i Notre Dame Church,. Fall River,Landmark. . For Decades, ,Has History of Growth
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Fundyf~r World Nee~y March, 5
11fE ANCHORThurs., Jan. 19l, 1961
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La ·Salette Bishop
By Patricia McGO'fan A trav,eler approaching FaD River sees on the horizon the commanding twin spires Hails Transition of Notre Dame Church,for decades a landmark of the city. The parish had its begilming In Malagasy in July, 1874, when Rev. P.J.B.Bedard was l!I~nt toF·all Riv~r by the Bishop of Providence HARTFORD (NC) - The to organize Notre Dame as aD offshoot of St. Anne's parish, which had been in e~istellce . Malagasy Republic, formerly for five years at that time. kn~ as ~adagascar, is • The first weekday Mass of good example of how • the new parish was said at eolonlal area call make a peacethe horne of Noel MaYnard ful and orderly trarisition ..
' NEW YORK (NC)·- The ·15th annual one-week Catb.om .'BishoPs' Relief Ftind ~ppeal to support the work
c1l Catholic Relief ServicesNlll~lonal Catholic Welfare Conference ""ill be conducted nationall' starting Sunday, March
5.. A minimum goal of five mnBon dollars has been set for the
Independence. Bishop Paul Girouard, M.s.. .of Morondava, one of 18 Catholic sees on the large island rewas celebrated at 308 Flint Street, the home' of Henry Mepublic 250 miles off the east coast ~ency. Gee' of Africa, has paid tribute to the Catholic Relief Services aided . By Noveritbe! of 1!le same year. I French government for Its insome 40 million needy .people 11 Mass was said in t'· - "'-... Notre telligen~'andforesight in carry_' more than 60 countries last year. Dame Church. on Bassett Street ing out the gradual change-over For the fourth straight year its (now St. Joseph Street). The of the island from French tern.. overseas shipments of clothing, edifice could seat 1600 and was tor7 to self-governing nation. medicine and U. S. surplus food filled for three Masses each TrahlS Population totaled more than one billion Sunday. The population included pounds. These shipments were 300 French and 40 Irish families.' '"The French authorities begaa '9'alued at more than 90 million Because of the Irish contingent, long ago to train people for key government jobs on the island." dollars. Father Bedard never failed to. Bishop Girouard said. "The AI'4 ~. Nations preach in two languages 'at solnatives were installed first in March 12, closing day of the erit;' Masses. . positions on the municipal level, appeal, is Laetare Sunday. The The first parish school was then they progressed to a level fund appeal will be carried on at erected in 1876, just· two years comparable to our state governthat time in the most of the after the foundation of Notre ments In this country and finally. DIlt!on's 16,500 parishes. Dame. reflecting the keen interwhen they were ready, they took A 40-day Lenten campaign est in education that has charachigher posts In the territorial among children in Catholic te!,'-~-1 the par'-, ·t"lrough the ·government. As 11 result, when parochial schools will begin on ye"l's. the island proclaimed its indeFeb. 15, Ash Wednesday. In the In 1877 the Religious of Jesus pendence In 1958, it had a corPi past year the children's contri- Mary came to .".... parish, orof competent, well trained offibutlons, which go to aid needy gan;";n!! a girls' boar"':"~ school· cials from the native population ehildren overseas, have totaled and in 1878 the first ornhanage to conduct the govern~ent." more than one million dollars. .was constructed. In 1880 came Bishop Girouard praised the Auxiliary Bi<;hop Edward E. the first rectory, and In 1882 hench, too, for seeing that large Swanstror.