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Arrange Pan~1 Discu'ssions For Parents in 'Diocese Every family in the piocese wiH be' reached by panel discussions scheduled during the next few 'weeks ,by the -Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. The discussions will deal with the educational task of parents and w'iil be held at five central locations to . afford maximum - opportu- liam S. Downey, Jr., M.D., and Stanley J. Koczera, M.D., all nity for attendance.' New Bedford physicians. Rev. The first discussion I is James A.' Clark, St. Mary's slated at 3 Sunday afternoon. It Church, New Bedford, will modwill be held at the elementary erate the panel. < school in Osterville with memThe facts of life from a theobers of Our Lady of the Assumplogical and physical point of tion Guild, Osterville acting as view will be discussed, in keephostesses. 'Catholic parents. ing with the desire of the late throughout the Cape and Islands Holy Father as expressed in his are invited to attend. Allocution to Catholic Women The 'gathering will take the of October 1941. form of an open meeting of Dis. Similar discussions, at dates, trict Five Of the Diocesan Coun- 'to be announced, will be held eil. Mrs. Manley Boyce,' West in Taunton, New Bedford, Fall Harwich, will be chairwoman. .River and Attleboro. All will Panel of Doctors 'be under the sponsorship 'of the At Osterville to 'discuss "Par-' Family and Parent Education ents as' Educators" will be Committee of the Diocesan Arthur ~. Buckley, M.D., WilCouncil of Catholic Worrien.
School Bus, Rid~s Benefit Child, Not Church Aid, Solicitor Rules CLEVELAND (NC) - o.hio public school boards are legally free to give bus transportation to children attending pa'rochial and other non-profit schools that meet State standards, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor John T. Corrigan has asserted. of opinion now is that such benNothing, in the United efits as bus rides, textbooks, States or Ohio constitutions lunches and medical and dental or laws forbids such action, care are for the safety and proMr. Corrigan told the Storyville School Board which has been asked to provide bus rides for parochial school pupils. Mr. Corrigan's opinion is eounter to a 31-year-old opinion of the then Ohio Atty. Gen. Edward C. Turner, who ruled only pupils attending public schools are entitled to transportation 'at public expense. Mr. Corrigan quoted several -..areea to show that the tren.cl
tection of children, not for the benefit Of any particular school. He cited the U. S .. Supreme Court's decision in the case of, Arch Everson vs. the Board of Education of Ewing Township, N. J., in which the court held that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is not violated if public transportation is providedf or chidren of Cathoic 'parochial sC,hools. Turll .. Pee Eightee.a.
IMPART FIRST BLESSINGS: newly ordained priests of the Fall River Diocese give their first blessings to their parents. Rev. Bernard F. Sullivan, left, gives his first blessing to his mother and father, Mr. and 'Mrs. Bernard F. Sulliva~,
Jury Concludes Chicago School Fire Accident 'cHICAGO (NC) - "No evidence of neglect" was turned up by a coroner's jury investigating the Dec. 1 fire at Our Lady' of the Angels School here in which 93 persons died, Chicago's archdiocesan school superintendent has said. ' Msgr. William E. McManus said the verdict of a special Turn to Page Sixteen
Revolution Hero Castro Promises Democratic Cuba HAVANA (NC)---:.Tiiumpnant revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has proclaimed that with the ouster of President Fulgencio Batista, Cuba is beginning a new era, in which the Christian spirit will prevail. The 32-year-old hero of the revolution has asserted that in restoring civil rights and ridding 'the government of corruption, the new Cuba needs men who are honest and trustworthy. It is Cuba's Catholics who are out'. stan,ding for these qualities, he Turn to Page Fourteen
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The Anchor\ presents two new weekly features today • The first is a Question and Answer column by Rev. James A. McCarthy of the Holy Name parish in Fall River. The faithful of the diocese ,are invited to sUbmit questions they would like answered. How no y ~u Rate on Facts of Faith, by Brian Cronin, is the other ~ew feature. Both' will be found on Page Seven,'
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of Fall River. Rev. James F. Buckley, center, blesses his mother, Mrs. James Buckley of Dorchester. Rev. Robert F. Kirby, right, imparted his first blessing to his mother, Mrs. Robert F. Kirby of North Attleboro.
Chancery Announces Priests' Assignments The Chancery Office has announced the assignment of . the three priests whom the Most 'Reverend Bishop ordained on the Feast of the Epiphany in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.. Rev~ Robert F. Buckley ;has College in Rome in December been assigned to the Cathe- will complete the scholastic year in Rome and will return to the dral. Diocese for assignm~nt in the Rev. Rohert F. Kirby has Spring.
,been assigned, to St. Roch's Church in Fall River. Rev. Bernard F. Sullivan has been assigned to St. Mary's Church in Norton. AlI three appointments become effective today. R,ev. John R. Foister, who was ordained at the North American
Seminarians studying for the Diocese at Montreal and at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore and St. John's Seminary, Brighton will be ordained to the Priesthood by the Most Reverend Bishop at the completion of their seminary courses which will be within the next several months.
Socialized Medicine in Britain Penalizes Catholic Physicians , LONDON (NC)-It is "virtually impossible" for a Catholic gynecologist to take a post in Britain's national health scheme. A Catholic priest, writing an<mymously under the pseudonym "Sacerdos" in the that contraceptive advice should Catholic Herald national be. ava.ilable to w~men who re, qUire It, a Catholic can be exweekly, also observe? t~e cluded from a hospital post by number of gynecologIsts IS the hospital cOll}mittee simply steadily decreasing, It is already very small compared to the number in, the other branches of medicine, he s!lid. lie claimed' that this is "a grave injustice, to Catholic doctors and a grave handicap to Catholic mothers." ~'Since the National Health Act of 1946' which prescribed
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on the grounds that his views run counter to the spirit of the Act and that he would therefore not be a suitable person to be, a consultant ·to or in medical charge of a maternity department. "Therapeutic abortion is now common in hospitals," the priest Turn to Page Sixteen
Charges Chinese Reds Repudiate ~uman Rights
BOSTON (NC)-The Navy will present its highest civilian award to a Jesuit priest in Jim. 20 ceremonies ·here.
WASHINGTON(NC) J'he president of the Catholic Association' for International Peace has accused the
Receiving the Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award will be Father Daniel J. Linehan, S.J., ;)4, chairman of the department of geophysics at Boston College here. The award will be presented by Rear Adm. Carl F. Espe, commandant of the First Naval District, in ceremonies at the Parker House hotel here. Father Linehan will be honored for, his "outstanding contribution to the Navy'in the field Turn to Page SixteeD
Chinese communist regime of , denying the Chinese people "the most elemental of human rights, 'including religion, and even life itself," Harry W. Flannery, CAIP presiden t, made the charge in a 10-point indictment of the Peking regime, issued in opposition t, proposals that it be admitted to the United Nations. "Can anyone seriously believe, on the basis of the record, that commiJnist China will live tilt Turn &0 Pare ·Fifteea