Lafrance Heads Charities Appeal
Westport Businessman 10- Serve as 1968 Lay Chairman
Roland Aime Lafrance, member of St. John bhe Bap tist parish, Central Village in Westport, will serve as
The ANCHOR faB River, M~ss., Thursday feb. 29, 1968 PRICE 101: Yot 12, No.9 ® 1968 The Anchor $4.00 per Y_ Open to All Faiths
Set CCD an-service Program For .Cape Cod on March 16 An In-service workshop for aU teachers of Ohristian in the Oape Cod Area win be conducted on Saturday. March ,16 in the Holy Trinity Parish, West Harwich. The warkshop wiU open at 9 :30 lin the morning and close with fJJne celebration of. the EtJI in the afternoon in order to as dnarist at 3 in the afternoon. sure part-time participants the Under the direCibion of the opportunrty of attending the es reD Area Di:rec1;(mJ, Rev. sential sessions.
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liflonald A. Tosti of Our Lady the Assumption Parish, Oster 'dlle, and Rev. Philip A. Davig llIoOn, assistant at St. Pius X Pal' Ili;;h, So. Yarmouth, the program II'l DPen to all, regardless of re
~ous affiliation. Sr. Joan Louise and three otb ~ sisters of the Victory Knon fJongregation of Sisters who ~rk under the direction of Rev. ;Joseph L. Powers, Diocesan CCD !l)i,rector, wiU conduct the pro i:1'llm. fte day will open with regiG tmtion at 9:30, and there will be 6W1o sessions, Some of the morn ~ workshops will be repeated
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must bring their oWlll box lluneh, but beverages will be pro vidoo. Tecbniquea, projects, film otri·Pll and the use of })l)Pulm'
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Aid World's Needy Children NEW YORK (NC)-Pope Paul VI urgOO. the llOOl"Ie ttmD i\.'ix million Oatholic school pupils mthe United States ''to do everything you can to help ail those boys and. girl-a who live in countries where there is hunger. SVlffermg and sickness..lli> I'he Pope's plea was made The annwd Lentellll. eampaitJll yesterday in his annual Ash m 111. S. Catholic schools is tbe Wednesday message to Amer Anitiai phase cd the 22nd mmual learn Oa.tholic school ehildrell Blsbopa' Overseas Aid Fund
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l1D. mil; five-minu~ plea, J»o !lorded illll VaticlIlJl Cit'ly. Pope Paul reminded American cb.iI ~n that "through DO fault of Cheirs, these young people do I\Ot have enough to eat, man,y C!JZ clbem have ,DO homes tmd 0DlF ~ to wear, some have ~ lbeal[' fathers and mothers. <iWeIl Iheil[' whole families; they arow iIIP ignorant and unedooated be= ttallJ8e they bave DO schools, tmd ",helIl they get sick, lllfJ the»' Dft;en do, tlllere are DO doctom li>r bospi tala or medileme. l»
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.bich opens the Catholic Blsh ~' Overseas Aid Fund AppeaL \ftle Pope's address was broad east by.the nation's majoli' radio
Lay Chai!'man of the 1968 Cath olic Charities Appeal, Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River, announced today. The 10-day Appeal will run from May 5 through 15. The new lay chairman is general manager of White's Family Restaurant· in North Westport and treasurer of La france Restaurants, Inc. and Lafrance En terprises, Inc. A native of Fall River, Mr. Lafrance grew up in St. Jean Baptiste parish in the Maple wood area. After graduation from Prevost High School, Fall River, the 1968 Catholic Chari ties Appeal lay ch:airman at tended Food Executive Seminars at Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts. His wife, the former Rita P. Fallon, a graduate of B. M. C. Durfee High School, Fall River, is affiliated with hei' husband in the restalll'ant business. The couple has one son, Richard L. Lafrance. a senior at the Uni versity of Notre Dame. He will graduate next June 2. The many activties of the new Chairman include the director ship of the Technical Fund of Boston, appointment by Gov ernor John A. Volpe in 1966 to serve nine years on the SMTI Turn to Page Two
