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The ANCHOR An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Farm-St. Paul

Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Jan. 2, 1975 PRICE 15c Vol. 19, No. 1 © 1975 The Anchor $5.00 per year

Eyewitnesses Relate Holy Door Opening VATICAN CIlY (NC)-Whatever the impression may have been of the Christmas ceremonies at the Vatican as seen by millions over television this year, eyewitnesses at the Vatican for the opening of the Holy Door dill not think it was one of a Church about to fall apart. The thought was perhaps best expressed by a young American Dominican in traditional garb who spoke with four Mormon missionaries in St. Peter's Square prior to the Holy Door. ceremony: "To look at all this, I wouldn't say that the Church is on the verge of collapse." The Mormons gave him no argument. Two-and-one-half hours before the ceremony began, St. Peter's seemed impregnable, extraterrestrial. Enormous Klieg lights bombarded the oa5ilica dome from all sides. Atop one nearby Religious house, two dozen torches flickered. Lights trimmed the Renaissance and contemporary lines of neighboring buildings. Shortly after 9 P.M., one tight was extinguished-the Hght from the window where the ,Pope appears on Sundays to recite the noontime Angelus. The crowd at St. Peter's was

largely under 30 years old. Most were Europeans and Americans. There were almost no blacks, except for the many African Turn to Page Four

Bishop's Ball To Bring Diocesans Together Thirty-seven young ladies will be presente(j to the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of ·Fall River, at the 20th annual Bishop's Charity Ball on Friday, January 10 at the Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, in one of the many outstanding events to take place at the most widely known social and charitable event in New England. The Ball is in honor of Bishop Cronin. This will be the fifth app~arance of the bishop as honorary chairman, just beginning his fifth year as bishop of the • diocese. Bishop Cronin observed the fourth 'anniversary of his installation last month as bishop of the diocese. He will be the main speaker at the Ball. "These presentees represent parishes from the five areas of the diocese," said Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Ball. "Every year,

one third of the parishes of the the BaH may be procured at all diocese are given this honor. Catholic Church rectories and This enables every parish, once from members of the Ball Comin three years, to have this sin- mittees, members of the Society gular honor to participate in this of St. Vincent de Paul and the impressive ceremony." Council of Catholic Women. This scintillating winter social The presentees are: and charitable event benefits the Attleboro, Mansfield, four Nazareth Hall Schools for Norton Area the exceptiona.l children and the Julie Depot, Attleboro; Colfour modern summer camps for leen Brennan, Attleboro Fans; the u.nderprivileged' and excep- Susan Durant, Seekonk; Colleen tionaI children. Mary Holmes, South Attleboro. Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr., of Cape Cod and the Islands Area Fall River, chairperson of the Mary Beth Carrier, Brewster; presentation committee, has an· Maryann Souza, East Falmouth; nounced that the presentees with Maureen Fee, Nantucket; Lisa their fathers are scheduled to Drouin, Oak Bluffs; Kathleen meet Sunday, January 5 at 2:30 Barry, Osterville; Gwen Marcep.m. in Lincoln Park Ballroom line, West Harwich. for a rehearsal of the presentaFall River Area tion ceremony. Julie Berube, Deborah Ann Names for the .various cate- Raposa, Patricia Gancarski, Jogories of the Charity Ball Book- Ann Dearden, Anne Marie CraI,et arrive daily at the Ball Head- veiro.. quarters. Names may be submitMary Frances Dorsey, Deboted until January 6. Tickets for _ rah Jane Shannon, Suzanne Gagnon, Joyce Forczyk, Fall River. Gretchen Anne Shaffer, Westport; Donna Marie Arruda, Carleen Grace, Donna Marie Robillard, Somerset. Bishop-designate Ruocco, a New Bedford Area Boston native, atended St. PhHMargaret Mary Fernandes, ip Neri Preparatory School and St. John's Seminary before or- Virginia J'racz, Suzanne Jacques, dination in 1946. He has served Kim Okolski, Mary Costa, New ~, in three parishes of the arch- Bedford. • Sharon, LaBossiere, Acushnet; diocese: St. Anne's, Readville; St. Catherine's, Somerville; and Nina CateUi, Marie Martin, Fair· haven; ,Marguerite Sue O'Neill, St. Catherine's Norwood. Mattapoisett. Bishop - designate Mulcahy's Taunton-Easton Area titular See is Penaf.iel; BishopLinda Thomas, Ramona J. designate Daily's is Bladia; Paulson, Taunton; Linda MenIBishop-designate D'Arcy is des, East Taunton; Catherine Mediana, and Bishop-designate Boucher, South Easton; Mary Ruocco's is Polignano. Elizabeth Cirino, Raynham.

