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An Anchor of the So.ul, Sure, and Firm-ST. PAUL '

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Vol. 3, No. 4

Thur~day, jan. 22, 1959, Second Class Mail Priyileges Authorized at Fan Riyer. Mass.

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Subscription Drive ()pens Next Month cpa "~

Plans are now 'being formulated in The ANCHOR office for the third campaign

to bring the Diocesan Catholic newspaper into every home. St.. Michael's Pari8~ Ocean Grove, in 1958 was the first in the Diocese to reach the ideal- The

ANCH9R in every home.. The Circulation Department also announced today that ten parishes throughout the Diocese attained the quota set by the office. Every, subscriber will receive by ma~l during the week of Jan. 25 a renewal 'envelope. On Sunday, Feb. 1, envelopes will be distributed in all parishes of the Diocese for new subscriptions. Feb. 8 is designated as The ANCHOR Sunday in the 105 parishes in the - Diocese. In the first issue of The ANCHOR, Bishop Connolly endorsed the official Catholic Newspaper of the Diocese with these words, "The Catholic pulpit needs the help of the Catholic Press, Much of our conviction, Turn to Page Eighteen

Chancery Office W~rns Against Chain Letters The Chancery Office of the Diocese is once more warning against "prayer chain letters" sent through ,

'VISITOR FROM PAKISTAN: The Rev. Albert A. ~roce, esc, vice-president of Notre Dame College; Dacca, Pakista:n, was a ,recent visitor at Stonehill College, North ~a;s,ton. He is shown, right, with'the Very Rev. Richard H. ~ullivan,' CSC, president of Stone!'till. !

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Government to ~Query Reds' Qn" Bishop Walsh Ar,rest

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the mail. The recipient of the letter is instructed to start a novena to ,Our Lady of Fatima reciting the enclosed prayer. Within a few days a favor is assured. The person is 'to send copies of the novena to friends and thus coiltinue' the chain of novenas. The Church does, of course, encourage the faithful to pray and make novenas.. BJit the Church does not-as do these chain letters-threaten that harm 'Turn to Page Eighteen

WASHINGTON (NC)-More information on the whereabouts and charges against Maryknoll Bishop James E. Walsh will be sought at the next U.S.-Red China talk in W ~r!\aw on Feb. 13, State Department sources indicate. PARIS (NC) -Maurice The Reds announced on crown colony serving as tQe free :Dee~ 15 that the Cumber- world's listening post to Red Cardinal Feith} has urged land, Md.native, the last U.S. China, observers of the pattern .members ,of the French Catholic missioner on, the of treatment accorded by the 'Cathblic clergy to avoid tak-

Clergy to Stay O'ut of -Politics

communists to Catholic missionmainland, has been arrested for violation of Chinese laws which aries speculated that Bishop Walsh was being conditioned for they did not specify. In mid-January the commun- the usual mock "trial." The Reds were thought to be ists said that the 67-year-old Bishop was in "normal health,~ trying to extort a "confession of but Red China's foreign affairs guilt" from the veteran missiondepartment added that it er. When and if they succeed in this, the "trial" will be held and icthought" the prelate was being the Bishop will be given a prisheld in Shaghai. In both cases, these pieces of on sentence. Tl:iese jail terms usually range sCanty information 'were disclosed' only after pressure from from one to five years, though the United States which had observers would not be surprised acted on unconfirmed rumors , if the prelate's se'ntence were circulating in Hong Kong that reduced in view of the virtual 'the American had disappeared "house arrest" he has undergone , from his Shanghai residence since 1953. State Department sources in Sometime in early or mid-OctoWashington rep9rted that V. 's. ber. ;Ill Hong Kong, the British Turn te Page' Eighteen

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lng part in political struggles. The Cardinal's recommendations' have been made in connection with nationwide elections scheduled in the Spring for local Turn to ,Page Eighteen

