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NEW GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL: With the opening of classes this week, Bishop Cassidy Memorial High School in Taunton joins chain of Diocesan high schools providing Catholic secondary education for area youth. Left, students at work in biology laboratory; center, art depart­

New Bislwp Cassidy High Sclwol Opens to Pupils In Greater Taunton

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ment is already in active operation; right, Juniors Ann Connors, Meri-' beth Bird and Virginia Calvey chat with Sister John Elizabeth, S.U.S.C., principal, at entrance to beautiful new building. The four classes have a total of 290 students~

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Siberian C~'ristians Defy Red Religious Tactics.

With the cooperation of faculty and students in a three-day moving job, Bishop Cassidy Memorial High School in Taunton is now "in business." The 290-girl student body and 12 faculty members did a "masterful job" of moving books, papers and similar . small items from St. Mary's High School to the new building, according to Sister John Elizabeth, S.U.S.C.,· princi­ Feehan .High Schools, in theiraeademie year at St. Mary'. pal. The moving operation op North Dartmouth and Attleboro, High School, since 1911 in ser­ was unique in Diocesan his­ began "from scratch," but stu­ vice as Ii secondary school for tory. 'Bishop Stang and Bish- dents at Bishop Cassidy began Catholic youth of Taunton.

PRJlY~R FOR EVERY FJlltflLV

. ~ OD, OUR FATHER, we as a family come to You and with other families we offer the worship of our minds, the thanks of our hearts and the service of our persons.. Accept us and our gifts through. the, offering of Your WORCESTER (NC) . --: The action of, 32 Siberian Christians who pushed their way into 'the U.S. embassy in Priests at Mass where they renew the Sacrifice of Je~us Moscow is seen as a dramatic protest against the Soviet Christ, Your Son. Union's current campaign against religion. Father Georges Through these Masses,grant to all families the One­ B iss 0 nne t t e, A.A., who ness of Your Being, the Peace of Your Presence and the ierved from 1953 to 1955 aB ministrative measures against Joy of Your Love. Amen. ' religion is not unique. Such' a Catholic chaplain for for-. campaigns come up from time eigners in Moscow aond is now to time; They are unannounced

bead of the foreign affairs school at Assumption College here, notes that the Soviet govern­ ment "started a campaign of 'ad­ ministrative measures' against religious activity back around September." He observed that the recent incident at the U.S. embassy could be a protem aimed at informing the outside world about this campaign. The Siberian Christians who made a 2,100 mile trek from Chernogorsk to Moscow iailed in their attempt to leave the Sovie\ Union. Soviet spokesmen reported they hflve been sent back to their homes. One of the group said while at the embassy: "We were told that for our religious beliefs we would be put in prison and that our children would be taken away from us after January 1." Father Bissonnette recalled the Soviets, in a July 1958 revi­ .ion of their education system, !let up boarding s<;hools to take children "out of the unhealthy atmosphere of a home of be­ lieving parents." The former Moscow chaplain declared the protest could "bring • halt to the current 'adminis­ trative measures'" if other pro-, tests come along. "But if it's alone," he said, "it won't have much effect." The Soviets might use the incident, he noted, as a -showcase example that the eountry is tolerant." Father Bissonnette explained ~at the current campaign of ad­

except by the appearance of re­ ferences to "intensifying the' Turn to Page Seventeen

Hub Archdiocese Plans to Operate Own TV Station

Cleveland Bisho,p ,Investigates New Reading Method

BOSTON (NC) - Plans for an archdiocesan educa­ tional and religious televi­ sion station, which will be­ gin operations this year, have been announced by Richard Car­ dinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. The station's programs will originate from the Archdiocesan Television Center in Boston. A $400,000 transmitter will be constructed in nearby Woburn. Cardinal Cushing revealed ap­ prova~ for the station is ex­ pected shortly from the Feder­ al Communications Commission. The station will telecast on ultra high frequency. Msgr. Walter L. Flaherty, tele­ vision center director, said 100 archdiocesan schools are pre­ sently equipped to receive tele­ vision programs. By next Fall all 340 schools in the archdio­ cese will have the necessary equipment, he said. Eventually the station will also broadcast religious and ed.,. ucational programs for the gen­ eral public.

Formal dedication services for the new school are schedulecl fur a later date, but eager stu­ dents have already informally christened their new quarters as they use shining equipment and furniture for the first time. Bishop Cassidy's faculty in­ cludes nine Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Heart. and three lay teachers. The Sisters are still occupying St­ Mary's Convent in Taunton, but expect their new convent to be ready by the end of this week. With the opening of Bishop Cassidy High School, the Holy Union Sisters open Ii new chapter in their long history of service to the Diocese. They staffed St. Mary's High School since its inception and now join the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and the Sisters of Mercy in providing the faculty for a Diocesan high school.

CLEVELAND (N C) ­ Auxiliary Bishop,Clarence E. Elwell, Cleveland diocesan sel ~ol superintendent, is en­ route to Great Britain to study ·a new method of teaching read­

F AMILY COMMUNION SUNDAY: Families in all the parishes throughout the Diocese are urged to receive Holy Communion as a family unit on Sunday, commemorating the life of the Holy Family in Nazareth.

ing to beginners. The met1;l0d, called Initial Teaching Medium, is based on an augmented Roman alphabet. An experiment in the method is now in its second year. It is be­ ing conducted in 75 British schools with 2,500 children. Bishop Elwell observed "the new method "looks promising" and might be used with the pres­ ent phonics system of teaching reading in Cleveland diocesan schools. Whereas the standard English alphabet has 26 letters for 43 basic sounds, the new method uses an alphabet. with 43 sym­ bou, each of which is aIwa,.. l'urn !Q Page Eightee.n


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