Additional Concessions of English
In Mass Start Sunday, March. 27
Bishop Connolly announced· today the additional con cessions of English for use in the celebration Mass through out the Diocese of Fall River. Based on a rescript issued Oct. 15, 1965 by the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution of the High Mass the prayers at Sacred Liturgy and confirm theAt foot of the altar and the ed by a decision of the dialogue (Orate, Fratres) are Bishops of the United States, said by the celebrant and his
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all Masses celebrated in the Diocese, whenever offered with the people present, will have the following prays in English. The embolism of the Lord's Prayer (Libera Nos); the Col lect, prayer over the offerings (Secret Prayer), postcommunion prayer, and the prayer over the faithful. Also, the prayers at the foot of the altar, the preface, and the dialogue (Orate, Fratres). Secondly, the Bishop has di rected that the following be used regularly in the Diocese of Fall River.
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Bi$hop Connollv t" Address COl1vocati~n of Reliaiogs Bishop Connolly will preside and speak at the convo eation of all religious men and women, not vested with the holy priesthood, scheduled for 3 Laetare Sunday afternoon, March 20 at the Bishop Stang High School Auditorium, North Dartmouth. The Con. eilim' Decree· on Adaptation Each Religious in the Diocese and Renewal of Religious received from the Bishop a copy Life will be explained and of the Decree in order that they interpreted. Furthermore, it will serve as an occasion to answer questions and hopefully solve problems of those who have read the Decree.
will be prepared beforehand on the topics considered at the Council andbe ready with ques tions on any point not thorough ly understood.
Chqrity for 'Needy Yields Mpny Times Base Gift "\Vhat you do for one in need, you do for me. I, the Lord, am your neighbor," the Most Reverend Bishop has reminded his flock in a pastoral letter asking for help for the world's indigent poor. The almual Bishop's Relief col lection will be taken up at that of Cain. What does a press all churches of the diocese ing cry for alms from "Asia, Af next Sunday. Turn to Page l~ighteen "The German people are m.ore generous than we are," the Ordinary reminded the faithful as he pointed out that "We are, indeed, and, in fact, our brother's keepers." Bishop Conoolly's plea for a more generous response this veal' than ever before follows: "Am I my brother's keeper" (Genesis IV: 9) Beloved in Christ, The words we have chosen as eur text go back to the story of Creation. They we~e spoken, brazenly, to the Lord Himself, by Cain, eldest son of Adam and Eve. In a fit of jealousy, Cain killed his brother Abel, who seemed preferred by God. The Lord questioned Cain: "Where is Abel, your brother?" Cain re plied: "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" Who would not agree that never be fore, or seldom since, has man reached such a depth of ig nominy? Yet, there are more than a few Cains in the world today. . They may not say what he said. But they kill with their indif ference to human need. They degrade themselves, and society as well, by shrugging off respon sibility for a brother in need. They do not murder in cold ~llood. But theii' attitude is like
NEW COADJUTOR: Msgr. Peter L. Gerety, New Haven, Conn., pastor, has been appointed by Pope Paul Coadjutor Bishop with the right of succession to Bishop. Brother Henry Vanasse, F.I.C., Daniel J. Feeney of Port1~nd, provincial of the Brothers of Christian Instruction, announced Maine. NC Photo.
Resets Plan For Prevost
Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River, announced today. One of the better known mem bers of the Bristol County Bar Association, the 40-year old law yer is a graduate of Providence College and the Boston College
Law' School. He is most active in affairs of the New Bedford Serra Club.