Four Auxiliary Bishops For Boston WASHFNGTON (NC)- Pope ary. He is pastor of St. Mary's Paul V·I has named four priests parish in Lynn and from 1969 to of the Boston archdiocese to 1973 was rector of John XXIII serve as aU?'iliary bishops of Seminary for Adult Vocations. that See. ~ishop-designate Daily was They are Msgr. John J. Mul- born in Belmont and studied at cahy, 52, episcopal vicar for the Boston Co1'lege and St. John's southern region of the archdi- Seminary. He was ordained .in o·cese; Father Thomas V. Daily, 1952. He served for f.ive years 47, chancellor of the archdio- in 'Peru as a member of the Socese; Father John M. D'Arcy, ciety of St. James the Apostle. 42, spiritual director at St. . He is at present a consultor of John's Seminary, Brighton, and the society and of the archdiFather Joseph J. Ruocco, 52, ocese. 'Pastor of St. Timothy's parjsh, Bishop-designate D'Arcy was Norwood. born in Brighton. He received a The appointments were announced here by Archbishop doctorate in theology after Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in studies in Rome. He was ordained in' 1957. the United States. 'Bishop-designate Mulcahy is a native of Dorchester, who was ordained in 1947. He studied at Cardinal O'Connell Minor SemMedalists inary, of which he is spiritual Pictures of recipients of the director, and St. John's SeminMarian Medal conferred on Sunday afternoon in St. Mary's Cathedral, FaJi River by Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, are shown on pages 49 per cent of the adult populatwo, three, six, seven and ten. tion attended in a typical week. Breakdowns of poll results into various categories indicate that: -Women are more likely to attend church in a given week than men are. The percentages were Catholics; women, 59; men, 50; Protestants: women, 41; men, 32. GRAYMOOR (NC)-From Jan. -Attendance rises with age. 18, Christian churches will obThe percentages: Under 30 years serve the 67th annual Week of of age: Protestants, 30; Cath- Prayer for Christian Unity. , olics, 41; Age range 30-49: P,rotThe -theme for the 1975 obestants, 36; Catholics, 57; Over servance, "Reconciled by the 50; Protestants, 42; Catholks, 66. Christ who renews, frees and -Married persons are more unites," is based on the opening likely than single persons to atverses of St. Paul's letter to the tend church in a typical week. Ephesians and recalls the basic The percentages: Married: total, 41; Protestant, 38; Catholic, 57; Christian belief that unity and Single: total, 29; protestant, 27; harmony are possible because of Jesus Christ. Catholic, 49. The theme, selected by the -College educated Catholics are more likely to attend church Graymoor Ecumenical Institute than Catholics who have not at- and the Faith and Order ComTurn to Page Two Turn to Page Three

Poll Shows Churchgoing at Same L·evel Over Past Four Years PRINCETON (NC) - Weekly attendance at U. S. churches or synagogues remained at 40 per cent of the adult population in 1974, about the same level as the previous three years, the ·Iatest annual GallUp Poll of church attendance shows. The percentage of Cath01ics who attend church weekly, 55, is the same as last year and down only two points from 1971. The Protestant percentage has remained at 37 since 1971. Over the past decade, however, Catholic church attendance has declined more than that of Protestants or Jews. In 1964, 71 per cent of Catholics attended church weekly, and 38 per cent of Protestants. Jewish weekly attendance at synagogues was 17 per cent in 1964 and 16 per cent in 1974. The annual GaHup audits of church attendance over the past 20 years indicate that the pe'ik years were 1955 and 1958, when

.Christian Unity Week to Begin January 18

MANSFIELD MEDALIST CONGRATULATED BY BISHOP: Dr. Carl J. DePrizio, a member of St. Mary's Parish, Mansfield is felicitated by Bishop Cronin as he receives the Marian Medal at ceremonies conducted on Sunday afternoon in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.


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