Goal ,Is The Anchor in Every Home
North Attleboro Parish Nears Objective , "Vie've increased our total subscriptions to Anchor every year and we're going to do It again this year," says'Re\r; Joseph S. Larue, pastor of the Sacred Heart parish in. North Attleboro. "Our IN I honestly PI is to see believe The Chat a copy of Anchor is a the Anchor, goo d newsIoes into every. 'l': paper, one of home in the' the best diocesParish every ,ii; an newspapers W'e-ek and in the country. going to And, I believe -'chieve t hat a s s t r 0 ngly ,O:al," asserts that anyone the energetic who doesn't r~lden jubilinosubscribe ia '&n shepherd Fr Dickinsoa ,missing someof, 'souls. ' • thing. At first, had some peopie who were reluctant to sub~ribe. Now, :they can't wait for the mailman on , Dursday m~ing." ~ Father Lal'Ue, with. the assistaooe of tWo ~
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Father Larue North Attleboro and Father Anthony M. GQmes, administrator of Our Lady of, Angels parish in Fall River, have established a' mark for every pastor in the entire diocese. Father Gomes, in Our Lady of ill h i iI first Angels parish assignment as than in any a' parish head, other parish in has jumped the diocese. The Anchor "It can be circulation i B den e without the South End too much efFall River parfort," says Fr. ish from 45 to Gomes. "I am more than, 700 proud of the each week. ~he good people ill Anchorn 0 w Oar Lady of sells more paFr. LeDue Angels parish." , pers each week And, it is Fr. Gomes' intentiol'l to keep his parish in the lead in weekly' sales. UWe're out front and we're going to stay there. The other parishes, and th~ mcludes the big ones, wiU have to catch us."
zealous curates-Rev. Edmond L. Dickinson and Rev. Roger D. LeDuc-is currently selling twice as many copies of The Anchor as his quota. The Anchor circulation department established a 200 quota paper was esfor the North tablished: .Attleboro 'par1957 61 ish. There are 1958 103 403 wee k I y 1959 246 p aid copies 1960 342 mailed to fam1961 403 ilies under Fr. "Some parLarue's 'superish e 8 which vision. have reached Here is the . their quotas .do No. Attleboro not receive the parish record b u I k bundle. since this diFr. Larue But, not us," ocesan newsemphasized the lovable North Attleboro pastor. "We have copies ·in the back of the church for every one who wants the paper on a particular week, and does not subscribe regularly." '
World Awaits Vatican Council Start a.
VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Johl\set next Oct. 11 the opening date fmo the long-heralded ecumenicalcoul'lciL In so doing he chose to tie it to the memory of the Council of Ephesus in 431, whose decisions upheld belief in. the Virgin Mary as Mother of' God, which remains today a keystone in the belief of' both Catholics aDd Orthodos: Christians. Oct. 11 is the ' Pope John announced the date who await it with great antld-,fe~t of the Divine' Matep- ' for tbe couricil on Feb. 2, the pation, to intensify ever maN nity of Mary. feast of the Purification of the their prayers to God for the hap.. • Blessed Virgin':-tbree years and pysuccess of this undertaking ..• The .P Ope 'Sal'd h'IS matll eiiht d'ays after, he first revealed Thtl time lag between Pope hopes for the results of the coun- hi. intention: to summon all the cil, to, be known the Second . Catholic bishops of the world for lohn'. announcement at. the council-on Jan. 25, 1959-'-and Vatican Ecumenical Council, are a 21st ecu'meriical council. the date fQr the opening is well "t~at the Church, Spouse of. Christ, may stren,gthen'still more The motu proprw recalls that under the fiVe years whiela her divine energies and extend Pope John iSSUed a statement elapsed for the last council-the her beneficial influence in still last Christmas Day announcing Vatican Council of 1869-70. Pope greater measure to the minds eli . that the council wOuld take place Phis IX first revealed hia intention to convoke n council on Dee. men." He added: ~ 1962, and states iliat the date "In' tbisway there is fUrther . for< the opening ¥, being, ~~ 8, 1864. It did not open until Dee. reason to hope that all people- ,nounced now so that. the particl- a, 1869.. The council lasted 316 days. • especially those whom we 10 / ; pants ~an plan thea schedule. w~ adjourned sUddenly OIl Od. sorrowfully see Suffering becauSe ' ,aceordmgly. ' 1870, after Rome had bee. 1962 of .. misfortune, discords and The Pope agaia appealed for . 20, . mournful conflicts-turning their prayers for the succesa' of the taka by Piedmontese troo", , ,. eyes more trustfully toward council. "We can do no leSs," he thus ending the Papal States. Pope John in lune of 1960 set PRICE 10. Christ ... may finally achieve said, "than exhort' once more all ....00 per YefM true peace in respectfw mutual Our sons; together with all the lIP '. dozen preparatory commillo, Turn· to Page Eleva rights~nd duties." clergy and the Christ~an people
