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BishC)p to Ordain Eight Diocesan Priests at Cathedral Aprilo 2
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Eleven seminarians-eight for the Dioc'e~e and three Missionaries of LaSalette-wiII be ordained to the priesthood by the Most Reverend Bishop in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, on Saturd~y morning. April 2, at 9 o'clock. Being ordained to the Diocesan priesthood for service in the Diocese of Fall ,River are Rev. Mr. Kenneth J. Delano of Taunton• Rev. Mr. Manuel P. Ferreira .... ,. r--.. ·.. ·· of Provincetown, Rev. Mr. Maurice R. Jeffrey of New Bedford, Rev. Mr. Louis J.
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Vigeant Is to Head Charities Appeal
REV. MR. DELANO
George Vigeant Sr., a member of th~ Sacred He~rt parish in New Bedford. will serve'as Lay Chairman of the 1960 Cathol'c Charities Appeal, the Most Rev~rend Bishop ann-ounced today. The prominent New Bedford, business---"'----------, . man and community leader ~' is president and "treasurer of, j the Old Colo,ny'Tra'nspo,rtaI tion Co., which operates a
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large trucking concern that serves 'New York and New Jersey in addition to the entire New England area. Mr. Vigeant is' a native of New Bedford and was educat'ed, , in the parochial schools of that' city. Besides heading the transportation company, he is also treasurer of the Bay' State Realty and Advertising Corporation' of New Bedford. Prominent' Citizen· The Vigeant family consists of five married children, all residents of' New Bedford: George Jr., Romeo, Norman, Mrs. Rita Souza and Mrl!. 'Teresa Frennette. The, three,' sons are all affiliated with the Transportation Company. ' Every aspect of civic, religious, business and fraternal ac,'Tur.n to Page Eighteen
The annual vocation pro,. gram for the Diocese of Fall River ~iIl open tomorro~ with the beginning of a no-
REV. MR. FERREIRA
Sacred Heart parish in North Attleboro today is lookingahead to the time when it will be the first. in the Diocese to accomplish complete family coverage, in ~ml~s for The Anchor. Assured of a 1960 parish circulation 50 per cent over and abbve its parish (Edmond'L.) . Dickinson," the quota, Rev, J os~ph S. Larue, North Attleboro pastor empha'pastor, predicts t~e day is sized. "Our parish sales have not far distant when the increased steadily each year. mailman will deliver a copy of That is a tribute to your news-
paper. Fr. Dickinson and myseIt ha ve both heard, the comment many times that The Anchor is 'not only an excellent pliblicaTurn to Page Eighteen
vena for guidance and the fostering of vocations to the religious life. The novena will end Sunday, March 27, and will be followed by a triduum of Masses for ,the same intention in Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton. In Fall River a Pontifical High Mass' will be celebrated at 10 Monday mor-ning, March 28, at Notre Dame' de Lourdes Church. All priests of the area and, students or' 'Prevost High SchQOI, and Dominican, JesusMary, Sacred Hearts and Mount' , St. Mary's Academies will attend. Rev.' John Cronin, St. Patrick's Church, Fall ,River, will preach and· the congregation will join ,in singing the Mass, with the Turn to Page Twelve
REV. MR. "dAHONBY
Bishops ,Attend New England Ceremonies
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. Most Reverend James L. Connolly, D.D., Bishop of the, Diocese, and Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D., V.G., REV. MR. JEFF'REY
Warch This List Groiv 1959 '1960 I~ocation Sales Sales Parish , Fall River 196 193 Blessed Sacrament Chatham 58 76 Holy Redeemer West Harwich 25 : 100 Holy Trinity· . 69 467 Immaculate Conception No. Easton' 105 108 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Seekonk Fall River 603 60~ Sacred Heart 336 No. Attleboro' 245 Sacred Heart 106 Mattapoisett. 113 St. Anthony Fall River 254 .265 St. Jean Bapti~te Central Village 78 85 St. John the Baptist, Taunton 347 383 St. Joseph's Woods Hole 51 90 St. Joseph's Fairhaven 17 126 St. Mary's Seekonk 161 169 St. Mary's 207 Falmouth 208 St. Patrick So. Yarmouth 100 100 St. Pius Fall River· 126 127 St. Roch's Somerset 112 460 St. Thomas More
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Pia'" Mass'es In Diocese
Three More Parish~s ~eport Quota Sales for The Anchor
this Diocesan newspaper ~ each and every family in his parish weekly. ' . "The credit for ,this splendid parish showing goes, to, !ather
Joseph of Provincetown, Rev. Mr. Roger D. LeDuc of New Bedford, Rev. Mr. Francis L. Mahoney of New Bedford, Rev. Mr. Lucio B. Phillipino of Taunton, and Rev. Mr. James R. Porter of Revere. Being ordained to the priest,hood as Missionaries of La Salette are Rev Mr. Daniel Charette, M,S. of Leominster, Rev. Mr. Adrien Francoeur, M.S. of Fall River, and Rev. Mr. Roger Moquin, M,S. of Manchester, N.H. Rev. Mr. Delano Rev. Mr. Kenneth J. Delano is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Delano of 22 Ingell St., Taunton, and a, member of Sacred Heart Parish. He received his early education: 'in the' public schools of Taunton and is a graduate of Msgr. Coyle High School. He' then attended Our Lady of : Providence 'Seminary, ' Warwick Neck, R.I" for his' college course, and studied Philosophy and Theology at St. Mary'. Seminary; Baltimore. ' .Turn to Pllg~ E'ighteeft
REV. MR. JOSEPH
Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese and pastor of' St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, ,along with Rev. John H. Hackett, Assista,nt Chancellor and Bishop's Secretary, were present Tuesday morning' at the formal instaUa-' tion "eremonies in St. Jo~eph's Cathedral, Manchester, N. H., as Most Rev. Ernest J. Primeau became sixth Bishop of Manchester. Bish9P Primeau 'succeeds the late Most Rev. Matthew F. Brady. In,stalling prelate and speaker on the occasion was His Enii- nenee, Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston. . Today ,both Bishop Connolly and Bishop Gerrard" and, Rt. Rev. Humberto . S. Medeiros, Chancellor of the Diocese, are at the consecration c~reinonies of Most Rev. Vincen' J. Hines, D.D.. former Chancellor of Hartford, as second, Bishop of, Norwich, Conn. Bishop Hines is being consecrated in St. ~atrick's Cathedral. Norwich, by Most Rev. Henry J. , Turn to Page, Twent,.
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