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Eulogist Notes Kindn'ess Of Monsignor John Kelly
FATHER DELANEY
Bishop Names Fr Delaney To New Post
Rt. Rev. John J. Kelly was eulogized this morning ata Solemn Pontifical Mass of Requiem by the appropriate priestly description: "a spirtual father in Christ with fatherly kindl!ess towards all." Rev. Joseph L. Powers, • . spiritual director at Bishop Stang High School, No. Dartmouth, and a former assist The Chancery Office has ant to the dece~sed pastor, announced the appointment atated: of Rev. Joseph P. Delaney as "Monsignor Kelly's fatherly assistant superintendent of Jd,ndness brought to. him many men and women, seeking both apil'itual and material assistance. Enjoying the company of men, he put them very much at ease by his ability to discuss all types of sports with them. Woinen, too, found him most patient and un derstanding when they came to him for advice and counsel. Not a few men and women have said they could discuss their problems with him more easily than with any other person. They appr~~ Turn to Page Eighteen
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Archbishop Cody Sees Possibility Of Common Bible NEW ORLEANS (NC) A common Bible that all re ligions can use is seen by Archbi~hop John P. Cody as a possible result of the Ecumen ical Council. Protestant and Oatholic bibli cal scholars have been discover ing many facts which challenge traditional explanations for bib lical passages, Archbishop' Cody ll8id at a luncheon meeting of the Young Men's Business' Club of Greater New Orleans. There would be much difficul· ty. in agreeing on such a Bible, the Archbishop said, but the Council is an ideal place for set tling diUerences because of the Turd to Page Sixteen
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Diocesan Schools to Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, Diocesan superin tendent. Father Delaney is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Delaney, 424 Linden Street, Fall River. The new appointee is a graduate of Coyle High School, Taunton, and attended Cardinal O'Connell Seminary, Jamaica Plain, and the Theological College at the Catholic University, Washing ton. In 1957, Father Delaney en. tered the North American Col. lege, Rome, and was ordained on Dec. 18, 1960, in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception North American College, Rome: He returned to the Diocese in June and offered his First Sol emn Mass in the Sacred Heart Church, Fall River. He holds A.B. and M.A. degree. Turn to Page Seventeen
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Church's Decentralization Major Issue of Council VIENNA (NC) - Decentralization within the Church will be a major issue in the second. session of the Second Vatican Council, Austria's Cardinal said here. Franziskus Cardinal Koenig, Arehbishop of Vienna, said that although
the matter was not directly discussed in the first session, elected to the Council's Doc it "appears likely" that epis trinal Commission for Faith and copal conferences and re Morals, headed by Alfredo Car gional assemblies of bishops will be accorded "greater scope and importance in the future." The Cardinal served on the Central Prepartory Commission, for the Council andLhen wal
For Cigarette Money, You Can, Welcome Tot Into Your Home, Give Him Hope, Love Can you adopt a. child? Before you say "Heavens, no,~ read this story. If the prayers III overcrow~ed orphanages in the Far East have an effect, maybe our answer will change. Tots lIke Marianne. Her life began early in November of 1957 In a cobbled all~y next to an orphanage in Korea. She was one of four infants left in the alley that mght, and the . French Sisters didn't expect her to live because she was blue with exposure and less
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than five months old. So they baptized her Marianne and
waited, helplessly, for her to
die. But she survived the winter
. . . and gradually, like it small
moth, unfolded in the warm sun
shine of her first Spring - with
out a smile. For several years .a couple in
New York had been thinking of
adopting a Korean orphan. Most
people discouraged them-for a
variety of "practical" reasons.
They were nearly convinced un
til a Catholic adoption agency
showed them a snapshot of
Marianne. The y immediately
. started proceedings to bring the
child to the U. S. F:ve months
later a transcontinental jet
dropped down at Idlewild Ter
minal delivering Marianne. They brought her home and introduced her to her three new brothers.
She wasn't too impressed, frank
ly. She just stared at them and refused to eat; then, lying in her crib, she wept softly to herself. Finally, when her new mother held her hand, she slipped into a deep sleep. Marianne spent her first three days in America frightened, and at times almost sullen. Then her youngest brother broke the spell Turn to Page· Eighteen
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dinal Ottaviani. He was chosen as a member of the special com mission named to recast the con troversial project on the sources of Revelation. He shared his impressions of the Council's first session in a special interview conducted in his episcopal resilfence. The Cardinal, who described himself as gratified with result. up to now, gave special impor tance to the Council's prepara tory work and said "fruits will be reaped" from this in the ses sion beginning in September. Highlights of the Cardinal'. interview were his beliefs that some steps will be taken to re arrange available clergy in the world, to experill?-ent with mar ried lay deacons, to discuss fully the question of freedom of con TI~rn to Page Eighteen
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FEBRUARY ,IS CATHOLIC PRESS MONTH Let II11 Loyally Support The A.nchor STARVING TOT: She was found in an alley in Pusan. Korea-abandoned, starving, half-frozen. Today her name is Marianne Dolan and she is part of a New York family, complete with protective big brother•.
Bishop ConnoR.
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