• of New -·ork, exec- .English-speaking members of numbers of Malagash, as the utive director of Catholic Relief the' parish separated to form people on the island republic are Services, has announced the Immaculate Concention parish. . known, were trained abroad In 1,152,195,183 pounds of relief In 1884 Father Bedard died. professional fields so that there goods sent overse'as by the. Hi~ successors for that y-~l' were would be doctors, teachers and agency:' the' past year' in 1,761: . Father E, E. Norbert-:;lT'\d Father other professional people needed .shipments to 64 countries were ..S. P. McGee, In December, 1885 in the new republic. Rev. M. Laflamme was' named va1ue d ,a t "'90 '" ,694 •616 . pastor. . CatholfM Increase Poor and Needy In 1887 a cemetery was bought . As for the Church in the MalaSurplus food donated by the and construction began on a new. gasy Republic, the white-bearded n. s. government made up $64,- convent in the same year. La Salette Missionary said that 539,255 worth of the total while By 1888 Notre Dame parish it had shown remarkable progsupplies valued at $26.155,361 numbered 900 families, totalling. ress In the last three-quarters Cli were purchased by or given to 5000 souls. Six hundred children • century. NOTRE DAME CJ:lURCH, FALL RIVER - CRS..NCWC. attended the parish schools. In. "Only 75 years ago," he said, Since Catholic Relief Services the same year the Brothers of Workmen building the new more having entered the Re!l-, "the pagan rulers of Madagascar began its overseas relief pro- Christian Instruction' came to· church received $1.25 for a 10 gious of Jesus Mary thaD any banished all Christian mission.8l'8ms in 1943, it has sent over- the parish. In October Rev. Jeanhour working day! Drillers other congregation. aries from the Island. Ten yean t:er3 shipments weighing 6,463, Alfred Prevost was named pas-. fared a little better, earning In 1925 came the death of later the French took control of 194,284 pounds and valued at tor. C1~50 for the same hours. Msgr. Prevost. He was succeeded the island and the mlssionaria $895,485.955, Bishop Swanstrom The Grey Nuns, who operate by Rev. Louis~Damase Robert, were allowed to return. Trial by Fire laid. The supplies have been St. Josephs orphanage, came to who served the parish until he Rhode Island Natlvo given "to the poor and needy the parish In 1890. In 1893 the old Notre Dame became ill In 1939, when Rev. without regard to race or creed," Of interest is a· record In par- church burned down. Mass had Joseph Cournoyer was appoint"'Today we have a mllllOil he sta'ed. Ish account books of the time. to be said in a variety of locaCatholics in the republic, included administrator. In 1945, after tions and Christmas Mass in 1893 the retirement of Father Robert, ing the country's president and was celebratp~ ' ... ~" ~-"'rmous Rev. PhiHas Jalbert took charge a number of high officials." He X. tent. The dislocated state of af- of the parish. termed President PHilibert TI.ranana "a fine Catholic." fairs lasted until December. In 1946, Father Jalbert died 1894. A native of Hamilton, R.t.' and Rev. Stanislaus Goyette beVATICAN CITY (NC) - A The Vatica~ City newspaper Also In 1893, the pastor, Fr. BIshop Girouard was consecrated came administrator. In 1947 Rt. number of Italian newspapers . also stressed the teachings ~ Prevost, was named a ProtonoRev. Alfred J. E. Bonneau be- ill Hartfotd and received hrhave described' as clearty ma- Pope Pius XII and other Popes tary Apostolic. early training as a La Salette came pastor of Notre Dame. terialistic the exploitation by as to the illegitimacy of arUFor th~ -~~t few yearS, bundMissionaray 10 ttWi Connecticut With him as curates at this time the communist press of a lab~ ficial insemination. In~ WI'S the chief C"-~"'l'n of city. oratory experiment which fertiExperiment Msgr. Prevost. At last, " No- are Rev. Gerard Boisvert, Rev. lIzed' a human ovum in a test The stQry of Dr. Petruccrs ex- vember, 1906, the new Notre Roger P. Poirier and Rev. Erntube. periment was first published by Dame church, with a capacity est Bessette. Educational institutions of the . The experiment was