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CELEBRATE JUBIJ...EE WITH :MORE ROOMS FOR GUESTS: Left: Sr. Marie Vianney, left, mother superior of Sacred Heart Home, New Bed­ ford, studies 'plans with Sr. St. Ida, treasurer, for the new $1,000,000 wing at the home. Center: The new four-story wing stretches from Cottage St.,

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foreground, along Austin St., to meet the north wing of the building ex­ tending along Au~tin St. £I'om Summer St. Right: Sr. Therel!la Bergeron. left, and Sr. Marie Marguerite, nurses at the home, "Inspect" the con­ stt'uctionsite.

New Bedford Nuns Mark Golden Jubilee With Expansion of Home for Aged By Patricia li'rancis When the Sisters of Charity of Quebec, who operate Sacred ,Heart Home in New Bedford, celebrate the golden jubilee of their arrival in New Bedford next October, they hope the. focal poillt of their jubilee celebration will be formal dedication of the new "al­ most $1,000,000" wing at the home. Contruction of the new wing at. Austin and Cottage Streets began in July and Mother Marie and Sister St. sheaf of applications in a folder tentative completion date is next September. The new Ida, treasurer of the Sacred and sighed, thinking about the Home Corporation, are elderly people looking for ill four-story wing will include Heart "hopeful" the new wing will be place to spend the last days oJ:

100 rooms, including "at least 84 bedrooms," Sister Marie Vianney, mother superior, says. A kitchen, lounge and utility rooms will be located on each· floor and a new 325-seat auditori um will be located in the basement of the wing, along with a . 'tnhen for serving snacks.

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ready for occupaney in early Fall. "Hopefully': construction will be finished in September," Mother Superior says. She hopes so because "we have such a big waiting list." She ruffled t1uo'Jgh a thick

their lives. The Sisters of Charity, Sister Claire O'Brien explains, arrived in New Bedford on Oct. 5, 1917, . and lived in St. Anthony House, a small house at the corner of Austin and Summer Stl·eets. Turn to Page Thirteen

Vatican Limits Home Masses; Music

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Bishop Discusses Enlar'ging Policy

Mentally-Retarded W crk

It has been the official of the Diocese of Fall policy In his remarks last evening to the several thousand River to permit and even persons attending the Annual Bishop's Chai.'ity Ball at .encourage the offering of Lincoln Park, the Most Reverend· Bishop emphasized how Mass in private homes-but al­ much good has been dOJ'le in the Diocese of Fall River by ways and carefully within and fdle annual meetings of according to liturgical legisla­ foundation for lasting friend­ tion and never in the sense de­ ~lI."iends from all classes and ship." plored in the latest dit'ective by ueeds who sponsor and at­ Enlarging on his promise of Holy See. tend the Charity Ball which expanding the field of care for theReferring to the offering of INpports the Bishop's work on behalf of mentally retarded CIlhil d reno . "Getting to know one another lJiways means a great deal and appreciating what each does for Ii common purpose forms a fine

More Than 5,000 lEnjoy Bishop's Charity BaU Laity from the width and breath of the diocese dem­ ~nstrated their enthusiastic ~pproval of the diocesan ex­ (Ceptional children's program 'When more than 5,000 jammed !':he Lincoln Park ballroom in lJJiartmouth last night for the 112th annual Bishop's Charity ~.

Bishop Connolly ,is especially llPpreciative of the response to­ :ether with priests and lay com­ Iaittees which labored diligently Tum ~ Paa;e Five

the mentally retarded, the Bish­ Mass in private homes as "a op said: "While in Washington splendid demonstration of pas­ for the Bishop's Meeting last toral concern for the bed-ridden November, I contacted govern­ who may have been denied the ment officials to discuss possi­ privilege of assisting at Mass bilities, under go vel' n men t . over a long period of time," the Health Services legislation pass­ Most Reverend Bishop-as long ed in October of 1963, and now as two years ago (Jan. 25, 1965) I have a whole dossier of docu­ -recommended "that more of ments dealing with the Govern­ this be done whenever and ment's interest in-and possib~l­ wherever the requirements of ity of funds !for-the mentally Canon 822 and Article 7 of Pas­ retarded. We have two more re­ torale Munus (1963) can be ob­ ligious communities committed served." to this work. They are already Under such circumstances, the getting special training to quali­ provisions of this canon and ar­ fy in the field of education for ticle may be summarized as fol­ the mentally and the emotionally lows: Mass is to be offered on a retarded. portable altar, in a becoming "Surveys are presently being place,' never a bedroom, with made in the New Bedford, Taun­ proper permissions. ton, Attleboro and Cape areas To facilitate this pastoral ac­ to determine areas of greatest tion toward the sick, and in a need. Choice of the communities few other specified and individ­ to benefit will depend largely ual circumstances, the Most Rev­ erend. Bishop has had prepared OD consideration of where the for his priests Antimensia (spe­ greater need lies, or where ade­ quate provision has not been cial corporals to replace the made for the care and education heavy and cumb.ersome altar of these wonderful children who stones) and made them available to all. Tum to Page Eighteeu

Hits Private Initiative Two agencies of the Vatican have issued a repetition of St. Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians prohibiting the intimate ties between the Mass and "agapes" or family meals. In the famous epistle, St. Paul chided the Corinthians for their drunkenness and gluttony 0rt such occasions well intentioned-of such mani­ and advised that they eat festations and where they see a to repress abuses, to pre­ their meals before they come need, vent any initiative not author­

together for the Eucharistic cel­ ebration. In the past week's Vatican di­ rective, unauthorized liturgical experiments were deplored, es­ pecially those coupling the cele­ bration of Mass with "family Eucharistic banqu~lts" in private homes. The; declaration was published jointly by the Congregation of Rites of the Roman Curia and the Commission for Implement­ ing the Vatican Council's Con­ stitution on the Liturgy. It "urgently invites Ordinaries, . both Local and Religious, to watch over the correct applica­ tion of the liturgical constitution, to admonish with kindness and firmness the promoters-even if

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~©[j' JJe~Mit Hmg~ Rev. John G. Cornellier, S.J., principal of the Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, has anounced that in­ terviews will be conducted on three Saturdays, Jan. 14, 21 and 28 Turn to Page Thirteen

ized and guided by the hierarchy, and to promote zealously the true liturgical renewal desired by the council so that this un­ derstanding may be carried on without deviations and bear the fruits of Christian life which the Church expects of it." The document specifically condemns "'family eucharistic banquets' celebrated in private Turn to Page Six

Christian Unity

Programs Set In Daocese Christian Hope, livimz an~ dynamic, witnessed in every sector of life by every Chris­ tian worthy of the name, is the keynote of the 1967 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Throughout the Diocese, vari­ ous programs will be initiated by Christiqns to reflect concern for the prayer of Christ "that all may be one." If all Christians can pray together, they will not be separated from one another. Turn to Page Twenty


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