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An Anew of the Soul, S"!-re and Firm- ST. PAUL

Fall River, Mass., Thursday, January 16,1969 . ,

Vol. 13, No. 3

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CCD Plans Adult Religion Courses Gospels, with Rev. John Smith as instructor; and Doctrine for Special Education, coordinated by Jean Sullivan. Other courses in Doctrine, its spring program beginning the Sacraments and ElementJanuary 21st. Ranging from ary CCD Methods are also listDoctrine courses to one cover- ed for the New Bedford area. ing Ecumenical activities and Classes in all locations begin Teacher-Training, the adult at 7:30 and conclude at 9.30. program will be h'eld at ten Wednesday and Thursday different Iodations throughout evenings see a full schedule at the CCD Center, 446 Highland the Diocese. The schedule opens in the Avenue, Fall River, beginning New Bedford area on Tuesday Jan. 29. In addition to a Fundevening, Jan. 21, at Bishop amental Doctrine course, the stang High in North Dartmouth. Center offers Methods for SecIn all, nine different programs ondary CCD Teachers, l! Methwill be provided at Stang, ods course for primary CCD the majority of them lasting 10 teachers, and one for those inweeks. volved in the intermediate Additions to the New Bedford grades. Mr. Harry Onoyan and schedule this semester include Mr. Patrick McDermott will be Group Dynamics, with Mr. Al- the leaders in ,the Fall River bert Vaslet and Mr. William Group Dynamics course, and a Campbell as leaders; There is team ()f eight clergymen, repa God, featuring a series of resenting all major f;:l1ths, will Jesuit speakers from the Con- be the instructors in a new nolly High chool faculty; Psy- course entitled Ecumenical Unchology, with Sister Ann Joa- derstanding. chim Farrell, s.U.s.C.; The Turn to Page Six

Seventeen different adult religious education courses are being offered by the Diocesan CCD organization in

Archbishop Boland Replies To Priests' Racism Charge NEWARK (NC)-Declaring their' "total commitment to the beautiful people" of the ghettos and their independence from the "racist" and "apathetic" attitude of the Newark archdiocese and its archbishop, a group of 20 priests gave Archbishop Thomas A. "No one can truthfully say Boland a wide ranging list of demands for reform of the that I have not made every effort ,to bring to reality those Church's efforts in inner- plans which I have felt could be city areas here. The priests from Newark, Jersey City and Plainfield are members of th'e newly formed Inner-City Priests United for Christian AVtion. They held a press conference to publicize their demands and release a letter to the archbishop attacking what they charged was the lack of {lfficial Church leadership in solving racial problems. All but one of the priests involved are white and all work in the inner city. Later, Archbishop Boland issued a response to the priests' statements detailing archdiocesan-:backed projects to assist the disadvantaged in everything from housing projects to community leadership programs. He said these efforts could hardly have been carried out under a "racist" archbishop and added:

of advantage, whether for spiritual or, temporal goals, for the disadvantaged in our midst. It is also true that ,I cannot respond to every wish nor can I carry out every desire." In a "Declaration of Brotherhood to Our People," the priests charged lIthe official church of the archdiocese of Newark . . . has made no significant contribution to relieving the deplorable agony of the 500,000 black people in the inner cities . . . the official Church is apathetic. It is Tacist. It is contributing actively and passively to the delinquency of justice in New Jersey." Archbishop Boland said in a six-page response that the priests' charges must not be allowed to "undermine the conTurn to Page Five

