Archbishop Hallinan has urged all pastors in the archdiocese to make full use of the Liturgy and Unity Commissions.

Lour Erbs is chairman of the Liturgy Commission, with Father Henry Gracz servicing as priest-secretary. Ferdinand Buckley heads the Religious Unity Commission and Father Matthew Kemp is priest-secretary.

“Both commission are now the official representatives of the archdiocese,” the archbishop said. “As such they exist to help all of our priests and their parishes. Please feel free to call on them at any time with questions, suggestions, criticisms. They are our reservoirs—serving to refresh and deepen our people’s knowledge and love for the progress of the Church.”

The archbishop said, “Although we have rapidly moved ahead in the formal changes these past two years, we must increase our people’s understanding—to deepen their love of worship and to increase their efforts to work toward unity.

“Under the guidance of the Liturgy Commission, our parishes will avoid both the extremes of apathy and resistance on the one hand, and the unauthorized novelties on the other,” Archbishop Hallinan commented.