Early concelebration at OCist Generalate

The fathers of the General Chapter assembled in Rome in 1968 (and later, in 1969, for the second half in Marienstatt). This photo shows them at Mass, which is celebrated at the beginning of every day of the Chapter proceedings. But the situation is different, because in 1968, the small chapel in the Casa Generalizia was the site of one of the first concelebrated Masses ever to take place during a General Chapter. The picture says much about a historical moment amidst many difficult considerations and hopes for the liturgy. 

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