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Attleboro Parish (iKicks-Off' Subscription Drive for The Anchor
We salute Father John F. Laughlin, pastor el the Holy GhOl~t parish in Attleboro. "The only way my people can learn all about . ~he liturgy changes, including the reasons and the explanations, is by reading our own diocesan neWHpaper. Everyone should fully understand the ehanges," Father Laughlin said as he instructed our circulation department to send a mail-de livered weekly copy of The Anchor to the home of each adult on his budget list. "The church is in a period of renewal. And, the bes t way to join in this renewal is to under stand the liturgy changes, voted by the Vatican Council Fathers and decreed by His Holiness pope Paul VI," the Attleboro pastor commented. "Our own Bishop Connolly is. participating
in the work of the Council. He wants all his people to understand and appreciate the changes so they will be closer to the sacraments and to their Creator. Holy Ghost parishioners will be as well informed as any parish in the diocese. We count on The Anchor to supply us with all the information in depth concerning this great renewal," Father Laughlin added. (Editor's Note. We will Father Laughlin. The Anchor feels it must teach and instruct as well as report the news.) Father Laughlin's decision to send every faithful adult budget contributor a weekly mail delivered copy of this newspaper means that we will be sending almost double his quota of sub scriptions into his Attleboro parish for the next
Head of Boston College Law School Supports Protest by Negroes
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NEW YORK-A priest who heads a Catholic law school has emphatically endorsed the morality and legali1 y of the Negro protest movement including civil disobedienl"e of laws Negroes consider unjust and the use of children tn civil rights demonstrations. disorderly conduct but rather a Father Robert F. Drinan, form of constitutionally pro S.J., dean of the Boston Col tected freedom of association and lege law school, said the assembly.
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No. Easton Parish To Hold Lenten Adult Forum · A Lenten Forum for Adults featuring outstanding speak ers from the medical profes sion and the clergy will be
Expect· Liturgical Changes' To Take Time --:-0 Arrange. By Rev. lohn R. Foister 1M. Anthon,. Chureh - New Bedford
The arrival of Pope Paul's Motu Proprio· detenninin« just what ehanges will go into effect on Feb. 16th might have seemed disappointing to some. However,; a closer inspection of his document emphasises the importance to . the Church of the liturgical 11; cannot happen over_ changes proposed by the year. night: New lectionaries and altar Vatican II Council. So basic missals must first be prepared and drastic were the changes and published. This is also true TOted that it '" evident that many of the reforms will not necessarily be delayed but will takp. much time to implement. These changes depend on the re vision of services, texts, prayers, ets. One of the reforms legislatetl tt1at "a more representative por tion of the Holy Scriptures will be read to the people" over the
for the further revisions in the breviary. However, this d~es not meaa that the changes of Feb. 16th are only minor things. It is • beginning. And, the task is 80 great that the beginning must be emphasised. Father Frederick McMa~ pointed out, in a recent NC JD TurA to Page J'ourteea
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year. Father Laughlin announced his plan at last Sunday's masses. Father Laughlin has "kicked-off" The Anchor's 1964 subscription campaign in a man ner which poses a challenge to every other parish in the diocese. Th,.e Most Reverend BishOp's goal is eom plete family coverage throughout the diocese. The circulation of this newspaper has increased each year since its inception in 1957. A number of parishes have annually far exceeded their quotas. They are close to complete family cover age. We believe they will join Father Laughlin'S Attleboro parish this year. The quota is no longer the goal in the individual parishes. It is now family coverage. .
eonducted at Immaculate Con eeption Church, North Easton, starting on Ash Wednesday night and contilJ.uing .Sunday nights until Easter. · Sponsored by the Confrater nity of Christian Doctrine, the forum will consist of a series of one-hour talks. · Rev. Thomas~. Lawton, C.S.C., retreat master at Pius X Sem Inary on the grounds of Stone hill College, will speak on Spir ituality at 7:30 Ash Wednesday night, Feb. 12. The following SundlilY, Feb. HI, the speaker willl be Dr. Jo seph Dorsey, a fourth year stu dent 'at the Harvard Medical Turn to Page Twenty
Lenten Menus The Anchor today publishes on Page Four the first in a series of weekly Lenten menus. This feature has proved most popular with diocesan w~men in the past, hence the decision to carry on again this year. All house wives can profit by this series. The menus, you will find, are economical as well as in accord ance with Lenton regula tiona QIf. east;
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present injustices suffered by Negroes create a "presumption" that ordinary legal and social means are not enough and "di rect, supra - legal, non-violent action is the only alternative way" for Negr~es to win redress of their grievances. Discussing direct n~n-violent action, he said there are "many aetions and activities of minority groups which technically might be deemed illegal but are or will eventually be judicially de clared to be legally protected by the First Amendment or by simi_ lar constitutional categories." Outer Limits Thus, he said, a one-day pro test stay-out from school may not· be illegal truancy if done for a legitimate purpose, and non violent demonstrations for the· redress of grievances may not be
"We simply do not know the outer limits of the basic First Amendment rights to have free_ dom of religion, speech, the pre~s, assembly and of petition to the government for a redreSll of grievances," he commented. "The First Amendment ma,. be the treasury of more free doms than a newly pluralistie America has yet dared to imag ine." Father· Drinan denied that civil dis 0 bed i e n c e of law. deemed to be unjust implies di.. respect for the law. Rather, he said, such behavior "involves the highest possible respect for the law." "If an individual or a group lecretly or violently sought to overthrow such a law, such con duct would be disloyalty to the Turn to P'age Twelve
Pope Paul To Inaugurate Relief Appeal Wednesday NEW YORK (NC) - A special radio broadcast at a message by Pope Paul VI on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 12, will inaugurate the 18th annual Bishops' Relief Fund Appeal to aid the world's needy. The Pope's message will be directed to some six million programs distributes food, medi students in the nation's cines, clothing, other materials Catholic elementary and high and affords services to the schools. The broadcast will hungry, homeless and harried carried by the c~untry'. major radio networks. Goal of the 1964 appeal in $5 million. In recent years the Catholic school students of the nation annually have raised $1 million for the fund through sacrifices and contributions made throughout the period of Lent. Worldwide Agency Principal benefactor of the annual appeal is Catholic Relief Services National Catholic Welfare Conference, the world wide relief and rehabilitation agency maintained by U.S. Cath olics. In carrying out its mission of mercy in areas of distress and misfortune around the globe CRS-NCWC is motivated by • single criterion - need. The agenc, througa ita farllul1' be
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Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, CRS-NCWC executive director recalled that Pope Paul' VI ia his first Christmas message te the world in 1963 called atten tion to "the great sufferings, the deep longings, the painful neces sities which concern large sec tions of !IOCiety or even entire peoples." The Pope pinpointed hunger _ the first of the world's distresses. He said: "It has now beea scientifically proven to us that m~re than half of the human race has not enough food. Entire generations of children, even to day. are dying or suffering b& cause of indescribable poverty. It .Is not merely prosperity that Turn ... Pace
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