Bishop Urges Positive Lent Centered on God, not Self
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Past Lents' were rigorous. They stressed fast iwd penance. But most of the time was spent on the individual and his problems. But come Easter, the relief of penance all too often re::-urrected the "old man" in::>tead of a better Christian. The new Lent is more positive. J n a pastoral letter issued to all the churches of the Diocese, Bishop .路 u " 路 < Connolly stresses, asks and prays for a Lent "centered -on God more than on our::-elves . . . a time to sow a
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li ving faith . . .n Our Lenten spirituality must be centered on God, thought of Him, adoption of His sense of values, the Bishop urged. Today's passion for change is really a pre-occupation with ourselves. A plan for Lent must incorporate choices' made each day, superhuman efforts to get ourselves up to the level of user'ulness to society. The Bishop stressed that the need of the times is for spirituality-the thought of God. It is spiritual values that men must strive to incorporate into Turn to Page Two
Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Feb. 13, 1969 Vol. 13, No.6
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Bishop of Cleveland Drops Charges Against Priests CLEVELAND (NC)-Bishop Clarence G. Issenmann has announced that the Ceveland Diocese has .dropped charges against two priests who were accused of "creating a nuisance in a church edifice." Fathers Robert T. Begin. and Bernard E. Meyer are the failure of diocesan scheduled for a jury trial called leadership in the areas of race March 4 on charges stem- relations, peace and poverty. minI{ out of an unauthorized Bishop Issenmann suspended the "protest Mass" celebrated in St. John's cathedral. The Mass was held to dramatize what the priests and their supporters
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St. Louis Priests Refuse to Join National FPC
priests. The Ohio See Ordinary has decided to drop the civil charges Turn to Page Three
ST. LOUIS (NC)-ln a mail vote, priests of the St. Louis archdioce::-e rejected a proposal that the ~pecial
West Virginia Lawmakers Urge Aid for Students
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Priests Council become affiliated with the National Federation of Priests Councils. The vote was 181 in favor of affiliation and 250 opposed. The total vote represented 75 per cent of all archdiocesan clergy. Bishop-elect J o'seph A. McNicholas, secretary of the priests council and newly named auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese, said the mail ballot was a way to let all priests register their Turn to Page Two
CHARLESTON (NC)-A bill which would allow parochial and private school students to share on an equal basis with public school students in the distribution of state funds has been introduced into the West Virginia House of Delegates. The exists in Pennsylvania. proposed legislation, design- tion Co-sponsors of the bill are ed to "promote the secular HQuse Minority Leader George education of children attend- H. Seibert and Ivor Boiarsky, ing nonpublie schools," would authorize county boards of edcation to purchase certain designated secular services from nonpublic schOOls. Similar legisla-'
both Democrates. Seibert, a Presbyterian and Boiarsky, who is Jewish, are 'both public school graduates. Turn to Page Six
.Ontario Students Seeking School Fiscal Support
Five Personnel Board Members Resign Post In a letter sent last week to all priests of the Diocese, five members of the nine-mall Personnel Board resigned. Those who resigned are Director Rev. Leo T. Sullivan, Assistant Directors Rev. Donald E. Belanger, Rev. Bento Fraga and Rev. _Edward J. ' . Mitchell and board member Personnel Board to serve priests Rev. Ge~i'ge Coleman. The and. Bishop of ~he Di(~cese in an . adVisory capacity. ThIS was apfour members who rema1l1 proved by the Bishop. on the board are Rev. Bertrand Chabot, Rev. Manuel Ferreira, Rev. James }<'. Lyons and Rt. Rev. Robert L. Stanton. The members who resigned indicated in the letter that they had formulated recommendations but "In the light of the reception that these recommendations have received, there seems little encouragement to spend further time or energy on these matters. It is evidently impossible for the Personnel Board to function effectively in these areas at this time." The letter did not state whether it was the Bishop or the priests of the Diocese who . did not give the board recommendations the reception hoped for. On June 14, 1968, the Senate of Priests voted to establish a
In the election of board memuers, 232 ballots were sent to the priests and 113 were returned-49 per cent. The board sent questionnaires to the priests and of these 96 were returned-40 per cent. These figures may indicate the attitude of the priests of the Diocese toward the existence and need of a Personnel Board. Turn to Page Three
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ASH WEDNESDAY FEB 19: Sisters prepare to burn palms blessed on Palm Sunday in 1968 in order to have the sacramental ashes ready for distribution next Wednesdqy.
Assignments Affect Four; Names Two to eyO Posts Bishop Connolly has announced assignments affecting two priests and appointments for two others. They are: ;Rev. Edward J. Mitchell, S.T.L., J.C.D., assistant at St. Mary's Cathedral to St. Ann Church, Raynham, as assistant. Rev. Edward Mc- Law also in Rome. Isaac to St. Mary's Cathedral Ordained in Rome on Dec. 16, as assistant. Rev. James H. 1956, Father Mitchell has served Morse, assistant at St. John at Sucred Heart Church, Taun-
the Evangelist Church, Attleboro, as Assistant CYO Director TORONTO (NC)-Some for the Attleboro Area. Rev. George E. Harrison, as8,000 students attending Ontario's 75 privat.e Catholic sistant at St. Joseph Church, as Assistant CYO Dihigh schools in grades 11 Taunton, rector for the Taunton Area. through }O3 will conduct an ex. Father Mitchell tensive publicity drive to inform Born in Fall River Jan. 21, the public of arguments in favor 1932, the son of William and ofa government-supported Ann (Grace). Mitchell. Father Catholic school system from Mitchell was educated at St. kindergarten to grade 13. At present, Canadian govern- Charles Seminary, Catonsville, ment suppport extends from' Md. His preparations for the kindergarten to grade 10. The first two years of high school, Priesthood took him also to St. grades nine and 10, receive as- Mary Seminary, Baltimore, Md. sistance based on the elemen- and North Americill1 College ill Rome. tary school grant structure. The students, Who have deThe new Raynham assistant clared Feb. 16-23 Catholic Edu- earned a Licentiate in Sacred cation Week, want to stimulate Theology from the Gregorian interest among Catholics in sup- University in Rome and, after ordination, a Doctorate in Canon Turn to Page Two
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ton; Sacred Heart Church, Fall River; Holy Name Church, Fall River; and the Cathedral. Father McIsaac A native of Newton Rev. Edward F. McIsaac was ordained in 1947 after studies at St. Pius X Seminary, Graymoor, Garrison, N. Y. He .has served as assistant at St. Thomas More Church, Somerset.
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