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The'Anchor Seeks Total. Family Coverage

Annual Subscription Campaign Opens on Optimistic Plane .Several pastors today are eonsidering· a Parish. cover­ age plan as The Anchor pre­ pares :for the beginning of , its' lOth publication year. Home - delivered subscrip­ tions have climbed steadily in the years since ,this dio­ eesan newspaper began pub­ lication in April 1957. A number of parishes to­ day have achieved a circula­ tion which' is close to com­ plete parish coverage. Forty-

one parishes,' sea t t ere d throughout. the' diocese from· North EaSton to ptovince­ town','met their, individual quotas' last yea.r;~··· .;-. , The' parish coverage plan is the ultimate goal of the Most Reverend Bishop in all 110 parishes..This means a. copy of The Anchor would, be mailed to every Catholic home in the diocese in every parish every week. The few parishes that ap- - ,

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The· Anchor Is 'Par-Excellence'

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Bishop Wants Paper In Every Home II

"The secular press in our cities and towns claim and certify practi­ cally complete coverage of all fam­ ilies in their areas. We,should be not a whit different. The product is parexcellence." , . .That is the comment of Most .Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall \Fall River, Mass. 1T Thursday, Feb.. 3, 1966 'River, as he enlisted the SUPPOlI't of PRICE IOc every Clergyman' and layman in the $4.00 per Yeer ,Vol. 10, No.5 ~,1966 The Anchor diocese to Olchieve complete family coverage of The Anchor.

Holy - See Establishes Latin Use Guidelines

The Holy See has restricted the use of the vernacular lin the liturgy and has reinforced the use of Latin in litur­ g'ical celebrations in religious oi'ders and seminaries in two new decrees. The documents are intended to esbablish "oppOl·tune uniformity and pro. vide for well-defined norms" As regards religious orders of and, for seminaries, a direc- the Western Church, the decree 1;l've that "Latl'n l'S the lallg-' -in effect Feb. 6--provides that Latin must be used by clerical religious at Mass and for the recitation of the Divine Office in choir. ..1. Religious clerics bound to the recitation of the Divine Of­ fice in choir and the conventual Mass: Latin must be used in the Turn to Page Six

aage of the Church and should be known by every seminarian."

Fr. Peyton Film Diocese. Bound "The Redeemer",' the lat­ est motion picture on Christ, is a Catholic one and will open in theaters in Fall Riv­

Set Convocation For Religious .-

er and New Bedford during the month of March. This picture that was pro­ duced by Fathel\ Peyton's Fam­ ily Theater, Hollywood, will have its Fall River premiere at the Strand Theater, Fall River, on March 2, and in the Arcade Theater, Bailey Square, New Bedford, on March 11. Previous to the public open­ ings, special screenings will be held in the two cities. Turn to Page Twenty

Bishop Connolly will pre­ side and speak at the convo­ cation of all religious women and men, not vested with the

School Exams Entrance and placement exams foOl' all High Schools in the Dio­ cese will be held Saturday morning at 8:30 at the school of the student's choice. Boys planning on entering Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, will report to Mt. St. Mary's Academy. Fall River, for tlileit· examinations.

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commented. c~The .best adult. education program is offered by The Anchor." '.' _ . .. The annual circulation campaign of The. Anchor is now underway. It is conduct­ .ed· annually in Feb r u arT which is' Catholic Press' M.o nth· throughout the United States. The Anchor has no doubt that· subscriptions will reach 'an all-time high. Complete parish coverage is the goal.

proximated complete parish coverage last year are' -de. . termined, more than, ever~ that they will. achieve their, objective this year. And, a ­ few pastors who have not been as close have told our circulation department that they are' entertaining the idea. "We provide schools for the education of our children , in the elementary and sec­ ondary grades," one pastor

holy. priesthood, scheduled at 3 L a eta reS u n day afternoon, March 20 at Bishop Stang High School auditorium, North. Dart­ mouth. The Conciliar Decree on Adap­ tion and Renewal of, Religious Life will .be explained and in­ terpreted. Furthermore, it win serve as an occasion to· answer questions and hopefully solve problems of those who have read the Decree. Copies of the Decree have been forwarded by the Bishop to all communities' in the Diocese to­ gether with a letter explaining the purpose of the convocation. Each religious will receive a copy of the' Decree and the ex­ planatory letter will be posted on all bulletin boards.

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The Most Reverend Bishop assert­ ed "I have such pride and! reliance on the Diocesan paper that 11 m request.. ing you here to start this week and send a subscription of The Anchor­

at my expense-to each of our non..

Catholic ministers in their churches

o'nd the rabbis in their temples. Withm

out doubt they will welcome it as proof of our spirit of brotherhood.'.? The Bishop/s letter is printed below:

BISHOP'S HOUSE 394 FALL

HIGHLAND RIVER,

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MASSACHUSETTS

January 31st, 1966 Right Rev. Daniel F. Shall oo , General Manager, . h Fall RIver., The Anc or, Sh 1100 . of my brother: Dear Monsignor a. Id be hapPY to learn that man'{, they appreciate I think yoU woou~ of their way to tell m~ hO~ m~t~up. In fact, some in the episcopateh go They like ils style. They hk~ . f~ctual, objective and . The Anc or. . and conCise, getting like their neWS cnsp, .. tell me that they . .The Anchor. . But it's unsohclted and fair. So, f?r the~~ t~~~~d like a cigarette ro~,np~'ide and reliance on th~ Th,s cou the contrary, r have suc start this week and sen. not paid for. On t I';" requesting yoU here to each of our non-Catho hc

Diocesan. p~pe~ th~he Anchor-at my ~xp~n~eT~~ples.Without doubt,. t~~Y a sUbscn~h~~ei~rChurches and rabbiS I~ ~t ~; brotherhood, and my WIS 0 ministers In • roof of our spin . h es . will all welco,:"e ~t aS a ~ weekly visitor in !he,r b O~pti'on rate still mounts. I assured that the pald su .~cr effect in denying Thhe be, at least, vlcodanou~~, It is go to. 01 lot diocese h. as I.S nd no one asks t e The fact that we are ~t~-tJogard, reading. Pdub~c. ~dge of running col­ Anchor a 100%, across a ers have tne t e ee nothing but a impossible. Some dio~e:~~r ~h~n English, language\a~ ~ress in our c~t~es umns in o~e or two~ffort in such devices. The ::~~verage of all f~ml"es waste of tl~:i:n~nd certify practica"~~~;~:«erent. The produtct,,~il ~~~ . and towns hould be not 0 d indeed, pres en in their areas.. .e s iven to cartoons, we 0, th d' ted work for e xcellence. WhIle no~ g. 'riews that's fit to pnnt. our staff, for your ~e I~~ve to be unpreceThanking yo.u'~~~t~hiS\eor yoU! i~creas~d:~:~: public-interest may Diocese, and hoping. more appreciative, WI 't If so' that on even that speaks for I se • de nted . ' d f competence

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