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Diocese Participates In Unity Services The main Ecumenical Service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in the Fall River Area will be held at 7 :30 Sunday evening, Jan. 19, at St. Jean the Baptiste Church, ~51 Stafford Rd., Fall River. The participan~s will be: Rt. Rev. Henr.i A. Hamel, host pastor, welcome address; Rev. Clarence GIfford, Assonet, CongregatIqnal Church, invocation. Raymond Cheney of Radio Sta- in the parish hall following the Polish National Church, Centre St. tion Wale, Fall River, and service. Thursday -First Co ngregaThe other evening' services Dr. Betty Ann Metz of Bris- during the week of prayer will tional on Rock St. tol Community College, will deliver the scriptual Readings. Rev. John R. Bryant, Bethel A. M. E. Church, will deliver the sermon on' the topic, "Call to Freedom". The Litany for Christian Unity will be recited by Capt. Raymond Gilman of the Salvation Army. Rev. John Erawtelle of the Qliarry Methodist Church and Rev. John F. Cronin of St. Vincent's Home will give the final prayer and the final blessing, respectively. The Parables of the Sacred Hea'rts Academy, under the direction of Sr. John Alicia, SU SC, will render modern Folk Hymns. At the conclusion of the service, offerings will be accepted for tne starving people of Biafra. Refreshments will be served

all start at 7:30. The first will ,be held on Saturday night, Jan. 18 at the Primitive Methodist Church on Plymouth Ave. Monday-St. John Episcopal Church, Middle 51. Tuesday-Calvary Presbyterian Church, Harrison' st. Wednesday - Blessed iVirgin

Friday-St. Anthony of the Desert Maronite Church, Quequechan st. Saturday - Bethel A. M. E. Church, 146 Hanover St. All parishes in the Diocese received suggested programs and prayers for week in order Turn to Page Five

Catholic Schools ~ftltrance Exams

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Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, D.Ed., has announced that all Catholic schools in the Diocese of Fall River will conduct an Entrance and Placement Examination for new students on Saturday morning, Feb. 1, at 8:30. ' The examination and application procedure will last until about 12:30. There will be a three dollar fee, payable at the time of the examination. The students need bring no records with them, nor do their parents have to accompany them. Complete information as to courses, activities, etc. will be given at the time of examination. The high schools of the diocese are: Attleboro, Bishop Feehan High for boys and girls. ,Fall River: Academy of the Sacred Hearts, for girls; Bishop Connolly High, boys; Dominican Academy, girls; Jesus-Mary Academy, girls; Mt. 51. Mary's Academy, girls. New Bedford: Holy Family High, boys and girls; St. Anthony High, boys and girls. No. Dartmouth, ,Bishop Stang High, boys and girls. Taunton: Bishop Cassidy High, girls; Monsignor Coyle High, boys. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 \

Open House Members of the Women's Guild, headed by Mrs. Chester Savery, will serve as hostesses at the Open House and conducted tour to be held Sunday afternoon, Jan. 19, from 1:30 to 4 o'clock in the new st. Pius X Church, Station Ave., So. Yarmouth. " Members of the parish are encouraged_ ,to invite their nonCatholic friends for the affair.

Archbishop Sees Hopeful Prospects for Ecumenism NEW YORK (NC)-The future of ecumenism in the United States, as he sees it, is hopeful, Arl:hbishop John J. Carberry of St. Louis said in a broadcast interview here (Jan. 12). It is hopeful "because the future is not going to depend so much on rallies, or great get-togethers, but it And then the Methodists, workhas to start with men who ing ,together with us. And the and the Anglithink," said the chairman of Episcopalians, cans." the Committee on Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs of the . National Conference of Catholic Bishops. He appeared on Guideline, produced by the National Broadcasting Company in association with the National Catholic Office for Radio and Televis{on. He was interviewed by Father Donald Connolly, coordinator of NCORT. The program. was broadcast Sunday, Jan. 12, at' varying times by NBC stations 'throughout the United States. The archbishop spoke of "the teachers, the theologians, the scholars who are now talking together, for example, Lutheran scholars and our own scholars.

He also recalled the meetings of Pope Paul VI with the Archbishop of Canterbury and with the Patriarch of Constantinople, saying these are "achievements" whose importance may not be fully realized. Asked if "the cooperation goes both ways," ctnd if "the other Christian and non - Christian groups are willing to work with you," Archbishop Carberry replied: "Yes, they are very willing, and it is amazing how deeply impressed we are, I would say, with each in a real true sense of the word, and the splendid Turn to Page Five


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