Bishop and Ministers The Ecumenical Commission of the Diocese of Fall River is sponsoring an Ecumenical Dialogue session between Bishop Cronin and all the Protestant ministers working within the Diocese of Fall River, this afternoon, Jan. 10, at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity to the ministers for sharing and fellowship with Bishop Cronin and among themselves. Bishop Cronin will address the ministers assembled, and there will also be presentations by Very Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, Diocesan
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Chancellor, on current marriage legislation of the Church, and by Very Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, V.G., on the preparatory year of 1974, and its ecumenical dimensions of peace and reconciliation. Following these presentations, there will be an informal fellowship session and coffee hour, and the meeting will
St. John of God Parish, Somerset. Two assistant pastors will become administrators of parishes. Rev. George de J. Sousa, assistant pastor at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Fall River, will be the administrator of St. Elizbeth Parish in Fall River. Rev. Alexander M. Zichello, assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, will administer St. Francis of Assisi Parish in New Bedford. In Special Apostolates, Rev. Armando Annunziato, administrator of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, New Bedford, will become Director of St. Vincent's Home in Fall River and Administrator of St. Bernard Parish in Assonet.
conclude with a question and discussion period. The meeting is being held at this particular time to coincide with the theme of Christian Unity that is stressed during the month of January, particularly during the traditional Christian Unity Octave, January 18 to 25 each year.
Catholic Schools Effective In Transmitting Values KANSAS CITY (NC)-"Catholic schools, it turns out, may have worked better than most people thought," two Catholic sociologists conclude in' an article published in the National Catholic Reporter here. Father Andrew Greeley a.nd Wiliam C. McCready based their conclusion on a study that found a greater sense of hope among Catholics who attended Catholic schools than among Catholics who attended other schools. This group-labeled "hopefuls" by the sociologists - "faces
Announce Priestly Assignments His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop, today anounced the retirement of one priest and the change in assignment of thirteen other priests in the Diocese of Fall River. ' Retiring from the pastoral ministry because of ill health is Rev. J.M. Bettencourt e Avila, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in New Bedford. Two pastors will assume leadership of new par.ishes. Very Rev. Luiz G: Mendonca, V.G., pastor of St. John of God Parish, Somerset, will become the pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in New Bedford. Rev. Daniel L. Freitas, pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish, Fall River, will be the new pastor of
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Rev: Edmund J. Fitzgerald, assistant pastor at Holy Name Parish, Fall River, wiil lead the Pastoral Ministry at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River and will reside at SS. Peter and Paul Rectory in the same city. Rev. John O'Brien, SS.CC., Turn to Page Two
squarely the problem of evil ... does not try to cover it over, but still believes good to be stronger than evil," McCready and Greeley said. The sociologists, who work at the National Opinion Research center in Chicago. said the hopefuls "are also more likely to be confident of human survival, to enjoy higher levels of psychological well-beng, more satisfying marriage relationships, and to be both less racist and more trusting of others." Describing their findings as "good news" for those who support Catholic schools, Father Greeley and McCready said that their good news "has an ironic twist. It may have come too late." "Ten years ago, or even five years ago," they said, "such information might have turned the tide; :but many of those who staff and administer Catholic schools today seem willing no longer to believe in what they are doing.
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Pastor. of New Bedford's Mte Carmel Retires After 43 Years' Service The Rev. Jose M. Bettencourt e Avila, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford, has submitted his resigna-
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tion from the pastoral ministry because of ill heath. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Bishop has accepted it <and sent to the New Bedford parish Very Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca as the new pastor. Father Avila was born on Nov. 16, 1906 in Rosais, San Jorge, Azores, the son of the late Joao Marie Bettencourt e Avila and the late Rosa Silveira de Anches. After his studies in the Azores, he stu4ltr;l philosophy and theology at $t. Mary's Seminary in Baltimo,r~ and was ordained a priest on June 14, 1930 by Most Rev. James E. Cassidy. From ordination to 1937, Father Avila served as Assistant Pastor at St. Anthony Parish, Taunton, and Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford. In 1937, Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, Bishop of Fall River, assigned the young curate for advanced studies at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Turn to Page Four
The deterioration of self-confidence is such now that it is improbable that any good news can reverse the process. It is almost as though no one wishes to believe in the possibility of good news about Catholic schools." Father Greeley and McCready found that those Catholics who went to both Catholic grammar school and high school are much more likely (29 per cent versus 17 per cent) to be hopeful than those who went only to public schools. The sociologists described the hopeful response as more sophisticated than others and expressed surprise at their finding that college-educated Catholics who had attended Catholic grammar school and high school belonged to the hopeful category in much higher proportion (42 per cent versus 19 per cent) than collegeeducated Catholics who had, attended only public schools. "This," they concluded, "is not an unimpressive performance, to say the least,"
POPE, MANSFIELD NATIVE: Pope Paul VI talks to Rev. William J. Kelley, S.V.D., originally of St. Mary's parish, Mansfield. Father Kelley, vocation director for southern province of Divine Word Missionaries, was at the audience marking 76th birthday of the Pontiff. He has just completed the Tertiate program of his community in Italy and is scheduled to resume work in Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Thousands of friends of the exceptional and underprivileged children within the area of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River fl"Om Provincetown to Attleboro will dance on Friday, January 11, at the Lincoln Park Ballroom, North Dartmouth, to the music of the well-known Lester Lanin and his orchestra at the 19th annual Bishop's Charity Ball. The exceptional children at the four Nazareth Hall Schools and the underprivileged and exceptional children who attend the four summer camps will benefit from the proceeeds of this outstanding New England social winter event. Couples from all sections of the 1,194 square miles of the diocese will make the Charity Ball the largest in the history of the charitable event. The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of thirtyeight young ladies from the various sections of the diocese to the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of the diocese, in whose honor the Ball is dedicated. This Ball will also commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diocese which took place on March 12, 1904. The young ladies will be preTurn to Page Three