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Hierarchy Orders Circulation Campaign The Anchor should reach and should be I188d in every home in every parish of the Diocese. Throughout the entire United States, the Catholic press plans the most diligent circulation campaign ever conducted by Catholic newspapers iB. this country. The Boston Pilot seeks to double . . present circulation,. which means a copy of that paper in every home in,its archdiocese. : "l1te Providence Visitor likewise aims to subtltantially increase its current circulation list.
A parish quota system was established :for every parish in the Fall River Diocese two years ago when The Anchor commenced publication. A goodly number of parishes easily met their quotas. Some parishes found it easier to dismiss their failure to meet their quotas th;m to follow the lead of St. Michael's pariSh in Ocean Grove, Rev. Joseph A. Cournoyer, pastor, showed that zealous work can accomplish results. He was not satisfied to meet his parish quota. He decided
The Anchor should reach and be read in every home in his parish. The Anchor sends more than 500 copies by mail into the Ocean Grove community each week. The hierarchy of the United States has ordered the circulation drive. The Circulation Department. of The· Anchor looks to each and every pastor in the Diocese to develop and accomplish complete subscription parish coverage of this diocesan weekly in his parish.
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John An·nounces Ecumenica·1 Council
ROME (NC)-The first general council ,of the Church 1870 is expected to get underway in abou.t a year, bi'inging bishops here from all over the world. .lIis Holiness Pope John-XXIII,. who in the thr~ months since his, election has repeatedly invited separated Christians to return to unity, amlounced ·his· inten-
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:Bishop Wright New Ordinary Of Pittsburg
, Pope John has announced through the Apostolic· Delegation in Washington the transfer of Most Rev. John J.
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Wright, D.D., ficst Bishop of Worcester, to be eighth Bishop vi Pittsburg succeeding Most Rev, John F. Dearden, newlyappointed Archbishop of Detroit. Bishop Wright, ordained in 1935, was consecrated a Bishop iD. 1947 and served as Aux~liary 8ishop of Boston until his apTurD to Page EighteeD
, t~on to convoke such an ecumenical council on the feast of. the Conversion of St. Paul, the last day of. the Chait" of· Unity Octave. The Pontiff revealed his decision privately· to 17 cardinals who . participated with him at Mass on the feast the Basilicia of St. Paul-outside-the-Walls, which tradition holds to be the burial place of the Apostle to the Gentiles. The Vatican which made the Pope's announcement pUblic, said that in deciding to hold such a council, Pope John'. TurD to Page Eighteea
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CATHOLIC CHARITIES 'APPEAL~HAIRMAN FOR 1959· WITH HIS 'FAMILY: . Seated, left to right: Mary, Daniel F. Sullivan, Appeal Chairman; Brian, Mrs. Daniel F~ StJI.,. Iivan, and Philip. Standing, left to right: Paul, Mark, and KeviIL . .
Hyannis Attorney to Direct Diocesan Charities Appeal
.. ' The app~intment.of Atty. Daniel F. Sullivan of, Hyannisa8 Chairman of the 195' .Catholic Charities Appeal was announced today by Bishop Connolly. The Sullivan family .are members of St. Francis Xavier Parish. Atty. Sullivan has been a leading figure in tnework of the Saint Vincent de Paul ~ociety in the Diocese. He· and Island area has achieved wa~ interrupted from 194Z to has also devoted much effort distinction in promoting the ball; 1946 during which time he each year to planning the .-, Newport, R. I. was the birth- served in the U. S. Navy as a Lt. annual Bishop's Charity Ball. place of Atty. Sullivan. He at- Commander. His work in the Under his leadership the Cape
.Episcopal PreSS Chairman Says Reading. Cath·olic Press Is Matter of Obligation By MOST REV. ALBERT R.. ZUROWESTE . Bishop of Belleville . The role of the Catholic press in world affairs and its influence upon modern thought . . become more evident during the past year. ., . · The illness and death of Pope.Pius XII, th~ el~tion and coronationof·our gloriously lI8igning Pope John XXIII, the elevation of 23 prelates to the Colle~ of Cardinals have hrought into proper focus . staff the National Catholic· Wel~ tremendous importance , . . farE! Conference Press Departand power wielded by the· ment; . . . Catholic press. . . It is a universally recognized · In tho g f mp tT en·· truth that people of all nations , IS a e 0 co e. lIve. - a n d ClasSes are interested in the deavor the secular medIa of comC . d the d· al'1Y .. . . . . . . h f' a th·0 1'· lC re 1;' 19lOn an ~~mcahons recogmzed t e e events that occur in the Church ficlency and accuracy· of the . . , .. . eatholic press and were willing aroe noteworthy. In AIl).encll ~he to· work in harmony with it in .secular p~ess generally. has .~IVoiPder to report. truthfullY and en StPl~ntd.co,:~rage t~ ~ll l~ h ' 1 th . rt t por an appemngs, po ICles a ~mpre e?slve y ~ lmpo an Pt'onouncemen·ts that took place news stones emanatmg from the . ~tican. Turn to Page Thirteen
'the weekly diocesan papers Jeported the events of each day, and with the C-tholic magazines, carried summary articles, explaaatioftS of ceremonies and interpretive studies' of the papacy. Much of this background information was supplied by scholars iJad experts in their field who
New Series· Starts
Bishop Zuroweste
'.foday The Anchor begins a series of articles describing the work of the religious communUies of men in the Diocese. Last week saw the completion of the series dealing with ihe 26 communities of Sisters active. here;
tended St: Augustine's Parish Navy was as a specialist in exSchool and De La Salle Academy perimentalradar. In 1948 the there. He attended lIoly Cross Sullivans took up residence ill where he received his degree' Hyannis where Atty. Sullivall magna cum laude in 1935. He now has his law office. was valedictorian of the class. In . Mrs. Sullivan is the former 1940 he was graduated from· Clare O'Connell of· Andover.. Harvard Law School and was Mass. She is an active member admitted to the practice of law of St.. Francis Xavier. Women'. in that year. Guild and is also active in diocHe 'was··il member of a Boston esan ·affairs. A 1936 graduate oC 18w'firm from 1940 to 1948. T h i s ' Turn to Page Thirteen
Chinese~eport
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COLLEGEVILLE '(NC)HONG KONG (NC)-The l"eport~d cons~ration of 'five The instruction of laY"parti-. more "patriotic" bishops in· clpation, issued by the Sacred. . Red China brings to 20 the Congregation of Rites, does total of these illicit· eonsecra- not require any local promulgations.... tion in the individual dioceses The communist newspilper· Sin . before it takes effect, according Hunan Pao reports five ·priests to a leading authority in canoa have been consecrated to the law. He is Father FrederickR. Meepiscopate in Changsha oathedral at an "assembly of protest" held Manus of the canon law faculty by the so-called Patriotic Asso- of the Catholic University of ciation of Chinese Catholics America, and editor of The a·gainst Pope Pius XII's ency- Jurist, publication of the univeFclical Ad Apostolorum Principis. sity's school of canon law. Writing in the February issue . In that· encyclical, issued last Summer but not made public of Worship, published. here, until it was known to have been Father McManus said the InTurD to Page Eighteen TurD to Page Nineteell
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