Sales 0/ The Anchor Zoom in Attleboro Parish parish as we did,in 1959. And, it means, too, that this year's total of home-delivered subscriptions will be almost double that of last year. Home delivered copies of The Anchor means . A most noticeable increase in enthusiasm good Catholic reading is available for every Mddenced by pastors making orders and reports member of the family. et the' Circulation Department - assures the To see that this reading is available, Rev. new high total of home deliveries will be attained Danjel Carey, pastor at Our Lady of the Isle fDr the fifth straight year. parish in Nantucket,' announced last week that ~Your sales will ~reach. 300' itt our parish," - The Anchor will be delivered to every home in Rev. Gerard J. Chabot, pastor of St. Theresa's his parish for the coming year. Church in South Attleboro, reported today. This ,The Nantucket parish is the first of the 107 means we 'will be sending almost five times as diocesan parish!,!s to achieve complete family :QJ,any copies into homes in' this South Attleboro coverage. The day is not' far distant when com. The Anchor today is headed for its fifth ett'aight total subscription record of home deliJlaries. ...
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The ANCHOR Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Feb. 9, 1961
Vol. 5, No.6 ©
1961 The Anchor
PRICE IOc $4.00 per Year
Second Class Mall Privilogea Authorizod at Fall Rivor, Man.
Catholics Ask Taxes Help Children- Not School~
plete family coverage in every parish will be attained., Steadily, subscription lists of home deliveries have been climbing since the first 'issue of this newspaper in April 1957. ~arishes where suba scriptions lagged in our early years have shown continual improvement; The number of parishes meeting ,their 'quotas has increased. Today, a number of those in the quota-bracket are now ready to follow the lead of Nantucket. ' , The number of subscriptions to The Anchor is one of the indices of the zeal of the clergy and laity in each parish. '
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,'Three More Taunton Parishes Achieve School Quotas Three more parishes in the Greater Taunton area joined Holy Rosary and St. Paul's parishes in the quotabreakihg group in the fund rai~ing campaign for the new Taunton Memorial High School for Girls. Rev. James F. Lyons, priest-moderator of the drive, announced at last night's meeting that the total is now $1,020,450. The pastors of the new 'quota-reach~ ing trio exp'ressed their admiration for the zeal' and sacrlfl'Ce manifested by their parishioMrs WASHINGTON (NC) in their work for the new Girls' There is an apparent build- High School. The Rev. Thomas Taylor, pastor of the Immaca up of talk about the recog- H. ulate Conception Church, Taun~ nition of Red China and its ton, Rev. E. S. deMello, pastor admittance to the United Nations. of Our Lady of Lourdes, Taun~ At present it is not·so much talk ton, and Rev. Francis A. McCara about recognition; it is more thy, pa!ltor of St. Joseph's about the problems involved in Church, No. Dight~n, were still recognition. This, however, could working to raise their totals to !FATHER, STANTON be misleading. It favors those new highs. ' who would have us recognize the The lay chairmen' of the three fact that the communists dom- parishes who joined their pastors inate the China mainland; that, in rendering thank/! to all were we ,could be trading commer- William Fagan, Immaculate Concially with Red China and thus ception, Taunton, Edward Fran~ make some money we are pres- co, Our Lady .of Lourdes, Taun. Rev. Robert L. Stanton, ently not getting (this is the ton, and Richard K. Martin, St. same argument used for the curate at Immaculate Con- recognition of Soviet Russia Joseph, No. Dighton, The finai,campaign reportwilll ception Church; Fall River, soine three' decades ag<»; that be given Thursday night, Feb and 'chaplain the Fall perhaps we can lure Red China 16, at the CYO, Hall on High River Naval Reserve Training away from Red Russia. Street. Father Lyons was very Unit, has been notified of pro- , , Up<>J1. even slight reflection, confident in: talking to The motion to the rank of LieutenlUlt Turn, to Page Eighteen Anchor reporter that the final Commander in the Reserve. He •••.- ••• _... • • • •• ••••• • phase- meeting will see the min. was formerly a senior lieutenant. New, Assigmn,ents imum goal of $1,125,000 greatiT Father Stanton will leave 'from Assignment of the three ,newly ov~subscrib~. th~ Boston Navy Ya,rd March'18 The.. ,processed t<>tals of the, for the' annual cruise he is re- ordained. priests are announced quired' to clake. He·' will be today by the Most Reverend other parishes are: aboard a naval vessel bound for Bishop. The assignmen~ will be Dighton Guanta'namo Bay" Cuba, where found on Page Two. of this issue st. Peter $10,470 he will participate in maneuvers of your 'diocesan newspaper. •• a , Turn to ,Pa,ge Eighteeq, $13,300 St. Ann
