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Eucharistic Congress Mass Has International Aspect MELBOURNE (NC) - Fifty thousand persons crowded into the Melbourne Cric~et Grounds Feb. 20 to attend a concelebrated Mass honoring the various races and nationalities in Australia. The arena's floodlights highlighted the varied and colorful national costumes worn by many of those ·attending. There was a happy, festive alt about the ceremonies, which drew together peoples from all races and religions throughout the world. The International aspect of the event was evident alt the huge altar erected in the center of the cricket f.leld. Cardinal Lawrence Shehan of Baltimore, papal legate to the 40th International EUCharistic Congress, was the principal celebrant. Concelebrants· were Cardinal Karol WojtyJa of Cracow,
Poland; Thomas Morris of Cashel, Ireland; Archbistop Ettore Cunial, vice-gerent of the Rome diocese; ArchlbIshop Donatus Djagom of Endeh, Indonesia; Archbishop Francesca Da Silva' of Braga, Portugal; Bishops AITurn to Page Twenty-Two
Fall Riveri.tes At Congress The Diocese of Fall River has 'been represented at the 40th International Eucharistic Congress meeting in Australia by a group of diocesan priests who have taken the advantage to combine a needed vacation along with religious exercIses. Attending the historical event of world recogniUon ~o the Turn to Page Twenty-two
1973 Lenten Season Opens On Wednesday, March 7 Next Wednesday, March 7, meat on each of the Fridays of will usher in the penitential sea- Lent." son of Lent. It is still a time of Abstinence forbids the use of fasting, abstinenc~ and voluntary meat. It binds those who have penance to prepare spiritually for completed their fourteenth year.· the adequate observance of the. It is to be observed on all the' Holy Days commemorating the Fridays of Lent. Passion, Death and Resurrection Fasting allows only one full of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. meal a day, but does not proThe National Conference of hibit taking some food in the Catholic Bishops of the United morning and evening, observing States issued the following state- -as far as quantity and quality ment in a Pastoral Statement: are concerned-approved local "We declare that the obliga- custom. It binds those· who have tion both to fast and abstain completed ,their twenty-first year from meat binds on Ash Wednes- up to ·the beginning of their sixday and Good Friday. tieth year. It is to be observed on "We preserve for our dioceses Ash Wednesday and Good Friday the tradition of ~bstinence from . Voluntary fast and abstinence, as well as other specific works of penance and charity, are strongly recommended,. especially on Friday, other days of Lent, March 7 vigils, etc. The time to fulfill the precept ASH WEDNESDAY of receiving Holy Communion during the Easter Season extends Day of from the First Sunday of Lent Fast and Abstinence (this year, March 11) until Trinity Sunday (this year, June 17). • t •••••••••••••• ' ••••••
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,At least 359 Fall River diocesans are in the midst of their heart throbbing preparations to follow Humberto Cardinal Medeiros to Rome and there to witness his entrance into the Col~ lege of Cardinals. Two flights will leave Saturday from Logan Airport in Boston ~ontaining 183 pilgrims under the leadership of Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, and 176 from St. Miehael Parish in Fall River. Joining the Fall River Diocese group in Rome will be 30 representatives of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, and at least 220 pilgrims from the Boston Archdiocese. The Cardinal-Elect left for Rome on Wednesday evening, accompanied by Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.Sc.H., former Bishop of Fall River; Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Finnegan, Jr., Chancellor of Boston; Rev. William C. Hemlick, 'the Archbishop's Secretary. Cardinal Medeiros celebrated Mass at Our Lady of ,the Airways Chapel at Logan Airport prior to his departure at 7 Wednesday evening. Tomorrow, Friday, the Archbishop will take
part in a formal rehearsal of the ceremonies - now arranged for Monday, March 5-involved in the elevations to the cardinala'te.
He, with 29 other cardinals-elect from across the globe, will receive the red hat, ring, and other symbols of the office at the Vat· ican on Monday. On Tuesday, the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston will take part in the papal ceremonies for the Conferral of the Pallium, a symbol of patriarchal jurisdiction most dear to the Eastern Church and in use in the Western Church for centuries. The opening of the penitential serviees of Lent will occupy the Cardinal on Ash Wednesday, when the new cardinals join the Holy Father and the Roman Curia at the ancient Roman Church of Santa Sabina. Turn to Page Two
New Cardinal's Shepherding Of Boston By Father A. CARDINAL MEDEIROS
Cardinal Was IPeritus Now Leads the Way
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"We talked about; God." That a familiar sight to neighbors as was how Cardinal-elect Medeiros he was driven between his parish spent his fJrst few days with and his office ,in the chancery Cardinal Cushing, which were building. the last days of the Boston prel"He has a license," confided ate's life: the Bishop, "but I think he only Bishop James L. Connolly, redrove enough to convince the ,tired Ordinary of the Fall River examiner that he could. I'd hate diocese, recalls the statement as to be in a car with him at the typical of the Cardinal-elect's whee!!" attitude toward life. was Monsignor Medeiros "I had asked him .if he used his time with Cardinal Cushing aghast at the news of his apto familiarize himself with the . pointment as Bishop of Brownsenormous task of heading the vHle, Texas, said Bishop ConnolTurn to Page Ten Boston archdiocese, and that was his reply," said the Bishop. "This simple man probably did more for Cardinal Cushing at the end of his life than anyone else Pope Paul has appointed Secould have done," added Bishop bastiano Cardinal Baggio, who Connolly. He spoke ~s. one of the has been serving for three and Cardinal-elect's closest friends one-half years as archbishop of in ,the priesthood, having known Cagliari in Sardinia, as new prehim since his ordination in 1946. When Bishop Connolly succeeded the late Bishop Oassidy in 1951, among his first actions was the appointment of Father Medeiros as his personal secretary, assistant chancellor and Vicar for Religious. Why did he choose him? "You couldn't miss him," was his laconic response. Among Father Medeiros' duties was the delivering of a monthly spiritual conference to the Sisters of the diocese. These homilies, given over a period of four years, are still remembered, said Bishop Connolly, who soon named his secretary vice-chancellor, then chancellor of the Fall River diocese. In 1958 Father Medeiros became Monsignor Medeiros and two years later he was appointed pastor of his home parish, St. Michael, Fall River. He be.came CARDINAL BAGGIO
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BOSTON (NC) - Cardinal-designate Humberto Medeiros has been the spiritual 'leader of the archdiocese of Boston a little more .than two years. In expressing his spiritual authority, he has cherished each member of his flock 'as 'a person for whom he is responsible to God. He has considered each human relationship as an eternal responsibility. His authority hlis not been textured with the harshness of an unbending or callous discipline. He has tried to recognize the uniqueness of each human being. As he once told participants in a White House religious service: "It is impossible to be Christian without being concerned for every man ... As a man and as a Christian, I believe that my first need is for God and that my second need is for my brother." Turn to Page Three
Begin Curia Changes feet or head of the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops. The 59 year old former papal diplomat is a close friend of the Pope and succeeds the 79 year old Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri who resigns in keeping with the ruling made by the Pope that no cardinal may hold a Curia post after the age 80. Two other cardinals have also resigned, Luigi Cardinal Traglia, 77, Chancellor of the Holy RoTurn to Page Three
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Parochial Elementary School Registration Sunday,.March 4 Sunday, March 11 First Grade and Transfer Students