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Pope Paul today honored the Djocese. of Fall River by appoint­ ing' two of its priests to the rank of domestic prelate with the title

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of Right Reverend Monsignor. The two . well known priests are: Rev. Edward B. Booth, pastor of St. Marys Church, North Attleboro. Very Rev. Reginald M. Barrette, chancellor and episcopal secretary and assistant at St. Roch's Church, Fall River. Announcement of the elevations was made by Most Rev. James L. Con­ lIlolly, Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River. The new North Attleboro prelate as widely known because of his many assignments which have taken him from one end of the diocese to the other. The Fall River monsignor has been as­ sociated with all branches of the dio­ cesan matrimonial court and succeeded· the late Rt. Rev. Msgr. JOhn H. Hackett WI chancellor and episcopal secretary. Msg,r. Booth has directed the parish on the diocesan periphery while Msgr. Barrette has spent the greater part of his curacy-18 of his 22 years-as an assistant in the See City parish. Msgr. Booth was born May 10, 1895 lin Fall River, the son of the late Ed-

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ward B. Booth and Sarah E. Vera Booth. A graduate of B.M.C. Durfee High School, Fall River, he attended St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester. and ht. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. Following ordination by the la~ Rev. Daniel F. Feehan on May 25, 1982 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, tbe newly named prelate served as an ao!­ sistant at Our Lady of the Isle, N1IJI­ tucket; St. Peter's, Provincetown; M. Kilian'S, New Bedford; St. Mary's, No.

Attleboro; and Holy Name, Fall Ri),;p·.

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pastor of St. John the Baptist ChurC'n, Central Village. He also served as pat)­ tor of Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Blutgs for eight years until his present 3>;­ signm€ m t as pastor of the No. Attlebo~Q Parish. From 1955 to 1957 he was dean of the Dukes and Nantucket Deanery. Msgr. Barrette was born June 19 1921 in Fall River, the son of the lqt~ Zenon D. Barrette and Rose Corrive..tu Barrette. The Diocesan chancellor ~4;­ tended Prevost High, Fall' River, alld Assumption Prep and Assumption Cc:l­ lege, Worcester. Upon completing his seminary course in St. Mary's, Bah:iTurn to Page Eighte~en

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CCmJ~rnt~OlfJ1 ~O H~~p N®®ff~~S Dew®~@~ 8$@Jml~~ of ~@w®r' NEW YORK (NC)-Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders have announced formation of an interfaith coalition to help Negroes develop a' "sense of power" through the achievement of full social and economic equality. The ooalition, known as "Oper­ ~tion Connection," will make muriity is ignored by the church $10 million available over and the synagogue, then the the next eight months to whole program will turn out

to be a farce. It must work, or Negro leaders in selected urban else." \Centers. The only condition on Rev. Cleage emphasized that distribution of the funds is that his sole goal is "power for the they may not be used to support black community" but that this violent activities. The urban constituted no "threat." The De­ centers have not been selected troit churchman is president of and details of the project have the Federation for Self-Deter­ not been worked out. mination. Rev. Albert Cleage Jr., Detroit Rt. Rev: John E. Hines, pre­ Congregationalist, who describes siding Bishop of the Protestant himself as a black nationalist Episcopal Church, who is par­ and an advocate of black power, ticipating in the coalition, says Days he is participating "under America is confronted with a no illusions." . "national moral challenge." "Operation Connection," he "If this fails," he said, "then :!Roman Catholics, Jews and stated, "will immediately select Protestants might as well close specific urban areas in which to ebop. The problem of the black concentrate our efforts." Rabbi Abraham Heschel of -.nunity is powerlessness. We are· facing the most distressing. the Jewish Theological Semi­ aituation in the history of' our nary believes "It is clear that we aWltr)' and if the black com-' Turn to Page Eleven

·HonorMo.ther Pierre Marie

For Hospital Achievements

Pope Paul has officially recognized the outstanding achievements of the admin­ istrator of St. Anne's Hos­

was professed on Feb. 28, 1922 under the name of Sr. Pierre Marie. Following profession, she

pital, Fall River, by bestowing upon her the "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" medal. The Supreme Pontiff's action was announced today by Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of the Diocese. Mother· Pierre Marie, vice­ provincial of the Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presen­ tation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Tours for the, past seven years and administrator for 22 years of the only Catholic General.Hospital in the Diocese of Fall River, was born in Mon­ teiis Tarnet Garonne, France, on March 10, 1894. The former Anna ;M. Sabatie

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NEW ORLEANS (NC) ­ "It would be scandalous if the irrelevancy of the liturgy proved to be an additional reason" for defections from the Church says Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta. "We have seen priests and laymen, educated and informed, leave our- Church," Archbishop Hallinan said, "but even more tragic is the departure of the u'ninformed and the young whose search for relevance can not be satisfied' within the Church. "I want to make clear that I am not saying liturgical reforms, Turn to Page Eleven

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Grand Knights and other key members of the 20 ,. Knjghts of Columbus Coun­ cils located in the Fall River

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Diocese will attend a Confra­ ternity of Christian Doctrine workshop Saturday, March 30 at McMahon Council headquar­ ters, 1049 Pleasant Street, New Turn to Page Ten

LS@U' ~nDG'@[f®@~ OMAHA (NC) ~ Mayor Alexander V. Sorensen has blamed two priests for caus­ ing racial disturbances here by leading a protest at a rally for former Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace. Father John Q. McCaslin, di~ rector of the .Omaha archdio­ cesan social action office, and Father Robert .Burns, S.J., the­ ology instructor at Creighton University-were arrested two days after the Wallace speech, charged with disrupting a pubJlic meeting. They were released ltD $100 bail each for a hearin, March 20. Turn to Page Ten


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