Two Monsignors Resign as Pastors . ,
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Served Diocese Total of 103· Years Rt. Rev. Msgr. William H. Harrington, known
as the personification of charity, today tendered
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his resignation as pastor of Holy Name, Church in Fall River which he has headed for the past Ii years. Msgr. Harrington will continue to serve as sup'ervisor of St. Patrick's Cemetery in Fall River. The veteran See City pastor, considered one of the best clerical administrators in the diocese, ,submitted his resignation, to the Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River. Msgr. Harrington was instrumental in de veloping St. Thomas More parish ,in Somerset into one of the' area's fastest-growing Christian, communities. He subsequently was appointed to direct the Fall River, parish which each year ranks among the leaders in the annual Catholic Turn to Page Twenty
Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Souza de Mello, dear. of the diocesan clergy, has resigned as pastor of Our' Lady of Lourdes, in Taunton, a: parish he has successfully directed for' 'the past 34 years. Msgr. de Mello is one of the better known diocesan pastors, having served in several com munities during his 58 years as a priest. The kindly a~ld considerate pastor has been the confessor for four religious gr'oups in the Taunton ar'ea over the coui'se of many years. The devotion of Msgr. de Mello to the cause of Catholic education was evidenced in 1963 when Our Lady of Lourdes Parochial School was opened. 248 boys and girls in seven elemen tary grades have become the beneficiaries of the Monsigl)or's enthusiasm for the Catholic training for the younger members of his flock. ' Tur'n to Page Twenty
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:MSGR. E. S. de MELLO
Bishop Connolly Announces
Transfer of Two Pastors,
Two New Administrators
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by the Most Rev. James L. Con ;~_.. nolly, Bishop of Fall River. The ; new assignments are effective ~j April 12. They are: hRt. Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shal '100, pastor of St. Louis Church, Fall River, to Holy Name Church, Fall River, as pastor. Rev. William'R. Jordan, pas tor of St. Dominic's ChurCh, Swansea, to St. Louis Chu'rch, Fall River, as pastor. Rev. James A. McCarthY', as sistant at St. William Church, Fall River, to St. Dominic's Chl,lrch, Swansea, as adminis trator. ' Rev. Edward A. Oliveira, as sistant at Our Lally of Lourdes MSGR. D. :F. SHAI~LOO Church, Taunton, as 'administm- ' . ' To :Uoly Name---:.Fall River tor of same parish. MONSIGNOR SHALLOO Monsignor Shalloo was' born in Fall :River on Nov. 7, 1911, son of Mrs. -Katherine J. (Mara)
Shalloo and the late ))aniel F.
Shalloo. He was graduated from B.M.C. Dur~ee High School and from Boston College with an A.B. degree in 1932. He studied at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore and at the Sulpician Seminary and Catholic University in Wash ington. ; The' new Holy. Name pastor received his M.A. degree in ed
ucation from C. U. in 1937 and was ordained by the late Most Rev. Bishop James E. Cassidy,
D.D. on May 22 the same year.
He served as assistant at Im
maculate Conception, Fall River,
until May 4, 1942 and as assist
ant at St. Joseph's, Fall River,
FR. JAMES A. McCARTHY until named administrator of St Louis in April, 1961.
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Fall River Mass., Thursday, Mar. 30, 1967 Yolo '11, No. 13
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Papal Encyclical
Moral Bankruptcy' BOased on 'Ava,rice VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has app.ealed fur "concrete action" to foster 'man's development and
the' development of all mankind to combat the' growing
ilXnb'alance between richer and pOOl'er nations. In an 18,000 , ~ord encyclical made public l'uesday, March 28, the Pope has' ta,ken the' Cat hoI i e Ohurch's social thought an
- Schedule CCD Renewed Talks April 26
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. The Evening of Christian Renewal sponsored by the Diocefo\an Confraternity of
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scheduled for March 15 and because of a major ~owstorm, has been rescheduled ~ Wednesday, April 26 at 7:30 t.m" Rev. Joseph L. Powers, lDiocesan director, announces. .The Fall River meeting' will be Wd at Mount St. Mary Academy ~ith James Kelleher of Taunton 1M speaker. Mrs. Mary Fuller of Buzzards Bay will speak at the meeting lID. Bishop Stang lIigh School, .-orth Dartmouth.' At Bishop Cassidy High, ltcbool, Taimton, the speaker will Edward McDonagh of North ~leboro. , Thomas Flangheddy of :raun ....~ will address the meeting, ~t 1Nsb0p Feehan, lIigh SclJ,ooll.
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The Cape area meeting, wi~l be ,-d at Holy Trinity, West ffar ..-eh, with M:iss, PatrIcia MaIda • apeakcl'. ,
other step forward. The encycli cal letter, Popu16rum Progressio (Development of Peoples), in its very title captures the Pope's
celHral concern since it deals precisely with 'the development of peoples and countries. The letter is addressed both
to Catholics' and to all men of
good will. In effect, it is an ap
peal to the world's community of nations to meet the urgent social, cultural and economic:: problems d the day in the de veloping countries. The alterna tive, he warned, is th~ "grave
temptatiol)" to violence and
revolution.
Despite some press interpreta tions of the text of the lette~, the Pope did not seem to com mit himself on the subject 01. birth control or family limitation , any further than' th'e Second Vatican Council's, stand .. ta~en in its Constitution on, the Church in the Modern World. The Pope d~voted a lengthy pa,ragraph to tbe subject of demol~raphy but based it on the coundl's constitution., " The encyclical, the fifth to be, 'issued by the Pope, dOes n~ .. '
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EDWARD A. OUVEIRA
1'aunton Administrator
Save 7th and 8th Grades Fall, River Pupils to Attend SHA Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River, which struction in art, music, and physical education 'earlier this month announced: the, closing' of its 'riOw available to the higher grades.
31 year, ol~ eleme~tary ,schQ()i .has, exp,anded,
, Registration for the new' Junior high depart
ills high school to: include seventh' and eightb, ment will be held from 3 to 5 and 6 to 8 tomor gr;:tdes. row afternoon and evening at the academy on , The academy, notes Sister Jane Raymond, prin Prospect Street. Another registration session is cipal, thus follows the pattern 'becoming prev-' scheduled for 3 to 5 Sunday. afternoon, April 2. , alent throughout the co'untry of' considering Present students at' S;lcred Hearts eiementary
grades seven throu:gh 12 on the secondar'y level. s~hool wHl rece,ive preference. 18 .'addition to' present departmental work, The academy"wiU also continue its program 01. ge~enth, and eighth grade' stud~nts at, the high .accepting' students' in grade nine in aecordaneo achool will be able to shIue the i1pecialized in.. llritb Diocesan l·e~ulationa. ." .'"
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