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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

ardent supporters of The Anchor. realized. During the course of the years, Since the Most neverend Bishop established the official the constant renewals have sig­ newspaper for the Diocese, six nified that the format, type of parishes have met' their 'quota news, brevity of stories and gen­ each year. They have been; ,eral style are approved by the Sacred Heart, Fall River; St. readers. The few. cancellatiolU Francis Xavier, Acushnet; St. that have been made, were due to deaths and families uniting in Patrick, Falmouth. Also Our Lady of the Isle, a single new abode. Nantucket; Our Lady of Mt. Renewals have proved that Carmel, Seekonk; and Corpus once The Anchor is read, there Christi, Sandwich. is a realization that the Catholic St. Anthony, Mattapoi~tt; St. Press is ;. vital means of being Joseph, New Bedford; and St. a fully informed Catholic. Onl,. Mary, Hebronville; have met those who are willing to put their assessment for five of the their religion away in mothballs J six years While St. Lawrence,' will ignore it. New ,Bedford, has attained its Read your Diocesan newspaper quota for four years. -it is the voice of your Church. The enthusiasm that has been Support your Diocesan news­ manifested by the calls already paper---:it is the voice of truth. received by the CirCUlation de­ Defend your Diocesan news­ partment indicates that the con­ paper - it is the first line of fidence expressed by Bishop defense against the enemies of Connolly in the first issue in God and of our Religion.

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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