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NEW DIOCESAN HOME IN TAUNTON FOR AGED AND INFIRM!
With Purchase of Dow7Jl1,U;own Taunton Property
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Open e,en,.r Today For Puerto' Ricans.
Regina Pacis---Centro Catholico Hispano-the Bishop's center for Spanish-speaking· people of the Greater New Bedford area, opened today under the direction of Rev. Francis Regis, 88.CC., recently appointed' by. Bishop Connolly to serve as missionan office and two rooms in the ary to the Puerto Ricans in rear of the old 'Colonial Club. He the area. Located at 610 resides at Our Lady of AssumpsOuth First Street in the tion Rectory, 47 So. Sixth Street
South End of the city, the center will be used for Catechetical in~ruction . of children and for orientation of adultS to life in the United States. Father Regis pas been using
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The director will be assisted by Sisters of. the Love of God, members of a religious commun.... ity which has as one of its aims the instruction of Puerto Rican children.
Ask~ G~!7M~r@Us Response to Relief App~al
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WASHINGTON (NC)-Pope John has expressed hope that the response of U. S. Gatholics to the 1961 Bishops' Relief Fund appeal "will be magnanimous and liberal as in ~lte past." In a message to the archbishops ·and bishops of the nation, the Pope said it vently invoke upon them the is not necessary "to bring to copious reward that they merit your attention the need for for their appreciation of the oarity which still exists" bounteous resources which Di-
Purchase of the Taunton Inn in downtown "Taunton will further increase diocesan f~ilities and acco~modations fo~ .t?e care and treatment of the aged and infirm by the DIocese of Fall RIver: The acquIsItIon of the Taunton property· has been announced by the Most Reverend· BIshop. The Taunton Home, when renovations are completed will be the fourth of its kind in the ' . diocese as the church ex_.,-'_ - .." - "T - -,'" pands the finest and most -~~...... ! modern facilities' for its eld---~_
erly and infirm brethren. A chapel, which will seat 125. will be established at the Taunton home. The ballroom will be used for .the installation of sterilizing machines, hospital beds and other equipment demanded o.f the most up-to-date establishments. The Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation will staff the new Taunton diocesan home. These nuns have been tending to the needs of the sick at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River for years. The Diocese of Fall River will have facilities and accommoda. tions for more than 700 when it begins operation o.f the Taunton home. The care of the aged and the infirm has developed into such Turn to Page Seventeellll
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PLAN OPENING: Mother Pierre Marie, superior at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, discusses plans for opening new Taunton aged and infirm home with Rt.Rev. Raymond T. Considine of the ~,ioeesan Administrative Council.
among homeless and hungry peoples throughout the world. The relief fund appeal campaign is scheduled from March 5 to 12. A collection usually is taken up in all parishes on Laetare Sunday, March 12. Minimum goal of the campaign is ave million dollars. . The annual campaign furnishes the principal support for Catholic Relief Services - National eatholic Welfare Conference, the world's greatest person-to-per;. ~ relie.f age.ncy. In addition to the support given CRS-NQWC, Pope John Doted that the generosity of U. S. Catholics also' has furnished him with the same means to give "solace and comfort to millions of ... victims of privations and hardships" throughout the world. The Pope a'sked the bishops to 'tell their people that "in our Masses and prayers We will fer-
vine Providel1ce has placed at their disposal" We have repeatedly found occasion to manifest the benevolence which We cherish for Our dear children in the United States of America, and We have often praised their faith and the fervor with which they practice their religion. And in elevating to the sacred cardinalitial purple some worthy prelates from your midst, it was Our intention also to pay tribute to the vitality of the Church in your country. In end~avoring to lead good Christian lives, the Catholic people of the United States have Turn to Page Twelve
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Every parish in the diocese can look 'up to the Sacred Heart parish in North Attleboro when it comes to a city parish attaining full family coverage. True, the North Attleboro parish is a wee-bit short of family coverage but the energetic clergy and laity have demonstrated by a yearly increase in home-delivered copies of 'The Anchor that there is a growing demand for good it won't be long before every recall his interest in the diocesan Catholic reading in the family. in the parish is receiving paper when it first started. Now home. "We don't have to sell a copy through the mails each they' know that Fr. Dickinson your paper. The people are week. We're not far off that steered them to a good thing~
School. Gl!'cnts NEW YORK (NC) - A spokesman for the Jesuit Educational Association has termed President Kennedy's proposals for Federal aid to Dledical and dental schools and Itudents as "generally sound." "Universities have borne, far lIcyond the call' of duty, the eo&ts of medical and dental edueatlon," said Father EdwaE'd Turn to Page EighlellD
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U. S. Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon ,has repeated his support of long-term Federal loans for private school construction but said he will not press for such a program now. The Oregonian told the Senate that 'interest-bea'ring loans to private _ school~.'-- including church schools - would be "clearly constitutional" and "in the public interest." But he said he would not now introduce legislation providing for such loans because to do so Turn to Page Twelv~
Fr. John Considine Seeks 270 Lay Papal Volunteers Fathet John J. Considine, M.M., New Bedford native and director of the Latin American Bureau, NCWC, has establisheda program in a quest for 270 laymen and laywomen to join the Papal Volunteers for service in Latin America. Though only two countries American nations requested were canvassed extensively, Papal Volunteers. 'bishops and religious comThey asked for 78 teams of munities in eig~t Latin volunteers, including 195 un-
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