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St. Williamls Parish to Build New Church in Fall River ,

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Msgr.· Swe_ney Death Saddens,' Diocese '

'The Most Reverend Bishop celebrated a Pontifical'Mas~ , of Requiem Monday morning for the late Rt. Rev. TimothyP. Sweeney, pastor of the HolY,Name Church, Ne~. Bedford, who died Thursday after a lengthy illness. He was 89 years old. Monsignor Sweeney, 8' , native of North Easton, atten'ded - the public schools in his native city, Boston College, and St. John's Seminary, Brighton. Monsignor Sweeney was ordained in Holy Cross Cathedral. Boston, Dec. 20,1901, by the late Most Rev. John Williams, Archbishop of Boston. First assignments to the young priest were at St. Patrick's Par-' ish, Fall River and St. Mary's Parish, Taunton. While serving in the Taunton Parish, he was instrumental in the inauguration of a regular schedule of Masses: for the patients at Taunton State Hospital. In December, 1907, the MonMONSIGNOR SWEENEY signor was transferred to St. Vincent's Home where he made used as the site of ,Msgr. Coyle numerous changes. The city High School. officials approved the MonHis administrative capacities signor's wish to pipe water to were again evidenced' when he the institution and to fill in a became pastor' of St. Louis's large tract of swampland south Church, Fall River. He renovated of the home. the physical plant' of the parish During his five and one hall and wiped' out the parish debt. 7ears at St. Vincents, he erected In November, 193't, Monsignor a new gymnasium and carriage Sweeney succeeded Rev. James Jhed. M. Coffey, the fIrst pastor of the While serving as director of Holy Name Church, New Bed,_ _. Diocesan charities" Monsignor ford., During his 20th anniversary Sweeney acquired several acres of land in Taunton on which to year as pastor of the New BedTurn to Page Eighteen build an infants home. It was

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Rt:, Rev. Msgr. R~ymond To Considine, pastor of St. William's ChurCh, Fall River, has '

annoullced that' construction -of ~new, church will begin this Spring east of the rectory building on .chicago Street. To cost an' estimated $350,000, th~ 'church' will probably be finished fot Easter, 1961, said Msgr. Considine. Architects are Maginnis, Walsh & Kennedy, Boston, designers of, ,co~,nected by ,anarth~x of glass the new.:fIoly Nam~ School, -and "a14minuIll "to, the main now bein'g' 'erected in Fall .. church.' ,Windows ~ill have a ,River, in addition to many ."jagged' ~oot~ '~ffl~ct" and will 'other buildings in the Diocese ' and throughout the country. ~",'e,'g,.e,O, The chutch cost will include

not be, Visible to worshipers, although admitting adequate light. Capacity' of the new St. William's will be about 800, or 100 more than', the present building. There' are soMe 2300 people in the parish. Msgr. Considine is no stranger to blueprints. As a member of Rev. Roger M. Charest,' the- "', Diocesan administrative 'S.M.M., a native of Fall' council he has had a voice in the planning of construction River 'and editor of Queen throughout the'Diocese. of All Hearts magazine, will preach at the eighth annual A major project under 'his dlAcies Ceremony of the Legion rection was erection of the Cathof Mary, to be held in St. Mary's olic Memorial Home, its nursing wiJig and the priests' hostel on 'Cathedral at 3 Sunday afternoon, Highland Avenue, Fall' River. ' March 20. His Excellency, Most The new St. William's will be nev. 'J,ames' :r..Connolly, Bishop 4' the first Catholic church 'erected - of 'Fall River, will preside. in .the. city of Fall River In 20 Father' :Charest, a Montfort years. Holy Name was built in Fath'er, 'is also' director of Mont- 1940. Previously, St. Anthony of for~\ -PUblicati9ns, Bay Shore, the Desert was built in 1930 and ',' Turn to Page Twelve Immaculate Conception in 1929.