Catholics at 485 million in 1966, about 5.5 milli.on ,more than illil 11964. Other sbl'tistlcs for 1966' gave (lbe number of priests as 351,624, 1IJP almost 5,000 from two yearn previously. The number of sem marians studying theology, de clined by about 1,000 to about 25,000, while the number of sem inarians studying philosophy de.:. clined atbout 200 to about 26,000. ,There were 1225 dioceses, :n~ more than in 1964. 'I'he book, entitled wActivitiCl!l of the Holy See in 1967," noted t'bat Pope Paul VI h~d published. Tum to Page Eighteen !mIIlillilllimmmI11l1"nln1l111111111111!lfIIIIIIII1l1l1~
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Appeal!, The secoIMll phase • oonducted m the Catthollc pal' Wiles acl"Ofi the country, 1llCh. . 1lI1ed this yeM from MareJn I'r to M, and climaxed by Ule tradie> 'lbere fa a great deal of talk ltioiaai I.lletw'le Sundlll:l7 eclllectliOlll' today about conscience, and thw ,Mareh M. tw eq>eci~lly so in discussiooo Proceeds Jerom the emnpangD ooncerning birth control. 3UPPGri ¢be glIobal programs of A person's conscience il; the Cathoiie Relief 8ervieell, O¥ellb lldtimatle guide of his actions seas aid aDd developma be InU.Ilt. before God rollow it. agenq ~ America C a ~ 'II.bIil!I mearul tb24 he is obliged to Of flbe $5 million. JIlllltionllll pili do what he sincerely believes _ eaeh l"i!'8l!' _ the lilPP0lIIo with ceAlllinty is morally good, approlldmately $I. miWon • 8Dd he is likewise obligoo to llealbed Jmlm the ~ .¥Did what he sincerely belie~ donations. ~ oerIlai1J1lty .ia morally evil. '!'he text rSi. Pope Pauh . . fta! i3 Ii elear-cUlt principle. dresu 00 h lJehoo1 3lAndentB jW.. .15very pari of it is important, 1IrJww.l Tum 00 Page Eishteen
APPEAL Wl'rH A HEART: R,. Aime Lafrance of West port, right, will serve as th~ 1968 lay chairman of the di ocesan Charities Appeal from May 5 through May 15. His wife, Mrs. Ri·ta P. Lafrance is seated and their son, Richard L., a University of Notre Dame senior, is at the !eft.
Vatican Answers Bishops On Liturgy Suggestions Reque~ts for further changes in the liturgy-in the nature of adaptations to the American scene-which were forwarded to Rome after the U.S. Bishops' 1967 meeting, were answered this w~ek. Like all requests, some were granted ; some were (~enied; wrne were deferred. Among place, preferably during Lent. the changes granted were: This leads up to the Easter re ception of "the Sacraments of PENANCE: 'l'he formula' Christian Initia.tion," Baptism,
at ~bsolution, spoken by the Confirmation and the Eucharist, priest in the administration of in a single service. the Sacramerut of Penance may INSTRUMENTS: Musical in now omit any reference to ex struments other than the organ eommunica·tions "unles there be may be used in liturgical ser oome indication that a censure vices "provided they are played was incurred." in a manner suitable to public GOOD FRIDAY: The Congre worship." ga.tion of Rites has authorized -Commenting on this provi a shortening of the repetition of sion, Archbishop John F. Dear the Good Friday service. don, president 9f the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, EASTER VIGIL: The cele bmtion of the Easter Vigil ser- , added, "This decision deliber vice may 'be held early E·aster ately refrains from singling out specific instruments. Their use morning. depends on circumstances, the BAPTISM RITE: An author ized experiment, with liturgical nature of the congregation, and , oorvices for the Baptism of so on. -"In particular cases, if there adults will take place this Lent be doubt as to the suit m. about 20 American dioceses. , should ability of the instruments, it will The new rite provides for sever be the responsibility of the dio al stages of prayer in prepara cesa.ri bishop, hl consultation tion for Baptism. with his diocesan liturgical and -Once the initial period of in music Commissions, to render a quiry by the prospective con vert is completed, a succession decision," OTHER HYMNS: Vernacular of simple rites-including bibli cal readings and prayers as well texts set to music but composed Turn to Pa.fl,e Eleven .. formal enro1l.meJlt - ia.k.e£