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An Anchor of the Soul. Sure and fi'inn-ST. PAUL

Bishop Lauds Friendship

At Charity Ball Last Night·

From every corner of the Diocese hundreds converged last night upon Lincoln Park's Million Dollar Ballroom for the ~utstanding social event of the winter, the third annual Bishop's Charity Ball. Soft lights, tasteful decorations, and the encJ:1anting strains' of Lester Lanin's world-famous orchestra combined to make an unforgettable evening for the formally clad guests, whose evening wear added to the picturesque

beauty of the occasion. The Most Reverend Bishop headed a long list of distin­ guished guests that included Mayor and Mrs. John M. Arruda PRICE 10. S~ond Claea Mail Privilege8 of Fall River and Ma~'or and $4.00 per Year ~uthorized at Fan River. Massr Mrs. Francis J. Lawler of New Bedford. The -Grand March was led ,by, Mr. and Mrs.' Emmett P. Almond of So: :Dartmouth, the Mayors of Fall River and New , Bedford and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. H. Frank Reilly, follo'Yed \ by the area· presidents of the Father Charles A.'Murray , ~lenty of churches, but no priests to man them. That's Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and the Society _of St. the paradoxical situation existing throughout, Latin Amer­ Vincent de Paul. , ica, according to Father Charles A. Murray, Maryknoll mis­ Turn to Page Twent,.

Fall River, Mass.

Thursday, Jan. 9; 1958

Yol. 2, No.2

New Bedford Maryknoller Describes Parish in ~Peru

.ioner currently on hom~ leave from his mission assignment in Azangaro, Peru. Father Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Murray, 11 Chest­ imt Street, New Bedford, d.escribes his parish, Our Lady of the Assumption,) as numbering 30,000' souls and covering an area of hundreds of square T(liles. "It takes three and a half hours to drive from end to end of my parish," he explains, but hastens to add that the travel is fairly slow because there are 810 paved roads. Our Lady of the Assumption, with four Maryknoll priests sta­ tioned at it, is considered un­ believably fortunate by the parishes surrounding it, not one .t which has a resident priest, although all boast numerous ehurch buildings and chapels. The Spanish conquistadores of Turn to Page Eleven

Holy Family Is Model for All ',:Bishop James L. Connolly, D.D: of the, Diocese of Fall River announces the observ­ an~e of the' Church's Feast'

FATHER MURRAY

Fam.-Iy L.-fe Bureau Plans 12. Cana Co nferences ,

of the Holy' Family' of Jesus, Mary and Joseph next Sunday. Families in the Diocese are asked 'to receive Holy Communion as family units in their parishes. The veneration and' imitation of the Holy Family of Nazareth is urged for' al,l families on this . great feast anc:t' throughout the year. Family unity is needed since many forces of evil are at work w destroy, family life, the bul­ wark of American life. The 'reason for the observance

MOST REVEREND JAMES L. CONNOLLY, B.D.

Sis.ter to Conduct Course For Teachers of Religion

, On Feb. 1 in Taunton the Most Rev. Bishop is sponsoring a Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Teacher Training Course to prepare laymen and laywomen of the FalhRiver Diocese to assist the Priests and Sisters in the work of teaching , Classes will be held each Satur':' ,Christian Doctrine. of this feast is. to bring Christ into the home .and thereby de­ Bishop Connolly' has in- day afternoon from 2 to 3:51 .. . Ch I P. M. in the auditorium of St. velop an atmosphere of harmony vlted ,SIster MarIe ar es Joseph's School Sheridan Street, and peace in t~e family. of the Mission Helpers of Taunton.' , . Pope Pius XII has pleaded for the Sacred Heart of Boston to Sister Marie Charles who will

A series of Cana Conferences for married cOJ.1ples has ,,'the.practiceof families kneeling conduct· the course. It is hoped been arranged for January and February in,:such. widely' together side by side at theCom-' that the parishes will enroll as to receive the gra~es spaced, areas of the Diocese as •South Attleboro and Nan- ,munionrail of Our Blessed Lord 'that the 'many as possible of their. teachwcket Island. . : ' , . " ideals of the, Holy Family of, ,ers of religion and prospective In all, there will be twelve p~etely theIr ~ocatlon o.f mar- .: Nazareth 'may permeate all £8m~ teachers in 'the teacher-training institute. '" eonferences during these two . nage and to hve ~p to It more i l i e s . ' , 'The 15-week course in methfully. ' mon thS ' . One of the most 'frequently , ods of teaching religion' will Many people are familiar heard comments bythepateiltS' begin at 2 P. M. on Saturday,' with the Pre-Cana Conferences which give engaged couples a eomplete immediate preparation for marriage. , Now many married couples are calling .lor more and more Cana Conferences which aim to help them understand more com­

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Rome Basilicas Fea,'t'.ure'd' on TV

of those who attend the Pre- ", '" , . Cana Conferences has ,been: "I, wish we had those' talk's when I was getting Jllarried." Cana NEW YORK (NC) - Ten of Conferences provide the an~wer. Rome's great ,basilicas, with It is not surprising to find hustheir priceless Middle Age mo­ bands' and wives who have been saics and marble work, will be' Turn to Page Nineteen featured on the "Rome Eternal" television film ser,ies on Janu­ ary 12. Entitled "The City of Faith," the film is the second in the four-part series coproduced by the National Broadcasting Com­ pany an~ the National Council of Catholic Men. ' The film will be shown over the NBC-TV network at 1:30 P. M., EST. Itwill illustrate how the Christian basilicas were built on the ruins of pagan temples and took their form from the classical R01Ran basilica. The "Rome Eternal" series was filmed in Rome by NBC and the • NCCM after more tlian a year of planning. The final two' films, depicting Renaissance Rome and 20th-Century Rome, will be shown on January 19 and 26, respectively.

Feb. 1; it' was announced this week by Rev. Joseph L. Powers,' diocesan director of' the Confra-ternity of,:Christian' Doctrine.

teach the eourse' has 'had wicte experience . in ' Confraternit,. work: ,Sister has been a lecturer Hi religious education at the Catholic University of America for five years as well as in nu­ merous teacher-training colleges. She has also been associated with the radio arid TV'aposto­ lateo~ the Archdioceses of New York, Baltimore and WashinlJ­ ton, D. C. ' Turn to Pace Twenl:r

Announce Transfer of Two Priests The Chance'ry Office has an­ nounced the transfers of, two priests who begin their duties at their new parishes today. Rev. John A. Rossley has been transferred 'from assistant. at St. James Church, New Bedford, to assistant at Immaculate Concep­ tion Church, North Easton. Rev. Colum McSweeney has beeQ transferred from assistant at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River,

to assistant at St. Mary's Chureb, Norton. Father Rossley, the oldest of nine children, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Rossley of St. John, New Brunswick. He was educated at St. Joseph's University, New Brunswick, and completed his Philosophical and Theological studies at the Grand Seminary, Montreal. He was Turn to Page Fourteen

Meeting Tonight POPE PRAISES UNITY OCTAVE:

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Graymoor, New.York, of the Pontiff's wish that the Chair of Unity Octave should spread more widely than ever throughout the world. His Holiness wrote the letter on ~he occasion of the golden jubilee of the movement which began with Graymoor'a founder, Father Paul, in 1908.

A "development program" for the coming year will be dis­ . cussed at an adult advisors' meeting scheduled for tonight by members of the New Bedford CYO. Atty. Alfred Gomes and Mrs. George Rathmyer, secre­ tary, will be in charge.

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