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renovation of' the present St. William's for use as a parish hall, said Msgr. Considine. A basement structure, it has been in use for' 55 years, since the founding of the parish. In addition, a general purpose room unc"er the sanctuary of the new church wiil be available for club' meetings and the use of altar boys., The new ,church will be paral-, leI, to Chl'cago Street and wI'II be of contemporary Georgian archi'tecture. A scale model is now Qn display at St. William's. ' , The baptistry will be in front of 'the door, I).oted the pastor,

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World .Hails Supreme ,P~ntiff's Selection of Seven Cardinals

, VATICAN CITY (NC)-:-Pop:e John has named seven new cardinals, raising the Sacred, College to a I:ecord high of 85 members. The new cardinals include the first Negro, first ,Filipino and first Japanese to be named to the cardinalate. The new members of the Sacred College will be elevated to the,ir 'posts at a, Vatican' consistory on 'March 28. In their order . of, precedenc,e, the ,n e w Bernard- Alfrink of Utrecht,- ques, in Mozambique, Portu-' .. Church 'princes. are: Arch- the Netherlands. -' . guese ~ast, ,Africa. Archbishop 'bishops Luigi 'Traglia '9f Rufino J. Santos of Mariila. Rugambwa speaks Kihaya, a Bishop Laurian Rugambwa of Bantu language, as his native Rome: Peter Tatsuo Doi of 'Rutabo, Tanganyika. ' tongue. He also speaks Swahili, Tokyo. Msgr. Antonio Bacci, Secre- English aI).d Italian. Joseph Lefebvre of Bourges, tary of Briefs to Princes. An official of the National _France. Bishop Rugainbwa is the first 'Association for the AdvanceNegro, at least in modern ment of Colored People has 'times, t<r be named a' cardinal, hailed the action of the Pope in and the second cardinal 'for naming the Church's first Negro Africa. ;The other is Teodosio cardinal in modern times. The elevation to the cardinaClemente Cardinal de Gouveia, Two Fall River parishes-Sacred Heart and St. Roch's-will again this year distribute Archbisl10p of, ,Lorenzo Mar- lat~ of Bishop Laurian RugamTum to Page Eighteen more than their quotas of home subscriptions to The Anchor. Announcement that both parishes are over-the-top in sales brings to.15 the num~er of widely 'scattered Diocesan parishes now in this class. As a matter of fact, Sacred Heart parish in Fall River continues , to lead the entire Diocese in home delivered subscriptions to this DioThe g e n era I tuition at 1959 1960 'cesan newspaper. Rt. Rev.J. Joseph ,S 0 ne.h ill College, Nqrth .. Location Sales Saies:. Sullivan, pastor at' Sacred Heart, ,. E~ston, ,'will be increased Parish has been one ;of out 'most staunch inex~ September; Very Rev. Blessed Sacrament Fall River 193 195 ,supporters since the initial publication Richard H.' Sullivan, C.S.C.. Holy Redeemer Chatham 58 76., of The"Anchor. And, during his illness , president, ,announced today: West Harwich 25 100 , he has directed his assistants to con- ' Holy Trinity Annual' tuition rates will be 69 457 tinue his policy of The Anchor in ev'ery Immaculate Conception . No. Easton raised to $750 in September. The home of the parish. . Our Lady of Mt. Carmel S eekonk increase' was necessitated by 1 05 '1 0 8 Rev. George S. Daigle, newly apgreatly increased operating costs, St. Jean Baptiste Fall River 254 .265 pointed pastor, has succeeded ~n con,Father Sullivan said. Central Village 78 85 ,tinuing quota-sales in St. Roch's. St. John the Baptist The increase represents a rise Fairhaven 17 126' . " The Bishop has expressed the wish St. Mary's of about $45 a semester in acaSeekonk 161 169 that, every family in the Diocese subSt. Mary's demic 'costs. Stonehill, a coscribe to The Anchor and' that oui:, educational four year college, St. Pius SO. Yarmouth 100 100 Diocesan newspaper ,be read each week currently has an enrollment of Taunton. 347 383 by very member in the family. From St. Joseph's more than 500 undergraduates. Woods Hole 51 90 the arrival of renewal and new subSt. Joseph's The college recently announced Somerset 112460 scriptions at The Anchor offi.ce every St. Thomas More plans to accommOdate, its first mail delivery, it'looks as if pastors and dormitorjr students in SeptemSacred Heart CARDINAL RUGAMBWA Fall River 603 608 assistants and faithful' alike are going ber. Rutabo, Ta~ganyika Fall River 126 127 to make the B!shop's wish a realization. St. Roch's

Two Fall River Parishes, Increase Quota Sales 'Class for,The'Anchor Now-,to 15

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