Nine Laymen
.Pope Honors zDThel J~NCHOR
~1. 12, No. 13 March 28, 1963 (c)
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ATTY, W, H. CAREY
liNt W. S. DOWNEY JR.
RAYMOND U. KELLIHER
ATTY. R. K. MARTIN
CLAYTON B. RENNIE
I(nights· Of St. Gregory Awards Reward Work In Behalf of Diocese JAMES E. BULLOCK
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T. FARREll SR.
DR. F. l SULLIVAN
. JUDGE W. A. 'll'ORPHY
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Transfers Affect Four
Chancery Announces Assignments
Jo'r. L. A. Cardoso
Fr. M. A. Andrad.e
Fr. R. A. Robillard
Rev. Luis A. Cardoso, assistant at Immaculate Conception, New Bedford, to Espirito Sa!1to, Fall River, as assistant. Rev. Rene R. Levesque, assist Rev. Manuel Andrade, a'ssisl (lnt at Espirito Santo, Fall River, , ant at st. Joseph's Attleboro, to Our Lady of Grace, North ~ Immaculate Conception, New Westport, as assjstant. Bedford as assistant.
Bishop Connolly announc ed today transfers affecting four assistants in the Dio cese. The transfers are:
Jazz Priest Suggests Contemporary Music SI<;ATTLE (NC)-A priest predicted here the time will c{)me when Catholic Church music will vary with the racial, ethnic and economic components of the parish. Father Nor man O'Connor, C.S.P., national director of the' Paulist Fa thers' television and radio :a,postolate, said "the old, Conference. He was a frequent a tag nat e music must be guest on television stations and expressed his views on the need .l'bandoned, generally, if the of a more contemporary ap
Church is to communicate with proach to church music. the new generations." The Paulist said where a con In parishes where the congre gation is formed principally of gregation was made up oR a pre domil)antly ethnic group, the older people, then, perhaps the use of folk tunes and melodies old hymns could be retained, Father O'Connor said. These with which that group was iden situations "would be the excep tified was desirable. "If a Negro congregation finds
'lii.on," he added. .Father O'Connor came here a hymn using a basic blues mel and served as chairman of the ody and beat, with reverent words, more meaningful than ,Jazz Festival, presented as part .f the Music Educators National Tum to Page Thrar
Fr. R. H. Levesque
Rev. RaYlllond A. Robillard, assistant at· St. Hyacinth's, New Bedford, to St. Joseph's, Attle boro. The assignments are effective next Wednesday, April 3. Father Andrade was born March 30, 1926 in Taunton, the son of Manuel and Maria H. Medeiros Andrade. The newly assigned New Bedford assistant attended col lege in Angra, Azores.. Follow ing the completion of the philo sophical courses and two years of theology at the Seminary of Angra, Father Andrade trans ferred to St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, for the completion of his theological studies. Ordained on June 11, 1949 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, by Bishop Connolly, Father Andrade has served as an assistant at St. Anthony of Turn to Page Eleven
fUTURE OF CATHOLIC
SCHOOLS SEE PAGE 13
Pope Paul today honored nine prominent laymen of the diocese by appointing them as members of the Knights of st. Gregory the Great. Announcement of the Supreme Pontiff's appointments was made by the Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River. The designations bring ish, Fall River, he is presently the Special Justice in the Sec to 27 the number of men ond Bristol County Court and who, over the course of the an attorney.
years, have been awarded the Knighthood of St. Gregory the Great in the Diocese. They are: James J. Bullock, 1340 Robe son St., Fall River. Atty. Wiliam H. Carey, 3 Fort St., Fairhaven. Dr. William S. Downey Jr., 337 Union St., New Bedford. Atty. John T. Farrell Sr., 241 Montgomery St., Fall River. Raymond U. Kelliher, 131 Rocklawn St., Attleboro. Atty. Richard K. Martin, 262 Chase St., No. Dighton. Clayton B. Rennie, 2:l5 Tre mont St., 'taunton. Dr. Frederick J. SulEvan, 76 Cottage St., Fall River. Judge William A. Torphy, 316 Montgomery St., Fall River. Judge William A. Torphy, 316 Montgomery Street, FaU River, husband of Anna P. (Gib lin) Torphy, is the father of four children William A., Fred erick J., Anne P. Torphy Day and Marion L. Torphy Morgan. Son of the late John E. Tor phy and the late Mary G. (Col lins) Torphy, the Judge was born in Fall River on Dec. 12,
He has also served as Director of st. Vincent's Orphanage, a member of the Diocesan Pas toral Council, a member of the Turn to Page Three
Fr. Regan Heads Cape, Islands Appeal Unit The fraternal, professional, business and industrial or ganizations of the Cape Cod and Islands area of the Di
ocese will come under the spe cial gifts phase of the 1968· Catholic Charities Appeal. Rev. John J. Regan, assistant at St. Patrick's Parish, Fal mouth, has been named by Bishop Connolly to direct this important work of special gifts. The addition of this area to the Special Gifts phase now gives complete coverage of the Diocese in the fraternal, pro-' fessional, business and indus trial field. This advanced phase of the Catholic Charities Appeal will 1899: open on April 22. and close on A member of Holy Name par- May 4, the day before the house campaign starts throughout the Diocese. Special Gift Solicitors have
been personally invited by a let
ter from Bishop Connolly to aid
in this important part of the
CCA. Many solicitors have al
ready acknowledged their will
WASHINGTON (NC) ingness to serve. The number of Special Gift Msgr. Harrold A. Murray, dirootor of the Bureau of solicitors is 625. The contacts to be made in this phase will Health and Hospitals, United number 2150 contributors in the States Catholic Conference, has six areas of the diocese. urged persons aged 65 and over Each area Special Gift Direc who have not signed up for tor will assign the names of Medicare's doctor bill insurance contributors to each solicitor in to get in touch with their So his area. The solicitors will hold cial Security district office. a "pep" meeting with their area The new premium rate begin director this year emphasizing ning April 1 will be $4 a month the slogan of the Appeal-"At with the government paying the least a dollar more in '68". other half of the protection. For It is hoped that with new em those who' enroll before the phasis placed on the Special April 1 deadline, coverage will Gift phase of the Appeal this begin July 1. For those who year, a successful campaign will sign up April 1, the protection be staged by all solicitors. This will not' start until July 1, 1969.· will give encouragement and There are many reasons for confidence to the parish solici recommending the purchase of tors when this group of 13,200 this coverage, Msgr. Murray in solicitors contact 94,250 homes dicated, noting particularly that in the diocese on Sunday, May Ii from 12 D.QQIl to a P oM. Turn to Page Twenty
Urges All Over 65 to Enrolll In Medicare