No- Attleboro Madonna 'Manor
Fifth Home for Aged
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CHAPEL EXTERIOR AT MADONNA MANOR
Madonna Manor ·Tour
:.Saturday and Sunday
. An "open house" will be held at Madonn'a Manor Nurs :ing Home, the former Hotel Hixon, in No. Attleboro, Satur 'day and Sunday, Jan. 15 and 16 from 2 in the afternoon to -8 in the evening. All interested in viewing the latest Home -for the Aged in the Diocese indeed be well received and 'of Fall River are invited to greatly appreciated" commented 'do so at that time. Madonna some of the women who stopped 'Manor will be staffed by the by recently. Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation who are in charge of Marian Manor in Taunton and St. Anne's Hospital it" Fall River. This newest facil ity for the aged in the Diocese will be home to men and women of every race, color or creed who wish to take advantage of this facility. Guests may be am bulatory or those requiring bed care. The former hotel section has been completely refurbished and a chapel has been' added to the front section. The nursing care wing was added forming an en tirely new building on the east section of the former hotel. "This latest addition to the Di ocesan homes for the aged will
Applicants for admittance to the 'Manor will be given the op portunity to obtain application blanks during the "open house" period. The chapel in the No. Attle boro Home has a seating capac ity of 120 and an area to ac commodate 20 wheel chairs. Convent section will have 10 cells for the Sisters on the staff, three parlors and a community room. The new building will accom modate 64 guest:; in four-bed wards; six, people in two-bed wards and seven single rooms. The old section of the struc-, ture, the former Hotel Hixon, will have 38 single rooms. Turn to Pag4~ Twelve
First Superio'r Mother Marie Pierre, vice provincial of the Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, has announced the appointment of Sister Marie 'Turn to Page Twelve
Diocese 'First in East
,In Caring for Aged
The Fall -River Diocese ranks first among 8 Archdi oceses and 35 Dioceses of the Eastern part of the U.S. in care for the aged, having accommodations in its homes for one out of every 324 Catholics in the Diocese. Today the ratio is at such an outstand Memorial Home. She ing status because of the Catholic notes that St. Vincent de Paul addition of Madonna Manor Society members in many par-' in No. Attleboro to those al ishes give much aid to the el ready functioning in Fall River, Bedford, Taunton and Fair haven. It is pointed out that the Di ocese has long anticipated the federal Government in its ser vices to the aged, having the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River in operation before the introduction of the Social Se curity Act; and its nuding fa cilities for the chronically ill in high gear years before Medi care is slated to relieve the el derly of many health problems. The homes for the aged are only part of the picture of Di ocese services to this segment of the Catholic population, points out Mother Mary An thony, O~ Carm., superior at the
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derly, and that the devoted ser vice of the White Sisters in their home nursing care for the sick has been instrumental in permit ting many elderly persons to remain in their own homes ra ther than entering an institution. "Then there are the many responsible for such unsung deeds as taking the elderly to Mass, doing their shopping, and keeping them relatively inde pendent," she added. Missionaries in foreign lands have long spoken of Fall River as "the little Diocese with the big heart." It seems that the same words apply to Fall River's care of its aged. The ratio in the New England Turn to Page Twelve
Ecumenical Services Mark Unity Week
Throughout the entire dio . meetings: one, a luncheon will on Tuesday, Jan. 18 and the cese, the spirit of ecumenism be other will be an Ecumenical is following the mind of Vat Service on Sunday, Jan. 23. ican II. This is especially Tuesday, Jan. 18 will bring evident as each area of the Di ocese formulated plans to cele brate the Church Unity Octave from Jan. 18 to 25. In each church of the Diocese, at every public Mass during the Octave, a special Prayer of the Faithful will be offered so that Christ's inte,ntions of unity will be uppermost in the minds and prayers of Catholics. Two areas of the Diocese will hold joint Ecumenical Services; two others will inaugurate the Octave with joint discussions on ecumenical topics.
Fall River The Octave plans for the Fan River Area rest on two joint
New Bedford
Besides the devotions and ac tivities organized on parish levels, the Committee for Unity together priests and ministers Week, New Bedford Area, has of the Fall River area for a organized a joint discussion joint luncheon at White's Res meeting to inaugurate the Oc' taurant, Route 6. Welcoming tave. statements and an informal dis ·Six priests, 2 Nuns, 2 laymen cussion will also be part of the and 2 laywomen will join a meeting. similar group of, Protestant Technical High School Audi clergy and laymen in a discus torium, in Fall :River, will be sion of the practical joint pos the site of an Ecumenical Ser sibilities . in the' 'E~umenical vice whose format has been Movement. The group will meet worked out by the Committee together at' the Inter-Church for Unity Week, Fall River Area, Council's Retreat Center in and the region's ministers. Dartmouth on Tuesday, Jan. 18. This last event is open to the , After prayers frOm the Church public and priests of the area Unity booklet, a member of the are asked to join with ministers Inter-Church Council will speak in the procession and recession.. on community activities and a Cassocks and surplices are to priest will explain the practical be worn by priests. applications of the Ecumenism
Decree of the Vatican Council. Discussions will follow each talk and the two speeches will be divided by a soup and sand wich lunch.
- Attleboro . The Committee for Unity Week, Attleboro Area, has or ganized a Bible Service in' seven area churches with a climax joint service at Attleboro High School. Bible Services will follow the form'at of the WorId Council of . Churches' booklet, also approved by the ,Bishops' Ecumenical Commissipn. . ,The opening service will be a concelebrated Mass at St. John Evangelist Church, Attleboro, on TuesdllY ,Jan. 18. Bible Ser vices will then be held: Jan~ 19, Holy Ghost, Attleboro, (7:00 p.m.); Jan. 20, St. Theresa;
South Attleboro, (7:30 p.m.); Jan. 21, st. John Evangelist, Attleboro (7:30 p,m.); Jan. 22, St. Mary, Norton, (8:00 p.m.); Jan. 23, LaSalette Shrine, Attle boro (7:30 p.m.); Jan. 24, St. Joseph, Attleboro (7:30 p.m.). The joint Bible Service will be held at Attleboro High School ,on Jan. 25 with the area's priests and ministers taking part. . Turn to Page Four
Registration Registration for the new Bishop Connolly High School for Boys in Fall River will be held on the next three Satur days, Jan. 15, 22, and 29, froUl 10-3 at Mt., st. Mary's Acad emy, Fall River. All registrants are. requested to use the Sec ond Street entrance.