A co-owner of the law firm of Desmarais & Carey of New Bedford, the 1966 chairman is a Fall River native. He is married to the former Virginia A. Kelley of Fall River and they are the parents of six childt'en, four boys and two girls. Born in SS. Peter and Paul's parish in Fall River, Atty. Carey attended St. Joseph's elementary school, the James Madison Mor tion Junior High and B.M.C. Durfee High in Fall River. He then went on to Providence Col-
Panorama Interest Mounts Interest in the Chris tian Pan 0 l' a m a exhibit, to be held the March 25 weekend at Bishop 'Cassidy High School, Taunton, is mount ing throughout the Diocese. Rev. James Buckley, coordinator of the program, has announced that the Cape area is striving for a large contingent to visit the ex hibit on Saturday, March 26. Rev. Thomas J. Harrington,
Cape and Islands CYO Director,
is arranging for bus transporta
tion from the many communi ties on the Cape to" Taunton. This will mark Saturday as Cape Cod Day. Father Harrington quickly reassures all other groups, however, that this does not mean other areas are to be excluded. In planning this group from the Cape, Father Harrington said: "It is our hope that other areas will be represented in large numbers because we feel Turn to Page Four
on Tuesday night a reconsider ation of the recent announce ment concerning the phasing out of the Christian Brothers in three years at Prevost High School, Fall River. He announced that a re-assess ment of their manpower situa tion has enabled the Order to re-arrange the situation and now ami n i mum guarantee Bishop Connolly.will pre side at the annual Legion of has been given that the fresh man class entering this Septem Mary Acies program, to be ber will be graduated in the held at 1 :30 Sunday after , class of 1970 from Msgr. Prevost noon, March 20 iil St. Mary's High School. Cathedral, Fall River. The Acies, a ceremony during which active and auxiliary Leg ion members rededicate themselves to their spiritual apostolate, is a Latin term, meaning "an ,army ranged in Two parishes in the Diocese will conduct open house battle array." - Modeled on the organization of an army, the programs Sunday afternoon, March 20. Both have invited Legion takes its nomenclature their non-Catholic neighbors to tour church buildings with
Leaion Acies .... At Cathedral On Sunday
True Ecumenism Permeates Open House o'n Sunday
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parishioners as guide's, St. Joseph's Church, Fairhaven, will be open from 2 to 4 Sunday afternoon; while the hours St. Michael's, Swansea, will be from 2 to 4 :30.
Greater 'New Bedford 4,ttorney Chosen To Head Catholic Charities Appeal Attorney William H. Garey of Fairhaven will serve as chairman of the 1966 Catho lic Charities Appeal, Most
servers, while the people sing the Introit, Offertory or appro
priate hymns.
Similarly, these prayers should
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lege and the BC Law School. A practicing attorney for 15 years, Mr.' Carey is a member of the New Bedford, Bristol
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County, Boston and American Bar Associations. He is counsel for the Towns of Fairhaven and Marion, the New Bedford-Cape Cod Stand ard Times and radio stations WNBH in New Bedford and WOCB in South Yarmouth. The new Catholic Charities Appeal chairman is vice-presi dent and a member of the Board
of Directors -of E. Anthony & Sons, Inc. and also president, treasurer and a member of the
Board of Directors of WTEV (Channel 6) Television, Inc. The son of Mary E. (Doherty) Carey and the late James F. Carey, the lay Appeal chairman is a member of the Family Life Bureau· of New Bedford and a former president' ot' the Fall River Clover Club. His wife is a graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing. Atty. and Mrs. Carey are the parents of Susan, William Jr., Robert, Gregory, Christopher and Paula. , "To work through you for the Turn to Page Fourteen
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st. Joseph's Ministers and congregations of churches in Fairhaven, Acush-' net and Mattapoisett have re ceived special invitations to St. Joseph's program, said the pas tm', Rev. John J. Brennan, SS.CC. They will be taken in small groups to view altars, sacred vessels, vestments, confessionals and the baptistry. The new paro chial school will also be included in the tour. Mrs. Earl J. Dias, chairman of tour guides, will be assisted by Thomas Aridrade, president of the parish CYO, and young peo ple of the parish. St. Michael's At St. Michael, Msgr. .Tflsepb Turn to Page Fourteen
Jubilee Mass The fourth Pontifical Jubilee Mass commemorating the clos ing of Vatican Council II will be offered on Sunday afternoon at 3 in St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, by Bishop Gerrard. Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, as sistant at St, Margaret's Church, Buzzards Bay. will preach.