BISHOP'S NIGHT IN ATTLEBORO: Serrans of the Attleboro district were hosts to the Bishop on the occasion of the Annual Bishop's' night. Left to right: Gene Farrell, president; Bishop Connolly; Russell Brennan, vice-presi. dent; Rev. James F. McCarthy, chaplain of the Attleboro Serra Club. ,' ,(Story on Page Sixtee~

Santiago Prelate Suggests Reforms for Better Cuba SANTIAGO (NC)-The Archbishop of Santiago has praised the revolutionary triumph of Fidel Castro and his followers and called upon the country's new government to improve the liyes of the people: Archbishop Enrique Perez li~ted t~e achie.vement of . his antes made 'nine reform mne, pomts~whIC~ a~e ~amly Se r. concerned WIth SOCIal Justice and proposals III a .2,650-word clean ,overnment~asthe second letter read in all of the stage of the revolution. The first 'churches of Oriente province, the birthplace of Mr; Castro's 26th of July Movement. , He called the overthrow of the former government a "triumph" gained by the "valiant followers" of Mr. Castro. The leader himself was praised as "a man of exceptional qualities." Archbishop Pere:z; Serantes

Catholics- Observe Eighth Annual Bible Week Starting on Sunday

WASHINGTON (NC) - The eighth annual Catholie Bible Week, which emphasizes the value of reading, and studying Holy' Scripture, will be ,observed ~ationally from Sunday, Jan. 25 to Feb. 1. The Catholic Biblical Association of America, which directs the observance ,in. augurated by the U.S. Bish.ops, through the episcopal committee of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, has issued a special appeal to pastors to assist in the observance. Turn te Page Eighteen

Two Red Controlled' Agencies Now Buy The Boston Pilot

,Brown University' Students Seek New All-Faith Campus Church PROVIDENCE (NC)-An appeal has been made for a. eampus church that would be used for religious services for faiths at Brown University. This proposal has 'been made ~ the Daily Herald, student newspaper. 'The newspaper suggested conversion, the newspaper said. the university use one-tenth "Give us a church, ~ot a done' . . over lecture hall or Jazz concert of the receIpts from athletIc building in which to hold our ~vents to defray the cost of religious services and (to) grow

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I,luilding such a church. At prese'nt students do not bave any formal facilities for ~ligious worship, although a f,ormer class building is being ~ade over into a chapel. ,Commenting on the building

spiritually in the ways, of our respective faiths." Approximately 20 per cent of the student body at Brown is Catholic. Mass' is now offered on Sundays, holidays and first Fridays in a classroom.

stage, the overthrow itself and 'the installation of a new government was "glorious, but is noW' ,closed," he said. In his nine "points to be con. sidered," the Archbishop listed: 1. Let no one lose sight of the fact that man is a son of God and that His ultimate aim is over and Turn to Page Thirteen

CAPE COD F AMILY DISCUSSION PANEL: Participating in the discussion on the educational task of parents were left to right, front: Rev. Walter J. Buckley, pastor ..of Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville, Mrs. Martin Joyce, president of'District 5 NCCW; Rey. James A. Clark, St. Mary's assistant, New Bedford; a:nd Mrs. Manley Boyce, chairman. Left to right, rear, Dr. StanleyJ. Koczera, Dr. Arthur F. Buckley, and Dr. William S. Downey, all of New Bedford. '

BOSTON (NC) - The local archdiocesan newspaper is conducting a campaign to promote wider circulation and Pilot staff members are surprised at how wide it has become. They have two Moscow subscribers. The Library of the Academ,. of Sciences and the Council for the Study of Religious Bodies, both in the communist capital, are among the new subscribers. Subscriptions have been en. tered through the Four Continent Book Corporation, New York City, which, as an official agency ()f the Soviet Union's governmeni publishing house, is registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent.

FEBRUARY IS CATHOLIC, PR'ESS MONTH, The Catholic Pulpit Needs the Help of the, Catholic Press -BISHOP

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T~e ANCHOR,Should,cReach' and Should Be Read in Every .Home ill Every Parish .....:. ;iDioc:... r ' ,

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