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An Anchor of the Soul. Sure and Firm-ST. PAUL
Fall River, Mass.
Vol. 2, No.3
Thursday, Jan. 16, 1958
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F AMILY COMMUNION SUNDAY:' An outstanding family of St. Mary's Parish, Taun ton, receives Holy Communion from Rt. Rev. James J. Dolan, P.R., pastor. 'Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hoye are shown here with their eight children. From left to right, Sally, 3, and Stephen, 6, watch while Msgr. Dolan gives Communion to Robert, 8, David, 9, Daniel, 12, Thomas, 13, Mrs. Hoye (the former Virginia Cleary), Dr. Hoye, William, 15, Charles, 16.
Unity in Christ's Church Is
Octave -of Prayer Intention
By Rev. Edward J. Mitchell A splintered Pro~estantism is growing restless. With each new tear in the once seamless garment of Christ, intelligent Protestants are expressing fear that this dividing will last till the "twelfth of never." .And that's a long, long time. Today, as never before, our sincere non-Catholic friends are craving Unity. This is the evident meaning of we desire must of necessity be Christ in the Churcl. which He Evanston of the North Am- the unity established by Christ. founded, the Roman Catholic . ' . The truth we teach must be the Church. This search with the . erlCan Conference at Ob.erhn, old truth. In fine, the unity happy ending is the story of the of the World CouncIl of established round the Throne of Chair of Unity Octave. Churches at Yale, and of so many' other Protestant "summit meetin~s.:' In January, 1956, a group ~lthm th~ Churc~ of England Issued thiS startlmg call for Christian Unity: "The unity that
St. Peter has alone been successful and lasting, but that is because it w:as the intention and ordering of Our Blessed Lord." One such movement really ended in unity, the unity of
THIRD ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS: The Most Reverend Bishop is invested into the Third Order of St. Francis at Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford. Rev. Dunstan Carroll, O.F.M., center, Spiritual Director of the Fraternity of Our Lady's Chapel, places scapular around the Bishop's neck while Rev. Victorian Reischman, O.F.M., right, Provincial of the Third Order of St. Francis, reads the prayer. Also "Give me the good old USA," says Father Lucien A. received into the fraternity on Monday night were 104 men. Madore, who has spent a good part of his 16 years 'of mil from New Bedford, .Taunton, Fall River and Cape Cod. itary service with the United States Air Force in overseas engagements. On a month's leave from his duties Father Madore is visiting here with [ .. - ...... relatives and friends in the r
Diocese. [',
The Catholic Chaplain, who I?
served in the States for an eight During the centuries old ceremony conducted according month period, was assigned to f'
to the Ritual,-His Excellency the Most Rev. James L. Con North Africa for 12 months and I;'
nolly, D.D., Bishop of Fall River, was rece~ved into the then to the southern part of Italy, . . Third Order of St. Francis at Our Lady's Chapel, New fur another 12 months, subseBedford, Monday night. to co~bat the evil tendencies of quently returning to the Uniied .. -'" , States. Father Madore recalled times. · h H'IS E xceIIency, 104 ourThe W It that while he was stationed in men's choir for this men received the traditional thought-giving ceremony was Naples, Italy, he had the pleasure scapular and cord, the offi- under the direction of the ,Rev. of visiting with Father George
Father Madore, Air Force Chaplain, on Visit Here
Bishop Connolly Received In Franciscan Third Order
cial habit of the Order during Raymond Beane, O.F.M., of Our the inspiring services which Lady's Chapel. were conducted by the Rev. Vic torian Reischman, O.F.M., Com missary Provincial of the Third Or'der for the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the Franciscan Order. Rev. John Boyd and Rev. Nor bert Zonca, O.F.lYI. Conv., were The annual scouting award Deacons of Honor for Bishop program was planned and Connolly. Very Rev. Humberto discussed at a meeting of S. Medeiros, Chancellor of the Diocese, served as master of Diocesan and area directors with Rev) Walter A. Sullivan, eeremonies. Father Victorian diocesan director; Rev. William was' assisted in the reception F. O'Connell, Fall River area eeremonies by Fathers Dunstan chaplain; Rev. James F. Lyons, Carroll, O.F.M. and Cosmas Tim
Taunton area chaplain; and Rev.
lin, O.F.M., Spiritual Directors Leo T. ,Sullivan New Bedford
of the Third Order a~ Our Lady's area chaplain present.
Chapel. About 30 Priests wit Continued on Page Nineteen
D.essed the ceremony. An eloquent sermon was f"---'---' preached by Father Anthony O'Driscoll, O.F.M., Guardian of St. Francis Friary, Brookline, Mass. and Director of Retreats at St. Francis Retreat Lodge, Sharon, Mass., during which he congratulated His Excellency, the Bishop, for giving to the Bock entrusted by Almighty God to his paternal care such a beau tiful and humble example in be ~ eoming a member of the family
of St. Francis of Assisi.
Father Anthony then spoke eonvincingly of the efficacy of the Third Order movement in leading souls back to God, by . .ing the spirit of the vows of .....Qr. chastity and obedience KEV. WALTEK A.' SULLIVAK
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Sullivan, pastor of St. Dominic's Church, Swansea, who was serv ing at the time as a Chaplain in the United States Army. Following a two-year assign ment to various bases in this country Father Madore was sent
to Germany for two and one-half .
years where he was in charge of
a clothing appeal. He stressed
the fact that extraordinary re
sponse to the appeal was given
by St. Jacques Church, Taunton,
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REV. LUCIEN A. MADORE
Take a five-hour drive from Fall River to Garrison N. Y and then go back 50. y~ars, and you will be preslmt at the birth of one of the most promising prayer crusades in the long his tory of the Church. In 1908 a non-Catholic clergyman began a movement for religious unity which .has been 'felt around the world. His name was Father Paul James Francis. His move
ment: the Chair of Unity Octave,
observed annually each Jan. 18
25. His purpose: the reunion of Christendom and the conversioa of unbelievers through prayer' and sacrifice.
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Unity Octave At Cathedral The Chair ttl Unity Octave will be observed at St. Mary'. Cathedral, Fan River, witll services every day of the Oc tave, Saturday, Jan. 18 to Sa~ urday, Jan. 25. Services will be held at • P.M. on every day except Sun day, Jan. 19, when they wiD be at 4 in the afternoon. Sermons will be preached en Sunday and Thursday ", tile Octave.
'Rome Eternal'
On TV Sunday
NEW YORK (NC)-Priceless Renaissance art treasures of the Vatican will be presented for the first time on television at 1:30 P. M. Sunday over the NBC TV network. Entitled "Renaissanee Rome," the program is the third in the four-part ·film series "Rome Eternal," shown on the' Catholic Hour and coproduced by the Na tional Council of Catholic Men and NBC. Through the eyes of the close up camera lens viewers will be given a detailed view of Michel angelo's famous ceiling in the Sistine Chapel and his sculptures "Moses" and the "Pieta."
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CHARITY BALL PICTURES ON PAGE ELEVEN
... .l ' BLESSING OF CHILDREN: Louis Bilodau holds Hia son Joseph to receive the blessing of children from Rev. A. A. Castello Branco at Immaculate Conception Church, New Bedford, on Family Stlnday. Rev. Jaime V. Mendes, left, assists the pastor. Rev. Luiz G. Mendoca also aided in the ceremony.
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