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WASHINGTON (NC) - A question-and-a.nswer pamphlet, written by Russell Shaw, a staff member of the M.C.W.C. News Service, replies to the argument that CathOties have no right "to expect' other people to help them support their schools." Part used to benefit their chUdrenof a kit on education made no matter where they g<> to -wailable by the Civic and school. They believe it is just as Social Action Committee of much in society"s interest that ~heir children be educated t<> be «he National Council of Catho- mature, responsible adults as it De Men, the pamphlet says: ts that other people's ohiidren "'Catholics look at it this war- be. Pal't of their tax money goes ,"Catholics aren't asking any'into a common fund to be used lOr educational purposes. But " Turn to Page Eighteen aifs motley is spent 'exclusivelY •• • • • • • • • •• • •••••••••• " 8upp<>rt schools - the public Lenten Menus iehools - to which they can~ot .Th,.e A,nch,or t.odav publishes In conscience send their chll" dreR. They regard this as an on Page Nine, the first of a weektaju9tlce. 1.Y series of recipes designed to , Emphasis ChUcl aid housewives prepare meals in accCll"dance with the rules and ~bIo, to their way of thinkregulations of Lent. Iftg" it's a mistake to put ~he • • •• _ ••••••••••••••••• tinphasis in education 011 the ~ool instead of the child. The , Taunton Holy Family , one who directly benefits from $ 55,940 . Sacred Heart tax money spent for' education 85,628 St. Anthony, 84,836 Is -- or should be - the child. St. Jacques 64,830 And 90 far as the individual St. Joseph 98,970 thUd bcnefits, society benefits, Rev. John E .. Boyd, Supervisor of"Catholie Charities, repre8~nted the Fan River St. Mary 201,302 too. Catholics don't see wihy C,bei1' tax mone,., shouldn't be Diocese at the Cuban Refugee Resettlemen t Conference held last week in Miami. Father Boyd said that representatives of every Diocese and Archdiocese in the United States were at the meeting, as well as' members of Protestant and Jewish agencies.' Chief result of the conference wa,s Feb. 1 by Abraham Ribicoff of the chief needs, noted Father Bishop Connolly will pr. announced- by Bishop, Ed- the Department of Heaith, Wel- Boyd. He said the. average 'Ex~minations for prosward E. Swanstrom of the fare and Education, President refugee is in his thirties and that sent certificates Saturday pective freshmen will be National Catholic Welfare Kennedy'.s. appointee to the there are many professional men afternoon at 2 o'clock in Sf:. ,' same pOSItion. among those needing aid. given on Saturday, March 1~ Louis Church, Fall River, to .at the closong s:sThe bulk of Cuban exiles have at 9 a.m. at each of the four C:0nference slOn. He saId that all agencIes settled ,in the Miami area, said Of the 50,000 Cubans in Dade more than 100 persons from Catholic girls Academies in Fall repr.esent:d had pl~dged coop- Father BoYd,' placing a tremen- County, where Miami is located, thirty-six parishes who have successfully com pIe ted the River. These examinations are for eratlOn 10 .res~ttlmg Cuban" dous strain upon, schools and one third are children. twelve-week CCD course in the purpose of entrance require- refugees and fmdmg them homes public and private welfare agenOn the lighter' side, Father methods of teaching religion mep,ts, placement, and scholar- and employment. cies. One agency alone, operated Boyd commented that the Miami on the secondary school level. ;hip award. The conference was headed by by the Diocese' of Miami, has ex- temperature was 72 during hIs This ceremony was scheduled far 'fhe Principals at Dominican, Tracy Voorhees, appointed by pended over $256,000 in assist- staY. Cubans with whom he resus-Mary, Mount Saint Mary ex-President Eisenhower to co- ance funds arid has aided some spoke were horrified at his re- last Sat\lrday bl,lt due to inclement weather it was postponed and Sacred Hearts announce ordinate effort~ to assist exiled 35,000: persons., " p o r t s of the chilly weather "up and the program will be coo.. . that all eighth grade girls in t}1e Cubans. Voor}j,ees' was replaced ,Clothing and resettlement aN North." ducted Saturday. parochial and public schools who , ,Two courses' have been In wish to enter these schools in progress' in the diocese since $eptember 1961 must report for October, one at Saint Louis this exam at the school of their Church, Fall River, conducted by ehoice. Examinees should be in Sister James, the other at Saint &heir rooms not later tl}an 8:45. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis. Application forms are availconducted by' Sister Dolores. a'ble in the Principals' offices at Both instructors are Our Lady each of the grade schools and at of Victory Missionary Sisters the respective Academies. These stationed at Holy Trinity Cona Ghould be properly filled out and vent, West Harwich. The gradYafiled not later than March 7. Any tion exercises in Fall River will! further information may be probe a joint ceremon)" for both eured by calling at the AcacJ,.; , groups. ~ Ml:ie3.
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CCD Exercises On Saturday