Every Nantucket Home to Receive The Anchor Leave it to the Island! !1 February Catholic Press Month? Time for renewal nnd new subscriptions to The Anchor? A drive to see our diocesan newspaper mailed to every Catholic home? Well, this is how the Island of Nantucket handiled the situation. . It may be 40 miles out to saa' but It is far from being out of it. A simple answer - parish coverage. Yes, COMPLETE PARISH COVERAGE for every family in the Parish of Our Lady of the Isle. 368 subscriptions ! : Nantucket leads the way in this plan to put The Anchor in the hands of every parishioner in every ODe of the 107 parishes of the Fall River Diocese. ..-.--...
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Rev. Daniel E. Carey, p~stor of the Nantucket· Parish, knows that a better-read parish is an all-round better parish. So he has sent in the names of every family in his parish to The Anchor subscription office. And for the next 52 weeks, The Anchor will be delivered to every family in the Island parish. Family problems, labor unions, books, parish organizations, diocesan projects, Castro's Cuba, Federal aid to education, the Church in mission lands, a nun "man of the year," science and religion, Confraternity news these and a host of Catholic-orientated topics will be heading Nantucket-way from The Anchor offices, reporters around the Diocese, and internaHonal news service. And all to give The Anchor reader the full heritage of the Catholic Faith. .
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The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Feb. 2, 1961
Vol. 5, No. 5 ©
1961 The Anchor
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New Bed.ford Camp Head
In. NC Job Rev. William J. McMahon, Director of Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, and assistant at St. Kilian~s Church, New
"Forty-five years ago this May, five young levites knelt at the feet of the ordaining prelate and heard him recite the words from the Pontifical: 'May the odor of your life be the delight of the Church.' Monsignor Shay carried out these instructions to the best of his ability." These words are from the eulogy delivered yesterday morning
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its quota, and the pastor, Rev. John J. Griffin, has enthusiaastic praise for the collectors and parishioners who have shown such s~crifice in the interest of Catholic education. Holy Rosary Parish was the first Greater Taunton parish to reach its quota. . Rev. William Dolan, pastor of Holy Family Parish, and Rev. F. Anatole DesQlarais, pastor of St. Jacques Parish, have seen their parishes in the last vyeek reach 60% of quota group. Other parishes which have reached that percentage figure, with two more weeks of solici~ tation, are St. Joseph, North Dighton; . and in Taunton, Im~ maculate Conception, Our Lady Turn to Page Twelve
CCD Presents Diplomas Sunday
Bishop ConnoUy will present certificates Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in StLouis Church, Fall River, to more than 100 persons frOIn thirty-six parishes .who have successfully e 0 m pIe ted the· twelve-week CCD eourse in methods of teaching religion ori the secondary school level. Two courses have been in progress in the diocese since October, one at Saint Louis Church, Fall River, conducted by Sister James; the other at Saint Francis Xavier Church, Hyannw. Turn to Page Eighteen
F~lt River, Massachusetts Bishop's Office
, . FATHER McMAHON Bedford, has' been named Assistant in Charge of Special Af~ fairs to Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph E. Schieder, director· of youth for the National Catholic Welfare Conference. The' appointment came at a BoSton convention of the Na~ tio'n"l Catholie Camping Assacia'tion. Father. JI"nll..1:ahon's duties . wi~ relate to the camping proTurn to .Page Twelve , I
Haunted by terrible memories of Castro's Cuba, a Taunton-born. Ur~uli,ne nU1\ Is among Havana refugees who have found shelter at a school of ·the cOll)munity in New Orleans. She is Mother Mary Imelda, a.s.u., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Dahill, St. Joseph's parish, Taunton. She graduated from Taunton High School in 1945 and from the College of New Rochelle der which the children lived at ance of some who had to spend in 1949. A letter from home and the ir,regular. attend~ hours and days at the Embassy Mother Mary Imelda to her trying to get visas. family written shortly after "This was particularly so after her return to the United .States