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. .-----08I0lp----..-------------Ordinary ,PopeNames Fairhaven Maryknoller Bishop Assigns
Bishop-elect Regan, a 51 yAIr The Holy See has named ,Rev. Joseph W. Regan, ,M.~.,. Prayers from all tor b~ed .old ro.issioner wbo, has devofW of Fairhaven to be a Bishop and to become Prelate Nuliius apostolate. 30 'years of his life to missh of the newly-created Prelature Nullius of Tagum in the work in the Orient includkll ~hilippines. Bish~p-elect Regan. is the son of Mrs. Mary M. imprisonment by Chinese cotbmunists in 1951, is' presenftlJ' Regan of 120 Chestnut St.; The Chancery Office hall serving as regional superior at imnounced the first assignFairhaven. His' only sister. all Maryknoll priests in the PbUments for the six priests orippines, .where he has wor~ Sister Rita Marie, is in the dained last Friday by the since 1952. In the Summer at Maryknoll Sisters' and . is 1958 the veteran China missicmMost Reverend Bishop for serThe Chancel'y Office anpresently stationed in Formosa. er led a dozen Maryknollers into ~ in the Diocese. All have.. lleceived appointments as assist- nounces the transfer of Rev. Tagum, an undeveloped area of This is the second time' the 3,200 square miles in the prClVants and will take up their Kenneth J. Delano, assistan't Holy See has selected a native of ince of Davao on Mindanao. 'the duties tod;ay.. at St. Patrick's Church, 'the Fall River Diocese in the area ia the "Wild West" of the Rev. John F. Andrews is as- Wareham, to Sl Mary'D Chui'ch, Maryknoll Fathers to become II. Philippines and homesteading t. signed to St. Joseph's Church in' New Bedford, as assistant. Bishop. The first is Most Rev. encouraged. As spiritual director l'all River. Father Delano, ordained by the Frederick A. Donaghy, M.M.. of the newly erected prelacy o:! . Rev. Edmund T. Delaney to Most Reverend Bishop on April D.D.,'of New Bedford, in exile Tagum, ,Bishop-elect Regan VIfil1 from China and now working OIl 'Boly Name Church, Fall River. Turn to Page FOUl' be responsible for the spiriWal Rev. Richard P. Demers to Taiwan. ' leadership of the 29 Marykuoli 1\I5t" Michael's OhUl'lCh, Ocean priests there and the 380,0'00 Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Grove. people under their care. Bishop of Fall River, has sent Rev. Leonard M. Mullaney to the following telegram t3 the A graduate of Fairhaven High 1St. Patrick's Church, Wareham. Bishop-elect: School and Boston College" Rev. Thomas F. Neilan to St. Father Regan entered the Ma~ Ann's Church, Raynham.. "Fall River Diocese rejoices iii. Rev. Barry W. Wall to ImmaeMost Rev. Joseph W. Rega Turn to Pll$0 Fou:r great distinction come to you. alate Conception Church, TaunH
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Father Mullaney will succeed Rev. Kenneth J. Delano who has been transferred to St. Mary's Church, New Bedford. Father Wall succeeds Rev. Martin L. Buote who is now at Immaculate Gonception Church, No. Easton. Father Neilan will assist Rev. f:>so T. Sullivan in the new St. Ann's Parish in Raynham. Fr. Sullivan haa just moved in,to a newly-purchased rectory across 1r041l1 the Church. The Chancery Office has also llIlDounced that there will be another ordination to the pries$IIood lD the Sprm.. .:
Legion of Mary Expands
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Due to the expansi~n and Taunton, Diocesan Moderator, will remain WI Director of the growth of the Legion of Fall River Diocesan central Mary in the Diocese and council which is being raised with a view to furthering ~ the rank of Comitium. the Legion apostolate, the Most The Attleboro area will fan Reverend Bishop has appointed 'lUlder the jurisdiction of the the Rev. Albert Shovelton of Taunton Curia, until such time St. James parisb as New Bed- - as it has its own Curia and th~ ford Curia Director, and the Cape Cod area will be supervised Rev. Joseph Delaney of Sacred by the New Bedford Curia pendHeart parish.as Taunton Curia ing further' extension of the DIJ::ector. The Rev. Edward A. Legion. The, Fall Dive comWum. eliOliveir&, Our Lad7 of Lourd~
Diocese oeesan central councll, will caro for' Praesidia in Somerset, SwanSeQ and Westport aD well as Fan River and will exercise supervision over the other Curiae im the Diocese. The Legion hi. the Diocese has a total of 20 Praesidia in 16 parishes with 197 active memben, 505 adjutorians and 5,370 auxiliaries. The active membeFlll attend the weekly meeting of tho Pl'aesidium or local unit aDd TMnlto Paae Fourteea