69 Yea rs Priest Fr. Marchildon' Buried Today ,
Beloved of countless pilgrims to St. Anne Shrine in Fall River, Very Rev. Vincent Marchildon, O.P., died in' Montreal at the age of 97. Funeral serv.ices for the longtime shrine director were celebrated this morning at 10 o'clock with burial in the shrine vault in the lower church. Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, V.G., Auxil-, iary Bishop of Fall River, presided. Many recognized a special charism in the humble priesthis special love and devotion for the poor and the suffering. He. had a unique gift for comforting people. He was most unselfish. Recognized by his yellowish Dominican habit, he /!lways lived poorly, was content with the bare minimum, wmingly wore old clothes, shunned the luxurious and even the most common conveniences. His tremendous spiritual influence_on several generations of
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men and women who vis~ted the shrine was undoubtedly due to his warm, kind and under~tand~ ing personality but more espee pecially to the deep faith' and holiness which' radiated from him, inspired confidence in others and won him the reputaPHICADELPlfIA (NC) - The tion of being a living saint. In" number of vocations among' wodeed, countless people credit him with obtaining for them men in the Philadelphia arch·diocese decreased about 37 per miraculous cures. ,cent,in 1971, but the number of Confessor to generations of priests, he knew what it was to men entering religious life. was suffer. He was partially blind the same last year as in 1970, In ,releasing thes~·" figures, for some 25 years and since 1955 suffered an increasingly archdioces~n ,vo~~iott ,; ,director more serious amnesia following Msgr. Edward J. Thompson noted that, in the past, female voca. a serious automobile accident. Born on May 21, 1876 in' Bat- , tions were three' times higher iscan, P. Q., Canada, he studied than male vocations. In ,,1971, at Nicolet College and then en- however, male vQcations'·',num." tered the novitiate of the Do- bered 143 while female vocations minican Fathers at St. Hya- totaled 76, down 45 from 1970. Msgr. Thompson offered three ' cinthe, Canada where he reobservations about the. decline ceived the habit of the Order on in female vocations: Aug. 13, 1898. Women Religious are still go,Following philosophical and ing through more dramatic Tum to Page Two· changes and adjustment!! than, are male Religious, which causes reluctance among aspirants; The Sister's image is not as clear and well-defined as the priest's and no one 'identifies with a life style that is not yet completely renovated; and . Priests, 'Brothers and, seminarians more believingly, more convincingly, and' more enthusiastically try to' promote vocaTum to Page Fifteen
D.erector Aff.erms Ma' Ie Vocatlons Hold.eng Steady
Names New Adminis!trator; Reassigns One Assistant
AMSTERDAM (NC)-"People must pay more attention to those priests who remain in the celibate ministry" than to those who leave the ministry, Bishop Adrian J. Simonis of Rotterdam said in an interview in the magazine Elseviers. . "The many hardworking priests," the bishop said, "must be encouraged." The support given at the reo. cent ,Synod of Bishops to the' Church's law on priestly celibacy "must have been the inspiration of the Holy Spirit," the bishop added. Bishop Simonis' appointment Jbout' Ii year ago to head the Rotterdam diocese created a controversy when many groups of Hberal priests and laity said they would' not accept him as bishop and asked him to refuse the appointment. He had been considered a spokesman for' conservative Catholics at the Dutch National Pastoral Council and supported
Pope Paul's 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, which reaffirmed the Church's traditional opposition tbartificial birth controt'.': ' , Bishop Simonis said that sl:bce, his consecration he' has vis'fled 80 of the 200 parishes in his 'diocese and that he "was well:received everywhere." The bishop said that abou~\.,O per cent of Dutch Catholics are on the extreme left, 10 per" cent .n the extreme right, an~ ~O per cent in the middle. ,', In the past, he said, "we may have paid too much attention to the extreme progressives because they demanded so much attention and because we were afraid of them starting an underground Church. But that may be the reason for us now having a traditionalist underground Church;" 'Bishop Simonis said he' thinks that there should be 'an ecumenical movement inside the Roman Catholic Church, because' nobOdy wants a second Reformation: ":
Rev. Joao Medeiros Retires As St. Elizabeth's' Pastor
Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, " Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin S.T.D. Bishop of the Diocese of "today 1iOceded to the request ,of' Fall River, today announced the Rev. Joao Medeiros and accepted assignment of a parish adminishis resignation as pastor of St. tootor and the re-assignment of tlizabeth Parish, Fall River, a parish assistant. which he has headed for the past 17 years. Rev. Daniel L. Freitas assist111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 ant at Santo Christo Parish, Fall Born in Povoacao, St. Micha~l; River, has been named adminisAzores, Feb. 18, 1902, Fath'er trator of St. Elizaheth Parish, Medeiros is the son of the l~te Fall River, succeeding Rev. Joao , ' J oao J. and the late, Maria i. Medeiros who has retired. Carmo Medeiros. Educated at Rev. Joao C. Martins, assistant the S~minary. of Angra, '.fercei~a, Azores, he was ordalined on Noy. pastor at, St. Elizabeth Parish, 7, 1926 in Terceira by the Most Fall' River, to Santo Christo Parish, FaH River as assistant Rev. D. Antonio A.C.Meirell~S. Following ordination he wa,s pastor. assigned as an assistant in Santa Both assignments will beCome Cruz, F,lores and in July 19~'s effective on Wednesday, Feb. 9. , , , was named pastor iIi" Lomba, Father Freitas was born on ,,' Flores. In December of 1931; March 5, 1925 in Terceira, , Father Medeiros was transferred Azores, the son of Maria Luz to the' pastorate in Ribeira Guen Leonardo and the late Jose L. tex, St. Michael, Azores. Freitas. In February of 1938, Father Educated at the Sem,inary' ,of ,Medeiros arrived in the Diocese Angra and St. Mary's Seminary, " Rev. Joao Medeiros Rev. Daniel L. Freitas 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 of Fall River and was assigned Baltimore, he was' ordained on, as an assistant in Immaculate June ,11, 1949 in St. Mary's Conception Parish, New Bedford. Cathedral, Fall River, 1:lY Bishop Following assignments- -in the Connolly, 'formei'ly Bishop of Fall River Parishes of St. Elizathe Diocese, of Fall River. ,beth and Espirioo Santo, he was Following ordination, the new, Tum to _Page Six administrator' of St', Elizabeth's Twenty-four years of, service Fall River in ,1948, immediately Sister Mary Grace, "Joe buttonTum to Page Fifteen . to the Diocese came to an end after her profession':in religious holed the chaplain and demand" Tuesday for Sister Mary Grace, life. She has remained in the city ed, 'Can she, make me a Catholic While I'm asleep?'" . ',O.P., .of the, Rose Haw.thorne, ever, since. , , • ,', ,', 'Lathrop Home in Fall River, who ~,", Sunday was a time for remiShe admitted she preferred has'retired t? her, com~unlty's nisciOig about her years at the men patients. "I've always taken Fall River Caravan of. the mothel'house 10 Hawthorne, N. Y. Home. Among her visitors was care of the men~thank God'" BURLINGTON' (NC)-Bishop,· . "I'm originally from' New Sister Barbara Walsh, S.U.S.C., In recent years she has done Order of Alhambra will initiate elect John A. Marshall of Bur- York, but I feel as if Fali',Riverls, ,pI'inc'ipal df Holy Name School, office work at the Rose Haw- Bishop Cronin into its ranks at a Hngton says he has faith iIi my home," said the 70-year-old', .Fcfll' River', who has' been "visit- thorne Home, but she has not reception honoring the prelate young people because "they have Sister last Sunday as friends ,'ing, the Rose Hawthorne since forgotten her beloved patients. to be held Saturday night, Jan. the programs and will work to thronged the Rose Hawthorne' '1 was in high schooL" Recently, she said, there was an 22 at White's restaurant, Westreform society." Home to bid her good:bye. She Th'e two recalled some of ,the old man who couldn't be kept port. Also to take place is reception "I have confidence in their has been confined to a wheel- patients for whom Sister Mary from wandering the halls. "He - goodness," the bishop said at a chair for s'ome time, and' has Grace, had cared for, over the' was lonesome, that's all," said of new members and installation press conference during which been unable to join in' commu- years, 'one cantankerous gentle-' Sister. So she installed her type- of officers of Fall River and he covered a wide range of nity activities. At the New York man in particular, who wasn't writer next to his bed and kept Worcester caravans of the ortopics on what his plans would motherhouse, she said, facilities a Catholic and whose chief fear him busy and contented doing ganization. The Order of the Alhambra is be as bishop, 'are such that she will be able to was that the religious would litNe jobs for her. Over the years, Sister Mary dedicated to assistance of reHe said that some youths have participate fully. somehow succeed in making him Page Six . Tum Tum to Page Twelve Tum to Page Three' Sister Mary Grace came to one against his will. Once, said
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