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Taunton N';'n-Refugee From Castro's Cuba Brings Terrible ~emories From,l$land·
pictures the present condition 00: the Church in Cuba. "It has been impossible to write a real letter from Cuba this past year or so," she ex~ plains. "First 00: aU, let us teU you thalt we have experienced no physical suffering beyond nervous strain and a few sleep· less nights when we slept with secular clothing ready to don at o moment's notice and with 11 bottle of vinegar in each room. (We had been informed that a cloth saturated with vinegar was a 'must' in case CYf bombing _to protect us from gas fumes.) "Both teaching and learning were difficult during the semes~er on account of the strain UAe
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With the General Phase of the Taunton High School Drive half-way over, and two weeks more to go, house-to-house solicitations have seen the total funds raised creep closer to the one million mark. Dr. Clement Maxwell, chairman of the campaign, and Rev. James F. Lyons, priest-director, are confident that the final report will see J:!eached the goal of $1,125,000. St. Paul's Pal:ish has become the second parish in the 13 par~ ticipating parishes to reach
OrdinarySings Requiem For' Msgr. John J. Shay
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Taunton High Sclwol Drive Is Close to Million Mark'
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in St. John the Evangelist Church, Attleboro, at the SoIE~mn Pontifical Requiem celebrated by the Most Rev'erend Bishop for Rt. Rev. John J. Shay, pastor of the Church, who died after a brief illness on Saturday, Jan. 28. The eulogist, Rt. Rev. Hugh A. Gallagher, pastor of.St. James Church, New Bedford, was a elassmate of'Mortsignor Shay at' Holy Cross College, his rommate at St. Mary's Seminary, Balti.more, his life-long f r i end through the priesthood~ 'Both Monsignor Shay and Monsignor Gallagher were elevated to the dignity of Domestie Prelate at the same ceremony. Monsignor Gallagher pointed
The Faith of which Christ said: "i have come to cast fire on the earth, and what would I but th8lt it bo kindled." Only informed Catholics can kindle the flame of Faith into a great fire. The Faith of which Christ said: "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth. I carne to bring a sword, not peace." Only informed Catholics can lift aloft the sword! of truth and advance the cause of Christ. COMPLETE PARISH COVERAGE. That is the answer to placing. The Anchor in th1JJ hand~ of every Catholic in every parish. The Nantucket Parish has led the w8jY thia year. Now for more parishes to follow. ' .
people learned that the govern~ ment intended to take over the education of the children. Parents became panicky and the nuns were besieged by those who wanted to get' their chilTurn t<o Page Eighteen
Beloved in Christ. Here is a word to the wise. "Think before you spend your money." "Think well.'" You are subject to vari~ull persuasions. Some mer.chandi.s~rs try to scare you into buying their product. Others may appeal to your weak side, your pride, Of' social sense. They flatter you into complacent consent to their sciles talk. Slogans sell a great deal of shoddy stuff. But those who think for themselves, REALLY THINK,mak~ their OW" wise choice. That's a reason why subscriptions to 'fhe ANCHOR 'continue to mount lip.· Thinking people in the Diocese really ~ant to know. They want to be better informed OR things Catholic. They are more interested in security than they are in· excitement. They want to be sure. So they seek balance in a press dedicated to the truth, the whole truth. .This, they know, llGft· be found for the Fall River Diocese. in The ANcHOR. . , So if you want a filte1" for the "nftWs", - and you should; if you· want something that's got it both ways,..:.. got ,the FACTS; got the ;FAITH _ then buy and read The ANCHOR"lf you waRt to know all that's good and right with your, neighbor, and What goes on in your Diocese, .get CKquainted through The ANCHOR. See for yourselves why every subscriber to our Diocesan Press is a .satisfied one, sure of his knowledge, and safe in his sympathies. Be wise. Subscribe· .
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