conduct- th~ communist oriented Rome of 2,000, was rp--1 v fe':' use. e<! by Dr. Daniele Petrucci of dally newspaper Paesa Sera. The Many "firsts" came the way of parish are Notre Dame GramBologna, a Catholic. He reported newspaper said ~hat the experl- the parish in 1907. Father Aorlen mar School, staffed by the Relithat he 'had successfuly achieved ment was term mated when it Gauthier, first parishioner to at- gious of Jesus Mary, and Msgr: insemination of a female egg becar,ne appar~nt that a mon- tain the priesthood, was ordained Prevost Grammar and High and kept it "alive" under glass stroslty.was bemg produced. Dr. In his own parish church by Schools, staffed by the Brothers for 29 days. PetrUCCi later told .reporters that Bishop Feehan, for whom it waa of Christian Instruction. Nearly NEWIEDFORD 1,000 children are enrolled .t the question of a monstrosity' likewise the first ordination. the three schools. Sp'lr~oal Values was not involved, but that he In 1908 Notre Dame numbered INDUSTRIAL OilS Professor Luigi Gedda, former had ended the experiment when' 1744 families, with a total of head of Italian Catholic Action temperature and nutrition made 9856 souls. In succeeding years 'HEATING OILS many native sons of the parish and director of a genetics in- It impossible to continue. Medical snokesmen, in combecame priests and celebrated stitute, said that "experiments TIMKEN menting on the sensational treat- their first solemn Masses at of human fecundation under glass were made already by ment of the story. by the com- Notre Dame. Building of the Oil BURNERS American scientists a few years munist press, said that a similar parish plant continued, with 1mago. Personally I consider that experiment had been conducted provements to existing, faciUtlei & experiments of this kind don't successfully In the United States constantly being made. In 1930 the Sisters of st. JOIm take into due account the spirit- by Professor Landrum Shett1es of Are were added to the parish ual values of the human being.'" of Columbia University. 501 COUNTY ,ST. f family to care for the temporall L'Osservatore Romano. thtl . needs of pastor and. curates. Vatican City daily newspaper, 7 JEANmE STREET NEW BEDfORD Alsn through ·the years SCOrel! quoted other biologists at the FAIRHAVEN Wi 4-7321 WASHINGTON (NC) - TM O! parishioners entered religiOWl University of Bologna as saying WY 3·175~ :.' " .. '. . Am . . life. Notre' Dame men are ,numthat the prospect of a birth out- .. ,CathOlic Umversltr ~ . . e~lc:a. '.' bered among the Diocesan'elergy side. its natu~al site" ~s h.~n~\ by'.. h'lUl, added a 19.,.y~.~ micr:o~I1m ,and in five' religious' communithe communIst press, wa,s. pure, fi~e .of the Ca.thQhe Mes,s~~ger.... ties.. ,Womim ,of the' parish .-are ,fantasy. They said, that, the newspa~r of th~.· Davenp?rt.·,represented in 18 communities, IN :' 'NEW BEDFORD -IT'S results of Dr. Petrucci's' e~ Iowa. dlocese, to ~ mi~9film ' . , , . . . . ' .... , ment in no way s~Pported 'such eollection of newspapers. The' - , & theory. ".,' 'film runs from Jan. l. 194Jl JAIli...ISO~I, '. . " 9 . 10& • ill be I~ I~ I· .... · !nnual." , ST. PAUL (NC)":":'rh(, c8tb-. .dditiono. , Arthur Janson, Reg. ·Phann. die Bulletin published a speclal . Other. publlcatiom In tho DlABmc AND' SICK ROOM FOR THE FINEST TRADE EVER eupplement to ,. commemorate Its Catholic Universit;y microfilm. 50th anniversary as the DeW&- . eollectiOll Include the NeW York SUPPUES. SUCCESSOR. TO LOUGHlIN cHEVROLET paper of the 'Archdiocese of'S\. 'rimes' from 1851' to date: Lope.. 204 ASHlF( BO~~AID PauL Ordinary' of the ~ . .ervatore '~ ~atieall. ~ twM, ~fqrd. '.' . Milt ST:'Open Ewry hefting WY7-9486 is Archbishop WWiaJa 0- dafJ7. frQm 1848 IIDll &lie . . . . . wy 3-8045 ...... Pilot. ' I Brady, a Fall Rivei' Dative.; Pitman Street, whIch was also the residence of Father Bedard. The first Sunday Mass
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