • Lay teacher ratio will be enforced
  • Seeking social justice in Dominican Republic
  • Asks end to ‘suspicion’ of the laity
  • Plan office to aid American bishops attending Council
  • Former Moscow chaplain sees new religion crackdown
  • Pope lauds youth’s maturity
  • ‘Glacier Priest’ dies at age of 73
  • Pope presents ‘council candle’
    • “BASEL, Switzerland—A ‘council candle’ was presented here on behalf of His Holiness, Pope John XXIII, to St. Clare’s Church by the Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland, Archbishop Alfredo Pacini. ‘Council candles’—20 in all—are being sent to the 12 cities where the Church’s first 20 ecumenical councils were held. Basel was host to the 17th council in the 15th century. The candles will be lighted on the opening day of the Second Vatican Council, October 11, and on subsequent days of special significance while the council is in session. The candles will emphasize the bond which unites these great Church assemblies over a space of 17 centuries.”
  • Three faiths represented: Canadian scholars hold ‘unity’ meeting
  • Social tenets of pontiff are lauded by Goldberg
  • Christian unity seen vital in nuclear age
  • Paper raps intolerance of Spanish

(Read all of these stories from our June 8, 1962, issue by logging on to our special archives.) †

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